Chapter 924: Changing Strategy, Instigating Conflict

Hearing Qingshui's suggestion.

Yuwei's expression flickered for a moment, and she nodded gently.

Now that the team's personnel losses were already so massive, they truly had no room for error.

A direct assault on Wenxian City was the most stable and currently their best strategy.

The Wuzhou Leader clearly understood these principles as well, and said, "I agree. Next, let's launch a direct assault on Wenxian City."

"And since we have decided on a direct assault, the faster the better; it would be best to act immediately."

"In order to deal with our feinting teams, Wenxian City has already exhausted some of its means. This is the moment when their strength is at its weakest, making it the optimal time to attack."

Hearing the Wuzhou Leader's words.

Yuwei and Qingshui's expressions shifted, and they nodded, "Since that is the case, there is no time to lose. We shall immediately reorganize the teams and set out to attack Wenxian City."

Just as the three reached a consensus.

Yuwei, Qingshui, and the Wuzhou Leader suddenly received a message.

They took out their Sound Transmission Talismans to listen for a moment, and all furrowed their brows.

Qingshui and the Wuzhou Leader looked toward the direction of Youzhou without changing their expressions.

Seeing that the members of the Youzhou team looked as usual, as if no one had received a message, the two flickered their gazes and remained silent.

However, at this moment, Yuwei could not help but speak up, "Daoist Friend Wan's identity has been discovered, and he is currently finding a way to escape Wenxian City. He told us not to act rashly for the time being, and to wait until he finds a way to escape Wenxian City before making subsequent decisions."

"This conflicts with our upcoming plan."

"Daoist Friend Wan risked himself for our plan. Although the plan failed, the fault does not lie with him. We should cooperate with his escape."

"Since he asked us not to act rashly, he must have confidence in his escape, and if we attack Wenxian City at this moment, it will certainly hinder his escape."

"I suggest we wait until Daoist Friend Wan escapes Wenxian City before launching the attack on Wenxian City."

Hearing Yuwei's words, Qingshui and the Wuzhou Leader felt their hearts stall simultaneously.

What they had received earlier was also a message from Wan Guiyuan, and the content of the message was the same as Yuwei's.

The reason they had remained silent was out of fear that speaking up would attract the attention of the Youzhou team and delay the subsequent attack on Wenxian City.

They had not expected this Yuwei to be so upright.

She had stated the content of the message without even thinking.

In this way, whoever opposed it first would certainly offend Jiuyou and offend the Youzhou team.

"Junior Sister Yuwei, we cannot be so womanishly benevolent!"

"For us, attacking Wenxian City is the most important matter; everything else must give way to this."

Just as the two were weighing in their hearts whether to be the one to step forward, Cao Tian suddenly spoke up.

The eyes of the two lit up, and they followed suit.

"Daoist Friend Cao is right. Attacking Wenxian City is a major matter. Now that we have lost more than half of our personnel, we can no longer afford to be tossed about; we cannot miss this excellent opportunity to attack Wenxian City."

"Not to mention whether our attack on Wenxian City will affect Daoist Friend Wan's escape from Wenxian City, even if Daoist Friend Wan were to fall within Wenxian City because of us, I believe Daoist Friend Wan would certainly have no complaints. Daoist Friend Wan is one of the eight leaders of this expedition; he surely possesses such awareness."

"Hmph, ridiculous!"

Hearing the three's words, Jiuyou's gaze had already turned cold.

"You speak quite easily."

"It's as if once a mishap occurs, it's not you yourselves who die, but someone else, right?"

"Fairy Jiuyou, Daoist Friend Wan is not here, and you are half a Youzhou leader; you must prioritize the big picture." Qingshui sighed.

Jiuyou let out a cold snort, "I don't care about any big picture. I only know that whoever dares to act at this moment is trying to harm Daoist Friend Wan, and I will never let them off!"

By the time she finished speaking, a intense blood-red light was already welling up in Jiuyou's eyes.

That cold killing intent caused the temperature in this area to drop by several degrees.

Upon hearing this, Qingshui and the Wuzhou Leader furrowed their brows simultaneously.

"Hmph, what an arrogant tone!"

Cao Tian sneered, having confronted Jiuyou many times.

He had long since harbored killing intent toward Jiuyou in his heart.

Now that such a golden opportunity to pit Jiuyou against everyone else was right before his eyes, he naturally would not let it pass easily.

"Jiuyou, you are too unscrupulous."

"Attacking Wenxian City is the ultimate goal of our trip. For the sake of this goal, anyone in the team can be sacrificed, including Wan Guiyuan."

"Your actions run counter to the will of our expedition. Could it be that you intend to betray us?"

Hearing Cao Tian's words, the chill in Jiuyou's eyes remained.

Seeing this, Qingshui and the Wuzhou Leader also spoke up, "Jiuyou, do not remain obsessed and unrepentant."

"If you insist on stopping us from attacking Wenxian City, we will have no choice but to be impolite to you."

"Heh, all talk of false benevolence and righteousness; in any case, the ones to be sacrificed aren't you, right?"

A faint blood-red light rose from Jiuyou's body, and a powerful spiritual pressure erupted from her.

"We did not wish for it to come to this, but since the Fairy is so obsessed and unrepentant, we can only prioritize the goal of this expedition."

Qingshui sighed.

As his voice fell, all the Cultivators from the seven continents, without prior agreement, all stared covetously at the Youzhou side.

As of today.

The teams from the other seven continents had all lost more than half their numbers.

On the contrary, Youzhou, because of Cao Tian's obstruction, had no one join the feinting teams and suffered no losses, becoming the strongest party among the Eight Continents.

This made the Cultivators from the other seven continents very uncomfortable.

We have all suffered such great losses, by what right are you unscathed?

If you do it this way, wouldn't you end up taking the lion's share of the benefits in the end?

Furthermore, after leaving the Outer Realm Battlefield, with you as a comparison, wouldn't it make the rest of us cultivators from the seven continents appear incompetent?

Now that Jiuyou is acting as a thorn in the side, it has provided them with the perfect opportunity to weaken the Youzhou team.

Of course, weakening does not mean total annihilation.

Currently, there are only two thousand-plus people left in the team, and the Youzhou side accounts for over five hundred of them.

It is enough to reasonably weaken the Youzhou team; there is no need to wipe them out entirely.

After all, Wenxian City has not yet been taken, and the Youzhou cultivators are still needed to contribute their efforts.

Driven by this thought, Qingshui's gaze swept over the people of Youzhou, "I know that among you all, there are still some who are sensible."

"Jiuyou acts perversely and goes against our original intention for entering the Outer Realm Battlefield; she is not fit to lead you all."

"I suggest that you all abandon her and re-elect a new Leader."

"In this way, we will remain allies, and I can guarantee that I will not make things difficult for you."

"Daoist Friend Qingshui is right."

The Wuzhou Leader nodded, "You all need not have any misgivings; you are merely making a correct choice that aligns with the team's original intention, and no one will be able to blame you."

"Even if that Wan Guiyuan returns safely, if he truly tries to make an issue of this, we will not sit idly by."