Chapter 574: Both Sides Are Very Proactive

This type of new-format meeting lasted for quite some time, and through an exchange of ideas, everyone agreed on the strategy of taking the initiative to strike against Phoenix and the others.

Once the meeting concluded, Ryan would notify the administrators of Dawn City and Anyue City to immediately organize troops and prepare for battle.

Anyue City is a city located within the swamp clusters of the HuangwuZhidi, belonging to one of the major powers of the Human Alliance on the Xinyue Continent.

Come to think of it, the Star Empire's Mechanical Chief Engineer, Ximeng, hails from Anyue City.

It is just that compared to the prosperous and advanced Dawn City, Anyue City appears somewhat backward.

Coupled with the fact that for these past years it has faced the Storm Lord Ceres, who is entrenched in the Beifeng Plain, alone, its situation has become increasingly dire.

Therefore, in this general offensive, Dawn City will arrange for a spearhead team to provide support; after all, Luoning's appearance has broken the original balance.

The Human Alliance now has one additional Great Sage, two Sages, and one Legendary dragon, which gives them more options in terms of top-tier combat power deployment.

After the meeting ended, all the Sages took action, and Luoning had no choice but to temporarily end his study plan and return to Soul Suppressing Bay.

This territory is considered the Star Empire's base on the Xinyue Continent. Ryan not only had no objections to this, but instead transferred over two hundred thousand people from Dawn City to help Luoning manage the stronghold well.

In reality, Luoning does not have much interest in continuing to expand his territory.

After all, the Star Empire's area is already large enough, and it lacks no resources; there is no great necessity to cross the ocean to expand territory here.

Furthermore, the area on the Xinyue Continent suitable for human habitation is likely only the size of a duchy; other places either require transformation or are contaminated by Magic Power, making them unsuitable for survival.

If Luoning wanted to expand here, it would be equivalent to competing for territory with Ryan and the others, which is unnecessary.

"Your Majesty, with the assistance of the Dawn City army, the remaining remnants in Soul Suppressing Bay have been cleared out; a total of over 160,000 humans who were being kept like livestock were killed."

Ruidar reported the situation here to Luoning.

"This is truly a sorrowful number!" Luoning sighed.

Aierlong has the ability to dispel evil and purify human souls, but he could do nothing for this group of people.

Just as Ryan said, although they are not Witch Soul Knights, the Nightmare Evil Power has already penetrated deep into their bone marrow.

When Aierlong's Light Attribute Magic landed on them, the two forces clashed, causing the other party to drop dead on the spot.

It is impossible to reverse the will of this group through Magic, and even more impossible to persuade them with words; during the conflicts that broke out while they were in custody, casualties were even caused.

Helpless, Luoning could only follow Ryan's suggestion and clear them out as if they were an alien race.

"Bury them well. Aierlong, you go and purify the Nightmare Evil Power on their corpses."

Luoning said, "Additionally, the full-scale offensive is about to begin. Ruidar, Maiken, you prepare for mobilization. Ailin, you are more familiar with Suofeiya, so you will be responsible for coordinating the supplies being supported from there."

The supplies supported by Dawn City include not only basic items like food, clothing, weapons, and armor, but also Mone Feiting, Monei Zhuangbei, and batches of small-sized Space Rings to facilitate the movement of soldiers.

From the scale of the support, one can see that the people here have held nothing back from Luoning.

It is evident that they truly only have the intention of eradicating the Demon God and his minions.

Everyone received their orders and began their intense and busy work.

Over half a month later, all troops gathered at Bolte Town, preparing to cross the Tai'an Ruiya Dahe to retake Katage Zhen.

During these days, the Human Alliance also knew that the Demon race was also mobilizing troops.

According to Ryan's reconnaissance, Phoenix's team seems to have come out in full force, with the majority stationed in Katage Zhen and a small portion deployed in the north of the HuangwuZhidi, likely intending to pincer Anyue City with the Beifeng Plain.

From such a deployment, it is not hard to see that Phoenix and the others have already adopted the intention that the first battle will be the final battle.

At this moment in the Bolte Town conference hall, Ryan once again gathered the human leaders to engage in a heated discussion regarding the Demon race's actions.

After all, according to normal logic, Phoenix should have adopted a strategy of resisting step-by-step to delay time, in order to wait for the return of the Nightmare Evil King.

To come out in full force now without regard for the consequences is truly somewhat abnormal.

Luoning also agreed with this view; he did not believe that Phoenix would lose his mind and act recklessly just because he suffered two setbacks here.

For the enemy to do this, there must be another purpose.

Hum~

Just as they were discussing, a massive fluctuation came from very far away.

Everyone present was at least at the Sage level and was very familiar with such a fluctuation.

"Someone has broken through!"

Ryan swished out of the conference hall and arrived high in the sky, and Luoning followed.

His Mental Power covered the southeast direction, and he quickly locked onto the location where this Heaven and Earth Will power occurred.

"Straight-line distance, at least over a thousand miles away, and it should be the fluctuation of ascending to Great Sage."

Ryan's expression was not very good, "That location is definitely Ceres, who is entrenched in the Beifeng Plain; he has broken through!"

The enemy suddenly having one more Great Sage has a huge impact on the situation.

At the very least, just supporting Anyue City with a spearhead team led by a Sage is not enough.

"Luoning, I am afraid you will still have to go support Anyue City."

Luoning nodded.

In the previous meeting, Ryan had wanted Luoning to go support Anyue City, but it was rejected by the latter.

For Luoning, being able to slay a Great Sage to complete the final Achievement Task is a very important matter; Anyue City is not the main battlefield, and Phoenix should not appear there, so he rejected such a proposal.

However, it is different now; Ceres has ascended to become a Great Sage, so he has entered Luoning's hunting list.

Since it is killing a Great Sage anyway, whether it is Phoenix or Ceres, it is all the same.

"Fine, I will take a few people over." Luoning agreed.

But just after the two had confirmed this, another fluctuation descended.

Compared to the previous time, this fluctuation was felt even more clearly, which indicates that the person breaking through is closer to both parties.

Luoning and Ryan looked at each other, both seeing the incredulity in each other's eyes.

"This is definitely Salonas; he has also broken through!"

Ryan said in surprise, "How could they break through consecutively?"

"Is it the Nightmare Evil King playing tricks?" Luoning speculated, "Last time, Prias said that the Nightmare Evil King's power can leave the Fangzhu Zhi Di."

After the two finished speaking, they flashed directly back to the conference hall, where the projections of the Sages all wore grave expressions.

Suddenly having three more Great Sages as enemies brought no small amount of pressure.

After all, counting them up, the human side only had two Great Sages, Puruis and Luoning, while Ryan was still a bit short.

"Relying on 'Jiemie Hongguang', I should be able to tangle with the newly broken-through Salonas; the key to the war lies with Luoning and Lord Puruis."

Ryan said: "As long as either one of you wins, our chances of victory will increase!"

Everyone could not help but cast their gaze toward Luoning; if he hadn't arrived in time, the humans of Xinyue Continent would likely have faced an unprecedented, crushing defeat at the hands of this group of demons.

His Knight profession progress was now full, and his Magician profession progress had reached one-quarter; when he became a Legendary, Sage, and Great Sage, he had endured the baptism of the Heaven and Earth Will's power several more times than others.

Although he and Puruis were both Great Sages, if they really had to compare, it was estimated that he was stronger.

Therefore, Luoning was considering whether to let him deal with Phoenix and have Puruis deal with Ceres, as the latter had only just broken through and theoretically would have lower strength.

Suddenly, his mind jolted.

In his perception, Ceres was moving rapidly.

He couldn't help but warn: "Ceres is on the move. Is he planning to attack Anyue City first?"

Everyone was startled and released their Mental Power one after another.

"No, he has already left the location of Anyue City and is heading toward Flame Canyon."

Ryan said: "It looks like they want to combine their forces and defeat us head-on! Since when did these guys get so tough?"

"That's fine, too; we won't have to worry about how to divide the battlefield."

"Indeed, if they combine their forces, we shall do the same. When the fighting starts, we will have support for one another."

The worried mood of the crowd seemed to be slightly relieved.

If they split their forces, a disadvantage on any single battlefield would have a huge impact on the overall situation.

Conversely, if the top-tier combatants all fought together, whoever faced a major disadvantage would have the possibility of being supported.

"No, that's not right!"

At this moment, Puruis's hoarse voice rang out, "They seem to be heading toward Fangzhu Zhi Di!"

Fangzhu Zhi Di was the place where the King of Nightmare Demons was sealed; over these years, with the protection of the array, although Phoenix and the others coveted this place greatly, they could do nothing about it.

Now that they were actively attacking Fangzhu Zhi Di, it was clear they had something to rely on.

What reliance?

Everyone knew without thinking that something must have gone wrong with the King of Nightmare Demons.

At the thought that a Demon God might break the seal and descend once more, everyone's heart jumped into their throat.

And Puruis, who had experienced the war a thousand years ago that could be called an extinction battle, felt his emotions become somewhat dejected.

The Demon God was too strong; once it came out, let alone having only two Great Sages, even if two or four more came, they would not be a match.

What to do?

A trace of panic stirred in everyone's hearts.

Luoning stood up: "Ryan, you all go to support Fangzhu Zhi Di, I will go to intercept Ceres! Since this guy is bent on coming to Fangzhu Zhi Di after his breakthrough, it means his power is indispensable; as long as I kill him, the situation might not be so dire!"

Ryan's eyes lit up, sweeping away his previous worries, and even Puruis perked up.

"Luoning is right!"

"Can you do it alone? Do you need me to support you? Or should you take Ruidar and Aierlong?"

"I will have Kaierluosi accompany me."

While his voice was still echoing, he had already disappeared.

In the perception of the crowd, Luoning was approaching Ceres at a terrifying speed.

Puruis exclaimed: "How is his speed so fast?"

"Indeed, he is so much faster than the Wind Attribute Great Sage Ceres!"

"Luoning will definitely be able to kill Ceres!"

Ryan had heard Luoning's legendary stories from Suofeiya and had the most confidence in him among everyone.

"We must also work hard to disrupt Phoenix's plan; don't let our allies outdo us!"

"Let's do it!"

"The time for the decisive battle has arrived!"

The fighting spirit of the crowd was ignited by Luoning's actions, and the feeling of fear and unease toward the Demon God was suppressed.

The projection light in the conference room gradually dissipated, and the Sages from various places began to rush toward Fangzhu Zhi Di at the fastest speed.

Puruis also activated the array, striving to push the battlefield onto the ocean outside Fangzhu Zhi Di. (End of chapter)