Chapter 638 - Chapter 638: 635, Himalayan Mountains Battle (Part 2)_1
Chapter 638: 635, Himalayan Mountains Battle (Part 2)_1
After their actions were thwarted, Emperor Liu Che took out his phone, intending to share his current predicament in the chat group.
However, on entering the group with “99+” messages, he found that not only him but almost every powerful cultivator was facing similar situations—
The Skrull forces in the small bases were no longer surrendering. As soon as the cultivators began to attack the bases, Skrull reinforcements would arrive, forcing them to temporarily halt their operations.
At this time, Su Yu initiated a group poll in the chat, calculating how many cultivators encountered this situation. Those who encountered Skrull reinforcements chose “Yes”, and those who did not successfully occupied the Spring Eye chose “No”.
After two minutes, the poll results were out.
The results showed that, except for Su Yu and Alyssa, each cultivator encountered Skrull reinforcements, comparable to their strength, and had to temporarily stop as a result.
Tina was using a translation software developed by the relevant departments to say in the group: “I met a Mid-Level Seventh Rank Skrull powerhouse. She is not my match, I should be able to defeat her.
But this Skrull only defends and doesn’t counterattack, she’s been conserving her energy and stalling for time. Defeating her would take at least four hours, and I can’t prevent her from escaping through the Space Cracks. So, I had to stop.”
“You’ve worked hard, Tina.” Su Yu replied in the group and fell into contemplation.
It seemed that the Skrulls were showing resilience with this counterattack tactic! Their resistant actions were decisive.
It also explained why the Skrull army in the small Spring Eye base he previously occupied did not surrender. They were just waiting for reinforcements! However, the reinforcements never came.
A few seconds later, a powerful cultivator asked Su Yu in the group: “Taoist Su Yu, why didn’t the Skrulls send reinforcements to you and Alyssa? Do you know the reason?”
Su Yu thought for a moment and replied: “The situation with Alyssa and I might be different.
My “Teleportation Technique” is instantaneous, so the Skrulls might not have time to react;
As for Alyssa, it could be because of her strength. The cost of intercepting her, a Seventh-Rank powerhouse, is too high, so they didn’t send reinforcements.
Of course, these are just my guesses, I’m not sure about the actual situation either.”
“I see.” A powerful cultivator replied.
Another cultivator asked further: “In that case, how do we change our attack strategy?”
On seeing this question, Emperor Liu Che spoke of his thoughts in the group: “Should we try looking into other small Spring Eyes nearby? To see whether the Skrulls send reinforcements or not.”
“Well, if there are any issues, let’s keep in touch in the group.”
The powerful cultivators left their own Spring Eyes one after another and flew towards other small Spring Eyes.
…
However, five minutes later, bad news arrived.
Emperor Liu Che had not reached his next target when Arthur, speaking in broken Chinese, said in the group:
“Don’t bother going to other Spring Eyes. It’s useless. I have already reached the ‘Xi 74’ Spring Eye, and the Skrull reinforcements arrived even before I started the occupation.”
Being a Western cultivator, Arthur couldn’t fly like the Chinese cultivators could. He could only use his physical body to fly, making his flight speed the slowest of all cultivators.
Because of his slow speed, the Chinese cultivators considered him and thoughtfully left him the closest Spring Eye. So, he was actually the first to arrive at the location.
At that moment, Arthur was looking at a brightly dressed Skrull powerhouse, dressed like a circus clown, with a helpless expression on his face.
Seeing the message posted by Arthur, the powerful cultivators stopped their steps one after another.
However, some cultivators were almost there, so they simply accelerated to reach the Spring Eyes they wanted to go to.
The results were disastrous, one bad news followed the other: “I’ve reached ‘Xi 43’, discovered Skrull reinforcements…..”
“I’ve reached ‘Xi 66′, there are Skrull reinforcements here too, but their strength is two small realms lower than mine, should I make a move?”
…
On seeing the cultivators’ messages, Su Yu, who was in the process of occupying the second Spring Eye, completely understood the Skrulls’ tactics.
The Skrulls’ stratagem was simple—they obtained the coordinates of Blue Star’s cultivators by some means, and then followed single-pointer defense. This would render ineffective the attack strategy of the Blue Star cultivators of the past two days.
As Su Yu had deduced, things were indeed as he had thought.
In the Royal Palace on Skrull Star, Raging Sun, Manina XIII watched the real-time images sent from the Blue Star base, displaying a satisfied smile.
The delay tactics he personally deployed were very successful!
Almost an hour later, except for Su Yu and Alyssa who each occupied a small Spring Eye, not a single Spring Eye fell into their hands.
If it were the situation two days ago, by now more than twenty Spring Eyes would have been captured!
He looked at his minister of palace affairs, Carlo, who was kneeling on the floor: “Carlo, send a message to Langqi for me, tell him to stall the Blue Star people and complete the blasting mining plan as soon as possible!”
“Understood!” Carlo instantly bowed his head, sending His Majesty’s words through a special communication device.
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After understanding the tactics of the Skrulls, the powerful cultivators started discussing their next attack strategies.
Noticing that Prime Minister Cao Cao had not spoken in a while, Su Yu asked him in the group: “Prime Minister Cao Cao @Cao Xuande of the Eastern Han Dynasty, how is the situation on your side?”
After six or seven seconds, busy Prime Minister Cao Cao answered in the group: “The situation I encountered was similar to yours.
There are a total of 5 large Spring Eyes in the Himalayan range. On my arrival, 3 of them each had a Rank Eight’s assistance, while the remaining two each had over a dozen Rank Seven assisting them.
Of course, excluding Pu Langte, I can defeat the others, but capturing a large Spring Eye without spending over a dozen hours is impossible, so I didn’t make a move rashly.”
Silence fell upon the group when they saw Prime Minister Cao Cao’s message, and no one spoke for more than ten seconds.
The Skrulls were well-prepared! They had to come up with better attack tactics quickly; otherwise, the results of tonight’s battle would undoubtedly be bleak.
After more than ten seconds, Emperor Liu Che asked in the group: “Can we abandon the Himalayas and attack the Spring Eyes in South Asia and Southeast Asia first?”
Su Yu replied in the group: “I’m afraid that won’t work.
This is because on our Blue Star, Space Cracks are uniformly distributed worldwide, but on Skrull Star, Space Cracks are concentrated over Raging Sun City.
So no matter which Spring Eye we go to, the Skrull reinforcements can reach there instantly.”
Due to Su Yu’s reply, the group fell silent once again.
After another ten seconds or so, Yang Jian, who had never spoken in the group and was always reticent, suddenly sent a voice message.
In this voice message, he said: “I have a plan to break the strategy of the Skrulls:
All of us cultivators gather together and divide into two teams. The first team comprises Taoist Cao Mengde alone, and the second team is formed by four of us, Rank Seven.
We two sides, each attack a small Spiritual Spring Eye. If we encounter a Rank Eight opponent or a group of Rank Seven hindrances, we’ll change the location. We will use guerrilla tactics to deal with the Skrulls.”