Chapter 2353 - 2354: Without the Skin, Where Can the Hair Attach?
Chapter 2353: Chapter 2354: Without the Skin, Where Can the Hair Attach?
Yue Clan’s Branch Veins.
As Long Yushu predicted, after days of standoff, the once formidable morale of the Yue Clan had noticeably waned, and unease began to brew among everyone.
In truth, Yue Hechang had foreseen this situation long ago.
But unfortunately, he was faced with an almost unsolvable predicament.
The enemy was circling their doorstep, and he couldn’t just sit and watch!
So he could only raise the clan’s alertness.
The result of this was that a string pulled too tight is often the first to snap.
Regarding this, Yue Hechang could only have everyone take turns on duty, hoping to delay this state as much as possible.
As for this situation and all of Yue Hechang’s efforts, Long Yushu saw it all.
At this moment, he stood holding a cup of fine wine, looking out through the porthole at the defending soldiers of the Yue Clan in the distance, a cold smile playing at the corner of his mouth.
"Is the time ripe yet? How much longer do we have to wait?" Sima Chongzhao came forward, asking impatiently.
"Ha ha!" Long Yushu chuckled, downed his wine, and then said in a deep voice.
"Pass my order, prepare to attack!"
"Yes!"
With that command, the fleet belonging to the Long Family immediately started to take action.
Seeing this, Sima Chongzhao couldn’t help but smile, then commanded, "Sima Family, assist the action!"
In the blink of an eye, the entire fleet assembled into a battle formation and lunged towards the Yue Clan’s camp.
Though it sounds lengthy, the whole process took less than three minutes.
Faced with a sudden attack from the fleet, Yue Hechang, who was on guard duty, was startled but quickly regained his composure and shouted loudly.
"Everyone, do not panic, hold your formation, prepare to engage!"
His composure calmed the originally anxious crowd due to the enemy attack.
Yue Hechang then stood at the very front of the line, facing the incoming fleets with gravitas, saying, "So they finally can’t hold their position? Then let’s battle!"
The distance between both sides wasn’t great, so just as Yue Hechang’s words fell, a thunderous roar was heard, and the fleet brutally collided against the fortifications built by the Yue Clan.
The light curtain on the fortifications burst forth brilliantly, but in the next second, it shattered under the fleet’s fierce assault, rushing towards Yue Hechang and others with overwhelming force.
Many showed signs of fright on their faces, some even trembling all over.
The momentum of this strike was truly enormous.
Yet, at this moment, they heard Yue Hechang bellow towards the sky.
"Retreat for me!"
With his words, the vital energy around him began to burn fiercely, and the immense power unleashed formed a terrifying attack that struck directly at the leading Dragon Family flagship.
Long Yushu, standing before the porthole, coldly chuckled upon seeing this strike.
"How foolish! To think he could withstand my flagship with mere flesh and blood?"
Indeed.
When Yue Hechang’s attack struck the Dragon Family flagship, it only damaged a few pieces of the outer armor.
Besides that, the flagship didn’t even slow down a bit.
Witnessing this, many from the Yue Clan showed expressions of fear.
As for Yue Hechang, having exhausted his strength in the strike, he immediately spat several mouthfuls of blood, swaying as if he were a withered leaf in the wind.
Despite this, he still stood firmly in place, speaking in a weak yet firm tone.
"Everyone, do not panic, hold your ground, or if we retreat, we will fail completely!"
The tragic resolve within his words moved many.
Though all have the instinct to survive, at such a critical moment, there are always those who fearlessly embrace death.
In an instant, dozens of glimmers rose from behind Yue Hechang’s lines, forming another wave of powerful attacks towards the fleet.
Thud!
Another dull thundering sound was heard.
This time, the Dragon Family flagship swayed slightly.
But that was all.
This colossal force charged towards them, resembling an ancient beast in its terrifying stance.
Just as many despaired, voices suddenly shouted from behind.
"Don’t panic, I’m here!"
"Me too!"
"And me!"
With these cries, Yue Hechang and those present turned to look.
Only to see Yue Junze leading all the young members of the Yue Clan rushing this way.
Seeing this, Yue Hechang nearly spat out another mouthful of blood, and quickly shouted, "What are you doing here? Leave, hurry up, go!"
Yue Junze, hearing his father’s shouts, smiled broadly and said, "Father, if the skin is gone, to what will the hair attach? If our Yue Clan loses this battle, what meaning is left for us even if we manage to survive? It’s better to fight with all we have, not tarnishing the reputation of the men of the Yue Clan!"
"Exactly! Elder Yue, we all think so!"
"Exactly!"
The youths behind Yue Junze responded in unison.
Seeing these faces, still young but full of heroic spirit, Yue Hechang felt his nose tingle, nearly shedding tears.
"You foolish kids!"
Once Yue Junze’s reinforcements arrived, the originally despairing Yue Clan warriors were invigorated, going so far as to recover some of their lost momentum in the battlefield.
Seeing this, Long Yushu snorted coldly.
He never expected the Yue Clan to pull off such a move.
"But this is good, I’ll just take this opportunity to wipe you out completely, root and all!" Long Yushu sneered, waving his hand.
"Charge at full speed!"
The entire fleet rumbled, accelerating toward Yue Hechang and the others.
Yue Hechang, Yue Junze, and the others joined forces, shouting loudly, unleashing their most powerful strikes combined into one attack, blasting towards the fleet.
Crack!
This time, a different sound was heard, the Dragon Family flagship finally bore several deep cracks, and its speed slightly slowed.
But before the Yue Clan could celebrate, the Sima Family flagship accelerated right behind the Dragon Family flagship, crushing towards them once more.
Inside, Sima Chongzhao cackled, "It’s no use, against absolute power, all struggle is futile, you should just accept your fate!"
But as soon as he finished, two beams of light suddenly rose from the Yue Clan’s main base, arriving at the front line in an instant, standing at the forefront of the Yue Clan troops.
It was the Second Lady and Yue Qinghuan.
Their sudden appearance left Yue Hechang, Yue Junze, and others momentarily stunned.
Since returning from the funeral, the two had shut themselves in the back courtyard, never appearing again.
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