Chapter 694 - 321: Lies (Part 3)
"So next, I will divide you into forty small groups to attack different areas simultaneously. As long as one group succeeds, we will achieve victory!"
Zhao Fengming’s words immediately boosted the morale within the hall!
No matter how strong the Horned Demon army is, it is impossible to defend against forty Heroic Spirit groups’ surprise attacks simultaneously. Moreover, among those executing the mission, there are Demigods!
Zhao Fengming continued, "And I can tell you that a Celestial King has already arrived in Peng City! Once an opening is made on the periphery, the Celestial King will immediately enter and eliminate all enemies!"
Upon hearing this, everyone felt completely reassured.
A Celestial King and an ordinary Demigod are not on the same level of combat power. Although they are both Demigods, due to the excessively long Path to Divinity, the gap between Demigods can sometimes be even greater than that between Demigods and Heroic Spirits, or even the King Tier!
The decades-long accumulation of a Celestial King is not something an ordinary Demigod can compare to.
After Zhao Fengming arranged the detailed grouping and plan, he let everyone leave.
However, just as Chu Xiu was about to leave, Green Lady’s voice suddenly echoed in his ear:
"Return alone after you leave, without alerting anyone."
Chu Xiu’s eyes flickered slightly, and he instinctively glanced at Chen Yuan beside him. She was frozen in place, her face showing an expression of shock.
Chu Xiu subtly tugged at her, finally bringing the young girl back to her senses, and she quickly lowered her head to continue walking forward.
After they left the command center and walked several kilometers, they restrained their aura and descended onto the street, returning to the command hall.
When they pushed open the door, they found that none of the five Demigods had left, and besides them, thirteen Heroic Spirits remained.
Among them were many familiar faces; Jiang Lingfu was among them. Chu Xiu scanned them quickly and found that every one of these thirteen Heroic Spirits was a top-tier Heroic Spirit, surpassing the ordinary ones!
Once Chu Xiu and the other arrived, Green Lady hooked her index finger, and the door immediately closed. Simultaneously, layers of investigation-blocking plants surrounded the hall.
This scene caused the fifteen Heroic Spirits to show puzzled expressions, yet none spoke. Everyone guessed that being left alone meant there was a special mission to explain, so they quietly awaited the Demigods to speak first.
And as everyone expected, Huang Anhua said, "The earlier task was merely a decoy. The real operation will begin seven hours earlier, and only those present will execute the mission."
Huang Anhua’s words caused everyone to exchange glances, each reading a thoughtful expression in each other’s eyes.
"Director, do you mean there might be a traitor among the Heroic Spirits?" Someone guessed the Demigods’ purpose for such arrangements.
"It’s not a possibility, it’s a certainty," Huang Anhua sneered, waving his hand to project a report in the air.
"In just a few hours of battle, nineteen Heroic Spirits and over a hundred King Tier fled. Below the King Tier, the numbers are countless."
"If they hadn’t fled at the last minute, our defense line wouldn’t have collapsed so quickly."
"With so many planning to escape, guess how many would choose to remain loyal to the Human Race when pushed to the brink?"
After these words, the Heroic Spirits present seemed somewhat gloomy. Upon reaching the level of Heroic Spirits, constraints such as nation, morality, and even race became minimal. Not many Heroic Spirits are truly willing to die for the Human Race!
Not to mention 100%, at least half would choose to surrender when faced with no way out; otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many Extreme Dao.
Huang Anhua swiped again, revealing another report: "In the past time, Extreme Dao hasn’t been idle either, coordinating with the Horned Demons to launch multiple surprise attacks on us."
"Especially Murder Ghost Li Ge, who has caused us tremendous trouble with his bizarre Ability, working alongside other defected Heroic Spirits. Four Heroic Spirits have been killed by them!"
Upon hearing that four Heroic Spirits were killed by the Extreme Dao, everyone felt a tightness in their hearts. Huang Anhua’s next words made their faces even grimmer: "And their attacks targeting Heroic Spirits have exceeded ten times by conservative estimates!"
"Do you think any Heroic Spirit might succumb to Li Ge’s Talent, capable of severely injuring even Demigods, and ingest the Seed to betray?"
"Moreover, we have confirmed that not all the Heroic Spirits within Extreme Dao have been exposed! At least three more are still lurking among us!"
"Currently, conservative estimates suggest that over twenty Heroic Spirits in our ranks have actually defected!"
After these words, everyone looked at each other, shocked by how serious the internal problem had become—it was akin to being riddled like a sieve!
However, on second thought, it wasn’t surprising. Under the terrifying pressure of the Outer Realm Demon, surrender seemed the most natural course of action.
"So, Director, our mission is to launch a preemptive strike to breach the Black Death Prison, right?" someone asked.
Doing so would catch the enemy off guard and prevent the traitors hidden within the team from causing disruption.
But many voiced concerns: "But is it really worth abandoning most of the Heroic Spirits’ strength for this slight advantage?"
Over 150 Heroic Spirits are gathered in Peng City; even accounting for deaths, escapes, and surrenders, nearly a hundred remain!
Forty assault teams— even if ten are turned, there still are thirty intact teams.
Yet now, we are suddenly deprived of nearly a hundred Heroic Spirits’ support!
This disparity is too great.
In response to the crowd’s doubts, Huang Anhua smiled and said, "It’s absolutely worth it."
"Because none of us actually reached the outside of the Black Death Prison; the plans to breach it we previously published were merely lies to stabilize the military’s morale."