Chapter 715 394: Victory Will Surely Be Ours!

But what was happening right now was clearly not that simple.

The Source not only took the initiative to shift the battlefield toward the All Heavens Region where the Association's headquarters was located, it was also showing a posture of having its attention completely drawn by the Association.

Even on the front line battlefields it was the same; sometimes, just to attack Association forces, it would even give up huge benefits on other fronts.

"Something is off." The many Shen Yu all keenly sensed something.

But at this moment, the only thing they could do for the time being was to strengthen their defenses.

At the same time, other forces also dispatched large numbers of troops, especially Thirteenth Stage powerhouses, to return and sit in town over this region.

This was essentially going along with the enemy's strategic shift, carrying out the same kind of strategic redeployment.

Completely receiving and absorbing the change in the Source's offensive.

However, after just a few short centuries, the Association's unease was completely confirmed!

"The enemy has suddenly received reinforcements, massive reinforcements!" Cultivator Shen Yu, in charge of reconnaissance on the front line, brought this bad news with an ugly expression. "And the scale is still increasing. Just as of now, it has already reached close to one-third of their original strength."

One had to know, this was a war that involved tens of billions, even hundreds of billions of All Heavens World.

The scale was so vast it absolutely exceeded the limits of imagination.

And now, such a huge force was actually able, in such a short span of time, to receive support to this extent!

"Can we trace where the reinforcements are coming from?" Shen Yu asked.

But in his heart, he already had a guess.

Sure enough!

"We weren't able to find any hidden troop depots in these two regions." Cultivator Shen Yu's tone carried bitterness. "A legion of this size simply cannot be hidden, and there's no need to hide it. There's only one possible explanation—these reinforcements all come from other regions."

Yes, that really was the only explanation.

Long ago, the Association, including the Eight Great Forces, had a shared understanding of the Source.

Aside from these two All Heavens Regions they already knew about, the Source definitely had other All Heavens Regions!

After all, to this day they had never been able to find the Source's true origin in any real sense.

They didn't know how this force had come into being, when it had emerged, or why it had suddenly launched an extermination war against the Extraordinary Celestial Forces.

This was more or less the part that worried everyone the most.

The unknown meant mystery, and mystery meant fear.

Worse still, even before this, the Eight Great Forces had already faintly realized that the strength the Source was hiding was likely even greater than they had imagined.

This could be inferred from some details.

For example, in the long war between the Eight Great Forces and the Source, whenever the Source fell into decline, some new power would always appear.

There was simply no end in sight.

Over hundreds of millions of years, rather than saying the Eight Great Forces and the Source had fought bitterly to reach this point, it would be better to say the Source had been steadily securing a victory that had long since belonged to it, step by step, at the smallest cost.

"But the Source's style has never been to use vastly superior power to crush its enemies." One Shen Yu who thought of this as well couldn't help but ask, "Why would it suddenly bring out forces of this scale at this moment?"

Indeed, judging by the Source's usual style, even when facing unexpected reinforcements like the Association's, it should have slowly increased its troops until it could just barely suppress the Association.

Not explode with troops like this, as if trying to suppress the Association in a short time, even wipe it out completely.

This didn't fit the Source's style.

After thinking it over carefully, Shen Yu提出了一个有些可怕的猜测.

"Is it possible that..." Shen Yu's tone involuntarily became incomparably grave. "The Source has actually already noticed how 'unusual' we are, which is why it's taking us this seriously, even at the cost of breaking its past style."

These words brought waves of silence to the meeting room.

Because this was entirely possible.

The Association's development course hadn't been without a trail; in fact it was very easy to trace.

To develop to this level in such a short time would be shocking even in the All Heavens World where anything was possible.

With that kind of intel, it was understandable that the Source would raise its level of strategic attention toward the Association to what it was now.

But for the Association, and even for the Eight Great Forces, this was absolutely an extremely bad piece of news.

Even worse, these reinforcements were still continuously increasing, bottomless and unfathomable.

Some Shen Yu who had only joined not long ago even faintly showed expressions of despair.

However, at this time, Shen Yu slowly spoke. "The current situation is indeed very bad, but in truth, it hasn't reached the point of despair."

Everyone's gaze in the meeting, at this moment, focused entirely on Shen Yu.

"Don't forget the full name of our entire Association." Shen Yu's gaze swept across these Shen Yu one by one. "It is the All Heavens End-of-the-World Civilization Mutual Aid Association!"

No one spoke, but Shen Yu could vaguely see a change coming over them.

"That's right. For the past ten thousand years or so, our power has grown stronger and stronger; we no longer encounter doomsday threats that leave us helpless." Shen Yu continued, even slightly emphasizing his tone. "But I believe our core has never changed. No matter how desperate the doomsday is, it will not be our end, it will only become our nourishment—this is not blind confidence, nor is it spiritual self-comfort, but a foundation built upon victory after victory over doomsdays. Don't forget, the Gray Mist Space still exists, the Gray Mist still exists. The stronger the enemy, the more we can gain!"