Chapter 708 - 538: Tianzang, You Have Lost

The Human Alliance... they’ve really gone mad!

At least, in the minds of the Eastern District’s Strongest, they had never seen the Human Alliance act with such insanity.

That group of old men on the left flank... do they all have a death wish?

What in the world had happened within the Human Alliance?

The faces of the Eastern District’s Strongest darkened.

But would they retreat?

Of course not.

Even if the Human Alliance was acting crazily, they only numbered in the tens of thousands. After this initial "venting," they would be nothing but lambs for the slaughter.

"Send the order! Divide our forces into four columns and surround the Human Alliance’s army from all four directions!" Tianzang’s brow furrowed slightly.

However, no matter how he looked at it, the Human Alliance’s charge was just a momentary burst of courage. As long as they were surrounded, the war would be as good as won.

WOO!

WOOOOOO!

The horns signaling the command sounded once more.

The three-hundred-thousand-strong Alien Race Alliance Army quickly began to disperse.

This was a highly disciplined army.

It possessed a very clear hierarchical command structure. For example, the 300,000 soldiers were actually divided into thirty different battalions.

Each battalion had one commander and four vice-commanders, with each vice-commander leading two to three thousand soldiers.

Then, within those armies of two to three thousand, they were further divided into a number of smaller squads.

Orders were relayed down through these layers of command.

Thus, once an order was given, these troops could execute it with great speed and precisely carry out various tactical encirclements.

The army of 300,000 seemed immense, but it dispersed with incredible speed.

It quickly split into four.

"Continue to divide our forces until the Human Alliance is completely surrounded!" Tianzang’s gaze turned cold as he issued a second command.

In large-scale warfare, the key was knowing when to divide and when to combine forces.

For instance, dividing one’s forces was the best way to execute a tactical encirclement, while combining them was essential for a frontal confrontation.

Tianzang was clearly a competent commander-in-chief.

Seeing the Human Alliance’s insane charge straight into his troops, he didn’t choose a head-on clash. Instead, he opted for a strategy of avoiding their spearhead and encircling them.

RUMBLE!

The ground trembled.

The Alien Race Alliance Army began to continuously divide its forces.

From four columns, they became eight.

And then, from eight columns, they became sixteen.

These columns all advanced in different directions.

Some chose to circle around from the right, while others circled from the left. However, their objective was perfectly clear: to form a great encirclement and trap the counter-attacking Human Alliance army.

This was a textbook encirclement tactic.

Once the Human Alliance’s counter-attack force was surrounded, it would be extremely difficult for them to retreat back to the fortress, unless they could successfully break out.

But a breakout...

How could it be so easy?

The Human Alliance’s counter-attacking forces, charging from the left and right flanks, numbered no more than twenty thousand per column. Facing an Alien Race Alliance Army of several hundred thousand, how could they possibly break out?

"War isn’t won by bravery alone!" Tianzang revealed a victorious smile, even as he swiftly dodged Xu Zilan’s attacks.

If his judgment was correct, the only option the Human Alliance had now was to immediately order a retreat back to the fortress before the encirclement was complete.

But if they did that, the old men on the left flank... would be all but sacrificed.

And Shen Ning’Er and Fang Tangtang, who had also charged deep into the fray, would naturally have no chance of returning either.

’Don’t retreat, and they die. Retreat... and they still die!’ Tianzang gazed down at the dense sea of the Alien Race Alliance Army below. He was utterly confident that no matter what the Human Alliance chose, they would suffer devastating losses this time.

’So, what will you choose?’

As he was thinking this, he noticed that the Human Alliance’s army, seemingly oblivious to his side’s maneuvers, was continuing its fierce charge deeper into their ranks.

"???"

’What’s going on? Has the Human Alliance gone completely stupid?’

"..."

It wasn’t just Tianzang.

The other Strongest were also a bit dumbfounded.

It was like you’d estimated your opponent’s IQ to be 80, but the moment the fight began... you discovered it was actually 0. The situation was just awkward.

’This opponent isn’t strong enough!’

’There’s no sense of accomplishment at all.’

And most importantly, this was happening in a "battle of life and death."

It was all a bit too strange.

"Impossible, right? The Human Alliance was never this stupid before." The group of Strongest was rather speechless. ’Isn’t this victory coming a little too easily?’

’Are they really going to let themselves be surrounded?’

Deep down, all of the Strongest felt that this whole affair was rather peculiar.

But victory was right before their eyes...

It was impossible for them to retreat at a time like this.

They could only press on!

BOOM!

In mid-air, a great battle erupted.

Meanwhile, on the ground below, the Human Alliance’s left and right flank forces continued their fierce assault, seemingly having failed to notice the change in the aliens’ formation.

As for the command post on the city walls...

It was now empty.

That’s right!

All the councilors of the Supreme Council had gone out to battle.

Wu Qingjing, Qin Jianfei, Shen Changsheng, and the others had also led troops into the fight.

The position that was once the command center was now completely deserted.

The entire Human Alliance had thrown themselves into the battle.

This level of combat strength was still quite terrifying. After all, both Wu Qingjing and Qin Jianfei possessed the power of the Ninth Order.

Combined with the joint attacks of the Human Alliance and the Northern District’s Strongest in the sky above...

From the looks of it, the Human Alliance actually held a slight advantage. At the very least, the Alien Race Alliance Army had suffered more miserable casualties.

ROAR!

Gao Neng and Gao Xiaomeng joined forces to attack the Beast Race Sword Saint.