Chapter 709 Tianzang, You Have Lost

A golden dragon soared through the sky. Each swipe of its claws tore through the air, producing a sharp, piercing sound that echoed through the heavens.

Meanwhile, Gao Xiaomeng stuck to the Beast Race Sword Saint like a stubborn leech, relentlessly tying him down.

The Beast Race Sword Saint had managed to land two palm strikes on Gao Xiaomeng.

But they had little effect.

Gao Xiaomeng was like a ball; he could hit her all he wanted.

As a result, the Beast Race Sword Saint was the one at a disadvantage.

He was being overwhelmed by two Ninth-Rank opponents.

The Beast Race Sword Saint was incredibly frustrated, but frustration aside, he wasn’t desperate. After all, the great battle below was beginning to turn in their favor.

’Just a little longer, and the Human Alliance will be defeated!’ Under normal circumstances, given his current injuries, the Beast Race Sword Saint should have retreated.

As one of the first-generation Strongest to enter this world.

The Beast Race Sword Saint appeared ferocious, but in reality, he was extremely cautious.

But now, he chose to "wait and see."

Because the situation was in their favor.

’They’re almost completely surrounded!’

’The humans... do they really not have any other plans?!’

’What in the world is happening?’

As they watched the scattered Alien Race Alliance Army below close in on the two human armies, the Strongest only grew more suspicious.

’This is too easy, isn’t it?’

’Is it because of Gao Neng?’

’As expected, youth is youth... He may have extraordinary talent, but when it comes to commanding military strategy, he’s still far too inexperienced!’

’For the Human Alliance to hand command of this battle to Gao Neng was a mistake from the start. What does he know of the art of battlefield command?’

’He knows nothing... All he knows is how to charge forward!’

’But in reality, war isn’t won by just blindly charging ahead!’

...

RUMBLE!

Finally, the human armies on the left and right flanks charged straight into the Alien Race Alliance Army’s encirclement, and the two forces became hopelessly entangled.

At the same time, the grand encirclement finally closed.

’Success!’ The eyes of the Strongest lit up.

The encirclement was complete.

The two Human Alliance armies would now be besieged from all sides. Under these circumstances, the Human Alliance’s defeat was a foregone conclusion.

There was no way to change this outcome!

Just then, the sound of horns echoed once more.

WOO! WOO!

WOOOO—

...

The horns blew a long, drawn-out call.

This made the Strongest, Tianzang included, freeze for a moment.

It was the distinctive horn call of the Alien Race Alliance Army, yet they hadn’t issued any new orders to change tactics.

’Who gave that order?!’

The thought flashed through their minds...

Suddenly, a chill ran down Tianzang’s spine.

Because he remembered something.

"North District... Alliance Army?!" Tianzang instinctively glanced in the direction of the horns, and his face instantly darkened.

...

The long, drawn-out call of the horns echoed through the air.

In the distance, a dark, dense mass of troops appeared on the horizon.

These troops had one very distinct feature: they were all clad in ice-blue Ice and Snow Battle Armor.

"The North District Alliance Army!"

!!!

"They... they actually mobilized the North District Alliance Army?!"

...

In that instant, everything fell into place.

Tianzang finally understood why the Human Alliance had launched a counterattack.

It was because the North District Alliance Army had arrived.

And they had appeared precisely behind the Eastern District Alliance Army.

"Charge!"

"Kill!"

...

War cries rang out.

At the head of the North District Alliance Army stood the patriarchs and Elders of every single race, with none missing.

It wasn’t just the patriarchs and Elders.

Among them were even several Strongest.

’The North District Alliance Army... they’ve mobilized their entire force!’

’The sheer audacity! Aren’t they afraid the Allied Armies from the South and West Districts will launch a sneak attack on them? How could they dare to do this?!’

...

The Strongest from the Eastern District were dumbfounded.

"No, not their entire force. I left fifty thousand Allied Army troops on the border between the North and West Districts to mount a resistance," Gao Neng’s voice rang out.

’He left fifty thousand?’

’And the rest were mobilized?’

The sheer audacity of this plan was simply inconceivable.

’The alien races don’t fight like this!’

"Fifty thousand? Is that enough?!" Tianzang’s fists clenched.

"It’s enough if you add our Human Alliance army from the West District!" Gao Neng’s draconic eyes swept over the battlefield below as he spoke again.

"..." Tianzang fell silent.

He understood.

He understood how Gao Neng had formulated his plan.

But it was too late.

Because his path of retreat had just been cut off.

’What did this mean?’

’It meant that he was no longer the one surrounding the human army. Instead, the Human Alliance army and the North District Alliance Army had joined forces to surround *them*.’

And most importantly, at a time like this, he had just split his army into sixteen separate units.

"Damn it!!!" Tianzang threw his head back. He truly couldn’t accept this.

’He had never failed so miserably.’

He hadn’t even fought the decisive battle between the Strongest, yet in this war with a three hundred thousand strong Allied Army, he had been completely outplayed by Gao Neng.

’Why was it like this?’

The entire problem stemmed from a single point.

The involvement of the North District Alien Race.

"How in the world did you make the races of the North District submit? I don’t understand... Why would the races of the North District be willing to follow your orders?!" Tianzang roared in anguish.

"Because I am a dragon," Gao Neng said, the corners of his lips turning up.

"..." Tianzang.

’A dragon?!’

’That’s right, the Dragon Race is the leader of the Hundred Races.’

’So, dragon my ass!’

’What do you mean, just because you’re a dragon, the North District races have to listen to you?’

’Do you really take me for a three-year-old child?!’

’There’s definitely something more to it.’

’But what could it be?’

Tianzang wracked his brain but couldn’t figure it out.

"Tian, let’s retreat!" A Strongest suddenly flew over.

"Retreat? How can we retreat?!" Tianzang glanced down at the Alien Race Alliance Army, which was already entangled with the human forces. ’There’s no way to pull back now.’

"There’s no other choice! If we don’t retreat, they’ll surround us!" The Strongest pointed to their rear, where the North District Alliance Army was charging toward them.

"No, we can’t retreat! We can only fight it out!" Tianzang gritted his teeth. "We have an Allied Army of three hundred thousand! Even if you combine the forces of the Human Alliance and the North District Alien Race, their numbers can’t exceed three hundred thousand. In that case, even if we’re surrounded, it doesn’t mean we’ll lose!"

"Brother Tian, you mean...?"

"Reunite the scattered armies into one force, then break out through their rear! We’ll force our way through!" Tianzang declared his plan immediately.

Of course, strategically speaking, he actually had another option.

To punch forward!

To force a breakthrough into the Human Alliance’s City of Hope.

However, that came with a massive risk: whether the three hundred thousand troops could ever make it back out again once they broke in.

’Three hundred thousand troops!’

This was the entire foundation of the Eastern District’s alien races.

It wasn’t that Tianzang didn’t want to make this choice.

It was that he understood... the Strongest from the other races wouldn’t let him.

This was the greatest weakness of the alien races.

Each race had its own agenda.

No race would entrust all of its forces to him for such a "gamble."

"Alright. Give the order immediately. Consolidate the troops, merge into a single force, and then break through their rear!" The Strongest nodded at once.

’As long as we can reunite the scattered troops...’

’...this battle isn’t over yet!’

"You’ve already scattered them. Are you sure... you can bring them back together?" High in the air, Gao Neng circled above the Beast Race Sword Saint, his gaze sweeping across the battlefield below.

"We’ll know once we try!" Tianzang had no intention of debating with Gao Neng.

Because the more time they wasted, the worse their situation would become.

Gao Neng was obviously stalling for time, trying to use this ambiguous attitude to sow doubt in their minds and cause them to make a strategic error.

’But would he fall for it?’

’Of course not!’

"Give the order! Consolidate our forces! Break out through the rear!" Tianzang rapidly issued the command.

WOO! WOO!

WOO!

The Eastern District Alliance Army immediately sprang into action.

They moved with extreme speed.

And at that moment, Gao Neng smiled.

"Tianzang, you’ve lost!"