Chapter 1116: Letting Loose in All Out Battle! (IV)

“According to what you say, the worst case scenario is that the vice commander, reserve commander, and guardian plant spirits are all Saints. The Zheng second son might have also reached the Saint level after being a peak Immortal back in the day. The patriarch is an Empyrean King.

“That’s to say there’s one Empyrean King, four Saints, at least twenty Immortals, Apexes, and at least a dozen plant spirits potentially still alive. Plus a few director generals... makes at least forty enemies, correct?”

“If you want to look at the worst case scenario, that’s right!” Director General Wang nodded. “In addition, there’s certain to be plenty of Boundless soldiers within the city. It doesn’t matter if there are only a few of them, but they’ll be formidable in sufficient numbers!

Li Hao nodded; the others looked solemn.

“Immortals range from fourth to seventh level Sun and Moon,” said Li Hao. “Eighth and ninth level should exceed the Immortal level, but may not be able to stand against Saints.

“Apexes span seventh level Mountain and Sea to third level Sun and Moon...

“Based on what Director General Wang’s said, we probably won’t lose to them at the Apex level. But when it comes to the Immortal level...”

There weren’t that many equivalents that they could field.

“We don’t have many fourth level Sun and Moon!” Li Hao said softly. “But the enemy hasn’t fully revitalized either, so they’re not that scary!

“As for the Saint level... well, we’re discussing the worst case scenario at the moment. Therefore, there are a couple of Saints and even an Empyrean King among the enemy. Our estimation is that the Zheng patriarch would not have remained at his family’s city. He might’ve even left with some of the family’s powerhouses. Only the guardian plant spirits will be unequivocally loyal to the city!”

There was at least one Saint in residence at their target; no one was aware of precisely how many there were.

“I’ll take care of any Saints we encounter! The results of the investigation that teacher and the others undertook to the ancient cities indicate that the enemy may be pretending to have not revitalized. That means we have the advantage of timing. They won’t believe that we would dare attack a main city with a Saint in residence. Therefore, even if there’s two Saints present, we can commence so long as I can eliminate one of the Saints!

“The key is the Immortal level. All cultivators at three levels Sun and Moon and above are to target the Immortals!”

Even so, there weren't enough of them to assign to the enemy. Li Hao thought over the matter.

“All of us need to fight those stronger than our cultivation level! They haven’t fought for many years and haven’t fully recovered, that’s what we’ll bank on.. Fourth level Sun and Moon needs to go against mid or even late Immortal. Fifth level Sun and Moon needs to handle peak or late Immortal...

“There are very few among us who have reached mid Sun and Moon. Director General Wang, Gan Wuliang, Director General Zhao, and the imperial guard are willing to be part of this battle. All of them barely count as the Immortal level.”

That was still too few!

As for the others, such as his teacher and the rest, they might stand a chance against initial Immortal. Anyone stronger would be too hard. Not to mention, he had very few third level Sun and Moon under his banner. This was all he had.

In a comparison of battle strength, his side was weaker across the board. Everyone had to challenge someone of a higher cultivation level. Meanwhile, New Martial citizens were no pushovers. He could only place his hopes in the fact that the enemy was out of fighting form and hadn’t fully recovered.

Jiang Yingli and the others from New Martial hadn’t recovered their peak condition either. They’d just barely reached seventh to ninth level Mountain and Sea. None of them had set foot into Sun and Moon.

Both Director General Wang and Jiang Yingli held their tongues. Perhaps... they could reach out to those at Battle Heaven or Evenround Martial University. That would quickly even the battlefield.

But just when they made up their minds to raise the suggestion, Li Hao said, “If the Great Li king, Jiang Li, and Watercloud empress dowager are willing to join us... They are all mid Sun and Moon and have some special circumstances about them. They are very strong in battle and can even take on mid or late Immortal...”

Those three would be of immense help!

Assuming that they were willing to come, however.

Li Hao had sent a message of a single sentence to Watercloud—

come to Silver City tonight.

As for whether or not the empress dowager would come... that was hard to say. He would pretend they didn’t exist if she didn’t.

“Commander, they...” Yu Luocha couldn’t help herself. “They’re not reliable!”

“They’re normally not reliable, but they absolutely will be once we’re inside!” Li Hao laughed.

They would have to be reliable once the attack force was inside the ancient city. The defenders wouldn’t care if all of the intruders were on the same side!

Very well then!

“We’re going against one Saint at present,” Hong Yitang said softly. “What if they have two or three? Even if we can balance the numbers on the Apex and Immortal side, what about the Saints? You can battle one, but what if their reserve commander or vice commander has revitalized?”

That was the key of the battle!

No one had any opinions about the actual fighting. They’d all discussed this operation before and everyone was willing to participate.

“Nothing is perfect in life,” Li Hao laughed. “What would we have to risk if we could just outright crush them? We could just go crush them right now! Only when we can’t fight them is it a gamble. I’ll try to kill that guardian plant spirit as soon as possible. As for the other Saints... it’s best if there are none. If there are... I’ll see what else I can squeeze out!”

How was it possible to be that confident about their chances? If he was, he’d outright charge into the city and start laying around with his sword!

Li Hao also wanted to have all of his bases covered and guarantee a victory.

But if that was the case, I would’ve made a move long ago. Why would I have to wait until now?

A myriad of emotions rocked the group, yet no one said anything. It was just as Li Hao said, they were taking such a risk precisely because they knew they couldn’t overcome the enemy. That was what putting their life on the line meant.

“It will still be Gan Wuliang leading the group this time. He’ll be acting as the envoy once more,” Li Hao instructed. “I’ll hide the rest of us in the Hao Cosmos first and pause for a moment. Gan Wuliang will take Stellaris with him so I can fix onto his location. With that, we’ll burst out of the void in an ambush!”

Hiding anywhere wouldn’t be safe enough. Only the dao universe was safe from the enemy’s senses, that was the most surefire bet.

An ambush was certain to succeed! That was the advantage enjoyed by the attackers.

“I will absolutely complete my mission!” Gan Wuliang quickly promised. It was no easy task to employ Stellaris in fixing the location while leading the team. The location had to be precise and the enemy lulled out of their suspicions.

“Is there any else that needs to be supplemented, everyone?”

“Yes!” He Yong shouted. “How many more supernatural bombs do we have? Let’s give one to each of us. If we can’t beat our opponent, we can just self-detonate and set off the bomb! We’ll take down anyone we can get! People of New Martial like to self-detonate, we can show them a thing or two about that as well!

“It’s said that a large number of their powerhouses came back from the dead when they beat the Heavenly Emperor.” The man leered. “Commander, we’re not afraid of death. We can come back when you rule over the world, the wheel of reincarnation, and the conversion of yin and yang! If we can’t, then we can reincarnate while it’s early and live another damn good life in eighteen years!”

Li Hao’s heart skipped a beat, he didn’t say anything to this proposal.

“That’s a good idea...” Yuan Shuo concurred. “Let’s hurry and collect all of the city annihilation missiles and supernatural bombs. Each of us can take some. New Martial citizens can self-detonate, but so can we!

“We don’t have to be so grandiose about it either. If our supernatural characters can make it out of the battlefield and take shelter in the Hao Cosmos that’s connected to our dao meridians, we might be able to return so long as our characters survive! Li Hao will sort it out when he organizes the great dao later!

“Supernatural characters are a combination of aura, dao, and life force. We really might not die if our characters can escape back to our dao universe. It’s the same concept as a New Martial cultivator coming back through their core origin dao. We’re not afraid of death, but if it comes down to it, we can give it a try.

“It might not take eighteen years. What if we come back after a few years?” The old man looked merrily at Li Hao. “You once said that we were destined to become the rulers of a world, the masters of a dao. If anyone dies and their supernatural character melds into one of the sectors, then... give us some space! Perhaps we’ll be able to recover through the great dao!”

Everyone laughed at his words.

“That’s right, my Fire Fist has reached perfection!” He Yong declared excitedly. “If my supernatural character isn’t extinguished and I make it back to the fire sector or the fist dao sector... Either is fine, just give one of them to me!”

“The sword dao sector is mine!” Sky Sword said calmly.

“Are you the only one who practices the sword?”

“And are you the only one who practices the fist, Little He?”

“......” Loud arguing suddenly broke out. Someone yelled that they also trained the fist, while another announced heatedly that they also practiced the sword.

Disputes raged on!

Li Hao watched the disturbance without saying a word.

Are you guys... so certain that we’ll die? And that I’ll survive? Are you just saying this to comfort me? Can we really come back to life if we become part of the Hao Cosmos?

The young man himself didn’t know if this was a possibility. The group was treating it as gospel with just a few words from Yuan Shuo. Were they comforting him or themselves?

There were those of New Martial who’d resurrected, but this age was not New Martial! The Hao Cosmos was not the core origin dao universe either. And was there really a wheel of reincarnation?

Li Hao’s heart softened as he watched people roar with laughter. The icy grip clenched around his heart abruptly relaxed. He hadn’t cared if people lived or died before this. Indeed, he was quite... ruthless!

He was no saint or a hotblooded young man! He just wanted to do what he thought he could, should, and would do. He’d thought about it earlier, that a lot of people might die in this campaign.

But if they died, so they died!

Yet when they argued over who could occupy which sector and be its dao master, he suddenly felt conflicted as his heart was tugged in another direction. Why must they fight an ancient city? Why did they have to do this?

Let’s just let the second awakening take place! We don’t have to put our lives on the line anymore! We can hide, take shelter, or kill some weaklings. We can also march on the four nations, but why do we need to fight the ancient cities? Must we place ourselves in the most dangerous position just so Silver Moon world could be a bit safer?

Why??

Li Hao gripped his armrest so tightly that they started shredding into dust. He looked silently at the crowd, some emotions that should not be present drifting through his eyes. He didn’t know if it was right or wrong to be leading them down this path.

I don’t know what the future holds either! I’m just fooling all of you!