Inside the Human Emperor Palace.
Lu Xiufu watched as Shi Cheng broke the rules and traveled on the battlefield with flying shuttles, but made no attempt to stop him.
He'd guessed what Ye Tianze was going to do, but he hadn't expected Ye Tianze to already have seven thousand Tiger Guards, all of them equipped with dao armor and weapons.
They were even fatter than his most elite Tiger Guard. He'd never heard of those new armors, but he could sense how powerful they were.
However, what truly surprised him was the flying shuttle. Even the White Tiger Legion's fastest shuttle could only travel a thousand miles in a day.
But this shuttle could travel ten thousand miles in a day with ease, and it could carry several times more people than the White Tiger Legion's shuttles.
"Why does this thing look so much like the legendary Cloudsoaring Shuttle?"
Lu Xiufu was amazed.
When the shuttle appeared, he knew that the three alliances were doomed. It was only a matter of time before Ye Tianze took over their base.
By the time the leaders of the three alliances received the news, more than half of their strongholds would've been razed to the ground by Shi Cheng's men.
However, what he didn't expect was that Li Chaoying would actually lead 20,000 men out of the city. Moreover, she didn't go out of the city to meet up with Tang Yuan, but to purge the people in those strongholds.
Lu Xiufu was impressed by the ruthlessness of her methods.
"Compared to Lee Chao-young, this half-step great emperor from the Futian Clan is too lenient."
Lu Xiufu naturally understood that Ye Tianze wanted to take the three great alliances' trump card at the foot of the mountain. He wanted the three great alliances to be unable to recover from the setback at Mount Buzhou, and they would never be able to make any big waves again.
Destroying the strongholds and taking their resources wasn't the most ruthless. As long as their people were still there, it was only a matter of time before they rebuilt their strongholds.
When that happened, the three alliances would definitely fight to the death with Shi Cheng.
However, Lee Chao-young's purge was a completely different story. With those loyal to the alliance wiped out, it would be extremely difficult for the three alliances to reunite.
It was even possible that in the future, Mount Buzhou would no longer belong to the three alliances.
Therefore, Lu Xiufu felt that although Lee Chao-young's cultivation wasn't very high, she was the cleverest.
"No wonder that little bastard dared to play chess. He had it all planned out." Lu Xiufu admired Ye Tianze's methods and courage.
Under such circumstances, everyone thought that Ye Tianze had run out of options. Apart from starting a war with the Big Five Alliance on the mountain, the only option left was to negotiate.
If a battle broke out at the foot of the mountain, Shi Cheng would not have any advantage at all. Going out of the city to find trouble with the Big Five Alliance was no different from sending himself to death.
Who would've thought that Ye Tianze would do the exact opposite, with his endless tricks?
"I'm afraid that even when the Three Great Alliances realize it, they won't believe it!" Lu Xiufu smiled bitterly.
But he knew that the three alliances weren't easy to provoke, even though most of their elites were on the mountain.
The three alliances' true stronghold was the Heavenly Dao Academy. As for the Divine General's Estate, the Alchemy School, and the Tool Sect, Ye Tianze didn't need to touch them.
Shi Cheng's interests were actually tied to the three alliances.
The Alchemy School and the Tool Sect wanted customers like Ye Tianze who were rich and willing to fight. Only war could make the Alchemy School and the Tool Sect flourish.
It was the same for the Divine General's Estate. The disciples of the estate naturally needed to make contributions on the battlefield. The corps, which focused on defense, might not be able to make a name for themselves in ten or twenty years.
Things were just as Lu Xiufu expected.
In the Heavenly Dao Academy's stronghold, Wu Huaishui didn't believe it when he heard the news.
He directly dragged out the messenger and beheaded him.
"What kind of joke is this? Although Stone City has a hundred and fifty thousand men, what kind of people are they? Without Ye Tianze holding the fort, and their elites are all on the mountain, how could they come out of the city to attack us?"
The leaders of the major forces felt that it was ironic and even felt that this was a spy sent by Shi Cheng to shake their morale.
Wu Huaishui didn't care about what happened just now and said, "Since the battle on the mountain has already started, then we should also prepare. Once there's a winner, we'll go straight to Shi Cheng …"
"Report!"
Before he could finish, a hurried voice from outside interrupted him.
Wu Huaishui's face was cold as he waited for the messenger to come in. He said with a livid face, "Don't tell me that Shi Cheng's people are already here!"
The surrounding people laughed.
The messenger was covered in cold sweat and said, "A person who claims to be in the Dragon Realm from the Dragon King Sect came to our stronghold and said that the stronghold of the Dragon King Sect was destroyed by Shi Cheng's people!"
"Ridiculous!"
An old man stood up. It was the leader of the Dragon King Sect in Buzhou Mountain, "Call him in. I want to see which son of a bitch is shaking the morale of our army!"
After a while, that person was brought in. The leader of the Dragon King Sect saw him and his face changed, "Why is it you!"
"Leader, this is bad. Shi Cheng's people attacked our stronghold and our people couldn't stop them. They razed our stronghold to the ground …"
The leader of the Dragon King Sect had to believe because this person in front of him was his trusted aide. He didn't believe that this person would be influenced by Shi Cheng and come here to shake the morale of the army.
The leader of the Dragon King Sect looked at Wu Huaishui and said, "Leader, I'm afraid it's true!"
"Ridiculous!"
Wu Huaishui didn't believe it. If it wasn't for the fact that the Dragon King Sect was a super force, he would have dragged this leader out and beheaded him.
He stared at the leader of the Dragon King Sect and said, "Use your brain and think carefully. Without Ye Tianze here, how could Shi Cheng's people take the initiative to attack us?"
The leader of the Dragon King Sect didn't believe it at first, but this person in front of him was his trusted aide. If he couldn't believe his words, then who could?
But now, no one believed him. Some even began to suspect that the Dragon King Sect was secretly in cahoots with Shi Cheng.
The leader of the Dragon King Sect was helpless. This wasn't the time to be soft. He was about to kill this trusted aide to prove his innocence.
At this moment, the cultivator who sent the order walked in again, "Report … there's a cultivator outside who claims to be an elder of the Celestial Sect. He said that he's here to report that Shi Cheng's people attacked their stronghold …"
Hearing this news, everyone's face turned ugly, especially Wu Huaishui. He suddenly had a bad premonition.
Could it be that Shi Cheng's people really took the initiative to attack? But, what did Shi Cheng have to fight against the Great Five Alliance?
But this time, they were very cautious. They didn't kill him, but invited him in to ask him. It was almost exactly the same as what the Dragon King Sect's cultivator said.
But Wu Huaishui and the majority of the people present were unwilling to believe it. The difference in strength was too great. Why would Shi Cheng throw himself at the muzzle of the gun?
They immediately sent people out to investigate.
However, before they could return, people from the various forces of the Dragon Realm came to report that the stronghold had been broken!
At this point, Wu Huaishui had no choice but to believe it.
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