However, after half a month, they still couldn't take down the stone city.
The yao and Asura took turns to attack. As soon as the yao masters recovered their spirit power, they would immediately attack the stone city with their yao arts.
However, Stone City's sturdy defenses and formations made the Demon Race and the Asura Race feel powerless.
Yuan Hong and Akuf rejoiced that they didn't choose to split up. Otherwise, the casualties would be even greater if they attacked the city with just one race.
Even with the two races working together and attacking in turns, they each lost close to a hundred thousand warriors. The yao had the most casualties.
However, this was under the condition that the elites didn't move. If they did, it would be different.
Both Akufu and Yuan Hong believed that if they were to use 100,000 elites to destroy a stone city, it would be like using a sledgehammer to kill a chicken.
"Damn this stone city. The formations are so strong. Also, their fortifications seem to be made of the best materials!"
Yuan Hong was annoyed.
However, on the fifteenth day of the attack, the defensive formation was finally broken. The counterattack from the city grew weaker and weaker.
"This is the stone city. Ye Tianze has been running it for a long time. I'm afraid that even White Tiger City's defenses can't compare to this stone city," Akuf said.
"Now that the formation is broken, the next round of attacks will be a real bloody battle. The human cultivators in the stone city won't be able to hold on for long. If the reinforcements don't arrive, they will be defeated in one blow. We only need to launch two more rounds of attacks and leave a door open for them to escape. Their morale will definitely be shaken."
Yuan Hong nodded, his eyes murderous. "I agree with you. However, why leave a door for them to escape? Isn't it better to kill them all? "
"No!"
Akufu said, "They are fighting for their interests, not for their beliefs. If these human cultivators are really forced into a dead end by us, then with their cultivation, we will have to pay the same price to annihilate them. Don't underestimate these human ants. If you don't force them, nothing will happen. If you force them into a corner, they will erupt with a tenacity that is even more terrifying than you can imagine!"
"Are they that strong?" Yuan Hong didn't believe it and mocked. "They are just a bunch of ants."
"Even if they aren't that powerful, we can't force our way in!" Ah Tuo Fu said, "Right now, both our clans have suffered a hundred thousand casualties. We've lost ten percent of our men. Adding on the fact that we haven't been able to take them down for a long time, our soldiers have lost their morale. If we continue to fight to the death with them, it will be disadvantageous for us."
Akufu knew that Yuan Hong wasn't stupid. He was just too proud. As a prince of the Demon Ape Tribe, and a descendant of the Divine Battle Ape, his pride far surpassed that of ordinary princes.
However, his battle prowess was also extremely terrifying.
Furthermore, he was the commander of the demonic beast army. Such a person was not suitable to be a commander at all because he was not calm enough and underestimated the enemy too much.
No matter how bad the human race was, they were still one of the five major races. Even if they were at the bottom, they were still one of the five major races!
If the hard way didn't work, Akufu would use the soft way. This was also the experience he had summed up when dealing with the Wu people on the battlefield of the Gods.
After all, the allied forces of the Shura Race and the God Race would encounter many obstacles. The God Race was strong, and the Shura Race was next to the God Race. They did not follow the God Race's lead, so the Shura Race's position would be very awkward.
"Also, there's one more thing!"
Akufu said. "Fear is contagious. Leave one door open and let them escape. As long as we chase them away, their fear will spread to all living things on this land, especially the humans. Unless the White Tiger Legion is guarding White Tiger City, otherwise... once they come into contact with these defeated soldiers, it is very likely that the White Tiger Legion's morale will be affected. They might even be affected and be defeated by us in one blow!"
Although Yuan Hong was proud, when he heard Akufu's plan, he finally understood why the Shura Race had sent this person over.
The battlefield between the God Race and the Wu people was a hell. In comparison, the human battlefield was more like a paradise!
"No wonder you were able to stand on that hellish battlefield. You really live up to your name!" Yuan Hong said. "We'll do as you say!"
Stone City!
The moment the defensive formation was destroyed, the cultivators inside began to retreat. They had suffered heavy losses in the past half a month of defending the city.
Nearly a hundred thousand cultivators had died defending the city. Most importantly, they did not have enough pills. The vitality gushing out from the vitality well in the city was not enough for so many people to recover.
Not to mention, the injured cultivators were lacking healing pills.
Some of the old monsters had even taken out their own resources. But when they thought of the bloody battle ahead, pessimism spread throughout the city.
"Let's retreat!" the leader of the Eastern Region said. The leaders of the five alliances were sitting together.
"Why haven't the reinforcements arrived yet? Didn't you say they would arrive in half a month?"
"The casualties are too heavy. Many of our people have been cultivating for hundreds or thousands of years, but they all died here. I don't want to fight anymore. Let's retreat. We've been guarding here for half a month. Besides, the alien races don't seem to want to surround us. The west gate hasn't been surrounded by too many alien races. We can leave at any time!"
Chong Changqing saw that the leaders and the old monsters were already thinking of retreating, but he had no intention of doing so.
It wasn't that he was unafraid of death, nor was it for the benefit of his race.
But if they retreated now, wouldn't all the people and resources they had lost go to waste?
Not to mention, half a month had passed. Reinforcements could arrive at any time. If they abandoned Stone City now, they would lose everything.
The benefits on the mountain were gone, and so were the benefits in the stone city. If the army arrived and defeated the foreign invaders, it would not be so easy for them to take back what they had lost.
After considering many aspects, Chong Changqing said, "No, we can't withdraw now. If we withdraw, we'll lose everything. Moreover, don't forget that we represent the Great Five Alliance, and the Great Five Alliance represents the best interests of the human race. If we leave now, the Mortal Emperor Palace will accuse us of abandoning the city and fleeing. The prestige of the Great Five Alliance and even the Heavenly Dao Academy will be damaged!"
"If we let the Human Emperor's Palace seize this opportunity to win the hearts of the people, will we still have a good life?"
The leaders shut their mouths, but the old monsters were still dissatisfied. They didn't want to waste hundreds or thousands of years of cultivation here.
"There has to be a time limit. Are the reinforcements coming or not?"
An old monster said: "We don't want to risk our lives in this place. Bullshit about the academy's prestige and the benefits of the other powers, I don't care. What I care about is whether I will have cultivation resources in the future and whether I can survive or not!"
Chong Changqing wanted to kill him, but he found that most old monsters had the same mentality. He could kill one, but he couldn't kill all of them.
At this time, a messenger suddenly reported, "Reporting to the leaders, the army's envoy is here."
"Quickly invite him in!" Chong Changqing said.
Soon, the envoy came in. He passed on Lu Xiufu's order, asking them to hold on for three more days. Three days later, the White Tiger Army's reinforcements would arrive.
"Why do we have to wait for three more days? Didn't we say half a month?" An old monster questioned.
"This is Lord White Tiger's order. This subordinate doesn't know, but according to my deduction, the army seems to be moving to surround the outsiders and cut off their path of retreat. That's why it took some time."
The envoy said.
Hearing this, everyone dispelled the doubts in their hearts.
After the envoy left, Chong Changqing persuaded everyone and decided to hold on for three more days!
However, these three days would be three days of bloody battle. This time, Chong Changqing arbitrarily gave a death order that anyone who dared to defect would be killed directly!
Thus, something that surprised Yuan Hong and Akufu happened.
When they launched a new round of attacks and began to fight the cultivators of the Great Five Alliance on the city wall, they found that the cultivators of the Great Five Alliance had no intention of escaping.
They clearly had an empty gate, but they didn't escape!
After three days of bloody battle, both sides suffered heavy casualties. The human side lost nearly three hundred thousand, and the remaining three hundred thousand were also covered in scars.
The demon and shura side also suffered heavy losses, losing three hundred thousand. In total, each side had about one hundred and fifty thousand soldiers.
Looking at the casualties under his hand, Yuan Hong asked, "Didn't you say that they would run?"
Akufu also wanted to ask why. Could it be that the cultivators of the Great Five Alliance had all changed?
At this moment, the scout in front sent a message. "The humans have run. The human cultivators in the stone city have collapsed and are escaping from the west gate. Should we chase?"
Akufu smiled when he heard this. Yuan Hong also heaved a sigh of relief.
If this bloody battle continued, they would lose more than half of their forces before they met the White Tiger Army!
"Chase, but don't chase too closely. Keep them hanging and let them run, but don't let them escape!" Yuan Hong ordered.
Then, the demon and shura races only passed by the stone city and began to chase the escaping cultivators of the Great Five Alliance.
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