On the Immortal Planet, the Hachiko clan's gathering place.
This place was surrounded by mountains, but the valley in the center was a large empty space. There were many pavilions in the empty space. According to human civilization and rules, the central pavilion was naturally the most important pavilion, and the top floor was naturally the most important meeting place.
At this moment, most of the Hachiko clan's upper echelons were gathered in the hall. Not only were there people who were originally on the Immortal Planet or in the Immortal Star Stream, but even the eight frontline commanders were there. Not only that, but there was also one person in the hall.
This person was dressed in white and had a solemn expression. He was from the Heavenly Mountain.
The Heavenly Mountain was a power above the Hachiko clan and was the actual controller of the war. Naturally, they had the right and need to be the first to know about the war. The Heavenly Gods were not true gods, so it was impossible for them to know about the situation on the battlefield.
The eight clan leaders all recognized this Heavenly King. After cupping their hands and bowing, the two sides did not exchange any pleasantries or say any nonsense. The Hachiko clan's upper echelons took their seats. Since this was a summary, they should start from the beginning.
"Who was the first to know about the invasion?" Li Clan Head Li Beifeng asked directly without any preamble.
Everyone looked at the Fu Clan. The upper echelons at the frontline headquarters all knew that the news came from the Fu Clan. Even the majority of the troops on the Immortal Planet had been informed by the Fu Clan. Fu Yang did not answer. Instead, he turned to look at his daughter. Fu Yu naturally did not have stage fright. In fact, she did not even have the slightest bit of respect for an elder. Instead, she spoke as if she was on the same level. "It was me."
Li Beifeng looked at Fu Yu and continued asking, "How did Young Master Fu know?"
"Lu An was training on the Wild Star when the Spirit Race attacked. He immediately reported back," Fu Yu said.
Lu An?
Everyone present was stunned when they heard this. No one had expected that this matter was actually related to Lu An!
However, the following content basically had nothing to do with Lu An. In the entire Star Stream battlefield, Lu An's existence was insignificant. At this point, there was no need for the Hachiko clan to hide anything. They gathered the reports of the deaths in their respective camps to determine the overall situation of the battle.
The numbers reported by the various families were shocking.
After the Hachiko clan's report, everyone present immediately calculated the results of the battle with their Sea of Consciousness. The head of the Gao family, Gao Yueyang, took a deep breath and said, "Everyone knows the number, but I'll go through the trouble of explaining it once more so that everyone can continue discussing."
No one objected. After all, calculating it in one's mind and saying it out loud were two completely different feelings.
"In this battle, the Allied Forces of the Milky Way sent out a total of 21,412 Celestial Beings and 413 Hachiko clan members." Gao Yueyang's voice was very heavy as he said, "The Allied Army returned a total of 18143 people, and the Hachiko clan returned a total of 310 people. My calculations should be correct, right?"
"…"
The whole place was silent. After hearing this number with their own ears, everyone's heart became heavier.
The number of deaths was too high.
The Allied Army lost 3,269 people, which accounted for about 15% of the total number of people who participated in the battle. The Hachiko clan lost 103 people, which accounted for 25% of the total number of people who participated in the battle, which was more than 10% of the Allied Army!
In other words, according to the ratio, the Hachiko clan's loss was much greater than the Allied Army's.
Although the Allied Army's number was much more than 20,000, 20,000 people were only a part of it. The Hachiko clan's number was also more than 400. Even so, it was still a terrible loss. It should be known that everyone who died was in the Celestial Being Realm, and each of them would need hundreds or even thousands of years to recover. The number of Celestial Beings who died in this battle alone was enough to dominate any Star Stream that had no attribute limit.
This was just the first battle, and they had lost so many people. If they continued to die at this rate, they would be completely annihilated in just a few more battles.
The heavy pressure pressed down on everyone present to the point of suffocation.
"According to the statistics, we killed a total of 2,700 Ferocious Beasts in the Spirit Star River. The margin of error is less than 100, which is only 80% of the Allied Army's casualties," Gao Yueyang continued. "We killed a total of 76 people from the Spirit Clan, which is less than 80% of our casualties."
"…"
When the ratio of the battle was mentioned, it made everyone's hearts even heavier. Especially the number of deaths between the Spirit Clan and the Hachiko clan. According to the information provided by the Hachiko clan, it was basically confirmed that the Spirit Clan had more Celestial Beings than the Hachiko clan. In other words, if the battle continued, the Hachiko clan would be the first to be wiped out, and the enemy would probably still have a lot of survivors.
Especially since the enemy had the initiative, they could attack whenever they wanted. The Hachiko clan could not take the initiative to enter the Spirit Star River to fight because they knew too little about the Spirit Star River. If they entered rashly, they might lose their lives in vain.
It was also because of this that the Hachiko clan was so troubled by this battle, and they could not even see any hope. However, they had to win. Even if they had to break their heads, they had to think of a way.
"If these numbers are announced, I'm afraid they will be even more anxious." The head of the Xiang clan, Xiang Zun, said, "We have to beautify the numbers, but they must still be at a disadvantage. Otherwise, it will go against the situation of the battlefield they are participating in. We can only reduce the disadvantage."
"Brother Zun is right." The head of the Liu Clan, Liu Jian, nodded and said, "Perhaps we can tell them the exact number of casualties suffered by the allied forces, but we can make the casualties of the Eight Ancient Clans look better. We can give them the false impression that the allied forces have lost, but the Eight Ancient Clans have won. After all, the Hachiko clan's battlefield did not have anyone from the Allied Army. Even if we lie, they will not be able to verify it. "
Everyone nodded in agreement. This was something that had to be done. Otherwise, if both the Allied Army and the Hachiko clan were at a disadvantage, it would greatly affect the Allied Army's morale. At the very least, they had to make the Hachiko clan appear to be at an advantage. Only then would the Allied Army have the confidence to continue fighting.
Very quickly, the Hachiko clan reached an agreement on beautifying the numbers. The Allied Army's casualties were only ten percent higher than the Beasts', while the Hachiko clan's casualties were five percent lower than the Astrals'. This was more convincing and would make it easier for the Allied Army to believe.
After discussing the numbers, it was time to discuss strategy. Even though the eight clan heads had sat down to discuss strategy many times over the past two years, when the actual battle began, they all discovered that there were many discrepancies in their plans and needed to be reconsidered. In particular, they were at a huge disadvantage. They could deceive the Allied Army, but they couldn't deceive themselves. No matter what, they had to find a way to reverse the situation and break out of this situation.
Many of the higher-ups expressed their own opinions, regardless of their status. This was a time for them to gather their thoughts. However, unlike the others, Fu Yu didn't say a single word from beginning to end. However, it wasn't that she wasn't thinking. On the contrary, she sat in her chair the entire time, deep in thought.
From Fu Yu's point of view, it would be extremely difficult to reverse the situation using conventional methods. They could obtain partial victory, but it would be too difficult to reverse the situation as a whole. In addition, they would have to hope that the enemy would fall for their trap, which meant that the enemy would make a mistake. This was still a passive situation. In essence, they had not yet taken the initiative.
A few plans appeared in Fu Yu's mind, but they only caused her eyes to become more and more serious and cold. Fu Yu rarely appeared in this state. A Heavenly King Realm expert from the Fu Clan noticed this and asked in a small voice, "Young Master, what's wrong?"
Fu Yu glanced at this person and shook her head slightly. She did have a plan, but she couldn't even convince herself to do it, much less tell the people present.
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