Chapter 805: Chapter 42: Didn’t Expect It, Did You? Long Long

If one were to say that the Dragon Clan was rendered speechless, then the Feathered Clan was utterly furious.

Elder Kong Ping immediately lashed out at the envoy of the Dragon Clan, icily saying:

“Go back and tell Qin Sitong that the Dragon Clan might entertain some young kid’s play-pretend, but we of the Feathered Clan have no time for such nonsense!”

Seeing Elder Kong indeed did not let everyone down, berating the envoy from the Dragon Clan harshly, everyone instantly felt very relieved and gratified.

After finishing the scolding, they all began to murmur amongst themselves.

Princess Feng Yan’s skill in cursing people, was indeed much higher than that of Elder Kong. If the latter could make people blush in anger, burning with rage, then the former could make people feel such intense shame they’d wish to leap into a well to end their own lives.

We are openly defying her order, not giving face to Long Long, and afterwards, even if we shift all the blame onto Elder Kong, we will likely still be implicated.

Thinking this, everyone began to feel somewhat guilty, and thus someone looked at the command sand table, trying to divert their unease, and curiously asked:

“Eh? What madness has possessed Qin Sitong to actually listen to that young man’s orders and move the battle line fully forward? Isn’t he afraid that the White Tiger Divine General will make a tactical adjustment and utilize the gaps during their formation change to crush our troops?”

“Who knows,” a Feathered Clan cultivator sneered, “If they, the Dragon Clan, seek their own demise, can we even stop them?”

Everyone began mocking in loud whispers, and with the inherently high-pitched and distinguishable voices of the Feathered Clan, the command room was filled with scornful laughter.

“If the White Tiger Divine General thus defeats the Dragon Clan, wouldn’t we be the next target?” Suddenly, someone blurted out a disheartening remark.

The atmosphere quickly stiffened again.

Everyone was enjoying their sarcastic banter when this comment abruptly cut them off, leaving them in an awkward silence, as everyone’s eyes darted around in search of the killjoy.

“What does it matter?” Elder Kong waved his hand dismissively, “If the Dragon Clan reveals such a flaw and gets defeated, it proves that they are unworthy of being allies with our Feathered Clan. If it’s not this time, there will be a next time, and a time after that, it’s inevitable.”

“Exactly, exactly,” everyone nodded in agreement.

“In any case, let us stick to our own plans,” continued Elder Kong, “Everyone hold your positions and do not give the enemy any opportunity.”

After a while, a messenger arrived to report that the Dragon Clan’s battle line had indeed moved forward as expected.

Although the Feathered Clan did not possess magical treasures like the Chessboard of Command, they excelled in flying and spellcasting for communication, so their command system was not far behind.

Very quickly, everyone noticed, just as previously stated by the Dragon Clan, a conspicuous disconnection and gap appearing between the formations of the two sides.

“Ignore it!” Elder Kong exclaimed with a sweep of his hand, “That is an issue caused by the Dragon Clan’s unilateral movement of their battle line, it has nothing to do with us.”

“But it seems like some troops from the opposite side are moving towards this gap,” the messenger quickly added, “about three hundred…no, four hundred!”

Elder Kong furrowed his brow, sensing that things weren’t as simple as they appeared, and the surrounding Feathered Clan generals began murmuring amongst themselves:

“So many cultivators, they must be planning to split and annihilate us by thrusting through the gap, right?”

“Split and annihilate?” Elder Kong scoffed, “With just that small number of theirs, can they even achieve it?”

“What if the White Tiger Divine General calls troops from the eastern position in Yuanjiang City?” another worried Feathered Clan general spoke up, “First cutting off our connection with the Dragon Clan, then encircling and besieging us, and bringing even more troops to annihilate us afterwards…”

Hearing this, everyone was no fool and quickly grasped the hidden dangers of the situation.

Elder Kong Ping was aware of his error, but the inherent stubbornness of the Feathered Clan still prevailed, as he argued:

“If that is the case, the Dragon Clan would not have failed to consider this point. Yet, why did they still risk the disarray of their formation to push the frontline forward?”

“They can use the waterways, they won’t be trapped…” Someone muttered, and Elder Kong Ping was struck as if by Thunderbane, realizing the truth.

If their connection with the Dragon Clan was severed by the enemy, the Dragon Clan could still escape via waterways, but what about the Feathered Clan?

Although the Feathered Clan can fly, the flat terrain nearby leaves almost everything visible from the ground, likely causing them to pay a heavy price.

“Quick!” he roared abruptly, “Align our front with the Dragon Clan!”

This command might seem like afterthought, but the Feathered Clan Cultivators present knew the stakes, and hurriedly carried out the order with utmost urgency.

Despite the delayed command, the high mobility of the Feathered Clan compensated for this as Cultivators merely flapped their wings, dove, and then descended into new positions to form the defense.

As the Qilin-White Tiger coalition army had just crossed half the distance, the Feathered Clan’s defense formation was swiftly reestablished, seamlessly reconnecting with the Dragon Clan’s formation.

In Yuanjiang City’s siege camp, Lv Yan sat on one side of the chessboard, holding a white piece, nodded after hearing the messenger’s report:

“It’s too late to catch up, which is normal. Often, the flaws exposed by the adversary are fleeting; you must discern which flaws you can exploit, and invest all efforts, and which ones are unattainable, only worth a few tentative probes.”

“I’ll remember that, Master,” Qi Yingzhu, sitting across the chessboard, replied earnestly with a nod.

“Right, the vanguards can be recalled now.” Lv Yan placed his chess piece down, “Also, have the third team from the waterway return to the main formation, the fourth team switch from ambush to defense.”

“Earlier, Master, didn’t you purposely reduce the guards on the waterway to lure the enemy into the trap?” Qi Yingzhu suddenly asked curiously, “Why abandon that plan now?”

“Look at the current situation,” Lv Yan responded without giving a direct answer.

Qi Yingzhu observed attentively and seemed to have an epiphany.

The defense lines of the Dragon Clan and Feathered Clan were previously distanced from the Qilin-White Tiger’s siege positions, allowing this side to react feasibly to any military actions by the enemy.

If the enemy took the land route for a swift attack, they would be fiercely counterattacked; if they opted for an underwater sneak attack, upon entering the trap, an ambush would be launched.

But the enemy did not take either route and instead chose to move their stand-off position forward.

The distance the position was moved forward was also perfectly judged, coming to the point where a clash was imminent, yet just short of a distance where they could strike at each other.

Seeing this, a full-scale attack seemed inevitable, so the plan to lure the enemy into a waterway sneak attack was naturally paused, shifting to overt defense–to achieve the effect of encirclement, more troops are required for an ambush than for open defense. Redeploying some troops would also bolster the frontal defenses.

The next second, another messenger reported:

The Dragon Clan deployed two hundred Cultivators to attack the right flank of the allied forces directly via the waterway!

As expected! Qi Yingzhu sneered coldly, the enemy did not resort to a sneak attack but chose an overt assault.

Did you expect that, Long Long?

Your every move is within our expectations, Master and I!