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Chapter 635: The Himalayan Campaign (Part 2)
Chapter 635: The Himalayan Campaign (Part 2)
After their operation was thwarted, Emperor Liu Che took out his phone and wanted to share his current situation in the group chat.
However, upon entering the chat group with "99+" unread messages, he discovered that it wasn't just him; almost every Great Cultivator had encountered a similar problem—
The Skrull forces in the small bases no longer surrendered, and as soon as the Great Cultivators began their assault, Skrull reinforcements arrived, forcing them to temporarily halt their actions.
At this moment, Su Yu initiated a group poll to tally how many Great Cultivators had faced this issue. Those who encountered Skrull reinforcements were to select "Yes," while those who successfully occupied the spring without interference were to select "No."
Two minutes later, the results were in.
It turned out that, apart from Su Yu and Elisa, every other Great Cultivator had faced Skrull reinforcements of similar strength, leaving them with no choice but to pause their operations.
Tina, using a translation app developed by the relevant authorities, said in the group, "I encountered a mid-tier Seventh Rank Skrull warrior. She's not a match for me, and I should be able to defeat her.
However, this Skrull only defends and doesn't attack, conserving her strength and stalling for time. It would take at least four hours to defeat her, and I can't prevent her from escaping through a spatial rift, so I had to stop for now."
"Thank you, Tina," Su Yu replied in the group, falling into deep thought.
It seems the Skrulls have a well-coordinated counter-tactic. Their response is very determined.
No wonder the Skrull forces in the small spring I occupied didn't surrender; they were waiting for reinforcements! It's just that the reinforcements didn't arrive.
A few seconds later, a Great Cultivator asked Su Yu in the group, "Fellow Daoist Su Yu, why didn't the Skrulls send reinforcements to you and Elisa? Do you know the reason?"
Su Yu thought for a moment and replied, "My situation might be different from Elisa's.
My [Teleportation] is instantaneous, so the Skrulls might not have had time to react.
Elisa, being at the peak of Seventh Rank, has a high interception cost, so the Skrulls didn't send reinforcements to block her.
Of course, these are just guesses. I'm not sure of the actual situation."
"I see," a Great Cultivator responded.
Another Great Cultivator continued, "Given this, how should we change our offensive strategy?"
Emperor Liu Che, seeing this question, shared his thoughts in the group, "Why don't we try finding other nearby small springs? Let's see if the Skrulls send reinforcements again."
"Sounds good. If we encounter any issues, we'll continue to communicate in the group."
The Great Cultivators left their respective springs and flew toward other small springs.
But five minutes later, bad news arrived.
Emperor Liu Che hadn't reached his next target yet when King Arthur, his predecessor, spoke in broken Chinese in the group, "Everyone, don't go to other springs. It's useless. I've already arrived at the 'Xiqi Si' spring, and the Skrull reinforcements were already there before I could even start occupying it."
King Arthur was a Western cultivator, unlike Chinese cultivators who could fly on their swords. He could only fly using his physical body, making him the slowest among all the cultivators.
Because he was the slowest, the Chinese Great Cultivators considerately left the nearest spring for him, so he was the first to arrive.
At that moment, King Arthur looked at a flamboyantly dressed, clown-like Sixth Rank Skrull warrior in the spring, feeling utterly helpless.
Seeing King Arthur's message, the Great Cultivators all stopped in their tracks.
However, some of the Great Cultivators were close to their destinations, so they decided to speed up and fly directly to the spring they were heading to.
One after another, bad news began to pour in: "I've reached 'Xisi-3' and found a Skrull reinforcement unit."
"I've arrived at 'Xiliu-6,' and there are Skrull reinforcements here as well, but they are two minor levels lower than me. Should I engage them?"
Seeing the messages from the Great Cultivators, Su Yu, who was currently occupying the second spring, fully understood the Skrulls' strategy.
The Skrulls' tactic was simple—they had somehow obtained the location information of the Earth cultivators and were now focusing on defending specific points. This rendered the Earth cultivators' offensive strategy from the past two days completely ineffective.
Indeed, it was exactly as Su Yu had thought.
In the Skrull Sun Palace, Emperor Manina XIII watched the live feed from the Earth base with a satisfied smile.
The delay strategy he had personally devised was working perfectly!
For nearly an hour, apart from Su Yu and Alycia each occupying a small spring, not a single spring had fallen.
If this had happened two days ago, over twenty springs would have been lost by now!
He looked at the court minister Carlog, who was kneeling on the floor, and said, "Carlog, send a message to Rance. Tell him to hold the Earth cultivators back and to complete the explosive mining plan as soon as possible!"
"Understood!" Carlog immediately bowed and sent the emperor's message through a special communication device.
After understanding the Skrulls' strategy, the Great Cultivators began discussing how to change their offensive tactics.
Su Yu noticed that Chancellor Cao had been silent, so he asked in the group chat: "Chancellor Cao @Cao Mengde, how is the situation on your end?"
After a few seconds, Chancellor Cao, who was busy, replied in the group: "My situation is similar to yours.
There are five large springs in the Himalayan Range. Three of them had an eighth-rank reinforcement when I arrived, and the remaining two had a dozen seventh-rank reinforcements each.
Of course, I can handle them all except for Plante, but it would take me at least a dozen hours to occupy one of the large springs. So I didn't act rashly."
Seeing Chancellor Cao's message, the Great Cultivators in the group fell into a collective silence, with no one speaking for several seconds.
The Skrulls were well-prepared! They needed to come up with a better offensive plan quickly, or their results tonight would be dismal.
After a few more seconds, Emperor Liu Che asked in the group: "Can we abandon the Himalayan Range and attack the springs in South Asia and Southeast Asia instead?"
Su Yu replied in the group: "That won't work.
The spatial rifts on Earth are evenly distributed worldwide, but on Skrul, all the spatial rifts are concentrated above Sun City.
So no matter which springs we attack, the Skrull reinforcements can instantly arrive."
Because of Su Yu's response, the group fell silent once again.
After another few seconds, Yang Jian, who had never spoken in the group before and was usually taciturn, suddenly sent a voice message.
In the message, he said, "I have a plan to break the Skrulls' strategy:
All of us cultivators should gather and divide into two teams. One team will consist of Cao Mengde alone, and the other will be made up of us four seventh-rank cultivators.
We will each attack a small psychic spring. If we encounter an eighth-rank or a group of seventh-rank Skrulls, we will switch to another location. We will use guerrilla tactics to deal with the Skrulls."
(End of Chapter)
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