The Enemy in the Open, Ourselves in the Shadows?

Upon hearing Yang Tianyou's words, Yang Xuanyun showed a thoughtful expression, as if she had guessed something.

Little True Person Yueyang wanted to say more, but at that moment, Zhiming flew back from outside.

Four little legs took light, quick steps and ran all the way to Yang Tianyou's arms.

"Thank you for your hard work." Yang Tianyou said with a smile, gently stroking Zhiming's smooth fur.

Previously, with Tongming's help, Zhiming secretly sneaked to a valley thirty miles north of Blackblood City.

There, it fully utilized its innate abilities to hear clearly all the schemes and plots within Blackblood City.

This includes information such as the existence of the Fourth-Tier True Blood Pool, the troop deployment in Blackblood City, the number of Golden Core Combat Strength, and the reserves of War Resources.

For Zhiming, within a hundred miles, Formation barrier below the Fifth Tier would be difficult to prevent his Detection unless it was a deliberately set-up soundproof Formation.

"The Nascent Soul Blood Race Si Fan, the Lord of Blackblood City who has Nascent Soul combat power after refining the True Blood Pool, twelve Golden Core Combat Strength, the Blackblood Army, the Redblood Army, three Tier Third-Tier War Fortress, and the support from three other Foreign Races forces..." Information about Blackblood City from all aspects flowed slowly through Yang Tianyou's mind.

With the arrival of Si Fan, the war has taken a significant turn for the worse.

They originally planned to sweep through the enemy lines with their own strength, but now it seems that's no longer feasible.

The reason is simple: the power gap between the two sides is no longer as vast as heaven and earth.

The enemy not only had two more mobile Nascent Soul warriors, but also Blackblood City, their long-established stronghold.

The Third-Tier Upper-Grade Spirit Vein and the City-Guarding Formation alone are equivalent to a Golden Core Perfection cultivator.

If the Yang Household Fleet were to leave Evil-Suppressing Pass and launch an offensive, it would lack the support of Spirit Veins and City-Guarding Formations.

One addition and one subtraction, one waxing and one waning, this is the difference in combat power between two Golden Core Perfection, which could potentially affect the entire battle.

It's important to understand that with his five Bonded Spirit Beasts and Yunhua not by his side, Yang Tianyou, despite possessing Fourth Tier Flying Boat and the Vajra Ape Puppet, could easily fight Blackblood City to a draw, or even suppress them.

However, without the assistance of the Star-Chart Disk and the Love That Topples Cities, it would be wishful thinking to annihilate the high-level combat forces in Blackblood City.

But what good is simply occupying territory if you don't eliminate their high-ranking members?

Just like the last Cold Tide, when the Human Race voluntarily gave up their territory to let the Foreign Races in to wear them down and annihilate them, it's the same principle—if you save people but lose land, you can gain both people and land; if you save land but lose people, you can lose both people and land.

If they want to securely occupy the territory, they must annihilate Si Fan, the Lord of Blackblood City, and all the other Golden Core Blood Race in Blackblood City.

At the very least, we must annihilate more than 70% of their forces in order to securely occupy their territory.

In response to this strategic objective, Yang Tianyou's war strategy was as follows: on the Evil-Suppressing Pass side, the primary focus should be on defense. Relying on the pass and the power of the Fourth Tier Flying Boat, even if another Nascent Soul Blood Race were to arrive, they could be stopped.

The real breakthrough actually lies across from Crouching Ox Pass.

After most of the Ice Crystal Pool's power was depleted, the Old Ancestor and Yunhua suddenly launched a sneak attack from behind, first destroying the Ice Crystal Pool, and then annihilating the Greenrock Tribe.

Then, the two, along with several Golden Core Cultivators from the Feng Household and four Bonded Spirit Beasts, rode Fourth Tier small Flying Shuttle to quickly circle around to the back of Blackblood City and surround it.

Yang Dangmo and Yang Tianshi led twenty Flying Boats to support the Cloudglow Sect and resolve the Ten Thousand Blades Mountain.

On the Blackblood City battlefield, Si Fan and the Lord of Blackblood City saw that Yunhua and the others were all Golden Core Cultivators, and knew they would definitely still have the will to resist.

Because neither the Seven-Star Heaven-Sealing Formation, the Seven-Star Spirit-Raising Formation, nor the Combined Divine Ability power "Love That Topples Cities" have ever revealed their Nascent Soul Level combat power to the outside world.

The outside world's impression of Blade Venerable Great White is still stuck more than 30 years ago, when he suppressed True Person Goldwater and defeated Flamefrost True Person.

He later revealed his Nascent Soul combat power in the Guanghan Immortal-Demon Illusion Realm under the name of Xu Tianyi.

The killing of Long Qi was concealed by the Ten Ten-Thousand-Mile Mountains and Rivers Formation.

Therefore, from this perspective, the Yang Household's fighting strength is hidden.

Strangely, both Blackblood City and the Yang Household felt that "they were in the shadows, while the other was in the light."

Once the war begins, one side will certainly suffer huge losses.

As for which side suffered losses, it was undoubtedly Blackblood City.

In terms of intelligence, the Yang Household completely overwhelmed their opponent; there was no comparison between the two.

If the high-level combat forces of Blackblood City hesitate even slightly and are unwilling to decisively abandon their Blackblood City base and retreat, they will be surrounded by the Golden Core Combat Strength of the Yang Household family.

At this moment, Yang Tianyou gathered the power of his Seven Bonded Spirit Beasts and, together with Yunhua, unleashed the Love That Topples Cities, killing Si Fan in one fell swoop.

After dealing with the Lord of Blackblood City, the overall situation will be completely settled.

That's the overall strategy. As long as everything goes smoothly, it won't be long before the territory of the Three Counties can extend outward by at least four more counties.