Just as Yan Hua Yi Leng and the others had predicted, after the second defense of the China Server's imperial city ended, both sides entered a stalemate. Of course, the China Server Alliance held the advantage and was at least more proactive than the Japanese Server Alliance. If things continued like this, the China Server Alliance would inevitably suppress the Japanese Server Alliance, perhaps even leaving them with no chance to recover.
Of course, Yan Hua Yi Leng and the others also knew that there was still a long way to go before achieving that. However, they were in no hurry. They steadily strengthened themselves while continuing to form Elite Squads to infiltrate the Enemy Alliance's servers for sneak attacks and harassment. Every operation brought them considerable gains.
Time quietly passed, and another four or five days went by in the blink of an eye. During this period, both sides continued their respective operations and gained something from them, but overall, the China Server Alliance's advantage had become slightly more apparent than before. This could be seen from the casualties both sides suffered each day, as well as the Group Blessing Scrolls and Eight-Winged Fallen Angel Recruitment Tokens they consumed.
Moreover, because the China Server Alliance had devoted more manpower to Instance Missions, they had improved their strength more and stockpiled more trump card items. Even the number of ninth-class players on both sides had developed a noticeable gap. For example, the ratio was now roughly 102 to 100. Although the difference did not seem large, the number of ninth-class players in the Heavenly Tribulation Game had already reached two million. That meant there was now a gap of more than twenty thousand ninth-class players between the two sides, which was already quite significant.
If the total number of players