Although the Dongfang Family and other Guild Alliances still held a huge numerical advantage while attacking Drinking Water City's inner walls—and even had one more Combination Equipment Awakened Skill—after such a long battle, most of the reinforcements transferred from the Super Guild Headquarters had used up all their Invincible Skills and Area of Effect Skills. Meanwhile, the Misty Pavilion alliance had relied on the siege weaponry atop the inner walls and the final Fallen Angel Recruitment Token to put up tremendous resistance against the Dongfang Family and other Guild Alliances' siege.
Most importantly, Ye Luo led a group of elites closer step by step. As they closed in, more and more players from the Dongfang Family and other Guild Alliances were killed. At this rate, Ye Luo and his group would soon form a pincer with Breaking Waves Riding Wind and the others. The resistance the Dongfang Family and other Guild Alliances faced in attacking the city would then become even greater. If they stubbornly continued the siege, every player participating in it might be killed, and their losses would be far too severe.
In short, it was already very difficult for the Dongfang Family and other Guild Alliances to take Drinking Water City. Continuing to attack the inner walls would be extremely disadvantageous for them.
Dongfang Mingxing, Night Rain Misty, and the others quickly noticed this, and they immediately devised a response—abandon the attack on the inner walls and retreat to the outer walls. That way, the initiative would remain in their hands. At the very least, they would retain the right to clean up the battlefield and avoid suffering excessive losses.
Knowing they could not keep hesitating, Dongfang Shitian and his group gave the order to retreat to the outer walls. This also meant they had given up