Chen Zhang's All-or-Nothing Gamble

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And high above the chaos, Ma Zhibin, who was directing the flying troops to suppress the reinforcements inside the fortress and clear out the giant bats, suddenly felt alarm bells go off in his heart!

The Nine Heavens Rainbow Phoenix wings of fire on his back gave a violent beat, and with an extremely perilous sideways roll, he narrowly avoided a black cold gleam that made no sound at all and had almost blended into the shadows.

That cold gleam brushed past his wing, and the chilling aura it carried made even his heart clench.

He spun around and hovered in midair, looking toward the attacker.

Opposite him, a woman in a tight, waist-cinched black combat outfit stood in the air, a pair of black feathered wings beating behind her.

She was tall and graceful, her face exceptionally cold and beautiful, her skin so pale it was almost translucent. Yet her long, narrow Phoenix Eyes were sharp as hooks, and there was not the slightest warmth in her gaze, only pure killing intent.

Her ink-black hair was tied high behind her head, like a thorned black rose in the dark night.

Ma Zhibin's eyes lit slightly, and he gave a whistle. "Oh? You're actually a great beauty? And an ice-cold beauty at that! That figure, that presence... are you from the Shadow Sisterhood?"

He paused, a little amused and surprised. "Tsk, tsk. I really didn't expect the leader of the Shadow Sisterhood to actually be a 'Flower Phoenix.'"

He had clearly recognized the roots of the other party's martial soul inheritance.

That cold beauty—Tan Yashuang, leader of the Shadow Sisterhood—heard the title "Flower Phoenix," and her brows knitted slightly. A barely perceptible ripple flashed through the ice-cold depths of her eyes.

She stared at Ma Zhibin's magnificent phoenix wings, wreathed in noble flames, her voice like beads of ice falling onto a jade plate. "Nine Heavens Rainbow Phoenix... You're from the Ma Family?"

Ma Zhibin smiled dashingly and casually knocked back a giant bat that tried to ambush him with a fire feather. "That's right. I am Ma Zhibin of the Ma Family. How should I address you, beauty? I have to know your lovely name, don't I?"

Tan Yashuang's gaze grew even colder. "No comment."

Ma Zhibin's smile did not change, but his gaze carried a trace of appraisal. "A member of the Tan Family, and one with the bloodline of the 'Flower Phoenix' inheritance at that, yet you ran to this underground dark city in Heaven Dou and willingly became the leader of a society? What a waste of talent."

The chill in Tan Yashuang's eyes deepened. "You're meddling too much!"

"Don't misunderstand," Ma Zhibin said, spreading his hands as his flaming wings gently fanned. "Given the history between our two families, there's really no need for us to cross blades, is there? The situation is already very clear. You can't win. The Bone Excavation Group will be destroyed today. Beauty, why don't you... surrender? I, Ma Zhibin, will guarantee that you and your sisterhood come out safe and sound. How about it?"

The corner of Tan Yashuang's mouth curved into an ice-cold, mocking arc. "You talk too much nonsense!"

Before her voice had even faded, the Sixth Soul Ring on her body suddenly lit up. Dense shadow energy instantly gathered around her, compressed, and turned into countless energy blades shaped like black phoenix feathers, their edges flickering with dim-blue cold light.

"Sixth Soul Skill: Bone Corroding Cold Feathers!"

With a wave of both hands, black cold feathers filled the sky, carrying bone-piercing chill and a shriek that seemed to tear through space, shooting toward Ma Zhibin like a torrential rain.

Seeing this, Ma Zhibin sighed helplessly, but his eyes turned serious. "Fine! Since the beauty insists on fighting, then let me test the methods of the current heir to the 'Flower Phoenix'!"

"Fifth Soul Skill: Rainbow Flame Skyfall!"

His wings beat violently, and brilliant rainbow light erupted around him, transforming into countless scorching fireballs trailing long tails of flame like a meteor shower. Carrying a momentum that could burn the eight wastelands to ash, they met that mass of Bone Corroding Cold Feathers head-on and crashed into them with ferocious force!

Rainbow flowing fire and pitch-black cold feathers collided violently in midair and annihilated each other. Splendor and death intertwined, dyeing the sky above the entire battlefield in bizarre, dazzling colors.

The battle between two experts who possessed top-tier phoenix-type martial souls had officially begun!

The battlefield situation was gradually tilting, and it looked rather grim.

Although Tang Hengyu had pinned down Yang Guisan on the middle-right side, the elite forces of the Rust Brothers Company under his command had broken in from the allied forces' weakest left wing—the Brocade-Clad Guards' defense zone.

The company had capable people. Their commander had a sharp eye and had struck right at the vital point.

In the center of the battlefield, three pairs of Soul Douluo experts—with Yang Guisan dragging Tang Hengyu toward the middle—were locked in duels.

The Chen Family Allied Forces' main attack was on the right wing. The Ximen Family's Blade Soul Masters charged on the right wing, while on the middle-right, the Chen Family and Yang Family's close-combat Soul Masters launched their assault, supported by Control Type and long-range Bow and Arrow fire.

They had deliberately avoided the meat-grinder battlefields on the right wing and right side. Five or six hundred elite Brothers Company fighters drove straight in from the left wing: this move could both reduce casualties and stab directly into the allied forces' hinterland.

Once the defense line was breached, the Control Type and Support Type Soul Masters would face enormous danger, even slaughter, and the risk of the entire line collapsing would surge.

The Defense Type Soul Masters on the middle-left were forced to pull back in emergency, barely holding off the Brothers Company's penetrating assault, while the remaining Brocade-Clad Guards could only coordinate and assist in the defense.

Because Zhu Yanfeng was absent, the strength of the Defense Type Soul Master group had dropped drastically. Only the newly recovered Zhu Changyun and a Yang Family Soul Sage were left struggling to hold on.

The Chen Family's Agility Attack Type and long-range Soul Masters were also being firmly tied down by the Shadow Sisterhood, which had newly joined the battle and was likewise made up of assassins skilled in Agility Attack Type and long-range combat.

Chen Zhang's face was ashen as he growled, "Fuck. These Rust Brothers Company and Shadow Sisterhood bastards. Looks like we won't get anywhere unless we beat them into submission. Damn it, we're going all in."

He really had not expected the Brothers Company and the sisterhood, who had friction with the Bone Excavation Group, to arrive so quickly. Previously, the Li family's efforts to stop reinforcements had focused on the Jingcheng Merchant Association, which had better relations with them, and those smaller forces.

He rapidly adjusted his tactics. "Split half of the Support Type Soul Masters to support the Defense Type. Uncle Xia Yun, go to the left side and cast a large-scale illusion to stall the Brothers Company's offensive. Uncle Zhicheng, move to the left side at the same time and carry out suppression to stop their formation from deploying."

"The Ximen Family will cut diagonally in from the right wing, a right hook, severing the connection between the enemy's left wing and central army. Uncle Bingming will lead the middle-right troops—taking over Yang Guisan's position—and push forward. The Control Type and remaining Support Type will cooperate with full force and tear open the enemy's formation."

What tactics feared most was feeding in forces piecemeal. He did not intend to fight the Brothers Company to the death, and instead transferred Xia Yun and Yang Zhicheng, two Soul Douluo, to the left wing at the same time to stabilize the battle line.

The original plan of breaking through the center and encircling from both wings had now shifted into a rotating tactic of holding firm on the left and making a major breakthrough on the right, directly reinforcing his own advantage.

If this tactic failed—if the left wing was lost or the right wing's advance was blocked—then the Chen Family Allied Forces would basically have lost.

This was a truly all-or-nothing gamble!

Of course, the Bone Excavation Group's side sensed it too. With the Brothers Company pinning them down on the left, they pressed even more troops toward the right.

After Xia Yun moved over on the left, he unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill—Illusory Sea Cherry Tree Realm on the Brother Company, tying them down and disrupting their offensive. Yang Zhicheng's Covering Attacks and Targeted Attacks also made things extremely difficult for the Brother Company, and their assault immediately weakened.

With the Support Soul Masters backing up the defensive Soul Master groups, the battle stabilized.

As a result, the battlefield on the right turned into a bloody mire: flesh and severed limbs flew everywhere, and the fighting sank into a suffocating stalemate.

The Chen Family Allied Forces numbered only a little over four hundred, facing two thousand desperadoes and iron-blooded soldiers from the underground forces' alliance. Even though each of them was elite, they were still dragged into a grinding deadlock by the sheer disparity in numbers.

Chen Zhang stared at the battlefield, his fingers unconsciously tapping the railing of the high platform as he weighed whether he should personally lead the final fifty men of the Reserve Team into battle.