Before the seven strongest guilds arrived at Tiger's Maw Fortress, Liu Jie had complained to Scheming Straw. If Sanyou Weimen and the others broke into the fortress first and occupied the China Region, then everything they had done at Sky Sword Stronghold would have been for nothing.
Yet after a brief probe, they had simply stopped. This proved that Scheming Straw's judgment had been completely correct. The seven strongest guilds did not have the ability to take the fortress with their current one million players, and this war was bound to turn into a prolonged battle.
"What do we do next?" Liu Jie asked in a message.
Scheming Straw said, "Keep acting. We'll continue putting on a show. If Tiger's Maw Fortress falls, Lu Yang will definitely abandon Sky Sword Stronghold, and we can easily enter the heartland of the China Region. If Lu Yang holds it, we can use our superior numbers to attack the Gods Cavalry Regiment and seize the entire Northern Region in one stroke."
Liu Jie nodded and asked Steiger beside him, "Are we still attacking?"
Steiger was furious. He cursed, "I want to attack, but how? Sanyou Weimen and the others aren't attacking, so Lu Yang can transfer his main force to Sky Sword Stronghold at any time. Can our two guilds really withstand Lu Yang's 300,000 main-force players? One attack would probably crush us. Withdraw. When Sanyou Weimen and the others attack, our two guilds will come again."
Liu Jie said regretfully, "What a waste. We've already destroyed three walls of Sky Sword Stronghold. If we retreat now, all that fighting will have been for nothing."
"Damn it!" Steiger sighed angrily and left with the equally unwilling Raine, Gaddafi, and the others. In an instant, more than two million players began retreating back to