"What exactly is the Red Assembly's objective?"
After returning to the palace, Xue Qinghe sat upon the imperial throne and questioned Ning Fengzhi and the assembled officials. "They have clearly breached the city, yet they refuse to press in. Why?"
No one had an answer.
Xue Beng was also in the hall. He stepped forward and said, "Brother, I know! Their purpose in invading Heaven Dou this time is not to seize Heaven Dou, but to draw in the army led by Father Emperor!"
By this point, Xue Beng had figured it out himself—
This Red Assembly force had departed from Wendist City. Rather than heading southwest, they had gone southeast and caught everyone off guard by capturing Jialing Pass. Their goal had not been to cooperate with the Star Luo Army from within and without afterward, but to wear down the forces Father Emperor had brought with him!
Then, when Father Emperor led his troops in pursuit and retook Jialing Pass, he would inevitably have to leave even more troops there!
"Father Emperor brought an army of 800,000. For the Red Assembly's forces to clash head-on with them would be an extremely unwise choice!"
"Zhou Qing and Tang San may be powerful, but using such formidable skills must consume a tremendous amount of soul power!"
Ning Fengzhi agreed with this assessment.
Even if the Red Assembly's research into Martial Soul cultivation surpassed that of the entire Soul Master World by a great margin, using skills would inevitably consume soul power. Especially after destroying all the towering walls around Heaven Dou City and turning them into windblown sand—no one could possibly believe it had cost them only a tiny amount of soul power.
But they truly did not dare to gamble on it.
Xue Beng continued, "Therefore, they absolutely do