Dragon Island.
"Your Excellency."
"The forces of the Central Continent have broken through the territories of Fang Yuan and his allies."
"Their advance has been unstoppable."
"If we launch a full-scale attack!"
"We can take all of the Central Continent's territory."
The counterattack in the Central Continent was being led by nine deities with lesser divine power.
The power they had concentrated was simply too much for Fang Yuan's legions to resist without him.
But halfway through the assault,
the Crimson Flame God ordered them to stop.
The nine deities with lesser divine power were extremely puzzled.
The situation was clearly so favorable.
Yet they had stopped the attack.
They needed an explanation.
Thus, they sent a representative to ask.
Although the Crimson Flame God was the highest commander on the Old Continent,
he could not command so many deities and the legions of the other holy sons by force.
Without a suitable reason, they certainly would not obey.
Behind each of them stood the interests of the Mist Gods.
If the Crimson Flame God harmed their Father God's interests, they could refuse to carry out his orders.
And obviously, this sudden order to stop the attack
had left them exceptionally confused.
If the Crimson Flame God could not give them a convincing reason,
the war in the Central Continent would continue.
"Because you can't win!"
The Crimson Flame God's answer was blunt.
"The reason you've been advancing so smoothly through the Central Continent
is that my main force is in the Windy Grassland, tying down Fang Yuan's main force."
"Now my forces in the Windy Grassland have been surrounded."
"With our current strength, it will be difficult to extract them from the encirclement."
"At this point, we can only negotiate and get my main force out first."
"If we