All the Ghost Emperors immediately headed for the warships. Not only did they fail to advance, they instead retreated with the flagship. After all, a warship was as enormous as a divine city, and the movement of such a fortress would inevitably cause some stir, so there was no doubt the news would reach the enemy. ?
Sure enough, just as I expected, our retreat also provoked the enemy. They had indeed made preparations. After all, beyond the passage lay the rear of the Demon God Realm, so if we refused to step into the formation laid out by their forward base, they would withdraw it themselves—for they were even more eager than we were to take revenge!
Thus, the five warships that they had originally intended to lure our Saintly Path warships into attacking soon became twenty more, for a total of twenty-five warships. This trick-like scene left Chi Sheng somewhat dumbfounded.
"Damn, they really are sinister and treacherous. They figured the Great Saint Emperor had seen those five warships, so they used them to lure us in and wipe us out in one fell swoop. Our retreat instead forced all their warships to reveal themselves!" Chi Sheng cursed.
"Twenty-five ships. If we had gone straight over, with hundreds of thousands of troops on top of that, wouldn't they have shot us full of holes? Good thing we didn't listen to you!" Feng Yu sneered sarcastically.
Chi Sheng chuckled and said, "So what? Taking a little loss is inevitable, but twenty-five ships are just right for testing whether the Saintly Path warships are truly powerful!"
"Then will you be the one to lead the test? You may not get a second chance." Feng Yu shrugged, leaving Chi Sheng furious.
Zhao Qian thought for a moment and said, "Engaging the