It was now around 1:15 a.m.
Jiang Yue had brought his force to a position less than three kilometers outside Kan Gate, where they lay in ambush. With Kan Gate at the center and a radius of three kilometers, the Human Faction's forces had already set up several layers of ambushes, both inside and out.
Jiang Yue's force of several hundred men was only the first line of defense. Behind them, the command group had led the main force to seal off the area in layer upon layer.
Clearly, by this point, the Joint Command Group had made up its mind: no matter the cost, they would wipe out the Bizarre Tree completely and leave it no chance to escape.
Even if they had to pay a heavy price and suffer many casualties, they were willing to do so.
Of course, the command group also knew that the biggest factor in whether the Bizarre Tree could be eliminated wasn't the successive lines of defense around the perimeter, but the force attacking Kan Gate and the first line of interception led by Jiang Yue.
Put simply, the command group wasn't very confident that the layers of outer defenses would make much difference.
Jiang Yue, Han Jingjing, Li Yue, and the others had been lying in wait on the front line for more than half an hour.
Han Jingjing couldn't help worrying. "Jiang Yue, do you think San Gou and the others can take Kan Gate without a hitch?"
Jiang Yue was quite calm. "Don't worry. The few ragtag survivors left at Kan Gate can't amount to much, no matter how formidable the Bizarre Tree makes them out to be. Besides, the repeated fire strikes have already wrecked most of Kan Gate's formation foundations. The formation can't function properly, and those so-called