The Fall of Giant Stone Pass
Thinking it over, that really was the case.
At Giant Stone Pass, Asura was dead, and Jiang Ling had already slipped away to the southern front. The Titan Academy army at Giant Stone Pass was essentially leaderless. At best, a Gold Ribbon Grand Scholar could take command. If he, Shen Guang, the Chief Grand Scholar, stayed pinned down at Giant Stone Pass, it would not only be inappropriate given their different ranks, but also a tremendous waste of resources.
All the Titan Academy's Purple Gold Ribbon Grand Scholars had gone to fight on the southern front. What was the point of their Chief staying behind at Giant Stone Pass?
Even if Giant Stone Pass held, if Longyi City fell, he would be the one made a laughingstock—not anyone else.
After all, if the dignified Chief Grand Scholar failed to play any decisive role in the war between the two academies, and instead lost an important city to Titan Academy's plunder, then compared with everything Shuijing Grand Scholar had accomplished before, his own incompetence and embarrassment would stand out all the more.
After pondering for a while, Shen Guang finally made up his mind.
Giant Stone Pass still had to be defended, but he, the Chief Grand Scholar, could not stay trapped there. He had to go to Longyi City and take charge of the situation.
He would leave Giant Stone Pass in the hands of a Gold Ribbon Grand Scholar. The Titan Academy army outside the pass had suffered one setback after another, and its fighting spirit had waned considerably. From the Five Elements Academy's perspective, it was already running out of steam and unlikely to break through again.
As long as Giant Stone Pass did not bring disaster upon itself or underestimate the