"You didn't discover an Emperor Tier expert inside during your earlier scouting?"
Luo Yiyi looked at the sand table and asked softly.
A bitter look crossed the Black Ink Immortal Emperor's face.
"No."
"Our people couldn't get anywhere near the Altar Core."
"Anyone who went in never came back out."
"If I'd known an Emperor Tier expert was stationed there, I would have asked the Devil Master for reinforcements long ago."
Only after receiving a message from the Alliance had he learned that the one inside might be Great Emperor Sloth.
His heart had lurched when he heard the news.
An Emperor Tier expert.
That was simply not someone he could handle.
"Emperor Luo, Emperor Ye."
The Black Ink Immortal Emperor looked at the two women, his expression solemn.
"I'm leaving this entirely in your hands."
"Whatever you need me to do, just give the word."
"I will not hesitate."
He took a thoroughly humble stance.
The facts were right before him.
He could neither hold the line nor defeat the enemy.
He could only rely on the Alliance's reinforcements.
Luo Yiyi and Ye Chuxue exchanged a glance.
Each saw resolve in the other's eyes.
"We certainly have to fight."
Luo Yiyi spoke slowly.
"But we can't launch a frontal assault."
"The valley is narrow, and the enemy has a defense line, as well as an aura of sloth suppressing us."
"We have too few people. Charging straight in would cost too many lives, and we might not even break through."
She paused, placing her fingertip on the sand table.
"My plan is to split our forces into two groups."
"I'll take a team through the secret passage on the eastern side, eliminate the outer checkpoints there, and destroy the eastern Blood Sacrifice Sub-Formation."
"Chu Xue, take a team down