"Moreover, when the Association was first established...
the President laid down a whole series of prohibitions to protect Spirit Veins."
"If a major Spirit Vein truly was destroyed because of the Association's actions, then it would make perfect sense for the President to fly into a rage, change his initial decision, and issue an emergency ban!"
The white-haired Half Venerable sighed.
"Looking at it this way, Spirit Treasure, Star River, and the team under them responsible for the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect, or perhaps Tianshu's side... must have made such a blunder.
Otherwise, the President would not have specifically emphasized 'major Spirit Veins.'
Those top sects occupy nothing less than major Spirit Veins."
"So, if we encounter another sect like the Ten Thousand Immortals Sect—one possessing a major Spirit Vein, with its remnants holding fast behind an array..."
Shadowblade Half Venerable summed up, "we can no longer think of overcoming ingenuity with brute force and settling everything with a single talisman.
We must follow the President's new order, report the details, and await his further instructions.
Perhaps the President has another wonderful method of dealing with it, or perhaps... he intends for us to adopt a strategy of long-term encirclement, division, and dismantling."
"Exactly so."
The several Half Venerables nodded one after another. The President's decree had been issued. Though they could speculate about the reason, the order had to be carried out to the letter.
At the same time, they felt a pang of regret for the major Spirit Vein that might have been destroyed, and could not help muttering inwardly about the team responsible for such an outcome.
But more than that, they were considering the adjustments that would need to be made to their future strategies.
Similar scenes, at almost the same moment...
were playing out aboard