Sikong Jing replied calmly, "Of course Chai Jiu may see through our plan, but we cannot worry about that now. This is the only road we can take."
"We can only gamble that Chai Jiu will fail to guess the direction of our actions..."
Sikong Jing's voice was clear and forceful.
"And if we want to raise our chances of victory to the highest possible level, then we must act quickly. We cannot drag this out until the Absolute Formation Gate is about to close."
"At the same time, we must create the momentum of a great battle, one that vows to smash through the Absolute Formation Gate, in order to numb Chai Jiu's senses."
"There has never been a hundred-percent certain victory. Sometimes, what you fight for is just an hour—or even a quarter of an hour."
As Sikong Jing continued with his stirring words, the people of the Cosmic Vein finally nodded heavily.
Afterward, Sikong Jing began laying out his plans with "trapping the Cang Vein in return" as the core.
First: he ordered all the devilfolk to gather on the sea surrounding Demon Rock Island.
Just as he had said, Sikong Jing's first battle order was meant to create the appearance of an impending great war.
There was no concealment in this order whatsoever. It was meant to make Chai Jiu believe that they intended to breach the Absolute Formation Gate within a month... And while the devilfolk were gathering, Sikong Jing continued publicly instructing them in the Demonic Battle Heaven-Constant Art.
He had the devilfolk break through again and again!
In other words, he wanted Chai Jiu and the others to sense the terrifying momentum of the devilfolk's breakthroughs as well.
Several days had now passed since the great battle began. The devilfolk who had previously