Take the Initiative

"Third Elder, watch your words!"

The Heavenly Hut Sect quickly interrupted him, but his expression was also quite unpleasant.

It turns out that not long ago, an Outer Realm Demons at the Nascent Primordial Spirit stage suddenly attacked the Black Tortoise Star Palace Archipelago, breaking through two major star Spirit Isle in succession.

Seeing that the other party was merely a newly Primordial Spirit, the Wang Clan Dao Lord immediately left the Spirit Isle intending to kill him.

Unexpectedly, the enemy had ambushed four Nascent Primordial Spirit Dao Lord. After a fierce battle, Wang Clan Dao Lord escaped only at the cost of his physical body being completely destroyed.

However, after his physical body was destroyed, Wang Clan Dao Lord was clearly powerless to fight, and his whereabouts are now unknown, which led to the collapse of the Black Tortoise Star Palace Archipelago.

After everyone finished reading, Chen Nianzhi said, "Right now, four Outer Realm Demons are leading Devil Race army to hunt down the defeated troops of the Black Tortoise Star Palace. Within six months to a year, they will definitely attack our other major star palaces."

"Nine Abyss Daojun means is that he activated the Astral Constellation Formation to hold back the four Outer Realm Demons, allowing us to fight with all our might to protect the Spirit Isle we hold."

Everyone nodded in agreement. Once activated by the Primordial Spirit Dao Lord, the Human Race's Four Directions Star Palace Formation can summon the True Spirits of the Four Directions Star Palace to fight, and these four True Spirits can all unleash their Primordial Spirit combat power.

Now that the Black Tortoise Starry Sky Islands have been breached, one of the Four Symbols Star Spirit has been lost, but the true spirits of the Vermilion Bird, Azure Dragon, White Tiger can still be summoned.

In the past, the Human Race laid out two backup plans in the outer Four Directions Star Palace islands that could activate the true spirit of the star palace.

One is Nine Abyss Daojun from the Southern Ridge Cultivation Realm, and the other is Wang Daojun from the Far-Northern Icefields. Now, Dao Lord Wang Clan of the far north has been destroyed and disappeared, but Nine Abyss Daojun is still in charge of the overall situation.

With Lu Jiuyuan's cultivation at the Third-level Primordial Spirit, once he summons three Four Symbols Star Spirit, he has a good chance of fighting against the four newly Primordial Spirit Heavenly Demon.

However, this requires ensuring that the Azure Dragon and Vermilion Bird Star Palace Archipelago remain intact; otherwise, Lu Jiuyuan and the Star Spirit of the White Tiger Star Palace alone might not be able to withstand the four Outer Realm Demons.

Thinking of this, everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief; at least the situation still had a chance to be salvaged.

Seeing that everyone's minds had calmed down a bit, Chen Nianzhi spoke up, "Everyone, I have an idea and would like to ask for your opinions."

"Brother Guixu, please speak."

The great victory in the recent battle made everyone look at Chen Nianzhi with new respect, and now they couldn't help but follow Chen Nianzhi's lead.

Seeing this, Chen Nianzhi nodded and said, "Although Nine Abyss Daojun's intention is for us to hold our ground, I believe that prolonged defense will inevitably lead to defeat."

"Why not take advantage of our great victory, before the Outer Realm Demons can react, to quickly help the major constellation array eyes of the Vermilion Bird Star Palace break the siege, and then concentrate our forces to completely eliminate the Devil Race of the Vermilion Bird Star Palace outside Zhen Water Island?"

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed drastically. The Heavenly Hut Sect said uneasily, "The Devil Race Clan is now very powerful. Without the protection of the formation, fighting them in the open would be too dangerous."

"Yes, the complete victory in this battle was thanks to the formation."

Even the Celestial Star Sect couldn't help himself and, with an anxious expression, tried to persuade him.

Chen Nianzhi's gaze sharpened, interrupting the Celestial Star Sect, and then she said directly, "Please listen to my analysis."

"Although the Outer Realm Demons are powerful, the Devil Race that manage to reach the outer perimeter is limited."

As he spoke, he conjured a phantom map with his Law Power and said, "Look, the main force of the Devil Race, nearly two hundred demon ships, is attacking the defeated army of the Black Tortoise Star Palace, and has also deployed over a hundred Tier 5 demon ships on Zhen Water Island."

"Adding to the precautions against the Devil Race of the Azure Dragon Star Palace Archipelago, how many of them do you think they still have?"

Everyone was slightly taken aback, and only then did they regain some composure from their panic.

Seeing this, Chen Nianzhi said, "Therefore, I conclude that the Devil Race in the Extended Net Moon Deer and other islands are definitely bluffing to prevent us from providing support. The Six-Winged Devil Race we defeated are likely already one of their elite forces."

"If we miss this opportunity, do you really think we can hold out once the Clan Master arrives from the Black Tortoise Star Palace?"

"Indeed." Lingxu Fairy took a deep breath, then couldn't help but say, "If it weren't for your reminder, we would probably be stuck on Spirit Isle in misery."

"When the Devil Race army arrives, we'll have to watch helplessly as they divide and surround our Spirit Isle, then concentrate several times, even ten times, their strength to break through them one by one. In the end, we probably won't even have a chance to break out."

Chen Nianzhi nodded; it seemed that Lingxu Fairy understood his thoughts.

In this world, strength is paramount among cultivators, and many cultivators do not study strategy. However, as modern people, we deeply understand a certain principle.

That means concentrating superior forces to fight the enemy at all costs, and not fighting a battle you are not confident of winning unless absolutely necessary.

It is precisely because of this that, upon closer examination, most of the Chen Clan's battles over the years have involved multiple people ganging up on their enemies.

Whether it was the early Heavenly Python Demon King, the Earth Lion Demon King, or the later Purple Jade Demon Emperor and Black Fiend Old Ancestor, these people were all invincible to Chen Nianzhi back then.

However, those formidable enemies from back then were either killed on the spot or suffered heavy losses under the siege of Chen Nianzhi and his group.

Upon closer reflection, although Chen Nianzhi possessed astonishingly strong combat power, she had almost never faced an enemy alone, which shows that Chen Nianzhi was very unwilling to fight battles she was not confident of winning.

Even now, despite facing a completely unfavorable situation, he must concentrate all his current strength and at least establish a regional advantage over the Devil Race before launching a war.

Only by doing so can one achieve invincibility in battle, and even if defeated, the losses will not be severe, given the advantage in strength.

Seeing that everyone was persuaded, Chen Nianzhi said, "Speed is of the essence in war. The cultivators on the Treasure Ship don't need to disembark. They can rest on the Treasure Ship for the night, and we will go to support Brother Nine Rivers and the others tomorrow."

After everyone left, Jiang Linglong glanced at Chen Nianzhi and noticed that Chen Nianzhi's expression was somewhat somber.

Seeing this, she couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong? Are you still worried about this battle?"

"Hmm." Chen Nianzhi nodded, then said, "The Outer Realm Demons are coming with great force; I'm afraid Nine Abyss Daojun might not be able to stop them."

"Furthermore, I'm worried that the enemy's strength will be greater than expected in tomorrow's battle."

Jiang Linglong's brow twitched, then she frowned and said, "Didn't you already analyze that the Devil Race shouldn't have much power left?"

"They're lying."

Chen Nianzhi shook his head and then said, "The Devil Race didn't attack the White Tiger Star Palace, so it's very likely that there's still a large army hiding in the shadows."

"Their target is either our Vermilion Bird Star Palace or the Azure Dragon Star Palace."

"This..."

Jiang Linglong was slightly taken aback, and couldn't help but ask, "Then why did you lie to them?"