One Step, Three Moves Ahead

Chen Yuan might not have seen his own situation clearly, but Liu Suifeng certainly did.

He was ninety percent certain that reinforcements from the Demon-Suppressing Alliance could arrive at any moment. They had to strike immediately.

Yet just before they made their move, Liu Suifeng suddenly said, "But this time, we can't attack the Shangguan Clan first. We have to attack the Heaven-Forgetting Pavilion."

"Why?"

Everyone turned to Liu Suifeng in surprise.

Even when picking persimmons, you chose the soft ones. Of the two great powers in Azure Province, the Shangguan Clan was undoubtedly the softer persimmon.

The Shangguan Clan had lost its finest fighters in the last battle in Ningzhou. Its strength had fallen to the bottom of the eight great families. Surely they should attack it first.

Liu Suifeng said gravely, "Yuan Jingshan has an extraordinarily calm mind. Whenever I pit my plans against his, he calculates everything down to the last detail.

"After we destroyed the Murong Clan, Yuan Jingshan must have worked out that we did it to obtain Starshift and use it against his Heaven-Severing Chart.

"Knowing that, how could someone like Yuan Jingshan sit still and wait for death?

"He'll have persuaded Shangguan Feibai to lay countless traps outside Icefrost Peerless City and wait for us to walk into them.

"Those traps might be formations, ambushes, or something else. Whatever they are, Yuan Jingshan will be prepared.

"So we'll do the opposite of what he expects. We'll attack the Heaven-Forgetting Pavilion first and force Yuan Jingshan and the others to rush back to its defense."

Everyone was about to praise Liu Suifeng for thinking three moves ahead when he added, "But we won't openly commit to an assault on the Heaven-Forgetting Pavilion. It'll only be a feint. Don't throw all our strength against it.