Ran Deng and River Styx both harbored ulterior motives and had their own schemes. Still, after outwardly agreeing to cooperate, Ran Deng smiled and proposed a strategy to River Styx.
"Fellow Daoist, the Heavenly Court is powerful. There is no chance of winning a head-on confrontation, so the best approach is to employ the Human Race's strategy of besieging Wei to rescue Zhao. Attack somewhere the enemy must defend, draw them away, then ambush them along the way. That might allow the weak to defeat the strong!"
After hearing Ran Deng's strategy, a flicker of disappointment crossed River Styx's eyes. He had thought Ran Deng had some brilliant idea, but this was it?
While the Heavenly Court attacked the Sea of Blood, he would personally lead his elite forces away to attack the Heavenly Court instead, forcing Bai Ze to bring his army back to reinforce it. It was not as though he had never considered this approach, but it simply would not work.
Although the Heavenly Court had dispatched Three Hundred Thousand Heavenly Soldiers and Generals this time, they were mostly forces under the Heavenly Sovereign. The Iron-Eating Beast army, the Witch Race army, fifty thousand Nether Soldiers, and two hundred thousand Heavenly Army troops made up of other creatures-all under the Heavenly Emperor-remained stationed in the Heavenly Court. Only a small portion of the Heavenly Realm's High Gods had accompanied the expedition. In short, the forces defending the Heavenly Court were still formidable. He could not break in at all.
Moreover, if the defending forces pinned him down and Bai Ze then brought his army back, he would be attacked from both sides. Good grief, his Asura Religion would probably be wiped out!
At that point, even the Heavenly Emperor would likely disregard their past friendship and deal