After returning to the Market Chief's Residence, Dong Pengfei and the others arrived as agreed and informed Li Chen of the losses in each area and the results of the fighting.
Helm Master Qiu reminded him, "Artisan Li, every part of the Market District has suffered losses to varying degrees. I believe you already know the details, but the most serious problem is that the surrounding mines and spirit gardens have all been forced to cease operations."
Li Chen nodded. Of course he knew that too.
Fortunately, the Sixth Incarnation had tipped him off, and the Heavenly Eye network covering the surrounding region had allowed him to evacuate the artisans and Worker Bee Puppets working there in time.
Even so, shutdowns and halted production remained unavoidable.
The enemy's strategic intent was plain: to exploit the Heavenly Dragon Gate's deep roots, established through years of development here, and crush him completely.
Even with the Golden Sun Gate supporting him, it could not send an endless stream of Flying Boats to reinforce him regardless of cost.
Now that they had destroyed the Spirit Peak Blessed Land's local sources of cultivation provisions, it was like cutting off a seedling's roots. Even if it did not topple immediately, withering was only a matter of time.
He had to admit that this was a vicious scheme with almost no answer.
Did they really think I had no way to respond? I already gathered details of the Heavenly Dragon Gate's main mineral veins through the Sixth Incarnation and the Flying Disc Swarm. Now they'll come in handy!
Li Chen immediately ordered, "Heavenly Authority, make the arrangements. Bomb those mines and factories to rubble. I want no strength left anywhere within the Shaman Folk Kingdom to support the Heavenly Dragon Gate beyond what is needed to sustain