Fang Qianyuan and the others spent several days recuperating. Once they had recovered and went looking for trouble with the Central Province Coalition Army again, they discovered that their opponents had long since prepared, deliberately linking their camps and joining their formations, drawing together for mutual protection.
Each camp had sufficient fortifications and troops to withstand attacks by enemies several times their number. They could even hold their own against renowned veterans and top-tier experts.
Central Province had gathered a host of Earth Rank elites. Although most were still in the early stages, they were like Xia Yifeng, whom Fang Qianyuan had encountered before: they could uncover their own unique strengths, play to their advantages, and avoid their weaknesses, making them extremely troublesome opponents.
Fang Qianyuan felt that they would not be too difficult to deal with in the wilderness. But if they sought no victories and merely aimed to avoid mistakes, relying on Formation Arrays to hold their ground and await reinforcements whenever they faced an enemy, he truly had few options.
It was not that he could not deal with them at all. Doing so would inevitably cost time, effort, and a price he had no desire to pay. It simply was not worth it.
There was also the possibility that the enemy had already designated these men as expendable pawns and wanted only to trap and kill him. If they established a Formation Array and then dispatched several renowned veterans, the consequences would be unpredictable.
Thus, with the enemy's strength still unclear, Fang Qianyuan could only fight while retreating, reducing the number of times his side exposed themselves to the enemy.
Mid-February passed amid these running skirmishes between the two sides.
One night, beneath a clear sky and in crisp air, the group made camp in a