No. 7--Human World Secret Path.
The planning period ended, and attacks and defenses were settled.
[Number Three-the Human World Open Route launched an attack against you with a total of ten Blood Marks. Since you wagered no Blood Marks on defense during this planning round, the Red Tide pressure doubled.] [You launched an attack against Number Two's Open Road.] [Starting multiplier for Weight of Earth: twofold. After the attack doubled it: fourfold.]
"???!"
Li Renwang, Young Master Zhu, and the other members of the Big Dipper all froze for several seconds when they heard the Heavenly Dao's notification.
"Number Three attacked us, and they only used ten Blood Marks?! What do they mean by that?" the soft-featured woman murmured, looking utterly bewildered.
"What do they mean? Do you even need to ask?!" Han Ziyu replied, somewhat speechless. "You attacked them last round. Aren't they allowed to retaliate this round? Do you really think you're some fairy from the Nine Heavens?"
The soft-featured woman gave him a resentful look and snorted. "Hah, I just think the people on Number Three Route are incredibly stupid. We're on a secret route. We can't be verified. So even if someone wanted to attack us, they'd use the largest number of Blood Marks they could muster, betting that there were too few of us to pass the sixteenfold pressure trial. That would give them better odds of winning. But they only used ten. What could that accomplish? How is that any different from giving them away?!"
Han Ziyu considered this for a while. "True. I can't figure out what Number Three Route is thinking either."
"Number Three really is a bunch of stupid pigs. So many Open Roads out there to attack, and they choose to strike back at a secret route? They