"What was their true purpose in launching this full-scale offensive? And where was the gain?"
"It might look as though they had made progress, but all six units that pushed deep into enemy territory had been stalled by the blocking forces. No additional troops followed up to support them. If they attacked for too long without results, they would fall into a dilemma—unable to advance or retreat—and might even face the risk of being surrounded and annihilated."
"And yet, not a single Demon Child took part in such a deployment."
Yang Lingqing sat quietly before the battle map and closed her eyes in thought.
She felt that she was already very close to the truth, yet there were always a few crucial points she could not fully grasp.
At this moment, Yang Lingqing was much like Luo Qianchou had been in the southwestern lands.
Both had sensed the hidden, extraordinary intent behind the Demonic Path's all-out offensive.
Back then, Luo Qianchou had relied on the knowledge and perspective of Treading Void's past life to guess Bai Di and the others' true purpose in employing the method of spatial folding.
But Yang Lingqing could only use the power of the Spirit Pearl to repeatedly simulate the battle that had already taken place within her mind, searching for its suspicious details.
After more than a hundred simulations, Yang Lingqing slowly opened her tightly shut eyes. A glimmer of understanding appeared within them.
"If an action has no purpose, then the action itself is the purpose!"
The moment that thought arose, the vague notion that had been hovering in her mind finally settled into something tangible.
Through those hundred-odd simulations, Yang Lingqing had seized upon what remained the same amid every differing outcome.
The most immediate effect of this fierce clash along the