MMORPG: War God, You are Invincible Again-Chapter 1387 - 362: The Final Battle Begins
In a flash, three whole years passed. During these three years, the Dark Continent remained calm. Although the Ancient Titans in the 13th Domain had long known that Qin Hong was sabotaging the spatial rift, they did not intervene much. The reason was simple: the Six Great Families no longer had the energy to spare to deal with Qin Hong.
Ultimately, the Six Great Families were a temporary alliance. Three years ago, they had a common target to confront, so there was no conflict among them. But after completely annihilating the other six families, the victorious Six Great Families, with no external threats, naturally began to have subtle changes in their relationships.
The Shi Family Master initially proposed that they first take over the entire Dark Continent and then proceed with the competition among the Six Great Families. However, the others did not agree, joking that just vying for dominance in the 13th Domain alone would take a lot of time. How long would it take to unify the entire Dark Continent?
It was better to decide a winner in the 13th Domain first, then go out to resolve others on the Dark Continent.
In the eyes of the Ancient Titans, those outside Titans who had not fully reverted to their ancestral forms were no match for them. Suppressing them was very simple.
Thus, the Six Great Families engaged in intense competition within the 13th Domain.
There were only four major passes. When divided among the six families, not even one pass was allocated to each. The forces of the Six Great Families were involved in each of the four major passes, controlling part of the real power.
So, the contest among the Six Great Families pulled almost the entire 13th Domain into it.
Although each family restrained themselves in the struggle to avoid depleting their resources after a victory, conflicts inevitably flared up.
As the conflict escalated, the Jin Family and the Lu Family originally had the best relationship. Otherwise, Jin Wudi couldn’t have challenged General Lu hundreds of times without being refused. But at the last moment when the Lu Family successfully captured Dragon Tiger Pass from the Wind and Cloud Families, they attacked the Jin Family, ambushed, and annihilated nearly eighty percent of their elite, which directly removed the Jin Family from the contest for the title of Emperor.
As for the Wind and Cloud Families, although they lost Dragon Tiger Pass, their vitality remained pretty intact, doing much better than the betrayed Jin Family.
After this act of betrayal by the Lu Family, the reliability of alliances plummeted, even between the Wind and Cloud Families, they began scheming against each other secretly.
Thus, for three whole years, the Six Great Families fought intensely within the 13th Domain, finally deciding on the ultimate victor, which was the Kai Family. Using every means possible, the Kai Family finally subdued the other five families, becoming the new masters of the 13th Domain.
They entered the Holy City. The next goal of the Kai Family was to capture the entire Dark Continent, and then wait for the Dark Continent to emerge from endless darkness. The name of the Titans would once again resonate throughout the world, becoming the sole dominator.
However, every occurrence within the 13th Domain was reported to Lu Hong and others by Xia Yuanlang.
Upon learning that the Kai Family had seized power, Qin Hong and other dominator forces on the Dark Continent decided to mobilize in union and strike while their foundation was unstable.
According to normal reasoning, although the Kai Family seized the 13th Domain, what it needed most after being ravaged by war was to recuperate, emerging from chaos before plotting over the Dark Continent again, which would be the best strategy.
Yet Qin Hong and the others obviously wouldn’t give them this time and opportunity.
So, at the end of the same year, the twelve domains of the Dark Continent assembled nearly a million elite troops, among them almost ten percent were Martial Emperors and over four thousand Martial God level forces, to enter the 13th Domain.
With the blessing of ancient Spiritual Energy in the 13th Domain, the strength of these ordinary Martial Arts Sect, Martial Emperor, and Martial God gained some degree of growth. Due to this sudden increase, the army had no choice but to temporarily halt and adapt to their new strength.
As for Qin Hong and others of Martial God rank, they busied themselves with clearing out those Xiong shou who coveted the army.
Rushing straight to attack the Kai Family in the 13th Domain was indeed a very good decision, but besides the Ancient Titans, there were also powerful Xiong shou in the domain.
Moreover, due to such a massive gathering of forces, it became incredibly easy to attract Xiong shou attention. Almost daily, hundreds and thousands of Xiong shou launched attacks from all directions on the allied forces gathered from the Dark Continent.
If the patrolling Martial Gods failed to arrive on time, the army would surely suffer heavy losses.
In the end, everyone discussed that since those below Martial God played a negligible role in the war, it was better for them to return.
There was no way; those of Martial Emperor level couldn’t even handle the ordinary Xiong shou of the 13th Domain, let alone help attack the Titans.
Ultimately, it was those four thousand plus Martial Gods who closed in on the nearest Four Waters Pass.
They camped a thousand miles from Four Waters Pass, with Lu Hong and Qin Hong waiting quietly.
It wasn’t long before Xia Yuanlang emerged from the dense forest, bowing to Lu Hong: "Yuanlang greets Master Lu."
"No need for formalities. How is the situation?" Qin Hong inquired.
Upon hearing this, Xia Yuanlang said, "According to the intelligence gathered by my spies, Four Waters Pass is currently overseen by Kai Changtian of the Kai Family, leading an army of twenty thousand. However, most are still recovering from injuries, and the combat strength of the soldiers is halved, estimating only about fifteen thousand effective troops."
"What about the civilian population within Four Waters Pass?"
Lu Hong asked again.
"Approximately one hundred thousand."
"Have you considered whether these people might join the Kai Family’s army and oppose us?"
"This...," Xia Yuanlang shook his head, "I haven’t calculated that. Master Lu, why should these civilians be considered?"
"Because we are invaders, outsiders. This differs from your internal conflict in the 13th Domain. In the eyes of ordinary Ancient Titan civilians, no matter how much you fight, it’s just internal trouble at home. But when people from outside the 13th Domain like us show up, we become the enemy. Internal strife might be something they can choose to ignore, as you wouldn’t intentionally harm these civilians, but their stance towards outsiders like us is vastly different. Even in the best-case scenario, more than a tenth of civilians might be willing to join the fight against us; it could even be possible that all would join. In that case, we’d be facing not only Kai Changtian’s twenty thousand troops but also a hundred thousand civilians, and though the civilians have the bodies of Ancient Titans, they still pose considerable destructive power. This battle will not be easy! It can be said that none of the four major passes are easy to take."
Lu Hong was quite worried about the imbalance of power.
Although in recent years the Titan bloodline of the twelve domains on the Dark Continent has gradually revitalized, with rapidly increased power, there’s still a slight gap to becoming a true Titan. Therefore, in a one-on-one, the Martial Gods of the twelve domains could barely contend with a single Ancient Titan; two against one would be somewhat manageable.
And the twelve domains on the Dark Continent, over these years, barely reunirían over four thousand Martial Gods, equivalent to two thousand Ancient Titans. To face tens of thousands of troops is just suicidal.
Lu Hong shrugged and asked Xia Yuanlang, "How many people did you bring this time?"
Xia Yuanlang answered, "Everyone, I gathered everyone, amounting to thirty thousand. Among them, ten thousand are remnants of our original Six Great Families, and the remaining twenty thousand joined from families defeated in those six families’ struggle for supremacy."
"You dare recruit these people too?" Lu Hong raised an eyebrow, "They outnumber you; what if they get the idea to flip the table, can you manage them?"
Xia Yuanlang nodded, "We can manage. Although they number twenty thousand, their combined strength doesn’t measure up to ours; otherwise, the Kai Family wouldn’t bother to eliminate them."
"Thirty thousand..." Lu Hong pondered for a moment and then said, "In that case, let your people attack Four Waters Pass. Our side can’t move yet. Once you capture Four Waters Pass and extract the stored resources to enhance our combat power, our chances of winning will significantly increase."
Although the Ancient Titans possess many means to strengthen the bloodline of people from the twelve domains on the Dark Continent, accelerating their bloodline revival, these resources are stored within the four major passes.
Those remnants fleeing from the annihilated families wouldn’t actively carry these items.
Thus, to maximize and enhance the dark continent’s strength, they must first capture a pass to access its resources. Just one wave of resources can increase the number of Martial Gods on the Dark Continent tenfold, bringing the power level close to that of the Ancient Titans. In doing so, they’d truly have the ability to contend with the Kai Family.
