When system cheat becomes rampant!-Chapter 1257 - 818: Guerrilla Warfare

Sun Heshun glanced at Professor Guo and asked, "I’m fine, how are things on your end?"

"I also faced a severe attack, luckily Elder Luo arrived," Professor Guo replied.

"I don’t know why, but there are suddenly so many desolate beasts, and now they’ve suddenly retreated," Sun Heshun noted.

"We must check the situation on other fronts!"

Elder Luo immediately ran towards the command room on the Jingzhou side; he needed to ascertain the movements of these desolate beasts.

However, this large group of Heavenly Connection-level desolate beasts had disappeared from the map, leaving only a few scattered ones at other fronts. But it seemed that the pressure was not as significant as it was here, and the beasts over there appeared to have been repelled, so there was no need for Elder Luo to make another trip.

"The beast tide has retreated," Sun Heshun looked extremely fatigued but still sighed in relief.

"Not necessarily," Elder Luo said.

The monitoring range of Jiuzhou’s boundary for desolate beasts is limited. If too far away, they disappear from the map, but this does not mean these Heavenly Connection-level beasts have retreated because they might attack again when they let down their guard.

"Let’s first restructure the wall’s defense facilities," Elder Luo commanded.

Building city walls is not particularly challenging, as many of the border guardians who have awakened are martial artists with construction-related abilities. They can build various strongholds or create different terrains to block the beast tide.

Rebuilding the walls is simpler, but the focus is on the formation magic on these walls. The formations are critical and must connect with other formations on the walls to offer protection.

"Professor Guo, things are fine here; you should return," Qian Qingbo suggested.

"Yes, I must return."

Professor Guo nodded but stopped halfway and asked, "By the way, might I ask who your excellency is... Why have I never seen you before?"

"He’s an Unrestrained," Elder Luo simply stated.

"Unrestrained!"

Professor Guo and Sun Heshun both furrowed their brows. They were familiar with the organization always opposing the alliance.

The two of them scrutinized Qian Qingbo seriously, revealing thoughtful expressions.

"Unrestrained has been subdued by Xiang Beifei; I’ve mentioned it to you," Elder Luo said.

Professor Guo glanced at Qian Qingbo again, then spoke, "No matter the past, standing up at Jiuzhou’s moment of crisis is commendable. For the safety of the Human Race, grudges should be put aside temporarily."

"Professor Guo’s words are very true," Qian Qingbo agreed.

"I won’t delay further; I’m off. I’ll report any updates immediately," Professor Guo said without pausing further and left the command room.

Sun Heshun had already tended to his injuries. For a master at his level, recovering external wounds isn’t difficult, but his Spiritual Power has been greatly depleted, and he went to rest for a while.

"Is the casualty report ready?" Elder Luo asked.

Soon, a man said in a heavy tone, "Report to the commander, Jingzhou this time... This time, sixteen hundred martial artists perished!"

Sixteen hundred!

Heavenly Connection-level desolate beasts merely breached an opening in Jiuzhou’s city walls and killed sixteen hundred martial artists!

The martial artists who could take to the battlefield had the lowest cultivation level of late-stage Qi-Controlling, most at the Meridian Opening stage!

These are living human lives, some even having just graduated from university, becoming martial artists. To protect Jiuzhou, they resolutely stood on the walls without retreat.

Elder Luo lightly clenched his fists.

This is the brutality of battle; with every large-scale beast tide, the losses are immense. But this time’s beast tide was unprecedentedly powerful and purposeful.

Moreover, the foes merely charged once and retreated, with no lingering in battle. But just that single charge wiped out thousands!

Elder Luo felt discomfort in his heart.

Yet he didn’t have time for sentimentality, as the battle was far from over!

——

Only Elder Luo and Qian Qingbo remained in the command room.

For Jiuzhou’s commander, any place could serve as his office.

Qian Qingbo casually laid down a Spiritual Power barrier around them to isolate their voices and then said, "Has Professor Luo not discovered any suspicious points?"

Professor Luo was focused on the map’s battle situations, not lifting his head, "Just say what you want."

"Traitors! Dao Palace’s traitors!"

"I know you’re suspecting Guo and Sun of being the two, just because they weren’t gravely injured in such a fierce beast tide?" Elder Luo understood well what Qian Qingbo was going to say.

"I admit their strength isn’t weak, but after being knocked down by dozens of Heavenly Connection-level desolate beasts, how come none finished them off? It’s just not reasonable. Heavenly Connection-level desolate beasts are highly intelligent; if attacking Jiuzhou, they surely should kill the most powerful person first!"

Elder Luo did not respond, just remained silent.

Qian Qingbo continued, "I know it might be hard for Professor Luo to accept that his old friends are Dao Palace’s traitors, but Dao Palace in Edge Corner Airspace is a formidable force with Heavenly Dao methods unimaginable by the professor. The traitor has been lurking in Jiuzhou for a long time; they can control others!"

Elder Luo still did not speak, but his expression looked uneasy.

Qian Qingbo did not press further, this was merely a guess; he had no definitive evidence but had at least warned Elder Luo.

He knew Elder Luo needed time to come to terms with it; no one would easily accept that their lifelong trusted friends were ready to assassinate them, especially when these two were life-and-death companions with Elder Luo.