Chapter 663

Chapter 663: Using Their Own Tactics Against Them

“Damn it, the Soul Clan has great audacity!”

Both Bunier and Blake were extremely frustrated by the Soul Emperor’s actions.

They knew that the Soul Emperor likely learned of their movements through insiders, allowing him to escape in advance.

What they didn’t expect was that the Soul Emperor did not try to flee as far as possible, even using Large Battleships to recklessly take the Soul Clan away from the star cluster, making it difficult for them to pursue.

Instead, he remained in place and intentionally provoked them.

However, when they arrived, the Soul Emperor quickly escaped to another life planet through a spatial rift and destroyed the rift on that life planet.

As a result, if they wanted to hunt the Soul Emperor, they would have to continue to the life planet where the Soul Emperor was currently located.

At the speed of the Large Battleships, without the ability to use the Space Jump System, it would take several hours based solely on the speed of the Large Battleship.

The most troublesome part was that the Soul Clan controlled over a thousand life planets.

Given that the Soul Emperor could anticipate their movements, he could easily move back and forth among those thousand life planets, repeatedly using the same tactic to make them return empty-handed.

If it took several hours for one life planet, it would take thousands of hours for a thousand life planets.

Moreover, the Soul Clan was fiercely attacking nearby life planets controlled by the Fog Cloud Clan and controlling the spatial rifts associated with those planets.

The time required would only increase.

"My lords, how about we directly send a fleet to destroy the spatial rifts on those life planets?"

Lu Qingxian exchanged glances with the other High-ranking Leaders for a moment, gritted his teeth, and stepped forward to propose.

Doing so carried significant risk.

But to show goodwill to the Tree-Dwelling Tribe and express loyalty for the human federation, they were willing to take the chance.

The reason why it was considered risky was that the human federation had insiders placed among the various tribes, and those tribes also had many insiders within the human federation.

If the human federation wanted to mobilize a large battleship fleet to carry out a task, the military would often need to make various arrangements and deploy strategies to confuse the insiders from the various tribes.

Simply mobilizing the battleship fleet would be impossible to hide from the insiders across the tribes.

Additionally, the distance was over two million light-years, and a battleship fleet could not reach the destination with just two Space Jumps like a single Large Battleship could.

To ensure safety, they would need to perform Space Jumps in batches and segments, checking and patrolling each jumping point to make sure they wouldn’t come under attack.

Therefore, the time required would not be short.

Moreover, they would have to pass through the territories of many dominant races, where ambushes and attacks from those dominant races were highly likely.

On top of that, there was the looming threat of the Shadow King.

It was well-known that the Shadow King worked alongside the Soul Clan.

With his stealth techniques, it would be effortless for the Shadow King to detect the movements of the battleship fleet.

If the Shadow King decided to intervene, the battleship fleet would undoubtedly be annihilated.

Bunier and Blake showed deep contemplation, clearly having thought of this point as well.

“What do you think?”

Bunier sent a message to Blake.

“Let it go!”

Blake shook his head, saying, “The High-ranking Leaders of the human federation, while respectful towards us, clearly lack confidence in the Tree-Dwelling Tribe. Their words are purely to show loyalty.”

“Indeed!”

Bunier nodded, sensing Lu Qingxian and the others’ heartbeats quickening, indicating their worry that sending a battleship fleet could lead to total annihilation.

However, there was no other option.

The previous five groups from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe had returned empty-handed, plunging the human federation into a greater crisis, causing anyone to lose confidence in the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

“The source of the Soul Clan’s information likely comes from the Shadow King. I suspect that after repeatedly defeating our Tree-Dwelling Tribe, the Soul Clan has learned about our attack and might intend to strike back.”

Blake pondered.

“How is that possible!”

Bunier was a bit skeptical of Blake’s deduction. “If the source really is the Shadow King, then the Soul Clan should know that we have two level 220 strong fighters to destroy them this time.”

“Even if they use the Shadow King’s stealth techniques along with the Soul Emperor and all the Soul Kings, they can at most ambush and defeat some level 210 strong fighters, right? With our strength, even if they get close for a surprise attack, they won’t be able to break our defensive shield.”

Blake scoffed, “Perhaps their previous successes have led the Soul Clan to harbor no fear of our strength, thinking we are merely a facade of strength and could even be seen as easy targets. If that’s not the case, why didn’t the Soul Clan choose to escape as far as possible upon receiving the news?”

Bunier fell silent.

From the various moves of the Soul Clan, it was clear that the Soul Emperor intended to force them to split their forces for a tactical annihilation.

“In that case, let’s do as they wish!”

After a moment of calculation, Bunier made a decision.

“As they wish?” Blake asked, confused.

“By abandoning the Large Battleship, we can eliminate the possibility of the crew leaking our whereabouts.”

Bunier explained, “We will split into several teams, with strong fighters leading, and several groups will head to major life planets in advance. If the Soul Emperor appears, we will immediately destroy the spatial rift on that life planet.”

“This way, even if the Shadow King is with the Soul Emperor, he can only escape with the Soul Emperor from outer space. With proper preparations, even level 200 strong fighters can withstand the joint attack of the Shadow King and the Soul Emperor, holding out until we can arrive quickly.”

“Also, while the Shadow King excels in tracking and searching techniques, he won’t be able to know the movements of all our strong fighters if they spread out.”

“This plan seems good!”

Blake’s eyes lit up as he understood Bunier’s intent.

First, leaving the Large Battleship would completely stop any potential leaks from the crew.

Then, only the Shadow King, who was skilled in stealth techniques and tracking methods, would know their movements.

Additionally, while the Shadow King’s stealth techniques were powerful, he couldn’t get close to them.

They just needed to quickly search the surrounding area to ensure the Shadow King was not nearby.

After this, they could have the strong fighters act separately and head for those life planets. The Shadow King wouldn’t be able to keep track of twenty strong fighters at the same time, and all their problems would be easily resolved.

They just needed to confirm the location of the Soul Emperor and destroy the spatial rift on his life planet in advance, and the Soul Emperor would be trapped.

After dealing with the Soul Emperor, they could even hunt down the Shadow King, who might still be in the Fog Cloud Star System.

“Since you have no objections, then it’s settled.”

Bunier no longer hesitated and immediately made arrangements.

They would temporarily abandon the Large Battleship, with all members of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe leaving it.

Everyone from the Captain down to the ordinary operators would remain aboard the Large Battleship.

Only the High-ranking Leaders from the human federation would stay close to Bunier.

To be on the safe side, Bunier also informed the High-ranking Leaders that they should not use any communicators to prevent any possibility of an insider developing within the federation and leaking information to the Soul Clan.