Chapter 839

Chapter 839: The Gloomy Retreat

The commanders of the strong army were dumbfounded.

To them, eight thousand kilometers and three thousand kilometers were not distances that mattered; they felt there was no difference, as both could be covered in an instant.

However, faced with the powerful sea of fire and fire dragon attacks, the gap between eight thousand kilometers and three thousand kilometers was significant.

Even the strong team needed a few minutes to close the five thousand kilometers while enduring the sea of fire and fire dragon attacks.

And in just a few minutes, the Great Flame Empire’s assassination team could kill billions of strong fighters.

The problem was that losing billions of strong fighters could break through the blockade of the eastern human army, but the eastern human army could use teleportation techniques to instantly retreat five thousand kilometers.

This meant they could use the same method to retreat another five thousand kilometers.

As long as the Great Flame Empire’s army kept contracting, the space created would allow the eastern human army to retreat dozens of times.

During the continuous retreat of the Great Flame Empire’s army, the number of strong fighters on the eastern human army’s side would be gradually depleted by the assassination teams.

“Retreat! All forces retreat!”

Finally, the commanders of the strong army no longer hesitated.

They issued retreat orders one after another.

If they were consumed any longer, despite having billions of strong fighters, they would eventually be completely wiped out.

It was still not too late to retreat now.

At least the losses wouldn’t be too great.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The billions of strong fighters showed no further hesitation.

They immediately turned around and quickly moved in the direction of the vanguard.

With their defense strength, the dense sea of fire and fire dragons could not cause them significant harm in a short time.

Given their strength realm and reaction ability, their retreat would not turn chaotic.

Successfully retreating was not a difficult task at all.

As the allied strong fighters began to retreat, the four corps commanders of the eastern human army did not order a chase or increase the distance for long-range attacks; they allowed them to withdraw.

Mares also received notification from War City and ordered all strong fighters in the assassination teams to retreat.

The Shadow King and Shadow Lords began to use their stealth techniques to envelop the level 240 and level 230 strong fighters, bringing them back into the Great Flame Empire army.

Over one hundred billion strong fighters abandoned the bodies of billions of strong fighters and fled back to the rear of the vanguard.

When the news reached the command center, the leaders of the three dominant races and thousands of leaders from large races all fell into silence.

This battle had completely deviated from their expectations.

According to their original thoughts, just the vanguard alone was enough to annihilate the entire army of the Great Flame Empire.

After all, the vanguard had a million billion elite fighters.

Their numbers were hundreds of times that of the eastern human army.

Yet, the result was an utter failure, unable to break through the eastern human army’s long-range attack blockade.

Assembling an army of one hundred ninety-level fighters for an attack.

However, they did not expect that the eastern human army had also preserved its strength.

Faced with an overwhelming number of one hundred ninety-level fighters, even after amplifying their long-range attacking power by ten times, they still suffered heavy losses.

In desperation, the command center had no choice but to send out the strong fighters that were meant to deal with the strong teams from the Great Flame Empire.

But the eastern human army seemed to have used some method to increase their power fivefold again.

The Great Flame Empire also deployed assassination teams that infiltrated the strong army, launching sudden attacks and continuously killing strong fighters.

What could the allied forces do in response?

“If things don’t improve, should we also send out top-tier combat power to blend in with the strong army?”

One leader of a level 240 tribe could not help but suggest.

This idea received agreement from many level 240 tribe leaders.

Yet the leaders of the three dominant races, the Tree-Dwelling Tribe, Time Tribe, and Reincarnation Tribe, decisively shook their heads in rejection of this proposal.

The reason was very simple.

They knew that if they were to deploy top-tier combat power, meaning the tribe leaders and elders would enter battle, then the strongest member of humanity, Yi Chen, would also surely join the fray.

With Yi Chen’s strength and various mysterious techniques, he could even kill hundreds of elders from the three races gathered together.

If the tribe leaders suddenly appeared on the battlefield, it would purely give Yi Chen the opportunity to strike them down one by one.

If this plan could truly be executed, they would have done it long ago.

Why stay hidden in the command center like they were now?

They even dared not reveal the location of the command center.

The ultimate reason was their fear of Yi Chen’s bizarre strength and methods, worried about repeating the fate of the group of elders from the three races.

Only after dealing with the army of the Great Flame Empire could they use it as a hostage or threat to set traps and lure Yi Chen out, which was the best plan.

“Deploying top-tier combat power is absolutely out of the question. Otherwise, we will definitely be attacked by the strongest member of humanity.”

The Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe pondered and spoke, “Perhaps Yi Chen is waiting for us to deploy our top-tier combat power for him to strike us down one by one.”

“But if we don’t do this, what should we do?”

A leader inquired.

“It’s simple; we stick to the original plan, eliminate the army of the Great Flame Empire first, and then set traps to lure Yi Chen out.”

The Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe replied without a moment’s hesitation: “As soon as the strongest member of humanity, Yi Chen, shows up, especially if he steps into the traps we set, that will be our best chance to deal with him. Otherwise, he is in the shadows while we are in the light, making it too easy for him to attack us.”

“But the current problem is…”

The leader hesitated to speak.

The Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe understood what he wanted to say and waved his hand: “It’s alright. Don’t forget, there’s also the shield formed by hundreds of billions of elite fighters from the Elite Race, which is just a matter of two or three days at most.”

“It seems we have no choice!”

The leader of the Time Tribe and the leader of the Reincarnation Tribe exchanged glances and nodded helplessly.

With the Great Flame Empire deploying assassination teams and the eastern human army’s long-range attack power exceeding expectations, they could only abandon their idea of a quick resolution.

Fortunately, under the condition of not daring to deploy top-tier combat power, the allied forces were not completely without options.

The Elite Race would be the final measure.

The shield formed by the hundreds of billions of elite fighters would, over time, gradually shrink while becoming stronger.

In two to three days, if they could successfully reduce it to approach the Great Flame Empire, the eastern human army, given their displayed strength, would definitely be unable to break through the shield’s blockade in a short time.

Conversely, outside the shield, the various tribes could freely launch long-range attacks against the eastern human army and the Great Flame Empire.

As one side strengthened, while the other weakened, even if Yi Chen and the Great Flame Empire’s assassination teams were to appear and join the army, they would not be able to resolve the crisis of the Great Flame Empire.

No matter how powerful an individual’s strength was, it would only inflict heavy damage on the allied forces in a local area.

Not to mention, the allied forces had more top-tier combat power than Yi Chen and the strong fighters of the Great Flame Empire.

They only refrained from acting rashly due to their fear of Yi Chen’s terrifying ambush skill.

Once Yi Chen showed himself and they knew his coordinates, the leaders of the three dominant races would not hesitate to personally intervene and suppress him, wanting to see just how strong this strongest member of humanity truly was.

The three leaders reached a consensus. While the other tribe leaders felt the plan dragged on too long, they could only agree with this idea.

Everyone began to wait for the shield of the Elite Race to narrow.

However, to divert the attention of the Great Flame Empire, the vanguard of the allied forces continued to relentlessly press the assault on the eastern human army.

Occasionally, they would also form strong fighter strike teams, but their scale was far less than before.