Super God Grandmaster
Chapter 542 - 542 528 Battle Agreement

Chapter 542: Chapter 528: Battle Agreement Chapter 542: Chapter 528: Battle Agreement Ye Chen, Li Mo, and Kong Sha left Wasteland City.

“Keep me updated with any news regarding the Third Demon,” said Ye Chen.

Li Mo suggested, “They may have learned of our departure and fled at once.”

Ye Chen didn’t respond, remaining unusually quiet. He looked at Kong Sha and asked, “Are you sure that you haven’t heard anything about a meeting between Yang Jing and Yuan Menhai?”

“Don’t worry. Yang Jing is ambitious and doesn’t like Yuan Menhai. I heard that Gui Lang went to see Yang Jing. If she had really wanted to win Yuan Menhai’s favor, she would have captured Gui Lang and sent him straight to Sky Domain City. But this hasn’t happened, so Yang Jing won’t join Yuan Menhai,” Kong Sha analyzed.

Ye Chen nodded.

Kong Sha continued, “Currently, Yang Jing wishes for us to start a fight. Because if we do, and we start to lose by degrees, they’ll be safer. With the amount of men they are currently recruiting, they don’t have the time to interfere in our affairs.”

Ye Chen also thought this way, but without news from the fairy demon world, he hoped to quickly understand the real situation in attacking Dragon Slayer Island. He kept in contact with Guan Yi, who said he would inform him ASAP if any issue arose.

“Yuan Menhai is really audacious, bringing so many people out to scare us. He really didn’t have to bring so many,” Kong Sha said.

Ye Chen responded, “Maybe he’s not just trying to scare us.”

“I think they’re simply trying to intimidate us. We cannot let them off,” argued Li Mo.

Ye Chen fell silent.

They embarked towards Tianle City, without news of the Third Demon pulling back. At this time, the followers of the Third Demon should be aware that Ye Chen and his men were on the move, yet they didn’t retreat.

Longhun was anxiously carving a piece of wood into a human shape while waiting.

Meng Xiuluo came over with some food and asked, “What are you carving?”

Longhun handed it over and asked, “Does it look like you?”

Meng Xiuluo smiled and said, “You should be carving Shi Xueqin.” Despite her words, she was pleased that he had noticed the little things about her.

“When I see you, I’ll carve you. I’ll carve her when I see her,” he said.

Meng Xiuluo told him, “You should just eat.”

“It’s difficult to find good food here in the middle of nowhere,” replied Longhun.

“You’re so fussy.”

“I’ve gotten used to being pampered and lazy,” he confessed.

Meng Xiuluo laughed lightly and sat down next to him, watching him quietly.

Someone approached—it was Mitra Monk—announcing, “New City Sect is on the move.”

While he continued to carve, Longhun asked, “How many men have they got?”

“Around one thousand.”

“How about Wasteland City?”

“There should still be about five hundred guards. Should we attack Wasteland City?”

“No rush.”

“Should we set a trap for them?” asked Jing Po.

“Why should we ambush them? No need.” Longhun told Mitra Monk, “Prepare four hundred men.”

Mitra Monk nodded.

Pointing at a wrinkled map lying on the ground, Longhun drew a circle, “Once they move, have your four hundred men guard this area. I believe once defeated, they’ll retreat through here. Regardless of what happens, you can’t let them return to Wasteland City. Whether we can surround and kill them here is unknown, but they absolutely can’t return to Wasteland City.”

“I understand. I’ll defend this area until the end.”

Yuan Menhai, Xiao Bai, and Ming Bei approached.

Their forces had set up camp across from Tianle City but had yet to initiate the attack. They were clearly waiting for Longhun.

Seeing Yuan Menhai approaching, Longhun only glanced over, continuing to carve and not standing up.

Mitra Monk quickly greeted them and pointed towards Longhun, “This is our Young Master.”

Yuan Menhai nodded, “An extraordinarily talented young man.”

Longhun laughed and replied, “Saying I’m talented just from this. You really suck at flattery.”

Hearing this, Yuan Menhai chuckled, “We’ve heard of the Young Master’s victory over the fairy-demons on Dragon Slayer Island.”

Longhun stood up, stretched, and laughed. “Just a stroke of damn luck.” He knew that Yuan Menhai was thrilled at the opportunity to unite the Wastelands—a grand affair that everyone would be ecstatic about.

“There’s more to it than that. Young Master is brave, courageous, and wise.” To coax the Sea Demon out either indicates a madman or a genius.

“Cut the pleasantries. We’re all savvy here. Let’s discuss real matters,” Longhun wanted to avoid wasting time.

“I respect straight talk.”

“Alliance Leader Yuan, any good ideas on attacking Tianle City?”

Yuan Menhai glanced at him, aware that the young man must have a plan himself and was trying to test him. He replied laughingly, “Swiftly take down Tianle City.”

“By joining forces with us right?”

“That was just a casual remark.”

“Quit the pretense. Everyone knows if we swiftly showcase our strength and take over quickly, we will surely scare away those coming to back them up. At least one big fight still awaits us,” Longhun pointed out.

“The Young Master has the right of it.”

“Stop calling me Young Master. Call me Longhun, or even ‘madman’ suffices.” Longhun led Yuan Menhai forward, and continued, “Exposing ourselves in a single sweep but failing to wipe them out…that’s not worth the risk. Joining forces, we could swiftly take Tianle City indeed, which would definitely alarm New City Sect. Knowing Ye Chen as you probably do, if we make him too wary of us, the ensuing fights will be tough.”

“You mean to wait for them to join, then start the fight.”

“Exactly. Give them no chance to fight back. Didn’t you bring over twelve hundred men?”

“Yes, indeed.”

“Wait for them to come over, and issue them a challenge. At that time, we’ll take advantage of the chaos and enter to help you, jointly striking at them.” Longhun said.

“Just afraid we can’t swallow them all at once.” Yuan Menhai stated.

“Then we’ll break into the city and set Tianle City on fire.”

“Set Tianle City on fire?”

“If we don’t set it on fire, how can we create chaos inside?”

“The New City Sect members might give up on Tianle City.”

“Then we’ll have captured the city!”

“They might likely retreat to Wasteland City.”

“Then we shouldn’t let them get back.”

“Will they think of our plans?”

“I don’t know what they’re thinking, and I never try to guess. Who can guarantee a hundred percent success?” Longhun replied.

“Alright, I’ll challenge them to battle.” Yuan Menhai continued, “You won’t wait until we’ve killed everyone before you make a move, will you?”

“Possibly.” Longhun responded deliberately.

Yuan Menhai smirked.

“Don’t worry, as long as you engage them and don’t let them regroup easily, retreating back to the city, we will seize the moment to jointly surround them and rapidly breach their defenses. I don’t want to stay in this godforsaken Wasteland for a month or two.”

Hearing these words, Yuan Menhai smirked again, Longhun seemed eager to enter the Wasteland quickly for a rapid resolution. He said, “We should have more opportunities to cooperate in the future.”

After thinking for a while, Longhun said, “Perhaps.”

“If you ever need anything in the future, feel free to ask me.”

“Better to ask as little as possible, asking you frequently indicates I’m in trouble.”

Yuan Menhai chuckled once more.

“Alright, let’s eat something. We have plenty of time. We’ll let them fuss around a bit.”

Yuan Menhai nodded, and the two continued ahead.

Ye Chen and his team were already getting closer to Tianle City, cautiously avoiding potential ambush points.

News of Yuan Menhai’s arrival at the outskirts of Tianle City arrived.

It was already dusk.

Yet, there were no reports of the Third Demon’s forces attacking Tianle City.

Li Mo stated, “They haven’t retreated, shouldn’t they take advantage of our absence and attack Tianle City?”

“Perhaps they know their limits and realize they can’t seize the city instantly, so they haven’t attacked.” Kong Sha speculated.

“But they’ve stationed troops outside the city. They must know we’re coming.”

Kong Sha nodded, “It’s possible they intend to engage us in battle outside Tianle City.”

Hearing this, Li Mo smiled, “Isn’t this exactly what we want? If they wish to battle, we’ll accompany them to the end. Until now, we didn’t know if we should attack Sky Domain City. Launching an attack on Sky Domain City would inevitably cause civilian casualties, which we are reluctant to see and Ye Chen also does not wish for a battle that could minimize harm. Why wouldn’t we agree?”

Kong Sha stated, “Exactly, we’re hoping for this!”

Ye Chen had remained quiet all along, maintaining his calm and listening carefully. He was also pondering in his mind, there’s only one explanation – they wanted to battle New City Sect.

Could there be unforeseen dangers?

Ye Chen continuously speculated, as for the side from the Wasteland City, as long as Yang Jing didn’t ally with them, there shouldn’t be any assistance.

Regarding Dragon Slayer Island, given this urgency, there shouldn’t be any either. But where could the danger be? Could it be just his overthinking and there’s no actual danger?

Ye Chen led them in, entering Tianle City at night.

Jiang Zhuge promptly welcomed them. Looking outside the city, everything was quiet except for the continuous firelight.

“Has the fighting begun?” Ye Chen asked.

“It’s been minor skirmishes.” Jiang Zhuge continued, “We’re not sure if they really wish to engage us in battle.”

“Most likely.” Ye Chen ordered Li Mo to take some people down to eat and rest immediately.

He then followed Jiang Zhuge onto the city wall.

It didn’t take long for a challenge letter to be delivered from the other side, exactly from Yuan Menhai’s messenger, challenging them to a decisive battle in the square the next day.

Jiang Zhuge glanced at Ye Chen, who retuned his gaze, hardly believing it.

Ye Chen asked, “What’s your take on this?”

“Maybe they really can’t wait and wish to engage us in battle in response to the matter of Gua Zhengnie!” Jiang Zhuge said.

“Is there a better explanation?”

“None, you’re worried it’s a trap?”

“I don’t know. I can’t really figure it out.”

“It probably isn’t. There are no factions allied with the Third Demon. The people of Dragon Slayer Island are busy fending for themselves and there hasn’t been any news from Dragon Slayer’s side.”

Ye Chen nodded, he too hoped for such a resolution with the Third Demon.

“Maybe they simply don’t want you and Ling’er to have a smooth wedding and wish to disrupt our alliance with the Wasteland factions.” Jiang Zhuge said.

“Seems like that’s the only way to see it.” Ye Chen replied.

“We should accept the challenge. If we give up, it will be unfavorable to us. More importantly, currently, we have better momentum than them. As long as it’s not a trap, we should engage in battle.”