Chapter 1077: The Battle Is Imminent
"What’s going on? Why is there no signal?" Inside the Black Alliance headquarters, Lin Xiaoting took out her phone, wanting to learn about Chen Tianlong’s situation, and see if he had arrived at Black Alliance City.
But the phone’s signal was directly cut off, and this was intentionally done to block the signals around the Black Alliance.
Thinking of this, Lin Xiaoting immediately ran to the Red-eyed Eagle’s room. At this moment, the Red-eyed Eagle was also anxious. He couldn’t contact Xue Kong or Niu Xiaosan and could only send someone to relay messages, which was very inconvenient.
"Hong, the phone signal seems to be jammed."
"Hmm, I know. It seems something big is about to happen tonight." The Red-eyed Eagle glanced through the window at the horizon. What’s meant to come will always come.
"Hong, are you saying that Thunder Tiger will act tonight?" Lin Xiaoting asked.
"I think it’s not just Thunder Tiger, it’s more complicated than that. Xiaoting, if anything happens, remember to come to my room." The Red-eyed Eagle didn’t explain further.
"Alright, I understand." Lin Xiaoting didn’t ask further, since her friend had said so, she must have her ways.
Around ten o’clock at night, the Black Alliance remained very quiet. The reason was simple: Thunder Tiger still hadn’t received news about his two brothers. Without them leading Qilin Tribe’s five thousand elite soldiers, Thunder Tiger didn’t have confidence.
Although Xue Kong and Hao Jian’s subordinates each had thirty thousand troops, Thunder Tiger couldn’t ensure that after occupying the Black Alliance, the Eight Major Sects wouldn’t cause chaos. If they took the opportunity to threaten him to give up his position as the Black Alliance leader, he would have thirty thousand troops but without the five thousand elite soldiers of the Qilin Tribe, it would be too risky.
Thus, Thunder Tiger kept waiting.
At a hotel near the Black Alliance headquarters.
The Eight Major Sects had grown impatient from waiting. Xiao Changfeng from the Sword Dao Sect, a master of Celestial Dao Seven Stars, felt that destroying the Black Alliance was very easy; there was no need to listen to Thunder Tiger, just attack directly with Xue Kong’s cooperation, surely they would succeed.
But Situ Feng was listening to Hao Shuai, who was also waiting.
Waiting for what?
Of course, it was for a super expert from the Celestial Pill Sect, the third uncle Sikong Jingyun. Chen Hai had used his persuasive skills to bring him over; otherwise, how could such a master of Celestial Dao Seven Stars Great Perfection play such games with these young ones?
Around three o’clock the next morning.
Thunder Tiger suddenly received news that his two brothers had been found lying in a hospital in Black Alliance City and seemed to have become vegetative.
Upon hearing this news, Thunder Tiger was slightly afraid and hurriedly told someone to inform Situ Feng to cancel tonight’s plan.
How could Situ Feng follow obediently? They had spent so much effort for this battle, and now Thunder Tiger’s mere words were to cancel it, it was a joke.
"Thunder Tiger, let me be honest with you, don’t think I don’t know what you’re thinking. You don’t trust us, right? Well, do you think without your help, our Eight Major Sects can’t enter the Black Alliance? I’ll give you one more chance: act or cancel, your choice. But you know the consequences. Once we breach the Black Alliance, we will ensure you perish without a trace." Situ Feng threatened.
At this moment, Thunder Tiger was in a dilemma. With his strength, even adding Xue Kong, he might not be a match for them.
"Alright, I agree. In an hour, listen for my signal flare, we’ll launch an all-out attack then." Thunder Tiger had no choice. He knew the Black Alliance would be breached sooner or later; if he didn’t help, it was only a matter of time.
If the Celestial Pill Sect intervenes, the Black Alliance has no chance of not falling.
Around five o’clock in the morning, as the first light of dawn appeared, a signal flare erupted over the Black Alliance, unfolding into a beautiful firework.
Unfortunately, it was a mournful firework. Before one could appreciate it, the battle began.
At the Black Alliance gate, Niu Xiaosan was leading thirty thousand troops to defend the city. For a while, the outside couldn’t break through. Instead, they were at the gate, shouting and cursing, trying to use the Provocation Technique to lure people out.
But Niu Xiaosan was an old veteran, well-experienced in battles—how could he be deceived by this crowd?
Even though there were only a few hundred of them, they were masters. Niu Xiaosan could obviously see that. However, what he didn’t know was that the one leading the troops outside the city was Situ Feng, a man full of tricks—there was no way he brought a few hundred people just to siege.
Naturally, he was creating a diversion.
Sure enough, in the back hills, masters of the Eight Major Sects, led by Hao Shuai, were flanking from the rear, and the guard in this area was Hao Jian.
As imagined, when two brothers come together, the mischief they’d cause.
Thus, in less than half an hour, the back hills were already seized, and the army he brought was already controlled. Those soldiers who tried to resist were executed under Hao Shuai’s orders.
With the Commander’s Seal in Hao Jian’s hands, the vast majority of soldiers still obeyed commands. Around five thirty in the morning, the army began marching toward Thunder Tiger’s residence.
At this point, Xue Kong saw the arrival of the army led by Hao Jian, and he no longer hid, directly engaging them.
"Haha, didn’t expect it to be this easy to take down half of the Black Alliance’s forces. Now even the Red-eyed Eagle can’t escape," Thunder Tiger laughed, truly not expecting Hao Shuai to have a trick up his sleeve—he wouldn’t have waited for his family’s five thousand elite soldiers if he knew.
"Heh, you should see whose idea it was," Hao Jian said proudly. It was his brother’s strategy; with him around, nothing to fear.
"Don’t be too happy yet. The combined forces of Red-eyed Eagle and Niu Xiaosan total nearly ninety thousand troops—are you that confident?"
Hao Shuai was speechless; his situation was still very delicate. Without coordinating efforts to eliminate Niu Xiaosan’s thirty thousand troops, if Red-eyed Eagle notices something wrong, he will surely come with sixty thousand troops to encircle them. Then ninety thousand against sixty thousand—their situation remains quite dangerous.
Thunder Tiger, hearing Hao Shuai’s words, immediately stopped smiling. He always felt that here, Hao Shuai was the real leader, not him.
"Haha, indeed, Brother Long, we should focus on defeating Niu Xiaosan first," Hao Jian noted his brother’s mood and quickly chuckled.
"Oh, alright, but I don’t quite like your attitude, Young Master Hao. This is the Black Alliance, strictly speaking, it’s my territory—give me some respect, will you?" Thunder Tiger glared at Hao Shuai and then loudly commanded, "Follow me to the city gate, take Niu Xiaosan down."
"Yes!" everyone responded in unison.
Then they sprinted towards the city gate.
Lin Xiaoting had been observing outside, and upon learning that the army was heading towards the city gate, she was stunned and hurriedly ran back to the Red-eyed Eagle’s room, saying: "Something’s wrong, Hong, our army seems to be heading towards the city gate!"