noffsinger Chapter 980 833: Exquisitely Crafted (Part 2)
Chapter 980 833: Exquisitely Crafted (Part 2)
Unexpectedly, in a moment of hesitation, the leader of West Niu suddenly dashed by and snatched the Sky Splitting Sword.
The leader of Nanshan was greatly shocked, "You…"
Another leader from Beiju lunged at the leader of West Niu. The leader who snatched the sword suddenly changed expression as he turned around, quickly threw the sword to the person rushing at him, and cast spells hastily shouting, "Stop, all of you stop, we've been fooled, the sword is fake."
The leader from Beiju who grabbed the sword checked it and also underwent a change in facial expression; he turned his head and yelled to his troops, "Stop!"
Within the mirror images of the Five Great Teams, a sudden gathering and tightening of troops appeared, signaling each party to start taking action.
Mansi from the Heavenly Court Command suddenly held his breath, with someone like Blue Child making a move and surrounded by hundreds of thousands of troops, he truly didn't know how Shi Chun and the others could break through.
Suddenly, he turned around and transmitted sound, "Mo Hei, have spies within all the troops report the situation rapidly, instruct them to hurry, I need to know what's happening inside immediately."
The Heavenly Court's forces, even if they reached the scene, were waiting in the outer perimeter. With no one in the encirclement, the only way to grasp the internal situation was to deploy those spies.
With some hesitation, Mo Hei responded, "Sir, if we rush them, without giving them time to cover, they are easily exposed."
Mansi transmitted sound, "Victory or defeat is at the most critical moment, exposure is of no matter."
This demanded no hesitation, even if it meant sacrificing a number of scouts; Mo Hei paused for a while, but ultimately accepted the order.
East Victory Command Center, Tao Zhi turned back and urgently reported via sound, "Sir, Shi Chun and Wu Jinliang have fallen for Blue Child's trick; Shi Chun has abandoned the Sky Splitting Sword and the tokens on himself for self-preservation. He has fainted, and Tong Mingshan has taken them away."
Upon hearing the report, Wei Mo was not pleased but rather had a suspicion: could Shi Chun so easily give up and admit failure?
Yet, he could not deny Blue Child's capability; otherwise, why resort to using Blue Child against Shi Chun?
Thinking briefly, he immediately commanded, "We must capture Shi Chun. Once we have him, the tokens in Extreme Abyss cannot escape."
"Yes." Once Tao Zhi accepted the command, the operator of the Mountain River Map suddenly turned back for routine reporting, "The tokens of East Victory have moved."
Tao Zhi also picked up the Mother-child Talisman, receiving real-time reports from the battlefield.
As soon as he finished reading the messages, realizing the dramatic change in his expression, someone from atop a platform abruptly pointed and exclaimed, "That battle armor color—have Shi Chun and his folks broken through?"
The operator of the Heavenly Mirror promptly zoomed in for observation, they indeed saw Tong Mingshan's group bursting out from the massive troop encirclement. The headcount matched; only a mount was missing, and two masked individuals obscured their faces, making it hard to determine which one was Shi Chun.
But here at the Command Center, having been familiar with Shi Chun's build, it was quickly discerned that Shi Chun was not among the unconscious ones. Wei Mo's gaze locked onto the masked figure leading the charge, then glanced at the two unconscious individuals, and suddenly recalled the scenario when Li Hongjiu was rescued from encirclement, instantly realizing they had encountered a substitution tactic, he muttered through clenched teeth, "Damn that tactic—the one in the lead is Shi Chun. Quick, let them chase!"
Turning back to a group, he roared, "Hundreds of thousands of troops surrounded them. Who can tell me why they ran out so fast? Even if cutting through an easy prey, shouldn't have broken through this quickly. Could it be they were allowed passage without obstruction?"
No one could answer at that moment, meanwhile Tao Zhi, with a strained voice, reported another disastrous news, "Sir, the Sky Splitting Sword we captured is… fake."
"It's peculiar—him handing over a genuine one so easily would be strange!" Wei Mo with a somewhat twisted expression barked back, quickly grabbing the Mother-child Talisman, hastily reaching out to Niu Qian, Lan She, and Ming Chaofeng.
Calling it contact, it was practically cursing; he couldn't understand it—how could all Four Teams simultaneously let Shi Chun proceed, even if only one intercepted, Shi Chun should not have escaped this fast. Did everyone suddenly become indifferent to the tokens in Extreme Abyss?
The other three Command Centers also recognized the anomaly, urgently contacting the scene, eager to uncover concrete details.
Heavenly Court Team Command Center, as the mirror image quickly zoomed in, noticing Shi Chun's group break through, Mansi was truly astounded to the point of speechlessness, suddenly exclaiming, "Quickly, let the forces on that side meet and provide support for the rear, hurry, hurry…"
Mulan Jin, who was observing the mirror image, was similarly amazed, genuinely entranced by what she saw, contemplating the thought of possibly bringing them to the Stargazing Pavilion.
It wasn't only him who found it unimaginable; Shi Chun himself couldn't believe they just ran out like that, having been fully prepared for a battle.
"Stop."
"Cease."
"No more fighting, everyone stop."
Hundreds of thousands of troops had just set the stage for a chaotic skirmish, having just started the slaughter, when suddenly each faction was called to halt by their commanders' clamoring.
Regardless of casualties, the ripple of chaos as if a ripple passed by suddenly ceased.
The cause for stopping came from the center of the conflict that ignited the battle.
After all four sides had ceased, the forces of Nanshan, Beiju, West Niu who initiated the conflict, enclosed East Victory in the center.
Blue Child, holding a lantern vigilantly watching from afar, was unsure what transpired on that end.
He was also unaware that he had tossed out a heap of fake inventory to those on his side.
"Are the tokens fake too? Impossible, where would so many fake tokens come in such a short time?"
"Right, don't try to trick us with a few tokens."
"Yes, if you dare, bring out all the tokens you just received."
Faced with hostile glaring intent not willing to disengage, surrounding him preventing pursuit on Shi Chun were several idiots, the leader of East Victory chuckled coldly and directly waved, throwing out a large batch of tokens, "Take a look, you can see as much as you want."
Inexplicably, those three were afraid of snatching less, forcibly cast spells to grab, wishing desperately to seize more pieces.
A significant pile of tokens swiftly reached them, subject to their personal verification.
Knowing some truths could dry one's mouth, causing Adam's apple to bounce—a face-green situation.
With them leading the charge, they'd made things worse than imaginable, clueless about how to report back to their respective Commanders.
Finally, someone couldn't help but scream, "You beast, crafting so many fake tokens!"
Another retorted angrily, "Why yell, idiot? Hurry and chase!"
Though knowing they might not catch up, they still rushed out en masse, the tens of thousands pursuing created quite a spectacular scene.
The tens of thousands from the Heavenly Court dispatched to intercept Shi Chun's group were equally stunned, faces turned green, daunted by the overwhelming charge.
Indeed, like a tide, they were submerged.
Fortunately, their target was not them, and the tide receded, merely brushing over them.
The still-shaken group turned to watch them depart, with someone hastily touching their body to check if they suffered any injuries…
On the platform of East Victory Command Center, Wei Mo listened to the reports in disbelief, rebuking, "One to two thousand fake tokens? What joke are you telling?"
Tao Zhi bitterly replied, "Sir, verified repeatedly, yes, genuinely all fake tokens, indeed close to two thousand pieces, other three sides have also examined, superficially well-crafted enough to pass for genuine."
Wei Mo looked as if he had seen a ghost, "How's it possible? They didn't know they'd be encircled in this manner at sea ahead of time, even if initiated crafting since Dongguo Shou's trick, even if An Wuzhi and Zhu Xiangxin learned Artifact Refining, it's impossible to produce so many fake tokens in such short time; not even Situ Gu could manage, let alone pursued constantly, when would there be time to create so many tokens, and work so meticulously, unless…"
Suddenly pausing, disbelief filled his eyes, slowly turning toward the fleeing individuals in the mirror image, expression twitching, "Regardless, he's a sect leader, damned fool has long prepared numerous fake tokens, along with a fake Sky Splitting Sword…"