Do they really think that by surrounding us, they would have a chance at winning?
I expected more from you, my god's successor!
Turning to the prefecture lords, Huan Shou yelled vigorously:
"This is a foolish attempt in the time of desperation!" He mocked. "Even if they surround us, with the overwhelming difference in our strengths, they would be obliterated nonetheless!"
Huan Shou knew that even if they were surrounded, with the extra four king realm spirit beasts, they would be able to easily defend themselves.
Even if Ashen's tiger kings were stronger than your average king realm spirit beast, they still wouldn't be able to defeat two king realm spirit beasts at the same time.
At this moment, Hao Anye, the Night Howl Tiger King, had come too close, just moments away from coming into the range of their attacks.
Even though their spirit beasts could fly, the prefecture lords and Huan Shou still chose to charge by running on the ground.
The reason being that flying, though minimal, still consumed qi.
In battle, qi was the most valuable resource for a king realm cultivator or spirit beast. They couldn't afford to waste it like that.
Flying could be used momentarily to dodge attacks or fire from a distance.
As Hao Anye entered the range of their attacks, which would be difficult to dodge, Huan Shou commanded:
"Everyone! Attack! Destroy this puny army of tigers!"
Following his command, multiple attacks belonging to different cultivation paths were fired by the spirit beasts, aiming to annihilate the Night Howl Tigers army.
Continuous explosions followed as the attacks landed on the desired location, giving rise to the smoke of dust, covering the result of their attacks.
"Did we get them?" Kui Long asked, wondering about the result.
The charge came to a halt as everyone waited for smoke to clear.
In the deafening silence, the smoke gradually cleared, revealing the lonely ground with only pits of holes resulting from the powerful attacks of spirit beasts!
"What??" Kui Long questioned in shock, asking the question everyone had: "Why is there no corpse?"
"Pfft..." At this moment, a muffled giggle came from behind them, making them turn their heads to their backs, and seeing the scene in front of them left them in bewilderment and shock.
"What?? How are they behind us?"
"How can the whole army just vanish and appear behind us ??"
The prefecture lords have never seen anything . It was almost like they used a teleportation talisman; however, one that could control the direction and distance of the teleportation.
Hao Anye and his whole NightHowl Tigers army had just teleported behind the army led by Huan Shou.
As Hao Anye and his army entered their attacking range, they too entered in Hao Anye's range to use Shadow Assimilation.
Hao Anye and his army assimilated in the shadows of the huge army of Prince Ming Han, traveling stealthily in their shadows and appearing behind them.
It wasn't teleportation; instead, it was simple stealth and shadow assimilation.
As Huan Shou and his army were focused on the smoke, they couldn't notice the stealthy army of tigers in the shadows.
"What should we do, Lord Huan Shou?" One of the prefecture lords questioned. "Should we follow them?"
Since Huan Shou had been appointed as the commander of Prince Ming Han's army, the prefecture lords couldn't move without his permission.
"No. Leave them be. Why do you think they passed us without confronting us?" Huan Shou questioned before answering himself:
"They want us to follow after this small part of their army, showing our backs to the enemy so they can take advantage of the moment and instill chaos in our army."
With a proud and confident tone, as if he had uncovered the enemy's scheme, Huan commented:
"If we divide our army to follow after them and confront the enemy at the same time, it will only weaken us, giving our opponents the chance to focus on defeating our divided army by sacrificing only one tiger king!"
"We will focus our efforts on defeating the main army!!" He pointed to the front and roared, "The right answer is to ignore them and charge forward!
Convinced by his reasoning, all prefecture lords praised his intellect:
"As expected of Lord Huan Shou. With a glance, He exposed the enemies' schemes, saving us from falling into a trap."
"Let's move forward!" Huan Shou yelled vigorously, leading the charge once again.
At this moment, the two prefecture lords on Ashen's side began to move.
The prefecture lord with horses moved to the left at full speed, following after Gang Zhao. Even though horses were weak in battle strength, when it came to speed, they could surpass almost anyone.
The other prefecture lord, who commanded jaguars, moved to the right, following after Moyun. Jaguars were, too, beasts with immense agility and speed. They could match horses in terms of speed with their robust and muscular build.
The reaction to this movement was inevitable on the enemy's side:
"Lord Huan Shou, Even the horses and jaguars have begun to disperse."
"Wasn't our plan to target horses first and then jaguars?"
This time Huan Shou paused to think for a moment.
What's their plan now?
We planned on eliminating the weak first, but if we go after the horses, then there is a chance we will be attacked by the remaining forces of the enemy from behind.
Moreover, the steel claw tiger king is close to the horses. If we divide our forces to attack the front and the horses, The steel claw tigers can help them in defending long enough for others to join.
The right move here would be to destroy the strongest force to demolish their morale.
If we were to defeat Lang Zhen, Cheng Tao, and the two remaining tiger kings in one go, that would be enough to warrant our victory.
The thing that irked Huan Shou from dividing his forces to attack horses was the distance remaining to get to them.
If they divided their forces right now, that would give Ashen's side enough time to react.
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"Ignore them!" Huan Shou shouted confidently. "Our target is in front of us!"
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