Chapter 321 A Team of Twenty-Seven People
When everyone heard the Manager's pessimistic words, they felt some dissatisfaction.
A Professional suggested, "I think we should send someone to set up an Inversion Formation and directly maximize the power of the Spring Array to completely eliminate the enemy!"
The Spring Array Manager asked expressionlessly, "Who should go? Will you go?"
The person who made the suggestion immediately fell silent, and everyone else lowered their heads.
The Manager continued, "After three assassins died, the Plane Will must have realized something was wrong. Even if the Plane Will sends people over now, the people who come cannot be deceived by us.
What's more, since the enemy has the ability to consume the Spring Array's energy, they definitely have the ability to deal with the Inversion Formation. This matter is difficult to handle."
Everyone became even more silent.
A moment later, someone regretfully said, "If I had known this, we shouldn't have thought about expanding the results back then. It would have been better to just eliminate them directly."
The Manager shook his head helplessly and said, "What's the use of saying all this? After we deal with whatever is consuming the Spring Array's energy, then we'll eliminate all of them."
Everyone nodded silently, their attention shifting to the teleportation array, hoping the Plane Will would send more people over.
Not long after, twenty-seven Six-Order Professionals who could cooperate with each other emerged from the teleportation array.
Seeing this, the Spring Array Manager immediately walked over, took out a map, pointed to a location, and said,
"The enemy is currently consuming the Spring Array's energy at this location. I hope you can help."
The Mountain-Pulling Warrior at the front reached out and took the map, saying,
"How we proceed next will be decided by us. You just need to stabilize the Spring Array."
Upon hearing this, the Spring Array Manager felt a bit disappointed.
The Manager hoped these people would quickly deal with whatever was consuming the Spring Array's power, but if these people decided their own course of action, they might abandon solving the Spring Array's problem.
However, the Manager had not received orders to command these people, so he could only nod and say, "I will control the Spring Array well. You are free to act."
"We bid farewell."
The Mountain-Pulling Warrior led everyone and quickly left the area, walking into the distance.
After watching everyone leave, the Spring Array Manager returned to the core of the Spring Array and waited patiently.
On the other side, Fang Che was still using the Super Immunity skill to consume the Spring Array's energy.
In the blink of an eye, half an hour later, Fang Che, through his Voodoo Doll, discovered a Six-Order Mountain-Pulling Warrior from the Yan Hai Plane moving towards Fang Che's position.
The aura emanating from the Mountain-Pulling Warrior was very strong, completely obscuring the auras of the four hidden Professionals nearby.
However, under Fang Che's Observe, these people had nowhere to hide.
With these five Professionals acting together, no matter what methods Fang Che used, he could barely eliminate one person, as the others could instantly teleport the body away.
To avoid exposure, Fang Che did not attack them but instead stopped consuming the Spring Array's power and quickly fled the area.
At the same time, Fang Che manipulated the Voodoo Doll to move in his direction.
Only when the Mountain-Pulling Warrior and his group reached the edge of the Voodoo Doll's detection range did Fang Che slow down the Voodoo Doll's movement speed.
Next, Fang Che slowly approached other low-lying areas of the Spring Array, preparing to gradually wear them down.
However, after walking for a short while, Fang Che discovered a Sixth-Order Array Master from the Yan Hai Plane appearing ahead.
Near this Array Master, other Professionals were also hidden.
Seeing this, Fang Che changed his direction of movement again.
After changing his hidden direction several times, Fang Che determined the number of enemies.
There were a total of twenty-seven enemies, divided into five small groups, with three groups having five people and two groups having six people.
The characteristic of each group was that one person moved openly while the others were hidden around.
Moreover, the professions within each group could cooperate with each other, maximizing their respective strengths.
Any single group could eliminate twenty or even more Six-Order Professionals with average cooperation abilities.
However, their cooperation was nothing in Fang Che's eyes.
If it weren't for the concern of exposing information, Fang Che was confident he could eliminate everyone without taking any damage.
To avoid exposure, Fang Che could only escape the encirclement of the five small groups from a secluded location.
Afterward, Fang Che moved away from these groups to a new location and continued to consume the Spring Array's energy.
After consuming for a short while, Fang Che again noticed the various groups approaching.
Thus, Fang Che changed his position again.
On the mountain occupied by the Emperor Plane, the Array Masters rushed back and came to Zhang Chunyi's side.
Zhang Chunyi said, "Fang Che retreated shortly after staying at the new location, so he definitely didn't eliminate the enemy. He must have encountered many enemies and was forced to choose guerrilla warfare.
Next, Fang Che might have to change positions again, so you shouldn't go down for now. First, strengthen the formations on the mountain to cope with the enemy's upcoming attacks."
Everyone responded in unison, "Understood!"
Afterward, everyone dispersed to strengthen the formations on the mountain, while Zhang Chunyi looked up at the Spring Array's location, silently praying for Fang Che for a second, and then also began strengthening the formations on the mountain.
Within the Spring Array, after the Spring Array's energy convergence point changed for the fourth time, the Mountain-Pulling Warrior immediately took out a communication token and injected energy into it.
The Mountain-Pulling Warrior didn't say a word, quickly interrupted the energy transmission, and allowed the communication token to transmit a blank message.
At this moment, in the other small groups, the Professionals responsible for luring the enemy, upon sensing the communication token heating up, immediately injected energy.
Upon realizing that no message was transmitted, the Professionals responsible for luring the enemy immediately activated their hidden items and concealed themselves as well.
Subsequently, each small group walked towards the position Fang Che had just abandoned.
After all the small groups arrived at this location, they all gathered around the Mountain-Pulling Warrior. Then, the Mountain-Pulling Warrior led everyone to search for Fang Che again.
On the other side, after Fang Che had consumed some more of the Spring Array's energy, he quickly discovered the Mountain-Pulling Warrior's tracks and the twenty-six people hidden around him.
Seeing these people suddenly form a single group, Fang Che thought for a moment and roughly guessed the reason.
Previously, when five people were luring the enemy outside, if others discovered those five, they might consider them a small encirclement, and no one would jump in to die.
But now, with only one Mountain-Pulling Warrior luring the enemy outside, it meant the encirclement had changed.
If someone tried to take advantage of the changing encirclement to risk an attack and eliminate some people first, they would be doomed.
However, Fang Che had already discovered the twenty-six people hidden around the Mountain-Pulling Warrior and would definitely not fall for it.
Fang Che immediately stopped damaging the Spring Array, moved away from the area, and carefully observed his surroundings.
Fang Che was worried that these twenty-seven people might deliberately attract his attention and then send others to surround him.
For safety, Fang Che could not relax his Observe of the surroundings.
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Chapter 322: Blame It Together
The Mountain-Pulling Warrior, accompanied by twenty-six hidden Professionals, silently moved towards the location where the Spring Array's energy was gathering.
After several hours, and continuously changing their destination multiple times, the Mountain-Pulling Warrior stopped and murmured, "The enemy is always changing targets. Do they not want to fight me? I wonder how much longer the Spring Array's energy can last?"
The Mountain-Pulling Warrior appeared to be talking to himself, but he was actually using this method to question the hidden Professionals around him.
A hidden Array Master immediately squatted down, touching the ground with his left hand to sense the Spring Array's information.
A moment later, the Array Master made a gesture, which meant:
["The energy accumulated by the Spring Array can last for three more days. If Professionals provide energy, it can last even longer."]
A nearby Assassin saw this information and immediately reached out to touch the Mountain-Pulling Warrior's left hand, tapping his fingers to transmit information.
After understanding the information, the Mountain-Pulling Warrior again murmured, "The enemy keeps changing positions; I can't catch him at all. What should I do?"
The hidden Professionals all looked troubled upon hearing these words.
To capture the enemy destroying the Spring Array and to avenge the three Assassins who came before, everyone had made many preparations.
Over a hundred powerful tools for restraining the enemy were prepared, and other types of tools were countless.
However, to use these tools, they needed to get close to the target.
But the target always left very early, and they never had enough time to enter the tools' effective range.
Therefore, until now, the tools had not played a significant role.
At this moment, an Array Master made a series of gestures, meaning: ["Integrate the tools into the Spring Array. When the enemy approaches, use the Array to activate the tools."]
As soon as the Array Master expressed his opinion, a nearby Assassin made a gesture to object:
["The enemy can destroy the Spring Array. If we use the Spring Array to activate the tools, it's equivalent to giving the tools to him. If we don't use the Spring Array, it will be incompatible with the Spring Array and easier to detect."]
The Array Master pondered for a moment and immediately proposed a second suggestion through gestures:
["Then let's go set up an Inversion Formation to expand the Spring Array and see whether the enemy destroys it faster or we expand it faster."]
The second suggestion was again rejected by that Assassin:
["The enemy can destroy the Spring Array, so he can certainly prevent us from expanding the Spring Array. Perhaps he has already prepared a trap waiting for us."]
After the Assassin objected, a nearby Mountain Shield Guard Professional also made various gestures, objecting to the Array Master:
["Even if there's no trap, the location where we set up the Inversion Formation is close to the Emperor Plane's teleportation array, where all Six-Order Professionals of the Emperor Plane are gathered. If we go there, we'll be seeking death."]
After reading the gesture information, the Array Master quickly offered more suggestions through gestures:
["We can ask for help from the Professionals controlling the Spring Array. Let them help set up the Inversion Formation and expand the Spring Array."]
The nearby Assassin again made an objecting gesture:
["Those people already knew the Spring Array was being destroyed, but they let others come to solve it. This led to the death of all three Assassins who came before. They are afraid of death and there's no possibility of cooperation."]
Next, everyone continued to discuss using gestures.
Seeing that no one had responded to him for a long time, the Mountain-Pulling Warrior began to talk to himself again:
"What exactly should I do? Should I maintain the status quo and accept a failed outcome? Can I bear the Plane Will's punishment?"
The invisible people fell silent instantly upon hearing these words. Then, the Array Master made a gesture again:
["We don't understand the Spring Array. We can have the people who control the Spring Array set up the Inversion Formation. If they don't go, then it's their problem, not ours."]
Upon hearing this, everyone instantly realized.
Since they didn't dare to solve the problem, they would pass the buck and shift the responsibility onto others.
At this moment, the Assassin who had been opposing the Array Master also made a gesture:
["We will continue to monitor the thing destroying the Spring Array. This is to buy time for others to set up the Inversion Formation."]
Seeing that the Assassin finally stopped opposing him, the Array Master showed a slight smile, then reached out to touch the Mountain-Pulling Warrior's arm, transmitting information through finger touches.
After receiving all the information, the Mountain-Pulling Warrior found that it was harmless to him, so he did not object to everyone.
The Mountain-Pulling Warrior directly took out a communication token, injected energy, and said, "I will keep an eye on the person destroying the Spring Array. You take this opportunity to quickly send people to set up the Inversion Formation and expand the Spring Array."
After transmitting the information, the Mountain-Pulling Warrior continued to move towards Fang Che's position.
At this moment, at the core of the Spring Array, the Manager's face turned very ugly after hearing the information transmitted from the communication token.
The others even started cursing directly.
"These bastards clearly don't dare to set up the Inversion Formation and are deliberately making us take the blame."
"We absolutely cannot listen to them. We must make them set up the Inversion Formation."
"Want us to take the blame? Don't even think about it. Just tell them that we need to control the Spring Array and cannot leave, so they should figure it out themselves."
"Let them go themselves…"
The Spring Array Manager silently listened to everyone's suggestions. When everyone couldn't come up with suitable suggestions and were just venting their emotions, he clapped his hands and said, "Everyone, quiet down."
Everyone quickly quieted down, but their expressions remained unpleasant.
The Spring Array Manager said, "If we refuse to set up the Inversion Formation on the grounds of controlling the Spring Array, they can also set up the Inversion Formation on the grounds of monitoring the enemy;"
If both sides keep passing the buck, it will only make the Plane Will think that we are only concerned with internal strife and not the mission, which will affect our image and be detrimental to future development;
In my opinion, we should accept the mission and send our Fifth-Order Professionals to set up the Inversion Formation, letting those Fifth-Order Professionals die for us."
A Professional next to him frowned and said, "Our subordinates already know that it's very dangerous over there and have already prepared to escape. It's difficult for us to command them."
The Manager reminded expressionlessly, "After giving the order, we can give them some hints, letting them escape or find a place to hide;"
If we lose the battle in the future, we can say that they were afraid of death and dared not execute the mission, shifting the responsibility for the defeat onto them."
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded silently.
A moment later, a Professional said, "Although the Fifth-Order Professionals cannot take all the responsibility, they can at least share some of it for us;"
Let's draft the specific orders now. As for other hints, they will be given outside the orders, so no evidence will be left."
The Manager nodded, immediately took out paper and pen, wrote down a stack of orders, then handed them to everyone, saying, "You discuss and fill in the names of who to choose. Remember, when hinting to others, activate anti-recording and anti-audio tools, so no one can catch us."
Everyone nodded, then discussed who to send to set up the Inversion Formation.
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Chapter 323: The Spring Water Array's Reserve Energy is Exhausted
The Six-Order Professionals at the core of the Spring Array quickly selected the individuals for the mission.
They wrote the names of these individuals into the order and then dispersed to deliver the commands.
A Sixth-Order Array Master arrived at the living quarters of the Yan Hai Plane Professionals and quickly found the selected Fifth-Order Professional, walking up to him and saying, "Come with me."
The Fifth-Order Professional followed the Array Master to a secluded corner and asked, "What are your instructions, Junior?"
The Sixth-Order Array Master immediately took out the order and handed it to him.
After checking the order, the Fifth-Order Professional turned pale with fright and said in terror, "Junior, it's very dangerous outside now. I don't want to go. Can someone else go instead?"
People in the distance heard the sound and looked over curiously.
"Keep it down!" The Sixth-Order Array Master saw that the surrounding gazes had been drawn over, so he pulled the Fifth-Order Professional to another hidden spot.
Then, the Sixth-Order Array Master comforted him, saying, "You were brought by me, so there's no way I'd watch you go to your death. To make you safer, I've dragged many others into this.
When the others go to set up the Inversion Formation, you can think of other ways. We always encounter unexpected situations, and it's normal not to reach our destination on time."
Upon hearing this, the Fifth-Order Professional immediately understood and quietly asked, "Junior wants to find a place to hide. Can Junior provide a location?"
The Sixth-Order Array Master shook his head and said, "It's normal not to reach the destination on time, but you cannot hide.
I can tell you the locations where the others are setting up the formation. You can cooperate with the others and set up the formation. Do you understand?"
The Fifth-Order Professional nodded excitedly and said, "Understand, understand! Junior will definitely complete the mission. Please tell me the locations where the others are setting up the formation!"
The Sixth-Order Array Master replied, "Their locations are..."
After the Sixth-Order Array Master repeated the information, the Fifth-Order Professional happily left.
Afterward, the Sixth-Order Array Master found the next target, led him to a hidden place, and handed him the order.
This target did not shout but stood in place, uneasy and unsure what to do.
Seeing this, the Sixth-Order Array Master comforted him, saying, "You were brought by me, so there's no way I'd watch you go to your death..."
Next, the Sixth-Order Array Master used the same rhetoric to successfully deceive a group of Fifth-Order Professionals and hint at how they should act.
These Fifth-Order Professionals thought they had received special treatment and happily left their living quarters to find a place to hide.
In other places, other Six-Order Professionals also used the same method to transmit the orders.
After all the orders were issued, the Six-Order Professionals regrouped at the core of the Spring Array and continued to monitor the situation of the Spring Array.
A moment later, a Six-Order Professional spoke, "What do you all say, is there anyone who can see through our plan?"
The Spring Array Manager calmly said, "There definitely will be. Even if they are temporarily deceived, they will discover the problem over time.
However, what if they discover it? In the face of death, as long as they have a trace of fear, they will find a place to hide. If they hide, they will take the blame.
If they are all fearless in the face of death and desperately set up the Inversion Formation, it's good if they succeed. If they fail, we can still say they handled things poorly, say they are incompetent."
Upon hearing this, some felt relaxed and smiled.
Others recalled their past experiences of taking the blame and had serious expressions.
At this moment, at the lower part of the Spring Array, Fang Che was still consuming the Spring Array's energy and paying attention to the situation of Mountain-Pulling Warrior and others.
Whenever these people approached, Fang Che would change his position.
Time flew by, and soon five days had passed.
On this day, Fang Che suddenly felt that the attack energy condensed by the Spring Array had suddenly weakened by dozens of times.
This meant that the energy accumulated by the Spring Array had been exhausted by Fang Che. The current energy was released by the enemy controlling the Spring Array and then amplified by the Spring Array.
Seeing this, Fang Che immediately felt much more relaxed.
In the past few days, Fang Che had been hiding from Mountain-Pulling Warrior and the others, which made Fang Che's speed of consuming the Spring Array's energy very slow.
If Fang Che had remained in the correct position, perhaps he could have exhausted the energy accumulated by the Spring Array in two or three days.
However, fortunately, everything was over.
The energy released by the enemy was not enough to eliminate a Six-Order Professional.
Next, it was time for the Emperor Plane Professionals to counterattack!
Immediately after, Fang Che discovered through the Voodoo Doll that Mountain-Pulling Warrior and those hidden Professionals suddenly changed direction, no longer approaching Fang Che, but returning to the Yan Hai Plane's teleportation array area.
Seeing this, Fang Che also temporarily put aside the idea of changing position and continued to consume the power provided by the Yan Hai Plane Professionals to the Spring Array.
At this time, in the Emperor Plane's teleportation array area, the Emperor Plane Professionals saw the energy in various areas of the Spring Array decrease simultaneously and shouted excitedly.
Zhang Chunyi saw this and rushed to the vicinity of the teleportation array, once again strengthening the teleportation array's transmission capability.
At the same time, Zhang Chunyi loudly shouted, "Tell the groups behind you about the situation here, and have each group send people over. Also, prepare the materials Fang Che needs!"
After saying this, Zhang Chunyi communicated with the Plane Will, informing the Plane Will of the situation here.
Not long after, vast and ethereal Plane energy floated out of the teleportation array, covering the mountain peak defended by Zhang Chunyi and others, strengthening the various formations within the mountain peak.
Not long after, the strengthening ended, and many Emperor Plane Professionals arrived here through the teleportation array.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Chunyi quickly assigned everyone to different teams and issued commands.
Not long after, each small group walked out of the mountain peak and entered the Spring Array area, accelerating the consumption of the Spring Array's energy.
Many areas quickly stopped supplying energy and abandoned the Inversion Formation.
At the locations where the Inversion Formation was abandoned, the Emperor Plane Professionals quickly set up formations to reduce the range of the Spring Array and expand the Emperor Plane's occupied territory.
At this moment, at the core of the Spring Array, Mountain-Pulling Warrior and others gathered here, releasing energy to merge into the Spring Array, helping to stabilize the Spring Array.
Not only them, but many Fifth-Order Professionals also gathered here, releasing energy to stabilize the Spring Array.
Not far away, there was also a group of pale-faced Professionals who had just exhausted their energy and were now trying to recover.
Not long after, a pale-faced Sixth-Order Array Master spoke, "My energy is almost exhausted, and the area I manage is about to lose control."
The Manager heard this and said, "Groups Two and Three, help stabilize the formation. Group Seven, slowly cut off the connections of the surrounding formations."
The named groups immediately took action.
A moment later, Group Seven shouted, "It's done."
Groups Two and Three and the Array Master immediately stopped transmitting energy, and the formation controlled by the Array Master was instantly abandoned.
Because Group Seven had cut off the formation connections, the abandoned formation did not affect the other surrounding formations.
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Chapter 324 Harvesting 80% of Resources
The Flame Sea Plane Professionals continuously abandoned the outer Spring Arrays, which freed up more Professionals.
The freed Professionals quickly recovered their energy, then went to stabilize the remaining formations.
As more and more Spring Arrays were abandoned, more people were able to maintain the remaining formations, and these remaining formations lasted longer and longer.
By the time sixty percent of the Spring Arrays were abandoned, the energy consumption rate and recovery rate of the Professionals present reached a balance point, finally stabilizing the remaining forty percent of the formations and blocking all attacks from the Emperor Plane Professionals.
At this moment, Mountain-Pulling Warrior said, "If we abandon another ten percent of the formations, we'll have surplus energy to counterattack and eliminate the enemy!"
The Spring Array Manager shook his head and said, "No, the Spring Array wins by area; the larger the area, the stronger its destructive power, and the faster it accumulates energy.
If we abandon another ten percent of the formations, it will only save some manpower and won't play a decisive role. It might even make us die faster."
Upon hearing this, Mountain-Pulling Warrior suddenly understood and said, "So that's how it is. Then let's maintain the current situation for now. May I ask, in this current state, how long will it take for the Spring Array to expand again?"
The Manager shook his head and sighed, "There's no chance. The Spring Array is too small now, and it heavily relies on the Inversion Formation.
With the enemy's current strength, even if they can't continue to destroy the Spring Array, they can stop it from expanding.
If the enemy continues to increase their forces, we're doomed. Now we can only try our best to delay for time and wait for reinforcements."
Upon hearing this, Mountain-Pulling Warrior's expression instantly changed, and he then said, "We told you to expand the Spring Array before, but we never saw anyone.
Previously, we had to deal with the thing that was destroying the Spring Array and didn't have time to question you. Now it seems I should have taken the time to urge you a few times, otherwise, it wouldn't have come to this.
In any case, the greatest responsibility lies with you. Think about how you're going to explain this to the Plane Will!"
Upon hearing this, the Manager suppressed all emotions and replied expressionlessly, "You don't need to worry about this matter. Your mission here was to deal with the thing that was destroying the Spring Array, but you didn't succeed. You need to take responsibility for this."
Mountain-Pulling Warrior snorted coldly and said, "Any action requires cooperation. Asking you to expand the Spring Array was asking for your cooperation.
It was your lack of cooperation that led to our mission's failure. No matter what, you must bear most of the responsibility!"
The Manager shook his head and said, "You're just quibbling, but I won't argue with you. Now that disaster is imminent, we should work together to find a solution.
We will stay here and continue to stabilize the formations. We hope you can demonstrate great power and stop the enemy's invasion. Of course, if you're afraid, you can retreat early."
Mountain-Pulling Warrior sneered, "We will go and eliminate the enemy. If you're afraid, you can also abandon the formations and flee."
Afterward, Mountain-Pulling Warrior left with several groups of people.
After they left, the Manager said, "Notify everyone to resist the enemy with all their might and prepare for retreat."
Everyone around him replied in unison, "Understood."
Meanwhile, on Mountain-Pulling Warrior's side, after everyone had moved away from the core of the Spring Array, an assassin asked worriedly, "The Emperor Plane has the upper hand, it's very dangerous. Don't be provoked by their taunts!"
Mountain-Pulling Warrior smiled and said, "I'm not that impulsive. I've already left a special item near the teleportation array.
As long as those people use the teleportation array to negotiate, a teleportation array will open next to me. At that time, we'll leave together. From now on, everyone, do not leave my side."
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded with relief.
Mountain-Pulling Warrior continued, "We came here, and our mission wasn't completed, so it's not good to report to the Plane Will.
Therefore, we will now go and eliminate some Emperor Plane Professionals. This way, we won't have come for nothing."
Upon hearing this, everyone nodded silently and then went to search for Emperor Plane Professionals.
At this time, near the peak occupied by the Emperor Plane, Fang Che was silently cultivating.
Ever since he discovered that the Emperor Plane Professionals began to disperse and destroy the Spring Array, Fang Che stopped consuming the Spring Array's energy and focused on cultivating, accumulating energy for his advancement to the next realm.
At the same time, the Voodoo Doll was still acting outside, searching for isolated Flame Sea Plane Professionals.
After some time passed, Fang Che grew tired of the monotonous cultivation, so he walked out of his hiding area and headed to the peak where the Emperor Plane teleportation array was located.
As soon as he arrived at the peak, Fang Che saw the Professionals there all looking at him, their eyes gleaming with gratitude.
Fang Che understood where their gratitude came from, but he didn't care and walked directly towards Zhang Chunyi.
Upon seeing Fang Che, Zhang Chunyi, disregarding the need to check the changes in the formation, quickly walked towards Fang Che and smiled, "You've worked hard."
Fang Che smiled slightly and said, "The enemy's Spring Array has had most of its energy consumed by me.
Now that you have destroyed most of the formations that lost energy, I presume you will soon be able to deal with the enemy, and it's time for me to receive some resources."
"Of course, of course." Zhang Chunyi quickly took out a storage ring and said,
"After you consumed most of the Spring Array's energy, weakening it overall, I had everyone collect resources.
According to our agreement, one-tenth of the resources for stabilizing the defense line, half for expanding it, and all resources for defeating the enemy.
Victory is now within reach, but it's not a complete victory yet. Therefore, I can only give you eighty percent of the resources for now. Please forgive me."
Fang Che took the storage ring, checked the resources inside, and smiled, "Eighty percent of the resources is a lot. Thank you."
Zhang Chunyi smiled and said, "You're too kind. We should be thanking you. If it weren't for you, all of us would be doomed.
We've already decided to pool some resources for you later to express our gratitude for your help. You can write down anything you need.
Of course, the resources we pool are our personal contribution and are not supported by the group.
Therefore, we might not be able to provide some of the resources you need. Please bear with us."
Upon hearing this, Fang Che did not refuse. He directly took out a portion of the list he had previously drafted, handed it to Zhang Chunyi, and said, "Just gather as much as you can."
Zhang Chunyi took the list and said, "Thank you for your understanding. If we really can't gather these resources, we will give you some other resources to express our gratitude."
Fang Che nodded and said, "Just do your best. Is there anything here you need my help with?"
Zhang Chunyi shook his head and said, "There's nothing important here for me. Just keep an eye on the Spring Array. If there are any changes to the Spring Array, please help."
Fang Che nodded and said, "Alright, then I'll take my leave first."
Zhang Chunyi smiled and said, "Take care."
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Chapter 325: Eliminating the Lone Level 5 Professional
Fang Che quickly moved away from the Emperor Plane Teleportation Array, arriving at a hidden spot outside to continue his cultivation, while still using the Voodoo Doll to monitor the enemy's situation.
Not long after, Fang Che discovered a Fifth-Order Professional hiding alone.
Upon seeing this, Fang Che did not rush to eliminate him, but instead controlled the Voodoo Doll to observe the surroundings.
The enemies the Voodoo Doll had encountered before were all in groups; a lone one like this was likely bait.
Fang Che wanted to find the people hidden nearby. If the hidden individuals were far from this lone Professional, then Fang Che would eliminate him.
After the Voodoo Doll lingered around the lone Professional for a long time, Fang Che grew increasingly puzzled.
Fang Che found no hidden Professionals!
Fang Che was very confident in his Observe ability and did not believe that a Professional of the same rank could evade his Observe.
There were definitely no Professionals present here.
Thinking of this, Fang Che became even more confused.
After so many battles, how could the Flame Sea Plane Professionals still dare to act alone?
Fang Che didn't understand and didn't think much about it. He directly took out the Nailhead Seven Arrows Book, eliminated him, and then had the Voodoo Doll take the body away.
Next, the Voodoo Doll continued to move and discovered more lone Fifth-Order Professionals, whom Fang Che continued to eliminate.
At the same time, more and more Professionals were teleporting from the Emperor Plane.
They were all sent to destroy the Spring Array, but their speed in destroying the Spring Array was much slower than before.
At the core of the Spring Array, a Sixth-Order Array Master walked over from a distance in a hurry, came to the Manager's side, and handed him a note.
The Manager took the note and saw the text on it: [The Fifth-Order Professionals sent out earlier have been hiding within the Spring Array's coverage, and now some of them are missing!]
The Manager crumpled the note and quietly asked, "Who did it?"
The Sixth-Order Array Master wrote another note and handed it to the Manager: [I've asked all informed parties, no one did this, and no one gave the order. I suspect the enemy has infiltrated the Spring Array!]
The Manager, expressionless, crushed the note and whispered, "Recall the scattered individuals, reinforce the Spring Array, and prepare to retreat."
Some people nearby heard these words and instantly became excited.
Although the destruction of the Spring Array did not mean the battle was lost, the enemy could even destroy the Spring Array in its strongest state, leaving everyone without confidence to resist, and they had long wanted to leave.
However, since the Manager had not given the order, no one dared to bear the blame for being the first to flee, so they could only endure here.
Now that they had received the news, everyone's spirits were incredibly high, but they quickly stabilized their emotions to prevent people in the distance from noticing the problem and affecting the Spring Array's operation.
The Spring Array was a tool to buy time for their escape, and it couldn't have problems now.
The Sixth-Order Array Master heard the Manager's order, felt a slight surge of excitement, and then continued to write: [How should those hiding Fifth-Order Professionals be handled?]
The Manager took the note and wrote down his thoughts:
[If they die, they can't defend themselves, and can take on a bigger scapegoat. It's just that it's inconvenient for us to act, so having the enemy help us now is a good thing.]
The Manager held up the note for the Sixth-Order Array Master to see, then crumpled it.
The Sixth-Order Array Master nodded and said, "Understood, I'll go arrange the retreat now."
After the Sixth-Order Array Master left, the Manager continued to control the Spring Array. After the Professionals around him who had received the retreat information calmed down, the Manager quietly told them:
"Later, pass down the message that the Spring Array is about to be reinforced and we are preparing to retreat;
Remember, wait until the people who receive the message have completely calmed down before letting them continue to pass on the information. Absolutely do not affect the Spring Array's operation."
Those who heard the information nodded, then passed it down.
Not long after, all the Professionals at the core of the Spring Array received the news, and the Spring Array remained stable, without any mishaps.
Seeing that the people controlling the Array had received the news, the Manager stood up and looked at the Professionals who were recovering energy, preparing to replace and stabilize the Array, and said:
"Soon, everyone will follow the fixed procedure to reinforce the Spring Array and prepare for the retreat!"
The Professionals who were recovering energy cheered excitedly.
Although those maintaining the Array had received the news earlier, hearing it again still caused a ripple in their calm emotions.
However, they quickly stabilized their emotions and continued to control the Array.
A moment later, everyone present had completely stabilized their emotions.
Then, everyone walked to their fixed positions and released energy.
As energy was injected, the Spring Array was rapidly reinforced.
However, the reinforcement was only temporary; once the reinforcement period ended, the Spring Array would automatically collapse, beyond recovery.
At this time, somewhere in the Spring Array, the Mountain-Pulling Warrior and others were cultivating.
Originally, everyone had decided to eliminate some Emperor Plane Professionals, but they were almost surrounded by Emperor Plane Professionals.
Although everyone was confident they could eliminate the Emperor Plane Professionals after sacrificing a few lives.
However, no one was willing to sacrifice their own life.
Moreover, failure was already a foregone conclusion, and sacrificing lives now was too worthless.
Therefore, everyone found a place to cultivate in peace.
At this moment, several Array Masters in the team stopped cultivating and opened their eyes.
The others also stopped cultivating and nervously observed their surroundings.
At this time, an Array Master said, "No enemies have appeared. It's the people at the core of the Spring Array who are reinforcing the Spring Array. They want to use the reinforced Spring Array to buy time for their escape. It's time for us to prepare to leave."
Upon hearing this, the Mountain-Pulling Warrior said, "Then let's go back. Although I left special tools, being closer to the teleportation array has no downside."
Everyone nodded, then turned and left.
At this moment, outside the Spring Array, the Professionals who were destroying the Spring Array also discovered that the Spring Array was being reinforced. So, they all stopped destroying the Spring Array and quickly gathered.
The reinforcing Spring Array possessed powerful defense and required more power to destroy.
Currently, the number of Emperor Plane Professionals was insufficient and did not meet the conditions for forceful destruction.
Therefore, everyone chose to wait for the opportune moment, and confront the enemy after the reinforcement period ended.
As for the Flame Sea Plane Professionals taking the opportunity to escape, no one was concerned.
As long as they could successfully occupy the Plane, that was victory.
If the enemy could escape, it could actually reduce casualties. Therefore, everyone hoped the enemy could escape.
At this time, Fang Che, who was cultivating, also detected the reinforced state of the Spring Array through the Voodoo Doll.
Fang Che did not care about this situation and controlled the Voodoo Doll to continue searching for lone Professionals.
Then, through the Voodoo Doll, Fang Che learned about the Flame Sea Plane Professionals' preparations to retreat.