Saint Lingfeng frantically complained inwardly.
Facing such defensive capabilities, he was currently experiencing a severe headache.
If he attacked, he definitely wouldn't be able to break through, and would only suffer heavy losses.
But if he retreated, all his previous efforts and sacrifices would have been in vain.
This made him even more distressed.
Now he could only remain in a stalemate here...
"No, this can't go on; we must take it in one go."
Saint Lingfeng looked at the troops in his hand; he only had three hundred Angels left that he could mobilize.
However, if these Angels were deployed, his territory would have no defensive capabilities.
As things stood,
it was impossible to borrow troops from the other Lords of the Alliance again, as it would only shake their morale; he could only request support.
Saint Lingfeng immediately explained the situation to Sheng Lingyun.
Sheng Lingyun frowned, "Third Brother, judging by your development, such an unreasonable development on their part must be supported by a Dungeon Lord."
Saint Lingfeng was startled upon hearing this, "Brother, are you saying... that Dungeon Lord is supporting this woman?"
"That's right! If you're sure there aren't any other well-developed Dungeon Lords on your side." Speaking of which, Sheng Lingyun said displeasedly, "Third Brother, didn't I tell you to try your best to win over that Dungeon Lord? Why would he go and support someone from the Lin family? If this continues, we'll be in a lot of trouble!"
"Brother, I... I don't know either. According to my speculation, perhaps that Dungeon Lord is located north of Lin Qingqiu's territory, relatively close, and was subdued by Lin Qingqiu in advance?"
Sheng Lingyun heard this guess, pondered for a moment, and then said:
"Alright, I'll first allocate ten thousand soul crystals to you. You know I'm currently fighting a war here, so this is the most I can spare. First, replenish your troops, then secretly send people to infiltrate the northern area to find that Dungeon Lord and privately reach a vertical and horizontal alliance agreement with him. Whatever conditions he has, you agree to them first. After we get rid of that girl from the Lin family, we can slowly gain control over him."
After speaking,
Sheng Lingyun directly transferred ten thousand soul crystals.
Seeing these ten thousand soul crystals, Saint Lingfeng's eyes immediately lit up. After staying in the Novice Area for so long, this was the first time he had seen so many soul crystals.
It was quite embarrassing, to be honest.
After being here for so long, he had never even seen a number exceeding five hundred.
In the first month after the Novice Area opened, the Dungeon Lords in the Alliance would occasionally give him one or two hundred soul crystals.
After a month, it directly plummeted, and eventually, there were none at all.
This made him very depressed.
Because his elders had told him that every Angel Sanctuary Alliance Leader, after taking control of the current area, could receive at least ten thousand soul crystals in revenue per day.
But when it came to him...
He didn't get a single one, which made him not even know what a soul crystal tasted like.
After receiving this money, Saint Lingfeng immediately dispatched his Angels, bypassing Lin Qingqiu's territory, to explore the north.
He was determined to find that Dungeon Lord and seize the initiative for himself.
...
At this stage, he wasn't the only one suffering.
When the Mad Dragon Alliance alliance army arrived at the eastern defense line, they were astonished to find that a fortress had been built there at some unknown time.
It wasn't just a War Fortress.
There were also a large number of defensive towers and war structures.
Inside, it was densely packed with a large number of troop types.
Among them, Blackrock Trolls were the most numerous, mixed with Feather Clan in the air and powerful Golden Holy Lions on the ground, reaching a total of one hundred thousand troops.
And their alliance army, at this moment, was only two or three tens of thousands.
Although their levels would be a bit higher, reaching around twenty-five, the opposing troops were also level twenty.
The difference in combat power index was not enough to offset the difference in numbers.
Especially since the other side fought as if they were suicidal, seizing any opportunity to kill to the death, fearless even if it meant paying two or three times the price.
This made the Lords in the Alliance somewhat afraid, after all, it was their soldiers who were dying. Going to support allies was out of goodwill, but it didn't mean they were willing to accept sacrifices.
What they preferred to see was the alliance army defeating their opponents with an absolutely overwhelming advantage, and then beginning to divide the spoils.
The Mad Dragon Alliance was not very united to begin with.
Under Zhang Tianle's reckless fighting style, these War Lords became somewhat hesitant.
They always hoped that others would go first, preserving their own troops until the end.
In this situation, this alliance army became increasingly twisted, failing to capture the front-line fortress built by Zhang Tianle even after several repeated charges.
As long as this War Fortress couldn't be taken down,
Zhang Tianle would frantically build various defensive towers, strengthening his defenses.
This made the other side even more frustrated.
"Damn it, building so many defensive towers, do you have a gold mine at home?"
"Even if you dug up a few gold mines in the secret realm, you wouldn't be this extravagant. Do you have so many resources that you can't spend them all?"
The Mad Dragon Alliance was now in a dilemma, unable to break through.
But if they didn't attack, the opposing defensive towers would start pushing forward.
From time to time, they would also send out a surprise attack force, like a suicide squad, to raid their villages and wild buildings behind their lines.
This made them very uncomfortable.
If the Mad Dragon Alliance was just uncomfortable,
then Guo Quan, the young master of the Guo family, far away in the level thirty area, was experiencing more than just discomfort.
He was now somewhat terrified.
In the past few days, his secret realms had been almost completely cleared out.
Even with the help of allies, it was useless. Guo Quan couldn't find where the large army that was clearing out his secret realms was.
It was like a ghost army, uncatchable and unfindable.
What made Guo Quan even more terrified was that when he was active within the castle territory these past two days,
he would occasionally be attacked.
This kind of attack method was something he had never seen before, somewhat like iron projectiles, flying from a distance and accurately hitting him on the forehead.
The powerful impact could even knock him off the watchtower, sending him crashing to the ground of his territory.
Although he was within the territory's range and wouldn't suddenly die from these attacks, Guo Quan was still scared out of his wits.
After several sneak attacks, Guo Quan could see his castle core's 'health' clearly drop by a small amount, requiring some time to recover. If this continued,
there would eventually be a day when his castle core could truly be blown up.
This incident scared Guo Quan so much that he couldn't eat or sleep, and could only hide in his castle all day, not daring to show his head.