Chapter 598 - 86: Perilous Situation
Under Nuoshan’s strategic maneuvers, the Northern Realm’s plans were thoroughly disrupted. Coupled with the covert assistance from the Bai family, the new leader of the Northern Frontier finally decided to abandon the response to Dongsheng and chose to continue lying low.
As for Dongsheng... words fail.
The arrangement of the Underworld in Dongsheng was meticulous; the occupied planes formed a solid blockade line, sealing off all possible methods of entering the Dongsheng plane, with their murderous intent toward Liu Donglin evident.
Konstantin mobilized a large army and launched a fierce attack on the planes occupied by the Underworld from three directions, yet the well-prepared Underworld army easily blocked the Empire’s forces. Compared to the ferocity of the Beastman Empire, the methods of the Underworld were truly cunning.
The Underworld army, having set up defenses in advance, unleashed an endless array of tactics, and their sinister and strange beings caught the opponent off guard, leaving them powerless to retaliate.
Sending troops to their deaths was not a good solution to the Dongsheng issue. Upon receiving the reports of casualties from the front lines, Konstantin decisively chose to temporarily halt the attack, waiting for the right opportunity.
He then ordered people to tirelessly search the empire’s archives for historical records about the Underworld, hoping to find a way to counter the Underworld’s tactics, but unfortunately, there were almost no records of the war against the Underworld, leaving the situation in Dongsheng at a stalemate.
Two days later, reinforcements from the Holy Court arrived in Dongsheng, and in coordination with the three-way alliance army, launched another attack on the Underworld. This time, after paying a heavy price, they finally broke through to the Dongsheng plane.
However, the alliance commander, Su Mo, ordered the army to halt and guard the breach, not advancing further.
This move was criticized by everyone in the empire, accusing the commander from the Snowy Region of abandoning them and even orchestrating a plot against them.
Numerous courtiers requested Konstantin to dismiss this commander from the Snowy Region and replace the overall commander to send troops to Dongsheng as swiftly as possible to rescue Liu Donglin.