"Using Heavenly Fire to annihilate them..."
Zhang Xiaoman paused for a mont and imdiately understood the other party’s intention.
According to McCarthy’s previous statent, these Holy Ranks like him were priority targets for the divine harvest, so on the day of the Divine Presence Festival, the Heavenly Fire would inevitably target them.
In other words, as long as they delayed until the day of the festival, all of them could run into the Beastman army, and the Heavenly Fire would naturally fall here.
By then, there would be no need for them to waste energy to eliminate the Beastn; all the Beastn would die under the Heavenly Fire.
To put it plainly, this tactic was very much like undergoing a tribulation in soone else’s territory.
Driving the tiger to swallow the wolf, using force against force.
This is why McCarthy insisted on first pushing the Beastman back onto the Northern Wind Prairie.
Otherwise, being too close would make it hard to ensure the Heavenly Fire wouldn’t fall into Kuhan City.
So now the question is, how to successfully push the Beastn back into the entrance of the Northern Wind Prairie.
According to McCarthy’s plan, the five Holy Ranks were to make a full-force attack once, to massively deplete the active forces of the Beast Race.
At least they could use a Forbidden Curse to drive back the front section of the Beastman army.
Then, with the Alliance army advancing, the combination should successfully drive the Beast Race back to the Northern Wind Prairie.
However, it was also previously ntioned that energy recovery for professionals in this world is extrely slow.
If the Holy Ones acted in advance, they wouldn’t be able to maintain full status on the day of the Divine Presence Festival.
They already had little confidence when facing the Tenth Order True Gods, and such a tactic would make the battle’s outco even less optimistic.
But there was no choice; choosing the lesser of two evils, they had no option but to take risks with this tactic to resolve the current crisis.
Unless these Holy Ones were willing to sacrifice everything, disregarding their own tribe’s survival to preserve their own powers, they could just sit back and watch.
But clearly, these people wouldn’t do that.
After all, while they were Ninth-tier Saints, they were also leaders of their respective tribes.
Many might give up an entire race for their own benefits, but not the ones present here.
Next, McCarthy explained the detailed plan to Zhang Xiaoman.
During the ti he wasn’t around, others had already been inford of the plan; he was the last to know.
After patiently listening to McCarthy, Zhang Xiaoman’s expression grew increasingly peculiar.
"Lessentara, I understand what you’re getting at, but now... you want us to join forces to drive those Beastn back to the Northern Wind Prairie... us... five people?"
Zhang Xiaoman glanced in the direction of the distant Beastman army, which seed boundless from his vantage point.
Although the Beastman army hadn’t fully assembled, just this part already numbered around a million.
In comparison, the Alliance’s army was rely two to three hundred thousand strong—a significant disparity.
"Yes... Ji Xing, I know this request might be excessive... but we can’t wait any longer... The Beast Race is continuously depleting our strength, and I would very much like to wait for Elcurus and Hillna’s arrival, but they are quite far away and probably won’t be here for at least three more days..."
McCarthy said sowhat awkwardly.
From his perspective, Zhang Xiaoman might have thought their side was a bit underrepresented with just five Holy Ranks to handle so many Beastn.
Even though they only needed to take out the vanguard and drive the rear back to the Northern Wind Prairie, not wipe out the entire million Beastn.
But even so, the difficulty of this task was quite high.
Holy Ranks, although the pinnacle of power in this world, weren’t invincible.
They might easily crush an Eighth Rank in a duel, or sweep away small squads in a skirmish.
They could even dictate the course of small battles to secure a victory for their side.
But in a war of such scale, they couldn’t single-handedly annihilate an entire enemy army.
Three thousand, four thousand, five thousand, or even ten thousand, might just be their limit.
Even soone as powerful as McCarthy, with a barrage of large-scale Forbidden Curses, could only be equivalent to an army of twenty to thirty thousand.
Moreover, he would end up in a state of magical depletion afterward.
And now, the Beastn were over a million strong.
This was beyond the ability of a few individuals; this required a war between nations.
McCarthy knew they should wait a little longer.
At least until the remaining two from the Unshacklers Association arrived to take action together, increasing the chances of success.
Unfortunately, ti did not allow for it.
He had just learned from the scouts that the Beastn seed to be making moves again.
If nothing unexpected happened, there might be another surprise attack tonight.
"Ji Xing, we must unite to overco this crisis... This action might deplete so of our energy, and strong individuals hidden within the Beast Race might seize the opportunity... After all, making us exhaust our strength is their aim..."
"But there are also benefits to acting early; by the day of the Divine Presence Festival, with our ditation speed, we should have recovered most of it... Plus, with us five Holy Ranks acting together, those small fry should lack the guts to attack..."
Out of courtesy, Zhang Xiaoman listened to McCarthy’s analysis of the pros and cons.
Hearing the final sentence, he couldn’t help but sigh: what a guy, you’re executing the strategy of using skills on cooldown perfectly.
When McCarthy finished, Zhang Xiaoman pointed to the distant Beastman army and said:
"Lessentara, if I can drive the Beastn back, I need the secret of your immortality as an exchange, can you promise ?"
McCarthy was stunned by the comnt, montarily at a loss.
"Ji Xing, you an... you, alone... drive back the million-strong Beastman army...?"
"Yes, just ."
Zhang Xiaoman replied decisively and confidently.
McCarthy stared dumbfounded at him for a while, his expression becoming quite remarkable.
It dawned on him that Zhang Xiaoman’s earlier inquiries were because he thought five people were too many, not too few.
"This is very serious, Ji Xing, you’re not joking with , are you?"
McCarthy suddenly asked, trying to keep a serious face.
He couldn’t believe it.
We are talking about a million Beastn!
Moreover, there were thirty or more kiloters from here to the Northern Wind Prairie’s entrance. He couldn’t believe anyone could achieve this.
But the young man before him remained calm and nodded, exuding an aura of confidence that was overwhelmingly strong.
"Of course, I know what I’m saying."
He paused and continued:
"But as I said, there are conditions; the effort required is significant, so I need you to provide with the secret to your longevity as a trade."
After staring into his eyes for a while, McCarthy finally breathed a sigh of relief and said:
"If you can truly do as you claim, then I can accept your condition."
Hearing this, Zhang Xiaoman finally broke into a smile.
"Good, then it’s a deal."
McCarthy looked sowhat dazed, subconsciously asking:
"Ji Xing, when do you plan to act, and how? Do you need our cooperation?"
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