Sword Shatters Stars

Chapter 148 Pressure
After Qin Yong returned, all branches of the Tianwu Group dispatched personnel to various busy roads to pretend to be traveling and chatting, talking at length about how Gao Zhiyong, the leader of Youlin Feiyue, did not take the Great Commander of Fantian seriously.

"Of course Gao Zhiyong isn't afraid of the overthrowing commander-in-chief! Doesn't he know about their secret agreement?"

"They must have fought each other long ago. The Grand Commander of the Heavenly Realm couldn't defeat them, so he asked the Youlin Feiyue Group to play dead..."

"A leader who's turned the world upside down, following such a shameless, theatrical leader? And he calls himself a Grand Commander? More like a theater troupe leader!"

"Many villages in Fantian have been wiped out by the Tianwu Group and the two major organizations. Now, neither Fantian nor Nitian bother to mention the three major organizations, saying that the opera troupe Fantian is not worthy of mentioning them..."

"Gao Zhiyong boasted that he could easily defeat the overthrown commander-in-chief. Would he say that if he wasn't confident? Gao Zhiyong isn't one to brag!"

"Is it really so easy to turn the world upside down? Are they all planning to learn acting and deceive people?"

"Fantian is full of liars and scumbags. Having a leader who's an actor is already the best thing about Fantian's character!"

Thanks to the tireless efforts of the Tianwu Group, these topics were being discussed everywhere along the Dream Road in a short period of time.

All the discussions ultimately turned into pressure on the overthrowing commander-in-chief.

"Arrogant brat, willingly serving as a tool for the Tianwu Group, I'll turn the tables on you, break your blade, and rid the Youlin Feiyue Group of all your glory! This time, let's see how you fake your death and escape!"

The Grand Commander-in-Chief decides to take this opportunity to consolidate the fighting force of the Heavenly Empire, and the opposition will inevitably be restrained as a result, waiting to see the outcome of the showdown.

Thus, the date for the duel was set. The Grand Commander intended to take the opportunity to destroy the Youlin Feiyue Group, and under the pretext of witnessing and guarding against the Tianwu Group, he ordered the Tianwu members within the organization to participate.

When the messenger from the Heavenly Martial Clan came to deliver the message, he said:
Lin Xiufeng said: "If the Commander-in-Chief dares, he can duel at the very place where the beauty was buried; if the Commander-in-Chief is afraid, he can do it anywhere else."

"His death is inevitable, no matter where he is! Let him be buried with the Vice Commander!"

The Grand Commander pretended to be provoked and angrily declared that he would go to the Misty Forest Mountains.

With the matter settled, the opponents within the Tiantian organization were indeed forced to suppress their opinions.

Even though the leader was unwilling to give the Grand Commander a chance to turn the tide and prove himself, the Heavenly Warriors who had originally supported them all wanted to see the outcome of the duel.

They oppose the Grand Commander because of the resurrection of the Youlin Feiyue Group and the suspected deliberate arrangement to send Xiang Meiyan to her death.

Now the commander-in-chief has agreed to a duel to prove himself.

The warriors of the Overturning Heaven Organization were eager to witness this duel. The two men who wanted to replace the Grand Commander could not go against the will of the people and could only hope that the Grand Commander of Overturning Heaven would be defeated in the duel.

The entire Tian Tian organization, comprised of dozens of martial artists, was almost all confirmed to be present, partly to witness the event and partly to vent their anger and pride after eliminating their nemesis.

Having lived for eleven years in the eleventh realm of the Heavenly Martial Realm in another world, he was humiliated and severely injured by a five-person Heavenly Martial Warrior group on the Dream Continent.

Even though the members of the Overturning Heaven Organization were not originally united, when the Yulin Feiyue Group was mentioned, they all had only one thought—kill!

The Grand Commander was full of confidence. He had memorized the terrain of the Misty Forest Mountain Range and the surrounding mountains, and deduced the possible deployment of the Heavenly Martial Group and the extent to which he could provide manpower support to the Yulin Flying Joy Group.

At the same time, messages were sent to the leaders of the two major organizations, Anti-Heaven and Rebellious Heaven.

While it was said that they were being invited to join forces against the Tianwu Group, the Grand Commander anticipated that the two organizations would not agree.

The latter part subtly suggests that the Tianwu Group is a common enemy, and since the Fantian Organization is going all out, even if the two organizations cannot spare the manpower to help, they should not hinder Fantian or indirectly help the Tianwu Group.

As the commander-in-chief had expected, both organizations replied that they could not spare any manpower to help, but both promised not to take advantage of the situation to launch a surprise attack.

"Of course I'd be happy to sit back and watch the tigers fight!" The commander-in-chief, of course, didn't entirely believe the promises of the two major organizations.

The people in charge of the various breeding sites for the mutated beasts were temporarily relocated and hidden to prevent them from being ambushed by the two major organizations during the duel.

Compared to the preparations made by the Tiantian Organization, the Tianwu Group made more arrangements and preparations.

Compared to the Heaven-Turning Organization, the Heavenly Martial Group needs to be more wary of those who rebel against Heaven and defy Heaven taking advantage of its weaknesses.

However, the Heavenly Martial Corps has a numerical advantage in Heavenly Martial Warriors, and the manpower in key areas has remained almost unchanged.

If we draw one here and two there from other areas, we can make up the difference.

The Tianwu Group took care of the major tasks. As for the Youlin Feiyue Group, they didn't need to worry about these things, nor could they.

They have only one base, and currently there are more than 500 Tianwu Souls transferred from various coastal homes, with plans to increase that number to 2,000 later.

The Heavenly Martial Souls were tasked with digging pits everywhere every day, though they didn't understand the purpose of such traps.

Anyway, it was arranged by Lin Xiufeng. He said that the enemy had fallen into a pit, which would disrupt the enemy's coordinated combat formation and rhythm.

Then, they also dug a waterway at the top of the pit to divert the water, carefully preventing the water from flowing into the pit. Were they afraid of drowning the enemy?

For such a bizarre reason, everyone was making people dig holes all over the surrounding area, within a radius of twenty or thirty kilometers...

It has to be said, this job is quite annoying.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Martial Group sent many Heavenly Martial Souls to help, otherwise, they would not have made it in time at all.

As for Lin Xiufeng, who issued the strange order to dig a pit, he has been missing for many days, and Deputy Regiment Commander Zhao Youyue is also nowhere to be found.

There is no other reason.

Lin Xiufeng and Zhao Youyue transformed into armadillo kings, digging tunnels every day...

While everyone could work together to dig the pit, they would have to do the tunneling themselves.

If anyone spills the beans and reveals the inside story, the whole plan will probably fall through.

They originally wanted to dig the pit themselves, but considering that the pit opening needed to be diverted, and that it would need to be covered after it was dug, and that someone would need to remove the cover when it was needed.

These tasks cannot be accomplished by just two people.

The armadillo king could dig a tunnel very quickly using its own strength, but the problem was how to transport the soil out.

If the armadillo king just focuses on digging forward, there's no problem.

The soil kept pushing backward, and once a passage was passed through, it didn't turn back, regardless of whether it was blocked or not. In fact, it could have blocked the pursuers' passage when escaping.

But to turn it into a continuous passage, the soil problem must be solved!

If we use the large number of members of the Heavenly Martial Corps, there is a risk of leaking secrets.

When all seemed lost, Lin Xiufeng suddenly had a brilliant idea and tried to make the armadillo king eat dirt!
The soil at the entrance indeed transformed into Heavenly Martial Power.

Although it was weak, it still became Heavenly Martial Power!

"Dig and eat the dirt at the same time, problem solved!"

Lin Xiufeng and Zhao Youyue solved the problem and then spent their days digging and digging.

The plan is to connect a pit approximately every 500 meters within a radius of 20 to 30 kilometers, centered on the Wulin Mountain range.

With just over a month until the duel, the Armadillo King was digging more than 370 kilometers every day!

Lin Xiufeng originally requested the Tianwu Group to provide live scallions and various mutated beast meat, saying it was needed for special forces, and asked the Tianwu Group to place them in the dug pits at fixed times.

After this, no one is allowed around the drop-off point.

It was discovered that by eating dirt, the Armadillo King significantly reduced the consumption of Heavenly Martial Power!
Earth's Heavenly Martial Power was originally very weak, but because of its large quantity, it only consumed less than 20% of its Heavenly Martial Power in a day, and could be restored by eating some dried meat from mutated beasts.

Why eat dried meat?
Because of Fang Yuan, Ren Xing and Lin Qiru, the deaf scallions from the distribution point were taken away.

Lin Xiufeng had no intention of eating the scallion as payment.

Otherwise, why would he want a live deaf person?
As a result, the actual demand at the distribution points was reduced to one-tenth of the planned amount, saving a lot of mutated beast meat.

(End of this chapter)