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Molting the Mortal Coil - Chapter 686

Published at 29th of March 2024 06:08:23 AM


Chapter 686: Cloaks

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Chapter 686: Cloaks

The Nascent Souls of the Artful Life Alliance set the Memory Spheres down. The rest of that event was purely a massacre. Most of those trapped at the center of the miasma fell to the ground and never rose again. Most of them died without any external wounds. None of the Mammoth Club survived, and the scouts memory ended with a provocation.

The original figure in a black cloak escaped from the cage of ropes without a scratch and walked to the edge of the miasma. Then they used a toe to draw a line upon the ground and looked up directly at the scout. A ferocious set of eyes looked right at them and that cloaked figure raised a hand and beckoned them to cross the line. Just like the Mammoth Club could not enter the city, the scout would meet the same end if they tried to leave.

Given that they were all viewing this Memory Sphere, they knew that the scout had returned back to them. They were also concerned about who these black cloaked fellows were.

Isnt Lang Sheng supposed to be alone? Arent his allies supposed to be sheltering at the Mount Song Sword Sect?

Are they from the Jade Horde? Didnt they betray him?

Those dont seem anything like the Jade Horde, his allies at the Mount Song Sword Sect, or even the friends he has from the Shihu Kingdom. There are at least five of them directly visible in this encounter. We also dont know much about those streaks of light, but we did see Lang Sheng use a similar technique in our past battle.

Lady Diyin was still in charge of organizing all the intelligence so she answered their questions, or tried to at least. The Swordsman nodded his head, Shes right. He had some sort of silvery polearms that released the streaks of light. As weve already seen, theyre very fast and have immense penetrating power.

The serious Lady Diyin grit her teeth at his words. She was of course the victim of those weapons, which Lang Sheng had used to poison her.

Weve received news that at least five groups have tried to fulfill our bounty, but none of them made it to the city. Combined with Lang Shengs declaration, it doesnt look like any others are coming to help.Ñøv€lRapture marked the initial hosting of this chapter on Ñôv€lß¡n.

The man with the salt and pepper temples laughed and straightened his collar. Then he smiled and spoke with an easy grace, Is that all youre worried about? We just need to raise the bounty. Lang Sheng cant block the Messaging Jade and I refuse to believe this little force of his is very large. That was probably him providing support in the distance. Theyre just ambushing the mercenaries one by one. If we set a big bounty with a specific arrival time, theres no way he can stop them all at the same time.

Lady Diyin along with the Yincha Sect Leader and Shou Clan Ancestor all frowned. The swordsman on the other hand picked up his sword and nearly shot to his feet. They realized that this Lang Sheng might not ever decide to attack.

Didnt he trap us in an array when we attacked Lionheart Town? He must be on guard against the same tactic.

The swordsman pointed out this detail and the others faces twisted further. The Shou Clan Ancestor let out a loud sigh, Little Miss is right. We will need to change our plan. This fellow will just let us burn all our Spirit Stones to maintain the Clan defending array, or slowly pick us off one by one. That must be why hes always been attacking from so far away.

The old man thought of the dead elders and wasted Spirit Stones from before, releasing a loud sigh. Then he closed his eyes for a few moments to think. The others allowed him to take his time, waiting in silence. Then the old man opened his eyes again, Since he is wary of the trapping array, we have only two choices: make him think we have expended all our resources, or bring the fight to him. For the first, we would need to maintain the defensive array for a few weeks and waste most of our resources. We can spread the news to our double agents that we have run out and then let the array sputter out. He will likely probe us and force us to waste the last of what we have left before attacking for real. Then we would spring our trap and capture him.

Then the old man paused to look around the room, The problem is that we may still end up in our current situation. If we are unable to convince him our resources are exhausted, or he simply doesnt care, theres nothing we can do. He might simply stay out there and slowly kill our entire alliance. We will have wasted all our resources without anything to show for it. We may as well commit them all to hiring Nascent Souls to assist us. Just as the Little Miss said, we cannot let him continue.

The Little Miss, the Shou Clan Leader, smiled at the ancestor. Her face would be quite lovely if it werent for the many piercings covering almost every square inch of her head. She bowed her head to the old man, I will notify the rest of the city. Everyone will act together.

Good. Yincha Leader, you will do as I suggested. Use half of the Alliances resources, hire Nascent Soul mercenaries. It is time for a decisive battle. We cant spend our riches in the afterlife and if we win, Lang Sheng is said to be quite wealthy, we can use that to make up for our loss.

Lastly, he turned to Lady Diyin, What of the Fu Clan? Have you been able to contact them?

They have not replied to my messages.

Bastards.




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