Traveling through time to cultivate immortality: a life and death test

The righteous coalition's headquarters was a mere thousand miles from the front lines, a Jindan master could reach within a day. Lu En and his men had positioned their headquarters so far forward in order to quickly gather intelligence from the front lines. Their skill and courage were also a factor, as they were confident they could escape unscathed before the enemy attacked.

"The wolf pack is so courageous that they killed more than a hundred Foundation Establishment enemies with just one move. I also suspect that a master in the early stage of Core Formation fell into their hands." Wu Chang sorted out the intelligence he had gathered and communicated with Lu En with a smile.

"Don't doubt it, the disappearance of that Jindan cultivator must be Liu Xing's doing. This guy is no simple man." Lu En said with certainty.

"The wolf pack is indeed not simple, and Liu Xing is a real capable guy. The other teams seem to be relatively stable. Although there are some who dare to take the initiative to attack, the results are mediocre. Among the other teams, Lu Hua's team killed more than 20 foundation-building enemies, which is the most. The other teams only killed a few cats and dogs." Staff Officer Wu also nodded and gave Liu Xing a great evaluation.

"Now, nearly half of the righteous territory has been occupied by the evil ones. This blasting mission was completed quite well. It takes a lot of time to rebuild the occupied area, which greatly disperses the manpower of the evil ones and delays the pace of the evil's attack. The evil ones seem to have realized the disadvantages of advancing alone and dispersing their forces, and now they have taken the initiative to slow down the pace of the attack. The wolf pack's proactive raid this time, killing people and leaving, is in line with my strategy. At the same time, it exposes the problem of insufficient enemy defense in the occupied areas, and we can implement the tactics of defeating them one by one. Otherwise, the evil ones will digest the occupied areas and integrate them into an iron plate. Then we will have to pay a greater price to take them back." Wu Chang stood in front of the map, looking at the dense blue flags, and said with a serious face.

"I think it's a good idea. The righteous guards previously abandoned their defense zone, but they've managed to maintain their combat effectiveness. They've all switched from open to covert, hiding in the enemy-occupied area. Conversely, the demonic forces have switched from offense to defense, and from covert to open. Now is the perfect opportunity to gather superior forces and eliminate the demonic forces. Attack before they're fully deployed!" Lu En calmly issued his orders, surveying the enemy-occupied area, which covered nearly half the area. After Commander Lu issued his orders, Wu Chang compiled the information they had already gathered and, along with several assistants, developed a detailed plan for a proactive offensive.

For safety reasons, Liu Xing decided to take a break. Three months later, his second phase of the mission had expired, so he contacted headquarters to inquire about the progress of the war and the completion of his team's demolition mission.

"Command center, I'm Wolf Pack. Could you please tell me how the ten blasting missions my team is responsible for are going?" Liu Xing contacted the command center.

"War Wolf, you completed this mission very well. Six of the ten targets were already occupied by the enemy, and we successfully detonated them before they were occupied. The effect was as expected, slowing down the enemy's strength and advance. The remaining four are still in our hands, and the effectiveness of the detonation remains to be verified." The voice of Staff Officer Wu came from the command center. Hearing that the mission was completed well, Liu Xing finally felt relieved. He had personally designed the restrictions in each place. Among all the teams, if he was second to none in the art of restrictions, he would be the best. He still had this confidence. His biggest worry was the detonation problem. Unless there were spies who sabotaged it in advance, or the leader was killed instantly and there was no time to detonate, the detonation should be foolproof.

"How are the other teams completing their blasting tasks?" Liu Xing asked again.

"It's all pretty good, basically reaching an 80% success rate." Staff Officer Wu replied easily. This result seemed to be within his expectations.

"How is the current progress of the war between good and evil?" Liu Xing asked about the war situation again. He was like a blind man touching an elephant and had no direction for the next action.

"At present, nearly half of the righteous area has been occupied by the army of the evil path. War Wolf, tell me, what should we do now?" Although Wu Chang guessed that Liu Xing had already understood his strategic intentions, he still wanted to test him.

"Based on my recent battles, I found that the magic guards in the enemy-occupied areas are insufficient. This is definitely due to the dispersion of troops. While the enemy's defense is insufficient, we can adopt "guerrilla tactics" to catch the enemy off guard and eliminate as many enemy manpower as possible, so as to gain an advantage in the final decisive battle." Liu Xing saw that Staff Officer Wu seemed to want to test him, so he expressed his thoughts.

"Very good, what you said is exactly what I want. Regarding the situation where your Wolf Warrior team went into battle privately, the command center has decided not to pursue the matter or give any credit!" Wu Chang admired the military talent displayed by Liu Xing very much, but he also wanted to give him a little warning to prevent him from getting too cocky.

"Oh." Liu Xing wasn't thinking about military merit; he was happy to avoid any demerits. For him, seizing fleeting opportunities and decisively launching military actions that would benefit the overall situation was all that mattered.

"War Wolf, take some time to rest. The next operational mission will be issued soon." Staff Officer Wu said this and then cut off contact.

Liu Xing thought his tactical thinking might coincide with that of Staff Officer Wu. It seemed his earlier guess was correct; the command center was adopting a strategy of "luring the enemy deep into their territory and defeating them piecemeal." The next task would likely be to launch a proactive attack.

As expected, three days later, headquarters issued the "Hundred Teams Offensive" order, launching a lightning strike against the one hundred enemy defense zones with the clearest intelligence in enemy-occupied territory. The goal of this lightning strike was to eliminate the enemy's Foundation Establishment cultivators, ensuring that each target had twice the enemy's Foundation Establishment combat power. To delay the enemy's Jindan leaders, in addition to the righteous Jindan cultivators hiding in the enemy-occupied territory, a large number of Jindan cultivators from the Xuantian Sect and the Jiuyang Sect, who were in seclusion, secretly emerged and traveled via teleportation arrays to their respective target areas.

The ten small teams of the Qianji Sect were also assigned to these attacking teams. However, they were not required to obey any orders from the leader, only accept orders from the headquarters, and could withdraw from the battle at any time. In Lu En's view, the Qianji Sect's Foundation Establishment cultivators were the future of the Qianji Sect and the most core disciples. They would rather lose this war than lose any of them. Therefore, the Jindan leader assigned to the target area with them was also extremely powerful and could ensure their safety. As for those at the same Foundation Establishment level, they should not be afraid of anyone and could fight them. If they really died in battle with their peers, they deserved it.

All Thousand Machine Sect teams received orders to attack, requiring them to kill as many enemies as possible. If this proved impossible, they were to evacuate without sacrificing their lives. Staff Officer Wu's words, "Your lives are more important than this war," deeply moved the ten Thousand Machine Sect teams and intensified their sense of belonging to the sect.