Published: March 8, 2025
“That's not a reason; troubling him is still troubling him.” Dong Wushang let out a steady hum. “Even if Mo Tianji faced eight hundred thousand ninth rank supremes alone… the disparity in strength is that great; it’s still troubling him.”
Wuzhuo City let out a heavy hum, wanting nothing more than to slap this guy against a rock.
Damn it, even though I know you’re speaking the truth, can’t you phrase it in a less harsh way?
“We need to take responsibility for helping him break this deadlock!”
Chu Yang said, “If this stalemate continues, Mo Tianji and Diwu Qingrou can remain calm, but I’m afraid… the masters from the Li family won’t be able to hold their composure… If they act, it would be disastrous.”
“Furthermore, just to the north is the Li family’s main stronghold… Although the coalition won’t target the women and children there before the final battle, if someone gets impatient and takes a look… it would be a huge problem.”
“We have this concern, but the coalition does not. They can endure indefinitely. In this stalemate, whichever side acts first will undoubtedly face defeat, or even death.”
Mo Lei Er furrowed her brow tightly: “I’ve also been thinking about this problem, but how exactly can we break this awkward deadlock?”
Chu Yang calmly uttered one word: “Lure!”
Given the current situation, both Diwu Qingrou and Mo Tianji understood that they were stuck.
While Mo Tianji wanted to break the deadlock, Diwu Qingrou did as well.
Neither of them was willing to remain stuck like this; two exceptionally clever individuals, facing the same issue, had exhausted their wits trying to outsmart each other, and as a result, they ended up in this stalemate.
Because at this moment, whoever moves first would suffer losses.
Diwu Qingrou had already dispatched six teams, but that was far from her full strength; the coalition still retained a significant amount of follow-up combat power.
On the other side, there was still a large portion of their forces that hadn't moved!
Mo Tianji knew that Diwu Qingrou was waiting for his next move before acting, but he couldn’t know exactly how much strength she had left and how she planned to respond afterward.
This is what is meant by “knowing the situation, but not the reasons behind it”!
As such, if Mo Tianji moved first, Diwu Qingrou could respond with a sudden attack at any moment, and the consequences would be something Mo Tianji couldn’t bear.
Conversely, the same applied to Diwu Qingrou.
Diwu Qingrou understood that Mo Tianji had instructed the members from the Li family to remain hidden, waiting for her to act first, but she didn’t know how Mo Tianji would respond. If she moved first and he counterattacked with full force… then she would be in trouble.
Thus, both were reluctant to act, and in this situation, they could only remain in a stalemate.
Moreover, both Mo Tianji and Diwu Qingrou were also clear on another thing: this stalemate would continue as long as there was no external force to break it. It could last a day, ten days, or even three to five months.
But as they continued to remain stuck, both were equally anxious. In comparison, Mo Tianji's concerns were even greater; the Li family’s foundation was far inferior to that of the coalition. If Diwu Qingrou lost patience and abandoned the intellectual duel with him while the coalition was willing to incur certain losses, they could decisively break through the last line of defense and advance into the Li family’s stronghold, ending everything.
So, both of these individuals were eagerly anticipating external intervention.
As long as there was external intervention, this deadlock could be broken, and once it was broken, countless consequences would follow.
And Chu Yang had decided to act precisely because he saw this aspect!
Two wise individuals restraining each other in a deadlock naturally required a third party's intervention to rewrite the situation.
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“Lure?” Mo Qingwu said worriedly, “But how do we lure them? We don’t have many people here. How can we intervene…”