Chapter 1433: Chapter 1433

The negotiation on both sides is to continue, and so is their mission. Du You won’t stay here; he has to remain busy with what comes next and continue to fulfill his tasks.

This operation does have its significance.

After all, with so many witnesses, the power of the Combined Battleship indeed exceeded ordinary imagination. As a result, Du You’s earlier reputation was overshadowed by this combined fortress. The enthusiasm others had when looking at Du You has cooled down as well.

Du You doesn’t care at all; he doesn’t cherish this kind of reputation. It’s a waste of his time and might offend some peculiar people. Lately, there have always been people who want to challenge him to gain fame.

Although Du You consistently refuses, it’s still troublesome. Now, after this incident, no one has come to find him.

Du You has become more low-key, although he still carries out missions, he now often does so when not noticed. Moreover, he uses the skill of Destruction Flames less and less.

It might be because he has killed too many, leading to significant losses of the enemy’s tier-six elites, now it’s hard to spot any tier-six experts of the enemy on the battlefield. Until one day, news came that Blood Lotus was retreating comprehensively. It turns out they had abandoned the mountain defenses and instead built a new line of defense at the junction of the mountains and the plateau.

This place finally saw the emergence of tier-six powerhouses.

It’s time for the American Alliance to show its capabilities. Although victorious in previous times, the Alliance felt suffocated, constantly suppressed by the enemy using the terrain, suffering significant losses.

Especially the soldiers created from the territory, their losses exceeded ordinary imagination.

Just the tier-six soldiers alone, in a little over a year, amounted to a loss of more than three hundred. By comparison, their losses are no less than those of the enemy’s Professionals and natives in the mountains; it felt like a neck-and-neck situation.

But in reality, our soldiers are much stronger than the natives.

Now, as the battle line has been pushed to the edge of the mountains, and with the weakening of the opponent’s forces, the Alliance has started a large-scale advancement.

Almost every day, Du You could see defensive cities being destroyed one after another.

"Blood Lotus’s strength is declining rapidly," Lin Yushi noticed something off.

Lin Yucha spoke up, "It’s not that they are weakening fast, but many of their tier-six and tier-five elites have disappeared. The previous battles couldn’t have caused such massive losses to them."

"Looking at the current situation, it seems more like they are luring the enemy deeper or just delaying time."

Hearing Lin Yucha’s analysis, Du You nodded. Such analysis was plausible. With fewer people, they naturally had to think of various ways to deal with them, directly clashing head-on didn’t work.

Now this reduced strength is unlike the usual style of Blood Lotus. "Even though they are weak, this tricky feeling seems more like time-delaying. Of course, it does not rule out the possibility that they have set traps behind the lines. Even if Blood Lotus knows they are doomed, fighting desperately before death is still possible."

"So, what should we do? Shall we continue to advance?"

Du You shook his head, "The points are basically enough, we should proceed cautiously from here on and not advance rashly. Also, we should try not to enter the plateau in our upcoming battles, and also avoid taking tasks related to that area."

Du You had been too high-profile before, especially after the last incident, he even suspected that the union of tier-six powerhouses might have been aimed at him. Otherwise, these upper class wouldn’t gather together for no reason.

If he went to the plateau, the Blood Lotus folks would definitely find him, and who knows what kind of tactics they would be waiting with.

The two sisters looked at each other, nodding slightly, agreeing with Du You’s thoughts.

The three continued to perform tasks within the mountains. Because Du You had voluntarily retreated, his previously established reputation continued to decline further. Gradually, discussions about the Combined Battleship became more frequent. Thᴇ link to the origɪn of this information rᴇsts ɪn 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙚•𝕟𝕖𝕥

In a sense, this operation of the American Alliance had achieved its goal.

Meanwhile, news about some matters in the rear could not be hidden from others and quickly spread.

Originally, the commander of the Combined Battleship was arrested. After the trial, he was stripped of all his duties. With the profession like the Warship Commander, his career is virtually over, and it’s unknown when he could be reinstated.

But living without being imprisoned isn’t too bad. The Crystal Coins carried by the Warship Commander himself are enough for him to lead a life beyond ordinary imagination. Yet, it’s uncertain what he himself thinks about it.

Additionally, the loss of the warship has finally been revealed.

It was not something Du You deliberately inquired about, but there are always people willing to dig out such information. After knowing the opponent’s losses, Du You was even more speechless. What exactly is the purpose of these people from the American Alliance, coming here only to be slaughtered?

"This isn’t adding trouble for me, this is clearly coming to bring me gifts," Du You said in disapproval.

"Yes, and they use so many lives to deliver this gift. They just arrived and blocked a targeted attack from Blood Lotus for us, even causing Blood Lotus to use a special weapon. They can be considered our benefactors."

After saying this, Lin Yucha couldn’t help but laugh. Du You shook his head: "Let’s forget about them. I heard that the last defensive line is about to be breached, we will soon enter the plateau battle. We have to find an excuse in advance."

"I noticed a good task, which is patrolling within the mountains and capturing escaping members of Blood Lotus. No one likes to do this task because it’s a waste of time and without benefits, it’s mostly some tier-five Professionals just doing it perfunctorily. We can take this task and thus avoid going there. But master, are we really not going there, perhaps it won’t be dangerous?"

Du You shook his head, "If there were no tier-seven elites, it wouldn’t be dangerous, but don’t forget, the Blood Lotus Sect Master is still out there. Even if Blood Lotus Sect Master just remembers us and gives us trouble, we wouldn’t be able to cope."

This is what Du You is worried about, but others may not understand because in their eyes, both sides have tier-seven powerhouses, even more on our side. Since the Bloody Lotus Saint Child is already dead, only the Blood Lotus Sect Master remains, minimizing the danger.

Thus, Du You casually accepted the task. The personnel at the task management were puzzled by Du You’s action because accepting tasks required showing an identity proof, and they couldn’t understand Du You’s reasons.

However, due to the principle of confidentiality, they couldn’t speak about it, leaving them quite frustrated.