Da Xuan Martial Saint

Chen Mu stood with his hands behind his back, gazing into the distance before speaking to Murong Yan.

Considering the combat power of both sides, the Foreign Race Military Formation still held an absolute advantage. If they actively included the Mystic Tortoise in the siege within the formation, even though it would cause some casualties, they would ultimately be able to kill the Mystic Tortoise within the formation.

Even so, the Foreign Race Military Formation always maintained a defensive position, mostly to fend off the Mystic Tortoise's attacks. They seldom launched proactive assaults, only occasionally switching to an offensive formation to strike twice, leaving some minor injuries on the Mystic Tortoise.

In such a situation, if the Mystic Tortoise wanted to retreat, it would clearly be unstoppable without being surrounded.

Yet, this Mystic Tortoise was still in a frenzied state, stubbornly entangling itself without any sign of reason, unaware of what method used by the Sky Demon Sect had caused this.

"Perhaps it's because the Wu Gu Marquis isn't here."

Murong Yan too was observing from a distance, her eyes flickering slightly as she responded.

The Wu Gu Marquis had gone to kill her and Chen Mu, and with the Secluded Silent Valley under attack, the overall situation in Han Prefecture was unclear. It was normal for the Foreign Race Military Formation not to risk a dead-end battle with the Mystic Tortoise.

If the Wu Gu Marquis had killed her and Chen Mu and had already returned to the formation, the Foreign Race might seriously start considering taking on the Mystic Tortoise, possibly switching from defense to offense, trying to trap and kill it.

After all,

the resources on a Mystic Tortoise were extremely abundant; even if it meant some losses, it was worth it.

Listening to Murong Yan's response, Chen Mu nodded slightly. He had the same suspicion; clearly, the Wu Gu Marquis had not yet returned, and the Foreign Race Military Formation was playing it very conservatively. However, it was no longer possible for the Wu Gu Marquis to return.

"If they maintain a defensive stance, there's not much we can do."
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If the Foreign Race Military Formation trapped the Mystic Tortoise within their ranks and switched from defense to offense, transforming from external to internal focus, then he would start to have some ideas because that would make the exterior of the formation extremely weak.

And he would only need to try and coordinate an attack from the outside, potentially tearing apart the tens of thousands in the Foreign Race Military Formation completely!

But the Foreign Race consistently maintained a defensive stance, leaving no such vulnerabilities. Even if he took action now, attacking from a different direction along with the Mystic Tortoise, it wouldn't be of much significance because his attack capabilities were not stronger than those of the Mystic Tortoise, even slightly inferior, and the Foreign Race Military Formation had adopted the "Tortoise Shell Formation," impregnable from all sides.

At that moment,

Within the Foreign Race Military Formation,

The temporary chief in command, holding the Command Flag, was Qiugu Danghu, continuously adjusting the power of the formation to counter the Mystic Tortoise's attacks. Yet, his brow was frequently furrowed, and his eyes occasionally swept outside the formation.

"Why hasn't he returned yet..."

The Wu Gu Marquis was a top Grandmaster of the Houtu lineage, chasing two juniors from the Wind Cloud List underground. How could it take so long without his return?

If he truly couldn't catch up, he should've returned earlier; the Mystic Tortoise still needed to be dealt with.

If they could trap and kill a Mystic Tortoise, the richness of resources needed no explanation, and they might even receive a reward from the "Wu Ancestor." But with the Wu Gu Marquis absent, he didn't dare to change the formation from defense to encirclement on his own initiative.

After all, the current situation in Han Prefecture was complex, with the status of Secluded Silent Valley and the Sky Demon Sect still unclear. Since the Mystic Tortoise seemed to have been lured from the Secluded Silent Valley, without any intelligence, he naturally dared not take risks.

Fortunately,

The Mystic Tortoise appeared to have completely lost its rationality.

Despite having no way to overcome their Tortoise Shell Formation, it still continued to persistently attack; continuing in this manner might not be incapable of wearing the Mystic Tortoise down slowly with the Tortoise Shell Formation, undoubtedly the safest tactic.

Even if seven or eight Masters from Seven Profound Sect ambushed them now, maintaining the defense of the Tortoise Shell Formation, the tens of thousands of soldiers would be as stable as Mount Tai, unafraid of the proactive attacks from the Seven Profound Sect Masters.