Chapter 2800 - 1326: Shutout (Part 2)

Without directly confronting the already fully formed sharp blade, after repeatedly trying to halt it without success, they could only watch as a large number of pre-allocated troops merged into that small but supremely destructive blue flow. The red forces promptly abandoned the plan for attritional blocking before the opponent revealed a clear strategic intent. Instead, they fully mobilized the frontline troops, continually crushing the enemy’s large living forces that had been fragmented by their own Commander, taking less than a quarter of an hour to completely suppress the blooming blue flower in the central battle zone.

Theresa knew she had to focus, so after a brief weighing of options, she decisively chose to turn two problems into one. To better deal with Motan’s already revealed bottom card, she decided to temporarily ignore the rampant, truly battle-hardened strong army, and instead handle the blue forces’ already underwhelming major troops.

To many, this action seemed utterly bewildering, as compared to the diminishing combat strength that would require significant time and effort to reorganize, the [Zero Independent Army] (named irresponsibly by La Ersi and now completely consolidated by Motan) was actually of paramount importance.

But the truth was quite the opposite, as only a few could see that this period was simply both sides being forced to provide each other with final preparation time.

Having gathered superior forces and fully forged the [Zero Independent Army], the blue side needed a slight buffer period. Although the form continued to be one of non-stop breakthroughs, in this process, rather than disrupting the enemy’s strategic intent, Motan focused more on reorganizing and reinforcing that mighty army according to endurance status and occupational mix.

Meanwhile, the red side needed to quickly restore the disrupted rhythm, and in the absence of the opponent’s clear strategic goals, rapidly render the low-threat enemy forces completely powerless. Only then could Theresa focus entirely on the [Zero Independent Army], fully leveraging her own ’broad strategic space’ and ’extremely ample forces’.

Theresa didn’t need to hurry, because even if she fell completely into the trap set by the opponent, the scales of victory still leaned more toward the red side. Despite all their schemes, the most the opponent could achieve was seizing an unverifiable opportunity.

Unknown threats are the most frightening. Despite genuinely breaking into a cold sweat and begrudgingly admitting she’d been perfectly outmaneuvered, the [Witch] wasn’t ready to give in just yet!

On the contrary, Theresa, back in her element, was so excited she was beside herself!

Want to win! Want to win! Want to win!

Need to win! Need to win! Need to win!

Under the unleashed Witch, countless red side troops launched into a maddening tactical offensive, using extravagant operations to quickly harvest large quantities of blue side troops, not only reclaiming all previous battle losses but even forcefully driving back the blue side’s entire two army groups and nearly intact reserve forces with several extreme tactics, achieving a three-sided encirclement in mere minutes!

Indeed, just as everyone was still pondering whether the red commander’s move was an utter blunder, Theresa had already, with astonishing efficiency, wiped out the blue forces’ major troops in a central battle zone.

She even managed to exhaust the blue forces’ main troops while creating a pocket formation, yes, a pocket formation shaped like [stifled], with the square-headed bracket encompassing the central battle zone, the outer door being Theresa’s red forces, the internal heart being the blue forces’ [Zero Independent Army] named by La Ersi, the top being the red controller zone, and the bottom being the blue control zone. Did everyone understand this explanation?

Incidentally, the quantity of the red side forming that ’door’ was conservatively estimated to be ten to fifteen times that of the blue independent army!

Suddenly, when this scene inexplicably appeared before everyone’s eyes, the previously uproarious main venue became eerily quiet, as if everyone there had suddenly dropped dead.

Everyone was quite bewildered, approximately feeling like → ’Damn, the reds are going to win! Damn, damn, what are the blue side doing! Wow, wow, this blue army is amazing, damn, damn, they’re too ferocious! There’s a chance! There’s a chance here! Ah, how did they get encircled?!’ ← that kind of feeling.

Honestly, it’s possible that Batty getting knocked down by Lainan wasn’t such a bad thing, knowing that similarly skilled La Er Si and Richard were close to a mental breakdown watching.

Meanwhile, La Ersi slightly squinted her eyes, just like Ramollok in the audience and the two deans in the judge’s stand, during the observation unintentionally surpassed a certain bottleneck, she had a feeling — the final moment has arrived!

No more reversals, no more foreshadowing, no more miracles!

Because all the reversals, all the setups, everything will be gathered and unified to explode in that upcoming final conflict.

The next game is the endgame!

Everyone was fixedly watching the blue forces that suddenly accelerated, resembling a pack of bloodthirsty wolves, swiftly charging towards the red side, completely ignorant of what they intended to do!

The red’s strategic intent was clear, eliminate this nearly isolated unit, and after breaking it, directly invade the blue control zone easily.

But the blue side...

Frankly, although everyone knew the blue side was certainly going to do something, they were aware that all the setups by Black Vatican Priest couldn’t possibly be in vain, but still couldn’t pin down what it might be.

Unless that independent army could, by itself, completely rout over seventy percent of the enemies within the central battle zone, without exceeding fifty percent personal losses, achieving the [rout the red forces] final strategic task was nothing more than wishful thinking otherwise.

Is this even possible to accomplish?

[This can’t possibly be done right!]

This is a conclusion that anyone with even a slight military understanding could reach without hesitation, yet at this moment, no one dared express it because both sides have achieved too many impossibilities during this competition.

Who knows what that Black Vatican Priest is thinking!

In fact, regardless of whether heaven knows or not, as the red commander, Theresa, didn’t know, she didn’t even bother to guess, simply methodically maneuvering one mobile unit after another, pressuring them aggressively onto the blue independent regiment that had in an instant torn apart over five positions.

No need to predict the opponent’s actions; in this circumstance, Theresa only needed to know one thing, that smashing Black Vatican Priest’s main army in the central zone secured the victory in this battle!

No matter what the blue side’s core aim was, it could only revolve around that incredibly powerful independent army, which was a fact any fool could see, and the final barrier Theresa had to overcome to win this match.

In other words, the only way to address the issue was to completely annihilate it.

And once the victory formula was figured out, any irrelevant thoughts were redundant.

No need to ponder what they want to achieve, no need to contemplate how much energy they can exert, no need to mind Black Vatican Priest’s mindset.

Obliterate the glaring blue mark on the sand table, and it all ends.

[Even if I have to pile on people, I will ensure that ace gets crushed right here!]

With a deep breath, Theresa Tarosa confidently raised the corners of her mouth.

Then—

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Game Time PM15:18

Under the spectators’ stunned gaze, within merely twenty minutes, the [Zero Independent Army] which consecutively broke through twenty-seven of the red’s fortifications and frontally shattered sixteen rounds of high-intensity blocks, suddenly barreled through the north massive force conglomerate in the central war zone, brazenly charged into the red control area!

As that nearly frenzied force shredded the last blocking unit, preserving over seventy percent of its core forces, departed swaggeringly, simultaneously Theresa standing at the sand table also staggered, heavily slumping into the chair behind.

Zero wins zero draws, all forty-three battles resulting in defeat—

This was the answer submitted by the witch with a slight tremor in her body, in this engagement.

A completely shutout score!

Chapter 1326: The End