Chapter 015: Breaking Through

Only after sensing these things did Du Fan satisfactorily open his eyes. Once his eyes were open, he realized that the sky around him was already beginning to brighten slightly.
Taking advantage of the dim light, Du Fan started walking around Star Moon Castle. With Qing Suo at his command, it would only take about ten minutes to reach Red Lake City, so Du Fan wasn’t in any hurry.
As he wandered around Star Moon Castle, Du Fan suddenly realized how wonderful this place really was. It seemed that placing the soldiers from the northern army who had made significant military achievements here was indeed a very generous treatment.
After wandering around for about an hour, a clear yet aged voice came to his ears, “Good boy! You’ve managed to absorb 80% of the star energy accumulated in the observatory over two hundred years—really, I don’t know how you, a monster, did it!”
“Haha, Third Grandpa, you got up so early.” Hearing this voice, Du Fan immediately knew it was Lu Xiu who had arrived.
“Boy, you’ve made quite a breakthrough, right? Your entire aura has changed!” Lu Xiu said, giving Du Fan a firm pat on the shoulder.
In addition to his extremely pure aura, Du Fan also exuded a kind of transcendent ease, like a star far away in the sky.
“Yes, Third Grandpa. My Star Combat Energy has reached the Domain realm,” Du Fan replied directly when Lu Xiu asked.
“Not bad, not bad. Among our Green family, you’re the youngest to reach the Domain realm,” Lu Xiu said.
“It’s getting late, Third Grandpa. I think I’d better head to Red Lake City now,” Du Fan said, looking at the sky.
“Haha, fine. Go ahead,” Lu Xiu said without trying to hold him back.
After bowing to Lu Xiu, Du Fan immediately controlled Qing Suo to take off into the air.
“Good boy, what is this? It’s so fast!” Watching Qing Suo vanish in the blink of an eye, Lu Xiu muttered as he stood on the ground.
Soon, Du Fan arrived in front of Red Lake City. Seeing Qing Suo in the sky, the soldiers on the city walls immediately shouted, “The Third Young Master is here!”
Just as Du Fan landed on the city wall, a figure rushed out quickly and threw herself into his arms!
Feeling the warmth in her arms, Du Fan said tenderly, “Naixiu, you must have suffered a lot these past two months!”

“I’m not in pain, it’s just that I miss you! I miss you so much,” said Naixiu.
“Hehe, well, here I am now, right?” Du Fan replied with a smile upon hearing Naixiu’s straightforward confession.
Soon, several figures rushed toward the city wall. From afar, Du Fan could clearly see that they were Duke Green, George, Allen, and Moses.
“Father!” Seeing Duke Green come in person, Du Fan quickly pulled Naixiu and flew down to greet him.
“Haha, Du Fan! Your third uncle told me that your Star Qi has also reached the Domain level. Impressive! Haha, it’s truly unprecedented for two Domain experts to appear among our Green family at the same time!” Duke Green’s first words upon seeing Du Fan were praise for his achievement in advancing his Star Qi to the Domain stage.
It seemed that Duke Green and Luxiu also had some means of instant communication. Just now, Luxiu had learned that Du Fan’s Star Qi had reached the Domain level, and Duke Green knew right away.
However, this wasn’t surprising. As the second most important base in the Green family after their ancestral land, Star Moon Castle surely had tools to communicate directly with Duke Green.
Hearing Duke Green’s words, George and Allen, who were by his side, immediately felt embarrassed.
Back when Du Fan was still a failure, these two brothers were already experts. Who would have thought that in just one or two years, Du Fan would surpass them so quickly? If it weren’t for Du Fan giving them his divine essence, they might still not know how far behind they were.
“Hehe, George, Allen, you’re both excellent! You’re my pride!” Seeming to sense George and Allen’s emotions, Duke Green turned to them and spoke.
Hearing Duke Green’s words, determination appeared in George and Allen’s eyes once again.
“Du Fan, since you’re here, let’s start planning to break the Icebound Alliance’s siege on Chen of Red Lake!” Duke Green said to Du Fan with a smile.
“Okay, Father. Just arrange it,” Du Fan replied with a smile.
“Du Fan, what’s the situation in Siluo Province now?” Moses suddenly interjected.
In front of George and Allen, Moses and Du Fan always seemed a bit different. Moses didn’t feel comfortable calling Du Fan “third brother,” nor did Du Fan feel right calling Moses “elder brother.”

“Brother Moses, everything is fine in the Silro Province,” Du Fan quickly said upon hearing Moses ask.
“Haha! Du Fan, you’re finally back.” Suddenly, another figure appeared—it was Rob.
“Rob! Wow, you’ve become so fast that you didn’t even stop by to see me! I’m all alone in the Silro Province and extremely busy,” Du Fan exclaimed happily upon seeing Rob.
“Alright, everyone is here now. Let’s discuss how to break through the siege of the Frozen Alliance,” Duke Green said promptly, seemingly worried that they might keep talking without stopping.
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In the central command tent.
“This time, we have 250,000 troops, but the Frozen Alliance has also assembled 600,000! What’s more terrifying is that the various duchies of the Frozen Alliance have gathered together all their warriors with magical beasts and other fighters, bringing the total to 20,000. Moreover, as we’ve seen over these past two months, there are more and more holy-level experts appearing in the Frozen Alliance. Although none of them are domain masters, thanks to their combined skills and the ability of the magical beasts to merge, in terms of both quantity and quality, they’re not far behind us,” Duke Green began to explain slowly.
“Let’s discuss how to carry out this battle to take the city,” Duke Green said after outlining the situation of the Frozen Alliance, then handed over the discussion to everyone.
“Just charge out and fight!” As soon as Duke Green finished speaking, Allen stood up and said, “I believe our troops’ combat strength can surely overwhelm those bastards from the Frozen Alliance. And I’m sure our experts can also defeat theirs.” Allen spoke loudly.
“You only think about charging in and killing! Allen, you must understand that every soldier’s life is priceless! In war, we need to achieve the greatest victory with the fewest casualties! So, Allen, sometimes you also need to think carefully about how to use the current situation to minimize our losses and maximize our gains!” Duke Green said.
It was clear that Duke Green was taking this opportunity to teach Allen a lesson.
After hearing Duke Green’s words, Allen thought for a moment before sitting back down.

“We must find a way! It can basically be said that we and the armies of the Frozen Alliance are in a stalemate. If we don’t take effective measures, even if we defeat the enemies outside the city, we’ll be nearly exhausted ourselves,” continued Duke Green.
“My lord, I think we should send two troops to cross the mountains and that river, then launch a surprise attack from behind the Frozen Alliance!” said Carol.
“Hmm. Carol’s idea is good, but how many soldiers and supplies do we need?” Duke Green asked right after hearing her suggestion.
“My lord, I’m willing to lead my 20,000 troops to cross the mountains and attack the allied forces of the Frozen Alliance from behind,” said Xiao Yulong, known as the greatest war god of the north, becoming excited upon hearing Duke Green’s slight approval of the idea, and volunteered to lead his troops in a surprise attack from behind.
“Alright, you’re one. Is there anyone else willing to cross the river and attack from behind the Frozen Alliance?” Duke Green called out loudly again.
“Father, I’m willing to go!” As soon as Duke Green spoke, Allen quickly volunteered.
Looking at Allen, Duke Green thought for a moment. “Good, then it’s you. You too take 20,000 troops. When we launch the final attack and give the signal, you should immediately strike from behind the Frozen Alliance,” Duke Green said with a smile.
“You can start preparing now. Starting today, I’ll keep harassing the allied forces of the Frozen Alliance by going out of the city. You must seize such opportunities to quickly pass through the dangerous area. Only after you’ve passed through and stabilized can we coordinate a joint attack,” Duke Green said.
“Understood, Father. I’ll get ready right away!” Hearing this, Allen hurriedly took his leave.
“Good. If anything happens, let your brother help you. Just cross that river quickly and reach behind the Frozen Alliance,” Duke Green said with a smile.
“My lord, I’ll also go prepare,” said Xiao Yulong upon hearing Duke Green’s words, and also took his leave.
“Alright, you both should hurry up and get ready.”
Soon, the two left Duke Green to prepare their troops.
“Well, next is for us to keep harassing the Frozen Alliance by going out of the city,” Duke Green said with a smile as he watched Xiao Yulong and Allen walk away.
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Soon, Moses led a warhorse out of the city.
“It’s you again!” As the gates of Red Lake City opened and a warhorse emerged, several troops from the Frozen Alliance rushed forward, attacking the troops of the Northern Legion.
Quickly, several holy-grade experts from the Frozen Alliance who had fought against Moses before appeared.
Seeing Moses, who had fought against them several times, these holy-grade experts were very frustrated.
As a domain expert, even if those holy-grade experts from the Frozen Alliance attacked together, they couldn’t gain the slightest advantage over Moses!
Seeing Moses lead troops into battle once more, these holy-grade experts felt extremely annoyed.
“Since you know you’re no match for our Moses, surrender quickly!” Moses said casually, looking at them.
“Moses, don’t be arrogant! Even if you’re a domain expert, what does that matter? You still can’t gain an advantage over us!” said the leader among the holy-grade experts.
“Hmph, I wonder who was forced to run around everywhere seven days ago!” Hearing this, Moses laughed heartily.
Since Du Fan left, Naixiu wasn’t good at close combat, Rob, as a god-level expert, couldn’t be exposed easily, and the Duke Green and his sons lacked the strength. So, whenever experts from the Frozen Alliance came to provoke them, it was usually Moses who stepped forward.