Chapter 671: Chapter 372: The Background of the Third Faction

That is not just a matter of quantity of resources, but also the quality.

Honestly, the Association still lacks sufficient top-level combat power.

That is, the powerful entities of the Twelfth Stage.

The Tower World cannot endlessly produce strong individuals at this level.

Sufficient resources are necessary.

The remaining resources from before were only enough to nurture Shen Yu alone.

If it weren’t for Shen Yu’s unique traits, enabling shared abilities, the Association’s combat power at this level would be severely insufficient.

However, with sufficient resources, coupled with the High Tower and the Gray Mist, the Association could develop a considerable number of strong entities in a short time.

Reaching this level of world is considered extremely rare across All Heavens.

Not to mention, it is a Resource World.

"Seems we cannot always be passive and simply wait," Shen Yu said at this moment, "We need a proactive approach and cannot indefinitely prolong this war."

Previously, dragging it out was no issue, as victory couldn’t be achieved in the short term.

Moreover, the longer the delay, the greater the odds of victory.

But now it’s different.

With this Resource World, quickly achieving victory could also yield more resources.

Otherwise, this Resource World might be entirely consumed by the opponent.

"The enemy’s power indeed isn’t as formidable as we initially expected," interstellar world Shen Yu continued based on shared intelligence, "Firstly, although this force has stepped beyond All Heavens for a million years, they have only entered the Twelfth Realm for tens of thousands of years. In such a short time, lacking foundational power like the Gray Mist Space, their technological development isn’t significant, only holding some expertise in the subtle domain of Laws. Additionally, they are indeed more substantial in scale than we are."

This information was also consolidated in the report by interstellar world Shen Yu.

The harvest this time was indeed considerable.

The opponent likely did not anticipate that the combat power in the Tower World would leave such a strong entity.

In their expectations, since the Tower World had always been passively defending, it should not possess overly powerful entities.

Otherwise, a proactive counterattack could have been initiated.

Unfortunately, the Association itself doesn’t operate on strict reasoning but on experience.

"So, can we attempt a tentative counterattack?" Martial Arts Shen Yu pondered aloud.

"Not quite," Shen Yu shook his head after reviewing the report, "Even though we’ve grasped the opponent’s intelligence, and understand their flaws at certain levels, it doesn’t mean we can exploit them. Simply put, we lack targeted offensive measures."

"That’s indeed the case," interstellar world Shen Yu lightly nodded, agreeing with Shen Yu’s statement, explaining to the others, "The third party lacks macro Law-based technical methods in All Heavens’ layer battles. In other words, if we could attack from this aspect, perhaps we could further increase our chances of victory. But the problem is, we also have no expertise in this field."

The Association’s current strongest offensive means is the Celestial Dao Tree.

But the issue is that the Celestial Dao Tree specializes in balance.

Meaning, if viewed as a powerful weapon, it has no weaknesses—whether lurking, managing, controlling, or direct attacks, it’s decent, but simultaneously has no specific strengths.

Given the opponent’s technical level, using the Celestial Dao Tree directly probably won’t let us exploit their weaknesses.

In other words, the Association ultimately lacks sufficient and powerful hidden cards.

"Since there are no hidden cards, we can only develop them," Shen Yu said at this moment, "Compared to before, we now have a clear direction, so we just need to accelerate development in the correct direction to quickly increase our odds of victory."

Previously, the Association merely knew to seize opportunities to develop, understanding that our development rate would definitely outpace the opponent’s, and that time was on our side.

But the specific degree hadn’t been conceptualized much.

How long and to what extent development must reach to ensure victory.

Actually, they hadn’t pondered deeply, just knowing it would be a very long process.

The Gray Mist Space can significantly reduce the needed time, but this reduction is relative to the original millions of years required.

Still, it would be measured in units of thousands of years.

After all, they didn’t understand the basic situation of the third party before.

But now, as the information becomes clearer, everything is brightening up.

"Sixteen hundred years," interstellar world Shen Yu even calculated a definite timeframe, "If we tilt research resources into this field, we would approximately need sixteen hundred years to have the ability for direct combat."

This timeframe refers to a reasonable level of consuming Gray Mist and concentrating resources.