Chapter 1036

Zhao Chi nodded. "Bows and arrows have low attack power, but if we can greatly increase their armor-piercing ability, it would directly boost lethality. Impressive!"

Lu Yi laughed.

Li Xun asked, "Didn't we happen to pick up quite a lot of loot today? Should be enough to pay back quite a bit, right?"

Cao Feng snorted. "What's the rush to pay it back? You don't owe that much anyway. Prioritize developing yourself first."

Lu Yi smiled. "We still have to pay it back though. Pay back some first, then win 3-4 more battles, and the money I personally owe will be cleared. After that, we'll pay back what we owe the Breaking World Army together with the family."

Zhao Chi nodded silently.

For ordinary people, having a family is actually still a good thing.

Even though Lu Yi's family had suffered a blow, they could still buy her super-improved technology and lend her money.

Although things are a bit tight right now, development will be quick afterward.

A starved camel is still bigger than a horse.

A fallen family is still a family.

Su Qin's race is also female elves.

But she has no backing — she's only a vassal lord of the Zhao family. No one buys her technology, and she can't borrow large sums from the Zhao family either.

Her current assets aren't wealthy, but everything was accumulated and developed by herself.

For a woman like Su Qin, who normally keeps herself pure and doesn't sell her looks, relying only on her own strength to develop her territory means the pace is definitely slower.

She can't compare with Lu Yi and the others.

But relying on herself, Su Qin has also developed two specialty products — bamboo wine and bamboo-leaf tea. Her income is stable to some extent, which is pretty good.

Yang Xiong drank another cup of wine, his face flushed red again.

His voice got louder too.

"Zhao Chi, stop talking about us all the time. Tell us about your situation."

Zhao Chi nodded and told them the general situation.

Including his escape from the virtual arena, and the several incidents the family encountered afterward.

Of course, he only told what could be told.

Cao Feng's drunkenness eased a little.

He said enviously, "Your Brook Village is really lucky. After beating the first batch of bandits, you didn't get any retaliation, and then got taken over by the alien race? Unlike us — we also beat the first batch of bandits, but then we got retaliated against... that time was really terrible..."

Yang Xiong said, "It's all in the past. Our family had a weak spine and surrendered the first time, giving up money, grain, and people. Our strength was weakened quite a bit, but thankfully we didn't lose many people."

Cao Feng snorted. "What's this about weak spines or strong spines? It has nothing to do with that. Mainly the situations were different. Your family lost less than ours, which proves you did the right thing."

Yang Xiong nodded silently.

Cao Feng turned his head. "Zhao Chi, what's your combat power now?"

Zhao Chi pondered for a moment.

His current combat power is 499. There's nothing to hide about this number — the Breaking World Army has already obtained it.

They can look it up too.

And afterward, they'll be grouped according to combat power.

But Zhao Chi still wanted to hear what theirs was.

"My combat power isn't that high. You go first."

"Pfft~" Cao Feng rolled his eyes at him. "Then drink a cup."

Zhao Chi smiled and picked up his wine cup.

Lu Yi smiled:

"Then let me say it.

"The strongest in our group is Yang Xiong, with 241 combat power.

Next is Cao Feng with 232.

I'm at 171.

Then Li Xun at 122.

And finally Wang Lie at 120.

Our group's total combat power is 886. We can take on some of the weaker town-level lords."

Lu Yi smiled.

"Pfft!"

Zhao Chi had just taken a sip of wine and hadn't swallowed it yet.

Hearing this combat power, he sprayed it out directly.

Luckily he covered his mouth in time, or he would have sprayed it all over Lu Yi's face.

But Zhao Chi still coughed violently.

After talking for so long, so heatedly, how could the combat power only be this much?

Zhao Chi wasn't mocking them.

He was genuinely a little surprised.

But although surprised, he could figure it out.

Having just become a lord for a little over a month, this kind of combat power is normal.

There are even quite a few trainees from the same period with only 70-something combat power. Li Xun and Wang Lie being able to break 100 is already pretty good.

When the Heavenly King Army came to Brook Village to extort them earlier, and Brook Village decided to fight back, Zhao Chi's combat power at that time was only 134.

Of course, that was only the surface data.

And the bandit lords matched against Zhao Chi at that time also had combat power just over 100.

By the time he fought Xiao Ning later, Zhao Chi's combat power was only 230 points.

It wasn't until after finishing off Xiao Ning that Zhao Chi immediately expanded his army, equipped everyone with iron armor, and raised their military tier, plus gave everyone 3 super-upgraded fashion items—adding all these factors together, he only just reached this 499 combat power.

But speaking of which.

Just now Zhao Chi was still inwardly pitying Su Qin, thinking Lu Yi had family backing and was much happier than her.

But Su Qin's combat power is 1370, enough to beat all five of them senseless.

Even deducting the fashion items Zhao Chi gave Su Qin, her combat power is still over 1100, far higher than all five of them combined.

But Su Qin is a year above them after all.

Give Lu Yi and the others one year's time, surpassing Su Qin as she is now should still be quite easy, but right now… Su Qin still absolutely crushes them.

But Zhao Chi really is no longer on the same level as them.

Seeing Zhao Chi cough violently, Lu Yi quickly grabbed a few sheets of paper and handed them to Zhao Chi, gently patting his back.

"Drink slower, no one's rushing you—how did you still choke?"

Cao Feng was a bit smug: "Heh, must've been shocked hearing my 232 combat power."

Yang Xiong said: "Cut the crap. Zhao Chi's combat power isn't necessarily worse than yours—he's the opening test champion. And didn't you guys also say he got the Rookie Champion? His combat power is definitely about the same as mine, maybe even higher."

"Cut the crap." Cao Feng didn't believe it.

Wang Lie was also curious: "Zhao Chi's at least over 200, whether he broke 250 is hard to say."

Li Xun said: "I think Zhao Chi definitely has 250 points. Wanna bet? Two cups of wine."

"Shit, bet—I bet Zhao Chi's under 220 points." Cao Feng poured wine crookedly.

Yang Xiong: "I'll also bet he has over 250 points."

Zhao Chi breathed a sigh of relief, just about to speak when he started coughing again.

Cao Feng laughed out loud: "Look how anxious he is. I estimate his combat power is at most 200 points. Let me check."

Lu Yi was still patting Zhao Chi's back: "Do you know his code? Do you have the authority?"

Cao Feng snorted:

"Don't know the code, but I have the authority to view village-level lords. Just filter and I'll know, quick!"

"... Stream Village... Zhao Chi... haha, found it!"

"Let me see your combat power…"

"... holy shit…"

Cao Feng's smile froze.

His eyes went wide, his drunkenness cut by three-tenths.

He rubbed his face, looked at the sky, then rubbed his eyes again.

Yang Xiong said impatiently: "Cao Feng, what are you doing? Drunk? Did you find it or not? If you didn't, I'll check."