Chapter 1342

If Zhao Jing weren't here, Zhao Chi was confident he could have taken on that 6,800 combat-power skeleton horde on his own.

Though the losses would have been greater.

If he went all out, sparing no cost, even enemies with over ten thousand combat power weren't impossible to try.

And that was the situation at the time.

But after that, the overall level rose by 2-3 levels.

Now with the Phantom Armory, those female soldiers' strength had grown quite a bit over the past half month or so, each person's combat skills improving by at least 5 points, such as spear technique, blade technique,.

On top of that, the whole squad is now equipped with a full set of Mystic Maiden battle armor.

Everyone has 2 Mystic Maiden shields and 2 ordinary shields.

Weapons are also 4 per person.

This is completely incomparable to before.

If before he still felt uncertain facing an enemy with 10,000 combat power, now he was completely confident.

If Su Qin's 2,000-plus combat power was added in, dealing with a 12,000-combat-power enemy was actually no problem at all.

But such words were hard for Su Qin to believe.

Even though she and Zhao Chi were very close, she had never actually seen Zhao Chi defeat such a powerful enemy.

She trusted Zhao Chi deeply.

And her feelings for him ran deep as well.

So she worried about him all the more.

She was very afraid he would be in danger.

So she kept urging him to take on lower-difficulty missions, like clearing out camps.

Zhao Chi said: "Su Qin, don't worry. Even if we can't win, we can call for reinforcements."

"Reinforcements? Reinforcements aren't reliable. It's better to arrange it in advance. What if the other side has something going on, or is also in battle? Who are you going to call?"

"Captain Li."

"Captain Li? She's so busy, she might not have time. Call Third Brother or Second Brother instead, alright? Talk to them in advance."

Zhao Chi smiled: "Alright, don't worry."

Su Qin still worried: "You have to arrange it properly, otherwise if they all happen to be busy, it'll be delayed. Why not invite them to fight together from the start? I'll go ask Grandpa the Clan Chief if there's a mission tomorrow."

"No, don't."

Zhao Chi held Su Qin's hand: "What I mean by fighting alone with you is that I want to claim all the loot for myself. If you call others, the loot will be hard to split."

"Loot?"

"That's right, Su Qin. Trust me, I can do it."

"Of course I trust you... but."

"No 'but.' Will you fight alongside me tomorrow?"

"Of course, I'll definitely fight shoulder to shoulder with you. Are you really determined to fight?"

"I'm determined."

"... Sigh, alright then. But Zhao Chi, are you really sure? I know you're very strong, but... please don't be careless. Just develop slowly, steadily. It won't take long before you're definitely stronger than everyone else. Don't get cocky."

Her words were utterly sincere.

Zhao Chi could feel her worry.

Zhao Chi considered carefully once more.

After a long while, he confirmed there was no problem.

"Su Qin, trust me."

"... Alright, I understand... Do Sister Gu Qing and the others also support this battle?"

"They?"

Zhao Chi had never considered this question at all.

They should naturally agree, right?

"They agree." Zhao Chi answered directly.

"I see. Since they also support you, then your hidden combat power can only be said to be even stronger than I imagined... just how strong are you?"

"Strong enough to take on this nest."

"... Alright, then tomorrow we'll fight side by side!"

Su Qin finally stopped trying to dissuade him.

Since it was a Shi Laimu camp, any time to fight would do.

In the end, Zhao Chi set it for 8 AM tomorrow, gathering at Peach Blossom Village.

Zhao Chi was once again at loose ends.

Then he'd continue making outfits.

The next day, a little past 7 AM.

570 Goddess Pajamas were completed.

This efficiency now was truly simply invincible.

These 50 advanced tailors were currently completely sufficient, but blacksmiths were still a bit lacking.

When he had time, he'd write more blacksmith insights, striving to expand the advanced blacksmith team to 200 people.

Then build one more military factory.

Once ultra-heavy equipment rolled off the line, it would really be like leaping from an escort ship to a battleship in terms of level.

He woke from Qi Yue's embrace.

After Zhao Chi finished washing up, it was soon 8 o'clock.

Su Qin arrived as promised with 1,000 soldiers.

She had lost over a dozen yesterday, but today they had been replenished—still 1,000 soldiers, plus the full combat configuration of 9 heroes.

Among them, 4 heroes were female elves, and the other 7 were recruited surrendered heroes.

These heroes could also be put to use.

And Zhao Chi, today also at full combat configuration.

A full set of Mystic Maiden battle armor, plus 4 sets of weapons and shields, all brought along.

The female soldiers had completely turned into weapon racks.

Su Qin was utterly stunned.

She stared at Gu Qing and the others, deeply shocked.

"Um… Sister Gu Qing, how are you carrying so much equipment? You can actually bear the weight?"

Gu Qing laughed and said: "It really is heavy, but we can just barely manage it."

Su Qin didn't know what to say.

She looked again at the female soldiers beside them and found that all the female soldiers were the same.

Armor polished bright enough to reflect light, shields stacked layer upon layer, one piled on top of another, weapons also lined across the entire back.

This didn't look like going into battle.

This looked like moving house.

The kind of moving house where you haul a warehouse.

Su Qin quietly asked Zhao Chi again: "Zhao Chi, is this really okay? So heavy—can they actually fight?"

Zhao Chi laughed and said: "Don't worry, the combat power is solid. Are you ready on your end?"

"Ready."

"Then that's fine. I'm about to connect to the nest. Is there anything else you need to do on your side?"

Su Qin was still a little nervous, but she nodded: "Nothing else. Let's begin."

Zhao Chi clicked connect.

The fog wall on the south side of Taoyuan Village opened.

A massive space appeared.

A gust of wind with an extremely strange smell blew in—not pungent, but not pleasant either.

Immediately after, Zhao Chi took out the Nest Weakening Card and clicked to use it.

【Please select target nest】

【1. Shi Laimu Nest】