Chapter 1762

Damage reduction has reached 30%, Tang Ruan can take even more punishment.

A real pillar of strength.

But this means Zhao Chi will have to put in more effort on her at night.

Otherwise, she'd feel like Zhao Chi had gotten weaker.

He has to be even fiercer.

More ferocious, wild thrusts into her...

Who would have thought that the first one affected by Tang Ruan getting stronger was Zhao Chi.

After the battle, Tang Ruan was comprehensively enhanced.

Intelligence attribute, Fortify, Masochistic Attachment...

What a pleasant surprise.

Tang Ruan was still smiling at Zhao Chi.

Zhao Chi said firmly, "Tang Ruan, you're too strong now. There's just no one who can take you down."

Tang Ruan laughed, "Not that strong, hahaha."

"What's up, Tang Ruan? Why are you grinning like an idiot in front of my lord?" Qi Yue pushed a wooden cart past and glanced at Tang Ruan.

Tang Ruan tilted her head: "Secret, hahaha."

"Stop laughing. Come here and get your weapon and shield swapped out."

"Oh, okay, my lord, I'm coming over."

Zhao Chi nodded: "Alright."

After the battle, some weapons were lost.

Fortunately, there were still plenty of spares.

The female soldiers were all re-equipped in no time.

The Silk Race's female soldiers were all drinking water, replenishing themselves.

They'd keep spinning silk and capturing prisoners in a bit.

Thirty minutes passed quickly.

A notification from Li Ruanyu arrived:

【Countdown: 3 minutes】

【Everyone get ready】

【Reminder again: this time it's an offensive battle. Over a hundred lords will be matched away by the enemy as priority targets, and the enemies will definitely be stronger】

【What everyone needs to do is hold the line. Harass and delay, or hunker down and don't come out—whatever your defensive style is, defend in that way】

【Just hold out for 15 minutes and teammates will come to support you. Don't be nervous—15 minutes goes by fast】

【1 minute left. Prepare to teleport】

【Countdown: 5 seconds... 3 seconds... 1 second】

【Teleport!】

Once again, Zhao Chi teleported to the Greater World.

Light flashed continuously around him as over 2,000 lords appeared beside him.

But this time, no one entered stealth. They appeared openly outside the west gate of South Valley Village.

Looking ahead, South Valley Village was just a few hundred meters away.

This was Lang Hu and Cao Feng's hometown.

Tilting his head, he could see Cao Feng behind him and to the side, eyes fixed tightly on the village ahead.

Looking further out, the many lords of the South Valley Squadron were equally fired up, rubbing their fists in anticipation.

There was nothing special about this village.

Just an ordinary country village.

But for them, this was home—the place they'd grown up.

No matter how ordinary, there was a special feeling attached.

Being able to take back their own home must be an incredibly moving feeling.

Zhao Chi wasn't from South Valley Village, so he couldn't truly feel what they were feeling, but he could understand.

There were sentries in the distant South Valley Village.

They spotted the World-Breaking Army's many lords almost instantly, but they weren't overly panicked—they clearly already knew the World-Breaking Army was coming.

Li Ruanyu led a squad forward: "Everyone follow behind us. We'll negotiate first. If we can persuade them to surrender, great. If not, we fight!"

South Valley Village had a protective formation.

So there was no such thing as a sneak attack.

Li Ruanyu had summoned all the lords for one reason: to make a show of force.

To let the other side feel the pressure directly.

On the other hand, it was to confirm that every lord's connection point had been transferred here.

Otherwise, they couldn't fight.

"Zhao Chi, over here!" Su Qin's voice came from the left.

Zhao Chi pushed through the crowd, met up with Su Qin and the others, and advanced with the group.

When they were about ten-plus meters from South Valley Village, Li Ruanyu raised her hand.

Everyone stopped.

At that moment, quite a few people appeared in the village opposite. They looked like a large, imposing crowd, but in reality, lords only made up a portion of them—most were ordinary people.

But there must be several hundred lords.

Li Ruanyu stepped forward directly.

Beside her followed Jasper Vice Captain Yin Tenglong, South Valley Captain Cao Ling, South Valley Vice Captain Lang Ji, Stream Captain Qi Hengying, Stream Vice Captain Zhao Shizhang — six people in total.

Every one of them was a captain with astonishing presence.

Across from them, more than twenty came charging out in a noisy rush.

They had numbers on their side, bristling with aggressive momentum.

From the look of it, they had real strength too.

But compared with Li Ruanyu's group, the gap was obvious.

Set side by side like this, the other side came across as merely bluffing.

And it felt cheap, too.

Like the difference between bandits and government troops, between rabble and a regular army.

But even so, the Heavenly King Army had numbers on their side, and their overall strength could not be underestimated.

It's just that when they weren't so numerous, they were nothing to fear at all.

Like right now.

Li Ruanyu stared at the person in the middle of the opposing group and said: "Hello, you must be Captain Lu Miao. I'm Li Ruanyu of the White Tiger Regiment, World-Breaking Army. Very pleased to meet you."

The one across from her was a fairly young man, his face full of a sinister air.

He stared at Li Ruanyu, his eyes swept over her once, then he gave a cold laugh: "Li Ruanyu? The famous beauty captain of the World-Breaking Army? Truly lives up to the reputation. I'm also very glad to see you, but you didn't come all this way just to chat, did you?"

Li Ruanyu said:

"Captain Lu is a smart man, and the heroes of the Heavenly King Army are usually good at reading the situation. Captain Lu and all the captains here should understand the current situation.

"We've come with seven squadrons, and you only have one squadron here in South Valley Village — and it's not even at full strength. Once fighting breaks out, you should know what the result will be.

"I don't want to waste both sides' time and strength for nothing. As long as Captain Lu leads everyone in surrendering, I can offer you the best terms.

"How about it, Captain Lu — will you consider it?"

Lu Miao's face was full of astonishment.

"Seven squadrons? That's impossible, isn't it? Isn't it only two or three squadrons?"

Li Ruanyu smiled: "What? Did Captain Lu receive some intelligence beforehand?"

Lu Miao didn't answer immediately.

Instead, he looked at the lords behind Li Ruanyu.

Then he looked again at the North Flow Village lords who had spread out around them on watch.

"Captain Li, you're not trying to trick me, are you? With this few people you have seven squadrons? I only see two or three at most."

Li Ruanyu smiled: "I say it's seven, then it's seven. Even if it's only three squadrons, crushing your half-squadron would be easy, wouldn't it? Captain Lu, you still have five minutes to think it over. Once those five minutes are up, if I haven't received your surrender application, we'll launch a full-scale attack. I truly don't want things to develop that way — I'd still much rather cooperate with Captain Lu going forward."