Chapter 1786

Not...

Great...

Why did Yuan Li come again?

Five more friendly lords just showed up, damn it?

Now this is really getting lively.

Originally it was the Heavenly King Army's 85,000 combat power versus the World-Breaking Army's 67,000 combat power (plus Zhao Chi's hidden combat power, roughly 135,000 in total).

Now it's the Heavenly King Army's 85,000 combat power versus the World-Breaking Army's 127,000 combat power (plus Zhao Chi's hidden combat power, roughly 195,000 in total).

The combat power on paper has reversed again.

Awesome.

Zhao Chi was truly speechless.

Though helpless, he had nothing to say about it.

After all, the World-Breaking Army had just been at a disadvantage, so Yuan Li's request for reinforcements was perfectly reasonable.

And clearly there were still a large number of lords outside who hadn't managed to grab an enemy, and the moment they saw Yuan Li's call for help, they swarmed in.

Still, county-level lords coming to support was one thing, but how was there also a town-level lord?

Even a town-level lord could barely pass muster, but how was there also a village-level lord?

Can a village-level lord even stand on a battlefield like this?

Wouldn't the shockwaves from the fighting alone be enough to wipe out a village-level lord?

Whatever, let's just fight.

His goal of testing his own combat power was now completely hopeless.

Forget it, let it be.

Gu Qing 【My lord, should we still fight at full strength?】

Zhao Chi 【We will. At the very least we have to take all the goblins, but the battle difficulty definitely won't be rated 'Heaven-Defying' anymore. Our side's combat power is this strong, so I'd guess the difficulty is only 'Easy'】

Gu Qing 【Understood, but didn't you want to hide yourself? You don't need to anymore? If we really go all out, won't it expose the fact that we have a hidden territory?】

There was indeed such a risk.

After all, there would be a battle settlement later, and it would be settled together with all friendly forces. If Zhao Chi's contribution ranking turned out very high, it would definitely draw a lot of attention.

These friendly lords all have very strong combat power,

Yuan Li's combat power is close to 40,000, Yuan Meng's is close to 30,000, and both Bao Chenfeng and Gu Yan are around 20,000. Even the town-level lord Xu Fang has 6,800. His own 2,000-plus combat power can only rank second to last, only stronger than that village-level lord named Hou Jia.

If he ended up taking first place in contribution when the settlement came, that would definitely be abnormal.

He would definitely be reported.

There was plenty of infighting within the World-Breaking Army too.

He really couldn't just fight directly.

Then...

Thinking of this, Zhao Chi contacted Li Ruanyu.

Zhao Chi 【Sister, do you have any spare capacity on your side? I want to link up with your territory】

It's all a mess anyway, so let's just fight like hell.

Just fish in troubled waters directly.

Pull Li Ruanyu in too, and merge another battlefield.

Li Ruanyu's battlefield was definitely the strongest in the entire campaign. When the time came, Zhao Chi's contribution would definitely not be able to surpass Li Ruanyu's side and would rank behind, so it wouldn't stand out too much.

And he could also say Li Ruanyu had temporarily transferred troops under Zhao Chi's command, which would explain Zhao Chi's battle record even better.

Li Ruanyu 【What's wrong? Did you run into a strong enemy on your side?】

Zhao Chi 【No, it's complicated. I'll explain it to you in detail later. Can you link up with your territory right now?】

Li Ruanyu 【No, I don't recommend doing that. The enemies on my side are very strong, with quite a few aerial magical beasts, and the fighting involves a lot of flanking and repositioning. If you link up with your territory, it will definitely spill over to your side. But I can send troops over to support you separately】

Send troops?

That works too.

The goal was just to throw people off the scent anyway; he didn't actually need Li Ruanyu.

Being able to send troops was enough.

Zhao Chi 【Sister, just send 1 soldier over】

Li Ruanyu 【1?】

Zhao Chi 【1 is enough. The main thing is just having the fact that you supported me exist】

Li Ruanyu 【Oh... you initiate the reinforcement request, and I'll come support you】

Zhao Chi 【Mm】

In the battle interface, Zhao Chi initiated a reinforcement request.

All friendly forces in the same battlefield received the system prompt:

【Friendly lord Zhao Chi is requesting reinforcements】

【...】

【Friendly: Town-level lord: Ruan Yao, Skeleton Clan, combat power 2,407, has responded, connecting】

【Friendly: Prefecture-level lord: Li Ruanyu, Human Clan, combat power 939,033, has responded, dispatching reinforcements】

How did another town-level lord get in?

Probably seeing the friendly side's overwhelming advantage, so they came in to leech some experience.

They really can leech it.

Of course, it's more likely that this Ruan Yao didn't manage to snatch any other enemies, and upon seeing the support, just blindly clicked in.

After seeing Li Ruanyu's support message, Zhao Chi quickly closed the reinforcement request to prevent more lords from coming in.

Only now did he notice that Li Ruanyu's combat power was actually close to 940,000.

It was already approaching the threshold of a standard state-level lord's combat power.

Even stronger than some of the weaker state-level lords.

Zhao Chi was very surprised.

It seems his capable older sister's strength is far greater than he had imagined.

The other lords also saw these notifications.

They were all somewhat puzzled.

Yuan Li frowned as he looked at the system: "How did Zhao Chi call Captain Li over? We have the advantage right now."

Yuan Meng shook her head: "Never mind him. I heard Zhao Chi used to be Captain Li's trainee, so they probably have a good private relationship. With Zhao Chi here, it's normal for Captain Li to come support us. Let's just stick to our normal rhythm and fight."

Yuan Li nodded: "Alright, I'll pull everyone into a group chat and we'll coordinate the battle plan right away."

Immediately after, Yuan Li quickly pulled several lords into a temporary communication group.

Except for Zhao Chi.

And also except for Ruan Yao, who was connected to Zhao Chi's side.

Then Yuan Li shared his thoughts with the other lords.

Gu Yan agreed, 【You're right. Captain Li definitely has to fight the enemy's squadron leader, so she can't come to our side, and the reinforcements she sends can't be too many either. Let's just fight normally — they won't be able to take too much of our contribution.】

Bao Chenfeng said, 【Let's still go for a quick victory. Just among us, we already have 50% more combat power than the enemy, so we don't need to play too conservatively. Based on our territory positions, how about we just charge straight in?】

Yuan Li said, 【Charging straight in is a bit reckless, but we can charge into the enemy's territory and regroup there — that's no problem.】