Chapter 2317

Even if Yao Feng didn't want to rescue them, she had no choice now.

Besides, they really might win.

After all, the White Tiger Regiment headquarters' combat power was the strongest.

Add in the remaining lords from the River Valley main force regrouping together, and the Zhandouli Society would be even stronger!

Moreover, Shangguan Ting said she had drawn off nearly half the werewolves in pursuit.

So the White Tiger Regiment headquarters only faced half a main force of werewolves.

And the remaining lords from the River Valley main force would also counterattack... by that calculation, they were indeed stronger than the werewolves instead!

The scales of strength had reversed!

The Poshi Army had originally been fighting a retreat this time, so they would absolutely fight to the death.

The odds of winning were really high.

Huge!!

Holy crap...

On the other hand.

For those werewolves, this was also baffling.

They had clearly detected that the enemy's combat power was very poor.

They had gone into battle brimming with confidence.

But after the battle started, they discovered the White Tiger Regiment headquarters' people had also come?

This was a goddamn fatal surprise.

For some reason, Zhao Chi suddenly thought of Li Yunlong attacking the Peace County seat.

It really was a complete mess everywhere.

Both allies and enemies were baffled.

Both sides' deployments would be thrown into chaos.

But it was clearly to the Poshi Army's advantage.

After this battle, the White Tiger Regiment headquarters would certainly suffer casualties.

But it would only be normal combat attrition.

But this way, a large portion of the lords from those several families could survive, which meant the strength of several hundred lords was preserved.

That was several hundred lords.

That was no small number.

Especially for the Poshi Army, the number of lords was very important.

Shangguan Ting's actions were indeed impulsive.

But the result really wasn't necessarily bad.

The result was even quite good.

Besides.

The werewolves besieging the River Valley main force had been split in two.

Half pursued Shangguan Ting, and clearly failed now.

The remaining half was fighting the White Tiger Regiment headquarters, which was equivalent to forcibly splitting the werewolves apart — equivalent to a free formation effect, trapping half the werewolves.

By the time the latter half of werewolves returned, quite a few werewolves had already been beaten to death.

The werewolves rushing back barely joined the battle, and the Shiliye Society of both sides would be pulled to the same level.

But at this point, the Poshi Army had turned defeat into victory, and their morale was soaring. Moreover, this was a battle of revenge and retreat, which the werewolves simply couldn't compare to.

There was a high probability they could devour an entire werewolf main force.

That would be a tremendous victory...

The more Zhao Chi thought about it, the more astonished he became.

Shangguan Ting's willful act this time could even become the most crucial variable during their retreat.

"Shangguan Ting, you... are amazing."

Zhao Chi didn't know what to say either.

Shangguan Ting asked, "You agree with me, right?"

"Yes."

"Hehe, and I knew I'd brought trouble to the regiment, so I brought more lords into my territory, so more werewolves would come pursue me."

"You've said this twice now — exactly how many lords did you bring?"

"About... two mid-sized units?"

"That many?"

"Yeah, the more I brought out, the more werewolves came after me, so nearly half a main force of werewolves were surrounding me. That counts as a small way of making amends. And precisely because of that, my escape was incredibly difficult. Several times I barely got away, and after I was completely spent, I was caught by this last werewolf squad... Fortunately you saved me, thank you."

"Don't say that. Your actions saved so many people of the Zhao family, and so many lords — I'm the one who should thank you."

"Then let's say we owe each other, how about that?"

"Owe each other? Shouldn't it be that we don't owe each other anything?"

"No, we owe each other, and we make up for each other."

"Shangguan Ting, I really don't have any intentions toward you."

"I do toward you."

"..."

"What? Want to use that move on me again? Go ahead, I'd welcome it. I no longer feel you're offending me — instead I feel it's deep intimacy with you, very satisfying, very happy."

Zhao Chi's heart was very complicated.

He had indeed been avoiding Shangguan Ting like the plague before.

Even meeting her, he would dodge.

But now he suddenly felt that her nature really didn't seem bad at all.

Not only not bad, but quite good.

Upon learning she had turned back to rescue them, Zhao Chi's impression of her had already changed a great deal.

And now he also knew she had, by chance, split open space and saved his life once more.

And now she had also saved all the lords over at the River Valley main force.

Zhao Chi really did feel some goodwill toward her.

But she was just too enthusiastic...

Zhao Chi truly didn't know how to get along with her best.

And with Li Ruanyu still here, Zhao Chi really had to consider Li Ruanyu's feelings.

"Zhao Chi, Zhao Chi, little Zhao Chi, why aren't you talking~~?"

Shangguan Ting seemed to really have gotten much better.

That long stretch of words she'd just spoken had all come out smoothly.

He also no longer heard her making hissing sounds from pain.

Zhao Chi turned his head in surprise to take a look.

What he saw was a face right before his eyes, exquisitely and incomparably beautiful.

Her face was radiant with a blissful smile.

"You've recovered??"

Zhao Chi noticed that Shangguan Ting's blind eye had also opened—bright, and brimming with a smile.

Her mouth was no longer sunken either; perfect, petite red lips were slightly upturned in a smile.

"Yep~ The werewolf skill's effect wore off, so I recovered on my own~"

Her tone was light and cheerful.

Clearly, all the wounds on her body had healed.

"When did you recover?"

"Hehe, just now when I hugged you tight."

... So that was it.

He'd just assumed Shangguan Ting had grabbed onto him because of the pain.

Turns out she was already healed, and had hugged him on purpose...