Chapter 2373

Ren Yunchuan 【Did I see wrong? How did you two get here? Li Ruanyu, you've already finished your fight? And Captain Shangguan is here too??】

One could tell he was both delighted and surprised.

Shangguan Ting 【Now's not the time for chatting, Ren Yunchuan, you tell us the important things first — what's the current battle situation? Which direction needs us to step in?】

Li Ruanyu 【Yunchuan, I see you have three battlefields on your side, and the pressure on both your flanks is considerable. Should we deal with the two flanks first?】

Seeing them go straight into combat preparation, Ren Yunchuan stopped being polite.

He said immediately:

【Alright, thanks to both captains for coming to help. Let me first explain the situation】

【On my side, the elves have a big advantage at range, but the main force of werewolves in the central battlefield has already pulled back】

【At the position the werewolves retreated to, our side doesn't have very favorable terrain. I don't really dare to charge in directly — after all, those Royal Warriors and Golden Body Warriors are too fast, and their attacks are extremely sharp. They rush in within seconds】

【If they get close, my archers will all be in great danger】

【Also, on my side quite a few of the melee fighters are supporting both flanks, so the central route is short on numbers. If we rely on the defense towers we can still hold, but if we fight in open ground, it'll be very hard to protect our archers】

【So right now I need Li Ruanyu to help provide melee protection, to make sure my archers can attack with peace of mind】

【Captain Shangguan, I need you to pin down the werewolves from the flanks and the air, pulling apart their formation and strength, slowing down their attack speed and intensity】

【But I warn you both, those elite werewolves' equipment is no joke — they should have a large amount of good-quality refined steel armor, very hard】

【And their claws are clearly fused with high-quality refined steel weapons, the damage is very high, you must be careful】

【The remaining enemy troops like orcs and skeletons are in normal condition. The air force enemies are also in normal condition, just judge normally】

【I'm counting on you both】

He directly ignored Zhao Chi.

Naturally…

Li Ruanyu and Shangguan Ting exchanged a glance.

Although their eyes still held contempt and displeasure toward each other, they still gave the other a slight nod, confirming each other's status.

The two immediately replied.

Li Ruanyu 【No problem, I'll go forward to support right away. Chief Captain Ren, follow me in the charge. My griffins can be ridden — do you have any elves who are good at piloting griffins? They can all come up】

Shangguan Ting 【I'll send people to encircle from all sides right now to pin down their movements. If we run into isolated small units, we'll immediately swarm and kill them, and we'll also seize the moment to flank-charge and rear-charge. Daoshihou Society will send you a message, don't accidentally hit us!】

Ren Yunchuan 【Copy that, thanks to both captains. I don't have any elves here who are good at riding, Li Ruanyu, you're free to arrange the griffin assignments】

The instructions were clear and the communication efficient.

It took only 3 minutes.

All three captains knew what to do.

As for the specific details, there was no need to discuss them too clearly.

There was no time.

And each had their own way of fighting, so it was impossible to go into too much detail.

Ren Yunchuan only needed to make his requirements clear; the rest could be left to Li Ruanyu and Shangguan Ting.

As for how to achieve it, that was for them each to decide.

Ren Yunchuan wouldn't bother with it.

Li Ruanyu said: "Zhao Chi, this level of battle is too dangerous. Just stay in the rear and watch, don't really come over, it's not safe."

Shangguan Ting, however, didn't think so.

"Zhao Chi is so strong, why would you make him stay in the rear? That way he can't gain any experience or contribution. If you're unwilling to bring him, Zhao Chi can follow me."

Li Ruanyu said: "Shangguan Ting, don't make trouble. Zhao Chi… this kind of enhancement state has a time limit! His actual strength can't handle a battlefield of this level."

Li Ruanyu didn't know that Zhao Chi already had mastered the method of Overlimit Bloodline Enhancement.

But she knew Zhao Chi would use regular bloodline enhancement.

After enhancement, he was indeed very strong.

But not outrageously so.

She thought that was what Shangguan Ting was talking about.

Shangguan Ting, hearing there was a time limit, was also somewhat surprised.

She looked at Zhao Chi: "Really?"

Zhao Chi's heart stirred.

This was a good opportunity.

Shangguan Ting thought Zhao Chi was very strong, so she was enamored.

If he told her the truth, perhaps it could dispel that notion of hers…

After all, a woman like Shangguan Ting seemed to greatly admire the strong.

If she knew Zhao Chi was actually very weak…

Perhaps it could dissolve her thoughts.

Zhao Chi said happily: "It's true. This state I'm in right now has a time limit, and after the time is up I can't enter it again for a long time. In reality, I only have the strength of a town-level lord."

Zhao Chi wasn't exactly talking nonsense.

In his normal state, his strength really was that of a slightly stronger town-level lord.

He just deliberately ignored the fact that he had a large number of extremely strong female subordinates.

Shangguan Ting stared at Zhao Chi in surprise.

Zhao Chi, pleased, pressed the advantage: "So… I'm quite different from the man in your heart. You should stop having too many thoughts about me — I don't deserve you either."

He didn't expect Shangguan Ting to shake her head desperately.

And yet her eyes showed a moved expression?

Moved??

Zhao Chi was a little flustered.

Nothing I said should be moving, right?

Why the hell would she be moved?

Did I mess things up again?

Shangguan Ting said, "So… this Enhancement is your life-saving skill?"

A life-saving skill?

Zhao Chi couldn't figure it out for a moment.

Shangguan Ting gave a soft sigh and continued, "So, your actual strength is pretty weak? But you couldn't bear to watch me being tormented by the werewolf, and in such a dangerous situation, you still used up your life-saving skill without hesitation, risking danger to come save me?"

This…

The words were true, though.

Shangguan Ting wasn't actually wrong to say that.

Zhao Chi's own strength wasn't strong, and Overlimit Enhancement was a pretty powerful skill—it really could save his life.

Zhao Chi had indeed rushed out just now because he couldn't bear to watch Shangguan Ting being tormented; he really had gone to save her.

And it cost 10 Bloodline Energy points each time. If it weren't to save her, Zhao Chi really wouldn't have been willing to spend them like that.

10 Bloodline Energy points was almost equivalent to one Primal Taoyuan Bloodline.

But…

How strange.

Why did Shangguan Ting's words feel so awkward?

Her tone didn't show any disdain for Zhao Chi's actual low strength at all—instead… it was a tone of gratitude?

This time it could be confirmed—she really was grateful and moved.

Oh no!

Things were about to go south…

Shangguan Ting indeed said with deep feeling:

"No need to say more, Zhao Chi!

"I've chosen you!

"Even if you're a cripple, I'm sticking with you! You can't shake me off.

"And you're not a cripple—you're just this term's new Lord. Being able to have Town-level Lord strength shows your potential and foundation are both very good.

"What you're missing is just opportunity and training.

"That doesn't matter!