Chapter 2374

"Li Ruanyu won't take you, but I will!

"Her way will only raise you into a useless person, while I will lead you to progress.

"Come with me, we'll go up! I'll show you how combat works on a high-tier battlefield!"

Zhao Chi was completely dumbfounded.

How did his words end up having the opposite effect?

Shangguan Ting became even more determined.

Li Ruanyu also couldn't hold back: "Shangguan Ting, Zhao Chi's skill duration is about to expire soon. You know this and still want to take him onto the battlefield — do you want to get him killed?"

Shangguan Ting said disdainfully: "You woman are just stubborn. Are you Zhao Chi's mother? Do you think this is good for him? All you'll do is hold him back!"

"Wh-what!?"

Li Ruanyu was stunned.

Shangguan Ting snorted: "Can you protect Zhao Chi for a lifetime? Now is the perfect chance. A prefecture-level battlefield isn't something just any lord can enter to observe and train. If he can get real combat experience, it'll help him a lot. While his buffs are still active, I can take him to the front!"

"No!!"

Li Ruanyu said loudly: "Shangguan Ting, I don't have time to argue with you. Don't mess around with me!"

Shangguan Ting, however, didn't back down at all: "Li Ruanyu, shut up. Zhao Chi is a man — he needs training and progress. I won't let him hide behind a woman. Zhao Chi, come with me. I'll protect your safety with everything I have, and you'll also get real combat training."

Li Ruanyu's delicate brows knit tightly.

But this time she didn't argue back.

She actually somewhat agreed with what Shangguan Ting had said.

She had always truly wanted to shelter Zhao Chi in her arms, handling everything for him and shielding him from harm.

When danger came, she also wanted to keep Zhao Chi behind her.

But that treated the symptoms, not the root cause.

But if she could let him train…

Let him improve…

So Li Ruanyu also said: "No need. Zhao Chi just needs to stay with me. I'll protect him with everything I have. Shangguan Ting, you focus on attacking. Zhao Chi's affairs are none of your concern."

Shangguan Ting said: "Can you handle it? Once you charge onto the battlefield you stop caring about anything. I'm afraid you won't be focused!"

Li Ruanyu growled low: "Zhao Chi is my man — how could I not be focused? Get out of here, don't stir up trouble for no reason!!"

Shangguan Ting didn't argue back.

She just gave Li Ruanyu a blank look.

Then she smiled gently at Zhao Chi: "See? Li Ruanyu isn't always that gentle, right? She gets pretty wild often. Well, I'm off then."

Li Ruanyu pouted in anger, really wanting to throw a punch at her.

But Zhao Chi called out to Shangguan Ting.

"Hold on! Among your troops… which top-tier units are female? Point them out for me, I'll cast Enlarge on them."

Li Ruanyu's race was human — the female berserkers, female crusaders, female holy knights, female archangels and so on in her army, Zhao Chi knew them all.

He couldn't call out their names, but he recognized them.

The same couldn't be said for Shangguan Ting's side.

Shangguan Ting's race was Vampire, along with some death knights, vampire lords, as well as manticores and spiders.

They all wore full armor, helmets covering nearly their entire faces, and their chests were wrapped up tightly — Zhao Chi couldn't tell them apart.

He had to ask clearly.

Shangguan Ting shook her head: "You don't have much spiritual power left either, right? Better save it for yourself, make sure you stay safe. This big sister of yours is actually really strong. I let you see a joke of a rescue earlier. Now I'll put on a proper show and let you see my true strength!"

Zhao Chi's spiritual power really wasn't much.

Rescuing Shangguan Ting had used quite a bit.

Then he also helped enlarge the giant tree, and cast Bloodlust and Wind Walk on the giant tree — each required over a hundred uses to complete, directly draining his massive spiritual power down to nothing.

Shangguan Ting didn't know about this.

But she had her own judgment.

Of course she knew Enlarge.

She also knew Enlarge was a single-target skill, costing 100 spiritual power per use.

She also knew Wind Walk and Bloodlust were advanced spiritual techniques, each costing 100 spiritual power.

Zhao Chi had cast these on himself once, and additionally on Shangguan Ting once — already accumulating 600 spiritual power spent.

She also knew Zhao Chi had just fought the giant beast, which must have consumed a good amount of spiritual power.

On top of that he still had to fight now, so he had to save some.

Tang Ruan and Qi Yue also needed to be enlarged — Zhao Chi's spiritual power consumption today had already exceeded a thousand.

Without special spiritual power attribute enhancement, even with potion recovery, that spiritual energy already was basically the limit.

So she considerately refused.

Actually her analysis wasn't wrong.

By conventional analysis, Zhao Chi really didn't have much spiritual power left, and his potion resistance was extremely high.

But…

How could Zhao Chi be judged by conventional means?

Zhao Chi could transfer attributes.

When fighting the giant beast, Zhao Chi had already transferred 150 enhancement points away, leaving his spiritual power in a completely unenhanced state.

Zhao Chi's spiritual power cap at that time was only a few hundred points — even with equipment bonuses it was barely over a thousand.

So Zhao Chi took potions and replenished over a thousand points of spiritual power.

Then!

This is the key point!

Zhao Chi once again transferred those 150 enhancement points back to spiritual power…

With this, Zhao Chi's spiritual power cap dropped back from over ten thousand points to 19,250 points.

As the maximum spiritual power rose, Zhao Chi's actual spiritual power also expanded and increased proportionally at the same time.

And Zhao Chi already had taken medicine to refill his spiritual power.

So his actual spiritual power also became 19,250 points.

This…

Feels a bit like exploiting a bug, doesn't it?

Zhao Chi didn't know if it counted, but he had succeeded.

Added to that, the full set of fashion Li Ruanyu gave Zhao Chi could increase spiritual power by another 290%.

Zhao Chi's current maximum spiritual power and actual spiritual power were both 57,750 points.

Use spiritual power however you want to use it!

Against whoever uses spiritual power, you can use spiritual power on them!

So facing Shangguan Ting's refusal, he immediately refused as well.

"Shangguan Ting! Cut the crap! Tell me right now the gender and rank of your soldiers!"

Time was tight.

Zhao Chi had no time to explain slowly.

He could only be resolute in attitude.

Shangguan Ting gave a charming smile and said: "Exactly, a man should speak like this, should be this forceful! I'll tell you!"

Li Ruanyu's brows knit together.

Zhao Chi was also a bit embarrassed.

A woman fallen into love-brain mode really is a bit unsolvable.

Shangguan Ting pointed at the subordinates behind and said: "Those vampire princesses wearing crowns on the east side, and those Shadow Death female knights in red armor, are all women; the vampire duchesses in front are too. The Ebony Spider Queen has half a human woman's body, and does the female Plague Manticore count as a woman?"

Zhao Chi scratched his head.

He didn't know either.

"The Ebony Spider Queen has a human head and human body… that should count, the female Manticore doesn't count. But they're aerial units, I can also count them in…"

Shangguan Ting nodded: "Good, my top combat power on this side is these. Priority goes to the vampire princesses and the Shadow Death female knights, next are the vampire duchesses and the Ebony Spider Queen."

Then Shangguan Ting pointed at the few women behind her and said: "These are my hero subordinates, all women, you should be able to tell, they're all pretty strong."