Chapter 577

Now the territory is in the process of transitioning to iron armor.

And afterward, the craftsmen probably won't need to join the fighting anymore.

Ding Dang's forging team has quite a few members now, and the smelting work has been delegated out, so the blacksmiths can be fully liberated and work full-time on crafting equipment.

During this period, the number of iron spears and iron shields was replenished, 50 iron bows were also crafted, and 1000 iron arrows were produced.

Iron arrows are more powerful than wooden arrows.

Most importantly, 24 sets of iron armor were made.

That quantity is enough to equip Zhao Chi and the 3 female heroes, plus the 20 female spearmen under Tang Ruan's tree.

Absolutely stronger than when fighting Zhao Ji, and much stronger at that.

Finally, there's Zhao Chi's fashion equipment.

Strictly speaking, it was made together by Zhao Chi and Tang Ruan.

Quite a bit of fashion equipment was made before, but now it's all outdated again.

But it doesn't matter — it can serve as backup fashion equipment for the female soldiers.

The new fashion equipment was just finished and has already been fully distributed.

All the attributes are excellent.

A lot of items were crafted, and naturally a large amount of resources was consumed.

Among them, 1250 units of wood were consumed — quite a quantity.

1434 iron ingots were consumed; for an ordinary territory, that would already be half the territory's iron ore resources.

400 units of leather were consumed.

Those ice bears from before were huge — each ice bear's hide could be divided into several pieces of leather, and there's still quite a bit left.

【Current Equipment】

【Wooden Shield】150

【Wooden Spear】1000

【Iron Shield】160

【Iron Sword】120

【Iron Spear】110

【Iron Bow】50

【Iron Arrow】1000

【Leather Armor Set】210

【Iron Armor Set】24

These include the ones already equipped.

The armaments are sufficient.

It's just past 6 o'clock now, but all the female soldiers are already up.

They all know the battle that's about to take place today.

All of them are brimming with confidence.

Zhao Chi is also brimming with confidence.

In terms of hero count, Zhao Chi has 3; most lords only have 1-2.

Even if some lords backed by families have more heroes, it doesn't matter.

Zhao Chi's female heroes have quality.

These three female heroes should be able to completely crush everyone else's.

After all, their talents are synthesized, and each one also has powerful improved genes — the three of them should be able to easily handle other heroes of the same level.

And there's also Blissful Frenzy and Hereditary Enhancement.

If we talk about soldiers, that's also fine.

The entire Taoyuan Human race has inherently strong attributes, and they also have four improvements: "Fearless," "Soft Body," "Bone-Gathering Revival," and "Night Vision."

Basically, among the subjects of same-level lords at this stage, very few are stronger than these women.

If we talk about equipment.

For standard equipment, Zhao Chi has 24 sets of iron armor, and leather armor is also plentiful.

Most importantly, all these female soldiers are equipped with 3 pieces of super-improved fashion equipment — and it's a stronger super-improvement than the ordinary kind.

Saying they'd completely crush everyone else is no exaggeration.

So.

Comparing across these dimensions — heroes, soldiers, race, equipment — Zhao Chi is stronger than everyone else.

Others will find it very hard to fight him.

This is good.

But this is also very bad.

Because quite a few people are watching this battle.

So he can't be too strong.

At least he can't appear too strong.

It's best to just barely defeat the opponent in every match — that would be ideal.

If he just steamrolls everything, that'll draw too much attention.

So, he must hide his strength.

A few can die in each match.

Anyway, it's a virtual battle—if you die, you just leave the fight, you don't really die, so it doesn't matter.

"Gu Qing, did you tell them what I said to you?"

Gu Qing nodded: "Don't worry, my lord, we'll all be careful. We won't let the enemy die too easily."

"…Do you really understand what I'm trying to say?"

"Hehe, I understand. There's someone watching this battle, you don't want to reveal your strength, so you want us to deliberately pretend to be weak, right?"

"Yes…"

"Everyone knows already."

"That's good then."

Gu Qing asked: "There's still 3 hours before the battle starts, right? Should we go train for a bit more?"

Zhao Chi shook his head: "No need. Just rest for these few hours. You can discuss how to coordinate, don't burn through your stamina."

Gu Qing asked with a smile: "Then can we go to the Carefree Spring to discuss?"

"Of course. After half past eight, you all need to go soak too, refresh the duration of the effect."

"Hehe, got it. Ladies, strip down! Bath time!"

With a wave of Gu Qing's hand, the female soldiers all headed for the Carefree Spring.