Chapter 672

Although in terms of status, there was a vast gulf between them.

In his eyes, commoners might just be dogs.

But running into a champion dog could also be considered a rare find.

If any of the harpy captives or Naga warriors Zhao Chi had taken possessed especially outstanding attributes, the Zhaochiye Society would also invest resources in them.

Although they could never catch up to Gu Qing and the others, they would definitely receive more investment than ordinary female soldiers.

It's the same logic.

Although Zhao Chi had previously rejected the nobility, it was more out of disgust at their actions.

But now, it was about not wanting to reveal certain information about himself.

Among this information, the killing of Zhao Ji wasn't actually the most important part.

The most important thing was his hidden talent for transferring information.

If Zhao Quan discovered it, although he couldn't dissect him for study—there probably wasn't such technology here—Zhao Quan would definitely place Zhao Chi under house arrest and turn him into a tool to help transfer data and the like.

Currently, what Zhao Chi displayed was that his race and two female heroes were exceptionally outstanding, top-tier among commoners.

But if it were only to this extent, it would merely mean he'd caught up to the level of an ordinary noble's child.

After all, nobles were cultivated from childhood, with ample access to all kinds of items.

As long as Zhao Chi didn't reveal more, he could reach a level where Zhao Quan valued him, but not too highly.

Thinking of this, Zhao Chi felt a little more at ease.

"It's not that exaggerated."

Zhao Huai shook his head: "How is it not exaggerated? Just wait and take off."

Zhao Chi said: "There's one last hurdle. Twelfth Sister, how did Yuan Zhao do in that final match?"

Hearing this, Zhao Huai also looked toward Zhao Jiao.

Zhao Jiao shook her head and said: "Very strong. Yuan Zhao is very strong."

Of course.

That was certain.

Before Zhao Chi could ask further, Zhao Jiao began to explain in detail:

"All those vampires of Yuan Zhao's have undergone genetic modification.

"In terms of attributes, they should be about the same as your mutant humans—I can't judge precisely with the naked eye, I can only say they're roughly equal.

"But they all have an additional genetic modification ability, 【Blood Drain】, which is no simple matter.

"Although Yuan Zhao's race matches this gene very well, 'Blood Drain' is after all a high-level modification, and the success rate of modifying it onto vampires isn't that high.

"Yuan Zhao must have invested quite a bit of cost, but the returns were worth it.

"You should know about the Blood Drain ability, right?"

Zhao Chi nodded.

Although vampires weren't one of the five default races, they were still a fairly popular race, and the academy had courses dedicated to explaining them.

Zhao Chi had also seen related knowledge in the library.

The default blood-sucking ability of vampires was very conventional—you had to use your mouth like drinking water to drink the blood down.

Only this way could it replenish the body's condition.

But Blood Drain was ranged.

It didn't require physical contact; even at a certain distance, it could draw blood out from the opponent's body.

Like a stream of water, sucking it into one's own mouth.

Quite unbeatable.

Fortunately, the range wasn't far—only an effective radius of a few meters.

But this was already strong enough.

One could fight the enemy while simultaneously draining blood to recover.

If the enemy's attributes were similar, one could almost be in an invincible position.

Unless the enemy's attack power was extremely strong, able to instantly kill Yuan Zhao's vampires.

Zhao Chi's Taoyuan humans were certainly very strong, but when it came to instantly killing vampires, they still couldn't do it.

Probably only Qiyue alone could.

Adding Gu Qing and Tang Ruan, who were under genetic enhancement, could also do it.

Moreover, Yuan Zhao had 80 vampires, which was indeed tricky.

How to fight?

Seeing Zhao Chi nod, Zhao Jiao continued:

"These are only what's visible on the surface. What's invisible is Yuan Zhao's talent, and those vampire soldiers should all be wearing costumes.

"Those costumes seem to be able to nullify the first instance of damage.

"When the damage is too low, it doesn't trigger; only when it reaches a certain level does it take effect.

"At first I thought it was some kind of skill, but during the battle, I saw that after they took the first hit, some torn cloth would drop from above their heads.

"So I推测 it should be head-worn costumes.

"As for the other costumes, I don't know—after all, no one displays their costumes on the outside.

"But their weapons should all be high-grade materials, several tiers above your iron saber. Be very careful.

"Fortunately, they're all wearing leather armor—after all, speed is very important for vampires—but the material of their leather armor is also no joke.

"It definitely can't compare to the kind of leather armor Jiang Die wears, but the overall strength is probably better than iron armor.

"Pay attention to the gap in equipment."

The gap in equipment...

Zhao Chi didn't know whether Yuan Zhao's army had any other fashion items; if it was only what they had so far, they could still match up.

Zhao Chi's army's equipment attributes were very basic, all iron-grade.

But those female soldiers each had 3 super-upgraded fashion items.

This could make up for the equipment gap through fashion items.

Fashion items were also one of Zhao Chi's advantages in previous battles.

It seemed this advantage would be gone when fighting Yuan Zhao.

This really wouldn't be easy.

Zhao Jiao continued:

"Although Yuan Zhao looks like he's fighting very seriously in this semifinal, my feeling is that he still hasn't used his full strength.

"He must have some hidden moves or skills he hasn't used yet.

"We can't judge or speculate about that.

"In short, Yuan Zhao is not a wastrel son of a house with an empty reputation.

"On the contrary, he's very strong.

"Although I want you to win, I think this last battle is a 4-6 split.

"You 4, he 6!

"So, I suggest you think carefully about how to fight later.

"Even with only a 40% win rate, that's not low — your odds of winning are still decent."

Zhao Jiao was telling the truth.

Even Zhao Chi himself, summing up the current information, felt his odds of winning were a bit smaller.

Of course, that was when limiting his own side's strength — the odds were smaller.

If he went all out and used 100% of his strength, beating Yuan Zhao should be no problem.

But talking about that was meaningless.

He really did need to think of some tactics.

Perhaps he could let Qi Yue launch a solo assault?

Take a long detour around the side, and directly attack Yuan Zhao's territory stone?

Qi Yue was so fast, she was capable of doing this.

But this also had its dangers.

If done this way, Qi Yue would after all be taking a detour — even though she was fast, the path was longer.

Overall, she wouldn't be much faster than the enemy.