[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-global-lord-starting-with-heroine-fusion":3,"chapter-global-lord-starting-with-heroine-fusion-global-lord-starting-with-heroine-fusion-chapter-72":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Universal Lords: Starting with Heroine Fusion",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2200022,3808,"Chapter 72: Spike Spike Spike","global-lord-starting-with-heroine-fusion-chapter-72",72,"\u003Cp>Boom! Rumble! Boom! Rumble!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The earth puppets were getting closer and closer.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>With every step, all 70 earth puppets stepped out together, and the ground shook continuously.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although the momentum was astonishing, their movement speed was indeed very slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Gu Qing summarized: \"Earth puppets have high attack, high defense, high health, and fast attack speed, only their movement speed is slow. They will use long-range Stone Spike spiritual techniques, and we can kill them by smashing their heads, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Exactly, that's a very accurate summary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"We can't capture these things, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"We can capture them, but it's very difficult for us to do so now. Just kill them with full force.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Gu Qing nodded: \"Understood. How shall we fight? Split into two groups and attack from both sides of the earth puppet formation? That way we can always outnumber them and hold the advantage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Zhao Chi nodded:\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Splitting into two groups is fine, but we can't fight them head-on right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"We have to lure out all their skills first, just like fighting the lightning elements earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Gu Qing, Tang Ruan, you take the female soldiers up first to attract the earth puppets' attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Each of them should only be able to use Stone Spike about 3 times; after that, they can only fight in close combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"The female artisans should keep some distance. You don't have leather boots, and your feet are very fragile, so don't approach rashly.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Otherwise, one Stone Spike could ruin one of your legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Lure out all their skills first, then we can kill them. Go!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"As you command!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Gu Qing and Tang Ruan each took half of the female soldiers and rushed to the two sides of the earth puppet formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The remaining female artisans also followed from a distance.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Leaving Zhao Chi alone in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Zhao Chi didn't mind at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>If it weren't for them, Zhao Chi's current results would be about the same as Yang Xiong's, ending at the ghost stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Being able to reach this seventh stage, given his current strength, he couldn't play much of a role anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Zhao Chi was currently following a command route, and his skill was Encouragement.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But the time to use it hadn't come yet.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Their morale was not bad.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[Zhao Chi's army morale]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[Gu Qing] 90%\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[Tang Ruan] 96%\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[Female militia] 85%\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[Female artisans] 81%\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Although morale had dropped slightly, it was still high enough.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The female soldiers split into two teams and quickly approached the two sides of the earth puppet formation.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seeing this, the earth puppets also split from the middle, turning into two teams on the left and right to meet the attack.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Their steady pace was finally broken.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The vibration of the ground lessened a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Gu Qing was charging when she suddenly felt something arching out of the ground in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Just like when the Taoyuan humans were born.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Gu Qing immediately dodged.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Instantly, a 1-meter-high, thigh-thick conical stone spike broke through the ground, stabbing sharply upward.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The speed of the stab was very fast.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It almost grazed Gu Qing's thigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"30 meters...\" Gu Qing shouted back: \"I was attacked by a Stone Spike, it was about 30 meters away, the speed is very fast, everyone must watch the ground!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The voice was loud, and everyone heard it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Tang Ruan said: \"Everyone be careful, we are about to enter the 30-meter range.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As soon as she finished speaking.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The female soldiers on both sides saw the ground boiling at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Like boiling water, it started to bubble.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But what came out were not bubbles, but sharp stone spikes breaking through the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The appearance speed of the stone spikes was very fast, and not everyone could dodge them.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Ah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Oh no.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Woo...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"My foot!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It's too fast, I was stabbed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"It doesn't seem to have broken through the defense?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A few female soldiers jumped high.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It wasn't that they wanted to jump, but they were stabbed up by the stone spikes.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Light shone in Gu Qing's hands: \"How are you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I'm fine, it didn't pierce through, just bumped the sole of my foot, there's a bit of impact pain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"I'm fine too, with the defense bonus of the leather boots and stockings, this stone spike didn't pierce our feet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"Is that so? That's good.\" Gu Qing crushed the light in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Since they weren't injured, it was just damage to the durability of the leather boots, so there was no need to waste spiritual power on healing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Gu Qing didn't know how much damage these stone spikes could cause.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But looking at their sharpness and the speed of the upward stab, the power should be quite significant.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>However, these female soldiers had all reinforced their defense, and even the lowest Level 2 female soldiers had 42% reinforcement.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Plus the 37.5% defense reinforcement provided by the stockings, the overall defense of their feet reached 79.5%, close to 80%!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Those Level 4 female soldiers had their additional defense increased to 91.5%!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Their foot defense was extremely strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>It practically turned their leather boots into iron boots.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Tang Ruan said: \"How annoying, it almost stabbed my crotch. Everyone, use your shields to protect your crotch area.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Gu Qing was stunned, and after thinking about it, she also lowered her shield.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Zhao Chi looked at the sharp spikes appearing in front, like shark teeth, feeling very nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But he could only trust those women now.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He considered retreating and climbing the defensive tower to counterattack.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>A large number of stones had been moved to the defensive tower in advance, which could be thrown downward.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But this test had modified the rules; if the enemy wasn't eliminated within 30 minutes, they would be eliminated.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>This made the hard-built defensive tower lose much of its utility.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Perhaps this test was mainly to test the students' frontal combat ability, and it didn't encourage the use of defensive towers and traps.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Then so be it.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Even if it wasn't used in the test, it could be used in territory battles later, so it definitely wasn't built in vain.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At the same time, Zhao Chi also felt a bit ashamed that he couldn't do anything now.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>But it didn't matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He had already understood this world, and in the future, he would have plenty of time to improve himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>He believed that in the next battle, there would definitely be room for him to perform.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The stone spikes kept stabbing upward as the female soldiers moved.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>At the same time, female soldiers kept jumping up, landing, jumping up, and landing.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Zhao Chi observed the number of people, and almost one-third of the female soldiers jumped up each time.\u003C\u002Fp>",1140,"2026-06-17T05:39:43.786Z","2026-06-17T09:01:25.454Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","4fbea10d2186e46b3360bd4e1c4a3016b316eb8266ae7f00280f490e4f6be6ce","global-lord-starting-with-heroine-fusion-chapter-73","global-lord-starting-with-heroine-fusion-chapter-71",515,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fglobal-lord-starting-with-heroine-fusion-cover.jpg"]