Chapter 810

"Enough talk, the clan heads are here. Make way, everyone."

The many lords parted to open a path.

Several clan heads and family elders stepped forward.

The murmuring in the crowd quickly quieted considerably.

Su Qin asked nervously, "Zhao Chi, let's team up for this battle, alright? I'll still let you pick the spoils first, and based on the final contribution, I'll give you an extra 10%. What do you think?"

Zhao Chi was a little surprised.

But when it came to teaming up for battle, Zhao Chi was not very willing.

However, Su Qin's attitude had always been good, and her strength was up to par too—there was no need to refuse her harshly.

Zhao Chi said, "I still prefer to fight on my own, but if I've finished and you still haven't, I can come help you."

Su Qin let out a breath of relief. "That works too. At least I have something to fall back on now."

Zhao Chi said, "Your combat power is several times mine. Don't pin too much hope on me."

Su Qin laughed. "I'm not stupid. Combat power is just for reference. I've seen your battles with my own eyes—few troops, but every one of them is strong. My soldiers may be numerous, but their combat power is poor."

Zhao Chi said, "War has too many variables. Don't place any expectations on your allies. The only one you can rely on, the only one you can trust, is yourself."

Su Qin nodded. "I know that, but isn't having one more possible reinforcement just a slightly higher chance of victory? Isn't using every method to raise the odds of winning exactly what a lord is supposed to do?"

Zhao Chi smiled faintly. "Mm, fair point."

At that moment, dust rose in the distance.

The alien army drew closer and closer.

They all rode black warhorses, wore alien battle armor, and had very strange appearances.

They all looked quite human, yet there was an indescribable sense of oddity about them.

The entire Stream Village fell silent.

Everyone couldn't help but clench their fists.

If these aliens really had come to pick a fight, then probably any conditions they set would have to be accepted.

The alien army drew even closer.

Zhao Chi already could clearly make out their numbers.

Not many—only around 200 or so.

At the very front was a female lord. Though her looks were ordinary, she resembled a human far more than the typical alien.

By that contrast, the female lord stood out like a crane among chickens.

Beside that female lord were a dozen or so lords—ten men and two women.

But those people's looks were just very ordinary aliens, utterly incomparable to the female lord at the front.

The 200 aliens behind them were presumably all soldiers, each gripping a cross-shaped spear, their eyes fierce and arrogant.

In other words, only a dozen or so lords?

Could they take them on?

Zhao Chi put a question mark in his heart.

Aliens could fight head-on against nobles, and were even stronger than nobles.

But after all, they were few in number.

If the whole village charged together, they might win.

But the problem was that the aliens were an extremely powerful force, one that those bandit groups couldn't compare to at all.

They would definitely come for revenge, and very quickly at that.

The moment those dozen-plus alien lords were killed would also mark the beginning of the entire village's destruction.

No… rather, the moment an attack was launched against these aliens, Stream Village was doomed to be destroyed.

The price was far too heavy.

Absolutely cannot fight.

Even if their conditions were harsher than the bandits', still cannot fight.

Unless one was prepared to perish together with the entire village.

Besides Zhao Chi, more and more lords also took in the details of the opposing side.

Everyone waited in anxious suspense.

At last, the aliens arrived before the great gate.

Xiao Xiao Qiao cupped his hands and said, "I am the Xiao clan head, Xiao Xiao Qiao. I welcome the honored alien guests. May I ask how to address you?"

The leading alien female lord, hearing this, let out a snicker.

Everyone was somewhat surprised.

Because her voice was not the raspy tone of an alien, but rather the timbre of a human woman.

After laughing twice, the female lord urged her horse forward.

"Uncle, it's me, Xiao Ning. Can't you tell it's me?"

"Xiao Ning!?" Xiao Xiao Qiao's eyes went wide, and his voice rose by three notches.

Not only Xiao Xiao Qiao, but everyone else stared at her in disbelief as well.

Zhao Chi stared at her face in astonishment.

It really was Xiao Ning.

But clad in that alien armor, with strange war markings and makeup on her face, it was hard to tell at a glance.

She had originally been going to take part in the New Talent Tournament.

But she had caught the eye of the aliens' Master Mu Chang, and was forcibly taken away.

Just moments ago, people were still discussing her.

No one expected that this alien lord was actually her!

Regardless, she wasn't an enemy.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.