Chapter 817

Then he slashed wildly with one hand—"whoosh whoosh whoosh"—his movements clean and crisp, light and swift.

One hand could handle it completely.

He could even twirl the blade into a flourish.

Gu Qing flipped his palm, and the two-handed great iron saber stopped steadily.

"How about it, my lord, is it acceptable?"

Zhao Chi exclaimed: "So load-bearing capacity isn't just about carrying more items—even a two-handed weapon can be used one-handed now?"

Gu Qing laughed: "Yes, I can use this two-handed iron saber with one hand just fine, no burden at all, and the attack speed isn't affected either."

Zhao Chi said excitedly: "Then with this, those female saber soldiers can all equip a greatsword in one hand and a shield in the other?"

"Of course, I just tried it, and none of them had any problems."

"That's great, Gu Qing. This time the killing power of those female saber soldiers can be greatly improved."

"Hehe, right? Then I'll have Ding Dang and the others start making two-handed sabers at full speed right now, no problem?"

"No problem, but we can just make Phoenix Cry Sabers directly."

"Phoenix Cry Sabers? The difficulty will be a bit higher, right?"

"Yes, but it doesn't matter. With their ability they can complete it too—if it fails, just make a new one, we have plenty of materials anyway."

"Alright, I'll go to the smithy to notify them."

Gu Qing sashayed away.

Zhao Chi went straight to find Tang Ruan.

Seeing Zhao Chi, Tang Ruan immediately pulled a hat out of the system space.

"My lord, are we going to make oil again?"

"No, this time we're going to the smithy to make two-handed sabers."

"Oh, Sister Gu Qing already came to find you, right? We all just tried it, and none of us had any problems, but the only drawback is they're hard to carry."

"It is indeed a bit more troublesome than single-handed sabers, so we'll just have to adapt."

Two-handed sabers are certainly hard to carry.

An ordinary single saber can be hung at the waist, but two-handed sabers basically can only be carried on the back.

However, a two-handed saber's attack power is 50% higher than a single-handed saber, and its destructive power is a full 200% higher!

With such a huge improvement, the drawback of being inconvenient to carry can be ignored.

Zhao Chi burrowed into Tang Ruan's body.

Just as he arrived at the smithy, he bumped into Gu Qing coming out.

"Oh? Little Tang Ruan, what are you doing here? Looking for me?"

Tang Ruan smiled and shook her head.

Gu Qing also laughed: "Oh, I get it, my lord is inside you. Are you here to make Phoenix Cry Sabers?"

Zhao Chi said: "That's right, I'm entrusting the territory's matters to you."

Gu Qing laughed: "I'm very willing to help share your worries, but didn't you say Ding Dang and the others are fully capable? If you want to make them as quickly as possible so everyone can equip them, you can actually distribute the Speed-Work Talismans to Ding Dang and the others too, it won't be a waste."

It seemed…that was true.

The reason Zhao Chi kept making items nonstop was, upon investigation, because the things he made were too difficult.

Those super-improved outfits, including the super-bright fire oil, could currently only be made by Zhao Chi.

But this kind of iron equipment could be fully handed over to Ding Dang and the others.

Normally their working time is 20 hours, which means each time they can continuously use 2 Speed-Work Talismans.

They all have high-efficiency undershirts and professional forging skills—2 Speed-Work Talismans can produce 3 Phoenix Cry Sabers.

The production speed isn't slow either.

Currently there are 30 blacksmiths in total…so in one 20-minute round, they can produce 90?

This Speed-Work Talisman is really a good thing, it fully lives up to its price.

Zhao Chi pulled out 70 Speed-Work Talismans and handed them to Gu Qing.

"2 for each blacksmith, tell them to work hard on production. There are 10 extra—if there are any failures or poor quality, just remake them. The target is 100 two-handed Phoenix Cry Sabers."

Gu Qing took them and put them away.

"Understood, my lord. Are you two going to make fire oil then?"

Zhao Chi laughed: "Of course, we've stockpiled quite a bit of materials now, just waiting for me to make them and turn them into cash."

"Got it, you two keep it up."

Zhao Chi had originally wanted to do a big session, but after only one round, the voice of his tenth elder brother Zhao Kong came through.

Zhao Kong 【Zhao Chi, meeting time, come to the meeting room】

Zhao Chi 【Alright, Tenth Brother, why is it you notifying me this time?】

Zhao Kong 【Can't be helped, who told Zhao Huai and the others to be so unlucky. From now on it'll probably always be me looking for you, hurry up】

After emerging from Tang Ruan's body, Zhao Chi immediately teleported to the Greater World.

No need to guess to know what this meeting was about.

It was definitely related to the alien races.

Arriving at the meeting room once more, all the lords had already arrived.

Everyone was silent.

Zhao Chi still took his seat in the corner

But Su Qin wasn't sitting across from him—she had long since taken the seat next to him.

"You're the last to arrive." Su Qin said softly.

"How long have you been waiting?" Zhao Chi also asked in a low voice.

"Not too long, just two minutes earlier than you."

"That's good then."

At this moment, Zhao Shizhang spoke.

"Alright, our meeting officially begins now.

"I held a private meeting with the Zhao Qizu, Zhao Qiye, and other families, and it also included the Xiao family.

"The general situation, everyone should be able to guess.

"The nobles' current strength is growing weaker and weaker; they are firmly controlled by the alien races in the central district and can't get out at all.

"Actually, this isn't because the alien races have grown stronger, but because through some method, they've diverted the demonic beasts from outside directly into the nobles' territory."

After saying this, everyone was startled.

The previous doubts were also resolved.

No wonder the nobles withdrew, but the demonic beast quota never increased.

Moreover, the demonic beasts no longer run out of control and invade the cities.

Turns out they've all been diverted over by the alien races.

No wonder those nobles could never break through — there's actually this layer of connection.

Fighting demonic beasts, if you can crush them, then of course it's a great harvest.

But if the advantage isn't obvious, or even evenly matched, then no matter how strong the nobles are, they'll be quickly worn down.

If they're weaker than the demonic beasts, they'll naturally be torn apart.

Zhao Shizhang continued:

"So, those nobles will find it very hard to break through the blockade in a short time.

"And now the alien races can pull out some personnel to break down and deal with the resistance army.

"After all, the resistance army isn't just resisting the nobles — in the future, when the alien races want to replace the nobles, the resistance army will be just as hostile toward the alien races.

"So, Xiao Ning was sent this time specifically to control our village, to gather combat strength into the alien races' hands, and use our strength to wear down the resistance army.

"Then the alien races can sit back and reap the benefits."

Everyone nodded silently.

Zhao Huang asked: "Then what should we do? Ally with the resistance army?"

Zhao Qizong shook his head: "No, we don't have that capability right now. But fortunately, our current target is those Heavenly King Army. Even if we fight them, we can bring ourselves to do it."

Zhao Huang said: "The Heavenly King Army isn't easy to deal with either. Those twelve alien-race lords, no matter how strong, they can't possibly fight the Heavenly King Army, right? After all, the numbers are too disparate."

Zhao Shizhang nodded.

"You're right, but we're not directly confronting the core of Jiang Yang's Heavenly King Army head-on. What we're going to hit are the subordinate bandit forces attached to them, similar to those bandit armies Zhou Hua had before."