Chapter 860

【Attention all of Stream Village, this is Master Mu Chang Ning】

【All lords, prepare yourselves. The battle is expected to begin at 9 o'clock, two hours from now.】

【The target this time is classified, but what I can tell you is that the enemy has a total of 352 lords.】

【82 village-level, 173 town-level, 87 county-level, 9 commandery-level, and 1 province-level.】

【Leave that province-level lord to the great lords of our Holy Race. The rest are yours to handle.】

【You won't have to rush over yourselves this time. Our Holy Race's experts will activate a formation to teleport everyone there.】

【This is Holy Race efficiency!】

【Some of you may hold prejudices against the Holy Race, but I believe that, in time, you'll all come to understand the Holy Race's good intentions.】

【You will all eventually embrace the Holy Race.】

【This is my first time commanding a battle. I hope everyone will bring out their true abilities.】

【Of course, I trust you'll all give it your all — being defeated by the enemy is death, after all.】

【Once the battle is won, I'll pick out the 5 lords with the best performance to reward.】

【The Holy Race's rewards are hard to come by. You should understand just how valuable they are!】

【For these last 2 hours, prepare yourselves again. Check if there's anything else you need to prepare — get everything ready!】

【Lastly, our Holy Race experts' teleportation service for everyone also comes at a cost.】

【Everyone must pay the teleportation fee. I'll send it out to all of you in a group message shortly. Pay up as soon as possible.】

【If you have any questions, report to your respective clans first.】

【That's all for now.】

The forced voice message cut off.

After Zhao Chi finished listening, he immediately forwarded the entire contents to Gu Qing.

Gu Qing set down her baby bottle and listened carefully.

Last time, the opponents were that bunch of Heaven King Army bandits led by Zhou Hua.

There were nearly 1,000 lords.

Although the numbers were high, they could be called a rabble.

Most were town-level lords, with plenty of village-level ones too — very weak.

There were only 36 county-level, and just 2 commandery-level.

But looking at this time…

There's actually 1 province-level lord.

Fortunately, those alien-race lords will deal with it.

But there are still 9 commandery-level and 87 county-level.

Several times more than last time!

All of these lords are quite strong. Taking them out will likely cost us quite a few losses again.

But there are still 20 alien-race lords. I don't know whether all 20 of them will gang up on that province-level lord, or whether they'll also split off to deal with other enemy lords.

"My lord, the quality of the enemies this time is really high. Although there are far fewer of them, their strength is on a whole other level."

Gu Qing had also finished listening to the voice message.

"Yeah, but it doesn't matter. We're still village-level lords, so we just fight the enemy village-level lords. I just don't know how many lords the Zhao clan is going to lose this time."

"I don't think we need to worry too much. My lord, you told me before that this Xiao Ning wants to develop Stream Village into her own power base, right?"

"That's right."

"If that's the case, she absolutely won't let Stream Village suffer too heavy a loss."

"Mm… that's right. Stream Village's losses would be Xiao Ning's losses too."

"Yes, my lord. And from what you've said, she can already keep Stream Village completely in check just by relying on the alien-race's might, right?"

"Mm, that's right."

"So she doesn't need to cripple Stream Village's strength to achieve control. If she has the spare capacity, she'll definitely have those alien-race lords provide support."

"Nicely analyzed." Zhao Chi praised. "As long as those alien-race lords all join the fight instead of standing guard on the sidelines, our chances of success against Xiao Ning go up a little more."

Gu Qing smiled. "Yeah, it'd be great if Xiao Ning didn't have a single alien-race lord by her side."

"Do I still need to go see Xiao Ning today? If not, I'll go change my attributes."

"Of course you have to see her. Today is the crucial day."

Gu Qing said, picking up her baby bottle and draining it in one go.

She wiped the milk from her lips with the back of her hand, then pulled Zhao Chi up.

"Let's go, my lord. I'll put some makeup on you."

"Makeup again?"

Gu Qing gave a wicked little smile. "Today's look is different."

Then she stretched her neck and shouted at the top of her lungs: "Tang Ruan! Qi Yue! Come help out!!"

Her mature, soft, feminine voice carried across half the territory.

"Ayy~ I'm coming!"

"Alright, I'll be right there."

Zhao Chi was once again surrounded by three women.

Gu Qing took the lead, with Tang Ruan and Qi Yue as assistants.

Before long, the makeup was done.

Calling it makeup was more like a tidying-up and dressing-up.

Zhao Chi's hair was styled to look more dimensional, and his eyebrows were touched up a little.

She had no idea what they'd done to his face, but in any case he did look clean and fresh, devastatingly handsome.

"Alright, I think this works. What do you all think?"

Gu Qing half-squatted in front of Zhao Chi, staring at his face.

Tang Ruan and Qi Yue flanked Gu Qing on either side, and they too half-squatted down, staring intently at Zhao Chi's face.

"I think he's so handsome!"

Tang Ruan's praise slipped out, and stars lit up in her eyes again.

"I also think it's good, gulp, oops~"

Qi Yue nodded at the side, speaking while swallowing saliva.

It was unclear whether she wanted to suck blood, or something else.

Gu Qing smiled and said, "We all performed well in today's battle, my lord will reward us, right, my lord?"

Reward…

Zhao Chi's legs went a little weak at the word.

In the vocabulary of Gu Qing and the others, this noun had come to specifically mean replenishing energy.

These past few days, Zhao Chi had been sucked completely dry by them.

Not a single drop wasted.

【Skill】 Blissful Frenzy

【Energy】 207/300

【Partners】 Gu Qing 72, Tang Ruan 68, Qi Yue 67

Blissful Frenzy's energy points were relatively easy to replenish.

As long as they reached that moment, it would increase.

And they all threw themselves in with great enjoyment, reaching it easily.

Besides that, the genetic points stored within each of the three of them had also piled up quite a bit.

【Skill】 Genetic Enhancement

【Energy】 39/100

【Charge】 Absorb the partner's genetic material to charge 1 point.

【Duration】 5 seconds (fluctuates based on Zhao Chi's actual time)

【Description】 Activate the absorbed genetic data and enter an enhanced state.

【Effect】 Consume 1 point of energy to enter an enhanced state: gain 50% of the partner's base attributes for 5 seconds.

【Partners】 Gu Qing 17, Tang Ruan 12, Qi Yue 11