Chapter 872

All of them were cheers and well-wishes.

Zhao Chi also sent two characters inside: "Go for it."

Time passed quickly.

Xiao Ning enabled forced voice chat.

【Alright, 5 minutes left】

【Everyone get ready, we're teleporting soon】

【Everyone perk up, look confident, don't chicken out!】

【Let the enemy see our momentum!】

【You've got the Holy Race backing you, the enemy has nothing, plus the oppression from those bandit rebels】

【So even though we're outnumbered, we will definitely win!】

【Alright】

【3-minute countdown!】

【Everyone ready!】

Zhao Chi forwarded all the voice messages to Gu Qing and the other two.

They were all listening carefully.

Zhao Chi said, "Everyone get ready, the war could start at any moment. Same as before, the surrounding fog walls will dissipate and connect to the enemy's territory. I'll be teleported out to make a show of force, then come back in a bit."

Gu Qing asked curiously, "Make a show of force? Is my lord going to wave flags and shout?"

"No… how should I put it." Zhao Chi scratched his head. "Actually it's hard to explain, but basically before the battle, we need to show the enemy our numbers and scare them a bit."

"Huh?" Gu Qing was a little stunned.

Zhao Chi also felt his explanation was a bit hard to understand.

"If the enemy gets scared by us, they might surrender outright. Even if they don't surrender, crushing their courage or confidence is still good."

"Like a pre-battle challenge?"

"Not quite the same, but close enough. There are also some pre-array negotiations."

"Negotiations too?"

"Yes, the main generals or top lords of both sides step out. If they can talk it out, we might profit directly."

"Oh… like how Zhou Hua and the others gave up 100,000 gold coins before?"

"Right, so even though I think it's unnecessary, sometimes it really does work."

Gu Qing nodded. "Understood. Then my lord, please be careful. If things look bad, come back quickly. Or summon us."

Gu Qing spoke as if eager to try.

Now chaos reigned everywhere.

Even summoning Gu Qing and the others directly in the Great World, probably no one would care.

However, every village and town had small-scale formations.

Once activated, they would teleport to another space and wait for matchmaking combat.

So generally no one would directly summon soldiers to attack the enemy's territory—after all, it would be useless.

Tang Ruan and Qi Yue stood to the side, listening silently.

Their knowledge was even more lacking; they were still in a stage of ignorance and learning.

Under Gu Qing's guidance and Zhao Chi's real combat, perhaps the only thing they improved at lightning speed was bedroom arts.

After the battle he'd buy more books for them to read.

This world still had a lot of useful knowledge.

Zhao Chi said to Qi Yue, whose cheeks were slightly flushed, "Come on, Qi Yue. From the look of you, you can replenish blood—let you drink your fill."

"Mm~"

Qi Yue answered softly and quickly walked over.

Qi Yue now rarely sucked blood from Zhao Chi's fingers, and Zhao Chi no longer extended his finger, but tilted his head to expose his neck.

"My lord, you don't need to tilt your head. I'll tilt mine."

Qi Yue stood on tiptoe and leaned in.

Zhao Chi first felt a warm breath, then immediately a soft touch.

Qi Yue's movements were very gentle.

With every small sip, she let out a soft sigh, as if thoroughly enjoying it.

But she didn't drink much, only licking continuously.

As she became ravishingly beautiful, the feeding ended.

After pulling away, she kept staring intently at Zhao Chi, her gaze seeming almost to draw out threads.

That expression always attracted Zhao Chi.

But there was no time to admire it now.

【Attention, teleporting now!】

The instant he heard those words, Zhao Chi felt a slight dizziness.

When he opened his eyes again, he had already arrived in the Great World.

Above was the 8-9 AM sun, dazzling and full of hope.

Around him were villagers of Creek Stream who had just teleported over.

There were lords, and also commoners.

Xiao Ning and 20 alien-race lords were at the very front, but those alien-race soldiers were nowhere to be seen.

The patriarchs and elders of several families were all in the crowd.

Zhao Qi's family, Zhao Huai, and Zhao Jiao, who had lost their territories, were also among them.

Zhao Qi's family itself was quite strong, and now he had brought troops into Zhao Shizhang's territory, which actually boosted Zhao Shizhang's strength somewhat.

Zhao Huai and Zhao Jiao were both leading troops in Zhao Qiye's territory.

The two of them were decently strong, and since they had once been lords, they now also had hero attributes and could be of help to Zhao Qiye.

Su Qin was on the left.

After she teleported over, she immediately found Zhao Chi and quickly moved toward him.

Beside them were people from various families, as well as various unaffiliated individuals.

All familiar faces.

Although the exact number was unknown, there were at least 400 people.

In a while, if they were teleported by the opponent's formation, lords would enter the pre-battle space, while villagers like Zhao Huai who had no territory would be teleported directly back to their corresponding territory.

Xiao Ning stood at the front and shouted, "Alright, everyone don't stand too spread out. Stand in formation by family. The patriarchs of each family, come over here and stand at the front."

The crowd began to move.

Zhao Chi followed the Zhao family members and moved to the left.

Su Qin closely followed Zhao Chi.

Soon, the crowd split into several sections and stood in formation.

Su Qin said with slight displeasure, "Why did you all come to the Zhao family's group? Go back quickly. The Qi family is on the far right, the Xiao and Liu families are in the middle."

Zhao Chi knew she wasn't speaking to him.

She was speaking to the women who had gathered around her.

Those women, upon seeing Zhao Chi, all opened their eyes wide.

They stared at him in disbelief.

They were all acquaintances, all from the same village.

Even if their relationships were distant, they certainly all knew who was who, and they all recognized Zhao Chi.

But with just a casual glance, their eyes could no longer look away from Zhao Chi.

As Zhao Chi moved, they also, as if possessed, came to the Zhao family's formation.

Besides the women beside him, in the formations of other nearby families, quite a few women were also peeking over to look.

Some were young girls who had just come of age.

Some were newly married young wives.

There were also a few young sisters-in-law.

There were even a few still-charming young aunts.