Chapter 881

The battle has only just begun.

Zhao Chi's female soldiers moved extremely fast — not a moment wasted — charging straight toward Huang Bian's territory.

They didn't slow down even when they ran into those beastmen, heading straight up the mountain.

On top of that, Qi Yue suddenly unleashed a barrage of moon-blade slashes, taking the enemy down in one strike.

Zhao Chi's side finished fighting the fastest.

Most of the other lords hadn't even made contact with the enemy yet.

In the Stream Village group chat, several lords had already sent out requests for aid.

They'd all been actively matched against stronger enemies, so they'd sent out requests right from the start.

Zhao Chi ignored them and opened the clan group.

Two lords in the clan group had also sent out aid requests — same reason, matched against enemies with higher combat power.

Zhao Chi didn't deal with them for now.

If a truly critical moment came and he happened to have the time and ability, he would absolutely step in.

But not right now.

Gu Qing turned back and took Zhao Chi's hand.

Both of them were wearing iron gauntlets, so they couldn't feel each other's warmth — but they could feel each other's feelings.

"My lord, you can ask Xiao Ning about her situation now."

"Ask her now? Isn't it a bit early?"

Gu Qing smiled and said, "We're just asking about her situation. Don't bring up anything else. Wouldn't it be better to learn a little more?"

"That makes sense."

Zhao Chi opened his contacts.

Zhao Chi 【Xiao Ning, how's things on your end? Are you alright? No overly strong enemies matched against you, right?】

Xiao Ning replied almost immediately.

Xiao Ning 【Haha, don't worry, I haven't even joined the fight. How about you? If you can't hold on just call me, I'll come support you anytime】

Zhao Chi synced the voice message to Gu Qing.

Gu Qing nodded: "Ask her how she'd come support us. If it's a territory link that'd be great, but if not, don't rush it."

Zhao Chi 【Things are fine on my end, but the enemy's combat power is a bit stronger. If I can't beat them, how would you come support me? Would you link to my territory?】

Xiao Ning 【No need, linking territories takes time, and after linking I'd still have to run over — too much trouble. If anything really happens later, I'll just teleport straight there】

Gu Qing listened in silence.

Then she asked: "My lord, if she teleports over, can the Realm-Locking Seal trap her?"

"It can lock her, but that's not safe. If we kill her that way, those aliens will definitely notice. When the aliens enter her territory, the remaining citizens there will surely tell them she came to support me, and that'll be trouble."

"Mm… so we have to link territories, then seal the lord, and take care of everyone in her territory?"

"Exactly."

"Understood, my lord, hurry and reply to her — don't let him come over."

Zhao Chi 【Alright Xiao Ning, I'll do my best to deal with the enemy and give you his territory as a gift. This is a token of my feelings for you】

"…" Gu Qing rolled her eyes hard as she listened beside him.

Zhao Chi gently pinched her cheek.

Xiao Ning 【Haha, alright, I'll be waiting to receive your gift】

Zhao Chi let out a breath of relief: "Xiao Ning agreed. We just have to wait a little longer and we'll be able to link to her territory."

Gu Qing smiled and said, "Your charm right now is truly unstoppable. While you can, try to draw more out of her — you can ask about her combat power."

Zhao Chi hesitated a little: "She probably won't say something like that, will she? Wouldn't it be too obvious?"

"Of course you can't ask directly on purpose. You can approach it indirectly — for example, say you're really worried about this battle, ask if she has confidence, things like that. Take it slow, understand?"

Zhao Chi sighed: "I'm honestly not very good at chatting, but you have a point."

Gu Qing smiled and said, "It's fine. The way you are now, any woman will be very tolerant of you. Just chat casually."

Zhao Chi sent another message.

Zhao Chi 【Xiao Ning, can we win this one? The lords of South Forest Village are fewer than Stream Village's, but those Heavenly King Army bandits are numerous. I'm afraid something unexpected might happen.】

Xiao Ning 【Hmph, don't worry. I don't take those bandits seriously at all. They do have some strength, sure, but the final victory will definitely be ours. You haven't seen the Holy Race's true power yet — once you have, you won't ask questions like that】

Zhao Chi 【Amazing, so the Holy Race is this strong! I really didn't make the wrong choice!】

Xiao Ning 【Of course. Serving the Holy Race alongside me is absolutely the right decision!】

Zhao Chi 【We're lords from the same cohort. I didn't expect you to be this strong too. At your current strength, you should be about twenty times stronger than me, right?】

Xiao Ning 【Hahaha, no way, it's not that exaggerated. I only just joined the Holy Race not long ago. Twenty times is definitely not it, but I'd guess around ten times is about right】

Zhao Chi 【Wow~ that's amazing. You actually have over 2000 combat power? That's already about the same as last cohort's lords, and you've only been developing your territory for a little over a month】

Xiao Ning 【Hahahaha, Zhao Chi, are you trying to make me laugh? 2000 combat power isn't that high — it's about the same as an ordinary person from the last cohort. But if we're comparing against the outstanding ones from the last cohort, I still need to keep getting stronger】

Zhao Chi 【Mm, let's get stronger together】

Xiao Ning 【Hurry up and fight. Once you're done, come to me — I've already prepared a position for you】

Zhao Chi 【Okay~】

After saying all this, Zhao Chi let out a breath of relief.

Gu Qing was watching him with a smile.

"How was it, my lord? You look like you really had to force yourself."

Zhao Chi shook his head: "No good, it was too uncomfortable. I almost felt like throwing up myself."

"But we've achieved our goal, haven't we? Xiao Ning has 2000 combat power. What do you think, my lord?"

Zhao Chi thought for a moment, then said:

"Previously Su Qin had 1-2 thousand elves, but those elves' equipment was ordinary, and they certainly hadn't had their genes enhanced. Her combat power was only 801 points.

"If this Xiao Ning has a combat power of 2000, either her numbers are 2-3 times Su Qin's, which would mean Xiao Ning's territory should have 3-4000 people.

"But that possibility shouldn't be too likely, after all it's hard to subdue such a large number of people in a short time. Even with captives and slaves it would be impossible.

"Forcibly subjugating so many people, their hearts wouldn't be settled, they wouldn't have any combat power at all, and might even frequently revolt.

"So I estimate Xiao Ning's numbers are probably around a thousand.

"After all, according to theoretical data, she should only have 185 people right now.

"So her combat power should come from equipment or something else.

"For example, if all of Xiao Ning's troops wear fine iron armor, that would be completely sufficient for the alien races.

"Or her soldiers' military tier is very high, which can also be raised through items.

"It's even possible her soldiers are all wearing fashion sets. Although they certainly can't compare with our fashion sets, it's still possible.

"So I think Xiao Ning's soldiers shouldn't be too many, but their levels are high and their equipment is strong.

"We might really be able to have a proper fight with them."

Gu Qing listened very attentively.

After Zhao Chi finished speaking, she smiled gently: "My lord, when you get serious, you're truly full of charm. I'm completely captivated by you."

Zhao Chi laughed: "Save that for tonight. Do you feel there's any oversight in what I said?"

"No, the logic is quite rigorous. Without more information, I think you've already analyzed it well enough."

"It's good that you support my view too, but I just don't know what our combat power actually is."

Gu Qing pointed at the orc captives.

"At the very least, one Qi Yue could instantly kill a force with 304 combat power."

Zhao Chi shook his head: "You can't calculate it that way. These orcs mainly lost their lord, their combat power collapsed, otherwise they could still have kept fighting for a while. If we compare directly like this, the values we estimate might differ greatly."

Gu Qing laughed: "I understand. What I mean is that we can crush a 304 combat power force. You can imagine it as 7 Huang Bians fighting alongside us."

"7?" Zhao Chi really started to imagine it.

If it were really like that, the enemy would have 2800 orc soldiers, 28 orc heroes, plus 7 lords.

And on our side, there are only 3 female heroes, plus 100 tier-2 female soldiers and 100 tier-1 female soldiers.

Those female soldiers have decent equipment, and their fashion sets are even stronger.

But fighting against such a huge number of enemies, we definitely couldn't come out unscathed.

Casualties would be inevitable.

Even if Qi Yue performed that kind of attack again, the enemy would lose at most a few dozen, but they definitely wouldn't rout.

And once Qi Yue's spiritual power is exhausted, she can only fight in close combat while recovering her spiritual power.