Chapter 397 - 89: Beheading Operation? Congratulations! You’ve Chosen the Highest Difficulty Playstyle

Qin Feng’s line of thought was clear.

The Demon Beasts and Ancient Giant Dragons designated as his Exclusive Mounts all possessed an Infinite Resurrection ability. Following the main Holy Empire army to pick off kills would be too inefficient. It was far better to take a separate path, taking advantage of the densely packed enemy Divine Chosen Soldiers to rapidly build up Bloodthirsty Layers.

Unfortunately,

since Qin Feng had decided to fight personally,

Arthas, the Necromancer Champion, was in an awkward position. He couldn’t benefit from Qin Feng’s Divine Descent effect, nor could he kill enemies to build up Bloodthirsty Layers on his own.

So, for efficiency’s sake, Qin Feng decided not to send him to the front lines.

Instead, he had Arthas remain on standby with the rest of the Holy Empire’s forces.

They would wait for the enemy to advance closer.

Then they would strike.

At the same time, Qin Feng had a deeper concern. He didn’t want to reveal the existence of his Bloodthirsty Clones, which possessed the Multi-shot Arrow ability, just yet.

Therefore, none of the Bloodthirsty Clones, which also had the ability to build up Bloodthirsty Stacks, were participating in the battle.

However, these Bloodthirsty Clones had a very important mission: to quietly disperse among the Holy Empire’s armies in every direction.

They would use their legion-level buff abilities, like Enhanced War Blessing, to secretly provide boosts to all of the Holy Empire’s scattered forces.

At the same time,

the Bloodthirsty Clones also had to apply buffs to the Lord Players who were "defending the home base" alongside the Divine Chosen Army.

This way, these Lord Players could at least feel like they were participating in this Plane War, rather than being mere spectators the entire time.

"Let me see."

"Where is the enemy’s largest and strongest main force?"

"I’ll deal with them personally."

As he was thinking, Qin Feng suddenly frowned. The dozens of Eye of All-Seeing artifacts under his control had discovered a group of strange foreign players. They seemed to have bypassed the Divine Chosen Army he had deployed in the outermost cities and had snuck near the city he was currently in.

He lowered his head, his gaze instantly hardening as he realized their intentions:

’This is... a Teleportation ability that doesn’t require a pre-built structure?’

’And it can pinpoint my location?’

’Don’t tell me they plan to use Teleportation Skills to send their main elite force into my heartland for a Beheading Operation, to eliminate me, the Heaven’s Chosen Ruler, once and for all?’

"Heh!"

"But do you really have the strength for that?"

A cold smile touched the corner of Qin Feng’s mouth. Before the words had even faded, he suddenly raised his voice and gave the order:

"Gale!"

"Southwest!"

"Take flight!"

The three commands were short and crisp, with no hesitation.

The Winged Dragon Beast beneath him, granted the name "Gale," understood immediately. Its massive membranous wings beat forcefully, kicking up a powerful gust of wind. It carried Qin Feng like an arrow loosed from a bow, hurtling toward the group of foreign players in the southwest who were now close at hand.

...

Southwest of the Holy Empire’s capital, Shurima Main City, the Northern Forest was shrouded by dark, gloomy clouds.

The branches and leaves of the towering ancient trees intertwined to form an impenetrable canopy. Only a few stray sunbeams pierced through the gaps, casting dappled shadows on the ground covered in decaying leaves.

The damp air was thick with the scent of moss and rotting wood. In the distance, the occasional cry of an unknown bird only served to accentuate the deep silence of the forest, where only the hushed conversation of two people echoed through the trees.

One of the Sakura Country players bowed slightly, his hands clasped before him, his tone filled with sycophantic admiration:

"Chief Ogami Hichiro!"

"Your tactics are brilliant! I am truly in awe!"

"To think of using the other foreign players as live targets on the front lines to draw fire, while we Teleport into the enemy’s heartland to take Tingfeng’s head!"

Ogami Hichiro slowly raised a hand, signaling him to stop talking.

He wore a dark samurai uniform with a long sword at his waist. His sharp eyes scanned the surrounding trees, as if to confirm there was nothing out of the ordinary.

After a moment, Ogami Hichiro spoke with a cold sneer, his voice laced with disdain:

"Hah!"

"They’re nothing but foolish pawns!"

"If we don’t use that cannon fodder to draw their fire, are you suggesting we should have our precious Divine Chosen Soldiers clash head-on with the Hua Country players’ Divine Chosen Army?"

He paused, his fingertips tapping a crisp rhythm on the hilt of his sword, his eyes gleaming with the light of someone sure of victory.

"That guy ’Tingfeng’ must think his outer defensive line is impregnable, that no one can break through it in a short amount of time!"

"He also has no idea that we’re holding two trump cards: one is a special artifact that can pinpoint his general location, and the other is a Divine Gift Teleportation ability that can directly Teleport several thousand players and a large number of Divine Chosen Soldiers!"

Ogami Hichiro suddenly raised his voice, slamming his fist against a nearby tree trunk and shaking a few leaves loose.

"So!"

"That guy will never expect it!"

"We’ll suddenly appear in the middle of his territory!"

"By then, Tingfeng won’t have time to recall his Divine Chosen Army from the front lines to defend! We’ll catch him completely off guard!"

As he spoke, his tone turned vicious, and a triumphant smile twisted his lips.

"Once we take Tingfeng’s head and occupy and destroy his Lord’s Hall!"

"The Hua Country players and their Divine Chosen Army, stripped of the buffs from the ’Heaven’s Chosen Ruler’ and ’Void Realm Annihilator’ titles, will completely collapse under the overwhelming numerical superiority of the Eight Realms Alliance Army!"