Chapter 470 - 44: Preparing to Jungle 2

Chapter 470: Chapter 44: Preparing to Jungle 2

Lin Yu (Private): "Also, I don’t recommend anyone go to the Northern Continent. They might seem to be in a sorry state right now, but that’s only because they’ve been fighting a civil war for a year."

Lin Yu (Private): "The Titan Race is still very strong, and their environment is unique—the gravity there is more than three times our own."

Lin Yu (Private): "Most of the Human Race’s armies are made up of ordinary soldiers who use firearms. In their territory, forget about attacking—they wouldn’t even be able to walk."

Yun Qihao (Private): "Oh, got it. Thanks for the advice!"

Having gotten the information he wanted, Yun Qihao rushed back to the Human Race chat channel.

[789 Human Race Chat Channel (7654)]

Yun Qihao: "Everyone, I just asked. A great lord of the Northern Continent advises against attacking."

Yun Qihao: "The Northern Continent is a high-gravity continent. Besides heroes, regular armies can’t even set foot there."

Yun Qihao: "Even that great lord can only defend his own territory!"

Yun Qihao: "Also, the Northern Continent is now where my Goddess is proselytizing."

Qian Duoduo: "Understood!"

Mi Qisheng: "We get it, Lord Yun. Everyone understands!"

Mi Qisheng: "I didn’t expect the Goddess to have another breakthrough. Congratulations!"

...

The lords all congratulated Yun Qihao on his successful missionary work, telling him he might ascend to the throne of the Pope in the future. This left Yun Qihao not knowing whether to laugh or cry, as he couldn’t very well explain that the credit belonged to Lin Yu.

Still, he had at least managed to get everyone to give up on the idea of seizing territory on the Northern Continent.

The Crystal Core Giants to the east were not to be trifled with, so that was out of the question. In the end, that left only one option: fighting the Beastmen.

Many lords had designs on the Beastmen, but they had been fighting each other for nearly a year. Both sides knew each other’s strengths and weaknesses inside and out.

The more powerful lords had mostly reached their territory limits. The weaker ones were lucky just to hold onto what they had, and the weakest had been eliminated long ago.

For any major changes to occur, a powerful third party would have to intervene.

Therefore, everyone stopped discussing the topic of expanding their territories.

Lin Yu watched the messages in the chat group. ’I suppose it’s time for me to make a move, too.’

’According to my last chat with the Goddess, they’ve begun to pull the continent. It will take half a year to draw it into the main Cosmos.’

’There’s not much time left. My lord level and territory level are still three levels away from max. I need to kill some lords and get more Free Territory Hearts.’

’I can also work on the task the Goddess gave me to kill Beastmen while I’m at it.’

’But after I’ve collected enough Free Territory Hearts, I can’t let the cleared-out territories go to waste. Someone needs to occupy them.’

’I should go discuss it with Li Hua and the others. I’ll see if any of them have the strength to hold more territory.’

By now, the lords of the Human Race and the Beast Race were no longer blindly expanding. Without enough strength and troops, it was impossible to maintain territory. It would just be recaptured after a single enemy attack, leading to a loss of troops and a shrinking of their domain. It wasn’t worth it.

[Plains Unified Defense Pact Group]

Lin Yu: "Everyone, did you see the messages in the main group chat?"

Zhao Yunfei: "Lord Lin, are you preparing to make a move?"

Lin Yu: "I have some idle troops on my end, so I was thinking of going to the Beastman side to ’farm’ a little."

Lin Yu: "I need to destroy some territories to get their Territory Hearts for upgrades."

Lin Yu: "Once I’ve collected enough Territory Hearts, I’ll continue attacking the Beastmen, but I won’t need to occupy any more territory."

Lin Yu: "If anyone still has the ability to hold more land, you can occupy these territories."

Zhao Yunxiang: "Unfortunately, my brother and I don’t have many troops. We’re already overwhelmed just trying to defend our current land. We won’t be able to ride this favorable tide."

...

Most of the lords in the Western Plains, with the help of the Spiritual Armed Militia Corps led by Yuan Xiaobo, had already conquered a significant amount of land and had now reached the limits of their territory’s range.

Because their territories were large, they had more areas to defend. They were all busy training and producing more legions for defense, hoping to hold their ground before this phase ended.

They were trying their luck, hoping to see if they could advance to the fourth phase.

Seeing that no one was responding, Lin Yu began mobilizing his troops to attack anyway. ’Worse comes to worst, I’ll just destroy the extra territories,’ he thought. ’I can always use the Free Territory Hearts.’

Lin Yu drew troops from the legions on the Northern Border Line and the Western Border Line to form a new legion.

The legion was mainly composed of legendary-grade Druids, Withered Messengers, and Steel-backed Porcupines, supplemented by a small number of Death Devourers and Shadow Reapers.

In addition, he equipped them with a large number of hero-grade plant-people, demons, and elves to form an elite Beheading Squad. This squad would be used to carry out decapitation strikes against Beastman territories.

Since Lin Yu didn’t need to occupy these territories, he didn’t need to wipe out all their soldiers. He only had to break through their Lord’s Mansions and destroy the Beastman territories.

If the Beheading Squad found a Beastman Lord, they could also launch a direct assault to kill them, accumulating the experience Lin Yu needed to level up as a lord.

After mobilizing his troops, Lin Yu’s army marched majestically out of the forest and headed toward the battlefield between the Beastmen and the Human Race.

Before setting out, Lin Yu also gave Yun Qihao and Qian Duoduo a heads-up, telling them about his plan.

He asked them to spread the word to the lords on the battlefield: if they saw cleared, unoccupied Beastman territories, they shouldn’t be surprised. If they had the strength, they should just take them.

...

Not long after leaving the forest, Lin Yu spotted a small, ancient-style city. Figures on patrol occasionally flew overhead.

Gazing at the tall Sword Tower within the city and sensing the powerful auras of the figures in the sky, Lin Yu felt a flicker of interest.

’So this must be Li Hua’s territory!’

’I’ve fought Li Hua before, but I still don’t know how strong his legendary Sword Immortals are. I should go test them out!’

"Dong Lin, Manqiluo, Amuti, Rose, you four take the troops and find Yuan Xiaobo first. Rendezvous with them and wait for us."

"Chenxi, you and I will go visit an old friend."

Following Lin Yu’s orders, Dong Lin and the others departed with the main army, leaving only Chenxi and Lin Yu behind.

Originally, Lin Yu wanted both Chenxi and Meiying to stay behind and manage the territory’s affairs, but Chenxi insisted on coming along to take care of his daily needs.

Considering his control wasn’t perfect yet and he still occasionally broke things, he figured it wouldn’t be good to accidentally hurt someone while he was out, so he had agreed.

After the army had left, the two of them walked together toward Li Hua’s territory.

"Hello, please show me your identification!"

The two were stopped by the gate guards in front of Li Hua’s city.

"We are envoys from the Divine Wood Territory, here to see your lord. Please go and announce us."

Chenxi stepped forward and replied.

"Huh? Hasn’t Lord Yuan always been our contact from the Divine Wood Territory? Why the change?" The guard was surprisingly well-informed; he actually knew Yuan Xiaobo.

"Lord Yuan is currently commanding the battle on the front lines. How could he have time to act as an envoy?"

"Of course they had to send someone else!"

"Now hurry up and go. Just say that Lord Lin Yu himself has come."

"Alright, please wait here for a moment then!"

...

While waiting, Lin Yu observed Li Hua’s territory. He detected the characteristics of the Sun and Moon Breathing Technique and traces of Spiritual Energy from the residents passing by.

Evidently, Li Hua had done a good job popularizing his Cultivation Technique. The only question was how many Sword Immortals he had now.

In the distant farmlands, the people of Li Hua’s territory worked remarkably fast. Imbued with Spiritual Energy, they were strong and robust, each one doing the work of two and saving a great deal on labor costs.

This was also why Li Hua dared to venture out and claim land with only a small army and his Sword Immortal Legion.

"Well now, a rare guest!"

"Lord Lin, you actually left your territory, and your first visit is to me."

"You truly make my humble home shine with your presence!"

Just as Lin Yu was observing Li Hua’s territory, Li Hua’s voice rang out from inside the city gate.

"Hahaha, Brother Li, what are you talking about? You and I were the closest during the competition. If I’m not coming to see you, who else would I visit?"

"Just kidding, just kidding! Welcome to my territory!"

As they spoke, the two men shook hands.

A thread of Sword Qi extended from Li Hua’s body and entered Lin Yu’s, an attempt to show off the results of his year of cultivation.

But this pulse of Spiritual Energy was like a clay ox sinking into the sea—gone without a trace.

His eyes lit up. "Not bad! I thought I’d made a lot of progress this year, but I didn’t expect you to be even more amazing!"

"Haha, I’m nothing special!"

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