Chapter 415 - 303: Four-Way Melee (4)

Zhao Chi actually had the same idea.

But he still shook his head.

"The fact that no other Alien Race Lords are connected to her territory is good enough. The more time passes, the worse it is for us. We can’t hope for perfect conditions."

"Understood, my lord." Gu Qing withdrew her arm.

Zhao Chi no longer hesitated and immediately activated the Boundary Lock.

[During the Boundary Lock’s activation, all connected territories will be inaccessible and unable to communicate. Duration: 2 hours. Confirm?]

WHOOSH—

Zhao Chi let out a long breath. ’No turning back now.’

’Let’s do this!’

He tapped Confirm!

For a moment, all sound seemed to vanish, as if the very air had been sucked away.

Then, just as suddenly, it all came rushing back.

"Everyone, use your buffs! Time to kill Xiao Ning!"

"Yes, sir!"

Lights flared in a chaotic flurry.

All sorts of Skills were unleashed.

Zhao Chi: Encouragement Technique, Wind and Cloud Step

Tang Ruan: Defense Technique

Qi Yue: Speed Attack Technique

Immediately after, Zhao Chi reallocated his Attributes.

He stripped points from his Appearance to bolster his combat stats.

[Name] Zhao Chi

[Attributes] Constitution 10, Power 6, agility 7, Intelligence 5

[Enhancement] Life +310%

[Life] 820 Points

’820 Life Points?’

Zhao Chi was taken aback.

But after a moment’s thought, he understood.

’Ten points of Constitution gave him a base of 200 Life. And with 10 Constitution, each Enhancement Point increased his Life by 10%. With all his bonuses, that brought his total Life to 820.’

Aside from Tang Ruan, he was now the tankiest person in his entire army.

But he was the Main General and the Lord, and he couldn’t be revived. He certainly couldn’t tank on the front lines like Tang Ruan.

His duty was to stay in the rear, buffing his Female Soldiers and commanding the battle.

TAP-TAP-TAP-TAP-TAP!

The Female Soldiers’ steps were light.

In the distance, the enemy ranks seemed to swell rapidly, a mass of small dots in constant motion.

A few minutes passed, and the Zhao Chi Army quickly closed the distance.

Only now could they see that Xiao Ning’s Race was also the Human Race.

Large numbers of Human troops mounted the defense towers and formed ranks around the perimeter of the buildings.

A quick glance suggested there were about 1,000 of them.

The Soldiers were all clad in Iron Armor, gleaming silver from head to toe.

The visual differences between Human Soldiers of varying Tiers were not obvious, so it was difficult for Zhao Chi to discern their strength from appearance alone.

However, he estimated they were probably a mix of half Tier Two Soldiers and half Tier Three Soldiers.

Tier Two Human Soldiers were at least Level 10 and had a minimum of 25 Enhancement Points.

As for Tier Three Human Soldiers, they were Legion-Level troops.

They were at least Level 20 with a minimum of 50 Enhancement Points, plus one extra point to their Physical Attribute.

Needless to say, they were a significant step up from Tier Two Soldiers.

Humans had a wide variety of ways to allocate their points.

Since Beastmen had higher Constitution and Power, it was more suitable for them to enhance the Branch Attributes for those stats, as each Enhancement Point would provide a greater boost.

Human Attributes, on the other hand, were extremely balanced—all starting at 5 points. They could be enhanced in any way, as the gains from any type of enhancement were identical.

This allowed for flexible point allocation depending on the Soldier Type and strategy.

’But it didn’t matter.’

’No matter what kind of soldiers they were, the strategy was the same.’

’First, break their Armor, then kill them.’

In the distance, he could hear Xiao Ning’s sharp cries.

Zhao Chi’s Intelligence was no longer at 10 points, so his hearing wasn’t as keen. He couldn’t make out what she was shouting.

’But she must have realized the Boundary Lock had been used.’

’After all, she was the Commander-in-Chief of her forces here. She must have been in constant contact with those other Alien Race Lords.’

’Now that communications were suddenly cut off, there was no way she hadn’t noticed.’

’And as soon as she realized, she would know for certain that Zhao Chi was behind it.’

Although he couldn’t make out Xiao Ning’s words, he could guess what she was saying.

Zhao Chi remained unmoved.

’If it’s only these 1,000 Human Soldiers, perhaps this fight won’t be as difficult as I imagined?’

A few more minutes passed, and Zhao Chi reached the edge of the enemy Archers’ range.

"Halt. Let’s rest for a moment."

The Female Soldiers’ Movement Speed was high, but it also consumed Physical Strength.

The journey from Zhao Chi’s territory had been several kilometers.

They needed to rest and recover their Physical Strength to prepare for the intense battle ahead.

At this distance, Xiao Ning’s voice was finally audible.

"Zhao Chi, what the fuck is wrong with you? What do you think you’re doing? Are you betraying me? What are you going to accomplish with just 200 people? Are you insane? I have over a thousand soldiers here! You can’t possibly be planning to die here, are you?"

Zhao Chi had no intention of answering the barrage of questions.

He was also focused on quickly recovering his Physical Strength.

This wasn’t like before. All pretenses were off, and he no longer needed to play along and humor Xiao Ning.

Xiao Ning shouted from the tower for a while, then suddenly let out a puzzled, "Huh?"

Then, she was seen jumping down from the defense tower, mounting a Warhorse, and approaching under the protection of several Heavy-Armored Shield Soldiers.

The Female Soldiers around Zhao Chi tightened their grip on their weapons, bracing for a potential fight.

But Xiao Ning didn’t get too close.

She stopped a short distance away, staring intently at Zhao Chi, and asked in bewilderment, "Zhao Chi? Is that you, Zhao Chi?"

Zhao Chi chuckled. "That’s right. What’s the matter?"

Xiao Ning frowned. "Are you fucking kidding me? How’d you get so damn ugly? You call yourself Zhao Chi? How are you still just as annoying as you were before?"

She wasn’t entirely correct.

His Appearance was a 6 now. Technically, that was still above average, handsome enough to be the cutest guy in class.

Still, the drop from 10 points to 6 was a huge difference.

Zhao Chi suddenly found the whole situation hilarious.

He couldn’t hold back his laughter. "Hahahaha! I’ve always looked like this, from the very beginning. Weren’t you the one who wanted me to be the Commander-in-Chief of your territory? Well, I’m here. Hand over command of your troops."

"You can have my goddamn ass!"

Xiao Ning was furious, her eyes wide with rage.

Being cursed at didn’t make Zhao Chi angry in the slightest.

In fact, seeing Xiao Ning so worked up, he felt a certain sense of schadenfreude.

Besides, he wanted to keep talking to Xiao Ning a little longer.

It wasn’t that he was a chatterbox—he and Xiao Ning really had nothing to talk about.

The main reason was that he could hear the faint panting of the Female Soldiers around him.

’If I can stall for a little while longer, they’ll get to rest that much more.’