Chapter 989: Hunger Tactics

Ah?

Kill the master?

Ji Hongye was instantly at a loss.

After 42 years of slavery, the behavior and influence of her elders, and the assimilation by other slaves, her servility had deeply ingrained in her bones.

Let alone killing her master Zhan Meng, she didn’t even dare to hit him.

"This is a world where the weak are prey to the strong. The ones who are bullied are always the kind-hearted. Only by learning to fight, to seize, to oppose fate, and to overcome yourself, will you have the confidence and ability to live the life you want. Otherwise, you will eventually die of your own cowardice."

Ye Xiu saw Ji Hongye’s timidity and immediately gave her some motivational words.

Ji Hongye chewed over Ye Xiu’s words, then looked at Zhan Meng, who was frantically begging for mercy, and her face gradually grew flush with color, her gaze gradually firmed.

Seeing this, Ye Xiu continued to encourage her:

"You are just a dog raised by Zhan Meng. Only by killing Zhan Meng can you become the master of your own fate."

The word ’dog’ seemed to stimulate Ji Hongye.

Her trembling hands tightened around the hilt of the sword, slowly lifted it, and swung it down hard.

Crack!

Zhan Meng’s head rolled to the ground, blood spurted out from his neck, covering Ji Hongye.

But Ji Hongye laughed and said to Ye Xiu:

"So Zhan Meng was just like that, and the people of the Three Judicator Families are also just like that. Thank you, Lord Ximen, for freeing me from mental bondage. Now I will continue to kill."

"Your current task is not to kill but to help more people get rid of the fear of the Three Judicator Families," Ye Xiu said.

"I understand!"

Ji Hongye leaped onto the nearby building rooftop and easily spotted a group of the Genius Alliance members being chased around the streets by a hundred-member group from the Three Judicator Families.

She immediately rushed over...

Ye Xiu stayed behind to absorb Zhan Meng’s totem, the Seventh Realm Totem, not to waste it.

By this time, it was already very dark!

But suddenly, Dongyang Village lit up, appearing particularly abrupt in the pitch-black Forest Island.

Many from the Three Judicator Families suddenly saw within the Dongyang Village formation, countless people carrying tables and chairs, boxes of wine, piles of meat, and barbecue racks running to the edge of the barrier.

"What are they planning to do?"

"The war has just begun, far from over, and they’re already preparing to celebrate?"

"That’s prepared for us. Once we kill all the enemies, we’ll enter the city to eat meat and drink wine."

"Dongyang Village is shrouded in a formation, can you get in?"

"..."

At this time within Dongyang Village, those not participating in the battle, following Ye Xiu’s plan, set up a circle of dining tables around the inner circle of the formation barrier.

Then they started barbecuing.

For a moment, the aroma of meat filled the air.

Smelling the aroma of meat, the army of the Three Judicator Families got hungry!

They were really hungry!

Yesterday, the Nano Warriors disguised as the three clan leaders, passed false imperial edicts, causing the army of the Three Judicator Families to clash with the Demon Clan army in the Genius Forest;

Later, the three clan leaders, following Lord Ximen’s orders, led the army to carpet search Lin Lei’s lair in northern Forest Island, fighting with the Nano Warriors, Liquid Metal Robots, and the members of the Three Judicator Families controlled by Nanorobots throughout the night;

Subsequently brought by Ming Yue to Lonely Cloud City to attack Dongyang Village;

During this time!

They hadn’t eaten a bite;

Or drunk a sip of water;

Although Martial Artists can endure hunger and thirst, they couldn’t resist the aroma of barbecue!

"Zhan Jue, take some people back to the camp and bring back some food."

Zhan Xifeng, who had just gathered a large number of people to search the whole city for the Zhan Family Eighth Realm War God, ’Zhan Xifeng’, said to his grandson ’Zhan Jue’.

He was hungry too!

"Alright!"

Zhan Jue nodded and immediately gathered a group of people nearby, heading straight for the forest where the Three Judicator Families were stationed.

However, when they reached the border of Lonely Cloud City, they were stopped by the formation barrier!

"Quickly, quickly come back with me to find the clan leader!"

Zhan Jue hurriedly led the ’grain transport army’ back to find Zhan Xifeng.

"Why did you come back?" Zhan Xifeng asked in confusion.

Zhan Jue frantically said, "Grandfather, Dongyang Village, those scoundrels in Dongyang Village, they, they actually set up a formation around the entire Lonely Cloud City? Are we, the Three Judicator Families’ army, trapped in Lonely Cloud City?"

"What a petty trick!"

Zhan Xifeng laughed upon hearing this and said:

"Zhan Jue, don’t be afraid. All the avatars of the Eighth Realm War Gods and some avatars of the Seventh Realm War Gods from the Three Judicator Families are outside. I’ll contact my avatar now, asking him to contact everyone’s avatars and start transporting food to Lonely Cloud City."

"Will they be able to get in?" Zhan Jue asked.

"Of course!"

Zhan Xifeng confidently replied:

"Didn’t you see the formation of Dongyang Village, allowing entry but not exit; and the formation trapping Lonely Cloud City is set the other way around, allowing exit but not entry."

Zhan Jue realized, "But we’re trapped in Lonely Cloud City and cannot get out."

"You now take people to the formation barrier on the northern side of Lonely Cloud City to receive the grain. Those bringing the grain don’t need to enter the city."

Zhan Xifeng smiled and said:

"We have a continuous supply of grain coming into the city, but Dongyang Village does not. As long as we intercept the people they’re sending out for grain, one day they will fall apart due to starvation, and then all we need is a little grain to tempt them, and someone from Dongyang Village will tell us how to open the formation and get out."

Zhan Jue’s worries vanished and he laughed, "Grandfather, then I’ll take people to the southern formation barrier to receive the grain."

"Go ahead!" Zhan Xifeng nodded, immediately contacting his avatar, to gather other people’s avatars and begin transporting grain over immediately.

Fifteen minutes later!

Zhan Xifeng’s face suddenly grew grim.

His avatar found Selina’s avatar and learned that Selina’s avatar in Lonely Cloud City was unexpectedly killed by Lord Ximen.

"That idiot Selina, she wasn’t outmatched by Lord Ximen, so why run?"

Zhan Xifeng cursed out.

In his opinion, Selina’s avatar died due to cowardice and retreating; if she had fought head-on, she could definitely have killed Lord Ximen.

Another half-hour passed!

"What?"

Zhan Xifeng exclaimed in shock, his expression changing greatly.

His avatar informed him that the grain hidden at the base of the Three Judicator Families had mysteriously disappeared.

Avatar: "The people of Dongyang Village surely raided our base and stole the grain when the army left the base to fight with the Genius Alliance or went north to search Lin Lei’s lair."

Zhan Xifeng: "Then quickly find a way to gather grain, otherwise the army trapped in Lonely Cloud City will starve to death."

Avatar: "A fire in the Underground City has likely burned all the grain, and with Lonely Cloud City being the only city mansion on Forest Island, its grain must have already been looted by Dongyang Village. Now on Forest Island and in the Underground City, only Dongyang Village and Lin Lei have grain. Of course, the forest has animals and wild fruits, but with just us few people, we can’t sustain the needs of such a large army. Even if we catch all the animals in the forest and gather all the wild fruits, it wouldn’t last the army for a few days."

Zhan Xifeng’s expression turned hideous, realizing that the folks from Dongyang Village were too ruthless, planning to starve the people of the Three Judicator Families to death.