Chapter 243 - 202: Druid Scout, Eagle Form; Throw One Punch to Avoid a Hundred More
Chapter 243: Chapter 202: Druid Scout, Eagle Form; Throw One Punch to Avoid a Hundred More
The forests roared, the rivers raged.
Whether it was the elegant Elves or the rugged Dwarves,
at this moment, only one thing remained in their hearts: the resolve to fight for the great God of Nature and to kill every last one of the foreign Clans that dared to disturb their wonderful lives!
"To protect our home, to protect our Divine Realm, and above all, to protect the great God of Nature!
Raise your weapons and assemble the legions with the utmost speed!"
"In one hour, I want every Elf Corps gathered at the training grounds next to the Harvest Plain!"
With the aid of Mage Corps Commander Joy Pala’s Casting, Elf Legion Commander Feiyana’s voice echoed throughout the entire Divine Realm!
The Harvest Plain was the name given to the flatlands that had appeared between the Dawn Forest and Luqiu Ridge after the Divine Realm’s latest expansion.
When the great God of Nature revealed his true form,
the Leaders within the Divine Realm shouted their slogans and sprang into action.
From the top down, Zhang Yi’s entire Divine Realm was mobilized!
The strongest individual in the Divine Realm, Elf High Priest Shamiel,
cast a Divine Art of agility on all the Elf Soldiers in every Elf Corps within the Divine Realm.
Dwarf Leader Copperbeard Ironhammer personally went to Logistics.
Aside from overseeing the transportation of armaments and equipment,
his most crucial task was to bring along the Magic Rune Equipment most valued by the great God of Nature.
Meanwhile, the Elf Mages in the Divine Realm who had been selected and had mastered the Tree-man Enlightener Profession,
hurried to the part of the Dawn Forest specifically dedicated to cultivating Magic Trees.
The Elf Mages with the Tree-man Enlightener Profession performed a Combined Spellcasting with other Elf Mages.
The other Elf Mages supplied Magic Power to the Tree-man Enlighteners,
and the Elf Mages with the Tree-man Enlightener Profession, at the cost of their own Life Origin,
used their Profession and a weakened version of the Divine Exclusive Talent—Resonance of All Things—to successfully communicate with ordinary Magic Trees,
awakening them into ordinary Tree-men!
In an instant, they added five hundred Tree-men to the Tree-man Corps in Zhang Yi Divine Realm!
Adding the awakened Celestial Rong Tree-men who had returned from the Small Magic Plane,
the number of Tree-men in the Tree-man Corps within Zhang Yi Divine Realm soared to 1,500!
With the original eight Elite Elf Legions,
the number of assembled troops in Zhang Yi Divine Realm reached 9,500.
And that was without even counting the Dwarf Corps!
Zhang Yi saw the sacrifices his Clan in the Divine Realm were making.
’After this battle, those who have contributed will receive great rewards from me!’
Zhang Yi’s thinking was that in the face of this challenge from Hu Jinxin,
he could no longer afford to slowly grind down his opponent’s assault to achieve a final victory, as he had before.
Although the training camp had allotted three days for this divine battle,
Zhang Yi planned to end the fight in less than two.
He would counterattack with the greatest speed and overwhelming force!
He wanted this battle,
once seen by the students who failed to get a seat and were left outside,
to make them never dare to challenge him again!
He wanted the instructors outside to see it and be so astonished by his strength that they would all fight over him!
Zhang Yi had to make a statement, to truly display his power,
to prevent any random Tom, Dick, or Harry from daring to challenge him in the future!
"One punch thrown to prevent a hundred from coming!"
This was a phrase Zhang Yi was particularly fond of in this life.
Zhang Yi had no desire to be like the protagonists in other novels who, for the sake of so-called "hiding their strength,"
deliberately engineered a narrow victory,
only to attract another challenger right after their battle with Hu Jinxin ended!
From the moment he entered the University Alliance Training Camp, Zhang Yi understood:
once you’re in the University Alliance Training Camp, you have to display your Talent.
Zhang Yi had displayed his Talent, and that was why he had earned the investment and help of Instructor Li Qiongtian!
Every year, hundreds of millions of students in the Yanhuang Federal Region took the college entrance exams.
With numbers that large, you could pile up a massive number of geniuses.
And for a few geniuses among geniuses—true prodigies—to emerge from such a crowd,
was no big deal at all!
The Blue Star Federation had the space and the resources to accommodate these geniuses!
Not to mention,
Zhang Yi’s grandfather *was* the rules!
If something displeased him,
he could even rewrite the rules!
Therefore, Zhang Yi had no need to worry that displaying overwhelming strength would attract unnecessary trouble or covetous attention.
Quite the opposite, Zhang Yi desperately needed a clean, decisive, even crushing victory to establish his dominant position in this final assessment, intimidate all potential challengers,
and pave the way for him to secure better resources and attention down the line!
’In that case...’
Zhang Yi’s thinking shifted.
For this battle,
he would not be sending out the small-in-number Dwarf Corps.
The Dwarf Corps would serve as Logistics, operating the Magic Equipment they had personally forged.
As for the remaining 500-man gap, Zhang Yi would dispatch the Elf Griffin Cavalry Corps!
Now,
after six years of cultivation, the Elf Griffin Cavalry Corps in his Divine Realm
had grown to over 500 Griffins, reaching a total of 700.
Furthermore, well-trained Elf Soldiers of Wind Elf blood, who had been specially selected, had successfully bonded with the Griffins.
In several practice drills,
the airborne Elf Griffin Cavalry Corps had inflicted an almost-crushing defeat on the Elf Soldiers below!
If his Divine Realm had any free Divine Domain Card slots,
Zhang Yi would even want to load more flying mounts for his Divine Realm, like Giant Eagles, Horned Eagles, Chimeras, Pegasi...
And if Zhang Yi got the chance,
he could even buy one Divine Domain Card for each of these five types and synthesize them using his Golden Finger!
An Elite Corps of ten thousand Clan members,
was soon arrayed at the border of the Divine Realm under the command of Elf Legion Commander Feiyana.
The same was true for the Clan under Hu Jinxin’s command on the other side.
Any student who made it to the Yanhuang Federal Region assessment had at least some skill.
They were at least capable of the most basic army assembly.
At this point, of the three-hour preparation period,
two hours remained.
Both sides had deployed ten thousand of their Clan members to the border.
The grim, murderous aura
could be felt even across the vast stretch of hilly terrain separating them!
Unfortunately,
between the two Divine Realms,
the rolling hills blocked the two armies from meeting directly.
Furthermore, an invisible barrier from the University Alliance Training Camp prevented the two ten-thousand-strong Clan Corps from clashing!
Although the land connecting the two Divine Realms prevented a direct clash between the two ten-thousand-strong Clan Corps,
it didn’t mean Zhang Yi couldn’t seize the initiative!
Ever since Zhang Yi had loaded the Five-Stars special quality Divine Domain Card, the [Ancient Inheritance Training Camp],
many new Professions had begun to play a huge role in his Divine Realm!
Originally, the Elf Scouts in the Elf Corps could only use the most common methods for enemy Reconnaissance.
But ever since the new Elf Clan unit—the Elf Druid—was discovered in the [Ancient Inheritance Training Camp],
things had become completely different!
The original Elf Scouts could only observe the enemy with their naked eyes.
But the Elf Scouts who received the Elf Druid inheritance could now shapeshift.
Dozens of Seventh Level Elf Scouts channeled the Magic Power within them.
Natural Magic enveloped their bodies, transforming them from Elves directly into swift Giant Eagles.
"CAW!"
The Elf Druids, now Giant Eagles, flew directly into the skies above the Divine Realm.
From high in the sky, they could use their broad field of vision to get an early look at the Clan sent by the opposing Divine Being!
The situation was just as the God of Nature had predicted.
The Clan sent by the opposing side was indeed a configuration of Giant Demons and Kobolds.
Kobolds made up roughly seventy percent of their forces, while Giant Demons accounted for thirty percent.
Meanwhile, the Elf Mages below used the Magic spell—Visual Connection—
to link with the Druids who had transformed into Giant Eagles.
This allowed Elf Legion Commander Feiyana on the ground to also learn the composition of the enemy’s army!
Among the 7,000-strong Dogman Corps, approximately 2,000 were Winged Dogmen.
Among these 2,000 Winged Dogmen, many clutched wooden barrels in their talons.
It seemed the barrels contained something.
The remaining five thousand Kobolds also looked quite formidable.
In addition to phalanxes of Kobolds clad in leather armor and wielding long spears,
there was also a phalanx of nearly 1,000 Dogman Mages!
This was a considerable threat!