novelraw Chapter 254 18: Su Mumu, a Stat Monster, but I'm an Even Bigger One...
Chapter 254 18: Su Mumu, a Stat Monster, but I'm an Even Bigger One...
"However."
"Its language is rather unique."
"Aside from my Divine Chosen Army, no one else can understand it, be they Lord Players or Native Creatures."
Qin Feng wasn't lying about this. A top-tier Messenger was indeed relaying messages, allowing him to communicate in "real-time" with all of his Divine Chosen Units.
Ashes.
Its original name was "Shadow."
It was an extremely rare Owl Demon Beast from the forest.
Qin Feng had previously planned to find a few more Shadow Owls to form an Invisible Messenger team. This would expand his Field of View to more distant places and allow him to more efficiently deliver messages to his faraway Divine Chosen Team.
But in the end, his wish didn't come true.
He couldn't say for sure if Ashes was the sole survivor of a nearly extinct Demon Beast race, or if for some unknown reason, the rest of its kind had already left the Northern Forest long ago.
Even now, the members of his "Zoo Team" were still limited to familiar Demon Beasts like Violent Bears, Desert Giant Wolves, Steel Ants, and Fire Foxes. He had yet to add any new types of forest creatures.
Even Finneir's companion Frost Wolf was one of a kind in the Northern Forest; he couldn't find a second Frost Wolf Demon Beast.
Regarding this,
Qin Feng's guess was...
'It's most likely the game rules of Lord World at play.'
'After all, the Northern Forest is basically a starter zone, similar to the small towns on the Empire's border. There's no way it would spawn too many powerful enemy creatures that would just farm new players at their spawn point.'
'That's why the truly Powerful Demon Beasts are extremely rare. Only occasionally does a normal animal receive a god's blessing and suddenly mutate into a Demon Beast.'
And as for the Steel Ants that liked to eat ore, which Qin Feng had always worried would suddenly attack his city...
This special group of underground Demon Beasts never showed up.
The reason was the same.
It was entirely possible that those few Steel Ants that had suddenly burst out of the river were all the Steel Ants the entire Northern Forest had to offer.
'Unless there's a Demon Beast kingdom underground...'
Su Mumu spoke up:
"Alright."
"I've already flown all my Extraordinary Soldiers onto the Great Wall's platform."
"Where are you now?"
Qin Feng replied:
"Don't be hasty."
"You wait here for a day first."
"I estimate the Duke of the Northern Territory's main force won't arrive at the Great Wall until tomorrow. You can take the opportunity to farm a wave of event points."
Su Mumu: "???"
"Are you tracking him?"
Qin Feng answered:
"No."
"I'm hunting him."
Su Mumu: "???????"
...
「The next day」
Things went exactly as Qin Feng had predicted. The main force led by the Duke of the Northern Territory arrived at the foot of the Great Wall, and the relentlessly pursuing Dragon Cavalry Team followed close behind.
Standing atop the hundred-meter-high Great Wall, Su Mumu watched the dense formation of Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry, her eyebrow twitching involuntarily. She then sent a message:
"Qin Feng."
"Don't tell me."
"These imperial Dragon Cavalry are yours now."
Qin Feng, riding a Winged Dragon Beast, made a quick landing in front of her. He waved and said with a smile:
"Unfortunately."
"You've guessed correctly again."
Su Mumu sighed helplessly:
"Fine."
"No wonder you were able to capture the Great Wall so quickly."
"I took a look."
"There are over a hundred Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry."
"This top-tier fighting force, combined with your ridiculous 'Evil Aura' Talent, could completely steamroll the Northern Territory's army, which has no imperial Dragon Cavalry support."
"Because of their Flying mechanic and their continuous healing ability that comes at no cost."
"As long as the enemy can't one-shot them."
"They're practically unstoppable."
Qin Feng said noncommittally:
"Yes."
"But the Duke of the Northern Territory didn't give me that chance."
"I've been wearing him down for the past few days, and he's run out of patience. So he's preparing to go all-in and force an attack on the Great Wall."
After a pause, Qin Feng glanced at the Extraordinary Soldiers behind Su Mumu. Noticing they were all conventional melee Extraordinary Soldiers, he asked:
"Have you figured out how you're going to farm event points later?"
"My ground troops definitely won't be actively leaving the Great Wall to engage in a frontal brawl with the Duke of the Northern Territory's main army. We'll be relying almost entirely on ranged Soldier Types for damage output..."
Su Mumu thought for a moment:
"Block the gate?"
"What do you think?"
"I'll have my people block the main gate on the south side of the Great Wall and directly attack any enemies who try to charge in."
Qin Feng shook his head:
"That won't work."
"The enemy's army has Extraordinary Soldiers, too."
"And there are quite a few of them."
"They have both ranged and melee units."
"If you're even slightly careless, your twenty Extraordinary Soldiers could all be wiped out here."
Su Mumu shrugged:
"Fine."
"Then you tell me."
"What should I do now?"
Qin Feng pointed to the southern plains, where the Northern Territory's troops were rushing toward the foot of the Great Wall:
"After the battle starts."
"I'll have Arthas launch a surprise attack on their backline and cut off their escape route."
"You can join Arthas's Undead Army in the frontal assault."
"However."
"Don't even think about hunting down stragglers."
"It seems the Empire's armies only have two paths: surrender or die in battle. I've never seen any of Gulad's defeated soldiers flee."
"And you can't kill the prisoners."
"Because they are all my future troop reserves."
Su Mumu couldn't help but roll her eyes at him:
"So?"
"You've already arranged everything?"
"Then why did you even bother asking for my opinion just now?"
Qin Feng winked at her:
"Making the comparison is how I show off how much more capable I, the Holy Emperor, am!"
Su Mumu: "?"
Qin Feng cleared his throat twice:
"AHEM."
"Alright, fine."
"To be honest."
"I just wanted to see..."
"...if you had any better methods for farming points."
"After all, don't you have that top-tier Talent blessed by the King of Territory?"
Realization dawned on Su Mumu:
"Oh!"
"I get it!"
"You're trying to bait out my Talent Effect?"
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, Your Majesty Tingfeng... If you don't have a hundred thousand Unit Promotion Cards for me, I definitely won't tell you about any of my Talents."
"Of course."
"You can try to guess it yourself based on the details."
"For example, this."
[Your ally "Mumu" has activated the ability "???", consuming the special resource "???". All your Divine Chosen Team units gain +500% Physical Attack Power, +500% Magic Attack Power, +500% Physical Defense Power, +500% Magic Defense, +500% Attack Speed, +500% Movement Speed, +500% Attack Range, +500% Skill Effective Range... Duration: one full day!]
Qin Feng: "??????"
WHAT THE FUCK!?
'What kind of Heaven-defying ability is this!?'
'A stat monster!?'
'The key is that she isn't boosting the preliminary attribute points, which are capped at 2999 by the world phase!'
'She's boosting the much more practical Ability Values!'
'No wonder she was able to clear the highest-difficulty red Lost Secret Realm so quickly and get the ticket to becoming an Extraordinary Creature—the Book of Extraordinary Promotion.'
'With such an exaggerated stat boost!'
'Wouldn't that let her just casually mow down all those Void Creatures in the red Lost Secret Realm!?'
Su Mumu looked at Qin Feng, looking a little smug:
"So, what do you think?"
"Your Majesty Tingfeng, how about we go with my original idea and let me handle blocking the gate?"
Qin Feng couldn't help but swallow hard:
"No!"
"Blocking the gate would be a complete waste of your talent!"
"You should directly join Arthas's several thousand Extraordinary Level Undead Soldiers and charge the enemy!"
"With this Heaven-defying stat bonus you've got, Arthas's few thousand Extraordinary Level Undead Soldiers can completely annihilate all these soldiers from the Northern Territory!"
"They won't even need any support or help from the Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry or the other regular troops!"
Hearing this, Su Mumu's eyes flew wide open. The smug look from a moment ago instantly froze on her face, replaced by utter disbelief:
"Wait!?"
"How many Extraordinary Level Undead Soldiers did you say!?"
"Several thousand!?"
"You can Summon that many Extraordinary Soldiers at this point in time!?"
Holy crap!
'You're the real stat monster, aren't you!?'
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