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Chapter 60: Divine Kingdom Core, Two Armies Facing Off
After completing all this, Yang Fan led ten thousand elite soldiers to rendezvous with the main force and continued to push deeper.
As Yang Fan advanced, he could see several granaries every 5,000 kilometers.
It seemed this Alien Demi-god had built a supply line along the route.
Yang Fan accepted them all without hesitation. These items were of significant value; even if he couldn't use them himself, he could list them for sale on the mall after leaving.
During this period, Yang Fan encountered another large monkey troop, numbering 30,000, with as many as 5,000 Monkey Soldiers among them.
However, the location where the monkeys were situated was very open. Yang Fan, with his army of 500,000, launched a full-scale assault, crushing them with tenfold force, ultimately suffering fewer than 20,000 casualties.
In addition to the demon monkey corpses, Yang Fan collected all kinds of spiritual fruits, miscellaneous iron rod weapons, and even those F-rank buildings suitable for monkeys, taking every single one into his Divine Kingdom.
Along the way, Yang Fan had already accumulated 1.5 billion points.
“Gaining resources by invading someone else's Divine Kingdom is so fast; it's practically addictive.” After putting a C-rank building into his Divine Kingdom, Yang Fan couldn't help but sigh with emotion.
Throughout this journey of battles, Yang Fan's soldier losses had long since exceeded 200,000. Fortunately, the believers in his Divine Kingdom were constantly Breeding, growing, and training.
This allowed his total military strength within the Alien Divine Kingdom to remain steady at around 500,000.
Outside.
Luo Chengfeng had been smiling ear to ear these past few days, in a great mood.
“My grandson-in-law’s luck is truly good, actually finding a supply line—resources delivered right to his door!”
With Yang Fan's current performance, aside from Luo Bing's team who were heading straight for the Divine Kingdom Core, the results of the other students had been far outpaced by him.
As long as he maintained this, a top-ten ranking in the grade would be no problem at all.
“The deeper one goes, the more dangerous it becomes. He hasn't encountered the main Demon Monkey Army yet, and it's only because this supply line was just cleared by the school's experts that he can be so at ease,” Tie Wuqing said indifferently.
“While Brother Tie is right, his ability to maintain his troop count at 500,000 shows his Divine Kingdom's foundation is quite deep,” Wan Sanqian murmured.
“Using a Breeding Card to boost the population before an exam is also standard practice.”
“Fighting until now, even Luo Bing and the others are starting to feel their momentum flagging, with their total military strength dropping by about thirty percent. He, on the other hand, has actually maintained his starting numbers.”
“Luck is also a part of strength; who told him to choose a route that happens to have no resistance left?”
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As time went on, Yang Fan felt the monkey troops he encountered were getting stronger, and even Rank 5 Demon Monkey Generals began to appear.
Although Yang Fan used his numerical advantage to annihilate them all, his movements became increasingly cautious.
Every 10,000 kilometers he advanced, he would rest for a period and send out scouts to investigate in all directions.
First, it was to avoid a direct confrontation with the main Demon Monkey Army, and second, to scout for traps.
When the army moved together, encountering a defense trap of D-rank or higher could cause over ten thousand casualties.
Although Yang Fan had an ample supply of soldiers thanks to his Evolution Talent, if he suffered too much damage at once, his overall strength would decline for a period.
Being inside an Alien Demi-god's Divine Kingdom, a drop in combat power was definitely not a good thing.
His harvest was already significant; playing it safe and advancing slowly was the most correct choice.
“My God, human traces have appeared 1,000 li to the east!” a scout reported back.
The area of the Demi-god's Divine Kingdom was too vast. To investigate dangers more thoroughly, Yang Fan had increased his scouts from the original 100 teams to 500 teams.
He had allocated nearly one-tenth of his military strength just for scouting.
Under these circumstances, Yang Fan didn't have enough energy to monitor the situation of all his believers, so he issued an order: if a scout discovered something, one person would stay behind while the other believers returned to report.
Upon receiving the news, Yang Fan immediately connected his consciousness to the soldier still guarding that spot, obtaining the soldier's entire field of vision.
A chill radiated from the surroundings; the entire valley was covered in a thin layer of ice with no signs of melting.
“This aura is…? Luo Bing!”
Yang Fan's heart trembled. He had felt Luo Bing's aura before, and the ice layer here shared the same origin.
“Why is it frozen? Could it be that Luo Bing already has believers at the Qi Refining Realm who can use ice-type spells?” Yang Fan wondered.
But in an instant, Yang Fan dismissed the idea.
It had only been half a year since the Divine Kingdom awakening. Even if Luo Bing had the Ice Spiritual Root talent, having believers at the Qi Refining Realm would be ridiculously fast.
Going above Rank 5 creatures was a major hurdle.
It was like the gap between a mortal and an immortal cultivator.
This was also why, for this midterm exam, the school's divine experts did not allow the Alien Demi-god to have believers exceeding Rank 5.
“It should be some other means—a special building or an ice-attribute weapon.”
Using his believer's body to inspect the tracks here and determining the direction they were heading, Yang Fan then sent down a Divine Oracle to recall all scouts.
“Everyone, advance to the west,” Yang Fan ordered.
Since the ice in the valley hadn't melted yet, it was highly likely he was not far from Luo Bing and the others.
In this Alien Demi-god's Divine Kingdom, besides being careful of the alien believers, one needed to be even more careful of their own kind.
Yang Fan's strength was not weak, but he could never defeat Luo Bing and Li Tianheng, especially since they were a seven-person team.
It was better to search for resources elsewhere; there was no need to wade into the murky waters of the core area. Going there now might even make him an enemy of Luo Bing and the others.
Divine Kingdom Core.
A massive mountain range wound endlessly. An endless sea of Monkey Soldiers filled every corner of the mountains, divided into three layers from top to bottom.
The lowest first layer consisted of ordinary demon monkeys, numbering in the millions.
The middle layer consisted of Rank 1 and Rank 2 Monkey Soldiers, over a hundred thousand.
In the topmost layer, there were over a hundred Rank 5 creatures, over a thousand Rank 4 creatures, and over ten thousand Rank 3 creatures.
Behind them were various rare buildings.
The Demon Monkey Army was waiting in full battle array. Their opponents were the human army led by Luo Bing, Li Tianheng, and the others.
Even after successive battles, the army formed by the seven people still had a total military strength of four to five million, but they were still far inferior to the Demon Monkey Army in terms of high-rank creatures.
“Sister Bing, Brother Tianheng, this bone is too hard. Can we actually chew through it?” one of them said with a solemn expression.
Li Tianheng looked at the several B-rank buildings in the center of the Alien Divine Kingdom, his heart burning with excitement.
As expected of a Demi-god expert; there were five B-rank buildings alone, plus a dazzling array of C-rank, D-rank, and E-rank buildings that stretched as far as the eye could see.
This place surely held over ninety percent of the resources in the entire Divine Kingdom.
“Fight!” Li Tianheng said seriously.
Luo Bing looked at the milky-white light sphere floating in the center of the Demon Monkey Army, her eyes similarly filled with fighting spirit: “The Divine Kingdom Core is right before our eyes. How can we retreat?”
Li Tianheng took a deep breath, looked at his companions, and said in a serious tone: “Before coming here, we already agreed that Luo Bing and I would take the top two spots, and the rest of the resources would be shared equally among you. After the exam, I can also buy the fountain of life at five times the market price to make it easier for you to split the profits. Any objections to this?
Let me state this beforehand: if anyone dares to slack off during the battle, they will be offending both me and Luo Bing. Think carefully about the consequences.”
As long as they could crack this hard nut, securing the top seven spots in the entire school with the resources gained would be easy.
The members of this team were all direct descendants of the Luo and Li families. While he didn't think they would dare to play any underhanded tricks, it was better to make things clear before the big battle.
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