He weighed his options, considering what would yield the greatest benefit.

Qin Feng had two choices before him.

The first was to sacrifice his ordinary Zero-star soldiers—those who had yet to reach the Extraordinary Realm—as bait for the Evil Dragon Jinli.

At this stage, such combat units, incapable of threatening Extraordinary Soldiers, were essentially cannon fodder on the battlefield, used to fill the front lines and wear down the enemy. Their role was both straightforward and cruel.

Although Qin Feng was reluctant to lose his soldiers, any other Lord Player—or even the native noble houses—faced with such a situation, would unhesitatingly send these ordinary Zero-star soldiers to the front lines. They would be sacrificed without a second thought to buy a sliver of strategic space.

The second choice was his Sielo Knights, who possessed the dual Divine Gift skills of Block and Counterattack and Dodge.

In terms of raw combat power, they were top-tier units second only to the Royal Dragon Cavalry. In the hands of any faction, they would be a core force to be carefully nurtured, never to be seen as disposable cannon fodder.

But the current situation was unique. Across the entire Holy Empire Faction, only the Sielo Knights, with their two Divine Gift skills, could barely withstand the Evil Dragon Jinli’s terrifying Dark Dragon Breath and buy more time.

And only they could truly slow the Evil Dragon Jinli’s advance as it sought to annihilate the Kingdom of Ventecenia.

Actually, there was a third option.

Fenrir.

Her Ultimate Skill, Oscorrea, had been massively enhanced after she recently reached level 20. The ancient animal souls she summoned could now persist for days on end. Moreover, the number of souls and the skill’s cooldown had improved to a terrifying degree, allowing her to summon wave after wave of the Animal Soul Army.

The only condition was that they couldn’t be too far from Fenrir herself.

Therefore, if Qin Feng wanted Fenrir to take on the task of drawing the Evil Dragon Jinli’s fire, he would very likely lose her.

At first, Qin Feng might have accepted Fenrir with a "let’s just give it a try" attitude, making her his Otherworld girlfriend.

But as they spent more and more time together, that initial trial period had quietly transformed into something more.

He had long since fallen deeply for this White Wolf girl, who was completely and unreservedly devoted to him.

It was precisely because he cared so much.

There was no way Qin Feng would let Fenrir step onto such a dangerous battlefield, let alone have her shoulder the fatal responsibility of drawing the Evil Dragon’s fire.

This also explained why, even though Fenrir was now powerful enough to hold her own, Qin Feng always kept her protected in the rear, rarely sending her to fight on the front lines like he did with other powerful heroes such as Kuge.

However, plans rarely survive contact with reality.

When the suicide squad Qin Feng dispatched finally found the Evil Dragon Jinli, their attempt to intercept it seemed futile from the start.

Although the Evil Dragon Jinli would swat away these annoying "ants," its flight path never deviated in the slightest as it continued straight for Ventecenia’s capital and the towns along its route.

It flew with a determination that suggested it wouldn’t stop until the entire Kingdom of Ventecenia was crushed to dust.

The warriors of the suicide squad did everything they could to provoke the great beast, hoping to enrage it and alter its course. Their goal was to buy a few more moments for Ventecenia’s remaining people to evacuate.

But the massive Evil Dragon, intent only on devouring the Power of Life, remained utterly unmoved.

To that end, Qin Feng even sent over every type of Divine Chosen Soldier under his command.

This included his most important strategic units, the Extraordinary Dragon Cavalry.

But even they could not make the Evil Dragon Jinli change its flight path.

The situation only took a sudden turn when Fenrir, wanting to test her own abilities, suddenly activated her Oscorrea skill and summoned the long-slumbering ancient animal souls.

The Evil Dragon Jinli, which had been heading for Ventecenia’s capital, abruptly changed direction, turning its head and charging straight toward Qin Feng’s position.

The reason for this was quite simple.

Jinli had suddenly discovered that the Life Power contained within the ancient animal souls summoned by Fenrir was far richer than that of the entire population of Ventecenia combined.

Furthermore, this little Wolfman girl seemed capable of endlessly summoning vast numbers of ancient animal souls.

She was, in effect, a massive, mobile food pantry.

A perfect match for its Abyssal Trait, which required it to constantly devour the Power of Life.

Its original plan had been to first devour all living things in Ventecenia, then turn back to deal with Qin Feng’s Divine Chosen Army and the false believers in the Eastern Dragon Realm who worshipped a "Pseudo-Evil God."

Suddenly changing its flight path now was merely moving an item up its to-do list; it didn’t affect Jinli’s original plan.

"Interesting!"

"To think I didn’t notice such a special one before!"

Although the God of the Abyss behind the Evil Dragon Jinli couldn’t fully master the abilities of the Pseudo-Gods, after thousands of years of study and observation, it could allow the Evil Dragon Jinli to replicate some of their effects by consuming a vast amount of the Power of Life, turning it into a temporary "Half-Player."

So, to confirm its suspicions, the Evil Dragon Jinli unhesitatingly consumed a portion of the Power of Life it had accumulated for the resurrection of the God of the Abyss. It replicated the Reconnaissance ability, which normally only Lord Players possessed, and saw Fenrir’s data panel.

It had to be said, the strange abilities of these "players" were indeed useful.

In just an instant, the Evil Dragon Jinli had thoroughly figured out all of Fenrir’s details, though it also cost it a considerable amount of the Power of Life.

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[Heroic Unit: Fenrir (Destiny Hero)]

[Race: Human-Wolf Hybrid]

[Talent—The Chosen One: As a Destiny Hero chosen by the heavens, she carries the hope of the future. She can gain corresponding Professional Experience Points by honing her skills. Her acquisition rate for Combat Experience Points and Professional Experience Points is greatly increased. Her weapon proficiency improves at a greatly increased rate. Her attributes grow automatically each day. She gains more attribute points when leveling up, comprehends the existence of Extraordinary Power more quickly, and possesses the chance to break through level 100 directly.]

[Talent—Celestial Destiny Team: All creatures loyal to Fenrir gain Combat Experience Points at a greatly increased rate and improve their weapon proficiency much faster. They also comprehend the existence of Extraordinary Power more quickly.]

[Talent—Power of Natural Sacrifice: Can periodically hold natural rituals to communicate with ancient Forest Sub-human Heroic Spirits and learn various pieces of special intelligence from ancient times from them.]

[Profession: Frost Wolf Knight (Lv. 23/90), Natural Sacrifice (Lv. 20/100)]

[Life Value: 1542/1542]

[Strength: 1712, Agility: 1851, Spirit: 1869, Constitution: 1725]

[Weapon: Ice Spear (Gold. Enhanced Ice Attribute Enchanted Attack), Shield of Revolution (Gold. Blocks a large amount of damage in one-on-one combat)]

[Equipment: North Wind Battle Robe (Golden: Enhanced Ice Attribute Magic Damage)]

[Mount: Frost Wolf (Extraordinary Realm BOSS Unit)]

[Wing Connection Traits: Life Connection (Shared Life Value), Absolute Zero (Led by the Frost Wolf, grants immunity to all ice attacks and enhances all of its own ice attacks)]

[Frost Wolf Knight Skills: Lance Charge (Charge with a lance; the faster the speed, the higher the damage), Ice and Snow World (The Frost Wolf breathes out a large-area AoE Ice Magic attack), Frost Power (The Frost Wolf enchants the rider’s weapon, causing melee attacks to deal additional Ice Attribute Magic Damage), Ice Holy Mirror (Summons an Ice Element Magic Shield to block incoming damage), Ice Sacred Spear (Wing Connection Combined Technique, Wolf Rider Coordination, deals massive physical & magic damage to a single enemy)]

[Natural Sacrifice Skill—Oscorrea: Summons Forest Sub-human Heroic Spirits with whom communication has been established during natural rituals, allowing them to return in their primal animal soul forms. Heroic Units among them will return as Mythical Animal Souls and possess some of the powerful skills they had in life. The higher one’s Natural Sacrifice level, the longer the animal souls will exist, which is equivalent to them having a higher Life Value.]

[Natural Sacrifice Skill—Wild Call: Select a powerful heroic spirit from ancient times that was a Heroic Unit, allowing it to continuously exist by your side in the form of a Mythical Animal Soul. One hero can be designated every 5 levels. This unit has no self-awareness and can automatically resurrect after a certain period of time upon death.]

[Currently Permanently Summoned Mythical Animal Souls: Lynx Twins, King of Bulls, Holy Flame Lion]

[Power Assessment (under the influence of the War Blessing Talent): 1-star (Blue) Mid-Stage]

[Description: She is an army of one.]

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