Chapter 361: Chapter 71: Absorbing the Void Arena! Unlocking the Riding and Cutting Talent! Battlefield Duel

Although the Holy Empire’s army had just achieved the basic feat of each soldier killing at least one Void Creature in the Void Arena, the number of remaining enemies within the Void Realm was still innumerable.

Without knowing how long it took for Void Envoy One to resurrect, attempting to clear the entire Void Realm in a single sweep was undoubtedly a pipe dream.

However, Qin Feng had no intention of speedrunning the Void Realm from the start.

The Void Bosses could yield the critically important Dragon Crystal resource, and while the lower-level Void Creatures didn’t drop Dragon Crystals, their sheer numbers could produce a vast amount of Otherworld weapons and equipment.

Therefore, for Qin Feng, the more Void Creatures he slew, the richer the resources and equipment he would naturally obtain.

Naturally, he was in no hurry to completely purge the entire Void Realm.

’Let me think this through.’

’Under normal circumstances, the Evil God Invasion event...’

’...requires Lord Players to defend their territories through nine nights of the Blood Moon. Each Blood Moon cycle lasts seven days, meaning the entire event takes about two months.’

’If I want to maximize my gains...’

’...to get as many slaughter rewards as possible while also getting the Achievement Reward for clearing the Void Realm...’

’...then I have to time it for just before the Evil God Invasion ends—in the last few days of that two-month period. That’s when I’ll eliminate Void Envoy One, the ’barracks’ of the Void Realm, and annihilate every last Void Creature here.’

’This means...’

’...I have to keep Void Envoy One alive.’

’I need to prevent it from dying too often, which would cut off the ’supply’ of Void Creatures and leave me with nothing to farm. But I can’t let it live too comfortably for too long, either, or it will just keep causing me trouble...’

At this thought, Qin Feng couldn’t help but sigh in resignation.

Clearly, this plan was going to be another massive headache, and he had no idea how many brain cells he would burn through to make it work.

Fortunately, the Divine-level Reconnaissance Skill he’d unlocked after his Recruit Prisoners Talent reached Level 100 clearly displayed Void Envoy One’s required resurrection time. He didn’t need to waste any effort investigating the matter, which saved him a lot of trouble.

’Whatever!’

’I’ll deal with this guy when he resurrects!’

’For now, it’s time to start the slaughter!’

His mind made up, Qin Feng gave a sharp wave of his hand, issuing the pre-arranged signal for the entire Holy Empire army to attack at once.

Soon, his Holy Empire forces split into several scouting parties, fanning out toward the surrounding Void Creatures. They had completely lost the uniform formation and surging momentum of an army preparing to strike straight at the enemy’s heart.

The reason was simple.

With the death of Void Envoy One, the buffs it had granted to all the Void Creatures wore off. The Void Monsters no longer possessed the terrifying Panel Attributes that had made them comparable to a Void Boss.

More importantly, without their linchpin, the Void Creatures completely lost their ability for Cooperative Combat. They could no longer form a surging Void Tide, forced to fight as scattered individuals with no strategy to speak of.

Against Void Creatures that, even when buffed and fighting together, were still far weaker than his Divine Chosen Soldiers, Qin Feng no longer needed to stick to his cautious, single-pronged exploration strategy.

The most efficient choice now was to order his troops to spread out and proactively hunt the enemy.

This was the optimal solution, as it would raise the individual levels of his Divine Chosen Soldiers and Divine Chosen Heroes, hone their combat experience, and maximize the gains from his Plunder Talent all at once.

Besides, the number of Void Creatures was still immense. Even with his forces split up, it wouldn’t in the slightest hinder his own efficiency in hunting Void Bosses and acquiring Dragon Crystals.

More importantly, Qin Feng now possessed the Eye of All-Seeing, a strategic-grade treasure.

Even for units operating outside his Imperial Expedition, as long as the battle was within the Eye of All-Seeing’s range, Qin Feng could still reap the corresponding Divine Chosen Spoils when they killed an enemy.

The only catch was that Qin Feng had to constantly monitor the movements of all his split units, frequently switching the Eye of All-Seeing’s perspective to ensure he could precisely capture the moment each unit killed a Void Creature.

For him, this bit of micromanagement only required a little more focus and was just a tiny bit tiring.

But in return, he received at least three times the slaughter rewards compared to when they were moving as a single group.

Unfortunately, Qin Feng currently only possessed a single Eye of All-Seeing.

The Eye of All-Seeing could only focus on one unit at a time, making it impossible to simultaneously cover and observe all of his Divine Chosen Teams.

This inevitably meant that there would be moments when his observation would lapse.

And any Void Creature killed by a Divine Chosen Soldier during one of those lapsed moments would, just like the enemies his subordinates had encountered in the Northern Forest, fail to yield any Divine Chosen Spoils for Qin Feng.

This was the fundamental logic of the Lord Game.

When fighting on multiple fronts, a Lord with the King of Tactics Talent could use the Eye of All-Seeing to collect rewards from multiple places at once. In contrast, a Lord with the King of War Talent, lacking an Eye of All-Seeing, could only collect rewards from one.

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「Real World. Lucky Forest. City of the Belt Faction.」

Inside the secret base of the Magic Squad alliance, the atmosphere was so tense it had practically solidified.

"Manager Zhao!"

"It’s no use!"

The voice of an Evil God Player, who looked like an Undead Mage, trembled. A faint glow from a failed spell still lingered on his hands.

"I’ve tried at least ten times! Your brother Zhao Chuan’s soul... it seems to have been completely obliterated by that guy, Tingfeng!" 𝒇𝓻𝓮𝓮𝙬𝙚𝒃𝒏𝓸𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝓬𝓸𝒎

He waved his hands frantically, adding in a rushed voice:

"Whether it’s the Undead Resurrection Technique, the Summoning Skill, or even the most obscure Ghost Creation Technique... none of them can reform his body and bring him back from the Netherworld!"

The words had barely left his mouth when he seemed to remember something, and his face grew even paler.

"Also!"

"If I keep trying to force the Magic!"

"The magical fluctuations will definitely alert those Law Enforcers from the Freljord Alliance!"

"Sooner or later, they’ll follow the traces here!"

"You see..."

However, the word had barely left his lips when the Evil God Player named Zhao Gang appeared before him like a phantom, his right hand clamping down on the man’s head.

With a sickening CRACK, the Undead Mage’s head was brutally crushed. His body dissolved into a flash of white light—the sign that he had been sent back to the Lord’s Hall for Resurrection.

Zhao Gang nonchalantly shook the gore from his hand. Crimson residue dripped from between his knuckles. His tone was as cold and brutal as a poisoned blade, completely devoid of emotion.

"Useless!"

He took a step forward, the heavy soles of his boots grinding against the floor with a dull thud. His gaze swept over the others cowering in the corner, and his every word was laced with ice.

"I had you useless trash stick with Zhao Chuan! And you couldn’t even keep him safe! You failed at such a simple task. What use are you to me?"

Seeing this, the other Evil God Players from the Magic Squad were scared out of their wits. They fell to their knees with a series of heavy THUDS, the sound echoing clearly in the deathly silent base.

They began slamming their foreheads against the floor, babbling their excuses incoherently.

"Steward Zhao!"

"It really wasn’t our fault!"

"Our alliance hall in the Lord World was suddenly under siege! The situation was critical, and we had to go back and provide support immediately!"

"Before we left, your brother promised us himself that he’d stay inside the safe house and not leave a single trace... Who could have possibly imagined that guy, Tingfeng, would be able to find this place!"

"And he even brought the Freljord Alliance’s Law Enforcers with him!"

"What were we supposed to do?"

Zhao Gang shot the speaker an icy glare.

"Hmph."

"I’ll give you one chance."

"In two months, Tingfeng’s Lord Plane will ascend to the third stage. As it happens, the Magic Squad is also in the third stage."

"Find a way to raze his Lord’s Hall to the ground."

"And I’ll let you live."