CHAPTER 708: CHAPTER 12: THE WAR AT REST

Richard did not know the King of Mayfly’s conjecture, but he adhered to the principle of ’losing in person, not in formation,’ and said indifferently, "Enough to kill you."

The King of Mayfly did not refute this, but a terrifying pressure rose from him.

"Wizard, being overconfident can lead to problems. Although this world hasn’t sacrificed enough Mayflies, it’s sufficient."

Richard’s eyes squinted slightly, and the Power of Gods’ Dimension within him began to stir. As long as the King of Mayfly invoked the Mayfly sacrificial contribution rules, he would call forth Ulysses.

However, after he spoke, the pressure on the King of Mayfly did not continue to rise; instead, it receded like a tide.

"But I don’t plan to engage in a death battle with you here. To die in such a worthless world, even a seeker of death would feel regret. I believe you too don’t want to fight to the death in such a worthless world."

Richard looked at the King of Mayfly; beneath the bone plate-covered hideous face, a trace of a playful smile appeared.

The Wilderness World is indeed a worthless world; it is neither a Hub World nor possesses significant resources, let alone scarce resources or environments.

This is an ordinary small world, and whether it is under control is irrelevant for both civilizations.

Fighting to the death for such a world seems unworthy to the King of Mayfly, and even less worthy to Richard.

"Soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals." Richard slowly said.

The King of Mayfly’s antennae twitched slightly, and a light chirp emerged from his mouth.

"Alright, soldiers against soldiers, generals against generals."

After speaking, the silhouettes of the two colossal beings simultaneously vanished from the sky, leaving behind whirlpools of life and death blanketing the sky, still spinning continuously.

...

At the headquarters, the old wizards in the staff department were sorting through the war reports sent back from the front, compiling and summarizing them before issuing new orders.

"It’s a major victory this time."

An old wizard holding a summarized war report walked up to the acting commander Abel.

"There are at least 80 million Galaxy Mayflies encircled. Counting those we killed in the middle, as well as the results from the Central Battle Zone and Southern Battle Zone, these bugs must have lost two billion this time!"

Abel took the war report, glanced at it briefly, and then placed it aside.

"No matter how well we fight, it still depends on the commander. Losing two billion bugs, the commander over there probably isn’t under small pressure."

The Mayfly sacrificial contribution rules of Galaxy Mayflies aren’t some top-secret; those in the general staff naturally know.

This ability that makes the World Master stronger the more deaths there are, coupled with the massive number of Galaxy Mayflies, is practically cheating.

Often the combat strength of a Great Wizard and the King of Mayfly doesn’t differ much; casualties occur entirely because this ability is too perverse, forcing the Great Wizard to choose mutual destruction to achieve comparatively the best results.

"Don’t worry about my side."

A voice suddenly appeared behind Abel; he turned around immediately and respectfully addressed Richard behind him, "Master, you have returned. This is the war report of this battle. The Mixed Species Army has achieved quite rich results."

Richard took the war report, glanced at it casually, then put it aside.

"Hmm, very good. Arrange for the wizards who have retrenched. If nothing unexpected happens, we should have a bit of a quiet period."

Abel heard this and his expression changed slightly.

To be able to say this, it indicates that Richard and the King of Mayfly’s battle wasn’t a defeat; at least it didn’t fall behind.

"The master’s divine might."

Richard waved his hand and returned to his seat.

"I didn’t gain any advantage, and the other side doesn’t want to be desperate in such a world either. During this time, fortify the defenses, and after the rear personnel are supplemented, consider the matter of counterattack."

Hearing this, Abel was slightly stunned and then said somewhat awkwardly, "Master, you may not fully understand the supplementation of front-line personnel. The Wilderness World, such an irrelevant world, is at the lowest priority in terms of personnel supplementation.

Unless all other battlefields before us are fully supplemented, otherwise we won’t get personnel replenishment."

Richard waved his hand, "Who told you it’s wizard replenishment? I have two clan worlds in the rear that are still my direct lineage. These two worlds are currently training armies; the future counterattack in this world will depend on them."

Although the Heroic Spirit Army is easy to use, their consumption of Power of Faith is rather terrifying.

In this war, Richard’s Power of Faith pool directly consumed one percent. Though this number seems small, you must know Richard’s Power of Faith pool is the result of accumulation over hundreds of years across two worlds.

This war was roughly equivalent to the Power of Faith output of the Goblin world in one year.

Even with Richard’s substantial resources, he cannot use the Heroic Spirit Army as a regular army.

"Clan army?"

Abel was slightly stunned and was about to refute something, but thinking about the performance of the Heroic Spirit Army, he swallowed his rebuttal.

If the clan army maintains the same quality as the Heroic Spirit Army, then using them as regular troops isn’t impossible; the Mixed Species Army has already proven that the wizard combined with clan and reasonable alchemical weapons indeed can confront the Mayfly swarm directly.

After finishing the arrangements, Richard took a scroll out of his pocket, wrote a few names on it, and handed it to Abel beside him.

"Have someone bring these things from the rear, I have great use for them."

Abel took the scroll and saw that it was filled with the bloodlines of Magic Beasts. The owners of these bloodlines were well-known Magic Beasts among the Wizards.

Some of these Magic Beasts had incredible strength, some had astonishing speed, and some had impenetrable defenses... After the Physique School was established, these bloodlines, which had been widely studied by Wizards long ago, officially became a foundational research of the school.

This was known as — Bloodline Study.

Richard’s terrifying Life Radiation proved that he was a Wizard favoring Physique Evolution. However, wasn’t it too late to gather so many bloodlines at this time?

Integrating foreign bloodlines to enhance battle power was a common practice among Wizards.

In the Elite Wizard Army, all Wizards were required to conduct mandatory bloodline integration before entering the battlefield, thereby enhancing the army’s combat strength and cohesion.

But for a Great Wizard, would integrating these bloodlines...really be useful?

These doubts lingered in Abel’s mind for only a moment before they were swept into the trash bin.

He was Richard’s secretary and also a soldier. He only needed to obey Richard’s orders without so many questions.

"Yes, my lord, I’ll handle it right away."

Abel slightly bowed and then turned to leave the main command post.

As the Wizards from the Northern Battlefield safely entered the Central Battle Zone, the Wilderness World, previously in chaos, suddenly fell silent.

The Galaxy Mayfly that had been attacking madly for months suddenly stopped its assault, and the Wizards, who had just eaten a big dumpling and should have been on a roll, showed no interest in launching an offensive.

The fortresses damaged by the war were rebuilt, and the Wizards’ defensive lines were constantly changing every day. The reaction of the Galaxy Mayfly was even more exaggerated, with nothing remaining except the patrols.

Even with a loss of two billion in the Insect Swarm, the Galaxy Mayfly in this world still had at least eleven billion that could be mobilized, far from being hit hard.

But even so, the Galaxy Mayfly showed no intention of attacking.

The whole Wilderness World fell into a strange calm after an agreement was reached between the World Masters for troops to face troops, generals to face generals.

Of course, this calm was not necessarily a bad thing for Wizards.

The Wizards’ defense line was now a solid weight; unless the Galaxy Mayfly could achieve victory in the Star Realm, their calm was more in favor of the Wizards.

The main command post, a little room belonging to the Commander.

Richard sat in the chair, with a strange buzzing constantly emanating from his body.

Suddenly, a muffled sound came from Richard’s fingertip.

Bang!

In the next moment, Richard’s right-hand ring finger exploded like a punctured water balloon, with all the cells disintegrating.

"I knew I shouldn’t rush things."

Looking at his blasted finger, Richard sighed and burned the disintegrated cells into ash. In less than a millisecond, Richard’s finger had already returned to normal.

"Integrating other creatures’ life information into your own life information is so difficult, to what extent did those Supreme beings’ technology have to advance to create life?"

The more Richard studied the Pioneer’s artifacts and technology, the more he sensed the terror of the Pioneer race.

This race had extremely in-depth research on Energy, on Physique Evolution.

The Pioneer Weapons Richard acquired in the goblin world—the Mechanical God King’s massive Floating Cannon—he still hadn’t fully understood. As for the high-level Life Editing technology, Richard felt like an illiterate.

He lacked sufficient knowledge and data to discover that knowledge.

The data Lan gave him was very useful below the Fourth Level. But for a World Master, it could only serve as a reference.

Otherwise, the Divine Palace Laboratory wouldn’t have been unable to control the quality of the cloned Heart of Mayfly.

"Alas, I wonder if the dean managed to obtain the Life Editing database in the Wilderness Great World. If he did, the battles below the Seven Rings would have nothing to worry about."

Of course, even though he said so, Richard himself knew that the Physique Crown definitely hadn’t obtained the Life Editing database. Otherwise, as a Direct Lineage, he would’ve known some information, and sharing part of this knowledge wouldn’t be impossible.

After complaining, Richard once again focused his attention on Life Editing.

He had obtained seven well-known Magical Beast Bloodlines from the rear. Just gathering these bloodlines consumed war merits equal to a Great Wizard’s promotion.

The owners of these bloodlines exhibited exceptional talents in strength, agility, recovery ability, defense, energy storage, energy control, and poison.

These creatures could exhibit qualities no less than Level 4 Creatures even at the Level 3 Creature stage.

If these bloodlines were integrated, Richard’s combat power would once again experience a tremendous boost.