Chapter 339 - 244: The 4 Five-star Divine Domain Cards for April; Divine Battle within the Tianya Academy Team
Chapter 339: Chapter 244: The 4 Five-star Divine Domain Cards for April; Divine Battle within the Tianya Academy Team
This Five-star Unrivaled Quality Divine Domain Card was actually for a Dwarf Clan Heroic Clan!
And according to Zhang Yi’s inspection,
this Dwarf Forging Master, Copperbeard Furnace, also carried the bloodlines of both the Earth Dwarf and the Furnace Dwarf!
His potential was immense!
Although he couldn’t compare to the previously acquired Goblin Great Sage Norton,
his potential was nearly on par with that of Dwarf Leader Copperbeard Ironhammer. Having been in the Zhang Yi Divine Realm from the very beginning, Ironhammer had undergone several baptisms in the Bloodline Evolution Pool and received multiple power boosts from the Pool of Faith.
If it were the Copperbeard Ironhammer who had just joined the Zhang Yi Divine Realm in the beginning,
his potential wouldn’t even have matched this Dwarf Heroic Clan member!
Therefore, when Zhang Yi saw this Five-star Divine Domain Card,
his eyes lit up.
After Zhang Yi had acquired the Rune Blacksmith Profession,
although his Dwarf Clan had become extremely proficient in the process of incorporating Magic Runes into their forging,
they ultimately lacked a leading figure and were bound by convention.
Dwarf Leader Copperbeard Ironhammer’s Talents were all focused on war.
When it came to forging, one could only say that practice makes perfect.
He was by no means an innovative talent.
The fact that they had previously managed to forge a Semi-Divine Artifact was not solely to Copperbeard Ironhammer’s credit.
’But if this Dwarf Heroic Clan member, Copperbeard Furnace—who carries the two great bloodlines of the Earth Dwarfs and the Furnace Dwarfs—could join my Divine Realm,’
’it could potentially trigger a technological revolution!’
Furthermore, although this Dwarf Clan Heroic Clan member had no prior contact with Magical Civilization,
the knowledge he possessed was undeniable.
’If I let Copperbeard Furnace communicate with Goblin Great Sage Norton,’
’it’s highly likely that these two creative talents in Logistics’
’could spark inspiration in each other and greatly advance the development of the Magical Cannon 2.0!’
At this thought,
even though the Divine Domain Card’s price was a hefty 21 million Wealth Faith Value,
million more than the 20 million Wealth Faith Value his family provided each month,
Zhang Yi bought the Divine Domain Card without a second thought.
As for the extra 1 million, Zhang Yi paid for it out of his own pocket.
With that, Zhang Yi’s resources for loading Divine Domain Cards in April were all prepared.
He just had to wait for this Divine Domain Card to be delivered to the Yanhuang Federation First War Fortress.
「On April 4th」, after waiting for two days, Zhang Yi successfully received the Five-star Unrivaled Quality Divine Domain Card!
He could now bring all five of these Five-star Divine Domain Cards into his Divine Realm!
During the two days Zhang Yi was waiting,
an incident of some note had also occurred yesterday in the small-scale training camp.
Previously, Chief Instructor Yang had said that after the three-month-long evaluation period,
only ten teams would advance to the next round.
And within those ten teams, only the official members would be able to continue.
The reserve members would be eliminated after this round of evaluations.
Thus, at the end of March, with one-third of this evaluation round completed,
after receiving the reward from Instructor Li Qiongtian on April 1st,
and resting for a day on April 2nd,
on April 3rd, Zhou Zongcheng, a reserve member of the Tianya Academy team, issued a challenge to Wan Zhixuan. Wan Zhixuan also came from the Bronze Throne but had been slightly luckier and become an official member.
So yesterday, upon receiving this news from Instructor Li Qiongtian,
Zhang Yi, who was still on his break, went to watch the battle.
Perhaps because this was the first time an incident involving a challenge for an official member’s spot had occurred within the Tianya Academy team,
all eight other team members, including Zhang Yi, came to the training camp’s main hall to watch the battle with Instructor Li Qiongtian.
Since Zhou Zongcheng and Wan Zhixuan both came from the Bronze Throne, their strengths had previously been almost identical.
As for this Divine War between the two of them,
Zhang Yi and the others had expected it to last for a long time,
but that was not the case!
At the very beginning, just like in the Divine Wars others had initiated against Zhang Yi,
the first step was to choose the Divine War’s environment.
For the sake of fairness, both chose a random terrain.
This time, the result was a riverbank terrain.
Half of the terrain was a river, and the other half was riverbank land.
This terrain gave Zhou Zongcheng a slight advantage, but not a significant one.
Zhou Zongcheng’s Clan was the Swamp Frogman. They were amphibious and, while capable of living in the river, still needed oxygen and had to come ashore from time to time.
Wan Zhixuan’s Clan, on the other hand, was the Jungle Lizardman.
Jungle Lizardmen liked water and could dive, but they couldn’t hold their breath in the river for too long either.
So, this half-river, half-riverbank terrain was actually acceptable to both of them.
Or rather, even if they didn’t accept it, there was no way to change it; they could only accept it.
As soon as the battle began,
Zhou Zongcheng took advantage of the terrain,
ordering all his Swamp Frogmen to dive into the river.
Even if the Swamp Frogmen couldn’t live underwater for extended periods, they were amphibious after all, and could hold their breath longer than the Jungle Lizardmen.
Zhou Zongcheng wanted to exploit the fact that attacks from land to water would have their damage greatly reduced.
He planned to use guerrilla tactics, harassing his opponent from underwater from time to time,
and slowly pull victory in the battle to his side.
But Wan Zhixuan wasn’t stupid. Seeing the opposing Amphibian Frogmen all hiding in the river,
he commanded his Lizardman Clan to chop down trees on the riverbank and prepare to build a dam upstream.
The Divine War Space provided by the University Alliance Training Camp system, which connected their two Divine Realms, couldn’t be too large.
Therefore, the resulting river wasn’t too rapid.
As long as the Lizardmen dammed the upstream portion of the river, the Frogmen downstream would be helpless.
At the very least, it would pull both sides back to the same starting line.
At that point, relying on the Lizardmen’s superior physical constitution compared to the Frogmen,
victory in the battle would surely lean toward Wan Zhixuan.
And when Zhou Zongcheng saw that the Jungle Lizardmen weren’t attacking the Frogmen from the shore but were instead cutting down trees to build a dam upstream,
he immediately saw through Wan Zhixuan’s plan and sent out a large number of Frogmen to stop Wan Zhixuan’s Lizardman Clan.
The Swamp Frogmen in the water split into two forces.
One force used the still-flowing current,
sneaking upstream along the river to ambush the Lizardmen building the dam.
The other force went ashore to prepare tools for destroying the dam.
Wan Zhixuan, of course, knew that once his plan was exposed, his opponent would immediately send troops to stop him.
So along the stretch of river from downstream to upstream,
many Jungle Lizardmen stood guard on the bank, while a smaller number entered the water to keep watch.
While guarding against the Frogmen’s arrival, they also urged their comrades to speed up the dam’s construction.
Thus, the focal point of the entire war unconsciously shifted to the half-finished dam upstream.
For a time, the battle reached a stalemate.
The narrow strip of land between the river and its bank became a meat grinder. Clan members from both sides fell continuously, dyeing the water flowing downstream a deep red!
The spectating Zhang Yi and the others, however, watched with rapt concentration.
This was the first time Zhang Yi had watched someone else’s Divine War via a live broadcast.
Hong Tianyi stroked his chin and commented,
"It’s a shame neither of these Clans is skilled in Magic. The Priests in their tribes can only provide buffs."
"Otherwise, like the Dogman Mages with Red Dragon bloodline in my Divine Realm, a single big fireball could wipe out a whole group of them!"
"A phalanx of Dogman Mages casting the Fireball Technique together could even evaporate several centimeters right off the river’s surface!"
Lu Mei’s cool voice rang out,
"The Swamp Frogmen’s stamina is their critical weakness. They’re already attacking upstream from a downstream position, which is disadvantageous in a prolonged battle.
"And while Wan Zhixuan’s Jungle Lizardmen have also taken heavy casualties, they have greater resilience!"
Hearing his friend Hong Tianyi’s commentary,
and the cool-tempered Lu Mei’s as well,
Zhang Yi nodded and couldn’t help but add his own thoughts,
"Looks like this stalemate will drag on for a while!"
"The key is which Clan can break the deadlock first."
"..."
Instructor Li Qiongtian watched the other members discussing the situation below and couldn’t help but nod with a smile.
’Being strong yourself is one thing,’
’but learning from the Divine Wars of others is another.’
’Isn’t the whole reason I sent them the message to get them to come watch and learn from this Divine War?!’
But not long after Zhang Yi spoke,
the tide of the Divine War took a dramatic turn!