Chapter 1693 - 540: Imitation and the Imitation of Imitation
Chapter 1693: Chapter 540: Imitation and the Imitation of Imitation
"The speed of progress is impressive. Last time it took five Divine Envoys to barely hold a stalemate with the Tree-man; this time, only three are needed."
Seeing the progress of the Divine Envoys, Bai Yi eyed a female high-level believer who was holding the stalemate with the Tree-man not far away, with a tone carrying a hint of approval.
Earlier, Bai Yi had noticed that the believers present were all led by this female believer, and from a higher-dimensional perspective, those Sequence Divine Envoys were clearly linked to this believer by the Power of Faith.
This was evidently the power of some form of Divine Arts, and at least this believer was the leader of this believer squad this time.
Even though he felt mocked, the person in charge didn’t hide his excitement and didn’t take offense.
"It seems Lord Fanmao is quite confident, but coincidentally, I also have great confidence in these ’Sequence Divine Envoys’."
After a few days of facing Fan Mao’s "original version" again, the progress of the "Sequence Divine Envoys" was evidently visible to the naked eye!
These were the results of her research!
Last time, it took five Divine Envoys to barely delay the Tree-man, but this time, only three were needed, and even adding a fourth allowed for a real fight with the Tree-man.
The next time, and the time after that, she could eventually research a Divine Envoy capable of matching the Tree-man!
Not only she and Bai Yi, but even in the flagships on both sides, many higher-ups were excited or busy with the results.
Especially within the flagship of the Church, the Commander was even more excited than the research leader watching the outcome.
As a Commander, he indeed didn’t understand research, but he could do math!
Facing Fan Mao, from a five-to-one to a three-to-one gap, although they still couldn’t defeat Fan Mao’s Extraordinary Plants, they had made large progress!
This was one of the rare times they had gained an advantage after being hammered by Fan Mao so many times!
Never mind if it is useful or not, the question is whether they surpassed Fan Mao, whether they won!
Moreover, this time, besides claiming progress orally, the actual battle performance wasn’t too poor.
A lot of "Sequence Divine Envoys" were tested this time, and combined with the coordinated high-level believers, they were now evenly matched with Fan Mao’s Extraordinary Plants.
The overall combat power might be even stronger than Fan Mao who only summoned these few dozen Extraordinary Plants.
Perhaps he could even directly defeat Fan Mao once!
The Commander shivered at this possibility and then felt a surge of excitement.
Why not, this might indeed not be impossible!
Though he knew Fan Mao’s real strength and realized that the current state was only because Fan Mao was restrained by various limitations and could not unleash their true power, it was impossible to truly defeat Fan Mao.
But with the intimidation of the fleet’s artillery support, Fan Mao would not actively summon too many Plant Legions only to endure ship cannon attacks unnecessarily.
Plus, they had now strengthened many of the "Sequence Divine Envoys," and their combat power could surpass the current forty-plus Extraordinary Plants of Fan Mao!
If just to force Fan Mao, making Fan Mao temporarily retreat, it wasn’t impossible!
Upon thinking of this approach, the Commander widened his eyes in excitement, glittering with hope.
Quickly looking at the battlefield now, as he contemplated, the front-line battle continued; those Tree-men were already entangled with the Divine Envoys, and even in a four-to-one ratio, the Tree-men were still at a disadvantage.
Besides, many Divine Envoys still hadn’t joined the battle on their side.
Quickly calculating the strength comparison in his mind, it seemed indeed the Divine Envoys and high-level believers held the upper hand!
"There’s a chance!"
Choosing to subconsciously ignore the possibility of Fan Mao summoning more creations, the Commander was already dizzy with excitement over the potential.
If they could force Fan Mao to retreat in this battle, to take the initiative to withdraw, rounding up counting meant they successfully repelled Fan Mao!
Round up again, and they’ve defeated Fan Mao!
Never mind the final fight result, never mind if Fan Mao circled around and joined another battlefield.
Just say whether they forced Fan Mao back!
"Anyway, if it fails, he won’t lose anything, but if it succeeds, then I would be the only Commander among the Six Great Churches to repel Fan Mao in battle!"
As if to boost his confidence, he muttered to himself, swiftly convincing himself and making up his mind.
"Let’s do it!"
With familiarity, the Commander quickly formulated a reason, immediately tapping twice on the projection in front of him, and soon the in-charge fighting at the front heard the Commander’s communication.
"Divine Envoy Test Squad! Listen to my order!
Let all high-level believers and ’Sequence Divine Envoys’ go all out! Try to force Fan Mao back!
It’s rare to encounter Fan Mao again, with the original as a test subject; let’s see what the Divine Envoys can achieve now!
The fleet will support you!"
Ultimate test?
The person in charge frowned; now wasn’t really a good chance for a test, what was the Commander thinking?
Driving back Fan Mao, at this moment, still thinking about getting a war record?
He, as Commander in the rear, only needed to move his lips; if it all went wrong, all those on the front line would be finished!
Being a researcher, and the head of all researchers, she instantly guessed the Commander’s mind and felt a tinge of anger.
But since the order was given, even if not entirely reasonable, as a researcher with not too high of a rank, she couldn’t refuse.
Continuing with irritation was meaningless; the person in charge could only start thinking based on this new order.