All the trainees knew that a reclusive and wealthy Asian man had come to the training base.
Alice privately approached Sorel: "What do you think of this student?"
Sorel, holding his coffee, pondered, "I've met people like that in other fields before. They know exactly what they need and how to achieve their goals. These people are the most successful in their respective fields, but I don't know what kind of experiences shaped their personality."
On the seventh night, Qingchen lay silently on his bed, adjusting his breathing as he waited for the countdown to begin.
For him, the learning life in the real world has become a slow-paced adjustment, allowing him to relax without always being on edge.
But life can't always be that slow.
Qing Chen raised his arm, glanced at the countdown, and reset it to zero.
The world fell into darkness, and then it lit up again.
The giants in front of them were still chattering away, while new giants came rushing over from afar to join the group observing the "friends in the great prophecy."
They also repeatedly asked Qingchen to sign their arms with a bone knife.
Qingchen squatted on the ground, writing and drawing with a twig, explaining something to Kacha. He only felt relieved when he was sure Kacha understood his plan.
Kacha led his tribesmen away, and on the way they encountered other tribesmen. He immediately started gesturing excitedly and showing off to them that he had met Qingchen.
Hehehe asked Kacha with some confusion, "Hehehe?"
(Didn't that great friend say we should tell the other members of our tribe to keep this a secret?)
Click responded, "Click!"
(Only if they know the secret can they keep it.)
He was stunned. This logic seemed very sound. No wonder Kacha could become a general in the vanguard, but he couldn't.
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The army from Blackwater arrived faster than expected.
The next morning, the sound of tracked vehicles came from behind the Third Division. Qingchen got up from the campfire and looked over, only to see hundreds of tracked vehicles speeding towards them like a fortress.
One of the tracked vehicles had a flag fluttering, bearing the stag antlers of the Virtuoso, which also represented the arrival of the royal family.
After the royal envoy alighted from the carriage, he awarded the merits of the Third Division in resisting the giant attack to those who had made contributions. As a result, Qing Chen finally became a level 9 citizen, and it seemed that he would become a nobleman if he made any more contributions.
After exchanging pleasantries with Bolton, the envoy returned to his carriage and never showed himself again.
That's a bit strange.
Qing Chen noticed that after the troops arrived at the Third Division's location, the people on 17 tracked vehicles showed no intention of getting off.
Those people remained hidden and did not appear, as if they were quietly waiting for something.
At that moment, a crack appeared in the distant earth, rapidly approaching the Third Division's garrison like lightning.
Caught off guard, hundreds of soldiers from the Third Division fell into the abyss!
The same abyssal rift as the one at Outpost 9 appeared again. At the same time, the doors of the tracked vehicles finally opened, and Qing Chen saw an old man wearing a black robe calmly stepping off the vehicle.
The Blackwater City troops arrived just in time, as if they had calculated the timing perfectly, knowing that the giants would launch a surprise attack on the Third Division's base at this exact moment.
The Fate Weaver!
It is the Fate Masters who are watching the fate of the Third Division, so they will sense when someone wants to attack the Third Division.
Therefore, the arrival of the Fate Master must have brought enough power to deal with the giant attack.
Qingchen's only uncertainty was how long of a fragment of fate the Fate Master could see. If he could only see a small part, then his plan would succeed.
If the other side sees the whole war, then it's dangerous; everyone will be in danger.
It feels terrible to be at odds with fate.
Chapter 860, Matryoshka Dolls! The Fate Master's Methods!
The cracks in the earth continued to disintegrate, and soldiers fell into them one after another, crushed by the pressure and friction of the earth's crust.
In the Forbidden Forest, hundreds of giants, under the cover of a fissure in the earth, swiftly attacked.
Through the dense forest, one could see the giant draw back a large bow, and a long iron arrow hurtled towards him like a cannonball, whistling through the gaps in the trees.
The tip of the iron-core arrow was even shrouded in black mist, a weapon enhanced by the giant race's innate talent!
With a loud bang, it hit a tracked vehicle and actually went through it!
There are also those who manipulate plants.
Before the giants even arrived, thick vines had already grown from the soil underground, and the vines were covered with thorns.
The dense vines, like a green tide, rushed towards the old man who was a master of fate.
Strangely, the virtuoso simply took a few steps and effortlessly avoided all the vines.
They lack dazzling methods and impressive abilities, yet they remain invincible.
Qing Chen understood that it was precisely this kind of ability that one could only truly grasp how terrifying and powerless it was by experiencing it firsthand.
The cracks in the earth continued to spread, heading precisely towards the old man who was a master of destinies.
However, when the fissure in the earth swept over, the old man dressed in black robes, the Fate Master, did not panic.
As he paced aside, he glanced behind him and saw 17 tracked vehicles simultaneously open, from which an elite force stepped out.
The first seven vehicles are genetic warriors.
The six vehicles in the middle are six fully armed war robots. These robots are powered by miniature nuclear-powered mechanical cores. Under the control of war intelligence, they automatically lock onto the giant and fly out into the air.
At the same time, their arms opened launch ports, revealing 25mm air-to-ground missiles mounted inside.
Even a single volley of bullets was enough to cause immense suffering for the giants.
Qing Chen frowned. These six war robots were different from the ones in the Eastern Continent. They were clearly six Iron Man Mark 20 armors.
When the doors of the last four cars opened, everyone could still hear the roaring sounds coming from inside!
These are orc warriors from the Kingdom of Roosevelt. They are all slaves injected with a defective gene serum, and have lost their minds. They are kept like dogs in the dungeons of the central royal city.
The giants' offensive was halted.
At that moment, the black-robed charlatan said coldly, "End the battle quickly, don't give them a chance to escape!"
In an instant, eight orc warriors fearlessly jumped into the fissure in the earth, and instead of advancing, the fissure began to slowly close, as if these orc warriors had posed a great threat to the giants underground.
Snap! Roar: "Snap!"
(Forget about the deal with Duke Storm; this is a trap he set for us. Let's get out of here! He has to give us an explanation! Retreat!)
As they spoke, the giants moved closer to the fissure in the earth, but the Fate Master had no intention of giving them that chance.
An airship had already arrived in the sky sometime earlier!
They had this trick up their sleeve, intending to ensure the giants would never return!
Suddenly, Kacha roared at the soldiers of Blackwater City in human language: "The Light of the White Man said that your time to test you has come, why haven't you made a move yet! So cowardly, what makes you think you can join forces with him?"
In the crowd, a soldier wearing a helmet chuckled to himself, "Me, a coward? Someone actually called me a coward! No one in this world has the right to call me a coward, hehe!"
Before the words were finished, several scarlet hands suddenly appeared in the sky and tore apart the airships that had just arrived overhead.
A massive scarlet hand, with its sharp nails, scratched across the metal armor of the airship, sparks flying, and the nails making a teeth-grinding sound as they tore through the metal!
The fortune teller suddenly looked back!
This was a scene he had never seen in the fragments of fate. He never expected that the army he brought would actually hide that mysterious demigod who wreaked havoc on Blackwater City!
Qingchen observed the Fate Master's reaction from a distance and knew that he had made the right bet.
From the start of the battle until now, Qing Chen's greatest confidence comes from knowing that Zhong Yu is here.
However, he couldn't provoke Zhongyu into making a move right away, because that would inevitably allow the Fate Master to 'see' fragments of fate and prepare countermeasures in advance.
Qing Chen wanted to see if the Fate Master was prepared for Zhong Yu's arrival. In fact, the Fate Master did not see Zhong Yu appear on the battlefield!
This gave him a general idea of what a virtuoso was: a virtuoso is not omnipotent, and even if someone can see fragments of fate, they can only do so for a maximum of 20 minutes.
When you are fighting against fate, time is the key to defeating it!
Zhong Yu laughed arrogantly at the giants and said, "Hurry up and go back to tell the Light of the White that I did not back down in this battle. Don't underestimate me! From now on, you will all be my subjects. How can I watch you die in a place like this? You will continue to fight alongside me!"
Qing Chen was speechless. This Zhong Yu had directly put himself in the role of a ruler, and he was already talking about loving his people like his own children before anything was even started...
There's quite a lot of inner monologue in it.
The giants slipped into the cracks and ran away.
The virtuoso removed his hood, revealing a head of gray hair: "Interesting."
The charlatan had a cold smile on his lips, but remained calm and unhurried.
Qingchen suddenly felt that something was wrong...
A shadow drifted across the sky, and everyone looked up in astonishment to see a black aerial fortress slowly flying into the sky. Without pausing, a dazzling white light appeared from the muzzle of its main cannon, and it fired down!
It's the Blackwater air fortress!
When Zhong Yu noticed this scene, countless scarlet hands spread out above his head, and the largest hand with five fingers held him upside down on the ground!
The milky white beam of light pierced through the scarlet hands, which then turned into clumps of red dust and vanished in mid-air.
Faced with humanity's most magnificent war technology, even the demigod's dying struggle became futile. The white beam of light shattered all the crimson hands in an instant, pierced the ground, vaporized and glazed the soil, leaving a deep black crater!
Qingchen was dumbfounded. Had he really messed up Zhongyu?
No wonder everyone says that once enveloped by the aerial fortress, even a demigod cannot confront it head-on.
Although the evil Zhongyu deserves to die, it's a pity that a demigod has fallen like this. He was planning to join forces with Zhongyu to cause more trouble!
Qing Chen observed the cold smile on the Fate Master's lips and immediately understood something: this Fate Master had locked onto the fate of the Third Master, and thus brought with him the power to win in the Fate Segment.
Although he had managed to stall for time, Qing Chen was not the first, nor would he be the last, among those who wanted to play tricks on the 'Fate Master'.
This twilight master foresaw the fate of the Third Master, and at the same time, other twilight masters were also watching over the fate of this twilight master…
The Virtuoso refrained from attacking during the battle to avoid entering combat. As long as he wasn't fighting or in danger, he wouldn't trigger the other Virtuosos's 'God's-eye view'.