When Dan Shu heard Fu Zhu's outrageously arrogant declaration, she couldn't help but be taken aback. Others might not know, but having lurked on the Luofu for so many years, how could she not be aware of the Luofu General's true strength!
But on second thought, Phantylia was an Emanator. No matter how she thought about it, a Lord Ravager should be more or less on par with the Luofu's Seven Arbiter-Generals.
Since Lord Phantylia was so confident, she must be holding a crucial trump card. Otherwise, it would be impossible for her to say something so audacious on Jing Yuan's home turf.
Having reasoned this out, Dan Shu immediately nodded and agreed.
"Understood, Lord Phantylia. Shall I go with you?"
Dan Shu was thinking of leaving the Disciples of the Medicine King here to hold back the remaining Cloud Knights while she herself took an elite squad to act alongside Phantylia. But who would have thought that "Phantylia," standing atop the shipping container, would give a grand wave of her hand.
"You take the majority of the Disciples of the Medicine King and follow me. Leave a small portion of people here to hold back the Cloud Knights. We'll need some hands to help rebuild the Ambrosial Arbor later."
"Ah?" Hearing this, Dan Shu was momentarily stunned.
Leave a small portion? Wouldn't that be sending the Disciples of the Medicine King who stayed behind to their deaths?
Seeing Dan Shu's hesitation, Fu Zhu naturally understood what she was thinking. Wasn't she just worried that the people she left behind would face certain death?
If it wasn't a certain-death situation, he wouldn't be saying this!
However, to avoid arousing Dan Shu's suspicion and to ensure the Cloud Knights on site could successfully deal with these Disciples of the Medicine King, Fu Zhu casually fabricated a reason.
"Don't worry. When I regenerate the Ambrosial Arbor later, these people who stayed behind will naturally receive the Arbor's blessing anew. When that time comes, will mere Cloud Knights even be able to harm them?"
That makes sense, Dan Shu thought. She immediately turned and gave orders to her subordinates.
It had to be said, Dan Shu had cultivated extreme loyalty in her Disciples of the Medicine King over the years. Even though the number of people staying behind was less than a tenth of the opposing Cloud Knights, they still nodded without fear, willing to stay. Their eyes were filled with a fervent fanaticism for [Abundance].
Fu Zhu couldn't help but frown at this scene.
No wonder [The Hunt] loathed [Abundance] so much. It turned out the reputation of [Abundance] had been completely ruined by these Abundance-folk. Any normal person who saw such fanatical Abundance-folk would probably feel a sense of disgust.
Still, just to be safe, Fu Zhu quietly took out his phone and sent a message to Yanqing. After all, he didn't know what kind of nasty trump cards Dan Shu, having lurked on the Luofu for so long, might still be holding. What if she managed to screw over these Cloud Knights?
[Fu Zhu: Hey, Yanqing kid, I've managed to split up the Disciples of the Medicine King here at Huidu Starport. Come over and help the remaining Cloud Knights deal with the ones left behind.]
Meanwhile, on the other side of things, on the sea surface of the Scalegorge Waterscape.
Yanqing, who was currently carrying out Jing Yuan's order to guard the sea area, was still immersed in the sorrow of Fu Zhu sacrificing himself to seal Phantylia. Suddenly, his phone buzzed; a new message had arrived.
And the sender was none other than Fu Zhu.
The expression on Yanqing's young face instantly froze. Then, with a deep frown, he tapped open the message to read it.
"He wants me to go to Huidu Starport to support the Cloud Knights in suppressing the Disciples of the Medicine King..."
Yanqing didn't reply immediately. Instead, he began to suspect whether the person on the other end, holding Teacher Fu Zhu's phone, was really Teacher Fu Zhu himself.
Twenty minutes ago, March 7th and Xing had just left his location, and he had learned about Fu Zhu's situation from them.
And according to them, after entering the Nether, Teacher Fu Zhu had to withstand Phantylia's pressure while simultaneously destroying the other portal.
Under such circumstances, how could Teacher Fu Zhu possibly return to the Luofu in just twenty minutes, and reappear in Huidu Starport, right where the Disciples of the Medicine King were conveniently staging an uprising?
Connecting all these coincidences, it was hard to imagine that the person holding the phone was really Teacher Fu Zhu.
If it wasn't Teacher Fu Zhu, then it could only be Phantylia, who had killed him and taken his phone!
After all, no matter how strong Teacher Fu Zhu was, he hadn't reached the level of an Emanator, while Phantylia was a genuine Emanator.
The thought that Teacher Fu Zhu might have already fallen prey to Phantylia sent a surge of anger through Yanqing. He began to furiously type on his phone.
[Yanqing: You can't fool me, Phantylia!]
[Fu Zhu: ?]
Fu Zhu was completely baffled. When dealing with the Disciples of the Medicine King, he had to rack his brain for all sorts of excuses to make them believe him. But when it came to his own people, he was unconditionally believed to be Phantylia?!
[Fu Zhu: Yanqing kid, are you half asleep? It's me!]
[Yanqing: Hmph, don't think you can fool me just because I'm young, Phantylia. The Luofu has many promotional materials about telecom fraud schemes. What you're doing is clearly a classic "It's me, it's me" scam, trying to make people subconsciously associate you with someone else! Your tricks are outdated!]
Damn it!
Fu Zhu slapped his forehead and couldn't stop himself from cursing. He never would have thought that the Luofu's anti-fraud campaign would actually produce results in this kind of situation.
Should he praise Yanqing for his strong vigilance, or scold him for being too vigilant?
In his frustration, Fu Zhu had to give up on the idea of getting Yanqing to come over and provide support.
He wanted to continue persuading Yanqing, but Dan Shu was waiting right there. If he spent too much time here typing and explaining things to Yanqing, it would definitely arouse suspicion.
If there was no support, then he'd just have to create his own!
Fortunately, he had previously asked people to prepare a lot of iron blocks and pumpkins. At the time, he was thinking of using an army of Iron Golems to deal with Phantylia, but unfortunately, he never got the chance to use them. Now was the perfect time to craft an army of Iron Golems to deal with these Disciples of the Medicine King.
"Dan Shu, you all head out first towards the Scalegorge Waterscape. I'm going to retrieve a big baby, and I'll catch up soon after."
Fu Zhu casually tossed out an excuse, then jumped down from the shipping containers. Using the containers as cover, he began to craft Iron Golems in the back.
As for the other side, Dan Shu, despite having some doubts about what "Phantylia" was going to retrieve, did as she was told since she had already said so.
Otherwise, for this batch of Disciples of the Medicine King, the only paths left on the Luofu were death or imprisonment.
"Let's go, to the Scalegorge Waterscape."
After Dan Shu left, only a small batch of Disciples of the Medicine King remained, continuing their entanglement with the Cloud Knights. Fu Zhu also took advantage of this time to create four Iron Golems.
After creating them, Fu Zhu looked around with a hint of anticipation.
It was a pity that after waiting for a while, there was no summons from Nous. He had been hoping to freeload another blessing from Nous to make these four Iron Golems intelligent as well.
Just as Fu Zhu sighed in disappointment, he suddenly noticed several golden edges appear on the bodies of the Iron Golems. This was the same special effect as when [Preservation] had blessed the Iron Golem back then.
"The old bro of civil engineering is still the most reliable!"