The Terrifying Number of Followers

"What a simple-minded girl..."

Qu Xianghua gently brushed aside Anna Cayutz's hair as she slept.

"With that little brain of yours, how could you possibly outplay those old foxes?"

His encounter with Anna Cayutz had not been an accident.

Qu Xianghua had every reason to believe that it was merely a scheme by those Beastfolk Demigods.

"Their goal is to bring Anna Cayutz and me together."

"They want to use this chance to secure a safeguard for themselves."

The Demigods of the Outer Domain were not fools.

At least, most of them were not.

Though they did not know why Blue Star Civilization's gods had abandoned further conquest of this plane,

they had still guessed most of the truth.

They understood very clearly that this brief peace was merely the prelude to a storm.

If they did not change, only death awaited them.

"So they want to establish ties with the gods of Blue Star Civilization."

"That's why they made me a prince of the Beastfolk."

"It would be even better if we could directly leave behind descendants."

Qu Xianghua knew that drugs intended to promote conception had been added to his and Anna Cayutz's food.

But he did not object.

"It's far too difficult for Blue Star Civilization's gods to have descendants with creatures from the Outer Domain."

"It's practically impossible."

"If they really succeed, I'll have to thank them."

That would mean Qu Xianghua could obtain a race carrying the bloodline of Blue Star gods.

Once such a race developed in the future, its prospects would be immeasurable.

Countless Blue Star gods dreamed of achieving such a result.

If he could obtain a descendant carrying his own bloodline,

and spend time nurturing it properly,

then by the time of the College Entrance Examination,

he might possess a group of powerful followers made up of extraordinary lifeforms.

Compared to that, a reward of two points of Divinity was nothing.

During this period, he had remained in the Beastfolk Imperial Palace,

working hard at making children.

At the same time, he used the Beastfolk Kingdom's power to farm points.

"Now this is what you call an easy win..."

"Too bad I can't compare to Liu Qinzhong. That brat actually got involved with the Elves and even persuaded them to start a civil war."

"I really don't know how he managed it..."

"Elves! There definitely won't be any shortage of beauties."

"What a waste!"

Qu Xianghua felt a little restless.

Though he was eating from his bowl, men—

always thought what was in the pot smelled better.

"I should contact Liu Qinzhong when I get the chance."

"We need to carefully plan our next move."

"First eliminate everyone else, then we can settle things between ourselves."

Qu Xianghua's eyes shifted.

Once the winner had been decided, it would be time for him to leave as soon as possible.

He had taken the benefits, but he had absolutely no intention of speaking up for the Beastfolk Kingdom's Demigods.

"Forget that I'm only an ordinary student of the principal. Even if I were his biological grandson, he still wouldn't compromise in a situation like this!"

Even true gods

needed to expend enormous amounts of time and energy to conquer a plane.

Not to mention Zheng Dongfeng was not acting alone.

These Demigods were their designated spoils of war.

Of course—

he would take Anna Cayutz with him.

He might be a scumbag,

but he was not the sort to discard a woman after sleeping with her.

She was only an ordinary mixed-blood Beastfolk.

Zheng Dongfeng and the others probably would not care.

"But before that, I need to find a way to obtain the construction of the template God Card for the priest profession."

Beastfolk Priests were a profession unique to the Beastfolk Kingdom of this plane.

This profession could cast magic through war songs, heal and attack, and establish soul connections with other creatures.

That last ability was what Qu Xianghua valued most.

After all, during the College Entrance Examination, many assessment modes imposed limits on the number of followers that could enter.

But if the followers entering were all Beastfolk Priests,

their original numbers could be increased severalfold.

What an enormous advantage was that?

Qu Xianghua had long coveted this priest profession template.

He had never expected to encounter it here.

During this period, he had been studying the priest profession,

trying to reverse-engineer its template.

His core followers were also Beastfolk.

If nothing unexpected happened,

the Divine Authority he chose in the future would definitely be Beast God.

Deriving the Beastfolk Priest profession template was of tremendous significance to him.

If he succeeded,

it would be an incredible stroke of fortune.

The priest profession template.

"No matter what, this time I'll crush Chen Changhe..."

"I'll show Lu Hongrong that I'm stronger than Chen Changhe!"

Qu Xianghua and Lu Hongrong had been classmates since elementary school.

He had also been pursuing Lu Hongrong all along.

Naturally, he regarded Chen Changhe, who had won Lu Hongrong's heart, as his number one romantic rival.

Of course, Chen Changhe knew nothing about that.

At this moment, Chen Changhe had just landed on the Main Continent of this plane.

The geographical layout of this plane was quite interesting.

The Main Continent sat at the very center of the entire map, where the vast majority of races lived.

Beyond the Main Continent lay oceans and islands of all sizes.

These regions were the territory of the Sea Folk.

The Sea Folk focused on managing the seas and rarely took part in disputes on the Main Continent.

Most of the missions Zheng Dongfeng had issued this time involved the races of the Main Continent.

After all, none of Zheng Dongfeng's group of gods possessed the Divine Authority of Sea God.

Compared with the ocean, they valued the interests on the Main Continent more.

After landing on the Main Continent, Chen Changhe immediately connected with his Divine Domain.

According to the rules, students like Chen Changhe could only communicate with their Divine Domains for around ten minutes each day.

Those ten minutes referred to ten minutes in the Blue Star World.

Converted here, that amounted to more than five hours.

An endless stream of Snotling Orks emerged from the Divine Domain and appeared around Chen Changhe.

The more troops Han Xin had, the better.

In any case, followers and troop types were what he lacked least.

If he were not worried about causing too much of a commotion,

he could crush every Demigod on this plane to death through sheer numbers alone.

These Outer Domain Demigods could not compare with the Demigods of Blue Star Divine Civilization.

At first, Zheng Dongfeng, who was watching from outside, remained rather calm.

"This kid has quite a lot of followers..."

"He placed around thirty thousand followers on the island, and now he's summoned another thirty thousand."

"Sixty thousand followers, all of them main combat followers."

"His strength cannot be underestimated!"

But immediately afterward, his expression became rather ugly.

"He's still summoning them?"

"It's already fifty thousand!"

"Where did he get so many followers?"

"Could it be that this Goblin race has especially strong reproductive abilities, just like Dark Goblins?"

Zheng Dongfeng's expression turned solemn.

Generally speaking, the stronger the followers, the weaker their reproductive ability.

Dark Goblins, however, were an exception.

This race possessed formidable reproductive capabilities.

Moreover, this reproductive ability could be inherited reliably.

Other Goblin races developed from this race would likewise inherit that reproductive ability.

That was the most terrifying aspect of the Goblin Overlord.

For him to grow to this point,

no one knew how many brutal battles he had experienced.

But no matter how severely his followers' numbers were depleted,

he only needed a short amount of time

to rapidly replenish them.

Then he could continue fighting wars of attrition against his opponents.

If Chen Changhe's followers were the same, then Zheng Dongfeng's assessment of Chen Changhe had still been far too conservative.