151: Combat power! Two hundred and eighty million!

“All Saints, and several with over 100 million…”

Oriental Pride Snow knew there was a gap, but she hadn’t expected it to be so huge.

No…

In fact, the gap was precisely that large.

Based on previous data, the Sacred Light Kingdom's strength was indeed a tier above Moon Shadow.

Looking at the rankings now,

It was indeed an entire tier stronger.

From top-tier combat power to overall combat power, everything… it was all an entire tier higher.

Lin Ye, however, didn't seem to care much about this.

“If they dare to come, they must have some strength.”

“But the disparity in the eternal map allocation is too great. Just looking at levels and combat power, the opposing players could probably wipe out the Astra Empire, right?”

Oriental Pride Snow was speechless.

Lin Ye continued, “But in reality, it’s unlikely. The strength of the Saints in eternal is by no means something ordinary players can bridge with just levels and equipment.”

“How do you know?” Oriental Pride Snow was stunned. “Assuming they’re all Saints, and the Astra Empire’s Saints don’t use magic, how can you say we’re guaranteed to win?”

Lin Ye smiled, too lazy to explain, and casually said,

“You haven’t seen what ‘skill’ is, so you’ll never understand.”

Skill?

Technique?

Oriental Pride Snow thought for a moment: “Are you referring to things like marksmanship and combat techniques? That NPCs, after years of hard training, can completely overwhelm players in actual combat?”

That’s a good analogy.

Lin Ye nodded: “Yes, it’s roughly the difference between a top-tier special forces unit and a gym boxer.”

Thump!

Oriental Pride Snow was startled: “That exaggerated?”

Heh?

Lin Ye couldn't help but laugh: “I think it’ll only be more exaggerated. Anyway, no matter how high a player’s current combat power is, they can only bully other players. They can’t even touch NPCs, especially those above Legendary Peak.”

Oriental Pride Snow didn’t understand: “Since players are useless, how did you kill so many Legendary BOSSes?”

“Me?”

Lin Ye’s lips curled into a smile: “I can only say, my skill is above everyone else’s!”

Oriental Pride Snow: “.......Sorry, everyone has two hands. I can believe your combat power is higher, but I don’t believe your skill is invincible!”

Lin Ye: “Alright, next time we’ll find some time, and I’ll show you properly what true ‘fundamentals’ are.”

Ah?

This…

Oriental Pride Snow's heart trembled, and she immediately thought of some unpleasant things: “Bastard, you wait, next time I will definitely defeat you!”

If it weren't for the gravity of the situation, she would want to challenge Lin Ye to a duel right now!

Unfortunately, she couldn't.

Oriental Pride Snow paused for a moment:

“Even if the Astra Empire’s Saints can handle Ex and those few Saints, we still have no chance at the player level, right?”

“The strength gap is too wide.”

“I don’t even need to look at the Astra Empire’s rankings to know there’s definitely a difference of several tiers.”

Speaking of which,

Oriental Pride Snow’s expression also grew solemn: “Although the overall strength gap is huge, it’s not unwinnable. But the problem is now… now the players on Moon Shadow’s side are vaguely showing signs of allying with the Sacred Light Kingdom.”

“They were already allies, and this deployment might even have been coordinated by their higher-ups.”

“If they truly manage to unite, then as long as Ex causes a disturbance on the Astra Empire’s side, Moon Shadow’s war will have to retreat, followed closely by the enemy’s counterattack.”

“In that case, we’ll be fighting on two fronts, unable to attend to either, or even both…”

In reality,

Moon Shadow’s war was still progressing slowly, and even Hercynian hadn't been completely captured yet.

Moreover,

As time passed,

Players from Japan and South Korea gradually came online to counterattack, coupled with the combat power of the legions organized by the local governor, the advantage at the beginning of the war had gradually disappeared, and the situation had slowly begun to fall into a stalemate.

“Heh?”

Lin Ye chuckled softly.

“I just didn’t have time to deal with it when I let you fight before.”

Hmm?

Oriental Pride Snow and Bian Yuerong froze simultaneously.

“Do you have time now?”

“No, wait!”

“Do you have the confidence to deal with Saints now?”

Bian Yuerong was the most nervous.

Her pressure was also the greatest.

Such a perfect start to the war, yet they only managed to snatch a little sweetness at the beginning. Afterwards, not only did they fail to capture Hercynian, but they also made no further expansion, and even daily defense became incredibly difficult.

The Governor of Hercynian never showed his face, but his subordinate legions charged several times, causing huge losses to Blood War Rivers and Mountains.

Especially the mage corps.

It was too exaggerated!

Several large-scale magic attacks would cause an unknown number of deaths.

The Astra Empire’s Arcane Defense Array could withstand a few hits, but the price was incredibly expensive, with astronomical amounts of gold consumed daily.

If not for the early war spoils supporting them, this war, with such consumption, would definitely be unwinnable.

After all,

The magic power consumed by the enemy's mage corps attacks could naturally recover, while your defense array consumed magic crystals, which were all gold!

Lin Ye’s expression was calm: “Why don’t you understand? Saints have never been the decisive factor in this war.”

“Then what is?”

Bian Yuerong was genuinely afraid that a few Saints would rush out from the opposing side, destroy the defense line and the teleportation array in two or three moves, and then the remaining hundreds of thousands would be surrounded like dumplings, with not a single one returning.

“The main quest!”

Lin Ye affirmed.

“The world main quest, the True Shadow organization, since it can become the main quest, the power behind it is not just a few Saints.”

“And then there’s the Saint Light Lord of the Sacred Light Kingdom.”

“An existence clearly possessing a divine level, even with certain unknown restrictions currently preventing Him from directly appearing in eternal, His very existence is a tremendous threat.”

“Honestly speaking,”

“If it weren’t for the Saint Light Lord’s existence, how difficult would it be for me to cross the Sea of eternal Night?”

Lin Ye wasn’t bragging at all.

After all,

His goal all along had been to cross the vast Star Sea beyond spacetime.

What kind of place was the Sea of eternal Night?

Could it be harder than the Star Sea?

Could the storms there compare to spacetime storms?

Could the monsters there compare to Star Devouring Beast?

Impossible, right!

Therefore,

The reason Lin Ye didn’t go immediately was that he hadn’t figured out the Saint Light Lord’s existence.

“If you have time, go investigate the gods. As for the war…”

Before he finished speaking,

The system announcement rang out.

【Ding~】

【Astra Empire player statistics compiled. Current rankings as follows!】

Astra Empire

No1: Demon Lord (3rd Rebirth), Combat Power 288.99 million

No2: Lone Shadow (4th Rebirth), Combat Power 48.20 million

No3: Thunder Emperor (4th Rebirth), Combat Power 47.10 million

No4: Sword Breaking Heaven (4th Rebirth), Combat Power 30.60 million

No5: Great Qin Iron Cavalry (4th Rebirth), Combat Power 29.01 million

No6: Undying Battle Maniac (4th Rebirth), Combat Power 26.01 million

No7: Flying Pig Pig Never Full (4th Rebirth), Combat Power 23.38 million

No8: Ling Feiyan (4th Rebirth), Combat Power 18.20 million

No9: Chaos Archmage (4th Rebirth), Combat Power 16.65 million

No10: Second Blade Emperor (4th Rebirth), Combat Power 14.58 million

......

The Astra Empire’s rankings appeared before all players.

Everyone.

No matter which country’s players, at this moment, involuntarily fixed their gaze upon that name.

Demon Lord…

280 million?!

“Hiss….” Oriental Pride Snow gasped sharply: “So strong!”

Whew~

Bian Yuerong couldn't help but let out a long sigh, thinking: “This time… we’re stable!”

All Astra Empire players went wild.

“Holy cow?!”

“Demon Lord, you… you’re too abnormal, aren’t you?”

“Two hundred million!”

“And an extra eighty million?!”

“My goodness, your trailing digits are almost enough to be the number one big shot in other countries, right?”

“Awesome~”

“The key is that this person is only 3rd Rebirth. My heavens, if he were 4th or 5th Rebirth, wouldn’t he break through the 1 billion mark?!”

“Demon Lord: 1 billion, huh, a little interesting…”

“Damn, the guy upstairs is too funny. Would Demon Lord be interested in 1 billion? Impossible!”

“His breaking 1 billion is a sure thing. He probably wouldn’t even be slightly interested until 10 billion, right?”

“Where are the people who were shouting earlier?”

“Come out!”

“100 million combat power, invincible?”

“Come, let me show you what true invincibility is!”

“Ex: I’m sorry, I couldn’t satisfy Demon Lord!”

......

At the same time,

The legion led by Ex also stepped onto the Astra Empire’s land. In front of him, the Astra Empire’s combat power ranking was also displayed, and everyone’s gaze was fixed on that name.

“Two hundred… eighty million?!”