Global Lords: Me and My Calabash Kiddos

”I’m not afraid of dying!”

Purple Phoenix Moon Dance’s words left Yi Tian choking for a bit.

He really couldn’t figure out Purple Phoenix Moon Dance.

So simple, yet utterly unreadable.

When it came to Qin Fanshuang, Yi Tian could help out a little. With Purple Phoenix Moon Dance—he was powerless.

If he lent her Celestial Dao Coins, she’d probably just dump them straight into scoring points again.

”You’re supposed to earn territory points step by step, why the rush?” Yi Tian really didn’t want the only partner in his top-level region to die off.

If it was before the Abyss Incident, Yi Tian wouldn’t have pushed so much.

He used to think these S-level big shots, all with seventh-level territories, favored by the heavens—how could they die so easily?

But half the seventh-level Lords died. How many overconfident hearts did that shatter?

”You’re not exactly going step by step yourself,” Purple Phoenix Moon Dance retorted instead.

”I’m only B-level in strength. Creating Elemental Warriors and boosting territory points is my way forward. You’re S-level, adding points recklessly—sooner or later, you’re asking for trouble.” Yi Tian tried to talk sense into her.

”We’re all going to die sooner or later anyway, so why not go for broke now? As for you—bet tomorrow there’ll be thousands of armies coming for you. You’d better worry about yourself first!”

Purple Phoenix Moon Dance knew there was no way Yi Tian would summon mercenaries tomorrow.

The rewards tomorrow were too important. Unless it was the last resort, no lord would call for mercs.

”No need to be so pessimistic! We can definitely defeat the enemy.” Yi Tian was always confident.

Purple Phoenix Moon Dance didn’t reply after that.

Yi Tian guessed she must’ve fallen asleep by then!

Soon after, Yi Tian said a quick word to Qin Fanshuang, then crashed into sleep himself.

Summer, Day Thirty-One!

This was the day a minority of lords looked forward to, and most dreaded.

The death rate from last time was still fresh in everyone’s minds.

This time, it was said to be even tougher than the spring assessment.

Many lords didn’t sleep all night, scrambling to set up their territories, afraid even the slightest relaxation would let death catch them.

Yi Tian woke up in the morning and continued his cultivation.

Since everything was arranged, all he could do was wait for the enemy to come.

By the end of the morning—Strength +1, Physique +1, Agility +1, Spiritual Power +2.

Strength 789, Physique 788, Agility 787, Spiritual Power 830, Spirit 550.

Unrivaled Three Swords, World-Edge Sword, Celestial Ice Palm, Celestial Flame Palm—all improved at breakneck speed every day, but they were still a long way from a breakthrough.

From Great Success to Perfection in Celestial Ice Palm and Celestial Flame Palm—that was a long, long road. For living creatures without Enlightenment Tea, glimpsing the end was a lifelong impossibility.

”One hour left, downpour incoming—lords, please prepare.”

”In two hours, Celestial Dao World indigenous people will begin attacking lord territories. The beast tide is sweeping the Celestial Dao World—lords, please prepare well.”

At seven o’clock, the Celestial Dao Stone notified Yi Tian, who was practicing martial skills.

”Crack!”

When Yi Tian finished practicing, thunder rumbled and lightning flashed across the sky.

It was already eight in the morning, but the sky was so dark it could’ve been night.

”Whoosh...”

The thunder and lightning lasted less than three minutes before a torrential rain poured down like the Milky Way broke free.

Instantly, Yi Tian was soaked to the skin.

The spring rain from last time was nothing compared to this—a child’s play in comparison.

Yi Tian didn’t bother to change clothes; he knew it’d probably be like this all day.

For breakfast—lotus eggs, with Hundred Flowers Spirit Honey. Yi Tian also took a cup of Hundred Flowers Spirit Wine.

Feeling instantly clear-headed and refreshed.

With Liyue’s help, Yi Tian donned his Dragon Scale Armor.

Inside the villa, raincoats were prepared in advance, including little raincoats just for the Little Kiddos.

Yi Tian insisted on making them put them on.

Liyue and Qixin put on their raincoats, too.

Since entering the ”Spirit Flower” world, their strength had soared day by day—now Liyue’s spiritual power was 661, Qixin’s 652.

Their area-attack talents could deal damage to early-stage Platinum opponents.

They were an indispensable fighting force now.

Elemental Warriors weren’t affected by the rain. They filed out of the Warrior Pavilion one by one and climbed up onto the city walls on all sides.

Among them, a hundred Thunder Element Soldiers, a hundred Wood Elemental Warriors, fifty Water Element Warriors, and fifty Fire Elemental Soldiers boarded the Divine Fury, Valor, and Heroic warships.

The warships set sail, patrolling the northern sector.

Yi Tian had over a thousand Bronze Assault Boats, but never intended to engage in water battles.

If everyone boarded the assault boats, even if they won, casualties would be heavy.

Dragon Sparrow Guards all got up on the city wall.

Golden Mechanized Guards activated, carrying Xuanhua Great Axes, marched out from the gate towers.

Twelve-winged Tiger Star Beast, Five Tiger Generals, Yin Yang Giant Panda, Howling Moon Silver Wolf, Eastsea Falcon, Little White—all took their positions.

At eight-thirty, Yi Tian led seven Little Kiddos, Liyue, and Qixin onto the North City wall.

The heavy rain restricted visibility—bad for defenders.

But thinking the attackers would have it just as bad, Yi Tian felt at ease.

With Elemental Warriors on his side, the rain wasn’t much of an obstacle anyway.

Soon, it was eight fifty.

Second Child, wearing goggles and using the Thousand-Mile Eye, peered around.

”Daddy—there’s a group of monsters showing up in the north.”

”Daddy, another group of monsters, east side now.”

”Daddy, a group of monsters in the western mountains too!”

Second Child kept reporting to Yi Tian.

”Three different factions?”

Yi Tian muttered to himself.

”Daddy—there’s a group of monsters riding giant birds, flying back and forth to the south. Oh, look, another group—these monsters are riding beasts.”

Second Child reported again.

”Giant birds and monsters—Fierce Beast Gang? What, do they have a death wish?”

Packs riding savage beasts—Yi Tian had only seen that with the Fierce Beast Gang.

Those beasts were all natural swimmers, with strong endurance and stamina—faster than humans in the water by a lot.

But Gu Qianqiu was by Yi Tian’s side, and knew the Fierce Beast Gang’s strength inside out.

Fierce Beast Gang only had Tianbao, who was just about to break through into a Platinum Warrior.

The gang mostly consisted of Bronze Warriors, with around two hundred Silver Warriors, and a few Gold Warriors.