Chapter 2200: Chapter 2200: Now There’s Truly No Resistance
Seeing the departure of the Flame Saint, Du You and the two sisters appeared on the scene.
"They didn’t destroy our space portal; it seems the plan worked. Now, no one should come to cause trouble."
"I really don’t understand what you’re thinking, Master. That guy is so weak, it would have been better to just kill him. As long as we wipe out their Saints, the rest of the battle will be ours to control."
Lin Yushi complained a bit, that guy is really too weak. Even with the strength she can currently display, it would only take one or two moves to destroy that guy.
That guy is all flames, but his power isn’t consolidated, and his understanding of the Flame Law is very poor. As someone who has already mastered the Flame Law to the extreme, Du You could immediately see the problems with that guy.
On the surface, it’s all flame, but inside there’s a chaotic mix of powers. Without relying on the power of the world’s will to integrate and suppress it, that guy would most likely burn himself to death. Even if he didn’t, there would probably be no good outcome. To kill such a so-called tier-nine entity, Du You needs only one move.
"Wouldn’t that be quite boring? I’d rather continue commanding the army. Slowly occupy this world, and once we have taken it all, we can complete its development and control together."
This way is very time-efficient, otherwise, why do it this way?
As we build cities along the way, the Control Altars are also being manufactured. Currently, the altars have covered most of the eastern region, but it still requires some more time.
In the future, once the entire world is controlled, we won’t have to waste more time.
At the same time, people in the core area have settled down and no longer worry about the Life Empire.
However, this time the investigation results were leaked around due to their involvement, and several adjacent regions heard about it. It turns out that space portal was actually created by an eighth-tier space Professional.
After hearing this news, many people breathed a sigh of relief, knowing they didn’t need to worry about facing Saint-level individuals.
But once they calmed down, many felt disappointed or even hopeless because even controlling a surrounding region wouldn’t allow them to reach tier-nine. Doesn’t this mean their path forward is blocked?
Although controlling the four regions outside the core area could potentially reach tier-nine,
the possibility is too small, less than one-tenth, so naturally, no one is willing to take the risk.
After all, looking to control a significant portion of the world, it seems only the Life Empire has that capability. Unless the core area intervenes, others don’t have that opportunity.
And the people in the core area simply don’t care, indicating they aren’t worried about a new Saint appearing.
The possibility of reaching tier-nine is even lower. Some peak tier-eight warriors, who initially sneaked out hoping to conquer a region, have left for the core area out of complete disappointment.
At least over there, life is better. Having a background from the core area makes many things easier.
Many late eighth-tier individuals also left because achieving peak tier-eight around here is too difficult. It’s better to see if there are opportunities in the core area.
Their departure caused further chaos in the three regions, leading even more people to leave.
Those who had no confidence in occupying a region left disappointed, and even the confident ones lost motivation.
Eventually, even some tier-seven individuals started leaving for the core area. If it weren’t for the natural barrier leading to the core area, making it impossible for those under tier-seven to pass, probably even tier-sixes would be trying their luck.
Wherever Du You’s army reached, those unwilling to surrender started to leave for the core area.
This rapidly reduced resistance along the way. The pressure initially felt by the army began diminishing as enemies either lost the will to fight or had already retreated.
For the few stubborn ones, given their low numbers, dealing with them became relatively easy.
Whether through frontal assaults or through stealthy ambushes and encirclements, they could be dealt with.
"Who would’ve thought, the fastest progress comes from the area farthest from us," Du You said with a peculiar smile as he looked at the report in his hand, something even he hadn’t expected.
"It is a bit odd, but they’re being cleared out," Lin Yucha nodded slightly.
"There’s nothing we can do about it. That side is the most chaotic."
In the north, there’s the Northern Empire and several other empires. They’ve already allied, so even though the resistance has decreased a lot, it’s still hard to overcome, and there’s a constant stalemate. Facing resistance from three regions at once isn’t easy.
To the south, there are seven strong countries. After Du You’s surprise attack wiped out two, the remaining five have also united, making them difficult to deal with.
The west, however, is the easiest. It’s the most chaotic with not a single powerful country there. It’s all self-proclaimed cities or city alliances, each too weak.
Forming an alliance requires a long time for negotiations and integration. Du You won’t give them that time and instead inserts forces through their middle, dividing and encircling them.
With the opportunity for joint negotiations gone, they can only surrender or be destroyed. Many people found they didn’t even have the chance to escape. Now they’re truly trapped.
And because of this, the western progress is the fastest. A third of the western region has already been occupied.
The two sisters didn’t expect that Du You’s love for playing, which concealed his true strength, would actually speed up the development of his territory. Even Du You felt a bit embarrassed by this outcome.
This is a mental blow. If Du You’s space portal hadn’t completely dashed these people’s hopes of reaching tier-nine, things wouldn’t have been this simple. Those peak tier-eight experts would definitely jump in.
Many might even take reckless actions to speed up regional control, leading to messy endings.
Not like now, where they can just keep advancing smoothly. "At this pace, formally claiming the west can be done in two weeks. However, fully developing it will take at least a year or two."
"That’s already very fast. Originally, we calculated in terms of decades."
Du You didn’t mind at all. At this speed, he was already very satisfied. As for the south and north, once forces from the western region are freed up, dealing with them will be quicker.
