When a person is in a high-ranking position, their words carry the law.

Chapter 288 Will Win

With all three parties keeping an eye on each other, the other two would naturally notice any movements made by Bai Ze.

At Ursus's temporary outpost, on the banks of a river, a piece of intelligence, just brought by an Ursus scout, was delivered to Ekaterina.

After Ekaterina had reviewed it, she then passed it on to the others for inspection.

"Follow-up personnel from Yujing Martial Arts University have arrived, along with people from five other martial arts universities, including Jiangnan Martial Arts University and Donghai Martial Arts University, who have also come to provide support..."

After reviewing the intelligence, Constantine remarked, "The Eastern Xia Federation has quite a few talented individuals. Dozens of outstanding martial artists from Yujing Martial Arts University have already died, yet they still managed to assemble such a team."

In comparison, Ursus is much weaker.

Fortunately, there is "Ursus's Daughter".

Everyone turned their attention to Ekaterina.

"Since Bai Ze now has many subordinates, you don't need to take action."

Ekaterina calmly said, "I will take direct action to defeat Bai Ze and Rhine. You will then be responsible for occupying Qingyu Mountain and taking over the most resource-rich area. Anna, you will lead the team then."

A young woman from Ursus, also dressed in military uniform, wearing a cavalry hat, and even with long silver hair, stepped forward and nodded silently.

She was the one who impersonated Catherine and fought against the Rhine.

If the hymn team's power hadn't been diverted, Rhine might not have been able to detect her disguise without revealing her martial arts divine intent.

As for whether Catherine could defeat Bai Ze and Rhine, no one present questioned it, simply because—

Their eyes were all on Ekaterina's hands.

The metal gauntlets gleamed with a cold luster, enveloping Catherine's hands and even her forearms, adding a chilling and austere aura to her feminine attire.

Outsiders would never guess that the greatest miracle of the orthodox religion is hidden within the cold metal gauntlets.

As long as that great miracle is displayed, whether it is Bai Ze or Rhine, there is only one outcome—defeat!
"Among the three of us, Anna, who can adapt to the power of the Anthem, is the strongest. After I leave, all of you will bring the greatest glory to Ursus," Ekaterina said.

"Snapped--"

Everyone saluted in unison, "Yes, sir!"

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In the northern part of Qingyu Mountain, a thick aura of blood emanated from a cave.

Inside the cave, Rhine floated three feet off the ground, sitting cross-legged in mid-air, absorbing wisps of blood energy into his body.

At a certain moment, Rhine slowly opened his eyes and looked at the figure that appeared at the entrance of the cave.

"What's the matter?" he asked.

"Lord Rhine, our scouts report that the Destruction Dragon of Dongxia has received support from the follow-up personnel of Yujing Martial Arts University, and many members of the university are also with them." Yagyu Sojiro entered the cave, knelt on one knee, and bowed his head to report.

Rhine frowned, mentally connecting "Dongxia's Destruction Dragon" with "Bai Ze".

No matter how many times he heard it, he found it difficult to adapt to this uniquely Japanese characteristic—or, in the words of the Eastern Xia, perhaps, chuunibyou (a Japanese term for adolescent delusions of grandeur)—this peculiar chuunibyou of the Japanese.

The Japanese seem to have a particular fondness for giving nicknames to the strong, and they tend to exaggerate these nicknames artistically.

For example, six years ago, during the era that belonged to Mu Yaoguang, the people of Yingguo also gave her many nicknames, such as "a martial arts genius that appears once in ten thousand years", "the face of the Eastern Xia Empire", and "powerful to the point of despair".

My God, martial arts have only existed in this world for a hundred years, how did you trace it back to ten thousand years ago?

Even Rhine himself had many nicknames, such as "Son of God," "Son of Light," and "Perfect Gold"...

"Anything else?" Rhine asked, suppressing his emotions that might affect his image. "Someone slipped a letter into the investigators' hands without their knowledge. We suspect it was done by the Dongxia people."

As he spoke, Yagyu Sojiro presented a white letter.

Rhine gently waved his hand, letting the letter fly into his hand. He then opened it and saw that it was written in Western Union.

"The more you try to hide something, the more obvious it becomes."

Rhine sneered, "It says that Bai Ze possesses mental strength comparable to a six-star martial artist, and can directly suppress the consciousness of others with his mental strength. The people of Dongxia are still so fond of infighting."

Although the Western Union was also prone to internal strife, it did not prevent the Rhine from looking down on the Eastern Xia people.

"Then what should we do?" Yagyu Sojiro asked.

With manpower support, even if the other two sides want to use a war of attrition, Bai Ze can send people to take them down.

Moreover, since Bai Ze possesses such abilities, he can instantly kill any martial artist below the fifth star level, and he has no rivals.

However, any ability requires effort.

If Rhine is determined to use people as cannon fodder to deplete Bai Ze's mental energy, then he will definitely have the advantage when he faces Bai Ze.

"To harbor evil intentions is the idiom I hate the most."

Rhine said calmly, "If we use human lives to wear down Bai Ze, even if we win, we won't have enough manpower to fight for the Yingzhou Secret Realm area. The Dongxia people want to kill two birds with one stone, they're dreaming."

It is impossible for those who enter Yingzhou Secret Realm now to fully develop its resources; at most, they can only compete for the best part of the resources.

The real development will take place after the three parties have competed, and each country will be granted development rights based on the areas occupied by its young warriors.

If Rhine really uses human lives to wear people down, even if they win, they won't have many people left to use.

What's more important is——

"If I were to use this plan, wouldn't I be admitting that I'm inferior to Bai Ze?"

With the ability to control that pure destructive divine will, how could Rhine lack confidence?

If he were to falter, he might suffer a double backlash from both divine will and the nuclear fusion fist.

If judged by the nature of the martial arts, the martial arts practiced by Rhine are all outright heretical. If one cannot control the martial arts, one will be devoured by them, resulting in either qi deviation or death without a complete corpse.

Simply put, Rhine believed they would win.

"Continue the search for dragons, snakes, and strange beasts."

Rhein casually crumpled the letter into ashes, closed his eyes and said, "Although that fool Fisher failed, his information was correct. The Kochei people used the dragons and serpents here as experimental materials. They are of the same origin as the Yamata no Orochi."

"The essence and blood of these strange beasts can help me further integrate the essence of the Yamata no Orochi."

As for the experimental records, they can still be obtained after taking down Qingyu Mountain.

"Yes." Sojiro Yagyu replied loudly.

Time passed slowly as everyone prepared, until six hours later.

A powerful aura rose up and rushed up the summit of Qingyu Mountain at an extremely fast speed.

Subsequently, several more streams of energy rapidly approached the mountaintop.

(End of this chapter)