"Mm-hmm." Lan Fozi nodded repeatedly, her resolve firm.
"Rest assured, Beast God Senior, I will definitely convey your instructions without missing a word."
After a pause, she continued, "I've been sailing on the ocean for many years, rescuing endangered sea soul beasts, and I'm familiar with the distribution of monsoons and ocean currents on the sea."
"Since we need to use the ocean's power, leveraging the monsoons and currents to create natural disasters, then leave the task of completing the strategic map's ocean section to me."
"Hmm?" Di Tian scrutinized Lan Fozi, then glanced at the Demon Emperor from the corner of his eye.
However, Lan Fozi took a large step forward, blocking the Demon Emperor.
Indeed, which grown-up child would want to be controlled by their parent's will?
Once she ensured she was firmly blocking her mother, Lan Fozi patted her not-so-full chest confidently.
"Don't worry, leave it to me, I'll make sure it succeeds!"
"You have only three years, can you really guarantee success?"
In response to DiTian's second question, Lan Fozi didn't hesitate at all and replied firmly again:
"Of course!"
"Good."
"Then set off immediately."
"There's one more thing. Have a few of the fierce sea soul beasts come to Heaven Dou City to have their four-character battle armor and divine-grade mechas made, as I promised them earlier."
"Got it."
After giving a simple, determined reply, and fearing her mother would stop her, Lan Fozi quickly slipped away in an instant.
"I'll go see her off." The voice of the Demon Emperor came from under his black robe, low and frustrated, as he finally left after receiving Emperor Tian's nod of approval.
Inside the room, only Di Tian, Biji, and Ziji remained.
Ziji couldn't hold back and asked first: "What about our Star Dou Forest? We can't just stand by and watch, can we?"
"With us here, the Star Dou Forest is fully capable of fighting back."
Emperor Tian lowered his head slightly and said, "Of course, we won't just stand by and watch."
"But we cannot deny that human soul master's soul guide armies are not something ordinary soul beasts can resist—they're easily wounded, and death comes quickly upon contact."
"If it weren't for Snow Spirit being able to use the largest snowstorm in history to borrow the power of nature for self-preservation and attack, I wouldn't have agreed to her plan."
"The sea soul beasts are also relying on the natural barrier of the sea, and they are targeting the softer spots—picking easy targets."
"As for the Star Dou Forest soul beasts, if they want to attack, they must rely on the natural powers of the Star Dou Forest itself."
At this point, Biji took over the conversation.
"The natural power of the Star Dou Forest?"
"You mean..."
"Yes." Before Biji could finish her sentence, Di Tian confirmed her guess.
As the most powerful life-healing soul beast in the Star Dou Forest, Biji couldn't have guessed wrong.
"The Star Dou Forest, the most prosperous forest in the Douluo World, has existed since the birth of the continent. It is the most prominent manifestation of vitality."
"Although it has been severely damaged over the last few thousand years, it is still undoubtedly the core of vitality in the entire plane."
"The vitality accumulated by the Lake of Life over countless years is enough to stimulate all the plants in the Star Dou Forest to grow wildly, forming a natural life barrier."
"With the Lake of Life as a backer, unless humans deploy the three level twelve fixed soul guide cannons, they won't be able to break the life barrier of the Star Dou Forest."
"And the three level twelve fixed soul guide cannons in human hands will be completely taken away beforehand, so there's no need to worry about that."
Biji and Ziji both trembled in shock, exchanging a glance, and each could see the excitement, battle intent, and mixed emotions in the other's eyes.
Previously, because their lord was healing in the Lake of Life, they couldn't use its power to mobilize a beast tide.
But now, things were different!
The moment of no retreat had arrived!
Biji volunteered, "Leave this to me."
In fact, no one was better suited for gathering the life force to form a protective shield than Biji.
But Emperor Tian's plan wasn't just to defend; there was also the need to attack!
He nodded first, then shook his head. "This task will be assigned to you, as well as to the Ten Thousand Beasts King."
"As the strongest plant-type soul beast in the world today, the uncrowned king, he can control all the plant-type soul beasts in the Star Dou Forest by himself."
"Once I create a set of four-character battle armor and divine-grade mecha for him, his power will increase, making him no weaker than a quasi-god among soul masters at the extreme Douluo level."
"Together with you, Biji, the two of you, standing at the pinnacle of the continent, can turn the entire Star Dou Forest into a war machine."
"Once the war starts, I will strike first, tear open the Star Dou Fortress, and then leave."
"You will use the life force accumulated at the bottom of the Lake of Life to supplement the plant-type soul beasts in the Star Dou Forest. Under the command of the Ten Thousand Beasts King, this power will spread outward in a wild expansion."
"After I break through a million years, my control over spatial power will be further refined, and I will be able to open enough stable and numerous spatial passages throughout the Star Dou Forest."
"With a strong life force shield and complex spatial passages, the Star Dou Forest will have the ability to engage in direct combat with human soul guide armies."
"Externally, the fixed soul guide artillery can't break the life defense of the Star Dou Forest."
"Internally, once the soul guide mecha army enters, it will be time for the soul beasts to hunt them down. If they can't win, they'll use spatial passages to call for reinforcements, gradually exhausting them."
Once all the details were clarified, Biji should have left immediately to bring back the Ten Thousand Beasts King.
But she couldn't help asking, "Di Tian, earlier you said after tearing open the Star Dou Fortress, you would leave?"
"Don't you plan to rely on the life defense of the Star Dou Forest and engage the top human soul masters in battle?"
Biji knew that while many battles were raging, the decisive factor had always been Di Tian, who, with his own strength, had surrounded the entire high-end combat power of the human race.
Though she gazed at him with hope, the answer she received was not what she wanted to hear.
"Yes."
"I will leave."
"Whether it's me or the top human soul masters, we all have the ability to unleash divine-level combat power."
"The battlefield shouldn't be in the Star Dou Forest; I'd hate to damage the flowers and plants. I would feel sorry for them."
"But if it's in a human-developed city, then that's a different story. Even if I turn it into a ruin, I won't care." Emperor Tian said with a half-joking tone.
Of course, the real reason for Di Tian's approach was to leave enough space for the inevitable last resort entry, the "fish dying with the net broken" moment.
Biji silently left, knowing that Di Tian must have his reasons.
She also understood that both the soul beasts and Di Tian had no choice in the matter.
Ziji was also pulled away by Biji, to act as a persuader for their former colleagues.
The "headhunter sisters" were on the move!
(End of chapter)