If Chu Tian saw that among their more than 9 million people, a full 100,000 possessed flying mounts.
He would surely tremble with fear.
The tiger beneath Zhao Lei's feet had a peculiar design, even wearing armor.
It was clearly more than just a flying pet.
It was a flying combat pet.
Zhao Lei, this kid, was quite something.
Though he thought this, he didn't inquire aloud.
Otherwise, the fellow would surely puff up with pride.
Instead, he turned to Gao Kai beside him.
"Kai Ge, how many of us have flying combat pets?"
Flying mounts and flying combat pets could both carry people through the air.
However, flying combat pets were far more formidable.
They could coordinate with their owners for aerial combat.
Flying mounts, on the other hand, were only useful for travel.
"Over 190,000!" Gao Kai replied softly.
"Oh!" Chu Tian nodded.
But as soon as he nodded, he felt something was amiss.
"What? 190,000?" Chu Tian's voice involuntarily rose several decibels.
"Yes!" Gao Kai smiled.
"Combat pets?" Chu Tian confirmed again.
"Yes!" Gao Kai nodded once more.
"How is that possible?" Chu Tian stared wide-eyed.
He couldn't believe that among the mere 400,000-plus members of the Inverse God Dream guild, there were 190,000 combat pets.
"It's impossible, so this is a guild secret! No one else knows except for a few of us. Those who went to the battlefield signed confidentiality agreements, preventing them from disclosing it to anyone else!"
Gao Kai spoke in a low voice.
Although there were only they few on this war chariot, with no outsiders present.
"How was it done?"
Just as Chu Tian finished speaking, his feet suddenly trembled.
Rumble...
The massive war chariot began to move slowly.
He then shifted his gaze downwards.
Gao Kai was also interrupted from his reply by this development.
Everyone else looked down.
From a height of 200 meters, the people below appeared tiny, like ants.
Below them, the 400,000-plus members of the Inverse God Alliance guild.
Formed into formations, they flanked the war chariot.
The troops had begun to set off.
"Boss, those guys are coming too, more than 9 million of them!"
Ma Deju said from behind.
This fellow must have received some intel.
"Over 9 million..." Chu Tian repeated.
"How do you know?" Chu Tian was curious. This guy was usually so carefree, how did he get this information?
"It must have been sent by Qingcheng!"
Jing Kaiyu chuckled, his tone clearly carrying a different implication.
Everyone else laughed, only Chu Tian paused.
"Which Qingcheng?" He looked at Gao Kai.
Gao Kai's wife, also the executive president of the Inverse God Alliance.
Her character name was Lei Qingcheng.
"Not Xi Xi, it's the one from Hei Tu City!" Gao Kai was speechless.
"Uh... that husky-voiced older sister type? Damn it... Old Ma... your taste is too heavy?"
Chu Tian suddenly remembered who it was, and a shiver ran down his spine.
He recalled his first meeting with that Qingcheng, her mature face, her figure!
And then, when she spoke, a childish, husky voice!
It gave Chu Tian goosebumps all over.
Every subsequent meeting with Qingcheng was extremely uncomfortable for Chu Tian.
He never expected Ma Deju to have such a preference.
"Not anymore, Master Huang helped her undergo a small procedure!"
Ma Deju rolled his eyes, naturally knowing what Chu Tian was thinking.
To be honest, he couldn't stand it before either.
"Oh?" Chu Tian was surprised again.
It seemed many things had happened during his absence.
Master Huang's intervention must have altered her vocal cords.
He hadn't expected Master Huang to be capable of such a thing.
"By the way, why isn't the guild at full strength?"
As the procession slowly advanced, the war chariot beneath them moved too slowly.
It seemed that despite all the upgrades to the war chariot.
This drawback still existed, otherwise, the entire team wouldn't be advancing at its pace.
So, he engaged in casual conversation with the others.
"It was at full strength, but we just kicked out over 40,000 people! They were all bought by various guilds and the three major factions. We had identified them long ago but hadn't acted.
This time, fearing they might suddenly turn on us and stab us in the back, we purged them first!"
Gao Kai explained.
"Over 40,000 traitors? Those three major factions really spent a fortune!" Chu Tian chuckled.
How much money would it take to bribe over 40,000 people to defect?
Chu Tian was feeling rather pleased, primarily because of those 190,000 aerial combat pets.
This was a force that controlled the skies.
It was just that he didn't know how many the opposing side had.
He didn't dwell on it too much.
The topic returned to the 9 million-plus people.
Because someone behind him said: 9.6 million... The strength difference is quite significant.
Chu Tian tilted his head to look.
It was the mage controlling the war chariot.
"Too many? I find it not enough!" Chu Tian gave a strange smile.
"Not enough? That's 20 times our number!" Gao Kai and the others also looked somewhat displeased.
"Indeed, not enough. The three war zones combined have hundreds of millions of people, and they bought this? It's still a bit lacking!"
Chu Tian's words grew increasingly baffling to everyone.
Hum hum hum...
Suddenly, a buzzing sound came from overhead.
Everyone looked up.
A swarm of drone-like objects hovered above them.
"It's WCC TV."
"Did you pay them?" Chu Tian also saw the logo on the drone and asked.
"No, we didn't. Now WCC TV, relying on the system-provided equipment that cannot be attacked and its permissions, is becoming more and more audacious," Gao Kai and the others frowned.
"Tsk!" Chu Tian also frowned upon hearing this.
WCC TV wanting to broadcast them without paying was indeed quite audacious.
However, hearing Gao Kai mention that the equipment couldn't be attacked, he was about to let it go.
When he heard a disdainful snort from behind.
Turning around, he saw it was still the mage, his mouth twisted.
"What, you have a way? If you have a way, then take them down, don't just tsk-tsk. Believe it or not, I'll cut off your little thing?
What's wrong? Did I not spend enough time away, allowing you to develop this bad habit? Should I cure you?"
Chu Tian spoke to the mage, launching into a barrage of retorts.
Just as Chu Tian arrived, he saw this fellow acting all smug, completely unlike the humble demeanor he had shown when they first met.
"Uh..." The mage was taken aback.
But he quickly collected himself, knowing full well that Chu Tian was a man of his word.
What if he really did cut off his little thing?
He also suddenly realized his attitude had become problematic.
As a divine-tier engineer, a hidden profession of Demonic Engineer.
The treatment he had received over the past year or so had cultivated this bad habit in him.
He had developed a condescending attitude.
"Boss, I was wrong. I'll get on it now!"
This fellow realized his mistake quite quickly. Chu Tian nodded, not giving him a pleasant look.
Then, Chu Tian watched as the mage pressed a few buttons on the control panel beside him.
A small, lightning-like device appeared from a flipped panel on the side of the war chariot.
Hum... Sizzle... A stream of white electricity shot out.
It directly hit the flying vehicle in the air.
The white electricity was like a chain lightning.
After hitting the first flying vehicle, it triggered a chain reaction.
It directly caused the few objects flying in the air to emit smoke and explode.
Then, the device spiraled downwards erratically.