Chapter 212: Preparing to Encircle and Kill the Borisin (Patreon)

"Brother-in-law~"

Although she was rather speechless that Derick wanted her to call him 'brother-in-law,' seeing how excited he was, Polyxia still played along, mimicking the charming demeanor from the movies as she called out to him.

Polyxia could roughly guess what Derick was thinking. He'd have to confess to Castorice when they got back, and there was no telling what would happen then.

Having a little fun now was like a death row inmate's last meal before execution.

After a moment's thought, Polyxia changed her tone, speaking softly to Derick: "Brother-in-law Derick, about what happened between us, don't be in a rush to tell my sister. Let... let me be the one to tell her, okay?"

Derick was willing to take responsibility, but Polyxia knew that she was the one who had started all of this. She had fulfilled her own desire, only for Derick to take the fall in the end. Polyxia couldn't bring herself to do that.

"Actually..."

With a slightly guilty tone, Derick was about to confess that it wasn't just her, Polyxia, he had been with; before her, he had also been intimate with Feixiao and Yunli.

If he was going to confess, he wouldn't just confess about Polyxia; he had to tell her about the others as well.

Their conversation wasn't just for the two of them to hear. Cipher was still eavesdropping at the door. With her skills and abilities, she could conceal her presence so well that even Derick had a hard time detecting her.

Hearing Derick's words, Cipher instantly understood his intentions.

He was planning to confess his relationships with Feixiao and Yunli to Polyxia.

"No, how can that be!?"

She still had leverage on him, but the problem was, if too many people knew about it, the leverage would naturally cease to be leverage.

At this thought, Cipher immediately knocked on the door.

"Derry, how are you doing? Are you feeling better?"

Hearing Cipher knock, Derick naturally couldn't continue his confession to Polyxia. At the same time, to prevent their situation from being discovered, the two of them quickly tidied up.

Derick and Polyxia quickly got dressed, and Polyxia tossed the torn stockings to the side. Then,

Derick used his own energy to conjure a pair of stockings on Polyxia's legs.

As for the blood-stained bedsheet, Polyxia was definitely going to keep it as a memento. Derick and Polyxia exchanged a look, picked up the sheet, folded it neatly, and then placed it in the cabinet.

With Derick's skill, this entire process took less than a second to complete. After they finished, Derick went to the door, opened it, and met with Cipher.

Polyxia, however, was a little puzzled.

She and Derick had been intimate for two or three hours. Why was Cipher only returning now?

She was far too late.

"Cipher, I've recovered very well now," Derick said to Cipher.

"That's good." Cipher put on a happy expression on the surface.

But inwardly, she was constantly complaining:

You've been messing around for so long; it would be strange if you weren't well.

Still, seeing Derick's condition improve was ultimately a good thing. Cipher no longer had to worry about whether to send him back to the Lofu Xianzhou first.

Their conversation attracted the attention of Jingliu, who was disguised as Castorice.

Seeing that Derick looked back to normal, Jingliu showed a satisfied smile. Then, she noticed a change in Derick's aura, her face revealing a mix of surprise and delight.

Jingliu asked Derick: "Derick, has your strength improved even further?"

Although Derick was strong before, Jingliu knew she could defeat him. But now, as Derick stood there, she had no confidence she could win against him.

Jingliu felt a genuine sense of joy from this feeling.

This was exactly the feeling she wanted.

"Yes, my strength has improved quite a bit." Derick nodded.

His strength was what it was; there was nothing to hide.

"Then..." Jingliu's lips curled up, a hint of battlelust in her eyes.

An opponent whose strength was similar to her own, not an Emanator she couldn't beat, nor someone who was obviously weaker at a glance, was the most suitable for a sparring match.

Faced with Jingliu's idea, Derick shook his head.

"You're still in disguise right now. If we fought, you'd have to go all out, which would inevitably make those

Borisin suspicious. If they find out you're Jingliu, even if they don't come to fight, they'll choose to flee.”

With Derick and Jingliu combined, they had some confidence they could defeat the entire Borisin race. But to say they could prevent them from escaping was pure fantasy.

In the end, they still had to wait for the main forces to converge.

"Hmph."

Jingliu nodded with regret.

Derick spoke to comfort her: "But it probably won't be more than a few days before we make our move against the Borisin. Just wait..."

Hearing Derick's words, Jingliu was finally satisfied.

However, watching her stroke her longsword, which could transform into a scythe, she thought to herself that when the time came, she would definitely let it drink its fill of Borisin blood.

"How much longer will it be?" Jingliu asked Derick.

"It shouldn't be too long. On one hand, it depends on the missionary work of the monk from the Danlun Temple. On the other hand, it depends on the

Xianzhou's military deployment. As it happens, now that we've arrived at the Borisin headquarters, it's time to contact my teacher and General Jing Yuan."

"Mhm." Jingliu nodded.

She had little interest in contacting her disciple and the others. She turned to leave, saying, "I'll keep a lookout for you."

After saying that, she walked off to one side.

Cipher, like Jingliu, had no interest in such matters. She glanced at Polyxia, then walked towards the other side.

"I'll go to the other side to keep watch for you."

Polyxia was also uninterested; she was going back to change her clothes.

She hadn't thought much of it before, but now she remembered she was still wearing Castorice's clothes. If General Feixiao and General Jing Yuan saw her during the communication with Derick, it would be far too embarrassing.

This left Derick all by himself.

He went into the room and opened the communication line.

The communicator had been disguised beforehand by Cipher using the power of the Titan of Trickery; it was completely unnoticeable under normal circumstances.

Even the signal was disguised, so it couldn't be traced.

Derick's communication went out, and Feixiao's voice quickly returned.

"Derick, we've finally made contact. How's the situation on your end? Have you reached the Borisin's main base?"

After Feixiao finished speaking, her image appeared on the screen. It wasn't just her image; it looked like Feixiao was in a joint command center. Besides her, the strategist Jiaoqiu was also there. General Jing Yuan of the Lofu Xianzhou, Master Diviner Fu Xuan of the Divination

Commission, and Helm Master Yukong of the Sky-Faring Commission were all present.

Seeing Derick's communication, everyone's gaze focused on him.

"I've reached the Borisin's main base." Derick nodded affirmatively. "And to welcome me, their new War Chief, all the surrounding planets are garrisoned with Borisin."

"Excellent! This way, we can wipe out all these Borisin in one fell swoop. From now on, the various civilizations of the universe will have one less major threat." Feixiao clapped her hands happily.

"Teacher, General Jing Yuan, how are the preparations on your side?"

Derick asked.

Jiaoqiu spoke from the side: "Naturally, everything is ready. The Luofu's Cloud Knights, the Yaoqing's Qingqiu Army, in total, we've deployed over one hundred million troops and tens of millions of starships. Once you confirm the target, we will begin to converge on your location.

The number of Borisin is tens of millions of times greater than the forces of the Xianzhou Alliance. But not all of these Borisin are warriors; many of them are logistics personnel, whose combat effectiveness is almost negligible. In terms of warriors, the number of Borisin fighters is about the same as the Xianzhou Alliance forces. The combat power of the rank-and-file soldiers is similar, but at the top-tier, the Xianzhou Alliance is winning by a landslide.

The only master among the Borisin was Hoolay, but Hoolay has already been dealt with. In the universe, what determines the upper limit of a race is not their rank-and-file, but their top-tier masters.

As long as they encircle the Borisin, the Xianzhou Alliance can guarantee they'll be wiped clean.

"I've confirmed things on my end. But it's best to wait a few more days. I have some other situations here..." Derick thought of the monk from the Danlun Temple and explained his arrangements to Feixiao.

After hearing Derick's explanation, Feixiao looked at Jiaoqiu and Jing Yuan.

"This Danlun Temple, what's the situation?"

Jiaoqiu explained the situation of the Danlun Temple to Feixiao.

After listening to Jiaoqiu's account, she nodded.

"Alright, then you continue preparing on your end. When you're ready, remember to move those people to a separate planet.

As for the rest, we'll take care of them."

At that moment, Feixiao also noticed Derick's condition and asked him: "By the way, Derick, you look much stronger now than before you left. It seems you've made progress again."

Derick nodded.

He estimated that it wouldn't be long before he could go find Amphoreus.

He hadn't returned to Amphoreus before because, one, he didn't know how to save it; two, he couldn't defeat Lycurgus; and three, he couldn't find the way back. And in all these aspects, the Flame-Reaver could provide Derick with what he needed.

He just needed to extract all of his memories.

The Flame-Reaver was thrown out directly by Lycurgus, so the route out was very clear. Lycurgus also knew about the Flame-Reaver's mental state and didn't care at all whether he knew or not.

But once Derick took his memories, he would be able to find his way straight back.

And he could bring plenty of help.

Xianzhou Generals, the Genius Society, and so on...

Feixiao was also very happy about Derick's increase in strength, and said in an encouraging tone: "Then keep up the good work and improve your strength. When this battle is over, I'll take you back to the Xianzhou Yaoqing."

If Derick's strength was sufficient, he could be stationed to guard the Xianzhou Yaoqing.

As for Feixiao herself, she would have more opportunities to go on missions.