Chapter 001: Decided in One Battle

“How do you plan to fight?” Magnus shouted loudly.
“We’ll fight just like this! Charge at each other!” Aldais yelled back.
“Aldais, you don’t care about the lives of our people!” Magnus sighed. “Aldais, I have such a hero here! Do you still want to fight?” As he spoke, Magnus suddenly let out a loud roar.
With Magnus’s roar, several people and animals suddenly appeared from the Inviting Moon Tribe’s camp.
A dark demon tiger over ten meters long spread its wings, with wind and thunder swirling around it. A dull rumbling sound filled the sky. Du Fan wore a long robe, wielding the Sword of Thunder, surrounded by a milky white light shield. Nai Xiu was enveloped in red and green glows, with destructive energy emanating from her Eternal Bow. Chen Chen expanded her domain to cover hundreds of meters and hovered in midair!
“Aldais, since your Fiery Flame Tribe wants to die, come and face death!” Magnus roared again. This roar was amplified by Du Fan’s magic, sounding like thunder that shocked the warriors of the Fiery Flame Tribe.
Seeing these experts in the sky, acting like gods, Aldais’s arrogance immediately faded.
“Magnus, you’re cheating! You brought outsiders here—what’s this supposed to be?” Aldais cried in frustration.
“What are outsiders? Young Master Du Fan is now my daughter’s husband, so he’s also part of the Inviting Moon Tribe. The other two women are either his wives or his servants. The tiger in the sky is his mount! How can they be called outsiders?” Magnus declared loudly.
As if in response to Magnus’s words, the dark demon tiger roared loudly, sending a overwhelming pressure toward the warriors of the Fiery Flame Tribe.
Within that roar, Rob used divine-level pressure, knocking the warriors of the Fiery Flame Tribe to the ground.
Although the barbarian warriors were strong, they relied mostly on their innate brute force, with few having any training. How could they withstand Rob’s pressure? Aside from the hundred people surrounding Aldais, everyone else was knocked down by Rob’s roar.
Not only that, but Rob opened his mouth wide and sent a purple-green light sphere nearly a meter in diameter flying toward a mountain at the edge of the valley. To the astonishment of the barbarians, the mountain was completely flattened!

That’s all there is to it—entirely, the Blazing Fire Tribe submitted to the Moon Inviting Tribe. Under the display of formidable military power by Du Fan and his companions, the people of the Blazing Fire Tribe had no other choice.
Before leaving, Du Fan did one more good deed. After sending Robo to scout the area, they discovered a river about 200 meters wide in the west of the barbarian lands. The barbarians had previously noticed this river and considered bringing its waters into their territory, but it was located about 100 miles away from their lands. Not only that, but there were another 40 miles of mountainous terrain to cross! Crossing those 40 miles of mountains was an enormous task!
After finding this water source, Du Fan decided to divert its waters into the barbarian lands. Fortunately, while inspecting those 40 miles of mountainous terrain on the back of the Dark Demon Tiger, he found that clearing just a small portion of the mountains would allow the river to flow naturally into the barbarian lands through the canyon.
With tens of thousands of barbarian youths, along with Feifei, and under Robo’s Thunderbolt Bombs and Nayixiu’s strange red and green long arrows, half of the river’s water was diverted into the barbarian lands.
It took Du Fan’s group a full three days to open up this water route!
Those tens of thousands of youths were utterly stunned by Du Fan’s methods. Especially the members of the Blazing Fire Tribe, who, after seeing what Du Fan’s group could do, secretly rejoiced that they hadn’t fought against the Moon Inviting Tribe.
Just one level-9 magical beast, the Giant Wild Boar, standing 15 meters tall at the shoulders and over 40 meters long, would likely be enough to deal with those thousands of warriors from the Blazing Fire Tribe!
Feifei’s mouth, over 3 meters wide, functioned like a giant bulldozer. With tens of thousands of barbarian youths following behind, they continuously diverted the water into the barbarian lands. When they reached the mountainous terrain, Robo’s Thunderbolt Bombs and Nayixiu’s Archery Skills proved extremely effective—those mountains, which seemed indestructible to the barbarians, were easily broken apart by Robo’s bombs and Nayixiu’s arrows!
Originally, it would have taken only four days to divert the water into the barbarian lands, but to ensure that the Moon Inviting Tribe was the first to benefit from it, Du Fan took an extra 10 miles through the mountains. Of course, with such a complex water project, the simple-minded barbarians couldn’t possibly understand Du Fan’s intentions.

As the first tribe along the waterway, the Moon Inviting Tribe could completely control that water source! It’s easy to imagine that by controlling that waterway, the Moon Inviting Tribe could also control the lifeblood of the barbarians. Once they had control over that lifeblood, their position would become even more secure.
When the waterway was introduced to the barbarians, they celebrated for three days!
Of course, Du Fan and his group left on the morning of the second day of the celebration. However, the following year, something very strange happened among the barbarians: three young barbarian women gave birth to three little tigers one after another!
“Tiger God!” the barbarian midwives cried out, kneeling and holding the little tigers.
These barbarians were still primitive in their ways; even though they had given birth to beasts, they insisted it was the work of the Tiger God! It’s no wonder—among the barbarians, strength was revered!
The tiger, after all, was a symbol of strength!
Thus, the three little tigers were worshipped as gods among the barbarians. If Du Fan were there, he would clearly see that those three little tigers were actually Dark Demon Tigers. During that night of celebration, Rob, who stood out greatly during this trip among the barbarians, naturally won the favor of many barbarian women.
On one side was primitive satisfaction, and on the other, the lustful Dark Demon Tigers. The two went perfectly together.
Of course, hundreds of years later, those three little tigers truly became gods. Having grown up among the barbarians, they continued to protect them even after becoming gods.
The story of the Three Tiger Gods of the barbarians was passed down among them for a long time.
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By the time Du Fan and his group returned to the capital, seven days had passed.
Reine originally wanted to spend some time among the barbarians, but Du Fan, worried that Gan Nong might suddenly appear and that Reine, at her peak level of ninth grade, wouldn’t be a match for him, insisted on bringing her back.
In the room, Du Fan sat across from Duke Green.
“Son, have you taken care of everything?” Duke Green asked, looking at Du Fan.
“Everything’s taken care of, Father. As long as nothing goes wrong, even having the barbarians send troops to help us won’t be a problem,” Du Fan said with a smile.
Of course, even if Gan Nong appeared, Du Fan would be informed right away, so the issue regarding the barbarians was already resolved.
“Good. What should we do next?” Duke Green asked.
“Through the mercenary guilds and merchant associations, we need to spread the news that the empire is about to send troops against the Frozen Alliance—preferably to the Frozen Alliance itself,” Du Fan said.

“Son, such an approach violates the ways of war! If we’re about to go to war, why tell others that we’re going to attack them? Son, you must understand that if we launch a surprise attack, we might gain the upper hand from the very beginning,” asked Duke Green in confusion.

“Father, even if we gain the upper hand at first, the territory of the Frozen Alliance is so vast. Even if our Green Family’s Northern Army manages to conquer it, it will be difficult to defend,” said Du Fan.

“Moreover, in terms of troop numbers, although we have an advantage in combat strength, the Frozen Alliance definitely has a numerical advantage.”

“If we spread this news, Father, think about it—whose forces are mainly responsible for defending our country against the Frozen Alliance?” asked Du Fan.

“The Eastern Army. Our Northern Army’s role is mainly to suppress unrest in the north and defend against barbarian invasions,” replied Duke Green immediately.

“That’s right! Father, so I’m sure that once the news that the empire is about to attack the Frozen Alliance reaches them, they will surely deploy most of their main forces along the empire’s northeast border to defend against the Eastern Army,” said Du Fan firmly.

“Good, good, son. Haha, even if we tell the people of the Frozen Alliance that only our Northern Army will attack them, they definitely won’t believe it. In this way, we can catch them off guard!” said Duke Green with a laugh.

“Yes, so the Eastern Army can become a great help in holding back the Frozen Alliance’s forces, even though according to Fischer, they won’t participate in the battle,” said Du Fan with a smile.

“You brat! Haha, how come I’ve only realized now that you’re also a genius at military strategy?” Duke Green laughed loudly as well.

“Next, once our army sets out, Father, we’ll spread rumors that the remnants of the Purple Blossom faction are still present in the northern provinces. Once those rumors are believed, Fischer will surely send troops to the north to deal with them,” said Du Fan.

“I’m sure that as soon as we leave, Fischer will immediately send troops to the north. Hmph, if my plan works, if we gain the upper hand in the battle against the Frozen Alliance, those troops will become his tools to seize victory. But if we’re at a disadvantage, they’ll immediately turn into a sword hanging over our heads!” said Duke Green firmly.

Hearing what Duke Green said, Du Fan’s heart also skipped a beat! To be honest, Du Fan had already taken this factor into consideration. “Isn’t Du Fan back? I want to see him.” Just as Du Fan was about to speak, a charming woman’s voice suddenly came from outside. But what was different about this charming voice was that it carried a hint of anger and a sense of condescension!