Chapter 013: Shrinking

“It’s still early.” Du Fan sat in the courtyard, with several powerful warriors leaning or lying around it, quietly gazing at the stars in the sky. Each warrior was filled with excitement, yet it remained merely excitement.
The Blue-Blooded race was something ordinary people had no idea even existed. Only those at the pinnacle of the continent knew just how terrifying these beings truly were! The Blue-Blooded were nothing but legends—mythical creatures who could transform into level-seven or even domain-level warriors. There weren’t just a few of them, but tens of thousands. When the Blue-Blooded ruled the entire continent, humans were nothing but their slaves!
Facing such a legendary race, how could Du Fan not be excited?
As the night deepened, around two in the morning, Du Fan finally stood up and stretched. With an air of arrogance, he asked the people around him, “Is there any late-night snacks available?”
“Late-night snacks?”
Hearing Du Fan’s question, the powerful warriors around him were so angry they almost spat blood. At such a critical moment, instead of thinking about how to achieve their goals, he was thinking about snacks?
“Don’t look at me like that,” Du Fan said, feeling the strange looks from the people around him. He shifted his gaze awkwardly before explaining, “Right now, it’s a time when both humans and magical beasts are in a phase of self-recovery. So, no matter what kind of attack or noise there is, it’s hard to wake them up. But in an hour or two, that will change—because then all senses of various species will gradually awaken. If we start harassing them at that time, it will definitely be twice as effective.”
After hearing Du Fan’s explanation, everyone nodded in understanding. A few elves were called over, and a few minutes later, a beast as tall as a person was skewered and brought in. Charcoal fires were lit on the ground, and the beast was roasted over them. The powerful warriors sat there, drinking and eating meat, looking very pleased.
“Hmph.” Du Fan patted his stomach contentedly, burped, and then looked up at the sky. It was already starting to brighten, signaling that time was nearly up. Then, he slowly took out the sensing sphere and poured a trace of domain power into it.

“They’re here?” Moses looked excited at the sensing ball in his hand, which kept trembling, while silently making the three-one-two gesture. All the elf archers, upon seeing Moses’s gesture, slowly removed the short bows from their backs, and Moses followed suit, hiding in the darkness with them. “Whoosh!” One after another, rockets were fired desperately at the Bluebloods’ granaries. As soon as the fires broke out, the black smoke woke up most of the Bluebloods. “Enemy attack!” A Blueblood who was over two meters tall casually put on a cloak and stepped outside, but as soon as he stepped out of the room, he was forced back inside by the arrows from these elite archers. “Buzz!” The sensing ball in Moses’s hand trembled again. At the same time, he made the one-by-one gesture to the elf archers around him. All the elf archers then smiled and mounted their griffins to return to Du Fan’s camp. “How did it go? Were there any casualties?” As soon as Moses returned to the camp, Rob asked anxiously. Moses smiled instead of answering and walked over to Du Fan, nodding and saying, “We successfully harassed those Bluebloods. While leaving, I checked the fire in the granary. Perhaps due to the wind direction, the fire didn’t spread, and there’s still some food left—enough for them to last two days.” “Two days?” Du Fan clicked his tongue and looked at Moses. “Then who was the first to spot you when you set the fire?” “Over two meters tall, and their strength isn’t clear,” Moses replied. “But this Blueblood was already nearly two meters tall even before transforming. He must be a strong member of the Blueblood race.” “Hmm.” Du Fan nodded at Moses before slowly thinking. The Blueblood race had level-9 strong members. Normally, ordinary people would take at least half an hour to notice a fire in their drowsy state, but if someone could detect the fire within less than ten minutes of it starting, then this person was definitely not ordinary. “Report!” At that moment, members of the scouting team knelt outside the meeting room and said in an extremely excited tone, “It seems the Bluebloods are having a meeting. Several Bluebloods over two meters tall are there, but some of them are heading toward the town.”

“Oh? In the direction of the town?” Du Fan looked at the scout in front of him in surprise. After waving at him, he said with relief, “I thought that harassing them for one night would make them move to another place. I didn’t expect…”
“I didn’t expect them to come down the mountain again to buy food, right?” Basha continued Du Fan’s sentence, saying irritably, “Third brother, if we let them sell their food, our plan will definitely be delayed again. In that case, I think it’s better if we attack their camp tonight and turn these Bluebloods into our prisoners. That way, we won’t have to go through so much trouble.”
“Second brother, you’re too impatient.” Du Fan looked at Basha. Dwarves usually didn’t have good tempers, and Basha’s was even worse. So, apart from understanding, Du Fan probably had no other choice with someone as arrogant as Basha—temperament couldn’t be changed.
“Second brother, you’re really too impatient.” Nai Xiu also stepped in to explain, “Every time they buy food, we burn it down. I think it won’t take two days before they go crazy. By then, we probably won’t even need to look for them—they’ll come to us on their own.”
“Really?” Basha looked at Du Fan in disbelief and asked.
“That’s right.” Du Fan nodded at Basha before continuing, “The Bluebloods place the greatest emphasis on rest. You’ve all seen the reports from our scouts these past few days. If we can disrupt their sleep and prevent them from having money to buy food, forcing them to cooperate with us—that’s our real goal.”
“Oh?” At this moment, Moses also looked at Du Fan curiously and asked, “How can you be so sure that the Bluebloods will cooperate with us? What if they launch a counterattack?”
“They won’t,” Du Fan said gently, shaking his head. “They’re not afraid of direct confrontation with us, but they’re afraid of our endless harassment. So as long as we do our harassment well, we can bring down any defense!”
Over the next three days, every early morning while the Bluebloods were asleep, different strong warriors would lead the elf archers to harass their territory.
Rob, Moses, and Nai Xiu had taken turns harassing them, but Basha and Du Fan hadn’t, because Du Fan knew Basha’s temper. Without him around, following dwarven customs, they would likely have started fighting right away.

“Today, it’s our turn to take action.” Du Fan waved his hand and said to the elf archer nearby, “It’s the same as always—gather all the elf archers and wait at the Blue Blood Clan’s stronghold.”
“Yes!” Hearing the drug dealer’s orders, the elf archer hurriedly retreated.
Watching Bashah’s anxious expression, Du Fan smiled, patted his shoulder, and said calmly, “Brother, now is the real time for us to step in.”
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At that moment, five powerful warriors stepped forward toward the Blue Blood Clan’s territory. The Black Panther Knights followed behind them with heavy steps, while the elf archers had already been stationed above the Blue Blood Clan’s stronghold by Du Fan.
The Blue Blood Clan’s hideout was located in a mountain range not far from Odinburg. Moreover, under Odinburg’s control, a large area around their residence had been declared a military no-go zone by Odinburg’s generals. With military cover and deep in the mountains, it was indeed difficult for ordinary people to discover their whereabouts!
“Huh!” Just as Du Fan arrived at the Blue Blood Clan’s stronghold, a blazing fire erupted in the sky. No one expected that the Blue Blood Clan members hadn’t rested at night but had instead been quietly waiting for Du Fan and his group to arrive.
Above the stronghold, a young man stood firmly. Although he wasn’t transformed, Du Fan and the others, being realm-powerful warriors, could easily sense his sacred-level strength.
“You’ve finally arrived,” said the Blue Blood Clan member floating in the sky, looking at Du Fan and the others. “I guess those three days were your schemes. But I also wanted to meet you—whose side are you on?”
Realizing his whereabouts had been exposed, Du Fan wasn’t annoyed. Instead, he smiled and said, “I’m Du Fan.”
“Du Fan?” Hearing his name, the tall Blue Blood Clan member was taken aback.
As a race that lived in Du Fan’s territory, this Blue Blood Clan member naturally knew Du Fan’s name.
“Lord Du Fan, instead of taking care of your own territory, why do you come here to cause trouble? Besides, we haven’t done anything wrong to you!” said the tall Blue Blood Clan member.
“Oh, is that so?” Hearing this, Du Fan smiled and said, “In that case, those Flying Wolves have nothing to do with you?”

“What else does Lord Du Fan know?” Hearing this, the blue-blooded man’s expression turned grave.
“I suppose, since you blue-blooded people are in my territory, you should at least show some form of respect, right?” Du Fan suddenly said with a dark expression.
“You know we’re blue-blooded?” Hearing this, the tall blue-blooded man’s face changed drastically.
“That’s right. I think that as long as I make this public, your good days will be over, right?” Du Fan said. “Not to mention, even the power of the Holy Church is beyond your current capabilities, isn’t it?”
“Show respect? Haha, Lord Du Fan, how do you expect us to show respect?” Hearing this, the blue-blooded man burst into laughter. “Over these past few days, your people have burned down almost all our granaries. Moreover, we don’t have any gold, silver, or treasures here. If Lord Du Fan wants us to show respect, then what exactly do you want us to do?”
“I heard that in the south, you used to be close to Duke Wade. Now that I’m in control of the south, I think it’s time for you to draw boundaries, right?” Du Fan said.