However, now the difficulties had arrived.
At the start of the instance, they had eagerly anticipated the Strongest Farm Owner Battle, but now, they dreaded its arrival just as much!
This was all because of the same person—
Wen Xiangjie.
Who would have thought that before the game instance began, the person they completely disregarded, believing her to be meat on the Lin family's chopping block, would actually seize the top spot on the leaderboard after the game instance started!
Not just them, even Lin Zhaokai, who had always been arrogant and looked down on Wen Xiangjie the most, now wore a very grim expression.
Now they could only do one thing: pray.
Pray that the person named Wen Xiangjie, ranked first, was not the same Wen Xiangjie they knew.
Pray that Wen Xiangjie would be wary of the Lin family, not dare to offend them too deeply, and not dare to attack them.
So, would Wen Xiangjie be wary of that?
The answer was, of course, no!
As soon as the mechanical voice announced the official start of the Strongest Farm Owner Battle, Wen Xiangjie unhesitatingly bought a stack of magical deeds.
Don't rush, don't rush, one for each, everyone gets a share~
Anyway, with Lin Zhaokai's and the Lin family's overbearing nature, as long as she didn't give her talent to the Lin family, she had already offended them irrevocably. With her excellent college entrance examination results, the Lin family would definitely not let her go.
So, of course, she had to strike first.
Lin Zhaokai still owed her a 【Substitute Scarecrow】, and she would unceremoniously accept it.
“Farmer Wen Xiangjie, you have used ‘magical deed’. Do you wish to specify a target?”
“Specify Lin Zhaokai,” Wen Xiangjie said without hesitation.
“We have found the following Farmer named ‘Lin Zhaokai’ for you. Please confirm.”
Wen Xiangjie pressed the confirm button.
At this moment, Lin Zhaokai, who was in his own farm feeling anxious, also held a magical deed.
He bought the magical deed not to fight Wen Xiangjie, but precisely to avoid fighting her. That's why he bought this magical deed.
In a moment of desperation, Lin Zhaokai came up with a strategy to avoid battle: he would initiate a battle with another Farmer first.
While he was fighting with another Farmer, Wen Xiangjie would not be able to initiate a battle against him.
This way, as long as he kept fighting, he could avoid Wen Xiangjie's attacks. He could also take the opportunity to rapidly expand his farm, and perhaps even have a chance to overtake Wen Xiangjie!
By then, if Wen Xiangjie initiated a battle against him, she would be seeking her own demise!
“Farmer Lin Zhaokai, you have used ‘magical deed’. Do you wish to specify a target?”
“Specify Song Fan!”
Lin Zhaokai chose a classmate with an S-rank talent, whose farm was certainly developing well, but definitely couldn't surpass his own.
“We have found for you…”
“Sorry, you cannot initiate a battle with other Farmers at this time.”
“You have been designated as an attack target by Farmer Wen Xiangjie. This cannot be refused. Please prepare for battle. The battle will officially begin in three minutes.”
“What?!” Lin Zhaokai was shocked and terrified.
Wen Xiangjie had used the magical deed even faster than him, meaning that as soon as the mechanical voice announced the start of the Strongest Farm Owner Battle, Wen Xiangjie had already decided to initiate a battle against him.
How could she! How dare she!
Didn't she worry at all about retaliation from the Lin family!
No matter how incredulous Lin Zhaokai was, the giant, fresh red three-minute countdown above his farm reminded him that the battle was about to begin!
“What to do? What to do? It’s really her, it’s really her!” Lin Zhaokai anxiously opened his warehouse repeatedly, using the ‘placement’ function to adjust the positions of his magical plants, trying to arrange them into a more suitable formation for battle.
Now he had no hope left. The number one ranked Wen Xiangjie was indeed the Wen Xiangjie with whom he had made the bet!
Otherwise, how could Wen Xiangjie dare to actively initiate a battle against him, being ranked fourth on the leaderboard?
Lin Zhaokai continuously adjusted the positions of the magical plants. The crimson countdown in the sky brought immense psychological pressure to Lin Zhaokai, and unconsciously, the stray hairs on his forehead were already damp with sweat.
3, 2, 1!
0!
The moment the countdown reached 0, the dense fog in front of Lin Zhaokai's farm instantly dissipated, and another farm appeared out of thin air opposite Lin Zhaokai's farm.
In front of Lin Zhaokai appeared a small platform with a pair of wings, capable of holding one person.
This was thoughtfully prepared by the Strongest Farm Owner Battle's combat system for the Farmers on both sides of the battle. Standing on this small platform, they could fly freely within their own farm's range, constantly monitoring the movements of both enemy and ally, so as to make timely adjustments.
Lin Zhaokai stepped onto the platform and flew into the air, wanting to first check the number and arrangement of magical plants on Wen Xiangjie's farm.
At this moment, Lin Zhaokai still held a last glimmer of hope.
The probability of successfully growing all magical plants was very low, completely dependent on luck. Even if Wen Xiangjie's land level was high and her plants matured quickly, she might still have bad luck and not be able to successfully grow many magical plants.
Even if Wen Xiangjie only grew twice as many magical plants as him, he would still have some confidence in the battle.
Lin Zhaokai's hope lasted only a second. When he flew above the farm and took in the complete view of Wen Xiangjie's manor, now fully revealed without the obscuring fog, he finally despaired completely, unable to find even the last reason to comfort himself.
The first thing that entered Lin Zhaokai's sight was undoubtedly the towering giant tree floating above Wen Xiangjie's farm. It radiated a soft glow, and exquisite, adorable creatures resembling legendary elves were hidden among the tree's leaves, their small faces very serious, looking as if they were ready for battle.
What… what is this?!
Lin Zhaokai's mouth dropped open in astonishment, looking at this giant tree that seemed to be from another dimension. Although he still didn't know what it was, he could tell at a glance that it was terrifyingly powerful!
The Strongest Farm Owner Battle's combat system was indeed thoughtful, displaying a prompt box for Lin Zhaokai, introducing the information about the giant tree and the creatures within it.
elf mother tree avatar? Elves?
Lin Zhaokai felt his brain buzzing.
He, of course, knew about the elf mother tree avatar and elves. The former requires all 25 plots of land in the farm to be upgraded to Elf Forest Land through the elf mother tree root, plus a drop of Natural Water, to grow. The latter can only be born on the Elf Mother Tree and are powerful weapons for attacking evil creatures.
But these two things had always only existed in data; no one had ever truly been able to grow them!
Not even the elite disciples of their Lin family at level 29!
3.5 billion gold coins, no one could possibly earn that!