Wei Huan's prediction was accurate. Sure enough, as soon as it got dark that night, the Dark Beast Lord couldn't wait to launch an attack on them.
Another pack of wild beasts.
It seems this Wish Beast is still not giving up and wants to use the same trick again, using the power of the curse to wear down Wei Huan.
Wei Huan's final decision to eliminate all potential threats during the third-level highway assessment was correct.
His strength was not exposed, and the Jisi Beast did not obtain relevant information; otherwise, it would have known that Wei Huan actually knew everything, and that Wei Huan also had a rather terrifying trump card.
These wild beasts are just "food," and even Liu Chengzhi could fight ten of them single-handedly, but the difficulty lies in not being able to kill them directly.
They could only dispose of the bodies using the same methods as before. While some wild animals did die outside, as long as their numbers didn't reach the threshold for the curse to be cast, they were safe.
Faced with an army of over a thousand wild beasts, this method seemed far too cumbersome.
Everyone busied themselves dealing with about a hundred animals, but when they looked up, they saw an endless expanse of wild beasts before them.
These beasts were a group of bipedal lizard-like monsters with long tails and thick, powerful forelimbs. They crawled on the ground in a disgusting manner, with snake-like heads, forked tongues, and, crucially, various colored eyes in red, yellow, blue, and green. When they pounced together, it was even more terrifying.
It's inevitable that if you don't strike hard enough, more and more people will die.
At first, Wei Huan shouted twice, "Control the number."
But then they fell silent again.
There was no other reason than that this despicable Dark Beast Lord had arranged for a group of Dark Beasts to hide in the middle. When the time came, they suddenly jumped out and attacked not Wei Huan and his companions, but the wild beasts around them.
In less than two minutes, thanks to the "joint efforts" of both sides, only a few of the thousand wild beasts remained.
Blood stained the ground, and amidst the dismembered limbs, a chilling gray aura clung to everyone's shoulders like a leech.
My back felt cold, my shoulders felt unusually heavy, and I felt inexplicably agitated.
"The curse has taken effect!" Mu Zhong reminded everyone, "Be careful to control your emotions."
Then, Mu Zhong looked at Wei Huan and said, "Let's fight. We can't wait any longer."
Wei Huan nodded.
The curse is like a maggot clinging to a bone; even if the cursed person leaves, it will linger for a long time, and besides, they will never leave this place in the first place.
The best way to break the curse is to kill the one who cursed it. In that case, we have no choice but to go to war.
Perfect timing! Let this fireworks display send a victory blessing to our compatriots fighting alongside us in the distance.
After killing the group of dark beasts that were clearly sent to their deaths, Wei Huan finally pushed the undead army to the front line four days later.
The opposing Dark Beast Lord was already on high alert, with a dense array of watchtowers surrounding the city walls. Occasionally, glimpses of hero units and Dark Beasts could be seen through the gaps between the watchtowers.
In the territory of the Sisi Beast, even the two-headed Hidden Demon has now become a city-guarding warrior.
These reddish buildings, while carrying a hint of bloodshed, also indicate that this territory, due to its special mineral veins, possesses fire elemental attacks, increasing overall damage by 10%.
What's even more despairing is that it's covered by...
A protective shield hangs over the entire city, completely protecting it.
Although this territory lacks Tier 5 buildings, their sheer number is enough to compensate for the lack of damage.
Unless Wei Huan and his group reach the fifth tier, they cannot ignore the damage from these fourth-tier watchtowers.
Moreover, Wei Huan and the others were only at the second rank.
From this perspective alone, the two sides in this battle are clearly vastly different in terms of combat strength.
Facing this Dark Beast Lord who had armed himself like a hedgehog, Wei Huan and his team had very little chance of winning.
However, when the ghost crows, carrying the energy-filled ghost fire, flew over the territory and the emerald flames fell like rain, the outcome was destined to be different.
"Boom!" The first Netherfire exploded in mid-air, causing the protective shield to tremble with blue light.
Wei Huan's abilities were not excessive; four Netherfire Bombs were enough to drain all the Nether Power he had accumulated in a day.
If you want the Hellfire Bomb, you can't have Undead Recruitment.
"Boom!" The second, the second, and the fourth ghost fire bombs fell one after another, causing the protective shield to flicker and become overwhelmed.
But the strong will always be strong. When Wei Huan maintains his advantage and stays at the forefront of his class, he is destined to be unmatched.
While others consider opening a silver treasure chest to be the ultimate achievement, he has already opened a platinum treasure chest, explored ruins and wonders, and annihilated the royal race.
"Boom!" As the eighth Netherfire fell, the protective shield finally wailed and shattered into a sky full of starlight. The ninth Netherfire fell along with the light, finally igniting a dazzling display of fireworks within the city.
Without so much gold equipment, platinum equipment, and even pseudo-god weapons, how could he dare to take on the platinum ruins of the Tier 2 highway assessment all by himself?
From those ruins, he unearthed an item that, to date, was comparable to divine equipment... a "super energy storage tank."
This completely solved the predicament that Wei Huan could only use Netherworld Power and follow the explosion strategy, thus making it impossible for him to follow the summoning strategy.
"Boom!"
One after another, the flames of the underworld lit up half the sky. Amidst the earth-shattering roar, countless buildings were reduced to ruins, countless dark beasts were annihilated into ashes, and system notifications kept flashing before our eyes.
Therefore, the existence of the "piggy bank" not only solved Wei Huan's dilemma in choosing a "school of martial arts", but more importantly, it gave Wei Huan the opportunity to have "dual talents".
Mu Zhong possesses dual talents: the [Pilot Sequence] and the [Dancer Sequence]. While these seem impressive, they actually require twice the effort and time to improve.
But what about Wei Huan?
He only needs to focus on mastering the [Gravekeeper's Sequence] to allow both the "Explosive Build" and "Summoning Build" to progress simultaneously. At least in terms of practicality, this improvement is no less than that of a true dual-talent build.
"Boom!"
As Wei Huan gazed at the distant flames, a thought struck him, and the long-prepared undead army surged towards the territory like a white tide, fearlessly facing death!
What's even more astonishing are the hundreds of Demon Eye Lords overhead.
Indeed, after discovering that the Corpse Bear was countered by fire, Wei Huan promptly adjusted his strategy, and this battle would primarily involve large-scale air strikes.
In addition, several small dog-headed people stood above the heads of some of the Eye Lords, and disappeared in the blink of an eye after entering the airspace above the territory.
Then the Dark Beast Lord discovered in despair that his territory was teeming with ferocious Shura.
These Shura Romans are blessed with attributes, and can often easily kill the "Loyal King's Dark Beasts" with a single one. Even the hero units that Shura Romans have nurtured for a long time and entrusted with important tasks cannot withstand the clutches of Shura Romans.
Among them was an even more ferocious and twisted creature, laughing "hehehe" all the way, killing and eating at the same time, its savagery even more monstrous than that of the dark beasts that prey on the weak.
The war began.
But no one expected that the actual scales would be completely different from what they had been compared to before once it started.
The entire human force, comprised entirely of second-tier humans, completely overwhelmed the fourth-tier territory in terms of combat power.
If everyone in this world is searching for a path to become strong.
So Wei Huan is on the path to becoming a strongman, searching for the path to godhood.
On this path, he will only grow stronger, becoming an awe-inspiring figure that everyone must look up to!
Mu Tangge, Lin Xu, and Zhou Yong looked around Wei Huan and Mu Zhong. Even though they had left a large number of undead to guard them, they remained very vigilant.
Only occasionally, when a distant burst of firelight illuminates the depths of their eyes, can one see the undisguised adoration in their gaze.
In the advancing undead army, Ding Qi and the twins stood behind the undead, wielding bows and staffs. Powerful attacks landed on the watchtowers, their durability fluctuating between -100 and -100.
Despite the seemingly dense array of watchtowers, they ultimately failed to bring about a "qualitative change" in Wei Huan's eyes.
It was easily pulled out, like a tiger having its teeth pulled out, it became docile and helpless as they drove right in.
Soon, the enemy troops were at the city gates.
At this point, the city walls were no longer of much significance.
The city had long been ravaged by the combined attacks of Netherfire, the Demon Eye Lord, and Xu Qingqiang, leaving it in a state of utter devastation. The once densely packed hero units and loyalist beasts on the city walls had all been ordered to return to their territories to "put out the fire."
Now, the city walls are empty and unguarded, and they were breached in no time, allowing the true army of the undead to pour in.
The war began not long ago, but it seemed to be coming to an end.
It wasn't that the Dark Beast Lord wasn't strong enough; it was because Wei Huan was truly powerful, and he had also gathered a group of comrades who could enhance his combat strength. With such tacit cooperation, they possessed combat power far exceeding that of a level four territory.
The destruction of a territory seemed to happen in an instant.
The moment the city walls are breached, even the King of Dark Beasts would be powerless to stop them.
[Chain Kill Mission]
[Next stage: 2499br10000 mission points, reward: Platinum Chest x1]
As the Lord's Core was destroyed, the final system notification sounded.
[Chain Kill Mission]
[Next stage: 2500br10000 mission points, reward: Platinum Chest x1]
The cold night wind swept across the ruins, extinguishing the last breath of life from the survivors.
Amidst flickering green flames, enormous, grotesque skeletons, like death itself, searched for warm breaths amidst the ruins.
The rustling sound stirred up the tattered...
They even searched for stones deep underground.
But after another night breeze blew by, the ruins, like a mirage, began to slowly disappear from sight.
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Whether it was the collapsed buildings or the corpses lying in pools of blood, it was as if they had never existed, not even a single hair remained.
The ground, which had been bombarded into a huge crater, gradually leveled out, just like the world itself, which is alive and in a state of healing little by little.
Before dawn, the land will be leveled again and trees will grow back. No one who passes by can imagine that a territory was once established here, and that a war that shook the earth took place here.
Wei Huan withdrew his gaze, and with a thought, he sent the spirits who were standing blankly in the open space back to the Great Tomb.
The constant recruitment, intense battles, death, and resurrection mean that even the undead, whose energy is depleted, need time to recover.
He left only some undead in good condition to carry out the guardian mission. After doing this, he turned to look at everyone, finally focusing on Mu Zhong's face.
Everyone looked excited.
They just killed over a thousand Dark Beast Lords in one go.
Of course, this number is nothing compared to the tens of thousands of challengers that the Dark Beast killed on the secondary highway.
But this is still a good start.
There will be more to come. Just like the leader said, we must kill the Dark Beasts with the same pain that humans experienced, to the point that just thinking about this assessment makes our hearts ache! We must kill them until their lineage is wiped out!!
Mu Zhong said half-jokingly, "Only 1,500 loyal beasts? I thought there were at least 2,000 in the city."
Xu Qingqiang had won a battle with great success, and was full of energy after a hearty meal: "Too few, ten thousand would be better, let's get it right away."
Liu Chengzhi thought about it for a moment, then hesitated, "If it were really 10,000, I'm afraid we wouldn't be able to beat them."
"How come we can't beat them?" This time it was the twin Teng Xiyang, who rarely spoke, who gritted his teeth. "A mere seven Dark Beasts in a Quick-fire squad were able to kill 20,000 of our compatriots in one go on the Second-Tier Highway. With our strength, killing 50,000 or 100,000 of them wouldn't be an exaggeration!"
This comparison instantly calmed everyone's excited emotions.
Yes.
A rapid-fire squad killed 20,000 of their compatriots, while they only killed 2,500 dark beasts. That's nothing.
Given the sheer number of Dark Beasts they breed, they would probably need to kill at least 100,000 to achieve the effect they desire!
With that thought, Liu Chengzhi's eyes hardened. He stared straight at Xu Qingqiang and said, "Brother Qiang, it's been a while since we've seen your skill in finding food. Tell me what you want me to cook, and we'll go kill the Dark Beasts."
As soon as he said that, everyone's eyes turned expectantly to Xu Qingqiang.
Wei Huan also looked over.
Speaking of which, Xu Qingqiang hasn't shown his taste-finding skills since entering the random challenge.
Xu Qingqiang rubbed his nose, then grinned and said, "Damn it, you want me to find something and then cook for me? Don't you know what my conditions are for finding something? Who are you trying to tempt here?"
Liu Chengzhi laughed heartily, clearly aware of the situation.
Seeing everyone's anticipation, Xu Qingqiang finally chuckled and pointed in a direction: "That..."
There are big guys inside.
After saying that, Xu Qingqiang looked at Xian Weihuan and said, "Your strength is not bad. You also said that my super-sensory can adjust according to the actual situation, so even so, I still think it smells very good. That means it's really powerful."
Wei Huan raised his eyebrows, keeping a thought to himself: You have no idea what my true strength is like.
He then asked, "So it's even more powerful than this territory? A royal territory?"
After saying that, Wei Huan's eyes turned cold and sharp: "Then we must kill him no matter what."
If killing 100,000 dark beasts cannot shake the situation on the ancient battlefield, then kill their royal family, annihilate their imperial family, and kill all the nobles.
Wouldn't that make you feel bad?
Speaking of which, the royal family of the Dark Beasts is extremely precious; perhaps the one mentioned earlier was a descendant of the current Dark Beast King.
If we can destroy its lineage because of this, it doesn't matter if we are regarded as a thorn in the side by the Dark Beast King in the future.
This is actually an honor!
He had never known how far to set his goals, nor how to make the Dark Beast "go mad with pain." Now he knew, and he had a direction.
So Wei Huan pointed in the direction Xu Qingqiang was pointing and said, "Go over there, straight ahead, and push it over there."
His powerful declaration ignited a surge of passion in everyone's hearts.
Yes! Push it through! Kill gods and Buddhas alike if they stand in your way!!
Moreover, this direct march method saves the trouble of searching for the territory of the Dark Beasts.
It doesn't matter if these dark beasts gather along the way. Wouldn't it be better to just kill these dark beasts that have abandoned their territory to come to the king's aid?
...
The flames of war illuminated the darkness as if it were daytime. Countless chariots raced across the battlefield of blood and fire, beams of light shooting from their roofs and blasting towards the armored rhinoceros battle formation ahead.
Fierce winged bat-men flew out from behind the city wall, densely packed like a swarm of bees, forming a formation in the sky before pressing down together. They nimbly dodged the barrage of cannonballs and suddenly slashed at the protective shield outside the vehicle.
Suddenly, a magical rune appeared above the chariot formation, covering an area of over two miles. All the vehicles within its range were enveloped, and their artillery fire was absorbed and vanished by the magic circle, quickly coalescing into a battle axe. Once the battle axe solidified to a near-realistic form, it cleaved through the heavens and earth, cleaving towards the territory's city walls.
"Buzz—!!"
The atmosphere itself froze.
This was a majestic and imposing city wall, seemingly stretching across the heavens and the earth. The wall exceeded a thousand meters in height, was terrifyingly thick and sturdy, and featured lifelike reliefs of colossal beasts. As the giant axe struck, these reliefs miraculously came to life, simultaneously raising their claws in a gesture.
A loud "boom" resounded.
The colossal axe of heaven was blocked in mid-air by the arm raised in the relief of the city wall. The enormous invisible forces collided and competed in the air, and the wisps of energy that fell to the ground could tear apart a giant rhinoceros and blow away vehicles.
The sky suddenly brightened, and the whole world was as bright as day!
Then, the accumulated power canceled each other out and gradually dissipated.
As night returned, the roars, which had briefly subsided, resumed.
The boundless flames of war were reignited, intertwined with the drenching blood, transforming into the wails of the dead.
"Their combat strength is actually even?"
exist
After a night of fierce fighting, both sides reached this conclusion before dawn.
This is definitely good news for humanity, which was initially lagging behind.
Having fallen behind by five levels and entering the arena only to be met with darkness, the fact that the humans could fight the dark beasts to a standstill, despite being inferior in every aspect, is already something to be thankful for.
The next test will be the two sides' trump cards and the commanders' skills, as well as the replenishment of their forces.
The "Ancient Battlefield" will last for a month. During this period, both sides can freely replenish their troops. However, if the other side cannot be eliminated by the deadline, the Challenge World will calculate the battle casualty ratio at the last moment, and the side with the lower battle casualty will win.
Fighting such a major battle in a month is a very short time, which means that both sides have to concentrate all their strength in a short period of time.
It is a test for the soldiers, and a double torment for the leaders, both physically and mentally.
Especially on the human side.
Unlike the royal families of the Dark Beast Civilization, which naturally formed a hierarchical social class, humanity was divided into many countries and factions. Without a unified voice to coordinate their efforts, they could only end up fighting each other.
The Great Xia controlled one-fifth of the region, Osham Peak and the Great Bear Kingdom each controlled one-fifth of the region, the European continental alliance took another portion, and the rest was formed by various other small countries forming an alliance.
The only advantage is that humans are the attackers, while the dark beasts have no advantage in taking the initiative. Otherwise, given their fragmented state, they could easily wipe out some alliances from any direction.
Even so, the uneven distribution of combat power on the human side was quickly exposed. The Dark Beast Lord King only needed to place the most difficult legions and defensive forces in the areas where Great Xia, Osham, and Great Bear were located, which would be enough to easily stop all attacks.
The relentless bombardment throughout the night did not yield any significant results.
Of course, the Dark Beasts didn't gain anything either. This war was different from what they had initially thought. They never expected that there would be so many Level 5 human tanks, which completely exceeded their initial estimates.
"Humans... are always so hateful. Why can't we just crush them like insects?"
The being seated on the throne murmured casually, but the anger hidden deep within his voice made all the high-ranking dark beasts listening below tremble.
This is an evolution of two civilizations from different dimensions, and it's normal that they are evenly matched.
But Wang was clearly getting impatient.
"It's dawn." The Dark Beast King said, his eyes gazing at the sky as if piercing through time and space, and said calmly, "Humanity's time to shine is coming. It's not time to rest yet. Fight hard."
The high-ranking dark beasts retreated, but a small number of the king's confidants remained beneath the throne.
One of the Spirit Beasts, formed from black energy, had its internal smoke churning wildly. Simultaneously, its voice resounded directly in the minds of every other dark beast: "As of now, the casualty ratio between our race and humans is less than 0.01. Although our race is temporarily in the lead, we haven't achieved our initial goal. The coming daytime will be on humanity's home turf. We need to do the following to have any chance of maintaining and expanding our advantage..."
These sounds were like a compressed file, instantly filling the minds of all the dark beasts, but to understand them required slow reading and even their own thinking.
The being on the throne tapped the armrests lightly with its fingers, as if reviewing information in its mind.
Just then, another small "email" arrived. He casually opened it, and the moment he saw the information inside, his brow furrowed slightly.
Then, it looked intently at the most trusted companion beast before it.
"You think I can't miss this message?" the Dark Beast King asked.
The beast silently answered: Yes.
But the Dark Beast King merely glanced at the Thought Beast with annoyance and said, "Since when have the deaths of a mere thousand Dark Beasts in a Level Two world become something I need to report to?"
The beast silently uttered four words: "Human Wei Huan."
But the Dark Beast King was clearly no longer interested. He had long forgotten that just a month ago, a human had slaughtered the entire newbie zone, killing a very excellent and highly anticipated two-headed Hidden Demon, and he had also forgotten that the human had received the title that enraged him: "Dark Beast Slayer".
Its mind is now filled with nothing but this war and the endless swarms of Earthlings surrounding it, like locusts that it can't seem to kill.
The war continues. The Dark Beasts have the Silent Beasts, and the humans have supercomputers. Every gain and loss is precisely calculated.
The leaders spared no effort in fighting for every inch of land.
...
On Earth.
Commander Mu has already arranged two operations in succession.
The first time, he used the "challenge shield" that Wei Huan brought out to successfully capture the former head of the logistics headquarters of the Northeast Army who was on the run, as well as a group of his defecting subordinates.
What's infuriating is that the Northeast Army's supplies had already been moved.
They emptied the coffers of the Northeast Army Corps and fattened up a large number of people. In addition to the "War Clan" they had joined, a batch of important supplies indeed flowed to the Mulberry Tree Kingdom.
"If we don't act quickly, most of these supplies will probably be sent to countries like Osama, and it will be even more difficult to get them back then."
The adjutant said, "Therefore, we must take immediate action against the Mulberry Kingdom."
The two-faced actions of Shi Hengzu can no longer be concealed. The Great Xia government has long since ceased its cooperation with them in the Challenge World, and has entered a phase of strict control over the Mulberry Tree School and enterprises established in the Great Xia.
But that's far from enough. Whether it's the challenge resources they've stolen from Great Xia over the years, or the hatred they harbor for the many geniuses, including Mu Zhong, who died for no reason, they must be made to pay the price.
Captain Wang led Liu Xiaotian and others to the Mulberry Tree Country.
After Commander Mu saw them off, he heard his adjutant's report again, this time with obvious surprise.
"51,000 points already? And that's less than a month! How did they do that? They're pushing their territory forward one after another. Even if they didn't sleep, they probably couldn't do that." Commander Mu couldn't understand it.
The adjutant didn't understand either, but he had some guesses: "Their points increase in a certain pattern. Sometimes there is no movement for several days, but in a day, they may have gained 10,000 or 20,000 points."
"So, they can kill one or two thousand dark beasts a day? Did they gather all these dark beasts together?"
The adjutant nodded: "Do you remember Professor Zhou mentioning that dark beasts possess a certain swarm mechanism? Their pyramid structure is stable, and higher-level dark beasts can control lower-level dark beasts."
Control force is close to 100%.
"I know."
Commander Mu nodded. Professor Zhou was his wife, Zhou Xian. Seven years ago, she was a biologist, and now she is a very famous researcher of dark beasts in Great Xia. Her main research direction is the social structure of dark beasts.
After careful consideration, Commander Mu said, "So that means that when a dark beast senses danger, it will gather lower-level dark beasts to protect itself. This also happened when Mu Chong conducted a random challenge last time."
Does this mean that we haven't yet pushed the Dark Beasts to their limit?
This last sentence was exactly the same as what Mu Zhong had said to Wei Huan.
They truly are father and son; their perspectives on issues are completely aligned.
But once this idea comes up, it inevitably makes people feel somewhat suffocated.
Humanity has exhausted all its strength, but after such a desperate struggle, it has learned that the Dark Beasts still have a lot of power left.
Who could bear that?
But unlike Mu Zhong's occasional moments of despondency, Commander Mu quickly rallied.
"We're not without our trump cards either. To be honest, humanity has a lot of room for growth." He looked at his adjutant and said, "Given humanity's current disorganized state, I'm quite surprised that we've managed to hold on until today. In my opinion, if we want humanity to win the final victory, we must first unify the human race."
The adjutant nodded in approval, then sighed.
"What kind of great person would it take to achieve this? Throughout history, Earth has never been unified."
Commander Mu said, "It didn't work before because of transportation restrictions, the inability to achieve absolute military dominance, and the lack of external pressure. Humans don't need to be unified to live well."
Citizens of wealthy nations often revel in their privileges while celebrating equality. Those struggling to survive, however, are filled with hatred and yearn for higher positions. This inherent antagonism makes consensus impossible.
But things are different now. In this existential crisis, haven't you noticed? Even deep down, we yearn for someone with absolute power, absolute charisma, and the ability to lead humanity to victory. We long for the day when we are led by such a great man, and ultimately witness humanity's triumph.
The adjutant lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then looked up at Commander Mu with a firm expression and said, "Yes, that's what I think."
The two stopped talking and looked out the window together.
In that vast expanse of heaven and earth, it seemed to be searching for something.
A long, quiet silence followed.