182: Chapter 182 A Sacrifice of Ten Thousand People

Qi Yun's brows furrowed as he looked down at the ant-like crowd, feeling puzzled:

"Why did so many people suddenly come to besiege us? We've only been here for a day. Even if we wiped out those three families of Blood Blade, it shouldn't have drawn such a massive formation, right?"

Li, who had been standing quietly beside him, spoke up indifferently:

"I feel a familiar presence."

"It seems some of my 'old friends' know I'm back and have specially sent people to greet me."

Qi Yun suddenly understood.

He had anticipated this, but he hadn't expected them to come so quickly and with such a large force.

However...

Qi Yun looked down at the numerous "allied forces" and then at the group of girls beside him—most of whom had already awakened their Unique Classs after last night. A cold arc slowly curved on his lips.

"They came at the perfect time."

He turned around, his gaze sweeping over all the girls, his voice ringing out clearly and powerfully:

"Listen up! Those people down there are 'experience packs' and 'whetstones' delivered right to our doorstep!"

"All Sole-Class professionals who have reached or are near Level 50—Xia Jin, Chen Xiaolin, Ye Xi, Su Mu, Shu Qianxue, Lin Le, Lin Wan, Sophia, Bai Yu, and others—step forward!"

"Each of you will be responsible for leading two girls who have just gained new power!"

"Your task is to lead them in battle and leave the final blow to them as much as possible to help them level up quickly and familiarize themselves with their power!"

"Li, Xia Ran, Yun Lin, and I will stay on the third floor to coordinate the overall situation and support the wounded at any time!"

"Understood?!"

"Understood!" the girls responded in unison, their voices crisp and filled with an irrepressible fighting spirit.

After these days, the greenness and anxiety in their eyes had long since faded, replaced by a thirst for power and trust in their companions.

"Zzz... I can finally give them a good shock this time!" Tiny blue electric arcs began to jump around Chen Xiaolin's body.

Lin Le and Lin Wan exchanged a glance. With a "swish," pure white and pitch-black wings unfolded behind them, and light condensed into holy swords in their hands.

Sophia exhaled gently, and tiny ice crystals condensed in the air, causing the temperature to plummet.

Beside Su Mu, the air distorted slightly, as if a massive summoned creature was about to appear.

"Move out!"

With Qi Yun's command, the girls, who had long been unable to restrain themselves, leaped directly from the edge of the third-floor terrace!

Dozens of slender figures streaked through the morning light with an indomitable momentum, landing in front of the densely packed enemy army below.

In the distance, on a hillside with an excellent view.

Luo Gao and Duan Yong were leisurely drinking beverages, watching the show.

"Oho," Luo Gao raised an eyebrow and grinned as he watched the girls who took the initiative to jump out, their numbers not even a fraction of their allied forces.

"Li has gotten smarter, hasn't she? Knowing to let her subordinates come out as cannon fodder first? It seems she was really traumatized by our betrayal back then, hahaha!"

Duan Yong also chimed in with a weird laugh: "Hehe, betrayal can also teach someone a lesson."

The two laughed together.

Below on the battlefield.

The "allied" soldiers from various small and medium-sized Tribes, who had been lured by Luo Gao's incentives, were stunned to see dozens of girls falling from the sky and landing between them and the crumbling protective shield.

"What's the situation? Surrender? Have they raised the white flag?"

"I don't see a white flag... They seem to be holding weapons?"

"Tsk, what a pity. So many pretty babes, but that lord said to kill them all..."

"Wait! They're charging at us?!"

"Holy crap! Are they crazy?! How many of them are there? Are there even fifty? They're charging at ten thousand of us?!"

"Is this a fucking suicide attack? Or do they just look down on us?!"

Just as the allied soldiers were looking dazed and questioning their lives—

"Crack—!!!"

The protective shield, which had endured attacks for too long, finally let out an overburdened wail and shattered completely, dissipating into a sky full of light specks.

"The shield is broken! Charge!"

"Kill them all!"

Several minor leaders secretly arranged by Luo Gao's subordinates—responsible for supervising the battle and leading the charge—immediately took the opportunity to shout, driving the allied forces forward.

The two groups of people collided with a bang!

However, the expected scene of the sea of people drowning those dozens of girls did not appear.

The dozens of allied soldiers at the very front flew back screaming at a speed even faster than when they had charged!

They spat blood while still in mid-air, knocking down a large swath of people behind them!

Every time Xia Jin swung the long blade burning with fierce flames, she cleared a large area in front of her.

Chen Xiaolin transformed into a human Pikachu; wherever she went, electric snakes danced wildly, and enemies collapsed in heaps, twitching.

With a wave of Sophia's hand, paths of frost spread, freezing large numbers of enemies into ice sculptures. Then, with a snap of her fingers, the ice sculptures shattered.

Su Mu didn't even take the field personally. She just stood in the relatively safe rear, spatial gates constantly opening and closing beside her, pouring out summoned beasts to coordinate with the girls' offensive.

From the very beginning, the battle showed a one-sided crushing posture!

Although the girls were few in number, every one of them was a monster capable of taking on a hundred, or even a thousand, alone!

The battlefield instantly turned into a massive experience-harvesting site, as well as a massive complaint site.

Wails and complaints rang out continuously from the crowd:

"Fuck! Is this a newly arrived Tribe?! You're telling me this strength belongs to newcomers?!"

"That red-haired woman is the Fire God descended to earth, right?! She takes out a whole area with one slash!"

"And the one discharging electricity! My piss was shocked right out of me!"

"The two with wings in the sky! They're cheating, right?! Report them! Is anyone going to do something about this?!"

"I was wondering why those bastards from 'Calamity' didn't go themselves and sent us to die instead! Turns out we kicked a titanium alloy steel plate!"

"Brothers! Let's retreat quickly! This fight is impossible!"

"Escape? Escape where? Didn't you see the 'Calamity' people watching in the woods behind us? A few who tried to slip away just now were shot dead by them!"

"Damn it! Wolves in front and tigers behind! They're giving us no way to live!"

"I shouldn't have come here to join the fun for those few scraps in the first place."

"Let's fight them! We're dead either way!"

"Fight with what?! Fight with your head? Which one of them can you beat?"

The allied forces fell into complete chaos.

In front were the girls cutting through them like vegetables, and behind were the predatory "Calamity" elites, ready to kill deserters at any moment.

They were like beans trapped in a millstone, being ruthlessly crushed and consumed.

As Luo Gao watched the one-sided slaughter from the hillside, the smile on his face gradually disappeared, replaced by a hint of solemnity.

"These women... they've got something."

"It seems this new Tribe Li found has quite a deep foundation."

Duan Yong also couldn't laugh anymore: "Brother Gao, our 'cannon fodder' is being consumed a bit too quickly. They might all die before we can test much of Li's strength."

They weren't worried about these girls; no matter how strong they were, they would eventually be drowned by the crowd due to exhaustion.

The biggest threat was still Li.

"If they die, they die," Luo Gao said coldly.

"They were cannon fodder to begin with. Send the word down: have our people push a little further forward to make these useless pieces of trash charge more 'bravely.' Also, keep a close eye out. Where exactly... is Li?"

His gaze turned toward that silent three-story stronghold, a hint of wariness flashing in his eyes.

The true target had not yet appeared.

And this probe, using ten thousand people as sacrifices, had only just begun.