53: Chapter 53 First Battle! A One-Sided Dimensional Reduction Attack!

"Leave none alive."

When Qin Yu's cold and ruthless voice rang out in the communication channel...

The last trace of hesitation in the hearts of all the Valkyrie completely vanished!

In its place was a monstrous killing intent, as uncontrollable as a volcanic eruption!

Avenge their classmates!

Avenge their innocent, tragically killed kin!

Purify these filthy demons in human skin!

"Liu Wei!"

Chen Xiao lowered her voice, her eyes flickering with the flames of revenge, as she gave the first command to a quiet-looking girl with glasses by her side.

This girl was exactly the former top student of their class, Liu Wei, who had now changed classes to an [Arcanist]!

"Understood!"

Liu Wei pushed up the glasses on the bridge of her nose.

The eyes behind those lenses no longer held their usual scholarly air, leaving only a cold, absolute rationality, as if calculating precise formulas.

She extended her fair right hand, fingers splayed, aiming at the crude camp where the five Cannibals were located.

"Hum..."

A faint hum of magic resonated in the air.

A head-sized fireball, radiating an orange-red glow, condensed out of thin air above her palm!

The scorching heat caused the surrounding air to begin to warp!

[Explosive Fireball]!

"Go!"

Liu Wei gave a sharp cry!

The Explosive Fireball, like a whistling cannonball trailing a long plume of flame, streaked across dozens of meters and struck with unerring precision toward the largest thatched shed used for storage in the center of the Cannibal camp!

The five Cannibals who were eating clearly sensed the danger!

True to their nature as savages who fought year-round in the jungle, their reaction speed was incredibly fast!

Almost the instant the fireball appeared, they let out a series of unintelligible roars, dropped the roasted meat in their hands, grabbed the bone spears and stone axes beside them, and rolled on the ground, attempting to dodge!

However, it was too late!

Boom—!!!

A deafening roar!

The Explosive Fireball slammed violently into the thatched shed!

Violent flames, mixed with a powerful shockwave, exploded outward!

The entire thatched shed was instantly blown to pieces!

The dry thatch was instantly ignited, turning into a massive ball of fire that swept everything nearby into a sea of flames!

The nearest Cannibal didn't even have time to scream before being sent flying by the violent shockwave!

His body was ignited into a human torch mid-air, slamming heavily onto the ground; after a few twitches, he moved no more!

"Now! Go!"

Chen Xiao's roar was like a clap of thunder!

She was the first to leap out from behind the ferns where she had been hiding!

Her entire being was like a lithe leopardess, the Snake-skin Longbow in her hand instantly drawn into a full moon!

Hum!

The bowstring vibrated!

An Armor-piercing Bolt, glinting with a cold metallic light, whistled through the air, heading straight for a Cannibal who had just scrambled up from the ground and hadn't yet grasped the situation!

Puchi!

A dull sound of flesh being pierced!

The Cannibal's body suddenly stiffened!

He lowered his head in disbelief.

He saw a bloody hole had appeared in his chest!

The arrow, forged from fine steel, had entered through his chest and exited through his back, dragging out a spray of hot blood!

"Ugh... Heh..."

He opened his mouth, wanting to let out the final roar of his life.

But Chen Xiao's second arrow had already arrived!

Pfft!

This time, it was his throat!

The immense force directly pierced through his entire neck!

Blood gushed out like a fountain!

His body swayed and finally slumped powerlessly to his knees.

"Kill!!!"

Meanwhile, the remaining nine Valkyrie had formed two standard five-person attack formations and flanked them from the left and right!

Their movements were uniform, cold, and efficient!

"Fire!"

At the Squad Leader's command!

Shua shua shua shua!

Nine Crossbows fired simultaneously!

A dense rain of bolts formed a deadly crossfire net, instantly enveloping the remaining three Cannibals, who were dazed and overwhelmed by the explosion and their companions' deaths!

"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!"

Blood blossoms bloomed one after another!

The pathetic "armor" these Cannibals wore, made of simply bound animal skins, was as fragile as paper before the standard military Armor-piercing Bolts produced by the Dragon God Tribe!

"Aow!!"

One Cannibal was struck in the shoulder and arm simultaneously; he let out a howl of pain as the bone spear in his hand fell to the ground with a clatter!

Another Cannibal had even worse luck, taking a bolt each to the thigh and abdomen!

Blood instantly stained his body, stripping him of his mobility as he collapsed to the ground, screaming!

Only the leader, the strongest-looking Cannibal, reacted the fastest!

With a roar, he actually used the stone axe in his hand to parry a bolt aimed at his face!

Then, ignoring the two other bolts embedded in his calf and arm, his eyes turned red like a wounded beast as he launched a desperate charge toward the nearest Valkyrie!

"Roar!!"

He wanted to use the stone axe in his hand to smash the head of this damned ambusher into a pulp!

However, what greeted him was not the panicked face of the Valkyrie.

But a web of death, cold to the extreme!

"Form formation! Repel the enemy!"

The Valkyrie didn't show the slightest panic!

Her four other teammates instantly closed in around her!

Five incredibly hard bucklers made from Titan Python scales slammed together, forming an airtight shield wall!

At the same time!

Five razor-sharp short spears, polished from Saber-toothed Tiger fangs, thrust out like lightning from the gaps in the shield wall!

"Testudo Formation!"

This was exactly the simplest and most practical infantry battle formation Qin Yu had taught them, based on the tactics of the Ancient Roman Legions!

Clang—!!!

The Cannibal leader's stone axe slammed violently onto the shield wall composed of the five bucklers!

The expected scene of shattered shields and dying people did not occur!

The stone axe collided with the Snake-scale Shields, erupting in a deafening crash like clashing metal!

Sparks flew in all directions!

The sturdy shield wall only swayed slightly!

But the stone axe that had accompanied the Cannibal leader for years actually... chipped, a massive chunk breaking off!

"Impossible!!"

For the first time, an emotion called "fear" appeared in the Cannibal leader's eyes!

He couldn't understand!

Why were the weapons and armor of these slender women so indestructible?!

His hesitation lasted only a second.

But for the battle-hardened Valkyrie, one second was more than enough!

"Thrust!"

The cold command rang out once more!

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

Five sharp fang-tipped short spears, like five deadly vipers, thrust out from various angles of the shield wall without warning, stabbing deep into the Cannibal leader's defenseless body!

Lower abdomen!

Chest!

Thigh!

Neck!

One even went straight through his jaw and pierced his skull!

"Ugh..."

The Cannibal leader's body suddenly stiffened.

The ferocity and life in his eyes quickly dissipated like a receding tide.

Until his death, he couldn't understand.

Why they, the top hunters who had dominated this rainforest for years...

...would be defeated so decisively by a group of seemingly weak "food"!

So... utterly powerless to fight back!

From start to finish, the battle hadn't even lasted a minute!

This was a complete, one-sided massacre!

It was a dimensional strike of civilization against barbarism!

Qin Yu stood on a distant treetop, watching everything coldly.

There wasn't the slightest ripple of emotion on his face.

Watching those girls who were delicate female college students just a moment ago now pull sharp short spears from enemy corpses and skillfully wipe away the blood without changing their expressions.

A hint of a satisfied smile finally appeared on Qin Yu's face.

The she-wolves he had personally trained had finally bared their sharpest claws and fangs!

"Well done."

His voice echoed in everyone's minds, carrying a hint of praise.

The girls' faces immediately lit up with excitement, as if receiving praise from a deity was a glory more worth being proud of than anything else.

"Clean up the battlefield, check if there are any survivors..."

Qin Yu stopped mid-sentence.

His gaze fell upon the Cannibal who had been sent flying by the initial Explosive Fireball's shockwave and turned into a human torch.

That guy...

Actually wasn't dead yet!

Charred all over and emitting a nauseating smell of burnt flesh, he was crawling on the ground toward the depths of the jungle with the last of his strength!

Such a tenacious will to live!

Chen Xiao's gaze turned cold as she raised her longbow, preparing to send him on his final journey.

However, at the very moment she was about to release the bowstring!

Qin Yu's cold and urgent voice suddenly exploded in her mind!

"Wait!"

"Leave him alive!"

"Bring him... to me!"