Arrogant?
The wind whistled in Tang Long's ears as he leaped down from the giant wall.
He never thought he would be labeled like this, just like how he never thought the battle on stage 18 would drag on for so long. He had to wait for 15 minutes before he arrived.
Those who had never experienced it would never know how shocking a battle could be.
It was like a one-man battle against an army of vicious beasts. Enemy attack: Level 1 vicious beast, Steel-Armored Rat!
Tang Long's hand was steady on the sword, but his fingertips were a little cold.
He hated rats. Since the old civilization, rats liked to stay in the dirtiest places. They spread bacteria and viruses, ate greedily, and behaved in a wretched manner.
As for the Steel-Armored Rat, Tang Long was no stranger to it either.
It was one of the most common Level 1 vicious beasts. Rumor had it that it was mutated from a black-toothed rat, so it retained the black-toothed rat's characteristics, which was its pair of black incisors.
However, since it was a vicious beast, it was many times stronger than the black-toothed rat, which was not even a mutated beast.
It had a powerful bite force, a nimble body, sharp claws, and a tail that could be used as a whip. On top of that, it possessed the strength of a Level 1 vicious beast — its steel armor.
The steel armor could even block firearms and firearms. Even a Grade S weapon would have a hard time slashing it.
On top of that, one should never doubt the intelligence of rats. In the old civilization, they were a cunning animal, but in the Purple Moon era, they had evolved to the level of a human.
This was the kind of enemy Tang Long had to face. Even though they were only Level 1 Vicious Beasts, there were still more than 200 of them. When they swarmed over like a tidal wave, even the air was filled with an unpleasant sewer smell.
There were many ruins of the old civilization outside of Iron-Blooded City, and the Steel-Armored Rats liked to stay in the sewers of the ruins.
Tang Long frowned in disgust. His body finally reached the bottom of the wall, and the Steel-Armored Rats were less than 500 meters away from him.
Tang Long was calm as he got into an armored vehicle that looked a little broken. It was the most intact one left on the battlefield. Tang Long had tested it before, and aside from its battered exterior, its interior was still in good condition.
Vroom! The armored vehicle started, and Tang Long stepped on the accelerator, charging towards the Steel Armor Rats.
At the same time, Tang Long held three Sonic Boom Grenades in his hand. On the passenger seat was a flamethrower modified by the Purple Moon era.
"Come on." Compared to cold weapons, firearms seemed to be able to ignite a man's blood more. Even Tang Long, who had been silent all this while, shouted softly.
Then, the armored vehicle charged into the Steel-Armored Rats, knocking over a dozen of them in a row before it came to a stop with an ear-piercing screech of brakes.
Tang Long's armored figure broke through the roof of the car and leaped out.
Standing on the roof of the car, he threw three sonic grenades at the densest part of the rat horde.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz! A dizzying sound wave instantly spread out, but the armor's earmuffs blocked out this sound wave.
After all, it was the armor of a mid-level officer. This was the best armor Tang Long could find, even if its arms were broken in a few places.
However, the Steel-Armored Rats did not have earmuffs, so they went berserk from the sound wave. Their own kind started to attack each other.
Tang Long watched coldly. He did not think the little Sonic Boom Grenades would be that effective.
The armored vehicle was already being gnawed on. The Steel-Armored Rats were not big, only the size of a cat from the old civilization.
However, their terrifying bite force was on full display at that moment.
The armored vehicles left behind by the old civilization without any special modifications were nothing compared to the Steel-Armored Rats' teeth.
Could the Steel-Armored Rats eat steel? Tang Long didn't know about this, but as a rodent, its ability to bite anything would not change.
Of course, they would not let Tang Long go either. A few of the Steel-Armored Rats had already jumped onto the armored vehicle, aiming to attack Tang Long.
The Tactical Movement Disk pulled Tang Long's body up in time. At the same time, Tang Long grabbed the three barrels of petrol in the carriage.
He then tossed them into the air one by one.
Then, Tang Long used the disk to dash into the air and kicked the barrels of gasoline in the air, bursting them one by one.
At that moment, the sky looked like it was raining gasoline!
Then, Tang Long once again landed on top of the broken armored vehicle. A few Steel Armor Rats swarmed him. Tang Long grabbed the commander's long saber and swept it horizontally, temporarily sweeping away the Steel Armor Rats. Taking advantage of this gap, he grabbed the flamethrower next to the passenger seat.
The disk then dragged Tang Long up in the air. The flamethrower spat out a stream of flames, and the Steel-Armored Rats were instantly set ablaze.
It had only been a minute since Tang Long dashed into the rat horde.
The curtains of Tang Long's battle started with a huge fire!
**
Tang Long was indeed arrogant.
But on the battlefield, he was a fierce general, and an intelligent one at that.
This was the evaluation that everyone gave without hesitation after seeing Tang Long's performance.
From using the armored vehicle to charging into the rat horde, to using the Sonic Boom Grenades to cause a commotion, to spraying the barrels of gasoline and activating the flamethrower …
Tang Long utilized the leftover resources to the maximum in every step he took!
Every step he took was the most correct step that a single person could take in a war. Everything was done in an orderly manner and without a single mess.
A single person slowed down the rat horde's advance, a single person created chaos in the rat horde, and a single person utilized the leftover resources to the maximum.
Even so, he was still a valiant general.
That was because his goal wasn't strong enough, and that was to achieve complete victory in the war! Judging from what he did, all he wanted was to stall the Steel-Armored Rats for as long as possible and kill as many of them as he could.
On the surface, it seemed like the right thing to do.
Stall for time and wait for reinforcements.
However, a real commander on the battlefield would not do anything unless he had received certain information such as reinforcements arriving in 15 minutes and the current goal of the war was to stall for 15 minutes.
Otherwise, their goal would be to win this war! Even if it was impossible, even if the final outcome was to perish together with him!
Many of the officers present wished that they could have a valiant general like Tang Long under their command, but none of them wanted Tang Long to be their commander.
What about Tang Long?
He was a monster!
At least, that was what the soldiers thought because Tang Long had done his best. He viewed the war as a war, not a battle.
**
What could Tang Long do in 25 minutes?
Back at the beginning, Tang Long used 10 minutes to find the resources that he could use and all he had to do was wait.
Tang Long used every minute to the best of his ability.
Five minutes later, nine men gathered the resources.
As long as he got the best, he would try his best to gather as many resources as possible. It would be much faster than gathering resources on his own.
In the end, Tang Ling got himself 9 sonic bombs, some gasoline, 3 flamethrowers, some moderately powerful explosives, and some other miscellaneous items.
Five minutes later, even though there were still a lot of resources worth collecting, Tang Ling gave up decisively.
The most basic requirement was that every one of his men had a tactical movement disk and armor.
The advancement requirement was to try his best to collect firearms with a large area of effect.
Since he had already done it, he should not be greedy.
What was the battlefield beneath the walls like? What kind of terrain was it? Strictly speaking, it was the most suitable and the worst terrain for a war.
Why? It was a big piece of flat land. It might have been a forest in the past, but the continuous war had turned it into a wasteland filled with bloodstains.
Was there a more suitable terrain for a war than flat land? However, without any cover, was there a worse terrain than flat land?
Maybe the people of Iron-Blooded City relied too much on the tactical movement disk to the extent that they did not set up anything on the flat land beneath the walls. Back in the Hope Barrier, Tang Ling had complained about it in his heart.
However, once a person's mind entered a state of inertia, it would be terrifying. The war in the Purple Moon era revolved around the tactical movement disk.
Therefore …
Tang Ling started to set up his own formation. Before a war, the most important thing was to gather as much information as possible and make a prediction.
With a prediction in mind, Tang Ling would not hesitate at all. Everything revolved around the prediction.
Tang Ling divided the nine men into groups.
Among them, the strongest one was responsible for digging a trench with Tang Ling while the other seven were responsible for moving the trench.
What were they moving? Of course, it was the corpses left behind after the last war.
He did not have the time to explain, so he drew a rough map and briefly explained what everyone had to do.
Force could only establish temporary authority, but a certain kind of calmness, steadiness, confidence, and decisiveness were the key to establishing authority in the long run.
With authority came the efficient execution of orders, and it seemed like Tang Ling did everything well.
He did it so well that everyone forgot that he was still a teenager. They felt like they were facing an experienced officer.
In less than two minutes, Tang Ling gave his orders and everyone started to carry out his orders.
War had always been about collective strength, but it was slightly different in the Purple Moon era. An individual's strength was also outstanding. Occasionally, an individual's strength would be stronger than the collective's strength.
Of course, Tang Ling would not think about such a powerful individual, at least not in this war.
However, a superhuman that was much stronger than the old civilization also reflected the difference between the war and the old civilization.
At least, Tang Ling and another person could dig trenches at a speed that the people of the old civilization could never imagine.
12 minutes later, the ground beneath the walls started to change.
There were obvious changes at the bottom of the city wall. Three semicircles formed by the corpses appeared.
The semicircles formed by the corpses surrounded the hole on the city wall. The innermost circle was less than 15 meters away from the hole on the city wall.
The middle circle was around 30 meters away from the hole on the city wall.
The outermost circle was 50 meters away and it looked like layers of semicircles surrounded the hole on the city wall.
However, the semicircles were not complete because the center of the semicircles was not completely closed. Instead, there was a gap that was around 5 meters wide.
The gap was turned into a trench by Tang Ling. The trench was around 3 meters deep and 45 meters long.
At the last 5 meters, there was a piece of flat land that was around 50 square meters wide.
That was about it. That was the best he could do!
Tang Ling glanced over all the arrangements and went through the battle plan in his heart. He never thought that his prediction would be wrong. All the arrangements were based on the prediction in his heart. If it was wrong, everything would be useless.
"It shouldn't be wrong! Judging from the probability, there's an 80% chance that it's him. "The" him "that Tang Ling was referring to was the vicious beast that was most likely to ambush them.
Tang Ling's main strategy was to split the enemies as much as he could.
However, not everyone understood Tang Ling's strategy. The wall defense team members were repairing the city wall quickly.
When they saw Tang Ling commanding the remaining seven to eight rookies to repair the city wall, they did not harbor any hope.
What was the point of piling up corpses? Against a powerful vicious beast, the defense line made of corpses was worse than a joke.
What was the point of digging a trench? Even if the trench was filled with gasoline, the gasoline could only cover less than half of the trench.
Moreover, could a 3-meter trench trap vicious beasts?
Everything that Tang Ling was doing was useless and childish in the eyes of the wall defense team. They were even a little angry.
Was Tang Ling leading the rookies to trick them? Shouldn't the correct strategy be to pull the vicious beasts as far away as possible from the damaged city wall? Why did he have to focus the battle there?
However, pulling the vicious beasts away? Fine, he could not rely on the rookies to do it!
Of course, Tang Ling would not explain anything.
The scariest thing about a war was losing control. There were only nine of them, so it was impossible for them to pull the vicious beasts away. Once they did, the vicious beasts would easily lose control.
On top of that, Tang Ling's goal was not to buy time but to win! What would the wall defense team think? Was it important?
Everything was set up, and everyone was gathered in the small area of 50 square meters in the center.
All that was left was to wait.
24 minutes had passed. Tang Ling lit a cigarette for himself and used the binoculars he found from the corpses to look further away.
A minute later, a horde of Steel-Armored Rats rushed out from the forest at the edge of the battlefield and swarmed towards the city wall like a tidal wave.
The wall defense team members paled. If it was a big vicious beast, the small Sector Protection Machine would be easier to deal with, but these Steel-Armored Rats were … They were running around and devouring everything in their path! The small Sector Protection Machine could not kill all of them.
It was easy to imagine how much damage the city wall would suffer. They would most likely end up in the rats' stomachs.
However, they could not run because the consequences would be worse than dying in the rats' stomachs! The only thing they could do was to hold on.
The wall defense team members were pale. The rookies that followed Tang Ling might not be as nervous, but they still started to feel nervous.
Even though they had just gone through the cruelest war, they would still feel fear when faced with another one, unless they were veterans that were numb to war.
Only Tang Ling showed a smile. He had made the right bet. The vicious beasts were indeed the Steel-Armored Rats!
As long as his prediction was right, the upcoming battle would be within his control.
"Pull yourself together! Staying alive is the least we can do. What we want is to win this war! "Tang Ling shouted with arrogance.
Arrogance was the best sedative on the battlefield! Because it represented absolute confidence.
As expected, after Tang Ling shouted, the rookies perked up. At least, their hands that were holding their weapons were not as shaky anymore.
The Steel-Armored Rats were fast. From the moment they appeared at the edge of the battlefield to the moment they rushed into the first line of defense that was piled up with corpses, it took less than a minute.
It was at that moment that something magical happened.
Around 200 of the Steel-Armored Rats were sliced apart!
They rushed to the first line of defense made of corpses and began to eat crazily. About ninety Steel Armor Rats stopped at the first line of defense. They were densely packed and began to devour the food.
On the second line of defense, there were almost 60 Steel-Armored Rats.
On the third line of defense, there were more than 20 Steel-Armored Rats.
They fought for the food in a frenzy, and some of the Steel-Armored Rats were inevitably squeezed into the trench in the middle. There were more than a dozen of them that were unlucky.
With that, there were less than 10 Steel-Armored Rats left, and they rushed towards the 50-square-meter battlefield that Tang Ling had purposely reserved.
How did this happen? Even the stupidest person knew the answer.
The corpses attracted the Steel-Armored Rats. How could the Steel-Armored Rats, who ate everything, resist the temptation of the corpses? On top of that, the corpses were left behind from the previous battle. Most of them were the bodies of powerful vicious beasts and human powerhouses.
The temptation was magnified tenfold! It was a feast. The Steel-Armored Rats were not arrogant. They were not like some vicious beasts that did not eat the dead.
In fact, they even liked the dead! After all, the world outside Iron-Blooded City was a cruel place. Feeding on the dead was also a way to survive.
The line of defense made of the corpses successfully cut the Steel-Armored Rats in half, but it was just the first step.
"Get ready!" Tang Ling shouted. The rookies behind him immediately spread out.
"Fight!" Following Tang Ling's order, a warrior behind him tossed a torch into the trench. The trench was instantly engulfed in flames.
It was then that Tang Ling dashed out and faced the first Steel-Armored Rat that charged towards the platform. He then started to give orders.
"A, move left 15 meters and ram into it at your 3 o 'clock."
"B, move back 3 meters …"
"C, pull up 20 meters and charge at your 6 o 'clock …"
A slaughter began. The elite human soldiers were definitely at a disadvantage against the Level 1 vicious beasts, the Steel-Armored Rats.
However, what if they were equipped with armor that was better than the standard armor? What if they were equipped with Grade S weapons?
What if they were divided into three groups and ganged up on a single Steel-Armored Rat?
More importantly, with the tactical movement disk and Tang Ling's precise command, they would be able to kill the Steel-Armored Rats.
Then, surrounding and killing the Steel-Armored Rats would become possible! Good armor could resist the Steel-Armored Rats' most lethal bite, so the rats would not be able to chew through the armor in a short period of time.
Even if the elite warriors used their talent weapons, it would be a waste. Fortunately, Grade S weapons might not be able to deal lethal damage to the Steel-Armored Rats, but they could penetrate their defense.
A few of them ganged up on a single Steel-Armored Rat and stacked up the damage, killing the Steel-Armored Rat would be a piece of cake. Moreover, with Tang Ling's precise command, the soldiers would not panic and every attack would be effective. Moreover, they could coordinate perfectly!
With that, Tang Ling's battle began!
His strategy was clear. He would split the enemies, gather his strength, and annihilate the enemies!
Of course, his advantages were utilized to the extreme, and the rarest thing was …
**
"This kid is a monster! Everything he prepared was to predict that the vicious beasts would be the Steel-Armored Rats. Interesting! " As he watched Tang Ling lead the troops into battle, an old man with a stern expression who had not spoken a word since the start of the battle spoke in the corner of the room.
The VIP room was second only to Elder Black's. From the furnishings to the service, everything was undoubtedly top-notch.
Why? Because the people in the VIP room were of noble status. Even the major factions dared not offend them.
They were the representatives from Iron-Blooded City.
No one would have thought that the Hell Ledge Tournament, which was opened to the young geniuses to challenge themselves, would attract the attention of the military.
No one knew that the military had launched a secret plan to train a team of young geniuses.
It was reasonable for them to be here!
However, Tang Ling's performance was unexpected. The old man, who had been silent all this while, actually spoke.
Who was this old man? Among the representatives sent by the military this time, he was the one with the highest status. He was a major general.
In the previous matches, no matter how exciting the young geniuses' performances were, he was not moved at all.
He was from the military after all, so he valued certain talents and teamwork more than individual strength.
Unless an individual's strength could influence the entire battlefield! However, the young geniuses could not do that because they were still young.
However, Tang Ling …
"His prediction is very accurate. It seems like this kid knows how to read the military records. " After the major general spoke, a buff middle-aged man could not help but nod in praise. His eyes were filled with admiration for Tang Ling.
If he was not a professional soldier, he might be confused. How did Tang Ling know that the vicious beasts were the Steel-Armored Rats?
However, as a soldier, he knew the importance of the military records. All the details recorded in the records were not meaningless records but a compilation of all sorts of information.
Officers who had gone through proper military training could read a lot of things from the records.
However, Tang Ling had not gone through any formal training, yet he was able to grasp the key points! If the battlefield was not cleaned up in time, the most common vicious beasts to be attracted were the corpse-eating vicious beasts.
The corpse-eating vicious beasts that often appeared on the battlefield were the Steel-Armored Rats!
Tang Ling had been controlling the battlefield from the start!
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