Meng Chao was one of the few freshmen who did not have a strengthened exoskeleton and only wore a biochemical fighting suit.
But he was also excited. His fighting spirit burned like magma, and it was stronger than any other student's.
Now, he had already found two paths that could change the situation and promote the Ultimate Style more quickly.
One of them was Weeping Reaper Lin Chuan, who was a very popular internet celebrity through the livestreaming platform.
He would walk down the path of the people.
If Senior Lin Chuan promoted the Ultimate Style as well as Yan Feirou promoted Ripple Force, he would naturally be able to make the Ultimate Style spread five years earlier than it did in Meng Chao's previous life. He would then save more warriors and powerful fighters' lives and change Dragon City's future.
Second, he could walk down the path of Thunder God Shao Zhengyang through his best friend, Shao Jianqing.
Right now, the military's martial arts focused on the Gun Fighting Style.
If the Ultimate Style could suddenly rise to power and stand on equal footing with the Gun Fighting Style, it would provide even more help to the Red Dragon Army.
And if he wanted to walk down these two paths, he first had to show results in actual combat. He had to slaughter monsters wantonly with unbelievable speed and efficiency!
'The alliance of the five universities has a total of four specially recruited students from the fighting course. Wu Wu has just arrived and hasn't started fighting yet, but the other three specially recruited students have really amazing statistics. They're in the top three in terms of kills, difficulty of kills, influence, and other ranking boards. In fact, they can even fight against the specially recruited students from Dragon City University's martial arts course.'
Meng Chao's mind raced. 'As long as I can use the Ultimate Style to kill more and stronger monsters than them and chase them down from the top of the ranking boards, I will definitely get Senior Lin Chuan and Shao Jianqing's attention. I might even have the chance to meet Thunder God Shao Zhengyang, right?'
When Meng Chao thought of this, his eyes shone with a brilliant light, just like the other students.
When they saw this, the two team leaders standing behind them, Griffin Li Yingzi and the other monster controller lecturer, could not help but smile knowingly.
"What naive fellows. When I see them, I remember the first time we went into the fog to fight. But at that time, we were just small squads harassing and scouting the wild. We weren't as lucky as they are today. We weren't able to participate in such a grand battle and decide Dragon City's future!" the monster controller lecturer said with a smile.
The martial arts course and monster controller course stood against each other in the university, and they were like fire and water.
But when they were on the battlefield, they represented Monster University and had beautiful achievements to fight for more benefits for their alma mater. Naturally, they were like birds of a feather, and they helped each other.
Hence, when the freshmen from the two courses mixed together to fight, they did not need to worry about them getting into any sort of conflict. In any case, no matter how much they disliked each other, they were still more pleasing to the eye than monsters. They could also use the youngsters' desire to win to stir up even greater fighting spirit.
Li Yingzi smiled and was about to remind the freshmen of the dangers of the wilderness battlefield.
The monster controller lecturer said, "There's no hurry. If you remind them now, they'll definitely not accept it and won't listen to you. Why don't you let them suffer a little first? In any case, there aren't any superbeasts here, and we're holding the line. At most, they'll be heavily injured. It'll be difficult for them to lose their lives."
Li Yingzi thought about it for a while and nodded. Then, she said loudly in the communication channel, "Regional 421 has officially begun. Our goal is to kill more than 90% of the monsters in this area before night falls and turn this place from a dark yellow area to a light yellow area. Then, the normal squads of the Red Dragon Army will be able to enter and carry out the next stage of a deep clean-up so that we can provide solid protection for the construction and farming operations.
"Remember, even though they're normal monsters, if there are a lot of them, they'll still be very dangerous. Everyone, pay attention to the locators and physiological parameters monitoring system at all times. Also, make sure that you have at least two companions in your line of sight. If you notice that one of your companions has suddenly disappeared, immediately report it to me through the communication channel.
"Also, search through every inch of the bushes. If you let any of them slip away because of your negligence, when the normal soldiers of the Red Dragon Army are stationed here, there's a high possibility that they'll have to pay with their lives, understand?"
"Got it!"
The newly advanced Transcendents howled in excitement.
"Let's go!"
Li Yingzi raised her arm and swung it down like a saber.
The new students immediately pounced into the bushes like hungry wolves.
Spirit flames burned madly around them, and they activated their strengthened exoskeletons, which let out metallic rumbles. Sabers and swords tore through the air. The bullets looked as if they had eyes and accurately pierced through the monsters' heads. A dazzling and bloody battle was about to begin.
In the beginning, the students' progress was very smooth.
One-star superhumans in Spirit Tattoo Realm were as strong as Grade One Nightmarish Beasts. If they added in human intelligence, equipment, and teamwork, they would not be at a disadvantage even if they fought against Grade Two Nightmarish Beasts, much less normal monsters who were panicking.
Three to four students formed a fighting squad and charged into the bushes like more than ten bloody arrows with an unstoppable force. The monsters they locked onto usually did not even have time to launch an effective attack before they were killed by saber glares, sword qis, and howling bullets.
And with the Long-legged Spiders and reconnaissance drones, they could control the entire battlefield. They could discover most of the monsters lurking in the bushes in time and upload their dazzling battle data.
In just a short ten minutes, many of the freshmen had gotten their first kills, such as outstanding players like Sun Ya, Xie Feng, and Duan Lian. They had even gotten three or five kills, and they were heading toward their goal of getting double digits in kills.
For a period of time, the new students became relaxed. Cheers and laughter rose in the communication channel.
"A real battlefield isn't that much different from a virtual battlefield. The difficulty isn't high!"
"There are only normal monsters here. Wolf Crocodiles, Ghost-arrow Pigs, and Hundred-eyed Toads. When I was in high school and had yet to awaken to supernatural abilities, I already killed them in school. Now, we're supposed to fight against these good-for-nothings? It's like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut!"
"That's right. While it's still early, we should hurry up and kill all the monsters in one go. We might even be able to rush back to the base for lunch."
"We'll fight a few beautiful victories and let the higher-ups know how great the freshmen of Monster University are. They won't assign us to clear such low-difficulty regions anymore. At the very least, they'll let us fight in light red regions. That'll be fun and exciting!"
"If we can kill hundreds of monsters in one go and rush up the ranking board, we might even be chosen by the powerful. We'll be able to enter dangerous regions that are above dark red and hunt Grade Three Nightmarish Beasts or even Hell Beasts. That's a real battle!"
The students chatted and laughed. They treated the fighting as a field trip.
But as time passed and they got closer to the lake, the situation changed without their knowledge.
First, there were a lot of seemingly harmless weeds growing by the lake.
The weeds were half the height of a person. They might seem weak and weak, but they were incredibly tenacious and grew quickly. It was incredibly easy for them to get tangled up in the joints of the strengthened exoskeletons and cause the failure rate of the machines to increase by leaps and bounds.
Many of the new students were immersed in fighting to their heart's content when suddenly, a bright red warning popped up on the monitor. Immediately after, the strengthened exoskeletons let out creaking sounds, and their movements instantly stiffened and became deformed.
If they were lucky, their prey would escape, but if they were unlucky, they would be counterattacked by the monsters. The strengthened exoskeletons that were heavily damaged started letting out crackling sounds and sparks. Not only did they no longer increase their fighting strength, they also became a burden that bound their bodies.
The new students whose strengthened exoskeletons were still in perfect condition noticed in great distress that the ground under their feet was becoming softer and wetter. Gradually, it turned from soil to mud. There were also fatal swamps hidden in the mud. Swamps were usually covered in a layer of plants that were incredibly good at disguising themselves. They looked like flat ground, but when they stepped on them, they sank into mud that reached their waists or even their chests.
In such swamps, there were often large numbers of venomous bugs, snakes, and 'water monkeys'. When the freshmen only had the upper half of their bodies or even their heads exposed outside, countless snakes, insects, rats, and ants would crawl out of the swamp and scramble to climb onto their bodies.
Even if the new students had awakened to supernatural abilities and were protected by fully airtight biochemical fighting suits, when they saw colorful caterpillars crawling on their bodies, they could not suppress the ancient fear humans had toward venomous insects, which was carved in the depths of their genes.
Most of the swamps could not completely devour a person.
But even if they were only dozens of centimeters deep, if they stepped in carelessly, it was easy for them to reveal openings during fierce fights.
The closer they were to the lake, the denser the monsters became, and the fiercer they were. They also used the environment to their advantage, and their fighting styles were complicated and varied. They were completely different from the monsters the new students had run into in the city.
Even the Four Great Kings of the martial arts course had suffered a great deal.
Sun Ya, who had cleared more than eighty main meridians and was known as the leader of the Four Great Kings, had around eight joints of her strengthened exoskeleton blocked by weeds. It was as if she was dancing while shackled. She could no longer bring out her nimbleness and agility. She could only endure the monsters' fierce counterattacks and struggle free from the strengthened exoskeleton. She looked incredibly pathetic.
Jiang Rui, who had cleared all the main meridians in his legs, was incredibly fast, and had the best kicking technique, had his legs that were like battle axes entangled by the carnivorous etherealized plant Water Monkey. When he yanked away the Water Monkey's leaves, he found that the mechanical parts of his strengthened exoskeleton had been severely damaged. There were more than ten lacerations on his legs, and he had even been injected with a slight amount of poison.
Duan Lian used his powerful punches to kill a few Ghost-arrow Pigs in a row. He was in a killing frenzy, and he did not pay attention to his feet. He stepped into a swamp, and his entire thigh sank into it. He was then entangled by the roots of the plants that grew in the depths of the swamp, and he could not get out even after a long time had passed. A few Ghost-arrow Pigs charged at him at the same time, and he was nearly stabbed full of blisters.
As for Xie Feng, he managed to reach the lake without any danger. When he heard Sun Ya and the other two's screams through the communication channel, he sighed at his good luck. Then, he noticed that at some point in time, he had stepped into the Hundred-eyed Toad's nest. Dozens of Hundred-eyed Toads had leaped up around him in one go. At the same time, they stimulated their poison sacs, and a large amount of highly corrosive acid gathered together to form acid rain that rained down on him!
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