Even the Four Great Kings were caught in a tough fight.
The other students were in a flurry. They were surrounded by danger and were forced into a passive position to be beaten up.
In the communication channel, it only took a few minutes for the cheerful chatter to be filled with exclamations of shock and surprise.
"What's going on? Why are these monsters so strong?!"
"Are they really normal monsters?!"
"Their attack speed, frequency, and their use of the environment are higher than the monsters we've seen before. They're practically the legendary elite monsters!"
"Oh no, my strengthened exoskeleton is stuck! I can't move my right arm and leg!"
"I stepped into a swamp! Ms. Li, save me!"
"Why are the images becoming less clear? Many of the monsters are disappearing! Where did the Long-legged Spiders go?"
When new recruits fought, they relied heavily on long-distance surveillance data.
In the beginning, the monsters did not know what the Long-legged Spiders were, so they did not attack the strange-looking machines. Since they could observe from a high vantage point, the humans could lock onto most of the monsters around the lake. Through the tactical chain, the freshmen were able to keep their eyes and ears open, which greatly increased their hunting efficiency and safety.
But the monsters were not stupid. Gradually, they realized that the strange machines were in cahoots with the humans who had invaded their nests. Quite a number of monsters jumped onto the Long-legged Spiders and bit at their long limbs and the surveillance cameras on their backs.
The Long-legged Spiders had to choose between mobility, scouting range, firepower, and defense. There was no way they could withstand the monsters' crazed bites.
Soon, three Long-legged Spiders were destroyed. They let out a lot of sparks and sank into the swamp in the form of scrap metal.
The remaining Long-legged Spiders were forced to leave the areas with the densest number of monsters.
Even the unmanned recon planes hovering in the air were attacked by the Hundred-eyed Toads when they jumped into the air and sprayed acid. They had to fly higher and higher.
When the cameras were shot from a height of thirty meters, it was difficult to see just how many small monsters were lurking in the grass that was more than one meter tall. The freshmen were "deaf" and "blind", so it was only natural that they panicked.
Many of them retreated while they fought. They fled pathetically to places far away from the lake where there were fewer monsters. They were drenched in sweat and gasped for breath. They felt that fighting for half an hour in the wild was more tiring than fighting for three hours in arenas or virtual battlefields.
Some of the unlucky ones were injured badly. Their bodies were covered in Ghost-arrow Pigs' poisonous spikes, and they were sprayed with acid by the Hundred-eyed Toads. Even if they had the defenses of the strengthened exoskeletons and biochemical fighting suits, they still felt great pain.
"Now, you should have realized why you had to start from the Yellow Region, where there were only normal monsters even though you are one-star superhumans, right?"
Li Yingzi widened her eyes, and her spirit flames erupted like a volcano. A semi-transparent griffin made of pure energy charged into the air and let out a shocking roar in the air.
The killing intent that was equivalent to that of a high-grade Hell Beast came crashing down like a mountain, causing all the monsters on the battlefield to fall silent. They temporarily gave up on surrounding the humans and crawled desperately into the swamp and mud.
They quickly retreated to the periphery of the battlefield and gathered together. When they saw each other covered in wounds and terrified expressions, they smiled wanly.
"The monsters in the city and the monsters of the same level in the wild are two completely different things."
Li Yingzi simply allowed the pure energy griffin formed by her spirit flames to circle above her head. She placed her hands behind her back and said faintly, "The monsters you saw in the past when the fog descended and monsters invaded were accidentally sent to Dragon City because the dimensions of the two worlds overlapped with each other.
"From a certain perspective, they didn't invade Dragon City in an organized manner. They just happened to fall into the dimensional rifts.
"They might not have made proper preparations for battle, so they don't have a 100% offensive power.
"And the humans have reinforced concrete skyscrapers, hardened roads, and piercing lights everywhere. The monsters can't imagine them, so they can't get used to it.
"Besides, there are tens of millions of people in Dragon City, and three-quarters of them are soldiers or members of paramilitary organizations. All of them have fighting power, so the monsters are isolated in a foreign land. They only want to run, so how can they have the will to win?
"As for us humans, when we're in the city, we can usually detect the dimensional ripples half a day or a day ahead of time. We know that the fog is about to descend, so we fortify the residential areas in the designated areas. We build barricades on the roads and fill them with soldiers. Every window is filled with guns, and we form a 3D firing net with no blind spots.
"Before the monsters arrive in front of you, they have to endure a few rounds of bullets, grenades, and rockets. Even if they aren't hit, the light, shockwaves, and deafening booms scare them out of their wits. How much fighting power do they have left?
"Most importantly, when you're in the city, you know that you have an advantage. You're surrounded by your comrades, and there are powerful fighters guarding you. Even if you're injured, you can get the best treatment within a short period of time. That's why you have an absolute advantage in your mind.
"Don't look down on this mental advantage. It allows you to have no worries and become even more fearless of death. It allows you to execute force more smoothly, and your movements are smoother and more precise. The speed at which you create your spirit energy magnetic fields will also be higher.
"Just now, I saw through the reconnaissance drones and Long-legged Spiders that quite a number of people tried to create their spirit energy magnetic fields to release powerful attacks, but they panicked, and their movements changed. They couldn't accurately guide their spirit energy into their main meridians, so they failed every time they executed their attacks.
"In fact, the killing moves you're so proud of in the university that you're so familiar with become nondescript when you execute them. They don't have any power at all. This is because your minds have been affected."
His words made the freshmen lower their heads with red faces.
Indeed, to the martial artists of the Overkill Style and Beast Soul Style, creating spirit energy magnetic fields and executing killing moves should be their forte.
Many of the best of the freshmen had indeed grasped the construction methods of seven to eight, if not more than ten, ultimate skills during the short two months of their university life. Every time they demonstrated their skills in the training room or in the arena, they would display brilliant and cool effects.
At that time, these little fellows who did not know the immensity of heaven and earth were still complacent, thinking that they were martial arts geniuses, that their cultivation speed had increased by leaps and bounds, and that the speed and power of their moves were only slightly inferior to their seniors and teachers.
It was not until this moment that they finally understood that there was a world of difference between fighting in the arena of the campus and fighting in the middle of a real battlefield in the depths of the fog, where they were in a swamp that reached their waists, where their arms were pierced by the venomous stingers of the Ghost-arrow Pigs, their chests were covered in the acid of the Hundred-eyed Toads, and their backs were crawling with snakes, insects, rats, and ants.
In the first type of environment, no matter how skilled they were when they attacked, they were still newbies.
He was the only one whose expression did not change even when he was in the latter situation. In fact, even when the poisonous purple leeches fell into his crotch, he remained unmoved. He focused and created a perfect spirit energy magnetic field so that he could execute a major move to his heart's content. This was the demeanor of a veteran superhuman!
"The strength of humans in the wild is largely reduced, but the monsters living here are fighting on their home turf. They're familiar with the plants here, so they know which swamps have the most terrifying purple leeches and which seemingly peaceful lakes have a large number of Water Monkeys. Their organs and fighting styles have evolved after millions of years of survival of the fittest in this environment, so their fighting strength has naturally increased by leaps and bounds," Li Yingzi continued.
"A Wolf Crocodile's short legs or a Hundred-eyed Toad's sticky liquid-covered limbs are not suitable for fighting on Dragon City's reinforced concrete and hardened roads, but they're very suitable for the half-lake and half-swamp environment in front of you.
"The strengthened exoskeletons you're wearing are city fighting models the Red Dragon Army created to protect Dragon City. Most of its characteristics and advantages are meticulously created for urban fighting. It's a brand new version for urban fighting, and it's still being designed and upgraded.
"This thing might seem to have great firepower and can increase your speed, punching strength, and jumping ability, but it's heavy, has a high failure rate, and the mechanical joints have limited turning angles. It's also prone to entanglement with weeds and other fatal weaknesses, which is why it's not compulsory. In fact, I personally don't recommend that you choose the strengthened exoskeletons you're currently wearing."
The freshmen came to a realization.
The lecturers had actually told them this when they were choosing their equipment before they left.
But at that time, the freshmen were deeply attracted by the strong appearance of the strengthened exoskeletons, the great firepower, and the ridiculous increase in efficiency. They did not listen to them.
Most of them chose the strengthened exoskeletons.
They even mocked the people who chose to go into battle with light equipment. This was not the practical test for national college examinations, so there was no upper limit to what they could wear. As long as they could carry it, they could mass-produce firearms, ammunition, and machines that could increase their strength. If they did not equip themselves, they would be idiots.
It was only then that they realized that they were the real idiots. They still had a lot of things to learn.
The elites from the martial arts course and monster controller course sucked in deep breaths. They chased away their arrogance, dejection, and underestimation of their enemies. They recalled the fight just now and reflected on their negligence and mistakes.
The two lecturers looked at each other and nodded slightly.
But when most of the freshmen retreated to think about it, they discovered to their shock that someone's kill count was still increasing. Soon, she climbed to the top of the ranking board!
"It's Wu Wu!"
"She's not affected by the environment at all! Her attacks are too fierce!"
"In just a short twenty minutes, she killed more than fifty monsters! She's practically a killing machine!"
"Is she from the martial arts course or the monster controller course? Her skills are even stronger than the Four Great Kings of the martial arts course!"
The students cried out in surprise in the communication channel.
Alright, the last sentence was actually nonsense. During the tournament between freshmen, Wu Wu had already proven how terrifying she was in front of the Four Great Kings.
From that moment onwards, her unique growth experience had spread through the martial arts course. Everyone knew that she grew up in the wild, and this place was the same as her home. She might even be able to increase her fighting strength quite a bit.
No one was envious of Wu Wu, and neither did they have any desire to win against her. They could only lament that the specially recruited students were indeed specially recruited students. She was a monster-level elite, and compared to normal elites like them, they were people from two different worlds.
But just when everyone was shocked by Wu Wu's strength, in just half a minute, a name no one expected shot up to the top of the kill count board.
"Meng Chao?"
"Impossible!"
"What … What kind of evil art did he use? He actually killed more than thirty monsters in an instant!"
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