Chapter 1 Battlefield
　
*Cila!*

His chest was torn open by the Mantis Ghoul’s scythe, and as blood spurted out, he gritted his teeth and threw three punches in succession, retreating violently under the cover of others, gasping for breath.

Just now, he was almost killed by the Mantis Ghoul!

And all of this was because of Senior Brother Jiang behind him!

That guy had actually pushed him from behind in a despicable manner, causing him to leave the formation and face the ghoul alone.

Tianlong considered himself to be quite strong, but he was only quite strong. He was far from being able to kill a ghoul on his own.

Staring at Senior Brother Jiang, who remained expressionless, with a face alternating between dark and bright, Tianlong began to consider how to kill him silently.

It had to be said that battlefield activity was the fastest way to improve one's strength.

He had just fought against the ghoul army, and before he had even made a few moves, he had already gotten an assist, and his stats had increased by a fraction of a point.

Don't underestimate that fraction of a point, it added up with the more he got.

However, he had to bear the risk himself. If he wanted to touch more monsters, he might be killed by ghouls due to his aggressiveness.

This was where risk and opportunity coexisted.

Moreover, compared to touching more monsters, maximizing single damage output on a single ghoul, as long as the ghoul was eventually killed, the number of attribute points gained would be in the single digits!

The rapid increase in strength made Tianlong somewhat addicted.

Moreover, he discovered that there were quite a few players hidden in this group of Qing Si allied forces!

It was no wonder that everyone was so busy rushing over to fight as soon as they arrived at the gathering.

Otherwise, if they communicated more, they should have been able to discover the identities of those players sooner.

As for how Tianlong discovered them, it was naturally through their extremely colloquial and beautiful language, as well as their jumping up and down, trying every possible method to touch more monsters, seeking only to deal damage and not to secure kills, distributing their attacks equally.

There were also those extremely confusing movement routes, able to cross half the distance inexplicably from one sect's position, just to attack another ghoul that was about to die, while shouting:

"Let go of that ghoul!"

"Bold ghoul, where do you think you're going!"

"Aiya, aiya, aiya! Big brother, big brother, let me have a head... just one hit! Just let me AA it! Damn! It dropped a stone, I'm going to loot the corpse!"

That's right, sometimes there were even people who weren't afraid of death and rushed out to loot corpses.

The result was naturally tragic, as they were directly torn apart by the ghouls.

When everyone was united in resisting the ghouls, those who acted out of line were particularly conspicuous, making it impossible for Tianlong not to notice them.

When Tianlong seized an opportunity, amidst the exclamations of two Senior Sisters, he kicked Senior Brother Jiang out of the formation and into the feet of the ghouls, watching as Senior Brother Jiang was horrified and desperately had his head bitten off by a ghoul.

Tianlong discovered an extremely unique combination.

It was a girl, fair-skinned and beautiful, holding a spear and hiding behind the team in an extremely wretched manner, poking and poking, occasionally shouting loudly, 'That Qingyi brother over there, kill slower, I'm about to get an assist!' and so on.

But those Qingwei were extremely tolerant of her behavior, as if her status in the Qingwei was not low.

But the problem was... this person wasn't wearing Qingwei clothing at all, just ordinary villager clothing, at most a bit more fancy and better looking.

What caught Tianlong's attention the most was not the girl's frantic attempt to get assists and steal ghoul kills, but the dog that followed beside the girl - a Human Head Dog.

Not the kind that stole kills, but a Human Head Dog in the truest sense, a human head pressed onto a dog, lifelike, seemingly still shouting orders!

And that dog head was panting, with a black dagger stuck in its head, seemingly completely out of it.

What kind of combination was this?

Tianlong was a bit confused. After observing carefully for a while, he realized that next to the Human Head Dog, there was also a guy who looked like a dog trainer, but he was timidly shooting arrows with an unfamiliar bow, both wretched and safe.

Damn it! Why didn't I learn some ranged skills and get assigned to the ranged position!

In this kind of large-scale battlefield, Tianlong was extremely envious of the ranged position. With so many ghouls, he could swipe his skills and get assists.

However, if one's strength was insufficient, ranged attacks wouldn't be very effective against the ghouls, and the assists gained wouldn't increase one's stats by much, or might even be a 'slight increase'.

But if he managed to get an assist on a powerful ghoul being killed, the benefits would be great.

Most importantly... it was safe!

The ranged units were protected in the back, and it was only when the front lines were broken up or wiped out that the back lines faced danger, so...

Just as Tianlong thought this, a ghoul with bat wings swooped down, rushing into the ranks of the back line, causing a bloody storm and leaving behind thirty or so corpses before taking off.

Tianlong: ...

Okay, so the back line wasn't that safe either. If it were him, he would have some way to deal with a sudden flying ghoul, since it would still be close combat. But wielding bows and arrows against a rushing ghoul wouldn't offer much of a countermeasure.

High-level orders quickly came, instructing the ranged units in the back to prioritize dealing with flying ghouls, and even sent people to supervise.

Those few players who were thinking of freeloading assists were caught as examples and had their heads chopped off on the spot.

Fishing in troubled waters on the battlefield was one thing if you weren't caught in the act, but now that you were being asked to contribute, you were still trying to show off and play tricks, so it was a waste of time.

Besides these people, there was also a figure who was particularly brave, feeling almost comparable to a Xiantian realm martial artist from a small sect.

It was a bald man, with golden threads in his eyes, as if he were wearing colored contact lenses.

Whether it was his footwork or his strength, he was ridiculously strong. He could deal with these small ghouls in a few moves, and occasionally he would face Blood-level Ghouls, engaging in fierce battles.

Because this person's actions were too free, going wherever he wanted, Tianlong wasn't sure if this person was a player.

Withdrawing his gaze, Tianlong continued to kill ghouls, secretly developing his strength, while also having to guard against the venomous gazes of his two Senior Sisters.

Harem -2!

He had to find a way to kill these two women as well.

Just as Tianlong was thinking this, a loud boom suddenly came from the front.

Looking up, he saw a cloud of blood mist erupting in the air, and Elder Hei's severed body, with the last expression of horror, was forever frozen in place and fell heavily to the ground.

Elder Hei of the Hei Lu Sect was dead?!

Not only was Tianlong shocked, but everyone else present was also stunned.

It was during this gap that the ghouls took away many people in succession, causing them to scramble to respond.

However, everyone's minds were not on the battle at hand, but on the battlefield of those high-end combatants!

There, Tian Erjun was kneeling on one knee, his left hand gone, as if it had been forcibly torn off by iron chains, revealing half of his hand bone, his whole body covered in blood.

And the North Protector had almost transformed into a three-meter-tall fire giant, fighting madly with the Coffin-Pulling Ghoul (La Guan Gui).

The extremely high temperature burned the Coffin-Pulling Ghoul’s iron chains red, but that was all.