146: Dark Harvest

Under normal circumstances, the strength gap between the two sides should not have been too significant.

However, with the Fanatic Aura’s enhancement, a 10% increase to all attributes was indeed substantial.

After the Desert Yellow Scorpions were pushed back, the magic crossbows on the city wall had already locked onto their targets.

Fireball Technique, Earth Spike Technique, and Ice Cone Technique were continuously hurled at the enemy.

The Desert Yellow Scorpions didn't even have time to react before they were engulfed by the overwhelming magic.

Although they were not weak, facing such an intense attack, they could only surrender.

Among these monsters, the vast majority were melee creatures, with very few ranged monsters.

Therefore, they could only passively endure the assault without being able to counterattack.

However, the sheer number of monsters was immense; they could completely overwhelm their opponents through quantity.

While humans often considered the lives of their soldiers, monsters were entirely different.

Especially in the eyes of the bosses, these common monsters were entirely expendable.

As soon as one wave of monsters was eliminated, another immediately took its place.

The types of monsters that followed were numerous—earth wolves, snake-men, scorpion monsters—and their numbers reached tens of thousands.

Moreover, the horde stretched as far as the eye could see, with no telling how many more were behind them.

After the first wave of commands concluded, Li Changkong swiftly dashed into the monster horde.

This sudden change caused General Yang on the city wall to slightly flinch.

“What’s with this kid? Is he trying to rush in and die?”

Zhou Fan, who was nearby, sneered at the sight.

In his opinion, facing an overwhelming horde of monsters, fleeing was the only way to survive.

So, when he saw Li Changkong charging into the monster horde, he simply regarded him as a madman.

Most of the monsters in front were around level 30, posing virtually no threat to Li Changkong.

Instead, they could even help him hone his strength, which was naturally a good thing for him.

After charging into the monster horde, Li Changkong drew his Tianzi Sword.

The Emperor's Might erupted instantly, and under the Tianzi Sword's deterrence, the Aura of the surrounding monsters drastically changed.

With their strength restricted, Li Changkong’s longsword danced continuously.

Combo, Heavy Strike, Soul Sever...

Basic skills were unleashed from his hands, constantly reaping the lives of the surrounding monsters.

These were just ordinary monsters, and facing Li Changkong’s assault, they had no power to resist whatsoever.

“This is actually a freshman; Shenhua Academy has truly found a treasure.”

General Yang, watching Li Changkong charge into the enemy ranks, spoke with some excitement.

The low-level monsters in his hands seemed unable to last for long.

“By the way, how did his Fire Dance Whirlwind recover so quickly?”

A nearbyVice Commander (lieutenant) asked curiously.

“From what I can tell, his move doesn't seem to be Fire Dance Whirlwind,” General Yang whispered.

“Not Fire Dance Whirlwind? Delivering seven strikes in one second—if that’s not Fire Dance Whirlwind, then what other skill could it be?”

TheVice Commander (lieutenant) seemed unconvinced, muttering softly.

“If I’m not mistaken, he’s using a basic skill, Combo,” General Yang continued.

“Impossible, how can that be Combo? How can Combo have such power?” TheVice Commander (lieutenant) emphatically denied it.

“Fire Dance Whirlwind should have skill effects, but it’s clear his doesn’t have any skill effects.”

“If Combo can be raised to level seven, then wouldn’t it be able to be cast seven times in one second?”

“Normally, Combo should also have a cooldown of over 20 seconds, but he must have some special talent or passive that greatly shortens this time.”

General Yang looked at Li Changkong and continued to speak.

At this moment, theVice Commander (lieutenant) suddenly realized that this statement seemed very reasonable.

However, raising a Combo to level seven would require at least several years, or even decades.

But as a freshman, he naturally didn't have several years or decades to practice a single skill.

Although they were very curious, they decided to continue watching.

General Yang also had the urge to act at this time, but he ultimately suppressed that thought.

According to the agreement they had reached earlier, if their main general were to act, the Small World’s master on the opposing side would also act.

While this was indeed a beast tide, it was more of a probing attack.

If they suffered setbacks in the early stages, perhaps this probing attack would not continue.

Although General Yang was not afraid of the other side, it was naturally best if the two sides did not engage in a major conflict.

After all, he was not a warmonger, so guarding this place was for the safety of the people behind him.

The battle continued, becoming increasingly fierce as it progressed.

As if feeling the battle wasn't exciting enough, Li Changkong summoned two more beast companions.

With the two beast companions present, Li Changkong’s combat became even smoother.

Earlier, while learning Dark skills, Li Changkong had specifically learned a special Dark skill called Dark Harvest.

This was not an active skill, but a passive one.

The effect of this passive skill was quite miraculous: each time an enemy was killed, one stack of Dark Harvest would be gained.

If a second enemy was killed within thirty seconds, two stacks would be gained.

The effect of Dark Harvest would continue indefinitely, essentially without a limit.

Each stack provided three points of strength and lasted for thirty seconds.

This meant that if enemies were continuously killed, the effect of Dark Harvest would persist.

In just a few minutes, he had already gained over fifty stacks of Dark Harvest.

As the battle continued, he showed no signs of fatigue; instead, he grew stronger the longer he fought.

Perhaps seeing Li Changkong’s bravery, the warriors behind him all followed closely, fighting with all their might.

In a short amount of time, the first wave of monsters had been largely dealt with.

These level 30 monsters posed no challenge to Li Changkong; initially, it might have taken two sword strikes to kill them.

But as Dark Harvest stacked up, it basically only required one strike.

Although the remaining few team members were not as strong as Li Changkong, they were still several times stronger than the ordinary soldiers.