76: Chapter 76 SS-Rank Legion Talent

The black beast tide surged crazily toward the breach.

Although the earth-shattering explosion just now had shattered the vanguard, it was simply unable to stop this army of tens of thousands of exotic beasts.

The air was filled with a thick scent of blood and a burnt stench.

"Click."

The rifle in the hand of the one-armed captain, Chen Gang, let out a dry click.

He was out of ammo.

He glanced at his side.

The remaining soldiers were mostly wounded; some were leaning against the ruins gasping for air, while others were tightly binding their bleeding wounds with cloth strips.

Although they had opened quite a few blind boxes and their equipment had been updated, their physical strength and mental state had reached their limits.

Human willpower, after all, had its limits.

Facing those overwhelming monsters that simply couldn't be killed off, a sense of despair spread through the defensive line like a plague.

"Brother Fan, we're really done for this time."

The Tyrannosaurus armor on the fat man, Zhang Hao, was already covered in cracks, and the red energy light was flashing frantically.

He plopped onto the ground, still clutching the severed half of an exotic beast's thigh, "There are too many, we can't kill them all."

Lin Fan stood atop the ruins, not turning back.

His gaze swept over the faces below, faces covered in blood and grime, exhausted yet still staring fixedly at him.

Those were the thousands of surviving soldiers.

In their eyes, there was no fear of death, only shock at the scene that had just unfolded, and a kind of near-blind worship.

On this battlefield of the High Martial Era, the strong were the only faith.

And at this moment, Lin Fan was their god.

[High concentration of spiritual power detected gathering...]

[Source: All survivors of the Third Battalion, Logistics Department, wounded soldiers...]

The system interface in Lin Fan's mind suddenly vibrated violently.

[Congratulations to the host for achieving the hidden achievement: Legion Leader!]

[Triggering special reward mechanism...]

[Awakened SS-Rank Talent: Legion Aura (Basic)]

Boom!

Lin Fan felt as if a star had exploded deep within his brain.

A vast power, like nothing he had ever felt before, erupted instantly in all directions with his body as the center.

It wasn't an aggressive shockwave.

It was a dazzling, platinum-colored halo.

The halo instantly expanded, with a radius of one thousand meters.

It enveloped the entire broken position of the western defense line, along with those thousands of soldiers on the verge of collapse.

"What is this?"

Chen Gang subconsciously raised his hand to shield his eyes.

But this light was not blinding; instead, it carried a warm touch that instantly seeped into his pores and flowed through his entire body.

[Talent effect active: All attributes increased by 30%]

[Recovery increased by 50%]

[Morale locked: Fanatical]

The next second.

Chen Gang froze.

The sharp pain in his severed arm had actually vanished.

His legs, which had been as heavy as lead, were now incredibly light. The dried-up energy and blood within his body began to boil.

Fatigue, fear? What were those things?

Now, he only wanted to do one thing: tear apart every living thing in front of him.

Chen Gang let out a deafening roar, grabbed his chipped battle axe with one hand, and his eyes instantly became bloodshot and turned red.

"Brothers!!"

"Brother Fan has buffed us!!"

"Kill!!"

It wasn't just him.

Across the entire position, thousands of soldiers underwent a sudden change.

The wounded, who had been lying limply on the ground, actually jumped straight off their stretchers, picked up weapons from the ground, and charged forward.

The human defense line was no longer defending.

It was a counter-charge.

Thousands of "berserkers" with blood-red eyes and bodies emitting platinum light slammed into the black beast tide.

"Bang!"

A rookie, only a One-Star Martial Artist, did not dodge when faced with an elite-level Wind Wolf lunging at him.

He grinned viciously, advancing instead of retreating, and slammed his head into the bridge of the Wind Wolf's nose.

The sound of bone cracking rang out.

The Wind Wolf howled and retreated, but before it could react, the rookie was already riding on its back, using the most primitive method, biting down on the Wind Wolf's throat.

Madness.

Utter madness.

A 30% increase in all attributes gave them the capital to challenge opponents above their level.

The vanguard of the beast tide was actually pushed back by this group of crazed humans.

Lin Fan stood on high ground, watching this magical scene below.

The platinum halo radiated energy continuously in all directions with him at the center.

At this moment, his clothes fluttering, his body bathed in divine radiance, he looked like a God of War who had descended onto the battlefield.

"This effect... is a bit too outrageous."

Lin Fan clicked his tongue in secret.

Is this the true value of an SS-Rank Talent?

Turning a group of battered soldiers into a legion of death squads that knew neither pain nor fear in an instant.

And this was just the basic aura.

If it were leveled up to the max, wouldn't it be able to create an army capable of sweeping across all races?

The exotic beasts were stunned.

Their simple brains couldn't understand why these fragile humans had suddenly become even more ferocious and bloodthirsty than them.

The tide of offense and defense had completely reversed.

...

Several kilometers away.

City Lord's Mansion command tower.

City Lord Li Zhen gripped the railing tightly, constantly monitoring the changes on the battlefield.

Using his spiritual sense, he monitored the changes on the battlefield while keeping a close eye on the movements of the exotic beast lord.

The youth standing on top of the ruins, his body emitting a platinum halo, looked so striking at this moment.

"Is this a group buff talent?"

Li Zhen wore an expression of extreme shock.

As a Grandmaster Level Expert, he had seen countless strange and bizarre talents.

Some could breathe fire, some could turn invisible, and some could even transform.

But he had never heard of a support talent like this, one that could cover a radius of a thousand meters, instantly boost the combat power of the entire army, and even lock in morale.

This was simply a divine skill born for the military!

"City Lord, the data analysis is out."

The adjutant beside him said in a trembling voice, holding a report that had just been printed, "Within the aura's coverage, the soldiers' average strength has increased by 32%, speed by 28%, and most terrifyingly... their adrenaline levels are being maintained at peak values, and their pain nerve response has been reduced by a full half!"

"SS-Rank."

Li Zhen took a deep breath and exhaled a heavy word, "It is absolutely a strategic talent of SS-Rank or higher."

He had originally thought Lin Fan was just a merchant who was a bit clever and lucky enough to awaken a blind box talent.

Although worth winning over, it was limited to business cooperation.

But now.

Li Zhen looked at the youth on the screen who seemed like a god, and the look in his eyes had completely changed.

Complex, shocked, and finally turning into a hint of resolute fanaticism.

"Such a person must absolutely not just be a merchant."

"He must be recruited!"

"Spare no cost to get him into the military!"

Center of the battlefield.

His attention was now completely focused five hundred meters ahead.

The beast tide had been contained.

But the crisis had not been resolved.

Deep within that pitch-black beast horde, a heart-palpitating aura was awakening.

"A big one is coming."

A giant hand covered in purple scales suddenly gripped the broken walls on both sides of the breach.

That hand was the size of a truck's cab.

Immediately after.

A terrifying giant beast over fifty meters tall slowly poked half its body out from the darkness.

Its entire body was knotted with muscle, as if built from black rock. Its eyes burned with purple demonic fire, and every breath exhaled a thick aura.

Lord-level.

Truly Grandmaster Level combat power.

"Roar!!"

The terrifying sound wave turned into a tangible shockwave, instantly sweeping across the entire field.

Under the impact of this sound wave, the platinum halo actually showed a ripple.

Those soldiers who were originally in a fanatical state were like being doused with a basin of ice water from head to toe, instantly sobering up.

Level suppression.

The absolute fear from a higher life form instantly shattered their psychological defenses.

"This is a Lord-level (Grandmaster Level) exotic beast."

The severed leg in the fat man Zhang Hao's hand dropped to the ground, his legs began to shake, "Brother Fan, run!"

Chen Gang's face was also deathly pale, and the hand holding the battle axe trembled uncontrollably.

Even with the aura's buff, facing such a behemoth, human instinct was still to flee.