171: Rescue arrives, shocking squadron leader!

“A one-star officer, I’m so damn envious.”

“Yeah, even the lowest-Ranked officer is not comparable to a Private.”

“Speaking of which, I’ve been in Dragon Battlefield for almost a year, and I’m only an eight-star Private now.”

“What kind of trash are you? Can you compare yourself to this boss?”

“What the hell, who are you cursing? According to you, isn’t everyone here trash then?”

...

It really was.

The Human Race soldiers present looked at each other, their eyes filled with a hint of self-mockery.

Compared to Xia Qi, they could barely resist Low-level demons, so it was normal for their military Rank and Rank not to improve.

However, a freak like Xia Qi was extremely rare in Dragon Battlefield.

With a change of thought, they felt much better.

The post-war survival filled everyone with emotion; they helped each other, treating injuries and cleaning up the battlefield.

Xia Qi had already come to Cheng An’s team. “Is everyone alright?”

Cheng An’s face was a bit tired. Seeing Xia Qi arrive, he forced himself to cheer up and raised the Dragonman Spear in his hand.

“What could happen? It’s all thanks to it.”

The boost from the breakthrough equipment was too powerful. This was just a single weapon, yet it brought a huge increase to Cheng An’s combat power.

So after a battle, he was only a bit exhausted, but he himself was completely fine.

The team members were injured, but there was a healer in the team who had already started treatment.

The Abyssal Devil was killed, and the bodies of the Low-level demons were also piled up together.

The battlefield returned to normal, and even the surrounding thick fog dispersed quite a bit.

They just needed to wait a short time, and the bodies would completely sink into the ground.

At that point, it would be as if nothing had ever happened.

Dust to dust, ashes to ashes, the earth would bury everything, day after day, year after year.

After countless years, no one knew how many corpses were buried beneath this ancient land.

This was the battlefield. Sometimes, wars could last for decades or even centuries.

During this time, countless souls wandered the battlefield.

The assassin trio left. Before leaving, the assassin captain took a deep look at Xia Qi.

His gaze was very complex: there was gratitude, fear, struggle...

Ultimately, his sense of Dao triumphed over other thoughts.

“Let’s go. He saved our lives. I can’t bring myself to do something like an assassination.”

“Oh, Captain, I’ve wanted to leave for a long time. This Dragon Battlefield is no place for humans to stay. This time we were lucky to encounter Xia Qi. If we weren’t so lucky, we would have been dead already.”

“Right, but Xia Qi’s strength has improved too terrifyingly. I remember evaluating his strength at the Home of Dungeons, and he should have been similar to us back then.”

Listening to his team members, the assassin captain sighed deeply.

“No need to think so much. I’ll report back to Sikong. Remember, don’t say a single extra word, including Xia Qi’s current strength...”

“No problem. We’ll also inform the other small team. Young Master Kong’s side will depend on you, Captain.”

“Mm, no problem.”

After the trio left, Xia Qi glanced towards the assassin captain, as if he sensed something.

Now that his attribute points had increased, his hearing was naturally not weak.

Sikong wanted to kill him?

He really had the guts.

However, he didn’t make things difficult for these assassins.

Firstly, he didn’t have time to bother with them, and secondly, he wanted to see if he could lure Sikong out.

He couldn’t do anything to Sikong in Shengjing, but on the battlefield... if Sikong dared to come, he wouldn’t be able to go back.

Everyone gathered at the dungeon entrance, and Cheng An’s small team still hadn’t left.

Not just them, many teams who had just experienced battle were also like this, choosing not to leave.

Everyone sat together, rekindling the campfire, replenishing the stamina and energy they had consumed earlier.

Cheng An wiped his Dragonman Spear with a piece of rag. This weapon was so useful that he now treated it like a treasure.

“Speaking of which, these Low-level demons are just the most insignificant cannon fodder in the Abyss.”

“The Abyssal Devil you killed just now, it can command a large number of Low-level demons to harass the professionals on the battlefield. Under normal circumstances, they wouldn’t do this, because there are many powerful Human Race professionals, and in the eyes of strong individuals, they are also trash.”

“We’ve encountered something like this once or twice a year.”

“As long as you stay in Dragon Battlefield for a while longer, you’ll encounter it sooner or later.”

Listening to Cheng An’s words, Xia Qi seemed a little confused.

“But under normal circumstances, our current location can almost be called the edge. How could that Abyssal Devil appear?”

“Now that you mention it, it’s true. This is indeed the first time I’ve seen one in the outer perimeter.”

Cheng An also frowned. This was something he hadn’t figured out either.

In this fringe battlefield, there were only professionals of low Rank. Even if the Abyssal Demon Race killed some, it wouldn’t change the battlefield situation.

Why on earth was it here?

He shook his head. Forget it, he couldn’t figure it out.

Even Cheng An, a top team in the outer perimeter, didn’t know the situation, so there was no point in Xia Qi asking. He simply stopped asking.

Cheng An took out the medicinal wine again and gave Xia Qi a bottle. dragon nectar fruit was too precious for him to use.

Now that the danger was cleared, there was no need to use it.

Drinking some medicinal wine was also a good choice.

Xia Qi didn’t refuse either. The medicinal wine tasted good, and he drank and chatted with them.

After about a few minutes.

The fog not far away churned violently, and powerful Qi emanated from within the fog.

Cheng An looked over. “The Outpost’s guard team has arrived.”

Earlier, they had sent out a distress signal.

Upon receiving the distress signal, the soldiers from Outpost Number One, the closest to the outer battlefield, immediately organized a team and rushed over.

A total of twenty people came, with a complete set of melee, ranged, and support professions.

Everyone’s Rank exceeded forty, and they were all Intermediate professionals of considerable strength.

Their combat power was extremely formidable.

This scale was already that of a regular army company.

Xia Qi’s eyes flickered. The combined strength of these soldiers made even him feel they were quite formidable.

After the Outpost guard team arrived and saw the situation on the scene, they all showed shocked expressions.

Several mounds of corpses, all densely packed with Low-level demons’ bodies.

There were at least six or seven hundred bodies.

The company commander even found a tattered Abyssal Devil among them.

This could reasonably explain why there were so many Low-level demons’ bodies here.

However!

He and the other soldiers scanned the entire scene, looking at these scarred, exhausted Privates (Rank).

How did these ordinary soldiers, whose professional Rank was lower and combat power weaker than theirs, manage to kill enemies several times their number?

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