Chapter 876

The glows of the Inspire Technique and Wind Cloud Step instantly dimmed.

"Everyone use your skills, advance at full speed, fight a quick battle to a swift conclusion."

"Yes!"

The clear, beautiful voice echoed.

Tang Ruan and Qi Yue also deployed the Defend Firmly Technique and Rapid Strike Technique on full, boosting the female soldiers' defense and attack speed.

Tang Ruan charged in the lead, leading all the spearmen to rush out at the same time.

The swordsmen led by Qi Yue followed closely behind.

Gu Qing and Zhao Chi stayed at the very back, directing and providing support at any moment.

Zhao Chi's Agility was now at 7 points; he would no longer be left behind by the female soldiers.

Only he had no stockings movement-speed bonus, so he had to run with a bit more effort.

After 10 minutes, they reached the edge of the territory.

The opposing territory was of the mountainous type.

A stretch of barren, earthy brown.

Small hills of various sizes were scattered about.

A few mine caves were dotted around the surroundings; the air quality was poor.

Right in the middle was a slightly taller hillock.

Looking up, one could see quite a few wooden buildings on top.

On the outer perimeter of the buildings stood several dozen wooden arrow towers, distributed tall and high all around.

The arrow towers were packed with beastmen, but they were too far away to make out their situation clearly.

His gaze shifted downward.

Plenty more beastmen were still coming down the hill, already at the halfway point of the slope.

A rough estimate put their number at around 400.

These beastmen were closer, so he could get a general look at them.

Right in the middle was a human clad head-to-toe in metal armor.

That person was most likely Huang Bian.

In front of Huang Bian stood 200 fully armed beastmen.

Their builds were burlier than typical beastmen—broad shoulders, thick backs, well-developed muscles.

And their heights were all around 1.9 meters.

All of them wore iron armor, holding half-body iron shields and iron axes.

These were Tier-2 Beastman Warriors.

They had reached at least Level 10, with at least 25 enhancement points.

Although he didn't know what they had enhanced, it was probably either Attack or Critical Hit.

They looked ferociously fierce.

But appearance and stats didn't correspond one-to-one.

These beastmen were indeed fierce.

But the lithe and shapely female soldiers in front of Zhao Chi were equally fierce.

They didn't have the beastmen's height, nor their burly builds.

But their stats were on the same level as the beastmen's.

They could absolutely take those beastmen on in one-on-one duels, and even win.

Even Zhao Chi now had already reached the beastmen's stat level.

Even if he used no skills at all, he could still beat these Tier-2 beastman soldiers in a one-on-one.

Zhao Chi continued looking.

On both flanks of the beastman soldiers were 100 beastmen each wearing leather armor.

They likewise carried shields and iron axes.

But these beastmen's builds were far more normal.

All around 1.8 meters or so, their muscles were developed too, but only on par with a strongly built human male.

These 200 were all Tier-1 Beastman Militiamen, relatively weaker.

In the middle of the formation were 10 even taller and burlier beastmen.

Each one stood 2 meters tall.

Their arms were thicker than Gu Qing's waist.

Their thighs were like pillars.

Their bodies must have been at least 1 meter wide across, each one looking like a bodybuilder.

Clad in a full set of iron armor, they were like tanks.

If one got a bit closer to them, one would absolutely hear the rumble of their footsteps.

They carried no shields, all gripping a massive double-bladed axe.

Each axe blade was at least half a meter long.

It was clear that these 10 beastmen were the enemy's strongest fighting force.

They were probably Tier-3 Beastman Berserkers.

Tier-3 beastman troops were at least Level 20, with at least 50 enhancement points, plus an additional 1 Strength point.

Beastman Berserkers were very strong.

Zhao Chi and the female soldiers all couldn't win in one-on-one fights.

But Qiyue and her three female heroes could take care of them easily.

Besides them, there were also 4 beastman heroes mixed in the ranks.

Those 4 heroes were all different; some were very burly, definitely melee types.

Others were thin and frail, probably spiritual technique types.

But their talents and skills couldn't be discerned with the naked eye.

That's all for the observation.

A total of 415 people were charging over from the enemy side.

200 Tier-1 beastman militia.

200 Tier-2 beastman warriors.

10 Tier-3 beastman berserkers.

4 beastman heroes.

1 lord, Huang Bian.

As for the beastmen in the enemy's territory, they were probably all craftsmen.

After all, this Huang Bian's combat power was only 312 points.

There couldn't possibly be more troops.

As the distance between the two sides closed, Huang Bian's beastmen all slowly came to a halt.

They stood on the hillside, arranged their formation, took the javelins from their backs, and waited for Zhao Chi's army to climb up.

This was also Zhao Chi's first time encountering mountain terrain in actual combat.

The javelins those beastmen under Huang Bian carried were also iron javelins, with a range of 50 meters.

But when thrown downhill, the range could reach 70-90 meters, and the power was even greater.

Yet when Zhao Chi's female soldiers threw them uphill, the range was reduced to 20-30 meters, and the power was also weaker.

Besides, when charging up for melee combat, Huang Bian on the higher ground also had the advantage.

They fought from high to low, very easily.

But the female soldiers had to look up and fight from below.

If pushed back a single step by the enemy, they very likely wouldn't be able to stop, retreating more than ten steps in a row, and might even risk tumbling down the mountain.

The enemy's terrain advantage was very obvious.

But Zhao Chi completely ignored all of this.

"Tang Ruan, you go up from the left and draw the enemy's javelins. The rest charge straight in and finish the battle quickly!"

"Yes!"