Chapter 544: Battlefield Duties! The Silver Moon Nine-Tailed Fox!

"On our side, City Lord Tian serves as commander-in-chief leading the entire army, and naturally the fierce beasts have a Ninth-Tier Beast Emperor leading them as well."

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Without a high-tier fierce beast to lead them, these fierce beasts would just be a scattered bunch, completely unable to form any combat effectiveness."

Over a hundred thousand fierce beasts may look like a huge number, but if they don't act according to plan,

in the face of the human army of ability users, they'd just be hunted down like fat pigs.

"According to intelligence reports, the fierce beasts entrenched over there have already reached 110,000.

And the number is still continuously increasing. They'll likely launch their attack within the next day or two."

Zhou Yan continued.

"The fierce beasts are still gathering? Then why aren't we the ones taking the initiative to attack?" Xu Jingming asked, somewhat puzzled.

The more fierce beasts there are, the more disadvantageous it is for us humans. We should strike fast and end it quickly.

"Zhen'an City only has a total of just over 40,000 ability users.

We're at a disadvantage in numbers, so we can only defend passively."

Zhou Yan shook his head.

Fierce beasts breed prolifically, and their bloodlines are hereditary.

Some lord-tier fierce beasts are born as First-Tier, and within a few years upon reaching maturity, they can possess Third-Tier combat power.

But on the human side, cultivating a single Third-Tier ability user takes nearly twenty years at the very least.

The two sides' ability to produce troops is on completely different levels.

Fortunately, though, fierce beasts are limited by their bloodlines, making advancement extremely difficult.

Whatever tier they are at maturity, they'll most likely stay at that tier for life.

Unlike humans, who possess unlimited potential.

Otherwise, humanity would have long been crushed by the fierce beasts' virtually invincible reproductive capability.

"I see." Xu Jingming let out a long breath.

With things as they are, once the battle begins, there's indeed no worry about running out of fierce beasts to kill.

"Alright, since you are now one of us now,

let me briefly introduce the duties of our Vanguard Team on the battlefield.

First, once the battle begins, we need to be the first to cut into the battlefield..."

Under Captain Zhou Yan's explanation, Xu Jingming also roughly understood his own duties.

Once the battle begins, he needed to immediately charge into the fierce beast horde.

Using his super-spec combat power, kill as many fierce beasts as possible to reduce the burden on the rear army.

The Vanguard Team didn't need to follow the battlefield commander's orders—just focus on killing, kill as many as you can.

"No wonder my teacher arranged for me to join the Vanguard Team. This place really suits me."

Xu Jingming's eyes lit up; he was already itching to go all out.

"Although our Vanguard Team needs to launch the first assault, I still suggest you don't stray too far from the main force at the very beginning."

Zhou Yan reminded him, "Our Zhen'an City has a total of 15 Vanguard Teams, roughly 100 Seventh-Tier Grandmaster-level ability users.

During the assault, we'll look out for each other, but if you push deep into the fierce beasts' main force, it'll be hard for the others to save you."

"Also, be careful not to leave the coverage range of the Battle Song."

A woman in the team with wheat-colored skin and a tall, slender figure reminded him.

Her name was Sha Ke, possessing Enhancement-type B-class ability, a Seventh-Tier mid-position Grandmaster-level ability user.

Also a member of the Fourth Vanguard Team, she looked to be in her early thirties.

"Battle Song? What's that?" Xu Jingming asked, puzzled.

"That's Lord Li's ability."

Zhou Yan explained, "Lord Li Ruman is an Eighth-Tier mid-position Grandmaster. She possesses the Support-type A-class ability 'Battlefield Melody.'

By singing various different battle songs, she applies enhancements to all the soldier ability users on the battlefield.

Most critically, it can greatly nullify the spiritual control exerted by the enemy's high-tier fierce beasts."

"Among the fierce beast horde in Senbai Canyon, there's an Eighth-Tier mid-position Silver Moon Nine-Tailed Fox fierce beast.

Once the war begins, it will continuously unleash spiritual attacks.

If you're not careful and get hit, the least that happens is your consciousness sea gets destroyed and you become an idiot; the worst is instant death by your head exploding."

Only Lord Li's Support-type ability can minimize the impact of spiritual attacks," Sha Ke added.

"Spiritual attacks? That's insane?" Xu Jingming muttered under his breath.

Fortunately, though, his consciousness sea still contained the spirit imprint left by Councilor Liu, so spiritual attacks shouldn't affect him too much.

Of course,

unless absolutely necessary, he wouldn't take the risk either.

"This is the suppression that high-tier fierce beasts exert over low-tier ability users."

Zhou Yan shrugged helplessly. "The fierce beasts' army of over a hundred thousand fighting against humanity's army of over forty thousand—

in the eyes of the fierce beasts' Ninth-Tier Beast Emperor, or our humanity's Ninth-Tier ability users,

is actually like playing house. They could wipe us out with a flick of their hand.

That's also why Ninth-Tier lifeforms aren't allowed to intervene in the battlefield—their destructive power is just too great."

"Actually, the role of our Vanguard Team is also just to take advantage of the fierce beasts not having reacted yet.

Relying on our Seventh-Tier combat power, kill as many low-tier fierce beasts as we can."

Sha Ke said with a smile, "Once the fierce beasts react, they'll arrange hunters of the same tier to fight us, preventing casualties from escalating.

So, if you want to kill as many fierce beasts as possible and rack up merit points,

It's best to act immediately when the battle first breaks out, otherwise once the hunters on the monstrous beast side react.

If you're entangled with them, you won't be able to hunt monstrous beasts on a large scale.

"I see. I understand." Xu Jingming etched this principle firmly into his mind.

He decided that once the war began, he would expand his Dou Tian Shen Lei to the maximum extent possible.

Here's your communication watch—it will record how many monstrous beasts you kill.

Different monstrous beasts correspond to different battle merit values; the more battle merit you accumulate, the better.

After the battle ends, you can exchange this battle merit for good items in the warehouse."

Zhou Yan handed over a black pocket watch, and Xu Jingming nodded and accepted it.

"Alright, that's the general situation of the battlefield and the vanguard unit.

Your room is Room 2 on the third floor of the villa. Chen Yang, take Brother Xu down to rest."

After introducing the general situation, Xu Jingming followed Chen Yang down the city wall.

"Captain, this Xu Jingming seems quite obedient—he probably won't drag us down when we hit the battlefield."

After Xu Jingming left, Sha Ke smiled and said.

With his calm, refined aura, her first impression of Xu Jingming was fairly good.

"Whether he drags us down or not, we won't know until we're actually on the battlefield."

Zhou Yan shook his head and said gravely, "Once the battle begins, Sha Ke, don't stray far from Xu Jingming.

That way, if any unexpected situation arises, someone can watch over him."

After all, he's an SS-grade ability awakener—if anything happens to him,

we truly can't bear the responsibility; we must first assign a 'nanny' to keep constant watch.

"Understood." Sha Ke also understood the importance of the matter and nodded solemnly.