358: Chapter 109 bat is the Best Practice (Part 1)_1 358: Chapter 109 bat is the Best Practice (Part 1)_1 A milky flash of light passed by, and the bodies of the five Leopard People stiffened.
A choking sound emanated from their throats, their normally amber eyes now filled with terror.
Sadly, they could no longer make a sound, for their throats had been slit.
Ye Yinzhu moved swiftly, laying the five Leopard People on the ground without making a sound.
With a flash, he was already heading in a different direction.
At this moment, he had seen the row of rudimentary wooden cabins at the very top of the mountain but did not approach them.
The plan for Ye Yinzhu, Oliveira, and Ye Hongyan was to first clear the Beastmen patrolling the east, west, and south sides, then converge on the north to eliminate the last five patrolling Beastmen.
Skirting around the cabins, Ye Yinzhu had already spotted the silhouettes of five Beastmen to the north, this time towering Ape Men.
Without the slightest hesitation, his body shot forward, hugging the ground.
The milky light shone once more.
As the Sword of Nox in Ye Yinzhu’s hand displayed its sharpness, two other glows also appeared, darting from different directions.
The three lights streaked across and blood splattered.
Five large heads tumbled to the ground, and the areas where their hearts had been now sported terrifying gaping holes.
The three figures gathered together, carefully propping the Ape Men’s corpses down on the ground.
The sources of the other two beams were indeed Oliveira and Ye Hongyan.
The three looked at each other, both Oliveira and Ye Yinzhu showing a trace of admiring smiles, while Ye Hongyan simply nodded.
In their eyes, Ye Yinzhu and Oliveira saw satisfaction.
In wiping out the Beastmen patrols, the three of them could be said to have shared the spoils equally.
None of the sides they eliminated made any noise, and their speeds were parable, deepening their mutual respect for each other’s abilities a bit more.
After nodding to each other and exchanging a few words through telepathy, they stealthily disappeared into the darkness.
Oliveira was responsible for guarding the fire and smoke beacons, Ye Yinzhu took mand of the main force climbing up, and Ye Hongyan was responsible for monitoring the other Beastmen in the rudimentary camp.
Without any incidents occurring, it didn’t take long for the cover of night to help the five hundred warriors and mages to reach the top of the mountain.
Under Ye Yinzhu’s mand, the mages and the Three Hundred Grim Reapers took charge of alarms and catching any that slipped through, while the remaining one hundred and fifty warriors quickly encircled the wooden cabins in front of them under his leadership.
Ye Hongyan signaled to Ye Yinzhu that everything was normal, and after a brief visual munication, Ye Yinzhu issued the order to attack.
In an instant, the Green rank Douqi surged powerfully, and these rudimentary wooden cabins stood no chance against the might of these Earth Warrior rank powerhouses.
In a blink, the cabins splintered into debris, as one hundred and fifty streams of Green rank Douqi burst in—symphonies of the Grim Reaper.
The Douqi surged wildly as the one hundred and fifty warriors, who had been suppressing their energy for six whole days, unleashed it pletely at this moment.
Having lost to the Three Hundred Grim Reapers and enduring the hardships along the way, they found the perfect outlet for their pent-up frustrations now.
Even Ye Yinzhu and Oliveira hadn’t anticipated how terrifying the simultaneous release from one hundred and fifty Earth Warriors could be.
The crisscrossing Green rank Douqi destroyed everything in its range in an instant, leaving behind only bloodshed and screams bathed in radiant light.
Ye Yinzhu had originally planned to personally deal with the Lion Men’s Captain, but by the time he was ready to move, the clearly strong Lion Man’s body had already been sliced into pieces in his sleep by the Green rank Douqi’s war blades.
From start to finish, the battle was a one-sided slaughter.
In just a few breaths’ time, the outpost on the mountaintop—including the Beastmen camp—had been brutally eradicated.
The sudden surge of overwhelming killing intent even brought a chill to the hot summer air.
All was over, leaving only silence.
A hundred and fifty Earth Warriors and those of higher ranks stood quietly, the bloodthirsty light in their eyes gradually disappearing, the cold murderous aura also vanishing with the wind.
No one knew who started it, but the sound of vomiting rose and fell in succession.
How many of these outstanding young men from the Country of Milan had truly experienced such slaughter before?
The Beastmen’s severed limbs and viscera scattered all around, the pungent smell of blood, overwhelmed the majority and they could not bear it.
Including the fifty Mages who did not participate in the battle, all those who had not experienced real warfare found the gruesome scene before them unbearable.
The Three Hundred Grim Reapers stood still, their calm and cold eyes starkly distinct from those two hundred Green rank warriors.
Ye Yinzhu remained standing there, his expression unchanged, for he had anticipated the scene before him.
Or rather, he had had a hand in creating this situation.
Marshal Xi Duofu was right to say that without the baptism of iron and blood, one could never bee a true warrior.
And for these warriors, it was their first test and their first taste of the cruelty of war.
Had he not felt the same after using the Sound Blade to kill an Ape Man in Konya City?
Everyone has a first time; those who can withstand and keep moving forward are the strong ones.
If one bees timid or frightened, then, no matter how strong the Douqi, one cannot bee a qualified warrior, let alone a Death Soldier like the Three Hundred Grim Reapers.
Taking big strides, Ye Yinzhu walked over to the Lion Man’s corpse that had been slashed into several pieces, not even knowing how it died.
A deep yellow Douqi glimmered, and the Lion Man’s left ear was cut from its head.
Holding up the left ear, Ye Yinzhu’s somewhat cold gaze swept over the still-vomiting warriors, “This is the first step of our mission.
If you’ve vomited enough, rest in place.
I’ll give you half an hour to adapt.
Afterwards, more slaughter awaits you.
If you don’t want to end up like these Beastmen on the ground, then get used to it quickly.
From now on, we are within the Beastmen’s territory; preserving every bit of strength is essential to your survival.
Vomiting will only drain your energy and weaken your body.
Now, we still need one thousand nine hundred ninety-nine more Lion Men’s ears.”
After saying this, Ye Yinzhu sat down directly among the corpses and entered meditation.
Physically, the warriors did not need rest at this time; it was their hearts that needed rest.
As the captain, Ye Yinzhu had to lead by example, even ignoring the filth around him.
Ever since leaving the territory of Milan City, he had understood that this mission was not only to train these five hundred individuals as a team but also to hone himself.
The Three Hundred Grim Reapers silently sat down on the spot, and the one hundred and fifty vomiting warriors and fifty Mages also sat down one after another.
Faces pale, their hearts clashed with plex emotions, the word “survival” that Ye Yinzhu spoke echoed constantly in their minds, gradually calming them down.
Of course, they did not know that Ye Yinzhu had employed a certain amount of Spiritual Magic when he delivered those words before.
Half an hour later, when the five hundred-strong team set out again, they were even more silent than before.
The Green rank warriors looked a little worn out, but their eyes had bee a bit more resolute.
Being selected proved their underlying quality was good; they just needed time to adapt to the cruelty of slaughter.
How to adapt?
Ye Yinzhu quickly gave them the answer: Only through constant killing and constant fighting does one get used to it and ultimately bee desensitized.
After a brief discussion, Ye Yinzhu and Oliveira decided to temporarily stop advancing into the interior of the Northernmost Wilderness, and, making use of the cover of night, they began to clear all the Beastmen outposts in the mountain range.
The outposts on these mountains were almost the same; occupied by a hundred Beastmen with a Lion Man as the captain, they collectively guarded the fire and smoke beacons.
Once an enemy was spotted, they could signal an alarm with the beacon fires immediately.
Ye Yinzhu did not order a division of forces because they could afford no mistakes; otherwise, they would be stuck if they exposed themselves.
He also had another motive—for this expedition to the Northernmost Wilderness, to plete the mission and return unscathed, it was imperative to first train those two hundred Green rank warriors and Mages.
They needed to train not just their strength but also their willpower and a cold heart for killing.
Therefore, all killing actions were to be carried out by them, with the Three Hundred Grim Reapers only as a reserve.
Before setting out, Xi Duofu had given Ye Yinzhu a letter to read after leaving.
The letter revealed that the two hundred selected had almost no family burdens, apart from Oliveira who had volunteered to join.
The rest were personally selected by Xi Duofu from among many talented youths, and most of them were orphans.
Although Xi Duofu did not say it outright, Ye Yinzhu understood that what Xi Duofu intended was for him to build a foundation.
As the most outstanding representative of the Eight Eastern Dragon Clans and the Lord of Qin City, Ye Yinzhu could be said to be the future of the Eight Sects.
Furthermore, with his relationship with Haiyang, Xi Duofu had assigned this mission, allowing him to lead the two hundred who were originally meant to be cannon fodder in the ranking battles of the Seven Nations, Seven Dragons.
As for how many could survive the ranking battle, that would depend on the results of this ordeal.
The bloodshed during the night added a faint hue of red to the clear and silent night sky.
Apart from the outermost ring of mountains, the side close to the Northernmost Wilderness had thirty-seven high mountains with Beastmen outposts on them, and there were numerous traps hidden in the mountains.
Battles were directed by Ye Yinzhu, while the handling of traps was carried out by Ye Hongyan leading the Three Hundred Grim Reapers.
Through several encounters clearing out the ambushes, Ye Yinzhu and Oliveira discovered that Ye Hongyan’s abilities in this regard were parable to those of a Mechanism Master.
No matter what kind of ambush, he was always the first to sense it.
And because of this, they could attack the outposts unawares without allowing a single beacon to be lit.
(To be continued…
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