Chapter 103 These Veterans May Be Really Old…
Chapter 103 These Veterans May Be Really Old…
Defense Zone 25, Rear Area.
At this moment, nearly 60 disaster beasts above level 30 had gathered together.
A veteran team with the highest output was using diversion and roaming tactics to contain them, while the other teams provided side output.
Because they were worried about disrupting the established hatred balance, most of them were cautious in their attacks.
Nobody wanted to be the reason a high-level disaster beast suddenly turned around and attacked the wrong target.
While this method was effective for survival, the output efficiency was terrible.
For every one high-level disaster beast they managed to kill, two more would join the fray.
At this rate, it was only a matter of time before the number of high-level disaster beasts exceeded the veterans' ability to contain them.
They knew this was unsustainable, but they had no better alternative.
Their only hope was that external reinforcements would arrive to break the stalemate.
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Just as the veterans were struggling to maintain their formation,
Two newly arrived teams—eleven squads in total—rushed into battle!
They didn't hesitate.
They didn't assess the situation.
They charged straight into the front lines!
Picking out the nearest level 30 poisonous disaster beast, they unleashed every skill they had.
The veterans responsible for containing the monsters immediately panicked!
"What the hell are you guys doing?!
"Are you insane?!
"We worked so hard to stabilize their hatred and pull them together!"
"If you attack recklessly, you're going to break the formation!"
As the new recruits rained down attacks, the meticulously maintained battle rhythm of the veterans began to collapse.
The hatred of multiple level 30 disaster beasts was disrupted, and the cluster of high-level beasts began to spread out.
If even one of these high-level beasts got loose, the entire formation would collapse, and both new recruits and veterans would be slaughtered!
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"I'm done. This is it. I thought we'd be stuck babysitting a bunch of rookies, but I never expected them to straight-up throw us all into a death trap!"
"It's over. It's all over. If the hatred spreads and all these level 30 beasts start attacking everywhere, how do we stop them?!"
"Forget stopping them. Who's going to stop us from dying?!"
"RUN! RUN, DAMN IT!"
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But just as the panic reached its peak,
One of the veterans froze in shock.
"Wait… something's wrong."
"What do you mean something's wrong?! We're all about to die!"
"No, LOOK!"
The veterans turned their eyes toward the battlefield.
They expected to see dozens of recruits dying horribly.
Instead, they saw something completely incomprehensible.
The new recruits had absorbed every attack from the high-level beasts.
Yet, they hadn't lost a single drop of blood.
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"What the hell?!"
"That can't be right. Nobody's taking damage?!"
"Are they wearing epic-grade defense gear?!"
"That's impossible! Even an epic-level 6 divine armor set wouldn't let them just ignore attacks!"
"And why the hell do they all look so… excited?!"
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On the battlefield.
Thunder poured from the sky.
Flames erupted like a volcanic explosion.
Black crescent moons sliced through the air, each carrying devastating force.
One brilliant skill after another exploded across the battlefield.
While the individual damage of each recruit wasn't particularly high,
Their constant, uninterrupted output more than made up for it!
Unlike the veterans, who had to carefully time and manage their attacks,
The new recruits never stopped.
With Gao Yang's mana regeneration and the 20% cooldown reduction from his cooking skill,
Their skills fired off like machine guns!
Soon, the hatred of all 60 high-level disaster beasts was completely locked onto the recruits.
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The veterans stared in disbelief.
"This is insane…"
"Are they… tanking all those monsters by themselves?!"
"What do we do now? We can't just stand here doing nothing."
"Of course we're going to help!"
"Yeah! We can't just let these new recruits show us up!"
"Let's go!"
"We're taking these beasts down—together!"
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Moments later,
The veterans joined the fight.
But within minutes, the reality of the situation became painfully clear.
"Ugh… I got hit by poison."
"I can't keep this up. I need to fall back."
"Shit! Me too."
"Our output is too high. We're breaking the hatred balance!"
"Their strategy only works because they don't take damage. But we do."
"Let's… let's just step back."
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After a brief discussion,
The veterans stopped attacking entirely.
Instead, they chose to focus on picking off the occasional isolated disaster beast,
Making sure to avoid disrupting the recruits' battle strategy.
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But when Xu Yan saw what was happening, he immediately became unhappy.
"Stealing my kills?!"
"These veterans are so unethical!"
Xu Yan stormed off the battlefield, walked straight up to the veterans, and shouted at them.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?!"
The veterans froze.
"W-What?"
"How could you do this?!"
"We worked so hard to pull together all these high-level disaster beasts, and now you're trying to steal our kills?!"
"Do you have any idea how difficult it was to lock down the hatred of over 60 poisonous beasts?!"
The veterans were speechless.
Stealing… stealing monsters?!
This wasn't a normal battle,
This was a cluster of over 60 level 30 beasts!
If they even slightly lost control, Defense Zone 25 would be completely overrun!
And here was this kid acting like he was mad about kill-stealing.
The veterans' brains short-circuited.
They just stood there, completely dumbfounded.
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Finally, one veteran forced a smile and said,
"Uh… look, kid… we weren't trying to steal your kills."
"It's just… this cluster of high-level disaster beasts is insane."
"Leaving all the pressure on you new recruits just didn't feel right."
"We thought we should… help out."
Xu Yan shook his head.
"No need."
"And don't feel bad. We don't feel any pressure at all."
"It's just 60 disaster beasts. We can handle it."
"To be honest, we transferred here from Defense Area 50 just to farm these high-level beasts for XP and loot."
Hearing this,
The veterans didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
For some reason,
Even though they were being treated like weaklings,
Xu Yan's words gave them a strange sense of security.
At the same time,
They couldn't help but sigh.
Maybe… we veterans really are old.
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