Rumble rumble rumble—
The shouts of battle erupted beside Sun Lei and Li Mengzhang's ears as their comrades rushed past them!
There were only two hundred men, yet their momentum was as if a thousand-man army were charging!
Li Mengzhang quietly watched the troops rushing toward the monsters, his expression unchanged.
He turned and said to Sun Lei, who was staring at the distant World Gate:
"We should move too..."
Sun Lei nodded. He turned to Li Mengzhang, a trace of surprise and envy flashing across his face!
"Squad Leader Li, did you break through?"
Li Mengzhang lowered his head and glanced at the longsword in his hand. He nodded and said:
"Yeah... Diamond-grade. I thought I'd never break through in my lifetime!"
Ever since he broke through to Gold-grade at the age of fifteen, his strength had remained stagnant!
How long had it been?
He had not experienced the feeling of his strength increasing like this in far too long!
Li Mengzhang tightened his grip on the hilt, a smile suddenly spreading across his face. He said softly:
"I've been a squad leader for too long. So long that I nearly forgot what I used to be like..."
He turned to Sun Lei, a wild smile appearing on his face. As if he had become a different person, he said arrogantly:
"Our target is the World Gate. We'll charge straight through in one breath. No problem, right?"
Crackle crackle...
Leaping arcs of lightning danced around Li Mengzhang, as berserk as a beast freed from its cage!
Sun Lei smiled. He lowered his stance slightly, held his longsword level with both hands, and aimed it at the incoming monsters. Then he said softly:
"Of course not!"
His feet shifted slightly. The surging power within his body poured into the earth,