Inside a shabby tent.
Six ragged Human men huddled together.
All six were members of the Ying Clan Tribe who had been captured when the Jackalmen attacked. The oldest was in his thirties, and the youngest was only sixteen or seventeen.
Their hands and feet were bound tightly with ropes.
As prisoners, they were tied up and locked inside this tent whenever they had no work to do.
They were only allowed out when it was time to work.
Their bodies were crisscrossed with whip marks, some fresh and some old.
The commotion outside had caught their attention, too.
"Were those Jackalmen shouting, 'Assemble, prepare for battle'?"
Ying Zhan listened to the sounds outside and spoke in a low voice.
Ying Zhan was the oldest of the six, and the strongest Warrior in the Ying Clan Tribe.
When the Jackalmen attacked the Ying Clan Tribe, he had led his people in a desperate stand to hold off their pursuers, giving the old chieftain and Lin Feng time to lead the children to safety.
He had held off three Jackalmen by himself!
In the end, Suihou, one of the three warriors of the Jackalmen Tribe, had smashed him over the head with a club, knocking him unconscious.
By the time he woke up, the Jackalmen had already taken him prisoner.
"I think so!"
"I heard the same thing."
"Could someone have come to attack the Jackalmen?"
They speculated excitedly.
If someone had come to attack the Jackalmen, that meant there was a chance they might be rescued!
As long as the newcomers could defeat the Jackalmen!
"I'll sneak a look."
Ying Ye, the youngest of the six, crept toward the tent entrance.
"Are you trying to get yourself killed? Don't you dare!"
Ying Zhan hurriedly called out to stop him.
"Have you forgotten how Ying Hua died?"
After stopping Ying Ye, Ying Zhan glared at him and scolded him angrily.
There had been nine of them when they were first captured. The other three had all died at the hands of the Jackalmen afterward.
Ying Hua was one of them.
The Jackalmen had ordered them to stay inside the tent and forbidden them from going out without permission. Ying Hua had merely stuck his head out to take a look, but when the Jackalmen saw him, they killed him.
Outside the tent.
More than twenty Jackalmen stood on the grass, ready for battle.
Each one gripped a weapon tightly.
Kuáng Tú stood at the front, watching the approaching Humans with a grave expression.
He understood that this would be a tough fight!
These Humans had picked a perfect time to show up! He had just sent a twelve-man hunting party out to hunt, and now they were here!
If the hunting party were still around, their chances of winning would be much higher.
In the distance.
Lin Feng had planned to launch a surprise attack, but when he saw the Jackalmen already gathered together, he knew it wouldn't work.
If they couldn't attack by surprise, they would just fight head-on!
They charged toward the Jackalmen. When they were seventy or eighty meters away, Lin Feng raised a hand to signal the players to stop.
"Get your bows ready!"
The players took the bows from their backs, nocked their arrows, and aimed at the Jackalmen.
Over the past few days, Liubai Dianmo had made bows every day, enough to give every player a strong bow.
Liubai Dianmo had also earned a large amount of experience and Contribution Points from making bows.
By now, he was no longer satisfied with crafting ordinary Straight Pull Bows. For the past two days, he had been searching for suitable materials to make Recurve Bows.
Since they had a ranged attack, Lin Feng naturally wanted to take the first shot.
It didn't matter whether they hit or missed. They had nothing to lose.
"Everyone, fire at will!"
At Lin Feng's command, the players released their bowstrings one after another, sending a hail of arrows toward the Jackalmen.
After all their practice these past few days, their archery skills had improved by leaps and bounds.
Most of the arrows arced through the air toward the Jackalmen, who stood dozens of meters away.
Only a handful missed.
Screams rang out. The Jackalmen did their best to dodge, but some unlucky ones couldn't get out of the way in time and were struck by arrows.
The screams had barely died down when a second volley came flying.
Kuáng Tú knocked away two arrows aimed at him with his Wolf Tooth Club and glared at the Humans opposite him.
These despicable bastards were using bows in what should have been an honorable, face-to-face battle!
"Charge! Tear these wretched Humans to pieces!"
Kuáng Tú ordered his men to charge.
They had no choice. They couldn't just stand there like idiots and let themselves be shot.
Led by Kuáng Tú, the Jackalmen charged toward the players, swinging their Wolf Tooth Clubs.
Braving two volleys of arrows, the Jackalmen reached the players.
The players had already begun to move without waiting for Lin Feng's orders.
"Players level four and above, help me hold off the boss! Everyone else, take out the mobs first!"
Da Qing took the initiative to lead the group fight.
He was among the first players to enter the game, and he was high-level and powerful. The other players trusted his leadership.
Of the thirty players, five were level four.
Da Qing and After Three Rounds of Drinks were Strength Class.
Ranger and I Shoot You Innocent were Agility Class.
Wanhuatong was Constitution Class.
At Da Qing's direction, Wanhuatong charged Kuáng Tú with a wooden shield.
Kuáng Tú stood more than half a meter taller than the ordinary Jackalmen around him. He towered over the crowd, making it obvious that he was the BOSS.
Seeing Wanhuatong dare to charge at him, Kuáng Tú snorted angrily and raised his Wolf Tooth Club to smash down at him.
If you were so eager to die, he would make you his first target!
Kuáng Tú put all his strength into the blow, determined to kill Wanhuatong with one strike and make an example of him!
Wanhuatong raised his shield and took the hit head-on.
With a bang, the shield shook violently in his hands as a tremendous force slammed into it.
He staggered back two or three steps before regaining his balance.
"This BOSS is incredibly strong!"
He couldn't help exclaiming.
At level four, he had fifteen points of Constitution.
Constitution increased defense and recovery.
Defense didn't just mean the body's ability to withstand blows. It also included resistance to external force. The higher one's defense, the greater the force one could withstand.
With fifteen points of Constitution, he should normally be able to withstand an attack from an opponent with eighteen points of Strength Value without budging an inch.
This BOSS had knocked him back two or three steps with a single blow. His Strength Value had to be at least eighteen!
This was definitely the strongest monster he had encountered since the game launched!
While Wanhuatong held off one of Kuáng Tú's attacks, Da Qing and After Three Rounds of Drinks closed in as well, swinging their weapons at him.
Ranger used his speed to circle around behind Kuáng Tú and attack from the rear.
I Shoot You Innocent stood more than ten meters away, drew his bow, and fired at Kuáng Tú.
With a whoosh, the arrow shot straight toward Kuáng Tú's chest!
After several days of hard practice, I Shoot You Innocent's archery had finally become reliable. He still wasn't good enough to hit a target a hundred paces away, but at twenty meters, a target as large as Kuáng Tú was practically impossible to miss.
Kuáng Tú was fending off Da Qing and the others when the arrow came whistling toward him, giving him a sudden fright.
He hurriedly swung his Wolf Tooth Club and knocked the arrow away.
But in the moment he spent deflecting it, Da Qing had already rushed in and smashed his club against Kuáng Tú's arm.
The attack, powered by his Strength Value of fifteen, made Kuáng Tú howl in pain.
While the five of them kept Kuáng Tú occupied, the other players were already fighting the Jackalmen.
The players had gotten extremely good at fighting Jackalmen. They knew their attacks and their rhythm inside and out.
Aside from the Intelligence Class players, the rest could hold their own against a Jackalman one-on-one. The Strength Class players even had the upper hand.
Lin Feng stayed among the crowd, but rather than joining the attack on Kuáng Tú, he focused on taking down ordinary Jackalmen.
Since the players had taken it upon themselves to surround the BOSS, he was happy to leave it to them.
Who knew what hidden tricks or abilities the BOSS might have?
What if he joined the attack and the BOSS suddenly unleashed some powerful move right on him? Wouldn't that be a disaster?
The players could afford to risk their lives. He only had one.
Picking on the little guys was safer and easier.
With his current strength, it only took three to five swings to deal with an ordinary Jackalman. Carrying a wooden club, he moved around the battlefield and had already knocked two Jackalmen down in less than a minute.
The Pan Family Three Brothers teamed up against a Jackalman, working together with great coordination. It took them only a little over a minute to knock it to the ground.
But when they looked around, the players had already knocked a large number of Jackalmen down!
The remaining Jackalmen had lost all will to fight after suffering heavy casualties. They dropped their weapons and fled.
They didn't even care that their chieftain was surrounded.
Naturally, the players weren't about to let them get away!
To the players, the fleeing Jackalmen weren't enemies. They were walking experience points!
The Strength Class and Constitution Class players were slower than the Jackalmen, so they couldn't catch up.
The Intelligence Class players couldn't catch up either, and even if they did, they couldn't fight them. Naturally, they didn't give chase.
Only a few Agility Class players chased after them, shouting excitedly as they went to collect experience.
The Pan Family Three Brothers stared blankly at the scene, completely dumbfounded.
"When Lin Feng said these Humans who came wandering here could hold their own against Jackalmen one-on-one, he was being way too modest."
Pan Xiong scratched his head as he spoke.
They were absolutely crushing them!
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