The First Boss

"Constitution Class and Strength Class, hold the front line with me."

"Agility Class and Intelligence Class, attack from the rear. Watch it—don't draw the monsters' aggro!"

Under Da Qing's command, the ten players split into two echelons. The Strength Class and Constitution Class players took the front, while the Agility Class and Intelligence Class players stayed behind, charging toward the outpost through the wild grass beneath their feet.

The moment they entered within ten meters of the outpost, the Jackalmen reacted.

"Humans!"

"Tear them apart!"

Twenty Jackalmen swarmed toward them.

"Hold the line! Protect the Intelligence Class players! Intelligence Class, watch your positioning!"

Da Qing shouted.

Among the ten, there were five Constitution Class and Strength Class players.

They were Wanhuatong and Full Han Chinese Banquet from the Constitution Class.

And Da Qing, Tyrannosaurus Warrior, and Jing Gege from the Strength Class.

The five stood at the very front and were the first to collide with the charging Jackalmen.

Wanhuatong and Full Han Chinese Banquet each carried a wooden shield, raising them before their bodies to block the Jackalmen's attacks.

One was level 5 and the other level 4, with Constitutions as high as 17 and 15 respectively. Their defenses were formidable.

As they came into contact with the first wave of Jackalmen, they simultaneously activated Defense Enhancement, further increasing their defense.

The two of them alone held back five or six Jackalmen, preventing them from advancing a single step.

Da Qing and Tyrannosaurus Warrior each wielded a Wolf Tooth Club, engaging the charging Jackalmen head-on.

Jing Gege, meanwhile, was empty-handed. As a Jackalman swung its club at him, he sidestepped the blow and thrust out his palm.

"Soaring Dragon Regrets!"

Though he shouted Soaring Dragon Regrets, what he used was Powerful Strike, his palm slamming into the Jackalman's chest.

The Jackalman staggered back two or three steps. If not for the companions behind him catching him, he would have nearly fallen.

Behind them, the Agility Class players Ranger, Liubai Dianmo, and Shooting A Bit Like Kobe drew their bows and fired at the Jackalmen.

The two Intelligence Class players, Nuomifan and Su Ziye, activated their skills. Two Magic Missiles appeared out of thin air and shot toward the Jackalmen.

The Magic Missiles, glowing with a faint white light, arced through the air and crashed into the pack of Jackalmen.

Boom! Boom!

Two explosive blasts rang out in succession. One Jackalman was struck in the shoulder by a Magic Missile, and the spot hit was instantly reduced to a bloody mess, exposing even the bone in its shoulder!

The other Jackalman was less fortunate, taking a hit directly to the chest.

With a miserable scream, he was blasted to the ground by the shockwave, rolling across the earth as he clutched his mangled chest and wailed endlessly.

"Holy shit! That's insanely powerful!"

"That kind of damage is ridiculous!"

"Is Intelligence Class actually the meta?"

The other players were all startled by the terrifying destructive power.

Take the Strength Class, for example. Even after fighting desperately and landing a club squarely on a Jackalman, unless they happened to hit its head, the damage was extremely limited. They simply could not heavily injure a Jackalman in a single blow.

The same went for Agility Class players. When firing arrows from afar, unless they struck vulnerable areas such as the throat or eyes, even a shot to the chest would struggle to pierce through the Jackalmen's tough fur and flesh to harm their internal organs.

As for Constitution Class players, there was even less to say.

In comparison, the destructive power of the Intelligence Class's Magic Missile was somewhat terrifying.

A hit to the chest took half a Jackalman's life. If it struck the head, wouldn't that be an instant kill?

This was also Su Ziye and Nuomifan's first time using Magic Missile after learning the skill. Its dreadful power gave both of them quite a fright.

But in the next instant, their shock turned into delight.

"Hehe, let's see who still dares look down on us Intelligence Class players!"

Nuomifan giggled.

Once the three-second cooldown ended, the two of them each cast another Magic Missile and fired them at the Jackalmen.

The slaughter continued. The players who had learned skills had undergone a complete transformation, and even against twice their number of Jackalmen, they did not fall behind in the slightest.

Jackalmen kept falling.

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After all, this game was still different from traditional games.

Traditional games all had health bars. No matter where a monster was attacked, its health bar had to be emptied before it could be killed.

But in Savage World, as long as a monster's vital points—such as its head, throat, or heart—were struck, it could be killed in a single blow.

This made the gap between the strong and the weak even more obvious.

After all, the strong possessed greater power and speed, making it easier for them to strike their opponents' vital points.

After several of their companions fell, the jackalmen realized they could not let those two Human Race mages attack without restraint. They immediately split off several jackalmen and sent them charging toward Su Ziye and Nuomifan.

Su Ziye and Nuomifan hurriedly retreated.

"Protect the Intelligence Class!"

The moment Da Qing noticed, he gave the order.

"Leave it to us!"

The three Agility Class players immediately rushed forward, using their attacks to harass the jackalmen targeting the Intelligence Class.

Under the Agility Class's harassment, the jackalmen could only slow their pace and watch helplessly as the two Intelligence Class players widened the distance.

Before long, half of the twenty jackalmen had fallen, with only ten still fighting.

Just then, a thunderous boom rang out as a tent was torn apart from within.

Then, a towering jackalman burst from the shattered tent.

"Despicable humans! You dare attack the territory of us jackalmen? I, Suihou Blood Axe, will tear every last one of you to pieces!"

The massive jackalman, Suihou Blood Axe, roared furiously.

He looked exactly like Suihou Blood Axe, one of the three Jackalmen Tribe warriors Lin Feng had killed, except he was far larger than the real Suihou Blood Axe.

The real Suihou Blood Axe stood around 2.2 meters tall, but this Suihou Blood Axe in the illusion was roughly 2.7 or 2.8 meters tall. He wielded an enormous 1.5-meter Wolf Tooth Club, his muscles bulging all over his body.

"Everyone, watch out—the boss has appeared!"

Da Qing immediately shouted.

All the players tensed to the utmost, standing ready in grim formation.

After shouting his declaration, Suihou Blood Axe charged at the players while swinging his Wolf Tooth Club. Wanhuatong, a Constitution Class player, immediately raised his shield and met him head-on.

Suihou Blood Axe showed no courtesy, smashing his club into Wanhuatong's shield. The tremendous force sent Wanhuatong stumbling back several steps.

"This boss's attack power is pretty high. Everyone, be careful!"

Wanhuatong immediately warned his teammates.

Even with a Constitution of 17 points, he had been driven back several steps by a single blow from the boss. This boss's Strength Value had to be at least 20 points!

"Wanhuatong, Full Han Chinese Banquet, you two take turns tanking the BOSS's attacks. We'll clear the mobs first, then fight the boss together!"

Da Qing directed.

"Alright!"

Wanhuatong and Full Han Chinese Banquet raised their shields and blocked Suihou Blood Axe, refusing to let him attack anyone else.

Da Qing and the others seized the time to kill the remaining jackalmen.

Suihou Blood Axe glared furiously at Wanhuatong and Full Han Chinese Banquet standing before him, bringing his club down again and again. Every strike knocked the two back several steps.

The two took turns rushing forward to block him, barely managing to halt Suihou Blood Axe's advance.

Under Da Qing's group's attacks, the ordinary jackalmen fell one after another until they were all wiped out.

At the very moment the last jackalman fell, Suihou Blood Axe threw back his head and let out a resounding roar, a bloody gleam flashing in his eyes.

He seemed to have entered some kind of berserk state.

"Damned humans, you have completely enraged me!"

Suihou Blood Axe roared, gripping his Wolf Tooth Club with both hands and smashing it toward Wanhuatong before him with a howling gust of wind.

This blow was more than twice as powerful as his previous attacks!

Wanhuatong also sensed the terrifying power behind the strike. He hurriedly activated Defense Enhancement, bracing his shield firmly in front of himself.

With a deafening bang.

Wanhuatong felt an irresistible force crash into him. Even with the boost from Defense Enhancement, he still could not withstand it.

The shield flew from his grasp, and his body toppled backward beyond his control.

The next second, Suihou Blood Axe's second strike had already come crashing down.