The great battle was on the verge of erupting.
The atmosphere suddenly grew tense.
"Great God, as the saying goes, an army's spirit is highest at the start, then wanes, and finally runs dry."
"Why not have the Scorpion Lions launch their fiercest attack, smash through the enemy's defenses, and crush their morale?"
"If things go well, Ye Yu's side might collapse on the spot."
On the ground, Cannot Eat Peach had once again transformed into a dog-headed strategist, offering Ma Baoguo advice.
Ma Baoguo glanced down at Peach when he heard this.
Then he nodded, deeply convinced.
At once, he swept his hand through the air and shouted,
"My Believers!"
"It's time to show your bravery and defend your glory!"
"Use your razor-sharp claws to tear these weak humans to shreds!"
The Scorpion Lions on the ground instantly went berserk.
Each one shrieked sharply as though pumped full of adrenaline, waved its claws, and charged straight at the players.
Rumble!
The ground began to tremble.
Faced with the Scorpion Lions surging toward them like a tidal wave, many players felt their scalps go numb.
The game was so realistic that even these veteran players, who had been gaming for years, felt their hearts pound with fear.
"Tank Squad, move up!"
Gu Du, who was leading this battle, wasn't frightened. He reacted at lightning speed and immediately began issuing orders.
As soon as he spoke, the Tank Squad, led by Xiong Da, charged straight at the Scorpion Lions.
Every player in the Tank Squad was fully equipped.
They'd turned everything they could get their hands on into gear!
Xiong Da's setup was the most outrageous of all!
He had two shiny iron woks strapped to his chest and back.
A helmet made from a pot lid sat on his head.
He was practically armored from head to toe!
There was no choice. Supplies were desperately scarce in the game, and all the Life Skills were still locked.
Xiong Da had been forced to resort to this.
His getup might have looked a little ridiculous, but it worked like a charm!
When the Scorpion Lions' claws struck him, the iron woks blocked every blow.
As their claws scraped across the metal, countless sparks flew.
But the other players in the Tank Squad weren't so lucky.
The makeshift armor many of them wore couldn't withstand the Scorpion Lions' sharp claws. They were slapped into streaks of white light and killed on the spot!
White light flashed again and again, bathing the square in a sea of white.
Seeing this, Gu Du took a deep breath and shouted,
"Eat kidney!"
At his words, the players serving as the main force and responsible for finishing off the enemies all took a bite of the grilled wolf-kidney skewers in their hands!
That's right. The grilled wolf-kidney skewers had all been provided by Dark Cuisine King!
Under the Kidney Fighter buff, the players' attributes had increased by at least a hundred percent.
The players' attributes weren't very high to begin with.
But doubling them still made a huge difference.
After swallowing the wolf kidneys, the main assault squad glowed red all over and charged at the Scorpion Lions with wild cries.
With the Tank Squad holding the line, these players could focus on cutting down their enemies without any worries.
The Scorpion Lions and players clashed in a brutal melee, both sides charging forward with unstoppable momentum.
The casualties continued to mount.
The players were suffering heavier losses than the Scorpion Lions.
It often took five or six players dying just to kill a single Scorpion Lion.
But the players could be revived, while the Scorpion Lions couldn't!
In midair, Ma Baoguo's expression gradually darkened.
These lowly humans were actually this fierce?
They'd killed quite a few of his Scorpion Lion Believers?
How was this anything like a crowd with wavering hearts, everyone resenting Ye Yu?
Suddenly, Ma Baoguo felt as though he'd been tricked.
That despicable Human Race brat had deceived him.
With that thought, Ma Baoguo moved and landed on the ground.
"Damn humans!"
"How dare you deceive this god?"
"Great God, I'm innocent!"
"How would I dare deceive you?"
"Look, Ye Yu is watching the battle. How would my people dare slack off?"
"Isn't that right?"
Peach said with an innocent look.
Hearing this, Ma Baoguo hesitated.
His gaze drifted involuntarily toward Ye Yu.
When he saw Ye Yu standing with his arms crossed, watching the show,
he froze for a moment.
Before he could realize he'd been tricked again, a piercing pain suddenly shot from his backside.
Startled and enraged, Ma Baoguo spun around.
There was Cannot Eat Peach, holding a sharp bone spike and stabbing him furiously!
"Looking for death!"
Realizing that this human had played him, Ma Baoguo flew into a rage.
He slapped at Cannot Eat Peach.
A flash of white light appeared.
Without the slightest suspense, Cannot Eat Peach was killed instantly.
"Wretched humans!"
"Kill them all!"
"Tear every last one of these despicable, lowly humans to shreds!"
Ma Baoguo's roar rang out.
The Scorpion Lions went even more berserk when they heard him.
The Tank Squad and the main damage dealers began dying at an increasing rate.
The players started falling back, step by step.
Seeing this, Gu Du furrowed his brow.
The players were losing far faster than he'd expected.
He was calculating which backup plan to put into action.
Just then, Peach's voice suddenly rang in his ears.
"He's green! Ma Baoguo's gone green!"
Gu Du quickly looked toward Ma Baoguo.
He saw Ma Baoguo enveloped in green light, his aura noticeably weakened.
It wasn't just Ma Baoguo. Most of the Scorpion Lions were giving off a faint green glow, too!
"Grey Wolf's poison worked!"
Gu Du was delighted.
He immediately came up with a plan.
"Bao Lao Er, you're up!"
Gu Du turned to a player beside him whose ID was Bao Lao Er and spoke.
Bao Lao Er thumped his chest.
"Don't worry, leave it to me! I, Bao Lao Er, am a veteran of Zu'an!"
After saying that, he waved to a few players nearby who looked like layabouts.
"Zu'an Squad, follow me!"
Bao Lao Er led the Zu'an Squad forward with an arrogant, swaggering gait, stopping right in front of Ma Baoguo... ten feet away.
Bao Lao Er planted his hands on his hips and gave Ma Baoguo a sidelong look.
"Ma Baoguo!"
"You're a damn sauerkraut fish—sour, useless, and completely unnecessary!"
"You're a damn old ice pop—old, cold, and still single!"
"You're a damn bottle of Lao Gan Ma—you're ugly, dry, and old, Ma!"
"You were calcium-deficient as a kid and love-deficient as an adult. Your grandma doesn't dote on you, and your uncle doesn't love you!"
"Your left cheek's begging for a slap, your right cheek's begging for a kick. Donkeys kick you on sight, and pigs trample you!"
"You were born to be a cucumber, begging to get smacked! You were born to be a walnut, begging to get cracked..."
Bao Lao Er spoke at breakneck speed, spitting out streams of filthy insults as if they cost him nothing.
Ma Baoguo, already furious about being ambushed, froze for a moment.
The next instant, a nameless fury surged inside him.
He let out a hysterical roar.
"Raaagh..."
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