With the Ultimate Battle Rat reinforcements entering the fray, Huozi decisively chose to shift from defense to counterattack.
Otherwise, they could only watch helplessly as these "reinforcements" were slaughtered by the Orcs, before the enemy turned on their defensive line that had already lost its "resilience."
Yes, Huozi understood this better than anyone.
The six-thousand-strong Cavens Ratmen legion serving as reinforcements was not enough to turn the tide of battle.
Although the Ratmen had broken through the innate shackles of their race after undergoing modification surgery, the ceiling of their Combat Strength still remained where it was.
When these Ratmen had first rushed out from the defensive line, their density had been too great for them to make use of their agility. Huozi saw more than one Ratman smashed into a meat pancake by Orc battleaxes and warhammers!
In terms of strength, they were roughly comparable to human militiamen. Their advantage was that they feared neither death nor injury; even after suffering grievous wounds, some would still leave bite marks on the Orcs' powerful bodies.
Moreover, their weapons seemed to have been coated in poison. Even when the Ratmen failed to strike a vital point, the Orcs would often descend into delirious frenzy.
Only a portion of them—roughly a hundred Ratmen like the first horned one, who seemed to be called Cavennis—had Combat Strength that was barely worth looking at, faintly approaching that of the Gnolls and Duergar.
This undoubtedly set Huozi's heart ablaze with anticipation for the "Ultimate Warrior" project.
He believed that once the surgical techniques matured, his own strength would rise dramatically. He might even break directly through to Level 17, "Master."
And once all nineteen procedures had fully matured, it might not be impossible for his constitution and strength to draw infinitely close to the legendary