First Attack

Volume 22: The Battle of Dota - The First Attack

Li Wei only has 500 gold coins, and the only people he can recruit are Fatty (B2 level), Liu Piaopiao (B2 level), and Blood Wolf (B3 level).

The rest of the companions all had more than 500 gold.

Li Wei hesitated about whether to recruit companions, since recruiting them meant they might die during the mission. He looked at the three recruitable companions Li Wei checked their detailed attributes.

"Fatty, human, combat strength B2, strength 52, agility 37, mental strength 40, stamina 60, skill 1: close combat LV4, skill 2: back throw LV3, skill 3: thick skin LV5, recruitment cost 500 gold, 10 people."

"Liu Piaopiao, human, combat strength B2, strength 39, agility 51, mental strength 35, stamina 50, skill 1: Innate Skill LV4, skill 2: Falling Blossoms Divine Sword Palm LV3, recruitment cost 500 gold, 10 population."

"Blood Wolf, Human, Combat Level B3, Strength 89, Agility 54, Spirit 56, Stamina 76, Skill 1: Close Combat LV7, Skill 2: Bone Shattering Fist LV8, Recruitment Cost 500 Gold, 10 Population."

Surprisingly, the fat man has three skills, but they are all rather useless. Apart from the back throw, which is an offensive skill, the other two are passive skills.

Liu Piaopiao's Innate Skill and Falling Blossoms Divine Sword Palm were both taught to her by Professor Li Wei. Her combat strength should be stronger than Fatty's. However, she is a girl, and if it really comes down to a fight, she definitely doesn't have Fatty's ruthlessness.

As for Blood Wolf, Li Wei was surprised to find that his close combat skills were at level 7, especially his Bone Shattering Fist, which took Li Wei by surprise.

Looking at the skills Close Combat and Bone Shattering Fist separately, Close Combat refers to close-quarters combat ability, including reaction speed, speed, and techniques, and is evaluated comprehensively. Bone Shattering Fist, on the other hand, is quite interesting. This martial art, which initially has a C-Rank rating, actually has a *-level rating after reaching level 8.

In other words, although Blood Wolf's combat strength is only B3 level, he actually possesses the strength of a * level powerhouse.

Therefore, Li Wei decided to recruit Blood Wolf as his first candidate.

Li Wei had considered continuing development and recruiting stronger companions after acquiring more Gold Mine. However, Li Wei thought that there were many monsters in the wild, and killing them would yield a lot of experience points. If he recruited them later, it might give Destroyer No. 31 an advantage.

Even if we recruit stronger allies, given the current situation, it's absolutely impossible to break into the Scourge's camp. Therefore, in this early stage, development is the only viable strategy.

After selecting Blood Wolf, a golden light descended from the sky, and the figure of Blood Wolf appeared next to the tavern.

The guy looked around, and when he saw Li Wei, he walked over.

Li Wei explained the mission details to Blood Wolf in a simple way. The man, a former special forces soldier, pondered for a moment and then nodded, saying, "Without a doubt, you made the right move. In the early stages of the mission, development and hunting cannot stop. Hunting as many wild troops as possible will earn you experience points, which can be used to upgrade our skills. In the later stages, we shouldn't be afraid of the enemy's defensive towers anymore."

Li Wei nodded and sent the Blood Wolf out to hunt wild creatures, while he himself devoted himself to the intense development of the base.

After completing the Moon Well, Li Wei immediately built another Moon Well. At the same time, he noticed that the Gold Mine in his resource bar had reached 500 again, so he opened the tavern. He then discovered that all the companions' portraits were red. Upon closer inspection, he realized that in order to continue recruiting companions (heroes), he had to upgrade the Guardian's main base to level 2.

The Sentinel Legion's main base is a giant ancient tree. Approaching it will display information about the main base in the virtual panel. Sure enough, an upgrade button was found on it.

"Upgrading the Sentinel Legion's main base requires 1200 gold and 600 wood."

Li Wei glanced at the current resources and realized they were far from sufficient, so he had no choice but to temporarily abandon the upgrade. At that moment, the 'Sentinel Camp' he had previously placed was marked as completed.

Upon approaching, Li Wei saw from the pop-up virtual panel that this Sentinel Camp could produce Tier 1 units: Footman and Archer.

Producing a Footman costs 10 gold, while Archer costs 5 gold and 5 units of wood.

These two Tier 1 units are produced automatically, meaning that the Sentinel Camp will continuously produce them regardless of whether Li Wei wants to or not. The creatures produced will then attack the Scourge bases that Li Wei previously scouted.

Upon seeing these prompts, Li Wei secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If he hadn't scouted the enemy's base beforehand, he probably wouldn't have been able to launch an attack even if he had produced units. The previous scouting laid the foundation for the current offensive, and since Destroyer No. 31 hadn't discovered him yet, Li Wei had clearly gained the upper hand.

As waves of Footman and Archer emerged from the Sentinel Legion base, Li Wei smiled and followed the dozen or so Footman and Archer forward.

Soon, the Footman and Archer arrived at the entrance of the Scourge base, with Li Wei following behind, occasionally glancing ahead. The 31st Reincarnator had obviously also built a barracks, but because he hadn't been able to locate his own base, his 'Ghoul' and 'Skeleton Soldier' were just pacing back and forth at the entrance.

Once they entered the combat zone, both sides spotted each other, and the disgusting-looking Ghoul and skeletons pounced on them in considerable numbers.

Seeing this, Li Wei sneered, then jumped in front of the Footman and unleashed his Fire Dragon Breath.

Boom

A massive burst of flame erupted, engulfing the area within 50 meters of Li Wei in a sea of fire. The Ghoul and skeletons that had just charged forward were all submerged in this inferno. The crackling sounds of burning were incessant, and damage numbers could be seen emanating from the heads of the Ghoul and skeletons. In just two or three seconds, their health was depleted, and they collapsed to the ground.

"Killed 9 Ghoul and 11 skeletons, gained 35 gold and 20 experience points."

Upon hearing this notification, Li Wei realized that it was indeed true; even killing creatures from opposing factions could yield gold coins and experience points.

After eliminating these monsters, Li Wei knew that Destroyer No. 31 would be returning soon, so he should hurry up and eliminate more enemy units.

This one-sided massacre lasted for more than ten minutes before the Destroyer No. 31 finally returned. Behind him was a Reincarnator, presumably recruited after he built the tavern.

Upon seeing Li Wei, Destroyer No. 31's eyes flashed with ferocity, and he leaped over in a few steps, swinging his fist to strike.

Only then did Li Wei get a clear look at the appearance of the 31st reincarnator.

It was basically a giant minotaur wearing iron armor; its bulging muscles exuded immense power. Before its fist even landed, the ground was already shattered by the powerful pressure of its punch.

"This guy's strength must be over 4000 points, right?" Li Wei was utterly shocked. Even though he himself possessed the Behemoth's Power, his strength was only a little over 1000.

Therefore, Li Wei chose the wisest course of action: to evade.

With his Boots of Speed, Li Wei simply shifted his body to the side, taking three steps to the left, and dodged the opponent's fist. The powerful man's fist slammed into the ground, causing the ground to tremble violently. Li Wei was immediately thrown more than ten meters away by the shockwave.

Looking back at the spot, a circular crater three meters in diameter had appeared. The surrounding area was filled with rubble and fresh soil. Several Footman and Archer were relatively close were also affected by the force of the punch. They obviously did not have Li Wei's defense and were directly killed on the spot, turning into Gold Mine and experience points contributed to the opponent.

"Holy crap, this guy's combat power is definitely above S3."

Li Wei felt his scalp tingling. To deal with this kind of opponent, he had no other way but to Devouring Space. Thinking of this, Li Wei hurriedly rushed over and activated the Spatial Cage and devouring ability when he was less than 10 meters away from Destroyer No. 31.

With these two ultimate techniques, the expert was instantly enveloped in a black circular space.

But very quickly, a gap was blasted into the Spatial Cage.

"I forgot that the opponent is Destroyer, so he naturally also possesses the Devouring Ability. Moreover, his Devouring Ability level is obviously higher than mine. He actually devoured the Spatial Cage." Li Wei was extremely annoyed, but he was helpless. Seeing that the bull-man glaring at him with blood-red bull eyes again, he decisively used Shifting Forms and Changing Positions to return to the Sentinel Legion base.

Although the encounter was brief, it was extremely dangerous. Li Wei had just used his Eye of Perception to examine Reincarnator Number 31, who was the Destroyer of the 'Bull Demon Starfield,' which explained his half-human, half-bull appearance.

"It's best to avoid direct confrontation for now," Li Wei decided. He controlled the Wisp in the base to gather resources and build structures while simultaneously going out to hunt wild creatures.

At this point, Li Wei no longer cared whether the enemy would discover the Sentinel Legion's base, because with so many Ghouls and skeletons, the enemy would find his base very quickly.

Sure enough, the Bull Demon found Li Wei's base after a while. Fortunately, there were two Ancient Guardian guarding the entrance. Although the Bull Demon was strong, he retreated very consciously after being hit by a boulder. As expected, even he was no match for the two Ancient Guardian.

Li Wei now understands that those two Ancient Guardian are treasures, and he's already considering whether to spend some money to upgrade the level 1 Ancient Guardian to level 2.

In the wilderness, Li Wei jumped onto a tree and looked down at several neutral monsters below.

These were three Gnoll; the one in the middle was over 3 meters tall and a level 5 monster, while the other two smaller Gnoll were level 3. Li Wei jumped down, took out his Beast Soul Sword, and began fighting the three Gnoll.

If we convert the levels of wild creatures into combat power, level 5 is equivalent to an A2-level expert. Although powerful, they would only be slaughtered by Li Wei. In less than 5 seconds, Li Wei had cut down the three Gnoll with his sword.

"Slayed the Gnoll leader and his minions, gaining 50 gold and 75 experience points."