Mercenary Camp

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Thinking about the role of the Wisp, Li Wei suddenly realized that An Hei was indeed quite clever. However, his plan was also somewhat dangerous. If the Wisp he sent out were discovered by the enemy, it would be like throwing good money after bad, giving away gold and experience for nothing.

However, Li Wei didn't care about any of that. This mission required no rest; he had to use every second to improve his strength, otherwise, he would be utterly defeated.

Because of the advantage of Shifting Forms and Changing Positions, Li Wei didn't need to return to the base for a while. Instead, he harassed the Scourge base from its three entrances. This was a method Li Wei suddenly came up with. In this way, the Bull Demon couldn't even leave the base to attack the Sentinel Legion base. During this time, Li Wei gained a lot of experience points.

Driven nearly mad by the harassment, the Bull Demon chose the safest course of action: upgrading the Ghost Tower.

In the previous battle, Bull Demon clearly gained an advantage and should have accumulated a lot of gold coins, so he directly upgraded his base to level 3.

A level 3 base allows the defense towers to be upgraded to level 4. It seems that Bull Demon was afraid of being harassed by Li Wei, so he actually upgraded all the Ghost Tower to level 4.

The level 4 Ghost Tower boasts terrifying defense and attack power, and its health is more than five times that of a level 1 tower. This means that Li Wei would have to unleash several powerful attacks in succession to destroy a level 4 Ghost Tower, and if he were to take even one hit, he would likely be instantly killed. Therefore, Li Wei's harassment had to be delayed.

Furthermore, the Scourge that have upgraded to level 3 bases can recruit a third companion, and the level of the creatures they produce will also increase. At this point, the creatures emerging from the Scourge base will be 'Banshee' and 'Cave Demon'.

The 'Banshee' are ghost-like creatures with extremely high evasion rates; their appearance has completely disrupted the balance. The 'Cave Demon' are the Scourge 'Banshee signature unit. They possess high defense, high attack, and the Web ability. Under the attack of these two advanced units, the base's defensive pressure increased dramatically. If it weren't for Li Wei's harassment at the three gates, the Sentinel Legion base would likely have already fallen.

However, these troops became the best targets for Li Wei. To deal with the Banshee, Li Wei directly released the Blood Demon Old Ghost. Perhaps this guy had been holding back for too long inside the Beast Soul Sword, because as soon as he came out, he kept howling. When he saw a Banshee, the Blood Demon's eyes lit up, and like an old lecher, he pounced on her and bit off half of Banshee with his big mouth.

Although they were both ghosts, the Banshee were far inferior in level to the thousand-year- Old Ghost Blood Demon. The moment the Blood Demon appeared, all the Banshee trembled with fear and fled in all directions. In an instant, wherever the Blood Demon went, all the ghosts ran away.

As for the Cave Demon, they are not immune to all poisons. In Li Wei's opinion, these giant spiders are most afraid of fire. Fortunately, he has the Fire Dragon Earth Breath, which is perfect for restraining these monsters.

After a series of killings, Li Wei's experience points finally broke through 8000. Li Wei immediately chose to start the breakthrough of 'Shockwave Fist' on the spot.

A streak of light flashed across his body, and that feeling of comfort returned. This time, Li Wei could clearly feel that he had become stronger, as if a powerful wave of energy was impacting every acupoint in his body, and a strong destructive urge filled Li Wei's heart.

Just then, a Cave Demon, oblivious to its own mortality, pounced and viciously stabbed Li Wei with its two enormous mandibles. Li Wei, who had just mastered the 'Extreme Realm' Shockwave Fist, now had a perfect test subject.

As Li Wei unleashed a punch, cracks instantly appeared in the air around the Cave Demon, just like in an ice block. Cracks also appeared all over the Cave Demon's body. The next second, the cracks widened, and the giant spider turned into a shower of blood. Its corpse was broken into thousands of pieces, which fell all over the ground.

Feeling the power from the fist, Li Wei roared and charged into the horde of Cave Demon. He attacked with both hands, fighting with great gusto. In just a moment, the squad of over 20 Cave Demon was completely slaughtered by Li Wei.

The Blood Demon was also exceptionally brave, devouring the dozen or so Banshee. Although the ghosts were just energy and had no physical form, the Blood Demon still exaggeratedly patted its belly, seemingly quite satisfied.

Next, both sides took turns attacking and defending. The An Hei who remained at the base upgraded the defensive towers to level 4. With the existence of a strong defensive system, the back-and-forth fighting between the two sides came to an end.

After that, there was a period of relatively stable development. As if they had agreed beforehand, there were no more large-scale conflicts, and they only relied on the automatically produced units in the barracks to launch attacks.

Blood Wolf's Dark Iron Sword Technique has reached level 9, only a thousand experience points away from the top level. However, with a level 9 Dark Iron Sword Technique, he can already stand alone.

An Hei was constantly controlling everything within the base on the control panel. At the same time, he recruited his third companion. This time, An Hei chose Green Conch for a simple reason: her combat strength was the highest besides Li Wei's.

After the appearance of the Green Conch, Li Wei felt much more relaxed. Now, he didn't need to return to the base at all, but instead planned to explore the entire wilderness.

Walking on the slightly damp moss, inhaling the unique scent of the Jungle, Li Wei took a deep breath. This place was quite a distance from both the Sentinel Base and the Scourge Base; the sounds of battle and the roars of the Cave Demon had long since faded into the distance.

Looking at the map displayed on the Black Paper, Li Wei continued walking forward.

In this mission, the unexplored areas are shrouded in black mist, which only dissipates upon reaching the area. Although Li Wei has spent almost a whole day here, he has only explored less than a third of the area, and he believes the Bull Demon has done the same.

Now that we've entered a period of relatively calm development, we might as well explore further; perhaps we'll make some new discoveries.

After wading through a shallow bay, Li Wei spotted a building in the distance. The red wooden house was quite conspicuous, and a torch was hanging from the eaves.

"Level 3 mercenary camp discovered, neutral faction..."

Upon hearing this hint, a smile finally appeared on Li Wei's lips.

As expected, there was some success. As the name suggests, this mercenary camp is a building where you can recruit wild creatures, and it belongs to the neutral faction. In other words, both I and the Bull Demon can recruit creatures here.

Of course, the level of mercenaries you can recruit is directly related to the level of the mercenary camp. This mercenary camp is level 3, which means that the creatures you can recruit shouldn't be too bad.

He hopped over in a few steps, and as soon as Li Wei got close, a virtual panel automatically appeared.

One by one, the images and descriptions of various creatures came into view. After looking at them for a while, Li Wei was immediately overwhelmed.

The mercenary camp contains no fewer than a dozen kinds of creatures, including 'Gnoll chieftains' and 'Centaur thugs', ranging in level from 3 to 7.

Looking at the descriptions of these creatures again, Li Wei suddenly discovered a piece of information that caught his eye.

"Valiant Mudman, Level 5 creature, 900 HP, 1300 MP, Skills: Rock Strike, Slow Spell."

The key point is that 'Slow Spell'. Li Wei glanced at it: Slow Spell, Earth Magic, reduces the target's speed by 30%, consumes 15 mana points.

This is a very useful support spell. Imagine how much of an advantage you would gain if your opponent's speed were reduced by 30% during a battle with the Bull Demon.

"Does recruiting the Valiant Mudman require 420 gold coins?" Li Wei muttered to himself, then selected to recruit without hesitation.

For this amount of gold, the Slow Spell would be more effective; it's a win-win situation, provided the clay figure's survival rate is guaranteed.

A golden light flashed, and a small clay figure, less than 1.5 meters tall, appeared before Li Wei. It was made entirely of mud and stones and had no facial features. After it appeared, it followed behind Li Wei, making a gurgling sound as it walked.

After recruiting the Valiant Mudman, Li Wei looked at the other mercenaries. Although they were all good, none of them possessed a skill similar to the Slow Spell.

Of course, Li Wei also recruited a 'Thunder Lizard' and an 'Evil Rogue'. One had a huge body and could breathe lightning, while the other had average attributes but possessed the 'Stealth' skill.

Just as Li Wei was about to continue his gold rush, the 'Evil Rogue' he had just recruited delivered a message to Li Wei.

"Someone is approaching."

Li Wei was taken aback; he hadn't sensed anyone approaching at all. Looking at the thief, he thought to himself, "Besides Stealth, this Evil Rogue also has a 'Detection' skill. Perhaps it's this Detection ability that allowed him to detect someone approaching earlier than I did."

Thinking of this, Li Wei looked around, then commanded the Valiant Mudman and the Thunder Lizard to hide deep in the Jungle. He himself jumped onto a large tree, held his breath, and focused his mind. As for the Evil Rogue, he simply stealthily Stealth.

After waiting for about two minutes, Li Wei sensed a presence ahead. After waiting a moment longer, a figure emerged from the forest.

"What's this?" Li Wei was taken aback. He saw a person with a hunched back and a wooden mask covered in colorful paintings on their head. The mask was very strange; it was not only huge, but also had several feathers of some kind of animal stuck in it. It looked very beautiful, like some kind of totem.

The person who came was none other than the 'Voodoo Star Domain Reincarnator' from the Bull Demon's faction.

"What's he doing here?" Li Wei was momentarily confused. Could it be that the other person, like him, was also here to explore the map?

The Voodoo Star People was completely obscured, appearing barefoot like a native, clutching a wooden staff adorned with some kind of totem. He walked hunched over to the mercenary camp, unaware of the Evil Rogue Stealth nearby.