The Lives Spent [Five More]

Potes's tragic death was indeed shocking.

"How are we supposed to deal with Dragon Tooth Soldiers like these..." Before Jason could speak, Telamon loudly complained, "We can take them down if we face them one at a time, given enough time, but there are a full hundred of them now!"

"That's right," Meleager said grimly. "I can kill one such Dragon Tooth Soldier instantly, and I can pick off ten of them one by one, but asking me to face a hundred is truly difficult..."

"Could it be... that we have to pile up lives again to pass this trial?" Jason voiced a fact he did not wish to face in a hoarse voice.

"Perhaps... that is the case." Orpheus stood to the side, his heart as still as dead water. The successive deaths of his companions over the past few days had made the already melancholic man seem even more dejected.

In truth, while these Dragon Tooth Soldiers had originally been powerful, they had not been this powerful.

Though they had all been summoned using genuine dragon teeth, such soldiers originally possessed only basic judgment and a warrior's instincts. Their strength could contend with the heroes without being utterly crushed, and they wielded their weapons with great proficiency, but where would warriors like these get formations? Where would they get teamwork?

All of this was because Ye Ting had specifically had them enhanced beyond the original Dragon Tooth Soldiers.

Through the Enlightenment Technique, the Dragon Tooth Soldiers had been granted sufficient intelligence, and memories of teamwork techniques beyond mere weapon use had been instilled into them.

More importantly, through the mental link, the Dragon Tooth Soldiers actually had a commander behind them.

That commander was Cho Chang, who stood nearby beneath the hood of her cloak, watching the battle.