"Clang!"
A metallic clanging sound rang out.
A figure wielding a gun suddenly retreated.
The half-beast didn't stop; after letting out a low growl, it chased straight after the figure.
Shen Heng and Han Ling walked to the edge of the battlefield and then looked inward.
The battle was nearing its end, and it was clear that the orcs held a decisive advantage.
Is this the Beast Transformation- like ability that Han Ling was talking about?... Shen Heng glanced at the battle situation briefly, then focused his attention on the half-beast figure, Wang Hu.
After using his ability, he reached a height of nearly three meters, his muscles bulging, and his body covered in yellow fur with black stripes. His beast head was ferocious and full of power.
This fur... after Beast Transformation, does it lean towards a tiger while retaining a human form?... Shen Heng's gaze carefully swept over Wang Hu.
He couldn't tell for a moment whether it was random, or because Wang Hu's name contained the character for tiger, or because Wang Hu had liked tigers in the past, and therefore his abilities were inclined towards tigers after awakening.
However, he didn't really care, since it should be the Research Department's responsibility, not his.
I'm not kidding, there really are people in the Research Department who do this.
Just then, a figure walked over.
"What are you doing here?" Shen Heng looked at Lü Wenrui.
"Hey, Brother Heng, Sister Han," Lü Wenrui greeted them first, then said, "I was injured and couldn't cultivate, so I was just wandering around. When I saw them fighting, I came over to join in the fun!"
Shen Heng glanced at his figure, said nothing, and asked:
How did they start fighting?
Upon hearing this, Han Ling also looked at Lü Wenrui with a slightly puzzled expression.
Having been in the Erosion Zone for so many days, this is the first time I've encountered someone sparring with me.
Of course, there's also the reason why the Calamity Beast hadn't come yet, and everyone had been holding back. After yesterday's experience, they knew the Calamity Beast probably wouldn't come anytime soon, so most people relaxed.
"Sigh, it's because we've tallied up the number of Calamity Beast each person killed on the battlefield yesterday!" Lü Wenrui sighed, then glanced at Han Ling again.
"Then, Sister Han came in first place, killing 13 Fourth Tier, and many more level 2 and 3 monsters."
"The second place goes to Wang Hu, who killed eight Fourth Tier monsters, and many others."
"Next up is Liang Yanhao, who killed seven..."
Shen Heng listened silently. He had seen this before, but he only glanced at the general situation and a few people who were paying attention, and then he didn't pay much attention to it.
As Lü Wenrui said, according to the statistics, Han Ling had the most kills.
One reason is that her abilities are indeed very efficient at eliminating enemies;
On the other hand, it's because she's a ranged attacker, which makes her combat environment much more comfortable than those who are melee fighters.
Only by combining the two factors did she achieve this result.
Other inspectors may also be skilled in long-range combat, but either because they consume too much Origin Power or because their abilities are not sufficiently lethal, they are far from meeting Han Ling's standard.
Below her, the data began to decline rapidly.
Eight, seven, five...
On the battlefield, there is no chivalry, no 1v1 or anything like that.
Basically, everyone is facing a Fourth Tier Calamity Beast while also dealing with other lower-tier Calamity Beast that have come looking for them.
Furthermore, they must constantly be on guard against potential attacks from other Fourth Tier Calamity Beast.
After all, if they couldn't stop it, they would likely die.
Therefore, for the vast majority of inspectors, killing even one Calamity Beast under these circumstances would already be considered quite good.
Those who can kill 2-3 can be considered to be among the top-tier inspectors in the Plateau Erosion Zone.
As for killing even more, that would basically put you in the top ten!
Of course, not everyone killed the Calamity Beast.
Shen Heng killed one Shadow Cat, ranking 87th. There were many others who also only killed one, and a small number who didn't kill any at all.
After Lü Wenrui paused slightly, Han Ling looked at him and said calmly.
"What does this have to do with their sparring?"
Lü Wenrui swallowed hard and said:
"That guy said he only killed one because the Fourth Tier Calamity Beast he encountered at the beginning was too strong, so he only killed one."
This... it has to be said, it is indeed possible, and the possibility is not small. After all, encountering a Calamity Beast with a threat level of Near-S-Class is completely different from encountering a Calamity Beast with a threat level of B-Class... Shen Heng thought to himself.
Beside him, Lü Wenrui continued speaking.
"Of course, he didn't think he could kill too many."
"So he just wanted to spar with Wang Hu and see how much of a gap there was between Wang Hu."
Upon hearing this, Shen Heng slightly shifted his gaze, which lingered on another figure for a moment.
He originally thought it would be a challenging drama that he felt he could handle, but it turned out to be like this?
To be fair, the vast majority of the members of the Supervision Bureau that Shen Heng encountered were of good personal character.
One can only say, as expected of those rigorously selected by the state?
The three of them watched for a while longer.
The challenger was at a complete disadvantage, and with Wang Hu relentlessly pursuing him, he was soon sent flying with a loud clang.
This time, Wang Hu did not pursue them further.
He slowly walked over, extended a webbed foot, and pulled the man up.
"It seems the gap between us is indeed quite large!"
"No, you've done very well..."
The sound of their conversation could be heard coming from the other side.
A moment later, just as the man left and Wang Hu was about to withdraw his power, a figure carrying a thick-backed sword slowly walked out from the crowd.
"How about we give it a try?"
Wang Hu turned his gaze to the man, his eyes lingering briefly on the knife on the back of the figure's hand before finally settling on the man's face.
" Liang Yanhao?"
"Hmm." The visitor nodded.
Upon hearing this, a smile appeared on Wang Hu's ferocious beast head.
One person walked over with heavy steps, while the other slowly raised their hand and gently wiped their long sword, causing flames to swirl around it.
"Bang! Bang..."
The two sides quickly clashed.
Shen Heng narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze lingering on the newly appeared figure.
Liang Yanhao, the one who came in third?
Is this the ability Han Ling mentioned yesterday—the one where flames adhere to a longsword?
"Hey, Brother Heng, why don't you go up and try it out with them later?" Lü Wenrui said with a laugh from the side.
Shen Heng withdrew his gaze and slowly shook his head.
"No, I'm not very interested."
"I see!" Lü Wenrui said with some regret.
Han Ling glanced at Shen Heng indifferently, showing no surprise whatsoever.
Shen Heng stood silently watching the increasingly fierce fight when suddenly, he felt a slight vibration on his wrist.
The sound of Ringing Sound rang out once more.
"A communication from the command center requests your presence!"