Tens of thousands of soldiers, like cattle and sheep, were driven by the generals and military leaders, and finally arrived at the selected battlefield, a rather vast plain area. Just on the opposite side, there were also tens of thousands of people, who were also ready, with large flags trembling in the wind, and there was a faint air of murder.
Don't look at the soldiers who came here in a mess. They were talking and laughing among themselves. Coupled with the shouts of the military leaders, it was almost impossible to tell that they were going to the battlefield. However, when they actually arrived in front of the two armies, the soldiers did not need to be restrained by the military leaders. Under the influence of that atmosphere, they gradually became quiet.
"Brother Ye, do you think those two groups were assigned to the opposite side?" Lin Mumu whispered to Ye Zan. Even as a monk, Lin Mumu's temperament could not help but become much more restrained under the influence of the chilling atmosphere on the battlefield.
The two groups of people Lin Mumu mentioned naturally refer to the two groups of demonic and mysterious forces. The two groups entered here first, and they have disappeared until now, and they don’t know where they went.
"I hope they can be assigned to the opposite side." Ye Zan also looked at the military formation opposite and said.
If everyone is on one side, it will definitely be more troublesome to deal with those two groups. After all, here, you have to abide by the rules here. It is definitely not okay to attack people on your own side. Maybe there will be some kind of military law.
However, if those two groups are assigned to opposite sides, the two sides will become hostile. Then, Ye Zan would be able to avoid a lot of worries when dealing with those two groups.
In fact, this is not impossible, after all, this level is just for people to experience the battlefield. The so-called record does not refer to which side wins. If you can kill the enemy and gain a record here, you can also kill the enemy and gain a record there.
However, the distance between the two sides is now very far. If he wants to find the faces of the two groups among the tens of thousands of people on the other side, without technological equipment, Ye Zan can only sigh that he is helpless.
After a while, both sides were in formation, and Ye Zan and others were standing in the front row, obviously acting as cannon fodder.
Immediately afterwards, from the side of Ye Zan and others, a member of the military formation, a general, came out of the formation and came to the front of the two armies. This general's equipment is of course much better than that of Ye Zan and others, but he doesn't have bright armor and doesn't seem to play an important role.
I saw this partial general coming to the formation of the two armies, holding a big gun and pointing at the opposite side to call for formation. After shouting twice, the opponent's army split slightly to both sides, and a man urged his horse to rush out.
The two exchanged a few words in front of the battle, which was nothing more than "the general will be named by his name" and so on, and then they each rode their horses to fight in one place.
This is the so-called fighting general. If the fighting general wins, it will greatly improve one's own morale. If they lose, of course it will lower their morale.
Morale seems to be quite illusory, and there is no way to express it clearly with a numerical value. However, the impact of morale on a battle is often crucial, especially in the era of cold weapons.
Besides, in front of the formation of the two armies, the two generals were circling on horseback, each waving their spears. The fight was lively.
However, their fight was not an exaggerated showdown between martial arts masters. The two of them exchanged dozens of moves as soon as they came into contact, hitting each other from the ground to the sky. Often when two horses cross each other, both sides only make three or five moves, and then they go far away. After turning the horses' heads, both sides mobilized their horses and charged together again.
This is not because the horse cannot be controlled, but because it uses the momentum of the horse. This is the difference between horse fighting and foot fighting. Precisely because the fight only lasts for a split second, those three or five moves are also the killing moves that have been refined over time, rather than just waving weapons randomly.
Not long after the two men fought, the general on Ye Zan's side saw a flaw and stabbed out, instantly knocking the opponent off his horse.
When the soldiers on Ye Zan's side saw this scene, they immediately waved their swords and guns and shouted "Wan Sheng!". Originally, the crowd's voices were still a little chaotic, but they soon gathered together. Tens of thousands of people chanted "Wan Sheng" in unison, and anyone could feel the high morale among them.
In the opponent's military formation, another general quickly rushed out of the formation, obviously not wanting to allow the morale here to increase. As long as this one-sided general can successfully kill his opponent, the morale that Ye Zan's side just raised is likely to be suppressed in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, the two are about to fight together again.
After more than a dozen rounds, the general on Ye Zan's side was clearly losing ground, perhaps because he had consumed too much energy before.
At this time, just behind the army, the sound of "dong dong dong" drums was heard. Then, the soldiers on the left and right of Ye Zan and others immediately began to move forward, first slowly, then gradually faster and faster, and charged towards the enemy.
"Hey, it's finally our turn." Lin Mumu said with a smile, but there was also a hint of nervousness in his tone.
For a cultivator, it is very insecure without mana, and now being thrown onto the battlefield, anyone would feel nervous.
However, this is indeed not a good phenomenon. The more tense the battlefield is, the more likely it is that problems will occur. Ye Zan glanced at the others, and sure enough, all of them had tense faces, and some even had hands that were trembling slightly.
Ye Zan had no choice but to secretly inform Ye Xiao and ask him to take care of the others as much as possible. At this time, it was useless to say anything. Only after these people had experienced one or two battles could they recover.
Finally, the military formations of both sides collided in the center of the plain.
For the soldiers, there are no tricks to talk about. There are people in front, behind and on the left and right. All they can do is keep moving forward, whether it is stabbing or slashing, or even just bumping into them. As cannon fodder, Ye Zan and others had no other choice at all. They could not even pause in their steps, or even be pushed forward by the people behind them.
Ye Zan held the spear and exerted a little force on his hand. The front end of the spear shook slightly, blocking the thrust of the spear, and then stabbed out with a spear, hitting the enemy soldier's throat. It's not what Ye Zan is pursuing, but in such an environment, stabbing the throat can make it easier to draw the gun. Otherwise, you will be like some of the soldiers around you, who stab the enemy to death but are unable to draw their gun and can only move forward with the corpse in their arms.
Moreover, in this case, the short time it took to draw the gun was enough to stab him with three or five spears. Therefore, cannon fodder in the front row like them often trades one life for another, and few of them can persist for long.
There was a "click".
The spear in Ye Zan's hand broke unexpectedly before he had earned much success. This is the treatment of cannon fodder. Neither side expects the cannon fodder to be of much use. They treat them more like a wall of flesh.
On Ye Zan's side, he was assassinating enemies and protecting the Lin family siblings and others around him. This rough and worn-out spear had been put to more use.
Once Ye Zan's spear was broken, half of the stick was left in his hand. He didn't throw away half of the stick either. Having something in his hand was better than nothing.
However, Ye Zan's spear was broken, which suddenly woke up the people around him. The eyes of the Lin family siblings returned to clarity, and they immediately thrust out their spears and stabbed to death the enemy soldiers who wanted to take advantage of Ye Zan. However, the two of them didn't think too much. They stabbed each other directly with their spears, and it was difficult to pull them out again.
"Mom, bring me the knife!" Lin Mumu simply turned around and snatched the knife from the soldier behind him. For him, this knife was much easier to use than the spear, and a sword would be even better.
The soldier behind who had his sword robbed was about to yell something, but when he saw Lin Mumu chop down the two of them in the blink of an eye, he didn't dare to say anything anymore. Although as a soldier at the lowest level, his abilities are absolutely average, but he still has some eyesight, otherwise he won't survive long at all.
Ye Zan, holding half a wooden stick, was met by an enemy soldier from the opposite side who was slashing with a knife. He was not polite, swiped his stick on the opponent's neck, and at the same time snatched the opponent's knife.
The melee didn't last long. Before Ye Zan and others could get much results, the opponent had already begun to collapse. In a cold weapon war, if the casualties are 30% and the army is not defeated, then it can be regarded as an elite soldier. But now, the opponent is obviously still far from being an elite force. If they just run out of cannon fodder, they will no longer be able to survive.
After a period of pursuit, Ye Zan's side gained some success, and the order to retreat came from behind.
Soon, Ye Zan and others followed the large army and returned to the barracks where they started, and everyone gathered together again.
"How's it going? How's your performance?" Ye Zan asked everyone.
After hearing Ye Zan's words, Cheng Liangqi and others showed a bit of shame on their faces. Even the people on Ye Zan's side looked a little embarrassed. After all, it was quite embarrassing for a dignified monk to be frightened on the battlefield.
"Anyway, it's a good start for everyone to be safe and sound. As for the record, don't be too impatient, just take your time." Ye Zan could only comfort everyone in this way.
I originally thought that this level should not be very difficult. After all, everyone is a cultivator. Even if they have no magic power, their physical fitness is far from that of ordinary people. But now it seems that it is not unreasonable for such a test to be placed on the fifth level.
Moreover, for monks like them, in addition to psychological problems, there is also a very important issue, which is the use of those weapons.
Even if these cultivators have learned various martial arts during their Qi training and foundation building period, they all require the assistance of Qi and Zhenyuan. Without Qi and Yuan, those martial arts skills would become flashy and flashy, far less practical than those simple moves honed on the battlefield.
This is why, even if everyone adapts to the battlefield environment, they can't get many results.
However, this problem is easy to solve. After all, the moves used on the battlefield are not difficult, and they can master them quickly with their abilities. Especially Ye Zan, through the calculation of the auxiliary chip, summarized some very practical moves, and then taught them to everyone without reservation.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and the two sides once again lined up on the plain. At the beginning, they were still fighting generals. But this time, even the two generals on Ye Zan and others' side were picked off by the other side, and their morale was obviously lowered.
After the duel, the opponent saw that his morale was high and decisively launched the charge first. The military formations of both sides, like two tides, collided heavily again, and the shouts of killing were deafening.
Ye Zan and others have also gained experience this time, and their performance is much better than before. At least they are not frightened by this scene. As a result, the soldiers were surprised to find that a group of white-faced scholars and old men and women were as ferocious as tigers descending from the mountain.
However, this battle still did not last too long. Seeing that they could not tell the difference for a while, the two sides paid their dues and retreated.
After returning to the camp, everyone gathered together and calculated the results, but they were still somewhat unsatisfactory. On the one hand, the fighting time was too short, and on the other hand, everyone was still a little inexperienced.
"Hey, Brother Ye, look over there!" Suddenly, Lin Mumu said to Ye Zan in surprise, while raising his chin toward the distance.
Ye Zan looked in the direction indicated by Lin Mumu and saw a brightly armored general patrolling the camp in the distance. The key thing is that behind the general, there are four soldiers, who are the four people from the mysterious force who were missing before.
"Why did they become soldiers!" Lin Mumu said rather unhappy.
As the general's personal soldiers, naturally they do not need to be on the front line of the battlefield. Only when the general is threatened, the personal soldiers come into play. Moreover, judging from the equipment on those four people, the life of the four people was indeed good, and they were not comparable to cannon fodder characters like Ye Zan.
Lin Mumu was unhappy, not because the other party was having a comfortable life, nor because of how good the other party's equipment was. The key is that this means that the achievements required for this level basically need to be completed by yourself and others, and the other party will hardly make any contribution.
The four mysterious forces also noticed Ye Zan and others at this time. After all, Ye Zan and his group were so conspicuous in this barracks that it was difficult not to notice them. However, the other party did not come over to say hello, and did not even make eye contact with him. He only glanced at him and turned away.
However, Ye Zan could sense that those four people were about to make some moves. Perhaps if the other party wants to come, with Ye Zan's strength, it is undoubtedly the most suitable to deal with Ye Zan here. If they really pass the test and everyone recovers their mana, Ye Zan will also have four Nascent Soul Ancestors here, so it will be difficult to deal with them.
At the same time, Ye Zan also saw some useful information from those four people. Originally, he thought that since the battlefield was used to test everyone, everyone should be treated the same, everyone should play the role of cannon fodder, and they should all fight on the front line during the battle.
But now it seems that this identity is not irreversible. Being cannon fodder may be the stupidest way to gain a record. Just like in online games, the rewards you get when you kill ordinary mobs and the big BOSS are definitely different. (To be continued.)