My stats are higher than yours!

[Slow Burst] Initiation!

Bai Shuodong roared and swung the Gray Rock Battle Axe in a wide arc with both hands. He stacked three layers of [Combo Slash] and smashed the axe head-on into the rock wood with a 90% increase in strength.

The latter raised his spear to parry, but was directly suppressed by that terrifying power. The terrifying effect of a 100% power increase and a cumulative 90% power amplification was displayed in an instant.

The axe bent Iwaki's arm instantly without any obstruction, and continued downwards at an extremely fast speed, the axe blade slashing towards his cheek. A sharp gust of wind rushed towards him, and Iwaki's expression changed drastically.

He managed to parry the attack at the first moment, but his throat, which had been slashed, bled profusely, and an overwhelming sense of weakness surged through his body.

He resisted desperately, but to no avail.

Finally, the gray rock axe successfully severed his head. Blood and corpses fell to the ground, and his eyes, wide open in anger, stared at the sky, a trickle of blood still lingering at the corner of his mouth.

[Hint: Combo attacks stacked to the limit]

"hu~hu~"

Bai Shuodong was panting heavily, his stamina draining away rapidly, much faster than he had imagined. The combined power of [Combo Slash] and [Slow Burst] was ridiculously strong, but his stamina was also being consumed at an astonishing rate.

"kill!!"

He wielded his weapon and slaughtered his way through the crowd.

...

"Boom!...!!"

In the distance, the gates of Wolf Fang Fortress were flung open with a loud bang, and cavalrymen who had been waiting behind the gates charged forward, their heavy hooves echoing across the ground.

The warriors, who had been besieged in the city for a long time, emerged from the city like a sharp knife that had been tempered for a long time, aiming for the throat of the Gray Rock army.

"Kill them! Then we'll be free!"

"Freedom! Freedom! Freedom!!"

A deafening roar erupted, and countless enemies from the Gray Rock tribe were slaughtered. Those remaining inside the camp were all scattered soldiers.

Inside the military camp, traces of explosions and fires were everywhere, and weapons and corpses were set ablaze.

Although Bai Shuodong Yanlong was strong, he only killed less than a hundred people directly. The direct killing effect was not that terrifying. It was the explosives and oil that were detonated afterward that had real power, directly wiping out more than a thousand people from the Gray Rock Tribe, with countless others injured or seriously wounded.

For an army of tens of thousands, the loss of a thousand people may not seem like much, but the actual impact is quite terrifying.

When more than 10% of an army is killed or seriously wounded, the morale of the remaining soldiers will inevitably be affected, and the impact will be enormous. Especially in the current situation, soldiers who were preparing to rest suddenly discover that their camp has been bombed; the sense of panic they feel is terrifying.

"Gather your troops! Don't let them run around!"

At the edge of the camp, General Iwayama, whose face was covered in ash and black from the explosion, shouted hoarsely, trying to regain control of the army, but the effect was not good.

Within the army, true elites are clearly only a minority. Those who can continue fighting after being at a disadvantage are the majority of the relatively ordinary soldiers in an army of tens of thousands. These ordinary soldiers are very likely to scatter and desert when faced with such a situation.

"Sizzle!!"

Iwayama brandished his machete and roared, "Fleeers, cut them down!"

The blood-red heads fell to the ground, and the terrified soldiers trembled, no longer fleeing. Yan Shan's expression finally softened a little.

But then he heard the continuous sound of horses' hooves and shouts of battle.

In the distance, the men from Wolf Fang Fortress were charging in.

Chapter Eighty: The Plague of Laughter!

"Bastard!"

Yan Shan cursed angrily, growling, "Why did it have to be now? If they had been any later, I could have gotten the army ready..."

He looked back and saw that the already disorganized army was now even more demoralized. Moreover, not only were their morale low, but these people had just been blasted out of the camp and caught off guard, and many of them did not have time to bring their weapons and armor.

How can soldiers fight a war without armor?

How could their morale possibly be high?

Yan Shan glanced at the cliff again, his anger growing stronger. If the fire dragon on the top of the cliff hadn't just happened to blow up their explosives depot, and then the sparks from the depot had just happened to bounce onto the side of the oil storage camp and ignite it, how could they have ended up like this?

“General, the army is currently weak and exhausted. Why not retreat for the time being?” a thin strategist said from the side.

"Withdraw the troops? Do you know that we still have soldiers, armor, and food in our camp that we haven't taken! If they take these things, what are we going to do next? How are we going to break through Wolf Fang Fortress?" Yan Shan shouted with a ferocious expression.

"But if we engage now, we will inevitably suffer heavy losses, at least several thousand soldiers will be lost, and then..."

"You don't need to say anything more! My mind is made up! Let all the soldiers follow me back to camp, take their weapons and armor, and fight these wolf cubs to the death!" Yan Shan's eyes were sharp.

He glanced at the strategist and couldn't help but think to himself: What use is a skinny scholar?

If the food and armor are taken, they will be completely unable to explain themselves when they return. Continuing to fight now will only result in more deaths. As long as they are not allowed to obtain the food and armor, the situation can be maintained.

As long as the predicament of Wolf Fang Fortress remains unresolved, they will be able to plan for more. However, if they retreat now, they will have no chance of taking Wolf Fang Fortress.

Even if we lose several thousand soldiers, it will be completely worth it as long as we can capture Wolf Fang Fortress.

With ample food supplies, Wolf Fang Fortress was not a formidable pass that could be taken by a mere few thousand men. Compared to the lives of a few thousand, he valued the opportunity to capture Wolf Fang Fortress more.

besides...

"On the battlefield, the most important thing is always strength!!" Rock Mountain's hair flew wildly, and the unique aura of a monarch burst forth, sweeping in all directions.

He looked at the soldiers of Wolf Fang Fortress ahead, but his eyes seemed to regard them as a group of ants. He smiled and strode forward, charging towards the thousands of troops.

...

"Bang!!"

"Ahhhhh!!"

Screams, wails, and muffled thuds echoed across the battlefield, and Bai Shuodong, who was fighting on the cliff, also sensed the anomaly in the distance.

He subconsciously looked in that direction and saw that inside the Gray Rock tribe's camp, the Gray Rock tribe members were fighting against the defending troops who had broken out of Wolf Fang Fortress.

On the battlefield, a monster about five meters tall, covered in brown rock and soil, charged wildly, knocking over countless warhorses and killing countless soldiers.

"What kind of monster is that?"

Bai Shuodong's eyes changed slightly, and he couldn't help but laugh wildly.

Meanwhile, the soldiers in the grain transport squad around him were still laughing and fighting. These people seemed to be possessed, and fighting and killing had become their pleasure. Their morale was incredibly high.

[Note: Your team members have been infected with the Laughter Factor. In the [Laughter] state, their self-healing speed increases by 800%, their stamina recovery speed increases by 800%, their sanity attribute decreases significantly, and the Laughter Factor will permanently affect their mindset.]

Is the laughter factor really that strong?

Bai Shuodong casually killed another enemy, and gradually felt relieved.

The members of these grain transport teams were infected with the "Laughter Factor" in a completely unleashed state, without any means of suppression, and with the severe side effects of permanently altering their thought patterns and decreasing their sanity. This is completely incomparable to the "Laughter Factor" that he used without any side effects.

If all the [Laughter Factor] in Bai Shuodong's body were released, the bonus would be even more terrifying, but he would also be affected by side effects.

in addition...

So what if there are more side effects?

On such a battlefield, it's questionable whether more than 20 people can survive if they break through the encirclement. If they can't even survive, what right do they have to talk about side effects?

After being infected with the [Laughter Factor], they at least die laughing, and even break through their limits in the final moments of their lives to kill more enemies. For them, this is a win, and the side effects are not a big deal.

This is war!

Bai Shuodong glanced back at his teammates and found that most of the original 27 members of the grain transport team had been killed or wounded. Only a dozen or so people remained beside him; the rest... were probably all dead.

Those who are still alive are all in bad condition, each bearing injuries, some with scars so deep they expose bone, and they seem to have almost bled to death.

If it weren't for the [Laughter Factor] protecting them, these wounded soldiers would have died long ago.

"Eeya hahaha!!"

Suddenly, one of the enemy soldiers burst into wild laughter. He turned around and slashed his comrade to death with a single blow. Two lines of bloody tears streamed down his face as his laughter grew even more unrestrained.

"Fake! It's all fake!"

He pointed at his comrades beside him and roared hoarsely, "I've figured it out! I've figured it out! They are my kind! You are the aliens, you are all aliens! Hahaha! I'll kill you all!"

"Hehehehe!"

"Hey hey hey!"

"Hehehehe!"

Immediately afterwards, all sorts of wild and unrestrained laughter rang out one after another, and one Gray Rock Man after another rebelled, swinging their swords at their teammates. The infectious nature of the [Laughter Factor] was on full display at this moment.

The [Laughter Factor] can infect not only Bai Shuodong's teammates, but also his enemies. The side effect of the Laughter Factor [Permanently Changes Mindset] will also be manifested in his enemies, forcibly distorting their cognition and causing their original mindset to collapse.

Looking at the increasing number of "teammates" around him, Bai Shuodong realized just how terrible the [Laughter Factor] really was.

This stuff not only makes people laugh uncontrollably and affects their mental state, it's also damn contagious!

This thing also has the ability to spread and infect others through mental means!

不 ...

Something is wrong!

If this [Laughter Factor] is really that dangerous, then the second-level instructors and doctors among the students would absolutely not allow Bai Shuodong to walk around the academy with the [Laughter Factor] at will. What if one of the students gets infected?

So...

This [Laughter Factor] should not have been infectious in the first place; it only gained the ability to spread and infect on a large scale after Bai Shuodong entered this world.