My stats are higher than yours!!

But is it really that fraudulent?

The leader of Wolf Fang Fortress narrowed his eyes and said, "Let's go out and check the situation first."

...

cliff

One after another, hundreds of warriors from the Gray Rock Tribe charged up the mountain from the foot of the cliff, their goal being to kill the powerful spellcaster on the cliff top.

If Bai Shuodong hadn't blown up the Gray Rock Tribe's main camp, detonating the explosives and kerosene, the army that would be attacking now wouldn't be a few hundred people, but tens of thousands.

The soldiers of Squad 1Z were fighting fiercely, and inspired by the Blue Wolf battle flag, they were fearless in the face of death.

but...

There are too many enemies!

They can't possibly finish them off!

They could only fight and retreat upwards, but even so, they couldn't stop everyone.

Fortunately, these men were not in high spirits, and their hands were trembling as they gripped their weapons. After all, their main camp had just been bombed, and the MZ squad they were facing was strong and highly motivated. It was normal for them to be intimidated.

"They're elite!"

"We've definitely run into an elite squad!"

Iwagi squinted and thought to himself.

He stood in the distance, holding a long, black spear, gazing at the battlefield ahead. His expression grew increasingly somber, and his mind was racing with thoughts.

He had sensed something was wrong before. Someone who could unleash that level of magic couldn't possibly be without powerful protectors around them. He was right. Although the number of people responsible for blocking them was small, they were all elites with exceptionally strong morale.

Fortunately, they outnumbered each other, so they could simply overwhelm them with their numbers and win.

"Brothers! Charge!"

"Mages are weak in melee combat! As long as we get close to him, we'll win!"

Yanmu picked up his spear, shouted, and charged forward. Countless brothers, carrying torches, charged up the cliff, illuminating the dark night.

"Oh!"

Just as he charged forward, he suddenly heard a muffled sound from afar.

He looked up and saw a person leaping straight down from the top of the cliff, their body arcing through the air like a cannonball launched from a catapult. Immediately afterward, he heard laughter in the distance.

The laughter was unrestrained and wild, as if it had a special penetrating power. After listening to it, his originally tense mind couldn't help but relax, and he even felt like laughing along.

No!

Why do I want to laugh?

In an instant, Iwaki felt a chill run down his spine. There seemed to be some kind of hidden control effect in the other person's laughter, which could interfere with the enemy's mind invisibly.

"Hey Hey!"

"Hahaha!"

"Yohohoho!!"

He looked up again and found that the elite soldiers were all smiling, their faces beaming with joy. Even their fighting became easier, as if they were possessed by some strange thing, and their combat power increased significantly.

"Bang!!"

Bai Shuodong landed on the ground with a loud thud. He casually chopped down the enemy next to him with an axe, his sharp gaze piercing him, and the smile on his face grew even more intense.

[Note: The Gray Rock Battle Axe weapon trait - Combo Slash has been triggered. The next attack will have an additional 30% Strength boost. If the next attack successfully kills the enemy, the Combo Slash effect will stack; if the enemy is not killed, the effect will disappear.]

[Note: Your laughter hormones are resonating with you, passive effects are upgraded]

[Laughter Factor (Passive)]

Level: first level

Skill Quality: Special

Skill Level: None

Skill Source: Laughing Mask

技能效果：生命基礎恢復速度提升【20→30】%，體力基礎恢復速度提升【20→30】%，激活狂笑因子後，每秒恢復【0.2→0.3】%最大生命值。

Advanced requirement: Resonate with the Laughter Factor.

[Note: Your laughter hormone has been mildly activated due to prolonged laughter, resulting in a dissipation effect that will have no indiscriminate impact on surrounding units.]

"kill!"

Bai Shuodong danced among the crowd, his long-handled axe seemingly coming to life, constantly swirling and flying through the air as he chopped down enemies one axe blow after another.

Blood splattered onto his armor, and the Blood Demon Armor emitted a faint bloody light, absorbing all the blood from his body. At the same time, it released a little blood mist, as if it had entered a state of excitement.

The battle has begun!

"Hey! Take this shot!"

The rock spear thrust out like a dragon, aiming straight for Bai Shuodong's vitals, but he merely swayed slightly to dodge the attack. The Lion's Eye stared at him, and [Lion's Might] was activated.

[Note: Mental assessment failed, Willpower assessment failed, control effects were greatly resisted, and all rock and wood attributes were reduced by 5%]

"Well!"

Iwagi grunted, his hand movements paused slightly. Although the impact was not significant, it still affected his movements, slowing down his recovery speed considerably.

Chance!

【斬】

The invisible strike erupted instantly, and a bloody gash appeared on his neck, but it was not deep enough to sever him completely.

"His physical defense is that strong?"

Bai Shuodong was startled. If this guy possessed such a level of physical defense, his strength was at least at the leader level, just like the previous Gray Eye.

Inexcess...

"what!"

[Slow Burst] Activated!

Bai Shuodong roared and swung the Gray Rock Battle Axe in a circle with both hands. He then unleashed three consecutive [Chain Slash] attacks, increasing the strength amplification effect by 90%, and smashed the axe directly at the rock.

The latter raised his spear to block, but was directly suppressed by that terrifying power. The power increase effect of 100% and the superimposed multiplicative 90% power amplification effect were displayed to the fullest extent in an instant.

The axe instantly bent Yanmu's arm 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 Yanmu's expression changed drastically.

He immediately felt a wave of weakness wash over him, an overwhelming sense of fragility surging from within.

He resisted desperately, but to no avail.

In the end, the Gray Rock Battle Axe successfully severed his head. Blood and corpses fell to the ground, and his wide-open eyes stared at the sky, a trickle of blood still lingering at the corner of his mouth.

[Hint: Limit the number of consecutive attacks]

"hu~hu~"

Bai Shuodong was panting heavily, his stamina rapidly depleting, much faster than he had imagined. The combined power of [Continuous Slash] and [Slow Burst] was outrageously strong, and at the same time, his stamina was being consumed at an alarming rate.

"Kill!!"

He picked up his weapon and began slaughtering his way through the crowd.

...

"Boom!..."

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

The soldiers, who had been besieged in the city for a long time, came out of 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 enemy soldiers 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, with weapons and corpses ignited by flames.

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

For an army of tens of thousands, a thousand casualties 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 rest will inevitably be affected, and the impact will be enormous. Especially in the current situation, when soldiers who were preparing to rest suddenly find that their camp has been bombed, the sense of panic is terrifying.

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

At the edge of the camp, General Yanshan, his face covered in soot from the explosion, screamed and tried to regain control of the army, but to little avail.

Within the army, true elites are clearly only a minority, capable of continuing to fight even when at a disadvantage. In an army of tens of thousands, the majority are the relatively ordinary soldiers, who are more likely to scatter and desert when faced with such a situation.

"Sizzle!!"

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

The blood-red heads fell to the ground, and the terrified soldiers trembled, no longer fleeing. Yanshan's expression finally eased somewhat.

But then he heard a 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!

"You bastard!"

Yanshan roared, "Why now of all times? If they had come any later, I could have gotten the troops 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 without armor?

How could their morale possibly be high?

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

“General, our army is currently weak and exhausted. Perhaps we should 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. Then..."

"You don't need to say anything more! My mind is made up! Let the soldiers, armed and armored, fight these wolf cubs to the death!" Yanshan'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 launch a counterattack, and if they retreat, Wolf Fang Fortress will be impossible to capture.

Even if we lose thousands of soldiers, it would be completely worth it as long as we can capture Wolf Fang Fortress.

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

Returned...

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

He looked at the soldiers of Wolf Fang Fortress ahead, but his eyes seemed to regard them as a swarm 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 abnormality 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 garrison that had broken out of Wolf Fang Fortress.

On the battlefield, a monster about five meters tall, covered in brown rock and soil, charged around on warhorses, knocking countless horses to the ground and killing countless soldiers.

"What kind of monster is that?"

Bai Shuodong's eyes changed slightly, and he couldn't suppress the wild laughter on his face.

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