"Brothers, it's time to rack up battle merits! Everyone, go all out—earn as much as you can!"
Wending Cangsheng, the leader of the Eternal Life Hall's main raid group, followed behind General Guan Yu's army, shouting into the team channel with fervent excitement.
Jiang Yuan marched out of the city with the main force, and what greeted his eyes was a dense sea of demon army troops—squad leaders, centurions, chiliarchs, junior generals, and high commanders everywhere!
In an instant, countless skills rained down like a torrent, crashing into the hundreds of thousands of demon troops. With such density, even closing your eyes would land a hit!
Large-scale battles like this were Jiang Yuan's favorite. Even mages, known for their wide attack range, couldn't compete with him in snatching kills in this environment!
"Summon Sand River Turtles!"
"By the blood covenant, draw upon the power of the stars to manifest as the Black Tortoise, bound to my will."
"By the blood covenant, draw upon the power of the stars to manifest as the Vermilion Bird, bound to my will."
"By the blood covenant, draw upon the power of the stars to manifest as the White Tiger, bound to my will."
Releasing a full ten thousand Sand River Turtles, Jiang Yuan then summoned three sacred beasts. With his level breaking past 135, he could finally summon the third sacred beast—the White Tiger.
The White Tiger was about the same size as the Black Tortoise, its body pure white with a black "king" character pattern on its forehead, and lightning flickering faintly around it. Jiang Yuan took a moment to check its stats.
[Sacred Beast: White Tiger] Level: 135 HP: 50 million Attack: 1 million Special Skills: [White Tiger's Blessing]: Grants the host's team a 50% attack power boost. [Unstoppable Armor]: Grants the host an "Unstoppable State," rendering them immune to all control-type skills as long as the White Tiger remains active. [Ultimate · White Tiger Seven-Slaughter Sword]: The White Tiger transforms into a sword of slaughter, dealing 300% attack damage to a single enemy target, with a 10% chance to reduce the target's HP by 50%.
As soon as the White Tiger appeared, a buff called "White Tiger's Blessing" popped up in the status bar of every player in Jiang Yuan's team, boosting their attack power by half!
Jiang Yuan released the ten thousand Sand River Turtles not expecting them to deal much damage, but purely to snatch the "first strike" on monsters. As long as they taunted the enemy, the kill would count as his, speeding up his battle merit farming!
Charging through the demon army with three sacred beasts, Jiang Yuan was shielded by the Black Tortoise's "Water Healing Barrier," his body gleaming with golden light as if clad in a golden armor—this was the White Tiger's new effect, "Unstoppable Armor," rendering him immune to all control effects!
[Ding! You defeated a demon soldier, gaining cultivation and 100 battle merits.] [Ding! You defeated a demon squad leader, gaining cultivation and 200 battle merits.] [Ding! You defeated a demon centurion, gaining cultivation and 500 battle merits.] ...
A series of notifications rang in Jiang Yuan's ears. Based on his tally, killing a demon soldier earned 100 battle merits, a squad leader 200, a centurion 500, a chiliarch 700, a junior general 1,000, a high commander 2,000, and a general the most—a full 3,000 merits.
After about ten minutes, Jiang Yuan glanced at his accumulated battle merits in the quest log, which had already surpassed 10,000. Countless centurions and chiliarchs had fallen by his hand.
"Killing a demon general gives 3,000 battle merits. Let me find where they are."
While commanding the sacred beasts in battle, Jiang Yuan squinted, scanning the demon army. A few seconds later, his gaze locked onto a demon general riding a warhorse, clad in armor, and wielding a long spear.
[Demon Left General: Che Xian] Level: 110 HP: 100 million Defense: 600,000
"He's the one!"
Having chosen his target, Jiang Yuan first tossed a "Mystic Mark" at him to lock on, then commanded the White Tiger to unleash its ultimate skill.
[White Tiger Ultimate · White Tiger Seven-Slaughter Sword]
The White Tiger's body suddenly soared into the air, lightning surging around it. With a flash of white light, it transformed into a tiger-headed sword, arcs of thunder crackling along its blade.
"Go!"
"Thud!"
Jiang Yuan pointed at this left general under some unknown emperor, and a scream rang out as the Seven-Slaughter Sword pierced his chest, skewering him clean through!
-96.58 million -10.25 million
Two damage numbers floated up from the fallen demon left general. The first was the sword's base damage, the second was the extra damage from the lightning explosion on the blade, together instantly killing him.
[Ding! You defeated demon left general Che Xian, gaining 5 million cultivation and 3,000 battle merits.]
The notification sounded, and Jiang Yuan's battle merits in the quest log surged by 3,000, reaching over 13,000. He took a moment to ask Wending Cangsheng, who had only farmed less than 5,000 merits so far!
Amid the chaos, Jiang Yuan spotted Hamster Pudding and rushed over, pulling her close to protect her. "Honey, how do healers earn battle merits?"
Hamster Pudding smiled. "We count assists. One assist gives 10 battle merits, so I just keep healing and reviving to rack up assists, hehe!"
"I'm so jealous. Stay by my side and focus on healing—I'll protect you."
Hearing how easily she earned merits, Jiang Yuan felt a twinge of envy and said to her.
On the battlefield, the two sides were locked in fierce combat when Erlang Shen Yang Jian and Nezha, bearing the Jade Emperor's decree, finally arrived with 500,000 heavenly soldiers.
"Excellent! It's the True Lord Erlang and the Marshal of the Three Altars!"
The three generals Zhao, Ma, and Guan, leading the charge, turned back and, seeing the countless heavenly soldiers and the two leaders, were overjoyed!
"Demons of the underworld, face your doom!"
Nezha, a natural-born fighter, felt his battle instincts ignite at the sight of the blood-soaked battlefield. Riding his Wind Fire Wheels, he manifested three heads and six arms, grabbing his Fire-Tipped Spear, Armillary Sash, and Golden Ring in his three pairs of hands. With an excited yell, he plunged into the demon army.
"Retreat! Fall back!"
The moment Nezha charged in and started slaughtering, demon casualties piled up. To preserve their strength, the commanding generals ordered a retreat. In the blink of an eye, the demon army outside Lihuo City fled faster than rabbits, vanishing without a trace.
"Damn it! That brat ruined our fun!"
Jiang Yuan, who had been farming battle merits with gusto, saw the demon army disappear in an instant and grimaced, deeply annoyed by Nezha's arrival!
Just then, a streak of green light shot across the distant sky—it was the True Martial Emperor, who had been single-handedly fighting four demon emperors. But when everyone saw his current state, they were utterly shocked.