#142 - Just killing monsters! Just lie down!

Chapter 142: Just Killing Monsters! You Guys Just Lie Down and Relax!

Passing through the city gate.

Zhao Zheng and the others discovered that behind the city gate was not a town, but a military camp.

A cavalryman led them into a tent and said, "You all wait here!"

Seeing the cavalryman about to leave, Jiang Hebin quickly asked, "How long will we have to wait?"

"The General will summon you later!"

Leaving these words behind, the cavalryman left.

The group had no choice but to look around.

The tent wasn't big, just enough for the ten of them.

Wang Fei couldn't hold back and stuck his head out of the tent to look around.

A moment later.

The kid suddenly exclaimed, "Yo? What kind of military camp is this? There are even female soldiers?"

Hearing this, the others rushed over to take a look.

They lifted the tent flap and, sure enough, saw a team of female soldiers holding spears and patrolling.

The female soldiers also noticed Jiang Hebin and the others peeking, but they didn't do anything, focusing on their patrol, displaying good military discipline.

Not long after.

The group discovered that other transcendents were being led into the military camp by soldiers and taken to other tents to wait.

"Looks like quite a few people chose this checkpoint like us!" Zhang Chenggang said.

"That's normal," Chen Kai said. "The number of new students is far greater than the number of checkpoints, so it's inevitable that multiple people will choose the same checkpoint."

"Eh?" Jiang Hebin suddenly said, "That team that just passed by… looks like the team from Jingda University."

"Really Jingda? We really have a connection with them! We ran into them last time too," Yu Zhong said.

As the group spoke.

The sky gradually darkened.

Just as it was about to get dark, a soldier finally came to inform them that the General was summoning them to the drill ground.

When the group followed the soldier to the drill ground, they found many people gathered there.

Half of them were transcendents.

These transcendents were all in teams of ten, with people of various ethnicities.

Clearly, they were random transmigrators from all over the world.

When Song Haitang and her group arrived at the drill ground, almost all the transcendents' expressions changed.

Some were happy, some were worried.

Song Haitang was now recognized as the number one new student, the strongest among the newcomers.

The transcendents who looked worried were those who wanted to get good results.

Having a strong person like Song Haitang appear at the same checkpoint would definitely increase the competition, and they were even afraid that Song Haitang would steal their monsters!

There were also some people who looked at Song Haitang with malicious intent in their eyes.

Don't forget that the wanted orders targeting Song Haitang had not been revoked.

Even though this was an amnesiac spiritual realm, some people didn't want to see Song Haitang continue to grow…

Noticing those malicious gazes, Zhao Zheng immediately said, "Haitang, you stand in the middle, and the rest of us will stand around you to protect you."

Although Song Haitang is very strong now, she hasn't reached the point where she can elementalize.

With so many new students here, it would still be very dangerous if someone launched a sneak attack on her.

Unlike Zhao Zheng.

With the Body of Steel and Grandmaster-level Armament Haki, even if he stood still and let people chop at him, they wouldn't be able to hurt him…

Hearing this.

Jiang Hebin and the others immediately formed a circular formation, protecting Song Haitang in the middle.

The group stood on the periphery of the drill ground, not crowding in to join the excitement.

"Song Haitang!"

Suddenly.

A voice came.

Everyone looked over and found that it was Ma Jun from Jingda University.

He was a Magma Fruit ability user with considerable strength and a somewhat famous new student.

"I didn't expect us to meet again in the spiritual realm."

Ma Jun looked at Song Haitang and said confidently, "This time, I definitely won't lose to you again!"

Everyone: ? ? ?

No one knew where this guy's inexplicable confidence came from.

Song Haitang didn't want to talk.

Because she thought this person was too childish and didn't bother to pay attention to him.

Ma Jun didn't want to let it go so easily.

"Last time you guys won the championship mainly because of that Zhao Zheng's command, right?"

Ma Jun scanned the crowd, and after seeing Zhao Zheng, his gaze paused for a moment before turning back to Song Haitang, "This time it's a monster-killing spiritual realm, and it's a competition of strength. I won't lose to you again."

Song Haitang still didn't say anything.

Jiang Hebin couldn't help but say, "Our Sister Haitang is recognized as the strongest new student. Where do you get the confidence to say that?"

Ma Jun snorted coldly and didn't explain much, only saying, "You'll know later."

At this time.

A large number of guards with knives rushed into the drill ground, forming a battle formation.

The transcendents were all startled.

Then, a general in armor, escorted by a group of guards, came to the drill ground.

It turned out to be a big shot making an entrance.

Everyone breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Subsequently, everyone was surprised to find that the general of this checkpoint was a middle-aged woman.

Including the guards around the general and some of the officers, were all women.

If there weren't still many male officers next to them, everyone would have suspected that this was a female military camp.

Next.

The general gave a speech to boost morale and then ordered the transcendent teams to send representatives to draw lots.

The drawing of lots was to determine their respective areas of defense.

The city wall was very large, linking two mountain peaks, at least a thousand meters long.

The general divided the city wall into hundreds of defensive areas, with ten meters as a unit.

Each defensive area needed to be guarded by transcendents and soldiers.

"Jiang Hebin, you represent our team to draw lots!" Zhao Zheng said.

"Okay, Brother Zhao."

Jiang Hebin agreed and ran over to line up to draw lots.

A moment later.

Jiang Hebin came back after drawing the lot and said, "I drew lot number 17."

Zhou Junjie couldn't help but ask, "Is the lot a number lot?"

"Yes!" Jiang Hebin said, taking out the lot in his hand to show everyone, "There are numbers on it."

The lot in his hand was a wooden sign with the numbers "17" on it.

"Strange!" Zhou Junjie said, "Have you noticed that in this military camp, whether it's the general or the soldiers, they don't seem surprised by the appearance of us transcendents, and there are even number lots, as if they already knew that we are in groups of ten?"

"There's nothing strange about that."

Chen Kai said, "I estimate that this layer of the spiritual realm is a spiritual realm where time passes relatively normally and doesn't reset."

"There are spiritual realms like that?" Zhou Junjie asked in surprise.

"Of course, there are," Chen Kai said. "The time in the spiritual realm world is very strange. Most spiritual realms will reset the scene after the transcendents leave, waiting for the next round of transcendents to arrive. There are even spiritual realms with exclusive spaces, such as the fourth layer of the spiritual realm. After we leave, time is frozen, and only when we enter again next time will time restart."

"When the next batch of new students enters next year, the spiritual realm will restart."

“And the sixth level of the Spirit Realm should be a Spirit Realm where time doesn't reset! The people here already know about us Transcenders, and they know we're here to help them. Maybe even their number drawing methods were taught to them by Transcenders.”

Hearing this.

Zhou Junjie suddenly understood.

He didn't know any of this.

… …

After the drawing ended.

The sky completely darkened.

Torches were erected in the military camp.

A full moon hung high in the sky, dispelling some of the darkness.

Everyone climbed onto the city wall.

Then, according to the lot they drew, they found the area they were responsible for.

Zhao Zheng and the others arrived at area 17.

To everyone's surprise, the commander in charge of area 17 was a very young woman with a very handsome appearance. She held a long spear and wore a suit of armor, looking heroic and valiant.

Jiang Hebin and the others were moved by her appearance.

However, this female commander had a very heavy killing intent.

Seeing everyone sizing her up, she wasn't angry, but just reminded them: "The monsters will be here soon, you'd better be prepared!"

Everyone then came back to their senses and looked towards the outside of the city wall.

Although the moon was very large tonight, the visibility was still not very high. People like Jiang Hebin could only see a patch of darkness in the distance, and couldn't see anything clearly.

"You guys come over here, I have a task for you!" Zhao Zheng suddenly said.

Hearing this, everyone immediately approached Zhao Zheng.

"Next, you don't need to kill monsters. The only task I'm giving you is to guard against others from attacking Song Haitang!"

Hearing these words.

Everyone was a little surprised.

Only Song Haitang's pretty face remained calm, letting Zhao Zheng arrange things.

She wasn't one of those stubborn fools who were "bad at it but loved to play." Her pursuit was an excellent mission rating. As for the process, and how Zhao Zheng arranged things, she could comply.

"Areas 16 and 18, which are closer to us, are all foreigners. I don't trust them." Zhao Zheng added: "I'm worried they'll play dirty tricks and suddenly attack Song Haitang."

"Protecting Haitang-jie is definitely no problem." Zhang Chenggang couldn't help but say: "But if we don't kill monsters, who will?"

Killing monsters was related to everyone's mission progress, so they naturally cared.

Zhao Zheng smiled and said: "Leave the monster killing to me, you guys just relax!"

As soon as these words came out.

Everyone looked at each other.

They probably didn't expect Zhao Zheng to be so "arrogant"!

"Zhao-ge, this is the sixth level of the Spirit Realm. The teacher also said that the new student casualty rate is not low in this level, so it must be relatively dangerous." Jiang Hebin said: "Letting you kill monsters alone, is that…"

Zhao Zheng waved his hand, too lazy to explain too much: "Just listen to my arrangements!"

He clenched his fists and said with a smile: "It's just right, I also want to know what level my current strength has reached."

This was actually an excuse.

The main thing was that he felt that letting these teammates kill monsters might become a burden to him.

After all, he was leading the team again this time. If any of these teammates died in the Spirit Realm, it wouldn't be good.

It's better to let him do it alone.

With his current strength, as long as the monsters weren't too strong, he could kill them all!!

This was Zhao Zheng's idea.

It was also for the safety of his teammates.

However, this kind of behavior, in the eyes of his teammates, was simply blind arrogance…

Everyone wanted to persuade him, but they didn't know how to start.

Zhao Zheng didn't give these people a chance to speak. He walked a few steps forward, came to the edge of the city wall, and asked: "This commander, I would like to ask, what kind of monsters are we going to face?"

The female commander was standing at the edge of the city wall at the moment, looking into the distance, full of murderous intent.

Hearing Zhao Zheng's inquiry, she didn't hide anything and said: "They are monsters from the abyss. Those monsters are strangely shaped, hideous and terrifying, and they can't be killed completely. They appear every year."

Zhao Zheng nodded and asked again: "Then, what is the strength of the monsters?"

The female commander truthfully said: "Ordinary monsters can be killed by three or five soldiers working together. However, there are some leaders among the monsters who are invulnerable to knives and spears and are as strong as cows. It is very difficult to kill them…"

Listening to the female commander's narration, Zhao Zheng had a general idea in his mind.

Then, he couldn't help but ask: "These monsters are so powerful, how did you defend against them before?"

The female commander was very easy to talk to and continued to answer: "There are also times when we can't defend… However, those monsters don't like the daytime. When it dawns, they will retreat on their own."

Zhao Zheng cupped his fist: "Thank you for informing me, Commander."

The female commander asked back: "Are you their captain?"

Seeing Zhao Zheng nod, the female commander asked again: "Then, how do you plan to defend the city next?"

Zhao Zheng smiled and said: "One word: Kill!"

As soon as these words came out, the female commander was immediately stunned.

And at this moment.

A big fire suddenly ignited on the distant beacon tower.

At the same time!

A huge horn sounded.

Upon seeing this, the female commander's expression immediately changed, and she shouted loudly: "Enemy attack! Prepare for battle!"

Hearing this, Zhao Zheng turned his gaze to the distant outside of the city wall.

His eyesight was very good.

He could see a black line appearing in the distance, rapidly approaching the city wall.

When the black line got closer, he immediately saw clearly that it was an endless army of monsters, like a tide, surging towards this side.

They were everywhere!

Seeing the number of monsters, Zhao Zheng frowned slightly.

There were a bit too many!

However, it wasn't a big problem!!

He returned to his teammates and said: "Act according to the plan. You don't need to take action, just guard against others from attacking Haitang."

At this point, the team members had to choose to believe Zhao Zheng and nodded one after another.

Zhao Zheng's gaze turned to Song Haitang again, and he said: "Haitang, if you're bored, you can also remotely hunt monsters, but don't try too hard. Be sure to reserve some strength, just in case."

"Okay, I got it." Song Haitang was full of confidence in Zhao Zheng: "Don't worry about this side, just kill the monsters!"

As soon as the words fell.

Rumble—

The entire city wall began to tremble.

That was the vibration brought about by the countless monster army rushing near the city wall.

Everyone looked down.

They found that those monsters were all huge and as strong as cows.

They had black manes on their bodies, a sharp horn on their foreheads, a mouth full of sharp teeth, strong limbs, ferocious claws, and even the ends of their tails were like throwing knives.

This kind of monster was simply born for killing!

But the most conspicuous thing was that these monsters had no eyes.

Below their necks, they had a pair of very large ears, seemingly using hearing to determine the location of their prey.

Seeing these monsters, Jiang Hebin and the others felt a little frightened.

Because there were really too many of them!!

"Dong, dong, dong…"

The sound of war drums rang on the city wall.

Hearing the drums, the female commander immediately raised her spear and ordered: "Kill!"