3 Impossible to Defend Effectively

The elite spearman, Zhao Xiao'er, who Zhang Yang had high expectations of, eventually died. His entire spine was snapped, and his internal organs were smashed to bits before he even had the chance to say his last words.

Zhang Yang took away the reinforced spear that Zhang Yang was still gripping in his hand. The former didn't bother to clean up the battlefield, but hastily withdrew instead. This world was too cruel and dangerous. He had also overestimated the combat power of an elite soldier, and nothing good would come out from meeting force with force against those demons.

After walking for about 500 meters, Zhang Yang came to a halt on a hillock. It wasn't that he didn't want to continue his journey, but there were just too many hidden dangers in this dense, primitive forest. He also had to seize the time to train an elite bowman—otherwise he wouldn't have the necessary firepower should he encounter a demon again.

Similarly, he needed five minutes to train an elite bowman. He consumed 15 energy points to raise the chance of success to 100 percent and with that, he had exactly 40 energy points left.

This time, he gave the decision some serious thoughts. He placed the Village Building Order on the ground and the next second, a message flashed before his eyes.

[Do you want to build a village here? Building a village requires 108 hours of preparation time and 500 energy points. After the village is successfully built, you can use the full functions of the Village Building Order.]

Zhang Yang curled his lips and put the Village Building Order away again.

Are you kidding me? 500 energy points? I will never sell my soul.

I should focus on surviving. Perhaps I will die before I even successfully build the village.

This Village Building Order is a joke. This wasn't a game!

Activate Level 1 Vision.

Recruit five bowmen.

Recruit 10 shield soldiers.

Recruit 10 spearmen.

352 remaining people available to recruit for the Village Building Order.

After recruiting the soldiers, Zhang Yang still had 10 energy points left, which he saved for the next encounter with a demon to activate the Level 1 Protection.

In fact, Zhang Yang had also calculated whether or not to activate another feature of the Village Building Order—Level 1 Concealment.

However, an area of 10 square meters was too small, and the concealment effect wasn't absolute either. If a demon were to suddenly pass by from a distance of 10 meters, he would immediately be discovered by it.

In that case, it was better for him to activate the Level 1 Vision instead, so that he could figure out the direction of the approaching danger in advance.

The five-minute wait was a torture, but fortunately nothing happened. The human bowman successfully advanced to an elite bowman, and the bow in his hand was also strengthened.

[Soldier: Tang Dashan

Soldier Type: Elite Bowman

Strength: E+

Agility: E+

Defense: E+

Soul Strength: E-

Arrow Mastery: 245

Skill: Wind-chasing Triple-arrow Shot]

What a crude description. It seems that this world isn't really a game at all; there isn't a trace of rigor and balance that a game should have. Why do a level 1 Imperfect Green Wolf Demon Soul and a level 2 Imperfect Black Bear Demon Soul raise the same quality of soldiers?

Zhang Yang criticized, before setting off and leading the elite bowman, 14 bowmen, 10 shield soldiers, and 13 spearmen.

He knew there would be no way out if he remained where he was. He also understood very well that in this mysterious, primitive forest, daytime was considered the safest, while nighttime was undoubtedly the most dangerous time.

At that moment, looking at the sky, the current time should be in the morning. He had to either find a way out of the forest to find a shelter or build one himself.

But no matter what, he also needed to try to hunt more demons so that he could get more energy and demon souls to advance the soldiers under him. That was the root of his survival.

He was uncertain of the direction he should head in. But even if he had a direction, it would be of no use. That was why he came up with an idea: to head to a higher mountain and search for a way out from above.

The terrain of this forest wasn't too flat and consisted of a large number of rolling hills. The enormous trees growing on them were like staggered giant umbrellas dividing the sky and earth.

There were birds chirping on the treetops and all kinds of strange insects that he couldn't name. After traveling less than a mile, one of Zhang Yang's soldiers already died.

The soldier was bitten by a poisonous insect. He only had the time to let out a shriek before the poison took his life.

Left without a choice, Zhang Yang had to consume 1 energy point to recruit three hunters to lead the way.

With three specialized hunters in front of the pack, the pace of their journey immediately became faster.

Ten minutes later, after estimating the approximate distance, Zhang Yang activated the Level 1 Vision to locate any nearby demons. Fortunately, the direction they were heading in was safe.

Ahead of them was another hillock. Relatively speaking, the altitude was very high, so he would be able to see far ahead.

"Everyone, pick up the pace. Let's climb up."

Zhang Yang gave the order. He was a little exhausted, so he desperately wanted to head up and have some rest.

It was at that moment that he heard a resounding chirp overhead. However, he didn't look up. On the contrary, he swiftly activated the Level 1 Protection. He didn't have a choice. Even though he possessed a soul with a C+ strength, he had become easily frightened due to his past experiences against those demons.

At the next second, he heard the sound of violent winds and the screams of the soldiers.

Bang!

The Level 1 Protection shattered. Zhang Yang had no idea what happened. He only knew that another demon had appeared—again. But this time, it seemed to be even more terrifying than the black bear demon as it crushed the energy shield with one attack.

Not only that, but he was also blown away by the force of this impact.

The nearby soldiers were also dazed. The demon that swooped down from above hovered in the sky for about 0.1 seconds, before being knocked off balance by a quick succession of three feather arrows. It rapidly descended several meters toward the ground, but before it had the chance to soar back into the sky, seven to eight spears pierced its wings and it finally crashed onto the ground.

But things weren't so simple.

A few seconds later, Zhang Yang recovered from his daze. But he found himself pounced on by a dead shield soldier whose cracked skull was flowing with blood and limbs that had turned into fragments. The whistling winds and ear-deafening, furious screeches from the red eagle rang in his ears.

When he lifted his head, he saw a one-man-tall red eagle spreading its wings like a giant spinning top. Each time it flapped its red wings, a wind blade instantly flew out. One of the wind blades even traveled up to 10 meters and sliced the victims in its path into halves like a knife through butter.

What in the world is this demon?!

More than half of the 39 soldiers that Zhang Yang had recruited earlier were dead. The death count included his elite bowman, Tang Dashan, who was killed at close range after only firing a triple-arrow shot.

What the hell have I done to deserve this!

An indescribable rage blazed within his chest. Zhang Yang jumped up like a beast. He couldn't care less anymore.

Just because this is a fantasy world, you can act so capriciously and bully me?!

"Damn it! Hack it to death!"

Gripping the enhanced spear, Zhang Yang dashed toward the back of the red eagle. But at the next second, the red eagle fluttered its wings, turned around, and stared at him with a sharp, terrifying gaze, causing him to instantly tremble in fear.

"Kill them!"

At that moment, a spearman rushed over frantically from the other direction and stabbed the back of that red eagle with its piercing skill.

Screech!

The red eagle let out an odd cry, swinging its left wing backward. Its red feathers were like sharp blades, slicing through that spearman's neck, causing his head to roll off his body.

A shield soldier darted over. But before he brandished his sword, the red eagle had flung its right wing and slashed through his shield, sword, and body. The feathers were too razor-sharp—nothing could stop them.

"Ahhhh!"

Another shield soldier frantically leaped up and hacked at the red eagle's wing, cutting out a gaping hole in it. But soon after, the red eagle struck, pecking and cracking his skull.

This battle was totally unbalanced. It was unimaginable how terrifying the red eagle would have been if it hadn't been stunned by the self-explosion of the Level 1 Protection, lost balance after being hit by the triple-arrow shot from elite bowman, Tang Dashan, and punctured by several spearmen on its body.

"Kill it!"

Zhang Yang returned to his senses and ran forward, shouting so loudly that his voice sounded different. He knew that he was bound to die. Since that was the case, he thought of ending his life with a childish and dramatic assault. Otherwise, he would feel sorry for his soul, be it interesting or not!

Yes, even at that moment, he didn't have the slightest thought of selling his soul.

At most, I'll just die!

The three surviving bowmen desperately shot arrows from afar, trying to provide some support. However, their arrows couldn't break the red eagle's defense in the slightest. After the remaining two spearmen were severed into several parts, there were no more obstacles between Zhang Yang and the red eagle. He had even spotted the desire and madness in those cold, razor-sharp eyes.

I would make a delicious meal, wouldn't I?

Swish!

The red eagle fluttered its wings and spiraled into the air, widening its claws to grab at him. It seemed like it could no longer release any more wind blades. However, it still had enough strength to kill 100 of him.

But at that moment, Zhang Yang suddenly activated the Level 1 Protection.

He still had the last bit of energy left.

Bang!

This time the shield didn't crack. After all, the red eagle had already been badly hurt. Moreover, its swoop wasn't as powerful as when it came diving from thousands of meters high before.

With this delay, Zhang Yang went berserk. He gripped the reinforced spear with both hands and pierced it through the red eagle's chest!

The reinforced spear was incomparably sharp, penetrating its chest and exiting from the back. The red eagle wailed, wildly fluttered its wings for a while, before finally crashing to the ground lifelessly.

At the same time, Zhang Yang fell weakly on his knees. His entire body was drenched in cold sweat, but no one was sure whether it was tears or sweat that was running down his face.

A white brilliance lit up from the Village Building Order, enveloping the carcass of the enormous red eagle.

[Successfully killed Level 5 Red Eagle Demon.

Successfully captured 1 x Perfect Red Eagle Demon Soul.

Received 150 Energy Points.

Received 500 x Red Eagle Feather (Contains the power of the Wind attribute. Can be used as a material to create weapons.)

Received 1 x Red Eagle Heart. Usage Unknown. Sellable.

Received 50 x Red Eagle Demon Blood (Contains a small amount of demonic power. Can be used as a material to create a talisman or battle mark.)]