My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 108: Farming Monsters for Experience
Brother Rui had no choice but to let the two live treasures settle down, prepare tools and equipment, and just head to the task location first. Then he silently followed the soldiers running in the queue.
The environment in the Secret Realm is quite realistic. Though they haven’t reached the first defense line yet, they can already see huge rocks being hurled by Barbaric Beasts flying through the air.
Wounded soldiers were constantly being carried back from the frontline. Of course, only those who could still be treated had someone attending to them; if half of their body was missing, they couldn’t be saved even if they were still breathing.
"Awo——"
The frequent massive roars also transitioned the atmosphere from murderous to terrifying.
Brother Rui was out of place with the team’s atmosphere. He awkwardly ran to the front and asked, "Captain, why is the battle line so tight? Did the Barbaric Beast army suddenly launch an attack?"
The only man in the team with a command responded, "First of all, I’m not the captain; I’m the sergeant..."
"Secondly, you folks from the martial world don’t even know this? The Barbarian Monarch used bloodlines to establish an array, teleporting the Beast Race army from distant Golden Scale Marsh to the rocky beach outside, hence the continuous emergence of beast tides."
"Finally, the commander has already called for reinforcements from the capital. As long as we hold, there will be army support."
Brother Rui thought to himself, if they were asking for assistance from the capital, he wondered if someone from the Demon Suppression Bureau would come, to be specific, whether Wei Xun would come.
He was pondering when the frontline was close at hand. He saw dozens of people besieging a Barbaric Beast two zhang high, with four hooves on the ground and horns on its head, resembling a rhino that had grown wildly.
Among dozens of people, there were several Soldier Cultivators as the main force, while others only seized the opportunity to stab the Barbaric Beast’s wound with long spears and then run away. Some even threw some homemade Fire Thunder to blow up the Barbaric Beast, using such tactics to grind the monster to death.
Similar scenes stretched from south to north for miles, staining the land with beast blood and human blood.
Brother Rui judged that the big rhino should belong to the level 20 Elite Monster tier, and he had a rough understanding of the scale of the war.
The sergeant said, "Brothers, it’s time to make our mark! Hold the line! Annihilate the Barbaric Beasts, behead them, and return for rewards!!"
This person was just a guide NPC. After shouting, he led people into the battlefield, mingling among the vast number of soldiers.
Meanwhile, Brother Rui and the other two received the task.
[Main Task: Hold the Line (I)!]
[Task Objective: Hold the line, prevent Barbaric Beasts from entering the defense line (0/100); Countdown: 36:00.]
[Task Reward: Experience Points +25000, Free Attribute Points +3, Random Quality Consumables x3, Random Quality Enhancement Materials x3.]
Like Plants vs. Zombies, if the Barbaric Beasts reach the back of the defense line in sufficient numbers, it counts as a failure.
The Secret Realm has a time limit of three days: one and a half days for the first phase, one day for the second phase, and half a day for the last phase. All phases must be held to pass.
As expected, leveling up becomes increasingly difficult as levels rise. It requires 80,000 experience points to go from level 17 to 18, the first phase gives 25,000, and the next two phases see slight increases, but not much—barely enough for one level’s experience.
According to Brother Rui’s idea, if one were to enlist for the Secret Realm battlefield, they must seize every event and side task, finding ways to gather more experience.
There’s not much time left; efforts must be made!
Just when he felt a bit of urgency, the second prompt came.
[Side Task: Charge!]
[Task Objective: Kill Barbaric Beasts, calculate experience by quantity.]
[Task Reward: Regular Barbaric Beast single kill +50 experience points, Elite Barbaric Beast single kill +1500 experience points, Mutant Barbaric Beast single kill +3000 experience points.]
"...Say so earlier."
Brother Rui’s hardly ignited enthusiasm cooled down again.
He forgot there was such a task.
West of the Liangting border-Golden Scale Marsh is one of the few Secret Realms where you can farm monsters for experience, but most guides don’t emphasize it, because the condition for getting the experience is task success; otherwise, not only must the gained experience be returned, but additional loss occurs.
Some reports emphasize, but during documentation, it was simplified into an inconspicuous sentence, worried that someone might be too greedy, and by farming too many monsters put themselves in danger, leading to task failure.
After all, it’s an eight-star Secret Realm.
The experience from side task rewards, just looking at the numbers, is actually little. Under normal circumstances, a random event of killing ordinary monsters, if there are about ten enemies, at level 16-20, ought to reward several thousand experience points.
Things change here since the battle has army assistance rather than Secret Realm agents fighting independently.
But for Brother Rui, since there’s such a task, the operable space is much greater.
Kong Hua was entering an eight-star Secret Realm for the first time. Like most people, he didn’t pay attention to the side task but instead covered his head worriedly, "This is too hard, as long as one monster slips through, the task fails!"
Huo Yun also showed a worried face.
He had no doubt about Brother Rui’s strength, but the problem was the battle line being so long and not being like Zuo Qiutian who could create puppets, guarding one area well was enough, let alone other places.
Brother Rui waved his hand: "No worries, aren’t the strategies mentioned? Three phases, the enemy’s offensive weakens to strengthens, aside from us, there are soldier NPCs on the line itself, at least on the first day, they can provide great help."
Only then did Huo Yun remember the strategy and clapped his hands: "Right, right, I remember the strategy says, we shouldn’t act independently, the focus is on helping the guarding soldiers, just assist when they’re nearly breached, that way the success rate is higher."
Kong Hua suddenly shouted: "Over there!!"
The two followed the direction he pointed and saw another big rhino breaking through a nearby guard team, roaring while charging towards the inside of the defense line.
"Stop him!!" A junior officer shouted.
Brother Rui directly activated the Shenxiao Thunderbolt Heart Scripture, charging to the big rhino’s path, simultaneously, Huo Yun readied his bow and arrow.
Kong Hua wielded a big blade, huffing as he ran forward, activating the analyst skill: Weakness Insight.
"Brother Rui! Hit its jaw!"
Upon hearing this, Brother Rui rushed forward, the Thunderbolt Palm imprinted on the big rhino’s large chin.
"Roar!!" 𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎
The high-level shock gave the Barbaric Beast a tremendous impact, feeling disoriented, retreating step by step.
However, this guy’s skin is thick; even the Thunderbolt Palm failed to deal any fatal blow.
Huo Yun’s arrows tore through the air, ripping off large chunks of flesh, Kong Hua also charged forward, stabbing the wound with his knife.
"Awo!!!"
The big rhino struggled crazily from pain, this level 20 Elite Monster instantly flung Kong Hua away, but he wasn’t the main force, Brother Rui already seized the opportunity to stick close, aiming a hefty hit at its cheek.
Critical Strike!
The massive body fell heavily, Huo Yun’s epic longbow’s piercing effect was very effective against heavily armored enemies, an arrow tore open its fallen neck, severing the trachea.
By this time, the soldiers who failed to guard finally surrounded them, exclaiming at the trio.
"Excellent martial skills, hero!"
"Hero is truly a deity descending!"
"Admire, admire!"
Brother Rui finally understood why those martial arts masters in TV shows love to act chivalrously.
A dozen people surrounding and showering compliments, who wouldn’t feel bewitched?
But what made him happier was the system prompt.
[Elite Monster Kill x1, Experience Points +1500.]
