Pretending To Be A Boss

"Give the order, we need an inspiring victory!"

The crowd began to urge.

Beast charges were common these days, but this time, although the scale of the beast charge was unchanged, there wasn't even a single calamity-level creature among them, which gave people hope.

As long as they weren't facing those calamity-level creatures with tremendous destructive power, they were confident they could defeat the beast horde.

Song Que felt uneasy, but under the urging of everyone's high spirits, he still issued the command to meet the enemy in battle.

Once again, a fierce battle unfolded between the Human Federation and the myriad beasts.

All those with talents and combat power were fighting on the front lines.

It was difficult for humans to engage the beast kind head-on in combat.
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But they had an advantage that the beasts could not catch up with.

That was numbers.

The beast horde numbered in the thousands, while the talented ones were in the tens of thousands.

to ensure the maximum reduction of casualties, Song Que still preserved the combat system of small teams.

Each team, by relying on medics and scouts, also greatly reduced casualties.

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Between the Saint Dene Highlands and the Yuepela Plains, there was a hundred-mile stretch of the Sun Maple Forest.

These Sun Maple trees were among the tallest trees, with dense branches and leaves.

This originally unnamed border area was now known as the Death Jungle.

Because the branches and leaves were too dense, they always obstructed people's vision. When the human armies passed through here previously, numerous beast hordes ambushed and killed them.

To survive here required extremely keen observational skills.

Song Que's team, Gu Luo's team, and Li Zheng's squad, the three teams joined forces. They did not engage the beast horde in a direct confrontation on the vast wastelands behind them.

"Why have we come here?" Qin Qian asked.

Qin Qian, known as the witch, had lost all her teammates in a previous hunting festival. After Lao Lei died in Song Que's team, Song Que had poached Qin Qian.

"I am somewhat uneasy," Song Que said.

"Uneasy?" Gu Luo asked, puzzled.

"We have battled the beasts for over ten days, their strength clearly overwhelming us. If it weren't for the defensive fortifications of the highlands, we would have retreated long ago. Their previous attacks have been fiercer each time, but this time, they suddenly decreased their intensity."

Song Que looked towards Ye Feng and asked, "What did you see?"

Ye Feng furrowed his brow; his extreme vision could see through all obstacles.

Just like Song Que, he also felt there was something wrong with this beast charge.

But for some reason, he just couldn't find the source of the problem.

"No anomalies...If there's anything abnormal, it's that those woods up front are unusually quiet, even I find it strange."

Ye Feng's words quickly made everyone alert.

In fact, others also felt that, deep in the vast Sun Maple Forest, it was as quiet as a painting.

Meanwhile, where their group was,

Song Que said, "Keep your spirits up, let's continue to explore ahead."

The group moved cautiously through the eerily quiet Death Jungle.

As they walked, Ye Feng suddenly said,

"Stop!"

"What happened?"

"The Sun Maple trees in the distance moved."

People did not understand.

Ye Feng could not explain this strangeness.

It was like there was a vast domain where everything within it was frozen in time.

But now, that domain was slowly moving.

If he hadn't visually seen this change, he wouldn't even have been aware that the domain was moving.

The distant trees began to gradually regain motion, but those closer to the group suddenly stopped.

"Gu Luo, try slashing toward the distance with your sword."

"Hmm," Gu Luo, seeing Ye Feng's expression for the first time and having been partners with him for a long time, did not ask any questions but directly swung his greatsword, unleashing a heavy blow of immense force!

The massive sword qi stirred up the wind.

The wind affected the trees dozens of meters away, but as the wind blew farther, beyond where the others could see, those distant trees also changed as a result of the wind, only for those changes to suddenly disappear—

While the branches were still swaying, they abruptly came to a halt.

Only Ye Feng saw this scene, and with widened eyes, he exclaimed,

"Retreat! We must retreat quickly!"

Song Que was confused; he activated the Scales of Balance, attempting to see the near future.

But what he saw was still the unchanging scene.

Ye Feng said, "It's Shiling. We don't have much time, let's fall back quickly! Find a way to tell everyone to leave!"

"Shiling?"

Gu Luo still did not quite understand, but Li Zheng seemed to have heard of it vaguely.

However, Qin Qian and Song Que's complexions drastically changed.

"Is it really Shiling? The legendary creature?" Song Que now understood why he couldn't see the future.

Because time in this area had been stopped.

"Retreat!"

Qin Qian, without any hesitation, began to withdraw alongside Song Que.

Lin Jue, the one-eyed king, the team's medic, Gu Luo, and others also started to retreat.

As they retreated, Gu Luo asked, "What exactly is Shiling?"

Song Que, while retreating, answered,

"Among the calamity-level boss creatures, it has the least destructive power but is the most difficult to confront. In the data unlocked from the tier system, it's known as the strongest assassin among all beasts!

Ye Feng, are you sure you didn't see wrong?"

Ye Feng shook his head and said,

"I can't be certain, but Gu Luo's slash, it's like it was devoured. I can sense a kind of barrier where time seems to stand still."

Li Zheng recalled it now, saying in disbelief,

"Is it that creature that can stop time within a small area?"