Seeing the chat messages, Wang Ze's face turned grim.
He had only managed to kill fewer than twenty monsters in the last two Beast Tides, still a long way from reaching Level 2.
He hadn't expected this suddenly emerging Yan Zhou to be so formidable, not only possessing a B-Rank Talent but also having advanced to Level 2 ahead of time.
This meant that his plan to dominate the academy was doomed before it even began.
Suddenly, Lin Mo, who had been silent, approached him quietly and said in a low voice:
"There will be a BOSS in the third wave. The first player to kill the BOSS will receive generous rewards."
Hearing this, Wang Ze's eyes lit up immediately.
He showed a look of joy, then asked doubtfully, "Really?"
Lin Mo replied calmly, "This is the message prompt I received after killing the first monster."
The message prompt was fake, but the information was true.
Wang Ze rubbed his chin, seemingly contemplating something.
The reward prompts from the two previous area announcements were both [Attribute Points +10].
If killing the BOSS could also yield attribute point rewards, it would be a great boon for a strength-type Godblessed like him.
At the very least, it could help bridge the gap between him and Yan Zhou.
Besides, anyone who's played games knows that the rewards for killing a BOSS are far greater than those for killing regular mobs—it's common knowledge.
If he could get his hands on some kind of artifact, his dream of dominating the apocalypse might not be impossible to achieve.
Thinking of this, he felt a surge of excitement, grabbed Lin Mo's shoulder, and said with a smile:
"Good brother! Rest assured, if I can dominate Novice Zone 911, I'll reward you handsomely! Hahaha!"
Wang Ze was very excited and called another meeting with his team.
Lin Mo just watched him leave quietly, then continued to move the corpses.
In the second Beast Tide, more monsters died than in the first.
And so did the students.
None of the God-Forsaken survived, and even several Godblessed perished.
There were over sixty bodies in total.
Lin Mo silently moved the bodies to the balcony, his fingertips constantly piercing into them.
One by one, the bodies were quickly drained in his hands, leaving only empty husks.
Cancerization prompts flashed continuously:
[Right Upper Limb Cancerization +0.1, +0.1, +0, +0.1...]
The pain of cancerization spread through his right arm, while his strength continued to increase.
Lin Mo's expression remained unchanged, like a robot moving bodies from the classroom to the balcony.
The balcony reeked of a strong, bloody stench, deterring anyone from approaching.
Because of this, no one noticed the changes in the bodies.
By the time Lin Mo stopped, the cancerization of his right upper limb had reached: [6.7]
The strength on his panel had also reached: [0.6+3.4]
"Not enough, still not enough..."
Lin Mo squinted his eyes at Wang Ze in the distance.
A sweet, bloody scent wafted through the air. He licked his lips, looking at Wang Ze as if he were a juicy piece of meat.
Wang Ze, oblivious to all this, continued arranging his formation.
"You guys, and you, stand at the front later!"
Wang Ze pointed and commanded.
The team members he pointed at looked dissatisfied but dared not defy him, so they had to comply.
Soon, a new formation took shape.
Wang Ze waved Lin Mo over to his side.
Now, Lin Mo was the only God-Forsaken in the class without any talent, yet his treatment was better than the other Godblessed, standing right behind Wang Ze, seemingly very safe.
The tables and chairs, ravaged by the second Beast Tide, were mostly useless.
They could only be placed at the door to provide some obstruction for the fiends.
Soon, the countdown for the third Beast Tide began:
[10, 9, 8... 3, 2]
[1]
As the countdown ended, the third Beast Tide finally arrived.
"Roar!!"
The Nock Fiends let out a series of roars.
Although the fiends' size and level hadn't changed, the atmosphere was completely different from the previous two Beast Tides as soon as they appeared.
It was the numbers!
Wang Ze immediately realized that the number of fiends in this Beast Tide was greater than before.
"Where's the BOSS?"
His eyes searched among the monsters.
Finally, he spotted a monster larger than the others at the back of the fiends.
It was blood-red all over, wielding a steel blade, its eyes gleaming ominously atop its head, its size almost comparable to an adult male. Above it was a line of small text: [Steelblade Nock Fiend], and the Beast Tide displayed its basic information:
[Steelblade Nock Fiend (Normal Boss)]
[Level: 1]
[Skill: Double Slash]
The panel information was quite brief, but it confirmed its "identity."
"Lin Mo didn't lie to me; there really is a BOSS!"
Wang Ze was thrilled and immediately waved his arm.
"Everyone, follow my orders, push forward, break through!"
He shouted with enthusiasm.
However, the students at the front were unwilling.
"Damn, don't push me, why should we be the meat shields?"
"Don't do it, there are too many monsters, let's just attack from a distance first."
"Yeah, we're Godblessed too, we're not doing it."
Seeing these people disobey, Wang Ze didn't waste words and directly punched a student who refused to move.
"Bang!"
The student's head exploded like a watermelon.
Blood splattered everywhere.
The surrounding girls screamed in terror.
Wang Ze ignored them, speaking in a grim tone: "Either listen to me, or die!"
Seeing he was serious, those at the front had no choice but to comply and push forward.
Wang Ze sneered and said to his teammates, "Let's go!"
His teammates responded enthusiastically, "Alright!"
The people at the front were forcibly pushed forward by those behind, serving as meat shields.
In this situation, they had no choice but to fight desperately.
Skills were thrown out as if they cost nothing, landing among the monsters.
For a moment, the entrance to the classroom became congested.
Shouts, roars, and screams intertwined.
In the chaos, no one noticed Lin Mo weaving through the crowd.
His sharp fingertips continuously pierced into corpses, rapidly absorbing blood.
A regular Nock Fiend's corpse took less than two seconds to drain completely.
Moreover, the higher the cancerization value of his right arm, the faster he absorbed blood.
The speed at which the battlefield produced corpses couldn't match his absorption speed.
One by one, the corpses shriveled rapidly in his hands.
[Right Upper Limb Cancerization +0.1, +0, +0, +0.1...]
The cancerization numbers kept rising, quickly surpassing 8.0, approaching 10.
Lin Mo's lips curled slightly, his eyes scanning the battlefield.
The battle quickly reached a fever pitch.
Eager for victory, Wang Ze soon saw casualties among the Godblessed team.
One by one, the Godblessed were knocked to the ground by more Nock Fiends, quickly losing their lives under the assault of claws and fangs.
But Wang Ze paid no heed, instead urging them even more:
"Push forward! Push forward! If you don't, you'll die!"
His fists continuously pummeled the fiends approaching him and his teammates.
One by one, the fiends fell at their hands.
In this reckless fighting style, the team's advance was highly efficient.
Soon, Wang Ze and his team reached the core of the monster horde, facing the Steelblade Nock Fiend head-on.
Wang Ze shouted excitedly:
"Kill it! Whoever injures it can join my team! And we'll split the rewards evenly!"
Under great rewards, there are always brave men.
Hearing Wang Ze's promise, the students' eyes lit up.
"Kill!!!"
They picked up their weapons and charged at the Fiend BOSS.