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The world outside Blue Star.

After the announcement finished explaining the process of the promotion defense battle, a huge map appeared in the sky.

The map displayed the terrain of Orenburg and the surrounding three kilometers. The information about the city itself was marked especially clearly. For example, it showed that the gate in the southern wall had been destroyed and that there was a breach in the northern wall. Presumably, this was intended to make it easier for those outside to understand the situation on the battlefield.

At the same time, countless small green dots moved around inside the city. It was obvious that they represented the defending side.

The upper-right corner of the map also displayed the number of survivors on both sides.

Defenders: 4,786

Attackers: 30,000

Combined with the earlier explanation of the battle’s rules, people outside the battlefield quickly understood what was happening.

This battle, involving only tens of thousands of participants, had captured the attention of billions of people across the world.

After all, its outcome would directly affect the future of the entire Yazhou—and perhaps even that of Blue Star itself. Would China emerge as the sole dominant power, or would everyone sink into ruin together?

Everyone on Blue Star was following the battle, analyzing the likely victor based on their own understanding. In quite a few places, people had even started taking bets.

“Orenburg isn’t that big.”

“There are weaknesses on all four sides. Why do I feel like it’ll be difficult to defend?”

“Hard to say. A weakness is still a weakness, but the defenders have the city walls to rely on. As for the sewers, a small amount of firepower covering the entrances should be enough to keep anyone from getting in.”

“Firepower coverage? Where are they going to get modern weapons on this battlefield? It’s basically a cold weapon battle like the ones in the past, except everyone involved has superpowers. They still have to fight in close combat with real blades and weapons. In the end, it all comes down to the quality of the troops.”

“Can some military experts analyze how both sides should deploy their forces?”

That was exactly what the leaders of every country urgently wanted to know. The moment the terrain map of Orenburg appeared in the sky, they immediately summoned the heads of their military departments, generals, military scholars, and other experts to analyze how the war might develop.

The result was a group of people sitting together and staring blankly at the map.

It was just a small city. How were they supposed to analyze an attack on it?

In the real world, they would have said that a few artillery shells would flatten the place.

But on this battlefield, the ones doing the fighting were a bunch of “superpowered individuals.”

No one knew what either side was capable of or what methods they possessed. How could anyone analyze the battle?

Since they couldn’t analyze it, they could only continue watching.

Very soon, they noticed that the small green dots inside the city were moving in an orderly fashion toward the four city walls.

“Such discipline. It seems the Chinese made thorough preparations before the battle!”

“They sent quite a few soldiers and even officers into the battlefield. They must be the ones giving orders.”

“Then it’ll be difficult to find a weakness in the Chinese deployment.”

“Wait, something’s wrong! Look at the distribution of the green dots. Why is there only one person heading to the south?”

“Isn’t the southern side the hardest to defend because the city gate has been destroyed? Why did China send only one person there?”

“Could that person be Liu Xuan...?”

“Even if it’s him, there’s no way he can fight several thousand people alone, right? Let’s treat this like a game. If every person contributes even a little damage, he’ll still be finished!”

“Isn’t this a good thing? The Chinese are getting overconfident! Liu Xuan has become arrogant!”

Even the Chinese, upon seeing that there was only one person stationed at the southern gate—the city’s greatest weakness—were shocked.

They had also guessed that the person must be Liu Xuan.

But no matter how powerful he was, there was no need for him to go alone.

Even if nothing else, wouldn’t it be much safer to bring along one or two hundred people?

What those outside failed to anticipate was that as the attackers gradually chose their starting positions, densely packed red dots began appearing outside Orenburg on the map.

And nearly all of those red dots were gathered outside the southern gate.

Only a small number of people, driven by an intense rebellious streak and unwilling to follow the main force, chose other directions.

This sent every country except China into a frenzy of delight.

“Was this a coincidence, or did they figure out what the Chinese were thinking?”

“Who cares? Right now, there’s only one defender at the southern gate, while the attackers have nearly thirty thousand people. Even if they were thirty thousand pigs charging forward together, Liu Xuan couldn’t possibly stop them!”

“We’ve already won!”

“I can’t even imagine how we could lose!”

“Haha, bring me my prized champagne! I’m celebrating!”

Countless people from other countries began celebrating prematurely. The clearest sign of this was the betting markets, where wagers on the attackers’ victory surged in an instant.

At that moment, inside Battlefield No. 2468 in China, Liu Xuan stood alone outside the southern gate.

To say he was completely alone was not quite accurate. An eagle spirit companion was constantly circling above his head.

However, it was not his own.

As the other participants on the battlefield increased their levels, some priests had gone on to change classes and become Eagle Spirit Shamans.

Unlike Liu Xuan, who had obtained only a single companion, these “authentic” shamans could have eagle spirit companions that mastered all kinds of skills.

Their companions could also remain in existence for long periods of time and even travel far away to carry out reconnaissance missions.

The one above Liu Xuan’s head possessed a skill called Eagle Eye Vision.

It could not only see across extremely long distances, but also reveal nearby units in stealth.

Zhang Meng had specifically assigned it to Liu Xuan.

At present, Liu Xuan still couldn’t see the attackers on the other side. A wall of fog separated the two sides, preventing either from seeing the other’s deployment.

Therefore, he had no idea that the number of attackers on the other side of the fog was rapidly increasing.

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Ikeda Masato looked at the increasingly numerous figures around him. His heart was pounding with excitement. He was only one final step away from making a name for himself.

“Everyone, I have an announcement!”

He raised both hands and shouted, “I hope everyone will lend me your strength! Apply every buff you have to me—especially the ones that increase damage output. The more, the better!”

The other hidden classes immediately objected. Why should they give their buffs to him?

Many powerful buffs had extremely long cooldowns.

And the stronger the buff, the longer the cooldown was likely to be. Some abilities even had cooldowns measured in days.

If they used everything on him, what would be left for them?

Chen Weijie was the first to stand up and oppose him. “Give them to you? Then tell us—why do you deserve to receive all those buffs?”

“Exactly. We’re not weak either.”

“My sustained damage is two thousand per second. Am I qualified?”

“Two thousand, and you actually have the nerve to speak up? Mine’s thirty-two hundred!”

Hearing these people reveal their damage output, Ikeda Masato said smugly, “For five seconds, I can guarantee that I won’t die, and I can deal at least fifty thousand damage. If I receive enough buffs, a hundred thousand isn’t impossible. If any of you can deal more damage than me, I’ll gladly give up this opportunity.

“Besides, Liu Xuan’s damage output is sure to be extremely high—very likely no lower than mine. That means this will probably come down to who can kill the other first. Whoever strikes first will have the advantage, and I can turn invisible.”

Chen Weijie frowned. His damage output was indeed lower than Ikeda Masato’s.

Although, when it came to the advantage of striking first, he felt that he was no weaker than Ikeda Masato.

As a hidden-class Sharpshooter, Chen Weijie’s attacks could reach a maximum distance of one kilometer!

But since his damage was inferior, he could only let Ikeda Masato make the first move.

“Then it’s settled.” Chen Weijie nodded. “If you can take down Liu Xuan, I don’t mind giving you the buff.”

“Don’t worry.” Ikeda Masato’s lips curled into a smile. “Wait for my good news.”