Chapter 4: Bloody Battle

  "Damn it! The first wave of soldiers hasn't even finished fighting yet, and you've already given away First Blood?!"

  "What the ****! Is this what they call a DOTA gaming god? Screwed me over!"

  "Blonde kid, now you know the severity of it? Or as I said earlier, you'd better listen to orders and stay in the base obediently. Otherwise, you should be very clear about the serious consequences!"

  With the birth of a blood, almost at the same moment, Su Hong's left chest heart tattoo slightly warmed up, and then three angry curses came from his ear, it seems that on this ancient battlefield, teammates can still communicate in time through tattoos. The three rough men were clearly very dissatisfied with the yellow-haired non-mainstream youth sending out a blood.

  In DOTA, there is a reward mechanism where the hero who gets the first kill in each game will receive an additional 200 gold coins on top of the normal gold income. This means that whoever gets the "first blood" will instantly gain over 400 gold coins and experience a surge in hero experience. In the early stages of the game, this is a significant advantage.

  So, Huang Fa's unconventional youth was defeated so quickly, which is quite unfavorable for Tianhui's side. No wonder people like Cu Huo were furious and frustrated.

  "What's going on? Didn't you say you were playing well, how did you lose a life so quickly?" Su Hong asked as he walked over, feeling somewhat unhappy but not blaming the other person.

  "This isn't a game! This is not a game at all!" The blond-haired non-mainstream youth had been thoroughly frightened, repeating the same few sentences over and over again, completely devoid of any logical reasoning.

  Seeing the other person like this, Su Hong's eyes flashed with a hint of helplessness, and he didn't bother to ask anything else. After buying a pair of speed boots and a large medicine bottle that could restore life in the store, he turned around and left, rushing towards the battlefield below.

  "Don't go out, you'll die!" The blond-haired young man seemed to have regained some of his sanity and shouted loudly from behind. He was the first one to rush onto the battlefield earlier, but now it seemed that he didn't even have the guts to leave his own base again. His behavior before and after showed a huge contrast, clearly having received some severe stimulation.

  "Perhaps!" Su Hong's heart skipped a beat, but he didn't hesitate and rushed out quickly. As he said before, he didn't want to entrust his fate to others, nor did he want to be ruthlessly killed by that unknown ruler in a daze.

  Su Hong, disguised as a silent warrior, rushed to the battlefield along the lower road. Along the way were lush trees and green grass, occasionally seeing one or two wildflowers swaying in the grass, emitting fragrance, and the natural environment was very beautiful. However, as he got closer to the battlefield, the bloody smell in the air became more and more intense, destroying all the good atmosphere.

  "Hooray!!"

  "Bang! Bang! Bang!!!"

  Inhuman howls echoed incessantly, and the intense battle grew more ferocious. On the battlefield where the two armies clashed, several Treefolk soldiers swung their massive branch-like arms, pounding the Corpse Eater soldiers in front of them. The ugly and vicious Corpse Eaters refused to back down, swiftly pouncing forward, taking to the air, and swiping at the Treefolk soldiers' heads with their sharp bone claws. Behind them, the Aerial Dragoon mages from the Dawnlight faction and the Undead mages from the Nightmares faction provided long-range support, unleashing one terrifying magic orb after another that exploded on the enemy troops.

  "Hmph! Hmph! Hmph!!!"

  A treant soldier was covered in wounds, with a gurgling green blood flowing from the thick trunk, and finally collapsed to the ground. The ghoul soldier who had successfully killed its opponent didn't fare much better, already heavily injured, it hadn't even had time to react before being smashed into a pile of bloody flesh by another treant soldier rushing over to support, swinging its massive tree-like arms, splashing black polluted blood with a foul odor everywhere, the bloodiness reaching an extreme.

  "Kill! Kill! Kill!"

  The dark knight who had transformed from the burly man that rushed to the battlefield early on was now bloodshot, with a ferocious and sinister expression, continuously shouting in anger, drawing his bow and shooting arrows, striking down one after another of the corpse-eating ghost soldiers. At this moment, he was like a bloody man, covered in wounds all over his body. Behind him not far away, the glasses-wearing man who had transformed into the Earth-Shaking Divine Bull carried the Totem Pole on his shoulders, constantly scanning the surroundings of the battlefield with a serious and cautious expression, always on high alert for sneak attacks from enemy heroes.

  Witnessing this extremely bloody and cruel scene, Su Hong's body shook violently. He finally understood why that non-mainstream youth was scared to that extent. Everything on this battlefield was too real and bloody. This was not a game, but a real battlefield!

  Although this ancient relic battlefield is a true reflection of the DOTA game, when you actually put yourself on the battlefield, you will be shocked to discover that many of the game's rules are no longer applicable here. At least the bloody and gruesome corpses scattered all over the ground, as well as the brutal and intense real battles, are not something ordinary people can endure.

  Just as that rough and tumble big man said earlier, on such a bloody and cruel battlefield, no matter if you are a DOTA game god or a top-notch DOTA professional player, if you can't overcome the fear in your heart, everything is useless. And that yellow-haired non-mainstream fashion young man who has been thoroughly scared out of his wits is the best example.

  Wow!

  Su Hong bent down, and this extremely bloody and cruel battlefield stimulated his stomach to churn violently, feeling very uncomfortable, wanting to vomit. But thinking of something, he stubbornly straightened his back, forcing himself to swallow the thing that had already risen to his throat.

  "Live! You must live and come back!"

  Thinking of his old mother who was about to be hospitalized for surgery, and thinking of his wronged and depressed father, Su Hong's expression gradually returned to normal, and he became extremely resolute. He still had many unfulfilled wishes, and he didn't want to be ruthlessly killed without a fight. No matter what, he would do his best to struggle and survive.

  Taking a deep breath, Su Hongqiang suppressed the panic and fear in his heart. After careful consideration, he did not rush to the front line of the battlefield, but instead retreated several steps and walked towards the direction of the wild area.

  He did so not out of fear, but because he had his own considerations. Previously, he had wasted too much time in the base and now only had level one, without even a bit of experience. Moreover, the Silent Assassin he chose was an intelligence-type hero with a pitiful initial health point of 473 at level one. If he were to expose himself on the battlefield, it's likely that he would be easily killed by the enemy heroes. Therefore, as a precautionary measure, he decided to pull a few waves of wild monsters first to upgrade his hero's basic attributes and level before proceeding.

  Su Hong first hid in the dense forest for a while, estimating that his own Tree People's army line was about to arrive. He then rushed out and quickly walked towards the nearest neutral monster point in the wild area closest to their defensive tower. With a swing of his magic sword, a cross-shaped wind blade shot out and flew towards the nearby neutral monster.

  "Hoo-ah!"

  The neutral creature's nest suddenly exploded, and the head wolf that was hit by the crosswind blade let out a loud roar and rushed out. Its massive body was like a small mountain, with its fur standing upright and shining with silver light. Adding to its intimidating appearance were its large bloody mouth and sharp teeth, which gave people a great sense of dread. Not to mention that behind it followed two gray wolves that were not much smaller in size, their eyes flashing with ferocious wildness.

  At this sight, Su Hong's scalp suddenly felt a bit numb, but fortunately he was now able to overcome the fear in his heart, and his legs didn't go soft. He turned around and ran away. Since he had estimated the time accurately, when he rushed out of the dense forest, a team of Tianhui's Tree People Battalion happened to be hurrying over. Upon seeing the giant wolves chasing their own hero, they immediately came to support him and quickly blocked the three giant wolves.

  Su Hong let out a slight breath of relief, fortunately, in this real-life projection of the ancient battlefield of DOTA, some of the game's settings and rules were still preserved, otherwise, just these three giant wolves would not be something he could handle at present.

  Seeing the three-headed giant wolf surrounded by four Tree People soldiers, Su Hong also seized the opportunity to turn around, standing at a relatively safe distance, waving his magic sword and unleashing a series of cross-shaped wind blades, fiercely striking the already heavily injured lead wolf.

  "Health points 100... 70... 30..., it's now!"

  Su Hong, who had been closely monitoring the giant wolf's blood volume, seized the opportunity to rush forward and struck a fatal blow with his sword, just before a Tree Person soldier could react. In the game of DOTA, whether it is a neutral creature or an enemy minion, only when your hero delivers the final fatal blow can you maximize the benefits, not only gaining a large amount of experience but also receiving a certain amount of gold reward. On this real-life battlefield in the ancient ruins, although many things have been turned upside down, these basic game mechanics should not have changed much.

  As expected, just as Su Hong had guessed, with the giant wolf's collapse, through the Blood Tattoo, he was delighted to see his heroic experience suddenly increase by a large margin, because it was he who gave the final fatal blow. , and also got an extra reward of 107 gold coins for killing this giant wolf.

  As for the remaining two gray wolves, after the death of the leader wolf, they suddenly lost their will to fight. However, it only took a short while before they were successively killed off. This time, Su Hong wasn't as lucky as he was before. Although he remained fully focused and wanted to seize the opportunity to land the final blow, in the end, he only managed to obtain the extra gold coin reward from one of the gray wolves. The remaining other gray wolf was harvested by the Druid mage, Meng Yin, using a magic ball.

  Su Hong felt slightly displeased, glaring at the innocent-looking Druid Derui for a moment. However, thinking that despite his lifelike appearance, he was still an NPC after all, Su Hong couldn't help but laugh dryly and let it go.

  But just as they were about to meet, because a group of Tree People soldiers had disappeared for a long time, the bespectacled man who was hiding behind them finally noticed that something was wrong. When he turned around and saw Su Hong, who had already leveled up to level 2, he was immediately stunned, his face expressionless, looking incredibly wonderful.

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