Genshin Impact: I am best at sacrifice, don't cry

Just as Nan Dou had expected, the group of reserve recruits were not sent to the most brutal frontal battlefield.

Walking through the forest, the lush trees blocked most of the sunlight, leaving only a few spots of light. The roads along the way had already been opened up by the advancing team, which relieved the tension of the new recruits a lot.

There is no greater sense of security than walking on the path that our predecessors have walked.

The smell of blood gradually became stronger, and the breath of danger became stronger.

"Prepare for battle!"

Hearing Chang Yan's shout, the somewhat nervous recruits quickly formed a formation.

"#@￥%……&#"

The roars of various creatures suddenly came from the dark forest, including some human voices.

Nan Dou narrowed his eyes and stared at the direction where the sound came from.

In an instant, the earth shook, and dozens of monsters, beasts, humans and other enemies of different races, all wrapped in a layer of black energy, rushed towards the fully armed team of reserve recruits like crazy.

"The energy in them is so familiar..."

Without giving Nan Dou much time to think, the two sides collided with each other.

"Puff! Puff! Puff!"

The humans who formed a battle formation raised their shields and stood up at the same time, stabbing out with their spears at incredible speed.

The sharp and heavy spear was unstoppable and pierced the enemy's body with ease.

"town!"

Nan Dou, the team leader, gave the order calmly. The entire team of ten people was like a precision instrument. The moment they heard the bright sound, they slammed the shields in their left hands heavily on the ground.

The formation engraved on the special shield was activated in the resonance, and a strong shock came in front of the team, causing the subsequent enemies who pounced on them to lose their balance.

What you need to do next is much simpler. Raise the gun and stab with force.

The battle was over quickly. Apart from a few orders issued by the team leader Nan Dou, there was no communication at all. The tacit understanding developed over a year made it very easy to deal with such a small scene.

The battle was over, but Nan Dou became even more curious.

Normally, the Demon War is actually each demon god leading the humans and monsters who follow him to conquer each other. This is why Nan Dou was not surprised when humans appeared in the battle just now.

After all, during that previous intervention of fate when he participated in the Demon War, hostile humans were not uncommon.

But there was something obviously wrong with those enemies just now. They looked like irrational zombies that had no fear of death.

While Nan Dou was carefully observing the enemy's corpse, Chang Yan also took in the performance of everyone in the battle just now.

There were not many enemies we encountered just now. Only the first few teams participated in the battle. Among these teams, two teams had injured people.

The reason was that one of the team leaders did not grasp the timing of his command accurately, and the other did not follow the team leader's command in a timely manner.

"Now I can tell you about the enemy we are fighting this time."

Chang Yan took out a bag and sprinkled some powder on the corpses that had just been killed by the group.

"Zi La! Zi La!"

Just like encountering boiling hot oil, the dead bodies quickly dissolved and a wisp of black smoke quietly disappeared.

"After killing a puppet controlled by the Abyss Consciousness, it must be purified as soon as possible, otherwise the remaining Abyss energy will gather together and cause endless harm!"

Upon hearing this, Nan Dou and others took out the special powder they had prepared before setting out and used it to purify the enemies they had just killed.

"That damn Abyss Will is hiding too deep. It always sneaks out when the demons are busy attacking each other. So not long ago, Lord Morax united with other demons to fight against the Abyss Will and wipe out the forces of the Abyss Will."

"Keep moving forward. Our mission is to clear out any fish that have slipped through the net on the front battlefield."

"..."

Chang Yan didn't say much and commanded the team to continue moving forward. But this time, the tension in the recruits' hearts was mostly dissipated.

Nan Dou became more and more curious, what exactly is the abyss will of this world?

You have to know that in his world line, including the game, the abyss itself is just a place, and there is no such existence as an autonomous consciousness.

There is another question. If the Will of the Abyss exists, does Sky Island still exist?

If so, why didn't you take action to resolve the Will of the Abyss, or does Sky Island not exist in this world?

More and more questions gradually emerged in Nan Dou's mind, but he believed that these questions would soon be answered.

As the team continued to move forward, they encountered several waves of scattered enemies. In order to give each team a chance to fight, Chang Yan kept adjusting the team's formation. Nan Dou and his team, which were originally in the front, gradually ran to the back.

For some reason, the deep power that those enemies carry always makes Nan Dou feel restless.

That kind of abyss power is different from what Nan Dou felt from the abyss mages and abyss apostles in his own world. It is impure, contains a lot of negative power, and is extremely aggressive.

However, when Nan Dou thought that those powers of the abyss all came from the will of the abyss, he was no longer surprised.

"With so many world lines, it's normal for a big villain to appear. I just don't know if the main body of the will of the abyss will be like a puddle of mud."

"Also, I don't know if Xiao and his friends exist in this world. I'm really looking forward to what will happen next."

"..."

"A strong enemy is coming, form a military formation!"

Just as Nan Dou's thoughts were distracted, a loud shout suddenly came from the front. Subconsciously, Nan Dou followed all the other reserve recruits and gathered together to form a military formation of a thousand people.

This time, the person giving orders became Chang Yan.

"Shou!"

Under Chang Yan's command, everyone put their shields in front of them at the same time. With Chang Yan, the person in charge of the formation, leading the way, a translucent khaki-colored phantom shield appeared in front of the team.

"Boom!"

A thick black shadow swept through dozens of tall trees, and then smashed onto the illusory shield without any pause.

The huge impact force caused the shields in some people's hands to fly out of their hands, and the illusory shields formed by the formation also began to crack.

The veins on Chang Yan's face bulged under the huge pressure. Almost at the moment of the impact, he decisively ordered: "Stab!"

When many recruits whose shields had fallen off their hands heard the order, they thrust out their spears almost instinctively.

In an instant, thousands of spears turned into shadows and stabbed fiercely into the attacker's body.

“Ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-dang-dang!”

But all I could hear was the sound of metal colliding against hard objects.

At this time, Nan Dou also saw clearly what the enemy that attacked their team looked like. It was a huge snake monster with black scales and a body length of nearly thirty meters. After being eroded by the energy of the abyss, its eyes were glowing with a blood-thirsty purple light.

In comparison, the giant snake monster is not as completely irrational as the several waves of enemies that Nan Dou encountered before. It gives Nan Dou the feeling of a monster with pure desire for destruction.

"Oh no! This monster is at the demon level! We must make them retreat!"

Chang Yan had a plan in his mind the moment he organized the battle formation to block the giant snake.

Deserting from the battlefield is a taboo, but that is for the official Qianyan Army. Those around him are just reserve soldiers who have not passed the test yet.

Moreover, as long as the front line is not endangered, if you encounter a strong enemy that you cannot confront head-on, you will not be punished for choosing to retreat and preserve your manpower.

Chang Yan's own strength is at the half-step demon god level. He knows how powerful a real demon god is. Half a step away is an insurmountable chasm.

"Everyone, listen up. Retreat to the southwest. Do not hesitate. Violators will be punished by military law!!!"