Chapter 1445: Chapter 1445

1445: Chapter 1441 War Player 1445: Chapter 1441 War Player “Slap!”

Like Lulu that day, Lu Ping’an started the game by planting the War Flag.

A black aura radiated rapidly from him as its core.

This was no mere coincidence but the manifestation of the Command Tower embedded in this land.

The foundation of ability use is a “medium” or, in other words, a “target.”

“How come the range is so wide…”

Muttering in surprise was Lu Ping’an himself, the one using the ability.

Within the range of his Eye of Truth, even allied scouts tens of kilometers away were marked as friendly forces.

“Still, as expected, the buffs are nearly gone…”

Lu Ping’an, a fifth-tier Soldier with the Career Ability of Reverse Silver War Child, could provide his warriors with some powerful support abilities in the form of auras.

In reality, it was at this stage that the Soldier Profession truly began to rise, only mid to high-tier War Commanders could offer substantial buffs to their warriors.

However, for the sake of Advancement, Lu Ping’an had washed away this part of his abilities with the Spring of Evolution because, in the new design blueprint, these “Attack Auras” were already rendered ineffective.

“Using the ability in a different way is indeed completely different.”

In Lu Ping’an’s “eye,” those warriors blessed by the “War Game” seemed no different; they were simply marked one by one as “red allies” in this War Game.

What surprised Lu Ping’an was the “range” of the ability this time—it was at least tenfold compared to before.

This was not just a matter of tier difference but, more importantly, the manner in which the ability was used.

Most War Commanders, like Lu Ping’an before, would directly bestow buffs onto their warriors, facilitating the granting of various abilities.

But now, when Lu Ping’an launched his “War Game,” the target of the ability was not the warriors themselves but the ground beneath them, the battlefield itself.

“Everyone outside our ranks is an enemy…”

This was clearly inspired by the Lover of Chess, viewing war as a chess game and applying abilities to the war space, not individual warriors, which naturally reduced the scope of the ability and allowed for more effective use of energy.

At this moment, the soldiers under Lu Ping’an’s influence faintly felt a deep sense of revulsion for the “kin” before them.

This was a “Hostility Marker,” a basic ability from the Gardener series, also integrated by Lu Ping’an into his own War Game.

[Killing Reward, lv0, Current Kill Count: 0]

At this moment, eerie marks appeared above opponents’ heads, assigning marks based on their strength and number of kills.

[War Player (Lower Golden Soldier Profession)]

[War Game (Mid-Level Golden): Declaring the start of a war, this is a war game where life is the chess pieces…]

Just the appearance of these eerie marks alone heightened the intensity of the battling Insect Swarm on the battlefield.

Warriors, especially from battlefields in the age of cold weapons, knew that the most challenging thing was distinguishing friend from foe and maintaining direction; amid the chaos, legions lacking organization could only instinctively charge towards a direction remembered from memory.

Once chaos took hold or someone paused, the injuries caused by stampedes and faction confusion could easily exceed actual combat fatalities.

It was a helpless act born from the chaos on the battlefield—when you were engulfed in combat and unable to accurately discern the situation, it was simpler to just charge towards the direction indicated by the flag, treating anyone in your path as the enemy.

In a certain sense, being able to resolve this issue was another core ability of the Soldier Path: the “Battlefield Intuition” system…

but clearly, using it to equip each basic Soldier was too extravagant.

Now, as only our side could see the designated marker, when faced with opponents that instinctively felt repulsive, the efficiency of slaughter increased visibly to the naked eye.

Lu Ping’an did not provide a boost in strength, to be precise, once he chose to influence the battlefield with the “War Chessboard,” he could no longer directly bestow a power boost.

But when a large beetle marked with [Kill Reward LV1] got torn apart, the terrifying aspect of Lu Ping’an’s “War Game” became apparent.

At the place where the unfortunate creature died, a black egg-shaped object appeared, and when our warriors curiously touched it,

A black beetle Magic Monster crawled out.

It “recognized its master” for the first time, establishing a “Magic Pet connection,” and the next moment, instinctively attacked the other marked opponents.

And the Bug Clan member who stumbled upon this treasure also acquired a beetle-shaped black mark, which served not only as a Magic Pet control mark but also as his “storage space.”

This was definitely a “Shadow Wraith Creature,” but it surpassed the previous purely “Life residual,” and was indeed a true “Life form”…

“Kill, as long as you continue to kill, the victor will gain everything.”

In Lu Ping’an’s eyes, war was a gamble with “Life” as the stakes, where the victor could gain everything.

Thus, when he once again acted in accordance with his Conqueror rules, it evolved into the current “War Game” rules.

This time, one of our warriors successfully killed ten Lv0 slaughter targets, and suddenly, a treasure chest appeared in front of him.

The treasure chest opened automatically, and a black Demon Sword appeared.

Since it was a game, defeating monsters meant leveling up, bursting with equipment, and dropping Magic Pets.

The eerie Demon Sword, once grasped, revealed a gaping, serrated mouth, and bit its new owner while simultaneously establishing a bloodline connection.

Lu Ping’an’s “Benefactor” and “Life Investment (Weapon Investment)” ability, particularly the traits of the seventh-tier Gardener, allowed him to effortlessly blur the line between life and death…

he could turn inanimate objects into living ones, and naturally, living things into half-dead, half-living “Weapons.”

“Kill, whether it is strength, weapons, or companions, as long as you take enough lives from your opponents, you can all possess them…”

Lu Ping’an’s numerous “Profession Modules” provided enough space for tinkering, and when this “semi-finished” War Player appeared, even he could not comprehend how strong it actually was.

But as the bloody battle raged, in just over a dozen minutes, the situation of the war completely reversed.

When one side could only kill at a loss, while the other continuously gained “Weapons and Equipment,” “Magic Pets,” “Blood Tonics,” and “Attribute-enhancing Medicines” from the slaughter…

even if players and their panels were the same, it was inevitable that the player would achieve the final victory.

[A glorious victory…]

But when the ability prompt indicated that our side had won, Lu Ping’an hadn’t yet snapped back to reality.

I haven’t finished collecting my data?”

What was originally an even battlefield, with the Awakened Swarm even at a disadvantage, was directly and completely reversed after someone joined.

There seemed to be no direct power buffs, but one side had supplies, could upgrade and wear equipment, which directly overturned the strength balance and greatly enhanced our side’s combat morale and enthusiasm.

Rule-level and above “War Commanders”…

but perhaps the war prowess truly displayed would not be weaker than that of a common eighth-tier Commander.