Full health is the kill threshold, no matter if you're a god or a demon!

The ratman overseer standing beside the core suddenly raised his head, a hint of surprise flashing in his scarlet eyes. He brandished his chain mace and let out a sharp roar: "First team, second team! Follow me downstream! The rest of you, hold the camp! Stay alert!"

Wu Zhan and Liu Nian exchanged a glance, never expecting such an unexpected turn of events.

This ratman overseer is a diligent rat; he actually intends to go and investigate himself!

That would be perfect!

Their primary task is to destroy the plague steam core established by the Skaven!

They watched as more than twenty ratman warriors, led by the overseer, rushed chaotically downstream.

The camp's defenses were significantly weakened, and the warlord had not made proper arrangements for the camp before leaving, leaving it in a state of chaos.

This also fits the racial characteristics of the ratmen. Thus, in this chaotic situation, Liu Nian and Wu Zhan sneaked into the camp.

Wu Zhan didn't stand on ceremony and threw three grenades directly into the hole.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three muffled thuds followed, and the ground collapsed.

The sudden explosion threw the remaining ratmen into a panic, drawing most of their attention to the collapsed passage.

Meanwhile, Liu Nian had already reached the steam core. He looked up at the massive device that was constantly emitting muffled "gurgling" sounds. A pungent smell emanated from it, and dark green boiling toxic water kept overflowing from the sphere, dripping down with a strong corrosive effect, leaving traces of corrosion on the rough metal base and pipes.

Without delay, Liu Nian placed the two bundles of high explosive charges directly at the weakest connection point of the rough metal base of the Plague Steam Core.

He swiftly lit the fuse, and immediately used Shadow Strike to lock onto a ratman, instantly escaping the core area.

Before the mark of Heartsteel could even light up on the ratman's body, he was killed with a single punch.

As the surrounding ratmen were still in shock, suddenly—

Boom! Boom—!!!

Two more deafening explosions! Blinding flames and violent shockwaves suddenly spread outwards!

What followed was a deluge of dark green venom raining down from the sky!

The massive metal base twisted and deformed with a deafening roar, and several thick pipes supporting the spherical core snapped, emitting a sickening metallic tearing sound.

After losing its support, the spherical core, which was constantly spewing out dark green steam, tilted violently, and its surface was instantly covered with spider web-like cracks. Boiling venom inside gushed out of the cracks like a burst dam!

"The core! The core is destroyed!"

"We're doomed! The warlord will kill us!"

"It's those two-legged sheep! They're coming in!"

"Kill them!"

"Kill them quickly! Don't let them escape!"

The remaining ratman warriors finally discovered the culprit and let out angry and terrified screams, surging towards Liu Nian and Wu Zhan from all directions.

Faced with the surging tide of ratmen, Liu Nian's eyes were cold. Instead of retreating, he curled his lips into a cruel smile.

With a thought, he activated the epic-level item.

The "Mirror" 3000 self-replicating robot was thrown out and quickly unfolded upon landing, emitting a subtle scanning beam that enveloped Liu Nian.

In just three seconds, a mirror image that was exactly the same as Liu Nian's current state, equipment, and appearance appeared next to him!

"Go," Liu Nian gave a simple instruction to the mirror image.

The next moment, the mirror image, like a tiger unleashed, unleashed the same ferocious momentum as Liu Nian, directly activating [Unstoppable Force] and crashing into the most densely packed area of ​​the rat horde!

boom!

-4988 -4888! -5122! -4671!

A group of rat-men were knocked over and thrown to the ground!

After the mirror image landed, it threw out both fists at the same time, and the "Duang" sound of the Heart Steel rose and fell. Although it could not stack layers, the terrifying damage was real!

It perfectly replicated Liu Nian's combat style, unleashing a bloodbath among the rat horde.

At the same time, Liu Nian's main body also moved.

He was like a tiger among sheep, his basic attacks were as hard as steel, and he took down Jerry with every punch!

Use Soul Drain Strike as soon as it's off cooldown, or finish off enemies without leaving any survivors!

Wu Zhan, wielding a longsword, moved along the edge, his cunning swordsmanship combined with the occasional grenades he threw, leaving the ratmen with little way to deal with him for the time being.

The camp was in complete chaos. The ratman warriors tried to organize a counterattack, but their formation was broken up by a large number of panicked laborers running around in all directions.

Here it is worth mentioning that, unlike human players, there are laborers among the ratmen, whose status is similar to that of slaves. They are only responsible for working all day and are not allowed to participate in combat or share the spoils of war.

Screams, explosions, the clanging of metal, and the dying howls of the ratmen filled the air.

Liu Nian and his mirror image were like two whirlwinds of death. Wherever they passed, the ratmen fell in droves like harvested wheat. Experience points and various attribute upgrade notifications flooded Liu Nian's mind.

[Heart of Steel activated! Health +39...]

[Soul Drain Strike damage +10...]

[Hellish Curse in effect! Armor and spell power +1...]

[Experience points +6542...]

[Level upgraded to Level 13!]

[Level upgraded to Level 14!]

……

Just as Liu Nian and Mirror Image were sweeping away the remaining enemies in the camp like two whirlwinds of death, the ratman overseer who had just led his team halfway received an urgent communication that the core had been destroyed.

"Squeak—!! We've fallen for their trap!!"

It instantly understood, let out a series of furious roars, and immediately led its elite guards on a frantic retreat.

When it rushed back to the camp entrance with a menacing aura, it was met with the sight of the plague core being completely destroyed.

The painstakingly built outpost was reduced to ruins, the corpses of laborers and soldiers were everywhere, and the surviving ratmen scurried around in despair like ants on a hot plate.

Amidst the chaos, the first thing it saw was the human warrior, Wu Zhan, who was intercepting and killing the fleeing ratmen on the outskirts!

"Damn two-legged sheep! I'll kill you first!!" Hatred surged into his heart instantly, the ratman overlord's eyes turned bloodshot, his reason overwhelmed by violent killing intent.

It didn't even wait to clear the routed soldiers blocking the passage. It roared and swung its huge chain hammer, like a human battering ram, smashing open a bloody path and stepping over the corpses of its own kind to rush straight at Wu Zhan!

Wu Zhan had just finished off two ratman warriors with [Whirlwind Slash] when he felt a gust of evil wind rushing towards him! He reacted extremely quickly, almost instinctively raising his shield to block.

boom!!!

The chain hammer slammed into the shield with a deafening roar!

The immense force sent Wu Zhan flying backward several meters as if he'd been struck by a bull, a shocking damage number appearing above his head:

-688!

The absolute dominance of level was on full display at this moment; a casual strike from the Ratman Warlord caused massive damage!

If he hadn't been so experienced and skilled, raising his shield in time, that hammer blow would probably have killed him instantly!

"Squeak! Let's see how many hits you can take!" The ratman overlord pressed his advantage, swinging his chain hammer again, bringing it down with a devastating whoosh.

Its elite ratman guards seized the opportunity to surround it, their claws and blades attacking Wu Zhan from all directions.