# Chapter 608: Smash 'em Baseball! (Bonus Chapter)
Among the group of over forty people, the leader was none other than Wang Zhan!
Right now, they were heading toward a dense forest of stone pillars.
"Haha, those cowards went to bully those two female instructors!"
"I bet they've already gotten the combo tickets by now?"
"Hmph, I wouldn't stoop to their level. What's so impressive about bullying women?"
"Exactly, exactly! Real men should do what real men do!"
As soon as those words left his mouth, everyone's gaze immediately turned to the burly crew-cut man. Their faces were filled with terror, and in an instant, they were three meters away from him!
The crew-cut man's smile froze. "Do what real men ought to do!"
Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
Wang Zhan rolled his eyes. "Everyone stay alert, okay? Did Nan Shen's lesson go in one ear and out the other?"
"Do you think someone who can keep up with Nan Shen and not fall behind is weak? Don't make the same mistake twice!"
The crowd looked at Wang Zhan with playful smiles.
"You're not scared of Nan Shen, are you? How could everyone possibly be as strong as that devil Nan Shen?"
"Exactly, we've both seen their profiles. No special long-range skills!"
"There are over twenty of us elemental attackers. As long as we keep our distance, we can blast them to death!"
Wang Zhan covered his face, his eyes filled with helplessness.
But just then, a crisp sound suddenly came from the grass!
Wang Zhan's expression tightened. "Careful! Something's wrong!"
Everyone immediately went on guard.
They slowly approached and parted the grass, and the forty-plus people instantly froze.
There, leaning against a tree, was a mountain of flesh. So fat that it looked like it had eaten some super fertilizer—if it tucked its arms and legs in, it could cosplay as a meat tank!
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Everyone shuddered violently.
"Damn! Who's this? Fat like a bear? I don't think this guy was in our batch, was he?"
"Must be around four hundred jin? If there's an earthquake and he gets trapped under a building, he could last a year without starving!"
"Wait! Blonde hair? Turtleneck sweater? Blue diamond earring? This is Xiang Zu?"
In an instant, everyone's brains buzzed. What happened to your face that could rival top A-list celebrities?
What the hell did you go through to end up looking like this steamed bun?
The girls in the team immediately looked disgusted. Their love was gone.
Nan Shen is still the coolest, the most awesome!
When Xiang Zu heard someone calling his name, his pupils immediately focused. He flailed his arms and legs wildly, scrambling backward in panic.
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"Don't come near me! Don't stab me!"
"Grandpas and grandmas! I was wrong! I'll build houses for you! I'll never eat honey again in this life!"
Wang Zhan was anxious. He grabbed Xiang Zu by the collar and slapped him twice. "Snap out of it! It's us!"
Xiang Zu froze, then immediately hugged Wang Zhan and burst into tears. "Ahhh—those bees are monsters! They stung me all swollen!"
"Jiangnan is a devil! He did it on purpose! I, Xiang Zu, will risk everything to make him pay!"
Everyone shuddered. What kind of brutal psychological torture had he endured to reduce that arrogant Xiang Zu to tears?
Wang Zhan's eyes darted around. "We'll fight Nan Shen sooner or later, but alone you probably can't handle it."
"Come with us! Let's take out those two tanks first, then we'll figure out how to deal with Nan Shen!"
Xiang Zu was no pushover. If he joined the team, Wang Zhan could copy his ability too.
Strong joined with strong! Combo tickets guaranteed!
Xiang Zu gritted his teeth and nodded.
The group continued marching toward the stone forest. Along the way, wood-element users kept trying to heal Xiang Zu.
But the effect was negligible. He still looked like a meat tank.
As soon as they entered the stone forest, everyone felt an eerie silence—you could hear a pin drop.
From a distance, they saw Wu Liang holding his Blood-Drinking Shield, standing beneath a stone pillar.
Everyone was stunned.
"He's waiting for us here? That arrogant?"
"A Gold Five tank without elemental attackers is nothing but a punching bag?"
"What are we waiting for? Hit him!"
Wang Zhan frowned. "Where's that Platinum-grade black bear? I have a bad feeling."
Xiang Zu sneered. "Let me get close, and one Collapse will be enough."
Just then, Wu Liang twisted his neck and let out a roar!
"Rip!" His clothes burst.
His figure suddenly transformed into a massive black bear twenty-five meters tall!
Wang Zhan swallowed hard and quickly stepped forward to touch Xiang Zu, copying his ability.
At that moment, Wu Liang roared: "Bear King Shield!"
The enormous Bear King Shield attached itself to the Blood-Drinking Shield, granting the entire Bear King Shield a blood-drinking effect!
"Golden Bell Cover! Thorn Armor!"
Wu Liang's bear fur shimmered with golden light.
Then another roar!
"Come at Me!"
A red light flashed across his massive bear body. Wang Zhan and the others who had just entered the stone forest all had red eyes!
"Ahhh! Kill him!"
"So arrogant! I just can't stand looking at you! Charge!"
They went berserk, charging at Wu Liang and hurling spirit skills wildly.
Instantly, the Bear King Shield rang out with clanging sounds. The absorbed vibration fed back as stamina, flushing Wu Liang's bear face red.
But as they attacked, everyone was shocked!
What the hell kind of terrifying defense was this? Hitting him felt like hitting refined steel!
How could he take so much damage?
This wasn't a tank—this was a war fortress!
But that was only part of it. Thanks to the Thorn Armor effect, most of the damage dealt to Wu Liang was reflected back!
One by one, they vomited blood from the recoil, yet under the taunt "Come at Me," they still frantically attacked.
"Killing a thousand enemies while losing eight hundred"—that was exactly what was happening.
The trainees were losing their minds. So this was how a tank could fight?
So what if the skills were shown to them?
Bear King Shield, Golden Bell Cover, Thorn Armor, Come at Me—Wu Liang had already formed his own system.
The truth was, a tank wasn't just about taking hits.
If they kept this up, no one knew who would fall first.
Just then, Xiang Zu and Wang Zhan exchanged glances and charged at Wu Liang recklessly!
"Break his Bear King Shield!"
The two pressed their hands down: "Collapse!"
Two streams of Collapse force instantly shattered the Bear King Shield into specks of light.
Although they were vomiting blood from the recoil, Wu Liang was forced back, stumbling until he slammed into a stone pillar behind him.
"His shield's gone! Now's our chance! Hit him!"
But at that moment, Wu Liang grinned. "Little bro! They're in!"
Those words made everyone freeze. What the hell do you mean "they're in"?
Just then, on top of the stone pillars in the forest, suddenly over two hundred four-armed mandrills stood up!
Each one was over twenty meters tall, solidly Gold rank!
Many of them had bruised and swollen faces.
On the central pillar stood a Platinum-grade four-armed mandrill with blood gushing from its nose.
Xiong Er was sitting cross-legged on its shoulder, grinning.
"Sorry, but you're surrounded."
Right then, Wang Zhan and the others turned green.
What the hell were over two hundred four-armed mandrills doing here? And why were they listening to this bear?
They'd been hiding on top of the stone pillars from the start! Wu Liang lured us in, and now they spring the trap?
Damn! How vicious could you be?
And this was supposed to be a spirit beast?
Xiong Er patted the mandrill king's shoulder. "Hm-hm hoo!"
*(Little bro, learn from me. I'll teach your clan a fun game!)*
The mandrill king's big eyes held both fear and excitement.
"Hoo hoo?"
*(What game?)*
Xiong Er grinned. "Smash 'em baseball!"
With that, Xiong Er leaped down from the shoulder.
Mid-air, his clothes tore apart. His bear body swelled to thirty meters!
The Platinum-grade Xiong Er was enormous!
The moment he landed, the entire stone forest shook!
Before the group could react, Xiong Er reached out, pulled up a stone pillar from the forest, and gripped it in his bear paw!
"Big bro! Serve!"
Wu Liang laughed heartily. He turned and pulled up another stone pillar, holding it in his hand.
"Come at Me!"
A red flash ran across his body. This time, he didn't choose group taunt but targeted a beast-transformed tank!
The tank's eyes reddened. He leaped into the air and charged at Wu Liang as if his life depended on it.
Wu Liang's eyes widened. With a deafening whoosh, he swung the forty-to-fifty-meter stone pillar horizontally at the beast-transformed tank!
"Boom!"
The beast-transformed tank, who had jumped into the air, was smacked square in the face by the massive stone pillar.
He was knocked senseless, spewed a mouthful of old blood, and flew like a cannonball toward Xiong Er!
Xiong Er's face lit up with excitement. "Big bro! Good shot!"
He swung his own pillar, and the flying tank was batted back toward Wu Liang!
At that moment, Wang Zhan and Xiang Zu were dumbfounded.
You can't play like this!
"Smash 'em baseball" my ass!
You meant to say "Smash 'em basketball," didn't you?
But basketball is basketball! Baseball is baseball!
Did you misunderstand something here?
How did you even learn this? And it talks! Plus, it speaks a foreign language—and got it wrong!
Even if you're not human, you sure are sneaky!
Think about the ball's feelings for once, okay!
Human baseball, huh?
At that moment, the four-armed mandrill king's eyes lit up with excitement.
"Hoo ha hoo!"
*(This is way too fun!)*
The two hundred mandrills began pounding their chests in excitement, their roars echoing endlessly!
*(Boss! We want to play Smash 'em Baseball too!)*
*(I think I've got it already!)*
*(Big bro knows so much!)*
In an instant, the two hundred mandrills jumped down, pulling out forty-to-fifty-meter stone pillars. With four arms, they held two pillars each!
They surrounded Wang Zhan, Xiang Zu, and the others with sheer excitement.
Looking at the mandrills' eager gazes...
Xiang Zu's face turned pale. He shuddered violently.
This... isn't this game over?