My Misfortune Crushed Instances-Chapter 254: Rewards on the Run

The name of the middle route is Kaiping Road, a wide and flat avenue, and it’s also the main path for the Demon Beast army to transport supplies.

If the camp can exist long-term and block this road, it would greatly hinder the efficiency of enemy supply transportation, but unfortunately, it cannot be blocked.

This place can only serve as a temporary base for the surprise attack troops. Once discovered by the enemy, it will become a target for encirclement, leading to the annihilation of the entire army. Moreover, the Liangting army came here for a surprise attack, lacking a supply line itself, it’s a one-time deal; regardless of success or failure, they have to leave after the attack.

At this moment, Li Rui is following the central army, moving at a fast pace.

Although it’s a feigned attack, one cannot slack off. To attract the enemy’s main force, it must seem somewhat threatening. A suddenly appearing army is certainly considered a threat.

As the recruited cultivators, Li Rui and others are responsible for reconnaissance tasks.

Chang Fei respects him greatly, without directly issuing orders, instead asking, "Brother Li, we need to stop and rest now, and send people ahead to clear out enemy scouts, can you...?"

[Side Mission: Reconnaissance.]

[Mission Objective: Explore ahead, search for enemy scouts.]

[Mission Rewards: 1. 20000 XP per scout killed, x2 random quality consumable items, x1 random quality enhancement material. 2. 35000 XP per scout captured alive, +1 free attribute point, x2 random quality consumable items.]

Capturing alive is much more difficult than killing, so the rewards are naturally higher.

"Of course, Brother Chang, you’re too polite, just assign the tasks, no need to be courteous." Li Rui immediately agreed.

From this moment, Zhao Jia gradually realized that the situation was getting out of control.

Normally, reconnaissance tasks are forcibly assigned, exploring a certain direction and then reporting enemy situations, earning tens of thousands of XP, a small amount of items and materials as rewards.

But now, perhaps due to Chang Fei’s uneasy request, the task rewards have changed.

Free attribute point!

Although at high levels, everyone’s equipment has some color, at least it’s of excellent quality, with gradually more attribute points added.

But the attribute points given by tasks are still important; the gap between people is gradually widened like this.

Again, networking plays a role! If it weren’t for Li Rui and Ning Huchen being closely related, Chang Fei certainly wouldn’t be this polite.

Zhao Jia muttered, "If we can catch three or five scouts, wouldn’t it be a huge gain?"

Upon hearing this, Li Rui glanced at him, "Three or five?"

Zhao Jia immediately remembered there are two supports here, changed his words, "Well, one or two will do, having some is better than none."

"....."

Li Rui didn’t say much, he just led the way, "Better first see the strength of the enemy."

Zhao Jia followed with a longsword, the two defined an exploration direction and ran into the forest.

Breaking away from the main army, Li Rui could sprint freely in the forest. However, after rushing for a while, he suddenly felt something was wrong.

"Where’s everyone?"

He stopped and looked back, half a minute later, Zhao Jia caught up.

"Why did you run so fast!"

Due to the rugged forest, this analyst’s physique couldn’t quite keep up, considering normal support professions inherently have weaker combat attributes compared to assault professions.

Though Rain Summoner is also a support, according to Song Yao, the Divine Fire General is an elite amongst elites, not to mention Li Rui’s attributes are always maxed, so his speed is very reasonable for him, normal that others can’t keep up.

"Hey, Brother Zhao, quickly analyze which areas nearby have scouts."

Zhao Jia hesitated for a moment, then pulled out a monocle and activated an environment search skill.

Compared to Wen Yan, a pure logistics personnel, his analytical skills are more inclined towards strategic and tactical support, being quite adept at everything from simulating sandboxes to searching for traces of enemies.

The monocle worn on his face is an epic level accessory, analyst-specific, with included passive skills that enhance analytical capabilities.

For someone leveled up to around 40, reaching a baseline of epic level equipment on oneself at least is expected.

"This way, follow me."

Zhao Jia said softly and stepped forward over the shrub ahead.

Li Rui had to patiently follow behind. After a while, the two saw a burnt-out campfire, with some bloodstains beside it, seemingly not left from a battle.

Some members of the Demon Race and Barbaric Beasts still retain the habit of eating raw meat.

Zhao Jia walked to the campfire, muttering while touching the leftover charcoal, "Too careless, daring to start a fire, if we had come a little earlier, we could have ambushed them."

He placed the still warm charcoal down, then activated analytical skills.

"Wait, there are traces."

His gaze left from the edge of the campfire, tracing continuously until reaching beneath a large tree not far away...

"Ambush!"

Without time for more words, he suddenly shouted out a warning.

At this moment, the golden face of a Leopard Demon Race member loomed larger within view.

This is a trap, using the burnt-out campfire to attract attention, creating an illusion that they’ve left, waiting to ambush newcomers investigating the campfire.

Felines are natural hunters, further evolved into the Demon Race, their concealment tactics are heightened, Zhao Jia hadn’t anticipated this at all.

Are all scouts in a nine-star Secret Realm this strong?

Before he could decide whether to withstand the hit or use the rare item he had hoarded for self-preservation, Li Rui charged forth from the side, jumped up without a word, and gave a solid punch.

Bam!

The Leopard Demon spun 720 degrees mid-air, collapsing onto the ground with blood flowing from his seven apertures.

[20000 XP earned.]

[Acquired...]

The assessment was made.

Though Zhao Jia considered himself a well-experienced middle-aged man, he still couldn’t manage his expression at this moment, gaping for quite a while without saying anything.

A hefty punch directly knocked the creature dead?

That was a Leopard Race with considerable battle strength!

Are Rain Summoners from your place of such strength?

Meanwhile, Li Rui stood with arms akimbo, frowning, "Damn, I didn’t even use much force, next time shouldn’t aim for the face."

The face-targeting with critical strike abilities led him to misjudge the force.

At this moment, Zhao Jia was increasingly sensing things were getting bizarre.

He’s not some inexperienced youth, being level 38, it’s easy for him to gauge others’ strength, this punch seemed casual but was full in speed and power.

As an analyst, he instinctively simulated in his mind, picturing himself in place of the Leopard Demon, probably wouldn’t just spin 720 degrees.

He then remembered that Li Rui was quite familiar with Nan Jiumei, plus being young and highly leveled.

Could he be a newly emerged superstar yet to make a name?

At this point, Li Rui already hailed, "Don’t just stand there, bro, quickly find the next one, losing rewards is a huge loss."

"Ah, okay."

For some reason, Zhao Jia didn’t dare ask a word, only wanting to complete the assigned task first.

Li Rui was no longer polite at this time, earlier he’d say anything when it didn’t affect earnings, now tasks are directly in sight, not a minute can be wasted, must hurry up, not leaving even time for restroom breaks, really showcasing an exploitative mindset.

When Zhao Jia began analyzing the path, he suddenly remembered.

No way?

For you, a member of the high-star Secret Realm’s Demon Race is just a reward that runs?