Thirteen of us—Lin Yixin, He Yi, Gui Guzi, Xu Yang, Purple Marquis, me and so on—formed a small circle around our priests and mages.

"Eve, drown them in fire with your Firelight Mouse!" I said to He Yi.

She nodded. "Mn!"

A moment later, the Firelight Mouse chirped and engulfed the Earth Lizards in a sea of flames. Although it was nowhere as powerful as Luo River God of the Capital’s AoE spells, it persisted on the battlefield for a short time and did continuous damage to any enemy that was caught in it.

This was incredibly important because the Earth Lizards kept hissing and trying to get to the Firelight Mouse, but they weren’t able to because their path was blocked by our frontliners. The Earth Lizards were neither a groundhog nor a pangolin, so all they could do was hiss and run around like headless chickens.

"Fuck, I can’t believe that worked…" Luo River God of the Capital looked stunned, but this was hardly the first time Lin Yixin, He Yi and I had employed this tactic. Back at Hundred Flowers Valley, we had used choke points repeatedly to defeat enemies we shouldn’t be able to defeat with our small numbers. Sometimes,...