Global Lords: Starting with Female Hero Fusion

But tiger men are, after all, experts in close-quarters combat.

The trees in the forest would be obstructions, making a fight there too chaotic.

’The tiger men’s charge must be powerful,’ Zhao Chi thought. He was worried that a moment of carelessness would lead to a surprise attack from behind a tree, allowing a tiger man to get into close range.

Death itself wasn’t frightening; it was a virtual battle, after all.

The real issue was that they would lose the match.

So he decided to simply wait where he was, making this flat patch of grass the designated battlefield.

After waiting for a little over a minute,

figures could be seen emerging from the distant woods opposite them.

Gu Qing was a little surprised. "Huh? My lord, why are they all... people over there?"

Zhao Chi saw them too.

A group of forty people was advancing on the other side.

Lang Hu stood in the center, clad in Iron Armor.

Two Female Elves in Iron Armor, holding Longbows, flanked him.

A Goblin armed with a Short Sword and a Light Crossbow brought up the rear.

The remaining thirty-six people wore Leather Armor but carried no weapons.

Their faces were covered in hair of various colors.

Some were a mix of yellow and white, some black and yellow, and others entirely yellow.

They looked like foreigners with full, bushy beards.

These thirty-six were the tiger men.

"Look closely, Gu Qing. The thirty-six hairy ones are the tiger men. They haven’t transformed yet. Once they do, their Combat Power will skyrocket."

Gu Qing laughed. "This is the first time I’ve ever seen a Race that can transform. I’ll have to watch them closely."

Tang Ruan’s eyes widened as she pointed. "My lord, are there women among those tiger men?"

"Of course. Tiger men also have males and females to reproduce."

Tang Ruan asked, confused, "So when they’re born, are they human babies or tiger cubs?"

Gu Qing chuckled. "I’d guess human babies? A tiger man is still fundamentally a man, right, my lord?"

"Correct. It’s a bit strange, but they are essentially human. They just happen to be able to transform into a tiger Form."

Gu Qing laughed. "If I could transform, I’d become a fox spirit and bewitch you."

Zhao Chi replied, "Being called a fox spirit isn’t a compliment."

Gu Qing giggled. "I don’t care about that. As long as I can bewitch my lord, that’s all that matters. You two can be my little fox spirits."

Tang Ruan and Qi Yue hadn’t expected to be dragged into this.

Tang Ruan nodded. "Alright."

She agreed quite readily.

Qi Yue smiled. "Sure!"

An excited Qi Yue agreed even more enthusiastically.

Zhao Chi sighed. "Alright then, you three little fox spirits, brace yourselves. The tigers are coming, so don’t let them scare you."

In the distance, Lang Hu saw Zhao Chi waiting at the edge of the woods and understood his intent.

This was clearly a challenge for a decisive battle in the central field.

Lang Hu sneered. "Everyone transform and use your Skills. It seems the enemy wants to fight us head-on, which is just what I wanted. But be careful of those women. They’re much stronger than they look!"

"Yes, my lord!"

The bodies of the two Female Elves and the Goblin began to glow simultaneously.

As rays of light shot out, all the tiger men received an Enhancement.

Immediately after, the tiger men stood rooted to the spot, their eyes bulging as if in great pain.

The next second, their dark pupils turned a yellowish brown.

Hair sprouted rapidly all over their bodies, completely covering their skin.

Their bodies rapidly grew larger and thicker.

Their arms grew thicker and longer.

The Leather Armor they wore stretched but didn’t burst. It was unclear what Material it was made of.

If it had been the Bear Hide Armor worn by his Female Soldiers, it would have surely been torn to shreds.

In just a few seconds, their Height had already surpassed two meters.

Each one had transformed into a hulking giant with the burly build of a tiger and a bear.

Their builds became so massive that their legs could no longer support their bodies.

With a series of roars, they all dropped to the ground.

"ROOOAR—"

"AWOOO!!"

"GRAAAH!"

The transformation was complete.

Thirty-seven ferocious tigers now stood before them.

When watching from the sidelines before, he hadn’t felt this way.

But now, on the battlefield himself, Zhao Chi suddenly realized these tigers were even more dangerous than the Ghouls.

If the Ghouls were like strapping, 16- or 17-year-old street toughs wielding machetes, then they were naturally quite dangerous.

They attacked recklessly, hot-headed and heedless of the consequences.

Combined with their strong bodies, every move they made was a killing blow.

Every slash was Deadly, with extreme killing power.

Then these tiger men were like 30-year-old gang bosses, each two meters tall, with brawny, power-built figures, holding a dagger in each hand.

While you couldn’t say these bosses would be guaranteed to win against the young toughs...

...aside from weapon length, they crushed them in nearly every other aspect.

Height, Body Weight, presence, Power, and Physical Strength—they held the advantage in all of them.

If these ferocious tigers fought the Ghouls, they would probably suffer heavy injuries.

But in the end, the tigers would most likely be the ones left standing.

Gu Qing’s brow furrowed.

"My lord, you should fall back a little. Those tigers can pounce a great distance. Don’t leave the cover of the woods."

Zhao Chi nodded. "I understand. Everyone, use your Skills again to refresh their Duration."

"Right!"

Lang Hu’s side had finished transforming.

Zhao Chi’s side had also finished recasting their Skills.

’Time to begin,’ he thought.

"Tang Ruan, Qi Yue, advance steadily! Gu Qing, focus on Treatment; you can start sprinkling the blood ahead of time."

"Yes, sir!"

The three Female Heroes, who had been joking just moments before, were now completely serious.

Tang Ruan was still at the forefront, flanked by ten Female Gunners on each side.

Qi Yue was positioned alone on the far right, while twenty Female Swordsmen lined up behind the Female Gunners, ready to charge in and start hacking away at a moment’s notice.

Zhao Chi was in the rear, with Gu Qing and six Female Archers by his side.

The tigers on the other side had already begun to run.

Their momentum was truly overwhelming.

They would cover the hundred-meter distance in just a few seconds.

"Get over here!"

As before, Tang Ruan was the first to act.

A purple light scattered forth.

She Taunted all of the tigers, drawing their aggression.

The tiger at the very front charged forward madly and leaped high into the air while still more than ten meters away.

Tang Ruan took a deep breath.

She squatted slightly, raised her Shield, and set her spear.

"AWOOO!!"

SCREECH! BANG!

The grating sound of metal scraping against metal set one’s teeth on edge.

"Urk..."

A woman’s muffled groan.

Tang Ruan was sent flying.

The difference in size was simply too great, after all.

When the Ghouls had pounced on her before, Tang Ruan had been able to take two steps back and hold her ground, absorbing the powerful Impact Force.

But when this ferocious tiger pounced, she was knocked flying in an instant.

Several new, extremely deep grooves were gouged into her Shield.

They had been carved out by a single strike from the tiger’s claws.

However, she had also managed to land a vicious thrust with her spear. Its tip drew blood, inflicting a minor wound on the beast.

"ROOOAR—"

"AWOOO!!"

Two more tigers immediately pounced, viciously tearing at Tang Ruan on the ground.

Tang Ruan struggled to fend them off, her Shield’s Durability dropping rapidly.

Scratches appeared on her Armor as well.

In close combat, a spear is unwieldy. Tang Ruan couldn’t counter-attack effectively.

But then, her mission wasn’t to counter-attack in the first place.

She had teammates.

The Female Gunners were already charging in.

"Reinforce her, quickly! Thrust!"

"We’re here! Thrust!"

Four Female Gunners flickered into motion, their Iron Spears lancing out.

PTHWIP! PTHWIP! PTHWIP! PTHWIP!

Although the tiger men wore Leather Armor, it had been stretched, making it thinner.

It offered some protection against Ordinary Attacks, but it was no match for the Thrusting Combat Skill.

The four Iron Spears had extremely high Penetration Power, piercing straight through the Leather Armor and sinking deep into the tiger men’s muscles.

"ARWOOO!"

Howling in pain, the two tiger men spun around and angrily swiped at the Female Soldiers.

These Female Gunners didn’t have Tang Ruan’s high 8-point Constitution. With only 6 points in Constitution, they were no match for the tiger men.

The tiger men swatted them aside one by one, sending all four Female Gunners flying. One of the soldiers even had her Shield knocked from her grasp.

A yellow light descended.

The Taunt on the tiger men was dispelled.

The remaining thirty-three tigers immediately changed targets, pouncing on the nearest Female Soldiers.

THUD! THUD! THUD! THUD!

"Aiyah!"

"Ahhh—"

"Yargh!"

For a moment, the air was filled with flying Female Gunners.

Their Iron Armor wasn’t destroyed, but the tigers’ paws struck like sledgehammers. The massive Impact Force penetrated their Armor and injured them.

Fortunately, they all had the Soft Body trait, which reduced this kind of Impact Damage.

"Wind, come!"

WHOOSH—

Gu Qing raised her hands high. As she used the Vertical Wind Skill, blood continuously poured from her palms.

A great wind lifted the blood, scattering it across the entire field in a fine mist.

All the Female Soldiers were touched by the bloody mist, and their Life rapidly regenerated.

At the same time, beams of healing light rained down.

The Female Soldiers were fully healed before they even hit the ground.

As long as they weren’t killed in a single blow, Gu Qing could save every last one of them.

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