Chapter 882: We Were Ignorant
The answer is naturally that you can't defend against it.
This was already evident from David and the others' panicked response earlier.
At this moment.
All members of this top-tier special ops team exchanged glances and began to smile bitterly.
Non-specialist?
This is clearly a full-specialist!
In all their lives, this was the first time they'd seen someone so outrageous.
Didn't people say that without class advancement there's no future?
Didn't people say that non-specialists would start to fall behind before level 20?
In the past, there were indeed people who didn't choose a class to prepare for the class advancement exams.
After all, going into the class advancement exam dungeons without choosing a class was definitely more convenient, because non-specialists could use way more skills.
Because of that, such people were mocked as 'small-town test prep machines' who only knew how to take exams.
It was a mockery aimed at those who remained non-specialists just to pass the exams.
Of course…
Once the class advancement exam was over.
They would still eventually choose a class.
No one would gamble their future away.
But someone like this, who kept walking the non-specialist path to the end, was a first.
And the key was—this guy was insanely strong!
It seems they really didn't know enough about this non-specialist.
"Captain, let's surrender. The other side hasn't even taken us seriously from the beginning…"
At this moment.
Jana, the support of the special ops team, couldn't help but smile bitterly and speak to David.
David also responded with a helpless smile.
Elbert, the self-proclaimed noble vampire, had an even harder time accepting this outcome.
Jana wasn't wrong…
The opponent hadn't even gotten serious!!
They were sure that if this cold-blooded guy truly went all out, it wouldn't be this slow, dull-cut style of fighting.
"Sigh!"
David sighed deeply.
In the end, he stood up helplessly and said, "We surrender!"
There was no need to keep fighting.
If they continued, their top-tier special ops team would only suffer greater embarrassment.
He finally understood why the old geezers of the Holy Academy dared to entrust this non-specialist with leading a team.
This guy was truly terrifying!
And the moment David announced his team's surrender—
The spectators, who had been sure Ling Zhan would be crushed, all gaped in shock.
Though their faces were filled with disbelief, after snapping out of it, they could only sigh.
They weren't blind.
Having watched the whole match, they naturally understood just how monstrous this non-specialist's strength was.
Throughout the battle, the non-specialist's face was as calm as still water. The four elite teammates joined forces but couldn't even gain the initiative—instead, they were completely overwhelmed.
That already said everything.
As for the Demon-Slaying Legion members, their expressions only held a bit of mild surprise.
The reason was simple.
They never believed Instructor Ling would lose from the beginning.
Since their own instructor wasn't going to lose, they had no suspense in their hearts.
Winning was expected.
Losing would've been strange.
To Instructor Ling, a 1v4 means nothing.
Had they forgotten just a few days ago during training, when he took on all two thousand of them alone?
They still remembered what Instructor Ling said then—
Anyone who could injure him even once would be rewarded with a sacred artifact!
At that time, the whole Demon-Slaying Legion had charged forward like madmen.
Yet all two thousand of them couldn't even touch the hem of Instructor Ling's clothes.
Not only that—
Many stepped into traps, got poisoned, trapped in space cages, knocked out, charmed…
In short—
You wouldn't believe it.
Two thousand elites fighting a single level-160+ non-specialist, and in the end more than half of them were taken out.
Those who weren't, surrendered quickly.
Even top-tier geniuses like Moldes, Ye Qingling, and Bazel, who charged in headfirst, suffered the worst injuries.
So these four top-tier special ops members being defeated together felt very normal to them.
Thus—
This conflict initiated by the elite squad came to a close.
For the native soldiers of Mohr Fortress, this completely overturned their worldview.
Ling Zhan would undoubtedly become the subject of their conversations for a long time.
No helping it…
He's just too strong!
They never imagined that their idolized elite squad would lose so miserably to a non-specialist!
...…
...…
Mohr Fortress.
Inside the medical ward.
Jonathan had just opened his eyes and sat up from the magic healing bed.
Only to see Alchi waking up on the opposite bed as well.
"Don't tell me you…"
Jonathan opened his mouth wide, staring at the tiger-kin girl in disbelief.
Alchi's tiger ears drooped, and her face showed frustration. She finally sighed, "That's right. I was defeated by that non-specialist too..."
Jonathan: "..."
"What about the captain and the others?" Jonathan asked urgently.
"We lost too!"
The one who answered wasn't Jana.
But David, Elbert, and Jana, who had just walked into the medical room.
"Huh? Captain, even you guys lost!?"
Jonathan looked completely in disbelief.
"Even you lost. So why is it weird that we did?"
Jana rolled her eyes.
This big guy Jonathan…
Ling Zhan took him down in five moves.
Fastest defeat? Jonathan for sure.
Jonathan's ugly, rugged face immediately fell into depression, and he went silent.
For someone as prideful as him, this was very hard to accept.
Not only did he get taken down—
His entire team got wiped too.
And to think he was boasting earlier.
Now it felt like he'd slapped himself in the face.
"Alright, don't be discouraged. That guy isn't someone you can view through ordinary eyes."
"I looked carefully into that non-specialist's background—and realized we really were ignorant."
"Before even arriving on the Ten Thousand Demons Continent, this non-specialist was already quite famous."
"Since his official debut during the college entrance exams, he's never lost a single fight."
David said with emotion.
Before, they thought this non-specialist was just a show-off.
After all, being just in your early twenties and serving as the Chief Instructor of the Demon-Slaying Legion—
That alone made him one of the most shocking figures in the continent's history.
But after checking…
They were truly stunned.
Turns out, they really were ignorant.
This non-specialist's track record is utterly insane.
Calling him 'legendary' wouldn't be an exaggeration.
And it let David understand what a true monster is.