Chapter 10: Lottery Draw, Spirit-Plundering Blade!
In an instant, a flash of red light flickered deep within Ma Chao’s eyes, and the aura that had climbed to its peak around him suddenly expanded.
The Profound Heaven Sky-Piercing Spear in his hand swept out, sending a violent gale surging forward. It instantly transformed into eight extremely domineering streams of energy that rushed forward one after another, slamming into the two men.
Boom, boom, boom...
A series of dull metallic clashes rang out.
Wang Duorou and Zhang Caogen were struck by the eight currents of energy and forced to retreat again and again. Their feet landed heavily on the ground as they stumbled backward, shock filling their faces.
Red damage numbers appeared above their heads.
Blocked. HP -120.
Blocked. HP -125.
Defense broken. HP -300.
...
The energy surged violently. As the eight streams of energy swept forth one after another, they directly tore open the defenses of the two bandits.
An opening!
Ma Chao’s gaze sharpened. His spear swept out, and the razor-sharp spearhead sliced directly across the necks of the two bandits.
Red numbers flashed.
It was a fatal strike.
HP -999.
HP -999.
Two red damage numbers appeared in succession, and the two bandit leaders collapsed to the ground.
Ma Chao straightened his back, holding his spear in one hand with its tip angled toward the ground while gripping the reins with the other.
In the blind spot of everyone’s vision, the wrist holding the reins trembled continuously. Clearly, he was somewhat exhausted.
Directly ahead, the five hundred bandits saw this scene, and their expressions changed drastically. Terror appeared on every face, and all fighting spirit vanished.
“Kill!”
Xiao Wen glanced at Ma Chao and shouted loudly.
At his command, the two hundred militiamen behind him, their morale soaring, gripped their weapons and charged forward with fierce momentum, clashing with the demoralized bandits.
Ma Chao also joined the battle and directly entered hunting mode. One man, one spear, one horse—he was the first to charge into the bandit formation. His spear shot out like a dragon, cutting down dozens of men.
The battle lasted for around half an hour.
Half an hour later, the area ahead was a complete mess. Countless bandit corpses lay scattered across the ground. Some surviving bandits fled sporadically in every direction, but all of them were intercepted and killed by Ma Chao.
After killing the bandits and winning the battle, Xiao Wen and Ma Chao led the soldiers into the Level 3 village.
Announcement: Ding! Congratulations to player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World for being the first to capture a Level 3 village, unlocking the achievement Pioneer Duel Challenge King. Reward: Random Equipment Lottery Draw x1.
The crisp notification sound once again rang throughout the entire server.
When that voice sounded, all the players in the server were dumbfounded.
At the same time, the full-server chat channel instantly exploded.
Messages appeared one after another, filling the sky like a storm of bombardment.
All of them were comments about Xiao Wen capturing a Level 3 village.
[Detective Corgi]: Black question mark? I only just finished the newbie mission, and someone already cleared a Level 3 village?
[Invincible Explosive Fire Dragon]: I tried farming a Level 2 village with a full team and got wiped out! My Level 3 general was instantly killed!
[Young Ox-Horse]: Speaking from experience, before your general reaches Level 10, everyone should just focus on constructing buildings, smelting iron and refining gold, farming Level 1 villages, and improving combat power.
[Mr. Calm]: Correct answer above. My Bingzhou big sister, Sun Shangxiang, a full-talent divine general, led a team to farm maps and still got wiped, so stop shouting up there.
[Man Who Reaches the Summit]: Damn it, I seriously suspect he and I aren’t playing the same game! I spent a thousand, and even fighting a Level 1 village is difficult.
[Little Bird Chirping]: Heh... only a thousand? I spent ten thousand, and I still haven’t beaten a Level 2 village!
[Viper Gaze]: You dare brag about ten thousand? My Yizhou brother threw away eight hundred thousand and it was still useless. He’s still stuck at Level 2 villages even now.
[Wind Blowing Falling Snow]: Enough, stop yelling. I bet one hundred thousand that guy is definitely a company shill!
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At the same time, inside the livestream room, Shen Shuyi, who was currently battling a Level 1 village and frantically increasing Sun Shangxiang’s experience, heard the announcement and froze on the spot.
Her face was filled with astonishment, and for a moment, she even forgot to order the surrounding soldiers to clean up the battlefield.
Her entire being was still trapped in deep shock.
He cleared Level 3 just like that?
But even now, I’m still being blocked by Level 2 villages. I can only rely on leveling up and grinding combat power before I have any hope of contending with them.
I...
I should still congratulate him.
Someone who can conquer Level 2 and Level 3 villages back-to-back in such a short time must definitely be a big shot.
Getting familiar with him would not be bad either.
Thinking this, Shen Shuyi opened the friend chat interface, found Xiao Wen’s friend avatar, and sent him a message.
[Dancing Moon with the Wind]: Great God, congratulations on successfully capturing a Level 3 village. I sincerely want to ask Great God for some village-conquering experience, and I also want to purchase some ingots from Great God. I hope Great God will permit it.
After sending these words, this big sister had truly lowered her posture to the extreme.
When the message was sent, the viewers in the livestream room saw it and immediately began making a fuss. Quite a few even shouted for her to offer herself to him!
Fortunately, Shen Shuyi had been livestreaming for some time, and her skin had thickened considerably. Facing this sort of teasing, she could mostly remain calm.
...
Feidu Village.
After Xiao Wen entered the village, he immediately arranged for Ma Chao to count the battle losses.
As for himself, he began upgrading his territory remotely.
Ding! Congratulations to player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World. Level 3 Lord’s Manor construction successful. Territory level upgraded to Level 3 village!
Friendly Reminder: For the next territory upgrade, Level 3 village to county city, the following conditions must be met: Level 3 villages 1/5, City Establishment Token x1.
Ding! Congratulations to player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World. Territory level upgraded to Level 3. Some hidden basic buildings have been unlocked. Barracks soldier recruitment capacity expanded to 102/300.
Friendly Reminder: Each additional Level 3 village captured can increase the soldier recruitment limit by 100.
The notification sounded in Xiao Wen’s ears. Xiao Wen only glanced over it once before focusing his mind, rubbing his hands together, and starting the random equipment draw.
After a series of repeated draws, the spinning wheel in front of Xiao Wen finally stopped. Platinum light surged, and a crisp notification sounded beside his ear.
Ding! Congratulations to player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World for drawing the one-time Heaven-tier weapon, Spirit-Plundering Blade. Confirm?
The voice sounded beside his ear, and Xiao Wen’s expression shook.
Spirit-Plundering Blade?
It’s actually this thing!
Confirm!
Xiao Wen directly chose to confirm, and a dagger appeared in his inventory.
His gaze landed on the dagger, and the smile on Xiao Wen’s face grew even richer.
He opened the Spirit-Plundering Blade’s information panel and took in its details.
[Spirit-Plundering Blade]
Type: One-time weapon
Grade: Heaven Tier
Effect: Insert it into an NPC’s body to plunder the NPC’s latent attribute panel, purify the negative effects inside the NPC’s body, and seek life from death!
“Good stuff!”
Xiao Wen sighed in admiration. This thing was indeed good stuff.
Although it was only a one-time consumable, it could help players plunder an NPC’s attributes and obtain the NPC’s three-dimensional attributes. For the player lord himself, the improvement would be enormous.
“With this thing, I can later use it to stab Imperial Uncle Liu once and steal his attribute panel first.”
Just as Xiao Wen thought this, Ma Chao entered to report the battle losses.
“My lord, in this capture of the Level 3 village, our army suffered 98 deaths, 32 heavily wounded, and the remaining 70 are all lightly wounded.”
Xiao Wen nodded and said nothing more.
These battle losses were still within an acceptable range.
“General, go rest first. Replenish the troops and conserve strength for what comes next.”
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