8: Chapter 0008 The True Man in Three Seconds

"200 Prestige, and you only give me a yellow grade achievement?"

"I might as well not be this successor!!"

Lin Xiao was getting fed up with this stingy system!

"System Bro, can I return this?"

[System: This shop is a small business built on integrity. All sales are final. No returns! (＾＿－)]

Lin Xiao suspected there was a crooked merchant typing away behind the system's interface!

Whatever, I'll try out this archery first.

He took a decent-looking bow and arrows from a barbarian's corpse.

Draw, fire!

"Wind-Chasing Arrow!"

The arrow shot out, suddenly accelerating as it caught the wind!

Forty meters away, a wooden pole was struck with precision!

"Holy crap! As expected of a mystic grade skill!"

Lin Xiao was relieved; his Prestige hadn't been wasted!

Even though he had never practiced archery in his past life, learning the skill made him an instant marksman!

However, the accuracy and power would be affected when shooting at moving enemies.

But he wasn't worried; as long as he added a dozen years of cultivation to this archery, its power would definitely increase!

While waiting for others to arrive, Lin Xiao stripped the armor off the cavalry captain, Bashur, and put it on.

He slung the bow and quiver over his shoulder.

Now that his cultivation had increased, his strength had risen accordingly, allowing him to carry more equipment.

Better defense meant better safety.

Disguised as a barbarian cavalryman, Lin Xiao lay on the ground, quietly playing dead while waiting.

After the time it takes for two sticks of incense to burn, he heard the sound of hooves again!

Only this time, they were much more frequent!

He took a stealthy peek...

Whoa!! There were at least thirty or forty cavalrymen, looking aggressive. The leader even wore a tasseled helmet!

[Litu, 27 years old, Centurion of the Northern Barbarian Army, Aptitude: yellow grade]

[Cultivation Technique: Wild Sand Blade Technique (14 years of cultivation). Grade: yellow grade]

Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes. It looked like this guy was an aristocrat from a small tribe!

"Where is that Dagan man?!"

Centurion Litu asked with a darkened face.

The scout who had reported earlier looked around. "He was just here! The horses are still here; he couldn't have gone far!"

"Search separately!! If you find him, retreat immediately; don't engage alone!!" Litu ordered loudly.

"Yes!"

The group of cavalrymen orderly split into three teams and began searching from different directions.

Lin Xiao thought to himself that these people had some brains. If he hadn't learned the Indestructible Diamond Body, he might actually be worried.

But now... just do it!

Seeing the nearest cavalrymen approach, Lin Xiao pushed off the ground, sprang up, and slashed at a barbarian soldier!

The barbarian soldier never expected that his "comrade's" corpse was a fake!

By the time he reacted, his head was already rolling on the ground!

[Kill +1, Cultivation +1]

This time, the cultivation points weren't added directly to the Blood Fiend Blade but were accumulated instead.

After all, Lin Xiao now had three techniques that needed points, so he had to allocate them himself.

Besides gaining cultivation, Lin Xiao saw a line of crimson text appear before his eyes.

[Bloodlust +1, Duration: 60 seconds]

Passive buffs stacking up!

Without hesitation, Lin Xiao chased after two barbarian soldiers trying to turn their horses and delivered two more slashes!

Lin Xiao's current twenty-plus years of blade cultivation were not something these grunts with seven or eight years of training could withstand!

[Bloodlust +3, Duration: 60 seconds]

Lin Xiao saw that he was right; as long as he killed, the duration of Bloodlust would refresh!

He clearly felt that swinging his blade was easier and his strength was greater; this was the effect of Bloodlust!

Now that his location was exposed, the remaining thirty-odd cavalrymen immediately reacted.

"Leader! It's him! The Dagan dog who killed Bashur!!"

The scout from before cried out, his eyes filled with terror.

"Don't get close! He's alone; shoot him dead with arrows!"

Litu could tell at a glance that Lin Xiao was not to be trifled with, so he ordered the cavalry to draw their bows.

Lin Xiao had expected this, so after killing the three men, he immediately changed targets and charged straight at Litu!!

To catch the bandits, first capture their leader!!

As long as he killed Litu, the other lackeys would be no threat!

A distance of over ten meters was just a blink of an eye for the current Lin Xiao.

"Hmph, seeking death!"

Litu reacted quickly, drawing his bow into a full moon and firing a feathered arrow toward Lin Xiao's body!

With such a large target, it was impossible for a barbarian elite to miss!

Lin Xiao knew this well; as the arrow left the string, he had already activated the "Indestructible Diamond Body"!

A real man for three seconds!!

A pillar of golden light that only Lin Xiao could see enveloped his entire body!

In a flash, Lin Xiao saw the arrowhead flying toward him and his body reacted instantly, attempting to sidestep...

However, the arrow was too fast. Although his chest was fine, his shoulder was hit!

"A hit!!"

Several barbarian cavalrymen were overjoyed!

Even Litu gave a cold smile, confident of victory.

Once wounded by an arrow, his movements would surely slow down, leading to certain death!

The script... theoretically, it should have gone like that!

But reality presented a scene that was utterly inconceivable to them!!

Lin Xiao's speed didn't slow down at all; it was as if being shot in the arm meant nothing to him!

He leaped into the air and, facing the terrified Litu, fiercely swung the Blood Fiend Blade!

The head rolled away as blood sprayed everywhere!

[Kill +1, Cultivation +1, Prestige +10]

"I get Prestige for killing too?"

[System: Reporting to Host, you only gain Prestige by killing opponents who possess a reputation!]

Lin Xiao realized that the ones he killed before were just lackeys, and even that Vice Commander Chen Zhou was just a third-rate hack officer. No wonder there was no Prestige!

Litu died without closing his eyes; how could this man not fear being hit by an arrow!?

Lin Xiao's heaven-defying performance of tanking an arrow left the other cavalrymen dumbfounded, as if they were seeing a ghost!

Taking advantage of the moment, Lin Xiao flipped onto the horse and kicked Litu's corpse off.

He put all 4 years of the cultivation he had just accumulated into "Zhuobie Archery"!

[Zhuobie Archery (5 years of cultivation), mystic grade]

He drew his bow again, noticeably faster than before.

*Whoosh!*

An arrow flew with the wind, directly knocking the furthest cavalryman off his horse!!

With one successful hit, Lin Xiao didn't stop, continuing to draw and fire!

*Whoosh! Whoosh!...*

After shooting down three people in a row, the cavalrymen finally began to flee in different directions.

There were also a dozen or so cavalrymen who took up their bows to exchange fire with him.

Seeing that he had drawn the attention of a group, Lin Xiao kicked the horse's flanks, sending the warhorse into a charge.

His horsemanship was mediocre; although he had learned a bit in the army, he only knew the basics.

Fortunately, his strength was greater now, and Litu's horse was very fast, allowing him to quickly close in on a group of cavalry.

Once he broke into their formation, he didn't have to worry about arrows. Lin Xiao swung his Blood-Drinking Saber and went on a hacking spree against the frantic cavalrymen!

With his twenty-plus years of cultivation, hacking through these barbarian soldiers was like slicing melons and vegetables!

There was no technique involved; he could crush them with absolute strength alone!

Amidst sprays of blood, Lin Xiao charged back and forth for three rounds using both bow and blade. The scene was now littered with corpses!

"Run! Run!! Quickly, go report to the Great General!!"

The three surviving cavalrymen were scared out of their wits. Pale-faced, they turned and fled toward the main camp.

Lin Xiao looked at his "Zhuobie Archery," which now had 15 years of cultivation, and gave a cold sneer.

*Whoosh! Whoosh!—*

Two Wind-Chasing Arrows were fired simultaneously, crossing over forty meters to strike two cavalrymen precisely in the back!

[Kill +2, Cultivation +2!]