9: Chapter 0009 Advancement

Once his mastery of "Zhuobie Archery" reached 15 years, Lin Xiao mastered the technique of killing two birds with one stone.

"It seems that although Zhuobie Archery cannot advance, as my cultivation increases, new tricks will still emerge."

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Lin Xiao realized that skills actually contained hidden information that he had to explore for himself.

If it weren't for the need to leave a survivor to report back, Lin Xiao could have even chased them down to continue the slaughter.

At first, these barbarians thought that with their superior numbers, they would surely win.

But by the time they realized things were going south, it was already too late.

A great battle with a huge harvest!

Aside from the 14 years of cultivation he had just consumed, he still had 17 years remaining unused.

“Tsk... what a pity, I didn't get a good bow and arrow.”

Lin Xiao had fallen in love with archery; on an open battlefield, long-range sniping was truly exhilarating!

“The remaining 17 years of cultivation... should I allocate some to 'Indestructible Golden Body'?”

“If adding it only increases my physical strength by 1.7%, that would be a huge loss!”

Lin Xiao pondered, deciding to add up to 10 years of cultivation first to see if any new skills would emerge.

[Ding! "Indestructible Golden Body" (Incomplete Scroll) cultivation has increased to 10 years! The host's physical body has been strengthened by 1.1%!]

Other than that, nothing happened!

“Damn! Give me back my cultivation!!”

Lin Xiao was depressed; did it really just strengthen his physical body a little?

Although he felt his body was slightly lighter, it was almost negligible!

No need to think further; the remaining 8 years of cultivation were all poured into the "Blood Fiend Blade"!

[Ding! "Blood Fiend Saber Technique" cultivation has increased to 30 years! Only one more year is needed to meet the advancement conditions!]

Seeing this line of text, Lin Xiao immediately checked the skill bar.

Sure enough, the words "Advancement Available" behind "Blood Fiend Blade" were already flashing with a glow!

“One year short? Where am I supposed to find that?”

Lin Xiao was full of regret; if he had known, he wouldn't have left that survivor alive!

Having killed two waves of the Barbarian Army, the next time he encountered enemies, their numbers would likely increase significantly.

If he could advance the Blood Fiend Blade beforehand, he would have more confidence in the fight!

“One year of cultivation...”

Lin Xiao looked at the "Low-grade Cultivation Pill" in the shop, priced at 50 Prestige.

He had 60 points left!

He had just said that whoever bought this thing was an idiot...

Now... I am that idiot! Bought!!

After taking the pill, he added one year of cultivation to the Blood Fiend Blade!

[Ding! "Blood Fiend Saber Technique" has advanced to "Blood Fiend Demon Blade": Thirty years of hard practice with the Blood Fiend Blade has reached perfection; entering the path of the demon through the blade, the blade flames soar to the heavens! ( Xuanpin - mystic grade)]

[Ding! The skill "Blood Splatters Seven Feet" has advanced to "Blood Demon Blade Flame" (the original skill can still be used): The blade qi is like hellfire; within ten paces, not a blade of grass remains!]

Lin Xiao was overjoyed!

Watching the Blood Fiend Saber Technique advance to the mystic grade felt like the joy of seeing his first child become successful!

Regrettably, there was no "Advancement Available" behind this technique anymore, indicating that the Blood Fiend Demon Blade was its ultimate form.

There was nothing to be done about that; after all, for a yellow grade technique, being able to advance at all was already good.

Moreover, in terms of lethality, the Blood Fiend Blade was already higher than the average yellow grade; after entering the mystic grade, it should be comparable to Earth Grade techniques.

Lin Xiao tried out the newly learned "Blood Demon Blade Flame."

With a swing of his blade, the crimson blade qi was like a raging fire, reaching as far as seven or eight meters!

“Powerful! As expected of the result of thirty years of hard practice!”

Lin Xiao felt more confident about the next battle.

However, for now, he had to leave this place first because "Three-Second Real Man" still needed over an hour to recover.

He could wait for anything else, but this life-saving skill had to be refreshed!

Lin Xiao saw four warhorses nearby; he kept one for himself and tied the corpses of the dead barbarian cavalrymen to the other three.

The three horses carrying the corpses galloped off in different directions.

Using those three horses to interfere with the enemy's scouting, Lin Xiao himself began to gallop away in another direction.

Through the previous battle, he had noticed that his riding skills were still not very proficient, so he had to practice more while he had the time.

Meanwhile, at the Northern Barbarians' vanguard camp.

Vanguard General Bate, with a full beard and a bearskin hat, looked at the reporting cavalryman with eyes like knives.

“You say... there was only one person, and he wasn't hurt even when hit by arrows, and he killed Centurion Litu with one strike?”

“Out of your entire scouting squad, you are the only one who came back?”

The cavalryman nodded tremblingly, “Yes! Great General! Everything I said is true, that guy isn't human, he can't be killed!!”

The barbarian officers standing on both sides laughed in mockery, not believing such nonsense at all!

Bate took a deep breath, stood up, and picked up a silver-patterned dagger from the table.

He walked up to the cavalryman and pressed the knife against his eye.

“I'll ask you one last time, how many people were there really?”

The cavalryman looked desperate, “I... everything I said is true, there... there was really only one... Ah!!”

Before he could finish, the knife was thrust into his mouth, piercing through the back of his head!

“Those who disturb the army's morale! Kill without mercy!!”

Bate waved his hand, letting the soldiers drag the corpse away, then said with a grim face: “Tell me your thoughts.”

“One person killing over thirty of my prairie warriors? If Stone Fortress had such an expert, they should have appeared during the siege!”

The officers all shook their heads, not believing it at all.

“Could it be that the enemy has some grain and supplies to escort into Stone Fortress, so they sent a large group of people to intercept our patrol cavalry?”

“Currently, the Great Gan Kingdom is in internal turmoil, with the various vassal kings fighting fiercely. Who would have supplies for Stone Fortress?”

“General, as long as our army breaks through Stone Fortress tomorrow morning, everything they do will be in vain!”

“We must be on guard! If Stone Fortress really gets support and drags this out for a few more days, it will be hard to explain to the King!”

After Bate's expression changed several times, he immediately ordered: “Commander Ada! Commander Lang! Each of you take two cavalry battalions and sweep around from the flanks!”

“Once you find any enemy troops or supplies, do not let them go! Remember, do not underestimate the enemy!”

“This General doesn't believe that with that group of old, weak, sick, and disabled in Stone Fortress, no matter how they ambush or sneak attack, they can stop two 500-man cavalry battalions?!”

Two burly cavalry chiliarchs proudly accepted the order and immediately walked out of the tent.

An hour later, on the walls of Stone Fortress.

“General Zhao, look, so many cavalry!”

The soldiers observing the Barbarian Army's movements immediately called General Zhao Kuan after noticing the large movement.

General Zhao Kuan looked into the distance and indeed saw two groups of cavalry parting ways amidst the flying dust.

“This number... at least two cavalry battalions. If it were just patrolling and scouting, they wouldn't need so many people.”

“Could they be coming to attack the fortress?” a soldier asked nervously.

“Impossible! If they were attacking, why would they send cavalry first?”

General Zhao Kuan asked: “Have there been such troop movements before?”

A group of defenders shook their heads; this was the first time in days that so many cavalry had moved together.

“Could it be... they're going to catch Scholar Lin?” a soldier whispered.

Everyone looked stunned but soon expressed that it was impossible—don't talk nonsense!

It would be good enough if this Lin Xiao survived; how could he draw out so many troops to hunt him down alone?

General Zhao Kuan was lost in thought, remembering that confident face, and actually felt a hint of anticipation...

“Could there... be a miracle?”