94: Chapter 0094 Unsealing

Tumen possessed an Earth Grade aptitude, a rarity among the Northern Barbarians, and had been endowed with incredible divine strength since childhood.

Having received guidance from the Grand Shaman of the Northern Barbarians, it was said he was possessed by a bear spirit; even dozens of thousand-man commander-level barbarian experts couldn't do a thing to him!

And yet, such a fierce general was killed after only a few rounds of combat!?

Seeing this scene from the rear, the old Marshal Suhe's pupils constricted in profound shock!

"Lin Xiao... could he truly be the bane of our Great Barbarian nation?!"

On the other side, the Zhenbei Army saw Lin Xiao leading the charge and slaying the enemy general, causing their morale to soar!

"Brothers! Follow General Lin! Kill!—"

General Wu Jinzhe roared, charging with his spear and toppling two barbarian soldiers.

"Brothers! At worst, it's just death! We'll meet again on the Memorial Monument!!"

"Fight these barbarians to the death!!—"

Commander Bai Buhei, Wang Chong, Chen Chuan, Li Xu, and the others each led their units to charge into the enemy ranks.

The various units of the Zhenbei Army gathering from all directions forgot the exhaustion of the night and fought with frantic desperation!

Due to the freezing cold, some soldiers were slashed several times but seemed to feel nothing, fighting the barbarians until they collapsed after impaling each other's bodies!

Even Lin Xiao, their Great General, was risking his life on the front lines; they had no reason not to fight with everything they had!

Seeing this scene, Lin Xiao's blood naturally boiled with excitement!

As expected of the professional soldiers he had filtered through his character tags; their fighting will was on another level!

At this moment, he felt a distinct pain in his abdomen; having relied on the Indestructible Diamond Body to tank a hit earlier, it was still somewhat uncomfortable.

After all, the Indestructible Diamond Body only negated the vast majority of physical damage; it wasn't complete invincibility.

But there was no other way. He didn't know where his third remnant scroll of the Indestructible Golden Body was, and his mystic grade aptitude was difficult to improve, whereas Tumen was a rare Earth Grade expert.

Even if his cultivation was much higher than his opponent's, it was actually difficult to achieve an absolute crush.

To end the battle quickly, a small price had to be paid.

Fortunately, Tumen's fall threw the Barbarian Army into chaos, and their morale took a massive hit.

Lin Xiao's terrifying combat prowess made the Barbarian Army keep their distance; no one dared to approach within thirty feet of him.

Lin Xiao was happy to have it that way. In truth, without the Indestructible Diamond Body, he really had to be more cautious and couldn't charge quite so recklessly.

After resting for a moment, he vaulted onto his horse and charged once more into the ranks of the fleeing Barbarian Army.

Accompanied by streaks of Blood-Fiend Demonic Flame, his Bloodlust stacks quickly began to pile up again!

Seeing that Lin Xiao was not only uninjured after defeating Tumen but was fighting even more courageously—with a bloody light even emanating from his eyes—the barbarian troops were scared out of their wits!

"Lin Xiao... Lin Xiao is coming again!"

"A devil! How can he still fight!?"

Many had seen with their own eyes Lin Xiao take a hit from Tumen's hammer; how could he be fine!?

"This is a divine punishment! We cannot win!..."

As if seeing the God of Death, more and more barbarian soldiers lost their will to fight.

Marshal Suhe's eyes were filled with unwillingness and despair as he sighed toward the heavens.

"Could it truly be heaven's will... At such a perfect time to march south, the Central Plains produced such a fierce general..."

He had spent nearly fifty years in the saddle and had seen many brilliant rising stars of the military.

Lin Xiao's figure reminded him of the late former commander of the Golden Scale Guard, General Mu Tiexin.

Decades ago, a twenty-year-old Mu Tiexin, clad in golden armor, led ten thousand Golden Scale Guard north out of the Stone Fortress, standing tall with his blade.

Relying purely on exquisite cavalry maneuvers and individual combat strength, he had held back thirty thousand of his elite Northern Barbarian Black Iron Cavalry!

Since then, the Northern Barbarians had been languishing for over a decade, only recovering their strength after the Golden Tent Khan unified the northern tribes and consolidated their military power.

Marshal Suhe had hoped that within his lifetime, he could at least swallow the six northern provinces of Great Gan and wash away the shame of those years.

He hadn't expected... that things would go poorly from the start. His vanguard Bate was killed, and the main force of the Greedy Wolf Tribe was slaughtered.

Now... even the main army he had redeployed had lost over half its strength!

All of this was because of that one man—Lin Xiao!

"Adoptive father, let me go and meet that Lin Xiao!"

Beside the war chariot, a woman wearing a bamboo hat that hid her features and dressed in a long fur robe was eager to try.

"Even your senior brother Tumen was no match for him; it will be the same if you go."

"Adoptive father, I feel that Lin Xiao used some special secret technique just now, which is why Senior Brother suffered. However, that kind of secret technique cannot be used indefinitely."

"Oh? Can you be sure?" Marshal Suhe frowned.

The woman hesitated for a moment: "The Grand Shaman once mentioned that the Daoist Sect and the Buddhist Sect have similar techniques. Some say they are lost, others say they are extremely difficult to master."

"Since it's only a guess, I cannot let you take the risk. You are a Saintess Candidate, tied to the fortune of the Great Barbarians; we cannot afford any mishaps."

The woman lowered her head. Though unwilling, she was helpless; after all, she wasn't certain what method Lin Xiao had used either.

Furthermore, looking at Lin Xiao's saber techniques, he seemed more like a successor of Blade Mountain; he shouldn't be a disciple of the Daoist or Buddhist Sects.

Marshal Suhe no longer hesitated and shouted loudly:

"Pass the order: retreat!—"

Several vice-generals nearby had long been waiting for the order. Hearing the old Marshal finally admit defeat, they hurriedly blew the horns.

Hearing the order to retreat, the Northern Barbarian Army didn't hesitate for a second, fleeing like a receding tide.

"Don't pursue!"

Lin Xiao gave the order, and General Wu Jinzhe and the others stopped the soldiers.

It wasn't that he was soft-hearted, but rather he knew the soldiers were too tired.

Even with his level of cultivation, he felt exhausted after this night; the others were almost entirely supported by sheer willpower.

The Northern Barbarian Army wasn't incapable of fighting back; they simply wanted to preserve their strength.

If they pursued too deeply, they might instead fall into an enemy encirclement.

Of course, there was one more critical point—the Black Saber's experience points were finally enough!!

[Black Saber (1003/1000), unsealing conditions met. Unseal now?]

"Yes!"

Lin Xiao had been grinding mobs all night just for this moment!

A golden glow that only he could see surged over the Black Saber.

A heart-palpitating, primitive, and ancient aura emanated from the blade.

The saber didn't change much, but the blood on it quickly slid off, leaving it spotless!

Clearly, the Black Saber had become even sharper!

[Ding! Obtained 'Black Saber': After being nourished by blood, it gradually regains its former brilliance, but it seems to hide deeper secrets. Grade: Earth Grade (Next unseal at 3/5000)]

Holy crap!!

Lin Xiao was overjoyed!!

Even after reaching Earth Grade, it could still be unsealed!?

"Could this be a Heaven Grade weapon!?"

Lin Xiao's hands were shaking. As far as he knew, Heaven Grade was practically the ceiling of existence that humans could see on the Tianwu Continent.

Whether it was cultivation techniques, weapons, or aptitudes, anything associated with Heaven Grade was extraordinary.

Having looked at the attributes of thousands of people, only Xiao Qingxuan had a Heaven Grade aptitude!

As for immortal grade, that was the stuff of legends!

"Five thousand heads... while not a small number, it's not too ridiculous. I'll take it slow."

Lin Xiao felt that those 1,500 Prestige points were damn well worth it!

Sheathing his saber, Lin Xiao turned his horse around and hurried back to the city.

After nearly a month away, followed by a brutal night-long defense of the city, he was very worried about his woman's safety.

Before he even entered the city, he saw a woman in a black dress already looking out expectantly.