"The former newly formed First, Second, and Third Camps of Yong City, totaling three thousand soldiers, are all incorporated into the Tiger and Wolf Army as of this moment!"
"Under the sole command of Chieftain Wei Zhe!"
"The Tiger and Wolf Army is expanded into a three-thousand-man combat camp!"
The moment this order dropped, the entire field fell into a deathly stillness.
If promoting Wei Zhe to chieftain was a well-deserved reward,
then handing over the command of all three thousand new recruits to him was a trust and a reckless gamble bordering on madness!
This meant that Wei Zhe would directly control nearly a third of the troops in this vanguard force of ten thousand!
In this split second, his authority even vaguely surpassed that of ordinary chieftains!
"General! This..."
An old general under Shi Meng's command couldn't help but want to step forward and dissuade him.
Entrusting three thousand troops to a greenhorn who had enlisted less than three months ago was far too much of a child's play!
"Shut your trap!"
Shi Meng glared at him coldly.
"When did it ever become your turn to lecture me on how I do things?"
He turned his head to look at Wei Zhe, his gaze burning with intensity.
"Wei Zhe, do you dare take this?"
"These three thousand troops are all fresh recruits who have yet to see blood. But they are all good sons of our Great Qin, and their foundations aren't bad."
"Handing them over to you, I have only one demand!"
"Train every single one of them into tigers and wolves just like the hundred men behind you!"
"Can you do it?"
Wei Zhe's gaze swept over those new recruits whose faces still carried bewilderment and terror.
Then he looked back at the one hundred tiger and wolf elite warriors behind him, whose gazes were resolute and overflowing with killing intent.
He nodded calmly.
"This subordinate obeys the command."
There were no grand words, no passionate rhetoric.
Only four simple words.
Yet to Shi Meng, these four words sounded more reliable than any oath.
"Good!"
Shi Meng burst into laughter once again.
He walked up to Wei Zhe and patted his shoulder again, though this time, the gesture was much gentler.
"Kid, well done."
His voice carried a hint of an elder's appreciation and expectations for a junior.
"You fought out the might of our Great Qin Elite Warriors in this battle! And you fought out your own future!"
He glanced toward the east, where the sky had already taken on a pale, fish-belly white.
A new day was about to arrive.
"Clear the battlefield. Properly gather up our brothers who died in battle. Record all their names."
"When we return home, I will personally go to deliver the compensation funds to their families."
Shi Meng's tone grew somewhat heavy.
"You made the greatest contribution in this battle. You go rest first."
Wei Zhe shook his head.
"The battle isn't over yet."
His gaze looked toward the distant city whose towering silhouette was revealed in the morning light.
Yiyang City.
Shi Meng was stunned, then immediately understood Wei Zhe's meaning.
"You mean..."
"Bao Yuan is dead, but there are still several thousand defending troops inside Yiyang City. Without a leader, this is the prime opportunity to break their morale and take the city."
Wei Zhe's voice remained calm.
"Pass down the order. Have the surrendered soldiers in front and our army in the back, and press down upon the city walls."
"Tell the people inside the city to open the gates and surrender within half an hour, and past offenses will be forgiven."
"After half an hour, if the city gates remain closed..."
A flash of icy killing intent crossed Wei Zhe's eyes.
"Leave no survivors."
Shi Meng looked at the youth before him, and once again monstrous waves stirred in his heart.
Too ruthless!
Decisive in slaughter, without a shred of hesitation!
He had originally thought that after experiencing a night of bloody battle, Wei Zhe would choose to rest and reorganize.
He never expected that he would strike while the iron was hot, make one single push, and directly take Yiyang!
"Good! We'll do as you say!"
Shi Meng was infected by Wei Zhe's killing intent, and the grand sentiment in his chest was reignited.
"Today, I'll go crazy with you!"
"Pass my command! All troops listen up! Clear the battlefield, gather the surrendered soldiers, and march on Yiyang in half an hour!"
"Today, we shall take this eastern gate of the Han State for the king!"
The order was swiftly transmitted down.
The entire battlefield grew busy once again.
The Qin army soldiers dragged their exhausted yet excited bodies to begin gathering the corpses of their comrades and guarding the dazed surrendered soldiers.
Sun He led some men and arrived at Wei Zhe's side.
"Boss, are... are you alright?"
He looked at Wei Zhe's armor, which was soaked in blood, his eyes filled with worry.
Wei Zhe shook his head and thrust the Mo Dao in his hand back into the scabbard on his back.
He glanced at his attribute panel.
Host: Wei Zhe Realm: Fourth-Order Grandmaster (Initial Entry) Strength: 1200 Agility: 1225 Physique: 1202 Cultivation Technique: Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill (Second Layer: 1160/10000) Title: Enemy of Ten Thousand (Junior) Tempering Points: 10990 points
A night of bloody battle, leaping two levels in succession.
He had also gained over ten thousand tempering points and an against-the-heavens title.
This battle was entirely worth it.
"I'm fine," Wei Zhe's voice was somewhat hoarse.
He glanced at Sun He, then looked at Qian Hu and Hu Lei.
"You did well."
"If you hadn't held the flanks, I wouldn't have been able to charge in."
Having received Wei Zhe's affirmation, the three men blushed with excitement.
"It's all thanks to Boss's good command!" Qian Hu scratched his head with an honest smile.
"That's right! Fighting alongside Boss is too exhilarating!" Hu Lei chimed in as well.
Wei Zhe said nothing more; he simply patted both men on the shoulders.
He knew that starting today, this army could truly be considered to bear the brand of his own, Wei Zhe's, making.
He raised his head and gazed at the increasingly clear city.
Yiyang City.
This was merely a beginning.
What he wanted was the entire world.
The towering silhouette of Yiyang City stood in the morning light like a silent giant beast.
Wei Zhe withdrew his gaze from the city wall and let it fall back onto himself.
The blood-soaked armor was sticky and cold, and the exhaustion of battle surged like an undercurrent deep within his bones and muscles.
He looked inward at himself.
The strength of the second layer of the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill surged through his meridians, yet he could also sense the limit of falling short of full capability.
His gaze landed on the glaring string of numbers on the system panel.
[Tempering Points: 10990 points]
[Cultivation Technique: Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill (Second Layer: 1160/10000)]
Without the slightest hesitation.
"System, upgrade the cultivation method."
"Ding! Upgrading the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill to the third layer requires consuming 8840 tempering points. Do you confirm?"
"Confirm."
"Boom!"
A torrent of energy, more violent and searing than any before, was born instantly from the void and rushed into his limbs and bones!
If breaking through the second layer previously was like a river breaching its dikes, then this time, it was a volcanic eruption!
"Crack! Crack-crack!"
The bones throughout his entire body emitted a dense, popping sound like roasted beans! Every inch of muscle, every strip of fascia, was torn apart under the savage scouring of this energy, and then reassembled in a tougher, denser manner!
The exhaustion that had just lingered a moment ago was swept away in an instant!
He could feel his strength violently skyrocketing at an unfathomable speed!
It was a terrifying illusion fierce enough to tear apart mountains and shake the earth!
[Ding! Congratulations to the host, the Dragon Elephant Prajna Skill has advanced to the third layer!]
[Strength +200, physique +200, total inner energy pool doubled once again!]
[The trait 'Dragon Elephant Force' has been upgraded! Your attacks will carry stronger 'Armor Piercing' and 'Shockwave' effects!]
[ comprehended new trait: Dragon Elephant Golden Body (Junior) — You can consume inner energy to form a layer of formless Qi on the surface of your body, substantially increasing defensive power and immunizing against a portion of impact damage.]
Wei Zhe abruptly clenched his fists.
The air emitted an unbearable explosive sound between his fingers!
He looked down at his palms, feeling that strength which seemed on the verge of overflowing.
An unprecedented sense of comfort!
He even had the urge to rush down to the city walls of Yiyang right now and smash open those heavy city gates with a single punch!
"Boss?"
Qian Hu's voice pulled him out of the intoxication of skyrocketing strength.
Wei Zhe raised his head, and a flash of golden light crossed his pitch-black pupils, so fast that Qian Hu thought he was just seeing things.
"It's nothing."
Wei Zhe's voice returned to stability, but the heaviness contained within it made Sun He and the others' hearts tighten.
They felt that the chieftain before them seemed somewhat different once again.
That oppressive aura had grown heavier.
Wei Zhe glanced at his panel.
[Tempering Points: 2150 points]
The remaining points were no longer enough to cause a qualitative change in him.
He raised his head, casting his gaze toward Yiyang City once more, his eyes as cold as if he were looking at a treasury piled high with tempering points.
"Pass down the order."
His voice diffused out in the morning wind.
"All Tiger and Wolf Army troops, rest in place. Eat meat, drink water, polish weapons."
"Attack the city in one hour."
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