Battlefield

[Age 28: As a vanguard of the Black Profound Army, you bravely entered the battlefield and died in the war between the Xuan Shang Imperial Dynasty and the Golden Court.]

Jiang Yuan ultimately failed to hold on and had his head severed by a single slash from his opponent.

In reality, Jiang Yuan opened his eyes, his gaze rippling faintly.

The cries of battle and the clashes of weapons around him abruptly ceased.

In their place came the quiet sound of the wind and the rustling beyond the window.

Too many deaths had occurred in the First Life. Now, Jiang Yuan no longer felt the terror he had at the beginning when facing death.

Jiang Yuan quickly began analyzing his recent experience.

First, this simulated life had taken place during a war. He should have been a soldier on one side of the conflict, fighting amidst the slaughter.

The summary after his death had also revealed the two sides engaged in battle.

And he had no weapon on him! It had most likely been knocked from his hand earlier.

Furthermore, his cultivation was different from reality. It was as though he had been given another body, with cultivation only just entering the Late Qi and Blood Stage.

Some talent-type abilities seemed capable of carrying over into the simulated life.

[River Spirit's Blessing] had carried over, while it was impossible to tell with [Hardworking and Enduring].

The exotic bone and the Acquired Savage Physique, however, had not carried over.

Jiang Yuan guessed that perhaps because the exotic bone and Acquired Savage Physique could directly alter his combat strength, they were restricted in the simulated life and could not synchronize over.

But auxiliary talent abilities like [River Spirit's Blessing] were different.

Being able to bring talents in was good news for Jiang Yuan as well.

[River Spirit's Blessing] had helped Jiang Yuan clearly see the anomaly in the sky. Though he had never encountered such a thing before, he somehow knew what that black mist was.

Killing Intent.

That was the information Jiang Yuan had gathered for now.

Then what was the condition for clearing this simulated life?

The simulator would not explain the clearing conditions, but the conditions for the previous two lives had been extremely clear.

The First Life had required him to survive the so-called first tribulation and live through the hands of that white-clothed boy.

The Second Life had required him to escape the stronghold.

What about the Third Life?

Survive? Defeat his opponents? Or something else...

He would need to explore all of that himself.

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Yuan entered the Third Life again.

The surrounding sounds became chaotic once more. Jiang Yuan tilted his head slightly, dodging an arrow, then instantly seized a longsaber that had fallen to the ground.

Immediately afterward, a flash of saber light swept before his eyes, and Jiang Yuan held his military saber horizontally.

A tremendous crash rang out, and Jiang Yuan felt his hand go numb.

The enemy before him had tremendous arm strength, far greater than that of his current body.

Jiang Yuan's expression remained unchanged as his saber techniques became sharp and tricky.

It was none other than the perfected Duanmen Saber Technique.

Every stroke was lethal. Then the saber's edge turned, transforming into the grand and majestic Tiger Roar Saber Technique.

A tiger's roar sounded, lightly jolting aside the military saber of the burly man before him.

Just as Jiang Yuan was about to press forward and finish off his enemy, alarm bells suddenly blared in his heart.

He shifted slightly, but a stabbing pain came from beneath his arm. Jiang Yuan's pupils contracted as he glanced behind him. A soldier in ragged armor wore a savage expression as he thrust a spear into Jiang Yuan's body.

Then Jiang Yuan felt his body being violently hurled into the air.

The next instant, he lost consciousness.

He had been careless. A battlefield was different from an ordinary duel. So long as one could survive on the battlefield, any means could be used!

Jiang Yuan cursed inwardly and entered the Third Life again.

Jiang Yuan tilted his head, dodging the arrow. He picked up the military saber from the ground, blocked the incoming flash of saber light with one slash, then rode the momentum forward.

The saber edge scraped along the soldier's blade, scattering a string of sparks.

His qi and blood erupted. A tiger's roar suppressed the qi and blood the soldier had spurred forth, and one slash beheaded him.

Scalding blood splashed across Jiang Yuan's face.

At that moment, alarm bells blared in his heart. Jiang Yuan's expression did not change as he thrust his military saber behind him. A tremendous force came from his back.

Following the force, Jiang Yuan rolled forward.

Then another flash of saber light came.

Jiang Yuan had no time to react before losing consciousness.

In reality, Jiang Yuan lightly held his head. There were too many variables on the battlefield, especially when he was fighting at close quarters with a saber. It was even more dangerous.

It would be better if he had a long weapon. Long weapons were the true protagonists of the battlefield.

Jiang Yuan opened the simulated life again.

The third time, he was hacked to death by a flurry of blades.

The fourth time, after killing three people in succession, he was stabbed to death when enemies concentrated their attacks on his back.

The fifth time, after killing five people in succession, he was shot dead by a hidden arrow from behind.

The sixth time, he encountered an Internal Force expert and was utterly crushed.

The seventh time, after killing eight people in succession, an officer among the Black Profound Armored Soldiers grabbed Jiang Yuan and told him to follow, seeming to intend to complete some task. The next second, Jiang Yuan was hacked to death by a flurry of blades.

The eighth time, after following the officer and avoiding numerous attacks, he was still killed by an Internal Force expert.

Jiang Yuan opened his eyes, feeling somewhat exhausted.

That Internal Force expert's powerful Internal Force had smashed through Jiang Yuan's protective qi and blood like rotten wood, then shattered his heart with a single palm strike.

Without the exotic bone's power strengthening him, Jiang Yuan still struggled to face an Internal Force expert with his qi and blood cultivation.

Not to mention that he was in the unfamiliar environment of a simulated life, where Jiang Yuan's abilities faced many restrictions as well.

The simulator's number of simulations had reached its limit.

This time, he had reached the limit after only eight simulations, unlike the continuous simulations in the First Life.

Perhaps it was because Jiang Yuan had not made any intense movements at all during the First Life. The only thing Jiang Yuan had done in the First Life was activate the exotic bone.

But now, in the Third Life, every one of Jiang Yuan's simulations involved fierce combat.

Since the Third Life had opened, some abilities inherent to the original body of the Third Life should have been activated in [Exchange Rewards] as well.

Before clearing each simulated life, the original body's inherent ability exchange rewards would refresh once. After clearing it, there would also be abilities from subsequent simulated lives.

Jiang Yuan opened [Exchange Rewards]. The newly refreshed exchange rewards might be able to help him.

He skipped over the rewards above and looked at the newly appeared items.

[Army Formation Killing Fist: Points *20]

[Army Formation Spear Art: Points *20]

[Army Formation Saber Art: Points *20]

[Keen Killing Intent Perception (Beginner): Points *80]

The first three were all military martial arts. They were extremely basic, not even comparable to the Duanmen Saber Technique, but they were suited for the battlefield.

The last, Keen Killing Intent Perception, was a talent-type ability.

[Keen Killing Intent Perception (Beginner): Having weathered battle for a long time, you have adapted to Killing Intent. You have unexpectedly become extremely sensitive to Killing Intent and can sense the Killing Intent of others.]

This talent did not seem particularly useful. There was Killing Intent everywhere on the battlefield, so sensing it did not seem useful at all.

Instead, the three crude martial arts above might be better suited to Jiang Yuan.

Jiang Yuan looked at his remaining seventy Points and learned all three military martial arts in one go.

On the battlefield, these martial arts might prove greatly useful.

Streams of information appeared in Jiang Yuan's mind.

This time, it was not martial arts cultivation experience, but purely the martial arts themselves. Just like the Heavenly Formed Exotic Bone Feather Ascension Scripture, there was only martial arts information and no cultivation experience.

Yet Jiang Yuan stood on high ground and overlooked all below. With the foundation of the Ten Directions Fist and Tiger Roar Saber Technique, Jiang Yuan comprehended the Army Formation Killing Fist and Army Formation Saber Art quite quickly.

His comprehension of the Army Formation Spear Art was slightly worse, but he still gained some understanding very quickly.

Because these three martial arts were simply too basic and crude, Jiang Yuan began to suspect that the simulator had swindled him out of sixty Points.