"It's scorching." Le Yu stood beneath a black umbrella and sighed at the blazing sky.
The sunlight was so vicious that even the Radiant People couldn't stand it. After all, the Radiant People's need for light was extraordinary; beneath the sun, they effectively gained a "+20% to all attributes" buff. Yet at noon in midsummer, even Radiant People hid beneath eaves and trees to escape the heat.
It was precisely because the Radiant People's Mental Power was sensitive to sunlight that once the sunlight exceeded a certain threshold, light that was normally beneficial would become painful. If people were fields and the sun was an ox, then the midsummer sunlight of Profound Candle was undoubtedly powerful enough to plow those fields to ruin.
Thus, noon was naturally a time for rest. Even Silver Blood merchants wouldn't force people to work at noon. After all, the fatigue, shock, and other debuffs caused by working in the midday heat were enough to drastically reduce afternoon productivity.
Radiance had an old saying: "One noon in the sun reveals one's true form." It sounded like a secret for slaying demons and exorcising evil, but it was actually used to describe armies. Exposing an army to the midday sun revealed the soldiers' military competence and level of training.
By that standard, the army before Le Yu was clearly nothing special. They were nowhere near the legendary state of "sweating like rain yet standing unmoving, marching under heavy burdens with hearts as calm as water." Not only were they sighing and fanning themselves, some even shouted, "Captain, when can we drink some water? I'm so thirsty!"
"Have the guy next to you piss for you!" Wan Xisha turned around and cursed viciously. The soldier beside the one who had shouted immediately said, "Captain, let me have