New Cognition

This fatal stab seemed to drain all his strength.

But Zhou Xu knew he absolutely couldn't fall here.

During this process, as if thinking of something, he suppressed the nausea from killing and activated the 'Eye of Insight' again.

[As expected.]

At this very moment, under the observation of his 'Eye of Insight', a faint blackish-gray light emanated from the chest of the enemy chief's corpse...

[This is his True Word!]

With his previous experience, this time Zhou Xu reached out directly towards that faint light.

At that moment, the grayish-black light seemed to be drawn by some force, transforming directly into energy and surging into his body.

As the energy surged in, Zhou Xu felt another string of strange characters begin to appear in his mind.

This feeling was exactly the same as before, and it also made him clearly realize what he had gained.

Listening to the system prompts in his mind, without hesitation, in the next second, he parted his lips slightly...

[Skeleton Control!]

Instantly, the invisible True Word power spread rapidly from Zhou Xu as the center. The skeletons that had fallen all over the battlefield due to the enemy chief's death, at this moment, with a 'crackling' sound, all stood up.

The Skeleton Soldiers who stood up again did not hesitate. Following Zhou Xu's will, they directly pounced on the members of the enemy tribe.

"Wh-what's going on? Why are the skeletons attacking us?!"

The situation on the battlefield was chaotic. Some members of the enemy tribe hadn't even noticed that their chief was dead.

Suddenly attacked by skeletons, they were greatly alarmed.

The enemy's formation was in disarray. Seizing the opportunity, Dashan once again displayed his might. At the same time, freed from the entanglement of the enemy skeletons, Fei Que immediately brought the rear forces to support them.

A round of counterattack directly overwhelmed the opposing side.

Seizing an opportunity, Zhou Xu shouted loudly...

"Your chief is dead! If you don't want to die, all of you drop your weapons and surrender!!!"

No need for further explanation. After Zhou Xu shouted, Fei Que and the others, while counterattacking, immediately followed suit and shouted...

"Drop your weapons! Kneel and surrender!!"

"Drop your weapons! Kneel and surrender!!"

"..."

The death of their chief and the defection of the Skeleton Soldiers had already thrown the enemy into chaos and shattered their morale.

Now, the almost deafening shouts of the Salt Lake Tribe members completely destroyed their already precarious will!

Don't know who started it, but they began to drop their weapons, kneel on the ground, and beg for their lives.

The battle quickly moved towards its end from this moment.

No need for Zhou Xu to say anything, Fei Que and the others swiftly used bark ropes to tie up the surrendered enemy tribe captives, preparing to transfer them to the mine in the center of the Black Forest for custody.

Obviously, Zhou Xu didn't dare to take these captives directly to their tribe camp. If something went wrong, it would be dangerous.

Therefore, at this moment, he also planned to use the mine as a stronghold for now.

"Chief, what should we do with these guys?"

On the way to the mine, Fei Que fell behind and quietly asked Zhou Xu's opinion.

In this primitive world, the annexation of tribes by each other was not unheard of, and could even be considered normal.

However, considering that this area was extremely lacking in resources, and their own food supply was not abundant, rashly annexing more people would likely be a burden to them.

What Fei Que could think of, Zhou Xu had also thought of.

Their Salt Lake Tribe currently had the problems of 'food resource scarcity' and 'manpower shortage', which were showing a slight tendency to form a vicious cycle.

To break this trend, these guys in front of them might be a breakthrough.

"Let's go to the mine first and interrogate these guys."

Although Fei Que didn't know what 'interrogate' meant, he could roughly understand what their chief meant.

It wasn't far. Escorting the captives, the group soon arrived at the mine.

Upon arrival, Zhou Xu directly found a stone to sit on, then looked at the group of dejected captives in front of him.

"Who's in charge here now? Send someone who can talk."

Facing this question, the captives exchanged glances, and then their gazes all fell on one of the men.

During this process, following their gazes, Zhou Xu's gaze naturally fell on that man as well.

He was a man with a square face and a full beard.

For this situation, the man didn't hesitate and directly stepped forward.

"What's your name?"

"Da Shi."

As the answer was received, Zhou Xu didn't say a word. He immediately unleashed an 'Eye of Insight' at the opponent.

The next second, the opponent's status panel unfolded before his eyes.

Name: Da Shi

Gender: Male

Age: 20

Race: Human Race

Status: Hungry, Fatigued, Lightly Wounded

True Word: None

Talent: Step by Step: Steady progress, never advancing rashly, is the absolute principle for survival in chaotic battles!

Valor: ★★☆

Intelligence: ★★☆

Spirit: ★★☆☆

Stamina: ★★☆

Command: ★★☆☆

Da Shi's status panel made Zhou Xu's eyes light up.

With Spirit and Command both at four-star, this was undoubtedly another 'Purple Epic'.

Of course, looking solely at the five-dimensional panel, this Da Shi was actually inferior to Fei Que. Fei Que's potential was even higher, with an extra star in Stamina.

However, the key point of this encounter was undoubtedly the opponent's talent.

A good panel still needed to be paired with a good talent.

According to Zhou Xu's own understanding, Fei Que's 'Master of Execution' was a typical general-purpose talent, useful in many fields, but lacking a sense of 'specialization'.

But Da Shi's 'Step by Step' was different. This was a very clear talent for commanding troops.

Considering long-term development, he undoubtedly needed such a talent for commanding troops.

Da Shi's appearance brought Zhou Xu some pleasant surprise, as he hadn't discovered the other party's existence before.

This also gave him a new understanding of his 'Eye of Insight'.

That is, to see a person's status panel, he had to first see the entire person. Only by successfully 'observing' the whole person could he possibly obtain their panel.

That's right, possibly!

Because during their previous battle, even though he successfully observed the enemy chief, he couldn't open the opponent's panel.

Zhou Xu guessed that this might be due to some kind of 'level' influence.

His 'Eye of Insight' could perhaps only open panels of a 'level' lower than his own.

Both he and the enemy chief possessed a True Word, so their overall strength at that time might have been on the same level, which prevented his 'Eye of Insight' from penetrating the opponent.

At the same time, it was through this that he unexpectedly pinpointed the opponent's identity!

Update delivered, thanks to book friend 'Gu Xiang De Ni' for the reward!