"Mm!"
"Thank you for your generous favor, Commander!"
Seeing the three items, Ding Hao's eyes lit up of their own accord.
He had originally decided not to mention this matter anymore. After all, having her rebuke Zhang Dalong and protect him was already the best reward he could have hoped for.
Yet he had never expected Luo Shenhuang to replace his original reward, and these three items all suited his wishes perfectly!
"Mm, go!"
Luo Shenhuang waved her hand.
In the end, Ding Hao returned to Death Row Camp with the three items!
When he returned to Death Row Camp, Ding Hao's status visibly rose another notch.
That was because word of how he had taken Zhang Dalong's three blade strikes head-on had already spread.
Zhang Dalong had once been known as the Divine Phoenix Army's number one fierce general, while Ding Hao was now honored as the Divine Phoenix Army's number one tough soldier!
However, Ding Hao had no interest in titles like fierce general or tough soldier!
The moment he returned to camp, he poured all his attention into the three rewards!
First was the Golden Silk Soft Armor. It was not only light and close-fitting, but its defensive power was no less than the Divine Phoenix Army's finest heavy armor!
If he had possessed such soft armor when he had faced Zhang Dalong's three blade strikes head-on, perhaps he would not have suffered such grievous injuries at all!
After wearing the Golden Silk Soft Armor beneath his prisoner's uniform, Ding Hao turned his attention to the One Qi Cultivation Method and the Three Talents Saber Technique!
The One Qi Cultivation Method was a high-grade Cultivation Method that could increase the quality of a martial artist's True Qi. It was a method that could improve a martial artist's strength from the roots up!
With Ding Hao's current comprehension of 250 points, he had initially mastered the One Qi Cultivation Method in just half a day!
As the One Qi Cultivation Method circulated through his meridians again and again, he could clearly feel the True Qi and inner strength within his body growing greater and stronger!
Once it was fully perfected, Ding Hao's True Qi would be thirty to forty percent greater than that of others at the same realm out of thin air, and its quality would also surpass theirs by a fair margin!
In battle, that would clearly allow him to seize a tremendous advantage!
Of course, compared to the One Qi Cultivation Method, what interested Ding Hao most was undoubtedly the Three Talents Saber Technique!
For no other reason.
It was because this Three Talents Saber Technique was a Grandmaster-level martial art, a whole tier above high-grade martial arts such as the Tyrant Blade Slash!
With his former level of comprehension, he would not even have been able to understand the Three Talents Saber Technique, much less cultivate it. But now, relying on his 250 points of comprehension, he swiftly grasped its mysteries!
The Three Talents Saber Technique consisted of three blade moves: Behead Man, Rend Earth, and Shatter Heaven!
The first blade, Behead Man, was a single-target attack. It consumed the least True Qi, but it could be unleashed repeatedly, swift and urgent!
The second blade, Rend Earth, was a group attack. It consumed a comparatively large amount of True Qi. With one blade strike, blade force could spread outward over an immense distance, inflicting widespread destruction. It was like an upgraded version of the Tyrant Blade Slash!
The third blade, Shatter Heaven, was an explosive technique. It directly consumed more than half of his True Qi, stacking the blade's might severalfold or even more than tenfold. The power it created was plainly terrifying!
Though there were only three blade moves, they covered single-target attacks, group attacks, and explosive bursts. It was exceptionally versatile!
"Tsk tsk!"
"As expected of a Grandmaster-level martial art. It's far more awesome than high-grade martial arts!"
Ding Hao sighed in admiration.
Relying on his 250 points of comprehension, he could already force the Three Talents Saber Technique into his head whole.
However, during that time, he discovered something he had previously underestimated!
It was the incomplete technique Ding Yishan had given him—the Heavenly Tyrant Body Art!
He had originally guessed that the Heavenly Tyrant Body Art might be a Grandmaster-level Cultivation Method. But after cultivating a true Grandmaster-level martial art—
He discovered that he had still vastly underestimated the Heavenly Tyrant Body Art's grade!
Because even with his current 250 points of comprehension, he still found the Heavenly Tyrant Body Art's second level extremely difficult to cultivate. Yet while cultivating the Three Talents Saber Technique, he had not felt any difficulty at all.
Clearly, the Heavenly Tyrant Body Art's grade far surpassed the Grandmaster level.
"Could it be a Celestial Being-level Cultivation Method? It can't possibly be Immortal God level, can it?"
Even when Ding Hao dared to speculate.
He only considered the Celestial Being level and did not dare guess at the Immortal God level!
After all, the Immortal God level corresponded to Land Immortals. That level was the stuff of legend!
After that, Ding Hao cultivated within Death Row Camp for several days.
On this day, he opened his panel!
Host: Ding Hao Realm: Eighth-rank Martial Artist Qi and Blood: 4280 Spirit: 120 Comprehension: 250 Fortune: 0 (none for now) Talent Bloodlines: Innate Strength, Light as a Swallow, Unyielding Resilience, Primordial Barbarian Bloodline! Cultivation Methods and Martial Arts: Heavenly Tyrant Body Art (Level One), One Qi Cultivation Method (Major Accomplishment), Three Talents Saber Technique (Minor Accomplishment), Tyrant Blade Slash (Perfected), Stepping Wind (Perfected), Golden Bell Shield (Perfected)... Items Possessed: Mysterious Iron Blade, Golden Silk Soft Armor, Mysterious Treasure Map (one corner)...
Through the character panel, Ding Hao could clearly see the progress he had made over the past few days. Not only had the One Qi Cultivation Method reached Major Accomplishment, even the Three Talents Saber Technique had achieved some success.
Although his cultivation had not increased by much, his combat power had soared!
Compared to the version of himself who had faced Zhang Dalong head-on, he had improved severalfold at the very least!
Ding Hao secretly estimated that if it were a one-on-one fight, there should be very few people beneath the True Martial Realm who could be his match.
Still, that assumption was somewhat untenable. After all, on a brutal battlefield, no one would fight him one-on-one!
Thump thump thump~
On that same day, the dull beat of war drums reverberated throughout the Divine Phoenix Army camp.
Outside Death Row Camp, great masses of Divine Phoenix Army soldiers could be seen preparing to set out. Ding Hao hurriedly asked the Death Row Camp officer, "Captain, is the Divine Phoenix Army about to make a move?"
The Death Row Camp officer clearly recognized Ding Hao as no ordinary death-row prisoner and answered very politely, "That's right. From what I know, our Divine Phoenix Army is going to take the initiative and attack the Northern Barbarian army!"
"Oh?"
Ding Hao's eyes brightened.
He then hurriedly asked, "Will our Death Row Camp be going?"
Yet the Death Row Camp officer shook his head. "Death Row Camp hasn't received any orders!"
"What?"
"We're not going?"
Ding Hao was somewhat disappointed, but it passed in an instant.
After all, the battlefield was perilous, especially in a frontal clash, which was like a meat grinder. Even powerhouses like Zhang Dalong and Ding Yishan would not dare claim they could survive with absolute certainty. His survival in the previous battles had partly depended on luck. If he did not have to go, he actually did not want to!
Of course, the most important thing was that not going to the front lines would not affect his corpse looting!
Because afterward, Death Row Camp would be responsible for cleaning up the battlefield and transporting the corpses!
Perhaps the only loss would be his chance to seize military merits!
But Ding Hao understood that although he had already obtained two of the Four Great Military Merits—First to Ascend and Break the Formation—gathering all four was still hopeless!
Because the remaining two military merits, Capture the Flag and Slay the General, were almost impossible to accomplish!
What was Capture the Flag?
It meant seizing the great command banner at the commander-in-chief's position from amid an army of ten thousand!
As for Slay the General, as the name implied, it meant taking the commander-in-chief's head amid an army of ten thousand!
Moreover, those two things were not only in the same place, but also protected by specially assigned elite guards. Let alone an Eighth-rank Martial Artist like him!
Even if Luo Shenhuang risked her life, she would have little hope of accomplishing it!
Therefore, for Ding Hao.
If he wanted to gather all Four Great Military Merits, he could only do all that man could and leave the rest to Heaven's will!!
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