A Brand New Look!

Right from the start, Ding Hao leveled a serious accusation against Zhang Dalong.

This caused the soldiers celebrating nearby to erupt in a collective gasp.

After all, despite the great victory in this war, there was a significant regret: the failure to kill the Northern Barbarian commander!

If someone had intentionally let the Northern Barbarian commander escape, that matter would naturally need to be thoroughly investigated!

Zhang Dalong knew full well that this was no minor accusation, and his expression immediately darkened as he shouted, "You scoundrel, what nonsense are you spouting!"

At this moment.

Ding Yishan, standing nearby, quickly inquired, "Ding Hao, why do you say that? Did you see something on the battlefield!"

Ding Hao pointed his saber at Zhang Dalong and recounted what had happened earlier!

He explicitly stated that his next strike could have severed Man Potian's head, but Zhang Dalong had interfered.

He strongly suspected that Zhang Dalong was a spy for the Northern Barbarians!

Finally, Ding Hao added, "Judging by his physique, he looks like a barbarian!"

"Damn it!"

"Ding Hao, you're slandering me, framing this general!"

Zhang Dalong almost spat blood.

He truly hadn't expected that Ding Hao, who looked like a pretty boy, would be so adept at slandering people, even using his physique as a basis for his accusations.

While it was true that he had intentionally tried to steal Ding Hao's kill on the battlefield, accusing him of deliberately letting Man Potian escape was utterly preposterous!

"Framing me?"

"Just tell me, did Man Potian escape from your hands?"

Ding Hao coldly retorted again. Although he knew his accusation wouldn't truly harm Zhang Dalong!

He was still very displeased and naturally wouldn't let Zhang Dalong feel comfortable!

As expected, Zhang Dalong's face turned extremely grim. "What kind of talk is that? Although Man Potian escaped from me, he's the Northern Barbarian commander, a Grandmaster expert. It's normal that I couldn't defeat him!"

"Couldn't defeat him? Laughable. I, a ninth-rank martial artist, managed to sever his arm back then. Yet you, Zhang Dalong, a fierce general in the high-level True Martial Realm, let him escape? Is that normal?"

Ding Hao accused him again. Zhang Dalong's expression grew even uglier because, to this day, he was still baffled by this very matter!

Why could Ding Hao cut off Man Potian's arm, yet he himself was almost killed!

At this point, Ding Yishan understood the whole story and immediately sternly questioned, "Zhang Dalong, be honest. Did you act out of personal vendetta and deliberately let Man Potian escape to target Ding Hao?"

"My God!"

Zhang Dalong's face turned completely ashen because of Ding Yishan's shout.

It was like being asked if the mud on his crotch was indeed feces!

For a moment, the surrounding soldiers began to harbor doubts!

They might not believe Zhang Dalong was a spy for the Northern Barbarians, but they had reason to believe that Zhang Dalong had targeted Ding Hao on the battlefield, causing Ding Hao to lose the opportunity to kill the Barbarian commander!

By extension, it was as if Zhang Dalong had let Man Potian escape!

"What's going on?"

Just then, Luo Shenhuang arrived on horseback with the soldiers, having heard the commotion!

Ding Yishan quickly stepped forward and explained Ding Hao's accusations!

Luo Shenhuang's expression immediately turned displeased.

Just like the surrounding soldiers, she didn't believe Zhang Dalong was a spy for the Northern Barbarians, but on the battlefield, Zhang Dalong had definitely targeted Ding Hao.

As for Man Potian's escape, she didn't regret it much!

Because in her opinion, Ding Hao being able to sever his arm was likely due to a fortunate encounter, and killing Man Potian was still unlikely!

"Army Lord, I did not target him. After all, who wouldn't want to achieve the merit of slaying a general? I also wanted to improve. Is it wrong for me to want to progress!"

"You can't say I let Man Potian escape just because I didn't succeed in slaying him!"

Zhang Dalong argued his case to Luo Shenhuang with a wronged expression.

Luo Shenhuang frowned at this and did not immediately convict him!

She only said coldly, "Zhang Dalong, it's not wrong for you to want the merit of slaying a general, but you were too eager for quick success and acted rashly, inadvertently causing Man Potian to escape prematurely. You bear some responsibility. You are fined three months' military pay as a warning."

"I... I obey!"

Zhang Dalong wanted to say more, but in the end, he could only cup his fists and accept the punishment!

After all, three months' military pay was not a significant loss for him!

However, the next moment, his expression turned unhappy as Luo Shenhuang continued, "Ding Hao, in this battle, you not only succeeded in capturing the flag, but you also killed several Northern Barbarian generals, and even severed one arm of the Northern Barbarian commander Man Potian. Your achievements are immense. Your merits will be temporarily recorded, and rewards will be issued after the matter is settled!"

"Thank you, Army Lord!"

Ding Hao clasped his fists in gratitude.

The frustration from Zhang Dalong's destruction of the Slay the General formation had also significantly dissipated.

"Mn, everyone dismiss. Clean up the battlefield and prepare the army!"

"Although we won this battle, there is still much to be done!"

Finally, with a wave of Luo Shenhuang's hand, the assembled soldiers dispersed!

Ding Hao and Zhang Dalong exchanged a glance in secret, both letting out a cold snort as they left.

Zhang Dalong went to prepare the army, while Ding Hao returned to the Death Row Camp, immediately joining the many death row inmates in cleaning up the battlefield!

After all, military merits were just a bonus; cleaning the battlefield was his fundamental foundation.

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for picking up 10 Vitality!]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for picking up 10 Vitality!]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for picking up 5 Comprehension!]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for picking up 3 Spirit!]

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Following the Death Row Camp, he scavenged from south to north, from dawn till dusk.

The scavenging made Ding Hao's heart bloom with joy, and his lingering gloom completely vanished!

This was because the war had resulted in the deaths of over a hundred thousand Northern Barbarian soldiers alone.

Although not much of value could be scavenged from most of the corpses, the sheer number of bodies meant an unprecedentedly rich haul!

The Vitality points alone amounted to over ten thousand, Spirit points over five hundred, and Comprehension points over a thousand.

In addition, there were some innate Martial Arts. While these were of little use to him now, something was better than nothing!

However, the two most beneficial things for him were two specific items.

The first was the Martial Dao True Meanings, the Five Flowers and Eight Gates, scavenged from the corpses of Northern Barbarian generals or Divine Phoenix Army generals.

Besides the initial True Meaning of Strength and True Meaning of Fire, he also picked up the True Meaning of Saber, True Meaning of Wind, and others!

It was just that the degree of comprehension for these True Meanings varied.

The second was the Primordial Barbarian Bloodline, which wasn't scavenged from Northern Barbarian generals, but from a severed arm!

That's right!

It was the severed arm of the Northern Barbarian commander, Man Potian, which he had cut off!

Although it was just a severed arm, the Primordial Barbarian Bloodline that dropped from it reached an astonishing over ten strands.

Especially after integration, the Primordial Barbarian Bloodline he possessed had reached a full twenty-five percent!

Finally, when Ding Hao returned to his wooden bed in the Death Row Camp and integrated all the attribute points and innate bloodline he had scavenged, his strength underwent a massive transformation.

Upon opening his character panel, the values displayed there were completely refreshed!!