Along with the Northern Barbarian King's mangled corpse, Ding Hao and Luo Shenhuang landed side by side. For a moment, the Royal Court Palace was struck silent with shock.
No one had expected that Luo Shenhuang, who had originally fallen into a deadly predicament, would not only be saved by Ding Hao, but would also kill the Northern Barbarian King in return!
A moment later.
The entire Royal Court Palace suddenly erupted in excited uproar!
"The Northern Barbarian King is dead—we won!"
"Hahaha! We trampled the royal court beneath our horses and wiped out the barbarian tribe. We did it!"
"From this day onward, the Northern Barbarians, this festering tumor, will cease to exist. The eight million people along Great Zhou's northern border will enjoy peace forever!"
"Army Lord Luo's divine might is unmatched! And Ding Hao, the Death Row General, turned the tide!!"
"..."
Uproar!
Boiling fervor!
It did not subside for a long while!
Ding Hao, however, paid it no mind. He had already secretly collected all the light orbs dropped after the Northern Barbarian King, Man Poshen, died.
Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have collected 3000 Vitality Points, 300 Spirit Points, and 500 Comprehension Points! Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have collected seventy percent Primordial Barbarian Bloodline! Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have collected the special item Barbarian God Ancient Jade!
As expected of the Northern Barbarian King, Man Poshen's drops after death, though not as numerous as Man Potian's, were extraordinarily bountiful in every category!
But before Ding Hao could examine them, Luo Shenhuang came before him and solemnly thanked him. "Ding Hao, I truly have you to thank for what happened just now. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unthinkable. I owe you another life!"
She did not ask how Ding Hao had done it. Everyone had their secrets; if Ding Hao did not volunteer the answer, she would not pry.
Ding Hao waved his hand and smiled. "Army Lord Luo, what are you saying? Outside the city earlier, didn't you save my life too?"
"It's different!"
Luo Shenhuang shook her head. Yet she seemed to know that this was not the time for further discussion. "Ding Hao, your merits today are immense. Once this is over, I will find you and carefully determine your battle merits!"
With that, she walked to the side and formally announced the victory to the Divine Phoenix Army.
Afterward, she continued ordering the Divine Phoenix Army to clear out any remaining barbarian remnants that might be hiding in the Northern Barbarian Royal Court city, while also cleaning up the entire battlefield.
Amid the overwhelming atmosphere of victory, every camp of the Divine Phoenix Army carried out its own duties!
As for Ding Hao, he did not grow arrogant. The Northern Barbarian King's corpse had yielded abundant drops, but he would not look down on the corpses of ordinary soldiers either!
He immediately led the Death Row Camp in cleaning up the battlefield. Only after working for more than half a day did they finish clearing the entire battlefield!
In the end, the entire Divine Phoenix Army set up camp within the Northern Barbarian Royal Court city.
The Death Row Camp also chose a large residence as its temporary camp!
Ding Hao, meanwhile, eagerly returned to the temporary camp at once. He found a luxurious room, sat cross-legged, and opened his attribute panel!
Host: Ding Hao Realm: True Martial Fourth Level Vitality: 66390 (33610 unfused) Spirit: 1560 (800 unfused) Comprehension: 3250 (2250 unfused) Luck: 0 (none for now) Talent Bloodline: ninety percent Primordial Barbarian Bloodline (seventy percent Primordial Barbarian Bloodline unfused), Everlasting (new)... Cultivation Methods and Martial Arts: Heavenly Tyrant Body Art (Second Layer), One Qi Cultivation Method (Perfected), Three Talents Saber Technique (Mastery), Immovable Mountain Seal (new*Beginner), Eight Dragon Steps (new*Beginner)... Martial True Meanings: True Meaning of Strength (ten percent), True Meaning of Saber (ten percent), True Meaning of Fire (ninety percent), True Meaning of Wind (sixty percent), True Meaning of Thunder (new*thirty percent)... Items Possessed: Mysterious Iron Saber, Golden Silk Soft Armor, Mysterious Treasure Map (one corner), Barbarian God Ancient Jade (new)...
It was clear from the attribute section that, with Man Poshen's drops added to the gains from cleaning up the battlefield, Vitality alone had exceeded thirty thousand points, while the gains in Spirit and Comprehension were equally impressive!
"Fuse!"
Thus, Ding Hao did not hesitate in the slightest and directly chose to fuse them!
As more than thirty thousand points of Vitality, over eight hundred Spirit, and more than two thousand Comprehension fused into him, Ding Hao immediately underwent an earth-shaking transformation!
His realm rose on the spot from the True Martial Fourth Level to the True Martial Fifth Level!
His Spirit and Comprehension also reached an entirely new height!
After fusing all the attribute points, Ding Hao turned his attention to the two items he had collected from the Northern Barbarian King, Man Poshen.
One was seventy percent Primordial Barbarian Bloodline!
The other was the Barbarian God Ancient Jade!
"I already have ninety percent Primordial Barbarian Bloodline. I wonder what changes will occur if I fuse another seventy percent?"
"It can't simply become one hundred and sixty percent Primordial Barbarian Bloodline, can it?"
Ding Hao pondered.
After all, when it came to bloodlines, one hundred percent was usually the limit.
Then there was that piece of Barbarian God Ancient Jade. It was a finely crafted jade pendant, but instead of dragons or phoenixes, it bore the carving of a lifelike old Barbarian God!
Half of the old Barbarian God's face was ferocious and terrifying, while the other half was kind and benevolent. It was like a fusion of an angry-eyed Vajra and a compassionate Bodhisattva!
Yet after turning it over in his hands for a while, Ding Hao found nothing special about it.
So he temporarily set the ancient jade aside and began fusing the Primordial Barbarian Bloodline!
Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have successfully fused seventy percent Primordial Barbarian Bloodline... Ding! Congratulations, Host, your Primordial Barbarian Bloodline has undergone a qualitative transformation...
As the seventy percent Primordial Barbarian Bloodline fused into him, the original ninety percent Primordial Barbarian Bloodline did not simply continue increasing!
Instead, accompanied by the system notifications, it began undergoing a certain qualitative transformation!
Under this transformation, Ding Hao felt the blood throughout his body boil like scalding water. His vitality burst from his body, gradually taking on a golden radiance that was dazzlingly bright!
In the end, when large amounts of golden blood were born within his body.
The system's notifications finally came to an end.
Ding! Congratulations, Host, your Primordial Barbarian Bloodline has qualitatively transformed into Primordial Barbarian God Bloodline. Current bloodline concentration: sixteen percent.
"Mm!"
"It really transformed!"
"Primordial Barbarian God Bloodline—it already sounds incredibly powerful!"
Ding Hao's brows shot up in surprise.
And indeed, that was the case. Though the newly transformed Primordial Barbarian God Bloodline was only at sixteen percent, the strength it granted upon activation would far surpass the former Primordial Barbarian Bloodline.
Even the side effects caused by activating the bloodline had decreased substantially once more!
And at the very moment the Primordial Barbarian God Bloodline successfully transformed.
The Barbarian God Ancient Jade, which had never displayed any supernatural phenomenon, began to hum on its own!
The old Barbarian God carved upon it seemed to come alive, emitting thunderous words that left Ding Hao deafened and shaken.
"Refine the Barbarian God Bloodline, seize the Great Dao Immortal Treasury!!"
"Refine the Barbarian God Bloodline, seize the Great Dao Immortal Treasury!!"
"Refine the Barbarian God Bloodline, seize the Great Dao Immortal Treasury!!"
Amid the deafening thunderous chant, an ancient scripture emerged within Ding Hao's mind.
It was called the Barbarian God Blood Refining Scripture!
At the same time, a new mark quietly emerged on the back of the Barbarian God Ancient Jade—a number: nine!!
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