Led by Ye Wei'an, this tide of steel swept through the nearby outposts like an autumn wind stripping leaves from the trees.
Today's fighting was far easier than yesterday's.
To the soldiers, every battle felt like a miracle.
Lord Ye Wei'an always found the weak points and gaps in the enemy lines, inflicting the greatest losses at the smallest cost.
Whenever one of them was trapped in a desperate fight, he either received Lord Ye Wei'an's magical support or felt his own strength break through at the brink of death.
During the attack on the second outpost, a veteran charged too far ahead and found himself beset by two bandits.
As he struggled to fend them off and death closed in, his blood suddenly seemed to catch fire. New power flooded his body.
At the same time, a new move came to him in a flash. He knocked aside one bandit's attack with his longsword, then swung again at an incredible speed and pierced the other bandit's throat.
It was the Fighter's signature technique, Action Surge!
"I... I broke through! I mastered a combat technique in the face of death!" the veteran shouted excitedly.
Far away, Ye Wei'an calmly finished leveling him up.
Scenes of soldiers "breaking through in the heat of battle" played out again and again across the three outposts.
The most astonishing was Cain's advancement at the third outpost.
Cain was leading a charge through a rain of arrows, his fighting spirit reaching its peak amid the clang of his adamantine armor. Ye Wei'an seized the moment and poured his saved potential points into him.
In that instant, Cain gained a new understanding of battle and of the spirit of a Purple Dragon Knight. He felt he was no longer fighting alone; his breathing seemed to fall