Slaughter Evolution (Seeking Collection, Recommendation)

The five-thousand-strong orc tribe was located to the north and was likely a high-level village. After consulting with Bai Qi and the others, Zhao Fu decided to avoid a direct confrontation and temporarily halt exploration to the north to avoid encountering the orcs. At the same time, he ordered all villages to strengthen their defenses and vigilance.

The dwarf race was born with forging skills. Although these were Gray Dwarves, they still possessed such talents. Their arrival completely relieved the pressure on Wang Dawu, and Zhao Fu could now produce equipment in large quantities.

First, he repaired the great shields held by the ten Goblin Champions. Then, Zhao Fu took out his military talisman and summoned the ten Skeleton Cavalry, which immediately caused a stir. Zhao Fu intended to forge a new set of armor for the Skeleton Cavalry to bolster their defenses.

These Skeleton Knights were actually quite strong; if they were equipped with a full set of protective gear, even Zhao Fu would not be able to kill them easily.

Just then, a scout from the exploration team stepped forward to report, "Your Highness! A goblin village has been discovered twelve miles west of Great Qin Village."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Fu wanted to verify a thought he had in the rift. He gathered his troops again, totaling 300 soldiers, and headed west toward Great Qin Village.

This goblin village was the same as the one belonging to old Rogge; there were over three hundred goblins, with more than two hundred capable of combat, and the village's defenses were very weak.

The sun was already setting, and it was late afternoon. Zhao Fu thought about the goblins' habit of sending out hunting parties. He immediately split his forces into four groups to intercept the four hunting parties on their way back to the village. The goblin village was instantly reduced by one hundred and sixty members.

At this moment, the goblin village had not yet sensed the danger. As the sky grew dark, they were waiting for the hunting parties to return with food.

However, they were disappointed. Arrows tipped with fire rained down from outside without warning. Many goblins were shot dead instantly, and flames began to consume their dwellings.

The goblins finally realized that the enemy had attacked and gathered all their remaining forces to rush toward the village entrance.

Watching the goblins charge out, Zhao Fu saw that their numbers were now under one hundred. He immediately unleashed the ten Skeleton Cavalry, letting them take the lead to charge and slaughter.

Each Skeleton Cavalry spurred their Skeleton Horse forward.

Clatter, clatter, clatter...

The Skeleton Horses galloped rapidly toward the goblins. Seeing the terrifying sight of the ten charging Skeleton Cavalry, the goblins were filled with fear, but they summoned their courage for the sake of their village and rushed forward.

Puff! Puff! Puff!

The Skeleton Cavalry gripped their long spears and charged, piercing through the chests of the goblins one by one. Blood sprayed, staining the ground red.

The ten Skeleton Cavalry were like an incredibly sharp blade, stabbing directly into the goblin ranks. They charged straight through to the end, unstoppable, splitting the goblin group into two halves.

This was the power of cavalry. Following them, Zhao Fu's infantry and shield-bearers rushed forward to engage the goblins in melee. The outcome of the battle was clear; the goblins were already outnumbered and had been terrified by the Skeleton Cavalry, leaving their morale shattered.

Seeing that it was enough, Zhao Fu ordered old Rogge to step forward and persuade them to surrender. Unsurprisingly, the goblin village chose to surrender completely.

At this point, only eighty-some goblins remained in the entire village, mostly the old, weak, women, and children. Only a dozen or so combat-capable goblins had survived, so they had no choice but to surrender.

Turning his gaze to the ten Skeleton Cavalry, Zhao Fu noticed that after the battle, they stopped beside the goblin corpses. Wisps of gray energy rose from the dead goblins and were absorbed by the Skeleton Cavalry, after which the soul fire in their skulls seemed to grow slightly stronger.

"They can evolve through slaughter?"

Zhao Fu noticed this and couldn't help but mutter in surprise.

Zhao Fu didn't dwell on it; being able to evolve through slaughter was a good thing. He walked into the goblin village, chose to occupy it, and then selected the option to migrate. He received a notification of 50 battle merits and 201 experience points. Taking a few goblin corpses with him, Zhao Fu returned to Great Qin Village.

At the altar in the Bone Space, Zhao Fu began to verify his hypothesis. He placed a goblin corpse in the center of the array and activated it.

The array lit up, emitting waves of light. An invisible force lifted the goblin corpse into mid-air, and its flesh began to melt like wax. Instead of dripping, however, it flowed toward the skull.

Finally, the goblin corpse turned into a skeleton, and an orb of blood-red light floated from between its brows. The array stopped, the bones fell to the ground, and the blood-red orb remained floating in the air.

Zhao Fu stepped forward to examine it and received a set of information. Even with his temperament, he couldn't help but laugh, muttering, "Let's see who can stop the rise of my Great Qin Empire."

[F-Grade Aptitude Orb] Description: The origin of spirit; by seizing the fortune of others, it can be used to raise one's own aptitude to F-grade.

Although he had guessed that the array was for refining corpses, Zhao Fu had never imagined it could refine Aptitude Orbs, which could directly alter a person's potential.

Of course, this was only an F-grade Aptitude Orb, which wasn't significant, but if he could obtain corpses with high aptitude—such as S-grade, SS-grade, or SSS-grade—the refined Aptitude Orbs could directly raise a person's potential to an equal level.

Currently, everyone's level was low, so cultivation might not seem important, but the future would belong to high-tier soldiers. And how could one obtain high-tier soldiers? Naturally, by having soldiers with high aptitude.

"Your Highness! What is it?"

Bai Qi, who stood nearby, rarely saw Zhao Fu show such joy and asked out of curiosity.

Hearing this, Zhao Fu handed him the Aptitude Orb to look at. Bai Qi was also shocked, saying, "How could such a heaven-defying object exist in this world?"

Zhao Fu nodded, recalling the description of the Heaven and Earth Refining Array as one of the six great heaven-defying arrays. He wondered what the other five were.

"For Your Highness to obtain such a heaven-defying array is truly a blessing for our Great Qin!" Thinking of the future of Great Qin, Bai Qi couldn't help but cup his hands and congratulate Zhao Fu.

"Enough!"

Zhao Fu interrupted Bai Qi and said, "This place is now the most important location for our Great Qin. We must take some measures."

Afterward!

Bai Qi brought four hundred men down. Following Zhao Fu's orders, they first dug out the tunnels until they collapsed, sealing them off completely.

Zhao Fu didn't know where those tunnels led or what might crawl out of them one day, so he had to seal them for now and explore them one by one later.

This was the main task for the next few days. Later, he logged out of the Apocalypse World once and took a brief look, discovering that the entire world was becoming dangerous. Nations, faiths, and races were beginning to collide violently.

PS: Why are there so few recommendations? Do you really have the heart to watch this book's performance wither away and eventually be abandoned?