Now, the Kobold chief Duo Ke had also become one of Zhao Fu's top generals. Zhao Fu had checked his aptitude, which was S-rank. He also wielded a greatsword. Zhao Fu had no shortage of weapons like swords and blades, so he gave Duo Ke a silver-quality greatsword.
After Liu Mei had thoroughly beaten Duo Ke, she had left a deep shadow in his heart. Whenever he saw her, he went out of his way to avoid her. Zhao Fu had no idea what Liu Mei had done to him. All he knew was that when they returned, Duo Ke was lying on the ground, covered in wounds and barely alive.
Next, Great Qin Village's main task was, of course, to continue exploring!
Bringing Little Gray along was undoubtedly the wisest choice. With its nose to help find other races and creatures, they could cover ground much faster.
This time, Little Gray continued sniffing with its head lowered while Zhao Fu followed behind on Little Black. Suddenly, Little Gray found something. It raised its head, looking solemnly ahead, then turned to Zhao Fu and barked several times. It meant that there was a powerful creature up ahead.
Zhao Fu nodded in understanding, then reminded everyone to be extra careful.
Roar!
The group advanced. Suddenly, a tremendous tiger's roar rang out, and a tiger as large as a bull emerged. Its fur was pure white, without a single spot of another color, and wisps of cold air emanated from its body.
[Ice Cold Tiger]: Ice-type leader creature.
As soon as the Ice Cold Tiger appeared, Zhao Fu immediately ordered an attack. Arrows shot through the air, but the next second, an ice wall appeared in front of the tiger, knocking most of them aside. However, the arrows fired by the few soldiers using the Soul of Martial Refinement pierced straight through the wall. Even so, the ice wall gave the tiger enough time to easily dodge them.
Though the Ice Cold Tiger was powerful, it wasn't stupid. Seeing so many people, it knew it would lose, so it chose to flee.
Seeing the Ice Cold Tiger try to escape, Zhao Fu immediately ordered the Kobold Spearmen to attack.
To strengthen the Spearman unit, Zhao Fu had specially prepared ten iron-tipped javelins for each Kobold Spearman. He had them carry the javelins in bags on their backs, so they wouldn't be left weaponless after throwing them.
The combined force of 200 Kobolds throwing their javelins was terrifying. Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! The javelins tore through the air with a fearsome sound, blanketing the Ice Cold Tiger like a forest of spears.
Facing so many javelins, the Ice Cold Tiger immediately summoned another wall of ice. But this time, it couldn't stop them all, and seven or eight javelins struck it directly.
As a leader-level creature, the Ice Cold Tiger had powerful defenses. The javelins only pierced its body with their tips and didn't inflict any fatal wounds.
The intense pain drove the Ice Cold Tiger into a frenzy. It leaped forward and opened its enormous mouth.
Roar!
With a furious roar, it spat out an ice bomb about the size of a washbasin, which shot toward Zhao Fu and the others. The Shield Bearers immediately raised their shields to protect them.
Boom!
The ice bomb slammed into the shields and exploded. Several Shield Bearers hit directly by the blast were thrown backward, while a thin layer of white frost formed on their shields.
Zhao Fu remained expressionless and ordered the Archers to attack. Arrows shot out, and the Ice Cold Tiger dodged quickly, but quite a few still struck it. It was now covered in arrows, yet it charged forward in a rage.
Bai Qi, Zhang Dahu, Duo Ke, Old Luo, and Liu Mei charged to meet it, each unleashing a different skill.
Old Luo struck first, sending two Blood-colored Fireballs flying toward the Ice Cold Tiger.
The Ice Cold Tiger dodged to the left, avoiding Old Luo's attack. But a moment later, one of Liu Mei's Wind Blades hit it, leaving a gash in its body.
Roar!
The Ice Cold Tiger let out a pained roar.
At that moment, Zhang Dahu and Duo Ke attacked from either side. The Ice Cold Tiger raised both paws and swiped at them, but they dodged to the side, avoiding its claws and slashing it once on each flank.
The Ice Cold Tiger angrily turned and opened its jaws to bite Duo Ke.
Suddenly!
A flash of sword light streaked past, spraying blood everywhere. Bai Qi's final strike cut the tiger's throat.
Zhao Fu hadn't lifted a finger from beginning to end. He sat on Little Black without moving an inch, calmly watching his subordinates kill the Ice Cold Tiger. The best way for a lord to show off was to sit coolly in the rear and watch his subordinates beat the enemy senseless.
Notification! Your General killed the leader monster, Ice Cold Tiger. You gained 27 Battle Merit. Notification! You gained 23 Battle Merit.
After the Ice Cold Tiger was killed, it dropped over a hundred silver coins, along with three items.
The first item was a blue-glowing cube that Zhao Fu recognized: a City-Building Stone. Using it would establish a village. In fact, killing elite monsters had a chance to drop a white-quality City-Building Stone; killing leader monsters had a chance to drop a blue-quality one; and killing lord-level monsters had a chance to drop a silver-quality one.
City-Building Stones obtained from killing monsters had no race restrictions. Anyone could use them, and the race of whoever used one would become the village's race.
Zhao Fu put the City-Building Stone away for the time being. The second item was a ball of light that gave off a chill, which he also recognized.
[Talent Element Orb] Description: Use it to obtain the D-rank skill Ice Explosion Bomb.
The Ice Explosion Bomb was probably the skill the Ice Cold Tiger had used earlier. Zhao Fu thought for a moment. Bai Qi, Zhang Dahu, and Duo Ke were the ones who didn't have magic skills. Since Bai Qi specialized in swordsmanship, Zhao Fu decided to give the Talent Element Orb to Zhang Dahu.
Zhang Dahu happily accepted the Talent Element Orb and thanked Zhao Fu before using it. The newly joined Duo Ke couldn't help feeling a little envious.
Zhao Fu didn't recognize the third item. It was an irregular stone that gave off wisps of cold air.
[Ice Enhancement Stone] Description: An ice-attribute enhancement stone. It can enhance any equipment, adding an ice-attribute damage bonus or an ice-attribute defense bonus.
After reading the description, Zhao Fu said, "Bai Qi! Let me see your sword."
Without hesitation, Bai Qi handed Zhao Fu the golden-quality Star-Slaying Sword.
Zhao Fu took the Star-Slaying Sword and placed the Enhancement Stone against its blade, then chose to use it. The stone turned into icy mist that swirled around the sword, then slowly seeped into the blade.
The Star-Slaying Sword changed slightly. Its blade seemed to be covered in frost, and it felt a little cold in Zhao Fu's hand.
Zhao Fu checked the Star-Slaying Sword's attributes again.
[Ice Star-Slaying Sword] Rank: Half-Legendary (Pseudo). Attributes: Strength +10, Constitution +6, Agility +4. Description: The Star-Slaying Sword was originally a half-legendary weapon, but after being eroded for ten thousand years, it became an ordinary golden-quality weapon. Now that it has been enhanced with an Ice Reinforcement Stone, some of its half-legendary power has been restored, and it has gained an ice-attribute damage bonus.