Ice Cold Tiger

The Kobold leader, Duo Ke, had also become a major general under Zhao Fu. Zhao Fu had checked his potential, which was S-rank, and he favored a great blade as his weapon. Since Zhao Fu was not lacking in blade or sword weapons, he directly gifted him a silver-grade great blade.

Because Duo Ke had been severely beaten by Liu Mei, he harbored a deep trauma and would take a detour whenever he caught sight of her. Zhao Fu did not know what method Liu Mei had used, but when he returned at the time, he had only seen Duo Ke lying on the ground, covered in wounds and on the verge of death.

Moving forward, the primary task for Great Qin Village was, of course, to continue exploring!

Bringing Little Gray was undoubtedly the wisest choice; with its nose to track other races and creatures, it was certainly the fastest method.

This time, Little Gray continued to sniff the ground while Zhao Fu rode Little Black behind it. Suddenly, Little Gray made another discovery. It lifted its head, looking solemn as it stared ahead, then turned to bark a few times at Zhao Fu, signaling that there was a very powerful creature in front.

Zhao Fu nodded in understanding and immediately sent out a warning to proceed with caution.

"Awoo!"

As the group advanced, a massive tiger roar suddenly erupted. A fierce tiger, the size of a cow, emerged. Its fur was snow-white, without a single speck of color, and it radiated wisps of cold air.

[Ice Cold Tiger]: Ice-type leader creature.

Seeing the Ice Cold Tiger emerge, Zhao Fu ordered an attack immediately. Arrows flew out, but the next second, an ice wall appeared in front of the beast, deflecting most of them. However, the arrows of the few soldiers using the Soul of Martial Refinement pierced straight through the ice wall, though the obstruction allowed the Ice Cold Tiger to dodge them easily.

Seeing so many people, the Ice Cold Tiger, despite its strength, was not stupid; it knew it would lose, so it chose to flee.

Seeing the Ice Cold Tiger attempting to escape, Zhao Fu immediately ordered the Kobold Spearmen to attack.

To develop the Spearman unit into a powerful force, Zhao Fu had specifically prepared ten iron-tipped javelins for each Kobold, carried in a bag on their backs to avoid the awkward situation of being weaponless after throwing their spears.

The power of 200 Kobolds throwing their javelins in unison was terrifying. Swish, swish, swish! The sound of air being torn apart was deafening, and the sheer momentum was like a forest of spears enveloping the Ice Cold Tiger.

Facing so many javelins, the Ice Cold Tiger immediately summoned another ice wall, but this time it could not block them all, and seven or eight javelins struck the beast directly.

Because the Ice Cold Tiger was a leader-level creature with strong natural defenses, the javelins only embedded their tips into its body, failing to cause fatal damage.

The intense pain caused the Ice Cold Tiger to lose its composure; it leaped out and opened its massive jaws.

"Awoo!"

With a roar, an ice bomb the size of a washbasin was launched, flying toward Zhao Fu's group. The shield bearers immediately raised their shields to block.

Bang!

With a loud crash, the ice bomb struck the shields and exploded, forcing the shield bearers who were hit directly to stumble back a step, while a layer of white frost formed on their shields.

Zhao Fu's expression remained unchanged as he ordered the archers to attack. Arrows rained down, and although the Ice Cold Tiger dodged rapidly, it was struck by many of them. By now, the beast was bristling with arrows, but it still chose to charge forward in a rage.

Bai Qi, Zhang Dahu, Duo Ke, Old Rogge, and Liu Mei stepped forward to meet it, unleashing their various skills.

It started with Old Rogge's two blood-red fireballs flying toward the Ice Cold Tiger.

The beast dodged to the left, evading Old Rogge's attack, but a second later, a Wind Blade from Liu Mei struck it, leaving a gash on its body.

"Awoo!"

The Ice Cold Tiger roared in agony.

At this moment, Zhang Dahu and Duo Ke attacked from the left and right. The Ice Cold Tiger raised both claws to swipe at them, but the two men dodged to the side, not only avoiding the claws but also landing a strike on each of its flanks.

The Ice Cold Tiger turned its head in a rage and snapped its massive jaws at Duo Ke.

Suddenly!

A flash of sword light flickered, and a spray of blood erupted as Bai Qi delivered the final blow to its throat.

From start to finish, Zhao Fu had not moved a muscle. Sitting atop Little Black, he watched calmly as his subordinates slew the Ice Cold Tiger. The best way to embody a lord was to sit in the rear, acting cool, and watching one's subordinates beat the enemy to a pulp.

Notification!

Your General has killed the leader-level monster, Ice Cold Tiger. You have gained 27 War Merits.

Notification!

You have gained 23 War Merits.

After the Ice Cold Tiger was slain, it dropped over a hundred silver coins, along with three items.

The first item, which Zhao Fu recognized, was a cube radiating blue light. This was a City-Building Stone; using it allowed one to establish a village. In fact, killing elite monsters had a chance to drop white-grade City-Building Stones, killing leader-level monsters had a chance to drop blue-grade ones, and killing lord-level monsters had a chance to drop silver-grade ones.

City-Building Stones obtained from killing monsters had no racial restrictions; anyone could use them, and whoever used one would have their race refreshed to match the stone's origin.

Temporarily putting the City-Building Stone away, Zhao Fu turned to the second item: a glowing orb radiating cold air, which he also recognized.

[Talent Element Orb] Description: Use to obtain the D-rank skill, Ice Explosion Bomb.

The Ice Explosion Bomb was likely the skill the Ice Cold Tiger had used earlier. Zhao Fu thought for a moment; currently, Bai Qi, Zhang Dahu, and Duo Ke lacked magic-type skills. Since Bai Qi specialized in swordsmanship, Zhao Fu gave the Talent Element Orb to Zhang Dahu first.

Zhang Dahu happily accepted the orb, thanked Zhao Fu, and used it, leaving the newly joined Duo Ke feeling a little envious.

The third item was something Zhao Fu did not recognize: an irregular stone radiating wisps of cold air.

[Ice Enhancement Stone] Description: An ice-attribute enhancement stone. It can enhance any equipment, granting either ice-attribute damage bonuses or ice-attribute defense bonuses.

After reading the information, Zhao Fu spoke, "Bai Qi! Give me your sword."

Hearing this, Bai Qi did not hesitate and handed his golden weapon, the Ice Star-Slaying Sword, to Zhao Fu.

Zhao Fu took the sword, placed the enhancement stone against the blade, and chose to use it. The stone transformed into a mist of ice that coiled around the sword before slowly merging into the blade.

The Ice Star-Slaying Sword underwent a slight change; the blade now seemed covered in a layer of frost, and it felt cold to the touch.

Zhao Fu checked the sword's attributes again.

[Ice Star-Slaying Sword] Grade: Semi-Legendary (Pseudo). Attributes: Strength +10, Constitution +6, Agility +4. Description: Originally a semi-legendary Star-Slaying Sword, it became a common golden weapon after ten thousand years of erosion. Now, reinforced by the Ice Enhancement Stone, it has recovered a portion of its semi-legendary power and gained an ice-attribute damage bonus.