Overlord Spear Technique

"By the way, if there's anything else you need, I'll prepare it all for you," Yang Ye said again.

"Reporting to the general, I also need soldiers who can speak the Xiongnu language, as well as people familiar with the grasslands," Sheng Huai'an said.

A few days ago, they had been few in number and unfamiliar with the grasslands, so they had not dared venture too deeply into them.

From what Sheng Huai'an understood, this world was just a tiny bit enormous, and the grasslands were incredibly vast as well. The grasslands were not home to only one unified nomadic people, the Xiongnu.

The Xiongnu were merely one of the overlords of these grasslands.

"Fine, I'll arrange it for you!" Yang Ye nodded.

"Anything else?"

"Mm, prepare more healing pills," Sheng Huai'an said.

They were behind enemy lines, where casualties would be difficult to replenish. Healing pills were therefore extremely important.

"No! Pick something else!" Yang Ye's expression darkened slightly.

The Anning Army had not received pills distributed by the imperial court for a very long time.

Whenever this was mentioned, fury rose in his heart.

"Uh, fine then. If there aren't any, forget it." Sheng Hu'an scratched his head.

Without pills, the worst that could happen was that they would seize some from the Xiongnu later.

The Xiongnu supply army would have pills among its shipments.

"Include my squad of soldiers in this as well," Sheng Huai'an said after thinking it over.

He had grown accustomed to using those subordinates.

"Fine, that won't be a problem!"

"Anything else?" Yang Ye looked at Sheng Huai'an.

"No more!" Sheng Huai'an shook his head.

"You're currently at Martial Practitioner Great Perfection. I'll give you a Fourth-grade Breakthrough Pill to help you break through to the Martial Master realm. Your cultivation is a little too low right now." Yang Ye bestowed a Fourth-grade Breakthrough Pill upon Sheng Huai'an.

As Sheng Huai'an gradually became more familiar with this world, he learned that pills were also divided into grades one through nine. First grade was the lowest, while ninth grade was the highest.

A Fourth-grade Breakthrough Pill could already allow someone at Martial Master Great Perfection to break through into the Houtian realm.

"Thank you, General!" Sheng Huai'an happily accepted the jade bottle from Yang Ye.

With this pill, he could save some Slaughter Value.

"This is a jade talisman for transmitting techniques. It contains the Overlord Spear Technique that I primarily cultivate. I'll bestow it upon you as well." Yang Ye also passed his spear technique on to Sheng Huai'an.

It was a pity that he could not pass his cultivation method on to Sheng Huai'an.

The other five Brigade Generals felt somewhat envious upon seeing this. General Yang Ye was clearly treating Sheng Huai'an as his successor.

The Overlord Spear Technique was General Yang Ye's famed ultimate skill. They had never seen General Yang Ye treat anyone so well before. Sheng Huai'an was the first.

Sheng Huai'an was overjoyed. For cavalry charging into battle and slaughtering enemies, weapons such as spears and halberds were the most ferocious.

"Thank you, General."

Receiving this spear technique made Sheng Huai'an even happier than receiving the Fourth-grade Breakthrough Pill.

"Alright, go back!" Yang Ye waved him away.

The moment he returned to his quarters, Sheng Huai'an impatiently used the jade talisman for transmitting techniques.

He only needed to press it against his forehead and pour true essence into it.

Then a vast amount of information about the Overlord Spear Technique flooded into his mind. At the same time, the system recorded the spear technique as well.

Name: Sheng Huai'an

Race: Human

Realm: Martial Practitioner Great Perfection

Cultivation Techniques: "Ferocious Ox Strength" (Minor Mastery) "Blood Fiend Saber Technique" (Major Mastery) "Overlord Spear Technique" (Not Initiated) (+)

Strength: 4,500 jin

Talent: Silver Archer (+)

Slaughter Value: 53

Sheng Huai'an did not hesitate and directly spent points on cultivation.

He had no time to slowly comprehend it now.

After consuming twenty points of Slaughter Value, the Overlord Spear Technique reached the beginner level.

A great amount of experience with the Overlord Spear Technique flooded into his mind, making him as proficient as though he had practiced it for two and a half years.

The remaining thirty-three points of Slaughter Value were unexpectedly insufficient to add more points to the Overlord Spear Technique.

With insufficient Slaughter Value, Sheng Huai'an could only give up and begin circulating Ferocious Ox Strength to condense Martial True Essence.

He had already begun to grow used to replacing sleep with cultivation.

Hardworking people worked very hard!

Early the next morning, after finishing morning drills and breakfast.

Once the sun rose, the Xiongnu army began attacking the city again.

Listening to the horns and war drums sounding outside the city, Sheng Huai'an felt the blood in his veins begin to boil.

He simply could not stay idle. He wanted to fight and kill enemies again.

Although General Yang Ye had told him to rest, how could rest possibly be more important than Slaughter Value!?

Rest?

Only trash needed rest. Did he?

No!

Sheng Huai'an immediately grabbed his saber, slung his bow and arrows over his back, and headed up the city wall to fight.

"Captain, are you going to join the battle?" Tang Yunshan asked as he looked at Sheng Huai'an.

"Mm, I'm going to help defend the city!" Sheng Huai'an nodded.

"What about us?" Tang Yunshan looked at Sheng Huai'an. They had no combat assignment.

"You all rest properly!" Sheng Huai'an strode toward the city wall.

The soldiers under his command looked at one another.

"Has Captain become addicted to killing enemies?" Hai Dahe could not help saying.

"Who knows!"

When Sheng Huai'an reached the city wall, he saw the Xiongnu army launching an attack.

Xiongnu Cavalry roamed two hundred meters outside the city, continuously firing arrows toward the walls to suppress the soldiers atop them and create conditions for the Xiongnu infantry to approach.

The archers on the city wall also kept firing back.

But those cavalrymen were extremely fast, making them difficult for the archers on the wall to hit.

They could only turn their arrows toward the charging Xiongnu soldiers.

Sheng Huai'an took the bow from his back, nocked three arrows, and fired all three with a single shot.

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

Whoosh!

All three arrows struck their targets, killing three cavalrymen.

As a Silver Archer, his archery might not have reached the level of divine perfection, but it was already honed to pure mastery.

Seeing Sheng Huai'an fire three arrows at once and hit enemies with every one of them, the nearby archers were stunned.

This archery was ridiculously awesome!

Sheng Huai'an did not pause. He continued drawing his bow and loosing arrows, once again firing three arrows at the same time.

Three more cavalrymen outside the city fell.

Watching Sheng Huai'an kill Xiongnu cavalrymen like that, the nearby archers' mouths fell wide open. Where had this peerless marksman come from!?

Some of the Xiongnu cavalry outside the city noticed Sheng Huai'an. They drew their bows and fired arrows at him.

Sheng Huai'an's gaze sharpened. He swiftly dodged aside and avoided the arrow.

Without another word, he raised his hand and returned an arrow in kind.

Unfortunately for the man opposite him, he failed to evade Sheng Huai'an's arrow. It pierced straight through his heart, knocking him from his horse.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Three more arrows flew out, killing three Xiongnu cavalrymen.

Yang Ye and the other defending generals atop the gate tower noticed Sheng Huai'an.

"Wait, didn't I tell that brat to go rest? Why has he run back up to the city wall?"

"Heh, good fellow. His archery is impressive indeed. Not one arrow misses when he shoots Xiongnu cavalry."

"With skill like that, he's probably one of the very few in our army."

"This guy must be a battle maniac. He simply can't sit still."

The generals all commented in turn.

Very quickly, Sheng Huai'an emptied all thirty arrows from his quiver, killing thirty Xiongnu cavalrymen.

He looked at the archer beside him. That man's quiver still held plenty of arrows.

"Brother, give me your arrows!" Sheng Huai'an said directly.

"Ah? Oh!"

"Here you go!"

The nearby archer came back to his senses, his eyes filled with admiration for Sheng Huai'an.

He was practically a godly archer!

He directly gave Sheng Huai'an all twenty of his remaining arrows, letting Sheng Huai'an use them to kill Xiongnu cavalrymen.

Sheng Huai'an took the quiver. "Thanks, big brother. Once the battle is over, I'll treat you to Yichun Tower and find you the prettiest girls."

"Easy, easy!" At the mention of Yichun Tower, that big brother's eyes lit up as well.

With arrows in hand, Sheng Huai'an immediately nocked and fired them.

Cavalrymen were continually shot from their horses.

At the same time, this drew the Xiongnu cavalry's focused attention. More than a hundred cavalrymen drew their bows and fired at him.

Seeing arrows blotting out the sky and covering the earth, Sheng Huai'an hurriedly dodged.

However, the big brother beside him who had given him arrows reacted too slowly and was shot into a pincushion.

Looking at the big brother who had been shot into a pincushion, Sheng Huai'an thought the Xiongnu cavalry seemed to have saved him a sum of silver!?

"Damn Xiongnu! This was my dear big brother!" Sheng Huai'an fiercely retaliated, drawing his bowstring and killing three Xiongnu cavalrymen to avenge his dear big brother.