I summon the heroic spirits of China in the infinite world.

The deployment of the seven-colored stones is complete.

As the system notification sounded, Li Ming saw a seven-colored, shimmering stone appear next to the wooden house.

It is slightly larger than the communication stone, and its surface constantly changes color, corresponding to the seven major series of stones.

"Okay, now we have a stable source of the seven-element stones."

He nodded in satisfaction.

Just then, a notification popped up.

[Milestone milestone achieved: Deploy 3 different sub-cubes.]

[Next phase: Deploy 3/10 different sub-cubes.]

[Received 1 Chinese Heroic Spirit Card, 1 Cube Stone Upgrade Card, and 1000 Cube Coins.]

"this……"

Li Ming was taken aback at first, then overjoyed.

He was just worried about not having any money, and these 1000 cubic coins were a godsend!

Monster detection stone, communication stone, and rainbow stone—exactly three.

It turns out that there are milestone rewards for deploying sub-cubes, which is a pleasant surprise.

"Now we have the funds to awaken Zhao Yun and Huang Zhong."

Moreover, he also has a Huaxia Heroic Spirit Card, which means he can finally summon the last of the Five Tiger Generals—Ma Chao.

With this in mind, Li Ming did not hesitate at all.

He bit his finger and wrote that name in the blank space on the Heroic Spirit Card.

hum!

A flash of light, and the card's design solidified.

The man had a face like jade and eyes like bright stars.

He was dressed in silver armor and a white robe, wearing a lion helmet and holding a tiger-headed golden spear.

It was none other than Ma Chao, the splendid general of Xiliang!

【Ma Chao】: Tier 1 LV1, Steadfast

[Iron Guard - 100% Steadfast Energy]: Ma Chao can summon one [Iron Guard] Heroic Spirit, which possesses 20% of his own attributes. A maximum of two can exist simultaneously.

"The first entry is actually an active skill..."

Li Ming carefully examined Ma Chao's panel.

Unlike other heroic spirits, Ma Chao, although he has not yet awakened his spirit characteristics, was determined from the beginning to be of the Steadfast type.

This shows that his fighting style and positioning were clear from the very beginning.

The defining characteristic of the Steadfast type is that it accumulates energy by enduring attacks.

Therefore, the active skill [Iron Guard] obviously requires Ma Chao to take hits first and accumulate enough energy before it can be released.

"20% attribute bonus..."

Li Ming pondered this number.

To be honest, a mere 20% attribute bonus is really low. Perhaps it can be used as a tank, punching bag, or a shield.

Furthermore, the entry states that "a maximum of two can exist at the same time," meaning that if Ma Chao can accumulate enough energy twice in a row, he can summon two Iron Guards.

If it's three against one, the numerical advantage becomes immediately apparent.

"However, the specific effects can only be determined through actual combat."

"Let's see the effects of the enchantment."

Dawn opened another panel for Ma Chao.

[Galloping]: Ma Chao increases the movement speed of allied units within range by 5%.

The reason why the Rainbow Stone is placed next to the Monster Detection Stone is to allow it to replace the Detection Stone's enchantment function.

This refers to Huang Zhong's [Experienced] enchantment on the Detection Stone, which increases its range by 20%.

The seven-colored stone is enchanted with Liu Bei's "Benevolence" and becomes a recovery area.

Therefore, these two sub-cubes cannot be enchanted with [Galloping]. Considering the need to maximize benefits, Dawn enchanted them on the main cube.

"Can even my speed increase?"

The moment the enchantment was applied, he felt as if his body had become much lighter.

I tried taking a couple of steps, and sure enough, my pace quickened.

"Oh, and that one too."

After testing the enchantment effects, he unlocked the milestone.

Sure enough, a new notification appeared.

[Milestone: Collect all five Tiger Generals 5/5.]

The experience points of Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong can be fully shared.

"I forgot about this milestone."

As he clicked to enable sharing, he saw all five Heroic Spirit cards light up simultaneously.

Guan Yu's level is being adjusted...

Zhang Fei's level is being adjusted...

Zhao Yun's level is being adjusted...

Ma Chao's level is being adjusted...

Huang Zhong's level is being adjusted...

A few seconds later, the panels of the five heroic spirits changed simultaneously.

Guan Yu: Tier 2 LV2

[Zhang Fei]: Tier 1 LV2

[Zhao Yun]: Tier 1 LV2

【Ma Chao】: Tier 1 LV2

Huang Zhong: Tier 1 LV2

"That's good, but it's a pity that the stone monkey can't enjoy this experience point correlation."

Dawn was a little regrettable.

Originally, Guan Yu was LV3, Zhang Fei was LV3, Zhao Yun was LV2, Huang Zhong was just LV2, and Ma Chao was only LV1.

Now all experience points have been averaged out, so everyone is now LV2 plus a large amount of experience points.

For Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, although their ranks were lowered, the losses were not significant.

Ma Chao, in particular, leveled up to LV2 immediately after being summoned.

"Ma Chao has now reached LV2 and can awaken his Spiritual Ability."

With a thought, Li Ming opened Ma Chao's awakening panel.

[Resilience - Trait]: The duration of negative effects received by Ma Chao is reduced by 20%.

This trait is of the Steadfast type and requires 100 Steadfast Stones and 500 Cubic Coins to unlock.

[Toughness - Trait]: Attack power +20% when energy is at 100%.

This trait is of the Steadfast type and requires 100 Steadfast Stones and 500 Cubic Coins to unlock.

[Sturdy - Trait]: Damage taken -3%

This trait is of the Steadfast type and requires 100 Steadfast Stones and 500 Cubic Coins to unlock.

Dawn began to analyze the three options one by one.

First and foremost, it is sturdy.

It only provides 3% permanent damage reduction, which is not as good as the [Fullness] skill I saw with the Stone Monkey. [Fullness] provides 10% damage reduction when fully charged.

3% is really too little.

So PASS.

Then there's [Resilience], which reduces the duration of negative effects by 20%.

This effect is very useful when facing monsters with abilities such as control, slowing, and weakening.

It is a defensive characteristic.

So far, Dawn has not encountered any particularly strong monsters in this regard, so they do not pose a problem for him at the moment.

The key issue is that he feels that reducing the time by only 20% is a bit too little.

Finally, there's the "tough" look, which seems the most appealing.

When the energy value reaches 100%, the attack power increases by 20%.

The energy of a Steadfast Heroic Spirit is accumulated by taking hits. In other words, if Ma Chao takes enough hits and accumulates enough energy, he will gain an attack power bonus.

This will make him more inclined to be good at both offense and defense.

It can both withstand attacks and fight back.

"Steadfast Servants generally lack offensive capabilities."

"Dawn pondered," he said.

Based on previous combat experience, the Steadfast type is positioned as a tank, with its main task being to absorb damage.

But Ma Chao is different.

He not only has the tankiness of the Steadfast type, but also the [Iron Guard] skill that allows him to summon minions.

If you add the attack power bonus from [Tough], his damage output will be greatly increased.

A heroic spirit that can withstand attacks, fight, and summon minions is truly formidable.

"Therefore, being 'tough' suits him better."

Dawn made the decision.

However, after the decision was made, new problems arose.

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