In chaotic times, skill points are added: from hunter to martial saint, only killing and no mercy!

The arrow streaked across the night sky, emitting a beeping sound and bursting with a flash of red light.

"General, a new signal has arrived from the Wind Tiger Camp!"

The scout shouted, and General Guan, who was discussing the battle with his officers, looked up and saw that outside the tent, a signal arrow fired by Li Yi's men was streaking across the night sky and heading into the distance.

"The Qing Kingdom's commander is injured?"

This signal arrow was a signal agreed upon by Li Yi and General Guan. Only Li Yi, Song Jie, and General Guan knew its meaning in the entire Yanmen Pass, so there was no possibility that it was tricked by the enemy.

After recognizing the meaning of the signal arrow, General Guan's already ruddy complexion became even more rosy, and he looked at everyone excitedly.

"Pass on my order: the entire army shall attack!"

"The enemy's food depot has been burned, and their commander is wounded!"

"Soldiers, follow me and fight!"

Upon learning that the Qing Kingdom's commander was injured, General Guan immediately realized that this was an opportunity to expand the victory.

This time, he led 15,000 troops in a night raid, with 3,000 soldiers hidden behind him, who were reserves left by General Guan.

But at this moment, General Guan waved his hand and sent out all the soldiers he had brought at once.

As time went by, the wind fanned the flames, and the fire, fueled by the wind, had turned the granary of the Qing Kingdom's camp into a giant torch.

Even from two miles away, the Chen army could clearly locate their target.

In an instant, the army was in high spirits. Many soldiers, realizing that military merit was within their grasp, were eager to fight. The journey that used to take an incense stick to burn was now completed in less than half an incense stick's time.

Several hundred meters outside the Qing Kingdom's main camp, Li Yi, along with the remaining three hundred or so soldiers, were resting and recovering.

As for the soldiers who had lost their fighting ability, they were placed in a remote place to guard the bodies of their fallen comrades.

These soldiers died for Li Yi, and Li Yi did not want them to be left to rot in the wilderness.

Li Yi's act of sending people to guard the body once again rallied morale among the troops.

Even after several fierce battles, the soldiers of the Wind Tiger Battalion remained highly motivated.

If Zhou Cang hadn't retreated, they might have been able to kill the Qing Kingdom's deputy general, who was at the True Qi Realm, by overcoming a major level under Li Yi's leadership!

How could they not be excited?

Not long after Zhou Cang retreated, Song Jie led a thousand heavy cavalrymen and suddenly charged into the Qing Kingdom's camp.

Behind them were thousands of light cavalry, who rushed into the camp through the gaps opened by the heavy cavalry, roaming and fighting everywhere, trying their best to expand their gains.

Just as Li Yi and his men had recovered somewhat, more than 10,000 infantrymen appeared from three directions and surrounded the Qing Kingdom's camp.

Encircle three sides and leave one side open; this is the best strategy for military strategists to encircle and kill!

"General!"

Using his night vision, Li Yi spotted General Guan's banner in the distance, with over three hundred men guarding the area.

General Guan looked at the Wind Tiger Camp, its ranks adorned with wounds, and then gazed at Li Yi with considerable satisfaction:

"You did a great job in this battle; I commend you for your outstanding contribution!"

The Wind Tiger Camp was overjoyed at General Guan's words, as it meant they would receive a great reward upon returning to Yanmen Pass!

"Tell me about the battle!"

General Guan had not forgotten that Li Yi's signal mentioned that the Qing Kingdom's commander had been wounded.

Upon hearing this, Li Yi signaled Han Jia to lead the Wind Tiger Battalion to catch up with the main force, while he himself stayed by General Guan's side and recounted in detail how he had led his men to stop Zhou Cang.

"Three major injuries and countless minor wounds. Your true energy was affected by the trump card you used?"

General Guan was quite surprised to hear Li Yi's words.

He had thought that Li Yi had only inflicted some minor wounds on Zhou Cang, but he never expected that Li Yi would achieve such a result.

As for the mysterious method Li Yi used, General Guan did not ask any further questions.

Every martial artist has their own signature move; there's no need to ask in detail.

"If what you say is true, you deserve the greatest credit for this battle!"

Upon hearing this, Li Yi said gravely:

"Please rest assured, General, I am not joking!"

"If I have uttered even half a lie, I am willing to face military law!"

Upon hearing Li Yi's words, General Guan felt reassured and immediately took out his weapon, leading his men to crash into the Qing Kingdom's camp.

At this time, the Qing Kingdom's camp was being raided by Chen Kingdom cavalry, who were burning, killing, and looting.

Meanwhile, the Qing Kingdom army, which had previously fallen into chaos, was threatened by the Chen Kingdom cavalry from the outside and suppressed by Zhou Cang's military force from the inside. Gradually, it calmed down and, under the organization of various officers, resisted the charge of Song Jie's cavalry.

However, with the arrival of General Guan and his more than 10,000 infantrymen, these scattered Qing soldiers, fighting independently, were mercilessly crushed and their achievements turned into military merits.

"Han Jia, take your men to the Qing Kingdom's secret vault!"

Within the Qing Kingdom's main camp, the secret vault and the granary are located in two separate places. The secret vault contains various martial arts resources, healing herbs, and other extremely important supplies.

When Li Yi infiltrated the Qing Kingdom's camp and burned down the granary, he had already discovered the location of the secret vault.

After consulting with General Guan, Han Jia was instructed to lead the Wind Tiger Battalion to guide a group of soldiers to seize the secret vault.

As for Li Yi himself, he led Liu Ye and other personal guards, closely following General Guan's side.

General Guan just told Li Yi that if Zhou Cang's true energy is indeed affected, he will take action and try to keep him here.

Now that I have made the greatest contribution, my top priority is to seize the opportunity to observe the battles of higher-level martial artists!

Observing battles of strong individuals can also increase experience in the corresponding skills.

Soon, under the high morale of the Chen army, the Qing soldiers either died or surrendered, and gradually only a few thousand remained, surrounded in the center of the camp.

As for the several thousand soldiers who escaped through the gap, they were relentlessly pursued and worn down by the cavalry army led by Song Jie.

"General, that is the deputy general of the Qing Kingdom!"

With the aid of night vision, Li Yi immediately recognized Zhou Cang, who was hiding among the soldiers.

Upon hearing this, General Guan, clad in full armor, was greatly invigorated. He grabbed a Green Dragon Crescent Blade and leaped in front of the two armies.

General Guan's sword was pointed directly at Zhou Cang, his expression grave.

"You must be a lieutenant general from the Qing Kingdom? Do you dare to fight me?"

Upon realizing he had been discovered, Zhou Cang glared resentfully at Li Yi, then picked up a long spear and walked through the crowd.

General Guan was in excellent spirits and his eyes were bright and piercing, while Zhou Cang was covered in blood, his face was bluish-black, and his hand holding the long spear was trembling slightly.

In an instant, the superiority of the two was immediately apparent.

Upon seeing this, General Guan smiled slightly.

"You don't look well. Why don't you surrender and avoid physical pain?"

"Enough talk, let's fight!"

Zhou Cang knew very well that he had led his army to break through several fortresses at Yanmen Pass and killed many Chen soldiers. Given the current state of the war between Chen and Qing, even if he surrendered, he would definitely be killed!

Since that's the case, we might as well have a good, thorough battle; maybe then we'll have a chance to survive.

Upon hearing Zhou Cang's words, General Guan no longer hesitated and charged at Zhou Cang with his sword.

In an instant, General Guan's crimson true energy and Zhou Cang's bluish-black true energy clashed, and the fierce attacks caused everyone to instinctively retreat.

Li Yi stood at the back of the crowd, watching the two fight fiercely, but his mind began to wander.

When he fought Zhou Cang before, the true energy he used was bluish-white, but now it is bluish-black. Could it be that the evil energy has completely corrupted his true energy?

While thinking, Li Yi observed the battle between the two True Qi Realm martial artists.

Although the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, the long halberd, and the long spear differ in shape and usage, they are all ultimately long weapons and share some commonalities.

As Li Yi watched the battle, the experience points for several skills, including [Wind-Splitting Spear], [Wind-Breaking Breathing Technique], [Bajiquan], and [Hunting], were slowly increasing.

About the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, General Guan suddenly shouted and swung his Green Dragon Crescent Blade down. Zhou Cang was startled and quickly raised his long spear to block the blade.

As the crimson true energy surged and the Green Dragon Crescent Blade unleashed its power, a crack was heard, and the dark blue true energy swirling around the long spear dissipated. The long spear, like Li Yi's plum blossom spear, was directly cut in half by the blade. General Guan pressed down with the Green Dragon Crescent Blade, cleaving Zhou Cang's chest open.

"As expected, there's something wrong with your internal energy!"

Seeing this, General Guan became even more excited, wielding his Green Dragon Crescent Blade and slashing repeatedly at Zhou Cang.

Between life and death, Zhou Cang disregarded the excruciating pain in his meridians caused by circulating his true energy, and struggled to circulate his dark blue true energy to continuously resist General Guan's slashes.

But after a few breaths, Zhou Cang's true energy slowed down. General Guan seized the opportunity and cleaved Zhou Cang's chest open with a single stroke. A spurt of blood gushed out, and Zhou Cang's heart could be vaguely seen inside his chest cavity.

Severely injured, Zhou Cang lay helplessly on the ground, staring intently in Li Yi's direction. After being slashed by General Guan, even with the divine physician by his side, it was difficult to save Zhou Cang.

"If I hadn't fallen victim to his ambush and hadn't had my inner energy destroyed, you wouldn't have been able to kill me! Your victory in this battle was unfair!"

Facing the contempt in Zhou Cang's eyes, General Guan smiled faintly: "In wars between two nations, it has always been a case of the victor taking all. When you used your True Qi Realm strength to kill one of our Body Refinement martial artists, did you ever consider that your victory was dishonorable?"

"You must atone with your death in this battle!"

Ignoring General Guan's mockery, Zhou Cang mustered his last breath and looked at Li Yi, saying:

"Who exactly are you? What's wrong with my internal energy?"

Looking at the dying Zhou Cang, Li Yi slowly stepped out from the crowd and declared loudly, "I am Li Yi, Commander of the Fenghu Camp!"

"As for true qi, I have no obligation to answer!"

"You!" Zhou Cang's eyes widened, and he was breathing heavily with anger at Li Yi, causing a large amount of blood to spill from his chest.

As Li Yi looked at the dying Zhou Cang, many figures appeared before his eyes, all calling him "Master".

These are the Wind Tiger Camp soldiers who desperately tried to stop Zhou Cang and died at his hands!

In an instant, Li Yi was filled with rage. He drew the long sword from the waist of his personal guard and slashed forward.

Click!

With a crisp sound, Zhou Cang's head was severed by Li Yi.

Seeing this, Li Yi calmly stepped forward, picked up the head, and brought it to General Guan.

"General, we have obtained the head of the enemy's lieutenant general!"

General Guan knew Li Yi's character and was also aware that he was heartbroken by the deaths of his men. He deliberately spared Zhou Cang's life.

If Li Yi hadn't led his men to risk their lives to corrupt Zhou Cang's true energy, causing his strength to plummet, General Guan wouldn't have been able to spare him and kill him, allowing Li Yi to personally behead Zhou Cang. This could be considered a way of returning the favor.

"Li Yi, you deserve the greatest credit for this battle!"

After Zhou Cang's death, the remaining Qing soldiers lost all will to fight and surrendered one after another.

In front of tens of thousands of people, General Guan publicly acknowledged Li Yi's merits.

Now that things had come to this, the destruction of the Qing Kingdom's camp was a foregone conclusion. After arranging for people to loot the valuables and take in the prisoners, General Guan led his men to personally attack and reclaim the land that Zhou Cang and his men had previously seized.

The land outside Yanmen Pass is vast, and it took Chen Guocai three days to complete the final tasks.

In the central army camp, Li Yi and the others quietly watched the chief clerk in front of General Guan.

"We have recovered twenty li of lost territory, recaptured five strategic passes, and seized seven fortresses!"

"Seven thousand Qing soldiers were captured! More than thirteen thousand were beheaded!"

"Twenty cartloads of medicinal herbs were captured..."

Hearing the clerk read out the series of numbers, everyone present was overjoyed.

Under Li Yi's Wind Tiger Battalion, the Chen Kingdom's army quickly occupied the secret vault, giving the Qing Kingdom no chance to destroy it. Therefore, this victory far surpassed that of the past.

After the chief clerk finished reading, the camp was filled with discussions, and those who had made contributions were surrounded by congratulations.

After everyone had celebrated for a while, General Guan coughed lightly, and the camp fell silent.

"The greatest credit for this battle belongs to Li Yi!"

No one objected to this.

Whether it was the night raid on the granary, assisting General Guan in killing the Qing Kingdom's True Qi Realm Lieutenant General, or seizing the secret vault, Li Yi's contributions were all truly significant.

They had no room for objection, nor any need to object.

After all, it was a great victory, and everyone contributed to it.

"Serving the State of Chen is my duty!"

Li Yi replied politely.

General Guan nodded, presented a document to the emperor, and solemnly said:

"In light of Li Yi's achievements, I have already submitted a report to the military!"

"The military has now responded, and Li Yi has been commended!"

General Guan's solemn demeanor startled everyone, who then realized that the army's response this time must be extraordinary.

General Guan opened the document and read it aloud to Li Yi:

"Li Yi is hereby appointed as the Supreme Minister, and granted the privilege of ten households!"

Ten households? Upper-level construction?

Immediately, the entire camp erupted in chaos!

It should be noted that Shangzao is a military marquis title, and ten households means that Li Yi has ten households of people, which means he can become a landlord and raise his own private army!

In the entire camp, there were very few people with the title of military marquis. Even General Guan was only a high-ranking official, three ranks higher than Li Yi.

I've been promoted to the rank of military marquis?

Li Yi was taken aback, then overjoyed!

"Thank you, General Guan!"

Li Yi thanked General Guan repeatedly, took the document from him, and solemnly placed it in his pocket.

Despite the crowd's astonishment, General Guan remained unperturbed, pulling out another document and continuing to read aloud to Li Yi:

"Li Yi is hereby promoted to the rank of General of a Hundred! He shall command a hundred elite archers, and his Wind Tiger Battalion shall be expanded to a thousand men!"

"A divine weapon, a set of black armor, and twenty slaves will be bestowed upon you!"

"Two major merits and three minor merits have been awarded, which can be exchanged for martial arts resources in the army's secret vault!"

"Furthermore, Li Yi will receive half of the spoils this time, and can choose the best items!"