Chapter 15: First Battle Against the Yellow Turbans, Equipment Appears!
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The battle erupted. The Yellow Turban Army at the front hastily moved to meet the enemy. Such a disturbance naturally could not escape the notice of Zhang Baiqi deep within the central army.
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Slightly frowning as he stared at the armies clashing ahead, Zhang Baiqi's expression turned cold.
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"Enemy attack! Meet the enemy! Form ranks!"
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Zhang Baiqi shouted in a low voice.
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His voice boomed like thunder. When the thunderous roar rang out, it immediately steadied the morale of the Yellow Turban Soldiers. Then, amid wave after wave of battle cries, they charged forward.
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Ding! Your subordinate Ma Chao is under attack from Yellow Turban Militia.
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The notification sounded beside Xiao Wen's ear. Through Ma Chao's perspective, he could see that Ma Chao was simply slaughtering the swarming Yellow Turban Militia.
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In Heroes Contend, soldier classes in the early stages were divided into four levels: Militia, Recruits, Soldiers, and Elite Soldiers.
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As for the soldiers of the middle and late stages, their combat strength varied depending on their troop type, skill proficiency, and subsequent troop advancements.
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Militia were the most basic troop type of all. Precisely because they were so basic, Ma Chao felt no fear when facing them.
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Facing five Yellow Turban Recruits charging at him together, he pulled the reins with one hand. Claw Yellow Flying Lightning immediately understood, raising its front hooves high.
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A sharp neigh followed.
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A layer of dark light covered Claw Yellow Flying Lightning's legs before its hooves slammed heavily into the ground. The earth trembled, and an invisible shockwave spread outward.
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Mount Skill · Trample!
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[Trample]
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Type: Mount Skill
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Effect: After horse and rider become one in spirit, the mount and rider synchronize their minds, gathering power. When the horse's hooves strike the ground, the earth trembles and shockwaves surge forth, breaking enemy attacks.
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Note: When the Trample skill reaches its highest level, it can trigger an Absolute Stun effect!
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The shockwave surged outward, instantly scattering the attacks of the five charging Yellow Turban Recruits.
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Ma Chao immediately moved.
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The spear in his hand thrust forward repeatedly, striking directly at their fatal weak points.
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Critical Hit, HP -999.
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Critical Hit, HP -999.
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Five flashes of red damage numbers appeared.
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Expressionless, Ma Chao swept his spear and charged toward the remaining recruits.
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In less than half a quarter of an hour, the Yellow Turban Militia at the front had all been slaughtered by Ma Chao.
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Ding! Congratulations, player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World, for killing Yellow Turban Militia. Mission completion: 10%.
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Notice: Yellow Turban Recruits are about to arrive. Please prepare yourself.
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The notification sounded beside his ear.
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Almost immediately after Ma Chao finished off the Yellow Turban Militia, a group of Yellow Turban Recruits charged forward in a frenzy, weapons in hand, clashing directly with the soldiers under his command.
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There were not many Yellow Turban Recruits, only around two hundred.
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Against the more than four hundred soldiers still under Ma Chao's command, they naturally lacked much resistance.
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Especially with Ma Chao charging fearlessly through their ranks, the recruits quickly collapsed in a short period of time.
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Kill! Kill! Kill!
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Ma Chao's spear moved like a dragon as he charged into the battlefield, erupting into action and instantly killing several enemies, without slowing down in the slightest.
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Critical Hit, HP -999.
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Critical Hit, HP -999.
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Critical Hit, HP -999.
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Red damage numbers continuously flashed through the air.
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Ma Chao's spear struck repeatedly, and the number of enemies he killed continued to rise.
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Before long, all of the Yellow Turban Recruits lay dead in pools of blood, becoming experience points for Ma Chao.
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Ding! Congratulations, player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World, for killing Yellow Turban Recruits. Mission completion: 30%.
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Notice: Yellow Turban Elite Soldiers are about to arrive. Please prepare yourself.
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The notification sounded once more.
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Xiao Wen's expression stiffened slightly, his face becoming somewhat grim.
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Yellow Turban Elite Soldiers!
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Jumping directly from Recruits to Elite Soldiers meant an increase of two full tiers.
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Could Ma Chao handle them?
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He probably could.
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But beyond this point, relying solely on his own strength would likely become difficult.
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Looks like this lord will eventually have to step in personally.
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The thought flashed through Xiao Wen's mind as his gaze shifted toward the options in the Lord Skill Bar.
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The skills there included both Self-Created Skills and Inherited Skills.
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In his previous life, Xiao Wen had created many powerful skills.
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However, his current level was too low and his equipment far too poor, leaving none of them usable.
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Even so, without any of those skills, if he personally entered battle, his memories and combat experience from his previous life alone would make him no weaker than an ordinary second- or third-tier general.
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At the very least, he could hold his own and reduce some of the pressure on Ma Chao.
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But it still wasn't time for him to act.
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He needed to wait a little longer.
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Achieving one hundred percent completion of this hidden mission would not be so easy.
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While Xiao Wen was thinking this, Ma Chao and his forces had already wiped out all two hundred recruits.
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At this point, the soldiers around him had decreased from five hundred to three hundred and eighty.
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Although these three hundred and eighty soldiers had gone through consecutive battles, most of them only suffered light injuries and still retained their combat effectiveness.
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They hurriedly took the opportunity to rest before the enemy's next wave arrived.
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About three minutes later, a heavy series of footsteps echoed from the distance.
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Looking ahead, one could see a force of one hundred men charging toward them.
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However, this hundred-man force was completely different from the previous Yellow Turban troops.
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The earlier soldiers all wore wooden armor and wielded the most basic spears.
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But the hundred soldiers charging forward now carried Horse-Chopping Blades forged from refined iron and wore Brass Armor.
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The moment they appeared, they gave off an overwhelming sense of pressure.
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Although there were only one hundred of them, the aura they emitted was no weaker than the three hundred and eighty soldiers behind Ma Chao.
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If anything, it was even stronger.
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Because of this, when Ma Chao looked at those hundred men, the expression on his face became much more serious.
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This would be a hard battle.
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"Kill!"
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Ma Chao shouted and directly led his three hundred and eighty soldiers into battle.
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One of Xiao Wen's soldiers thrust his spear at a Yellow Turban Elite Soldier directly ahead.
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When the spear struck the armor, a dull clang sounded.
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The spear only left behind a white mark before being completely blocked.
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A red damage number floated upward.
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Blocked, HP -10.
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The damage appeared.
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The Yellow Turban Elite Soldier paid it no attention whatsoever.
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With a savage grin, he swung his Horse-Chopping Blade downward, striking the soldier and knocking him to the ground.
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He then rushed forward and hacked several more times, killing him outright.
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This was not an isolated incident.
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It was the norm.
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The moment the two armies clashed, Xiao Wen's forces immediately fell into a suppressed position.
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Ma Chao's expression darkened.
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Looking at the Yellow Turban Elite Soldier ahead of him, he thrust the Profound Heaven Sky-Piercing Spear forward.
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The spear tip struck the armor.
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For an instant, Ma Chao felt resistance.
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But only for an instant.
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With a slight exertion of strength, the Profound Heaven Sky-Piercing Spear pierced through the defense and killed the Yellow Turban Elite Soldier amid the latter's shocked gaze.
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Armor broken!
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Critical Hit, HP -999.
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The moment the Yellow Turban Elite Soldier died, two spheres of light dropped from his corpse.
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Ma Chao reached out and grabbed them.
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He then connected directly to Xiao Wen's lord inventory and tossed the two light spheres inside.
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Ding! Congratulations, player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World. You have killed a Yellow Turban Elite Soldier and obtained a random equipment drop: Horse-Chopping Blade!
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Ding! Congratulations, player Half-Journey Through the Mortal World. You have killed a Yellow Turban Elite Soldier and obtained a random equipment drop: Brass Armor!
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