Chapter 832

"Right, just charge in with those spearmen. With this steel spear, you can push straight into the center of the enemy formation."

Tang Ruan happily felt along the steel spear.

"Do you like it?"

"Mm, of course I like it."

Clang clang clang!!

The hammering sounds in the blacksmith shop suddenly grew louder.

The blacksmiths all used the hammering to cover up their laughter.

Zhao Chi sighed: "Tang Ruan, you're happy again now. The moment you get excited you start letting yourself go. Go rest for a bit. I'll bring these over to Qiyue and the others."

Tang Ruan touched her own forehead.

"I'm fine, I'm not dizzy yet. My lord, can you carry them? Shall I help you carry them over?"

8 two-handed steel swords, 1 steel shield — very heavy, Zhao Chi certainly couldn't carry them.

Even with 6 points of Strength it wouldn't work.

"Fine, let's go."

On the training ground, the female soldiers were training with full concentration.

Of the 80 new villagers who had arrived over the past four days, Gu Qing had transferred all of them into militia.

10 used spears, 70 used swords.

The total force had reached 180 people.

Once another 20 arrive tomorrow, they'll reach 200 soldiers.

After Gu Qing arranged the training plan for them, all the female soldiers trained hard, sweating buckets.

"Kill!"

Battle cries rang out in waves.

Though they were all young female voices, their momentum was full.

Their jet-black long hair was all coiled atop their heads, like dancers.

Stray strands at the temples clung close to Bai Xi's cheeks.

Sweat flowed down her pale neck to her chest.

Zhao Chi suddenly felt they all had a different kind of beauty.

Qiyue was currently sparring with Gu Qing.

Now, the only ones who could spar with Qiyue were Gu Qing and Tang Ruan.

Gu Qing's silk threads never stopped; Qiyue slashed with three blades at once.

Although those spider threads were very sticky, Qiyue could only cut them — she couldn't stop them from sticking to her body.

Both attack speed and movement speed dropped noticeably.

But Qiyue's stats were excellent — 7 points of Strength let her forcibly tear at the threads.

8 points of Agility let her maintain quite fast speed.

And she still hadn't used Moonblade Slash.

Although Gu Qing was also very strong, having her completely restrict Qiyue was still very difficult.

After a while, Gu Qing waved her hands repeatedly: "No no, let's rest a bit. I can't block you anymore now either."

Qiyue wiped her sweat: "Not at all. Sister Gu Qing, you're a healer, yet your combat power is this strong too."

Gu Qing smiled: "Rest up quickly, I'll help you peel the spider threads off."

Tang Ruan put down her weapon and ran over: "I'll help you too."

"Oh, little Tang Ruan's here? Perfect, you come spar with Qiyue. You two can fight each other — I'm really not suited for it."

Tang Ruan pulled at the threads on Qiyue's body and said: "Sure, once my lord's done I'll fight Qiyue. We've all got new weapons now."

Qiyue's four arms were also pulling threads, moving quickly: "Huh, the sheen on those weapons… they're all steel?"

Zhao Chi nodded: "That's right. Qiyue, you alone have 6 blades — 3 for combat, 3 as backup."

Gu Qing saw the count at a glance: "So that means there's also my 1 steel shield and 2 steel Fengming blades?"

"That's right." Zhao Chi nodded.

"Mine's a steel spear." No one had asked her — Tang Ruan said it herself.

Gu Qing smiled: "Not bad. Steel weapons have great stats, so our combat power can go up another notch."

Zhao Chi nodded: "But although you can wield two-handed weapons with one hand, will it get in the way when fighting? Especially you, Qiyue — your three arms won't bump into each other, right?"

Qiyue shook her head gently: "No. At first I did need to watch the weapons' length, but I've already adjusted — no problem at all."

Gu Qing said: "This Chengying Fengming Blade truly lives up to its name 'Chengying' — the damage extends beyond the blade. When enemies aren't on guard, they'll definitely be caught off guard."

Zhao Chi didn't understand.

"Chengying? Damage beyond the blade? What do you mean?"

Gu Qing thought: "Oh~ I get it. My lord, you've been crafting the whole time and haven't seen this blade's effect yet, right? Tang Ruan, set those wooden dummies over here. Qiyue, show my lord the effect."

"Okay."

Tang Ruan ran over with quick pattering steps, setting up the wooden dummies.

Wooden dummies in name only — they were really just wooden stakes.

The heads and arms of the wooden dummies had all already been chopped off.

Tang Ruan set up several; a few were far away, over ten meters out, and a few were placed right in front of Qiyue.

Qiyue raised the Fengming Blade, stepped back twice, putting some distance between herself and the wooden dummies.

"All set." Tang Ruan ran off.

Qi Yue said softly, "My lord, watch closely."

The words had barely fallen when Qi Yue swung her blade.

Zhao Chi watched carefully.

The distance between Qi Yue and the wooden figure was over one meter—at that range she shouldn't be able to reach it.

But Zhao Chi suddenly saw a pale white phantom blade extend from the tip of the Phoenix Cry Blade, so faint it was easy to miss in broad daylight.

Still, with his extremely high Intelligence stat, Zhao Chi could see it perfectly clearly.

The phantom blade was a full half-meter long.

The blade swept past, and the phantom edge struck the wooden figure.

Crack!

The wooden figure gave a crisp sound and split clean in two.

Zhao Chi understood at once.

A blade shadow extended from the blade itself?

So that's what "Cheng Ying"—Shadow-Bearing—means.

After the Phoenix Cry Blade was finished, the blade itself hadn't actually grown longer.

He hadn't quite understood before how that +50% attack range was supposed to manifest.

So this is how it manifests!

But Qi Yue's attack wasn't finished yet.

"My lord, there's more."

A beam of pure moonlight burst forth from the Phoenix Cry Blade.

Although it was still morning, the blade-light was clearly visible.

This moonlight was noticeably much larger than before.

If the earlier Moon Edge Slash had been a fifty-centimeter crescent, this Moon Edge Slash had now reached a full one and a half meters?

How did it get so much bigger?

The moonlight swept across the ground, sending sand and pebbles flying and snapping the green grass.

Whoosh~

Carrying the sound of tearing air, it plunged into a wooden figure in the distance.

Crack!

Another crisp snap, and the distant wooden figure broke as well.

And this distance had already exceeded Moon Edge Slash's ten meters, reaching fifteen meters away.

So… the 50% increased attack range the Phoenix Cry Blade grants also works on Moon Edge Slash?