Chapter 15

The bandit leader seemed not to have expected Su Li to shoot at his horse; he had no time to parry and could only instinctively pull on the horse to dodge the arrow!

Although he dodged the front, the bandit leader lost his balance, and his sturdy body spun in place along with the horse.

It was precisely at this moment!

The coarse iron long blade Su Li had already drawn from his hand, carrying a white streak of Qi, slashed fiercely toward the bandit leader!

Blade Qi!

He had not used Blade Qi when killing the rioters and bandits earlier.

Now, suddenly unleashing Blade Qi, the snow-line-like blade aura instantly crossed several meters and slashed toward the bandit leader.

The bandit leader, in his off-balance state, never expected that Su Li had already mastered Blade Qi.

Now, seeing the snow-line-like blade aura approaching, he had no time to defend.

He couldn't even raise his long blade to block before Su Li's all-out strike landed on his body.

Puchi!

Accompanied by a soft sound, scarlet blood gushed out like a pillar, and the bandit leader's body was lifted from the horse, falling heavily to the ground.

Boom!

Only then did the uncontrolled horse, under the force of its massive momentum, crash into the fence of White Cloud Village, emitting a low rumble before collapsing in a faint.

"You have killed the bandit leader, you gain 2000 experience points."

"Your [Advanced Blade Technique] (LV.1) proficiency +100, current proficiency 100/10000!..."

"Due to your talent [Hundredfold Growth], you gained extra growth during this process, [Advanced Blade Technique] proficiency +10000, current proficiency 10100/10000!"

"Congratulations! Your skill [Advanced Blade Technique] has leveled up, current level LV.2!"

Killing a bandit leader had indeed yielded quite a bit of blade technique proficiency, directly raising it by a small level.

After a quick glance, Su Li swapped the coarse iron long blade in his hand back for the iron-wrought bow, nocked an arrow, and shot toward the nearby bandits and rioters.

"You have killed a bandit..."

"You have killed a rioter..."

"You have killed a rioter..."

Su Li had single-handedly slain their leader and killed the majority of the bandits and rioters; this near-impossible feat had completely shattered their morale!

Only a few bandits were still attacking.

The vast majority of the rioters had broken ranks and begun to flee in all directions.

With one arrow, he shot down a bandit who was still attacking, then Su Li picked up the long blade dropped by the bandit leader and hoisted the bandit leader's corpse.

Then, he roared fiercely!

"Your leader is dead!"

"Why not surrender to my White Cloud Village!"

"Those who resist or flee... will be killed without mercy!!!"

This roar was like a thunderclap on flat ground; as Su Li shouted this, over a dozen rioters dropped their weapons and knelt on the ground.

The remaining few bandits, seeing Su Li, who looked like a god descended from heaven and was unstoppable, felt their hearts tremble and hurriedly crawled on the ground to show their submission.

They were terrified that if they surrendered too late, they would become cold corpses lying on the ground the next moment.

After the battle, not only were there no casualties, but there were also twenty-some surrendered soldiers.

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"Lord, are you alright?"

The moment the battle ended, Zhang Zhang Zhang Qiang and the other eleven NPCs rushed to Su Li's side.

"I'm fine." Su Li shook his head, feeling somewhat exhausted, and said: "First, confiscate these people's weapons; return them only after they have been converted into our White Cloud Village's troop types."

"Additionally, send people to clear the battlefield and collect the spoils."

These surrendered rioters and bandits were also a significant asset and could be directly converted into the territory's population.

It was just that their loyalty would be lower than that of directly recruited farmers, so they would need to be strictly managed.

"Yes, sir!"

It wasn't until Zhang Zhang Zhang Qiang and the other eleven NPCs had confiscated the weapons of these rioters and bandits, locked them in the barracks, and begun clearing the battlefield, that Su Li finally sat down to rest.

In this battle, he had done almost all the work himself.

The vast majority of the enemies were killed by him alone.

The physical stamina consumed was naturally immense.

Fortunately, it was all worth it.

Not only were the enemies completely wiped out and twenty-some surrendered soldiers gained, but Su Li himself had also reaped a bountiful harvest!

Over a hundred enemies had brought him a total of over ten thousand experience points, directly raising his level from 14 to well past halfway to 15!

Especially the bandit leader.

He alone had brought 2000 experience points!

Next was skill proficiency.

Two waves of enemies had raised Su Li's archery skill to LV.9, just one step away from breaking through to Advanced.

Killing the bandit leader had also raised his Advanced Blade Technique by a small level.

Finally, there was the long blade dropped by the bandit leader.

[Fine Iron Long Blade]

[Quality: Superior]

[Attribute: Martial Prowess +1, Lethality +20%]

[Description: A superior weapon forged from fine iron, can increase combat power to a certain extent]

A superior weapon had much better attributes compared to the coarse iron long blade that only added a little bit of lethality.

Su Li immediately switched to this Fine Iron Long Blade.

After resting for a while.

Zhang Zhang Zhang Qiang and those eleven combat units finished cleaning the battlefield and walked toward Su Li with excitement, "Lord, the battlefield has been cleaned."

"How was the harvest?" Su Li asked with a light smile.

"A total of 52 inferior weapons, 58 sets of inferior armor, one fine horse, and 12 gold coins were obtained."

Listening to Zhang Zhang Zhang Qiang report the list of spoils, Su Li nodded.

With these weapons and armor, White Cloud Village could recruit more combat units and increase the overall strength of the territory.

Besides that, there was a fine horse.

At the current stage, players were not qualified to build horse farms, so horses were absolutely a very rare resource.

And 12 gold coins.

Although there was currently nowhere to spend money, currency was always better to have in abundance.

Overall, the harvest was quite good.

The battlefield was also cleared.

Next was the new round of recruiting farmers, gathering resources, and developing the village.

Having survived an enemy raid on the village meant that the player's territory was temporarily safe.

As long as enough resources were gathered, White Cloud Village could upgrade from a Level 2 village to Level 3, unlocking more buildings and higher-level barracks.

And only by unlocking higher-level barracks would Su Li have the opportunity to continue improving his strength.

Advancing the current basic archer profession to a higher-level troop type.

However...

Although White Cloud Village's farmer skills were improving very quickly due to [Hundredfold Growth], and the speed of gathering resources was two or three times that of ordinary people, logically speaking, resources shouldn't be lacking.

But because there was no iron mine, iron blocks could not be gathered, leading to slow upgrades.

To quickly increase the territory level, the problem of iron blocks had to be solved.

And the fastest way to solve this problem was to rely on the system's trading function.

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He pondered for a while.