Chapter 92

Gently steadying the power that had been surging within him, Su Li scanned the battlefield.

Aside from a very small number who had fled, the invading Yellow Turbans were almost entirely wiped out.

The ground was covered in severed limbs and blood flowing like a river.

The sight was enough to make one’s hair stand on end.

“Big Brother, not only did I gain insight into a martial technique this time, but my Fire Phoenix Spear Art has also broken through to Level 2!”

At this moment, Zhao Yu rode over on her Sweat-Blood Horse, looking excited.

The scorching aura around her, like that of a fire phoenix, had not yet faded.

Had Xiao Yu’s cultivation technique broken through as well?

Sensing Zhao Yu’s aura, Su Li immediately patted her head and encouraged her: “Well done!”

“You deserve most of the credit for defeating the Yellow Turbans this time!”

“Is there any reward you want? Big Brother will certainly satisfy you!”

Zhao Yu enjoyed Su Li’s head-patting and said with a smile: “Xiao Yu doesn’t want a reward. Being able to help Big Brother kill the enemy is what makes Xiao Yu happiest!”

“How can I not give you a reward!”

Looking at the heroic yet sensible Zhao Yu, Su Li smiled: “Since you want to help Big Brother kill enemies, how about this: I appoint you as the Deputy Commander of the Blood-Red Cavalry. From now on, you will lead the Blood-Red Cavalry and join me on the battlefield!”

A unit naturally requires corresponding ranks.

The Blood-Red Cavalry was his exclusive troop type, so he was automatically the commander.

The position of Deputy Commander was vacant, making it perfect for Zhao Yu.

Although this position provided no actual stat bonuses,

it would allow Zhao Yu to command the Blood-Red Cavalry with greater ease in the future.

“Okay, Big Brother!”

Zhao Yu nodded happily.

“Let the Blood-Red Cavalry clean up the battlefield, and let’s head back.”

Su Li patted her head once more and walked toward White Cloud Town.

Zhao Yu chuckled and followed after him.

……

As soon as Su Li and Zhao Yu returned to White Cloud Town, Linglong came running and jumping toward them.

And the moment she appeared,

she looked at Su Li with expectant eyes and said: “Brother, I won the competition just now!”

“Competition?”

Su Li was momentarily stunned.

“Brother, didn’t you say that to relieve the pressure on Sister Xiao Yu, we should have an archery contest to see who could kill more enemies?”

“If Linglong won, you were going to give me a reward!”

Linglong said earnestly: “Brother, you didn’t kill as many enemies as Linglong did. I’ve been counting the whole time, so don’t even think about welching on the bet.”

“Oh, so that’s what you meant.”

Su Li finally realized and remembered that such a thing had indeed happened.

However, he had only said it casually, and he had been focusing on shooting the Yellow Turban leaders.

If it were purely about the number of kills, he naturally couldn’t compare to Linglong.

After all, Linglong was using the Repeating Feather Bow, which had a built-in rapid-fire function.

With one volley, she could take out at least two or three ordinary Yellow Turbans.

How could he compete while only locking onto Yellow Turban leaders?

This competition was destined for him to lose from the very beginning.

Of course!

Since he had lost, Su Li wouldn’t welch on the bet. He smiled at Linglong: “Then have you thought about what reward you want?”

“Hee hee, Linglong has already thought of it. Brother, come closer, and I’ll tell you quietly.”

Seeing Linglong’s mysterious expression, Su Li walked toward her and leaned in very close.

Because it looked like Linglong wanted to whisper, Su Li turned his head to the side.

*Smooch~*

Suddenly, he felt a wet sensation on his cheek.

Su Li turned his head abruptly, only to see Linglong running away in the distance, looking as excited as a child who had just done something mischievous.

“I… was just teased by an NPC?”

Su Li was stunned.

He finally realized that Linglong’s so-called reward was actually… this kind of benefit?

At this moment,

not only was Su Li stunned, but Zhao Yu, who was standing to the side, was also frozen in place.

Then…

Zhao Yu suddenly remembered something and couldn’t help but mutter to herself: “So the reward could be this kind of…”

“I was too rash!”

“If I had known, when Big Brother asked about my reward earlier, I should have…”

She looked at Su Li’s figure, feeling deeply regretful, and secretly made a resolution.

If there was another chance for a reward!

Next time, she definitely would…!

……

This Yellow Turban raid, while aggressive—with over ten thousand troops, a general, and two siege engines—

had actually caused no damage to White Cloud Town.

Instead, they had gained a large amount of equipment, as well as rare weapons dropped by the general Han Zhong and several Yellow Turban leaders.

In addition, there was a basic battering ram and a basic catapult.

At the current stage,

players had no ability to build siege engines; they could only unlock the relevant workshops after upgrading their territory to the Small Town level.

Therefore,

these two siege engines, even at the most basic level, possessed a certain strategic value.

If there was an opportunity in the future, they could be used to attack cities.

Furthermore,

besides the 3,000 reputation points gained from killing the Yellow Turban general Han Zhong, after cleaning up the entire battlefield, Su Li found that he had also gained several thousand more reputation points.

···

It seemed that in this storyline, killing ordinary Yellow Turbans also provided a certain amount of reputation rewards.

Adding this to his previous reputation, he had unknowingly crossed the 10,000-point mark.

At the same time, a notification appeared.

“You have met the requirements to unlock the intermediate title [Rising Reputation]!”

[Rising Reputation]

[Quality]: Intermediate

[Effect]: All attributes +1, favorability with certain epic NPCs +20%

[Description]: Possessing this title proves that you have entered the eyes of certain figures in this world.

……

Previously, he only had the primary reputation title [Well-Known], which had no special effects other than increasing territory public order by 10 points.

The newly unlocked intermediate title [Rising Reputation] had much better effects.

[Redacted]

Not only did it increase all attributes by 1,

but it also had the effect of increasing favorability with certain epic NPCs by 20%.

This effect seemed useless at first glance, but it might have miraculous results at times, and perhaps it would even be useful for recruiting epic NPCs.