Before Nok and Zhen Nantian could react, at Jiang Hao's command, the little skeleton leaped into the air and landed outside the city wall in a flash.

Completely oblivious to the swarming skeleton monsters ahead, the little skeleton knelt on the pile of bones, stretched out its left arm, and scraped away the thick layer of bones to reveal the black rock beneath. Then, gripping the Hero's Blade with both hands, it thrust the blade into the ground with a sharp crack, half of the blade already embedded in the hard rock.

A violent aura swept outwards from the little skeleton, and the skeletons that had been piled on the ground were blown away like fallen leaves in autumn wind, revealing large areas of black rocks underneath. Suddenly, a large flash of white light appeared on the rocks, and everyone on the city wall squinted.

When the light faded, ten thousand silver-level skeleton warriors appeared in front of the little skeleton. Each skeleton warrior held a long sword and stood in a row in front of the four-kilometer-long city wall.

The shield bearers and spearmen on the city wall were instantly wide awake, staring in disbelief at the skeleton soldiers. They had no idea what had just happened. Even the archers, busy killing monsters, stopped firing.

Zhen Nantian seemed to have lost his mind, only muttering to himself.

"Silver grade...Silver grade...Silver grade..."

Nok was so terrified that his hair stood on end. He only calmed down a little when he saw the health bars above the skeleton warriors' heads. Pointing at the skeleton warriors, he asked in a trembling voice.

"You...you...your?"

Jiang Hao looked at the little skeleton in front of him and nodded in satisfaction.

Ten thousand skeleton warriors raised their greatswords in unison and charged towards the surging army of skeleton monsters in the distance. Their imposing presence was like a tiger facing a mountain goat.

One strike, just one strike. The skeleton monsters' health bars were emptied, then turned from red to green, and instantly replenished. One attack subdued ten thousand minions.

The 10,000 skeleton warriors moved without stopping. After slashing down with their swords, they took a step forward, passing over the bodies of the 10,000 skeleton monsters, and slashed at the skeleton monsters in front of them again.

Ten thousand skeleton warriors, like a giant 4-kilometer-long rake, swept from this side of the city wall into the distance. Wherever they went, the terrifying, hostile skeleton monsters instantly became their allies. Without hesitation, they turned around and followed the skeleton warriors to kill their former comrades.

"Damn it!"

Nock jumped up and down, exclaiming repeatedly, as if he couldn't release his excitement otherwise.

He grabbed Jiang Hao and asked excitedly.

"Does your little skeleton really have talent and skills?"

Jiang Hao rolled his eyes at him.

"Nonsense, I've already told you that."

"You've seen the effect yourself, do you think you'll still die?"

Nock quickly shook his head, like a rattle-drum. Then he nodded excitedly.

"No, no, as long as you're here, I'm the hero guarding Qiongfeng Pass, the guardian deity of the Eastern Kingdom. From now on, the other regimental commanders will all have to call me Big Brother."

Indeed, saying a hundred or ten thousand things is not as good as showing your strength once!

"So what are you going to do next?"

Nock had already understood Jiang Hao's meaning and tilted his head towards Zhen Nantian.

"Send men to move all the gold coins out of the warehouse."

Jiang Hao thought to himself, "This guy finally knows he needs to recruit players to build the Qianfeng Pass."

He couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

But then, Nok turned his head and gave Jiang Hao a sly wink.

"Besides the 500,000 that will be distributed to the soldiers, the rest is all yours."

Seeing Nok's fawning smile, Jiang Hao's smile instantly froze.

"No, what are you giving this to me for?"

"Commander Jiang relieved the siege of Qiongfeng Pass, dealt a heavy blow to the Skeleton Legion, and ensured the long-lasting prosperity of our Eastern Kingdom. Don't you deserve all of this?"

After Nok finished speaking excitedly, he patted Jiang Hao on the shoulder and added a sentence in a serious tone.

"Don't worry, when it comes to military merit, I only care about the reputation, not the profit!"

Jiang Hao didn't want to beat around the bush with him anymore.

I'm so tired!

He put it bluntly once again.

"I need you to use the gold to recruit players at the Desolate Peak Pass. Once I've pushed the skeleton army 20 kilometers out, you'll immediately begin commanding them..."

Jiang Hao emphasized his words, making them brook no argument.

"Rebuild the Qianfeng Pass!"

Nock's expression changed several times before he asked with a suspicious look.

"Are you really going to rebuild Fort Peak Pass? Are you serious?"

"Nonsense! Didn't you say that raising the city wall by 2 meters would reduce losses by 30%? And that raising it by 5 meters would reduce losses by 60%, and that raising the wall at Qianfeng Pass to 22 meters would make it impregnable?"

"Isn't this all what you said?"

Nock grinned, and actually smiled. But his smile carried a hint of embarrassment.

Jiang Hao immediately realized that something was very wrong.

"Oh dear, back then... I was just kidding you. I never expected... I never expected you would actually believe me."

Jiang Hao felt a surge of anger rush from his chest to the top of his head, making his face contort in a ferocious expression. He grabbed Nok's collar.

"You damn bastard! Which of your words are true and which are false? Tell me, tell me now, or I'll fucking kill you!"

"Cough cough cough...cough cough cough, I'll talk, I'll talk, you let go first, you let go first!"

The soldiers on the city wall were somewhat frightened when they saw the two legion commanders start fighting. They noticed Zhen Nantian standing right next to them, but he kept his eyes down, pretending not to see anything. All the soldiers turned their heads away as well.

We dare not interfere, we absolutely dare not interfere!

Jiang Hao loosened his grip a bit, and Nock coughed several times before pointing to the front of the city wall.

Jiang Hao turned his head and saw that in just a short while, the skeleton warriors had pushed the battle line forward by nearly 400 meters. Suddenly, in front of the city wall, all the minions subdued by the little skeletons flashed with white light and vanished without a trace.

Jiang Hao's eyes narrowed, and he immediately knew what had happened.

The quality of the little skeleton has been improved again!

So fast?

The soldiers on the city wall were shocked and frightened to see so many of their friendly troops suddenly disappear in front of them. They thought that a mysterious and powerful enemy was attacking. Their muscles tensed up and they all pointed their weapons at the outside of the city wall.

A bright white light shone from the little skeleton, growing brighter and brighter, like the sun hanging outside the canyon, making it impossible to look directly at.

After a long while, the light began to dissipate, revealing a gigantic skeleton over two meters tall standing before the city wall. Its bones gleamed like rare treasures, sparkling like diamonds. The oppressive aura emanating from it was so palpable that it sent shivers down everyone's spines.

Nock quickly moved his outstretched arm away, as if pointing at the little skeleton was a particularly rude gesture that could provoke the little skeleton's anger at any moment.

Nock looked at the little skeleton in front of him and said tremblingly.

"Diamond-grade?!"