The moment Xia He drank the "Three Wonders Soup", he felt a violent medicinal power exploding in his body, as if countless fire dragons were rampaging through his meridians.
The coldness of the Ice Fish, the ferocity of the Blood Wolf, and the violence of the Thunder Marten, the essence and blood power of the three strange beasts intertwined and collided in his flesh and blood, almost tearing his body apart.
If he had not already reached the state of perfect bone refining, he would have been blown up by this force by now.
“It hurts, it hurts so much!”
Xia He gritted his teeth, endured the severe pain, grabbed the spear and started dancing in the yard.
The shadow of the gun was like a dragon. The blood and energy were constantly consumed as the gun technique was performed, but the new blood and energy continued to flow out of the body, as if endless.
Xia He knew that it was the "Three Wonders Soup" that was transforming his bones, and he had to use this power to push his body to a higher level.
After finishing a set of shooting exercises, I was sweating profusely.
He then quickly took out the "Snow Lotus and Jade Toad Cream" he had obtained earlier and applied it evenly on his body.
As soon as the ointment touched his skin, he felt a bone-chilling chill that seemed to freeze his flesh and blood.
Xia He didn't dare to delay and jumped into the water tank full of iron sand and began to rub his skin with the iron sand.
"Hiss——" The severe pain made him gasp, but he knew that this was the only way to practice the "Vajra Horizontal Body Refining".
The combined effects of iron sand and ointment made his skin gradually become as tough as iron.
In just one stick of incense, Xia He felt that his body had undergone earth-shaking changes.
His muscles became tighter, his bones became stronger, and even his breathing became longer and stronger.
"The Vajra Horizontal Body Refining has been completed!"
Xia He was overjoyed. He closed his eyes and felt the changes in his body. Three new attributes suddenly appeared on the system panel:
[Skills: Bone Refining. Top Level. Vajra Horizontal Body Refining (Minor Achievement)]
[Progress: 1/2000]
[Effects: Power of Frost Fish, Power of Blood Wolf, Power of Thunder Marten]
[Power of the Ice Fish: Grants the body extremely strong resistance to cold, while also adding an icy effect to attacks, slowing down enemy movements.
[Blood Wolf Power: Greatly increases strength and explosive power, becomes more courageous in battle, and has inexhaustible blood. ]
[Power of Thunder Marten: Increases speed and agility, adds lightning effect when attacking, paralyzes the enemy.]
These three attributes greatly enhance the body, and Xia He felt that his strength had instantly increased to a higher level.
He couldn't help but punch the stone pillar beside him. With a loud bang, the stone pillar shattered, but his fist was intact.
"Is this the effect of 'acquired heteromorphism'?"
Xia He muttered to himself, his eyes full of surprise. In just one night, his "Vajra Horizontal Body Refining" had gone from entry level to minor success, and his blood and qi in his body had become more vigorous.
"Senior Sister Shan's 'Nine Sun Flame Blade Body' can draw the power of the Nine Heavens Sun Fire to be integrated into the five internal organs for tempering. After being integrated into the flesh and blood, the sword attack is extremely powerful."
"This also shows that anyone with a different body will have some special abilities!"
“Now, I have it too!”
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The next morning, Xia He had just arrived at the Great Wall military camp when he was called to a meeting with other centurions.
The atmosphere in the tent was solemn. Shan Ling stood in front of the map and said in a deep voice:
"We have already gotten a good idea of the barbarians' situation. Although we burned down their food warehouses and dampened their morale, the situation is still not optimistic. The barbarians are likely to make a desperate move and launch a fierce attack."
The hundred households looked worried when they heard this. Someone whispered:
"The barbarians have far more troops than us. If they attack the city with all their might, we may not be able to resist them."
Seeing this, Xia He hurriedly tried to smooth things over:
"Don't worry too much. Throughout history, there are countless examples of a small force defeating a large one. The barbarians won't last long without food and grass. As long as we defend the Great Wall, it will be a great achievement. By then, everyone will have the opportunity to be promoted!"
After hearing this, the captains' expressions eased a little and they all nodded in agreement.
After the meeting, Xia He was left alone by Shan Ling. He couldn't help but ask:
"Senior Sister, when will the reinforcements arrive?"
Shan Ling looked solemn and whispered, "The situation in Hexi has deteriorated, and I'm afraid the reinforcements can't be sent ahead of time."
Xia He was surprised:
"Hexi has sent 60,000 barbarians over here. Logically, it should be easier to defeat them than before. How come they can't defeat them?"
Shan Ling sighed and lowered his voice:
"There was constant infighting in the court. The Crown Prince and several other princes led the court officials in a struggle for power, and the dispatch of reinforcements was repeatedly delayed. The generals in Hexi were also implicated, and the command was in disarray, which gave the barbarians an opportunity to take advantage."
The emperor is old, but he refuses to give up power. He watches his sons fighting each other and maintains the balance in the court. This is the emperor's method.
When Xia He heard this, a surge of anger suddenly surged in his heart:
"Don't these superiors even care about their families? In their eyes, the lives of the people are so worthless?"
Shan Ling did not answer, but patted his shoulder and whispered:
"It's enough for you and me to know these words. The most important thing right now is to defend the Great Wall. The rest can be discussed later."
Shan Xiong on the side also said angrily,
"What can we do with these rubbish? We can fight our way out!"
"Sister... if it were up to me, our four camps should still make their own decisions... maybe the world can change its name!"
"Xiong'er, don't talk nonsense!"
Xia He was shocked.
I didn't expect that Shan Xiong, a man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, would have a rebellious heart?
After leaving the tent, Xia He took some time out in the morning to go to the blacksmith shop in the military camp to choose a good knife.
In the last battle, his sword was directly broken by the barbarian. If he encounters this situation again, he will probably suffer a great loss.
However, most of the standard weapons in the barracks were ordinary, and there were no particularly outstanding weapons.
The master at the blacksmith shop told him that if he wanted special forging, it would take at least half a month.
"Half a month? I'm afraid the barbarians won't give us that much time."
Xia He had no choice but to give up for the time being.
In the afternoon, there was a sudden burst of loud shouting and killing outside the city.
The soldiers hurriedly climbed up the city wall, stood at their positions with swords, bows and arrows in their hands, and looked nervous.
The drums beat so loudly that the ground seemed to shake.
All I saw in the distance was a dark mass, it was all the barbarian army, roughly estimated to be at least 10,000 people!
About three hundred steps away from the Great Wall, the barbarian army stopped and a man riding a black horse slowly approached. It was Tuoba Lie, who had tried to kill Xia He in vain a few days ago.
Tuoba Lie rode on his horse, his face grim, and shouted towards the city wall:
"Listen up, everyone in the city! Hand over the guy who attacked us before, and surrender obediently, and I will spare your lives! Otherwise, after I break into the city, I will tear out your hearts and lungs, and drink your blood and eat your flesh!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of curses was heard from the city wall.
"The barbarians are famous for going back on their words! We have signed a treaty before, but it has been torn up so many times? You still want to trick us into surrendering? Dream on!"
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