Chapter 325: Big Thunder Fire Sword Technique, Demon Killer! (2-in-1)
"Is this the year to slay demons?" Song Changming looked at the latest annual evaluation.
It's true.
A demonic disaster last year was a major event that could represent the whole year.
Song Changming even killed hundreds of large and small demon clans by himself. This evaluation is not an exaggeration at all.
It is precisely because of his outstanding performance in the demon disaster that all aspects of his annual evaluation are quite positive.
In terms of martial arts cultivation, he had just broken through the third level of martial arts not long ago, and his innate cultivation level had greatly increased, which also greatly increased his evaluation points.
In addition to mastering the third-grade Wind and Thunder God walking technique, he also used his outstanding achievements in the military arsenal to obtain a desired second-grade sword technique, and also mastered it.
The second-grade Thunder Fire Sword Technique!
As its name suggests, it is a rare martial art with dual elements of thunder and fire.
In terms of lethality, as long as you can control this sword technique, there is absolutely nothing to say.
The reason why he chose this sword technique was naturally because he wanted to give full play to his own advantages and characteristics.
His near-fire body and thunder body are two major physical characteristics!
It can be said that it perfectly fits this sword art, making the already extremely powerful sword art even stronger by two levels!
This was something he had envisioned from the beginning.
With this high-level sword technique, he has made up for his shortcomings in sword skills.
The subsequent annual reward is still the second of the four options.
He didn't need to think too much about this first reward selection.
It must be the 6,000+ lifespan reward.
Only by choosing this reward can he have extra lifespan to choose the second reward while guaranteeing one life.
His eyes stayed on the second and third reward items on the panel.
Whether it was to gain a new physique or upgrade old characteristics, he wanted both opportunities.
The new blue characteristic of ‘Demon Slayer Killer’ is not difficult to judge from its literal meaning. After obtaining it, he will get extra help when slaying demons in the future.
For him, it is naturally very useful.
Whether it is his responsibilities in the military or his practice of witchcraft, he is destined to frequently fight against the demon clan in the future.
As for upgrading the original characteristics, you can actually only upgrade his Qi Master, which is his last green-level characteristic.
The other blue-level features are not within the optional range of this upgrade reward.
In fact, this 'Qi Refiner' was also a characteristic that he had wanted to upgrade a long time ago.
A Qi Refiner can speed up the efficiency of his Qi Refining practice in the Innate Realm, which is equivalent to speeding up the process of opening his Innate Martial Veins.
Nowadays, Song Changming's physical training has advanced by leaps and bounds. When facing powerful opponents, his Xiantian realm cultivation is often a hindrance.
Therefore, from a long-term perspective, it is necessary to upgrade the characteristics of the Qi Refiner.
"But it would be a pity to give up new features." Song Changming weighed it repeatedly.
Perhaps this new feature is due to the summary evaluation of this year as a year of slaying demons.
If he gives up, he may not be able to get this characteristic reward again in the future.
There is no such shop after passing this village.
The rewards for upgrading features have appeared more than once.
"After all, the lifespan is still short," Song Changming sighed secretly.
If he could squander his life span wantonly, he wouldn't have such troubles.
However, the accumulation of lifespan can only increase slowly over time.
The longer he lives, the longer he lives.
After thinking for a moment, Song Changming chose this year's limited reward.
Demon Slayer Killer (Blue): A natural demon slayer with special attack physique for demon slaying. Any attack will have an extra increase in the lethality of the demon clan.
Each time you slay a demon, there is a certain probability that you will enter a state of excitement and your combat power will continue to increase.
Looking at the new blue characteristic on the panel, the specific effect was similar to what he expected. It was a characteristic physique specially provided for slaying monsters.
However, the specific characteristics and effects can only be exerted when he kills demons again, so it is of no use on weekdays.
After choosing his annual reward, Song Changming looked at his remaining lifespan.
More than thirty-eight thousand six hundred days.
It's not bad. After deducting the cost of obtaining new feature rewards, this time the annual reward is worth a thousand, which is more than the number of lifespans he accumulates every day in a year.
"Tell me, when have I ever been involved in this incident?" Song Changming finished, his eyes returning to the annual summary information.
There was nothing wrong with anything else. Only among the big events he participated in, the Phoenix Nirvana incident that day, made him a little confused.
Previously, he only remembered the spreading demonic disaster, which was caused by a secret treasure of Tianfeng Feather.
But after experiencing the entire demon disaster, he had never come into contact with Tian Feng Yu from beginning to end, and he had no idea what Tian Feng Nirvana meant.
He didn't understand why his involvement in this incident was recorded in the annual summary.
"Is it possible that it was because of contact with that big demon buzzard?" Song Changming thought in his mind.
There is indeed a saying that it was the buzzard that took away the phoenix feather from the sky and entered the ranks of great demons.
But just touching the buzzard, even if he was involved in this inexplicable incident, it seemed a bit far-fetched.
This event was too triggering.
Song Changming was a little confused, so he simply turned off the panel and stopped thinking about it for the time being.
After all, a year has passed since the demon disaster, so there is no point in thinking about it so much now.
Seeing that the little yellow chicken on the stone table had passed out from drunkenness, with its feet raised and its belly turned over, Song Changming casually picked up one of the chicken's paws and carried it into the house to rest.
Early the next morning, Song Changming walked out of the courtyard wearing Liuyun armor, which represented the identity of the general, without wearing a helmet.
On the street outside the courtyard gate, a soldier also wearing military armor was holding two horses and waiting quietly.
Seeing Song Changming coming out, the soldiers immediately stepped forward and saluted respectfully.
"General!"
"Let's go to the Fifth City District." Song Changming nodded and got on his horse.
"Yes!" The soldiers followed immediately.
The soldier's name is Rong Jiang. He has a plain appearance, looks young, and has a bit of heroism, but he is actually over forty years old.
Of course, among innate warriors, being over forty is indeed nothing, and it is not an exaggeration to say he is young.
Currently, this person is beside Song Changming and serves as the accompanying personal guard.
Riding all the way, they quickly arrived from the third city area to the outermost fifth city area.
A martial arts arena, the morning dew has not yet dispersed, and the place is already crowded with people.
Today, the Cui Banner Army here is recruiting people again, and the news has spread a long time ago.
Since the demon disaster, for more than a year, the Cui Banner Army has been recruiting troops almost every month. The frequency is the most in decades!
The purpose is to respond to King Cui's instructions, restore military strength as soon as possible, and expand the number of troops.
"General!"
"General!"
"." As Song Changming arrived, the soldiers in charge of the martial arts arena saluted Song Changming one after another.
This immediately attracted the attention of the soldiers who gathered here.
"Who is he? Looking at such a young man, how can he make all these soldiers salute?"
"You are from a foreign country. This general armor can only be worn by the chief general in the army. Who do you think he is?"
"Lord, Lord, my God, he looks about the same age as my child."
"Xiantian warriors always age slowly, what's the reason?"
"Indeed, that's true."
Song Changming walked all the way to the martial arts arena as if no one else was around. This martial arts arena was no stranger to him.
When he took the military assessment, he took part here. In the end, he successfully won the appreciation of Xing Tiexin with his excellent strength and revealed potential.
Now that he comes back, he is already a general in the army, on an equal footing with Xing Tiexin!
"General."
A burly man with a sinewy face and a black eyepatch covering his left eye strode forward and saluted Song Changming.
His body is at least 2.23 meters tall, like a black bear, and the blood energy emanating from his body is extremely frightening.
This person's name is Feng Xingzhuo, and he was once a disciple of the Demon Slayer Pavilion in the Jiuyou area on the border of Yunzhou.
But a year ago, the Demon Slaying Pavilion was attacked by a demon tribe led by a great demon due to a great grudge. Ninety-nine percent of the disciples in the pavilion died.
Feng Xingzhuo happened not to be in the pavilion at the time and escaped with his life, but he was later hunted down by the demon clan and almost lost his life again when he wandered to Cuibai Road in Yunzhou.
When his life was hanging by a thread, he was rescued by Song Changming who was out to exterminate demons, and he survived.
After that, Feng Xingzhuo spent three months recovering from his injuries alone in the main city of Cuibai. All other injuries recovered except for his left eye, which was devoured by the demon clan and there was no possibility of recovery.
After recovering from his injuries, he accidentally learned that Song Changming's Cui Banner Army was recruiting troops. With nowhere to go, he came up with the idea of defecting to his savior.
In the end, although he lost his left eye, with his Xiantian realm cultivation that opened the three earth martial arteries, he was easily selected and joined the recruit team formed by Song Changming as he wished.
He started out as a centurion, and in just half a year, he was promoted to deputy general by Song Changming.
And he was also Song Changming's first lieutenant, and he won Song Changming's initial trust with his performance.
To this day, Feng Xingzhuo seems to be Song Changming's most capable general.
For Song Changming, a new recruit team that had just started and was formed from scratch, it was not easy to obtain a talent of Feng Xingzhuo's level.
Even Xing Tiexin met Feng Xingzhuo and praised Song Changming for his good luck in finding such a powerful general in less than a year.
You must know that it took him more than ten years to train Fu Yuan step by step from captain to deputy general!
Excellent talents in the military are not so easy to come by, nor are they so easy to train.
Therefore, after Song Changming took over as the new commander-in-chief, on the one hand he was happy for Song Changming, but on the other hand he was reluctant to let Song Changming leave.
After all, he would never have a chance to have an outstanding lieutenant like Song Changming again in his life.
And without Song Changming, his army's combat power plummeted almost instantly.
Return to the martial arts arena.
"We're almost ready, let's get started." Song Changming glanced at the equipment and props that had been prepared in the martial arts arena, nodded and said.
"Okay." Feng Xingzhuo responded, turned around and waved his hand.
The officers and soldiers below all understood and began to control the field for today's recruitment assessment.
A private warrior began to enter the arena.
As in previous years, rounds of project selection began, and only those with outstanding performance can stay.
"Ruan Shan, your strength is not up to standard, go back."
"Jiang Biqing, failed to dodge the arrow."
"Li Wang, your weapons skills are not up to par."
"Next one."
As the soldiers announced the results of each test, there were those who passed, but of course, there were still many who failed.
Song Changming's selection criteria were stricter than those of most troops in the army, so the number of people who passed him was much smaller.
Ordinary body-training warriors are basically useless if they don't reach the extreme level of cultivation, and even extreme-level warriors have a high rate of elimination.
Of course, this is not absolute.
If he is young and has great potential, Song Changming will accept it. This is why he will take time to be present every time he recruits new recruits.
This is to ensure that no fish slips out of his hands.
Although some fish are small, as long as they are given a platform and opportunity to develop, they are expected to grow into whale sharks in the future.
"Let that one stay." Song Changming pointed at a young man in the examination room who was about to be eliminated, and said to Feng Xingzhuo on the side.
Feng Xingzhuo glanced away with one eye and landed on the young man whose weapons skills were not up to par.
"Is there anything special about him?" Feng Xingzhuo asked puzzledly.
“This person’s natural talent is quite good, but his martial arts and sword skills are not up to par. This is just because he is young and lacks the teachings and inheritance of famous teachers. Of course, we do not rule out the possibility that his understanding and qualifications are not top-notch.
However, this potential talent alone is enough to give him a chance to start as a soldier. "Song Changming said.
Feng Xingzhuo nodded and went to lead the people.
Song Changming rarely made exceptions to recruit people before, but it was not unprecedented.
The new recruits who were admitted under an exception did not have a high starting point, and were usually ranked at the bottom of the army in terms of strength.
But as time went by, after these people had a direction, they soon gradually showed an unusual growth rate in the army, climbing up bit by bit, proving that Song Changming's vision was not wrong.
Therefore, Feng Xingzhuo was very convinced of Song Changming's vision and just followed it.
Li Wang, dressed in civilian clothes, shook his head and sighed secretly, feeling very disappointed that he had not been able to join the army during this trip.
"I thought that even if I couldn't become a captain, it wouldn't be a big problem to become a leading soldier. It seems that I kept this army simple."
Just as he was about to go back, a figure suddenly appeared in front of him, shrouding him firmly in shadow.
"Uh, this" Li Wang looked at the huge figure like a wall in front of him and was startled.
Only after taking a step back did he see the person coming, it was the general in charge of this recruitment.
Feng Xingzhuo's body and aura were extremely oppressive and aggressive. Li Wang's throat trembled slightly, but he found that even the small movement of swallowing saliva became extremely difficult.
Feng Xingzhuo frowned subconsciously when he saw the other party's embarrassed appearance.
His first impression of the young man was not good.
I always feel that not only is my strength weak, but my spiritual will is also lacking.
In his eyes, such a person would never be a desirable talent no matter how he looked at it.
But Song Changming has a sharp eye and a unique vision.
Moreover, Song Changming was the commander-in-chief of the army. His position as deputy general was only used to assist Song Changming. How could he have any other opinions?
He just followed orders.
"You have passed temporarily, but your shortcomings in strength are still obvious, so you need to be further inspected by the army. Only when you fully meet the assessment standards in the future can you officially become a general in the army.
Do you accept this? "
(End of chapter)