Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 140 - 135: Talents Emerge in the Great Sheng Dynasty!

Chapter 140: Chapter 135: Talents Emerge in the Great Sheng Dynasty!

After a brief moment of astonishment, General Deng couldn’t help feeling delighted.

Who would have thought that among these vulnerable garrison soldiers there could be such a formidable warrior—it was indeed a pleasant surprise!

But he soon discovered that an even greater surprise was yet to come!

Despite General Deng and Fan Cun bravely fighting, the Sheng Army was still at a disadvantage against the numerically superior bandits.

But soon, two other players also started to exert their strength!

Due to his outstanding initial performance, Fan Cun became the key target for the bandits.

Riding on his horse and being more agile, General Deng also faced a few bandit attacks but they ultimately failed to succeed, so they vented their anger on Fan Cun, who had no horse and could only rely on his own two legs.

However, Fan Cun was not the least bit afraid. He had fought outnumbered in simulated trials before, and now, with the enhanced "Spirit of Assault" skill and the golden Xin-level combat talent "Sea of Corpses and Blood," even surrounded by foes, he showed no fear!

Even accidentally getting cut a few times left him completely indifferent.

Though his masterful combat skills meant that the cuts were not fatal, merely nicking his armor and leaving some superficial wounds on his body, it was still a simulation with 100% pain sensation.

Li Hongyun even felt a bit of pain seeing this, but why was Fan Cun completely indifferent?

Li Hongyun quickly figured it out.

Partly because Fan Cun was inherently boisterous and might have a higher pain tolerance in real life, and partly because of the boon from his talent skills!

The upgraded "Spirit of Assault" enhanced his resistance to hits, further reducing his pain perception, while the "Sea of Corpses and Blood" allowed for a burst of potential under extreme conditions, ignoring the pain to some extent and unleashing formidable strength.

The powers of the talent skills meant for the legacy holders were infinitely stackable, never diminishing after multiple uses.

Thus, even in a supreme trial with 100% pain sensation, his sense of pain was wholly suppressed!

Moreover, with Fan Cun’s excellent combat skills, which were superficial injuries, he was totally unaffected.

Li Hongyun couldn’t help but admire—choosing one’s own talents was indeed powerful!

Each player had already found the talents that best suited them in the simulated trials, and now in the ultimate trial, they could directly choose their most desired talents from the library, which were by default of the highest level and rarity—how could they not be formidable?

Fan Cun even developed his own style called "Endurance Stream," pushing the effects of the "Spirit of Assault" to the extreme.

As the saying goes, "Upon endurance, life and death—you guess," after Fan Cun crafted this approach, he truly resembled those ancient warriors capable of taking on a thousand men single-handedly!

The three players present knew what was going on, but the bandits did not.

They only saw an ordinary Sheng Army soldier wielding a long spear and rattan shield, who, despite being surrounded, continuously killed several bandits, severely impacting their morale!

But this was clearly not the end.

Because Zhao Haiping and Li Hongyun definitely couldn’t just watch Fan Cun show off alone—they quickly joined the battlefield too!

Zhao Haiping chose the golden talent "Swordsmanship Mastery," which might seem ordinary compared to other more flamboyant talents, but it was perfectly suitable for Zhao Haiping.

With his fighting skills already surpassing Fan Cun’s, enhancing his sword technique with the golden talent now put his swordsmanship at a level where he could disdain the vast majority of bandits.

Precision, in this case, was the difference between slaughter and surgery.

Zhao Haiping, too, found himself surrounded, but his situation was completely different from Li Hongyun’s.

Li Hongyun didn’t care about the minor injuries, using his talent skills to eliminate the pain, while Zhao Haiping dodged nimbly, precisely calculating distances to just barely avoid the barbarians’ attacks, and even when a blade occasionally slashed through his clothes, it failed to harm him in the slightest.

Unfortunately, the effect of an upgraded "Spirit of Assault" alone was not quite enough to eliminate the pain for Zhao Haiping.

Too afraid of pain, so it was still better not to be chopped.

His rattan shield calmly protected his entire body, and his waist sword was poised to strike. Once the bandits showed an opening, it would immediately be a storm of slashing and chopping—an offensive even fiercer than those skillful barbarian bandits!

Zipping left and slashing right, though seeming to be trapped, he wasn’t at all encumbered; rather, the surrounding bandits often collided with each other, entirely chaotic, completely led by the nose by him.

Astonishment filled the eyes of the bandits.

Why would such a supremely skilled giant exist in such a small garrison?

Such masterful skill belonged to a mere common soldier?

What kind of monsters are the Sheng Army made of!

Other bandits had already reacted, realizing that the three men in front were too formidable to take down hastily.

General Deng, riding his warhorse and swinging a long spear, charged into the enemy ranks, back and forth, entering their lines seven times; Fan Cun, surrounded by enemies, fought more bravely as he sustained minor injuries and became fiercer; Zhao Haiping’s fighting resembled the pinnacle of art, completely like a swordsmanship master teaching a beginner, except unlike other classes that cost money, his lessons cost lives!

These three men penetrated deep into the ranks of the Eastern Barbarian bandits, standing like three isolated islands under the relentless waves. Though they seemed outnumbered and weak, they stood tall and unmovable against the tide.

Therefore, the other bandits shifted their focus to other soldiers of the Sheng Army.

They noticed that only these two or three men seemed capable of fighting while the rest of the garrison soldiers still cowered and were easily beaten.

If they could rout these garrison soldiers, these three fierce warriors would also be powerless to continue fighting under heavy encirclement.

Realizing this, the bandits charged forward!

Indeed, the garrison soldiers turned out to be feeble; seeing the bandits charging, some fled in terror without even a fight, discarding their helmets and abandoning their armor.

But just when the bandits were overjoyed and ready to pursue their victory, an unforeseen event occurred.

A long spear flew unexpectedly from not far away and pierced the chest of a bandit!

This bandit was flung backward by the spear, glanced down, and wore an expression of disbelief.

Wearing armor, the spear had precisely penetrated through the gap in his armor, killing him with one blow!

The bandit couldn’t comprehend how someone could throw with such precision.

Clearly, this couldn’t be explained merely by skill; it had entered the realm of the metaphysical!

Li Hongyun, seizing the long spears from the fleeing soldiers, was smug.

Choosing his own golden talent, he’d show them what a real "king of luck" looked like!

Undoubtedly, his choice was the Xin-level golden talent "Fortune Favours."

The personification of luck equipped with the talent of luck, how formidable could that be?

Before entering the ultimate trial, most of the talents they saw were enhanced versions of original talents, so Li Hongyun was spoilt for choice back then.

The enhanced version of "Throwing Mastery" also appealed to him.

However, upon second thought, enhancing throwing skills was not as substantial as directly improving luck.

After all, his throwing skills were already strong, and if his luck could climb another level, it would be killer.

And practical combat had proven this indeed.

"Fortune Favours" not only played a role during combat but also benefited him in other aspects.

For example, when these fleeing soldiers deserted, they naturally dropped their long spears right at his feet, eliminating the need for him to run around picking them up; he could simply grab them and use them immediately.

If not for the time taken to collect the spears, he would have appeared alongside Fan Cun and Zhao Haiping earlier.

The bandits wanted to chase the fleeing soldiers, but with Li Hongyun’s spear sniping from a distance, one careless move resulted in another bandit being shot down.

The bandits attempted to chase Li Hongyun, but he had clearly developed his own tactics of mobile warfare during previous simulations, throwing a spear then swiftly changing positions, and adeptly using other soldiers as cover, like a cunning rabbit that is hard to catch.

General Deng, having charged back and forth several times and seeing this scene, was moved to tears.

"Indeed, our Great Sheng Dynasty is full of talent!"

By this time, the battlefield situation was not one-sided but rather the Sheng Army gradually took the upper hand.

Since some of the fleeing soldiers realized there was a fight to win, many stopped running.

If the battle was lost, everybody would run, and afterwards, it might not necessarily lead to accountability; if the battle was won, apart from not achieving military merits, desertion during combat was likely to lead to severe consequences later.

Therefore, many of these fleeing soldiers turned around and cautiously re-joined the fight!

General Deng again rode his horse to a higher ground, took down his Zhenyuan Bow, and surveyed the battlefield.

Drawing the bow and setting an arrow, he aimed at the leader of the bandits!

If his previous three arrows had reversed the situation, his current three arrows were to eradicate the evil completely and settle the matter once and for all!

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