Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors
Chapter 187 - 181 Cavalry Trial Cleared!_2

Chapter 187: Chapter 181 Cavalry Trial Cleared!_2

Due to this not being a head-on collision between two horses, Zhao Haiping could have avoided falling off the horse by adjusting his posture to maintain balance and by clamping his legs tightly around the horse’s belly.

But at the moment when the two horses crossed paths, he deliberately relaxed his legs and jumped down from Chi Ji with the momentum.

The reason was simple; the goal of this instance wasn’t just to assassinate Gao Yi and end it there.

What followed was also crucial.

"To gallop straight into the midst of the enemy forces and stab the target, to chop off his head and return, no generals can stop him, the siege is thus broken."

There were two key points to accomplish here: one was to "chop off his head and return," and the other was "no generals can stop him."

Without completing these two points, the Trial Illusion wouldn’t be considered passed.

Zhao Haiping harnessed the counterforce from the thrust to leap from his horse, and the whole process was smooth and natural.

Gao Yi was stabbed and fell from his horse, but at this time, he was not completely dead, just temporarily incapacitated.

Zhao Haiping drew his Ring-Headed Blade from his waist and, with a swift motion of his hand, chopped off his head.

With a "plop," blood spattered everywhere!

The scene was slightly bloody, but for Zhao Haiping, who had seen all sorts of grand scenes in the military instance, such a small matter wasn’t too concerning. The pressing matter was to make a quick escape.

He swiftly tied Gao Yi’s head to his waist, and the famous horse Chi Ji had also come to his side.

A horse knows human nature, especially a legendary one like Chi Ji that could make its mark in history.

Zhao Haiping remounted and charged toward his own army’s direction.

"Stop him!!"

The eyes of Gao Yi’s several Deputy Generals were all red.

Their General had just been beheaded amidst the two armies under everyone’s watch; the first reaction of these Deputy Generals was, of course, shock, but after the shock, it was not panic or cowardice that followed, but anger.

Every ancient general clawed their way up from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, but did you think they could be intimidated just with an imposing aura alone? Impossible.

In the logic of the real world, the concept of a conqueror’s presence doesn’t exist.

Therefore, for these Deputy Generals, the most important thing at the moment was to immediately retrieve their General’s head and also to stop Qin Kaiyun.

As long as they could kill Qin Kaiyun, the battle wouldn’t feel like such an unjust loss.

Several enemy generals were already encircling from different directions, and Zhao Haiping, brandishing his spear, charged straight towards the direction of his own elite Cavalry.

"Support General Qin!"

The Deputy Generals and the Cavalry of his own side had of course seen this scene, and their morale surged, everyone rallying around Zhao Haiping and engaging fiercely in battle!

In the midst of the chaos, there was no need for Zhao Haiping to continue entangling with these enemy generals. Just like before, he either maneuvered his horse to evade or blocked the enemy’s weapons during confrontations. If really necessary, he dismounted the enemy generals. His ultimate goal was to quickly break through the siege.

The battlefield had turned into complete chaos, with countless men converging towards Zhao Haiping.

Even Zhao Haiping himself was somewhat dizzy, merely relying on his instincts to knock down one enemy after another, slowly making his way closer to his own formation.

Finally, with the total assault launched by General Qin’s forces, Gao Yi’s troops eventually retreated.

The siege was broken!

Rushing back to his own formation, Zhao Haiping lightly tugged on the reins of his horse.

In that instant, everything around him temporarily entered a state of stillness.

Then, his perspective gradually rose, moving up into the sky, overlooking the entire battlefield.

Zhao Haiping looked at the position of General Qin Kaiyun, and then at the enemy’s central forces, overwhelmed by chaos, still in disbelief.

Had he truly managed to break into the enemy’s formation and come out again?

It almost felt like a dream!

...

The moment Zhao Haiping had charged out of the enemy’s ranks, a line of text finally appeared in his field of vision.

[Cavalry Trial: Like Taking Candy from a Baby]

[Passed!]

[Pass Evaluation: After this simple trial, you should realize that "Cavalry" isn’t just infantry on horses. The reason it could dominate the entire era of cold weapons is that there is much more to understand behind it.]

[Unlocked "Cavalry" subsidiary identity choice!]

[Cavalry specific talent "Man and Horse as One": You will receive a warhorse exclusively yours, which will share damage with you, as well as any positive or negative status effects, and grow together. Use the rein item to summon the warhorse in the Return Order Expedition gameplay.]

[Note: The subsidiary identity-specific talent will always be effective by default, and as the subsidiary identity improves, additional enhanced effects or special changes can still be obtained. Please consider how to best combine them with optional talents to maximize their effects.]

Zhao Haiping couldn’t help but let out a breath of relief.

Success!

It certainly wasn’t easy.

The Cavalry Trial Illusion rode out, lasting a total of eight days, marking it as the toughest Trial Illusion Zhao Haiping had faced, even surpassing some of the official instances in terms of difficulty.

Its content wasn’t complicated, nor did it have many puzzle elements, but the requirements for horsemanship and other aspects were particularly high, so he could only repeatedly grind muscle memory over and over again.

Looking at the pass evaluation, Zhao Haiping felt like making a quip, but was also somewhat used to it by now.

"A simple trial"?

It was hard to imagine what, in the eyes of the designers of the game Dark Sand, would be considered a difficult trial.

But judging from the pass evaluation, this time’s Trial Illusion was indeed very beneficial for Zhao Haiping.

Although he hadn’t learned the tactics of leading Cavalry, he had gained a profound understanding of how Cavalry fought.

Cavalry was not just infantry on horses.

When Cavalry could truly achieve the state of man and horse as one, it underwent a transformation.

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