Seeing Zhao Fu walk over so murderously, Xiang Shaotian felt quite afraid and retreated a few steps. However, after thinking about it, he realized that he had already used his trump card and could not defeat Zhao Fu at all. As such, Xiang Shaotian leapt to the side and planned to run.
Zhao Fu leapt into the air, turning into a black blur as he rushed in front of Xiang Shaotian, his sword giving off a sharp sword qi as it slashed towards Xiang Shaotian.
Xiang Shaotian was given a big fright, and he could only use his halberd to block Zhao Fu's attack.
Zhao Fu coldly harrumphed and gripped his sword as he swung it with all of his strength, forcing Xiang Shaotian back a few steps. Xiang Shaotian lost his balance and fell backwards.
The Sky Demon Sword gave off a massive amount of sword light, and Zhao Fu grasped this opportunity to stab towards Xiang Shaotian's throat.
The sword gave off a dangerous aura, causing Xiang Shaotian's hairs to stand on end, and he quickly tilted his head to the side.
"Arghhh!!"
Even though Xiang Shaotian had dodged this attack, a gash had appeared on his shoulder, and blood flowed out, dyeing his shoulder red.
Zhao Fu was determined to kill Xiang Shaotian, so he didn't show any mercy and forcefully pushed his sword to the side. He forcefully swung his halberd towards Xiang Shaotian's head.
Xiang Shaotian felt an intense pain, and he exploded out with power as he swung his halberd, knocking Zhao Fu's sword off course. Zhao Fu borrowed this force to leap into the air and ferociously slash towards Xiang Shaotian.
At that moment, the injured Xiang Shaotian's expression became savage as he raised his halberd and blocked towards Zhao Fu.
Clang!
A massive explosion sounded out as the two attacks collided, turning into a wild gale. The Sky Demon Sword was once again blocked by Xiang Shaotian, and he gritted his teeth as he gripped his halberd and blocked.
Suddenly!
The sword in Zhao Fu's hand had been knocked away, causing Xiang Shaotian to be delighted. Just as he was about to use this opportunity to attack, veins bulged on his arms as he raised his halberd, preparing to chop it down on Zhao Fu.
However, at this moment, Zhao Fu drew a blood sword from his waist at lightning speed and suddenly stabbed forward.
"Pu!"
The scene seemed to freeze. The blood-colored sword beam pierced through Xiang Shaotian's chest. Xiang Shaotian's legs went limp, and his eyes glazed over. Finally, he fell to the ground, dead.
The Sky Demon Sword stabbed into the ground, and the Sky Demon looked quite resentful as she stared at the Slaughtering Ghost Sword in Zhao Fu's hand. She was quite displeased that Zhao Fu had thrown her out.
After Xiang Shaotian died, Highstone Town instantly lost its ability to resist. After all, only a small portion of the town's soldiers and residents were fighting. Now that the Lord was dead, how could they resist?
After concluding this battle and subduing the remaining residents of Highstone Town, Zhao Fu went to the Town Hall and chose to conquer it. He was quite surprised that Highstone Town was Gold grade, and its stats were quite good.
After walking out of the Town Hall in satisfaction, Zhao Fu looked at the people who had surrendered and asked Bai Qi, "How were our losses this time?"
Bai Qi cupped his hands and reported, "Your Majesty! This time, we have 2,718 soldiers injured and 256 dead. "
Hearing this, Zhao Fu sighed. This was the highest number of deaths that Qin had ever suffered. At the start, he had tried his best to avoid these deaths. After all, they were his soldiers, and they were his subordinates. Zhao Fu truly didn't want them to die.
However, war was cruel, and Zhao Fu understood this. As such, he could only sigh and give the order to collect the corpses of the soldiers who had died and give them a proper burial.
Zhao Fu removed the Dark Ghost World on the west side of the town and tied up the soldiers who had collapsed to the ground in fear. He then poured cold water on them to wake them up.
After hearing that Highstone Town had been conquered, the soldiers looked quite unsightly, and most of them chose to surrender. However, there were roughly 100 or so people who would rather die than surrender. They even said that they would let them go and take revenge for Xiang Shaotian.
Zhao Fu couldn't be bothered with these people, and he gave the order to cut off the heads of these 100 or so people to calculate the results of this battle.
Highstone Town lost 5,879 people in total, and there were 24810 left. At the same time, they obtained some treasures, which were worth hundreds of thousands of silver coins, as well as countless pieces of food and equipment.
Apart from the people, Zhao Fu didn't care about anything else. After giving out some money, it was already quite late, so Zhao Fu decided to rest here for the night. He would wait until the next day to take down the two scouting teams.
Finally, his gaze fell on Xiang Shaotian's corpse. After using [Corpse Examination], he found that his grade was SS grade, so he put the corpse into his King's Ring. However, before doing so, Zhao Fu took off Xiang Shaotian's spatial ring and looked inside.
Apart from some food, materials, and equipment, Zhao Fu found something else that was quite good. This caused Zhao Fu to feel quite delighted – it was a recipe.
[Hidden Evil – Recipe]: Required Materials: Green Ash, Charred Wood, Hidden Evil Grass, Description: A strange recipe that can be added to any medicinal pill. However, it contains a colorless and odorless poison that ordinary people are unable to detect. If one uses it for a long time without an antidote, one's body will become weak and they will die.
This was another item that could be used to trick people. If it was added to medicinal pills and sold, it would definitely cause many people to die. Now that these things had appeared, Zhao Fu felt that the market was incredibly dark. Those things weren't his own, so he couldn't feel at ease using them. It was possible that he would be tricked by someone else.
Hidden Evil required Hidden Evil Grass to refine, which was a Stage 2 spirit grass. It was even rarer than Stage 2 Hundred Origin Grass, and it would most likely be quite difficult to find. Even if he found it, it would take a long time to grow it before it could be used. In other words, if Zhao Fu wanted to trick people, he would have to wait for a long time.
As such, Zhao Fu could only put away Hidden Evil for now. However, what happened next was a pleasant surprise – a soldier came to report that there was a large amount of Hidden Evil Grass growing on the south side of the town.
Zhao Fu immediately went to take a look, and when he came to the south side, he found that there were many spirit grasses planted there. These spirit grasses were a few inches long, had sword-shaped leaves, and were black. These were Hidden Evil Grass.
Zhao Fu had never thought that Xiang Shaotian would have already found Hidden Evil Grass and planted it on a large scale. If it wasn't for Zhao Fu's interference, Xiang Shaotian would have become an overlord with an unstoppable future.
It was a pity that he had met Zhao Fu, and Zhao Fu had made a wedding dress for him. Zhao Fu happily accepted this gift, and he ordered people to dig out the Hidden Evil Grass so that he could transplant it back to Qin City the next day.
… …
At noon the next day, the sun hung high in the sky, and the two exploration teams returned to Highstone Town. However, what welcomed them wasn't the friendly townspeople, but a group of ferocious Qin City soldiers.
Surrounded by 20,000 soldiers, the 600 soldiers were so scared that their legs turned to jelly, and they immediately chose to surrender. After subduing these two teams, Zhao Fu chose to relocate Highstone Town. Because Highstone Town was a Town, it wouldn't lose any levels. At the same time, Zhao Fu received 110,000 EXP.
The expedition ended here, and Zhao Fu brought his people back to Qin City.
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