Chapter 66: First-Class Medal of Loyalty and Bravery!

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  "Kill him!" The Sand Bandit commander bellowed in rage, his knife pointing at Xia Xingxiao.

  He didn't know what Xia Xingxiao was or where he came from, but he simply felt that this guy was indeed too terrifying. His existence was a devastating blow to all the Sha thieves. The extremely cold true energy he punched out was unbearable even for him as the commander. Such a person was too scary and must be killed!

  "Xia Xingxiao, let's join hands and kill him!" Sun Shiyue also roared angrily.

  The target of the Sand Bandit Commander is Xia Xingxiao, but his target is the Sand Bandit Commander. As the saying goes, "to catch a thief, first catch the king", he must take down this Sand Bandit Commander first. Of course, this requires Xia Xingxiao's cooperation. The strength of this Sand Bandit Commander seems to be very strong as well, and it is definitely impossible for Sun Shilei to take him down alone.

  "Good!"

  Xia Xingxiao immediately understood and countered with a series of cold and ruthless palm techniques.

  Yue Tan's Ice Silkworm Palm, Cheng Kun's Phantom Shadow Finger, Mie Jue Shi Tai's Floating Snow Through Clouds Palm, Ying Gu's Cold Shadow Palm, Wei Yi Xiao's Cold Ice Cotton Palm, Zuo Leng Chan's Cold Ice Divine Palm, Ouyang Feng's White Camel Snow Mountain Palm, Chen Jin Nan's Congealed Blood Claw, Xuan Ming Divine Palm - no matter three or seven, twenty-one, all are summoned to pass.

  His body contained numerous Qi oceans, various different martial arts, almost all of which were simultaneously released. These yin-cold martial arts, intentionally or unintentionally, produced a cumulative effect. In an instant, around the Sand Bandit Commander, a layer of frost condensed. Even if the Sand Bandit Commander's strength was great, in the face of so many yin-cold martial arts, he would still suffer greatly.

  Sun Shiwei seized the opportunity, concentrated his true energy, and struck with one palm. The sand thief commander was instantly knocked forward. Sun Shiwei was about to add a punch to end his life, but found that a large number of sand thieves rushed up, blocking his fist tightly. By the time he had dealt with those sand thieves and went to look for his target again, the target had long since escaped without a trace.

  "Damn! He's running faster than a rabbit!" Sun Shikui and Xia Xinxiao cursed in unison.

  There were no commanders who could kill the Sand Bandits, Xia Xingxiao and Sun Shiyue both felt a little regretful. However, regret was one thing, but the battle was still ongoing. There were still many Sand Bandits who didn't fear death rushing forward, trying to break through their blockade line. From the perspective of the Sand Bandits, this place only had six Federation troops stationed here, and it was indeed the weakest defensive line.

  However, no matter how fierce the Sand Bandits' attack was, they couldn't break through the six Federation troops' defense line. The Sand Bandits swarmed up and fell down in a swarm. The coordination of the six people was very tacit, as if they were one person. Xia Xingxiao was responsible for sealing the Sand Bandits from behind, while the other five were responsible for the massacre.

  Li Yuzhi secretly counted the results, and in a short while, they had killed three to four hundred sand bandits. Such achievements were simply maddening! Three to four hundred sand bandits, ah, previously they didn't even dare think about it! It's worth noting that killing just three sand bandits would earn you a Ninth-Class Loyalty and Bravery Medal. For every additional three sand bandits killed, the medal's rank would increase by one level.

  In theory, as long as you kill 27 desert bandits, you can get a first-class medal of loyalty and bravery. If you kill three or four hundred desert bandits, how many first-class medals of loyalty and bravery would that be? I estimate that on average, each person could get two first-class medals of loyalty and bravery. If it weren't for their military rank not being high enough, they might even be able to get their hands on a first-class cloud banner medal!

  To be honest, if it weren't for the dense, layer upon layer of corpses of the Sand Thieves in front of him, Li Yuhuai would definitely suspect that he was dreaming! He had killed 400 Sand Thieves and yet he was still alive, without any major injuries, and could still jump around. Such a miracle, even if it were just a dream, he wouldn't dare to dream about it!

  All of this, the first credit must go to Xia Xingxiao. If it weren't for his various cold and ruthless martial arts skills, it would be impossible to slow down the movements of the sand thieves, let alone make their bodies so fragile that they would shatter with one blow. Without Xia Xingxiao, they would have had to spend several times more effort to take down a single sand thief, and getting injured was a certainty. It's possible that they might even have lost their lives in the process. Those sand thieves were not weak at all.

  Although, Li Yuzi has never been afraid to sacrifice for the country, he is always prepared to do so at any moment. However, human life is precious. No one will not cherish their own life. If it's not necessary, no one would give up their life in vain.

  Besides, the feeling of victory is really great. As long as they are normal people, they would rather enjoy the feeling of victory than taste the bitterness of defeat. Now, they are deeply enjoying the feeling of victory. The first wave of sand thieves' attack has been basically repelled. The sand thieves who rushed up afterwards were obviously not good enough and seemed to be confused and came to die.

  Xia Xingxiao himself, however, did not feel any joy of victory at all. He couldn't help it, his understanding of war was very different from others. As for the victory in battle, he still didn't have a deep enough understanding. Even if he had killed three or four hundred bandits, in his eyes, it was just a group fight. And to him, group fights and war seemed like two completely different things.

  In fact, the time he spent in the army was too short. The pursuit of the army, the honor of the army, and the collective concept of the army were still very vague in his mind. Because of his uniqueness, he had never participated in the discipline education, theoretical education, and political education of the fifth squad. Such a freak is probably unprecedented.

  Killing the sand thieves, for Xia Xing Xiao, was more about survival than victory in battle. It was a very primitive and simple idea. Just now, there was only one thought in his mind, to keep striking out, and the purpose of striking out was to prevent any sand thieves from getting close to them.

  He had no grudge against the Sand Thief, but when the latter tried to conquer Aye Star and invade Egret Star, it was something he absolutely could not tolerate. Because his father was on Egret Star. For the sake of his own father, he had no choice but to let the Sand Thieves go to their deaths. As for the country and the army, they were still not in his thoughts at this time.

  "Be careful!"

  Suddenly, Xia Xingxiao let out a sharp cry.

  A particularly burly sand thief appeared in front of Sun Shikui.

  His appearance made Xia Xingxiao and others instantly raise their vigilance, eyeing him with suspicion.

  The strength of the Sand Thieves is simply and directly reflected in their appearance. This is also a very obvious feature after they have been sandified. The lowest-level Sand Thieves are generally about three meters tall. Secondary Sand Thieves are generally around five meters tall. And so on. Basically, when the Sand Thieves' strength increases by one level, their height will increase by about two meters.

  The height of this sand thief in front of us is a full thirteen meters, which means he is at least a sixth-level sand thief. That's already the strength of a medium-sized officer. If he weren't a combined person and hadn't been sandified, the threat to Xia Xingxiao and the others wouldn't be very great. However, since the opponent is a combined person and has already been sandified, the threat to Xia Xingxiao and the others becomes extremely large.

  "Despicable humans, go die!" The leader of the desert thieves yelled crazily.

  In fact, the Sand Thieves were also human before, they just merged with the genes of the Sand Clan. Unfortunately, under the control of the Sand Clan's genes, the Sand Thieves no longer consider themselves to be human. They think of themselves as non-human high-intelligence beings superior to humans. Therefore, intentionally or unintentionally, they always look down on ordinary humans with disdain.

  "I'm in front, you're behind!"

  Sun Shiyue felt something was off and hastily dodged over, intercepting the sand thief.

  Although the opponent was only a sixth-level cultivator, Sun Shiyue himself was a seventh-level cultivator, one level higher than the opponent. However, Sun Shiyue did not dare to be slightly complacent because the opponent was an already desiccated merged person, and in terms of pure combat power, he was far superior to him.

  Fortunately, next to Sun Shiyue, there is a freak like Xia Xinxiao. As long as they cooperate with Xia Xinxiao, they should be able to take down this sand thief. At least, they can make him know his limits and retreat without getting anything good.

  Xia Xing Xiao didn't say anything, and directly went forward, striking the sand thief with a series of icy soft palms. Wei Yixiao's unique skill had an excellent freezing effect, especially when burning true energy, the effect was even better. However, what made him feel somewhat unexpected was that the cold yin energy brought by the icy soft palm had no effect on this sand thief's head. No way, the level difference was too great.

  However, Xia Xingxiao did not lose heart. Since the Frost Palm was ineffective, he had more options. He immediately activated the Ice Profound Energy, violently burning his true energy, and then launched an attack in the form of the Profound Abyss Palm. The Profound Abyss Palm's large-scale attack was not as effective as the Frost Palm, but its point-to-point attack was extremely effective. This move was indeed effective.

  The body of that Sand Thief, after being hit by the Xuan Ming Divine Palm, immediately floated a layer of pale blue on its surface. This is the sign of being frozen. No matter how powerful the Sand Thief is, once it falls into a frozen state, all aspects of its attributes will be greatly reduced. The leader of the Sand Thieves tried hard to gather energy and attempted to dissolve the pale blue color on the surface of his body.

  After merging with the Sha tribe's genes, the main energy obtained by the Sand Thief comes from the Star Force. This is a very powerful energy that can completely dissolve Xia Xingxiao's Yin Han True Qi. However, Xia Xingxiao continuously urged the Ice Profound Energy to pour in more Yin Han True Qi, giving the Sand Thief leader no chance to dissolve it at all.

  Sun Shiwei also brought out his ultimate move. He took out his own weapon. His weapon was a black iron rod, and it was unknown what material it was made of. However, the weapons of cultivators were absolutely not ordinary goods. Even if it was just a stick.