45: Chapter 45 All Soldiers! The Iron-Blooded Training from the Doomsday Lord!

"The enjoyment is over!"

Qin Yu's cold voice was like a bucket of ice water, instantly extinguishing all the romance and ambiguity in the hot spring pool.

He suddenly stood up from the water, droplets rolling down his bronze skin.

Those deep eyes no longer held a hint of lust, leaving only an extreme solemnity like the calm before a storm!

"Patriarch..."

Lin Waner and Su Qingyao hurriedly stood up after him, looking at him nervously.

The sudden vibration just now had sent their hearts into their throats.

"Get dressed and return to camp!"

Qin Yu didn't offer much explanation; he grabbed the beast-hide clothes on the bank, wrapped them loosely around himself, and strode toward the exit of the cavern.

Although the pulsation from deep underground lasted only an instant, it set off alarm bells in his heart!

That was definitely no natural phenomenon!

The only explanation was the gate of the abyss he had temporarily sealed in another cave!

When Qin Yu returned to the center of the camp with the two women, their faces grim, almost all the girls had already been alerted.

Their faces were pale as they gathered around the wilderness totem, talking all at once about the sudden vibration.

Panic and anxiety spread through the crowd like a plague.

"What are you panicking for!"

Qin Yu's roar was like a clap of thunder, exploding over everyone's heads!

His gaze, carrying the pressure of Conqueror's Haki, swept across the field like a sharp sword!

"If the sky falls, I'll be the one to hold it up!"

"The ground shook for a moment and it scared you like this?"

"A bunch of useless trash!"

His cold, harsh words made all the girls lower their heads in shame.

The panic that had just ignited was forcibly suppressed by this unquestionable authority.

Indeed!

What were they afraid of?

They had a god!

They had the omnipotent 'Dragon God'!

Seeing the crowd quickly settle down, Qin Yu's expression softened slightly.

He knew that pressure alone wasn't enough.

Fear stems from the unknown and from weakness.

He had to make this flock of sheep gain the power to protect themselves as soon as possible!

"From today on, the Tribe enters a state of first-level combat readiness!"

Qin Yu's voice echoed throughout the camp.

"All gathering and construction tasks are temporarily halved!"

"Every afternoon, everyone must participate in military training!"

"Everyone!"

Qin Yu emphasized his tone specifically.

"Whether you're from the Logistics Department or the Reserves, not a single person is to be missing!"

As soon as he said this, an irrepressible commotion broke out in the crowd.

"Huh? We have to train too?"

"But... I can't even hold a knife steady..."

A petite girl in charge of meals muttered timidly in a low voice.

"I don't want to kill living things..."

"Shut up!"

A sharp rebuke interrupted her.

It was Chen Xiao!

She strode forward, her heroic face filled with a murderous aura.

"The Patriarch's command is a divine decree!"

"Here, it's not about whether you want to or not, only whether you do it or not!"

"Don't want to kill? Do you want to wait to be eaten alive by those monsters?!"

Chen Xiao's words made the girl's face turn instantly pale.

Qin Yu watched this scene coldly, a flash of approval in his eyes.

What he needed was a deputy like Chen Xiao who could enforce iron-blooded discipline for him.

"I'll say it one more time."

Qin Yu's voice was devoid of emotion.

"Training is so that you can survive."

"From today on, the Tribe will implement a wartime rationing system. Those who fail training will have their food halved. Those who fail three times will be expelled from the Tribe to fend for themselves!"

"My Tribe does not support useless trash!"

Expelled from the Tribe!

These words were like four sharp knives, stabbing deep into every girl's heart!

They had all seen with their own eyes how those two expelled traitors were torn to pieces by jungle monsters in just a few minutes!

Leaving this camp protected by the 'Dragon God' was equivalent to death!

In an instant, the look in everyone's eyes changed!

All timidity, hesitation, and 'saintly' compassion were shattered before this most brutal law of survival!

In their place were the instinct for survival and a forced ruthlessness!

"Very good."

Seeing those faces change from fearful to resolute, Qin Yu nodded with satisfaction.

He took out a blueprint emitting a bronze light from his system space.

It was the other S-rank evaluation reward that he hadn't had time to use yet!

[Special Building Blueprint — Military Crossbow Workshop!]

[Military Crossbow Workshop: Can produce Standard-issue Military Crossbows and matching Armor-piercing Bolts. High precision, long range, and strong penetration, it is the best ranged weapon for beginners.]

"Lin Waner!"

"Here, Patriarch!"

"I'm giving this blueprint to you. Organize manpower immediately and build this 'Military Crossbow Workshop' for me!"

"Within three days, I want to see every person in the Tribe with a crossbow in hand!"

"Yes! I guarantee the mission will be completed!"

Lin Waner took the blueprint and nodded heavily.

"Chen Xiao!"

"Present!"

"The matter of training is entirely in your hands!"

"I don't care what method you use—beat them, scold them—I want to see a group of soldiers capable of going to the battlefield in the shortest time possible!"

"Not a bunch of dead weight who only know how to scream!"

"Understood!"

A fire of excitement ignited in Chen Xiao's eyes!

She had long felt that the Tribe's combat power was too weak.

Now, the Patriarch was finally willing to give her the authority to show what she could do!

A massive, all-out preparation for war thus began!

With dozens of girls working together, the Military Crossbow Workshop rose in a corner of the camp in less than a day.

Following that, standard-issue crossbows with exquisite designs and a metallic glint, along with bundles of Armor-piercing Bolts with neat fletching, were continuously produced.

On the other side, Chen Xiao's training ground had completely turned into a 'living hell.'

"Pull! Pull with all your strength! Haven't you eaten?!"

"If you can't even pull a hundred-pound crossbow, you still expect to live?!"

Chen Xiao held a long whip and mercilessly lashed a girl who had collapsed on the ground from exhaustion!

Snap!

The crisp sound of the whip and the girl's cry of pain echoed through the training ground.

"Crying? What's the use of crying!"

"Can tears kill the enemy?!"

"Get up! Continue!"

Not far away, Qin Yu watched all this coldly.

There wasn't the slightest ripple in his eyes.

He knew that one cannot lead an army with a soft heart.

Kindness to them now would be irresponsibility toward their lives on the battlefield in the future!

He had to force out all their potential using the most brutal methods!

Training was tedious and painful, but the results were significant.

In just two short days.

The eyes of these once-delicate girls, who couldn't even lift a chicken, had completely changed.

Their movements went from clumsy to proficient.

The naivety had faded from their faces, replaced by a touch of grit and coldness that only those who have experienced blood and fire possess.

They could now shoot a sharp bolt through a boar's head used as a target fifty meters away without blinking!

Just as Qin Yu was feeling satisfied with the Tribe's rapid growth.

He suddenly felt that pulsation from underground again!

It was clearer and stronger than the last time!

His expression changed, and he immediately rushed toward the cave where the gate of the abyss was sealed, taking Su Qingyao with him!

When they pushed aside the boulder blocking the entrance, a cold, evil aura rushed toward them!

On that originally dead, pitch-black metal door, the eerie rune composed of countless creatures was actually flickering with an ominous dark red light!

Hum... Hum...

The gate was emitting a low, heartbeat-like roar!

Su Qingyao's face turned instantly pale!

She grabbed Qin Yu's arm, her voice carrying a hint of trembling and terror.

"Qin Yu! The energy behind the door... is waking up!"

"I can feel it, countless greedy, hungry eyes are peering into our world through this door!"

"It... it seems to be getting 'thinner'!"

Just as Su Qingyao finished speaking, the dark red light on the surface of the gate of the abyss flashed violently!

Then!

Crack—!

An extremely faint yet crystal-clear sound, like glass shattering, came from the very center of the door!

Qin Yu's pupils suddenly shrank to the size of pinpricks!

He stared fixedly at the door.

At the core of that eerie rune, a hairline...

Crack had appeared?!