Mythical Three Kingdoms-Chapter 1750 - 1649: Zhang Xiu’s Choice
Sun Ce’s ability is essentially divided into two parts: Legion Talent and Monarch Talent. These two are inseparable, mainly triggered by Sun Ce’s intuition, but the precondition is the activation of the Legion Talent.
As long as Sun Ce activates the Legion Talent, he can anytime trigger his Monarch Talent. Consequently, all my forces and allies acknowledged by Sun Ce receive a three-fold augmentation of the Legion Talent—a potent and fearsome effect.
However, unlike the fivefold mirage that Zhuge Liang tricked Wei Yan into creating, this talent does not drain Sun Ce’s energy and stamina but directly depletes those of the enhanced individuals.
In theory, Legion Talent does not have cumulative effects; it’s essentially the soldiers’ emulation, acknowledgment, and admiration for their general, stemming from the general’s own perception. Hence, Legion Talent cannot be cumulative.
Zhou Yu and Chen Xi’s Legion Talent by nature is a sort of cheat. Although their methods are different, they both bypassed the absolute barrier that prevents Legion Talent from stacking, hence the origin of the Triple Talent Elite.
Though Chen Xi and Zhou Yu’s Legion Talent does not exhibit obvious special effects, essentially it’s equivalent to half an effect, and the advantage lies in the lack of a clear limit to numbers. Therefore, they can further apply their Legion Talent to the elite who have already activated their Legion Talent.
This is why the elites of Danyang achieved an extreme state after receiving the immensely suitable Legion Talent from Li Yan and additional talents from Zhou Yu and Chen Xi.
Zhou Yu and Chen Xi are not blind; the elites of Danyang in extreme state are truly a step away from the Military Spirit Legion, possessing the same life-and-death capability as the headquarters elite of Xiliang before. Despite severe restrictions, their combat power cannot be denied.
Under this precondition, Zhou Yu’s former saying "one talent won’t work, try two, and if two fail try three" becomes possible. The Monarch Talent boost from Sun Ce holds prospects of breaking this limit in both Chen Xi and Zhou Yu’s view.
Once Sun Ce uses his Monarch Talent, both Chen Xi and Zhou Yu naturally reinforced the elite of Danyang, resulting in a situation that made them almost cry. 𝒇𝒓𝙚𝒆𝔀𝓮𝓫𝒏𝓸𝙫𝓮𝓵.𝓬𝙤𝙢
Zhou Yu has cooperated with Sun Ce before, but traditionally, it’s a coordination where Zhou Yu enhances Sun Ce’s trusted aide with Legion Talent, with Sun Ce enhancing them together. He hadn’t realized that activating Monarch Talent increases soldiers’ consumption.
However, at this instant, when combined with Li Yan’s leadership of the elite of Danyang, Chen Xi and Zhou Yu truly felt the imposing spirit of the Military Spirit Legion. Yet the next instant, their faces grew very unpleasant as Li Yan, enhanced with Monarch Talent, saw his soldiers’ stamina and energy depleted by about 1.2 times.
This depletion level isn’t high; expending 20% more stamina and energy for a 30% boost in optimal attributes is worthwhile anywhere. But once Zhou Yu and Chen Xi added their Legion Talent, the depletion rolled over twice more.
Similar to Wei Yan’s previous personal depletion rate, it increased exponentially, but at least Wei Yan only consumed himself, making it worthwhile.
Zhou Yu’s attempt here was clearly not worthwhile. If the Danyang elite enhanced by Li Yan, Chen Xi, and Zhou Yu could truly reach the Military Spirit Legion like the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, honestly, fivefold stamina and energy depletion would have been negligible.
Within the Military Spirit Legion’s basic attributes is the concept of Will Transcending the Body, meaning for the Military Spirit Legion, stamina essentially locks at full value.
This accounts for Hua Xiong’s sprinting speed being effectively at charge speed, where stamina doesn’t drop, and thus stamina consumption is irrelevant.
Under these conditions, a pseudo Triple Talent boosting by 30% aligns with the actual Triple Talent, featuring three talents tailored for the elite of Danyang, which could load this near-Military Spirit Danyang elite into the Military Spirit Legion. Then depletion issues become irrelevant, and Zhou Yu would definitely choose to fight here.
However, at that instance, the Danyang elite’s momentum reached its peak, potentially achieving their basic combat power, but lacking Will Transcendence, Death Resistance, Infinite Stamina, Legion Integration, and other basic Military Spirit attributes, burdened with a fivefold stamina loss negativity. Such Danyang elite are unfit for battle.
Seeing the biggest trump card rendered ineffective, Chen Xi decisively abandoned the previous proposal. The initial plan was under Sun Ce’s Monarch Talent, Chen Xi and Zhou Yu would fully assist others, enabling Triple Talent Effects on all soldiers to fiercely engage the Huns.
Regrettably, this outcome occurred, leaving Zhou Yu and Chen Xi without better solutions. Continuing this battle held no significance, hence opting for retreat first.
The retreat of Chen Xi and others was swift, particularly after leaving Kun Wan by two miles, when every military general with Legion Talent activated their Legion Talent, hastening southwest until disappearing from sight.
Subsequently, before Kun Wan managed the battlefield, a formidable elite cavalry arrived from the south, spearheaded by Qiu Linbei. Witnessing Qiu Linbei leading three thousand genuine headquarters elite and over a thousand Hun Guards, Kun Wan felt a reflux of blood, blacked out, and fell off his horse.
