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In the depths of the Great Desolate Mountain, thorny shrubs were everywhere. There was no path in front of them now. There were tall mountains, old trees, withering vines, and thousands of people moving through the dense forest.
"Ah …"
The three colored sisters, who were walking in front of the group, seemed to have encountered something as they let out screams. As the sound waves spread, a dense mass of white floating threads fell from the forest like snowflakes, sticking onto the armor on their bodies. They were like living creatures, shrieking sharply, desperately trying to drill into the armor.
Suddenly, there was an uproar. The soldiers had never seen such a strange scene. The flowers looked neither like insects nor like plants. It was strange and scary like a demon.
"Don't panic. Stay calm. This tree was very common in the wilderness. The tree itself did not have any vitality, but the flower catkins were flying all over the sky like blood-sucking worms, jumping into every crevice and devouring all kinds of living things. They would parasitize into the flesh and then take root to reproduce. If an ordinary expert were to face this object, they would find it difficult to resist. They could only wait to die.
"However, we are different. We have the Great Python Armor protecting our bodies, which are extremely tight and tight, with not even the tiniest of gaps in between. No matter how much hair these Demonic Cattail Tree Flowers have, they won't be able to penetrate our bodies." As the Elephant Washing Slave explained and calmed the warlord's heart, its body began to tremble. Those maggot like floating threads suddenly fell like water droplets, unable to cause any damage to the armor.
He waved his hand again, and the Astral Energy condensed into a long spear. It shot out a hundred steps and immediately landed on a large tree hidden in the depths of the dense forest.
However, his attack was very powerful. A lot of poisonous creatures immediately rushed out from the surrounding forest. Centipedes, horses, spiders, scorpions and even tiny poisonous snakes all swarmed toward the group and started a suicide attack.
At that moment, even if the group of Spirit realm experts were to be completely flustered by the tide of attacks, the soldiers wearing the Great Python Armor under Hong Yu's command were completely unharmed. They even let the poisonous substance pounce at them.
"It's a good thing we have this armor to protect ourselves. Otherwise, all of us would've died a long time ago under this poisonous miasma bug." That Demonic Cattail Tree is also evil, and I presume that it is also a mutant from the Desolate Lands that needs to be on guard at all times. " Hong Yu's entire body shook as he sent out his inner strength, sending several poisonous snakes and scorpions flying from his armor: "Pass down the order, all soldiers must wear this armor all day long and are not allowed to take it off, otherwise, they will have to bear the consequences."
"Yes sir!" Immediately, Feng Huizhou and the rest spread the order, and no one objected.
Now that everyone realized the dangers of the wilderness, they knew that armor did not leave one's side. It was not an absurd order, but rather a way to protect the soldiers from harm. The armor was also wondrous. It had the characteristic of being breathable and light, enveloping a person like a thin veil. Even if one wore it all day, there was no sense of burden at all.
Moreover, right now, Hong Yu's group was not eating the five grains, but taking the extremely pure and nutritious Body Strengthening Pill, completely isolating the fireworks. Naturally there was no big or small problem, and all the cycles in their bodies could be adjusted and completed.
Creak, creak …
The dried leaves on the ground were covered with a thick layer of soil. One could not see the original texture of the soil, nor could they see the actual situation. Often, a soldier would step down and hear the sound of bubbles.
These auras were poisonous miasma and were very toxic.
However, the Great Python Armor had the ability to isolate and filter poisonous gas. Breathing in the armor was akin to breathing in the purest form of air, causing one to feel relaxed and happy.
This was also one of the most mysterious aspects of the Great Python Armor. It was a place that many ancient clans and sects had forged with secret arts, and even those precious armor were incomparable.
"Your Highness, I know you have a plan and have contacted Mo Ningxiang to meet up in the Wilderness. However, we don't know where or when or how they will meet up with us." The four women, including Wen Shu and Wen Shu, also wore the Great Python Armor and followed behind Hong Yu.
They followed Hong Yu and gradually observed him for a few days. They knew that he had his own thoughts and was not in a hurry to attack the territory. Instead, he would take a detour in the mountains as if he were waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
"I can tell you all about this. My plan this time is to behead and assassinate the enemy, and capture the enemy first." Hong Yu nodded. "I believe you all should have memorized the route of my march and must have passed through the demon ape's Devil Ape Temple, so as long as we strike down this temple and set it up as a stronghold, we will be able to drive the army straight into the central area of the barbarian race. Then, I will be able to form a great momentum and build a new land.
So the people of the Mo family would come late, and take the other path, while we have to avoid any trouble, avoid the eyes and ears of the Ape Clan, and avoid any conflict between the demons, the barbarians, and other tribes. We have to sneak into the vicinity of the Ape Demon Temple and wait for an opportunity to take action. "
"Indeed, we only have a few thousand people. Compared to those large tribes where hundreds of thousands of people live here, we can't even be considered as dust. That's all we can do." "We have no idea how many tribes of various sizes we have encountered along the way, especially the barbarian tribes. There are also a lot of demon clan gathering points. It's impossible to sweep them all away." "As long as we are discovered by a tribe, we might be surrounded and annihilated by dozens of other tribes. It is hard to imagine how many experts would come after us."
"That's why we have to cover our tracks. Look, we are already here, and just ahead of us is a gathering point for the tiger tribe. According to our intelligence, this tribe is a group of tiger demons that occupy the mountains and howl.
The tribe has become prosperous. There are thousands of tiger spirits in the tribe, and their beast cores are comparable to a few hundred tiger demons with the power of shackles. However, the tribe does not have any Feng Shui spirit veins nor any spirit fruits, so not many monsters can take human form.
Hong Yu took the opportunity to take out a map, and discussed with his trusted aides: "However, I have decided to ignore this tribe. Because this tribe is near to a flourishing tribe with millions of barbarian people gathered, and there is also an extremely profound God Repositories among them. If we move our bodies, we might expose this team to the barbarian's eyes and ears, and that would be worth it. "I am going to circle around this tribe and head in this direction. I am going to climb up from the vast mountains and finally arrive here."
He held a charcoal pen in his hand and drew a heavy mark on the map, "Once we are here, we can set up camp and take advantage of the terrain to defend. While waiting for the right time to attack, we can also wait to join forces with Mo family's Mo Ningxiang. When that happens, we will discuss further about the attack on the Ape Demon Temple. "
On the map, according to the survey done by the imperial government, there was a unified "scale scale" calculation, about three to four thousand miles away, in the mountains, was where the territory of the Ape Clan was located, where the Ape Demon Temple was located. Hong Yu planned to first go to the vicinity of the temple to meet up with the others and gather his strength, then he would use his own small world to appear mysteriously, infiltrate into the temple, and lure out experts from time to time so that his subordinates could encircle and kill them.
This was the real possibility. If he were to fight the Ape Clan head on, then just based on the thousands of his subordinates alone, he would be courting death.
However, it was very safe to lure the enemy deeper and divert their attacks. He had the small world's mysteriousness, and could hide in the small world with danger. With the Elephant Cleansing Slave, plus his subordinates, Granny Nine Ghosts, Feng Huizhou, the Three Colored Sisters, and even Mo Ning Xiang's many experts, it was not without hope.
In particular, Mo Ningxiang had once made a good deal with him. She was willing to bring out a similar level of martial artist to help him kill the enemy. This was also where his trump card was located.
He believed that Mo Ning Xiang would soon reach the Wilderness and reunite with him.
"Based on our current speed, I'm afraid it will take us at least half a month to reach the temple, where His Highness left his mark." Perhaps we can learn how to borrow the tactics of guerrilla warfare and attack to avoid heavy injuries. Once we meet a small tribe, we will immediately gather our forces and exterminate them all. Then, we can escape.
"Is this the 'guerilla warfare law' that royal father mentioned in the military manual? If the Great Python Armor had appeared before, this fighting style would not have been able to be used, but now that the Great Python Armor has been developed, and the soldiers' marching speed has even surpassed the horses of the barbarian race, the essence of this fighting style would be developed. If the enemy advanced, I would retreat, the enemy stood in my way, the enemy tired of fighting, and the enemy chased after me.
In the few decades that had passed, it had become the military strategy that was widely spread throughout the imperial army. The government also had its own requirements, and any middle-ranking or high ranking general in the army had to be familiar with this book.
Hong Yu had once studied in the Shang Yang Academy and read many books, so he naturally knew about this book in great detail.
"However, this method of combat isn't always applicable in all situations. The most important thing about military strategies is their flexibility and flexibility. "We know all the different powers in the wasteland, and the greatest variable of this guerrilla warfare method is the strong. It should be known that in the world of martial dao, any strong person who appears can change the outcome of the battle and cause our total destruction."
He thought for a moment and waved his hand, a sneer appeared on his face, "There are also experts among the foreign forces, and they are very sensitive. Among all the princes, my influence is the weakest, so I might attract many foreign experts to hunt us down. How can we take the initiative? "I'm afraid that those alien experts will come to our doorstep, and then it will be our best chance to train our troops. In this vast mountain range, it will be impossible for the alien race to send a large scale army to encircle and annihilate the army, and we can only send the powerful warriors to go there. At that time, it will be your time to make a meritorious contribution, and no matter how many come, we will kill them all."
He wanted to make use of the asymmetric information, and then stir up a steady stream of non-humankind experts to kill him, then counterattack and kill him. The experts of the other races only knew him well, and that was only because he had killed monsters like Ape and Lifeless Mother. However, they didn't know that his greatest trump card was the Elephant Washing Slave.
Moreover, in order to enter this forest to kill people, one had to not be afraid of poisonous insects or the miasma. It even required three great gods to be hidden, such as the Celestial Concealed Elephant.
Although it was powerful enough to block poisonous insects, it could not separate it from the miasma. There were also other even stranger poisonous substances, such as the "Demonic Cattail Tree" from before.
Only when the three great gods were at least at the Hidden Rank, could their Astral Qi transform into an elephant, vaporize everything, and even transform into a barrier made of Astral Qi, which would be able to isolate all poisonous miasma and strange poisons. Furthermore, the Astral Qi could even transform into wings and soar into the sky.
After activating the Heavenly Dipper Qi to fight, the energy released would vibrate the airflow, and the might of the airflow would only be about a few hundred feet. Other than the fact that the shackles level experts did not eat the smoke and fire of the mortal world, they could absorb spirit energy, and with their greater strength, they would not need to fear the three bugs' disease, their lifespans would be longer, and other than the fact that they would age a little, the other changes were not too big.
Only by reaching the Divine Concealment Realm would one be able to release the energy of the First Heavenly Dipper. Only then, would one be able to become inhumane!
A great god's treasure, radiating Astral Qi for a hundred steps, is known as the Thousand Steps Godly Fist; two great soldiers' essence, condensing the astral energy into a weapon, transforming it into a sword, transforming it into a golden bell, transforming it into a long spear, transforming it into a scripture, transforming it into a banner with substance, comparable to a divine weapon; three elephants' essence, condensing the astral energy into an elephant, the astral energy condenses into a dragon, a ferocious beast, even wings, a barrier …
Once one reached the Three Elephants' Spirit Stash, it would be a qualitative leap. One would be able to travel the world and not be afraid of Blade Mountain Flame Sea Guild.
"We have been marching for five days now, and we are now a thousand miles away from the Boorish Desolate. For the past few days, no one has rested at all. Thus, we can rest here for the night. " After Hong Yu gave the order, the subordinates immediately began to get busy. Feng Huizhou, Three Colors Sisters, and the others restricted their soldiers to set up camp, set up sentries, and stay vigilant of their surroundings.
And the Scrub Elephant had its own plans. He suddenly leapt up, and a pair of giant astral wings appeared behind him. They spanned over a distance of about 100 feet, and as his body spun around, he flew into the sky, disappearing without a trace. About half a cup of tea later, the astral energy behind him turned into ropes and dragged over many large trees. All the branches and leaves had been cut off, and then the trees had been casually reduced into huge wooden piles which were then thrown into the ground to form a small formation. Finally, he took out a small red flag and many jade plates to accompany him.
"Done!"
When the jade plate was placed in the center of the formation, the air in the huge space where the thousands of people were standing started to change, forming a whirlpool. Everyone started to feel refreshed, as if they were in paradise.
"This is a Spirit Gathering Formation?" Hong Yu's eyes flickered, but he was surprised. He knew that the Wash Elephant Slave had profound knowledge and knew of many Feng Shui paths. He had once seen such a formation in the temple of the Demonic Sect in Long County. However, he had never expected that the immoral servant would be able to form a Spirit Gathering Formation in such a short period of time, following the movements of the surrounding mountains and the movements of the flowing water. This was extremely difficult, even a Divine level expert could clearly feel the fluctuations of the world's spirit energy, but setting up a formation was not easy at all.
Humans had meridians and acupoints, and between heaven and earth, mountains and rivers also had their own paths. Among them, the best Feng Shui people were the spirit veins, human spirits, and dense spirit energy. It was a heavenly paradise. The weaker ones had ordinary spiritual energy. Even though they didn't have dense spiritual energy, they wouldn't cause much effect on people. The most dangerous place was a land of evil, filled with desolation and malice. Resentment and death energy soared to the heavens, and then a demon would be born, living in an ominous place. Even if they were buried in their ancestors, it would still have a negative impact on their future generations of cultivators.
Observing the wind, water, and slight fluctuations of spiritual energy in the mountain range, and then using various objects like mountain rocks, vegetation, and jade array flags to assemble the array formation. This was the way of setting up the array formation.
However, to overcome the mysteries of Feng Shui, it was much more difficult than one's own cultivation. If one wanted to set up a formation, then it would be even more unimaginable. As for the fact that the Washing Servant only used a few wooden stakes and jade talisman array discs to casually lay them down, that was something unbelievable.