Chapter 455: Chapter 403: Setting Off, Demon Race’s Plan (Subscribe, request for monthly ticket!)

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Flags flying, drums beating ceaselessly.

Gathering hundreds of thousands of soldiers together was an impressive sight. The boundless elite soldiers gathered together, the surging killing intent and Blood Qi converged together, even the sky changed its color.

Even if Pei Xuanjing didn’t understand how to command soldiers, looking at this hundreds of thousands of troops in front of him, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of heroism. He praised Wang Boan, “Your command of the troops, I fear, is not inferior to the famous generals of the military school.”

Wang Boan’s left hand was on the hilt of his sword at his waist, and his right hand gently stroked his long beard. Hearing Pei Xuanjing’s praise, his face also showed a hint of color.

After all, no matter what, being able to receive vocal praise from Pei Xuanjing, who’s the best in the world, is recognition.

He modestly said, “Grandmaster is too kind, this old man has only achieved a little, he cannot be compared to the wise men of the military school.”

Pei Xuanjing shook his head, “The commander is being overly modest. In the future, you need only write about military strategies and spread them around the world, and there will surely be a place for you in the Martial Temple.”

He wasn’t flattering, it was truly heartfelt.

Considering the other person’s identity, born from the Confucian Gate, starting the Heart Teachings, and managing to command the troops to eliminate the Former Yuan and expanding territory by a thousand miles, such achievements would certainly earn him great fame.

Wang Boan just smiled and didn’t say anything.

“Brother, these soldiers, despite being slightly weaker, are worthy of being called elite just based on their momentum.” Xue Hanyue told Xue Hanyi.

Xue Hanyi stood to one side, looking at the densely packed soldiers, feeling the iron-blooded atmosphere, he also couldn’t help but nod, “Indeed, it’s worthy of the dynasty that can suppress the world in our Ancestral Land. It’s clear that there are competent people in this dynasty.”

Being from the Xue ancient country, they knew far more about soldiers than Mu Binghua from the Heart Moon Lake and Mr. Wu from the Witch Deity Teaching.

It can be said that the reason a kingdom can stand proud, aside from a strong force that can suppress the nation’s fate, the other is the army made up of soldiers that seem insignificant.

For any dynasty or empire, as long as ordinary soldiers are still brave, and the generals haven’t degenerated, the dynasty or empire can stand tall. Even if there’s occasionally an incompetent emperor, it can still guarantee the prosperity of the dynasty or empire.

He couldn’t really appreciate the Great Ming Empire of the Ancestral Land. After all, as the royal family and the imperial court, their power is taken away by big forces like Pei Xuanjing, which means the empire has started to decline.

In his view, the existence of this empire is just because those forces need the name of an empire.

But now, seeing this hundreds of thousands of troops, his thinking changed immediately. These hundreds of thousands of troops form an unmatched power in the Ancestral Land where there are not many powerful people in the Spirit Realm.

Even if the Heaven and Earth recover in the future, and our ancient races return, the Great Ming imperial court only needs to retain these hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, and it will not necessarily not have a place there.

Just as Xue Hanyi was planning in secret, he heard Wang Boan’s loud voice:

“Today, the demons suddenly attacked, acting unjustly and feeding on the human race… Today, I, your commander, am ordered by His Majesty to destroy the demonic beasts and return peace to the human race.”

“Annihilate the demonic beasts!”

“Annihilate the demonic beasts!”

A roar that seemed to shake the heavens rose, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers and tens of thousands of martial artists were indignant. The noise shook the sky, the heaven shook, the earth trembled!

“Depart!”

At Wang Boan’s command, hundreds of thousands of troops set off.

This was just one of the armies, and this expedition was a war of extermination. Apart from a portion of soldiers who were left behind, the rest of the army poured out in full force.

Moreover, there were also the strong representatives of various powers gathered within these nine military cities, as well as the martial artists who had gathered from everywhere.

Ordinary martial artists wanting to hunt demonic beasts would have to rely on forming groups and venturing stealthily, which was not without its risks. Once they attracted the attention of large numbers of demonic beasts and got surrounded, it would be easy for them to get trapped and difficult to escape.

But with a large army leading the way this time, their pressure was significantly reduced, and they naturally had no inhibitions. After all, the risks involved in this were much smaller than hunting demonic beasts on their own, and the rewards were much greater.

Furthermore, after Pei Xuanjing and representatives from other Taoist factions had finished their discussions and the news that a military city would be allocated for ordinary martial artists was circulated, it drew the gratitude of countless martial artists and led them to join this war.

The millions of martial artists gathered in the nine military cities swarmed out, making it impossible for the numerous demonic beasts outside the border to maintain a large numerical advantage.

Of course, there were pros and cons. Such a massive operation was impossible to conceal. The moment they began to gather the troops, the strong beings of the Demon Race had already received the news.

Within the gathering place of the Demon Race, several strong beings of the Demon Race were assembled, their expressions solemn.

At this moment, there were eight Demon Race beings at the Spirit Realm gathered here, three at the Spirit Realm Third Level, and the rest were all at the Spirit Realm Second Layer.

“The human race is attacking, what should we do now?” The one who spoke was a strong being from the Eagle Tribe, Eagle Seventeen. He too had received news of Pei Xuanjing and the others mobilizing their troops through the influence of the eagles.

The rest of the powerful beings in the Demon Race turned their eyes towards a petite young man, General Bei.

The majority of demons who had descended this time belonged primarily to the Eagle and Wolf Clans. According to the rules of the Demon Race, where the strong are respected, the most powerful Wolf King was the leader.

However, since the most powerful Wolf King was currently in seclusion, the role of military strategist fell to General Bei.

Upon hearing this news, General Bei’s eyes whirled around, flashing with brilliance and he fell silent.

Truth be told, these demons indigenous to the Tianhuang World didn’t have a clear understanding of the concept of their ancestral land.

This time, the strong beings of the Demon Race sent them back with orders to occupy a piece of territory and prepare for the arrival of their tribe’s powerful beings in the future.

Unexpectedly, their timing of arrival was so fortuitous that it coincided with their descent onto a human tribe in the plains.

These human tribes actually worshipped the Wolf Clan. Unlike the fear and hatred the humans of the Tianhuang World felt towards them, they instead prayed for their help to resist the other human tribes.

As for the civil strife among the humans, they, the demons, were naturally happy to see it unfold and didn’t refuse at all, resulting in hundreds of thousands of members of the Wolf Clan battling the human armies.

Then, after His Highness Wolf King leveraged these humble humans to understand this world, he decisively chose to usurp their homes and eat them, using this place to establish a territory for the Demon Race and cultivate demonic beasts.

It should be noted that within the secret methods of the Demon Race, one method of awakening the wisdom of ordinary demonic beasts involves using the essence of human flesh and blood.

Originally, their plan was to await the awakening of more demonic beasts using the essence of these humans’ flesh and blood, train more demonic beasts, then attack and slaughter the human race along the way, using war to sustain the war, and grab more living space for the Demon Race.

However, what they did not expect was that their plan was hindered just as it had begun.

First, a great demon at the Spirit Realm Second Layer who infiltrated to assassinate the commander of the human army was killed instead. Following that was the despicable return of a powerful human who disrupted their plans.

A moment later, General Bei asked, “Do you know why the humans are sending troops this time? Could it be that some powerful being has come from the human race?”