Chapter 454: It's better to arrive early than to arrive at the right time, digging your own grave
"The Gold Finger Panel can actually spend 360 points of luck to fuse and upgrade two innate divine artifact lotus platforms that have the same origin?"
Li Dingguo's mind checked the gold finger panel and was immediately shocked by the latest introduction to the Twelve-Rank Karma Fire Lotus that had been completely unlocked.
It is worthy of being the golden finger that allows a mere ordinary earthling like me to travel through time and be reborn. It is so magical that it is unimaginable.
"This innate divine weapon spear is not inferior to the twelfth-grade Karma Fire Red Lotus. It is a true innate killing divine weapon."
Li Dingguo pondered, "Obviously it is more suitable for Cao Yongxiang than the 12th-grade Black Lotus of Destruction. I can just go and exchange it for his life-defining artifact Black Lotus. When my luck value increases to a level high enough to consume it, I will fuse the two lotus platforms and upgrade them."
“The natal lotus platform artifact that was fused into one at that time is estimated to be at least on the same level as the Human Emperor Cauldron and the Chaos Bell, which will greatly increase my foundation.”
Unfortunately, his current luck value is only 360 points in total. It is impossible to use it up now. He can only wait for some time.
Fortunately, in the current territory of the Renaissance Army, people's livelihood, order, and military strength are growing rapidly. In a few months at most, a large amount of luck value will be gained.
"And this eighteen-winged black dragon that has been burned and refined into the essence of a divine beast doesn't look like a divine beast from ancient mythology. What on earth happened in the ancient mythology period on this land sealed by the rules of heaven and earth?"
Li Dingguo felt that the more things he came into contact with, the more confused he became, and he could not understand anything at all.
"Forget it. When my cultivation and the strength of the Renaissance Army grow to a certain level, I should have a chance to figure out these problems."
He shook his head and rode the big golden eagle to carefully check the empty secret realm. He found nothing else, so he asked Dajin to use his innate magical power to break through the air and leave.
The next moment, the golden eagle and he reappeared in the turbulent Yellow River.
Li Dingguo discovered that the thick black fog had disappeared, and even the black vortex had disappeared without a trace.
Obviously, the abnormal situation here was caused by the special secret world whose seal had begun to break.
Now that the black dragon's corpse and the innate divine spear have been taken away by myself, the adverse effects caused to the outside world will naturally be eliminated.
"Let's go, Dajin, let's go to Chang'an City."
Li Dingguo used telepathy to send a message to Dajin, and then flew towards Chang'an City in the southwest direction again with it.
Cao Yongxiang was leading the Azure Dragon Legion in Chang'an City. It was just the right time for him to meet up with him and, while handling various military and political affairs, exchange his natal artifact, the Black Lotus.
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"Reporting to the commander, our intelligence personnel stationed in Hanzhong Prefecture have sent back urgent information."
He Guang rode a level 5 peak black eagle and quickly arrived at the City Lord's Mansion in Chang'an City. He flashed to the meeting hall and reported to Cao Yongxiang, "Three days ago, Hong Chengchou suddenly assembled his 500,000 elite soldiers and 2 million military dependents, and the large group of troops marched towards Shuzhong by land and sea."
"I don't know what Hong Chengchou was thinking. He was willing to give up Hanzhong Prefecture, which was doing very well."
"No matter what, our Fuxing Army should send troops immediately to take over Hanzhong Prefecture as quickly as possible, so as to avoid the chaos that we don't want to see in this great prefecture."
He Guang looked very solemn, and hurriedly put forward his opinion, "Hanzhong Prefecture is a convenient passage for our army to enter the Shuzhong area in the future. Once it is occupied, it will undoubtedly greatly reduce the difficulty of conquering Shu in the future."
"Although I don't know what Hong Chengchou is planning, with the strength of our army, we don't have to worry about whether this is a trap."
His confidence comes from the Qinglong Legion, which has expanded to 500,000 elite soldiers, and Cao Yongxiang, a peerless genius general who has just broken through to the early sixth level.
In the Fuxing Army, the top five masters today are Li Dingguo, Wan'er, Cao Bianjiao, Hongmei, and Cao Yongxiang.
These five people can be said to be geniuses with unfathomable background and invincible in their level. They don't have to worry about the conspiracies of enemies of the same level.
He Guang had recently seen Cao Yongxiang take action and lead the Azure Dragon Legion to wipe out the Lishan monster forces near Chang'an City in one fell swoop.
Two of the sixth-level demon kings were killed in one fell swoop by Cao Yongxiang using his natal artifact, the Black Lotus.
The reason why the Qinglong Army was mobilized in large numbers to wipe out Mount Li was because they accidentally learned of the existence of the secret realm of Mount Li and wanted to capture it at all costs.
This large spiritual secret land that originally belonged to Hong Chengchou has fallen into the hands of the Fuxing Army. It is also the main reason why the Qinglong Legion was able to expand to a scale of 500,000 combat troops.
The military's order to streamline the military and administration has just been issued. In the reorganized Fusion Army, countless soldiers who did not meet the standards of cultivation were eliminated and transferred to the logistics department. There are also countless new recruits who have emerged and made up for the lack of combat troops.
After this round of streamlining the military and government is completed, the number of soldiers in the main combat corps of the Fusion Army will be maintained at 500,000, but the combat effectiveness will be raised to a higher level.
Among the formal combat soldiers at that time, the lowest level of cultivation was at the early second level of warrior, which further widened the gap with other major human forces.
As the soldiers' cultivation levels continue to improve, it is estimated that in three years at most, the official soldiers of the Renaissance Army, with the lowest cultivation level, will reach the third level of warrior cultivation.
Soldiers who fail to meet the standards will be eliminated one after another.
As the heaven and earth continue to change and spiritual energy further recovers, the numerical advantage of practitioners will gradually disappear.
This is also the inevitable development trend of today's world.
There is no other way. If you don't want your own forces to become a cancer in this big world, attract massive karma from heaven and earth, and damage your own fortune, you must do this.
Regardless of other forces, the elimination mode of Li Dingguo's Fuxing Army will be extremely fierce in the future.
Strictly controlling the number of practitioners within his jurisdiction and creating a healthy cycle of development is the inevitable choice for Li Dingguo to establish a true dynasty of destiny.
No matter what, the ecological environment within the jurisdiction of the Renaissance Army cannot deteriorate, but can only continue to improve, so that it will not be targeted by the rules of heaven and earth and will not be hit by disasters to cleanse out too many of its own practitioners.
This is also the main reason why the Renaissance Army adopts the strategy of annihilating all practitioners from hostile forces.
Killing a large number of hostile practitioners and reducing the burden on heaven and earth is the fastest and best way to strengthen one's destiny, thereby gaining the favor of heaven and earth, so as to avoid letting one's own forces become a cancer between heaven and earth.
Heaven created all things to nourish man, but man has no virtue to repay Heaven. This is the inevitable cruel fact in the world of cultivators.
If you don't want to bring disaster to your own family, you have no choice but to let your enemies die.
"Chirp..."
A golden figure appeared in the sky above Chang'an City. A loud eagle cry was heard. Cao Yongxiang and He Guang looked in the direction of the sound, and their faces were suddenly filled with joy.
"Meet the Commander-in-Chief!"...
Li Dingguo jumped down from the back of the golden eagle, and generals such as Cao Yongxiang hurried forward to pay their respects.
Cao Yongxiang was particularly excited. He hadn't seen Li Dingguo for more than a year. "Xiangzi, long time no see."
He took a step forward, patted the shoulder of this good brother and capable helper, and said with a smile, "Not bad, your cultivation has not fallen behind, and you have finally broken through to level six. Congratulations."
"By the way, you all look very worried. What happened?"
He noticed the serious expressions of Cao Yongxiang and He Guang, and asked immediately.
"Commander-in-chief, the situation is like this..."
Cao Yongxiang hurriedly reported to Li Dingguo the urgent news he had just received from the Military Intelligence Department that Hong Chengchou had abandoned Hanzhong Prefecture and marched south.
"Ha ha……"
After hearing this, Li Dingguo thought about it for a while and concluded, "It is obvious that Hong Chengchou has broken with the Southern Ming Dynasty."
"He decisively gave up the useless place of Hanzhong Prefecture to temporarily avoid the attack of our Fuxing Army. He wanted to gain precious time to recuperate and continue to strengthen the Hong Family Army."
"This is a good thing. It will allow us to obtain Hanzhong Prefecture, a very good place, without bloodshed. It will serve as a bridgehead for entering the natural barrier of Shu, greatly reducing the difficulty of conquering Shu in the future."
"If my guess is correct, Hong Chengchou wants to go south to the Yunnan-Guizhou region and continue his recuperation strategy."
"Pass the order down, the Azure Dragon Legion will send out 200,000 troops, assemble and march out immediately, both by land and sea, to take over Hanzhong Prefecture!"
"We must act quickly, or else Qin Liangyu from Shu will get there first!"
"The combat effectiveness of the White Spear Soldiers should not be underestimated. Let the soldiers capture Jianmen Pass and other fortresses as quickly as possible to block the northward route of the Ming soldiers in Shu!"
"It just so happens that I am here. I will go to Hanzhong Prefecture in time to set up a protective formation for each fortress border."
Li Dingguo had never expected that he would encounter this major event when he came here this time, and he could solve it with ease.
"Xiangzi, come with me. He Guang and Chang Jiansheng will be responsible for delivering the military order."
After all the generals had dispersed and were busy with their own work, Li Dingguo and Cao Yongxiang came to the back garden of the city lord's mansion.
"Xiangzi, this is a top-grade innate divine weapon spear. Its lethality is greater than that of your Black Lotus of Destruction. You will know exactly what kind of divine weapon it is after you refine it into your own divine weapon..."
Li Dingguo didn't say anything more. With a thought, the spear he had just obtained, which had been burned and purified by the Human Emperor Cauldron and turned into an ownerless artifact, appeared in front of Cao Yongxiang. He directly explained his purpose, "I have a great use for that Black Lotus of Destruction. If you replace it with this innate top-grade artifact spear, it will surely enhance your combat effectiveness."
"The Later Jin Tartars' Huang Taiji, and the brothers Dorgon and Duoduo all possess an innate divine weapon. After you kill them, you can add another divine weapon."
Li Dingguo was right. In his spiritual perception, the attack power of this black spear was one of the strongest innate artifacts he had ever seen, and it was more suitable for Cao Yongxiang than the twelfth-grade black lotus of destruction.
"Okay, I'll replace my natal divine weapon right away."
Cao Yongxiang said happily.
Compared to the Black Destruction Black Lotus which is mainly used for defense, he likes this innate divine spear more.
He immediately sat cross-legged on the ground, calmed down, and began to replace his natal artifact.
About a quarter of an hour later, the spear that he had refined into his own divine weapon turned into a stream of light and sank into the sea of consciousness. Immediately, a piece of information was transmitted into Cao Yongxiang's mind.
"Great Commander, this innate divine spear is actually the most powerful god-killing spear in ancient mythology and legends."
After receiving this message, Cao Yongxiang smiled happily and said, "The military killing array I will preside over in the future, as well as my own combat effectiveness, will increase by at least 30% after obtaining the God-killing Spear!"
There was a lot of amazement in his words, and he didn't know how this super powerful innate divine spear fell into Li Dingguo's hands.
"Well, as long as you like it."
Li Dingguo smiled when he heard this, and waved his hand to put the Black Lotus, which had become an ownerless artifact, into the Human Emperor Cauldron.
Now he only has less than 400 points of luck left. It is not yet the time to combine the two lotus platform artifacts into one. He can only wait.
As the leader of a top-tier force, Li Dingguo must always maintain at least 300 points of luck.
Otherwise, he would probably run into bad luck due to lack of luck, which would be detrimental to his own development and the development of the Renaissance Army.
"Xiangzi, to be on the safe side, you'd better lead 200,000 soldiers of the Qinglong Army to take over Hanzhong Prefecture."
Li Dingguo thought for a moment and said, "I will leave later and go to Hanzhong Prefecture with Dajin to suppress the possible chaos to prevent the ordinary Han people from suffering."
Since Hong Chengchou's army had already left, Li Dingguo, even if he was alone, was able to easily suppress a city abandoned by the enemy.
"By the way, what are the recent developments of the Southern Ming Dynasty in Luoyang City and Kaifeng, south of the Yellow River?"
Li Dingguo remembered something again and asked Cao Yongxiang.
The Yellow River Basin bordering the Southern Ming Dynasty is now jointly guarded by the Qinglong Legion and the Xuanwu Legion, so Cao Yongxiang must be aware of the latest situation of the two super cities on the south bank of the Yellow River.
"Commander-in-chief, Luoyang City and Kaifeng City are now guarded by Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting who have retreated to the Central Plains respectively."
"However, these two foreign armies from the north are not well received by the local noble families and officials."
Cao Yongxiang heard this and said with some regret, "The Nanmen Dynasty is completely hopeless!"
"Both Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting are the most loyal and capable people in the Southern Ming Dynasty today."
"If Lu Xiangsheng and Sun Chuanting continue to lead the army and form a large army to fight against our Fuxing Army, it may cause great trouble to our army."
"But the Southern Ming court destroyed its own pillars, and they deserved to be destroyed by God!"
"The military intelligence department is most concerned about the construction of four new military garrisons at the South Gate, but it was actually handed over to Liu Zeqing, Sun Degong, Zuo Liangyu, and Shi Kefa, four mediocre people. It's simply a huge joke!"
"After our Fuxing Army stabilizes the existing territory and handles various military and political affairs, the army will expand southward again and can easily unify the Jiangbei area!"
It’s not that Cao Yongxiang is arrogant, but he has enough confidence to speak the truth.
Under the current severe situation, the Southern Ming court made one stupid move after another, which was simply digging its own grave.
(End of this chapter)
