Under Mudan's watchful gaze:
A faint gray light appeared around Wang Jixuan.
The light slowly increased, and the corpses of blade beasts densely arranged around him gradually began to tremble.
Droplets of emerald green blood floated out from the piles of blade beast corpses, forming a stream in the air, surging towards Wang Jixuan. However, as soon as this blade beast blood approached Wang Jixuan, its spirituality would disappear, turning into a pink liquid that splattered on the ground.
Soon, the faint gray light around Wang Jixuan surged back and forth like a tide, gradually filling the smoke-filled area.
The corpses of these blade beasts withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Mudan turned to look outside and intelligently chose to delete this part of the data.
This way, she wouldn't have to simulate the emotion called [Entanglement] when balancing loyalty to her superior and the potential for subsequent war zone data requests.
Mudan didn't like entanglement.
Wang Jixuan's body trembled constantly.
Strands of pure blood energy flowed into his body along with the faint gray light, entering his nostrils and pores.
The Qi vortex in his Dantian continued to expand due to the influx of this blood energy;
The Yuan Soul in his Niwan Palace accelerated its condensation.
The blood energy originating from the blade beasts had one advantage: it contained no resentment.
The residual souls of the blade beasts, as well as the resentment mixed within them, were hidden within their crystal cores.
About half an hour later.
Wang Jixuan opened his mouth and exhaled a large mouthful of turbid air. The Dragon-Python Devouring Heaven Art had achieved its initial level!
A strange snake phantom, the size of an earthworm, resembling both a dragon and a python, emerged from between his eyebrows, slowly coiling around him, actively absorbing the surrounding blood energy and rapidly growing larger.
Wang Jixuan held his hands flat.
One crystal core after another flew out from the withered flesh and blood.
He suddenly clenched his fists.
Bang!
Hundreds of crystal cores shattered simultaneously!
Dense spiritual energy transformed directly into white mist!
The surrounding thick fog surged inward, forming a simple spiritual energy chamber.
Waves of roars impacted Wang Jixuan's Dao heart;
More than a hundred residual souls of blade beasts surged back and forth in the white mist!
They all flew towards Wang Jixuan, but were blocked by the gray light around him, while the strange snake had already plunged into the white mist, swallowing a residual soul of a blade beast with a single bite, and its body suddenly swelled by a circle.
The hunt officially began.
The strange snake darted left and right, constantly hunting the residual souls of blade beasts in the white mist.
Wang Jixuan's pores opened, frantically absorbing the surrounding white mist. In just a few minutes, his body began to feel bloated and painful.
Did he take too big of a step?
For Daoist Wang, who had reincarnated from the Great Ascension stage, this kind of problem simply did not exist!
Since he wanted to take a shortcut, he would carry it through to the end!
Twelve silver needles flew out from Wang Jixuan's short sleeve pocket, simultaneously suspended outside his major acupoints, and under the guidance of his sword fingers, suddenly pierced into his body.
Meridians wide open!
Body and soul strongly combined!
Thick white mist poured in faster!
Drops of blood seeped out of his Dao body, and these blood quickly formed scabs, whose essence was directly absorbed back into his body by this overbearing technique.
Wang Jixuan quickly became a bloody man.
This continued for less than half an hour, and finally, the last circle of white mist slowly flowed into his body.
A flat-headed strange python, with shallow scales, overall translucent, and a wisp of black smoke inside its body, slowly swam around Wang Jixuan.
It seemed to have burped lightly, and antlers like deer velvet appeared on its forehead.
This was the Dragon-Python Transformation.
As his cultivation deepened and his Yuan Soul strengthened, this strange python would gradually transform; if Wang Jixuan could once again step into the Great Ascension stage, this strange python would transform into a Black Scaled True Dragon.
At this moment, the strange python slowly coiled around Wang Jixuan's arm, turning into a translucent tattoo.
This was the sign of the Dragon-Python Devouring Heaven Art's initial level, and also the core of this Demonic Sect's auxiliary technique.
Wang Jixuan stood up, feeling refreshed all over. The Qi sea in his body had expanded gratifyingly, strands of blood energy nourished his Dao body, and the Yuan Soul in his Niwan Palace had initially taken shape.
In this way, it wouldn't even take ten days.
As long as there were enough fresh blade beasts, he could step into the Gui Zhen realm in three to five days, and his Dao foundation would not suffer too much loss!
'Using the Demonic Sect's auxiliary technique to assist my orthodox cultivation method, am I a Demonic cultivator or a Immortal cultivator?'
Daoist Wang sighed lightly with his hands behind his back:
"Mudan, have them get more blade beasts. I can use twice this amount every day."
"Yes, sir!"
"Collect the outer skeletons of these blade beasts. They will be useful later."
The surrounding smoke dissipated, Wang Jixuan let out a sigh of "It's really nice to be supported by the war zone" and strolled into this gray building that had been 'completed ahead of schedule'.
Uncle Tai had been waiting for him for a long time.
The experimental data of the Lightning 引雷 Method had been collected almost completely, and Wang Jixuan was just waiting to make the final adjustments.
Four days and five nights later, a series of good news spread from this studio to the D5 War Zone Command Center.
......
Fu Jian stared at the light spots on the war zone map sandbox, and had not spoken for half an hour.
The six battle lines contained too much information. Even an old commander like him needed to think repeatedly before giving orders one by one.
The second-generation semi-human mecha Black Shell hurried over from the side and said a few words behind Fu Jian.
Fu Jian stopped thinking and turned to look at this old brother: "Really?"
"Of course it's true," Black Shell said. "They've solved the mass production of daggers over there, and are already working on grinding boxes. The first batch of daggers will be sent to the front line in four days, with a quantity of three to five thousand. It shouldn't play too much of a role in this war."
Fu Jian smiled and said, "Having some is better than having none. Try to prioritize equipping the elite commando teams of each unit."
"Also, in five days, they said they can deliver about sixty crystal core greatswords of average quality."
"Did that kid say that himself?"
"Yes."
"Distribute them to the semi-human mecha troops and have him make a simple manual so they can master the use of these things as soon as possible."
"In addition, there will be three hundred sets of discs that use crystal core energy to resist the mental impact of blade beasts, the same model used by Ling Tong."
Fu Jian frowned and asked, "So, what's the price? Did Wang Zheng mention what he needs in exchange for these things?"
"Blade beast corpses, just give him enough fresh blade beast corpses."
Black Shell said in a deep voice:
"The Spirit Energy Capital is already investigating our collection of blade beast corpses on the edge of the battlefield. They are becoming more and more sensitive to the traces of crystal cores.
"Moreover, Commander-in-Chief, a war is about to break out. The number of blade beast groups that have been detected is already alarming. Should we seek help from the Spirit Energy Capital?
"The defense line may really not be able to hold on."
Fu Jian was silent, staring at the three-dimensional sandbox.
If they didn't ask the Spirit Energy Capital for help, the losses in the D5 War Zone would be much greater. They would have to take out a lot of things in advance to resist this blade beast tide.
If they asked the Spirit Energy Capital for help, the No. 76 Fortress No-Spirit Zone they had worked so hard to build would likely be in vain.
Those parasites would definitely make all kinds of demands.
"Don't seek help, directly activate one-third of the autonomous legion, no need to wait any longer."
"But Commander-in-Chief, that's what we use to eliminate the ruling faction of the Spirit Energy Capital..."
Fu Jian said firmly: "As long as we can win this battle, it will take at least half a year for the blade beasts to gather enough numbers around D5... In comparison, the harm of the Spirit Energy Capital intervening is greater."
"Yes!"
Instructor Black Shell raised his hand in salute.
Fu Jian closed his eyes and sighed slowly.
The odds of winning this gamble were still unknown.
......
[Little Zhou (Tears in Iron Bars): The situation is a bit bad. Six King-level blade beasts are leading six blade beast groups, a total of million blade beasts, and are gathering in the shallow strata outside the defense line. They should be able to complete the gathering in about three days.]
[Wang Zheng (Light of Justice): Is the intersection of the six beast groups still 82?]
[Little Zhou: Yes, no change. They should be rushing to 82 to find the Black Storm. The constant removal of brain-eating worms obviously has a great impact on the blade beasts' intelligence system. They don't know that you arrived at 76 a few days ago.]
[Wang Zheng: Are there enough troops?]
[Ling Tong (Good at Housework): Enough. The Commander-in-Chief just issued an order to activate the sealed autonomous mechanical legion and asked the twelve fortresses to prepare the mobilized agreement soldiers. Once there is a problem with the battle line, we will produce agreement soldiers. Our material reserves and military strength reserves are enough to cope with the intensity of this war.]
[Little Zhou: What I'm worried about is actually the Spirit Energy Capital causing trouble behind the scenes.]
[Old Zheng (Lawful Good): Very likely. The Spirit Energy Capital and D5 are actually rivals. They will always take advantage of your weakness to make you sign all kinds of disgusting treaties.]
[Ling Tong: We probably won't ask the Spirit Energy Capital for help.]
[Wang Zheng: How long does it take to get from Fortress 76 to 82 at the fastest?]
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[Ling Tong: The fastest aircraft takes about eighteen or nine minutes.]
[Wang Zheng: That's good. If they can't hold on over there later, we'll go over to support them. After all, the blade beasts are looking for me.]
[Ling Tong: The more the blade beasts want to find you, the more we should hide you. Isn't that the normal logic?]
[Wang Zheng: You're right, but I might feel uneasy, and last time we cooperated to kill an S-level Spirit Energy user, this time we might not be able to join forces to kill a stronger blade beast. We have the entire war zone behind us.]
"That..."
Inside the studio on the seventh floor of Fortress 76.
Zheng Shiduo, who was carving a Bagua disc, looked up at the two people sitting on the sofa and whispered, "Why don't you two chat alone? It'll save some electricity."
Ling Tong calmly put down the communicator and turned to look at the air beside her.
Daoist Wang, wearing only a pair of large shorts and a colorful towel around his neck, raised his eyebrows with a smile. A faint gray strange python tattoo had appeared on his right shoulder and arm.
Wang Ji, with a profound air, declared, "I'll continue processing the Blade Beasts. I should be able to improve a bit today. Keep up the good work, everyone!"
Behind a row of workbenches, the busy workers raised their heads, each wearing a bitter smile. Dark circles rimmed their eyes, and their faces were pale, indicating they had averaged at least two sleepless nights.
Wan Xiaoqi couldn't help but complain, "We shouldn't have given such high numbers! We're working ourselves to death! Even beasts of burden aren't treated this way!"
Uncle Tai frowned and scolded, "The more we produce here, the better the chances on the front lines. Every piece of equipment you make could save lives. Get back to work! Stop complaining!"
Wan Xiaoqi pouted, made a face, and continued toiling away.
Not far away, inside a closed box resembling a CNC machine, electricity flickered, and batches of daggers were constantly being activated.
Wang Daozhang flipped straight out of the second-floor window, landing gracefully within the 'Grand Formation' of Blade Beast corpses that Mudan had arranged for him, and sat down cross-legged.
"Mudan, activate a holographic shield."
Wearing a dirty maintenance uniform, Mudan did as she was told, sighing wearily, "Commander..."
"Hm? Are you tired too?"
"Mudan doesn't have a fatigue system."
"Then what's with that expression?"
"Mudan just finds it dirty."
"Temporarily adjust your 'find it dirty' system to zero."
"Yes, sir!"
A ring of light appeared in Mudan's eyes, and she immediately straightened up, standing tall with a posture that was both prominent and aesthetically pleasing.
"Mudan is now a super cleaner!"
Wang Daozhang: ...
It feels like she wasn't like this before.
Calm down.
With the Blade Beast attack imminent, breaking through is the top priority. Although entering the Gui Zhen realm won't directly allow him to fight King-level Blade Beasts, his overall strength will increase, and with the X-Armor and various equipment, his combat power will rise significantly.
Having a sword and not having a sword are two different concepts.
Dragon Serpent Devours the Heavens!
Gray light bloomed around Wang Ji's body, and the light gray serpent on his shoulder slowly slithered out, stirring the surrounding Blade Beast corpses.
Breakthrough in the Dao Realm is today!
......
At the same time, outside Fortress 76, inside a sand-burrowing armored vehicle.
Two men, one tall and one short, were observing the structure of Fortress 76 through a projector.
The tall man, named [Ji Heibao], frowned and muttered, "Is your plan really reliable?"
The short man, [Ji Xiao], sneered, "Ji Yale and Ding Jiajia's signals disappeared near Fortress 82. Do you dare go there? I certainly don't."
"Those two don't know what's going on either. They usually hide when something happens, but this time they're so eager to attack."
— Clearly, these were the other two students of Xing Dian, as described by Ji Yale.
Ji Heibao snorted heavily, "Ji Yale, that old schemer, is probably up to something! They must be hiding and waiting for us to fight the half-machine soldiers of the D5 war zone to the death, and then jump out to take advantage."
"Can't be, those two are usually so indifferent to the world."
Ji Xiao curled his lip dismissively:
"Those three are even more hateful, they directly hid outside, and said they were going to lure the Blade Beast horde. Can Blade Beast hordes be lured so easily? Do you think the D5 Commander-in-Chief is useless? Their frontline firepower is the strongest in all the major war zones!"
Ji Heibao nodded, "Alright, let's do as you say."
"Okay, remember, later use my ability to sneak in, do some damage, at most kill a hundred or eighty people, and retreat immediately when their half-machine soldiers arrive."
A smug smile appeared on the corner of Ji Xiao's mouth:
"As long as we fight the half-machine soldiers and take a few photos, we can go back and report."
"Their current defensive focus is definitely on Fortress 82, so this Fortress 76 next to Fortress 82 should be very lax. They also expelled the spiritual energy users here before, so let's come and take revenge."
"Hey! Maybe we can play for half a day!"
Ji Heibao squinted his eyes and said, "If you find a girl over two hundred pounds, don't fight me for her, I just love that."
Ji Xiao's face was full of disgust, "What kind of weird fetish is that!"
"What about you? You specialize in married old women! I just like plumpness! You don't know how beautiful two hundred pounds and one meter five is!"
"Put on the equipment! Damn it! I'm about to be disgusted to death by you! My ability to bring people can only be used twice a day, try not to get separated."
"It's a small matter, just a fortress, we can easily kill them through and through!"
The two put on the same style of silver-blue combat uniforms, put on their holographic belts, and walked to the window of the sand-burrowing vehicle. The short Ji Xiao raised his hand and grabbed the tall Ji Heibao's arm, and the two were quickly wrapped in earth-yellow light, directly merging into the sand.
If Wang Ji was here, he would definitely exclaim 'Earth Escape'.
About three minutes later, outside the corner wall on the fourth floor of the fortress, two figures sneaked out of the stone wall and free-fell downwards.
Ji Heibao grabbed Ji Xiao, and the two simultaneously activated their holographic belts, leaving only two faint outlines in the air, and landed steadily on the ground.
"Which way do we go next?"
"Just pick a direction... Hmm, something's wrong?"
Ji Heibao frowned and looked underground.
He suddenly felt that a mediocre spiritual energy fluctuation was rapidly increasing.
What's going on? Is there a C-level spiritual energy user here? Didn't they say they had expelled the spiritual energy users from Fortress 76?
"Let's go, go down and take a look."
