Chapter 218 It’s the end of another year, and new plans are needed for the new year
After killing the ghost king, Li Dingguo turned his head and scanned the battlefield.
As expected, with the tragic death of the Ghost King, the remaining ghosts lost their command and fell into chaos.
Although they were still fearless and brave, they had become a group of scattered sand and were unable to stop the soldiers of the Renaissance Army from forming military killing formations and sweeping across the land.
Under the sweeping of huge smoke of blood and energy, groups of evil spirits were cleared out and turned into soul beads that fell to the ground.
As the encirclement formed by the soldiers of the Restoration Army continued to shrink, although the number of ghosts here was still large, they gradually lost the ability to fight back.
If they were not supported by dozens of level four monsters, they would have perished even faster.
"Dahei, go help Wan'er and Hongmei and kill the remaining level 4 monsters as soon as possible."
"I won't go to the battle. I'll just watch from here and refine the big flag magic weapon I just got."
Li Dingguo assessed the situation and said to the dark horse.
"Eh..."
The big black horse immediately nodded his big head and ran towards Wan'er, who was leading a battalion of soldiers to kill the enemy about a mile away.
There were five or six level four monsters there, leading thousands of evil spirits, trying desperately to block the soldiers' offensive.
Among them, there are two mid-level fourth-stage monsters who are using their innate magical powers to launch a counterattack against human soldiers.
The big black horse rushed over in anger, and immediately used his innate magical power, which was limited to one time today, to instantly restrain these level four monsters.
These fourth-level monsters don't have their own magical weapons to compete with the big black horse's super innate magical power, and their cultivation level is not as good as the big black horse. They are immediately quickly drained of their own spiritual power by the opponent's magical power, and they wail in pain.
However, under the full power of the innate magical power of the big black horse, which was said to be invincible in the same level, their struggles became increasingly weaker, and soon they died. Their souls dissipated and turned into black soul beads the size of bowls that fell to the ground.
Without the obstruction of these four-level monsters, the elite soldiers led by Wan'er could kill the enemies as easily as mowing grass, and the killing speed increased several times.
In less than a quarter of an hour, all the thousands of evil spirits were killed.
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After the big dark horse left, Li Dingguo paid some attention to the development of the situation on the battlefield.
He sat cross-legged on the ground, and with a thought, a drop of blood from his heart was wrapped in a ray of thought and flew out, sinking into the core magic circle of the blood-colored flag in the Human Emperor Cauldron in front of him.
This time I'm not going to have my own magic weapon recognize its master. A drop of my heart's blood is enough, and there's no need to use my own blood essence.
His current quota for his natal magic weapon is full. Unless he encounters a real treasure, he will replace his main magic weapon, the Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron Bright Silver Spear.
Otherwise, the natal magic weapon will not be replaced.
As expected, this large flag magic weapon was already ownerless and he soon and easily found its master.
A message from this great flag magical instrument was immediately transmitted into Li Dingguo's mind:
"The Shura Battle Flag is the war flag of the Shura clan in the ancient mythological era. It is one of the Shura clan's most precious artifacts."
"Is this Shura Battle Flag an acquired top-grade divine weapon?"
"Is there an acquired artifact? Isn't there an innate artifact? Could it be..."
This piece of information did not contain much, but it shocked Li Dingguo greatly.
He really didn't expect that this ancient artifact could be divided into acquired and innate.
His two innate artifacts, the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell and the Human Emperor Cauldron, are much more powerful than this Shura Battle Flag. They are most likely unheard-of innate artifacts.
The function of the Shura Battle Flag is very simple: it can greatly enhance the morale of the army under the command of the master and stimulate the fighting spirit of the soldiers to the maximum extent.
As for why it had previously taken the initiative to protect its master, it was completely an instinctive reaction of this divine weapon.
This will happen to any natal divine weapon when its owner suffers a fatal attack.
As a top-grade acquired artifact, it was extremely easy for it to easily block the innate magical attack of a fourth-level peak practitioner.
Li Dingguo finally understood the hierarchical divisions of the ancient artifacts and vaguely grasped the tip of the iceberg of this magical world.
"Do you want to replace the Bright Silver Spear with it and refine it into your own divine weapon?"
Li Dingguo was in a dilemma.
Fortunately, he was a decisive person. After a little thought, he made a decision.
According to the knowledge inheritance about magical instruments that he had obtained from the Human Emperor Cauldron, magical instruments alone were divided into nine levels, and the information above had not yet been obtained.
His own life-saving magic weapon, the Ten Thousand Year Cold Iron Bright Silver Spear, is just a third-level magic weapon.
The difference in quality between it and this Shura war flag is so huge, it's like heaven and earth, they can't be compared at all.
Do it when you think of it.
He first summoned his own life-saving magic weapon, the spear, and took back the life-saving blood imprinted in the core of the central magic array, and then replaced it with the drop of heart blood in the Shura battle flag.
The process was very simple. In less than a cup of tea, the replacement of the natal magic weapon was completed.
The reason why it was so simple and easy was because the grade of the Bright Silver Spear was too low, and Li Dingguo could easily complete the operation.
"Swoosh!" The Shura battle flag, which became Li Dingguo's natal divine weapon, turned into a stream of light, shot into the center of his eyebrows, and then entered into the sea of gods.
It was suspended below the Xuanhuang Chaos Bell and the Human Emperor Cauldron, and seemed to have a deep reverence for the two innate artifacts, standing still and obediently.
Obviously, this is a spiritual artifact, and the innate artifact has a great suppression on the acquired artifact.
After completing this great task, Li Dingguo stood up, holding a magical spear in his hand and carrying a magical bow and arrow on his back, and looked towards the battlefield.
At this time, the war was nearing its end.
All the fourth-level monsters in this ghost domain have been surrounded and killed by the soldiers with the help of the military killing formation. Most of the first-, second-, and third-level evil spirits have also been killed or injured, and their disappearance speed is getting faster and faster.
Although the various incomplete weapons they held looked good, they were no match for the complete spiritual weapons of the same level. Plus, without the command of high-level evil spirits, they naturally could not stop the human army from forming an array to encircle and kill them.
Time slipped away unknowingly, and after about another stick of incense, the evil spirits on the battlefield were finally cleared out. This not-so-intense battle was over.
As tens of thousands of evil spirits here were wiped out, the evil ghost fog that shrouded this ancient battlefield began to dissipate rapidly.
The scenery that originally seemed hazy soon became clear and visible.
Under the command of quartermasters and clerks, the soldiers were divided into teams of 100 men and cleared the battlefield in an orderly manner, picking up precious soul beads of various levels, making sure to ensure that every grain of soul was stored in the warehouse.
About half an hour later, the soldiers who had finished cleaning up the battlefield happily started a barbecue dinner with their own food.
During the past ten days or so, everyone has been doing this and has formed a very tacit routine and gained rich experience.
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill and had rested for a while, under the command of a famous general, the soldiers began to line up and prepare to return home.
After fighting for 20,000 miles, everyone was exhausted physically and mentally, but morale was still high and the results achieved were unprecedented.
It was dusk again.
Under the glow of the sunset, the troops were arranged into three columns, and they left the ancient battlefield, where the evil spirit had already dissipated, in an orderly manner, and galloped towards the prairie in the east, gradually going farther and farther away...
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"Brother, it's New Year's Day again."
"After the spring, we will march north with our army to launch a major offensive against the Great Salt Lake."
Wan'er stood on the top of a big tree, admiring the snow scene outside the island in the middle of the lake with great interest, and shouted to Li Dingguo who was standing under the tree with his hands behind his back.
I have to say that this small five elements sky-covering formation that covers the entire island in the middle of the lake is very magical.
Now, there is ice and snow outside the island, but inside the island shrouded by the formation, it is warm like spring, full of green and vitality.
This peculiar scenery aroused great curiosity in Wan'er and Hongmei when the first heavy snow of this year arrived.
This strange sight of one inside and one outside, two worlds of ice and fire, still made the two girls unable to get enough of it.
"Well, after the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, our army will head north to launch an attack on the Great Salt Lake."
Li Dingguo said softly.
But his words reached Wan'er's ears clearly.
The telepathic sound transmission skill that Li Dingguo had cultivated had now reached perfection. Coupled with his increasingly advanced cultivation, it was no surprise that it had such miraculous effects.
"Sister Hongmei suggested before that if after the Chinese New Year, our Fuxing Army does not go north, but directly moves westward to capture the vast area of the Wuding River outside the Great Wall, it would also be a good choice."
Wan'er did not use telepathy to transmit her voice, but spoke loudly.
"Indeed, Hongmei's suggestion is also very good."
Li Dingguo nodded and said, "However, I still chose the Great Salt Lake 40,000 miles away in the north as the target of this year's attack. I don't just want to capture the Great Salt Lake and the surrounding areas as soon as possible."
"Wan'er, you also know that the large Tartar tribe occupying the southeast of the Great Salt Lake is the Holo tribe that has forged a great feud with our Renaissance Army."
"In the past few months, the military intelligence personnel have managed to penetrate the enemy's lair and find out the enemy's situation."
"In the ambush battle a year and a half ago, we were not able to wipe out all the attacking Huoluo Tatars, but hundreds of them escaped."
"After returning to their tribal base, these Tartar soldiers who escaped death have reported the battle situation to the higher-ups of the Huoluo tribe."
"As expected, the top leaders of the Holo tribe were furious and decided to organize a large army to march south after the beginning of spring this year, probably at the end of February, in order to seek revenge on our Fuxing Army!"
"With our current military strength, although we are not afraid of the enemy, we are always in a passive position and are beaten. This is not appropriate."
"If the enemy can come, I can go too!"
"I prefer to strike first rather than wait for the enemy to come to me."
"Since we have already decided to capture the Great Salt Lake and destroy the Holo and Yijin tribes entrenched on the east and west sides of the Great Salt Lake, why not take this opportunity to march north and kill two birds with one stone?"
At this point, a cold light flashed in Li Dingguo's eyes, and his tone became icy.
These enemies, each of them thinking they had no temper, came one after another to cause trouble.
The enraged Li Dingguo decided to lead the army himself this time to wipe out their lair and eradicate the root of the problem in one fell swoop!
(End of this chapter)
