Chapter 373 Dahai's reluctance, Wan'er's breakthrough
"Da Hai!"
Yue Tuo looked at Dahai in front of him, furious, and cursed, "How dare you come back?"
"If it weren't for your carelessness, how could our navy be completely wiped out?"
"Our 100,000 naval forces and 100,000 Han Sanqi soldiers! Now there are only about 2,000 people left here!"
"If it weren't for you, how could the 800,000 troops I led be caught off guard by the enemy's surprise attack, and lose 150,000 grassland warriors in one battle!"
He looked at Dahai who was dejected in front of him and was really angry.
It was because of this guy's negligence that our side suffered a great loss. The million-strong army lost as many as 350,000 people!
The worst thing was that they lost the navy that the Later Jin clan had worked so hard to build.
What's more, they lost most of the psychic cannons and crossbow carts that were built by the white Hu master craftsmen hired by the Khan at high salaries.
Without these two large weapons of war, the initiative was lost in the battle with the Lingshan Island Restoration Army before it even officially started.
Even though Dahai was Huang Taiji's trusted and beloved general, Yuetuo did not give him any face this time and scolded him as soon as they met.
If he had known this earlier, the Eastern Army led by himself would have sailed south with him on the treasure ship, and this terrible thing would not have happened.
"Hey!"
Dahai's face turned pale, and he said weakly, "I was careless this time. I will apologize to the Khan after returning to Liaodong."
He is a tough guy who can take on responsibilities and let go, and he did not shirk responsibility for the disastrous defeat he caused.
"never mind."
Yuetuo had no right to deal with Dahai. Hearing this, his anger subsided a little. He glanced at the two thousand soldiers that Dahai brought back, frowned, and continued to ask, "Where is Kong Youde? And where are the soldiers of the Firearms Battalion of the Three Han Banners?"
He was surprised to find that Dahai had brought back only more than 2,000 Later Jin soldiers, and none of the 100,000 navy and the soldiers of the Three Han Banners were there.
Among the naval officers and soldiers of the Later Jin Dynasty, more than 90% were Han warriors who defected to the Later Jin Dynasty, and the officers and soldiers of the Han Three Banners Firearms Battalion were also all Han people.
No matter how powerful the Restoration Army's naval fleet was, it was impossible for them to destroy them all. Only these two thousand or so Later Jin warriors could have escaped by jumping into the sea, right?
"Hey!"
Dahai heard this and cursed angrily, "None of those Han people, including Kong Youde, can be trusted!"
"Although the Han army soldiers who fled with us by jumping into the sea were almost all killed by the Fuxing Army, there were still three to four thousand people who survived and successfully escaped by jumping into the sea or diving."
"The Han slaves, led by Kong Youde, fled because our navy and firearms battalion were almost annihilated. They were afraid that they would be questioned when they returned, so they ran away with a guilty conscience."
"This Kong Youde is just like Geng Zhongming and Geng Jingzhong, father and son. There is nothing good about him. They are all ruthless and heartless people!"
"Don't ever meet them again, or you'll be in trouble!"
Like Geng Zhongming and Geng Jingzhong, father and son, Kong Youde chose to flee after the defeat, causing Dahai to completely lose his only goodwill and trust in these traitorous soldiers.
The two navies formed by Huang Taiji were both destroyed in one battle, which consumed a lot of money, food and supplies but did not play any role at all. Both Dahai and Yuetuo guessed that Huang Taiji would not continue to form any Later Jin navy in the future.
If it weren't for the remaining soldiers of the Han Eight Banners Firearms Battalion, who would be needed to help them capture cities and territories in the future, Yuetuo and Dahai even wanted to suggest to Huang Taiji that all the Han people in Liaodong should be demoted to slaves.
"Okay, Dahai, stop whining here."
Yue Tuo waved his hand to stop Dahai from chattering and said, "Anyway, among these Houjin warriors you brought back, there are about a hundred Qi Refining Realm masters, which greatly increases the chances of our army's next attack on the enemy on Lingshan Island."
"Mang Gurtai and I have already discussed that tomorrow morning at 3:15 pm, I will lead the 650,000 soldiers here, board this large fleet that took us seven days to rob, and head to Lingshan Island to fight and win."
"When the time comes, I will order my soldiers to capture Lingshan Island and slaughter all the Han people there!"
"If I don't do this, I won't be able to get rid of the hatred in my heart!"
Although massacres were commonplace for the Later Jin clan, Yuetuo had never been so angry.
He felt like he would go crazy if he didn't vent it out.
"I don't know what's going on with the Khan. Has he defeated the Restoration Army led by Li Dingguo?"
Yuetuo felt vaguely flustered and thought of this question for no reason.
Thinking about the heavy losses suffered by the soldiers during this invasion, he felt a little upset that even if he won the next battle, he would inevitably be punished by Huang Taiji.
Immediately afterwards, Yuetuo, Dahai and Manggurtai worked together to perfect the expedition plan for tomorrow, and then split up to carry out the final preparations.
……
On the highest peak of Lingshan Island, Li Dingguo looked at Wan'er who was sitting cross-legged on the ground in the distance, with a hint of nervousness in his eyes.
A day ago, just after he arrived at Lingshan Island, Wan'er suddenly felt the surge of her breakthrough energy. She was surprised and happy, and hurriedly went to the main peak of Lingshan Island where an enhanced spirit gathering formation was set up, together with Li Dingguo, riding on a big golden eagle, to meditate.
She then took a top-grade spiritual fruit and entered a deep state of retreat to break through.
This time it is a breakthrough from the peak of level five to the early stage of level six. For any peak level five practitioner, it is a situation of advancement with no retreat.
Once the breakthrough fails, the future path will most likely be cut off.
Due to the serious damage to his spirit and energy caused by the failed breakthrough, he will forever stop at the fifth level. It is basically impossible to break through to the sixth level again.
Unless extremely rare and special treasures can be found, the damaged foundation can be restored.
"Woooo..."
Under Li Dingguo's worried gaze, a whistling sound of wind suddenly came from Wan'er's retreat, and endless spiritual energy from heaven and earth rushed in, instantly forming a vortex of spiritual energy above her head!
At the same time, a void channel appeared above her head, and a silver-white natal star power as thick as a bucket swarmed out, forming a funnel-shaped air vortex with the endless spiritual energy of heaven and earth.
As the endless power of her natal star and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth flowed along the Baihui point on Wan'er's head and into her sea of consciousness, almost inaudible sounds came from her body.
"Wave!"
Under Li Dingguo's delighted gaze, Wan'er finally broke through her own bottleneck in cultivation with the help of an acquired top-grade spiritual root, the Phoenix Blood Fruit, and began to break through into the initial stage of level six!
"Wan'er's breakthrough this time was much more impressive than her previous breakthrough from level 4 to level 5."
It was also the first time that Li Dingguo saw another practitioner break through to level six, and the momentum created was extremely huge.
The range of this air vortex is as wide as a hundred miles in radius!
If this was a breakthrough in the back garden of the City Lord's Mansion on Lingshan Island, it would have probably alarmed the military and civilians of the entire town.
"Good good..."
Seeing Wan'er start to make a breakthrough successfully, Li Dingguo couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and said yes repeatedly.
With his patient protection, nine hours passed and Wan'er's aura, which had been continuously surging, finally subsided.
The vortex of air flow and the void channel above her head suddenly disappeared without a trace, and this crucial breakthrough in realm was finally officially over.
Li Dingguo also didn't expect that, in addition to himself and Cao Bianjiao, the third general in the Fuxing Army to break through to the sixth level of cultivation would be Wan'er, and the breakthrough time came so early. He originally thought it would be Cao Yongxiang and Hongmei, but he didn't expect Wan'er to be one step ahead.
But think about it, this is normal.
Wan'er is an innocent girl who devotes herself to cultivation. This kind of pure heart is of great help to her cultivation progress.
Of course, the one that played the biggest role was the top-grade acquired spiritual fruit.
This level of natural treasures is rare and hard to come by even in the ancient mythological period.
The energy contained in the Phoenix Blood Fruit is extremely mellow and will not cause the practitioner to explode and die due to lack of nourishment. There are countless Golden Immortals who will never have the chance to eat one in their entire lives, so you can imagine how precious it is.
The benefits of this Phoenix Blood Fruit are far more than that.
Its greatest function is to improve the qualifications of practitioners and enhance their fundamental foundation.
As a person who has experienced this, Li Dingguo can clearly perceive this.
Ever since he broke through to the early stage of level six, he clearly felt that his progress in cultivation not only did not slow down, but was even faster than when he was at level five.
What made Li Dingguo most happy was not Wan'er's breakthrough in cultivation, but that she had just awakened her acquired spiritual body!
In the breakthrough process that just ended, Wan'er's aura surged again after surging for six hours. Li Dingguo could sense that Wan'er's physique had undergone a qualitative change.
In this situation, it is obvious that the primary acquired spiritual body has awakened.
The terrifying aura Wan'er exuded after her breakthrough was not much worse than his own, which meant that her awakened acquired spiritual body was not bad.
"what……"
After a while, after stabilizing her breath after the breakthrough, Wan'er opened her big eyes, felt her own state, and could no longer hold back the surprise in her heart. She raised her head and let out a long, clear howl!
The whistle was full of joy, and one could imagine how happy she was.
"Whoosh!"
Wan'er's figure flashed, and in the blink of an eye she came to Li Dingguo's side, laughing and shouting, "Brother, I also successfully broke through to the sixth level, this is really amazing!"
"When Yuetuo or Manggurtai arrive, I will crush them to pieces without using my life-saving divine weapon, the Fantian Seal!"
“I heard that Yuetuo has also broken through to the peak of level five, and Manggurtai is only one step away from the early stage of level six. Don’t even think about being my opponent!”
Wan'er was not joking. Now that she had broken through to the early stage of level six, her combat power had more than increased tenfold.
"Brother, I have just awakened my primary acquired spiritual body. My aptitude and talent have been further improved. Even if I fight Huang Taiji in the future, I will not lose to him!"
"Humph!"
She waved her fist and said viciously, "Next time I meet this fat guy, I will crush him with the Fan Tian Seal!"
"You said he had a top-grade innate divine weapon. I wonder if he can withstand a few attacks from my Fantian Seal?"
This violent girl has become even more violent now that her cultivation has greatly improved.
"Ha ha……"
Li Dingguo found it funny, and as always, he rubbed her little head with his big hand, and said with a smile, "Huang Taiji's life artifact has extremely strong defense. If you fight him head-on, it will be difficult to break the defense of the Xuanyuan Water Control Flag."
"His innate divine flag can be said to be one of the most powerful innate divine flags in the world. Even I find it difficult to break its defense quickly."
"Huang Taiji's luck is extremely strong. Although I took away an acquired artifact of the highest quality this time, I might be able to get another innate artifact."
"Under normal circumstances, it is difficult to kill such a peerless hero. He is not comparable to the Tartar heroes like Yuetuo or Manggurtai."
"In the upcoming war, if the timing is right, it is possible for you to kill Yuetuo or Manggurtai."
"The luck of the Later Jin Tartars is at its peak now, and some unexpected situations may occur."
Li Dingguo, who had some guesses about this magical world after the great change in destiny, did not think that the peerless geniuses of the Later Jin clan like Yuetuo and Manggurtai would fall so easily.
Li Dingguo had witnessed the mysteriousness of destiny once when he fought against Huang Taiji not long ago. He let Huang Taiji slip away right under his nose and he could do nothing about it.
If one wants to completely wipe out the Later Jin clan, one must wait until they reach the peak of their prosperity and their luck declines before one can do so.
"Uh-huh."
Wan'er nodded her head repeatedly and said confidently, "In this case, when Yuetuo leads the Tartar army to arrive, I will give it a try and lead an army of 100,000 people to form a military killing formation to see if I can successfully destroy Yuetuo or Manggurtai."
"I just don't believe that they have any way to escape the crushing force of absolute strength."
With her current level of cultivation, if she formed a military formation with an army of 100,000, even a peak level six dragon would not dare to confront it head-on. She is qualified to say this.
"It would be great if Manggurtai or Yuetuo had a divine weapon of their own."
"I have a Fantian Seal, so the pair of acquired divine tools, the Leigu Weng Jinchui, are not very suitable for me. I have previously removed the recognition of the master from it and gave it to Xiao Shitou to refine and use."
"I am currently lacking a powerful innate divine weapon, and am just waiting to obtain one to refine."
She did nothing wrong.
After all, the Leiguwu Jinchui is only a acquired divine weapon of the highest grade, and its functions overlap with those of the Fantian Seal. Ever since Wan'er obtained her innate magical power, the Fantian Seal, she no longer uses the Leiguwu Jinchui to kill the enemy.
It's not as satisfying to hit someone with a sledgehammer as it is to hit them with the Fan Tian Seal.
"This one……"
Li Dingguo was stunned and said uncertainly, "Maybe it's possible."
"Two years ago, Manggurtai and Yuetuo did not have their own divine weapons. I can confirm this after fighting them once."
"But it also doesn't explain whether they had any adventures during these two years."
"The Later Jin clan is now favored by heaven, and it is at the peak of its fortune. Yuetuo and Manggurtai are the peerless geniuses of the Later Jin clan, so this possibility cannot be ruled out."
Even Kang Baiwan and Tian Shenglan were able to obtain a good natal artifact and an acquired spiritual root through chance encounters. Li Dingguo certainly did not dare to conclude that Yuetuo and Manggurtai would not obtain their natal artifacts.
Especially Manggurtai, as one of the top three masters of the Later Jin clan, there is a high possibility that he will encounter some adventures in the past two years.
Since Wan'er had already made the breakthrough, Li Dingguo and she did not waste any more time. They called the two golden eagles that were waiting nearby. They jumped onto their backs and told them to return to the City Lord's Mansion.
The Tatar army led by Yuetuo and Manggurtai will arrive soon, and we must make final preparations for the battle as soon as possible.
Even though Wan'er's cultivation had achieved a breakthrough, her side still could not crush the enemy and needed to be cautious.
(End of this chapter)
