Chapter 1792 - 1795: Testing the Knife
Lu Xiaobu finished speaking, and no one dared to speak anymore.
They wanted to refute.
However, they found they had no grounds to refute.
The ironclad rules they once prided themselves on now seemed to be a burden!
They were chosen for this mission, none of them are foolish!
Of course, they knew Lu Xiaobu wasn’t talking nonsense!
The world they had seen was always the same; the sudden emergence of something entirely absent from their minds made them reluctant to confidently say they wouldn’t freeze!
Just like the tactical maneuvers they often trained on, these deep-rooted muscle memory actions might just cost them their lives!
For example, tactical rolling!
How should they roll? Where to roll to avoid enemy attacks?!
They asked themselves.
The answer is — they don’t know!
Yes, just like Lord Lu said — they don’t know!
At this moment, Lu Xiaobu spoke again.
"Alright, there’s no need to be too downcast." Lu Xiaobu waved his hand: "You are all elite, I believe you will learn quickly, especially after today."
Mr. Wang shrugged.
Alright, he admitted defeat!
It’s just a light beating, isn’t it?
Being a teaching template to keep these lads alive, it’s very worthwhile!
Elder Yu also nodded.
Training soldiers, research may not be Lu Xiaobu’s forte, but when it comes to understanding people, even ten of them can’t match Lu Xiaobu.
After such a unique course, it will probably have a big impact.
Only Lu Hongbin was slightly twitching at the corner of his mouth.
It’s not that he doesn’t believe what Lu Xiaobu said.
Rather, he always had a feeling — his younger brother was doing it on purpose!
In other words, tormenting Mr. Wang was the main task, and education was secondary!
Well, for some reason, maybe it’s a blood tie, he just had this feeling!
"Alright, enough nonsense! The mission has started!"
Lu Xiaobu waved his hand again: "This time the target is Northwest Gourd Island, use it for practice. Go forth! Capture the city and expand our control over the entire West Melon Island!"
"Yes!"
A unanimous roar shook the mulberry leaves.
Yes!
Their goal was this, while the high-end forces were in Northeast Gourd Island fighting over the Blood Sea Buddha Grass, they were going to conquer and capture the cities!
The first target set was Northwest Gourd Island.
After all, although the high-end forces of the God Slaying Alliance mostly left, some stayed behind to keep an eye on them.
But Northwest Gourd Island was different; in terms of organizational integrity, it wasn’t even as good as the God Slaying Alliance.
Neither Lu Xiaobu nor the God Slaying Alliance took these small fries seriously.
The most they worried about were those high-end forces.
Now that the Blood Sea Buddha Grass appeared, all those high-end forces ran off!
So now that place is an Empty Nest.
Of course, there are still Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, so Lu Xiaobu dispatched some Nascent Soul followers.
He even sent Xin Lifeng, one of Southwest Huludao’s two Out-of-Body Stage members to go along!
There’s no choice; despite the talk, these were all Lu Xiaobu’s assets, and he couldn’t afford losses!
...
Xin Lifeng looked at the overwhelming force of two hundred thousand Golden Core cultivators, with a twitch at the corner of his mouth!
Though not high in quality, the quantity was terrifyingly overwhelming!
Two hundred thousand Golden Core Stage cultivators?
My word, all of Huludao probably doesn’t even have that many!
But he’s puzzled, though numerous, cultivation isn’t like a regular fight; numbers don’t determine victory!
No matter how many people, they’re still Golden Core Stage cultivators!
Are they going to rely on a pile of corpses?! Drain the opponent’s energy?
But if it really came down to that, would there be a need to send him specifically for protection?
Can’t figure it out!
In his view, it would be better to send a few Nascent Soul Stage cultivators!
Or let him handle it alone, and he’d sweep through everything!
Let’s wait and see!
However, the more he observed, the more intrigued he became.
The gap between these two groups was immense.
One group was a huge horde of bandits, engaged in all sorts of activities; he even saw some holding liquor bottles!
Yet the other group was entirely different, executing orders swiftly!
From a normal perspective, he’d definitely believe that the disciplined ones were Lu Xiaobu’s ace army!
But!
His understanding was quite the opposite.
Interesting!
Anyway, let’s observe closely!
Soon, the Dragon Group reached the target city rapidly due to their speed.
Their arrival drove the entire city mad!
After two rounds of upheaval, being close to Southwest Huludao, often raided for population, this city had less than twenty thousand people left!
But then, ten thousand Golden Core cultivators arrived?!
My goodness! Who wouldn’t go insane upon seeing them!?
The City Lord went mad too!
Though he was Nascent Soul Stage, he’d never seen so many Golden Core cultivators in his lifetime!
"Who are you?! What do you want?!"
The Nascent Soul flew up, warily looking at the dense Golden Core crowd outside the city.
"We have something to discuss with the City Lord!"
Elder Yu smiled.
Although criticized by Lu Xiaobu, they were well-prepared, not really without any preparations.
All sorts of information and details were ready.
Thus, negotiations were at hand!
Xin Lifeng listened to the conversation, nodding continuously, finding it interesting.
The guy named Yu had a knack for speech.
Moreover, Xin Lifeng noticed one thing: this guy definitely had Divine Skills!
He noticed that at many crucial moments, this fellow could easily synchronize the emotions of the Golden Core cultivators behind him!
Even though they were Golden Core Stage, when aligned in such numbers, it was quite intimidating!
He suspected multiple times that these people had some sort of combined assault array!
A ten thousand-strong combined assault array!?
That would indeed not be afraid of a single Nascent Soul!
His suspicions were strong, the Nascent Soul even more so!
In the end, amidst persuasion and intimidation, the Nascent Soul chose to align with Southwest Huludao.
"Well done!"
Xin Lifeng nodded in praise.
Reasoned, coerced, and incentivized well done!
He believed his guess was correct; this was probably Lord Lu’s trump card, dropped in place to stabilize the military morale!
Nonetheless, as he spoke, he rushed directly towards the target city of the ten thousand Iron Cavalry!
Since things were settled here, let’s look over there to avoid any incidents!
With his Out-of-Body speed, he quickly reached the Iron Cavalry’s target city!
Then!
He stared blankly at the distant troop, mouth twitching!
What?!
Did these guys bypass here?!
Why are they heading towards the second target?!
Slacking off?!
Couldn’t be!
He dashed into the first target city of the ten thousand Iron Cavalry; he was going to find out what happened!
Then!
Xin Lifeng was dumbfounded!