"Desolate land, who will rise and fall!"
Xiao Chen's thunderous voice entered the ears of the tens of thousands of soldiers, causing their ears to buzz and their souls to explode.
"Fight!
Fight!
Fight! "
In an instant, tens of thousands of martial artists waved the spears in their hands and shouted in unison. Blood Qi surged and soared into the sky. Roar!
Roar! Roar!
Blood Qi filled the air and also stimulated the Dragon-Blood Full Moon Rhinoceroses they were riding on. These ten thousand soldiers had been with the Full Moon Rhinoceroses for half a month and had become very familiar with each other. At this moment, the Full Moon Rhinoceroses released a ferocious aura that soared into the sky and blended with the blood Qi.
Endless roars of beasts mixed with the roars of the soldiers resounded throughout the Secret Territory.
"Huang Liang, these ten thousand warriors belong to the Dark Guards Palace. The rest is up to you!"
"Yes!"
Huang Liang, who was clad in armor, bowed to Xiao Chen and promised. Then, he stood up and looked at the ten thousand soldiers. A strong aura surged from his chest and he shouted, "Those who offend our Gu Yuan Clan will be killed no matter how far they are. Kill!
Kill!
Kill! "
"Kill!
Kill!
Kill!
Kill! "
Boom!
The sound waves rolled and the blood Qi was like the sea. In an instant, tens of thousands of martial artists sat on their war beasts. Their red armor was like blood and their spears were like dragons.
Crack!
In the next moment, a crack appeared in the secret realm not far away. After passing through a thin layer of Primal Chaos Qi, an ancient mountain forest appeared outside. This was where Xiao Chen had gotten Lotus to open the space of the Mountain and River Seal fifty kilometers away from the Gu Yuan Tribe's mountain city.
"Let's go!"
Standing in the air, Xiao Chen glanced at the soldiers below and shouted.
Huang Liang and the other Second Floor Realm martial artists bowed to Xiao Chen and sat on their respective Dragon-Blood Full Moon Rhinoceroses.
Rumble!
Tens of thousands of Blood Refining Realm cultivators rode on two-star savage beasts. Their stomps sounded like tens of thousands of thunderous drums. In an instant, tens of thousands of beasts moved at the same time, stepping into the desolate forest from the entrance of the secret realm. Blood Qi and fiendish auras instantly condensed the surrounding land.
The ten thousand soldiers and twenty First Floor Realm martial artists would be divided into small teams to eliminate those who were trying to fish in troubled waters in the Fallen Dragon Ridge and Giant Rock Valley, and even in the desolate land outside.
Xiao Chen's order was to protect the cultivators who came to the Guyuan Tribe to participate in the War God Palace's test. All the hunters who wanted to kill the young cultivators were to be killed, no matter who they were.
Of course, this was just the first move that Xiao Chen had made. He still ordered the tribe's Wan Tianxing, a Venerable, to patrol the territories of the Iron Horseshoe Tribe and the other three Medial Grade War factions. In this vast land, aside from the various human tribes, there were also some small wandering factions.
In the past, these small forces hunted and gathered, but it was inevitable that they would occasionally become bandits. Now that so many martial artists were rushing to the desolate border, it was an opportunity for them to make a fortune.
After an hour, Xiao Chen appeared in the Mountain and River Seal Grotto-Heaven.
"Liu Li, is the illusion ready?" Xiao Chen asked eagerly after entering the Mountain and River Seal Grotto-Heaven.
"Master, don't worry. The illusion is ready. According to Master's order, it will generate different illusion scenes for martial artists of different strength. The martial artists will be eliminated according to the speed at which they break through the illusion!"
"Good!"
When Xiao Chen heard this, he nodded gently. "At that time, I will raise the level of the illusions that every cultivator encounters by one minor grade."
Xiao Chen's words immediately shocked Liu Li. When the will of the illusion increased by a minor grade, it meant that the danger of the illusion that every cultivator entered would increase by a corresponding minor grade. It was very easy for cultivators with weak wills to get lost in the secret realm.
For example, the illusion that a martial artist in the early stage of the Blood Refining Realm would encounter was the limit of his strength. Now, the illusion level generated was a small level higher, reaching the middle stage of the Blood Refining Realm. This was enough to make countless martial artists completely lose themselves in the illusion.
"Master, isn't your setting too harsh? This is only the first test. This level is enough to eliminate more than 90% of the martial artists. Do you need to lower the standard a little?"
Liu Li said in a crisp voice. Although she controlled the entire secret realm, the number of martial artists eliminated was a little too high.
"No need. Without a firm will, how can one cultivate martial arts!"
Xiao Chen directly rejected Liu Li's suggestion. Spirit and willpower could be said to be a kind of secret. It represented a warrior's will. Even an ordinary warrior in the Bone Tempering Realm might have a different experience in his will because of the different living environment. The cultivation of willpower and battle Qi might not necessarily be equal.
Illusion assessment.
This was the first test of Xiao Chen's Warlord Palace. In Xiao Chen's mind, at least 90% of the martial artists would be eliminated.
As for the second test, it was about the cultivation of battle qi. Xiao Chen used a part of the Desolate Ancient Mountain that he got from the Dongxu World as the venue of the second test.
This ancient mountain had its own gravitational field, which had a natural suppressive effect on martial artists. It was enough to check if these martial artists' cultivation was solid, and if their foundation was solid. As for the third stage, it would depend on the luck of these martial artists.
Coming out from the Seal of Mountains and Rivers, Xiao Chen's figure appeared at the top of the tribe's bronze pagoda. In the space where the soul of the pagoda was located, he overlooked the entire tribe.
Although the layout of the tribe's mountain city was very similar to before, there were still some obvious differences. There were 12 palaces in the tribe. Among them, the Law Enforcement Palace was the leader. It was located in the east of the tribe. The steps were made of bluestone and the platform was made of white jade. Just below the main hall, the white jade platform was ten zhang high and covered an area of thousands of zhang. The archway on the platform was carved with strange beasts from the Desolate Era.
Below the Law Enforcement Palace, the Martial Arts Palace, the Internal Affairs Palace, the Martial Arts Palace, the Dark Guards Palace, and the Hundred Herbs Palace were located in the east of the mountain city. On the west side of the mountain city, with the Elders Palace at the head, the Combat Master Palace, the Divine Weapon Palace, the Imperial Beast Palace, and the Full Moon Palace at the back. All of these palaces were magnificent. Even from outside the mountain city, one could see the rising and falling buildings from afar.
Overlooking the entire mountain city, Xiao Chen asked, "Green Spirit, did anything happen in the tribe?"
He had underestimated the influence of the test. Although there was still some time before the test, there were already several thousand cultivators who had come to the Gu Yuan Tribe. Of course, this included not only the young cultivators but also the older generation cultivators who had escorted these cultivators.
Fortunately, with the existence of the ancient bronze city, it was very easy for a group of palaces to be built in the mountain city for these cultivators to live in. Moreover, all of this was under the surveillance of the artifact soul, Green Spirit.
"Master, I didn't discover anything special. The cultivators who came did not do anything special. Most of them are cultivating!"
Green Spirit replied in a crisp voice to Xiao Chen's question.
"However, Green Spirit sensed that the little Blessing beast that had built its nest under the mountain city's earth veins was acting strangely. It appeared outside the stone building of a young girl who came to participate in the test. It seems that there is something on the young girl that is attracting it!"
"The little Blessing beast!"
Green Spirit's words immediately reminded Xiao Chen of the little beast that he had discovered while collecting the Geocentric Chalcedony. He had somewhat forgotten about it over the years.
This little beast was a strange creature that was naturally nourished in the Great Wilderness. After its body was refined into the Ten Thousand Tribe Tablet by Xiao Chen, this little beast had also settled down in the Gu Yuan Tribe.
It was too magical to be able to absorb the power of the Human Race's Blessing. Moreover, the Gu Yuan Tribe had a prosperous Blessing. How much could this little beast, which could devour Blessing, devour? Therefore, Xiao Chen had let it do as it pleased for a long time.
"Did the little beast do anything!?"
Xiao Chen asked Green Spirit a moment later. This little beast was too magical. It was born from the world and absorbed Blessing. Anything that was related to Blessing could be said to be a taboo. Although Blessing seemed illusory, it affected a cultivator and the overall situation of a tribe. Even the most powerful tribe would not be far from destruction if its Blessing declined.
"Green Spirit discovered that every time the little beast approached the stone building where the young girl was, the Blessing essence pillar above the mountain city would tremble slightly. It seems that the young girl can also activate the tribe's Blessing essence pillar."
What!?
"Activate the tribe's Blessing!"
At this moment, Xiao Chen finally revealed a look of shock. Now that the Gu Yuan Tribe's Blessing Spirit Snake had begun to transform into a python and had entered the marquis rank, as the tribe leader of the Gu Yuan Tribe, he could naturally activate the tribe's Blessing and investigate the land around the tribe. However, an outsider could actually communicate with the tribe's Blessing. This was absolutely unbelievable.
After an entire day, Xiao Chen communicated with the tribe's Blessing essence pillar and finally sensed a change in the tribe's Blessing essence pillar. It was an extremely tiny wisp of dense purple Qi that fell into the stone building where the young girl was. Then, it immediately disappeared, as if it had been absorbed by the young girl.
Suppressing the shock in his heart, Xiao Chen did not do anything. He could only smile bitterly at this mysterious young girl. He had searched through the tribe's ancient records, but there was no similar record of this young girl.
Just as Xiao Chen was pondering the mysteries of this young girl, the Gu Yuan Tribe's void battleship had already crossed the southwest corner of the desolate border and entered the territory of the Upper Grade Maple Battle Division.
The Upper Grade Maple Battle Division was ranked seventh among the Upper Grade Combat Divisions in the desolate border region. It was a veteran Upper Grade Combat Division in the desolate border region.
In two days, a total of six Middle Grade Combat Divisions and hundreds of Lower Grade Combat Divisions had landed on the void battleship. At this moment, there were close to a thousand young warriors on the battleship.
This time, it could be said that Xiao Chen had completely filled the battleship's engine room with energy. Each of the 18 Raging Flame Lava Cannons was stored with the energy of tens of thousands of Upper Grade Primordial Stones. Even the upgraded version of the fire attribute Raging Flame Lava Cannon at the front of the battleship, the Divine Flame Lava Cannon, had been prepared with dozens of Lower Grade Spirit Crystals.
Every time this Divine Flame Lava Cannon was fired, it required 10 Lower Grade Spirit Crystals to charge. Each shot was comparable to the full power of a Seventh Heaven Great Venerable of the Building Realm. If the Gu Yuan Tribe could find Spirit Crystals of higher quality, the explosive power would be even stronger.
Maple Battle Division.
As a veteran Upper Grade Combat Division in this land, the Maple Battle Division had dominated this area for six thousand years. It could be said that it had a strong foundation. Not long ago, when the foreign tribes in the desolate border region wreaked havoc, the Maple Battle Division was not attacked by them. Not only that, but because they led several Middle Grade Combat Divisions and killed many foreign tribes, they were also rewarded greatly by the Human Race's Ancestral Court.
At this moment, the void battleship's destination was the Maple Battle Division.