First Lord of Earth

"Commander Lu, how is the information gathering on the Mountain Ghost Clan going?"

Xia Tian looked at Li Ru, who was wearing a black robe. Although he practiced the "Poison Technique" secret method, his temperament seemed to be more elegant and easy-going!

"According to the information sent back by Deputy Commander Shen, these Tianshan ghosts frequently attack from their secret realms, sweeping the surrounding wilderness and some foreign strongholds. Relying on their ability to control the 'cursed blood', they now have one under their command. A miscellaneous 'army'!"

"A rough estimate is that the number of various creatures controlled by it is over 10,000, and their levels are all above the fifth level of the mortal level. Among them, the number of creatures of the metamorphosis-level race is about one thousand."

"However, not all of these mortal-level creatures have achieved mortal cultivation from the beginning. Many of them seem to have been forcibly improved by some means, and their combat effectiveness to complete the transformation may not be very strong... Moreover, in the past two days, the army under the command of the mountain ghost has 'The expansion has slowed down."

Li Ru said.

"Why?"

Xia Tian has some doubts.

In just five days, tens of thousands of "armies" were mastered. This kind of "explosive force" ability is terrifying, far beyond what low-level alien races such as scorpions, fishmen, and werewolves can compare with!

Logically speaking, shouldn't the Mountain Ghost Clan keep up their efforts and snowball their men's combat power into getting stronger and stronger?

"Because we are short of manpower... The scout battalion has been observing these days and found that the number of mountain ghosts is not large, and only a few dozen have walked out of the secret realm so far!"

Li Ruhui reports.

Moreover, although the creatures affected by the "cursed blood" of the mountain ghost will become stronger physically, they will also lose their intelligence and become beasts!

Because the number of tribesmen is too small, for mountain ghosts, the more troops they have, the stronger their combat effectiveness will be.

But it becomes more and more difficult to manage and control, and there are even situations where different creatures kill each other.

In addition, during this period of time, they have already swept through the area within fifty miles of the secret realm. The other ordinary races have either escaped or have been controlled. Even if they want to continue to explode troops, they will not be able to find many "sources of troops"!

"This does explain why they started to attack us humans. But they are really a cruel race. In just five days, tens of thousands of creatures gathered in the world. It is easy to imagine that more will be killed!"

Jia Xu turned over the golden bamboo slips in his hand and frowned.

"Ten thousand troops, a thousand mortals, and an unknown number of powerful mountain ghosts... The enemy's military strength is extremely strong!"

Then he stopped talking and was obviously thinking about ways to defeat the enemy.

You know, although the territory's military strength has been greatly expanded these days, and tens of thousands of luck were spent on rapid training in the summer, allowing newly recruited soldiers to quickly master proficient-level combat skills!

But even if the original soldiers are included, the territory's military strength is only about 1,500 people.

Among them, 750 were trapped in the camp, and 250 had the combat power to complete one transformation or more.

There are one hundred and fifty Yunjiao Guards, including fifty who have transformed into mortal combat, but because the newly hatched black and white dragon pheasants are still growing, they cannot fully display their strength.

The rest are Hua Rong's 100 reserve shooters, and Wu Song's 500 territorial patrol and security soldiers, of whom there are about 100 who have reached the mortal level.

More than four hundred mortal-level soldiers are already very powerful in any human territory, but they are not as powerful as the "explosion troops" of the mountain ghosts in just a few days!

"Actually, the enthusiasm for cultivation in the territory these days is also very high."

"Many non-military residents have also spent their merits to redeem the 'cultivation' method from Langhuan Jade Mansion. It is conceivable that the number of people who will complete a transformation soon will increase significantly. However, those mountain ghosts should not It will give us too much time..."

After thinking for a while, Jia Xu looked at Xia Tian and spoke in a deep voice.

"Sir, since Wang Wu and the others have arrived and have brought the 'Green Bamboo'. Xu suggested that we make a 'sky lantern' and fly it in the sky tonight to attract the surrounding humans to the territory."

"In this way, not only can the territory's combat effectiveness be directly enhanced, but the people gathered from all directions can also restrain the energy of the mountain ghosts, making them unable to attack us out of scruples. It can also buy some more time for the territory to increase its combat effectiveness... …”

This was originally a strategy decided after previous discussions in the territory, if it were before the mountain ghost attacked Xue Baochai and his party today.

Xia Tian will definitely agree with Jia Xu's approach.

But today, from the mouths of Xue Baochai and others, Xia Tian knew that those mountain ghosts were searching for humans everywhere, trying to gather them together, and use them as "hostages" when the war started!

This gave Xia Tian some hesitation.

Lighting the "sky lantern" to attract more humans can greatly reduce the risk of fighting mountain ghosts in the territory and greatly increase the chance of winning.

But the bad thing is that when the human races are gathering towards the territory, they are likely to be attacked by mountain ghosts, and even become prisoners of the other party to threaten their territory!

As for this result, Xia Tian felt that Jia Xu should be able to predict it, but as a famous "poisonous man" in history, he only needs to use strategies to "benefit himself". Even if he sacrifices some human races from other territories, he can ensure that Killing the mountain ghost is worthwhile in his heart!

But Xia Tian, ​​as a lord, must consider more...

“Actually, we don’t necessarily need to rely on the help of everyone.”

"Relying only on the strength of our territory, we can also deal with the mountain ghost army, and the chance of winning is not small!"

As if seeing the hesitation in Xia Xia's heart, Zhuge Liang, holding a black and white feather fan and shaking it gently, suddenly spoke.

"Oh, what's Mr. Zhuge's clever plan?"

Xia Tian looked at this super hero with curiosity and expectation on his face.

"As your Excellency said, those 'white pole soldiers' today are only at the first level of mortal transformation. They can fight the two mountain ghosts head-on with the help of military formations. Our territory can also use the power of 'military formations'."

Zhuge Liang said.

"Military formation? The power of the military formation is indeed powerful, but it must be transformed into a mortal or above to truly exert the effect of the military formation."

"With only three hundred mortal soldiers now, even if the strength of the 'trapped camp' and 'Yunjiao Army' is greatly increased, I am afraid they will not be able to cope with the mountain ghost 'army'..."

Xia Tian said.

"Have you forgotten, in addition to the trapped camp, Yunjiao Guards, and patrol camps, there are thousands of terracotta warriors and horses in our territory who have the power of transformation. If we can rely on these terracotta warriors and horses to build a 'military formation' to protect the territory, , even if the 'army' controlled by the mountain ghost is tens of thousands, it is completely enough to defeat it in a head-on battle!"

Zhuge Liang shook his feather fan and talked and laughed.

"Although the terracotta warriors and horses have a certain spirituality and can be regarded as metamorphosis, they are essentially just terracotta warriors and stones... Can they also be used to lay out a 'military formation'?"

Xia Tian felt some surprises.

According to his understanding, "military formation" is similar to "spiritual skills", both of which can greatly enhance a person's combat effectiveness.

However, spiritual skills are created by creatures that have completed five transformations. Their powerful mental power is integrated into spiritual power, and they can be used alone!

The military formation requires dozens, hundreds, or even ten thousand people to work together to activate their own energy and blood, the evil spirit containing the power of the soul, etc., so that they can work together as one.

Because of this, the requirements for the tacit understanding of the creatures who form the military formation are very high, and it requires dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of people to work together to achieve it!

The terracotta warriors and horses are essentially just pottery warriors containing residual spirits. Can they still lay out a "military formation" without even having energy and blood?

"It is true that ordinary military formations cannot do it, but Liang knows that a military formation can rely on the 'power of heaven and earth'... Even the terracotta warriors and horses can also rely on the 'military formation' to exert powerful lethality!"

"Speaking of which, Mr. Wenhe also knows about this military formation..."

Zhuge Liang had a smile on his face.

"Is Commander Zhuge talking about the 'Eight Formations'?"

Jia Xu's heart moved.

The Eight Formations are said to be a battle formation modified by Zhuge Liang based on the "Bagua Diagram" written by the military sage Sun Wu.

Among the many military formations in ancient China, it is undoubtedly one of the most well-known, especially in the world of romance. Zhuge Liang trapped Lu Xun's 100,000 Soochow soldiers with only eighty or ninety piles of stones, which is even more impressive. Subtle and unpredictable!

Not to mention, this is really a military formation built with "stone".

After completing the secret book challenge before, Jia Xu obtained the "Superior Art of War" inheritance given to Zhuge Liang by the will of the earth, which included the "Eight Formation Diagram" formation method!

"The 'Eight Formations' led by Zhuge Liang are named after heaven, earth, wind, cloud, dragon, tiger, bird, and snake. Among them, heaven, earth, wind, and cloud are the "four positive formations", and dragon, tiger, bird, The snake is the "Four Strange Formations"... The complete formation can not only mobilize the power of heaven, earth, wind and cloud, but also condense the power of the four great beasts: Qinglong, White Tiger, Suzaku, and Xuanwu..."

"Among the military formations Jia Xu has seen so far, there is really no equal..."

Jia Xu had an expression of admiration on his face.

Although these "Eight Formations" are transformed by the will of the earth combined with the laws of the eternal land and the fate of heroes themselves, it does not mean that Zhuge Liang's military attainments in history have completely surpassed him, but in terms of this set of "Eight Formations" alone "The various information and changes contained in it are indeed very helpful to him who is good at it and the art of war.

"It's just that I think that even if the eight formations are just a preliminary layout, there will be at least '800' super soldiers who can transform into mortals. If the number of mortal soldiers in the territory is not enough, it will be ignored... but I didn't consider that we can also use 'terracotta warriors and horses' cloth Formation."

Jia Xu said.

"Although the terracotta warriors and horses are just 'remnants', it is precisely because of their extremely pure thinking that they can achieve consistent command on the battlefield. As long as there is a commander who is proficient in battle formations and lays out the 'eight formations' with a thousand terracotta warriors and horses, even if ten It is difficult to break into even a foreign race twice the size, which is enough to protect the territory..."

Zhuge Liang looked at Xia Tian, ​​his tone full of confidence.

"Okay! In this way, we don't need to worry about the 'army' controlled by the Mountain Ghost. We only need to consider how to annihilate the 'Mountain Ghost' clan in one fell swoop and avoid future troubles forever!"

There was some excitement on Xia Tian's face.

However, how to kill the mountain ghost is indeed not an easy problem.

It is not a matter of the gap in top combat power. After the "Baptism of the Stars" and the buffering territory during this period, the number of people who have completed five transformations has increased to ten.

Including Wu Song, Hua Rong, Hua Tuo, Jia Xu... etc. have all entered the ranks of the fifth level of transformation.

Although they are still inferior to the mountain ghosts in terms of quantity, they are obviously higher in quality. Relying on equipment that has been enhanced to golden quality and having at least one rare item in hand, even if there is a physical gap, it is still enough to fight the mountain ghosts head-on. !

It can even be said that it is not a problem for Zhao Yun alone to theoretically kill more than a dozen mountain ghosts of the same level!

The real question is how to defeat these mountain ghosts and catch them all in one fell swoop?

As a high-level alien race, these mountain ghosts are very powerful, have amazing recovery capabilities, and are difficult to kill. Once the battle situation goes wrong, they only need to escape into the wilderness jungle and rely on their own "cursed blood". It won't be long before they become the weather again!

"Liang is ashamed. In addition to the original military formation, this 'Eight Formation Diagram' has also evolved into Liang's 'natal magical power' in this eternal land. It is somewhat certain that the lives of these mountain ghosts will be left on the battlefield. superior……"

After knowing the worries in Xia Tian's heart, Zhuge Liang shook his black and white feather fans slightly and spoke again.

"Hmm, magical power? Yes, magical power!"

Xia Tian almost forgot.

Zhuge Liang is a "white jade" hero who also possesses "supernatural powers".

Moreover, as a most popular super hero, Zhuge Liang's magical powers are absolutely extraordinary!

"Liang's magical power is divided into two types: 'ghost' and 'god'... Among them, the ability of 'ghost' is..."

Zhuge Liang said with a smile on his face.

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[Eight Formations (Jade White)]

【Type】Supernatural power

[Characteristics] 1. Eight Arrays·Ghost (Create an array to temporarily isolate the creatures within its range from the real space and turn it into a state of 'nothingness'. It can be used to besiege the enemy, and can also be used to to avoid harm). 2. Eight Array Diagram·God (to transport people, things and things within the scope of the Eight Array Diagram to a fixed point, it requires a certain amount of time and pre-arrangement, and it takes a long time to recover after use)

[Explanation] The special ability bestowed by the will of the earth on a "human genius" has been recognized by the Eternal Land.

[Remarks] As an innate magical power, it can further change as your own strength and level improve!

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"Eight formations of gods and ghosts?"

Zhuge Liang revealed the effect of his magical power, which made the other people's expressions change.

You must know that magical powers are originally their own secrets, and even the lord's "eye of insight" cannot directly detect them. Once exposed and known to others, it is inevitable that they will be defensive or even targeted.

However, Zhuge Liang obviously didn't care too much.

After all, the will of the earth gives itself magical powers just to enhance the strength of the human race. If it is not used to keep it secret, what is the point?

"It turns out to be a 'space' type of magical power, which will be of great help to the territory!"

While Xia Tian lamented Zhuge Liang's selflessness, he felt even more inspired.

Space, time, destiny... these magical powers are all top-notch magical powers. If you simply compare the effects, Zhuge Liang's magical powers don't seem to be much stronger than his own "blood of destiny"!

After all, the "blood of life" can not only restore the entire state, but also can achieve remote rebirth, which is incredible...

But you must know that the "blood of life" is only useful to himself, and the magical powers Zhuge Liang masters can also be effective on those around him.

For example, on the battlefield, when the enemy comes down with an extremely powerful killer weapon, Zhuge Liang gently shakes the feather fan in his hand to activate the "Eight Arrays Ghost" to make everyone around him "virtual".

Immediately, he locates the opponent's position by attacking, and uses the teleportation ability of "Eight Arrays of Gods" to directly teleport the elites of the territory to the opponent's base camp... The use of this spatial magical power is enough to allow the territory to have tactical space against any enemy, completely It can be used as a trump card in the territory.

"It just so happens that I have a treasure in my hand. After using it, it shouldn't be a problem to kill dozens of mountain ghosts."

Xia Tian said to the three people with a smile on his face.

The treasure he mentioned was of course the "Yellow Turban Summoning Talisman".

Thirty-six yellow scarf warriors who have reached the fifth level of mortal transformation, combined with the "Tiangang Array", and if they cooperate with Zhuge Liang's "supernatural power"... In this battle, the victory is not to say 10%, but at least 80%!

The remaining 20% ​​depends on the mountain ghost side.

For example, how many are there?

Is there any hidden power in the so-called "secret realm" that has not yet been revealed? Do these advanced alien races also have any powerful trump cards?

"Before starting the war, we need to understand these things clearly!"

Xia Tian tapped his fingers and said.

"The mountain ghosts' defense of the "Secret Realm" is very tight. Deputy Commander Shen and the others do not dare to get too close! Therefore, they have not been able to collect intelligence information about the Secret Realm."

Li Ru stood up and spoke, with a bit of shame on his face.

After all, he was in charge of the territory's "intelligence department", but he hadn't even figured out the core information about his biggest opponent.

"It doesn't matter. It's right for the scout camp to be careful. Only by living can we explore more information. The lives of my human race are much more precious than those of mountain ghosts!"

"So far, it has performed well. As for the detailed information on the mountain ghosts, don't we still have two prisoners... Let Commander Wu interrogate the two mountain ghosts I captured first. If they don't cooperate, If so, I do have an exotic treasure in my hand that is enough for them to speak 'voluntarily'. However, some of it may have been wasted..."

Xia Tian's mind fell into the lord space.

Concentrated on two "beetles" that looked like they were made of gold, with limbs and tentacles clearly visible!

【Holy Gold Beetle (Silver)】

【Type】Exotic treasure

[Characteristics] Puppet Heart (can replace the heart of a creature, and the consciousness of the creature after being replaced will be controlled by the owner of the 'Holy Gold Scarab')

[Description] A rare treasure with very rare attributes.

[Remarks] The upper limit of the level of the controlled person is silver, and the upper limit of level is the metamorphosis level. The potential will not be affected after being controlled.