RPAGF Chapter 7254 Gods Surpass Gods
Chapter 7254 Gods Surpass Gods
Chapter 7254 Gods Surpass Gods
Sun Qian was indeed not good at commanding large armies, but he was good at construction. After confirming that the Demon God would come to Jiangling, Sun Qian accelerated the construction of a large number of permanent fortifications.
In a field battle against the Demon God, given the Demon God's current performance, he certainly couldn't win. However, in a pre-arranged battlefield, Sun Qian was quite confident in his ability to fight the Demon God.
Moreover, Chen Xi had already informed Sun Qian through Huang Tao, and Sun Qian knew how Chen Xi would deal with the Demon God, so there was no need to worry. The pressure wasn't on Sun Qian; he could just wait for Chen Xi.
Chen Xi felt much more at ease after hearing Zhao Ying's answer. As long as Sun Qian didn't take the initiative to attack but was busy with construction, the problem wasn't too big. After all, they had encountered a wild demon god in Yunmeng, and frankly, their elite troops couldn't defeat it.
Don't be fooled by Jiang Guang's easy kill of the Candle Dragon Demon God. The problem is that Jiang Guang, a veteran of such a beastly level, is firmly among the top ten among the immortal veterans of the three great empires. Moreover, in terms of explosive power, when he fully unleashes his second-stage Heavenly Demon, even someone like Sun Er or Zhang Yong would have to take a couple of hits if they encountered him on the battlefield!
Even setting aside Sun Er and Zhang Yong, just look at Zhou Yu's internal energy leaving his body. Let's put it this way: with that attack just now, Zhou Yu absolutely couldn't have withstood it, and the probability of him dying on the spot was extremely high!
So after encountering a wild demon god in Yunmeng, Chen Xi felt that he needed to change his previous radical approach and that it would be better to stick to his previous conservative plan.
"By the way, Zhao Ying, what are you doing?" Chen Xi nodded to Jiang Guang, then looked at Zhao Ying, who was still working hard in the same spot, with some curiosity.
"I suddenly realized there was still hope. The demon god's will was shattered. If we were left alone, it would be as good as dead. But the demon god has a strong vitality. This body is still alive and can still be controlled. It just has no consciousness. I can capture this one and use it as a meat shield!" Zhao Ying painstakingly infused the Candle Dragon Demon God with his killing intent and formed a shadow soldier inside the Candle Dragon. Then he forcibly activated the Candle Dragon Demon God's instinct, causing it to transform from dragon form to human form.
Unfortunately, Zhao Ying wasn't very good at controlling those special forms of demon gods; he could only unleash his full combat power when the demon gods were in human form.
"If what you're saying is true, does that mean if you destroy the Demon God's will, you can directly inhabit a Shadow Soldier and then control the Demon God's remaining body?" Jiang Guang asked, stroking his chin. He seemed to have discovered a loophole.
"Well, without the self-awareness of the Demon God, relying solely on my Shadow Slayers, the Demon God is just a meat shield, unable to fully utilize its talent. It only has stats, no innate characteristics, so its combat power would be reduced by 30% out of 100," Zhao Ying replied casually.
Why didn't Zhao Ying erase the demon god's will before, or even risk using her own killing intent to suppress it? It was because to allow the demon god to unleash its full combat power, it needed the demon god's will to cooperate. Without it, the demon god's combat power was just so-so.
Even if controlled by Zhao Ying, a blank-slate demon god who cannot use its own talents cannot reach the seventh level of combat power.
"If a single Shadow Soldier can control a demon god whose self-awareness has been obliterated, then what need is there for talent? Aren't six, no, seven blank demon gods weak in combat?" Jiang Guang asked with some doubt.
Zhao Ying was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that he had been relying on the path earlier. He caught the first pet in this way, without considering that he didn't need to catch it in this way at all. He could have caught six two-bear type demon god pets, and then, based on his understanding of Jiang Guang's body, given each of them a section of the Heavenly Demon structure. Why bother with talent traits? He could have just used the Great Flying Brick at full power!
"Huh, I was stupid!" Without saying a word, Zhao Ying pulled a killing shadow soldier out of his own body and stuffed it into the large head of the Candle Dragon Demon God, which was trying to recover. Then, the demon god, which was originally recovering rapidly, began to undergo strong changes.
"No, Zhao Ying, what do you mean? I feel like your Shadow Soldier doesn't look like you, but like me." Jiang Guang couldn't help but curse. He had excellent eyesight, and even though Zhao Ying's hand speed was incredibly fast, he still saw that the Shadow Soldier's face was actually his own.
“The Demon God isn’t powerful enough. To unlock the Demon God’s Heavenly Demon Disintegration, we need to mold the Demon God’s body into a form similar to yours. After all, whether the Demon God possesses the Heavenly Demon Disintegration or not is unimportant, but yours is definitely better. You are the template.” Zhao Ying quickly explained, “Besides, aren’t we currently working on creating a new meat shield for the Demon God? Customize the Shadow Slaughter Soldier with your meridian structure, and then I won’t need to manually control it.”
Jiang Guang felt a mixture of displeasure and satisfaction, and ultimately remained silent.
"Uncle Guang, it's been over ten years since we last met. You look younger than ever." He Yuan finally had a chance to interject, waving to Jiang Guang.
"..." Jiang Guang was silent for a while, not knowing how to respond. Calling him Uncle Guang was one thing, but he had stopped accepting the title of Uncle Guang in recent years, especially when veterans who looked older than him called him Uncle Guang. He would not acknowledge them at all. On the other hand, who are you?
That's what Jiang Guang thought and said; there's nothing he can do, he can't remember.
However, he had watched from afar that the other party was fighting the demon god with Zhao Ying. Although their performance was not good, the final blow that erased the demon god's self-awareness showed that they had broken through the limits of will and were veterans who deserved respect, but he did not recognize them.
"I am He Yuan. We even participated in the siege of the Halberdiers together." He Yuan gestured a couple of times, and Jiang Guang chuckled dryly, unable to recognize the person.
He Yuan was also a little embarrassed. What if the old centurion didn't recognize me? Was it because I acted too ordinary back then and he didn't remember me?
"It's that time in the northern frontier, the first wave to go north, and then the one who was discharged, right?" Zhao Ying remembered at this moment, because compared to Jiang Guang, a centurion from an earlier era, or even someone who had been a centurion since he arrived, with seniority on par with the four commanders of the Jingling Guard, Zhao Ying had spent his youth in the countryside, serving as a lowly soldier alongside He Yuan.
"Yes, yes, that time, I got my elbow chopped off." He Yuan nodded repeatedly. He used to hate bringing it up, after all, it was a sad thing, but now that his beloved elbow would be back soon, he didn't have to care so much anymore.
"Didn't you get your limb reattached?" Jiang Guang asked He Yuan, looking at his empty right arm. Back in Chang'an, he had seen many of his old comrades who had already had their limbs reattached. It's supposed to be free, arranged by the government.
"We're scheduling it now, and it should be ready by early March," He Yuan said with a smile.
"Give Xiao He a whole pork knuckle." Jiang Guang said to Zhao Ying, who was still working hard to sculpt a human figure. Zhao Ying glared at Jiang Guang in annoyance, then quickly took the Candle Dragon Demon God and rubbed out an arm, then pulled it off and handed it to He Yuan.
"?" He Yuan stared in disbelief. What did this mean?
"With your willpower breaking through limits, you inherently possess a certain characteristic of internal energy leaving the body. Moreover, your willpower is sufficient to obliterate external willpower. You can just find any arm to reattach; it won't have any impact," Jiang Guang casually explained. Chen Xi, standing to the side, was dumbfounded. Could it really be like that?
"Don't you know?" Jiang Guang asked, somewhat puzzled, noticing the strange looks from the people around him. "Isn't Xiahou Dun's right eye like this?"
"It sounds a bit outrageous, but upon closer inspection, it's actually feasible. However, this requires top-tier super-fast recovery, right?" Zhou Yu remained silent for a while, pondering the idea in his mind. He felt that although the concept was absurd, it was indeed reasonable.
After all, breaking the limits of will can directly kill and assimilate the will of foreign cells into one's own will. Naturally, foreign cells are also one's own cells. This is also the reason why advanced will systems can kill their opponents directly through all sorts of messy things.
“The Demon God’s arm has super-fast regeneration, so he doesn’t need to have super-fast recovery on his own,” Jiang Guang said matter-of-factly. “The only problem is that this method of limb reattachment is quite demanding and very painful.”
"After I connect to it, will I also master super-speed recovery?" He Yuan asked excitedly. If he could get super-speed recovery for free, and then refine the crushing blow, wouldn't he become a superhuman with six levels of refinement and the ability to break through the limits of will?
The prefectural commandant is beckoning to this old fellow, He Yuan!
"Dream on!" Jiang Guang glanced at He Yuan. "Talent cannot be inherited. It can only be said that one's own recovery ability will be improved to a certain extent, but if you do not master the talent yourself, you still cannot obtain super-fast recovery."
"Oh, okay then, I'll try it first!" He Yuan attached the arm that Zhao Ying had rubbed out with the Candle Dragon Demon God to his own severed arm. The moment the two touched, flesh sprouted from the Candle Dragon Arm, and then it tore apart the severed part of He Yuan's right arm in a few quick movements. After that, the Candle Dragon Arm was as if it were dead...
"No, what's going on? Why isn't it moving?" He Yuan, who had just regained hope, looked at the Candle Dragon Arm, which had been full of energy and was almost ready to bite, but after being touched by her blood, it became like it was dead, without any vitality at all. So she turned to Zhao Ying and asked.
"Forget it, let's just capture another demon god. This thing was obliterated by He Yuan's will. The remaining will in that arm was like a mouse encountering a cat when it came into contact with He Yuan's blood. It was scared to death on the spot." Zhao Ying glanced at it and realized what was going on.
Simply put, the Candle Dragon Arm, which had lost all self-will and was left with only a few biological instincts, was terrified when it sensed the existence that had previously annihilated it.
Oh, maybe he's not really dead, but he's definitely playing dead.
"Is this the same as what the doctor said when I went to the Medical Academy a while ago, that it's been inactivated and the safety has greatly increased?" He Yuan asked curiously, stroking her chin.
“Of course it’s safe for you to use it. You can kill him, so of course there’s no danger.” Jiang Guang glanced at He Yuan. “Demons are notorious for bullying the weak and fearing the strong. If you beat them up badly, they’ll kneel down and become your dogs.”
Zhao Ying glanced at Jiang Guang. Among those present, only Jiang Guang had the right to speak like that, because Jiang Guang had actually done it before, beating the Demon God to the point of kneeling like a dog, and more than once.
To be honest, Zhao Ying suspected that if Jiang Guang continued to beat up the arrogant Candle Dragon Demon God, it wouldn't be long before the Candle Dragon Demon God would kneel down and become Jiang Guang's puppet.
Wait, I've found a loophole. Luckily, Jiang Guang was too ruthless. The Candle Dragon Demon God didn't even have a chance to surrender before Jiang Guang kicked him to death. Otherwise, Jiang Guang would have gained another pair of Candle Dragon Eyes!
He Yuan began to threaten the Candle Dragon Arm with his willpower. A strong will surrounded the Candle Dragon Arm, and soon a layer of goosebumps appeared on it. Then, under He Yuan's strong warning, the Candle Dragon Arm quickly attached itself to He Yuan's arm and then actively released all resistance, allowing He Yuan to assimilate it.
"It feels alright, the application and transmission of power are also very good, it's just that the joint is still a bit loose, and there's a bit of a numb and itchy feeling." He Yuan waved it a few times, in a great mood. So limb reattachment can be this simple?
"You'll be completely assimilated in about three months." Jiang Guang glanced at the screen and gave a brief explanation. This technique of taking someone else's arm and attaching it to your own was taught to Jiang Guang by a god-like person with unparalleled willpower. As for the name of this god-like person, let's not mention it.
"Really good." He Yuan excitedly waved her arm a couple of times, feeling that it worked quite well, just like her original arm, and there was no delay in exerting force, it was extremely cooperative. Of course it was cooperative, how could it not be? The Candle Dragon Arm was alive, it had biological instincts!
"Lord Chen, do you need to go to Jiangling now, or to our camp?" Jiang Guang stepped forward and asked solemnly. As for the mission, they could talk about it later. Anyway, there was no rush. With Wei Dan in charge there, even if he and Zhao Ying couldn't get back on time, Wei Dan could find others to deal with the scattered demons first.
"Let's go to Jiangling," Chen Xi said after thinking for a moment.
"Turn your meat shield into a vehicle frame." Jiang Guang commanded Zhao Ying. Zhao Ying looked speechless, but still managed to twist the third-generation Jiang Guang beast, which had finally transformed into human form, back into a dragon-cart form.
"I will accompany you to Jiangling first, and then return to report," Jiang Guang said, pointing to the dragon carriage. This time, he, Jiang Guang, would be driving the carriage!
Zhou Yu and Chen Xi did not refuse upon hearing this. Although they both felt that the carriage frame was indeed a bit outrageous, it was still more reliable than the carriage that had already been smashed.
He Yuan and Zhao Ying chased after the four horses that had run away, each riding one and leading another, following beside the carriage. As for the speed of the dragon carriage, there was no need to worry; it all depended on their strength and the way they threw bricks!
In Jiangling, Sun Qian looked at the small-scale barrier between heaven and earth that he had built and felt a bit of a headache. This thing was not easy to build. Sun Qian had built something similar in Bashu before. After all, when building roads, it was inevitable to dig up some outrageous things. For example, the time he dug up the tomb of the ancient Shu king in Bashu, which seemed to contain fragments of gods.
Sun Qian was reluctant to use the lives of his soldiers to fill the gaps, but he couldn't detour around this path, so he constructed a barrier along the mountain peak and then dealt with the ancient Shu king and the fragments of the divine being. When he came to Yunmeng this time, Sun Qian realized the seriousness of the problem and considered using the barrier method when constructing the pre-set battlefield.
However, a problem has arisen now. The connection between heaven and earth has been established, but the energy consumption to activate it is hundreds of times that of the ancient Shu Kingdom. In other words, a large amount of the essence of heaven and earth crystals, once poured in, was used up after only a couple of turns.
This is outrageous.
Having experienced countless battles, seen all sorts of strange things, and fought against all kinds of divine beings, Sun Qian knew that every unexpected event had a story behind it. And it was obvious that the energy consumption of opening the Heavenly Pass in Yunmeng was so great that there could only be two possibilities: one was that the essence of the demon god was incredibly high, and the other was that there might indeed be a lot of divine beings buried under Yunmeng.
Sun Qian pondered for a long time and guessed that there were probably both possibilities, which made him very upset.
“Hey Sun, we used special cement here, and it’s been reinforced. We’ve confirmed that it’s difficult for ordinary demons to destroy it in a short time. Should we choose this place as the final battleground?” Dong Zhe, wearing a helmet and holding a map, came to find Sun Qian. He and An Ling had been working on the cement recently, one mixing and the other leveling it.
"The situation isn't looking good. The energy consumption of the Juedi Tiantong is too high, and the load-bearing capacity of the embedded Xuanxiang is also relatively limited. You need to build two more layers, and use slightly thicker steel bars." Sun Qian looked at the map and said in a deep voice. Whether the battlefield can be won or lost is beyond Sun Qian's control, but he can guarantee whether the battlefield will be badly damaged. At worst, he can just add steel bars, use better quality cement, and use a higher-grade curing process!
"What about the artillery emplacements?" Dong Zhe asked tentatively. He was one of the more senior foremen under Sun Qian, so he knew that Chen Xi and Sun Qian meant that if they couldn't defeat the enemy by manpower, they would move the Kushan air railguns and the Han dynasty's electromagnetic railguns made of the essence of heaven and earth to land for use.
As for the soil here not being able to withstand it, that's okay, we can build a dedicated gun emplacement.
“Let’s double the number. Didn’t you encounter a wandering demon god a few days ago? After fighting it, you should understand how difficult it is to deal with,” Sun Qian said, waving his hand.
The naval cannons do not possess any willpower attribute, but they are extremely powerful and can blast and shatter demons. However, the life force accumulated by demons over hundreds of years can quickly recover even if they are shattered. Therefore, even with naval cannons, the army is still needed to completely resolve the issue.
"Actually, it's not that difficult to deal with." After thinking for a while, Dong Zhe still expressed his thoughts. "The main problem is that the super-speed regeneration is too difficult to deal with. It's just a meat shield. Other than that, it's not that big of a deal. Either I or An Ling can actually handle that thing."
Although Anling's combat strength is not particularly strong, as the youngest sixth-level fusion cultivator, his combat awareness and reaction speed are still quite good. He should have no problem taking on a demon god with chaotic consciousness one-on-one.
As for Dong Zhe, needless to say, just throw the chaotic demon god into Dong Zhe's blender, and he'll be done with it; it's only a matter of time before it's resolved.
Half a month has passed; time really flies!