RPAGF Chapter 7241 This is Reality
Chapter 7241 This is Reality
Chapter 7241 This is Reality
The reconstruction of the Eight Desolate Pillars and Three Rings that Fa Zheng carried out back then was mainly to cooperate with Zhang Fei in commanding the army. As a Xuanxiang, this thing has no attack or defense effects. It is just a special formation used for observation.
Once the cloud energy of both sides is successfully imported, this device can display the location of personnel on both sides based on the cloud energy. Back then, Fa Zheng's idea for creating this device was to allow Zhang Fei to eliminate certain tough opponents at specific points. After all, Zhang Fei's command ability wasn't particularly strong, but his ability to lead elite troops to carry out decapitation strikes was, frankly, incredibly powerful.
Add to that Zhang Fei's extraordinary elite talent, when fully activated, his short-term explosive ability allows his dual talents to relentlessly attack the military spirit. Although every second of activation means the exit of some veterans, even a god-level veteran like Zhao Ying cannot be completely immune to this. He can only tough it out, and if he toughs it out too much, he will go insane.
Therefore, Zhang Fei's talent was generally kept off the hook if possible. Later, with Liu Bei's monarch talent, this overly strong negative influence could be curbed to some extent, allowing Zhang Fei's soldiers to retire under relatively normal circumstances after they became unable to adapt to Zhang Fei's legion talent.
This led to the logic of Fa Zheng's gambling mentality being elevated on the battlefield. In other words, without any attack or defense enhancements, the attack capability relied on Zhang Fei's legion talent, and the defense capability relied on Chen Xi's logistics. His job was to find a suitable target, point Zhang Fei in a path, and then let Zhang Fei charge in and kill the opponent.
This led to the creation of the bizarre Xuanxiang, the reconstruction of the Eight Desolate Pillars and Three Rings. But as the saying goes, while this Xuanxiang may be bizarre, it can still produce incredibly powerful effects under the right conditions.
Of course, it must be said that even though this Xuanxiang has been greatly enhanced by driving the earth into the ground, it is still not suitable for the white horse. That thing can rush out of the coverage area of the large Xuanxiang in a dozen or so breaths. That is already considered respectful, and it was even slowed down. If it were not so respectful, it might not even need a dozen or so breaths, it would be gone in just a few breaths.
"I remember your Xuanxiang's coverage area is about sixty miles?" Chen Xi said with a hint of recollection. Chen Xi has a backup of these relatively useful Xuanxiang, since they need to be compatible with Chen Xi's super Xuanxiang, namely the Nine Heavens Palace, when necessary.
“Yes, but that’s only under limited conditions on the Ganges side. If it were the Central Plains, and you were willing to provide support, I think it could be achieved over a few hundred miles.” Fa Zheng said with a hint of sarcasm. His Xuanxiang core was not about offense or defense, but about observation and locking. Observation and locking required a medium and parameter recording, so it could be achieved through external connections.
"If we hang it on the Nine Heavens Palace, how much can it achieve?" Chen Xi asked in a deep voice. He knew about Fa Zheng's Xuanxiang, but he hadn't used it much before, so he still had to ask Fa Zheng about the exact effect.
“Three or four hundred miles should be no problem. To be honest, the main problem is the lack of observation capabilities from the sky. If we had those capabilities, the observation range of my Xuanxiang would be much larger and more accurate.” Fa Zheng said with a touch of emotion. If we could solve the problem of finding an observation point in the sky, the observation range of his Xuanxiang would be much larger and more accurate.
“I have this secret technique.” Zhou Yu said in a deep voice. During the time he fought with Serian, Zhou Yu was forced to develop a lot of things. As for the current stage, Zhou Yu has developed very few things, since death is no longer chasing after him.
"Huh?" Chen Xi and Fa Zheng looked at Zhou Yu at the same time, saying with a somewhat strange expression.
"On the sea, observing from the sky is a relatively accurate way to determine the location and the situation of the enemy. However, the core of this secret technique is concentrated in the sky, so it may be shot down." Zhou Yu briefly explained the principle of the secret technique, which can be considered an upgraded version of light and shadow reconnaissance. At sea, because there are no obstacles, the effect is quite good.
"The Demon God probably can't understand this kind of thing," Fa Zheng said with a hint of speculation.
"It's hard to say. My ancestor did a lot of verification back then. Many of the strange creatures in the mythology of Chu were created by him using special methods. So, to be honest, it's not surprising that one or two flying and observable things appear," Chen Xi said, shaking his head.
The words were stated simply, but everyone present could understand the meaning behind Chen Xi's words: the demon god on Sun Wu's side definitely had these kinds of messy things.
"Forget it, there's no point in speaking up for that person anymore. I'll lay it all out for you, so you can prepare yourselves. The demon god of Chu, the corpse-offering ritual that's left behind at this stage, is only popular because it's the most widespread. But some truly outrageous things are actually based on the corpse-offering ritual. Those things aren't recorded in historical records; they only exist in ghost stories." Chen Xi said with a hint of wanting to strangle the two old men from Sun and Wu.
"?" Huangfu Song was stunned for a moment, feeling that he had wasted the previous seventy or eighty years of his life. So, you guys can develop such a dangerous thing, and even develop it to an even more heaven-defying level?
You know, the sacrificial ceremony for the dead is already incredibly powerful and universally applicable, but now it's even stronger. So it's not Wu Zixu who's wreaking havoc on Chu, it's you two, Sun and Wu, who's working together to wreak havoc on Chu!
Thinking about it this way, Lord Wu'an really is the savior of China. If you keep messing around like this, even a normal person wouldn't be able to solve the problem!
Sure enough, killing them all is always the solution, no matter when.
"Although the 'Bin Shi Xiang Li' (a ritual involving the offering of corpses to the dead) was something Wu Zixu used to wreak havoc on the Chu region, its universality, development potential, and practical combat ability were, how should I put it, extremely powerful. Therefore, at that time, if you didn't use it, others who did would be overwhelmed and killed, which led to the foundation of many demons and gods in the Chu region," Zhuge Liang, who had been silent all along, said with a hint of helplessness.
To be fair, Zhuge Liang actually thought things through more clearly than Huangfu Song. It's not that Zhuge Liang was better than Huangfu Song now, but rather that he was more realistic. Huangfu Song was old and constrained by his past thinking, so he wouldn't go to extremes. Zhuge Liang, on the other hand, was in his youth, and all sorts of outlandish ideas could come to him and he could realize them.
More importantly, Zhuge Liang wouldn't have the same moral compass or sense of shame as those great figures of the Spring and Autumn period; he wouldn't have such absurd emotions. Therefore, Zhuge Liang was more aware of this aspect.
"But General Huangfu, is the Binshi Demon God, who has been rapidly forged to the fifth level in just one year, truly an invincible existence?" Zhuge Liang asked with a hint of wistfulness.
"To be honest, it's very strong. This is a five-fold forging." Zhou Yu composed himself and looked at Zhuge Liang very seriously.
“But in the previous era, the era of General Duan Jiong, a seven-month rapid training of eighteen Sky-Slaying Warriors meant that in their burst state, their willpower was definitely at its limit. In Sky-Slaying state, they could cut through conventional defenses like grass. With a single strike of the God-Slaying Sword, even the Corpse Demon God would die,” Zhuge Liang said with a somewhat devastated expression.
Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu turned to look at Huangfu Song. He wasn't very familiar with Duan Jiong's story, but Huangfu Song had studied under Huangfu Gui and Duan Jiong, so whether the story was true or not, he could just look at Huangfu Song. Seeing Zhou Yu's expression, Huangfu Song nodded with a heavy heart.
At the moment he nodded, Huangfu Song fully understood what Sun Wu and Wu Qi were thinking. In Huangfu Song's opinion, a demon god who had been rapidly forged to the fifth level in a year was indeed very strong, but perhaps in the eyes of the Four Sages, it could be even stronger. This thing still had potential to be explored.
After all, even a renowned general like Duan Jiong, a stalwart of the Martial Temple, could, after seven hundred years, combine the talents of Qin Elite Warriors, Oath Talent, Hidden God, and Feast of the Corpse to create the first generation of Elite Warriors, a terrifying troop type that, as long as one is not afraid of death and has the aptitude, can quickly achieve the ability to kill eighteen times in seven months.
Seven months! Although it requires qualifications, Zhang Huang had actually witnessed his teammate reach the level of the Broken Sky Death Sword in less than a year. Then, Duan Jiong sent him on a mission that was bound to end in death, which bought time for the main force. As a result, that guy's family received enough compensation to live on for two years. At that time, Zhang Huang felt that Rui Shi really had a bright future!
Of course, this was Zhang Huang when he was in his twenties. The current Zhang Huang is not envious at all. Moreover, he is old and shrewd. By now, Zhang Huang basically knows that Duan Jiong is actually consciously dealing with those veterans who have reached the eighteen-fold execution.
Zhang Huang didn't see anything wrong with this behavior. After all, the environment back then was so brutal that when Huang Shao, Hou Jing, and others saw someone with six hundred years of accumulated defense, their first reaction was that they had been used as blood bags. Moreover, when the other veterans recalled the situation back then, they all felt that their ruthless legion commander was capable of doing such a thing.
"So you should be able to understand that General Duan was able to optimize the early versions of the 'Rui Shi' and 'Bin Shi Xiang Li', but the Four Saints at that level could definitely optimize them as well. Moreover, they would be even more confident in themselves. As for the uncontrollability of 'Bin Shi Xiang Li,' it's not a problem for them at all. They are absolutely convinced that they can control it," Zhuge Liang said with a hint of wistfulness.
If the Four Sages don't even have this much confidence, then what kind of Four Sages are they?
Military strategists seek invincibility and absolute conviction. How can someone who doesn't even trust themselves lead others to victory? Even if they temporarily rely on overwhelming talent, they will eventually take that step toward death when their flaws are exposed.
"So, the fact that the demon god of Chu was Wu Zixu's fault is actually a scapegoat that Wu Zixu made for Sun Quan and Wu Zixu?" Guan Yu asked after a moment of silence.
"Pretty much. The Ritual of Offering Corpses to the Dead was indeed invented by Wu Zixu, but the fact that it has become so unsolvable is entirely due to Sun Tzu and Wu Zixu. Originally, Wu Zixu's Corpse Demon God could be rapidly refined to the fifth level in a year, but it was very difficult to continue to advance. However, with the existence of Sun Tzu, the Demon God's achievement of breaking through to the fifth level of refinement was as easy as eating and drinking." Chen Xi said helplessly.
The demon god in Wu Zixu's version would find it very difficult to reach the sixth level of forging because he lacks a collective consciousness and an elite demon god army. After achieving the fifth level of forging, the only way to reach the sixth level is through a breakthrough in physical attributes. However, this path is extremely unrealistic for a demon god whose physical body is essentially armored.
Therefore, the demon god in the Wu Zixu version has universality, combat power, and can be quickly cultivated, but for the Four Saints, it is not to say that it is a stray dog on the roadside, but at least it is an existence that can be easily dealt with.
After Sun Wu took over, he claimed he was going to deal with the Binshi Demon God, but in reality, he raised the level cap for the Binshi Demon God. This is why most demon gods after Sun Wu are at least at the seventh level. Two fifth-level demon gods can directly create a seventh-level one by peeling away their talents, which is a huge boost to their combat power.
After all, beings that love to increase their combat power have absolutely no resistance to the ability of two mid-level demon gods to combine into a top-level demon god.
Therefore, starting from seven hundred years ago, there were basically no more demon gods of the fifth level on earth; instead, there were demon gods of the seventh level or higher, as described by Sun Tzu.
Afterwards, Wu Qi also used the slogan of defeating the demon god to add the same heaven-defying buff to the demon god. Although the defense accumulation was said to draw on its own power, the demon god had strong vitality. Over the centuries, the demon god with the defense accumulation could withstand more than a dozen regular boundary-breaking attacks. In fact, if it was not a point-to-point attack, the resistance of this thing was explosively high.
Then, the Twenty-Four Body God Modules were added, and from then on, the Demon Gods became those with extremely fast leveling speeds and combat power that was basically invincible among their peers. This is the configuration of the protagonist in fantasy novels, and every Demon God is one of them!
The talent stripping brings unparalleled upgrade capabilities, guaranteeing a rapid completion of the seventh level of forging within about a year. The accumulated defense, combined with super-strong vitality, creates a defense that is virtually unbreakable by conventional combat forces. The twenty-four divine bodies unleash terrifying destructive power far exceeding that of humans.
It can be said that the demon gods have reached a perfect level at this point. In fact, if we were to be realistic, once their numbers increased, they would be virtually invincible. This is why famous generals who read about these things in the annals of history were filled with apprehension and had an irresistible urge to take action.
“I am generally aware of these things, but Sun Quan and Wu Qi did indeed quell the unrest at the last moment. Otherwise, if these things had been left behind, even if Lord Wu’an had set out from Lantian and stormed into Chu, he probably wouldn’t have been able to take Yingdu,” Huangfu Song said with a hint of surprise.
Huangfu Song knew about what Sun Tzu and Wu Qi had done, but he didn't think there was anything wrong with them. If he had the ability, he would have tried it too. Besides, Sun Tzu and Wu Qi had done so much, and they hadn't left any hidden dangers for humanity. That alone was enough to explain the problem.
Okay, the reason why those people in Yunmeng are doing this right now is because Sun and Wu saw Chen Xi and decided to have him help them eliminate them. If it weren't for Chen Xi, these two would still be suppressing people in Yunmeng. To be honest, their current actions are actually a result of Sun and Wu's trust in Chen Xi.
Although such trust is indeed a heavy burden.
"That's just what's on the surface," Zhuge Liang said with a hint of sorrow. "General Huangfu was also in front of Sun and Wu at the time, and should know what methods Sun and Wu had mentioned that could completely eradicate the Binshi Demon God, and that Chancellor Chen possessed several of them."
Huangfu Song nodded, still not understanding what Zhuge Liang meant by "on the surface"!
"Among these methods, there are several very special talents, namely the Metamorphosis and the Equality of All Things. General, recall, under what circumstances can a commander be certain that a certain solution can solve the problem?" Zhuge Liang said with a hint of lament. When Zhuge Liang heard this, he realized that Sun Quan and Wu Qi had probably already tried these methods.
They've even arrived at the correct answer, so now the question is, since they've arrived at the correct answer, why haven't they completely eliminated the Binshi Demon God? Based on this conclusion, there are only two possible directions.
One reason is that this type of talent cannot solve the problem of the sacrificial offering to the dead, but Sun and Wu have already said they can. So the result can only be that the solution is not what Sun and Wu wanted. Moreover, Sun and Wu must have made many attempts and gave up only after realizing that they could not control it. Since they made many attempts but still could not completely solve it, there must be a big problem!
Huangfu Song, Guan Yu, and Zhou Yu all gasped upon hearing this. If Zhuge Liang hadn't said it, it would have been fine, but after he did, the three of them realized that it seemed to be true.
"Among the demon gods, there are mythical species, and the characteristics of these mythical species are similar to those recorded." Chen Xi said with some weariness, "There are even terrifying creatures like the Candle Dragon, but because it was transformed from a butterfly, its combat power limit is only the eighth level, but its characteristics are extremely terrifying."
"Does the spacetime property exist?" Zhou Yu was dumbfounded. As for Fa Zheng, he was already thinking about how to capture the Candle Dragon and eat it, since he had heard that it was easy to eat without getting sick.
“Yes, many mythical creatures have certain characteristics. The naming was based on this logic. For example, it was called Zhulong, which means it has the characteristic that darkness falls when Zhulong closes its eyes.” Chen Xi said in a deep voice, “So don’t think that the demons of Yunmeng won’t attack the things in the sky. There are very special individuals there.”
"What exactly were Sun Quan and Wu Qi's intentions in pushing this forward back then? It's not just a simple matter of resolving the ritual of offering sacrifices to the deceased; it seems more like they were deliberately intensifying it," Guan Yu asked in a deep voice. Although he had this feeling before, before Chen Xi mentioned the mythical nature of the demon god, Guan Yu still held Sun Quan and Wu Qi in high regard and wouldn't speak carelessly. But now, it's obvious that this isn't solving a problem, but creating one!
"It wasn't about solving the problem; they thought it didn't need solving it at the time." Chen Xi said helplessly. That's just reality!
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