Chapter 1241: A Brand New Power

The series of tactics formulated around the Ghost King's avatar and death-defying soldiers immediately became ineffective.

The Boss Situ family's territory was filled with joy; the cities and towns near the front line received the news earliest, and everywhere was decorated with lanterns and streamers, even livelier than the New Year, not at all like a war-torn land.

In contrast, the interior of Ju City was quiet, and the Pi Xia people, having just suffered a major defeat, were all dejected.

Late the next night, Boss Situ Yu actually led his army to attack Ju City again! He saw that the Pi Xia people's morale was low, so he struck while the iron was hot.

This night raid was exceptionally smooth because two gates of Ju City had "gate-opening parties" and "guide parties."

The change at the West Gate was discovered in advance, but the East Gate was quietly pushed open. Before the Pi Xia people could react, the Boss Situ army had already driven straight in—

The day before, the Pi Xia army was defeated at Cotton Village, and hundreds fled. Boss Situ Yu had planted men among the routed troops to sneak into Ju City, so they could coordinate from inside and outside.

With this, both White Tip Town and Ju City were recovered by the Boss Situ family.

Ju City guarded the mountain pass and had important strategic value. By taking Ju City, the security of the Boss Situ family's territory was raised to a new level.

The Pi Xia people could no longer easily send troops to plunder Rolling Stone Valley, Cotton Village, and other places as they had in the past.

Two major victories, of extraordinary significance.

Boss Situ Yu immediately sent flying messages to surrounding allies, spreading this great news.

Three days later, replies from all sides arrived one after another, all willing to join hands with Boss Situ to attack Pi Xia! Pi Xia was shocked, on one hand mobilizing troops, and on the other seeking help from the Yao Kingdom.

The Yao Kingdom didn't directly send troops, because Boss Situ Yu's joint attack wasn't all smooth sailing: the Yao Kingdom used some methods to divide them, and of the seven armies originally agreed upon, only two arrived in the end, making it three armies including the Boss Situ family.

Those four forces had originally patted their chests and promised him that they would definitely send troops, definitely beat Pi Xia until they were crawling on the ground. However, when the day to send troops arrived, they were quiet; some made excuses about changes, others simply said nothing at all.

It was originally a 70,000-strong army to crusade against Pi Xia, but now only 31,000 remained, nearly 20,000 of whom were the Boss Situ family's.

The Pi Xia opposite them had 30,000 troops and the advantage of local terrain.

Not to mention, they had the Yao Kingdom as their backer.

Comparing the strength of both sides, the Allied Army didn't have the advantage, but was faintly at a disadvantage.

He Lingchuan had also been in Rolling Stone Valley during this period, observing the progress of the war near the front line.

The way of war on the Flash Gold Plain was very different from that in the Yuan Kingdom, Beijia, the Ya Kingdom, or even Panlong City, focusing on local, small-scale engagements. As long as it wasn't a siege, a battle would produce a result in at most two days, which could be called short and fast, rarely dragging on for a long time.

The wars here were too frequent, and the number of participants wasn't large, so the derived tactics were different, and He Lingchuan was quite inspired.

Another major discovery was that within just a few days, the faith power in the Qianglong Battle Armor—He Lingchuan subsequently corrected it to "wish power"—had suddenly increased again.

From the first day he obtained the Qianglong Battle Armor, he had felt a faint trace of power on the armor, warm, gentle, and firm, completely different from the spiritual energy he mastered.

At that time, he didn't quite understand how the newly born Qianglong Battle Armor could attach wish power. But after these few days passed, He Lingchuan finally clearly compared it: the original power came from the Peng Kingdom, while the newly added wish power came from the Boss Situ family's territory and the surrounding areas!

This feeling was indescribable, but as long as he pressed the heart scale on the Qianglong Battle Armor and closed his eyes, everything was clear in his heart.

It was as natural as breathing.

He could even perceive that the wish power from around the Boss Situ family's territory was less than that of the Peng Kingdom, and not as pure.

The Peng Kingdom... hmm, what had he done in the Peng Kingdom, or the former Bo Kingdom, to collect wish power?

He Lingchuan recalled the dream of the heart scale. After the great catastrophe of the world, after the Black Dragon itself fell, this piece of the Black Dragon's heart scale still supported the oasis barrier, protected hundreds of millions of living beings, and drove away demons and evil spirits; it could be said that its merit was immeasurable, and the common people were grateful.

Besides, the Black Dragon itself was the divine beast closest to the Heavenly Dao.

The battle armor refined from this piece of heart scale had the ability to gather wish power.

Although the battle armor didn't explicitly state it, he was very clear that only the wish power directed at himself would be collected by the battle armor.

In other words, he had to first achieve something to arouse the gratitude and belief of living beings before the Qianglong Battle Armor could gather this kind of power.

Well, thinking about it carefully now, he seemed to have really done quite a few things in the old Bo Kingdom.

It could be said that the subversion of that country had an indirect relationship with him.

The mirror also racked its brains with him, and suddenly called out: "Nangong Yan! You killed Nangong Yan!"

Nangong Yan was killed by his own hands, and then his corpse was hung at the border for the world to see.

This scoundrel was the old Bo King's black glove, running rampant in the country and doing all kinds of evil, and the citizens suffered greatly but dared not speak out.

He Lingchuan's execution of Nangong Yan was an act that brought great satisfaction to the people.

When the news spread at that time, everyone was celebrating, and cities and towns were filled with firecrackers.

The mirror added: "Do you remember? Someone even set up a spirit tablet for you!"

Families who had directly or indirectly suffered persecution by Nangong Yan had quietly set up spirit tablets for He Lingchuan at that time, hoping he would be free from illness and disaster and live a long life. They didn't know who he was, nor did they know what he looked like, but he had avenged them, and they were grateful to him from the bottom of their hearts! This was gratitude and belief, and this was the source of wish power.

He Lingchuan murmured: "So that's how it is."

By analogy, the wish power that the Qianglong Battle Armor could collect near the Boss Situ territory most likely originated from his killing of the Xuan Lu Ghost King.

The Xuan Lu Ghost King had been stirring up trouble for 300 years, eating human souls and sending avatars to act as accomplices, causing chaos in the surrounding countries, almost fitting everyone's definition of "deeply sinful."

Not to mention the distant ones, in the Boss Situ family's territory, there were quite a few civilians whose families had been broken by him. It was hard to say that the Ghost King hadn't contributed to the Pi Xia people's conquest of Gaopu.

He Lingchuan killed the Xuan Lu Ghost King on the battlefield, which was witnessed by countless people; afterward, the Boss Situ family vigorously publicized it, and this fact was naturally widely recognized.

As for whether the Ghost King's true self had truly vanished, only a few people doubted it. Most people who heard this good news believed it, so it didn't affect the generation of wish power.

Thinking through these two points, He Lingchuan became interested:

Then, why was the wish power collected here less than in the Peng Kingdom? The Ghost King had been doing evil continuously for 300 years; in terms of harm, he was much more violent and terrifying than Nangong Yan.

He killed the Ghost King; the people around should be even more grateful to He Lingchuan.

What was different about his two killings?

"Time!" the mirror shouted, "How long ago was it when you killed Nangong Yan? But the Ghost King, you killed him only a few days ago."

Thanks to Mr. Woo for the reward, we have another new alliance leader~

Thanks to Mu Dai 999 for the reward~~

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1242 =====