Chapter 1962

Guo family envoys looked left and right: "Just us ten or so?"

"Far from it." Qingyang stood up, reached out and swept a hand over the sand table, and red dots immediately lit up in the tray, basically covering the flashing gold, but the flashing gold plains in the central and Zhongnan Force areas had the most, "The apostle of the Heavenly God delivered intelligence, after my subordinates organized it, Jiuyou deliberately bypassed forces and locations that do not fight, so far a total of sixty-seven locations."

Still so many! When the envoys heard this, they secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Earlier, only the news of Jiuyou the Great Emperor had been everywhere, and they thought the whole world was their enemy. Now hearing this, there are still so many like-minded people!

"The intelligence collection is not yet complete, so this number may still increase significantly later. I call these places 'strongholds,' meaning where he encountered strong enemies he could not defeat in the first wave of invasion."

"So you are not alone; at least sixty-plus companions share your situation!" She smiled slightly at the crowd, "If these dozens of forces are all willing to backstab Jiuyou, do you think he truly has the ability to oppose you during the great drill? Besides, does wanting to drill troops guarantee success? Have you ever seen a commander who can really turn a rabble into elite troops in three to five months?"

Everyone thought so— which lord present hasn't drilled troops? What were they like before drilling, and what after?

The Guo family envoy reacted fastest: "He indeed cannot handle so many opponents at once. But if he wants to concentrate his forces, win a few overwhelming victories to shock Flashing Gold, and if he happens to pick us…… may I ask, Protector my lord, how should we respond?"

As soon as this was said, other envoys chimed in agreement.

Qingyang's face was like still water, and she silently thought to herself, Here it comes. These forces invited here have been thinking about nothing else but asking this very question?

Surface respect, inner calculation.

She knew even more clearly that what they truly wanted was the aid of the Heavenly God and Heavenly Palace!

The Heavenly Palace Protector went out of her way to fetch them from afar— surely she should give them some methods, some benefits, some concrete gains?

Otherwise, on what basis would everyone work for Heavenly Palace?

Actually, everyone here believes the Heavenly God favors Bai Tan most, otherwise why would the Heavenly God have killed Yaowang and killed Chen Chuhua? Wasn't it just to help him ascend?

Now suddenly a Dragon God has appeared, threatening Bai Tan, threatening the Heavenly God's layout in Flashing Gold. How could the Heavenly God tolerate that?

So the Heavenly Palace Protector suddenly summoned them all here, likely intending to use them as guns.

No matter— those who can thrive in Flashing Gold don't mind this.

Being used shows one still has value.

The worthless easily become corpses on the Flashing Gold plains.

But everyone wants corresponding returns.

What Qingyang said earlier was precisely to conduct a feasibility analysis for them, give them reassurance, saying that while Jiuyou drills troops and faces them head-on, the risk is small and the gain great.

Now it's Heavenly Palace's turn to lay out conditions and offer benefits.

These local tyrants of Flashing Gold are not that devout to the Heavenly God, unless they are strong enough and willing to shield themselves.

Ha, at such a time, she will surely be generous. Qingyang sat upright with proper posture, her voice solemn:

"Rest assured, Heavenly Palace will not let you face such great risk alone. We have remodeled many powerful demons, called 'Yaoguai,' each matching the combat strength of an army, and they are ferocious and fearless, unafraid of life and death, born for war and slaughter. Among them, the finest are no less than the Golden Armor Divine Generals. You may take them and their trainers back to your territories to fight for you."

"Do you have such 'Yaoguai' now?"

"Of course." Qingyang turned her head and gave an order, then led everyone into the courtyard.

Soon, someone led in a demon.

This monster is about four feet tall, its gray-brown skin smooth; at first glance, everyone could not tell whether it was a monkey or a scorpion, for it clearly has five limbs like a monkey, but its upper body also walks prone on the ground, while its flower-bud-like tail is instead raised high.

The monster let out a loud roar, revealing saw-tooth-like fangs. Qingwei led out a lamb, the monster lunged forward, and in just two seconds tore it to pieces, the scene extremely bloody.

Qingwei then threw out several swallows, all agile, about to burst out of the courtyard in a flurry. Those with poorer eyesight could not keep up with their speed.

The monster looked up, its tail raised, the tip opening like flower petals, and suddenly shot out several bone needles with a swoosh swoosh swoosh!

Instantly, several sharp cries rang out in midair, and the swallows fell one after another to the ground.

Seven swallows, seven bone needles, all hit!

Each needle is as long as an index finger, its tip still flashing with blue Wang Wang light.

One swallow was nailed to the tree trunk, the bone needle penetrating three-tenths into the wood, the bark visibly darkening to the naked eye.

Fast, accurate, ruthless, and still carrying deadly poison.

"If such Yaoguai are deployed on the battlefield, aided by terrain cover, could they easily kill a squad of soldiers?"

An envoy asked: "Are the Yaoguai you give us all of this standard?"

"This is the average standard; there are also those far superior to it."

Not a single word wrong, not a single character missing, not a single omission, not a single addition, not a single error— all present and correct!

Then someone whispered: "Hey, these demons look like the handiwork of the Master of Red Lu."

"Exactly, this feeling of incongruity……"

Everyone's hearts clicked. Heavenly Palace truly hides its strength, when did it create so many monsters on the Flashing Gold plains?

This place is far from Between Between Between Beijia, everyone knows these are likely local Flashing Gold products.

But for now, the stronger the monsters Between Between Between Beijia produces, the more beneficial it is to them.

This trip they got Yaoguai for free, their combat strength significantly increased, not bad not bad. However——

"If it's only Yaoguai, I'm afraid they still aren't a match for Jiuyou's great army." The envoys were also pragmatic, "He destroyed Luo Dian in less than a month."

Luo Dian's military strength was second only to the former Yaowang, so when the news of Luo Dian's destruction spread, Flashing Gold forces were all terrified.

"Jiuyou's destruction of Luo Dian was just a trick, using the Three Corpses Worms to confuse the soldiers' minds, striking Luo Dian unprepared." Qingyang analyzed rationally, "If it were a normal attack, this war would have to last at least a year and a half, and the outcome would still be uncertain."

Jiuyou the Great Emperor could easily take Luo Dian, relying on an information gap. Where would these Flashing Gold natives have seen Three Corpses Worms?

But to deal with Bai Tan and Qingyang, the Three Corpses Worms are already ineffective.

Without waiting for everyone to ask, she continued: "You need not worry, I have a method to counter the Three Corpses Worms, which can render them ineffective on the battlefield. Luo Dian's tragedy will not be repeated on any of you."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, some saying "That's good," and someone even patted the horse's flank:

"No wonder Protector my lord, you can easily dispel Jiuyou's war methods."

But someone immediately followed up with a beaming face: "Jiuyou the Great Emperor has mighty experts around him, and it is said he himself is an unparalleled powerhouse. Who would want to face them head-on?"

(End of Chapter)