Chapter 1185

War, on the left-wing front line, became increasingly frequent.

At every moment, in different positions, there were eruptions, like sparks flickering.

Although the scale was not very large, mostly around a thousand people on each side, from the perspective of range, it had already become a spreading trend.

And war is a whole; it serves a purpose.

So whether it is large-scale war or the small-scale disputes occurring on the left-wing front line, all have their purposes.

These purposes, one after another, if mostly achieved, will form the final trend, making the biggest purpose succeed because of this.

This is the essence, and it is also a game.

Just like the answer Xu Qing and the others guessed after gathering all the information: the central left-wing layout is complete.

Then, while the central left-wing war zone layout is complete, the increasingly frequent small-scale battles between gods and cultivators on the front line contain a purpose... that is actually very clear.

Whether it is gods or cultivators, they are all using these frequent small-scale battles as cover!

Just like now, among the many sparks of war between the Fourth Star Ring and the Fifth Star Ring, one of them is a zone filled with meteorites.

A battle between the two sides is taking place there, bloodily.

Looking from afar, roars echo here, collapse and fragmentation, heterogeneous quality and Immortal Spirit aura, impacting at every moment.

One side wants to invade.

One side is blocking.

Extremely intense.

And on the periphery, on the large amount of drifting meteorites, there is a group of people gazing at the battlefield in the distance.

Their clothing is mostly gray-black, nearly a hundred in number, each like a vulture, their gazes bright, focusing on the battlefield trend, seemingly prepared to retreat if things go wrong.

Inside, there is also an old man, speaking in a low voice to the cultivator beside him.

"Was I not right? The battlefield ahead cannot end so quickly. According to my estimate, it will continue for at least another half an hour."

"If it weren't for seeing you a few months ago, knowing your origins, and sensing your tokens earlier, I wouldn't have called you over after you arrived."

The old man said, sweeping over the dozen or so people in front of him, feeling the malevolent Qi on these people, he was also alarmed, especially when his gaze fell on the leader of these people, the feeling of malevolent Qi was even more intense.

"Speaking of which, you are quite famous now, actually crossing the central war zone to reach the front line. However, since you chose to join the Collection Army, there are some things you need to understand."

These dozen or so people were naturally Xu Qing and his group.

They arrived here two hours ago after proactively requesting orders according to the mission arrangement, but before they could get close to the battlefield, they were stopped by this old man guarding the periphery.

They also saw each other's identities; they were all Corpse-Touching squads.

And that old man also recognized Xu Qing and his group's origins, so he released goodwill and invited them to join.

Listening to the old man's words at this moment, Xu Qing and Xing Huanzi and the others looked at each other, cupped their fists at the old man, and asked for advice humbly.

The old man nodded slightly and continued to speak.

"Although our name is Collection, since you chose to join, I think you also have some understanding. To put it nicely, we are cleaning up the battlefield; to put it bluntly, we are actually touching corpses!"

"And cleaning up the battlefield naturally requires waiting for the battle to end before we can go over."

"Otherwise, it is not touching corpses, but participating in the battle."

"You must remember, that kind of thing as fighting a war is what that group of military cultivators should do. We don't participate easily. What we need to do is to go in after they finish fighting!"

"Because... our joining might affect our military cultivators' formation, and at the same time, we have another mission, which is to leave a retreat path for the military cultivators ahead after they are defeated!"

When the old man said this, his expression also became much more solemn.

Xu Qing and the others heard this, nodded slightly, and their expressions were also solemn.

In fact, they didn't intend to truly enter the battlefield, just wanted to get closer, to facilitate the collection of source quality at the first opportunity.

After all, regarding collecting source quality, their group considered themselves proficient.

From the time they became members of the Planning Material Division, they had done this kind of thing many times, not only completing the collection mission but also secretly retaining quite a lot.

It was just that previous collections were live collections; collecting from divine remains was the first time.

Seeing Xu Qing and the others listening to his words, the old man's solemnity dissipated, and he coughed.

"Just listen to those words above. In reality, we don't need to guard the retreat path, and entering the battlefield is unlikely to affect the military formation.

These words are for outsiders. And what follows is what we need to know ourselves. Remember, you cannot go too early, because going too early means life and death are unpredictable."

"Wait for the battle to end before going in; that is safe. Also, war is unpredictable, so we must also be prepared to retreat quickly once that group of military cultivators is defeated."

"You guys, you are still too young. If I hadn't stopped you just now, if you had gotten too close, you might have died a few times by now."

"There is one more thing you need to know, and that is not to have conflicts with the military cultivators..."

Before the old man could finish his words, Xu Qing's expression suddenly stirred. He and Xing Huanzi and the others looked up toward the battlefield in the distance one after another, and the old man also paused his words and turned his head abruptly.

Only to see the battlefield in the distance, where the Immortal Spirit aura suddenly surged, and bursts of cheers spread in all directions.

Vaguely, one could see a Dao banner being erected there.

"Won!"

The old man's eyes lit up. He couldn't care about telling Xu Qing and the others the rules, his body flickered violently, and he shouted to the surroundings.

"Everyone, start working!"

As the sound echoed, the old man had already rushed out first, and his squad also flew out one after another, each licking their lips, like vultures spreading their wings, roaring toward the front, sprinting with all their might.

Xu Qing and the others also stepped forward immediately, moving forward together.

Just like that, in a short time, the crowd, like a sharp blade, rushed directly into the meteorite center zone and saw the battlefield at close range.

Only to see that in this vast area, divine corpses were everywhere, divine blood was everywhere, broken limbs, shattered magic treasures, could be seen everywhere.

There were also many cultivator remains.

And the cultivator army had already left, but they left behind some military cultivators who were also cleaning up the battlefield and collecting source quality there.

Regarding this, the old man and his subordinates seemed accustomed to it, each not even looking, heading straight for the corpses that no one had collected yet.

Some cutting, some collecting, some storing...

They cooperated perfectly and the speed was astonishing.

Extremely proficient.

In a dozen breaths of time, they actually cleaned up quite a lot, and wherever they passed, it was clean.

Looking at it one by one.

The gods within were collected, as for the cultivator corpses, they were placed well and not desecrated in the slightest.

Xu Qing and his group saw this, and their pupils shrank, especially Zhou Zhengli and the others, who were solemn in their hearts.

It was really that the old man and his subordinates were more exquisite in collection than them!

Especially the speed, which was astonishingly fast.

"This group of people is good at corpse collection, unlike us!"

Xu Qing and the others looked at each other and also rushed into the battlefield immediately, starting to collect.

But it had to be said, even though they were from the Planning Material Division, compared to that old man, their collection speed was still quite different, and it was not as clean.

Additionally, corpse collection, because the gods were dead, meant the remaining source quality was not active, and the quantity was also much less than when they were alive, so often after working hard to collect, the amount of source quality obtained was still a drop in the bucket.

But fortunately, there were many remains.

So if they wanted to get enough quantity, they had to process more divine remains.

And the Corpse-Touching Army seemed to have their own rules. Once a divine remain was collected by someone, even if it was still in the process, others would not compete for it.

Xu Qing and the others soon discovered this point and also followed this rule.

But there were still snatchers appearing.

Not the Corpse-Touching cultivators among themselves, but those military cultivators left behind here.

They were often very overbearing. Regardless of whether the remains had been collected by someone, they would arrive arrogantly, their expressions more or less carrying some disgust and helplessness.

This could also be understood, after all, it was they who killed...

But everything in war, including spoils of war, had to be coordinated, so regarding this, they had nothing to say.

However, to take care of emotions, various legions would leave some people to collect after the war, even though the main army retreated.

These were also tacitly approved.

And the Corpse-Touching Army led by the old man was clearly used to this. Once they encountered them, they would give up at the first opportunity, relying on their collection speed to find the next target.

It was just that Xu Qing and his group, touching corpses for the first time, were clearly inferior in speed, so they became the key snatching targets for those military cultivators.

Just like that, a few hours later, this battlefield area, which originally had a large range, was already becoming almost unrecognizable.

All cultivator remains were placed well.

Taken away by the belonging legion.

And for the collection of divine remains, the Corpse-Touching Army led by the old man took nearly sixty percent.

The military cultivators there took thirty percent.

The last ten percent... was what Xu Qing and his group obtained.

So after the cleanup ended and those military cultivators left, Xu Qing and the others had some ponderings in their hearts.

Seeing this, the old man who had a full harvest walked over with a smile.

"Everyone, are you feeling somewhat helpless, feeling some anger from being snatched? You need to get used to it. After all, it was they who killed, so taking it away is normal."

"Wait until you practice more on collection speed, and it will be fine."

After finishing, the old man said goodbye, turned around, waved his hand, and led his Corpse-Touching squad away from this battlefield area.

Until everyone had left, the ponderings of Xu Qing and the others in this meteorite center zone continued.

The old man's judgment was clearly wrong.

Xu Qing and the others' ponderings were not due to helplessness, nor due to anger.

After all, the gods here were killed by those military cultivators, so taking them away was justified. Even if they switched positions, if they killed gods and others came to collect, they would not agree either.

So, what they were pondering was...

"Inferior in speed to the Corpse-Touching Army, and no reason to support competing with the military cultivators..."

"Then since the Corpse-Touching Army only enters after the war ends."

"If we enter the battlefield in advance..."

Xu Qing and the others thought, each looked up and looked at each other.

They all saw the strange light in each other's eyes.