Chapter 262

Okay!

Passed!

No objections!

…… -> This is an ellipsis. Should translate as "……" maybe as "..."? The instruction: Render onomatopoeia / sound effects as English sound words. Ellipsis is not sound effect; it's a punctuation indicating omission. We should keep as "..."? Probably we should output "...". But we need to keep the same meaning: ellipsis. We'll output "...".

With successive voices of agreement, Sun Wu's proposal was passed unanimously.

In terms of the big picture, even a heretical-path military god would have no problem.

Sun Wu waved his hand, satisfied, and directly sent Mu Yi out of the Military Strategist hall; the rest was unsuitable for Mu Yi to keep listening, the benefits had already been secured for Mu Yi, and now it's up to Mu Yi how hard he can strive.

The Military Strategist lacks a true leader—not one like Chi You who relies solely on personal might, but a genuine lord of the Military Strategist.

Sun Wu is vying, Jiang Ziya is vying; precisely speaking, all Military Strategist bigwigs capable of stabilizing the multiverse as military gods are vying.

The condition is also simple: use unmatched strength and achievements to overwhelm others, and you can become the lord of the Military Strategist.

Sun Wu thinks highly of Mu Yi, believing he could perhaps become his right-hand man in the future.

Ultimately, the Military Strategist speaks with fists; command ability, military strength, and friendship networks are all parts of that fist.

Mu Yi now counts as half his disciple; the more karma he owes him, the deeper their future bond will be.

Even if it doesn't succeed, it doesn't matter.

At most it's just forming a good affinity.

This is the most popular karma-entanglement great method in Jiuzhou; back then, Da Yu, one of the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors, was tricked by Qingqiu Tushan because of this karma-entanglement.

…… -> ellipsis again: "..."

Zongwang Prompt: You have activated the divine-level sect mission chain—Contested Land of the Military Strategist!

【Contested Land of the Military Strategist】

Mission background: The second tier of the Hundred Schools intends to escape its current awkward situation; as the strongest school, the Military Strategist seeks to clear its name.

Find a great world, conquer it, and build it into a holy land for the Military Strategist.

The ninety-seven military gods of the Military Strategist jointly issued the sect mission; any disciple of the Military Strategist can participate in this series of missions.

ps: Leaking this mission chain's content will be deemed treason against the Military Strategist, resulting in a manhunt by the Military Strategist; please keep it confidential. (Except Bai Ze)

Contested Land of the Military Strategist Mission Chain Part One (designated Mu Yi as the mission executor)

Mission Content One: Find a suitable great world (1-40)

Mission Content Two: Submit one opportunity to share Bai Ze's reconnaissance information

Mission rewards: 3000 Military Strategist contribution points, Level 10 Military Strategist permission, custom-made Level 20 Legendary set (based on the character's current level), one self-selected divine artifact, a set of military gods' hand-copied classics, joint teachings from the ninety-seven military gods (unlocked after ascending to Legend)

Contested Land of the Military Strategist Mission Chain·Additional Part One

Mission Content One: Use reincarnation assistance to help the Military Strategist complete rotation and rebirth.

Mission Content Two: Assist the Military Strategist in establishing a complete underworld reincarnation system for the new world.

Mission rewards: one-tenth of the worldly authority (one-tenth of the authority held by the Military Strategist overall), other rewards.

"Hiss!" Mu Yi sucked in a breath of cold air.

This is a huge pit, a task possibly harder than assisting Guan Sheng Dijun in a desperate comeback and ascending to emperor.

That of Guan Sheng Dijun at least counts as an internal problem, with the Heavenly Sovereign's nod of approval; although the resistance is great, it's ultimately an internal matter and won't cause major chaos.

As for the Military Strategist, they will definitely not accept any interference; they will absolutely fight to the death, possibly causing even the military gods to fall; if they win, everyone rejoices, but if they lose, it could truly lead to major trouble.

Looking at the scarlet words on the prompt, a killing intent is clearly conveyed.

Mu Yi lightly exhaled a turbid breath; frankly, he'd rather develop lewdly to take off.

However, the vortex is inescapable; the more one tries to flee, the more one gets drawn in.

Now it seems one must either transcend the three realms, existing outside the five elements, or else rely on one's own strength and wisdom to carve out a bright universe.

"Since you've come, then settle in!"

Mu Yi calmed his emotions; since he can't escape, he'll give it his all.

Without further hesitation, Mu Yi directly took out Bai Ze's horn, according to the information given by Sun Wu, and began to call Bai Ze.

"You're calling me this fast? Have you thought of your question? Speak quickly, I'm busy right now!"

Bai Ze's voice came from the horn, though it sounded somewhat embarrassed; Mu Yi could hear rumbling thunder from the horn.

"I need the coordinates of a great world capable of accommodating the combined forces of the ninety-seven military gods!" Mu Yi, following Sun Wu's message, spoke his needed information.

Bai Ze fell silent for a moment, then suddenly burst into wild laughter, as if through omniscient power he understood the antecedents and consequences.

"Hahaha, how interesting, how interesting—I certainly didn't misjudge you, kid; you really are an oddball!"

Bai Ze's wild laughter even drowned out the rumbling of thunder.

"Tai Er Tai La, 4000, 3123, 3214, 3414!"

"One of the public worlds in Zongwang—go ahead, deliver the news to those Military Strategist folks, tell them I'll go find them; such an interesting thing, how could I not be involved?!"

Bai Ze's wild laughter was drowned out by the gradually increasing rumble of thunder; before the communication ended, Mu Yi heard Bai Ze's painful groan, sounding as if he were injured.

Mu Yi faithfully relayed the information to Sun Wu, then opened the Zongwang Forum to search for information about Tai Er Tai La.

He discovered that Tai Er Tai La is a powerful great world, possessing several deities with strong divine power, various pantheons flourishing; just from the forum, the legendary battles are not few, and one can see many stories of demigods and legends falling.

Mu Yi still doesn't know the strength level of the military gods, after all many military gods hold positions not only in the Military Strategist but also in the Heavenly Court and Underworld, and are considered immortals.

However, according to Bai Ze's answer, in the confrontation with this world, at least the military god side should be able to stand equal.

After a rough comparison, Mu Yi thinks the military gods are probably between medium and strong divine power.

However, this is also hard to say, after all in Mu Yi's memory, military gods are not all individually strong in power.

Take Sun Wu and Xiang Yu for example; their individual combat power worlds apart, yet overall they should be roughly equal.

Divine-level matters, Mu Yi temporarily cannot attend to; they're too far off.

Now it is more meaningful for him.

Zongwang Prompt: Submit Bai Ze horn usage opportunity once?

Note: After submission, the Bai Ze horn usage opportunity will be forcibly locked once, and you will lose this usage opportunity.

Yes!

Current Bai Ze horn usage opportunity remaining: 1.

As Mu Yi submitted the Bai Ze horn usage opportunity to Zongwang, new information immediately appeared on the retina.

Zongwang Prompt: Sect mission Military Strategist Must-Contend Land task chain part one completed, rewards distributed!

You gained 3000 points of Military Strategist contribution, Level 10 Military Strategist permit.

You obtained a Legendary set chest!

You obtained a selectable divine artifact!

You obtained a set of Military God hand-copied canons!

You obtained the joint teaching opportunity of ninety-seven military gods (unlocked after advancing to Legend).

Mu Yi opened the sect panel with slight excitement; the originally crimson debt amount had disappeared, replaced by a sect contribution balance of 2632.

With almost no hesitation, Mu Yi directly exchanged for the military formation Unfathomable like Yin.

Then consuming 100 points of contribution, he directly exchanged for the long-desired Six Harmonies military formation.

Six Harmonies Military Formation:

Quality grade: Gold Legendary

Ultimate information: Military Formation Combination

Combination condition: Swift as wind, tranquil as forest, invasive as fire, immovable as mountain, unfathomable as Yin, moving like thunder.

Combination effect: When the character uses this formation, six military formation effects are simultaneously attached, and one of them is doubled.

Requirements: Sect contribution 100, Sect identity level 5.

Mu Yi self-realized the other aspect of Immovable as Mountain—Moving like Thunder; only the final Unfathomable as Yin was missing to complete the Six Harmonies formation combination condition.

For the formerly indebted Mu Yi, 100 sect contribution points were an unattainable condition, but for the current Mu Yi it's nothing at all.

As for the sect permit needed for exchange, it's even less of a problem.

The Level 10 sect permit rewarded by the mission almost means everything in the sect is open to him; compared to that, the so-called sect contribution might be even cheaper.

"The Four Symbols military formation was merged into the Six Harmonies military formation, experience fully inherited; current Six Harmonies military formation, level 4."

Mu Yi glanced at the prompt, then directly poured Universal Experience into the Six Harmonies formation.

"Current Six Harmonies military formation, level 5, already reached maximum level."

The limit for military formations seems to require reaching Legend to unlock further, which is why Mu Yi has been stuck here.

【Six Harmonies Military Formation】

Quality: Gold Legendary

Type: Professional Skill

Current level: 5 (limited by the Professional Skill Military Strategist-Military Formation level; currently max upgrade is 5).

Taking the commander as core, all soldiers' breaths connect, essence, energy, and spirit unite, combining with the Heaven-Earth Six Harmonies for battle support, with effects fluctuating according to the number of participants forming the formation.

Military Formation Effect 1: Summon Military Formation Spirit.

Summon Azure Dragon Spirit, providing allies with stamina and energy recovery; direct combat can cause water-attribute damage.

Summon White Tiger Spirit, providing allies' weapons with sharp armor-piercing effect; direct combat can cause piercing damage.

Summon Vermilion Bird Spirit, providing allies with fire damage enchantment; direct combat can cause fire elemental damage.

Summon Black Tortoise Spirit, providing allies with shield and defense enhancement; direct combat can cause earth elemental damage.

Summon Qilin Spirit, providing allies with reaction and perception boost; direct combat can cause lightning elemental damage.

Summon Nether Serpent Spirit, providing allies with stealth and lurking enhancement; direct combat can cause negative elemental damage.

Each time the military formation level increases by one, an additional military formation spirit can be summoned for battle support; when the formation reaches level five, the spirits surge from the void directly into battle, simultaneously providing all military formation enhancement effects.

Military Formation Effect 2: When in environments related to wind, forest, fire, mountain, thunder, and Yin, the original military formation effect increases by 50% (affected by formation level, up to fifty percent).

Military Formation Effect 3: Can be used simultaneously with the limited advanced military formations (Wind, Forest, Fire, Mountain, Thunder, Yin).

Simple brute-force numeric bonus; Mu Yi roughly estimated the effect is at least more than double the previous strength; if this level of Immovable as Mountain, perhaps he could withstand He Luo Shen's attack head-on.

Previously, Mu Yi's reliance for cross-level combat was only the Samsara True Intent; military formation Cloud Energy had become a power bank for the Samsara True Intent.

Now, at last he can add another means; the military formation Cloud Energy also escapes the role of a power bank, truly becoming a major trump card in Mu Yi's hand.

On the path where one is myriad and myriad is one, this also counts as advancing side by side.

Although the two different paths lead to the same destination and can both make one strong, the difference between them can be described as myriad.

Mu Yi felt his confidence in participating in the Legendary battle had increased somewhat.

The task assigned by Hou Tu Niangniang is to have him intervene in the Zheng He's Voyages to the West dungeon; however, whether it's Shentu's message or Zongwang's prompt, Mu Yi feels this dungeon may not be so simple.

The Legendary elements involved inside may be more than Mu Yi imagined.

Therefore Mu Yi remains cautious in strengthening himself in this regard; he does not wish to fail the task, or rather, Hou Tu Niangniang's trial of him.

From the rewards obtained from Bai Ze's trial, Gong Gong's trial, and Chi You's trial, one can see that the rewards for successfully passing a trial are dozens of times those for failing.

Even by making good use of the last Bai Ze horn usage opportunity, Mu Yi might not be unable to gain more benefits.

"Open Legendary set chest?"

Yes!

Please select the attributes you need and their corresponding ability effects!

Mu Yi looked at the prompt in surprise; although it's customizable, he didn't expect even the desired effects to be customizable.

After a brief moment of thought, Mu Yi directly chose combat-side customization; auxiliary effects can be substituted, but strong individual combat power is the guarantee of survival.

Only by surviving can there be more choices.

For Mu Yi, as long as he doesn't die, his power is nearly infinite.

"Customization complete, currently converting……"

Soon, with a flash of golden light, a full set of equipment appeared before Mu Yi: helmet, armor, leg guards, arm guards, boots, cloak, necklace, ring.

【Military Strategist Glory Set】

Quality Grade: Gold Legend

Equipment Type: Legendary Kit

Set Attribute: All Attributes 1

Set Effect 1 (3/8): Iron Blood Slaughter

Each natural day provides one opportunity to use War Frenzy.

War Frenzy: gain extra attack bonus, each attack increases the attack bonus effect.

Set Effect 2 (6/8): Indestructible Vajra

Once per natural day, after a standard action, gain a layer of Defense Bulwark (Holy), which can resist all attribute attacks; when the load limit is exceeded, it will shatter and simultaneously release an Impact (Holy).

Set Effect 3 (8/8): Holy Challenge

After a standard action, the character challenges a creature or group of higher level (Holy); upon successful identification, all affected units cannot escape combat.

After a successful challenge, the victor gains a layer of Military Strategist Glory; upon failure, the loser loses all Military Strategist Glory.

Military Strategist Glory can enhance war-side skills, increase skill success probability, and strengthen skill effects.

ps: the victor gains glory, the loser loses everything!