Chapter 2451

The title burning and refining was completed, which meant Su Xiao had made all the preparations. He had the bargaining chips to strengthen his army. There were three benefits to strengthening the army: 1. Dealing with violators, 2. Gaining benefits during the war, 3. Ascending to a high position in the Sand Flame Kingdom, and through knowing the secrets of this world, plotting for rare resources that could be brought out of this world.

Profit and development during the war could be carried out simultaneously. When it grew to a certain scale, he could consider dealing with violators.

While possessing military power, Su Xiao's status in the Sand Flame Kingdom would rise rapidly. At that time, he could use the Sand Flame Kingdom's intelligence department to actively search for or track the whereabouts of the violators.

The difficulty right now was how to capture Segona City. That would be the beginning of everything. Su Xiao currently had an army of 20,000, but Segona City was stationed with over 50,000 Peru soldiers. Defending a city and attacking a city were simply not the same thing.

There were indeed many thorny problems, but fortunately, Su Xiao already had many bargaining chips. The 【War Lord】 title had been upgraded to four stars.

【War Lord】

Origin: Reincarnation Paradise

Quality: ★★★★

Title Effect 1: Rapid Marching Rate, marching speed increased by 35%, stamina consumption during marching slightly increased.

Title Effect 2: All soldier-type units under the Hunter's command will gain one of the following bonuses after the war begins.

Hint: If the number of soldiers exceeds 10,000, you will gain a group buff effect of +5 to all real attributes and +50 morale. If morale is higher than 70 points, friendly soldiers will be fearless until their number drops below 15%, at which point they will start to rout.

Hint: If the number of soldiers exceeds 50,000, you will gain a group buff effect of +8 to all real attributes and +60 morale. If morale reaches 100 points, the "Blood-Bathed Fighting" effect will be triggered.

Blood-Bathed Fighting: If friendly soldier-type units use cold weapons for melee combat, each time they attack an enemy, there is a certain probability of absorbing the enemy's vitality to restore their own lost health.

Warning: Blood-Bathed Fighting has a probability of causing friendly soldiers to be extremely bloodthirsty in a short period, attacking all targets except friendly units.

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The 【War Lord】 title was upgraded from three stars to four stars, which had a qualitative change. Although the buff effects triggered by 10,000 soldiers and 50,000 soldiers could not be stacked, they were quite powerful.

When the soldiers in Su Xiao's hands reached 50,000, it could be said that even if they fought head-on on the plains, an equal number of enemy troops would be slaughtered into a rout within a few hours. Even if they encountered the enemy country's most elite army, they would have the power to fight, and the winning rate would be over 60%.

Su Xiao equipped the 【War Lord】 title and lay down on the small bed to sleep.

The next morning, dew wet the tents, and a few ground crows flew over from above. These little things were actually sparrows in the desert, with some extraordinary characteristics.

Water droplets slid down. The desert was not as water-scarce as imagined, it just couldn't retain water, and wells couldn't be dug, which was why the current scene existed.

Just as Su Xiao walked out of the tent, he saw the soldiers standing in squads. After a night of ease in Anji City, the soldiers' mental outlook was brand new. They were no longer smelly, and the formation was neat. There were a full twenty thousand people, yet there was no sound of conversation.

"Depart."

After Su Xiao gave the order, the soldiers started to pack up tents, etc. Under the command of the Ten-Man Commanders, everything proceeded in an orderly manner. Ten minutes later, everything was ready, and the wooden carts pulled by three hundred-plus White-Horned Beasts were filled.

"My lord, please."

Aos stood in front of a metal chariot pulled by White-Horned Beasts. This metal chariot was somewhat similar to a carriage, with about ten square meters of space inside and two rows of seats.

Su Xiao, Xiang Bubu Wang, and Bahar got on the metal chariot, and Caesar also followed sneakily.

Taking advantage of the cool weather in the early morning, the march of the 20,000 soldiers began. For some reason, the soldiers all had a feeling that their bodies seemed lighter today, and the Gray Soul in their bodies was exceptionally active. The soldiers didn't care about this situation, just thinking it was caused by the healing of their wounds.

Under the bonus of the 【War Lord】 title, the soldiers' marching speed increased by a large margin. Vice Commander Aos, who was acting as the coachman, saw this scene with thoughtful eyes.

Aos touched the ring on his hand, the ring shimmering with a faint light. He hesitated for a moment but still put his hand down.

Because they were marching within the Sand Flame Kingdom, everything went smoothly along the way, and enemy troops couldn't possibly appear. As for extraordinary creatures, there were no extraordinary creatures that didn't think straight. As long as an extraordinary creature attacked, the most delicious part of its body would be Su Xiao's dinner today.

The march was a bit boring, but this boredom soon passed. At noon three days later, the reconnaissance squad at the front sent back news that they had arrived at the border. Ahead was the junction between Sand Flame and Peru, which was the buffer zone of the battlefield.

Sure enough, after marching for half an hour, the ground started to harden, becoming a mixture of sand and soil. Peru had rich land and a population twice that of the Sand Flame Kingdom. Although the average height of citizens was about 1.4 meters, they were really strong. After those thick arms swung their weapons, the sense of power was quite sufficient. Although Sand Flame people were much taller than them, the combat power of the soldiers on both sides was close.

Starting a few years ago, the battle line at the border had been advancing toward the Sand Flame Kingdom. Originally, both sides fought on land, but today, the ground under their feet had turned into sand, which meant the Sand Flame Kingdom had started to show signs of defeat, unable to even protect its territory.

Just as they arrived at the border, the army led by Su Xiao encountered groups of scouts. These were people from other legions on their side. The six Grand Commanders besides Su Xiao had set up checkpoints at the border with their armies. There were many fortress cities on both sides of the border, through which supplies could be obtained.

Segona City, located at the other end of the border, was such a fortress city. This meant a protracted war could not be fought; Segona City had to be captured within 1 hour, otherwise, they would have to face enemy reinforcements from all directions.

The march that originally required five days was completed in less than four days, even counting the rest and the handover of the army from Uno. The remaining three days were the bargaining chips for Su Xiao to capture Segona City.

It was unwise to go directly to attack Segona City. Su Xiao knew that he was leading a defeated army. First, he had to revitalize morale, win at least one or two victories, and let the soldiers be in a high-spirited state before considering attacking Segona City.

Moreover, there weren't enough soldiers right now. As for how to increase the number of soldiers, Su Xiao had already thought about it: accept the scattered friendly soldiers on the battlefield. Although doing so violated the laws of the Sand Flame Kingdom, he had already offended Uno and Karos, so why care about the laws of the Sand Flame Kingdom? There was no need to care about the hostility of other Grand Commanders; those six Grand Commanders were all Uno's people.

If there weren't enough soldiers, recruit them by ignoring the kingdom's laws; if there were no gold coins, go and capture the fortress cities of the Peru Kingdom. As long as they won, Sand City would turn a blind eye to some things. A lot of territory had been invaded, so whichever army could recapture the territory, everything else would be easy to talk about.

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On a certain unknown sea area, a huge sea beast was swimming rapidly in the sea. Amu and Beni were on the head of this sea beast.

The sea beast let out a muffled cry. Beni, who was lying under a small parasol, looked up at the sound, and the dried fish in its claws fell.

Beni was stunned because it saw land in the distance. After seeing the scene before it, it almost burst into tears, and this piece of land was the northernmost part of the Peru Kingdom.