Clan Cultivation: Starting from Beast Taming
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The new official took office and defeated the subordinate who wanted to embarrass him with absolute strength.

Zhou Chun, the Regiment Commander, used this approach to quickly establish his own prestige and won the recognition of all the soldiers above and below him.

In a military environment during wartime, this is the norm.

A strong leader not only can bring victory to the team in war but can also protect the other team members, reducing their injuries.

Hence, soldiers in the military inherently respect and fear the powerful.

After spending a few days getting to know the entire regiment of five hundred men, Zhou Chun also gained an in-depth understanding of his own regiment.

His regiment had a full complement of five hundred people, including three Purple Mansion Phase Cultivators, himself included. In addition, there were fourteen subordinate squads, including four with the full complement of fifty people.

Each squad leader was of Late Foundation Establishment cultivation level, and the total number of Late Foundation Establishment cultivators reached eighteen, with twenty-four at the Middle Stage of Foundation Establishment and thirty-five at the Initial Stage!

That is to say, at this moment, the number of Foundation Establishment cultivators under Zhou Chun's command totaled seventy-seven!

Such a power configuration in a regiment is rare even in the entirety of the Heavenly Spirit Legion.

It was evident that Master Qingwei truly invested heavily so that he could compete for the "Heavenly Spirit Seven Heroes" title.

And since Zhou Chun had already made a vow before Master Qingwei, even considering his future path, he absolutely could not dare to show any negligence.

Therefore, after becoming familiar with his forces, Zhou Chun began planning the first battle since his enlistment.

In this first battle, he wanted not only to win but to win splendidly, to win in a way that would make people cheer!

To achieve this, he inevitably needed to rely on the support of Green Lotus Temple and Moon Wheel Sect to provide him with intelligence and scout suitable targets.

That's why only those with a major sect background can compete for the title of the "Heavenly Spirit Seven Heroes." This is a significant reason.

Without the backing of a major sect, you are virtually blind when it comes to intelligence, forced to arrange for subordinates to scout and gather intelligence, or even to do it yourself.

Leaving aside the effectiveness of such an approach, the waste of time it entails is severe and puts you behind others in the competition.

With the support of the two major Jingguo sects, the Green Lotus Temple, and the Moon Wheel Sect on his side, Zhou Chun's intelligence gathering became much more convenient.

After he conveyed his needs, it only took two days to identify five targets suitable for his first battle.

The intensity of the war between the Primordial Demon Legion and the Heavenly Spirit Legion had escalated considerably. It was not only the Primordial Demon Legion attacking the Heavenly Spirit Legion; the Heavenly Spirit Legion itself was also looking for opportunities to counterattack the Primordial Demon Legion, displaying a will to contest every inch of ground.

Of the five targets in Zhou Chun's hands, three were garrisons of the Primordial Demon Legion's military fortresses, each stationed with two to three hundred Demon Cultivators, and headed by a Purple Mansion Phase Demon Cultivator, akin to a standard Heavenly Spirit Legion regiment.

Green Lotus Temple had already thoroughly investigated the situation inside these three garrison locations, and detailed intelligence was already in Zhou Chun's hands. Choosing from these three targets, capturing one should not be difficult.

However, Zhou Chun was not very satisfied with these three targets. He felt that such fortress assaults were too unpredictable and prone to unforeseen changes.

After all, the intensity of the war had escalated beyond what he had experienced upon arrival at the battlefield, and even Golden Core Stage Cultivators were willing to strike against lower-ranking cultivators!

Compared to these, Zhou Chun paid more attention to the other two targets.

These two targets were mobile, consisting of two groups of bandit Demon Cultivators active in the border area between Fengguo and Jingguo. They specialized in ambushing logistical supply teams and would also strike at patrolling squads.

According to intelligence, the members of these two groups of Demon Cultivators were not very numerous, but the lowest cultivation level among them was at the Foundation Establishment, with Purple Mansion Phase Demon Cultivators leading teams with considerable strength.

If he could eliminate one of these Demon Cultivator groups, the battle merits gained might be comparable to breaching a Demon Cultivator military fortress, but in terms of reputation, it would be significantly more impactful.

After all, there were not a few regiments capable of breaching Demon Cultivator fortresses, but no one had yet been able to defeat those two groups of Demon Cultivators.

If Zhou Chun could achieve what others could not, this would highlight his difference from the ordinary, making people more convinced that he was the kind of figure among the "Heavenly Spirit Seven Heroes."

On the battlefield, reputation is an extremely important thing.

For instance, if multiple regiments must coordinate in battle and there's no Golden Core Stage Cultivator to command, the Regiment Commander with higher prestige often has the authority to command other commanders of the same level and is more likely to win the trust of other regiments' soldiers.

Therefore, Zhou Chun not only needed to obtain battle merits but also to build up his reputation.

However, if he chose those two groups of Demon Cultivators, the Green Lotus Temple could not provide particularly detailed information, only the general area where these two groups of Demon Cultivators might be hiding.

Typically, these roaming Demon Cultivators who harass the rear would carry mobile Spirit Cleansing Formations to facilitate the restoration of Mana supplies.

Thus, after committing their acts, these two groups of Demon Cultivators would not immediately risk crossing the Heavenly Spirit Legion's defense lines to return to the Primordial Demon Legion-controlled areas.

After carefully studying the two sets of intelligence, Zhou Chun quickly came up with an idea.

He took leave from his garrison and went directly to the area where one group of Demon Cultivators might be hiding, then quietly released the Wood Charm.