Primordial Emperor
Chapter 675: An Irresistible Force, Training the Army

Chapter 675: Chapter 675: An Irresistible Force, Training the Army

This time, Lin Chen was seriously injured in the great battle against the warriors of Red Soul Hall; the reason was that his foundation was not solid enough.

Although it was also a battle against a group of Heavenly Human Realm powerhouses, why could Wu Chao and his original body manage to fight multiple enemies on their own with the same cultivation level?

In the final analysis, it was because Lin Chen’s Second Soul Division had improved its cultivation too quickly, without a solid enough foundation.

After getting to know Wu Chao, Lin Chen’s mindset changed; even his Second Soul Division had to establish an invincible foundation, and could not give up this decision just because he wasn’t cultivating the Primordial Transformation Art.

While having a strong cultivation realm is better, being slightly stronger than other martial artists at the same realm can accumulate a significant difference over time.

For example, when in the Frost Chill Kingdom, Lin Chen’s original body could almost always kill a Heavenly Human Realm Warrior with one strike.

However, while at the Formation Sect, fighting against a Heavenly Human Realm Warrior was much more difficult.

This illustrates the importance of a solid foundation.

On the Earth Ranking, even if most people haven’t broken through to the Heavenly Human Realm, and many were only at Half-Step Heavenly Human Realm, why was there such a big disparity?

Therefore, the pursuit of cultivation realms need not be deliberate, and even if suppressing intentionally, one must establish an invincible foundation.

This applies to the younger generation, but for people like Xu Ma’an, with their age and natural talent being what it is, it’s not so much about establishing an invincible foundation, but rather that breaking through is very difficult.

The fastest way to establish an invincible foundation is to practice martial arts skills, temper the physique, or spar with others, getting injured and then recovering over and over again to stabilize the realm.

After Lin Chen’s original body left, his Second Soul Division became enlightened and often sought to spar with Xu Ma’an.

Xu Ma’an also had this intention; after breaking through to the Heavenly Human Realm, he felt an unprecedented strength and was finally no longer suppressed by Lin Chen, his junior.

With the examples set by Lin Chen and Xu Ma’an, people like Yang Yuemin and Li Xuanming, besides cultivating, were sparring to temper themselves.

Zhao Rushi was in seclusion, cultivating.

On the military side, to temper the new recruits, Jade Cauldron Kingdom organized drills that allowed the new recruit camp to simulate battles against the veterans. The winning side could obtain military merits, but there could be no deaths.

Hearing about military merits, whether new recruits or veterans, all exerted themselves to the utmost.

In this way, both sides could sum up their combat experience.

After tempering for a while, the Jade Cauldron Kingdom directly deployed troops to attack Zhangyang Country.

Over time, although there were casualties, the Jade Cauldron Kingdom won more victories.

Zhangyang Country became a whetstone for the Jade Cauldron Kingdom, allowing the new recruit camp to grow rapidly.

Even, for fear of defeating Zhangyang Country too quickly, the Jade Cauldron Kingdom launched attacks for a while, giving them time to struggle on feebly.

Enticed by the treasures brought back by Lin Chen, the troops of the Jade Cauldron Kingdom, eager for military merits, fought the enemy with all their might.

Previously, the Battle Eagle Squad was the trump card of the Jade Cauldron Sect; their Thunder Chasing Arrow Feathers were like death warrants to the enemy, killing with a single shot.

Now, the Warship Fleet, the Divine Talisman Squad, and even the Dead Soldier Camp were killing enemies energetically, their performance in battle rivalling the Battle Eagle Squad, causing the latter to feel the pressure, thinking that these fellows were chasing military merits too hard.

Especially the Dead Soldier Camp, who were originally prisoners from different forces.

Initially, they thought their fate would be very miserable and expected to end up as cannon fodder.

The Jade Cauldron Sect not only allowed them to fight, but also limited their power because they were worried they might rebel.

However, the Dead Soldier Camp didn’t expect that the Jade Cauldron Sect wouldn’t restrict them at all, but instead, let them accumulate military merits, which could be exchanged for treasures and cultivation resources, their treatment being similar to that of the official army.

This caused the originally disunited Dead Soldier Camp to gradually develop tacit understanding, as they were all strong and unwilling to lose. In the end, they could only remain unremarkably and unable to outperform the Battle Eagle Squad.

Thus, they held a private competition, with the winner leading the Dead Soldier Camp.

Zhang Yong was originally a bandit leader but was very powerful.

After winning, he led the Dead Soldier Camp, and in the battle against Zhangyang Country, their fearless fighting style made them notorious and gained the attention of Xu Ma’an.

Subsequently, Zhang Yong’s led Dead Soldier Camp accumulated a tremendous amount of military merits, and the soldiers from other camps also became more eager, fearing their exploits would be stolen by the Dead Soldier Camp.

"General Ning, have you noticed? The Jade Cauldron Sect seems to be playing with us, every time we are about to be completely wiped out, they stop and give us a chance to heal," Meng Yuan said angrily.

"The next time we fight, they will explode with even greater power."

"General Meng, you’ve noticed it. If I’m not mistaken, the Jade Cauldron Sect isn’t playing with us, they are training their troops," Ning Tian sighed, though he was also angry, this was the reality.

In the eyes of the Jade Cauldron Kingdom, they were already an existence that could be annihilated at any time.

This behavior of the Jade Cauldron Kingdom was a humiliation for them.

Meng Yuan also realized that the Jade Cauldron Sect was so confident because there were Heavenly Human Realm warriors in their army.

To be precise, they were human-shaped puppets.

Having over a dozen human-shaped puppets at the Heavenly Human Realm as part of the army, the battle had no suspense.

"What should we do? Even if His Majesty personally commands, the outcome will be the same, right?"

"Should we directly report to Red Soul Hall?"

Ning Tian was filled with fear because they were bound to lose this battle.

If they didn’t report, their fate was predictable; they would either become prisoners or be disbanded.

But if they did report, their incompetence would still lead to an inevitable result; they might be spared death, but could not escape punishment, after all, Red Soul Hall did not tolerate uselessness.

"We can’t report. What we need to do now is to turn the situation around," General Meng said seriously, knowing what Ning Tian was thinking.

"What do you mean, General Meng?" Ning Tian asked, looking at Meng Yuan, deeply puzzled as to what they could do to turn the situation around given their present state.