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Chapter 534 - 293: The Situation, Formation of the Eight Diagrams

Chapter 534: Chapter 293: The Situation, Formation of the Eight Diagrams

Five months after the ironclad warships appeared, Yan Country had deployed various war machines such as tanks and airplanes on the battlefield. These machines weren’t actual technological creations but rather a new form of war armaments that combined military technology with scientific advancements, conquering everything in their path.

More importantly, Yan Country had seized air supremacy.

Long Country also rolled out corresponding plans to counter; although not as powerful as Yan Country, they endured the pressure through sheer capacity to produce.

The only one truly thrown off was Luo Chuan and his Xi Country, which suddenly fell to third place in the rankings.

He had no countermeasures and didn’t even understand how these things came to be.

The advantage of having king-level Taoist Soldiers and military formations was no longer his own; the edge he had accumulated vanished in an instant.

Watching both sides sharpening their knives and getting ready to go after him, the entire Xi Country was fraught with trepidation and alarm.

However, what shocked Gu Shanhai the most was Zhou Country. Unexpectedly, Xu Bu had withstood the forces of six factions and even took advantage of the gap to eliminate two factions and expand his own power.

Relying on the "Dragon Tooth Military Technique," he continued to snowball, reversing his previously declining momentum.

Once Xu Bu truly mastered the "Dragon Tooth Military Technique" and became the Abyss Demon Dragon, coupled with the right timing, he might replace Luo Chuan as the third power.

Mainly because the Dragon Tooth Daoist Soldiers were powerfully effective with low consumption. Even without sufficient production capacity, they could easily command a million-strong force.

Gu Shanhai watched the situation unfold, feeling an increasing headache as Xu Bu’s "Dragon Tooth Military Technique" was likely only a hair’s breadth away from complete mastery. Under such pressure, it might just force the opponent to succeed.

"The Eight Formation Map, completed." During this time, Gu Shanhai had been focusing on developing the military "Eight Formation Map," and the results were quite satisfactory. After segmenting demonic Qi, smelting and transforming it, he successfully created eight core Demons.

However, these eight Demons were not physical entities. They could only be summoned after the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers formed arrays from the Heaven Covering Formation, Earth Carrying Formation, Wind Raising Formation, Cloud Drooping Formation, Dragon Flying Formation, Tiger Wing Formation, Bird Soaring Formation, and Snake Coiling Formation. They were like the spiritual embodiment of the military, similar to the White Tiger, rather than actual physical beings.

Otherwise, Gu Shanhai would not have been able to sustain them.

In other words, once the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers formed their arrays, they could summon the eight Demons. The existence of the eight Demons depended on the derivative power of the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers, and therefore the number and strength of these soldiers also determined the power of the eight Demons.

Of course, the eight Demons were not the main body of the Eight Formation Map, merely eight pillars. Gu Shanhai made use of them as the main body to turn them into killing machines on the battlefield, not just for the sake of constructing the Eight Formation Map for the eight Demons.

"It’s just that the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers are becoming more and more abstract," Gu Shanhai sighed, realizing that the style of the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers had completely gone awry.

Previously, at least they had a layer of armor and mounts as a disguise, only revealing their twisted and deformed shapes in battle. Now, no disguise could cover them up anymore; beneath the armor, flesh spilled out or roots spread wildly, and some even grew chaotic limbs and organs with every step.

Even fooling someone into thinking they were human was impossible—everyone could see that.

Well, even a blind person might not believe these Heart Demon Dao Soldiers were human, as each movement was accompanied by a terrifying presence that gave people the eerie sensation that they were extremely hungry and ready to devour humans.

"As for the armament, the optimization is almost complete; it’s just about making them as strong as possible."

The armaments of the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers were naturally derived from Spirit Plants, with the Five Grains Spiritual Plant as the base and accompanied by other Spirit Plants to form various weapons and special effects.

Gu Shanhai gave up on demanding aesthetics; he realized that whatever he created was either so powerful that it was hideous or so ugly that it was immensely powerful.

He had thought about correcting it—if he could succeed, the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers wouldn’t look this way.

"Now, my military technique is just missing the last piece. Once the military power is in place, the value system of this world will probably be gone."

The value system of this world was based on military techniques. Once he created his own technique, of course the system would lose its value, though there would still be other values remaining.

"It’s just unknown how abstract the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers will become after the completion of military power..." Gu Shanhai felt that it was best to keep his Heart Demon Dao Soldiers as a trump card for trading life and death and providing strength. If released, they might compromise his identity as an upstanding and chivalrous swordsman.

Military power is a passive skill, but it doesn’t amplify oneself. Instead, it boosts the ability of Daoist Soldiers.

Therefore, among the four aspects of armaments, military power, formations, and strategy, military power had the greatest influence. He hadn’t even started altering it, and the Heart Demon Dao Soldiers were already an eyesore. If it really succeeded, he had no doubt that this group of Heart Demon Dao Soldiers would be even more abstract than the Guardian Demons.

It might even reflect back on him, causing him to carry a certain kind of corruption similar to those indescribable beings.

The most direct effect was that of the Five Poison Heart; anyone who glanced at him would not only become less intelligent but also experience a variety of emotions and desires, becoming unreasonable, easily angered, and jealous.

Fortunately, he didn’t have a taunt aura; otherwise, if he did, he would enjoy half the attention of the protagonist Long Aotian—with people everywhere finding him disagreeable.