Under the bone hooves of the undead army, the Huangquan Army was annihilated without the slightest effort.
Looking at the scattered piles of bones on the ground, the hundreds of shattered ice rings and frozen soil, and the skeleton soldiers slowly regenerating...
Well, there were still some minor losses.
The armor worn by the Huangquan Army general could converge the mana of the other soldiers.
Supported by that massive pool of mana, the general's fingers had danced as he continuously formed seals, firing off Daoist spells like a magical machine gun.
Fortunately, the Kunpeng's power proved superior in the end. It opened its massive maw and swallowed everything, and no matter how many spells the general cast, he could not fill the Kunpeng's stomach.
After the battle, the ghost messengers went to the village in the rear to take the opportunity to spread their faith, while Chen Xu opened his interface to check the harvest from this encounter.
【Killed a common soldier of the Huangquan Army from the Huang Cang Kingdom. Obtained Medium Experience Capsule (10,000 points) ×5. Obtained equipment 【Huangquan Armor (Soldier)】.】
【Killed a common soldier of the Huangquan Army from the Huang Cang Kingdom. Obtained Medium Experience Capsule (10,000 points) ×5. Obtained technique 【Huangquan War Method】 Fragment (1).】
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【Killed an elite soldier of the Huangquan Army from the Huang Cang Kingdom. Obtained Medium Experience Capsule (10,000 points) ×10. Obtained technique 【Huangquan Sutra】 Fragment (1).】
【Killed an elite soldier of the Huangquan Army from the Huang Cang Kingdom. Obtained Medium Experience Capsule (10,000 points) ×10. Obtained technique 【Huangquan Sutra】 Fragment (3).】
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【Killed a sharpshooter of the Huangquan Army from the Huang Cang Kingdom. Obtained Medium Experience Capsule (10,000 points) ×15. Obtained technique 【Soul-Reaping Origin-Tracing Arrow】 Fragment (1). Obtained equipment 【Huangquan Armor (Archer)】.】
【Killed a general of the Huangquan Army from the Huang Cang Kingdom. Obtained Large Experience Capsule (100,000 points) ×5. Obtained battle array manual 【Biluo Huangquan】 Fragment (1). Obtained equipment 【Huangquan Armor (General)】.】
【All fifteen volumes of the Huangquan War Method collected. Obtained legendary-tier technique, Huangquan War Method.】
As expected of an ultra-tier dungeon, the names of the drops sounded high-class and stylish. They were nothing like those low-tier or mid-tier dungeons from before that gave out trash like goblin hand bones.
However, except for the 【Huangquan War Method】 dropped by the common soldiers which was now complete, the other two books, 【Huangquan Sutra】 and 【Soul-Reaping Origin-Tracing Arrow】, were still incomplete with many parts missing.
As for the only battle array manual, 【Biluo Huangquan】, he only had Fragment (1). It seemed that to complete these, he would have to find the Huangquan Army soldiers further downstream.
Chen Xu first took out two sets of armor and the 【Huangquan War Method】 to check their attributes.
【Huangquan Armor (Soldier)】
【Item Level: Epic】
【Equipment Type: Armor】
【Requirement: None】
【Equipment Characteristics: Made by taking Yin soil from a graveyard of ten thousand people, mixing it with the flesh and blood of those who died with grievances to create plates. These are dried in a place of extreme Yin, inscribed with runes using virgin's blood, and then linked together with black crow feathers.
This is soldier armor. Soldiers are the foundation of the array. The wearer can synchronize with surrounding armored soldiers to gain buffs. The more soldiers synchronized, the higher the buff.
A necessary component for the Biluo Huangquan battle array.】
【Huangquan Armor (General)】
【Item Level: Legendary】
【Equipment Type: Armor】
【Requirement: None】
【Equipment Characteristics: Made by taking Yin soil from an ancient battlefield's mass grave, mixing it with the flesh and blood of those who suffered extreme grievances and bitterness, and adding their vengeful souls to create plates. These are dried in a place of extreme Yin, requiring daily offerings of the three sacrifices supplemented by incantations.
Once the plates are dry, runes are inscribed using the general's heart blood and linked together with the hair of their parents.
This is general armor. Generals are the eye of the array. They receive the power of the soldiers, making it inexhaustible. By drinking blood and slaying souls, they are invincible.
A necessary component for the Biluo Huangquan battle array.】
These two sets of armor were epic and legendary quality respectively. However, in terms of attributes alone, they didn't feel particularly powerful. The key point lay in the final line: "A necessary component for the Biluo Huangquan battle array."
Generally speaking, there were two types of battle arrays. One was similar to a technique, requiring everyone to learn the array formation before it could be used. The other relied on external objects where the array's essence was inscribed onto equipment, requiring only mana to activate the formation.
The Biluo Huangquan array should be the latter.
【Huangquan War Method: Derived from the Biluo Huangquan Sutra, one of the five great ancient scriptures. After being simplified by a great master, it became a military technique. Use the blood of enemies to condense the breath of the afterlife, gather the malice of evil ghosts, and forge indestructible bones.】
Chen Xu casually flipped through the manual of the Huangquan War Method and found that it focused on tempering the physical body. A body tempered by this method could contain more mana, and its self-healing abilities were greatly enhanced.
It was practically the perfect matching technique for the general armor.
If it weren't for its rank being too low at only legendary-tier, Chen Xu would have wanted his skeleton soldiers, archers, and mages to practice it.
If the mana of hundreds of millions of skeleton brothers were all converged onto a single skeleton hero, the thought alone was terrifying. It might even cause a qualitative change through sheer quantity, directly creating a new species.
After finishing with the items in his hand, Chen Xu looked up toward the downstream direction. The Huangquan Army over there would be arriving soon.
He turned to the Daxia ghost messengers in the village, grabbed a few of them, and teleported downstream together.
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Qing Cang descended from Kuya Mountain and continued following the river downstream.
Before long, it arrived at Twin Sword Peaks.
By this time, the battle on the peaks had long since ended. The Huang Cang Imperial Court and the southern sects had all died here, with not a single survivor.
Qing Cang climbed the peaks once more to perform the ritual of Spirit Ignition.
The dragon's roar shook the heavens, the world resonated, and the mountain soul manifested.
"Is it because this Huang Cang Kingdom is too strong, or the sects are too weak? Or does the Sovereign of Huang Cang have a massive ambition?"
During the Spirit Ignition, Qing Cang was secretly pondering.
The Sovereign of Huang Cang had promised to assist its water journey. He had not only acted to block those troublesome people from the southern sects but was also willing to deploy troops to sacrifice mortals to increase the momentum of the water journey.
According to the Sovereign of Huang Cang, he only asked that after Qing Cang became a true dragon, it would work with the Huang Cang Imperial Court to suppress the southern sects.
But judging from the current situation, the strength of the Huang Cang Kingdom was not weaker than the sects.
At two famous mountains in a row, Qing Cang had not encountered the slightest resistance.
It was so smooth that it felt wrong, yet it couldn't say why.
After Twin Sword Peaks, Qing Cang swam all the way east.
Along the way, there were no obstacles. Everything was incredibly smooth, and it hadn't lost much of the momentum of its water journey.
Furthermore, the scent of blood along the banks soared to the heavens. The quality of that blood aura was extremely high, adding quite a bit of fortune to Qing Cang.
Qing Cang's fortune surged, becoming even more prosperous than when it first started in the Yellow Cang Great Marsh.
However, it could not bring itself to be happy, instead wearing a solemn expression.
Going against the heavens always came with a price. For things to be this smooth now only meant that all the dangers were concentrated at the end.
Was it the Huang Cang Kingdom? The sects? Or perhaps a third party it didn't know about?
Qing Cang shook its head to clear its stray thoughts. Regardless, the water journey had already begun and could not be stopped.
Besides, with such a massive amount of fortune, what kind of scene would it be once it became a true dragon? When that time came, who was the hunter and who was the prey would be decided entirely by strength.
Three days later, Qing Cang arrived at the mouth of the East Sea.
At this moment, its fortune was overwhelming. Even at the borders of the South Xuan Region, one could sense a flood dragon performing the act of walking the water.
"Roar!!!"
Qing Cang let out a long howl toward the sky, using all its strength to swim toward the East Sea.
As long as... as long as it reached that place.
It could... become... a true dragon!
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