Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

"Requesting artillery strike..."

"The enemy, a True Disciple of Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, at the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage, severely injured, is suspected to still have escape techniques, yet dares to stay where he is."

Jiang Ding advanced slowly, approaching a distance of over six hundred meters, activated the corps communication with his Divine Soul, and his Azure Flying Sword soared into the sky.

"Jiang Ding, my friend!"

"Do you need a girlfriend? My sister is super cute and pretty!"

An Siyan was overjoyed at these words.

After a brief preparation, twenty thousand shells were fired simultaneously, shooting into the high skies. The screeching as they tore through the air came in waves, converging with the Flying Sword, engulfing the Concealment Spell's location of the Zhuru Scriptures in the nick of time.

Nearly ten thousand more shells cruised in the sky, serving as a protective shield.

"How is this possible! It was clearly a quasi-third rank Concealment Formation, a quasi-third rank Concealment Spell, and I have even been in touch with Sword Intent before. How could it be so sensitive..."

The Taoist Zhuru's expression changed.

He gritted his teeth, a large amount of Essence Blood consumed in an instant, his hair visibly graying a lot, and wrinkles covering his face that was once as tender as a child's.

"Blood Soil Spirit Ghost Escape!"

In the instant that the shells and Flying Sword made contact with his protective shield, his body dissolved again and vanished from sight.

Several tens of kilometers away.

The Taoist Zhuru reappeared within a layer of earth, the Spiritual Light on his body dim to the extreme, his skin incredibly ashen, his breath as thin as a thread, with even his fingers trembling.

Having used a Third Order escape technique twice in succession, he had lost more than half his life and suffered a huge loss in potential!

If he were to use it once more, he would undoubtedly die.

"Damn it! Scum of the Eastern Devil School!"

"Stealing my Artifact, destroying my path, when the powerhouses of Heavenly Palace break through your sect, I will personally exterminate all the thieves, and refine their Divine Souls into the nether lamp to burn for all eternity..."

The Taoist Zhuru cursed bitterly, circulated his foundation-building Mana as much as he could, in an attempt to repair his nearly shattered meridians and recover a bit of the damage.

Suddenly, he froze.

Within a meridian, there was a new presence imbuing the essence of destructive Breaking Law Intention, so subtle and inconspicuous it caused no harm, yet seemed immortal, resistant to being washed away by Mana, only wearing away an imperceptible bit.

"What Sword Intent is this?!!"

The Taoist Zhuru's eyes nearly popped with fury.

How could something of the Qi-cultivating stage cling like a chronic disease to the meridians of a Foundation-building cultivator? It made no sense!

Whiz, whiz, whiz!

The dense whistling sound came again to his ears, as tens of thousands of Armor Piercing Bullets, enhanced with the Earth-splitting Spell, smoothly entered the deep layers of the earth and tore the defenseless Taoist Zhuru to shreds, leaving behind a crater hundreds of meters wide.

After a while, a series of tanks approached from a distance, collecting bits of flesh and fragments of Artifacts and Robes with Divine Sense, confirming.

"One enemy Foundation-building True Disciple dead."

"Haha!"

A surge of jubilation was heard at that moment, and the communication channels of the corps were filled with cheer.

"Finally killed one."

An Siyan sighed, "Great day... Jiang Ding, my friend, compared to defense, you are more suited for attack. You're naturally cut out for this work."

"Using a Sword Cultivator for defense is truly a waste."

With a pointed meaning, that made the First Division commander, Xu Jianian, turn an iron shade.

"Send the battle report to the front enemy committee, continue the attack, the central area of the West Desert, the nine Xuanwu Territory Formation Bases, let's go!"

Neither Cultivators nor Martial Artists are mortals, a quick repair and they set out again.

An Siyan appeared very confident, with one true disciple of the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace dead and another injured in this direction, they could hardly pose any serious threat. Simply driving a tank over them would suffice for crushing them.

Jiang Ding, at the front of the troop, took out a palm-sized spike from his storage jade pendant.

With the death of its master, the last bit of spiritual light on it dimmed, as if it had died as well, and it was difficult for others to use, even for Golden Pill Monks.

The Azure Flying Sword quivered.

"The desire to devour has become a bit stronger, what is this made of?"

Jiang Ding contemplated.

A sword cultivator's flying sword has an insatiable craving for heavenly materials and earthly treasures!

By constantly refining suitable heavenly materials and earthly treasures and nurturing them with mana, the sharpness and speed of the flying sword could be improved bit by bit.

This item would be helpful for the growth of the flying sword.

"But this is just a simulation of the Tai Xu Fantasy Realm, no physical object."

Jiang Ding sighed helplessly, after searching in the library for a long time, he found something that seemed plausible.

[Fusion Magnetic Crystal Core]

[Produced in the center of large-scale fourth-level condensed magnetic crystal veins, ranging from one to three pieces, in addition to amplifying the electromagnetic affinity of melted magnetic crystal stone, it can add a trace of 'electromagnetic spirituality' to artifacts, significantly enhancing the control over powers such as electromagnetic force, primordial magnetic force, and Yuan Magnetic Divine Light.]

[Bloodline artifacts, the artifact refining industry of the Xianmen Sect is advanced, and the technology can extract some raw materials.]

"A gnome Taoist with an extraordinary identity."

Jiang Ding thought to himself.

This person might have parents who are at the Nascent Soul level, which would allow them to use such precious treasures to refine their lifebound artifact, as the foundation for future accomplishment of the Tao.

Or perhaps he is a being with astonishing destiny.

This is actually inevitable, one or both of the core true transmissions of the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace must be present.

The steel army moved forward, rumbling over and flattening everything encountered.

Jiang Ding served as the vanguard of the army, riding on a tank, using his sword intent to sense all potential enemies. High-concealment monsters, preset formation methods of the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, and more were swiftly obliterated under the bombardment.

Several days later, the army arrived at the central region of the West Desert, a place known as Huxin Oasis, which seemed like entering a forest. Within a thousand miles, the grass was lush, birds sang and flowers fragranced, with abundant Heavenly Earth Spiritual Qi.

Nine earthy-yellow colossal pillars stretched up to the sky with obscure formation methods enveloping nearby.

"Prepare!"

"Fire!"

An Siyan didn't waste any words. Aside from reserving some for vigilance, the army set up an Electromagnetic Induction Fluctuation Formation with over thirty thousand cannons firing simultaneously, bombarding the center of Huxin Oasis into chaos, destabilizing the formation methods.

After seventeen or eighteen rounds of relentless bombardment, the formation totally shattered, the nine colossal pillars toppled and collapsed, revealing a completely crushed crater.

During this period, a core true disciple of the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace with big ears appeared once, launching an attack from the side of the army. He thrust his rune golden spear within a two-kilometer radius, attempting decapitation, but An Siyan countered with several hundred swiftly controlled rapid-response shells.

The rune golden spear, whose power had been reduced, was successfully blocked by three thousand Taoist soldiers, and the big-eared youth fled in embarrassment.

This is the way of the Xianmen Sect in responding to attacks, counterattacking with offense.

Yes, reacting even slightly slower would mean instant death, but it proved effective.

"Attention! The West Group Army is destroyed!"

"Experience and lessons summary of the West Group Army interim General Liu Mei."

Just as everyone was cheering, a message in the army communication brought silence to the crowd.

Jiang Ding quickly opened the experience and lessons summary of the West Group Army.

"Encountered a substitute Taoist Master of the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, at Golden Pill Level combat power, instantly beheaded in a surprise attack, failed self-destruct attack with a three-order tactical nuclear weapon, the Xuanwu substitute Taoist Master escaped with serious injuries..."