PFC Chapter 7343 The Reason for the Decisive Decision
Chapter 7343 The Reason for the Decisive Decision
Chapter 7343 The Reason for the Decisive Decision
To be fair, Chen Xi still values those veteran soldiers in Weiyang Palace. He would reward them with food and give them New Year's gifts every now and then. These are his core support base. How could he let Huangfu Song cause such trouble? Did Chen Xi not know that those veteran soldiers were formidable?
I really don't know why they would let those people do odd jobs in Weiyang Palace all year round, even if they weren't guarding the gate, they would still be using divine weapons to shape the gardens, just so that these people could maintain their fighting strength to some extent?
But now that Huangfu Song is acting this way, if he really brings this group of people here, Chen Xi is sure that less than one in ten will survive. Huangfu Song's approach is that he has no intention of letting these people live at all. This guy is following Duan Jiong's idea: to send things that might become demon gods or have hidden dangers on their way as soon as possible!
"I can lead the team myself!" Huangfu Song pressed one hand to his chest. Although he was already so old that he could hardly straighten his body, he appeared exceptionally tall at this moment.
"It's not worth it, it's not worth it. I have a professional way of dealing with the Cloud Dream Demon God." Chen Xi waved his hands repeatedly, and Liu Tong and Si Niang also quickly advised Huangfu Song.
It's one thing to stir up some fun, like some kind of imperial crisis, and even to take a step back and bring in those elite soldiers from Weiyang Palace as a backup in case things get out of control, Chen Xi could accept that. But to send Huangfu Song on the road? Are you kidding me, old man? Do you have a problem with your own role?
“Zichuan, if you think the damage is too great, there are other options that can ensure the survival of the elite soldiers,” Huangfusong said in a deep voice. He did not realize that Chen Xi’s refusal was more because Huangfusong himself was willing to risk his life.
"Huh?" Chen Xi was taken aback. What did that mean?
"Didn't I just say that I completed the dismantling of the basic oath of the Sharp Warrior, released my sword intent, absorbed a demon god, transformed it into sword intent, and then used this sword intent as the core to absorb three hundred years of defensive accumulation." Huangfu Song simply explained the composition of his combat power.
"Wait, where did this 300-year accumulation of defense come from?" Chen Xi's face turned a little pale. The demon gods on Yunmeng's side didn't have any accumulated defense!
"The talents of the Binshi Demon God lineage can bear the accumulation of defense, and can even transfer it between different parts, but an intermediate connection is required," Huangfu Song said. "Ordinary elite warriors cannot bear the accumulation of defense because they do not have sword intent, but elite warriors who are close to the mastery and have cultivated sword intent can bear the accumulation of defense. As for how to obtain it, of course, you need to find a Binshi Demon God with the accumulation of defense and then steal the special protective force field it has accumulated."
Huangfu Song spoke as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, leaving Chen Xi and Liu Tong speechless.
"Let me sort this out. The Yunmeng Demon God doesn't have any defensive accumulation; only the third-generation Demon God does. And the third-generation Demon God isn't our main target right now. In other words, Grandpa, you specifically went and dug up a batch of third-generation Demon Gods?" Chen Xi said with a terrible headache. You guys really dared to do that!
Huangfu Song nodded naturally, "Compared to the second-generation Binshi Demon God, which is completely useless, the third-generation Binshi Demon God created by Wu Zi is, in my opinion at this stage, an important resource if we remove the danger."
It wasn't a resource issue, but rather that Huangfu Song exploited a bug, relying on the six hundred years of defensive accumulation created by reverse-absorbing the essence and spirit of the demon god. Previously, there was no good way to deal with this. The third-generation Binshi Demon God created by Wu Qi possesses exaggerated defensive capabilities as well as destructive and regenerative abilities. Ignoring the issue of controllability, purely from the perspective of combat power, it is already a perfect creation.
The problem is that the Southern Army, which lasted for four hundred years during the Han Dynasty, did produce some results. Huang Xiu, without being a demon god, cultivated his defensive accumulation to an unprecedented and unparalleled level. In other words, Huang Xiu had the ability to absorb the defensive accumulation of others.
This is why Huangxiu had accumulated sixty years of defense in the early days, and was even able to withstand the breaching of the boundary on the battlefield. It is also why Huangxiu had accumulated six hundred years of defense later, and even distributed several decades to Jiang Guang, Zhao Ying, Wang Mao, Guang Yuan and others.
Huangfu Song relied on Huang Xiu's unique ability to build up a defensive foundation equivalent to three hundred years' worth of defense. Although, in Huang Xiu's words, the conversion and losses during this process were incredibly painful, considering that he had gotten it all for free and that it was ordered by General Huangfu himself, he had nothing to say.
While Huang Xiu was preparing for Huangfu Song's defensive relocation, he also secretly accumulated hundreds of years' worth of resources and replenished them for himself.
That's right, there is actually an upper limit to the accumulation of defense. It used to be said that it could be accumulated indefinitely, but the truth is that if you can steal other people's defense accumulation, you will find that you can only accumulate defense accumulation for a little over a thousand years.
Of course, let alone more than a thousand years of defensive accumulation, even with only a hundred years of defensive accumulation, Huang Xiu would dare to take up a gun and spar with a top-tier expert at the Breaking Boundary level.
Well, just from the way the above description was presented, Liu Tong and Chen Xi, two guys with a modicum of sense, were already having a sharp, explosive reaction in their minds—couldn't military strategists do something humane? We're fighting the Yunmeng Demon God on the front lines, and you guys are actually trying to break the seal of the third-generation Binshi Demon God!
"Don't worry so much. I'm still very cautious. Every time a Binshi Demon God's defenses are drained and it's about to awaken, it's quickly killed. My coachman, groom, guards, and swordsmen can easily kill a newly awakened Binshi Demon God." Seeing the looks in Chen Xi and Liu Tong's eyes, Huangfu Song knew that the two were overthinking things again, so he quickly explained.
How could someone as cautious as me, Huangfu Song, possibly act recklessly!
At this moment, Chen Xi and Liu Tong really couldn't hold back anymore. Are all the military strategists of our Han Dynasty this outrageous? So Huangfu Song is no pushover either. You guys really dare to do this!
"So, you mean to bring over those elite guards from Chang'an, then have them absorb the defenses accumulated by the demon gods left behind by Wu Zi, and then create a true fourth-generation corpse offering ceremony?" Chen Xi asked Huangfu Song with a slightly tense expression.
"This completely solves the problem of the Rui Shi's low defense, and it's also a very good way to reuse resources. It can completely solve the problem." Huangfu Song said in a matter-of-fact tone, and Chen Xi just pursed her lips and didn't say anything after hearing it.
Alright, the previous fourth-generation Bin Shi Demon God technology wasn't mature enough, but this version is truly mature now. After Duan Jiong and my outrageous operations, it finally reached perfection in the hands of old man Huangfu Song.
Thinking of this, Chen Xi quickly deleted all this nonsense from his mind. What was he talking about? What did he mean by saying that after Duan Jiong and Chen Xi's outrageous operations, Huangfu Laotou had finally reached a level that surpassed Sun Wu and Wu?
How can you admit that this was all an accident?
"Grandpa Huangfu, let me take you back first. This plan has been rejected." Chen Xi replied with as much of a smile as possible. To begin with, Chen Xi was already reluctant to have those top elite warriors from Weiyang Palace fill the hole of the Corpse Demon God. Now that Huangfu Song has even created a super-model elite warrior with a defense accumulation version, Chen Xi just wanted to say, Grandpa, look at Sun and Wu, if they keep doing this!
Sun and Wu were also trying to solve the problem, and we all know what the final result was. Look at me now, I'm still cleaning up their mess. You should have some idea of what happened.
In this situation, if we continue along the original technological path, even if we eventually defeat the Bin Shi Demon God, who knows what outrageous things will be left behind.
It seems great right now that you have accumulated defenses, can break the bottom-level oath, and possess the combat power of a demon god. But I'm worried that if you play like this, it will get out of control in the future, and it will be even more difficult to deal with than the current Binshi Demon God.
After all, the ancient gods of the Han Dynasty had already deduced that the current Demon God's attack power was still within a controllable range. If they continued to play like this, and it became the Sword Demon God of the Sharp Warrior version, then even without defensive accumulation, relying on that exaggerated super-speed regeneration, a bone sword could deal damage that would make people bald!
Therefore, the fourth-generation Bing Shi Demon God must never appear, especially now that there is a route to assemble the complete fourth-generation Bing Shi Demon God, so it is even more impossible to follow that path.
I, Chen Xi, don't have the abilities of Sun Wu. All I have is caution, so there's nothing more to say. This matter absolutely cannot be approved. What's with this fourth-generation Binshi Demon God? Do they not want to live anymore?
"This is the best solution. There are only two thousand or so Binshi Demon Gods left in Yunmeng. We can bring eight hundred veteran warriors from Weiyang Palace, and I will teach them to break the warriors' underlying oaths, release their sword intent, and then capture the demon gods left behind by Wu Zi. After accumulating about three hundred years of defense, any one of these warriors will be able to take on the Yunmeng demon gods one-on-one!" Huangfu Song quickly explained, indicating that he had thought it through carefully and that it completely aligned with Chen Xi's idea of minimizing losses. According to his plan, there wouldn't be much loss.
Liu Tong suppressed a laugh and turned to look at Chen Xi. Chen Xi was about to facepalm. He didn't know how to evaluate Huangfu Song. You might think Huangfu Song hadn't thought about this, but he had actually considered Chen Xi's attitude.
Lord Chen definitely wants to minimize losses, so I studied it carefully and found a solution. But old man, why don't you think about the elite warriors who have accumulated defensive strength and have had their most basic oath bindings broken? Are they still elite warriors? Won't they mutate?
If even one of these structures mutates, the danger it poses will be far greater than the thousands of demons currently trapped in Yunmeng!
Such a mutation might have been rare in the past, but now, with humanity being the rebellious children of heaven, and with you, Huangfu Song, leading the attack on the world's consciousness, causing humanity to be in a state of curse, do you, sir, have no idea what you're doing?
"Grandpa, have you ever considered this?" Chen Xi asked as gently as possible.
"What?" Huangfu Song asked, puzzled.
“If those veteran warriors of Weiyang Palace were to use this method once, their combat strength would definitely be at least at the seventh level, right? Moreover, their offensive power, defense, survivability, mobility, and explosive power would all be top-notch at the seventh level. Except for their endurance, which might be a bit of a problem, they would definitely be like that in other aspects, right?” Chen Xi asked with a hint of wistfulness.
“That’s right, that’s my idea,” Huangfu Song said confidently.
The offensive power relies on the structure of the elite warrior itself, the defensive power relies on the defensive accumulation of the third generation of the Bin Corpse, the survivability can be achieved by using sword thought to control the second generation of the Bin Corpse Demon God, and then gain super-fast regeneration ability. In terms of mobility, it is not a problem for top elite warriors at all, and the explosive power is the same as above.
It can be said that once a warrior reaches the Fifteenth Strike, after several decades of hard work, he can develop his sword intent and, with the legacy of Sun Wu, take off directly, becoming one of the strongest elite warriors in the world!
Forget about idealistic defense, single-target idealism, infinite transformation, and breaking limits of will. Shine my shoes and let willpower transcendence and single-target miracles come to pass!
That's really exaggerated!
If Huangfu Song's plan is followed, he could almost certainly create such an incredible device.
After all, he had been killed more than fifteen times and had lived for decades. The sixty-year-old veteran was readily available, as were Wu Zi's three generations of corpses and his grandson's two generations of corpses.
It can be said that the elite soldiers only need one opportunity to become the strongest military unit in the modern era, just like when the Corpse Feast was first established!
So the question is, what is the cost?
The price was that the fourth-generation corpse offering ritual was definitely invented.
Duan Jiong's method was just for fun, and Chen Xi's feeding was just a coincidence. Huangfu Song, who absorbed the power of the second and third generations, was the one who truly defied the heavens!
"Have you considered, and I mean, what if, during this process, one of the elite soldiers were to suffer a backlash?" Chen Xi asked with a hint of inquiry.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible. If they suffer a backlash, they'll definitely self-destruct!" Huangfu Song said with absolute confidence.
"You've got to be kidding me." Liu Tong couldn't hold back any longer. "It will definitely backfire. Before, it was just a coincidence that Zichuan created the fourth generation of corpse offering ceremony. Zichuan was kind and couldn't bear to see those veterans die so quickly, so he arranged a way for them to live. But if you do it this way, there will definitely be a fourth generation of corpse offering ceremony!"
“My plan is very cautious, and I have a backup plan!” Huangfu Song said in a deep voice. “I have carefully analyzed the reasons for Sun and Wu’s failure and think that they were just too careless. As long as we are more cautious, we can still deal with the Binshi Demon God.”
"A backup plan?" Chen Xi and Liu Tong exchanged glances. Had the old man Huangfu lost his temper today?
"Are you feeling a bit tipsy?" Chen Xi coughed lightly twice.
“No, I’ve thought about it carefully. The Magnificent Chapter cannot be used casually, as it could easily cause problems with the law and military system. But what if it’s only used to restrain these eight hundred elite soldiers? Then that’s not a problem. Moreover, with the Magnificent Chapter restraining them, these elite soldiers will absolutely not go astray.” Huangfu Song’s eyes lit up, and Chen Xi and Liu Tong fell silent.
“Well, old man, the empire will collapse one day.” Chen Xi was silent for a while, but Liu Tong spoke the words for him.
Unlike other dynasties, this kind of talk wasn't a problem in the Han Dynasty. From the time Liu Bang established the Han Dynasty, he was very open-minded about the collapse of the dynasty and his own life and death. When Liu Xiu established the Later Han Dynasty, he took the lead in creating prophecies and apocryphal texts, such as the saying that the one who would replace the Han Dynasty was Tu Gao. It was Liu Xiu who started these kinds of things, so saying such things wasn't a big problem.
Huangfu Song looked at Chen Xi as a matter of course, his gaze intense at that moment.
"I can't become an immortal." Chen Xi crossed her arms and directly rejected Huangfu Song.
The banquet at Weiyang Palace had a great impact on Huangfu Song, who had just returned from Eastern Europe. When Huangfu Song left, he regarded Chen Xi as a god-like figure, someone like Zhou Gongdan or Zhang Liang. But after he returned and attended the banquet at Weiyang Palace, Huangfu Song realized that he had underestimated Chen Xi. Chen Xi was the pillar of the Han dynasty!
"Even if it's for the sake of the people?" Huangfu Song asked directly. The eight hundred elite soldiers with super-fast regeneration, defensive accumulation, super strong attack power, mobility, and explosive power were not only used to wipe out Yunmeng, but were also Huangfu Song's guards prepared for Chen Xi to live to the next life. They even included Huangfu Song himself!
I, Huangfu Song, am also a warrior. Although I have cursed Duan Jiong for being mentally ill more than once or twice over the years, if I can follow Marquis Chen to the next life as a warrior, then I am not in a position to refuse. As for turning into a demon, it doesn't matter. As long as I can protect the pillar of this world, I will do anything!
Huangfu Song fully demonstrated what it means to have unwavering conviction, domineering ambition, and true courage.
You think he's messing with demons and gods, that he's a mad strategist? What a joke! He just wants to see this prosperous era go even further into the future!
Chen Xi didn't speak, but Huangfu Song stared intently at Chen Xi until Chen Xi awkwardly looked away from Huangfu Song's eyes, which should have been somewhat cloudy but were now incredibly intense.
He knew this was the power of belief, the power of will. Although Huangfusong did not give a more detailed plan, he had actually said everything. At least Chen Xi understood, and of course Liu Tong, who was standing next to him, also understood.
“Zichuan, the old man meant well,” Liu Tong said. Chen Xi remained silent for a while after hearing this, but in the end, he still didn’t speak. Huangfu Song’s eyes went from being filled with hope like light bulbs to returning to normal.
“The wheels of time keep rolling forward. Just because I’m doing well now doesn’t mean I won’t become someone else’s obstacle in the future. Just like Shang Yang’s reforms, his opponents were never the people of his time, but Baili Xi from hundreds of years ago.” Chen Xi said with a sigh, but Huangfu Song didn’t respond. He didn’t believe in such things; he only believed in the facts.
It's been two thousand years since the Shang Dynasty, and you're the only one who managed to ensure that everyone could eat meat. So, do you think I should believe the ancients or you?
Taking care of the baby, taking care of the baby... By the way, if you have any votes, please cast them! Holy crap, how did I end up in the 90s? That's terrible!
(End of this chapter)