Before long, a force centered around the Nine Regions Ruffians and mixed with elite cultivators newly pledged to the Liuyun Sect had been assembled.
They had no regard for honor or righteousness, and their methods were cruel yet efficient.
They sought to create the greatest chaos and slaughter in the shortest time possible, shattering their enemies' will to resist.
Nangong Wan coldly drove the cannon fodder forward to wear down the enemy's defenses and supplies.
Once a flaw appeared in the defenses, the elite Nine Regions Ruffians would plunge in like sharp blades and carry out a bloody harvest.
The revelry after victory overflowed with naked desire and brutality.
The Nine Regions Ruffians found a long-lost thrill amid the plunder.
The immediate satisfaction brought by such pillaging was far more intense and direct than struggling to survive in the Nine Regions.
Spurred on by enormous profits, they fought and killed with even greater zeal.
They even volunteered for battle, yearning to claim a larger slice of the cake at the next feast of plunder.
Li Xuanxiao was the core engine behind this endless expansion.
He rarely took part in the actual sieges and conquests himself. More often, like a cold God of War, he drifted across the battlefield.
Harvesting the souls brought forth by war.
Compared with personally entering the fray to slaughter—
To seize the lives of others—
This method brought gentler power and was more conducive to absorption.
Li Xuanxiao precisely deployed the forces under his command, using the fiercest blades wherever they were needed most.
At the same time, Li Xuanxiao's very existence was the greatest deterrent.
Using war to sustain war—this was the core logic behind the Liuyun Sect's survival and expansion.
The resources gained from every plunder were swiftly invested into the next war.
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