Footprints of the Victors

Within the War Fortress, the legion personally controlled by Li Qi was invincible in every battle.

Keep moving forward.

With Li Qi's support and the deliberate allocation of resources by Zhang Lu, this legion charged ahead while other areas remained in a stalemate, defeating three Human Way army in succession and advancing triumphantly.

The three Human Way army comprise 300,000 men, with 15 fifth-rank officials.

That's 300,000 Human Path, plus 15 fifth-rank soldiers. Even in the midst of a full-scale war, the Human Path has come to realize the extent of this loss.

Something's not right.

There's definitely something fishy going on here!

Human Path responded accordingly, and soon, two of Human Path few generals appeared.

These generals were all at the fifth rank, and both were orthodox Military School cultivators.

As Military School strategist, he also had his own unique army.

Yes, it belongs exclusively to him and can be called a retinue.

This army is the foundation of his doctrine, the root of all his Military School Dao Lineage. Its combat power will be much stronger than that of ordinary armies, because Human Path armies are not actually composed of professional soldiers, but rather conscripted.

This does not mean that Military School cultivators have a lot of slaves. In fact, there is no such thing as slaves within the Human Path realm. They truly achieve equality for all, only with different responsibilities.

These soldiers will serve, retire, and be replaced like flowing water; they can also apply for transfers and the like.

However, the troops remain, but the unit's name, command, and spirit will always be preserved here.

Li Qi himself had faced this kind of army once before, namely the elite vanguard of the Human Path Army. It was the kind of army that had once manipulated Li Qi and Shen Shuibi so thoroughly that it was "as unpredictable as the shadows."

At this moment, there are two such armies composed purely of Military School strategists.

Two hundred thousand arrived simultaneously, along with twelve fifth-rank officials.

That's right, twelve fifth-rank officials.

For every 20,000 men, there is one fifth-rank commander; for every 100,000 men, there are five lieutenant generals; plus the general who is the core and soul of the army.

This time, they arrived with two flags waving.

The flag was raised—

The first banner of the vassal state, its Invade like Fire!

The second flag Immovable like Mountain!

The two armies, under the cover of the War Fortress, blocked the army commanded by Li Qi and gained the upper hand the moment they entered the battle!

It's too powerful.

The Invade like Fire, truly like an erupting flame. The ferocious charge, with 100,000 men working in perfect unison, plunged into the Shamanic Way army and exploded from the center!

Meanwhile, another army Immovable like Mountain steadily, focusing on blocking and cutting off the Shaman Path's reinforcements, creating a battlefield environment most suitable for its allies to perform.

This should be the result of the Human Path side's judgment. The two armies working together are enough to drive out this branch of the Shaman Path, or even annihilate them here!

With the added pressure from the War Fortress, the combined forces of these two factors plunged Li Qi's Shamanic Way army into a bitter struggle. The fifth-rank realm lords sent out messages requesting Li Qi's instructions.

You've let us in, what should we do, boss? Give me some advice!

These fifth-rank realm lords urged them on repeatedly.

What to do?

Li Qi certainly knew what to do.

This was exactly what he had expected. After all, Shaman Path had penetrated into the heart of the War Fortress, then Human Path would certainly have used even stronger forces to stop them, which was only natural.

Shaman well involves more than just Curse.

While the Curse was maintained, another world appeared out of thin air on the battlefield—

Then heaven and earth, in perfect harmony, illuminate the sun and moon and guide all living beings.

The vast world exuded immense pressure, and within it, twelve deities suddenly emerged and descended upon the battlefield.

The Inner Gods Li Qi's body.

Today, these Inner Gods are genuine 'deities,' true gods, and no longer mere phantoms.

This is also the point where Shaman Path differs from religion.

Logically speaking, the inner world transforms the void into reality, and Shaman should have become beings like Star Official. Star Official are the Heavenly Dao way of the world itself, or even composed of many Heavenly Dao.

The difference is that the gods and Star Official are the world themselves, but Li Qi himself is not the world.

He is above this world; this brand-new fifth-rank world belongs entirely to him, but the world is only a part of him.

The world belongs to Li Qi, but Li Qi does not belong to the world.

The shaman is not one of the elements of Heaven, Earth, Humanity, Spirits, Ghosts; the shaman is a neutral being independent of all things, without any bias.

But now, Human Path has overstepped its bounds.

Man replacing Heaven causes immense destruction to things outside of nature.

Although shamans are considered human beings in the Human Path classification, the Shaman Path itself does not see it that way.

With this connection, it seems that the Inner Gods receives a subtle boost.

These Inner Gods did not descend directly, but began to combine, and then... that fifth-grade world began to expand.

A 'Star Official' has descended upon this place.

It is weaker than a true fifth-rank Star Official because a fifth-rank Star Official has a strong body, incredibly abundant Law Power that is almost inexhaustible, and is composed of many worlds, with a profound foundation, making it almost impossible to target or find a weakness.

There is only one world, so it is much weaker in all aspects and much smaller in size.

A normal fifth-rank Star Official's body is measured in light-years, but the 'Star Official' formed by Li Qi's world are only a few hundred thousand miles apart, pitifully small.

However, it is still Great Things in the context of the battlefield at this moment.

A Star Official descended upon the battlefield, and almost instantly crushed the situation!

The Star Official set off, waving its long arms to encompass the universe, its enormous eyes opening to cover the sky and press down across thousands of miles!

The two Human Path generals attempted to resist, and their respective Dharma forms suddenly rose up!

However, at that moment, they suddenly felt as if their bodies were bound by something, unable to move!

Immediately afterwards, they turned around abruptly—

But suddenly they saw a ghost crawling behind them.

Ghosts are something that fifth-rank individuals are certainly very familiar with, but to have a ghost climb onto their back without their knowledge, even affecting their movement, makes them terrified!

The Soldier's Qi erupted instantly, the Dharma form trembled, attempting to shatter the ghost...

But in that moment of distraction, the Star Official in the sky had already slammed down with his giant hand.

At the same time, the Shamanic Way army not far away also began to gather their Soldier's Qi, clashing with their banners to weaken the Soldier's Qi and the enhancement of their formation.

This made the two generals realize instantly—

Something's happened! This Shaman is far stronger than they imagined. Why is he so strong? There shouldn't be such a powerful being on the vanguard battlefield!

This unknown, unseen Shaman completely shattered the balance of power on both sides of the battlefield...

This section of the battle line is on the verge of collapse.

They made no further move, and the two Human Path generals did not last long, only a few quarters of an hour before they were annihilated again.

Li Qi's advance was unstoppable.

Dozens of fifth-rank soldiers and millions of troops served as Li Qi's vanguard, along with the resource allocation from the Executioner Squad and the power Li Qi invested in manipulating the World Cluster Formation.

On the battlefield under Li Qi's command, the battle was progressing at an unbelievable pace.

The deaths of the two generals meant that no one could stop Li Qi on this battlefield anymore.

Perhaps the Human Path commander has already noticed...

Unless a powerful fifth-rank expert comparable to Li Qi is deployed, it is absolutely impossible to stop Li Qi.

Perhaps we can rely on numbers or an army to forcibly resist. According to the Human Path principles of Military School, numbers can be directly converted into combat power. If there are enough people, Li Qi will have no way to fight back.

However... we don't have enough Human Path available.

There is war in other places as well.

It's important to understand that although Li Qi's journey was smooth, this was actually due to the fact that resources were being diverted to other parts of the battlefield.

Elsewhere, countless people are dying.

Yes, it's suicide.

They didn't have Li Qi's support, nor the resources of the Executioner Squad, nor the proactive protection of the World Cluster Formation.

For them, it meant attacking the city with heavy casualties but causing only minimal damage to Human Path. All of this was to tie down Human Path's remaining forces and create an opportunity for Li Qi.

The entire battlefield, everyone, and countless worlds collapsed, creating an opportunity for Li Qi to delve into it and truly damage the War Fortress.

With unstoppable momentum and no corresponding opponent, Li Qi's army advanced at an extremely fast pace.

Break through the perimeter, enter the interior, and then continue forward.

Human Path did not send anyone to their deaths. Li Qi knew very well that the Nexus of All Realms had already spread his message, and everyone understood that a large army, which had been subject to resource imbalance, was advancing.

The goal is undoubtedly 'Nardostachys jalapa' itself.

Because... the energy source for all Human Path War Fortress is the 'Dragon Vein'.

It is the energy vein that runs through Human Path the heavens, and the sole energy supplier for the Nexus of All Realms.

Dragon Vein only exist in true Human Way city, that is, the homeland of the Tang Kingdom. When these cities are teleported to the outer void and dismantle the surrounding world, it is actually the Nexus of All Realms that provide computing power and planning, and the Dragon Vein that provide energy.

In this war zone, all the War Fortress are essentially supported by 'Gansong', and everything is based on Gansong City.

By penetrating the outer perimeter and entering the inner Gansong City, the damage to the Human Path base can be truly inflicted. If this happens several times, or even just once, it can cripple much of the Human Path's combat power!

The journey continued smoothly.

For a full Chen, Li Qi encountered nothing, and no one came to stop Li Qi.

This made Li Qi frown.

There was no turning back, but the pressure from the outside was increasing. The fifth-rank realm lords who were holding back the Human Path forces had sent messages saying that they were about to give up, that the casualties were too great, and that the results were too small.

Li Qi immediately understood.

Liu Junyi is a real cunning fellow. He completely ignored Li Qi and let Li Qi go to Gansong, just to use the physical distance to buy time for the war!

The deeper Li Qi went, the less he could turn back; he had to keep going.

While Li Qi is on his journey, Liu Junyi will gather all his strength to resist the outer Shaman Path army!

This is a race against time. Will Liu Junyi be the first to repel the Shaman Path army and then send troops to besiege Li Qi, who has penetrated deep into the enemy camp, or will Li Qi be fast enough to reach the main body of Gansong City before him?

Since that's the case, let's have a competition.

"Abandon the supplies! Abandon the troops! Only keep the fifth and sixth rank Soldier's Qi. The rest of you retreat. The Executioner Squad withdraws to support other areas!" Li Qi ordered. "Then, advance at top speed!"

The army immediately realized what Li Qi was about to do.

This was a plan to use herself as bait, advancing while simultaneously luring Liu Junyi.

Look, I abandoned my soldiers, my baggage, and even my powerful Law Treasure. I had nothing at all; I was just a small elite squad of fifth and sixth rank soldiers, venturing deep into enemy territory alone.

This makes the speed much faster, but it also reduces the combat effectiveness significantly.

Are you still going to concentrate your forces on dealing with the legions outside? Aren't you going to come and touch me?

If the Human Path choice regroups its army to stop or even kill Li Qi is confident that he can take another big bite out of them and reduce the pressure on the outside world.

However, if Liu Junyi remains calm and continues to use the strategy of trading space for time, then such an option can also quickly reduce Liu Junyi's room for maneuver.

Abandoning all baggage and the main army, and only taking fifth and sixth-rank soldiers, the speed will increase by more than two or three times.

If it weren't for the necessity of carrying a sixth-rank weapon, otherwise the Soldier's Qi would not be able to take shape and the Divine Ability would be suppressed by the opponent's Soldier's Qi, Li Qi would not even want to carry a sixth-rank weapon.

The decision has been made; the next step is to execute it.

Li Qi simply stopped hiding and put away the world. Then, under the protection of his subordinates, he advanced at full speed!

They accelerated, leaving streaks of light in the void as they sped towards the center of the War Fortress, the 'Gansong City'!

Time flies.

On the external battlefield, every minute and every second, countless people are killed or wounded.

In some battlefields where the Shaman Path and Human Path approaches are at a disadvantage, the casualty ratio can even reach 1 to 10,000.

It takes ten thousand deaths to inflict a single Human Path.

This is the source of their confidence in Human Path; this is what they are proud of as 'human beings'.

Absolute elites, absolute power, never discouraged, never giving up, still full of fighting spirit even in dire straits, steadfastly moving towards the goal of humanity.

This is practically a miniature version of the Buddhist concept of 'the Buddha Awakening the World'.

Unfortunately, in the Buddha's view, this was too narrow-minded.

Vairocana Buddha's goal is for all sentient beings to attain enlightenment.

But in the eyes of Human Path, there are no 'living beings' at all; they can only see 'human beings' and only need to see 'human beings'. All living beings are merely nourishment for 'human beings'.

That's how 'humans' are. They raise cattle and chickens to eat meat, raise dogs to guard the house, develop mines, cut down forests, and dam rivers to build water conservancy projects. Everything they do is for 'humans'.

In the presence of such a 'person,' all living beings appear far too weak.

Fortunately, the Shaman Path was actually willing to take out ten thousand to die.

'Humans' are a minority, while 'all living beings' are the majority.

Blood flowed across the entire battlefield.

Nobody cares.

Everyone says that history is written by the victors, but what have the victors really written? They have only left their footprints on the rotten flesh and blood of the defeated.

Now, the footprints are spreading step by step.