This sect-guarding artifact was also something condensed from immense fortune. It was broadly similar to a nation-guarding artifact, but there was one crucial difference: a nation-guarding artifact required a king's fortune to wield, while a sect-guarding artifact required a sect's fortune—and the sect's recognition as well. Usually, only the sect master could use it.
Their power attributes were also somewhat different. A nation-guarding artifact wielded the power of a nation, while a sect-guarding artifact wielded the power of a sect.
Neither could be called weaker than the other. For example, the sects in this world possessed strength equal to that of nations; they simply adopted a sect-based system instead.
What Zhao Fu cared about was whether he could refine it and make it Great Qin's nation-guarding artifact. Great Qin currently did not have a single sect, however. Even if he refined it, without sect fortune to empower it, it still could not be used.
He set that matter aside for now. The first priority was how to destroy the four factions. They had been on guard all this time, making a surprise attack difficult.
In any case, with the Night Dynasty plus Great Qin's covert assistance, they could still crush them outright. Zhao Fu thus chose to launch an open attack. Here, he only deployed the previous twenty million troops, while the ten million soldiers added afterward remained on standby in the real world.
There was no need for Great Qin's people to act for the time being. Zhao Fu made no effort to conceal news of the attack; it was best if everyone knew.
Three hundred City Lords and twenty million soldiers split into four armies, advancing with overwhelming momentum to attack the four factions simultaneously.
The news quickly spread across the Demon South Continent. Every faction watched as