Chapter 493: Roster
The three cultivators aboard the swift carriage were all willing to take in these soldiers, so Guard Guan had no reason to stop them and let them aboard.
After settling his soldiers, the squad leader personally came over to clasp his fists and thank Zhang Yu and the other two, his words brimming with gratitude.
Zhang Yu casually asked him a few questions and learned that his surname was Qiu. He was responsible for guarding a small settlement nearby, but half a month ago, it had suddenly come under attack from an incarnation of an outer god and a large force of divine descendants under its command.
That incarnation of the outer god possessed rather uncanny abilities. Driven by it, the divine descendants were nearly impossible to kill, resulting in heavy casualties among the garrison.
The area lacked doctors and medicine, so the severely wounded had to be treated first. Those whose injuries were not especially serious could only withdraw from the front lines and seek treatment in other settlements.
Ordinarily, if armored soldiers could unleash spiritual power, then regardless of their injuries, they could slowly recover beneath their Divine Robes and Profound Armor.
However, not every ordinary soldier could wield spiritual power. Even the elite troops who could do so found their spiritual power steadily eroded after enduring the invasion of evils from beyond the void. The more they used it, the more severely it weakened.
Thus, elite soldiers had to replace parts of their Divine Robes and outer armor every so often. After a particularly fierce battle, their armor and robes were practically discarded. The expenditure was no small matter.
After Squad Leader Qiu left, Lian Zhuo said, "The hardest opponents to deal with in the outer layer are the cultivators of Upper Firmament Heaven,