Leading ten thousand troops, ten thousand strands of battle intent erupted within the military formation!

"Xu Taiping, I've already helped you get them out."

As Xu Taiping finished assembling the formation once more, Immortal Elder Wuji's voice rang out in his mind.

With no worries left behind him, Xu Taiping immediately answered inwardly, then drew a deep breath, his gaze sharpening as he said:

"Since ordinary means cannot awaken your battle intent."

"Then let me see whether Dao Essence Power combined with Overlord's Breath will work."

In his view, since Dao Essence Power could greatly enhance the might of martial arts and spells and divine abilities, it should naturally be able to enhance Blood Qi Body Tempering Power as well.

Just as Xu Taiping drew one of his only two remaining strands of Dao Essence out of his Golden Core, Lotus Eye's voice suddenly rang out in his mind:

"Xu Taiping, it's true that this Dao Essence Power can enhance the combat power of your martial arts. But if you use it to enhance Overlord's Breath and thereby awaken the combat power of the skeletal Heavenly Soldiers and Divine Generals, the backlash you must endure will certainly be several times greater than before."

In truth, even without Lotus Eye saying so, Xu Taiping had already privately guessed as much.

He therefore nodded slightly and said:

"Thank you for the warning, but I have my own plans."

Even as he spoke, that strand of Dao Essence had already flowed out of his Golden Core and merged into his True Essence and qi and blood.

"Boom!"

In an instant, the aura fluctuations around him abruptly surged.

Then Xu Taiping's expression grew grave. He began employing the Blood Qi Tempering Method, then roared once more with Overlord's Breath:

"All generals, heed my command!"

The moment he spoke, the somewhat loose battle formation abruptly drew into orderly ranks, standing