The veteran Song Yan's body was likewise densely covered in tattooed words.
Just then, the veteran Gu Huai spoke, his eyes brimming with excitement:
"Taiping Divine General, our Zhenwu Demon-Slaying Army has a rule: after every great battle, we gather the souls of our fallen comrades."
"Because we cannot erect tombs on this Heaven-Demon Battlefield, we carve their names onto our bodies instead."
"Their remnant souls and spirits then attach themselves to those names."
Song Yan also spoke then, his eyes blazing:
"Our Zhenwu Demon-Slaying Army calls these tattoos the Azure Soul Tombs."
"On my body alone, there are three thousand soul tombs!"
Beside him, Gu Huai declared in a ringing voice:
"I enlisted a little earlier than Elder Song. I now bear six thousand soul tombs!"
Xu Taiping was deeply shaken.
He had never imagined that these veterans of the Zhenwu Demon-Slaying Army not only struggled to keep the army's battle banner aloft, but also stood like gravestones, bearing witness to the valiant pasts of its armored soldiers.
Gu Huai looked at Xu Taiping with some urgency.
"Taiping Divine General, will it work?"
Xu Taiping drew a deep breath and said:
"There's still one thing missing."
Beside him, Song Yan suddenly slammed a Remnant Spirit Battle Banner onto the ramparts with a bang, then declared loudly:
"The armored soldiers of our Zhenwu Demon-Slaying Army could never forget this battle banner!"
With that, he thrust the tattered battle banner toward Xu Taiping.
Xu Taiping reached out to take it and nodded.
"I'll try."
If it was possible, he naturally hoped to summon more Battle General Heroic Spirits as well.
Xu Taiping held the battle banner horizontally before him. After closing his eyes and drawing a deep breath, he suddenly opened them again, his gaze sharpening as he called:
"Where is