Though it was only half a piece, and battered to the point of being unbearable to look at, it was still a Dao Artifact~~!
One had to know that cultivating a legion banner was no easy task. It differed from a Divine Ability Spirit Treasure; its material itself was not the most important thing, but rather the military soul nurtured within it. And a military soul could only gradually grow stronger through war, accumulating from quantitative change into qualitative transformation.
A powerful military soul could provide an incredibly significant boost to an army's combat strength.
Ever since Great Qian was founded, it had been imitating the Divine Martial Dynasty's method of cultivating military banners to nurture its own legion banners. Yet after several thousand years, it had only barely managed to cultivate three legion banners with fully formed military souls.
Of them, the most powerful was the Azure Dragon Army's legion banner, named "Azure Dragon." It was currently stationed at the Outer Realm Battlefield. In terms of power, Azure Dragon was roughly equivalent to a relatively powerful Divine Ability Spirit Treasure.
As for the other two, they had only just barely entered the Divine Ability Spirit Treasure tier, roughly on par with Divine Ability Spirit Treasures possessing blank Artifact Spirits.
But even those three combined could not compare to this half-piece Dao Artifact-grade legion banner!
What had he just done?
He had actually given away half a Dao Artifact?
Emperor Longchang clutched his bleeding heart, his face deathly pale as his whole body swayed on the verge of collapse.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you must hold on." Old Yao hurriedly supported Emperor Longchang in alarm. "Calm down first. We can discuss this matter at length, discuss it at length. No rush, no rush."
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