The smoke of the great battle seemed to have quietly dissipated, and the surrounding areas of the entire Divine Land returned to a relatively stable state.
Li Xingkong had witnessed almost all the battles over the past few days. Although he hadn't personally participated in the battles on the front lines, he had benefited greatly from observing from the command center for several days.
Most of the knowledge related to cultivation is something that one person can figure out on their own. Li Xingkong had very little exposure to the kind of knowledge that involves coordinating large-scale military operations and having a macro-level grasp of the entire battlefield situation. After all, since he started cultivating, he felt that there was definitely a way to solve any problem through cultivation.
If there's no other way, it's definitely because your cultivation level isn't high enough.
Observing the battles over the past few days has also given him a different perspective on some issues. Some problems don't really need to be solved by one person; distributing them to multiple people for collaborative handling can yield roughly the same efficiency and results. Furthermore, collaborative work requires far less knowledge and skill from individuals, often achieving the same effect with a lower level of expertise.
Of course, it's practically impossible for ants to kill an elephant; the gap between different cultivation levels is simply too vast, making it virtually impossible to fail.
While the great battle raged on, Li Xingkong was also closely monitoring the development of the war situation.
However, his focus was not on the current results and battle reports, but rather on the various situations encountered on the battlefield.
Then put yourself in that situation and think about what you would do if it happened to you.
After each battle, Li Xingkong would usually use Hexagram to perform related calculations. If he were the one taking action, he would figure out how to achieve his goal simply and effectively, or how to use his strength to minimize mistakes or losses in various aspects.
This kind of virtual battle is also very necessary for Li Xingkong, since he rarely has the opportunity to fight on Earth Star.
Since we can't act recklessly in reality, we can ponder the calculations of the Hexagram for a while longer.
Throughout the entire battle, most of the simulated battle scenes remained unchanged. No matter what weapons the enemy used or how many people they deployed, a single Sword Control Technique could always cut through them. Whether the enemy numbered a thousand or ten thousand, or faced a barrage of firepower and missiles, under the sword's touch, virtually no attack could reach Li Xingkong, and no one could dodge the flying sword's attack.
For a cultivator of his level, dealing with ordinary people is as easy as harvesting wheat; there's no difficulty at all.
However, besides directly defeating the enemy, there are many other situations to face on the battlefield; combat is only a small part of what the battlefield entails.
Besides the battles, the great war was accompanied by a host of other events.
Fortification construction, city occupation, battlefield cleanup, post-battle rescue and aid, and the placement of prisoners of war, etc.
These things can't be solved with flying swords; it's not something that can be resolved simply by having strong destructive power.
There are indeed many minor spells Qi Refining Stage, and they can play a significant role in various matters. For example, in the construction and deployment of positions, two engineers specializing in construction, after mastering the Turn Earth into Mud and Turn Earth into Steel with a Point, can work together to build a standard-sized bunker with their bare hands in just 10 minutes.
Although most modern warfare Earthly Capital based on trenches, after the popularization of drone tactics, people have found that while trenches are good, adding a cover to them to protect against drones is also quite reasonable.
So the bunker thing came out again.
However, this is only a minor spell at the Qi Refining Stage, and its range and effect are limited. To quickly establish a qualified position, it requires the cooperation of multiple engineers.
For Li Xingkong, who was in the Foundation Establishment Stage, this approach was far too inefficient.
It's rather ridiculous that a cultivator whose Divine Sense can extend for thousands of miles would have to set up a base one by one.
Although he might not necessarily learn the skill of building a stronghold, and even if he did, it might not be of much use, Li Xingkong still thought about what he would do after discovering this problem, as usual.
His current Foundation Establishment Stage abilities are still too limited. In Li Xingkong's own opinion, the most he could do is use his Sword Control Technique to hollow out a mountain and use it as a large fortress. This would be the most brutal solution.
It can't be called the worst possible strategy, but it's not exactly the best either.
Fortunately, Li Xingkong wasn't alone; he still had the system.
After communicating with the system, it quickly generated several related spells for him.
Although these spells have different effects, most of them are categorized under the name of war monks.
So-called war cultivators are those whose spells are mostly used in large-scale military operations and can play a decisive role in major battles. They are usually the main cultivators of the departments of dynasties or sects responsible for foreign conquest.
The first technique Thick Earth City Fortification Technique, allows practitioners to memorize the details of a large military castle, creating a blueprint. Then, during battle, simply casting this spell will allow the blueprint to be constructed at the designated location.
Of course, most of the materials can be obtained locally, while some rarer materials can be carried in the Space Bag.
As for the size of the military fortress, that depends on the individual's Divine Sense and Magic Power strength.
Although Li Xingkong didn't intend to learn it, after reading the description of the spell, he had a rough estimate of what he could achieve. With Li Xingkong's current Divine Sense strength and Magic Power, he could construct about half of the Imperial Capital if Imperial Capital used it as a model.
If this magic were used by a real estate developer, it would be absolutely amazing; construction teams would all be out of a job.
In addition to spells for constructing defensive positions, the system also showed Li Xingkong some other spells, such as using mechanical equipment wreckage on the battlefield to perform Mechanical Repair Technique, which can restore damaged or scrapped mechanical equipment to its original state.
Although there are few mechanical devices in the cultivation world, the cultivation civilization has encountered mechanical civilizations quite often when it expanded. Naturally, there are corresponding countermeasures. Besides, the effects of various metal-type puppets and machines are similar, and their fundamentals are almost the same.
There are also numerous large-scale buff spells that can affect the entire legion; these are listed in the spell catalog by the system.
Besides these spells that modify the battlefield environment, there are also spells for managing prisoners of war and related personnel, and there are many more.
Some of the more respectable ones use techniques like drawing lines on the Draw a Prison on the Ground to imprison people, employing large-scale Heart-Questioning Technique Tracking Art that mark everyone. Others use more sinister Brainwashing Technique, which turns people into idiots and sends them to the front lines as cannon fodder, or Soul-Draining Technique learned from who-knows-where, which imprison captured enemy cultivators and use them as Magic Power batteries.
It can only be said that the various kinds of magic really broadened Li Xingkong's horizons and further solidified his idea.
There is nothing a cultivator cannot do; if you think there is, it only means you are not strong enough.