Upon hearing Yuchi Feihu's words, the other three all displayed different expressions!
Wei Gongyan's expression was one of complete agreement, even bordering on gritted teeth, while Wei Gongzhan and Shen Yuan's brows furrowed slightly without their noticing.
"What have you found out, Young General?" Shen Yuan stared intently at the other man, feeling as if a stone was pressing on his heart.
To be honest, before entering the academy, he couldn't wait for the imperial army to come and wipe out Chen Qing, this heretic. But after staying at the academy for more than ten days, his thoughts changed. Almost every day, besides reading, he was worried about when the imperial court would come to destroy this place.
He really wished it could be later. Even later, he still had so many books he hadn't finished reading.
"The power here is even more peculiar!" Yuchi Feihu stretched out his palm, and a fiery power rose from it. "In the army, outstanding performance earns one the so-called ' Power of Blessing the Battle God.' This power feels like it appears out of thin air. I was quite startled when it was injected into me, but later I discovered that this power is very gentle and doesn't conflict with my own Bloodline Power at all. When it's integrated into the body, it not only strengthens the muscles and bones and boosts internal energy, but it can also be stored in the meridians, forming a kind of auxiliary power boost. It's extremely useful!"
He then demonstrated, and the power in his hand rose up and formed a bright yellow, gaseous sphere.
"This is..." Wei Gongyan a beat.
External speaker?
This is an advanced technique possessed only by top-tier bloodline families. Ordinary martial artists, no matter how powerful their blood and qi are, have their strength contained within their flesh and blood, manifesting as power, speed, or keen senses. However, top-tier bloodlines like the Golden Crow Bloodline can activate ancient talents through their essence and blood, allowing certain innate powers to be released externally.
This was a luxury for lower-middle-class aristocratic families.
When power is unleashed externally, its methods become diverse, and its performance on the battlefield varies greatly. It can easily unleash earth-shattering destructive force, making it a true weapon of mass destruction. Does the Tiger Guard Army of Liuzhou City also possess such power?
Yuchi Feihu said excitedly, "Although my Yuchi Household also has a top-tier bloodline, we cannot release our power externally. If my Yuchi Household also possessed the ability to release power externally, our Flying Peng clan would certainly not be inferior to the Golden Crow!"
These words are somewhat treasonous, but they are true. The Yuchi Household can fly and possesses immense strength. The intensity of their bloodline tempering is in no way inferior to that of the Xiao Household the Golden Crow Bloodline. The only difference is the external power they can project. It is this slight difference that has made the Yuchi Household a vassal family of the Xiao Household family for hundreds of years!
"Moreover, this power is extraordinary!" Yuchi Feihu manipulated the airflow in his palm. In the next instant, everyone felt a gravitational force forming around them, causing a brief period of weightlessness within a few meters. Their expressions changed drastically!
"See that?" Yuchi Feihu laughed excitedly, "This power can manipulate elemental forces! We martial artists can actually use the power of the earth like sorcerers! Shen Yuan, you're also a sorcerer, what I just did was very similar to Gravity Spell, wasn't it?"
Shen Yuan nodded blankly. "There are some differences, but they are indeed very similar!"
"Hehe." Yuchi Feihu carefully withdrew his power and said, "This power is very precious. Most of it is used to strengthen the body, and very rarely is it used externally like I just did. The Battle God can continuously bestow this power upon these soldiers. To be honest, it's even more useful than Bloodline Power. No wonder their combat strength is so extraordinary!"
"I knew it!" Wei Gongyan said viciously, "How could that scoundrel named Di Yun be a match for me? So he used such underhanded tricks!"
Wei Gongyan uttered unorthodox words, but his eyes were bloodshot, clearly showing his intense desire for the power displayed by Yuchi Feihu!
Wei Gongzhan was so shocked that he couldn't speak. After a long while, he asked, "If that's the case, and the Battle God can continuously transmit this power, wouldn't the soldiers in Liuzhou be invincible?"
Based on our young master's demonstration, if each soldier were to unleash this power as a spell, perhaps only tens of thousands of such soldiers would be enough to raze the capital to the ground?
"It's not that exaggerated," Yuchi Feihu explained enthusiastically. "First of all, everyone has a limited capacity to bear power. This power is like water, flowing into your meridians, but the capacity of the human body's meridians is also limited. What I just took out was already 30% of what my body can bear. If it were an ordinary soldier, his entire body could probably only bear one-tenth of what I could."
"Oh, I see." Wei Gongzhan nodded immediately. "That makes more sense now."
"But this capacity can be increased," Yuchi Feihu added. "The greatest effect of this Power of Blessing is not external use, but strengthening the body. As I said before, strengthening the bones and muscles makes the body's qi and blood stronger, strengthening the muscles makes the body stronger, and strengthening the meridians, that is, impacting the dantian, can make the meridians wider. It is said that some level 5 warriors have strengthened their meridians to the point that they can accommodate the qi of fifty ordinary warriors, and they can also generate this power themselves through their dantian."
"Make it yourself?" Wei Gongzhan's expression turned somewhat horrified as he considered a possibility.
"Isn't that terrifying?" Yuchi Feihu squinted and said, "It's just like you think. Those higher-level fighters can distribute the power they create to others, just like Battle God!"
Wei Gongzhan: "!!!"
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"It's truly unbelievable how such a thing could exist."
Meanwhile, far away in Nanyang, Tian Heng and his group, who had been following Chen Qing for more than ten days, finally understood the principles behind those fighters after observing them for over ten days.
At this moment, Chen Qing was leading over a thousand newly recruited soldiers from Nanyang City to recapture a large county town with a population of 100,000 in the surrounding area. With the progress of the past ten days or so, Chen Qing had already recaptured two such large county towns in just three days since he launched his campaign.
The speed was so fast that even Tian Heng felt a strong sense of unease!
The first source of unease came from the fact that the actual combat strength of Chen Qing's soldiers was far greater than expected, and that they were not only incredibly brave in battle, but also fearless in the face of death!
Almost all of them were skilled in both magic and martial arts, and could rely on their tough skin to protect themselves from the bites of the undead. Often, even when facing a force that was nearly ten times stronger, they could still rout the undead and cut them down like vegetables.
That's not the key point; the key point is the strength of these soldiers. They can spread the virus!
Yes, just like the corpse poison of the living dead, the power of these soldiers can actually be transferred to each other!
Chen Qing's soldiers would rescue large numbers of able-bodied young people wherever they went, and then encourage them to join the army. In just a few days, the new soldiers could be trained to have the same strength as the soldiers!
Although new recruits are still inferior to veterans in terms of experience, fighting spirit, and strength, their growth rate is simply unbelievable. They can often fight ordinary zombies in just a few days. If they train in the city for more than ten days, they can grow as strong as calves and become stronger from the inside out!
If these soldiers weren't so jovial and joking around like normal people, Tian Heng would have thought they were like the zombies outside, their brains mutated by insects!
"What methods did you use?"
Tian Heng's deputy couldn't help but ask, as if looking at a monster.
"Didn't we say it before?" Chen Qing said helplessly, "When the common people suffer, the gods reveal their power. Otherwise, do you think this power appeared out of thin air?"
"Nonsense!" Tian Heng looked at the spirited soldiers on the city wall and lowered his voice, saying, "This isn't the first time the common people have suffered calamities. Our human race has endured countless tribulations over the past thousands of years. When corpses littered the fields, did Heaven show any mercy? Now that it's your turn, the gods have appeared? What were you doing then? Sleeping?"
"Yes," Chen Qing smiled, "They were asleep, so naturally they didn't know before, but it's different now." Chen Qing also looked at the increasing power emanating from the city wall and smiled, "From now on, our human race will rely on ourselves to face any calamity in this world!"
"You..." Tian Heng was taken aback, staring at Chen Qing in astonishment, as if he had remembered something, and his expression became somewhat dazed.
"Your Excellency, Duke?" Chen Qing looked at the other person curiously, "What's wrong?"
"I'm fine." Tian Heng suddenly turned around, concealing a trace of sadness in his eyes, and then suddenly said, " Chen Qing, right?"
What are your orders, Your Excellency?
Are you sure there are no side effects to these soldiers growing up like this?
"I'm sure," Chen Qing said confidently.
The advantage of Divine Path Style lies in this: the stronger the faith, the more confident the god becomes; the more confident the god, the more power he possesses, which he continuously feeds back to the believers. The believers, in turn, become even more devoted, creating a virtuous cycle. Even if a god falls, there is a constant stream of replacements. It is an almost perfect system. As long as the overall faith in the divine kingdom does not collapse, once established, it becomes an extremely difficult force to defeat.
"Really?" Tian Heng glanced at Chen Qing again, hesitating before finally asking, "Do you know Yu Xiaopang?"
"What the heck?" Chen Qing was taken aback. How could such a silly word suddenly come out of the mouth of such a serious person?
Who has such an adorable nickname in ancient times?
"It's nothing." Tian Heng paused, looking at Chen Qing's completely unconscious expression, a hint of disappointment flashing deep in his eyes, before finally shaking his head and saying, "I was just saying it casually."
He then stopped paying attention to the bug-like soldiers and walked straight into the city.
"Let me tell you, Tian Heng, I have a grand plan, the really awesome kind. Once it succeeds, our human race will be able to face any calamity in this world on our own. Do you believe me?"
A voice echoed in his mind, causing Tian Heng to close his bloodshot eyes and clench his fists tightly!