Cultivation: When you take things to the extreme-Chapter 998 - 611: March 3

After over three months of development, he had unleashed another large wave of troops, and now the military power of his territory had reached two hundred thousand, of which seventy thousand were the non-combat Yellow Turban Farmers, leaving one hundred and thirty thousand as combat troops.

With the thirty thousand men he took on his campaign were the elite forces, including three members of the Breaking Formation White Dragon Army, two hundred Yellow Turban Mages, three hundred Yellow Turban Warriors, five hundred Yellow Turban Bombardiers, five hundred Gongshu Mechanics, nine hundred Gongshu Disciples, as well as over fifteen thousand each of Yellow Turban Foot Soldiers and Yellow Turban Gunners.

"Whoosh!"

In a flash of white light, the thirty thousand-strong army vanished.

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Left behind were Hua Mulan and several hundred Heroic Female Guards, who, feeling a touch of loss but quickly rallying their spirits, began to patrol the territory.

Ever since Xu Yang had procured a set of Intelligence Equipment and trained three members of the Breaking Formation White Dragon Army, various negative incidents had frequently occurred within the territory, including natural disasters, beast tides, and once, even mutated monsters had appeared. Although they posed no threat, they had caused a decline in public order and morale.

Without a doubt, these were negative effects brought by the Breaking Formation White Dragon Army.

As Second-order Special Troops, their negative effects were quite apparent on a First-tier Territory, and it was only because the number was small—merely three—and Xu Yang's territory was strong enough with a certain "Qi Fortune" to offset it, otherwise, disasters like "meteorites falling from the sky" might actually happen.

The most effective solution to this problem was to advance in tier, using the Qi Fortune and authority of a Second-tier Territory to suppress the negative effects of Second-order Soldiers. Though it wouldn't prevent negative incidents from occurring, at least it could ensure that no meteorites would fall from the sky.

This was exactly what Xu Yang was working on.

"You have launched an attack on the territory of the 'Demon Abyss Lord' Xu Qingyu!"

"Enemy Lord 'Situ Yan' has joined the battle!"

"Enemy Lord 'Yin Hexuan' has joined the battle!"

"Enemy Lord..."

In another flash of white light, the army descended and reached the outskirts of a fortified city. The prompt from the Sky-reaching Tower kept sounding, signaling the entry of enemy lords into the battlefield.

Xu Yang was not surprised by this; in the past three months, in order to accomplish his Advanced Task and climb to the top of the Reputation List, he had frequently waged wars and had already become "infamous!"

And this time, his target was ranked fifteenth on the Demon Abyss First-Order Reputation List; those who managed to achieve such a ranking were mostly lords from major forces, naturally able to gather a good amount of reinforcements.

Because of his notorious reputation, the First-Order lords of the Demon Abyss had even started to band together for warmth, ready to strike back at him. Thus, nearly a hundred lords had joined this battle, and they were all notable personalities on the Reputation List.

Xu Yang scanned the horizon and saw an impregnable fortress, with walls nearly ten thousand meters in length and over one hundred meters in height; the breadth was unfathomable. The walls were lined with towers and heavily manned with soldiers ready for battle.

The challenges that the Han Dynasty lords had faced last time now fell upon him.

How would he capture such a fortress?

Xu Yang remained silent, spurring his horse forward and activating the Challenge Special Skill of his Unrivaled Heavenly Halberd.

The result...

"You have used the Special Skill — Challenge!"

"The enemy lord has used the Special Skill — Hold the Position!"

"The enemy has negated the effect of your skill!"

The prompt from the Sky-reaching Tower came through, and Xu Yang was not surprised; this was not the first time he had encountered such a situation. Inside the Tower, countless treasures existed, with the skills of lords and heroes being varied and numerous, all able to counter his Challenge.

Fortunately, he had more tricks up his sleeve than just the Challenge, immediately turning his gaze to Gongshu Ling beside him.

"Watch me!"

Gongshu Ling nodded, understanding his intent and dismounted; she pulled from her storage space the Domineering Mechanism Hand that was extremely disproportionate to her figure, along with various construction materials and mechanical devices.

Her Personal Guard Species, the Gongshu Mechanics, and the nine hundred Gongshu Disciples trained in Mechanical City also stepped forward, moving materials to begin the construction of mechanisms and siege machinery.