Chapter 1857: Chapter 608: Upper Second Rank
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Before Chu Xisheng headed north to search for the secret medicine, he paid special attention to the situation over in He Status.
Among them, Bai Lingxi No.2’s progress was encouraging. In just over two months, this ’Deputy Commander’ has already taken control of most of the southwest part of He Status.
He Status has a total of one hundred twenty-nine county nations, and Bai Lingxi No.2 has already swept through one-quarter of them, occupying nearly thirty-two county nations for the Dalv court.
Just five days ago, this ’Deputy Commander’ also requested the court to dispatch officials for governance and organize immigration to He Status to fill the local area.
Bai Lingxi No.1 chose to land at the northwest corner of He Status.
Her landing time was three days earlier than Bai Lingxi No.2.
In addition to the fifty thousand Daning Surrender Army given by the court, she also recruited troops near Penglai Island at her own expense after requesting permission from the Cabinet.
Penglai Island is located south of the Divine Continent, covering an area equivalent to two East States, and is a lawless zone beyond the court’s control.
Located on the southeast side of Penglai Island, Penglai Eternal City is one of the three most powerful overseas forces in the world.
Penglai Island itself is in an excellent location, connecting the Divine Continent and the South Sea Islands, with abundant resources and the richest mineral deposits in the world, along with countless Spirit Fields for configuring various Spiritual Medicines.
Thus, Penglai Island not only gathers countless sea merchants but also has a dense population.
Due to the absence of household registration, the specific population numbers there are difficult to estimate, but it’s said the population is not less than Heluo Two States, possibly exceeding two billion.
The island’s forces are intertwined, with scores of large and small kingdoms and over a hundred historically rich tribes cohabiting.
Because of Penglai Island’s unique environment, the local customs are fierce, and martial virtue flourishes.
In order to compete for Spirit Fields, trade routes, and various mineral resources, the many kingdoms and tribes, along with the tycoons within Penglai Eternal City, are in constant conflict and struggle.
On Penglai Island alone, there are no less than a thousand skirmishes involving more than a thousand people each year.
As a result, the area around Penglai Island is full of Martial Cultivators, bandits roam in packs, and countless pirates are active in the surrounding seas.
For tens of thousands of years, countless Martial Cultivators unable to survive within the Divine Continent Realm have been drawn to Penglai Island’s high salaries, traveling thousands of miles to seek a livelihood there, working as mercenaries, escorts, caravan guards, or engaging in various cost-free trades.
The court has been helpless against Penglai Island throughout successive dynasties.
Penglai Island may be usually disorganized, yet in the event of a crisis, the entire island can instantly assemble over ten million allied troops.
The foundations of Penglai Eternal City are particularly astonishing, with overall strength surpassing Extreme East Ice City.
If it weren’t for the many tycoons within Eternal City being unable to work together, just one Eternal City could organize more than twenty Heavenly List Experts and an army of over ten million—including elite troops with overall combat power superior to the Daning Border Army. They are reputed to be able to fight a country with one city.
In summary, Bai Lingxi No.1 invested over twenty million Demon Silver and called out slogans on Penglai Island to make a fortune in He Status and achieve success, easily rallying an army of nearly sixty thousand and also hiring over a thousand sea ships and warships.
Only Bai Lingxi No.1 was somewhat unlucky.
Coincidentally, a thousand-year-old common ruler of He Status, from the Solar Golden Crow lineage’s ’Giant Sun Clan,’ also returned to He Status at this time.
They organized a hundred-tribe alliance in He Status and engaged in a month-long series of battles with Bai Lingxi No.1’s rebellion army in the northwest of He Status.
Although Bai Lingxi No.1 won several consecutive battles, purely in terms of achievements, she surpasses Bai Lingxi No.2; the number of Giant Spirits slain in various tribes exceeded fifty million.
Yet, the territory occupied by the Northern Army is only four county nations.
However, the methods of both Bai Lingxi individuals are equally ruthless.
Both possess Near-God Level combat power, outwardly seeming no worse than Ween Suyi, perhaps even surpassing her during her conquest of He Status.
They encountered no match in He Status and were invincible on the battlefield.
The problem is that the troops under their command are too few. Bai Lingxi No.1’s army of one hundred ten thousand suffered nearly a ten percent loss after several consecutive big battles. Moreover, due to isolation overseas, there were no reinforcements.
Bai Lingxi No.2’s situation is slightly better.
She landed in He Status about three days later, yet recruited nearly sixty thousand troops on her own and afterward rescued some citizens of Ice City previously left in He Status, training nearly twenty thousand soldiers.
However, spreading over the vast thirty-two county nations of southwest He Status, this force of over one hundred thousand seems inadequate.
Hence, the two individuals employed the most ruthless and tyrannical methods, using brutal and bloody slaughter to eliminate enemies and intimidate the hundred tribes of He Status.
The Northern Army organized by Bai Lingxi No.1 executed mass killings no less than three times, burying all prisoners alive, so much so that the tribes of Northern He Status had growing fear and decreasing will to resist.
Were it not for the ’Giant Sun Clan’ obtaining substantial reinforcements from an unknown source, the entire Northern He Status would already be subdued under Bai Lingxi No.1’s command.
However, looking at the current situation, the time to pacify He Status is near.
The further they go, the weaker the resistance in He Status becomes. It’s anticipated that within two to three months, He Status’s one hundred twenty-nine counties will be thoroughly subdued and suppressed.
After reviewing this information, Chu Xisheng was left puzzled, wondering what exactly these two ’Bai Lingxi’ individuals are seeking?
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