The Liudao Sect's Heavenly Soldiers and Generals in the Heavenly Palace faced the pervasive Xun Wind, fighting and howling in fury.
Spiritual Light continually exploded, long halberds, Magic Tools broke, and the ethereal images of the palace towers in the Heavenly Palace were eroded away layer by layer under the relentless wind.
There was no stalemate.
In just a mere half an incense stick's time, Yin Clan's Celestial Soldiers Exorcism Array was already in grave danger.
Unable to withstand the power of the Xun Wind Array.
More than two thousand Xun Wind Flying Swords struck continuously in military formation, rotating, defending, occasionally splitting into groups to focus attacks on the weak points of the array, with command so artfully exquisite.
The next moment, the Array Patterns concentrated, two massive blades of Xun Wind formed, slashing across in a cross, turning over a thousand soldiers and officers of the Yin Clan into pools of blood, falling dead to the ground, as the strength of the Heavenly Soldiers Formation dropped noticeably.
Despite having five times the number of soldiers, Yin Clan's army had little power to resist.
Within Yin Clan's Heavenly Soldiers Formation, Golden Pill Monks were screaming in fear.
This was the elite army of the Blood King Army, small in numbers but mighty in strength; the weakest among them were Foundation-building cultivators, their Sword Technique sharp, Escape Techniques sophisticated, and their Concealment abilities exceptional, appearing and disappearing unpredictably.
They often appeared out of nowhere and vanished just as quickly, with numerous scattered Yin Clan forces dying at their hands.
To date, tens of millions of cultivators have been wounded or killed.
It is said that the Six Dao Saint, Yin Dao, was greatly enraged, leading his army in pursuit numerous times, only to find them elusive.
In a fit of rage, he left the main army, taking a few elite Golden Pill Monks to pursue them personally.
Unexpectedly, after a chase that lasted over a month, they fell into an ambush by an army fifty thousand strong.
Had the Six Dao Saint not fled swiftly, he would have nearly met his death there.
Even so, he suffered heavy casualties and losses, with over twenty Golden Pill Monks dead, compelling him never to operate separately from the main army again.
"You are too weak," said Hei Louxi nonchalantly, fluttering the pitch-black wings behind her.
This battle was not a challenge at all.
The opponent's formation was as clumsy as an elephant, slowly disintegrating under the countless wind blades of the Xun Wind Army Formation. With a light pluck of Divine Sense, like strings, she could make the Heavenly Soldiers Formation move to her whim.
If not for the need to drill the formations and train the soldiers, she could have broken through the Heavenly Soldiers Formation in just a few moves from the outset.
As the most outstanding Army Formation cultivator of the Hei Clan, Hei Louxi had this self-confidence.
"The army of our Lord is truly..."
In Hei Louxi's heart, a sense of wariness simultaneously rose.
She knew that the reason for the ease of the battle was not just her command abilities; more importantly, it was the abilities of the soldiers and officers under her.
They were outstandingly capable, their coordination precise; the weakest among them had a twinling root, while those with Three Spiritual Roots had exceptional insight. Just on this point alone, Hei Clan's army was far inferior.
Furthermore, the training, equipment, Taoist Soldiers' Flying Swords refining, and the teachings were all carried out by maids from Tushan Immortal City like Spring Maid Chun Jian, Summer Maid Shanggong, and other Immortal Tushan. They instructed meticulously and in detail, always available for questions about things they didn't understand, living without the pretense of Golden Pill Monks and seniors, genuinely caring about the cultivation and lives of the soldiers, like sisters, which contrasted sharply with the ruthlessness of executing military law.
All these factors combined, the average quality of these soldiers was frighteningly high, surpassing Yin Clan's painstakingly trained army in just a few short years, as their innate endowments were different.
Even without her, any qualified Golden Pill Monk in the military formation could easily annihilate the Yin Clan army before them.
What particularly troubled Hei Louxi was her attempt to take control of this Xun Wind Army as her backing and as a foundation for rebuilding her family clan in the future, even considering granting them her own surname without discrimination.
Regrettably, she had never been successful.
Chun Jian and other maids from Tushan Immortal City firmly controlled the army's training, rewards and punishment, promotions, and were dispersed through each unit, acting as deputy commanders with control over the vast majority of the army's power, able to get along with nearly all the soldiers.
As an outside Golden Pill Cultivator like her, there were only rights to command in war and to share the spoils of battle, nothing more.
Hei Louxi suspected that if one day she wanted to become independent, aside from a few Hei Clan female cultivators, she would hardly be able to take many people with her. The orders of the Tushan maiden group could turn against her, surrounding and attacking her without much hesitation.
This naturally left her extremely dissatisfied.
In the Northern Plains, it was only natural for all military leaders to command elite personal troops that were completely loyal to their officers. Having this suddenly taken away here was, naturally, not something that could make her happy.
Hei Louxi had no intention of leaving the Tushan maiden group for the time being.
Looking around the Northern Plains, the only place where she could settle down was here. The Blood King Army was a mixed bag of good and bad, full of infighting, but most crucially, it lacked strength and potential, which was really worrisome.
With the Tushan maidens, although her military power was restricted, the division of war spoils was still fair and without slightest shortchanging, continuing the habit of Immortal Tushan's promises being worth their weight in gold.
Within the maiden group, using the name of the Immortal, it was openly promised that even the Nascent Soul Opportunities in the Court's Blessed Land would be distributed based on military achievements alone, which was the sole criterion, disregarding familiarity and seniority completely.
This promise held considerable credibility.
Because, Immortal Tushan really did distribute things equivalent to Nascent Soul Opportunities, such as a large amount of fourth-tier Spirit Mines within the Luoxu Clan, to the cultivators.
In comparison to the the unverified promises of the Northern Plains' great and Righteous Over Clouds, they seemed more credible.
After weighing various factors, Hei Louxi and a group of outside Golden Pill female cultivators, although discontent in their hearts, still chose to stay within the Tushan maiden group.
Her thoughts fast as lightning, Hei Louxi uttered softly after a moment.
The Xun Wind Army Formation drifted through the Yin Clan's Celestial Soldiers Exorcism Array like the fine threads of spring rain, causing the Heavenly Palace's buildings to collapse, Foundation-building cultivators to die, and Golden Pill Monks to unwittingly become a mist of blood.
The Gold light Army Formation collapsed!
The Golden Pills of the Yin Clan were terrified, burning Essence Blood, frantically fleeing in all directions.
"We wish to surrender!"
"Spare my life! The direct lineage of the Yin Clan is ruthless; I am willing to join the Tushan maiden group to pursue the Great Dao of Nascent Soul..."
More soldiers and officers from the Liudao Sect chose to surrender, especially when facing the Tushan maidens, their will to resist wasn't that strong.
Because, they did not kill captives.
Unlike other units of the Blood King Army, which were bloody and greedy, frequently killing the innocent, the Tushan maidens treated captives well.
Even if those from the direct lineage of the Hei Clan surrendered during the battle and made meritorious deeds, they would not die. They would be released, given a certain amount of Spirit Stones as payment, and not even the last Magic Tool or Treasure would be confiscated.
Many female cultivators from the collateral lineage of the Liudao Sect directly chose to join the Tushan maiden group.
Generally speaking, if they passed political scrutiny and possessed the qualified twinling root or above, they would be accepted and would then begin to refine their cultivation method and nurture their Taoist Soldiers' Flying Swords.
It could be said they were absorbing all kinds of power like a sea that embraces hundreds of rivers, striving to expand their forces.
Pursuing the remnant enemies, cleaning the battlefield.
Guarding captives, confiscating spoils of war, absorbing eligible captives to become soldiers...
The Tushan maidens carried out various battlefield tasks methodically; everything was extremely familiar, suggesting they had experienced numerous such battles over the years.
With each battle, their strength and numbers increased.
With more resources at hand, they had more Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures to refine their Flying Swords, further strengthening their power and advancing their cultivation base and path.
With victory, they could gain these wonderful things.
Under the golden sunshine, many female cultivators held their Life Flying Swords, their faces beaming with satisfaction and joy.
They liked this endless stream of war.