Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

On the training field,

Zhang Dingjun projected the battle footage from the last term’s final exam into the sky as he explained the combat strategies.

”Overall, you all did well, humbling No.7 High School’s arrogance. However, there were deficiencies.”

”Firstly, you shouldn’t have constructed your base so early. Without having encountered any danger, you should have scouted at least seventy kilometers around to gather intelligence and find a suitable base. Look here,”

He zoomed out of the image to show a map of the forest from the final exam, pointing towards an area to the southeast, about thirty kilometers from their first campsite. Surrounded by mountains and stones, the vegetation there was much denser than in other areas.

”There’s a first-order high-grade Spiritual Vein there that could provide energy for your cultivation. Using this as a base for your formations would also enhance the power of various Formation Methods. Give a real second-order Formation Master enough time, and with a substantial investment of Spirit Stones, you could have Foundation-building strength across a region.”

”In high schools in Xiandu, there might be students like this.”

Hua Bing’s face showed a look of shame.

As the highest commander, she bore the responsibility for this oversight.

”Secondly...”

Zhang Dingjun listed their many shortcomings in terms of strategy, tactics, and combat skills, providing methods on how to correct them.

Even Jiang Ding was criticized. Zhang stated that using his Concealment so early on was extremely foolish. Hua Bing should have just responded through the communications when summoned.

Reconnaissance infantry should never reveal their presence unless they are close to death.

”These are the main points everyone should remember and correct. The enemies in the College Entrance Exam are not as easy to deal with as those brutes from No.7 High School.”

Zhang Dingjun instructed them to record his words, and then he brought up another matter.

”This year’s Xianmen High School practical exam topics have been released. Everyone can now log on to the campus network to check them out.”

Upon hearing that, Jiang Ding was shocked and hastily logged into the website with his helmet.

It had always been like this every year; practical exam topics for the senior high entrance exam would be released a day or two after the start of the spring term in the senior year.

There was no fear of people preparing in advance. On the contrary, it was encouraged.

This was because the Xianmen College Entrance Exam was not simply about internal selection and competition for rankings, but more importantly, it was a simulation of real combat designed to train and enhance the military prowess of the future pillars of Xianmen.

The emphasis was on you learning more in advance and improving yourself in a targeted manner.

[Desolate Bronze Small World - West Desert]

[This exam’s simulation is partly derived from secondary products obtained by the Central Array Spirit Computer’s casting of the pseudo Immortal Technique ’Heaven Searching’]

[Introduction: A small world under dispute between Xianmen and one of the Nine Great Immortal Sects from the outer realm, Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, with over a hundred billion population, abundant in monsters and spiritual plants, housing one fourth-order mid-grade spiritual vein, three fourth-order low-grade spiritual veins, and sixty-seven third-tier spiritual veins, rich in earth and metal attribute spirit mines.]

[Strategic special product: A large-scale fourth-order Fusionmagnetite Stone vein, which produces fourth-order Melted Magnetic Crystal Stones. With the addition of various types of Spiritual Gold by Xianmen and further processing, it can significantly enhance the affinity for electromagnetic forces of electromagnetic cannon shells, increasing their power.

Xianmen Science Institute reports that with a large number of fourth-order Melted Magnetic Crystal Stones smelted and purified, it is possible to refine fifth-order Fusionmagnetite Stones, affecting battlefields at the Divinity Transformation Level.]

Jiang Ding’s breath hitched.

Electromagnetic cannons were a type of main battle Artifact widely used by high-stage cultivators of Xianmen, consisting of energy sources, accelerators, switches, and shells.

The fourth-order Melted Magnetic Crystal Stone vein affects the shells of electromagnetic cannons.

[Outside the Small World, Xianmen’s twenty-fourth to thirty-sixth Tiangang Orbit Troops and thirty-sixth to seventy-second Di Sha Orbit Troops are currently in a standoff with the cultivator troops of the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace. Both sides have sealed the area with great arrays, killing all native cultivators at or above the Golden Pill level and related puppet formations, currently only allowing cultivators below the Foundation Building level to enter.]

[Combat objective: Kill all cultivators from the West Desert area of the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace and destroy the one hundred and eight Array Bases of the ’Xuanwu Four-polar Boundary Array’ situated there.]

”You’ve all seen the topic; what are your thoughts?”

After about fifteen minutes, when everyone had digested the practical exam topic for the College Entrance Exam, Zhang Dingjun asked.

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No one answered.

One of the Nine Great Immortal Sects, the strength of Xuanwu Heavenly Palace was simply not something the natives could compare with, let alone the foundation-building cultivators within it. Even the students from all three classes combined would probably not be a match for a single Xuanwu Heavenly Palace foundation cultivator.

And there would definitely not be a small number of these cultivators.

”An ant swarm attack?”

After a long time, Jiang Ding tentatively said.

The only advantage on the Xianmen side was their numbers, over one million people.

These were quality talents who had received comprehensive education from high schools under Xianmen, capable of driving tanks, operating heavy machine guns, and setting up formations—versatile experts.

Out of the more than two hundred million Xianmen sixteen-year-old eligible citizens, these one million-plus exam candidates were the elites who remained after being filtered through various ordinary and vocational high schools.

Given a few hundred years, it was highly possible that many Nascent Soul Monks would emerge from these million high school seniors.

”Exactly, that’s the way.”

Zhang Dingjun admired.

”However, the strength of the cultivators from Xuanwu Heavenly Palace is far greater than that of other medium and small sects, and having battled Xianmen for thousands of years, the vast majority of their disciples excel in concealment, earth escape, and other magic spells, and are of no low realm!”

Hua Bing’s face was one of despair.

Don’t assume that a tank battalion with thirty-six tanks could confront a foundation-building cultivator head-on; that’s under the condition that the opponent doesn’t dodge.

If it’s an ambush, entering within a kilometer range unnoticed, they could instantly slaughter a vast number of Qi Practitioners.

”That’s the problem you need to consider.”

Zhang Dingjun smiled, ”My suggestion is to stick to the powerful ones, closely unite around the second-order formation masters, especially the first-order war commanders from the Affiliated High School of Beidou University Taoist Department, and the very few extraordinary second-order war commanders of Xianmen.”

He actually made a suggestion very similar to that of Li Junhao.

War Commanders, like artifact refiners, alchemists, formation masters, talisman creators, and spirit beast masters, are unique secondary professions within Xianmen, commonly found in the defense-oriented ’Seven Sons’ universities such as Beidou University Taoist Department and the military.

They are considered an advanced variation of the formation master profession.

”Unity! Organization!”

Zhang Dingjun said solemnly: ”Fellow students, these are the two great secrets to Xianmen’s survival and continued growth and strengthening. Don’t forget them.”

He didn’t say more, allowing everyone to reflect on their own, and then announced the end of class.

Jiang Ding went back to the cultivation room to cultivate.

The elixir on the palm of the banyan tree had changed due to the change in rankings; it had gone from a mid-grade Purple Jade Life Essence Pill to an exceptional-grade one, roughly equivalent to 50% the effect of a Ginseng Essence Qi-transforming Elixir, increasing the efficacy of tempering 224 meridians each day.

He swallowed it in one gulp, closed his eyes to cultivate, and nurtured the twelve primary channels and the Eight Extraordinary Meridians.

He had already tempered 59,600 meridians, and only 48,622 more needed to be tempered to achieve the Great Perfection of Circle of Vital Energy and naturally break through to Eaglet Innate, coalescing the Dao Body Embryo.

”If I had more elixirs, I would be able to advance in sixty-two days.”

Ding!

Jiang Ding glanced at his cell phone.

[Di Ting Appraisal Co. Ltd: The three storage bags you entrusted for opening and identification have been unlocked. The appraisal results of the items inside are as follows: 4,524 low-grade spirit stones, eleven mid-grade spirit stones, spiritual plants of over a hundred years old...]

Jiang Ding felt that he should be able to complete the Great Perfection of Circle of Vital Energy within a month and coalesce the special Dao Body Embryo.

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