Bombarding Cultivators with Cluster Artillery

The myriad space formation patterns lit up,

and disappeared into the dazzling white light.

Jiang Ding held his breath, retracted his Mana and Divine Sense, and silently observed the changes in the scenery around him.

From the normal sky, it transformed into strands of gold, green, blue, yellow, and red silk-like lines, eventually becoming a chaotic mixture of the five colors, losing the sense of time and falling into silence.

After an unknown amount of time, the chaos in space reappeared, the silk-like five colors emerged once again, and the colors of the sky and earth reemerged.

A splitting headache.

Jiang Ding felt as if his Divine Sense was being drained and his head was splitting open, yet he was still able to maintain his composure. Revealing his figure for just a brief moment, he stowed away the Air-Space Warplane and concealed his form.

His Divine Sense swept across the surroundings.

Sand, the earth, the Gobi Desert—it was the West Desert after more than forty years.

Centered around him, tanks landed one by one, armored troop carriers, supply vehicles, and young men and women with anxious expressions landed with parachutes on their backs.

”Another year of college entrance exams,”

Jiang Ding murmured to himself, moving to temporarily keep his distance from the center of the main force.

Within the Xianmen Sect territory, the only forces that could be mobilized without affecting production and that were well-trained en masse of Qi cultivating and ordinary troops are the college entrance examination students of Xianmen Sect. Even if it is not the examination period, the Tai Xu Fantasy Realm virtual pods in various places are enough to maintain troop rotation.

”Ding!”

”Your location is West Desert of the Desolate Bronze World, 327 kilometers north of the Xianmen Sect’s Star 49 Boundary Formation.”

The voice of the Array Spirit rang out.

”Desolate Bronze Air-Space Army Command: Appointing citizen Jiang Ding as the commander-in-chief of this Desolate Bronze Small World’s ground forces.

Subordinate to him are four Group Armies totaling one million conscripted ground troops; under his command are the Desolate Bronze West Desert Star 49 Boundary Formation stationed Group Army, the Desolate Bronze Northern Sea Star 49 Boundary Formation stationed Group Army, the East Sea Nanofluid Robot Hidden Troop, the Southern Remnants Resistance Troop... a total of four million two hundred twenty-nine thousand seven hundred and seventy-four combat units.”

”So many...”

Jiang Ding felt overwhelmed listening to it all.

”Desolate Bronze Air-Space Army Command: Relieving Jin Chengkong of his post as commander-in-chief of the Desolate Bronze Small World ground forces and appointing him as the deputy commander-in-chief of the Desolate Bronze Small World ground forces.”

”Appointing Jin Lingfeng as the commander of the Third Ground Forces Group Army and also as the commander of the First Group Army, appointing An Siyan as the commander of the Second Group Army...”

Quickly, without the need for an election, one command after another was issued by the Desolate Bronze Air-Space Army Command, establishing the chain of command.

Jiang Ding quickly reviewed it and found that basically, the structure of the original ground forces of Desolate Bronze Small World had not changed. There was just an additional position at the very top for himself.

Of course, this was not to command the troops himself.

It meant that if needed, he could directly issue commands for the troops to cooperate without wasting time on communication.

Besides that, there was also the support of the million troops that had arrived from the surrounding area.

Although they were conscripts from the Xianmen Sect’s college entrance examination students, it did not mean they were weak. In fact, they were stronger than other troops.

Because of the commanders!

Jin Lingfeng, An Siyan, Huang Yan, Ou Daocheng, Liu Mei, and so on, Nascent Soul offspring, those with exceptional results, were at least Second-order War Commanders capable of commanding Air-Space Warplane Third-rank Army Formations in combat.

Now, without large-scale Air-Space Warplanes, they were only projecting their Qi-cultivated Divine Souls, but they could still be regarded as top-tier Second-order War Commanders.

In past college entrance exams, only occasionally would there be students of this level. Now, they appeared in groups, taking on the roles of commanders at the battalion and regiment levels.

”Communication request from Desolate Bronze Small World’s ground forces deputy commander-in-chief, and the commander of the West Desert Boundary Formation stationed Group Army, Jin Chengkong.”

”Desolate Bronze Small World’s Northern Sea Boundary Formation Group Army commander Xue Xi, East Sea Nanofluid Robot Hidden Troop’s division commander Liu Lingxiao, Southern Remnants Resistance Army’s commander Wu Shujun request a meeting.”

Passed.

In front of Jiang Ding, four conference dialogue boxes unfolded.

Jin Chengkong, the Deputy Commander of the Ground Forces, was a middle-aged uncle with a scraggy beard. His record showed that he was a Post-Golden Alchemist involved in combat through his Foundation-building avatar, and he had extensive combat experience.

”Salute!”

”I’ve seen the Commander-in-Chief!”

Jin Chengkong saluted first, followed by the other three who were half a beat slower, barely noticeable, in their salute.

”Greetings to everyone.”

Jiang Ding returned the salute and asked, ”How much longer can the Star 49 Boundary Formation in the West Desert hold out? And what about the Boundary Formation in the Northern Sea?”

The intelligence from Xianmen Sect had it, but he wanted to hear the frontline commanders’ opinions.

”Not very well.”

Jin Chengkong smiled wryly, ”My forces have been under siege for more than ten years. Without reinforcements from the Xuanwu Heavenly Palace, the number of Foundation-building cultivators is between six thousand five hundred and seven thousand. There have been two Xuanwu Substitute Daoists who have appeared; one is Xia Houding whom you’ve met, and the other is a female substitute daoist named Li Han.”

”Among them, Xia Houding poses the greatest threat, causing hundreds of thousands of casualties to the ground forces each time he appears. We have had to resort to third-order tactical nuclear weapons and the use of the West Desert Star Boundary Formation to repel him. Over the years, he has been injured three times but not exterminated.”

”Under the siege of numerous Foundation-building cultivators and the sporadic sneak attacks by two Xuanwu Substitute Daoists, we’re losing forces quickly, and reinforcements can’t keep up.”

”Furthermore, about twenty years ago, Xuanwu Heavenly Palace employed something called the Spirit Fusion Forbidden Treasure, a dangerous treasure capable of neutralizing fission reactions and significantly reducing the power of third-order tactical nuclear weapons.”

”I estimate the entire force will perish in a year.”

”A year? That might work.”

Jiang Ding nodded and looked towards Xue Xi, the commander of the Group Army stationed at the Northern Sea Boundary Formation, a composed and efficient middle-aged female soldier.

”Reporting to the Commander-in-Chief.”

Xue Xi spoke solemnly, ”My forces are facing a Xuanwu Substitute Daoist and a Divine Being of Incense Fire named Maitreya Treasure Tripod. After leaving his place of worship in the East Sea, his power has declined, and he is currently only slightly stronger than the Xuanwu Substitute Daoist.”

”If the enemy’s strength remains unchanged, my forces can hold for about three more years.”

Commanders from the fallen East Sea and the southern regions also reported the status of their respective areas.

”I am now aware of the overall situation.”

Jiang Ding said indifferently, ”Ground force military affairs will still be managed by Deputy Commander Jin Chengkong. Please hold on a bit longer, support is on its way.”

”Yes!”

The three of them showed fervor in their eyes as they saluted in unison.

If they could take over this Small World, each of them would establish great merit, and Xianmen Sect would be generous with its rewards.

He glanced around.

Within a radius of tens of kilometers, a million-strong tank infantry force had completely arrived. Since the Star Boundary Formation was still under the control of Xianmen Sect, this arrival faced no interference, and the troops quickly reorganized.

Huang Yan, Ou Daocheng, and other experienced commanders of battalions and divisions accelerated this process.

A few hours later, when figures camouflaged in the air by Concealment appeared on the horizon, the Third Army Group’s one million troops were also fully reorganized.

”Reporting, Commander-in-Chief Jiang.”

Jin Lingfeng, the commander of the Third Army Group, spoke loudly, ”The troops have completed reorganization, awaiting your orders!”

”Attack, eliminate evil, and seize the thirteenth Small World of Xianmen Sect.”

”Yes.”