I have an endless army of warriors, rampaging across the heavens.

Chapter 118, Fourth Tier: Diligence Can Make Up for Lack of Talent, and Spending Money Can Change Fate! [Major Revision!]

As of August 12th, the eleventh year of the Daye era.

Sakyo had a total of 27293 suicide soldiers, including more than a thousand who had died and were waiting to be resurrected.

If those who died are included, the current distribution of the more than 27,000 elite warriors in Sakyo is as follows—

Laoshan: 8000.
Laozhou: 2000.
Shengjing: 3000.
Jiujiang: 5000.
The remaining provinces of the Great Yan: 5000.
Countries and territories surrounding the Great Yan: 1000.
as well as.

Blessed Land: 3000.
……

The next day.

August thirteen.

Zuo Jing got up early to practice his martial arts, still practicing the "Five-Stance Fist".

Admittedly, he could easily switch to a better cultivation technique now, and he even already had his hands on the "Imperial Extreme World-Shaking Technique" cultivated by Emperor Daye Murong Qizhen.

It can be repaired.

But it is not necessary.

"The Five-Stage Fist is not bad either, but it is better because I have mastered it. I have practiced and studied it for so long that I have already mastered it. If I switch to another martial art, I will have to start from scratch, which is a waste of time."

"Moreover, the more advanced the technique, the higher the difficulty."

Zuo Jing was very clear about his own abilities: "I am just an ordinary person. I was able to cultivate to my current level in just over a year by constantly cooking precious meat every day."

Of course, this is also inseparable from his own hard work.

In the small courtyard.

"drink!"

Zuo Jing stepped forward, his body swaying and his steps faltering. His palms, like dragon claws, circled left and right, advancing and retreating diagonally. He moved like lightning among the wooden stakes in the courtyard, his body rising and falling, breathing naturally. His steps were precise and his punches were unerring, his movements skillful and wondrous, and his demeanor ethereal.

It was none other than the Dragon Fist, one of the five styles of boxing.

This style of boxing draws inspiration from the spirit of the dragon, refining its essence into qi, and then into spirit. With this spirit gathered, the form resembles the dragon's; its movements are as swift as a collapsing mountain, as still as a crouching rabbit. Its steps are rapid and steady, its movements swirling and weaving like a swimming dragon, sometimes swallowing, sometimes spitting, sometimes floating, sometimes sinking, sometimes large, sometimes small, sometimes long, sometimes short—unpredictable and ever-changing. Its movements align with the principles of yin and yang, its stillness contains the opportunity for ambush. The strikes follow the body's every move, the body arriving with the footwork, the techniques complementing each other, fluid and skillful. The boxing style is unique, the striking methods mysterious, and the kung fu distinctive.

Sakyo practiced day and night.

Not only did he train himself, he also prepared eighteen assassins, ranging from level one to level nine. Whenever he was exhausted from training, his body was tired but his spirit was high. He would stop and possess the bodies of those assassins, taking over their bodies to continue his arduous training.

Different levels of assassins have different physical qualities and therefore different foundations.

By practicing boxing with these different bodies, Zuo Jing gained a unique understanding of the "Five-Stage Boxing" and made extraordinary progress.

In terms of technique, I used a little cheat code, and the effect was remarkable.

He has already mastered the 'Five Stances' and is now focusing on the 'Five Fists'.

today.

That's early.

With the mastery of Dragon Fist among the Five Fists.

He had mastered four of the five styles, only lacking the final one, the Snake Fist.

Originally, one should have mastered all five techniques before entering the fourth stage of power enhancement.

but!

The meat is so delicious!
Zuo Jing couldn't resist eating the precious meat like it was his daily meal, which greatly accelerated his progress. Now that his skills have just reached the required level, he can quickly gather and strengthen his fist techniques, whereas he was originally at the level of whole-body strength and needed to temporarily integrate them.

Silently.

The ancient well remains calm.

Even Zuo Jing didn't know at first, until he stopped—

"what?"

"Constantly gather strength?"

"I did it!?"

Zuo Jing was delighted.

A mere Tier 4 power boost!
Take it!

……

"I started learning martial arts at eighteen, and reached the fourth level in one year and four months. In the Great Yan Dynasty, I would be considered an unparalleled genius, wouldn't I?"

Zuo Jing grinned.

Don't underestimate fourth-tier fighters. Don't be fooled by Zuo Jing's current ease in killing fourth-tier fighters; sixth and seventh-tier fighters are no match for him either.

However, in the Great Yan, such as Shangyang City, a fourth-level increase in strength is already enough to be called a 'great master'. If one jumps a little higher, the fifth or sixth level in Shangyang Prefecture and Jiujiang would be almost invincible, enough to roam freely without fear of death.

now.

Zuo Jing has also made great strides in catching up.

"But it's still too slow."

Zuo Jing reflects on his brief martial arts career—

It took three months to master the skill.

It was repaired and strengthened in May.

After another eight months of training, he has now achieved the fourth-level increase in strength.

It lasted a full sixteen months.

"It will take eight months to go from three to four months."

"At this rate, won't it take a year to go from four to five? Or a year and a half from five to six?"

Zuo Jing is not young anymore.

He's not some kid who just turned eighteen last year.

He's nineteen this year, twenty by the lunar calendar, and twenty-one by the monetary calendar, practically on his way to thirty. "Time waits for no one!"

"If you don't work hard when you're young, you'll regret it when you're old!"

"If possible, it's best to be as fast as possible, keep speeding up!"

Zuo Jing didn't want to go through all the trouble of upgrading Can Yu to level 20, which would allow him to summon 10946 assassins in a single day, only to die of old age himself!

That would be too tragic.

but.

Then again.

Zuo Jing's current cultivation speed is actually quite fast—

In terms of skills, with the help of possessing assassins, he can practice for 24 hours a day, and when he is in high spirits, he can even practice for several days and nights without interruption.

As for the body, there is also precious meat, which is endless and inexhaustible. We can eat it every day and at every meal, in different ways, and pick and choose what we want. We simply can't finish it all.

Diligence can make up for clumsiness.

Pay-to-win can change your fate.

Sakyo actually enjoys conditions that many people can't even imagine.

"The potential of the Great Yan region has reached its limit."

"The old master of the Five Pole Hall was at most a fifth-level external force releaser, and he was old and useless. He had nothing left to teach me."

Zuo Jing was thinking that it would be best to find an even more powerful 'master'.

Famous teachers make high apprentices.

If a martial arts master at the peak of the twelfth level were to guide him day and night and answer his questions, perhaps his progress in skills could be accelerated.

Then there's the precious meat—

"I have enough."

"But the quality is a bit poor."

The assassins are still too weak.

In low-level games, sweep them.

Playing high-level games? What a joke.

Even the strongest level 10 assassin's peak individual state is undoubtedly 'Lone Wolf +1' and 'Triple Blood Burn +3', plus the 'Mind Matrix' which burns the life of a low-level assassin and adds another +1 to the limit, theoretically reaching 11 times.

Even so, hunting down a beast in its growth stage that is at least at the ninth rank is extremely difficult.

As of now—

Led by a high-ranking assassin.

Low-level assassin support.

Sakyo is able to hunt mostly nascent-stage monsters.

Their strength is around level 6 to 8.

It is called 'low-grade treasure meat'.

Low-grade treasure meat is valuable, but not that valuable.

Further up, there are growth stage, maturity stage, and even complete and ultimate-level alien beasts, and the precious meat produced from their bodies is stronger than the last piece.

If the quality of the meat improves, the body's progress may also be accelerated.

"There is still a lot of room for improvement in my current cultivation speed."

"However, whether it's a level 12 expert or higher-quality treasure meat, the former cannot be found in the Great Yan, and the latter cannot be hunted by assassins."

Zuo Jing realized that perhaps he could take advantage of the situation and capture the entrance to the blessed land on Meishan Mountain in Shengjing City in one fell swoop.

Yan Ting recruited the eighteen extraordinary individuals from there.

“Murong Qizhen can be recruited.”

"I can't do it if there's no reason why."

If there are eight or ten adults in their growth stage, hunting down adult beasts in their growth stage would be feasible.

one more.

Since there are extraordinary people in that blessed land, and since Murong Qizhen can learn from that blessed land that there are experts of the 10th/11th/12th ranks above the ninth rank, then, is there already a 12th rank expert in that blessed land?

"Intermediate-grade treasure meat".

"A level 12 master."

Perhaps all of that can be found in that blessed land.

but.

Conquering a blessed land is easy, but maintaining it is difficult.

As the saying goes, even a starved camel is bigger than a horse. After all, Yan Ting still has so many experts left, and they are all banding together now, making them really difficult to kill.

"never mind."

"I'll first consolidate my fourth-order results."

however.

Before Zuojing could consolidate his power, he went to attack Fukuchi.

Then, something unexpected happened on the Great Yan side.

But this time it's not Zuo Jing's fault.

……

(End of this chapter)