Conquering Myriad Worlds from the Mythical Three Kingdoms

"It's useful, but not very useful!"

This is Lu Bu's evaluation of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner: a 20% chance of success, and not even a permanent solution. Lu Bu's disdain for this thing is almost palpable.

"At least the direction is right!"

Chen Gong chuckled dryly. They were out of options. Trying to disrupt the rules was indeed not so easy.

"Can you capture a few alive? Having test subjects would make testing much easier!" Chen Gong looked at Lü Bu with anticipation.

Lu Bu hesitated for a moment, then nodded and secretly led Dian Wei and Zhao Yun to the Zhou Dynasty's camp to capture a few soldiers.

Lu Bu resisted this sneaky behavior, but since it was Chen Gong's request, he reluctantly went along with it.

Immortality is ultimately just immortality; in terms of strength, it's nothing to Lu Bu and his group. Even with the cloud covering them, they easily captured them alive.

After two days of research, Chen Gong and the others upgraded the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, turning soldiers into undead while allowing the undead to sacrifice themselves. This way, they could directly kill the undead soldiers and put their souls into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

However, the probability is still only one in five. But according to Chen Gong and his team's estimates, as long as there are enough souls inside, the Myriad Soul Banner will upgrade its range and probability, and it will only be a matter of time before it covers the battlefield.

"Do I need to insert this too?"

Gan Ning looked at the Ten Thousand Souls Banner in his hand with some disdain. He used to be a bandit named Jinfan, and he had an extreme pursuit of aesthetics.

Most of his personal wealth was spent on glamorous clothing and luxurious accessories.

Making Gan Ning carry this aesthetically unappealing Ten Thousand Souls Banner is no less than making him run naked.

"It's better to be prepared. There are plenty of monsters in the sky, so let's stick them on the ship for emergencies!"

Pang Tong tried to persuade him from the side. He knew his partner's personality all too well, and he really couldn't accept doing something so lacking in elegance.

"Since you created this thing later, why don't you just use Frostmourne? It would definitely be much more effective than this!"

Gan Ning unleashed his full mental potential, his intelligence approaching the pinnacle of human ability, and he risked everything to avoid obtaining the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.

After discussing it, Xu Shu and the others realized that Gan Ning's words were indeed correct.

Hymns for hymns, rules for rules.

What they created were ultimately derivatives, possessing only a portion of the power of the hymn fragments. If the complete hymn fragments could be brought over, the effect would undoubtedly be much more outstanding.

Moreover, they have already done most of the research they need to do, and using it on the battlefield is the best approach.

“That makes sense. If we could bring the fragments over, it might be enough to cover the entire battlefield.” The more Xu Shu thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed.

They hadn't thought of it that way before, subconsciously assuming that this thing was valuable and should be placed in the back.

However, after Gan Ning's reminder, they realized that they had already thoroughly studied Frostmourne and the Shard of Order, the products of these two hymn fragments. The remaining minor tasks could be handled using derivatives.

Since it concerned the fate of the army, the rear command briefly discussed the matter and then immediately sent people to escort them over.

But then the question of who would use it arose.

The fragments of order are manageable; their impact is minor. At most, they might make people more stubborn, but things will get better after a while.

But Frostmourne truly corrodes anything that touches it.

People with weak willpower may have their bodies taken over.

"I'll do it!"

After a brief moment of thought, Lü Bu directly stated that he was very unhappy with these undead soldiers, and that the Ten Thousand Souls Banner and Frostmourne were all countermeasures.

But in Lü Bu's mind, only his own strength was true strength.

Previously, this wasn't necessary, but now, Lu Bu feels he needs to delve deeper into the fragments of the hymn within Frostmourne to master the power to annihilate the undead.

Since Joan of Arc could control it, Lü Bu felt that he could control it too.

No one else had any objections. After all, Lu Bu and Guan Yu were the authorities when it came to divine will, and since Guan Yu was not present, only Lu Bu could step forward.

Lu Bu used his divine will to directly crush the secret technique on Frostmourne, and then grabbed Frostmourne without fear.

He could feel his consciousness entering a certain icy and snowy land, but Lu Bu only snorted coldly, and his divine will exploded completely, instantly covering the icy and snowy land with gold and red.

Slowly opening his eyes, Lü Bu nodded to the others.

The power of Frostmourne was indeed eroding him, but he used his divine will to forcefully suppress all the erosion in one corner, so that it had almost no effect on him.

Lu Bu was a genius, with a profound understanding of martial arts. Grabbing Frostmourne and the Banner of Ten Thousand Souls, he quickly understood how Xu Shu and the others had done it.

With a little manipulation, Lü Bu completely mastered this power.

However, Lu Bu needs to use both Fragment of Order and Frostmourne simultaneously to achieve this.

Having devised a countermeasure, Yue Fei quickly planned an attack, but this time the scale was much larger than the previous ones.

The illusionary warriors poured out in droves, with infantry and archers moving alongside the cavalry.

It wasn't a decisive battle, but its scale was large enough to qualify as a local war.

On the Zhou side, although King Mu of Zhou did not interfere in affairs, the Queen Mother of the West still keenly noticed this reshuffling.

"Mysterious Maiden, take three hundred divine beasts and three thousand celestial beings to assist Grand Minister Junya!" After a moment's thought, the Queen Mother of the West decided to send a portion of her forces to support the Great Zhou.

He knew that the Great Zhou was not weak and that they could wear down many opponents by relying on their immortality, but he did not want the other side to completely break through their immortality.

After all, the elixir of immortality was given to King Mu of Zhou by him. If someone were to break the immortality barrier, it could potentially cause the Zhou Dynasty to slip out of her control.

So he simply mobilized the Nine Heavens Mystic Maiden and led the elite troops of West Kunlun to provide support.

Celestials are beings selected from countless alchemists seeking immortality during the Zhou Dynasty by the Western Kunlun Mountains, and bestowed with various extraordinary abilities.

Most importantly, they all mastered the ability to achieve harmony between humanity and nature.

This ability, which is similar to that of the Danyang elites, makes the combat power of these celestial beings quite exaggerated; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to regard them as half of the Miracle Legion.

With the addition of three hundred sacred beasts, this force is enough to intervene in any imperial battlefield.

Both sides moved very directly, having already detected each other's entire deployment before the battle even began.

"Let's go!" Yue Fei personally took command and directed the battle.

Seeing that the Great Zhou side was prepared, without further ado, he ordered Taishi Ci to take action and bombard the outer walls of the camp. In the event of a surprise attack, any legion could easily dismantle the outer walls of the camp with a combined assault.

However, when preparations are already underway and clouds have been raised to reinforce the camp, it becomes necessary to bring in a special individual like Taishi Ci.

The cloud can offset the legion's attack, but after offsetting it, there is still an interval for the resentment to circulate and recover.

For a normal legion, a legion attack also requires time to prepare, so the two are roughly equal.

But for Taishi Ci, the Legion talent buff turned one shot into two, instantly breaking the balance.

Almost no legion can compete with the legion led by Taishi Ci in terms of legion talent.

The outer wall of the camp did not last long and was demolished under Taishi Ci's relentless bombardment, leaving a huge gap.

Having anticipated this outcome, Yue Fei preemptively commanded the Xiliang cavalry to charge ahead along the breach.

Just as Taishi Ci stopped fighting, the Xiliang cavalry crossed the gap in the outer wall of the camp and engaged in close combat with the Undead Legion, who were waiting in battle inside the camp.

Yue Fei was quite satisfied with the Xiliang cavalry, or rather, all military geniuses were quite satisfied with the Xiliang cavalry.

In terms of direct confrontation, the Xiliang cavalry seemed to have an innate advantage, always able to steadily limit the enemy's troop deployment during engagements.

The undead army in the camp was blocked by the Xiliang cavalry and dragged into the mud, where they began to wrestle on the spot.

They couldn't break through the Xiliang cavalry, and the Xiliang cavalry also had difficulty killing the Undying Army. The two sides exchanged blows, firmly locking the center of the battlefield.

"Go!" Yue Fei had anticipated this scene and immediately dispatched infantry to begin infiltration and contact.

Dian Wei led the Imperial Guards of the Forged Emperor, roaring as they charged towards the Undying Legion. The formidable power born from technological cultivation slammed a mace into the shields of the Undying soldiers, immediately causing noticeable dents.

The immense force caused these immortal soldiers to tilt and lose their balance involuntarily. Fortunately, they were also highly trained elites, and they quickly regained their footing, absorbed the force, and adjusted their defensive postures.

But the next moment, they were hit by the mace and fell to the ground, completely losing their balance. Then, with another kick, the undead soldiers immediately fell to the ground.

Smash them!

In the very first moment of the clash, hundreds of immortal soldiers were knocked to the ground, and several times that number of soldiers were injured.

For these heavily armed infantrymen, heavy weapon strikes are the most severe form of attack, and their defenses are hardly able to withstand such shockwaves.

In their first encounter, the Undead soldiers suffered heavy losses.

A normal legion would likely be wiped out by now, but the Undead Legion seems oblivious to this.

More soldiers charged forward in a defensive posture, desperately sniping at the Imperial Guards of the Yuanzhu Emperor. Those soldiers who had been knocked down got up one by one and continued to fight.

The situation immediately reached a stalemate. Yue Fei did not expect to be able to sweep through the enemy in one fell swoop. The enemy's resurrection ability was too disgusting, and their positioning was similar to that of super heavy infantry, which allowed them to ignore 90% of the army.

Even if Yue Fei had all his elite troops, it would still be quite difficult to wipe out these immortal soldiers.

However, this trip was also a test for them.

Yue Fei carefully observed the battlefield. The effect of the Ten Thousand Soul Banner began to take hold. The fallen undead soldiers transformed into undead and then sacrificed themselves, which could indeed directly kill the resurrection of the undead soldiers.

However, the probability is extremely low, especially when facing a large number of gathered undead soldiers, the probability of obtaining the Myriad Soul Banner seems to have dropped to less than one-tenth.

Yue Fei patiently waited for the process to proceed, but after hundreds of immortal soldiers were transformed into undead sacrifices, the probability hardly changed. The range of influence did expand by a few meters, but it was still a drop in the ocean.

"Report, Marshal! We've discovered that when large numbers of undead soldiers gather, a phenomenon of resonance occurs, or rather, the rules become clearer!"

Xu Shu quickly described the results of his mental talent analysis.

This resonance phenomenon is quite natural. Although it doesn't increase the number of resurrections, it does create a significant resistance to any means of restricting resurrection.

Yue Fei remained calm as he directed his archer legion to unleash a barrage of arrows, seizing every opportunity to strike.

The Undying Soldiers' line of defense, which they were barely holding on to, suffered a huge breach after Yue Fei unleashed a barrage of arrows that swept through the key points of their formation.

Then Yue Fei directly placed Zhang Liao's Imperial Guards into the weak point.

"Follow me and kill!" Zhang Liao knew that his mission was to protect Lü Bu and verify the effect of Frostmourne on the Undead, so he went all out from the start.

The already weakened battle line was instantly torn apart.

After a brief period of probing, the Imperial Guard Wolf Riders quickly found a way to reliably kill these undead soldiers.

Miraculous transformation negates immortality, and the blade of will pierces vital points. Even if the undead soldiers are able to revive, they will be killed the moment they are revived.

However, this whole process is a huge drain on the Miracle Legion. Even with the power of the military spirit as a foundation, the Feathered Wolf Riders cannot sustain it for long.

After all, the Undead Soldiers' defense is really strong. Wolf Riders need to coordinate with their comrades to attack and reliably kill the Undead Soldiers. More often than not, they won't even have time to pierce the Blade of Will and will simply kill the Undead Soldiers once.

"How could this be?" Lu Bu frowned. He had already used Frostmourne, but not a single undead soldier had been turned into an undead.

It doesn't even have one-tenth of the probability that the Myriad Soul Banner can achieve.

This puzzled Lü Bu, who wondered if his own will had suppressed the effect of the hymn fragments.

With some doubt, Lü Bu charged straight to the front line, unleashing Frostmourne to sweep across and behead an Undead soldier.

Although it wasn't as handy as the halberd, using a two-handed greatsword wasn't difficult for Lü Bu.

After the undead soldiers were transformed into undead and sacrificed themselves, Lü Bu discovered that his guess was actually true.

Because he used his will to limit Frostmourne's erosion of the outside world, Frostmourne's power could not be exerted.

In this scenario, enemies killed by Frostmourne will be 100% transformed into undead and self-sacrifice.

While the probability has increased significantly, the efficiency has decreased considerably.

When Lü Bu got carried away with his killing spree, he swung his greatsword horizontally with both hands, and few immortal soldiers could withstand a single blow.

Lu Bu killed more than twenty undead soldiers in one go, turning them all into undead to sacrifice themselves.

The power of Frostmourne was growing stronger, but it was suppressed by Lu Bu's divine will and shrank back into a ball.

This discovery greatly disappointed Yue Fei. It was indeed difficult to restrain the immortals. Since the enemy dared to form an army based on the immortals, they would naturally consider all sorts of situations.

Their best option still seems to be to wear down these undead legions until the Myriad Soul Banner grows stronger, at which point they can completely crush the undead. (End of Chapter)