My equipment is designed for cultivation; I started by slaughtering my way through a small world.

Chapter 213 Shepherd

In the blink of an eye, more than two months have passed.

Gu Qing and the others stayed at the base of the Fifth Legion in Black Dragon Mountain, practicing the military formation developed by the Immortal Wood Group for pioneering interdimensional warfare, the Formation of All Things in the World.

This formation doesn't require much from the cultivators; each person is equivalent to a module, and only three people are needed to form the simplest Senluo Wanxiang Formation.

As the number of participants increases, the power of the Myriad Manifestations Formation also grows stronger.

If the number of people forming the formation exceeds ten, the spirit of the immortal tree can be manifested to bless the cultivators.

Beyond ten people, there are also versions with hundreds, thousands, and even tens of thousands of people, of the Myriad Formations of the Myriad Manifestations.

Gu Qing's team was a thousand-man squad under Dong Wansheng's command. The highest version of the Senluo Wanxiang Formation that they practiced was only up to a thousand people.

As for the 10,000-player mode, it would probably require a fully-strength Fifth Legion.

As the head of the Ganfu, Gu Qing also managed nine other people. He sent a Guoying clone to practice the ten-person version of the Senluo Wanxiang Formation with Chen Ang, Jia Meiqian, and others, while Gu Qing's main body stood not far away collecting data.

"The most basic function of the Myriad Manifestations Formation is to coordinate all the cultivators within the formation, effectively integrate everyone's power within the formation, and merge individual power into the formation's combined attack."

"This model is worth learning from."

"By using the 'All Things in the World' formation to integrate my shadow clones, wouldn't I be able to command an army all by myself?"

Observing the shadow clone's manipulation of the military formation, Gu Qing silently digested the profound power of the Myriad Manifestations Formation and attempted to integrate and absorb it for his own use.

"Beep beep beep————"

As everyone was practicing on the training ground, a sudden, urgent alarm sounded inside the base.

Gu Qing and the others' expressions changed slightly.

Having been in the Black Dragon Mountain plane for nearly three months, they had come to understand the meaning of the bell; it was the bell for an emergency mission.

Soon, everyone saw Jin Ao, the centurion, arrive by flying through the air.

"Emergency! Emergency! Everyone board the ship immediately! Repeat, everyone board the ship immediately!"

Not only did Jin Ao come to the training ground to gather everyone to board the ship.

Even Guan Lin and the other three centurions came to the training ground with stern faces to summon their mercenaries.

"First squad, follow up."

"Second squad, follow up."

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Gu Qing's squad was the first to board the Qingyun warship.

Sitting by the window, watching the soldiers rapidly assembling in the training ground and boarding the Qingyun warship, Jia Meiqian said in a deep voice, "Boss, this mission involves five Qingyun-class warships and the entire thousand-man squad. This emergency mission is probably not simple."

"It's not simple."

Gu Qing frowned.

Having been in the Black Dragon Mountain plane for nearly three months, they had previously encountered other thousand-person teams on missions in the camp. Most of the time, only one or two Qingyun-class warships would be deployed.

It's rare for a team of a thousand people to go out in full force. Judging from this, they're probably going out to fight a group this time.

This is not a simple task.

Rumble—

The Azure Cloud warship emitted a dazzling green aura, switching to war mode.

Through the windows, Gu Qing and the others could see the warships piloted by the other centurions. At this moment, cannons resembling trumpet flowers grew out from the sides of the warships, and at the very front of the warships, there was a giant cannon with a terrifying caliber.

"That's the main cannon of the Qingyun-class warship, a massive cannon of the Chenlu class. Even a Golden Core cultivator would be rendered useless if hit by one."

Chen Ang stared at the giant cannon, his eyes shining.

"That would only work if you could hit a Golden Core cultivator. The main guns of a warship aren't meant to be used against Golden Core cultivators."

"Its true purpose is to destroy cities."

"Destroy the enemy's defensive formation and attack fixed targets."

Jia, who had no money, pursed his lips.

A Golden Core cultivator wouldn't stand still; the Azure Cloud-class warship simply couldn't lock onto a Golden Core cultivator.

"Quiet."

"Look carefully ahead."

Following the direction Gu Qing pointed, the members of Gu Qing's team saw a wrecked Qingyun-class warship swaying and flying back from outside.

A golden flame suddenly burst forth from the Qingyun-class warship, igniting the side of the ship and sending thick smoke billowing out.

Holy crap.

"Why did only one Qingyun-class warship return?"

"I remember that when this warship went out about two weeks ago, another warship went with it."

Through the gap in the side of the wrecked warship, Gu Qing and the others could even see the mercenaries inside. Many of them were covered in blood, some had severed limbs, and some had been blinded by an unknown force.

Half an hour after leaving the Fifth Legion base, Centurion Jin Ao, dressed in golden armor, came to the front of the group and announced the location and details of the emergency mission to Gu Qing and the others.

"The entire Black Dragon Mountain plane has three main continents. The Immortal Wood Group occupies the Black Earth Continent. The place we are going to on this mission is the edge of the Black Earth Continent, about two million miles away from the main base of the Fifth Legion."

"There is a huge port city there, inhabited by hundreds of millions of native creatures."

"After the Xianmu Group conquered the Black Earth Continent, our people took control of that seaport and used it to produce various war materials."

Jin Ao waved his hand, and the warship projected a scene.

Looking at the background in the projection, there is a vast sea in the distance, which should be the port city that Jin Ao mentioned.

The city in the projected image was at dusk when the base gates suddenly burst open. A dozen or so mercenaries, covered in blood, stumbled in and knelt before the base commander, their voices hoarse as they cried, "They've betrayed us! They've all betrayed us!"

"Overnight, all the native creatures in the city were bewitched by the divine cultivators. They betrayed the Immortal Wood Group and launched a sneak attack on all the mercenaries stationed throughout the city —"

The mercenary who had escaped trembled as he opened his palm, revealing a fragment of a deity imbued with faith, still faintly glowing.

"It was done by the Holy Covenant Court. They sent [Shepherds of Spirits], promising that the native beings would enter the divine kingdom after death and enjoy eternal bliss. Our strongholds throughout the city are being attacked, and native cultivators are attacking us everywhere—"

"BOOM!!"

Suddenly, a deafening roar came from the image projected by Jin Ao, and a golden light descended from the sky.

next moment.

The projected image turned golden, then black, and there was no sound.

The last scene.

The Xianmu Group's base in Harbour City was razed to the ground.

Inside the Qingyun warship, all the mercenaries began to whisper among themselves.

Compared to the regular army of the Immortal Kingdom, mercenaries do not have iron discipline.

The Holy Covenant Court.

There are also Shepherds.

These are all alien civilizations in the void.

The fact that the Holy Covenant Divine Court could maintain a stalemate with the Immortal Wood Group in the Black Dragon Mountain Plane shows that it's not bad.

"Quiet!"

"These are the enemies you will be facing next."

"Remember this, all of you. Don't believe a single word these people from the Holy Covenant Church say."

"otherwise----"