Chapter 540: Chapter 253: Unfortunately, You Met Me (Requesting Monthly Votes)
At this moment, fifteen thousand soldiers had already formed a battle array.
Each person was clad in pitch black heavy armor, these fifteen thousand people stood in midair, from a distance, they appeared as a vast dark mass, like dark clouds pressing down, exuding an immense sense of oppression.
Xu Zhou couldn’t help but sigh internally: "Indeed, fifteen thousand people are not the same as eight thousand."
Immediately, he took a step forward to the commander’s position.
In an instant, an incomparably vast amount of energy surged into Xu Zhou’s body like a flooding tide.
This energy was immensely heavy; if it were an ordinary Sixth Grade strong person, they would be instantly crushed by this energy.
Fortunately, Xu Zhou had already comprehended the Five Elements Divine Technique, his body melded with the sky and earth, utterly transparent.
No matter how powerful the energy, for him, it could be easily manipulated.
In other words, he was now like a transit station for heaven and earth energy, capable of absorbing all the energy, processing it, and then releasing it.
This, precisely, fit the role of an army’s commander.
After all, the function of an army commander is to gather the energy of the entire army formation and create moves that far exceed one’s own realm.
"Condense!"
At this moment, Xu Zhou took a deep breath and instantly condensed the energy of all fifteen thousand soldiers.
"Form a strong attack formation!"
Xu Zhou shouted loudly.
"Hualala!"
Upon his command, the large battle array below swiftly adjusted its operation mode and formed a strong attack formation.
No matter how the battle array operated, Xu Zhou, as the army commander, remained unmoving.
Like an aircraft carrier fleet, regardless of how the surrounding ship formations changed, the carrier remained in the center.
Soon, the strong attack formation of fifteen thousand people took shape.
"Condense!"
Xu Zhou pointed with his hand, and the vast energy surged out, condensing a silver-white long knife above the battle array.
As energy continuously poured in, the silver long knife grew in length against the wind.
A hundred meters, a thousand meters, ten thousand meters...
In the blink of an eye, it swelled to a length of thirty thousand meters, almost spanning an entire mountain range.
"Slash!"
Xu Zhou shouted, and that terrifying thirty thousand meter long knife fell toward the mountain peak a hundred miles away.
With a rumble, the long knife shot out, tearing a massive ten-thousand-meter-long fissure in the void, whistling sharply like a missile.
In almost an instant, a hundred miles passed, and the long knife fell.
"Boom!"
The mountain peak a hundred miles away collapsed instantly, the ground shook immensely, and massive fissures snaked out like enormous serpents.
The intense tremor caused the battle formation a hundred miles away to sway.
Within the battle formation, the early-stage Seventh Grade strong person, Qin Zhenjiang, showed a look of astonishment: "This kind of power far surpasses even the peak of the Seventh Grade, at least reaching the early stage of the Eighth Grade!"
A battle formation of fifteen thousand people reaching the power of the early Eighth Grade is not surprising.
The key is that Xu Zhou is merely a Sixth Grade, yet he can control such terrifying energy!
At this moment, including Qin Zhenjiang, several Seventh-Grade strong people who came to assist all put away their contempt.
When they looked at Xu Zhou again, their eyes were filled with admiration.
In the army, being able to serve as a commander and gain the recognition of others requires not just strength, but another important factor: commanding ability!
Ordinary Seventh-Grade strong people can barely control a combined brigade of eight thousand people.
Any more than that is very difficult.
And if one can control a division of more than ten thousand people, even with a slightly lower realm, they are worthy of absolute respect.
After all, on the battlefield, individual strength is insignificant; battle formations are the key to victory or defeat.
The commanding ability Xu Zhou displayed undoubtedly won everyone’s acknowledgment.
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At this time, Xu Zhou secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Thankfully, fifteen thousand people are just on the edge of my control."
"If it were a thousand more, I’m afraid I wouldn’t be able to handle it."
This is mainly because of the realm limitation.
If Xu Zhou had already broken through to the Seventh Grade, even a twenty thousand people battle formation would be easily manageable for him.
After testing his limit, Xu Zhou felt relieved.
Now, even if faced with two Earth Star Divisions, he could still have the confidence to battle!
However, if the opponent’s realm suppression disappears, he doesn’t know if he can still manage.
After all, Xu Zhou still wasn’t clear about the true combat power of the Earth Star Martial Artists.
"No matter, I’ll know soon."
Xu Zhou was considering this when his wristband vibrated slightly.
He opened the wristband’s projection and found that it was an order from the Military Department.
"First Army Group, 23rd Brigade, your unit has joined the Vanguard Army, proceed immediately in the northeast direction and advance five thousand miles."
"If encountering a crushing battle or the enemy having strong people above the Eighth Realm, you may call headquarters, and Eighth Grade reinforcements will arrive immediately."
"This mission is extremely high risk, proceed with all caution, and wish you triumph!"
Upon seeing this information, Xu Zhou immediately knew that the operation had commenced.
Actually, from the recruitment of the Vanguard Army to the start of the action took only about half an hour.
All this was to prevent Earth Star from getting wind of the operation and prepare for a surprise attack.
But this greatly increased the risk of the operation since any battles the Vanguard Army encounters next will be full of unknowns!
Xu Zhou turned and ordered: "The entire army heed the order, form a marching formation, northeast direction, move out!"
"Yes!"
Three minutes later, a vast army formation, like a sky-covering mass, headed towards the northeast.
...
Just as the Vanguard Army set out.
On Earth Star, in Central State, within the Dark Palace.