Chapter 585: Ten Thousand Sword Cultivators

Although Divine Dragon Valley had already been occupied by that City Lord from the Desert Region.

However, those City Lords from the Desert Region all faced a prominent problem: a lack of manpower.

To control such a vast expanse of land, manpower was extremely important.

What could be done without enough manpower?

They could only absorb Cultivators from other continents and have them work on their behalf.

As for the methods, they were nothing more than threats and inducements.

“If you work for me and become my subordinate, then I will give you the right to live.”

Of course, it was absolutely impossible for the other party to want the same status as those from the Desert Region.

Although the Desert Region had not yet said it explicitly, in various parts of the Longming Continent occupied by the Desert Region, that kind of hierarchy was gradually becoming apparent.

On the surface, the people from the Desert Region treated the local Cultivators of the Longming Continent with quite a bit of respect.

But in reality, all of this was merely so that the Desert Region could better rule the entire Longming Continent.

Once the Desert Region completely unified the world or thoroughly gained control of the Longming Continent, then these people from the Desert Region would no longer need to act; they would directly divide everyone into upper-class and lower-class people.

Seizing upon this point, Ye Hui decided to start dropping things similar to flyers over the city.

On them was written exactly how those people from the Desert Region had cruelly murdered their compatriots.

“Today you bleed for those from the Desert Region, but tomorrow, those from the Desert Region will treat you as slaves.”

“To them, you are nothing more than dogs.”

“They are not of our kind! Their hearts must be different!”

“The only plan for now is for us to counter-attack together!”

“Since we’ll die either way, rather than ending up in a state worse than death as someone else’s slave, it’s better to give it our all and leave a name for ourselves after death!”

“At least! The blood we shed now will become the path for future generations to advance!”

“At least! For every extra drop of blood we shed, the less likely it is that our descendants will be enslaved!”

The wording of this scattered article was extremely impassioned, easily stirring up people’s emotions.

Moreover, the content was very short and could be read in an instant; by the time the Desert Region general guarding Divine Dragon Valley reacted, the information on the paper had already spread throughout Divine Dragon Valley.

“This is bad!”

The Divine Dragon Valley general, Ta Yu, slapped the table and rose! He paced back and forth in the great hall.

“Pass down my military order: any Cultivator who discusses the contents of that article again shall be executed without exception!”

Ta Yu knew that he had to suppress this momentum! Otherwise, the army’s morale would definitely be shaken.

Unfortunately, Ta Yu used the wrong method.

If Ta Yu had personally issued an announcement, even if it was just a verbal guarantee that they would not be reduced to slaves and would have the same status as those from the Desert Region, the situation would have been much better.

Setting aside whether the other party would believe it, at the very least, it could have temporarily stabilized the situation.

But Ta Yu directly resorted to suppression; just for discussing it, they were to be beheaded.

This kind of tyrannical behavior further incited the anger in the hearts of many Cultivators.

“Now you still need us to guard the city for you, and yet you act like this.”

“If we wait until the situation stabilizes, we might not even be able to be dogs anymore!”

And it was precisely at a time like this that a leader was needed to be the first to rebel!

This person appeared very quickly.

Following that, like a single spark igniting an entire plain, everyone in Divine Dragon Valley joined in.

They intended to take a gamble.

Rather than living a life worse than a dog’s later on, it was better to fight now; once the entire Longming Continent was out of the Desert Region City Lord’s hands, they could live decent lives.

For a time, the entire Divine Dragon Valley fell into chaos, and during this chaos in Divine Dragon Valley, Ye Hui decisively ordered the entire army to advance upon Divine Dragon Valley together.

After a period of seven days, Divine Dragon Valley was finally taken by Ye Hui.

Once Divine Dragon Valley was captured, the army led by Lin Xun had a base; they could advance to attack or retreat to defend, no longer being like rootless duckweed.

As for Lin Xun’s main camp, it had completely cut down all the Cultivators who had come to provide support.

When Lin Xun took up residence in Divine Dragon Valley, he left behind a Cultivator army of ten thousand to garrison it, while he led ten thousand Sword Cultivators straight for the main camp of that Desert Region City Lord.

In addition, Su Ying sat in the rear, primarily in charge of logistics.

Meanwhile, the ten Peak Masters of the Black Demon Sect went together to attack the northwestern direction of the Longming Continent.

Jiang Qingshang led the Cultivators of the Zilin Holy Land to attack the northeastern direction.

With Divine Dragon Valley as the starting point, the three-pronged army advanced together, intending to take down the entire Longming Continent.

At this time, not much time had passed since the Desert Region took control of the Longming Continent, and that City Lord of the Desert Region had not yet established a firm foothold.

That City Lord’s own military strength was actually not that great; at the very least, it was certainly not enough to control the entire Longming Continent!

Therefore, this City Lord had cooperated with many Sects.

At the beginning of the offensive, these Sects still posed a bit of difficulty, but the more the battle went on, the more it was discovered that these Sects lacked endurance; they were simply vulnerable!

In the end, many Sects even began to defect.

This made Lin Xun quite happy.

Interestingly, as Lin Xun attacked the Longming Continent, his military strength did not decrease as he fought, but instead grew larger, because more and more Cultivators joined Lin Xun’s forces.

However, these Cultivators could not be used directly.

Most of these Cultivators were sent back to the Zilin Holy Land or the Black Demon Sect; they still needed to undergo training!

On the battlefield, the individual strength of a Cultivator was far less important than discipline and coordination between Cultivators!

If these untrained Cultivators were allowed to directly mix into his army, it would instead produce a very bad effect, making the discipline of his army incredibly loose!

Frequent reports of victory came from the other two routes, but in Lin Xun’s direction, it was different.

Lin Xun led ten thousand Sword Cultivators to garrison Longjian City, facing off against the opponent from afar; war was on the verge of breaking out!