However, the enemies wouldn’t be outsmarted that easily. Furthermore, their army was reinforced.
Thus, even though Rocky managed to somehow find a weak spot, his army still failed to break out of
the enemy’s encirclement. Soon enough, they were once again forced into a desperate position.
Therefore, he had to regroup his soldiers again and look for another opportunity to make a comeback.
After a while, a battle of attrition ensued, but the gap in their strength became very visible. Although
Rocky used his experiences to the fullest, he still couldn’t resist the continuous attacks from their
enemies. Soon, the casualties in his army increased, and their defense gradually became much
weaker.
‘Damn it! Nothing is working,’ Rocky thought to himself. But his eyes were still determined, not ready to
give up anytime soon.
Then, after a brief moment, a brilliant idea suddenly struck him. As a cunning smile crept up his lips, he
closed his eyes and activated the Army-blessing Scroll immediately.
Since the Army-blessing Scroll’s effect could only be maximized when it was used within an army,
Rocky thought that it was the best time to utilize it. However, the weaker the morale of the group was,
the lesser would be its effect and vice-versa.
Knowing this, Rocky selected a poem called “A Great Wind” from the thousands of poems inscribed in
the scroll. This particular poem didn’t need too much morale to put it into effect, so it should be
appropriate in this situation.
“A great wind came forth, and the clouds rose on high. Now that my might rules over all of the seas, I
have returned to my old village. Where will I find brave men to guard the borders of my land?” Rocky
recited the poem loudly as he opened his eyes and focused on the battle before him.
In a flash, a dazzling golden light surged out of Rocky’s body that transformed into words, filling both
the heavens and earth. Immediately after, a violent wind roared in the midst of the battlefield, raising
dust of hundreds of thousands of feet, which instantly shrouded the enemies’ vision.
At the same time, the morale of Rocky’s troops was suddenly uplifted. A strong fighting spirit filled their
heart, and their fighting ability was also boosted.
With this, their weakened defense became stable again, and the enemies were unable to push them to
a corner.
Seeing that the morale of his army had dramatically risen, Rocky immediately took advantage of it and
made a move against their enemy. He then chanted another piece to further increase his army’s
morale. “The wild geese are flying high in the moonless night, and the enemy general is running for his
life under the cover of the darkness…”
After he recited the part of the poem, the sky suddenly became dark and the sun lost all of its light.
“Break out!” Rocky exclaimed. He then led his army to get past the enemy’s encirclement while the
strong wind blew and the surroundings were enveloped in darkness.
Because of the sudden obstructions between heaven and earth, the enemy couldn’t tell the route that
Rocky’s army was taking. Eventually, they couldn’t contain them in their encirclement anymore.
When the sun came out again and the strong wind subsided, Rocky’s troops had already disappeared
without a trace.
“Ha-ha!” A moment later, Rocky, who had just successfully led his army to break through the siege, was
immediately woken up from the illusion and saw that Augus was laughing loudly in front of him.
“What happened, sir?” Rocky asked with a confused expression on his face.
“Young man, did you just use the Army-blessing Scroll?” Augus asked as soon as he stopped laughing.
“Yes,” Rocky replied briefly, but he was now more confused because this great general knew the
existence of the scroll.
“I see. It seems that you are the one chosen to fulfill the heavenly destiny,” Augus said with a smirk on
his face.
“Sir, how did you know about the Army-blessing Scroll?” Rocky couldn’t help but ask.
“How? Because I once got my hands on that scroll. Unfortunately, I wasn’t the one destined to be its
owner. Hence, I wasn’t able to utilize its fullest capability. In fact, my mysterious military arrays were
created by my comprehension of the scroll. Just imagine what you can achieve from it since you are
the legitimate master,” Augus said as he explained that he briefly became the scroll’s master before.
“Oh, I see…” Rocky was almost rendered speechless upon realizing the extent of the scroll’s might.
“Moreover, since you are the one who shall fulfill the heavenly destiny, I don’t need to test you
anymore. Accept the mysterious military arrays, young lad!” Upon saying that, Augus instantly turned
into a beam of spiritual light and directly flew into the middle of Rocky’s eyebrows.
As he absorbed Augus’s martial spirit, Rocky saw hundreds of various mysterious arrays reflected in
his mind. The images were extraordinary and difficult to fathom that he could only marvel at them.
“I think even Master Sun’s Art of War may fail in comparison to it!” After reading and observing all the
peculiar images, Rocky couldn’t help but be extremely thrilled.
The mysterious military arrays were a combination of the art of war, the magic arts, and the array
tactics. It was certainly a kind of treasure that countless commanders would dream of.
At the same time, after fusing with the arrays, Rocky found out that a part of the divine power in his
body seemed to have been activated. Right now, it was growing up steadily like a small tree.
“Now, I get it. It turns out that the reason why the divine power within me was activated is that my
strength is constantly increasing. In short, when the time comes that my strength has become strong
enough, the divine power will also naturally recover!” Rocky exclaimed delightfully as he finally
understood what was going on.
Having seen the advantages of the Army-blessing Scroll, he decided to further study its uses for the
next few days.
He found out that the poems in the scroll were categorized into three types—attack, defense, and
assist. Furthermore, all of them were called war poems.
The poems that were used to attack and defend usually required a certain level of morale before they
could be used in battle. On the other hand, the ones used for assist only required little morale.
Generally speaking, the morale of an army was affected by the overall combat effectiveness. It meant
that the higher the combat effectiveness possessed by an army, the higher its morale would be.
Moreover, morale was measured in units of length—inch, feet, or yard. One foot was equivalent to
twelve inches, and one yard was equivalent to three feet.
The minimum morale that soldiers could possess to trigger the formula was three inches. Therefore, if
the morale was less than this, the scroll could not be used.
Normally, a troop that consisted of about a hundred soldiers could reach a morale of three inches, and
a troop of a thousand soldiers could reach about three feet or more.
However, no matter how strong a certain army was, the commander could only use the Army-blessing
Scroll three times—under normal circumstances. If the scroll was attempted to be used for the fourth
time, the soldiers’ morale would eventually weaken and become exhausted.
Since the mysterious military arrays were created through comprehending the Army-blessing Scroll, it
was a given that this technique could also enhance the morale of the army when used during battles.
“It seemed that I really got lucky with the stone tablet that I picked this time! Not only did I obtain a very
useful technique, but I also got to learn more about the Army-blessing Scroll.” Rocky knew well enough
that if he could use and integrate the effects of the mysterious military arrays and the Army-blessing
Scroll, he would eventually be able to lead an invincible army in this world. This way, he might have a
chance to save his original comrades and get back to their own world. Of course, it was a must that he
should build a powerful army. Hence, the most urgent thing that he should accomplish was to find
Marcia and the others from the Wild Spirit Land. After all, if he wanted an elite army, they would be the
key to establishing it.
“Finally! I can see a glimmer of hope. I will definitely do my best to bring Marcia and the others back to
our original land,” Rocky said with a burning determination.
However, he also knew that he would still need to undergo a lot of hardships before his aspirations
came to fruition. After all, the Ethereal Region was currently the weakest region in this world. If he
really wanted to go back, they had to defeat the ones who invaded the Wild Spirit Land—the Shura
Race.
While Rocky had been concentrating on studying the Army-blessing Scroll, the other fourteen disciples,
including Eunice and Carla, were participating in several rounds of tests to fill the slots for the four
representatives and the three candidates. Finally, the tests were over and the selection was now
finished. However, to everyone’s surprise, among the fourteen disciples who competed for the slots,
three of the newcomers had actually acquired them—to think that there were only five of them. These
three were Moore, Carla, and Eunice. Adding Rocky, who was already granted one of the slots earlier,
four of the five newcomers were actually selected to become the school’s representatives, and only
one came from the senior disciples.
This was definitely a first in the entire history of the Sky-suppressing School.
Of course, several people immediately had doubts when the final results were announced, including
some elders and tutors. They were a bit worried that it wasn’t a good idea to let so many new disciples
take on such a great responsibility.
However, since the four new disciples, who had earned the slots, were all from big and famous forces,
no one dared to object even if they weren’t very satisfied.
From this point, they only had half a year to cultivate their Spiritual Infants to a much higher level.
Everyone needed to work very hard in order for them to perform well during the upcoming contest.
When the final list of participants came out, they were advised that they would soon set out for the
border.
Early the next day, under the watchful gazes of the people from the Sky-suppressing School, Rocky,
and the other disciples, boarded on a huge flying spiritual beast, which directly sent them to the border
battlefield to start their new journey.
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