Otsuki and Seracla each established two major lines of defense on the northern islands of Far Greece.
They are the Chonglou Defense Line and the Selicis Defense Line.
For half a year, small-scale fighting continued between the two sides.
Seracla continued to increase troops to Far West, and the number of troops once reached 600,000. The number of masters increased to 15.
Dayue also sent 430,000 troops, numbered 500,000, with Gongsun Ru as the commander-in-chief, and three military masters as assistants to reinforce Yuanxi.
After witnessing the terrifying power of the Black Demon's fragmentation bomb, Grandmaster Otsuki used the military formation as the foundation, worked step by step, and advanced slowly.
After the black magic splitting bomb hit the military formation led by the Grandmaster head-on, its power was dispersed and suppressed a lot.
After several tests, Otsuki discovered that the Black Demon Split Bomb could defeat the military formation, but it could not seriously injure Master Perfection among them.
At this point, the Otsuki Imperial Army launched its second decisive general offensive in Port Maria in mid-August.
Both sides had more than a million troops, and the masters and masters fought in a melee, resulting in heavy casualties.
The melee lasted for several days.
In the end, Sarver, the commander-in-chief of the Seracla Expeditionary Force, was seriously injured and fled, and the expeditionary force was defeated and scattered.
Mio, the Seven Saints of the Master Alliance, died in battle.
When he was killed with a black magic fragmentation bomb, Grandmaster Da Yue Guangci lost three people and one person in the military.
So far, in the battle of Yuanxi, the total number of fallen masters of the Buddhist Guangci Sect and Dalingfeng Temple has reached eight!
As for the military department, only two people died...
August 19th.
The last stronghold of Seracela was completely pulled out, and Yuan Xi announced a change of ownership.
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Mine No. 13 in the north of Yuanxi.
Wei He was wearing the cloak of a military general, followed by a group of patrolling Army sergeants and the official guard on the mining island, patrolling the largest mine cave in the mine.
The dazzling sunlight shines down from high in the sky.
The large amount of raw purple snow stone piled outside the mine is reflected like crystal.
But in fact, this mineral is more valuable than real crystal.
Wei He had no expression on his face and walked slowly while listening to the island guard's introduction to the mine's output and quality.
His mission this time was to inspect various important mines, determine the quality differences, and then write a report and send it back to the royal capital.
Walking into the mine, there were white people and Yuanxi people in charge of mining standing on both sides.
Each of these miners was relatively clean and neatly dressed. It was obvious that they had prepared and cleaned in advance to prepare for Wei He's inspection.
Wei He glanced at them and saw that the oldest miners were in their fifties or sixties, while the youngest gods only looked in their teens.
It is completely different from the beautified appearance in the novels and movies of the previous life.
The miners don't just put a layer of dust on their bodies and faces. When the protagonist is on patrol, he doesn't just wipe off the dust on his face and pick up a beautiful girl with fair skin and beauty.
There are also young women among these miners, but they all have rough skin, droopy eye bags, and old and new scars from scratches all over their faces. Their hands are also covered in calluses.
Even if it is cleaned up, it is completely unattractive.
"Major General, may I ask, is the war over? When can we go home?"
A mine manager wearing a white mining hat wiped the dust from his glasses and stepped forward to ask.
What is surprising is that the person in charge is a white man, quite young, at least in his sixties.
His Dayue Mandarin is not very proficient, with a little weird vibrato.
Wei He stopped and raised his hand to stop the guard who was about to step forward and pull the man away.
He stared at the old white man and found that everyone else in the mine was concerned about this issue.
Whether they are white slaves, local Yuanxi miners, or even the mine soldiers guarding this place.
There was a glimmer of hope in everyone's eyes.
Wei He looked around.
"It's over for now." He replied in a deep voice.
"For the time being...then, do we still have a chance to go back?" The old white man in charge continued to ask.
"It depends on whether you in Seracla are willing to come and redeem people." Wei He replied.
In fact, after the Second Battle of Maria, both Big Moon and Seracela suffered considerable losses.
Seracla's own country actually still has huge war potential and was not defeated by Big Moon.
And Da Yue did not dispatch the true supreme grand master level combat power.
After all, Dayue was able to found the country and defeat Zhenjin, mainly relying on Modo, who was at the supreme grand master level.
But in the end, according to the information obtained by the military headquarters and Yue Lu, Seracela withdrew its troops.
On the one hand, the reason is that the logistical supply burden is too heavy.
Secondly, it was this defeat against Otsuki that shattered the authority of Seracla's maritime overlord.
After Sarver escaped with serious injuries, bad news spread. Uprisings broke out in many colonies in Seracla. The former maritime overlord Loranlia was ready to take action, looking for opportunities to regain its position.
Therefore, if Seracla wants to make a comeback in a short period of time, don't even think about it.
With such heavy losses, they must first suppress the challenges from their domestic colonies and their old rivals.
After withdrawing his thoughts, Wei He stopped staying and continued to patrol.
The mines on the island are connected. Soon, the entire mining area was inspected. Then we took a boat to the next island.
In the past few months, Wei He had used the essence blood of the Breaking Realm Pearl twice more, and the essence blood was enough.
As for cultivation, since there is no holy weapon to supplement it, we can only practice step by step.
In just a few months, it is unlikely that he will make great progress. After all, now is not the time when his cultivation base was low and his realm was low.
When you reach the realm of Quanzhen and the realm of divine power, the practice time is often measured in years.
Even if he has exceeded the limit-breaking level, it is impossible for him to improve again so quickly.
On the warship, the sea breeze was blowing, and schools of sea fish were hovering around, looming on the water.
"Major General, your letter from home."
Wei He took the envelope respectfully sent by his adjutant Wang Zitao and glanced at it.
The sender of the letter is the Fentian Military Headquarters.
He tore open the envelope and took out the letter paper inside to read.
The letter was handwritten by Li Rong, asking him to go to her place as soon as possible after returning to China and tell her anything important.
Wei He remembered it in his heart, rubbed his hands together, and the envelope and letter paper turned into powder and blew away in the wind.
Now that the war is over, it's time for him to recuperate.
In fact, Wei Merger doesn't like fighting.
But the world is like this. If you don't kill, others will kill you and think you are weak and can be bullied.
If possible, Wei He prefers to find a place quietly and live the life he likes.
but.....
He sighed.
"Sir, didn't we win the battle? Why don't you look like you've relaxed yet?" Wang Zitao asked softly from the side.
"Yes, we won. It's just that the process of winning was a bit troublesome." Wei He said lightly.
During these days, a large amount of purple snow stones have been continuously transported back to Dayue. You don't need to think about it to know that there must be a large number of new military formations being formed in the country.
In many military formations, even if the leading general is not a grandmaster, if they have the strength of a golden body and join forces, they can defeat the grandmaster head-on.
What such a military formation lacks is a large amount of purple snow stones.
After the invention of blood weapons, there is no shortage of middle and low-level warriors in Dayue. Once the military formation breaks out in large numbers, there will be no shortage of warriors.
It is most detrimental to Buddhism.
In addition, during this battle for Yuanxi, Buddhism lost so many masters. I don’t know how Commander-in-Chief Bai Shanxin planned it.
But after returning from this inspection, what he will inevitably face is the power struggle within Otsuki.
Buddhism has been hacked by so many great masters, and they will never let it go.
"When you go back this time, don't delay. Just announce the retreat and don't get involved in the internal fighting in Dayue."
Xiao Ling's tone was solemn and his voice was clear.
"Why?" Wei He was stunned. He also planned to take this opportunity to fish in troubled waters and get more benefits.
The more times like this, the more Emperor Dingyuan will give out various benefits. Moreover, he has another chance to enter the secret treasury to no avail.
"Don't ask too many questions. You'll know when you get back. This time..." Grandmaster Xiao Ling didn't say any more. He seemed to be worried about something.
Wei He frowned slightly, speculations flashing through his mind.
"Don't think about it. If you have a chance, go here. There's what you want there." Xiao Ling revealed an address again.
That address is not an address in the ordinary sense, but a location below the sea surface, in a trench.
"What do I want?" Wei He wrote it down calmly.
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A few days later.
Capital of the Great Moon.
Emperor Dingyuan looked at the newly sent statistics and felt extremely happy.
The fall of the eight great masters of Buddhism has brought about blank benefits that are astronomical to ordinary people. But in his opinion, these are secondary.
The point is, the death of these eight masters coincided with the input of a large amount of purple snow stones.
After mastering the remaining equipment and technology of Seracela, Dayue was obviously much better at mining purple snow stones than before.
A new military formation is also being planned, and many talented masters have emerged recently. It is just for these masters to establish a new military formation.
"With a large amount of purple snow stones, I can finally take a crucial step." Emperor Dingyuan breathed a sigh of relief and put down the statistical report in his hand.
This step is quite risky. The fall of the Buddhist master was not actually in the plan. As long as the purple snow stone can be obtained, it will be a success. But when the opportunity comes, I will push it.
"Your Majesty." The first master of the military department, Bai Shanxin, has almost recovered from his training at this time.
"There is indeed a trustworthy person over there. As soon as the news of the whereabouts is sent, the exact location can be determined immediately, and the target is achieved exactly. I suspect that our army also has the other party's ears and eyes. Otherwise, the determination cannot be so accurate."
What was revealed in Bai Shanxin's words at this time was shocking.
"No matter how they do it, as long as they achieve their goal." Emperor Dingyuan nodded, not caring.
His ultimate goal has never changed. That is to completely eliminate Buddhist influence and masters in Dayue.
In short, it is to destroy the Buddha!
Now is just the first step.
"But in exchange, I paid a lot. This group of people is too mysterious. How did you do in secretly tracking them before? Have you found their movement track?"
"Not..." Bai Shanxin shook his head, he wanted to say something else.
Suddenly there was a crash, and his expression changed, as if he felt something. He suddenly stood up from his seat.
The violent movements involved the wound that he had just grown, and it stung extremely.
But he didn't care at all, instead his eyes were fixed on the empty black palace gate not far away.
Snap, snap.
The sound of crisp footsteps, one after another, came from outside the palace gate.
The imperial guards who were on guard stopped making noise at some point, and all of them leaned against the wall, losing consciousness.