Chapter 544.
After listening to the words of Realist Bai Jun, the cultivators present all fell into silence.
A huge evil nest had appeared outside Wei Fa City, and preemptively destroying it was definitely the right decision.
However, leaving a fortress that possessed a city guard formation to attack the enemy’s base camp, everyone was very clear about how dangerous it was to do so.
Nine deaths and one life might be an exaggeration, but paying a huge sacrifice was inevitable.
The problem was, how many people were willing to sacrifice themselves to protect Weifa City?
Bai Jun Zhenzi scanned the hall from his perch, taking in everyone’s expressions, and said indifferently, “In this battle, this seat will personally participate, and any of you who are willing to join the Evil Suppressor Army will walk up right now.”
He reached out and pointed to the right side of the lecture platform.
The crowd of cultivators looked at each other in disbelief, the hall was silent, and the atmosphere was oppressive to the extreme.
It was at this time that a cultivator rose up with a resolute expression.
He raised his head and droned, “Disciple is willing to go!”
After saying this, he stood in large strides to the position pointed out by Realist Bai Jun.
True Lord Bai Jun revealed a hint of a smile, “Good.”
Everyone understood that this fellow disciple who had been a standout had fallen into the eyes of the True Lord.
If he didn’t die in this battle and Wei Fa City could be preserved, then the other party’s status in the sect was bound to increase greatly.
Entering the vein was also just idle.
Cultivators who dared to go down to the Yin Underworld to expand their lands, prima donnas abounded, and they no longer hesitated at the sight of such a scenario.
They all stepped forward to enter the ranks.
Bai Jun Zhenren suddenly spoke up and said, “Kun cultivators need not participate.”
Kun cultivator was the pronoun for female cultivators, and the female cultivators present were less than one-tenth of the total number.
There were a few of these Kun cultivators who wanted to be included.
Wang Dust didn’t expect this Jindan Realist to be quite chauvinistic, and he followed a few of his fellow disciples and stood in the ranks of the volunteers as well.
It wasn’t that Wang Dust was trying to be brave, but he felt that with the Bai Jun Real Person personally participating in the battle against the same level of existence in the Evil Monster, even if it was dangerous to attack the Evil Nest, then he would still have no problem defending himself.
Moreover, without this high-ranking Jindan sitting in the town, Weifa City couldn’t be considered safe anymore.
When the number of people who volunteered to participate in the battle reached eight hundred, Bai Jun Zhenren raised his hand with a great flourish, “That’s enough.”
He flicked his sleeve, and a purple aura gushed out from his sleeve, instantly transforming into a set of black and purple armor that hovered over the head of every cultivator who participated in the battle.
“Eight hundred disciples, each first recorded three thousand merits and rewarded with a set of Purple Bauhinia Spirit Armor!”
“When this battle is accomplished, we will then discuss the rewards!”
As soon as Realist Bai Jun’s words fell, the armor in the air instantly fell down, precisely and incomparably placed on every cultivator’s body.
No matter how tall or short, fat or thin, all of them fit perfectly!
The participating cultivators couldn’t help but reveal looks of surprise.
The Purple Bauhinia Spirit Armor wasn’t just any equipment, it was the Western Sea Sect’s standard Purple Mansion grade armor, which belonged to the top-grade spiritual weapons.
Not only was the Zijing Spirit Armor extremely strong in defense, but it also had a built-in triple talisman array that was able to stimulate a variety of Zifu rank spells, greatly enhancing the cultivator’s combat power.
It was only that the cost of refining this armor was very high, and exchanging for a set required a large amount of merit, so it was out of reach for most of the inner disciples.
Unexpectedly, Bai Jun Zhen Zhen took out 800 sets in one breath and gave them to all the participating cultivators.
The sheer size of the handiwork was truly mind-boggling.
Compared to this, the reward of three thousand merits was nothing at all!
Many cultivators who had no intention of participating in the battle secretly regretted in their hearts – if they had known that a set of Purple Thorn Spirit Armor would be issued, then participating in the Evil Suppressing Legion would have been a completely acceptable thing to do.
With the protection of this set of top-grade spirit armor, it really was much safer.
But at this point, it was too late for them to regret.
Only to see a flash of silhouettes on the Dharma platform, and there was definitely an additional elegant, plain-skirted female cultivator.
The Bai Jun Zhen Zhen stood up and said, “This is Miaoyin Zhen Zhen Zhen, during the period when this seat is leading the army to attack the Evil Nest, the rest of the disciples are under the control of Miaoyin Zhen Zhen, but anyone who disobeys the order and fails to follow it, will be killed without amnesty!”
The cultivators who stayed behind were incomparably aghast in their hearts.
The words of Bai Jun Zhen Zhen were not a joke, equivalent to enforcing the rules of the military code of conduct rather than the laws of the sect.
It was an extraordinary policy for an extraordinary time.
Naturally, there is no room for offense.
The group of cultivators bowed their heads in unison, “Disciples honor the law!”
Bai Jun Zhen Zhen nodded and said to the participating cultivators, “You will be given one day to sacrifice your spirit armor, and gather at the city gates at this time tomorrow without delay!”
The participating cultivators shouted in unison, “Disciples obey the order!”
In the great hall, a few more aura of solemnity suddenly appeared!
When leaving the sect’s law hall, Yun Fei Fei secretly slipped a jade talisman to Wang Duan, “Senior brother Wang, keep this life-protecting talisman, we’ll wait for your triumphant return in the city.”
A trace of warmth rose in Wang Dust’s heart, “Many thanks.”
Although a life-protecting spirit talisman was nothing to him, the other party’s sincere thoughts were priceless.
Yun Fei Fei smiled sweetly, then left with Li Mengyin and Sun Yulian and the others.
When they parted, Li Mengyan obviously wanted to say something to Wang Chen, but in the end, she only transmitted a sentence to him.
“Senior Brother take care.”
After reentering his residence, Wang Chen instructed Xu An’s mother and son not to disturb him, then he placed a forbidden system in his room and began to offer up the Purple Bauhinia Spirit Armor.
This kind of top-grade spirit armor wasn’t something that could be used at will just by putting it on the body, and it couldn’t be used to bring out its true power without going through the ritual to establish a divine soul link.
Many cultivators, after possessing a spiritual weapon, warmed and rested it day and night in order to use it as if it were their own.
A day was really too short.
Therefore it was necessary to race against time!
With the armor on his body, Wang Chen closed his eyes and concentrated, stimulating the mana to be injected into it.
Once the strong innate five elements of mana entered the spirit armor, it was instantly drawn clean by the latter, and the surface of the armor glowed faintly.
The Purple Thorn Spirit Armor belonged to the standardized battle armor, which did not have the five elements and was suitable for all Purple Mansion cultivators.
Rightfully so, it fit extremely well with Wang Chen’s main cultivation technique, and the transmission of the five elements of mana inside the armor was so smooth that the built-in talisman array was stimulated in a matter of moments.
The most special, or the most powerful part of this set of spirit armor was its built-in triple runic formations.
They were Thorns, Purple Light, and Royal Wind!
Once the thorns were on, the spirit armor was able to bounce back attacks from the enemy unless the latter’s power exceeded the upper limit of its carrying capacity.
With the Purple Light enchantment, it could enhance the power of a Purple Mansion cultivator’s spellcasting.
And inspiring the Royal Wind can greatly increase a cultivator’s speed of flight or evasion.
Being able to defend, attack, and evade, the triple runic formations were all very usable and quite powerful.
Most importantly, once the cultivators wearing the Bauhinia Spirit Armor formed a battle formation, the power of the formation would be increased by at least 30%!
After grasping the Zijing Spirit Armor’s own method of sacrificing and refining, Wang Chen immersed himself in it with full concentration, sparing no effort in terms of mana consumption, and striving to establish a divine soul link with this spiritual weapon in the shortest amount of time.
Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was another day!