Perhaps it was because the Devil Fire Spider was a creature from another world, but even though it had been soaked in water for a few days, its corpse did not decompose at all. Instead, its entire body was like cement. After turning black, it showed a strange tendency of hardening, becoming hard and hard.
Although it was a corpse, the ferocious face of the Devil Fire Spider was still very frightening.
Xia Pingan first jumped into the river and rolled twice, making himself look a bit embarrassed. Then, he cut off the Devil Fire Spider's huge head bit by bit. Carrying the seventy kilogram Devil Fire Spider's ugly and ferocious head, he walked along the river towards the nearest town.
Half an hour later, Xia Pingan drilled out of the reeds beside the river, startling several soldiers who were standing guard by the roadside.
Seeing Xia Pingan carrying a Devil Fire Spider's head, the soldiers with guns were all dumbfounded.
"Who are you?" The soldiers had already aimed their guns at Xia Pingan. Xia Pingan's appearance was really frightening. Xia Pingan grinned at the soldiers, revealing his white teeth. "I'm Xia Pingan, a summoner from the Yizhou Demon Suppression Camp. I've just returned from a mission. By the way, how do I get to the Military Control Committee? I'm going to report there!"
… …
At noon, Xia Pingan changed into a clean military camouflage uniform without any military rank. Sitting in a military off-road vehicle, he passed through half of Xinchuan City and was sent to the Xinchuan Gymnasium by an officer of the Military Control Committee.
The huge Xinchuan Gymnasium was the landmark of this city. Shaped like a huge shell, it was the largest single building in the entire Xinchuan City. At this moment, the gymnasium and the surrounding square had been requisitioned by the military and turned into a huge military camp.
Around the gymnasium, there were war vehicles, tanks, and soldiers bustling about. The atmosphere was somber.
In fact, Xia Pingan was a bit confused. He had only wanted to return to the army and earn another 10 military points. However, just after he reported to the Military Control Committee, took a shower, and changed his clothes, a major appeared in front of him and said that General Tang Guofeng wanted to see him. Then, he brought Xia Pingan here.
Yizhou Province was now under military control. General Tang Guofeng was the chairman of the Military Control Committee and the most powerful person in Yizhou Province. Xia Pingan was a bit confused. He didn't know why Tang Guofeng wanted to see him.
He was just a summoner who had just made his debut and wasn't famous. In the eyes of people like Tang Guofeng, he shouldn't be a rare talent.
Could it be that what he did last night had been discovered?
That was impossible!
If what he did was discovered, the ones who would come looking for him would be the military police and the law enforcement team.
Xia Pingan had such doubts until he was brought inside the gymnasium. When he saw the scene inside the gymnasium, Xia Pingan vaguely guessed the answer.
Inside the huge gymnasium, the ground, the track, and the lawn were all filled with corpses covered in white cloth.
All the corpses were neatly laid out in rows on the ground. They were meticulously laid out like white mosaics embedded in the ground. It was full of the style of a soldier.
The atmosphere outside the gymnasium was noisy and restless. However, inside the gymnasium, the atmosphere was oppressive and sorrowful. It was as if the air was about to solidify.
Among the corpses, there was an old man in a military uniform with two stars on his shoulders. The old man didn't wear a hat, revealing his head of white hair. His eyebrows were like black knives.
Several officers stood solemnly to the side and watched.
Countless soldiers with guns stood around the gymnasium.
The old man was strolling among the corpses. He lowered his head and glanced at the cold corpses on the ground with a sorrowful gaze.
Occasionally, the old man would squat down and gently wipe away the dust and blood stains on the young faces. He would close the eyes that had lost their luster and tidy up the military uniforms and appearance of the people lying on the ground.
Death wasn't peaceful. It was full of pain, fear, oppression, struggle, and even despair. Even soldiers couldn't avoid it.
The faces and bodies of the corpses on the ground carried the feelings and emotions of the sacrificed in their last moments.
The gymnasium was completely silent.
The soldiers standing in the gymnasium were like javelins nailed to the ground. Their expressions were resolute and solemn.
"General, I've brought him here …" The major directly brought Xia Pingan to Tang Guofeng.
Tang Guofeng tidied up the collar badge of a sacrifice on the ground before standing up and looking at Xia Pingan.
There were two reasons why Tang Guofeng decided to meet Xia Pingan. First, he heard that Xia Pingan had killed a Demon Fire Spider alone and reported the head of the Demon Fire Spider to the Military Control Committee, causing a sensation. He felt that this young summoner was somewhat interesting.
The summoners of the Yizhou Demon Suppression Guard who had been left behind in Xinchuan had either suffered heavy casualties in the battle two days ago or had yet to return to their units due to various reasons. Xia Pingan was the first to return from a mission.
The second reason why Tang Guofeng wanted to meet Xia Pingan was because he needed a summoner who could control the Soul Pacifying Banner. The 87th Legion's priest had been stationed in the barracks on the night of the 15th. However, he had unfortunately been sacrificed in the explosion of a Fire Meteor. That huge Fire Meteor had scorched everything within 1000 meters. Even the summoner wasn't spared.
The summoners of the Committee of Order who had been stationed in Xinchuan with the Soul Pacifying Banner were either not in Xinchuan at the moment. They had yet to return from a mission outside, or they were seriously injured and hospitalized.
At the moment, there wasn't a single summoner in Xinchuan who could control the Soul Pacifying Banner.
It just so happened that Xia Pingan had come to report that the Military Control Committee had checked Xia Pingan's files in the Committee of Order and discovered that Xia Pingan could actually control the Soul Pacifying Banner. The appearance of such a person at this time was like sending charcoal in snowy weather.
The officer below immediately reported and Tang Guofeng called Xia Pingan over.
Upon seeing Xia Pingan's face, Tang Guofeng's first impression of Xia Pingan was that Xia Pingan was younger than he had imagined. At the same time, Tang Guofeng also sensed a profound aura from Xia Pingan that didn't belong to a young man of his age.
Tang Guofeng knew the combat strength of the Devil Fire Spider. He admired Xia Pingan's ability to use the river to kill a Devil Fire Spider alone.
"4878 people!" Tang Guofeng said this number to Xia Pingan in a slightly hoarse voice. Tang Guofeng's voice was very unique. It was as if there was a golden drum surging in his chest and then rumbling out. His voice wasn't loud, but it was imposing without anger and carried with it a murderous aura.
"They are the Republic's most loyal and brave soldiers. Some are from the Rapid Reaction Division and some are from the 87th Legion. For the sake of this city, they have all sacrificed themselves in just a few days of battle. They should enjoy the most dignified and honorable treatment. You should know why I called you here!"
"I know. This is what I should do!" Xia Pingan nodded.
"Then … please!" Tang Guofeng saluted Xia Pingan.
Xia Pingan didn't say anything else. He only nodded. With a wave of his hand, the Soul Pacifying Banner appeared in his hand. As soon as the Soul Pacifying Banner appeared and Xia Pingan injected his divine power into it, a mysterious aura spread out like ripples and slowly enveloped the entire stadium.
The Soul Pacifying Banner in Xia Pingan's hand moved without any wind and emitted a black and yellow brilliance. The brilliance was like a huge umbrella that gradually grew larger in the stadium. The umbrella spun and the banner's shadow fluttered, gradually enveloping the bodies of all the victims in the stadium.
The base cost of summoning the Soul Pacifying Banner was eight points of divine power. The Soul Pacifying Banner could pacify at least 50 people at a time. On this basis, every time the number of people needed to be pacified doubled, the Soul Pacifying Banner would consume eight more points of divine power.
— — One hundred people required 16 points of divine power, two hundred people required 24 points of divine power, four hundred people required 32 points of divine power, and so on …
This was the most divine power Xia Pingan had ever consumed in a single instance. After injecting a total of 64 points of divine power, the Soul Pacifying Banner shone brightly and rays of light shone on the bodies of those who had been sacrificed.
Xia Pingan held the Soul Pacifying Banner and walked among the bodies of those who had been sacrificed. Wherever the Soul Pacifying Banner went, the faces of the bodies on the ground gradually became peaceful and serene, as if they had fallen asleep.
The painful ones were no longer in pain, the fearful ones were no longer fearful, the sentimental ones were no longer sentimental, and the fearful ones were no longer fearful.
Even the various wounds on the bodies gradually shrank …
The bodies that had originally begun to show purple and black colors seemed to have been cleansed and their colors returned to normal.
It was not that Tang Guofeng had never seen the Soul Pacifying Banner being used before. Different summoners would have different visions when using the Soul Pacifying Banner. However, the power of the Soul Pacifying Banner used by Xia Pingan seemed to be very different from those he had seen before. The vision was too strange, and the transformation of the bodies of those who had been sacrificed was too obvious.
As Xia Pingan raised the Soul Pacifying Banner and walked past the corpses, a melodious and ancient voice could be faintly heard from within the Soul Pacifying Banner, singing a soul-stirring song with an ancient tone.
"Heaven is merciful and benevolent, the body melts with gold. Mixed and indistinguishable, repeatedly rising and falling. Also has the nature of the ancestor, deep and serene. Obtain wood to extract gold, gold to remove wood, and cease to invade. Transform into wandering souls, deep in one's heart. Obscure and obscure, traces difficult to find. Manifest in nothingness, penetrate past and present. Pacify the soul from the soul, the soul wins the soul, the gods and ghosts praise, enter the heavenly realm, and be at peace … "
…
Xia Pingan walked through the stadium once, using the Soul Pacifying Banner's light and shadow to brush over each body. It took him more than an hour to complete the Soul Pacifying Ceremony for this huge 4,878 soldiers.
When the ceremony was completed, the moment Xia Pingan put away the Soul Pacifying Banner, a golden light suddenly appeared in the stadium. Spots of light flew out from the bodies, merged with the golden light, and soared into the sky. In a flash, they escaped into the blue sky, as if they had entered the kingdom of heaven.
Tang Guofeng looked up at the golden light that disappeared into the sky. The expression on his face could not be concealed. It was the first time he had seen such a vision of a Soul Pacifying Ceremony.
All the soldiers in the stadium also looked up at the golden light that flew into the sky, and then looked at the bodies of their comrades on the ground, whose faces were calm and peaceful as if they had fallen asleep. Their original solemn and stirring expressions had become pious, and many soldiers had tears streaming down their faces at this moment …
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