"I agree with Commander Yalin's idea. This world is difficult for us. After conquering it, it will be a big problem to maintain the local rule. Instead of wasting our energy, we might as well just slaughter them all the way."
Another commander from the Seafolk also agreed with Yalin's decision. His idea was even more extreme as he directly proposed genocide.
No one had any objections to his proposal for the time being. Even Lin Xiao felt that it was a little cruel, but he did not have any objections.
After waiting for a while, Leo, who was sitting on the main seat, said in a deep voice.
"Since everyone's opinions have been unified, then this time, the strategy of conquering the Gray Crowmen's world will be oppressive and plundering. Later, I will let my secretary write the evaluation decision into a written document and submit it to His Majesty Neptune within three days. If anyone has any other opinions, please raise them to me within three days."
He looked at everyone. No one said anything, so the commander continued.
"So, everyone can prepare to mobilize now. I will send the action plan to everyone in a week. Dismissed."
Everyone filed out and said goodbye to their colleagues. Lin Xiao returned to the division's encampment.
After returning, he gathered all the chiliarchs in the division for a meeting and conveyed part of the meeting to his subordinates so that the division could prepare for the expedition.
A week later, the division received His Majesty Neptune's reply and approved the expedition plan. The huge division quickly mobilized to prepare for the expedition.
He did not need to worry too much about this. As the commander of the division, he only needed to control the general direction. The specific deployment of soldiers within the division was carried out by the deputy commander and the commanders of the various battalions.
The huge fortress had sufficient resources. It only took a short month to prepare. Leo officially opened the portal, and the first batch of advance battalions from the second division began to enter the Gray Crowmen's world.
The 13th Division had five divisions. The strongest division, the first division, was directly commanded by Leo. Most of the time, they were stationed in the fortress and did not move. Usually, the other divisions would fight against the outside world.
The strength of the other five divisions varied, but their status was not too different. The third division led by Lin Xiao was ranked third, which was not too high nor too low.
This time, the second division was the vanguard. The total combat strength was about 130,000. Including all levels of auxiliary soldiers and logistics, the total was about 500,000.
It took them almost half a month to send the 500,000 strong army to the other side of the portal and successfully establish an expeditionary army base.
Following which, the 3rd division led by Lin Xiao moved out. 120 thousand main force, along with various levels of support and logistics, had a total of 450 thousand troops.
The spatial gate at the center of the fortress was very stable. Even an ordinary person could pass through it easily. When Lin Xiao passed through the light gate, the time gate only shook slightly. When he passed through the spatial passage, he did not feel any shaking or instability. Just like that, he quietly crossed billions of miles of void from the Sea King's world to the Gray Crowmen's world.
As soon as he came out of the teleportation gate, Lin Xiao instantly sensed a strong malice mixed with a wave of pressure coming at him. This was the resistance of the will of the world towards intruders like them.
Unfortunately, they had discovered this world for too long, and the vanguard army had already arrived and successfully established an outpost base. The world's will's reaction to them was already too late, and it was no longer enough to suppress this huge army of close to a million.
The connection point of the teleportation gate in the Gray Crowmen's world was located at the edge of the sea of this world. This was the perfect place for the Seafolk to unleash their power.
Although the Seafolk warriors had evolved to adapt to the land environment after tens of thousands of years of countless foreign conquest, strictly speaking, most of the Seafolk were now amphibious creatures. However, the most suitable and favorite place for them was still the sea.
This world was dark. The sky was shrouded in thick gray fog. A sun was hanging in the sky, and the light was blocked by the gray fog. The whole world was like a night with a bright moon hanging high in the sky. It was dim but could be seen clearly.
Through the dim light, one could see not far away. Even the sea water was gray.
The huge camp stretched for more than ten kilometers. After the Third Division came out of the teleportation gate, they built a new camp far away from the Second Division. They surrounded the teleportation gate in the center, and at the same time, sent a battalion as the vanguard to leave the camp and head north. According to the detailed map drawn by the exploration team after hundreds of years of exploration, there was a small mountain range forty to fifty kilometers north of the Second Division's camp. Behind the mountain range was a plain, and there was a powerful Gray Crow Overlord there.
The Gray Crow World was still implementing the ancient overlord system. Every powerful Gray Crow Overlord ruled an area and was not interfered by the central kingdom. In fact, it was not much different from the Sea King Empire. The Sea King Empire also had the Sea King and the relatively independent Eighteen Sea Kings.
According to the plan, considering that the Gray Crow World was strong enough, this invasion was a joint operation of the army. They would first work together to destroy the three Gray Crow Kingdoms and the spiritual belief of the Gray Crow Overlords, the Sethek Temple. After that, they would be allowed to split up and plunder.
However, that was the overall plan. Before that, they would clean up the small scale Gray Crow Overlords around the base, and they could move freely.
The Second Division, which was the first to enter, was already attacking a Gray Crow Overlord in the south. Since he was the second to enter, he naturally had to change his target.
According to the information, the Gray Crow Overlord in the north was much weaker than the Gray Crow Overlord in the south that the Second Division attacked. Not only was the Overlord's strength much weaker, but the territory was also much smaller. After Lin Xiao settled the matters of the camp and rushed over, the First Combat Battalion of the vanguard had already taken down a small town of the Gray Crow Overlords.
All the Gray Crow Overlords in the small town and the nearby villages were all chased into the small town. Lin Xiao curiously observed from a close distance. These Gray Crow Overlords were like human-shaped giant crows. Their bodies were covered in layers of feathers. Their defense against swords and sabers was extremely high, but they could not defend against stabs.
Their hands were under their wings. Their five fingers were like hooks. When their arms were spread open, they could glide for short distances. The feathers on the back of the bird's head were different according to the gender. Generally, the male Gray Crow Overlords would have black or gray feathers on the back of their heads. The female Gray Crow Overlords would usually have red or blue feathers and other bright colors.
Excluding those who were killed during the war, there were a total of seven to eight thousand Gray Crow Overlords in the surrounding villages gathered in the small town.
These Gray Crow Overlords were all looking at these foreign races who were filled with killing intent with fear. Their eyes were filled with uneasiness towards their fate.
Lin Xiao observed for a while and waved his hand coldly. The Sorcerers who followed the army began to set up the Soul Congregation Wizard Formation and another Blood Refinement Wizard Formation in the middle of the small town.
The Soul Congregation Wizard Formation was used to collect the souls of the dead, while the Blood Refinement Wizard Formation was used to refine the essence of the flesh and blood to improve the bloodline.
An hour later, miserable cries could be heard coming from the small town. Soon, a Sorcerer brought over a snow-white Soul Orb and a jar of solidified flesh and blood essence.
According to the rules, twenty percent of their harvest in the foreign world would be handed over to the empire, twenty percent would be handed over to the army, and the rest would be distributed among the divisions.
Lin Xiao's distribution method was very simple. Half of the normal resources would be divided into the public property of the division. In other words, they would be used in the name of the division. The remaining resources would be distributed by the officers according to their ranks, including him.
Although he did not need these normal resources, as the division commander, he must have a share. This was the rule.
Other than that, the rare resources would be distributed according to the situation. Most of the time, the distribution was similar to the normal resources, unless it was a special resource.
Other than that, the off-line officers would not participate in the distribution of the souls harvested, as they could not use them.
Sorcerers who were not Rank 4 and above would have huge repercussions if they directly fused the souls. They were not Soul Apostles or similar methods, so they could not completely fuse the souls. They also did not have the Tesseract of Fortune to completely refine the souls. Simply fusing the souls would only lead to death.
This Soul Orb that contained the soul energy of seven to eight thousand Gray Crows, twenty percent would be handed over to the empire, twenty percent to the army, and the remaining sixty percent would belong to Lin Xiao alone.
What he needed to do was to compensate the off-line officers with other resources that he did not need.
As for the pain and death of the Gray Crows, he did not care.
Who would care about the life and death of the other races?
There were maniacal massacres within the human race. For example, a certain Manchurian invading the south, a certain neighbor who was living a good life, or a white person's colonization of America, and so on.
If they could massacre their own kind, they would not feel any psychological pressure when facing the other races.
There was no right or wrong, it was just a matter of the survival of the fittest.
This Gray Crows Overlord had two cities, fourteen towns, and hundreds of villages scattered across hundreds of miles, with a total of more than a hundred thousand people.
The First Combat Battalion used a surprise attack to destroy two towns and the nearby villages. After that, they split up into two groups. The left group had about two thousand people, and the right group had about eight thousand people. The left group attacked one of the two cities of the Gray Crows Overlord. After the Gray Crows Overlord sent reinforcements, the right group attacked the main city.
Lin Xiao followed the whole process, but he did not participate in the battle.
The Gray Crows Overlord was only Rank 2, while the First Combat Battalion had two Rank 3 Sorcerers and more than thirty Rank 2 officers. It was an absolute victory.
After defeating the Gray Crows Overlord's main force, the next step was to massacre and plunder the cities, gathering souls and refining flesh and blood essence.
Lin Xiao had already said that he only needed Soul Orbs and flesh and blood essence for this expedition. If any of his subordinates collected a small amount of Soul Orbs and flesh and blood essence outside of the battle, he would buy them at a premium price. He would try his best to obtain more Soul Orbs and flesh and blood essence.
The Soul Orbs could strengthen his soul, while the flesh and blood essence could replenish his true body.
When the other Division Commanders obtained Soul Orbs, they would usually use them to refine powerful Demonic Artifacts or exchange them for other precious resources with the Sea Emperor or the Sea Kings. They would rarely refine the Soul Orbs themselves as their methods were unable to completely refine the Soul Imprint in their souls.
On the other hand, flesh and blood essence was mainly used to devour and refine directly to strengthen the body. This thing was useful for Rank 1 and Rank 2 Sorcerers, so it was more popular among the lower ranked officers.
The reason why Lin Xiao collected a large amount of flesh and blood essence this time was because he was forming a true body, and he needed a large amount of flesh and blood essence.
Once he formed a true body, his strength would immediately skyrocket, and he would directly jump from Rank 4 to Rank 5, or even Rank 6. Of course, he was willing to pay a hefty price.
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