119: Chapter 119 The Despair of Langbo

For a long time, the True Martial Heroic Spirit of Rome—[Caesar]—was revered as the pinnacle of the number of heroic spirit skills, holding the record with five exclusive skills, a presence looked up to by all nations.

Five exclusive skills were already heaven-defying enough, yet the [General Han Xin] of the Dragon Country actually had eight!

Eight wasn't enough; the [Strategist] of the Dragon Country was still placing the ninth!

"Can he really succeed in placing it? Can a [Heroic Spirit] truly have nine exclusive skills?"

Yes. Absolutely yes!

As Chen Aoyun tapped his fingertip on the Star Chessboard, the dharma image of the [Heroic Spirit] [General Han Xin] once again rippled with the release of a skill.

[General Han Xin]'s exclusive skill—[Unrewarded Merit]!

The blessing of two [Heroic Spirit] exclusive skills had almost wiped out the gap in troop strength with the Luang Prabang Kingdom.

If the two armies were to engage in battle right now, the outcome would be a toss-up!

But the problem is, in this situation, aside from the parties involved, who cares about the outcome of the battle?

Nine exclusive skills for one [Heroic Spirit].

Since when were exclusive skills so cheap?

What happened to the promised lack of culture and historical gaps?

The construction of exclusive skills requires an understanding of the [Heroic Spirit] and a meticulous appreciation of historical allusions.

For [Heroic Spirit]s of other nations, having three—no, two—exclusive skills was already quite rare.

A [Heroic Spirit] capable of having three exclusive skills was already considered a T0-level [Heroic Spirit] among all nations.

Your Dragon Country, on the other hand, managed to come up with nine exclusive skills for a single [Heroic Spirit]!

Absurd. It's truly the mother of all absurdities, absurd to the extreme.

Everyone felt that nine exclusive skills were already absurd enough, but Chen Aoyun alone felt it was far from enough!

Chen Aoyun didn't want a toss-up fight between the two armies.

Not only did he not want a toss-up, but Chen Aoyun also didn't want to see large-scale casualties on the Dragon Country's side.

Question: How can one avoid casualties during a clash between armies?

Answer: Have enough exclusive skills and enough blessings for the soldiers, and that's it.

Therefore, while everyone was still shocked that [General Han Xin] had nine exclusive skills, Chen Aoyun slowly raised his hand again.

[Strategist] of Luang Prabang Kingdom: "？？？？？？"

Other [Strategist]s on the Star Chessboard: "*...&)￥@%...￥"

Audience and commentators watching the live stream: "Hey, no way? Is there no end to this?"

Since it was a rare Game of National Destiny, Chen Aoyun naturally didn't hold back and continued to place [General Han Xin]'s exclusive skills:

[General Han Xin]'s exclusive skill—[Feigned Tour of Yunmeng]!

[General Han Xin]'s exclusive skill—[Every Man for Himself]!

[General Han Xin]'s exclusive skill—[Sincerity and Loyalty]!

It was also Chen Aoyun's good luck that, by chance, the only [Heroic Spirit] to appear in this Game of National Destiny was [General Han Xin]!

Who exactly was [General Han Xin]?

Chen Aoyun alone knew over twenty four-character idioms related to [General Han Xin]!

Each idiom was a historical allusion to [General Han Xin]!

Each idiom was an exclusive skill for [General Han Xin]!

Over twenty idioms meant over twenty exclusive skills!

If idioms weren't enough, there were also the Battle of Chencang, the Battle of Poqi, the Battle of Gaixia... these famous battles also counted as allusions and could be constructed into skills!

No need for that many; [Swallowing Mountains and Rivers], [Unrewarded Merit], [Feigned Tour of Yunmeng], [Every Man for Himself], and [Sincerity and Loyalty] were already enough!

Enough to let the Dragon Country's 40,000 troops crush the opposing 50,000!

Chen Aoyun had unleashed five exclusive skills in one go when facing the Wanxiang Country before, and now he had unleashed five more.

Five plus five, plus the earlier [The More The Better] and [Fighting with One's Back to the River].

A total of 12 exclusive skills!

The previous arrogance of the [Strategist] of the Luang Prabang Kingdom instantly vanished, leaving only despair.

The live stream chat was filled with exclamations; 12 exclusive skills! Was this [Heroic Spirit] from the Dragon Country a bit too overpowered?

The Luang Prabang Kingdom's army dared not move rashly, and Chen Aoyun directly commanded the Dragon Country's army to press forward.

Under the blessing of five exclusive skills, the 10,000-troop gap seemed somewhat insignificant.

An evenly matched fight turned into a pure slaughter.

When all the Luang Prabang Kingdom's troops were exhausted, a beam of light descended from the Star Chessboard and took away the [Strategist] of the Luang Prabang Kingdom.

Until being forcibly removed by the beam of light, this [Strategist] still felt it was all too unreal...

Ignoring the shock of the [Strategist]s from other nations on the Star Chessboard, the tail behind him was finally gone.

Now, Chen Aoyun could finally place new [Heroic Spirit]s to govern the occupied chess squares.

The efficiency and range of governing chess squares were all related to the [Heroic Spirit]'s political ability.

(The word 'politics' is not suitable for frequent use, so 'zz' will be used instead from now on.)

While governing the chess squares, the [Heroic Spirit]s Chen Aoyun needed to place also had to have a certain ability to provide combat skills, so [Heroic Spirit]s like [Jiang Ziya] and [Heroic Spirit Zhuge Liang]... were the most suitable.

He had occupied nearly 5,000 chess squares, and counting the squares obtained from defeating vassal states, it totaled 10,000!

With so many chess squares, at least ten [Heroic Spirit]s were needed.

Placing new [Heroic Spirit]s would weaken [General Han Xin]'s [The More The Better], and the troop strength would instantly decrease. Should he place the [Heroic Spirit]s to govern in batches or all at once?

After thinking about it carefully for a long time, Chen Aoyun decided to place ten [Heroic Spirit]s all at once.

"Governance takes time, and I am already far behind in governance; placing them one by one is too slow.

Anyway, weakening [The More The Better] to 1/2 is a reduction, and weakening it to 1/11 is also a reduction. Before the troops provided by governance can make up for it, I won't be able to fight if I encounter a strong nation's army anyway, so it's better to compress the time and place ten [Heroic Spirit]s capable of governing chess squares in one go!"

Asking for [Zhao Hongxiu]'s opinion, the two were of the same mind, so Chen Aoyun prepared to place the pieces.

As luck would have it, Chen Aoyun had already raised his hand, and the [Construction Power] had already gathered at his fingertips.

On the Star Chessboard, not far from the two Dragon Country [chess piece]s, a [chess piece] of France appeared very abruptly!

He couldn't see the troop strength of this France [chess piece], but France was a strong nation, and since other strong nations were not around, France must have occupied and governed many chess squares. This France [chess piece]'s troop strength would definitely not be low!

A sense of crisis struck, and Chen Aoyun decisively stopped his plan to place the piece. Waving away the [Construction Power] at his fingertips, Chen Aoyun stared at the chessboard with a puzzled face,

"This Game of National Destiny has no fog of war, and the movements of all nations' [chess piece]s are visible; where did this abruptly appearing France [chess piece] come from?"

The [Strategist] of France smiled awkwardly on the Star Chessboard,

"Starting with two [chess piece]s, after governing chess squares, you can increase the troop limit of the [chess piece]s, or you can use it to create new [chess piece]s.

This [chess piece] is a new one.

I originally intended to sneakily finish you off; who told you to be weak enough? My single [chess piece]'s troop strength has already reached 200,000, while you only have 40,000.

Unfortunately, the duration of my [chess piece]'s [Concealment] ability is limited. I was planning to find trouble with you after you placed a new [Heroic Spirit], but who knew it would be such a coincidence that the [Concealment] ability would happen to run out at this time..."