108: Sudden change

Gu Chang once again led the Divine Martial Forbidden Army to the training ground in the mountains. With his continuous attempts and evolution, he had now completely mastered three small Formations.

The power of these three Formations was not inherently great, but the key was the infinite possibilities of change and effect they could create when integrated into his own Martial Dao system!

For example, using the Minor Geng Metal Formation to enhance martial arts Moves, making Moves like White Tiger Seven Kills and You Long Spear Technique possess even greater destructive power!

At the same time, he could also increase their power by stacking Formations, ultimately making an ordinary small Formation possess extremely terrifying power.

After more than a month of research, Gu Chang's mastery of Formations became increasingly profound.

However, this tranquility was suddenly broken one day when Ma An, the Grand Commander of the Divine Martial Forbidden Army, came to Gu Chang, and a piece of news reached his ears.

"Something happened in the southwest?"

The first thing Gu Chang felt upon hearing this news was not Life Qi, but surprise. He was very curious as to who would dare to defy the Shenwu Dynasty now?

"According to Grandmaster Wind Dao Lin's report, it's a Beast whose strength has reached the True Martial Realm, and it's even more powerful than an ordinary True Martial expert. It's almost invulnerable to blades and spears, and difficult to harm with water or fire. Even he didn't dare to confront it head-on."

Ma An quickly recounted the secret report to Gu Chang, and also handed over more detailed information to him.

"Hmm, interesting. I knew this world wasn't that simple!"

Gu Chang's gaze quickly swept over the secret report. The long-dormant hot blood in his body boiled, as it was already difficult for him to find an opponent worth fighting with his current strength.

"A Beast King?"

"It's quite fitting. Its strength is greater than an ordinary True Martial expert, and it can also command other Beasts. Its mind also seems quite good."

The secret report described a special Beast Gu Chang had never heard of. According to the description, this Beast was extremely powerful and seemed to possess some special power, making the True Martial expert responsible for guarding the southwest utterly unable to contend with it.

"Your Majesty, do we need to mobilize more experts?"

Seeing Gu Chang's apparent interest, Ma An inquired.

"Of course, I choose to go see such a thing myself!"

"Get ready, we depart in half an hour. I want to see just how powerful this Beast King is!"

However, Gu Chang, who was clearly interested at this moment, would not choose to simply observe from a distance, so he directly ordered Ma An.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Ma An immediately agreed, and the Divine Martial Forbidden Army quickly assembled. After all weapons and supplies were organized, everyone reconnected their True Qi with Gu Chang, then transformed into thousands of soldiers capable of soaring through the sky and traversing the earth, flying towards the southwest!

Several hours later, Gu Chang led the entire Divine Martial Forbidden Army to a city outside the southwestern border.

This city had only been completed in recent years, possessing sturdy and towering city walls, a complete defense system, and tens of thousands of elite troops stationed there.

But what appeared before Gu Chang now was a scene of devastation. Large sections of the towering and thick city walls were damaged, and many wounded elite soldiers and corpses had not yet been dealt with.

Everywhere, one could see the corpses of slain Beasts, as well as various terrifying and ferocious traces, some claw marks even sending shivers down one's spine just by looking at them.

A large number of houses within the city were also destroyed. The people in the city had just extinguished the burning fires, and the smell of gunpowder filled the air.

Such a sight immediately made Gu Chang's expression turn grim, because the secret report earlier had not mentioned them suffering such heavy losses!

"Go, assist in treating the wounded, repair the city walls, and also invite the chief official here and Grandmaster Wind Dao Lin!"

Faced with such a scene, Gu Chang, who had originally been somewhat curious, immediately became serious, so he directly ordered the Divine Martial Forbidden Army beside him.

"Yes, sir!"

As Gu Chang's words fell, the Divine Martial Forbidden Army immediately began to act.

Aside from over a hundred people guarding him, all other personnel participated in rescuing people, repairing city walls, and dealing with post-disaster issues.

As the elite of the elite, the Divine Martial Forbidden Army not only possessed extremely powerful strength, but they also had extremely strong capabilities in other areas.

With their participation, the entire city's rescue situation immediately improved. At the same time, the officials and martial arts experts responsible for this place, upon hearing of Gu Chang's arrival, quickly came before him to pay their respects!

"Your subjects pay respects to Your Majesty!"

"It is our uselessness that allowed those Beasts to destroy this place!"

"Please punish us, Your Majesty!"

"Please punish us, Your Majesty!"

"..."

Although Gu Chang had long since stopped managing specific government affairs, his prestige grew day by day with the development of the Shenwu Dynasty, even gradually tending to be deified.

At this moment, among these people, aside from Wind Dao Lin, who was also a True Martial expert, everyone else felt utterly terrified.

"Enough! The matter of punishment will be handled by others later. Your primary task now is to deal with this disaster!"

"Wind Dao Lin, I need you to tell me the entire story of this incident from beginning to end!"

Gu Chang had no interest in these matters now. After a simple reprimand, he shifted the topic to the core Beast King that caused this incident.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

As a True Martial Realm guardian, Wind Dao Lin's status was quite special. Even when facing Gu Chang, he remained composed. After the others left, he meticulously recounted the incident to Gu Chang.

"Speaking of which, this should be a disaster caused by our continuous deep penetration into the Hundred Thousand Mountains. The Beasts' living space was compressed, ultimately provoking the Beast King's wrath, and then large numbers of Beasts completely rampaged under its control."

"Although the forces we had stockpiled here were strong enough, they were unable to simultaneously face enemies flying in the sky, running on the ground, and burrowing underground."

"After the Beast tide erupted, I could at most barely contain the Beast King. The rest of the Beasts were confronted by the army stationed here, but things happened too suddenly, especially since that Beast King could burrow, and the city walls collapsed because of it. By the time large numbers of Beasts attacked, the defense was already difficult to organize."

"Regarding this Beast King, its strength is indeed terrifying. Even with a sneak attack, I failed to injure it. Instead, due to some special power, I was almost injured by the counter-shock force, so later I could only constantly harass it or kill other Beasts to attract its attention."

"..."

As Wind Dao Lin described, he also showed Gu Chang his injuries. Even with his True Martial body, many Meridians and bones inside him were broken, which was enough to prove that his words were true.