Chapter 1122: Devils
Zhao Fu felt a headache coming on as he looked at the Ministers arguing amongst themselves. He was also considering what to do; they had two months left, and they had to defend against the incoming forces. Great Qin could not fall here.
Masanori Hano looked at the scene around her and said with slight hesitation, "Your Majesty, in actuality, developing the Devil World doesn't require Great Qin to send its residents into it. Recently, the Hundred Devils have created a Devil Soul Technique.
"This Devil Soul Technique can be fused into the Devil World. Anyone who is sent into the Devil World will be affected, and their memories will gradually disappear. By the time they turn into Devils, they will have lost all of their memories and will become new creatures.
"As long as you have something to control them with, they will obey Great Qin. No matter how great their hatred towards Great Qin was, after becoming Devils, they will have new lives and will no longer feel enmity towards Great Qin."
This resolved something that Zhao Fu had been worrying about this whole time, which was that the Devils he nurtured could turn against him. At first, Masanori Hano had been quite hesitant to tell Zhao Fu about this as it would harm countless living creatures.
However, now that Great Qin was facing such immense pressure, she had no other choice and had to help think of ways to resist the incoming invasion.
"Really?" Zhao Fu looked at Masanori Hano in pleasant surprise. Zhao Fu knew how powerful the Devils were, but because of this problem, he had been hesitant to nurture them. If they could get rid of this problem, there would be nothing to worry about.
Moreover, Devils developed much faster than ordinary Cultivators, and they could quickly provide Great Qin with a large fighting force.
Masanori Hano nodded and confirmed what she had said.
Zhao Fu grinned and took Masanori Hano, leaving for the Devil City. He decided to start developing the Devil World, and he ordered the Ministers to continue discussing Great Qin's future plans.
After arriving at the Devil City, Tamamo-no-Mae leapt into Zhao Fu's embrace and wrapped her arms around his waist. Her enchanting figure twisted about as she said flirtatiously, "Your Majesty you finally came again. It's been such a long time since we last met. I've been hearing about all sorts of lewd things that Your Majesty has been doing, and I want to do it with Your Majesty too."
Hearing Tamamo-no-Mae's shameless words, Masanori Hano's face became slightly red.
Zhao Fu hugged Tamamo-no-Mae's seductive body and smiled as he said, "Maybe in the future! We have decided to build the Devil World, and We will make you Hundred Devils all Devil Lords."
"Really? Thank you, Your Majesty!" Tamamo-no-Mae said, feeling quite surprised. This was something they had been waiting for this entire time. If the Devil World was built, their statuses would skyrocket, and they would not have to stay in such a small place.
Zhao Fu lightly nodded, while Tamamo-no-Mae panted and said, "Your Majesty, can I use my body to thank you then?"
Following this, Tamamo-no-Mae undid her kimono, revealing her snow-white figure. She flirtatiously smiled as she stretched out her hand towards a certain part of Zhao Fu's body.
Masanori Hano could not stand this anymore, and her face was bright red as she cried out, "Tamamo! Stop, don't do this."
Because he had matters at hand, Zhao Fu also stopped Tamamo-no-Mae.
Tamamo-no-Mae felt quite disappointed but grabbed Zhao Fu's hand and pressed it against her large chest, pleading, "Then at least give me a small reward first, Your Majesty. Don't forget after you're done with all this!"
Zhao Fu felt quite helpless, and after much moaning from Tamamo-no-Mae, she grinned and gave off an intoxicating aura as she hugged Zhao Fu, and Masanori Hano walked beside them with a red face.
Following this, Zhao Fu gathered the Hundred Devils; in actuality, there were not just one hundred of them but 362. Each of them had their own stories and abilities, and they were quite powerful.
These Devils were mainly split into two factions: One followed the Greater Tengu, Shuten-Douji, and Tamamo-no-Mae, while the other followed Momijigari.
Out of all of the Devils, the strongest was most likely Momijigari. She could fight with the three other Devil leaders single handedly and was shockingly powerful.
Zhao Fu gathered them and let them know of Great Qin's plan to build the Devil World and give them 100 regions.
Seeing that Zhao Fu valued them so much, they profusely thanked him.
Zhao Fu's line of thinking was that since he was going to build the Devil World, he would nurture it greatly. Zhao Fu was quite interested in a Devil army because their abilities were quite strange and would be of great help to Great Qin.
Following this, Zhao Fu asked them how to build the Devil World.
Of course, things were not as simple as Zhao Fu had thought. The Devil World was not something that could be built at one's whim and required a massive number of items. No wonder they had not built the Devil World back when Great Qin had conquered Japan; they simply did not have the ability to build it.
First, they needed materials for a Great Devil Formation, which turned Heaven and Earth Essence Qi into devil qi. They also needed various items for all sorts of barriers.
The Devil World was naturally a world, and they could not make this entire world into the Devil World. However, they could use barriers to close it off and make it similar to a world.
Devil qi had strong mutation effects, and the barrier could make it so that it did not leak out and harm others. At the same time, it would prevent others from entering the Devil World and prevent Devils from escaping.
They also needed countless Devil Qi Stones. These Devil Qi Stones provided devil qi and could cause the devil qi in the Devil World to become denser and increase the speed at which people became Devils.
There were also many other things that cannot all be listed.
Zhao Fu ordered people to immediately prepare those items and chose a place to set up the Devil World. It was an island in the Eastern Archipelagos that had about 100 or so regions.
Because the Devil World was too dangerous, in order to avoid any heavy losses if things went out of control, Zhao Fu chose a fairly remote place.
The Devils started to make preparations - they were going to use their blood and Devil Power to create a Hundred Devil Blood Stone, which would become the core item of the Devil World.
It took the Devils a bit more than three days to condense the Hundred Devil Blood Stone. Their faces were all quite pale afterwards, and their bodies became quite weak, looking quite drained. To them, creating this Hundred Devil Blood Stone was not easy at all.
Following this, they gave the Hundred Devil Blood Stone to Zhao Fu. It was similar to jade and was rectangular. It was one finger-length long and had a bloody smell, and it contained a massive amount of a strange power.
Zhao Fu now had to refine the Hundred Devil Blood Stone; only then would the Devils obey his commands.
Of course, for the first three hundred Devils, he had given them each a drop of his blood. With his Sovereign Bloodline, the power that his blood contained was enormous and was of great help to Devils, even causing their bloodlines to slightly change.
At the same time, Zhao Fu set down restrictions within their bodies. Only then could he use them and the Devil World with peace of mind.
Chapter 1123: Black Bull Demon
Now that everything had been prepared, it was time to create the Devil World. Zhao Fu went to the center of the island, and the Great Devil Formation had already been prepared.
Zhao Fu stood at the center and placed the Hundred Devil Blood Stone into the magic formation, bringing it to life immediately. It gave off boundless blood-red light and gave off a strange, sharp, pained, and twisted sound, making people's hairs stand on end.
Sensing this power, Zhao Fu could sense that the Devil World was most likely quite an evil and twisted place. However, no matter what, Great Qin needed this power.
Seeing that the Great Devil Formation was activated, the surroundings Devils all smiled and squatted down, pressing their palms against the magic formation. A massive amount of devil qi flowed into it, causing a massive aura to spread out, and the Great Devil Formation started to operate.
The many Devils continued to send devil qi into the formation, causing the formation's aura to become stronger and stronger. The Devil Qi Stones in the surroundings all disintegrated, and their devil qi was also absorbed.
The ground suddenly started to tremble, and the weather started to change as clouds swirled. The light dimed and a dangerous aura swept out like a flood.
Boom!
A shocking explosion sounded out as the Great Devil Formation gave off a piercing blood-red light and started to spin. A pillar of light containing immense power shot into the sky and smashed into it, causing the sky to tremble.
The blood-red pillar of light gave off a large amount of blood-red light, gradually dyeing the sky blood-red. A bloody, evil, crazed, and twisted aura spread out throughout the sky, causing those who saw it to feel fear.
Standing within the center of the blood-red pillar of light, Zhao Fu stretched out a hand towards the sky and started the final step of the process.
Boom!
An explosion sounded out as the Hundred Devil Blood Stone at the center of the formation gave off a wave of terrifying Devil Power and sent out a massive shockwave, making it difficult for the surrounding Devils to even stand.
The Hundred Devil Blood Stone turned into a ray of blood-red light as it traveled within the blood-red pillar of light and shot into the sky.
Boom! Boom!
Two explosion sounded out as two terrifying waves of might, bringing with them unstoppable power, descended, causing the surrounding Devils to feel their bodies sink.
A sun giving off intense, blood-red light appeared in the sky, and a moon giving off blood-red light had also appeared.
Within the Devil World, the blood moon and blood sun existed together. There was no night and no day, no yin and no yang, only chaos.
The appearance of the blood sun and blood moon signified the formation of the Devil World.
The blood sun and blood moon could be seen from a distance, and a blood-red color and an evil and twisted aura flooded over.
At that moment, Zhao Fu activated all of the barrier items, causing them to turn into rays of light and fly into the sky. They gathered into position and formed a powerful barrier that covered all of the blood-red light.
Zhao Fu thought that things were over, but at that moment, the blood sun and blood moon gave of intense blood-red light and two hazy figures flew out.
One was human-shaped but looked somewhat like a crow. It had two hands and two claws instead of feet. It also had a pair of wings with blood-red feathers.
The other looked like a rabbit and had blood-red fur. It had four eyes, as well as a blood-red crescent moon mark on its forehead.
Both figures gave off terrifying auras as they flew down from the sky and entered Zhao Fu's body before he could even react.
Zhao Fu immediately checked his body and found that there was nothing too strange. However, he now had two marks on his chest; one looked like a crow and one looked like a rabbit, and they seemed to connect to each other.
Following this, the silver dragon seal that Zhao Fu had obtained from the Ten Thousand Dragon Stage also fused with the two marks and formed a new mark.
This mark was blood-red and the shape of a crow and rabbit on one side, while the other side was silver and in the shape of a dragon, looking quite beautiful.
After the marks fused, they once again disappeared into Zhao Fu's body, and the surrounding ripples calmed down. However, the sky was still blood-red colored as was their surroundings. The blood sun and blood moon were still in the sky and had not disappeared.
Zhao Fu turned and asked the Devils around him, "What were those two figures?"
Even though he did not feel like there were any changes, it was still better to have a better understanding of them in order to prevent any mishaps in the future.
Momijigari lightly smiled as she replied, "Your Majesty, they are the two most powerful Devils out of all of the us. One of them is the Yatagarasu, the crow of the sun, and the other is the Gyokuot, the rabbit of the moon. In actuality, summoning the blood sun and blood moon were summoning them.
"Them appearing and entering Your Majesty's body is a sign of them acknowledging Your Majesty. Now, Your Majesty can also use Devil Power, and it will increase Your Majesty's power; it will not bring any harm to Your Majesty."
Hearing this, Zhao Fu felt quite relieved and did not pay it much mind.
Now that the Devil World had been formed, the next thing to do was to check its effects. Zhao Fu had been looking forward to this and ordered people to bring in some wild beasts, rebels, and traitors.
After entering the Devil World, these people and beasts did not react much, only looking around in fear. However, what they did not notice was that there were traces of blood-red qi entering their bodies.
The first to react was a black bull. Its gentle gaze was now replaced with a look of savageness and violence.
It gave a loud roar and started to attack the other wild beasts. It first attacked a panther, and as a carnivore, the panther used its fangs and claws to fight back against the black bull.
However, the black bull allowed it to attack as much as it wanted, and in the end, the black bull was able to kill the panther. It was covered with wounds as it started to devour the panther's corpse.
This made the people watching feel quite surprised; after all, bulls were herbivores, yet now it was devouring a panther. As the black bull devoured the panther, more and more blood-red qi entered the panther's body and was absorbed by the black bull.
The aura that the black bull gave off became more and more powerful. After devouring the panther, the black bull lay on the ground as if it was recovering from its wounds.
The black bull's wounds quickly recovered as if there was a power helping it recover.
Half a day later, the black bull once again stood up and attacked a sika deer. Now, the black bull was much stronger in terms of both speed and power, and it killed the sika deer in just a few charges before eating its corpse.
Ono the third day, the black bull killed two people and devoured their corpses. One person's head was directly crushed by the bull's teeth, causing blood and brains to splatter everywhere, creating a terrifying and evil scene.
The black bull happily ate, and after devouring the two people's corpses, it suddenly gave a massive roar as a powerful aura exploded out from it.
It suddenly stood up and its body gradually took human form. It was three meters tall, and its front hooves became sharp claws. Even though the look in its eyes was still quite violent and twisted, there was now a trace of intelligence within them.
A Black Bull Devil had appeared!
Chapter 1124: Devil Lord!
Devils developed shockingly quickly and had decent intelligence as well.
Moreover, this Black Bull Devil's power was extremely shocking. Originally, the black bull had strength comparable to a human with Stage 0-2 or 0-3 cultivation. Now, its strength was comparable to a human with Stage 0-5 or 0-6 cultivation. In other words, it had risen three Steps in just three days.
Zhao Fu realized how great the Devil World's potential was. Apart from the Blood God Pills, Zhao Fu had never seen any method of increasing cultivation so quickly.
If he gave this Black Bull Devil a Blood God Pill, at the very least its strength would be comparable to Stage 0-9 or even Stage 1. Thinking about that, a trace of a smile appeared on Zhao Fu's face.
Zhao Fu stood in the air, and because he was the master of the Devil World, he did not have to worry about being corroded by the blood-red qi. In actuality, just with his Sovereign Bloodline alone, Zhao Fu was able to neutralize the blood-red qi.
The 300 or so Devils around him felt quite comfortable here as they themselves were Devils. It did not have much of an effect on them, as the aura and atmosphere here quite suited them.
Zhao Fu descended and appeared above the Black Bull Devil. The Black Bull Devil discovered Zhao Fu and savagely looked at him, roaring as dense devil qi flooded out of it. It was about to attack Zhao Fu.
Bang!
At that moment, a blood-red rune floated out of the Black Bull Devil's head, and a powerful force caused its knees to vigorously kneel down on the ground, causing the ground around it to cave in.
At that moment, the Black Bull Devil half-knelt, half-lay on the ground, a look of terror on its face, while Zhao Fu gazed at it expressionlessly.
Zhao Fu did not do anything; it was just the restrictions within the Black Bull Devil activating. All of the Devils within the Devil World were under Zhao Fu's control. None of them could resist; only this way could Zhao Fu use them with ease of mind.
Following this, Zhao Fu looked at a human. At the start, he had kept his rationality; he knew that he was not as strong as the beasts, so he had made some simple weapons and killed a few beasts.
However, after a few days, he had lost control and started to kill others. Finally, in the end, he became like a beast and hunched over a corpse as he madly ate.
Zhao Fu watched as he excitedly ripped open someone's chest and took out his fresh heart and ate it in big mouthfuls. It was an extremely bloody and gory scene; this person could no longer be called a human.
After eating the heart, that person still was not satisfied and tore open a sheep and started devouring it too.
Boom!
A massive amount of devil qi spread out as he started to be transformed into a Devil. He lay on the ground, roaring as his skin gradually became black. His hands became sharp claws, and his face twisted as fangs grew in his mouth.
This person had become a Man-Eating Devil and had Stage 0-6 strength, a bit weaker than the Black Bull Devil. After all, the Black Bull Devil had its massive body and strength.
Zhao Fu walked towards the Man-Eating Devil, which tried to attack him as well. However, a blood-red rune appeared on its head and caused it to kneel and lie down on the ground. The terrifying power within its body caused its eyes to become filled with terror, and it understood just how monstrous this person in front of it was.
"I was wrong, Devil Lord!" Zhao Fu did not expect that this Man-Eating Devil still retained his ability to think and speak.
However, that was all; it seemed to have become a different person and all of its memories had vanished. It was now closer to a beast that was capable of some human thought and speech.
In actuality, this person still had some impressions of Zhao Fu, because when Zhao Fu had thrown them in, he had been cursing Zhao Fu to die a horrible death and that he wanted to eat Zhao Fu's flesh.
This person was one of the people who did not surrender as Great Qin cleared regions. Because Great Qin's people had killed his relatives, he hated Zhao Fu greatly.
However, now, he was like an obedient dog that knelt and lay before Zhao Fu. Seeing this, Zhao Fu smiled; it seemed that this Devil Soul Technique was quite useful.
Following this, Zhao Fu took a look at a few other Devils and found the situation quite similar.
Now that Zhao Fu knew how useful the Devil World was, he decided to greatly develop it and send a large number of people and beasts in.
In actuality, all living things had spirits and could become Devils, although it was easier for animals than for plants to become Devils. Among animals, it was the easiest for humans to become Devils, as they already had some spirituality.
Even if the people here did not become Devils, they would become stimulants for other beasts to become Devils. After all, the flesh of people could make it easier for other creatures to become Devils, which was why Devils liked to eat people.
'People' did not refer to just humans but all sentient races, and it was easier for them to become Devils too.
In the future, when Great Qin cleared out regions, they would no longer have to kill those who did not surrender; such people, along with rebellious criminals in Great Qin, would all be thrown in here to provide more fighting forces for Great Qin.
The Devils that were nurtured were far stronger than soldiers of the same level. For example, even though the Black Bull Devil was only at Stage 0-6, it could fight two or three Stage 0-6 soldiers by itself.
If Zhao Fu gave them Blood God Pills, they could be immediately sent to the battlefield, where they could devour even more flesh. Thinking about the massive benefits brought by the Devil World, Zhao Fu could not help but grin.
After returning to the Great Qin Palace, Zhao Fu brought the Devils with him. It was the first time they had entered the Great Qin Palace, and they felt quite startled at how grand and luxurious it was. They could not feel quite excited because this was the first time they had come to the center of the Great Qin's power.
Zhao Fu personally wrote Imperial Edicts, enfeoffing the Devils as Devil Lords, who would control everything in the Devil World.
The Devils knelt on the ground and thanked Zhao Fu, and golden lights covered their bodies. They had received Great Qin's Kingdom Power and corresponding authority, making them all feel quite happy.
However, there were many Ministers who had worried expressions, seeing these savage Devils in the imperial court.
After making the enfeoffments, Zhao Fu gave an order to calculate how many people and beasts could be sent into the Devil World.
They found that they could send in around 40 million people, and because they were still clearing out regions, there were more people who could be sent in every day. They could send in around 50 million beasts, and this was around 100 million in total. Zhao Fu wondered how many Devils would be produced from this number.
Zhao Fu decided to take them out of the Devil World when they became Devils and not let them continue to fight and kill among themselves. Even though more powerful Devils would be produced by doing that, he did not want them to kill each other once they had become Devils.
Now that Great Qin had unified the world, they would be facing wars with other worlds in the future, so they could not lack numbers.
Chapter 1125: Nine Nether Royal Seal
Zhao Fu did not expect all 100 million creatures to become Devils; just 30 million would be enough to make him feel satisfied.
If he fed these 30 million Devils Blood God Pills, they would be able to withstand around 100 million Stage 1 soldiers. Great Qin would continue to nurture these Devils and create a Devil army, which would become one of Great Qin's main forces.
By the time Zhao Fu returned, the various Ministers had finished discussing a set of defensive systems and were currently setting them up. Zhao Fu asked them about the details, after which he allowed them to go about it with peace of mind.
Right now, Zhao Fu was thinking of ways to increase Great Qin's strength; only with enough strength could Zhao Fu fell at ease.
Zhao Fu's second focus was the Ghost Soldiers. They were converted within the valley that had fused with many magic formations and items, forming a special land that could connect to the Underworld and absorb Yin qi from the Underworld.
Great Qin's Ghost Soldiers had been through many battles and many of them had fallen, but their numbers had been replenished and remained at around 30 million.
What Zhao Fu valued was the fact that they could turn the corpses of deceased soldiers into Ghost Soldiers. Zhao Fu had preserved all of the corpses of Great Qin's soldiers who had died during the unification battle.
If he could make them all Ghost Soldiers, it would be a great boost to Great Qin's forces, and would provide Great Qin with a bit more safety.
Zhao Fu could convert them into Ghost Soldiers at any time, but the key thing was that he lacked things to control them with. The current Ghost Soldiers were all controlled through the Ghost King Seal and other Ghost Seals. Without them, the Ghost Soldiers would immediately go out of control.
Zhao Fu wanted to see if there was anything that could substitute for the Ghost King Seal, and Zhao Fu could not help but think of the Royal Seals from the nations that Great Qin had destroyed.
The Ghost King Seal had King's Power, which was why it had such a powerful commanding effect. Ordinary Royal Seals also had King's Power and just had different attributes. Ghost King Seals had an Underworld attribute that allowed them to command Ghost Soldiers, while ordinary Royal Seals could not.
If Zhao Fu could turn these Royal Seals into Ghost King Seals, he would be able to use them to control Ghost Soldiers. As such, Zhao Fu asked the golden dragon and found that this was actually possible.
However, the price would be quite high - only Barony Royal City's Royal Seals could be used. First, they had to break the connection between the Royal Seal and Royal City. In other words, they would have to destroy a Barony Royal City and have it become a Capital City again.
Levelling up a Capital City into a Royal City required an ocean of Experience, so the cost was quite great. Moreover, there would also be a great impact on the Legacy. After thinking about it, Zhao Fu decided to destroy some Barony Royal Cities and turn their Royal Seals into Ghost King Seals.
After all, things were not like before when Royal Seals could gather the power of the Royal City and the nation, allowing one to single handedly fight dozens, if not a hundred ordinary City Lords.
The City Lord Seals, Official Seals, and Royal Seals had all become treasures that could no longer gather power.
As such, Zhao Fu did not feel that it was a pity to destroy them and obtain more useful power. As for the Legacies, Zhao Fu did not care much for their Legacies.
Great Qin had seven Royal Seals in total; five were from the outside world while one was from Ramis' Kingdom and the other was from Tina Pendragon's Kingdom.
Zhao Fu thought about it; Tina Pendragon was only weaker than him and the Royal Seal was quite important to her, so he decided to preserve hers. The remaining six would be enough.
A while later, Zhao Fu destroyed the six Royal Cities and made them Capital Cities again, and he took the six Royal Seals to the valley.
Just like before, this place was filled with Yin qi and was quite gloomy. There seemed to be ghosts floating about, creating a terrifying scene. Ordinary people would not dare to get close at all.
Zhao Fu came to the center of this place, which connected to the Underworld and was quite suitable for cultivating Ghost Soldiers. Zhao Fu placed the six Royal Cities at the center of the formation and activated it, causing a massive amount of power to spread out.
Boom!
A massive wave of Yin qi exploded out like a volcano erupting, causing the surrounding temperature to plummet. That freezing Yin qi flooded out, causing people's hairs to stand on end as they uncontrollably trembled.
Under Zhao Fu's controlled, the Yin qi formed an orb that encapsulated the six Royal Seals. The formation continuously drew Yin qi from the Underworld, causing the orb to become larger and larger.
Finally, the orb expanded out to 1,000 meters wide and gave off an immense aura as it hung in the sky. The six Royal Seals within it quickly absorbed the Yin qi and gradually transformed.
Their various powers became a ghostly power, and their auras became gloomy and eerie.
The 1,000 meter wide orb of Yin qi was continuously absorbed by the six Royal Seals and continuously shrank.
Boom!
At that moment, Zhao Fu fully activated the formation with all his power, causing the region to shake. An even stronger attractive force exploded out, causing a gloomy and ancient hellish intent to rush out from underground and enter the six Royal Seals.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
Six massive explosions sounded out as the six Royal Seals instantly absorbed the Yin qi around them and gave off boundless gray light. A terrifying King's aura exploded out; the Royal Seals had successfully been converted.
Zhao Fu deactivated the formation and grabbed the six Royal Seals; they had all gone through big changes.
First, they had all become gray-colored and the dragons engraved on them were now ghost dragons. There were also three words engraved on them, 'Underworld Royal Seal.' They felt extremely cold and contained immense power.
[Underworld Royal Seal]: A Royal Seal that has absorbed a large amount of the Underworld's Yin qi and hellish intent. It is a high quality Royal Seal that has many effects, and can command ten million Ghost Soldiers.
Seeing this, a smile appeared on Zhao Fu's face. A single Underworld Royal Seal could command ten million Ghost Soldiers, so six of them would allow him to control 60 million Ghost Soldiers. Great Qin could add another 60 million Ghost Soldiers, and with their current 30 million, they would have 90 million Ghost Soldiers, which would be a big help to Great Qin.
In the future, if they obtained more Royal Seals, they could turn them into Underworld Royal Seals and revive more of Great Qin's soldiers, allowing them to continue to help Great Qin conquer worlds.
If they could obtain 100 Royal Seals, Great Qin would be able to control one billion Ghost Soldiers; anyone would be excited at such a thought. After all, these were all converted from soldiers who had perished, which would greatly cut down on Great Qin's losses. In thefuture, Zhao Fu would not have to worry as much about soldiers dying.
Chapter 1126: Illusion Flower Devil
Moreover, these Ghost Soldiers countered the Death Race and other Ghost creatures to some extent, which would be of use in future battles.
Zhao Fu already predicted that the Ghost Soldiers would be one of Great Qin's main forces in the future. However, they had to conquer more Kingdoms and obtain more Royal Seals.
It was a pity that the Great Qin Seal could not gather power anymore; if Zhao Fu did not use his other powers and just relied on his Stage 8 Cultivation, he would definitely die if he tried to assassinate the Kings of other Kingdoms.
After all, they had much higher cultivation and had countless soldiers and experts guarding them. After losing the Great Qin Seal's power, it would be much more difficult for Zhao Fu to deal with them.
Before, Zhao Fu had been using the power of the Great Qin Seal, which was the Royal Seal of a Level 11 Marquisate Kingdom, to deal with them. Now, he had no hope at all and could only focus on becoming more powerful himself instead of relying on external forces.
These six Underworld Royal Seals also had many other uses, but Zhao Fu was not sure what they were yet. Zhao Fu did not have the power to go to the Underworld, and even if he did, he would not have any other purpose in going, so he decided to put this matter aside for now.
Moreover, Zhao Fu was unable to use these six Underworld Royal Seals as a Ghost King Seal had already turned into a Fate Dragon and fused into his body.
A person could only have one of these seals, so Zhao Fu had to appoint six Underworld Lords to have them control the Ghost Soldiers.
The process was the same as enfeoffing the Devil Lords. Zhao Fu would never enfeoff another King, as he could not accept another King. As such, the highest rank in Great Qin below him was Lord.
Zhao Fu had enfeoffed Devils and Ghost Generals into Lords so that they would have greater potential and become one of Great Qin's main forces in the future.
There was still two more months, and Zhao Fu wondered if he would be able to obtain more Royal Seals. If he could increase the number of Ghost Soldiers, that would be for the best, as Great Qin would become a bit more powerful and have more confidence. That way, Great Qin would have more safety.
The development of Devils and Ghost Soldiers was now in the preliminary stages. In two months, the Heaven Domain Boundary would disappear, so Great Qin still needed more powerful methods.
Zhao Fu mulled this over, wondering how else he could develop Great Qin and what other powers he could use.
The golden dragon suddenly said, "How about you destroy all of Great Qin's City Lord Seals and fuse them into various beasts? Even though the power of region creatures have been reduced, they can still be of great help to Great Qin!"
After hearing the suggestion to destroy all of the City Lord Seals, Zhao Fu instinctively wanted to refuse. Even though City Lord Seals were not as powerful anymore, they were still quite useful. Moreover, City Lord Seals were the core items of Cities, and destroying them would have a massive impact on Cities.
Even though the golden dragon's suggestion was quite attractive, if they destroyed all of the City Lord Seals, the Kingdom and its Fate would become much weaker.
They definitely could not destroy all of the City Lord Seals, but could they find a way around this? As expected, the golden dragon had a solution and did not disappoint Zhao Fu.
Its suggestion was to use Official Seals to replace City Lord Seals. The number of Official Seals was determined by the strength of a Kingdom, and one could also determine the number oneself. Now that Official Seals could not provide much power anymore, they could create more and have them replace the City Lord Seals.
After fusing Official Seals into Cities, those Cities would become true governmental Cities. The Official Seals would have the same effects as City Lord Seals, and the previous City Lord Seal could be destroyed without affecting the City.
However, there was a very big flaw to this, which was that these Cities would be forever bound to Great Qin. If anything happened to Great Qin or it was destroyed, these Cities would immediately become Towns again.
After thinking about it, Zhao Fu still decided to use Official Seals to replace City Lord Seals. After all, if Great Qin was destroyed, Zhao Fu would not care if those Cities still remained. In fact, if Great Qin was destroyed, he would be happy to see those Cities become Towns.
However, this would also have a big effect on the Legacies of certain Cities. Of course, they could not destroy the Great Qin Seal, or else it would affect the entire Kingdom. Some Capital Cities were also off-limits, as they were pillars of Great Qin.
Zhao Fu decided to destroy the City Lord Seals of some ordinary Cities; this would not have too much of an effect.
It was a pity that Official Seals could not be fused into beasts; if that was possible, Zhao Fu would be overjoyed to death.
After all, a Kingdom could form as many Official Seals as it wanted, but the cost was that the power that they contained would become weaker. Once Great Qin became a Dukedom Kingdom, the Official Seals that it created would be more than ten times more powerful, and if they could be fused into beasts, Great Qin would be able to create a beast army that could sweep across everything.
It would simply be unstoppable, as each beast would have half the strength of a region boss monster. If such an army was possible, it would be horrifying.
If Great Qin could produce such a beast army, there would be nothing to worry about in the outside world, and it would not be facing such pressure. It was a pity that the Official Seals could not be fused into beasts, so Zhao Fu could only give up on this.
After making his decision, Zhao Fu gathered his subordinates and prepared to destroy the City Lord Seals. This was an extremely important matter, and they could not afford to take it lightly.
Following this, Zhao Fu had people count up the number of Wyverns and Corpse Soul Commanders. Zhao Fu had seen their power after fusing with City Lord Seals, so they were his first choices.
After them were the Spiders and Giant Wolves. As for the Black Forest Horses and Giant Deer, Zhao Fu did not want to bother with them, as they were more suited to being mounts than battle beasts.
There were also the Illusion Flower Devils, which could produce pollen that made people see illusions. Stage 1 Illusion Flower Devils could easily cause a Stage 1 soldier to become bewildered, and the same was true for Stage 2 Illusion Flower Devils and Stage 2 soldiers and so on.
They had massive potential, and there was no limit to their numbers; Zhao Fu could nurture as many as he wanted.
They were able to essentially replace the Hundred Ghost Illusionists, as the limit for the Hundred Ghost Illusionists was only 300 people. Because of Zhao Fu sealing the Six Paths Demon Images, it had actually been reduced to 299, which was simply not enough.
Now, the battles that Great Qin fought were incredibly big, and the Hundred Ghost Illusionists were no longer able to produce much of an effect on such a big battlefield.
Moreover, the loss of the ability to gather power with City Lord Seals was another big blow to the Hundred Ghost Illusionists. As such, Zhao Fu could only give up on them and use them in smaller battles, having the Illusion Flower Devils replace them.
Zhao Fu developed the Illusion Flower Devils in the flower region, which made them grow much faster. The World Flower growing there was also very beneficial to them.
Moreover, Zhao Fu had started developing the Illusion Flower Devils from the last festival, and back then Great Qin had not even established a Kingdom yet. After such a long time, there were likely many of them.