Han Xuan's deployment was quietly improving. The five empires were constantly recruiting soldiers and horses in their respective countries to speed up training. Under the advocacy of the Soul Clan and the Alchemy Guild, a large number of alchemists joined the battle. A team of tens of thousands of people was formed. All forces devoted all their resources to take out all the materials they had saved for many years. Under the construction of this alchemist team, a large number of military supplies were sent to the front line, and the troops of the five empires grew stronger than ever before.
Although Han Xuan looked at all this, he still couldn't figure out a problem in his mind, which was what the time was mentioned by the powerful demon clan? Now all the five empires are in a state of intense preparation for war, and everyone is looking forward to the arrival of the last battle. Now the three kingdoms of Zhongtu, Dongmu, and Nanhuo and the three major bases of the demon clan have more than eight million troops. According to Han Xuan, Zheng Bao and others' speculations on the strength of the demon clan, it can be seen that the number of demon clan troops will never exceed five million. Although the demon clan soldiers are much stronger than the troops of the five empires, the gap in quantity and the current complete joint combat system makes Han Xuan unable to think that the demon clan has any chance of winning.
Although the various movements of the five empires during this period were extremely obscure, Han Xuan knew that maybe these could not be hidden from the demon clan's eyewitness. Now there must be spies from the demon clan among the five emperors. But since he knew that the five empires were organizing a powerful joint combat system, why did the demon clan never move? There are only three possible reasons for this. Either the senior executives of the demon clan are fools and they don't know the powerful relationship. But will the soul masters of the demon clan be fools? Of course not.
Or the demons have the confidence to win, but Han Xuan can't guess where their confidence comes from. The demon soul master is indeed very strong, but it is obviously not enough to rely on a few soul masters to destroy the 20 million troops of the entire five empires. Perhaps only the divine talisman master can do this powerful strength. The demons will have masters of this level? If so, wouldn't it be long since subverted the rule of the five empires and still have to work so hard to stand in a stalemate with the five empires here.
The third possibility is that Han Xuan is most incomprehensible, that is, the demons have other purposes, and perhaps it does not matter to the outcome of this war, but what is their purpose?
Han Xuan was very distressed about this. Seeing that the morale of the five empires was rising, if they continued to fight with the demons, it would inevitably have a great impact on morale. Moreover, a large number of troops were stationed on the front lines of their respective empires, and the military expenditure was also quite huge. The major empires also had to bear great pressure. But if they did not understand what the demons had, how could Han Xuan dare to send troops rashly.
Just when the stalemate was over four months, the demon clan finally began to take action. Han Xuan hurriedly summoned the five major divine beasts and Qi Tianyun and other major commanders in the army to go to the front of the camp to watch. He saw a huge banner erected on the fortress of the demon base in the southern fire empire. Qi Tianyun frowned and looked ahead, and couldn't help but ask: "What is this? Is it the banner of the demon clan? Why haven't you seen it before?"
The commanders whispered, but Han Xuan was shocked when he saw this big sail that looked like a flag. He immediately took out the notes of thousands of miles to send voices to the powerful people of various forces and summoned him to the camp immediately to gather. Then he only said "return to the camp" with a gloomy face and turned around and left here to go back to the central army's tent.
The commanders of the various departments behind looked at each other, wondering why Han Xuan was suddenly so nervous. Only the four demons of Dongyinling seemed to see something. They looked at each other and walked towards the army. Han Xuan sat alone in the commander's tent. Qi Tianyun, Ouyang Zhe and the five major beasts entered the tent one after another. Qi Tianyun asked in confusion: "Axuan, why did you suddenly change your face? Do you know what that flag is?"
Han Xuan nodded and said, "Let's wait a moment, and the supreme powerhouses of various forces will arrive later. I will explain to you in detail at that time. It seems that the war between the demons is not simply a mess. After so long waiting, they finally revealed the fox's tail."
Everyone knew that Han Xuan must have something extremely important to say, otherwise he would not be so anxious to summon all the powerful men from here. But Han Xuan didn't say that it would make sense to come. After a moment, Han Xuan didn't know what he thought of and said to Leng Jian: "A Jian, please come and invite the four brothers Zheng Bao here."
Leng Jian took the order and left. Not long afterwards, the four brothers Zheng Bao arrived one after another. Seeing that there were no outsiders in the tent at this time, Zheng Bao asked, "Brother Han asked me to come for the sake of the soul banner?"
Han Xuan nodded and said, "Brother Zheng later, the strong men from various families arrive. Please tell me carefully. It's strange at this time, and I always feel uneasy."
After Zheng Bao agreed, he stood on one side. The seats here were limited to the strong people of each family, so they naturally would not sit down carelessly. About a stick of incense passed, and the five empires, soul clans, and Alchemy Guild strong people arrived one after another and entered the tent to sit down. Huangpu said excitedly: "My friend Han, the demon clan has finally moved. The coalition forces of the major imperial families are ready to go in order. I wonder if you can decide a plan to break the enemy, so we can take action immediately."
Han Xuan stood up and bowed to everyone and said, "Senior Huangpu and all seniors. Han Xuan summoned everyone to discuss the matter of this demon war. Today, I heard that the demons were moving in the base, so I immediately went to check it out. I saw a big banner erected in the base. I wonder if the other three bases are the same?"
Huangpuji, Dongfang Qi nodded and said yes. Han Xuan continued: "Han Xuan has been lucky enough to see this banner once before. It is not as simple as we imagined. When I went to Dongyin Ridge, I had seen it once in the hands of the shadow guard in the dungeon. This banner is also called the Soul Gathering Banner, which can gather thousands of life souls. If I hadn't seen it this time, I would have forgotten the method of the demon clan. This banner was used to collect life souls and said it was used to resurrect the souls of the demon gods. The details of this would also require Brother Zheng Bao to give you a famous saying."
After Zheng Bao explained in detail what he saw and heard in Dongyin Ridge, everyone showed a solemn look. Seeing this, Han Xuan continued to say: "The banner I saw at the beginning was more than a thousand times smaller than this one at this time, but it could also accommodate thousands of souls. But at this time, the demon clan raised such a large soul banner, which made me feel uneasy. I have thought more than once during this period whether the demon clan had another purpose. Until I saw this banner, I finally figured out that their purpose of launching this war was probably not as we imagined to subvert the five empires."
"What's their purpose?"
"If I expected it was right, I'm afraid they wanted to use war to force their souls to absorb their life. You should know that the people who can participate in the war have some murderous aura, and have a certain level of cultivation, which is much stronger than ordinary people. And I don't know how many souls the dead will have in a battle. I think the demons will start a war with this mentality."
"That is to say, all the souls of the dead will be absorbed by this banner and cannot enter the cycle of reincarnation. Wouldn't that be a never-ending rebirth? Besides, a soul with spiritual consciousness is stronger than the soul power of ten thousand ordinary souls. It's really a pity that they can think of it. This is simply a harm to the heavens. I don't even think that the souls of our own people are spared."
"This is the nature of the demon race. When I rescued Brother Zheng Bao and the others, I discovered a soul bead hidden in the soul by the demon soul master. The soul masters rely on this to control their subordinates. They simply regard the lives of their subordinates as grass."
"But in this way, if the war begins, wouldn't we become accomplices of the demon race? Once the demon god is resurrected, the entire five empires may be unrivaled. What should we do?"
"I think we can't help but stop fighting now. If there is no three days of demons, there will be movement. Even if we don't fight, they will take the initiative to fight. I'm afraid they have known about our joint combat. They have not taken action and are waiting for us to gather troops so that the soul banner can absorb more of the soul."
"There will definitely be death and injury in battle, and the soul gathering banner will inevitably be taken away by the soul gathering banner. For the sake of this, the only way is to find a good way to seize the soul of the soul gathering banner."
At this moment, Mofu suddenly sighed and said, "This matter is difficult to handle. Even if it can be done, it will be difficult to deal with afterwards!"
"Oh? What do you say in Senior Moff?"
"My family once had a ancestral teaching that one must not rely on soul power to detain the soul of the dead. This is contrary to the way of heaven and harmony and will inevitably lead to a catastrophe, just because everyone's life and death are natural laws. Han Xuan, do you know what a lonely ghost is?"
"Senior Mo, Han Xuan doesn't know much about this, so please give me a famous saying!"
"A person who does not enter the samsara after death is a ghost. Many people who have aggrieved heart force themselves to stay in the world after death without entering the samsara channel, so they become ghosts. The samsara channel is because the soul leaves the body and has the last trace of vitality when it dies. If the anger is lost after a long time, then they can only become ghosts and cannot enter the samsara again. To put it bluntly, there is no key to enter the samsara channel. Even if we destroy this move in the end, we force the soul to stay here and not be captured by the soul gathering banner. However, when the war is over, they will not be able to enter the samsara. In this world, there will be tens of millions of lonely ghosts. Moreover, all those who die in battle have murderous aura. In the end, they will turn into evil ghosts and endanger the world. Will we have to kill them with our own hands? What's more, it's so difficult to control the samsara. Since ancient times, the Soul Clan has regarded such formations and soul skills as forbidden techniques, and there is no record of retaining them."
Everyone could hear the helplessness in what Moff said, but the war had reached this point and it was always going on. Even if you didn't provoke the demons, they could still slaughter the people and get more souls. Before the real war, it seemed as if the empire had been forced into a desperate situation, filling the entire central military camp with a gloomy atmosphere.