Ascending the Heavens as an Evil God
Chapter 386: Grand Army

Gu Nan ultimately decided to target Jin Lin World.

It wasn’t only because Liang Ruxin completed his mission splendidly, but also because the situation in Jin Lin World was a war between four states, and the power system was more suited to their troops.

Lan Si stared at the black portal that just appeared and couldn't help wondering, "This is…?”

"Dark Warrior Portal. It produces Dark Warriors.” Gu Nan explained from the side, uncaring as to whether Lan Si could understand or not, "The current production capacity is around a thousand a week, enough to fight a small war."

Dark Warrior Portal, this was one of the upgraded structures of the Divine Servant Institute.

The Divine Servant Institute was the most basic barracks structure, which could produce divine servants, a basic type of soldier. But the simple divine servants were basically no different from the “peasants" in typical strategy games, so Gu Nan didn’t even bother making any.

In contrast, the type of troops produced became a bit interesting once the Divine Servant Institute was upgraded to a Level 1 Dark Warrior Portal.

Dark Warriors was one of the frequently selected soldier types in the early stage and were half-living, half-dead darkness attribute creatures. They were relatively hard to kill and also had high resistance against a large portion of laws.

Moreover, Dark Warriors were good at assaulting fortified positions, and their overall stats were more comprehensive. They were already a very good choice when there were only enough points to build one type of barracks.

Finally, the Dark Warrior’s special ability was also very suited for early-stage wars.

The Dark Warrior's ability was "Death Sacrifice”—that is, after killing the opponent, they can harvest a certain amount of dark energy to strengthen themselves. They belonged to the category of troops that grew stronger the more battles they fought.

As Gu Nan kept investing more points, one Dark Warrior after another walked out of the portal.

They were all clad in black armor, holding a broadsword in their hands. Their faces were obscured by their helmets, revealing only a pair of cold, emotionless eyes.

“Their power is somewhere between Innate and Prodigious Realm.” Lan Si couldn’t help frowning after she found a random Dark Warrior and briefly tested its power.

However, Gu Nan replied, “It’s enough. Once these 2,000 Dark Warriors die till roughly 500 remain, the survivors will all be able to reach Tier 3. How many people would it take to crush everyone in an insignificant small plane?”

……

Jin Lin World.

Liang Ruxin sat high on the throne, looking down at the group of ministers slowly retreating, and actually felt as if everything happened a lifetime ago.

In a short half year or so, he’d managed to ascend from a penniless stranger to this exalted throne, where one word of his could decide the fates of tens of thousands of people.

Although there were still three other existences like him in this world, Liang Ruxin had complete confidence in his ability to sweep away all three of those states.

After being in this world for so long, he’d long since grown used to his new identity.

But Liang Ruxin never imagined he’d still have the chance to meet people from his previous life.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely not a good time to send troops to attack Qi!" A middle-aged man dressed as a strategist hurriedly walked up to Liang Ruxin and earnestly advised.

Not only did the middle-aged strategist say this, he also took out a piece of paper, on which he clearly wrote ten disadvantages of sending out an army at this time.

He was about to give Liang Ruxin an analysis one by one when he saw Liang Ruxin say expressionlessly, "Tian Yuan has disturbed the troop’s morale. Capture him."

Immediately, people rushed up and took the strategist named Tian Yuan away, throwing him into prison.

Liang Ruxin had risen to power through a bloody coup d’etat, so he had extremely high control over his subordinates, which was why he dared to do such a thing.

But Liang Ruxin couldn't help sighing after Tian Yuan was taken away. In fact, with his knowledge and experience, how could he not know that attacking Qi now would be completely detrimental?

But Liang Ruxin had no way to resist, not only because the voice in his head gave a new order, but also because of the person from his previous life that he’d just met.

"Send troops to attack Qi—this is your mission,” the words spoken by that bewitching white-haired man were still fresh in his ears.

Liang Ruxin accepted the mission very decisively, not simply because the voice in his head also had the exact same order, but also because he was completely powerless to fight back against the stranger.

With his martial arts cultivation, he was only one step short of that legendary realm capable of shattering space, yet there was still someone who could toy with him like he was in the palm of the mysterious stranger’s hand. One could well imagine just how high the other party’s cultivation was.

More importantly, Liang Ruxin clearly sensed that this wasn’t the other party’s true body at all and was merely a wisp of his soul, weakened to the point where his realm was similar to Liang Ruxin’s when they fought.

Thus, the newborn state of Zhao, under Liang Ruxin’s “tyrannical order,” commanded an army of 200,000 troops north to attack Qi, shocking the entire world.

Even more shocking was that in just half a month, Liang Ruxin personally joined this war, and the fighting became so fierce and desperate to the point where they were practically using human lives to fill an entire city just to capture it.

With the way he was fighting, people were afraid that the Zhao army would only manage to capture ten borderline cities at most before they exhausted all their troops.

Of course, Qi also suffered from such a mad strategy. Countless cultivators and soldiers died on the battlefield, and both sides were said to be greatly diminished.

Rumors had it that the king of Qi had already lost his temper several times in the imperial court, cursing Liang Ruxin as a lunatic.

Until one day, two men who called themselves "angels" came to the imperial court of Qi and ordered the king of Qi to stop the war immediately.

As one of the most powerful people in the world, the king of Qi wasn’t ignorant of the existence of angels, but he was concerned about another matter.

"What about Liang Ruxin?" The king of Qi asked with a livid expression.

"Naturally, someone will inform him." The angel remained expressionless from beginning to end.

The king of Qi, however, wasn’t placated by this half-hearted response and said furiously, "He sent troops to attack Qi, causing us to lose so many generals for nothing. Should we just let it go?!"

The man looked at him coldly but didn’t say anything, only revealing an icy smile.

……

Liang Ruxin’s military tent also welcomed two “angels," but it was a man and a woman this time—a slightly different configuration.

"Who are you?"

"You don't need to know who we are. You just need to obey orders." The man had a mocking smile on his face.

"Order the immediate withdrawal of your troops and fetter yourself. My Lord wants to see you,” the woman instructed. Her expression was like ice, and her tone contained even more high-and-mighty indifference.

Liang Ruxin wasn’t a stranger to this tone. The man from his previous life who visited him earlier also spoke this way.

So Liang Ruxin gently clenched his fists. No one liked to be treated like this, but he was extremely aware that he had no room to resist.

As if seeing through his emotions, the man said again, “Hurry up. If not for the fact that you actually have some talent and the Lord wants to train you, we wouldn’t be merely taking you away."

Liang Ruxin relaxed and asked in a low voice, "May I ask, who exactly is the Lord you’re talking about?"

The man and woman glanced at each other, finding it hard to suppress the laughter on their faces. It was as if they just saw an ant ask a question with utter seriousness, which was always a comical sight.

However, what the two didn’t expect was for a voice to echo softly, answering the question for them.

“Jin Lin World, Star Ruler Jin Lin?"

In Liang Ruxin's line of sight, a golden-haired, blue-eyed, blood-red figure appeared in front of them. All she did was pass by the two angels, yet her crimson nail, which was as long as a finger, had already sliced off their heads.

And immediately after that, Liang Ruxin saw a scene that he would never forget in his life.

As far as the eye could see, warriors in pitch-black armor were descending from the sky in an orderly formation, walking down from the sky step by step.