It was only after seeing the two Ninth Grade Beasts again that Li Fei vaguely felt as if he had forgotten sothing.
Yet he could never recall it.
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West Border.
In recent days, the West Border had beco livelier than ever before!
Before the discovery of the West Continent, there was no such concept as the West Border in the Da Lan Dynasty; this place was remote, a desolate land in people's minds.
Only after the first rchant ship from the West Continent docked along the coastline of the West Border did this place slowly begin to change, becoming prosperous through trade.
Later, this prosperity was crushed by the flas of war, and in the end, this place that people could once co and go from freely turned into the heavily guarded West Border defensive line of the Da Lan Dynasty!
Even in those hardest years when the Da Lan Dynasty stood as an enemy to the whole world, the Western Border Army was never transferred.
The Red Qilin Army of the Imperial Camp Army stationed at the West Border had only been mobilized once, and that was in secret—sent out quickly and returned quickly, so many people never even noticed.
Though separated only by the sea, the Da Lan Dynasty had never relaxed its vigilance toward the West Continent.
With the Emperor and the Central Cabinet jointly issuing the order for the West Expedition, large numbers of personnel and supplies were being transported to the West Border defensive line every single day.
The Ninth Year of Yuanxing, the twenty-third day of the sixth month.
It had been more than a month since the West Expedition order was issued.
And it was exactly one year since the Ye Ze'an case that had shocked the world.
On this day, the West Expedition Army completed its concentration at the West Border, ready to set off!
Twelve thousand Western Garrison Army.
Twelve thousand Red Qilin Army.
Thirty thousand Savage Killing Army.
Two hundred thousand elite Border Army soldiers drawn from the Four Great Border Armies.
In addition, there were another two hundred thousand auxiliary soldiers transferred from garrisons across the land.
Together, they could claim to the outside world to be an army of five hundred thousand!
At Flood Dragon Port, the largest port at the West Border, more than two hundred steel ships powered by Black Oil, capable of crossing oceans, lay quietly at anchor on the sea.
Each of these ships had Arrays engraved upon them, greatly enhancing their defensive power and load-bearing capacity!
After sweeping all directions and truly unifying the East Continent, the reason they still had to wait so many years before launching the West Expedition.
The biggest reason was that there were not enough ships.
The West Expedition was not for slaughter and destruction, but for conquest and occupation; they had to have sufficient troops.
For nearly five hundred thousand troops of the West Expedition Army to cross the sea on a distant campaign, ships were the key among keys!
Preparations had begun as far back as the reign of Emperor Hong Guang, later incorporating the latest technology from the West Continent for improvents.
These more than two hundred new-style ships outside Flood Dragon Port were the sum of the Da Lan Dynasty's painstaking efforts and accumulated experience in seafaring over these years!
The Red Qilin Army had never dared be casually transferred away from the West Border in the past; apart from guarding against invasion from the West Continent, there was actually another very important reason—to protect these ships and the several major shipyards, to prevent sabotage that would cause years of effort to go up in smoke.
Above Flood Dragon Port, thirty-two large Flying Escape Magic Tools were floating in the air!
These large Flying Escape Magic Tools could truly be called weapons of war, likely to produce miraculous effects.
The Da Lan Dynasty had only thirty-six large Flying Escape Magic Tools in total to call upon; four were kept in Lanling City for ergencies, and the remaining thirty-two were all brought out for the West Expedition!
If there had been no Ye Ze'an case, the court would not even have been able to co up with so many large Flying Escape Magic Tools.
Of the thirty-two large Flying Escape Magic Tools above Flood Dragon Port, nineteen had been obtained from the Ten Gate Valves and other Aristocratic Families.
So ca from house searches, so were voluntarily offered up by others.
This "debrident surgery" targeting the Gate Valve Families had indeed damaged the Da Lan Dynasty's Primordial Qi and plunged it into internal turmoil, but it had also yielded quite a haul.
Leaving aside long-term benefits, beyond the additional nineteen large Flying Escape Magic Tools, there were also large quantities of Elixirs, Implants, Protective Clothing, Abnormal Weapons, and funds.
All these resources were being used for the West Expedition.
Otherwise, the West Expedition would have had to be postponed even further.
The thirty-two large Flying Escape Magic Tools descended one after another from the sky, landing in front of Flood Dragon Port.
Then several figures also descended from the heavens, hovering above the Flying Escape Magic Tools—
Commander of the West Expedition Army, Li Fei.
The four Vice Commanders: Wenren Zheng, Wang Chengze, Ye Jingfu, and the Western Territory Admiral Luo Jing.
Li Fei stepped out ahead of the others, his gaze sweeping across the hundreds of thousands of Soldiers arrayed in formation before him.
He saw many familiar faces among them: Li Tianyu, who was now a Martial Arts Master; Qiu Zian, whose Cultivation had fully recovered and even broken through; and the forr Forbidden Army Commander, now Deputy Commander of the Western Garrison Army, Han Mu.
Han Mu too had been stuck at the Peak of Dao Establishnt Realm for many years. Earlier, he had originally intended to take advantage of the battle against the West Pole Country—when many Martial Saints had fallen—to attempt a Breakthrough, but after listening to Li Fei's advice, he had given up.
Later, when he heard that the previous Prince Cheng had failed to Breakthrough and fallen, and then personally saw the forr Pavilion Master of Zhi Ge Pavilion fail in his Breakthrough and fall, his will to Breakthrough had diminished even further.
For this West Expedition, Han Mu had specifically requested to fight from Qin Ziheng, wanting to use the montum of this campaign to Prove Dao with Power!
The fact that he could serve as Forbidden Army Commander was proof enough of his loyalty.
In these years, through several large-scale battles, he had also repeatedly proved his loyalty, so the Emperor granted his request.
Li Fei also saw among the crowd the forr Wu'an University President, now the accompanying Martial Artist Master of the West Expedition Army, Shi Caiming.
This elderly principal said that in his youth he had seen all the mountains and rivers of the Da Lan Dynasty, and before he died of old age he had to go and see the scenery of the West Continent.
One Great Grandmaster after another, Top-level True Masters, Martial Arts Masters, True Masters, all stood within the ranks!
Li Fei gazed upon the mighty host before his eyes.
One powerhouse after another, and hundreds of thousands of Soldiers, were at the sa ti looking up at him.
Many had blazing eyes and faces full of worship.
The World's Number One!
Many people would go their whole lives without seeing even a corner of his robe, yet now he would be setting out on campaign together with them!
There was no need for Li Fei to say anything more to boost morale; at the mont he appeared, the morale of the hundreds of thousands of Soldiers had already reached its Peak!
"Board the ships."
Li Fei issued the order.
The Western Garrison Army, the Red Qilin Army, and the Savage Killing Army, already ford up in their ranks, began boarding the large Flying Escape Magic Tools that had landed on the ground, one unit after another.
There was naturally no need to say much about the two Imperial Camp Armies; within the Savage Killing Army there were three thousand-man-level Imperial Camp Level units, and the rest were all Martial Artists, truly elite forces.
If these warriors were to ride on ordinary ships, and sothing were to happen, the loss would be far too great!
So all fifty-four thousand plus of them boarded the large Flying Escape Magic Tools.
With the load-bearing capacity of the large Flying Escape Magic Tools, each could carry an average of three thousand n.
After the more than fifty-four thousand elite troops embarked, half of the Flying Escape Magic Tools still had room; large amounts of important supplies were loaded aboard.
These vital supplies included Healing Pills, Qi Boosting Pills, Protective Clothing, Abnormal Weapons, New-style Fire Cannons, Bombs, Bullets, and so on.
Only after all thirty-two large Flying Escape Magic Tools were at "full capacity" and took off in sequence did the remaining four hundred thousand troops move into the port one after another, boarding the two hundred steamships with large quantities of supplies.
Commanding an army had never been a simple matter; with hundreds of thousands gathered together, just getting them to board the ships in an orderly fashion, and then leave the port in an orderly fashion, was no easy task.
Li Fei naturally did not possess that ability.
Among the two hundred thousand elite Border Army soldiers, those from the Eastern Territory and West Border armies ford the main force; with Governors Ye Jingfu and Luo Jing present, command was not difficult.
As for Wenren Zheng's ability to command an army, there was even less need to ntion it.
Even Wang Chengze, the King Xuanmo, was a general capable of leading "a hundred thousand troops."
With these four Vice Commanders assisting and taking the field to command, Li Fei, the Commander, only needed to stand in midair and strike a pose.
By the ti the hundreds of thousands of West Expedition troops had fully boarded the ships, the sky was already darkening; the setting sun hung over the distant horizon of the sea, casting Flood Dragon Port in a crimson glow.
"Hear my command, all troops——"
After several hours, the Commander of the West Expedition Army issued his second order:
"March to war!!!"
His deep, resonant voice seed to transform into a true flood dragon, soaring from the port, riding the waves across the sea, spreading a thousand li away!
Woooo——
A chorus of whistles rose and fell, and the calm sea surged into waves.
The three large Flying Escape Magic Tools serving as Scouts went invisible first and flew ahead.
On the surface of the sea, ship after ship sailed out of the port.
In places unseen by the masses, beneath the fleet, ripples spread through the void in the sea.
Above the fleet, behind the large Flying Escape Magic Tools, an Exotic Beast with a massive fra hid its form under the cover of Magic and followed silently.
Thirty-one years ago, invaders from the West Continent had taken the initiative to launch a war.
Thirty-one years later, a fierce counterattack from the East Continent was about to cross the sea and descend upon them.
They had set out!
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