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Tang Qiu sighed lightly, his tone bleak as he said, "I don't know how many people will survive this battle, Yang boy, this recovery battle is far more dangerous than any of the previous battles you've faced. You must not act ruthlessly, you must protect yourself."

"Yes!" Yang Kai nodded respectfully.

After listening to Tang Qiu's explanation, Yang Kai had gained a deep understanding of the situation here and the situation they were about to face. These things were no secret, so it wouldn't be long before everyone learned about them.

The square gradually became lively as cultivators from different mountain passes arrived one after another. Some of them were like Yang Kai, visiting friends.

Many fellow disciples who came from the same Cave Heaven Paradise were assigned to different mountain passes when they set foot on this Ink Battlefield. This separation often lasted hundreds or even thousands of years, to the point where they couldn't even see each other again.

In order to recapture the Great Evolution Pass, the various mountain passes gathered their forces to Wind and Cloud Pass, giving these cultivators from the same Sect a chance to meet again.

Everyone had rushed here from different mountain passes for the same goal of recapturing the Great Evolution.

All of them were Open Heaven Stage cultivators who had thrown their lives away, so seeing them again didn't cause them much grief, only a sense of pride and joy.

As they talked about their respective mountain passes resisting the Black Ink Clan, all of them talked non-stop. Among them, the cultivators from Blue Sky Pass often became the focus of everyone's attention. Blue Sky Pass had completed an expedition that none of the other mountain passes had been able to accomplish, and had even nailed down an outpost in the Black Ink Clan's hinterland, seizing a large piece of territory from the Black Ink Clan. Even now, after more than two hundred years, the Black Ink Clan still didn't dare cross the pond.

Over at the temporary camp of the five hundred soldiers of Yin Yang Pass, Yang Kai chatted with Qing Kui and Su Yingxue for a while before turning around and walking over to a cultivator who had been sitting cross-legged and quietly meditating.

The man looked up at Yang Kai with a gloomy expression.

Yang Kai smiled lightly, "Brother Blood Crow, we've come a long way to meet again, how can I not see a hint of joy on your face?"

That's right, among the five hundred people from Yin Yang Pass, Blood Crow were also present. Yang Kai had noticed him before, but because he wanted to speak with Tang Qiu, he hadn't had time to greet him.

Blood Crow couldn't be bothered with him, "With you here, nothing good will happen. Stay away from me."

Although he had been in the Ink Battlefield for a long time and Blood Crow had resigned himself to his fate, thinking back to the past, if it weren't for Yang Kai's interference, how could he have fallen to such a state? Most likely, he would still be peacefully cultivating in the Blood Monster Cave Heaven, accumulating his strength, and waiting to restore his Eighth Order Divine Monarch status.

Yang Kai chuckled, "Brother Blood Crow, there's no need for you to hold such a grudge over the past. Now that we're both in the Ink Battlefield, we should help each other."

Blood Crow said angrily, "Don't, when we return to the battlefield, you can tell me where you're going to kill your enemies. I'll stay as far away from you as possible."

Xu Linggong leaned over and said, "It's better to squash enmity than keep it alive. Blood Crow, you acted viciously back then, and Yang Kai also did it to protect himself, so why are you so obsessed with it?"

Xu Linggong had also heard about what had happened in Blood Monster Cave Heaven, so after Yang Kai and Blood Crow's conversation, he understood what had happened.

"As the saying goes, a smile can wipe away all grievances, a cup of wine can dispel all old grievances. Drink this wine and all past grievances will disappear!" Xu Linggong said as he took out two jugs of wine, one for Yang Kai and the other for Blood Crow.

Blood Crow received it silently.

Xu Linggong slapped him on the shoulder, causing Blood Crow's body to bend as he said concisely, "Drink! If you don't, you're not giving me face."

Blood Crow's mouth twitched. When he was an Eighth Order, how could he allow a Seventh Order to act so arrogantly in front of him? But now, he could only swallow his anger.

Opening the bottle, he gulped it down.

Yang Kai smiled and also drank.

Xu Linggong laughed, "That's how it should be."

After all, there was only one Super Space Array in Wind and Cloud Pass, but it required the deployment of more than fifty troops from the various mountain passes, so it naturally took a lot of time. After all, the Super Space Array was very troublesome to operate, and it also took a lot of time.

Basically, this Spirit Array could only be activated once a day. In other words, it could only be used once a day to send people to a certain mountain pass.

It wasn't too early for the five hundred people from Blue Sky Pass to arrive, but it wasn't too late either. More than half of the people behind had yet to arrive.

Outside the pass, the Black Ink Clan's attacks were unceasing. From time to time, there would be violent energy fluctuations, and even though there were many Spirit Arrays, they were still clearly transmitted to the square.

The many cultivators gathered in the square were in a difficult situation. They knew that there was a large number of Black Ink Clan cultivators outside, and they wanted nothing more than to charge into battle and kill their enemies, but they could not do so. Before all of their forces arrived and before the Great Evolution armies were fully reorganized, these cultivators who had been deployed from various mountain passes could not act rashly.

This torture lasted for more than twenty days.

It wasn't until one day, when the last mountain pass's forces arrived at Wind and Cloud Pass, that the number of cultivators gathered in the square had reached 15,000, with more than 200 Eighth Order Open Heaven Stage cultivators.

The lineup was unprecedentedly grand. Although the number of cultivators gathered here wasn't as high as any other mountain pass, the number of Eighth Order cultivators far exceeded that.

These Eighth Order were basically responsible for transporting the soldiers from their respective mountain passes, but because the Super Space Array was temporarily unable to send them back, they could only stay in Wind and Cloud Pass for a short time.

At the same time, they had come to prepare for the upcoming battle.

Under the orders of the Eighth Order from the various mountain passes, the cultivators who were still visiting friends all returned to their respective positions, causing the noisy square to fall silent.

A moment later, a large number of cultivators arrived from all over the square. This group of cultivators numbered about fifteen thousand, roughly equal to the number of cultivators gathered in the square.

As such, the entire square was filled with thirty thousand people!

Seeing this scene, Yang Kai understood what was happening. If the fifteen thousand soldiers who had gathered in the square had been transferred from various mountain passes, then these fifteen thousand new soldiers were originally from Wind and Cloud Pass.

Their movements were obviously more orderly. This wasn't to say that Yang Kai and the others didn't have any rules, it was just that they were all soldiers from the same mountain pass, so they had more tacit understanding with each other. On the other hand, Yang Kai and the others had been transferred from different mountain passes, so there was no way to compare them.

With thirty thousand people gathered, the scene was spectacular.

Two more figures suddenly flew over and landed in the centre of the square, a man and a woman, both of them at the Eighth Order.

The man was Blue Sky Pass' Xiang Shan while the woman was Yin Yang Pass' Liu Zhiping.

Xiang Shan had an imposing appearance while Liu Zhiping was a heroic woman. Since she was an Eighth Order, she naturally had an imposing aura. As soon as she appeared, she attracted everyone's attention.

Surveying his surroundings, Xiang Shan declared, "Today, more than fifty mountain passes have gathered here in order to recover the Great Evolution Pass. With the assistance of the Wind and Cloud Pass' soldiers, and with the recommendation of the various mountain passes, the various Old Ancestors have agreed to form the Great Evolution's East and West armies. Soldiers, listen up!"

"Xiang Shan as the Regiment Commander of Great Evolution East Army!"

"Liu Zhiping as the Regiment Commander of Great Evolution West Army!"

"Yes!" On the square, all of the soldiers shouted in agreement.

Xiang Shan asked again, "Where is Yan Jia? Come forward and receive the order!"

Somewhere in the square, an old Eighth Order old man stepped out and leapt in front of Xiang Shan, raising his hands high, "Yan Jia, receive the order!"

Xiang Shan placed a token representing his identity in his hand and solemnly declared, "I order you to become the Great Evolution Eastern Army Qian Jia's Garrison Chief!"

Holding the Garrison Chief jade token in his hand, Yan Jia shouted, "Yan Jia accepts!"

He quickly retreated.

Liu Zhiping's clear voice rang out, "Where is Lu Feng?"

A person leapt up from one end of the square and rushed over to Liu Zhiping, cupping his fists and greeting, "Lu Feng is here!"

Liu Zhiping looked at him and nodded slightly, "I order you to serve as the Western Army's Xun Jia's Garrison Chief, I hope you can lead your soldiers to fight bravely!"

Lu Feng shouted, "I won't let you down!"

Xiang Shan shouted again, "Where is Xu Yongda!"

"Xu Yongda is here!"

"I order you to become the Eastern Army Qian Yi's Garrison Chief!"

"Yes!"

"Shu Yin, come forward and receive the order!"

"I order you to become the Western Army Xun Yi's Garrison Chief!"

"Shu Yin accept the order!"

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Orders were issued one after another, and Eighth Order masters received orders one after another. The basic framework of the Great Evolution armies was established on the square of Wind and Cloud Pass.

Basically, every human mountain pass had the same structure, divided into the North, South, East, and West Armies, corresponding to the four directions of the mountain pass, and these four directions were divided into Qian Kan, Xun Li, Gen Zhen, and Kun Dui.

Among them, the Eastern Army consisted of Qian Kan, while the Western Army is Xun Li.

As for the Northern and Southern armies on Azure Void Pass side, they were divided into Gen Zhen and Kun Dui.

These things were not unfamiliar to any of the soldiers who had fought with the Black Ink Clan on the Ink Battlefield for many years.

Not long after Yang Kai arrived at Blue Sky Pass, Feng Ying had told him about these things. Basically, on the Ink Battlefield, the human soldiers were the most basic unit.

Ten to fifteen people would form a standard team, with the team leader being a Seventh Order Open Heaven Stage cultivator. Of course, the Dawn Squad was a special elite team that had been formed, every Pass has such team, but there were not many of them. Under special circumstances, they were often used as surprise in some special cases.

Above the small team were the guards, a hundred people is one guard.

Above the guard is a garrison, with five hundred people forming a garrison.

Above the garrison was the regiment army, and each mountain pass only had four armies.

With more than thirty thousand people, each army was divided into two armies. Each army had fifteen thousand people, and on average, each army had thirty guards.

As for this position, only an Eighth Order Open Heaven Stage master could hold it. In other words, the East and West armies had around sixty Eighth Order Open Heaven Stage masters.

This was only the East and West armies.

Over at Azure Void Pass, there were still the North and South armies. Presumably, the situation was similar.

With this calculation, the number of Eighth Order in the entire Great Evolution Army would exceed a hundred!

More than sixty thousand people and more than a hundred Eighth Order masters were personally led by the Yin Yang Pass Old Ancestor. This was what the Human Race relied on to win back Great Evolution.

Of course, just as Tang Qiu had said, this battle was extremely dangerous. After this battle, no one knew how many of these sixty thousand people would survive.

TO BE CONTINUED