The Heavenly Spirit Ship, also known as the Flying Boat, is the main means of march for the Military Forces of Great Zhou.
Otherwise, imagine making a group of soldiers whose Cultivation hasn’t even reached the Dao Entrance Realm rely on their own flying abilities for long-distance march.
Not to mention, it would take at least a month to reach the nearest Ancient Teleportation Formation of Marquis Haiyuan Kingdom from North Sea County.
As for the various risks and complex situations, such as airborne collisions, that may arise from an army of over two hundred thousand soldiers flying together, they are completely unpredictable.
But what is certain is that if any of these occur, it would result in great chaos.
Although these soldiers of the Vein Forging Realm and Establishment Realm are weaker in Cultivation compared to top commanders, their flight speed is still very fast.
A single collision could lead to breaking bones and tearing tendons.
Moreover, the marching speed of an army doesn’t depend on the fastest person or even the majority of the soldiers, but on the speed of the slowest soldier.
Therefore, these Flying Boats are the best means for the army to proceed.
Aside from the Flying Boats originally from Ye Zhen’s North Sea County, the Military Headquarters of Great Zhou has equipped the Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea with two Commander level Flying Boats, one of which is a reserve.
For every ten thousand soldiers, a General-Level Flying Boat is provided, making a total of twelve boats for the Heavenly Wave Army, which has a quota of only 120,000 soldiers in the military.
The rest are all Soldier-grade Flying Boats.
They are equipped with Soldier-grade Flying Boats that were replaced for the border troops sixty years ago by Great Zhou, each capable of accommodating a thousand-man standard regiment, overseen by a General-in-chief.
The standard flight speed is 20,000 miles per hour, with an extreme speed of 30,000 miles per hour.
The energy required for flight can be provided by Spirit Stones or by stationed soldiers rotating to continuously input Spiritual Power, with each round involving a hundred soldiers.
In 99% of cases, soldiers act as human sources of Spiritual Power, taking turns to input and recover Spiritual Power.
Otherwise, if these many Flying Boats all relied on Spirit Stones for long-distance flight, it would not be sustainable for anyone, even a Duke whose fiefdom is dozens of times larger than Ye Zhen’s.
A General-Level Flying Boat can accommodate a trusted aide regiment of 3,000 people, and in the military system of Great Zhou, only a Military Commander who commands 30,000 troops might have one.
The standard flight speed is 40,000 miles per hour, with an extreme speed of 50,000 miles per hour.
As for the Commander level Flying Boats, usually only a commander or a particular designated army is equipped with one or two.
As for performance, there’s a world of difference.
Being flagships, most are often custom modified.
The one distributed to Ye Zhen by the Military Headquarters, besides being able to accommodate a 5,000-strong trusted aide regiment, has a standard flight speed of 50,000 miles per hour.
This speed has already reached the flight speed of a Dao Realm Expert.
Without considering energy consumption, the flight speed may even increase to 60,000 or 70,000 miles, enough for a Military Commander to evade a strategic assassination attempt by an enemy Dao Realm Expert.
Moreover, this is just the basic level.
Most commanders would greatly modify and enhance their flagship Flying Boats.
Like the Commander level Heavenly Spirit Ship Ye Zhen previously pilfered from Prince Xun Manor’s trusted aide armory, which had been extravagantly modified by Prince Xun Manor beyond recognition.
Its normal flight speed could reach 80,000 miles per hour, and its extreme speed could reach 100,000 miles per hour. Not to mention, its internal space had been expanded to hold positions for ten Sky-Breaking Dragon-Slaying Crossbows.
With sufficient energy, it couldn’t be breached by a Late Dao Realm Expert in less than an hour.
However, given its dubious origin, Ye Zhen seldom uses it.
At this moment, Ye Zhen is still honestly using the regular Flying Boat issued by the Military Department.
According to the plan, the army will set off from North Sea County, take half a month to reach Marquis Haiyuan Kingdom, and then use the Ancient Teleportation Formation of Marquis Haiyuan Kingdom to teleport to the rear of the Human Demon Battlefield.
The teleportation time in between varies depending on the situation, requiring approximately three to four months.
Using the Ancient Teleportation Formation is different for a large army.
The Ancient Teleportation Formations currently used by Great Zhou are remnants from the Ancient Times.
In other words, Great Zhou has long lost the means to rearrange such ultra-long-distance, large-scale Ancient Teleportation Formations.
Even their maintenance is somewhat beyond reach.
Although it is said that during teleportation, the maximum load for the Ancient Teleportation Formation is 100,000 people.
But if this Ancient Teleportation Formation collapses due to excessive load, it may never be repairable again, under such circumstances, no one dares to operate it at full capacity.
Not even half of it.
The current maximum for a single teleportation in the Ancient Teleportation Formation is 10,000 people.
With Ye Zhen’s 220,000-strong army, it requires at least 22 teleportations, assuming each teleport takes at least an hour, the Ancient Teleportation Formations must work non-stop for an entire day and night to complete the task.
However, each Ancient Teleportation Formation holds immense commercial value.
Shutting it down for over a day for a single army incurs a massive cost.
According to the Military Law of Great Zhou, apart from armies holding a Military Emergency Order or an Imperial Edict, other armies are not allowed to use the Ancient Teleportation Formation continuously for long periods.
Continuous use cannot exceed four hours at a time, and it can only be used at night.
The most important aspect is that this military order only sets an upper limit, without specifying a lower limit.
The specific duration that continuous use is permitted is something that must be negotiated with the local State Governor or the Heavenly Patrol Office managing the Ancient Teleportation Formation.
Furthermore, all Ancient Teleportation Formations are located at the very center of the State City.
An army of 220,000 entering the State City directly, even with the orders from the Military Department, would cause immense tension locally, and it’s not something that can be done immediately.
Going through all the procedures and formalities, it usually takes half a month to use one Ancient Teleportation Formation, which is considered fast.
According to Ye Zhen’s marching plan, after passing through the Marquisate of Haiyuan, the Heavenly Wave Army of North Sea would need to go through at least five teleportations to reach the rear of the Human Demon Battlefield.
What Ye Zhen could do was to save as much time as possible.
Even though they were within the North Sea territory, once the army set off, the whole army began to operate efficiently.
Marching is incredibly effective in integrating and training the troops.
As the army moved out, hundreds of flying boats, small in size and each accommodating only one squad of scout, dispersed in all directions.
These were just the conventional measures. A group of Heavenly Patrol Divine Hunters and Heavenly Patrol Divine Generals, personally led by Fengg Jiumo, also scattered in all directions.
The activities from all directions were reported back to Ye Zhen.
More accurately, they were reported to Liuu Feng.
Ye Zhen discovered that this guy Liuu Feng was a very competent military advisor and general affairs officer, capable of handling affairs independently, with experience in managing military logistics.
Beside him were several old military officials, as well as Wen Fuguo, a Dragon Alliance founder renowned for strategy, brought over from the True Profound Continent by Ye Zhen.
Ye Zhen himself simply acted as a hands-off shopkeeper.
He delegated all matters to Liuu Feng and went into the Mirage Dragon Pearl, apart from cultivating, Ye Zhen had various planned preparations that were not completed earlier, and now was a good time to do them.
Of course, Ye Zhen didn’t completely hand over everything to Liuu Feng. Nothing could go wrong on the first march.
Big Ears Nie Ting, accompanied by the Cloud Winged Tiger King Kitten, blended in among the soldiers, with his enormous ears twitching occasionally, constantly monitoring all activities within ten thousand miles.
This added one last layer of security for the army; any danger could be warned in advance!
More than two hundred flying boats and over a hundred scout flying boats streaked through the sky like a galaxy, heading towards the Marquisate of Haiyuan’s direction.
This Marquisate of Haiyuan was Ye Zhen’s territory. Marquis of Haiyuan, Guo Zhang, even if you wanted him to revolt, he wouldn’t dare to.
Ye Zhen had already paved the way ahead.
Therefore, this stop was extremely smooth, and after reaching the Marquisate of Haiyuan, it only took three and a half days for the entire army of 220,000 to pass through the Ancient Teleportation Formation of the Marquisate of Haiyuan.
Subsequently, there were four more Ancient Teleportation Stages.
Ye Zhen knew how to deal with people, holding a military order in hand, along with the title of the Heavenly Patrol Department, even if local state offices proposed various harsh conditions for city entry.
But the military order from Zhou was there, so they had to let Ye Zhen pass.
Moreover, Ye Zhen had a notorious reputation.
Previously, the Deputy Director of the Military Armory Division deliberately made things difficult for Ye Zhen, leading to the confiscation of the entire family and the involvement of a high-ranking assistant minister from the Military Department.
Now, no one dared to provoke Ye Zhen.
If they dared to cause too much trouble, Ye Zhen, who had just been labeled as ’Crazy Ye’ by the Military Department, would once more act irrationally and escalate to the throne. Chopping off their heads would be much easier than chopping off a big shot’s in the Military Department.
Therefore, despite harsh conditions such as having the army enter in batches and being monitored during passage, at least they could proceed.
The longest time spent at an Ancient Teleportation Formation was twenty-one days; the shortest time was thirteen days.
Upon reaching the Ancient Teleportation Formation at Zhengyao Two Realm City, behind the Human Demon Battlefield, it took only eighty-nine days, and when including the time spent at the Ancient Teleportation Formation of the Marquisate of Haiyuan, it took only ninety-three days.
This was three months and three days, saving nearly half a month compared to the original plan.
So far, Ye Zhen had spent nearly four months on the journey.
However, from Zhengyao City on the Primordial Continent, it would take just over a month for the army to reach the Human Demon Battlefield, so Ye Zhen still had ample time.
Therefore, Ye Zhen was in a good mood upon reaching Zhengyao Two Realm City on the Primordial Continent.
Ye Zhen’s good mood was because he intended to find trouble with a certain someone.
Ye Zhen’s army had two Ancient Demon Teleportations available to reach the rear of the Human Demon Battlefield.
But Ye Zhen chose Zhengyao City on the Primordial Continent, which had more commercial travelers and took more time, specifically to find trouble with a certain someone.
When Ye Zhen had returned to Zhengyao City from the Taimeng Demon Realm via the Zhengyao Realm.
Just after stepping out from the Two-World Teleportation Formation in Zhengyao City, he was sent to the Primordial Ruins Absolute Territory by the Great Chaos Transference Talisman.
If it weren’t for the fact that there was a large amount of All Living Beings’ Will Power at the time, along with the self-contained Little World such as the Demon Soul Realm, Ye Zhen would have almost perished in the Primordial Ruins Absolute Territory.
Ambushing Ye Zhen outside the Two-World Teleportation Formation in Zhengyao City would have been impossible without the consent of Zhengyao City Guardian, Marquis Kaiyuan, Ji Guan.
Ye Zhen specifically passed through Zhengyao City this time to find trouble with Marquis Kaiyuan, Ji Guan.
He couldn’t do anything to Prince Huan, Ji Ao.
But with Marquis Kaiyuan, Ji Guan, Ye Zhen had plenty of ways to make his life difficult.
Ye Zhen has always been extremely petty towards his enemies!
If you slap me, regardless of time, I must return the favor several times over!

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