Chapter 675: Holy Judgment

The Crimson Blood Dimension, the Crimson Abyss Sea.

The Crimson Abyss Sea is the largest ocean in the Azure Blood Plane, spanning countless miles. Its water is dark red, like diluted blood.

Lin Feng and Jiang Yelan hovered 100 meters above sea level.

The Crimson Blood Plane is less than a week away from destruction, and the entire plane is filled with the aura of death.

The sky also changed from its initial pale red to dark gray, like an old bronze mirror losing its luster.

Beneath the surface, a dark shadow slowly glides, occasionally a giant tail bursts through the water, crashing into waves tens of meters high.

Further out, the sea surface was covered with countless dorsal fins and tentacles, like a writhing black forest.

The sea creatures roared and writhed, as if sensing the impending end of this plane, and went completely mad in their final days.

For nearly a year, the magical beasts on land have been basically wiped out by the Beacon Fire Territory, and various materials and crystals have been continuously transported back to the Blue Star plane.

However, the monsters in the sea are extremely difficult to eradicate. They hide underwater and move in a scattered manner, so the eradication progress has been slow and a large number of them still remain.

Lin Feng watched for a while, then turned and asked, "Ye Lan, how many people went to the Blood Soldier Gathering Camp to become Acquired Martial Artists in the latest batch?"

Jiang Yelan withdrew his gaze from the sea: "Six million seven hundred and thirty thousand, ninety percent of which came from the Pure Land of Ten Thousand Lifetimes."

"This group of people are highly loyal and disciplined. They have received unified education since birth, and their loyalty to the lord is almost ingrained in their bones."

"They have no complicated backgrounds, no entangled interests, and low management costs."

If the main military force of the future Beacon Fire Territory is primarily composed of personnel from the Pure Land of Ten Thousand Lives, it would be the optimal solution from both a management and combat force structure perspective.

Lin Feng nodded: "I understand the reasoning, but the three major Awakened Legions must have a lot of complaints about raising the threshold for second-stage transformation, right?"

Jiang Yelan remained silent for a moment, then did not evade the question: "Yes, but most Awakened Ones are reasonable enough to know that there is a shortage of resources in their territory."

“Zhaoyue, Director Zhou, and I have recently suppressed related remarks and prevented them from spreading.”

She paused for a moment, then continued, "Last time, Li Yuan and the civil service system calculated that the territory can currently stably produce enough green-quality food to feed a maximum of 122,000 people."

"The Qingyang Martial Arts Tempering Pure Land is too effective. The Blue Star Advisory Group's plan is to allocate 75% of the slots to the Wansheng Pure Land personnel."

Fifteen percent is reserved for the Martial Tempering Pure Land to cultivate those who can independently break through to the Innate and Grandmaster levels; the remaining ten percent is distributed among the Beacon Guard and the three Awakened Legions.

Lin Feng raised an eyebrow slightly: "This plan really doesn't give any face to the awakened ones on Blue Star at all."

Jiang Yelan said calmly, "This is the result after the three of us legion commanders fought hard for it."

"The first version is even more ruthless, planning to implement a 'reduction without increase' policy for Blue Star Awakeners, gradually reducing their numbers until they are completely removed from the core sequence of the Beacon Territory."

"The reason is straightforward: the resources required for Blue Star Awakeners to change jobs are far greater than those for Qingyang Warriors, but their combat power is clearly inferior."

"Achieving dual attribute awakenings after three job advancements requires wearing gold jewelry, and the return on investment is too low," Jiang Yelan said.

"The three of us returned the original plan, and that's how the staff changed it to the current version."

Lin Feng did not speak immediately after hearing this.

He was well aware that resources were limited and the military structure needed to be adjusted.

However, the three awakened legions were the earliest core fighting force of the Beacon Fire Territory. If they were completely marginalized, it would not only affect morale but also discourage those who came after them.

He looked at Jiang Yelan: "What is the total number of people in the three legions now?"

"The staff is around 400,000. There has been almost no expansion in recent years. There are still many people with connections inside, and we can't bring in any fresh blood."

Lin Feng nodded: "The territory is still in a dangerous period right now, and it's really difficult to add another 6,000 second-tier spots, but we can't let the old troops feel like they've been completely abandoned."

After a moment's thought, he said, "In that case, each of the three legions will be supplemented with 20,000 first-tier positions each year, with fresh graduates accounting for 80% of them. Let them stabilize their ranks first, and we'll talk about expanding to second-tier positions when resources become more plentiful."

Jiang Yelan's eyes lit up slightly: "Yes."

Lin Feng turned his gaze back to the roaring sea monster below.

On the dark red sea, a giant sea serpent had just emerged halfway from the bottom of the wave, its scales seeping with dark red liquid, the flames in its eye sockets almost extinguished, yet it was still struggling in its death throes.

The group of sharks nearby had gone completely mad, tearing each other apart and staining the surrounding waves with blood.

He raised his right hand—【Sacred Judgment】!

An invisible ripple spread out from beneath his feet.

There was no sound, no light, only a force field of rules suddenly unfolding around him.

It has a radius of six miles and a height of six thousand meters.

The entire space was brought under his judgment in that instant.

That force was like an invisible giant net, or a silent tide, pressing down from Lin Feng's feet onto the sea.

Wherever it passed, all the magical beasts paused for a moment.

Immediately afterwards, the dark red sea exploded.

At this moment, there are at least several thousand remaining sea monsters on the surface of the sea.

Sea serpents, octopuses, demonic sharks, deep-sea giant crabs, giant sea turtles—all the magical beasts swept by the Holy Judgment Field simultaneously displayed a scarlet number on their bodies.

-6834!

Unavoidable, unblockable, and ignores defense—true damage.

The monsters' health bars were all emptied in an instant.

Half of the sea serpent's body froze in mid-air before collapsing softly.

The sharks stopped biting, flipped over, and floated to the surface belly up.

The entire Crimson Abyss Sea fell silent in an instant.

The corpses of thousands of demonic beasts rose from the water, covering the dark red sea surface with countless beast carcasses, stretching from Lin Feng's feet to the horizon.

Jiang Yelan's expression changed slightly. She looked at the corpses covering the sea, her lips moved, but she ultimately remained silent.

After several breaths, she regained her usual indifferent expression and turned her gaze away from the sea.

Lin Feng withdrew his right hand, flicked his wrist, and said in a flat tone, "Go back."

As he leaped into the air, he was still pondering the attack he had just delivered.

After the Sacred Judgment hit its target, the Awakening of Destiny was not triggered.

He originally thought the two could work together, with the Holy Judgment first dealing a wave of high true damage, and the Destiny Awakening's finishing move reducing the target's maximum health by 30%.

If it can really be stacked, even a level 49 Celestial Realm cultivator with 10,000 HP would be crippled after a single set.

However, once the two forces were actually launched, they went their separate ways, like two parallel lines, without ever intersecting.

He thought about it for a moment, but couldn't figure it out, so he put it aside for the time being.

But it doesn't matter.

The base true damage of over 6,800 is sufficient to cover the vast majority of targets.

Enemies below the fourth rank have virtually no chance of survival if hit by the Holy Judgment.

He snapped out of his thoughts, moved swiftly, and flew towards the direction of the Blue Star plane.

Jiang Yelan followed behind him without saying a word.

After flying a short distance, she looked back at the pile of monster corpses floating on the sea, her gaze complex.

Then she turned around and sped up to catch up with Lin Feng's back.