Mythical Three Kingdoms

Chapter 1681: Chapter 1615: Perfect Union (Part 2)

”Open!” A golden light emanated from Wei Yan, enveloping the soldiers behind him. Suddenly, the entire legion’s momentum surged, ultimately reaching the level of the Xiliang Iron Cavalry Headquarters led by Hua Xiong and others — that is, the level of the Military Spirit Legion, though not yet at the final stage.

Of course, these soldiers only reached this level in terms of momentum and individual quality. In a real fight, they definitely couldn’t match the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, who have fought together countless times, but even so, it’s already quite terrifying. A legion at this level is rare even among the Four Great Empires.

Not to mention Zhuge Liang’s excitement, but when Wei Yan opened this last Legion Talent, his face turned exceedingly grim, as his Legion Talent consumption rate skyrocketed to sixteen times the normal rate.

Even someone with terrifying willpower like Zhang Fei, who could sustain his Legion Talent for four hours, wouldn’t last two quarters of an hour under this level of consumption.

After all, with slow consumption, there are not a few who can recover over such a long time, but with such a terrifying consumption speed, recovery is almost impossible.

”You can turn it off.” Zhuge Liang at this moment looked at Wei Yan with an expression as if he had found a long-lost relative, for his own seemingly useless Legion Talent finally had a place to be used.

Normally, Wei Yan’s Legion Talent indeed holds a significant advantage in large battles, but to say how great it is would not be an exaggeration. At most, it could produce a counter-effect, but in this world, there are always some legions strong enough to ignore counters.

Just like the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, they don’t even wear armor yet despise most arrows, and at Li Jue’s level, even without armor, they fear no arrow rain, while at Hua Xiong’s level, the arrow rain not only fails to counter them but might even be countered in return!

So, it’s really uncertain how effective Wei Yan’s Legion Talent is. If the opponent lacks a Legion Talent, like Li Yan before his breakthrough, who excelled in Military Formation, without the boost of a Legion Talent, Wei Yan might not necessarily prevail.

This inevitably means Wei Yan needs to collaborate with others in battle, and once collaboration is required, in non-large legion engagements, there’s always a waste of combat power.

But now, as long as the partner is Zhuge Liang, a combination of civil and martial makes everything worthwhile. Not to mention, as soon as Zhuge Liang merges a heap of Legion Talents into one, Wei Yan can use it as a mirror image, how insane is that?

With five Legion Talents applied, like to the Veteran Soldiers protecting Zhuge Liang, it’s enough to bring them to the Military Spirit Legion’s level. At other Feudal Lords’ places, such Veteran Soldiers might be scarce, but under Liu Bei’s command, recruiting tens of thousands is quite easy if you ignore the age limit of thirty-three.

Of course, Zhuge Liang once tried adding six Legion Talents, but, how should I put it, perhaps due to the soldiers’ own quality, with five Legion Talents, the complementary effect already pushed these Veteran Soldiers to their limit. Any further enhancement proved ineffective, likely marking the soldiers’ ultimate limit.

Zhuge Liang likely lacked something, preventing further stimulation. Since the Trap Formation could elevate to the Qi Refining to Gang level, it indicated that other Military Spirit Legion soldiers should also reach this level, albeit with difficulty.

Similarly, regular soldiers should theoretically achieve that height, but even elite veterans equipped with countless Legion Talents can only reach the level just beneath the final effect of the Military Spirit Legion.

Due to not possessing the most basic coordination and unity ability or death-resistance ability of the Military Spirit Legion, unless the Military Spirit Legion foolishly confronted them head-on, their battle damage ratio will always be slightly above one.

These two talents in will and integration aren’t entirely absent — Chen Dao and Pang De possess them. Even if Chen Dao’s Legion Talent has various issues, there’s still Li Yan’s talent. Truly determined, it’s workable.

It’s just too consuming. In Zhuge Liang’s current state, activating five is already the limit, which is only feasible with Liu Bei’s Monarch Talent mitigating negative effects and enhancing positive effects. Without it, three would already burden Zhuge Liang.

Similarly, with Wei Yan, every mirrored talent adds essentially double the consumption: six at sixteen times, seven at thirty-two times, rendering any further efforts meaningless; the current setup is more appropriate.

This solution was a result of Zhong Yao’s quick decision-making, and with his Spiritual Talent amid multiple choices, mistakes are impossible.

Wei Yan might not yet grasp the full cause and effect, but he’s vaguely aware of something crucial.

”Wen Chang, let’s collaborate more in the future, I’m off now,” Zhuge Liang said to Wei Yan with a brilliant smile, pleased that Wei Yan’s Legion Talent stemmed from cognition, and once the effect was identified, it could be utilized.

Watching Zhuge Liang leave with a faint smile, Xu Shu couldn’t help but sigh. In all likelihood, Wei Yan would now be assigned to cooperate with Zhuge Liang, and without unexpected changes, Wei Yan wouldn’t collaborate with anyone else.

”Originally a Legion Talent with little value to Zhuge Kongming became the best support under Wen Chang’s collaboration,” Xu Shu remarked to Zang Ba with admiration.

”Indeed, the fusion is perfect. A Legion Talent usable for only two hundred people reached such heights under Wen Chang’s reflection. With such a Legion Talent, even the Military Spirit Legion would struggle against it,” Zang Ba added respectfully.

”Hey, don’t take it so lightly. Using that Legion Talent exhausts me too,” Wei Yan interrupted the group’s admiration displeased.

”Haven’t you thought about how powerful that Legion Talent is under your reflection?” Guan Ping asked with envy.

Standing by, Zhang Fei couldn’t help but pat Wei Yan on the shoulder. He once considered if his Legion Talent could merge with Zhao Yun’s, even the Military Spirit Legion could be challenged. But alas, without the same person executing, soldiers can only recognize one leader, acknowledge one Legion Talent, quashing Zhang Fei’s delusions.

Unexpectedly, this time he truly witnessed it — Zhuge Liang could wield several Legion Talents together, and Wei Yan could indeed mirror Zhuge Liang’s Legion Talent, which was astonishingly terrifying.

”The Yangtze’s waves push forward, Wen Chang, remember this moment’s feeling. Your future dominance relies on your Legion Talent; compared to it, personal strength becomes negligible,” Huang Zhong lamented, slightly shaking his head.

”Brother Yan, let’s exchange insights when you have time,” Huang Xu said with bright eyes to Wei Yan. Previously when he was unwell, they exchanged ideas, but he didn’t imagine Wei Yan would grow this powerful.

Zhuge Liang wasn’t involved in these events. Upon confirming Wei Yan’s situation, he went straight to Jia Xu, informing him of the matter. Jia Xu and Li You would handle the rest.

Zhuge Liang’s own Spiritual Talent was already strong enough, and he paid little attention to the half-usable Legion Talent, yet in Wei Yan’s reflection, it could form a super-strong legion. With Zhuge Liang’s intelligence, he naturally understood its significance. With mutual cooperation, they could hardly be defeated worldwide.

After all, in wisdom, Zhuge Liang was confident that at full capacity, he’s not weaker than anyone.

Even if Sima Yi countered him, neutralizing all Legion Talents and Spiritual Talents, Zhuge Liang was confident, with equal resources, to beat that mismatched-looking fellow into the ground.