As the Federal Admiral commanding the Central Army Corps, Yu Guanzhi's proposed strategy was indeed flawless.
Upon careful consideration, Mu Ye and the others realized that whether Yu Guanzhi had already calculated the gains and losses or it was unintentional, the benefits of successfully executing his strategy, even if Su Ming self-destructed once and gave an opportunity to those with ulterior motives, would outweigh the losses.
After all, it was only a potential future crisis; it was hard to gauge its severity. Similarly, how critical the intelligence exposed by Su Ming's self-destruction would be was also difficult for those present to judge. But within the scope of their consideration, no matter how great the loss from exposing that intelligence, it indeed wouldn't surpass the gains from this operation.
Mu Ye cast a cold glance at Yu Guanzhi.
Yu Guanzhi stood tall, neither meeting Mu Ye's gaze nor Long Yueyue's, looking only at Su Ming.
"Alright. According to Yu Guanzhi's plan, my self-destruction this time can at least kill five Monarchs, all from the first thirty-six layers. That's no loss."
Su Ming chuckled.
He had gathered everyone to brainstorm, to see how to maximize the benefits.
Yu Guanzhi's strategy was precisely the answer he was looking for.
He looked at the others, focusing on the other Admirals serving as Legion Commanders, to see if they could identify any gaps.
Chen Xinjie, Old Angel, Zhang Huanyun also provided more detailed supplements based on Yu Guanzhi's framework.
Su Ming nodded, signaling everyone to prepare. The battle would begin in three hours.
After everyone dispersed, Mu Ye stayed behind and said to Su Ming, "Xiao Ming, it's better to keep your self-destruction as a deterrent. If you use it casually, and someone figures out its limitations, you could very well stumble."
Su Ming shook his head and chuckled. "Teacher, do you really think there are any loopholes in my self-destruction?"
Mu Ye was taken aback.
He looked at Su Ming, puzzled. "No side effects at all?"
Su Ming shook his head.
"No."
"Any weaknesses?"
Su Ming shook his head again.
"No."
"Can't be artificially terminated?"
"Outsiders can't terminate it."
"Then, when you revive after self-destruction, you still need to restore your cultivation, right? If someone interrupts your absorption of your original power during the process..."
Knowing Mu Ye was concerned for his safety, Su Ming didn't find him long-winded. "Don't worry. My power is no longer closely tied to my Spirit Power level."
Mu Ye paused.
Thinking of how Su Ming borrowed power from the great formation, he nodded slightly.
That was true.
Nevertheless, the corner of his mouth twitched.
His strength was so immense, yet it wasn't closely related to his Spirit Power cultivation.
Wasn't that a bit unreasonable?
He thought of the great formation and then worried about what would happen if it were destroyed.
But this time, he didn't voice the question.
Su Ming's gaze seemed to signal him not to ask further.
"Alright, as long as you know what you're doing."
Mu Ye sighed and went to prepare on his own.
Leaving Su Ming alone in the conference room, resting with his eyes closed.
Mu Ye's concern was the concern of most people, but Su Ming couldn't explain.
There was no way to limit his revival, at least he couldn't think of anyone who could sever his projection across the River of Time.
That's right. His revivals were all projections from Douluo 2 to Douluo 3.
He still used his own power here, but the template for life and death was projected from Douluo 2. Of course, it wasn't projecting the Douluo 2 Su Ming's main body, but projecting the information he had reserved over there.
Spirit Power records information.
This was an ability the Douluo 2 Su Ming's Spirit Power Martial Soul gained after its second awakening.
This passive ability was the most perverted aspect of his Spirit Power Martial Soul.
Combined with the Trinity, the Douluo 1 and Douluo 3 Su Mings could act with impunity without worrying about death.
As for someone causing trouble, preventing the full recovery of energy and causing a regression in cultivation, there was no need to worry about that either.
Frankly, he was rather looking forward to someone like that showing up.
Was he afraid?
Of course not.
At worst, the gains would be lost. A regression in cultivation was less of a concern.
Spirit Power recorded information. The Douluo 2 side recorded his information, and then he would recover his own self-destructed Spirit Power and spiritual power here to reshape himself. Less energy would mean an inability to support the energy level before self-destruction—that would be a regression in cultivation.
The power of self-destruction couldn't come from nothing.
Therefore, without a large influx of Abyssal energy, his self-destruction would result in a loss.
But Su Ming wasn't worried about this.
Because he could borrow power across dimensions.
To avoid suddenly borrowing power from his other selves and leaving them momentarily weakened, he had stored Spirit Power for each of them in advance.
For instance, the Douluo 1 side had stored Spirit Power from the Douluo 2 and Douluo 3 Su Mings. The Douluo 2 side was the same.
If his cultivation truly regressed because of energy being cut off, Su Ming would borrow power in reverse—from Douluo 3, borrowing the Spirit Power of the Douluo 3 Su Ming that had been stored on the Douluo 1 and Douluo 2 sides in advance.
This was his confidence.
His power cap was indeed temporarily not closely tied to his Spirit Power level, but he didn't want to cultivate all over again either.
Three hours passed quickly.
More than twenty Limit Douluos surged to the front line and immediately launched a fierce battle.
On the Abyssal army side, Monarchs like the Spirit Emperor saw the large number of Limit Douluos flying in from afar, sensed trouble, and began retreating.
Simultaneously, they notified the Abyssal Sage King.
Even sensing trouble, they still couldn't anticipate that the Limit Douluos on Douluo's side would simply start fighting immediately upon arrival.
Reaching the front line, coordinating with Chen Xinjie and others already stationed there, they instantly entered a frenzied battle.
On the demon army side, A Er Liang and A Er Shan, who were holding the line, were somewhat bewildered, not understanding why their allies suddenly launched such a large-scale assault.
Realizing what was happening, their expressions drastically changed.
"Quickly, inform the Great Demon Sovereign."
A Er Liang turned and roared, ordering the demon responsible for communications to notify A Er Yi, then charged out with A Er Shan.
The demon army also began mobilizing, advancing alongside the Douluo army.
The Demon Gate was located at the one-third mark of the channel. The three armies had been facing off nearby.
If the Douluo army advanced while the demon army remained stationed at their gate, the demon army would be encircled by the Douluo forces.
Thus, they had no choice but to immediately follow suit.
Su Ming led the charge.
Trinity!
Battle Armor!
Domain of Chaos.
Chaos Force.
Gold Force.
Great Formation Power.
He mobilized every force at his disposal.
Even his entire power was in a state of combustion. His Battle Armor was also completely meant to be non-recoverable.
Normally, after this, he would reach level eighty and should replace to Three-Word Battle Armor.
Frankly, his Two-Word Battle Armor was already top configuration, and its amplification effect is even comparable to Three-Word Battle Armor.
There was no helping it. The base was too good.
And unlike Tang Wulin in the original story, not only was his base good, but the formation design and fabrication were also top, and it helped him better integrate his faith.
"Pioneer!"
Su Ming shouted, raising his hand high above his head. A spear condensed, with various elements and faith interwoven into it.
He didn't wield the spear but threw it.
The spear pierced through the body of a quasi-demigod level Monarch.
Then, it transformed into a mass of energy. The Pioneer's Will guided its power to wild destruction inside the target's body, killing him in the blink of an eye.
Seeing this, the other Monarchs were horified.
Su Ming breathed slightly heavily.
This spear represented his peak strength—without using planar power.
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