Full-time Creation Master

The Eight Thousand Star Slayer Legion, from the day it was born, has been imbued with the aura of elites from the Southern Military Region.

They were all top-tier warriors handpicked from among the millions of military mages in the Southern Military Region (originally 2500 million guard mages).

Having been through countless battles and possessing formidable combat prowess are merely basic requirements.

Every soldier possesses qualities far exceeding those of ordinary legions, making them the elite force of the Southern Military Region.

After the military reforms in the Great Xia Dynasty, Hua Zhanhong took control of this elite force and transformed it into his first understaffed high-level mage unit of ten thousand men.

Although it's not full yet, it still has 8000 high-level mages!

In the past, everyone in the Dragon Kingdom would have called Hua Zhanhong an ambitious man!

8000 equipped with a Soul Seed (possibly with a loan), proficient in array formation, skilled in both magic and martial arts, and possesses a Commander-level Beast Taming ability...

Their combat strength should not be underestimated; they are one of Hua Zhanhong's most powerful trump cards.

In line with the general trend of military reform in the Great Xia Dynasty, and in order to better cope with the increasingly brutal demon war in the future, one of the ways to enhance the legion's combat power is to find a sufficient number and strong enough tamed beasts.

The most mature existing Skyhawk system consists of Skyhawks with gentle personalities, but they are only at the servant level (in the original work, the Skyhawk Legion consists of mid-level mages riding servant-level Skyhawks), and even that number is not enough.

His Majesty Chu Ming and Fairy Xue Wu's dragon beast series can be described as "cheating," and it is comparable to the Iron Warrior in terms of extreme cost-effectiveness. It would be difficult to provide a certain legion that is not Chu Ming's trusted direct subordinate with a total of 8000 commander-level dragon beasts.

The staff officers of the Southern Military Region sifted through countless dusty ancient books and archives, painstakingly searching through piles of old papers, and combining this with the latest current intelligence.

Finally, we found a treasure trove that had been forgotten for almost twenty years and could produce excellent mounts—Xu Island in Wanggui Town.

This island is shrouded in mist all year round, and is inhabited by a unique demon race—the featherless birds, also known as the manta ray evil birds.

The Manta Ray is a creature whose functionality far surpasses that of the Sky Eagle, making it a perfect mount and combat partner that can traverse both the sea and the air.

Most common bird demons have a complete body, with a head, neck, chest, abdomen, and claws, and a pair of large wings, which is their most typical form.

But featherless birds are quite different; their bodies are extremely well hidden and almost impossible to see clearly.

They are flat in shape, with wings that resemble those of a bat, and a body that resembles that of a manta ray, also known as a devil ray. They have no sharp claws or a complete body line.

But their sharp, blade-like wings are their most powerful weapons, far sharper than ordinary weapons, capable of easily tearing apart the flesh of demons.

As natural amphibious creatures, they can move freely in both the sky and the sea.

It is not limited by the environment at all, and its combat power will not decrease in the slightest due to changes in the environment.

Their outer skin is extremely special, possessing both airflow adaptability and underwater mobility.

Even if it is immersed in seawater for a long time, it will not get wet, nor will it affect its flight or combat effectiveness.

For the Southern Military Region, where half of its jurisdiction is ocean or river, is there anything more suitable?

In addition, the manta ray evil bird clan has a clear hierarchy of strength, ranging from the lowest-ranking servants to the powerful monarchs, each with their own affiliation and clear division of labor.

They are respectively the servant-level assassins, Featherless Bird,

Warrior-class Cobalt Blue Featherless Bird

Commander-level large birds / Manta Ray Dark Red Evil Bird

Red Agate Manta Ray Evil Birds, ranging from Commander-level to Sub-Monarch-level.

And the Bird King Evil Star.

Before being subdued by the Great Xia, Xie Xing was a sub-monarch level demon.

Imprisoned for many years,

However, after submitting to the Great Xia, with ample resources and the guidance of a nutritionist, it has been promoted to the orthodox monarch level, and its combat power has reached a new level, capable of injuring even ordinary great monarch-level demons!

Moreover, ordinary featherless birds are extremely powerful in combat, far surpassing other demons of the same level.

A typical cobalt blue featherless bird is at the Warrior level.

However, their combat power far exceeds that of ordinary warrior-level generals.

Slaughtering warrior-level creatures of the same rank is an easy task for them.

One level above the Cobalt Blue Featherless Bird is the Commander-level Large Bird, also known as the Manta Ray Dark Red Evil Bird.

Their bodies are dark red, and their cobalt blue eyes are brighter than those of the lower-ranking manta ray evil birds, radiating a sharp, cold light that sends chills down one's spine at first glance.

When their wings are fully extended, they can reach a width of seven or eight meters. Their enormous wingspan is so large that it blots out the sky, creating a very imposing effect.

Dark red, smooth skin tightly wrapped around the body, giving it a metallic, cold texture that was both hard and lustrous.

In addition, their heads are as sharp as swords, and their wingspans are edged with sharp, serrated edges, giving them a sinister yet imposing appearance.

This makes this manta ray evil bird far more noble and more intimidating than its lower-ranking counterparts!

The Red Agate Manta Ray is a more formidable new species within the featherless bird group.

Their level is generally at the commander level, and some powerful individuals can even reach the sub-monarch level, with astonishing combat strength.

What's even more remarkable is that, with the combined guarantee of ample research resources from the Great Xia Dynasty and the presence of sufficiently powerful mages to provide deterrence,

These red agate manta rays are hundreds of times easier to tame than those in the original story.

They can quickly integrate into the legion and become a reliable fighting force.

The most inconspicuous and easily overlooked of all is the Featherless Bird assassin.

Just by hearing their names, one can guess their purpose and characteristics.

They are a new race within the featherless bird population, suppressed by absolute bloodline.

They belong to the ugliest category within the entire demon race.

Their rank was merely that of a servant.

Yet these seemingly weak servant-level demons possess an indomitable courage, daring to employ suicidal dart and boomerang attacks to kill commander-level demons far more powerful than themselves.

To date, there have been hundreds of such records, each demonstrating their ferocity and loyalty.

Most importantly, the featherless bird race...

Although they have certain flaws in their genetic assembly and are not a perfect demon race,

For now, however, their combat power is already strong enough to fully meet the legion's operational needs.

What surprised Hua Zhanhong even more was their incredible reproductive capacity, making them veritable "mass-produced" combat mounts.

If immature artificial breeding and domestication methods are adopted, only a few dozen cobalt blue featherless birds can be bred in several years, resulting in extremely low production.

However, if they are allowed to reproduce on their own in a 'suitable' environment provided by nature, their numbers will explode.

The population has now reached nearly 10,000—and it's worth noting that even on the coastline, which is just the tip of the iceberg of their breeding in the original story, there were nearly a thousand of them.

These nearly ten thousand cobalt blue featherless birds increased rapidly in just one or two years.

Such a rate of reproduction is simply astonishing.

The reason they can reproduce at such an astonishing rate is simply that they are so easy to raise, requiring almost no human intervention.

Stink bugs are their primary food source.

This worm feeds on the feces deposited on the seabed by certain marine organisms.

These happen to be the most nutritious and growth-promoting natural food for manta rays.

Stink bugs also have an extremely strong reproductive capacity, using the feces and sediment of marine organisms as their breeding ground.

They especially love the excrement of creatures like the Belial Demon and the Salamander Demon.

Given enough excrement, they can reproduce rapidly and in large numbers.

The Salamander Emperor and the Extreme Shell Demon Lord had already appeared two or three years ago.

The ever-expanding white demonic calamity they triggered has already spread throughout the seas.

With their appearance, the number of Belial Demons and Salamander Demons also increased significantly.

Their excrement naturally increases, providing ample conditions for the reproduction of stink bugs.

Therefore, it's not just the waters near Asahishima Island...

The number of stink bugs near the coastlines of the East China Sea and the South China Sea has increased by varying degrees, providing a continuous food source for featherless birds.

This is why some ordinary naval corps in the Southern Military District can directly use the Cobalt Blue Featherless Bird as a mount, which undoubtedly enhances their combat power and makes them even more formidable in naval battles.

As the elite of the Southern Military Region, the mounts of the Star Slayer Legion are naturally of a higher grade.

They all ride on commanding large birds, such as the Crimson Manta Ray and the Red Agate Manta Ray, and their combat power is terrifying.

The current commander of the Zhanxing Legion, Nan Yu, is a key next-generation core talent cultivated by the Southern Military Region. He is young, promising, and has formidable combat capabilities.

She was even more fortunate to have a contract with the Bird King, Evil Star.

Through the power of the contract, he is able to command and suppress all featherless birds.

They became the core link between the Featherless Bird Clan and the Star Slayer Legion, making their cooperation increasingly seamless.

Oh!

One more thing.

With the strong support and attention of Hua Zhanhong, the military commander of the Southern Military Region, Zhu Qi, the presiding judge of the Nanxi Mountain Court, successfully obtained all the criminal information of the so-called Councilor Nan and successfully arrested and tried him, giving the public an explanation.

Currently, the ranks of the spiritual officers remain the institution responsible for the largest number of trials.

However, His Majesty Chu Ming of Great Xia did not directly abolish the original court system.

Instead, the goal is to have the two cooperate and supervise each other to improve the judicial system of Daxia.

One more thing.

The bones of the Sea Father on Asahi Island have been handed over to the Zhao family by Nan Yu, the commander of the Star Slaying Legion, as a great favor.

That's right, it's the Zhao family that Zhao Manyan belongs to.

That powerful family that dared to transfer 80% of its international investments into Great Xia to fully support its development!

The two brothers have "reconciled" because the older brother gained "power" through the injection of serum, and the two brothers had a heart-to-heart conversation witnessed by the spirit official.

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