Though listening to it like this makes them sound no different from regular soldiers, soldiers are not guaranteed to die. Even soldiers in a suicide squad only have a *chance* of sacrificing their lives. But the "Every Man a Dragon" martial artists pertained to a rule: once used, they perished. That was absolute. Therefore, in the Ancient Era, "Every Man a Dragon" martial artists were always regarded as expendable consumables.
In fact, precisely because of this, Wang had taken such factors into consideration from the very beginning, granting "Every Man a Dragon" martial artists greater welfare, benefits, and honor. It was simply that a "Every Man a Dragon" martial artist might not be deployed even once in a century. The long-term enjoyment of higher social status and privileges naturally bred resentment among the martial artists of the other two lineages, which in turn sowed the hidden seeds for the disaster of the Furious Dragon in the Ancient Era.
Regardless of how things stood, Wang actually had a specific plan for these few remaining "Every Man a Dragon" martial artists. Outside of the three Extreme Dao powerhouses, they might be the only ones capable of inflicting heavy injuries on the Overlord; he had originally intended to keep them as a trump card.
Chapter 616