Chapter 885 – A Lich's Anger

When the grey fireb.a.l.l.s entered the s.p.a.ce, Zhao Hai immediately heard a prompt, "Toxic Yin substance detected. Substance cla.s.sified as Yin Flame. Extracting properties, extraction is completed. Host can now use this flame for crafting. Increasing the h.e.l.l s.p.a.ce's strength. Yin Flame can be added to the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p. The h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p's surface will have Yin Flames surrounding it. Yin Flame may be used for both attack and defense. Yin Flame can increase the s.h.i.+p's power system as well as improve the s.h.i.+p's cannons. Yin Fire Crystals can now be mined in the h.e.l.l s.p.a.ce. Asking host to approve all the improvements."

Zhao Hai didn't expect the grey fireb.a.l.l.s to have this much benefits. The flame can even be used for crafting. It's quite good.

Zhao Hai couldn't stop himself from laughing. This was truly a pleasant surprise. "Immediately start the upgrades!"

Just as Zhao Hai's voice fell, a gray radiance suddenly covered the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p. After the grey light vanished, grey flames started to go about and around the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p.

The flames seem to go in and out of the s.h.i.+p, looking like it was burning the insides of the vessel. However, for those standing inside the s.h.i.+p like Zhao Hai and the others, they can't feel anything different at all.

Upon seeing this, Laura and the others couldn't help but feel curious. They stretched their hands and reached out towards the flames. However, like phantoms, the flames just went through, seemingly unaffected by the hands that stretched out towards it.

At this time, another batch of bone spears came out of the Dark Mist. Zhao Hai stopped the s.h.i.+p's waters from blocking the spears. Instead, Zhao Hai just allowed them to strike the s.h.i.+p.

Just as the bone spears were about to hit the s.h.i.+p, a flame wall suddenly solidified itself, blocking the bone spears from going further. As the bone spears pa.s.s through the flaming wall, one could see the spears disintegrate into nothingness.

Laura and the others couldn't help but call out in alarm. They didn't expect these phantom-like flames to be this powerful.

At this time, a scream was heard inside the Dark Mist. Zhao Hai looked towards the direction of the scream and said, "Who is that? Come out?!"

The Dark Mist suddenly parted, revealing the people behind them, no, they shouldn't be called people. These 'people' didn't have a corporeal form, they looked like spectres floating in mid-air.

Zhao Hai looked at these beings and couldn't help but stare blankly. Then he immediately understood, these people were unique beings of the Underworld, the Lich.

To put it simply, the Lich Race was part of the Ghost Races.They were Darkness beings that evolved their souls to the maximum, they almost had complete immunity against physical attacks. In the Underworld, they were one of the most difficult race to deal with.

Zhao Hai didn't think that he would meet members of the Lich Race here inside the Dark Mist. It seems like more creatures from the Underworld had come up into the Ark Continent.

After the group of Lich saw Zhao Hai, one of them said with a deep voice, "Who are you? And why are you here?"

Zhao Hai looked at the Lich and then smiled, "This is the Ark Continent, It's natural that I'm here. Are you from the Underworld's Lich Race? Why would you come to the Ark Continent and cause trouble?"

Upon hearing this, the Lich seemed to turn blank. One of them turned its head to Zhao Hai and said, "Don't talk nonsense, how could this be the Ark Continent. The Ark Continent's laws prohibit the existence of G.o.d-ranks. We've been here for some time, however, we didn't feel any change of laws. Also, from looking at your G.o.d-rank strength, how could this be the Ark Continent?"

Zhao Hai stared, he didn't think that the Lich would actually know about these matters. In fact, what Zhao Hai didn't know was that these Lich were old ghosts that lived for who knows how long. As long as they weren't killed in battle, the Lich were basically immortal. Because of this, they were aware of many things, they're basically living historical records..

Zhao Hai looked at the Lich and then said, "This is really the Ark Continent. Because of a giant accident, the laws of the plane has been changed. This accident also opened the rift to the underworld and the Ark Continent."

The Lich looked at each other, clearly astonished by what they heard. Zhao Hai said that the laws had been changed. In the past, they didn't understand how a spatial barrier could get punctured, producing a spatial rift. So it turns out to be this reason. However, what puzzled them was what kind of power would have the capability of changing the laws of a plane.

A Lich looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Nonsense, changing the laws of the plane isn't easy. How could people possibly achieve it?"

Zhao Hai smiled bitterly as he answered, "Changing the laws of a plane certainly isn't easy. However, some people actually used an entire country's worth of people to perform a Blood Sacrifice to achieve it."

Upon hearing Zhao Hai, the expression on the Lich changed. Although they were now members of the Lich race, they were originally transformed souls, they could still recall some memories. They didn't expect that people would have the audacity to use an entire country to carry out a blood sacrifice.

Zhao Hai looked at the Lich and then said, "Although you've become part of the Lich Race, you seem to have retained some humanistic natures. I'm not afraid to tell you that the one who did this to the Ark Continent was the Divine Race. The Divines and the Demons invaded the Ark Continent at the same time. The Divines used an entire country to carry their blood sacrifice to break the plane's barrier as well as change the laws. And with the appearance of the Underworld, I had no choice but to move everyone out of the continent."

Just as Zhao Hai said this, a Lich suddenly asked, "Mister, might I know which country was used as a blood sacrifice?"

Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Of course, the country used for the blood sacrifice was the Ocean Waves Dynasty!"

When Zhao Hai said this, the Lich couldn't help but pause. He looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Did you say Ocean Waves Dynasty? Is it really the Ocean Waves Dynasty?" Zhao Hai was confused by the Lich's response, he nodded and said, "Right, it's the Ocean Waves Dynasty, there's no need for me to lie about this matter."

Upon hearing this, the Lich suddenly screamed. Then Zhao Hai saw the flames of the s.h.i.+p suddenly forming a wall. It seems like this scream's power was quite huge, otherwise, the s.h.i.+p wouldn't have been compelled to produce this fire wall.

Zhao Hai couldn't help but knit his brows. He was confused at the Lich's reaction. He knew that the Lich didn't intend to attack. It seems like the Lich was impacted by something. The other Lich even went forward to comfort that Lich.

Moreover, Zhao Hai can see that the Lich that attacked had the lowest strength compared to the other Lich. Zhao Hai couldn't help but stare when he thought that the Lich might be a person. Can it be that this Lich had a relations.h.i.+p with the Ocean Waves Dynasty?

It took some time before the Lich calmed down. At this moment, a more elderly Lich looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Mister, please don't get offended. He didn't attack intend to attack you. It's just because he was a member of the Ocean Waves Dynasty's Imperial family before he died. He couldn't help but get affected by your information."

Zhao Hai nodded and said, "I can understand. But has this gentleman not been in the Ocean Waves Dynasty for many years?"

The Lich that screamed paused for a moment before he nodded and said, "Mister guessed correctly. It has been more than a thousand years ago when I pa.s.sed away. Since then, I've received no news about the Ocean Waves Dynasty."

Zhao Hai nodded and said, "I couldn't blame mister. The Ocean Waves Dynasty has been the base of the Radiant Church in the past hundred years. It was said that the Radiant Church's influence was more powerful than the Dynasty's n.o.bles. And most of those n.o.bles had become fanatical followers of the church. However, the Radiant Church was a chess piece of the Divine Race. After we discovered the Radiant Church's schemes and dealt with them, we didn't expect them to retreat to the Ocean Waves Dynasty. After that, the Ocean Waves Dynasty's King relinquished the throne to the Radiant Church's Pope, changing the nation's name to Radiant Empire. Because of what happened, the Divines chose to sacrifice the entire country for their plans."

The group of Lich gawked, then the Lich from the Ocean Waves Dynasty sighed and said, "Alright, it has been a thousand years. For the Dynasty to turn this way doesn't have anything to do with me. And with my current state, there's no way for me to take revenge against the Divines."

Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Actually, I have news regarding mister's enmity. The one who invaded the Ark Continent are the Taurus Divines. At this point, the Taurus Divines have basically been extinguished by me. We're currently battling for the Taurus Continent. The Ark Continent will be left behind for the Underworld."

The group of Lich looked blankly at Zhao Hai. They couldn't believe what Zhao Hai just said. Zhao Hai looked at them and smiled, "I only came here because I heard from someone that a strange flame exists. Therefore, I came to witness it for myself. I don't have any other plans."

The Lich looked at each other before one of them said, "Are those Iron Men your people?"

Zhao Hai shook his head and said, "It's impossible for me to have subordinates like those. Due to the changes made by the Divines to the Ark Continent's laws, spatial rifts started to appear in the Ark Continent. In addition to the Underworld, there's also another plane that managed to connect to the continent. That plane is called the Atlanta Plane. Those Iron Men that you say came from that place. Those suits are called magic armors, the people from the Atlanta Plane are inside. They're quite strong, and are also intruders to the Ark Continent."

Chapter 886 – Establis.h.i.+ng the Laboratory

The Lich didn't know what to say. They didn't think that the Continent would have this much change. It seems like they were reading from a story book.

Zhao Hai looked at the Lich and said, "Everyone, I won't be staying here anymore. You will definitely meet the people from the Atlanta Plane once again, please be careful." Then he turned back into the s.h.i.+p with the intention of leaving.

But at this time, one of the Lich suddenly said, "Mister, please wait." Zhao Hai immediately stopped, he turned around and then said, "Do you need something?"

Among them, an elderly Lich gave Zhao Hai a salute. This salute was just like one made by n.o.bles, but was also different. Laura looked at the old man's actions and her eyes shone as she whispered to Zhao Hai, "Brother Hai, this is a salute made by ancient n.o.bles. They use this whenever they have a request."

Zhao Hai nodded, then he looked at the Lich and said, "Is there something wrong?" The Lich looked at Zhao Hai and said, "From what we can see, Mister should be someone with an extraordinary status. Our group had long been tired of the Underworld. We want to go to all places with Mister. I don't know if Mister can agree? We can become Mister's slaves, we'll follow your every bidding."

Zhao Hai stared, he didn't expect the Lich to have this request. He looked puzzled at the LIch before he asked, "You have G.o.d-rank strength. And since you seem to the the leader of your group, then you should have an overlord-cla.s.s position in the Underworld. Are you really willing to follow me and be my slaves?"

The Elder Lich smiled and said, "Correct. Just like mister said, we're honored and famed characters in the Underworld. However, the Underworld is different compared to other places. In the Underworld almost everyone has an immortal body. So there'll be no problem even if one doesn't struggle to live. People would just play around and then go elsewhere. Most of us just do nothing for countless years. I don't know how many years I have lived, but I've grown bored of the Underworld. If you weren't asleep, then you would spend your waking hours doing nothing. We want to go with mister to see the world. We don't mind being slaves"

Then Zhao Hai turned to the other Lich and said, "Do all of you share the same thoughts?"

The other Lich nodded. It's true, they spend all day doing nothing, being in a daze the whole time. It wasn't something people could endure, it was akin to punishment.

Zhao Hai looked at the Lich and then smiled, "I can take you with me. You can bring your subordinates as well. And instead of being slaves, I'll treat you as my friends instead."

The Lich looked at Zhao Hai blankly. They didn't expect Zhao Hai to be this willing to accept them, even going so far as to treat them as friends.

The Elder Lich looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Mister, we are from the Lich Race. Won't our existence bring trouble to you?" Zhao Hai laughed, "That won't be a problem. I myself am a Dark Mage, the most powerful one in the Ark Continent. The undead under my control has reached tens of millions. What can a few Lich do to affect my reputation?"

The group of Lich stared, then their expressions lit up. The Elder Lich then asked, "Might we ask how many undead can Mister's s.h.i.+p hold? Our subordinates are quite a lot."

Zhao Hai laughed and said, "The number's not a problem. I can just store them in my s.p.a.ce. The more people the better."

The Lich paused then he said, "Alright, then we'll be impolite to Mister. However, most of our people cannot fly. We'll have to ask Mister to lower his s.h.i.+p."

Zhao Hai smiled before he slowly lowered the h.e.l.l King s.h.i.+p's alt.i.tude. At the same time, the Elder Lich made a sound before leading the other Lich towards the s.h.i.+p. Before long,  a large number of undead creatures came walking from all directions.

Zhao Hai thought that the Elder Lich's subordinates were other Lich. However, he soon found out that he was wrong. Among the undead that came from all directions, most of them were skeletons and zombies. The Lich actually numbered the least among them. It was a bit strange but Zhao Hai still took all of them into the s.h.i.+p.

Under the stunned gaze of the Lich, the undead went into the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p in droves. The s.h.i.+p's size was basically ignored, it was just like a bottomless pit as it swallowed every undead.

After the last undead went into Zhao Hai's s.h.i.+p, Zhao Hai turned his head and said, "Alright. Everyone, let's go to the Divine Realm." The Lich nodded and in the next moment the s.h.i.+p vanished from the Dark Mist before reappearing in the Divine Realm.

The Lich couldn't help but get stunned upon seeing the instant change to the scenery. The Elder Lich looked at Zhao Hai and said, "I didn't expect Mister to hold a Spatial Divergent Ability. No wonder mister can defeat the Divine Race."

Zhao Hai smiled and said, "It's not just my ability that allowed me to defeat the Divines. Since you have prestigious status in the Underworld, then you should know about the Demons, right?" The Lich didn't understand what Zhao Hai was saying. Zhao Hai just said that the Divines and the Demons invaded the Ark continent at the same time. So why would he use the Demons to explain why he defeated the Divines?

The Elder Lich still wondered, however, he nodded and said, "Yes we are. We've had several battles against the Demon Realm. The Demons have good fighting prowess. Even if they are dominated by the undead, they still managed to fight back. They're the most intimidating enemies we have seen."

Zhao Hai looked at the Lich and smiled, "The reason why I dared to deal with the Divine Race is because I managed to bring the Demons to my side. The Demons are now my subordinates. Because of this, I didn't have any other worries and managed to focus on dealing with the Divine Race."

Upon hearing this, the other Lich gawked. After that, the way the see Zhao Hai changed. The Lich race lived extremely long lives, so they also partic.i.p.ated in the battles against the Demons. They didn't expect that those terrifying Demons would actually be subdued by Zhao Hai. This was just too shocking.[1]

After seeing their reactions, Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Come with me, let's go visit the Demon Realm." Then with an intention, the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p appeared inside the Demon s.p.a.ce.

Upon reaching the Demon s.p.a.ce, the Lich were shocked yet again. They had gone to the Demon Realm before, so they could safely affirm that this place wasn't the Demon Realm.

What made them feel even more strange was the fact that although this place wasn't the Demon Realm, Demons actually lived inside it. They had battled with Demons many times, therefore, they knew what the Demons looked like.

Just as the Lich were confused, a prompt was suddenly heard, "Robots not belonging to the s.p.a.ce discovered. Proceeding to modify their program. Program modification completed. Host can now command the robots."

Before Zhao Hai could comprehend the announcement, the group of Lich suddenly bowed and said, "We have seen the Master."

Zhao Hai was stunned, then a wave of happiness washed over him. The Lich were wise beings, so Zhao Hai thought that the s.p.a.ce wouldn't be able to do anything to them. But now, it seems that this wasn't the case. No matter what, the Lich were still undead. To the s.p.a.ce, they were just another type of robots. Naturally, the s.p.a.ce couldn't allow disobedient robots to exist inside it, so it immediately subdued the Lich. This was great for Zhao Hai.

After comprehending what just happened, Zhao Hai waved his hand and said, "No need to be too polite. Just call me Young Master. I'll be sending you to the s.p.a.ce, to Wild Dragon Island. Go and help by father-in-law research magic formations. If you want to come out and see the world outside, then don't hesitate to tell me."

The Lich nodded. They now regarded Zhao Hai as their master, so they respected his words.

The Lich were different compared to those beings invited by Zhao Hai to the s.p.a.ce. Those who were invited in could only be influenced by the s.p.a.ce little by little. On the other hand, the Lich were immediately subdued by the s.p.a.ce.

Zhao Hai also took the Lich to see the Great Demon King. But since the Great Demon King was still busy with the crystal cards, Zhao Hai didn't stay too long.

In the meantime, Zhao Hai just threw the Lich's subordinates to the s.p.a.ce. Majority of their subordinates were just ordinary undead, they didn't even reach 9th rank. Naturally, Zhao Hai didn't intend to use them in the near future.

When he was done dealing with the undead, Zhao Hai returned to the Divine Realm after handing the Lich over to Cai'er. Cai'er would introduce the s.p.a.ce to the Lich and then take them to Wild Dragon Island.

The Lich have lived a long life, so even if they weren't that intelligent, they can still make up for it with their experience. Besides sleeping, the Lich also managed to record history and some even started to research interesting things.

However, it's just a pity that technology was completely nonexistent in the Underworld. The Undead were basically brainless beings with nothing but instinct. In this case, having the undead research was basically useless.

Now that Zhao Hai had sent them to the s.p.a.ce, the Lich might find something good to do. And since magic formations were profound, then they might come to love researching it.

Zhao Hai had already asked Ruyen to make a laboratory in Wild Dragon Island. Gathered in this laboratory were many types of people. There were mages, elves, dwarves, and now Lich. Zhao Hai was also preparing to bring Goblins to the laboratory in the near future.

Zhao Hai knew how good laboratories could be. Back on earth, these laboratories were key to humanity's scientific and technological advances. Therefore, Zhao Hai was making a laboratory for himself in order to prepare for the future.

I don't know what the plural term for 'Lich' is, so I just used a.s.sumed to be the same

Chapter 887 – The O'Neal Family's Response

Theo and Lewis were currently standing on top of the city lord's mansion, looking at the Dark Mist in the distance. The people who were sent to survey the situation had found out that the dark mist had already covered the entire northern part of the Ark Continent and has been slowly creeping further. This report made Theo and Lewis' faces ugly. Mad Dog and the others left to  send word back to the family. At this time, Theo and Lewis were inside a small city with 30 magic armors and two war tanks.

Theo looked at the Dark Mist and couldn't help but clench his fist as he said, "I didn't expect that the Dark Mist is still expanding. No wonder the people from the Ark Continent left. What should we  do? The family had already exerted great effort for this expedition."

Lewis was very clear about this point. Both of them were already branded with the O'Neal family's mark. It can be said that their fate was intertwined with the family. Lewis knew that the O'Neal family had made great efforts in order to enter the Ark Continent. If they fail this expedition, then the O'Neal family might not be able to recover. Their future would be bleak.

However, this Dark Mist wasn't very easy to deal with. It's certain that underneath this dark cloak was a ton of undead. Lewis can confirm this because only Undead and Dark Mages could use bone spears as an attack. And after he saw that Yin Fire, Lewis was absolutely sure that there were undead. This was because it would be impossible for Dark Mages to get in contact with Yin Fire without causing damage to themselves.

But even so, Lewis cannot display his restlessness at this time. He turned to Theo and smiled faintly, "Don't worry, the Family will surely find a way to deal with this. There are powerful cannons on the Family's s.h.i.+ps."

Theo nodded, he was still young after all. Without Lewis here, the Undead would have already caused havoc to their team. Because of Lewis, Theo was able to keep a calm mind amidst the recent developments.

Then Theo turned to Lewis and said, "Brother Lewis, will the messengers come back soon?" Lewis shook his head and said, "I'm not sure. However, I'm certain that the family would make the proper arrangements. There's a good chance that they would send a wars.h.i.+p here to support us. After all, wars.h.i.+ps have more firepower and can carry more troops. It can also save more energy."

Theo stared for a moment before he gave a nod, then he said, "Brother Lewis, since the undead would only come out at night, how about we do something else during the day?"

Lewis looked at Theo and said, "Do something? What do you want to do?"

Theo smiled faintly and said, "Now that the Ark Continent's people have migrated, the magic beasts began to thrive. Those magic beasts would be able to provide us with magic crystals. If we send our people to kill those magic beasts during the day, then we can make crystals for our own use. At the same time, we could also use this time to scout for minerals in the Ark Continent."

Lewis thought about it for a moment before he gave a nod, "Alright, let's go do that. We can spare ten people for that task. However, we cannot use our war tanks."

Theo happily complied as he turned around and went to manage it. Looking at Theo's departing back, Lewis couldn't help but smile. After that, he returned to looking at the Dark Mist. His brow wrinkled, he was worried about the current situation. The area covered by the Dark Mist was too big. Moreover, with the rate of its expansion, who knows what kinds of undead were lurking inside. Was it worth it for the O'Neal family to fight the undead?

While Lewis was worried about these matters, Mad Dog and his team arrived at the O'Neal family's camp located in the Rosen Empire. The O'Neal family had already occupied the entire Rosen Empire with the Patriarch moving to the Rosen Empire's Imperial Palace.

Although Zhao Hai had relocated the entire Rosen Empire's population, he didn't destroy the Imperial Palace. And even if the interior decorations had been taken away, the structure was still as elegant and magnificent as before. Therefore, it's understandable for the O'Neal Patriarch to settle there.

When Mad Dog's group appeared outside the palace, they were stopped by two magic armors. These two magic armors were G.o.d-ranks, therefore, Mad Dog didn't dare to be unreasonable, otherwise he would be killed on the spot. He jumped down from the war tank and then gave a bow, "Lion Squad's Mad Dog from the Scout Team. I seek an audience with the Patriarch, I have matters to report."

The two magic armors turned their head as they gave an announcement, "Lion Squad's Mad Dog bears news. He asks for an audience with the Patriarch."

Another magic armor not far away pa.s.sed the message. Before long, the word got into the Imperial Palace and into the Patriarch's living quarters. A servant then knocked on the Patriarch's door and said, "Patriarch, Scout Team's Lion Squad has arrived for a report. They're asking for an audience with you."

The O'Neal Family's Patriarch was currently working. But when he heard the servant, he immediately send, "Send him in." The servant complied and then turned to a distant place and gave word to a magic armor, "Send him in!" The magic armor then pa.s.sed the message over until it reached the Palace's entrance. After that, the servant led Mad Dog to the Patriarch's room.

The Patriarch looked at Mad Dog and said, "George, you brat. What happened? Did you discover something?"

George didn't expect the Patriarch to actually recognize him. His mood couldn't help but get lifted as he gave a bow to the Patriarch and said, "Patriarch, it's been ten days since we left here and headed north. However, after travelling for ten days, we actually met trouble. There is a place covered with Dark Mist. When I entered the Dark Mist to investigate, I was attacked by bone spears and after that grey fireb.a.l.l.s. That fireball wasn't affected by our energy beams, instead, it actually strengthened it. After we came out and consulted Big Brother Lewis, he said that we've come to meet an Innate Yin Domain and those fireb.a.l.l.s are possibly Yin Fire. Because of this, he decided to send us back to give a report while they remained to take watch over the Dark Mist."

The Patriarch stared, then he knit his brows. Naturally, he knew what innate Yin Domains were. He looked at George and said, "Has it been confirmed to be an innate Yin Domain?"

George shook his head and said, "Brother Lewis said that it had the characteristics of an innate Yin Domain. However, Innate Yin Domains don't exist under the sun yet this one did. But even so, Brother Lewis still believes that it should be an innate Yin Domain."

The Patriarch nodded and said, "Lewis' a.s.sessments are always safe. Since he said so, then it seems that it is an innate Yin Domain. If that is the case, then that would be troublesome. But I don't want to have Lewis going into the Dark Mist. You go take a rest first." George nodded before going away.

After George left, the Patriarch turned his head and said, "Call the Generals for a meeting." Then the servant at the door gave a sound of affirmation before leaving.

Before long, the Generals arrived at the Patriarch's room, Axe was also present. After the group had sat down, the Patriarch said, "George from the Lion Squad just arrived. He said that after travelling north for ten days, they were met with a Dark Mist. Lewis suspects it to be an innate Yin Domain. What do you think about this?"

The people in the room turned silent. Everyone here had fought many battles. Even Axe was experienced due to his love for exploration. All present knew what an innate Yin Domain was, therefore, they couldn't help but turn silent upon hearing the news.

After some time,  a tall general stood up and gave a bow before saying, "Patriarch, we should send more troops there. A distance of ten days isn't far. If something happens there, then it would definitely a threat to us. Moreover, the O'Neal family already went all out in this conquest. Retreating will result in huge losses."

The Patriarch nodded. Then another general stood up and said, "Patriarch, I think the Ark Continent's migration has to do with this innate Yin Domain. We need to guard the boundary. From what I can see, we should send a battles.h.i.+p over for support. At the same time, we should request some strong cannons from the family as soon as possible."

The Patriarch gave another nod. Then another general stood up and said, "Patriarch, I think we should also quicken our southern survey. The south is too close to the Family. If a threat appears there, then the Family might be threatened."

The Patriarch hesitated for a moment before he nodded, "That's rational. We need to focus on the south as well. Axe, do you have anything to say?"

Axe stood up, gave the Patriarch a bow, and said, "Father, we've already occupied the Ark Continent. It's not clear why the people of the continent really left. And now, there's the innate Yin Domain. I think we should ask for more firepower from the family. We also need to adjust some magic armors in order to look for the resources of the Ark Continent and then mine them. This would fund the Family's operations, we need to recoup our expenses as soon as possible."

The Patriarch looked at Axe and gave a satisfied nod as he said, "My son has really grown up. That is a good idea. The dangers of the Ark Continent is still unknown to us, we must be ready to retreat at a moment's notice. However, if we retreat, that would be a huge loss to the family. The best thing we could do right now is to scour the continent for any mineral resource and mine it."

The generals agreed. In fact, the main reason they attacked the Ark Continent was to get commodities and minerals. If they didn't get any minerals here because they were busy finding out why the Ark Continent's people migrated, then that would just be putting the cart before the horse.

Even if the Ark Continent had turned dangerous and they needed to retreat, they still need to mine for minerals as much as possible. This would minimize the losses to the family.

After seeing that everybody agreed, the Patriarch nodded and said, "Pa.s.s this order. The Victory and the Glory would immediately return to the family to be restocked with 1000 strong cannons and an additional 10 thousand magic armors  as soon as possible. At the same time, the Tyrant will carry a thousand magic armors and 50 war tanks in order to support the Lion Squad."

Those present stood up and immediately went on to execute the command. After they left, the Patriarch lightly frowned and said, "Interesting. There's actually an innate Yin Domain here. The Ark Continent is getting more and more peculiar. Who knows what else we could find."

Zhao Hai was also  listening to the meeting. After the generals left, he turned to Laura and said, "It looks like the O'Neal family had started to become careful. I'm afraid their southern scouts would quickly discover the spatial rifts to the Demon Realm and the Divine Realm. I want to see how they react after seeing those two places."

Laura smiled faintly and said, "If I was the O'Neal family's Patriarch, in addition to sending people to monitor the Underworld and mining the Ark Continent, I would also send people to investigate the Demon Realm. At the same time, I would send people to attack us in the Divine Realm, just to see how strong we are."

Zhao Hai smiled as well and said, "They have a lot of things to do. I just don't know if they have enough manpower to do it."

Laura chuckled and said, "Well, they surely have enough troops. From what we just heard, they wouldn't use too much magic armors when mining for ores. And since there's no danger in the Ark Continent, those magic armors should be enough. It's the same with the Demon Realm. In this case, their troops can only be divided into two; the ones guarding the Dark Mist, and the other half can be allocated to us. However, I'm not sure about how much they'll send for the attack."

Zhao Hai nodded, "I think they shouldn't send too much to attack us. What we need them to do is to enter the Divine Realm and then we'll  toss them to the Divines. Meanwhile, after they finish mining, we could just steal it off of their hands. Wouldn't that be better?"

Laura and the others chuckled. Then Lizzy said, "Recently, I've been sensing that Brother Hai really wants to steal. You really want to s.n.a.t.c.h everything. Brother Hai, if you see a girl in the future, will you s.n.a.t.c.h her as well?"

Zhao Hai pretended to lower his head as if he was thinking. After some time, he nodded and said, "That's a good idea. I haven't had a new wife for some time. It seems like now's a great chance." Then after he said that, he proceeded to run away.

After hearing Zhao Hai say this, Laura and the others immediately chased Zhao Hai. Naturally, they knew that Zhao Hai was just messing around. They just wanted to play along with their husband's antics.

After some time, Zhao Hai stopped. He just sensed a call coming from a messenger fish. Zhao Hai took the messenger fish and saw that it was the one that belonged to Bingya. Zhao Hai turned to Laura and the other and then smiled, "It looks like we have something to do." Then he spoke to the messenger fish, "Bingya, it's Zhao Hai."