Chapter 888 – Unprecedented Crisis
Bingya's voice was then heard, "Mister, the work is done. You can make your move at any time."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Don't leave the area. Only move when I give the signal. Don't let the Divines discover your actions, we need to make a surprise attack."
Bingya replied, "Yes. Mister can rest a.s.sured, the Divines have centralized the va.s.sal soldiers in one area, we aren't so easily found." Zhao Hai nodded, then he said, "How are the Divines solving the food problem?"
Bingya smiled faintly and said, "The Divines are strictly monitoring the grain distribution. At the same time, they are also sending a lot of soldiers out in order to hunt magic beasts. The grains that the va.s.sal soldiers were receiving have become less and less. However, the Divines didn't stop the va.s.sals from hunting for themselves."
Zhao Hai nodded, then he replied, "The Divines didn't want the va.s.sal soldiers to have suspicions. Tell the va.s.sal races to not worry and not to show any hostility to the Divines. Wait until I arrive, then we can deal with the Divines." Bingya gave an agreeing sound.
Zhao Hai smiled and then stored the messenger fish. After that, he turned to Laura and said, "It's time to move." Laura smiled faintly and said, "Do we make a move on their supply s.h.i.+ps? If we do, then the Divines would surely starve."
Zhao Hai replied, "I know they'll send more food soon. And in addition to food, they might send more manpower and Supreme Elders this way. At this point, they should have already suspected that the Scorpio Supreme Elder had met an unfortunate end.." Laura nodded, then she looked at Zhao Hai and frowned, "So Brother Hai, what do we do? Do we deal with their base? We can't just deal with them without suffering any losses." Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Let's just wait. If we can't deal with the supplies, then we'll deal with the base. In any case, there's no way for them to catch up to us."
When she heard this plan, Laura didn't stop it. She knew that Zhao Hai already had Cai'er monitor the seas for the next few days. Once they discover the Divine Race's supply s.h.i.+ps, then they would proceed to attack.
Cai'er was already at work. She didn't even need to be focused on this task, as long as she paid attention to it from time to time, then it would be fine. At this time, Zhao Hai's attention was turned to the O'Neal family.
Not only did the family send scouts to the northern part of the continent, they also sent a team down south. However, that team has yet to arrive at the Buddha Empire. Naturally, it was still impossible for them to discover the Demon Realm's spatial rift. But they were close to arriving at the Accra Mountains.
Zhao Hai still had some undead mining for ores in the Ark Continent. However, their quant.i.ty wasn't a lot and majority of them were iron armor beasts. There were also mining teams present in the Demon Realm as well as in the Taurus Continent.
The third day after Zhao Hai and Bingya talked, Cai'er told Zhao Hai that the Divine Race's supply fleet had come. The transport fleet this time included wars.h.i.+ps aside from ordinary cargo s.h.i.+ps. However, one could see that the amount of grain being s.h.i.+pped has been reduced.
Zhao Hai saw the situation and couldn't help but smile as he said, "It seems that the Divines had no way of collecting s.h.i.+ps in a short time. However, it also seems like they're carrying more spatial equipment this time."
Laura looked at the supply s.h.i.+ps and said, "Will you make a move now, Brother Hai?"
Zhao Hai nodded, "Of course. Let's go and see who they sent this time to suppress my undead." After that, Zhao Hai and the s.h.i.+p disappeared and reappeared once more in a place not too far from the fleet. Then Zhao Hai slowly increased the s.h.i.+p's size as they approached the Divines.
Naturally, the Divines managed to spot the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p and immediately responded. The wars.h.i.+ps quickly surrounded the cargo vessels. At the same time, the people from the s.h.i.+ps flew up.
But what made Zhao Hai confused was the lack of Supreme Elders. These people should know that besides Supreme Elders, nothing could bring any threat to him. Why didn't the Divine Race send a Supreme Elder?
While Zhao Hai was confused, the sky suddenly turned black. Zhao Hai turned his head and saw a starry sky. There were large and small meteorites along with various planets. Not far away from these small celestial bodies was a star emitting a large amount of heat.
Zhao Hai and the others stared at this situation, enamored by the scene in front of them. This was especially true for Laura and the others. They didn't know about outer s.p.a.ce, naturally it was impossible for them to know what they were seeing.
On the other hand, Zhao Hai was looking at it with curiosity. Although it was similar to the outer s.p.a.ce that he remembered, he was sure that they weren't out in s.p.a.ce. There was no gravity in outer s.p.a.ce, people just float in mid-air. There's no air in s.p.a.ce as well. However, those things were present where they were. Zhao Hai can be certain that this was the doing of the Divine Race.
Formation! This was the first word that popped into Zhao Hai's mind. Zhao Hai was almost sure that this was a formation established by the Divines. However, he didn't know what kind of formation this was.
He didn't expect the Divines to have this kind of weapon. It can actually changed the environment around them. This caused Zhao Hai to antic.i.p.ate what would happen next.
Zhao Hai turned to Laura and the others and said, "Be careful, we've fallen into the Divine Race's formation. I believe the Divines will attack us soon."
Laura and the other nodded, but they didn't worry too much. Zhao Hai's abilities made them confident. Zhao Hai was almost invincible.
Zhao Hai didn't mind this as he commanded the s.h.i.+p's cannons to hit the celestial bodies at the distance. The energy beams launched out from the cannons and quickly reached the target. Several meteorites were destroyed immediately but the bigger planets only had a big hole. Everything was just like what would happen in outer s.p.a.ce.
Zhao Hai couldn't help but knit his brows. To be honest, his understanding of formations was too poor. On the other hand, the Divine Race's formations were truly mystical. Trapping those who were beginners to magic formations would be easy for them.
At this time, Zhao Ha discovered that several planets had linked with each other. Then, these white links connected into the Taurus constellation. Before long, a huge golden bull rushed straight towards the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p.
Zhao Hai frowned, these planets reminded him about the Taurus Supreme Elder. It was likely that this attack was the same one used by the Taurus Supreme Elder while using the Taurus Ultimate Weapon.
Zhao Hai didn't make a move and just waved his hand. After doing that, the cannons on the s.h.i.+p immediately launched its attacks towards the incoming bull. 100 energy beams coalesced and became one huge beam and hit the bull. However, something out of Zhao Hai's expectation happened. The bull just blurred for a moment before it continued on towards the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p.
At this moment, Zhao Hai didn't have enough time to hide. When the bull approached the s.h.i.+p, the waves went on to mitigate its speed. However, the bull's radiance just decreased, it didn't vanish.
The bull rushed to the s.h.i.+p amongst the waves of water before it slammed on the s.h.i.+p. This caused the s.h.i.+p to sway gently.
This sway might be small, but it still made Zhao Hai frown. He discovered that this attack was actually stronger than the ones made by the Taurus Supreme Elder.
At this moment, Zhao Hai felt something rus.h.i.+ng to the s.h.i.+p. When he turned his head, he saw several stars forming the sagittarius pattern. Then a horse-archer pulled his bow and sent a light arrow towards Zhao Hai.
It was time for Zhao Hai to move. With an intention, the s.h.i.+p shrunk as it quickly dodged to the side. But before Zhao Hai could calm down, the light arrow actually curved and homed into the s.h.i.+p.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Hai immediately made the cannons fire at the arrow. However, the result was the same as the Taurus bull. Although the magic cannons had hit the beam, the arrow only lost a bit of light as it continued to shoot towards the s.h.i.+p.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Hai coldly snorted and waved his hand. A giant scorpion appeared right by him and moved forward to meet the incoming arrow. When both became closer to each other, the scorpion used its tail to strike the arrow. With a banging sound, the arrow vanished.
Zhao Hai used this opportunity to return to his cabin and open the monitor. In the past, he was fortunate to escape the Dao Lotus due to the monitor. Zhao Hai wanted the monitor to help him this time as well.
However, Zhao Hai was left disappointed. The monitor was also confused, there simply wasn't anything useful in its display. After Zhao Hai saw this, his expression changed. He understood that the s.p.a.ce's monitor wasn't all-powerful. Things like the Divine Race's formations weren't able to be penetrated by the s.p.a.ce.
This was equal to erasing Zhao Hai's advantage. If the monitor was really rendered useless, then it's possible that Zhao Hai was in real danger.
At this moment, Zhao Hai felt an unprecedented crisis!
Chapter 889 – Way To Break The Formation!
Laura and the others were with Zhao Hai. They also saw the monitor's display. Since this wasn't something they had seen before, they became fl.u.s.tered after a while.
While Laura and the others panicked, Zhao Hai actually kept his calm. After a moment he opened his mouth and called out, "Cai'er, Cai'er, are you there?"
But Cai'er didn't reply which was unprecedented. Under normal circ.u.mstances, Cai'er would immediately reply to Zhao Hai's call. Zhao Hai can still feel his connection with Cai'er, but it seems like it has been blocked by something. At this moment, they had no way of contacting each other.
Zhao Hai's face turned uglier. He slowly walked out of the cabin and looked all around. The scorpion was still by the s.h.i.+p's side. One the other hand, the Taurus and Sagittarius constellations were constantly attacking the s.h.i.+p. But with the s.h.i.+p's cannons, ram, waves, and poles moving to defend, the enemy had no way of dealing with Zhao Hai.
However, Zhao Hai soon noticed that on the left side of the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p, a constellation that looked like a goat lying on the ground and another constellation that was two fishes entangled with each other.
The two constellations slowly formed. Then, from the capricorn constellation, a goat with two curved horns rushed out. At the same time, two fishes also came out from the pisces constellation. Both were rus.h.i.+ng towards the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p.
Zhao Hai gawked, then he immediately ordered the s.h.i.+p's cannons to attack the goat and the fishes. The waves went in to help as well. The task of dealing with the bull and the archer was left to the s.h.i.+p's ram and pole. Zhao Hai was now sure that he was dealing with at least four Supreme Elders this time; the Taurus, Capricorn, Pisces, and Sagittarius. It seems like they've prepared this formation to kill him here.
At this time, Laura, with a scared tone, asked, "Brother Hai, what do we do now?" Zhao Hai looked at Laura and smiled, "Don't be scared, it's fine. They just want to drag us in. We don't have to fear when it comes to this battle. If they really wanted to stall for time, then let's just see who comes out on top."
Just as Zhao Hai said that, a huge meteor was suddenly spotted heading towards the s.h.i.+p. The s.h.i.+p didn't respond for a while, but just as the meteorite was about to hit it, flames immediately formed a wall. The meteorite was turned into ash, but not before shaking the s.h.i.+p.
At this time, more meteorites went cras.h.i.+ng towards the s.h.i.+p. This caused Zhao Hai's expression to change. He can now affirm that there weren't only four Supreme Elders present. Instead, there should be five. Four were carrying the constellation attacks while one controlled the meteorites. Without a fifth elder present, the formation wouldn't have been this stable.
Zhao Hai's expression was ugly. Now that his connection with the s.p.a.ce was lost, asking for help from the s.p.a.ce was impossible. And although there were a lot of undead inside the s.h.i.+p, the strength of those undead weren't much help compared to his current enemies. If he released the undead, then they would just be annihilated.
Zhao Hai didn't know what kind of formation the Divines had used this time. However, there was one thing he can be sure of, this formation amplified the attacks made by the Supreme Elders. It can be said that once the continents worked together, then they would be able to increase the power of their ultimate weapons by many folds.
It was this point that Zhao Hai was careful of. To be honest, Zhao Hai wasn't threatened by the ultimate weapons. What he was taking in mind was the Divine Race's great formations.
The reason Zhao Hai was thinking about these formations was because they were able to cut his communication with the s.p.a.ce. If Zhao Hai wasn't careful, then all of the Divine Realm's ultimate weapons would gang up on him. Their power would surely be formidable.
If the Divines knew about Zhao Hai's thoughts, then they would surely rage at him. Zhao Hai was currently trapped, but now he was even thinking about their formation.
Zhao Hai looked out and saw that the meteorites were still coming. Then his staff turned into a huge hammer as he proceeded to smash the meteorites one after another. As long as the hammer hits the meteorites, the meteorites would immediately be crushed.
While Zhao Hai was pounding at the meteorites, he was also keeping attention to everything around him. He didn't want to spend too much time with the Divines, he needed to find a way to break the formation.
And just as Zhao Hai was looking at the meteors as well as the planets, he found out that the other planets were proceeding to smash themselves towards the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p. If those managed to hit the s.h.i.+p, then things would surely become more troublesome.
While Zhao Hai was paying attention to these celestial bodies, he suddenly discovered something peculiar. The formation of meteors and planets only had one sole body that stayed stationary all throughout the event, it was a star.
This discovery made Zhao Hai stare for a moment, then he decided to take the risk. With only a thought, Zhao Hai directed the s.h.i.+p towards that single star.
The reason Zhao Hai discovered this peculiarity was not only because this star remained stationary, it was also because this was the only star present in the skies.
Upon ruminating on this thought, Zhao Hai immediately went to deal with the star. The h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p was very fast. In just a blink of an eye, he had almost reached the star. The waves underneath had wrapped the entire s.h.i.+p. A fire wall also supported the s.h.i.+p's advance. But even so, Zhao Hai could still feel the heat coming out from that star.
Zhao Hai didn't care so much about this as he went straight towards the star. However, something made Zhao Hai feel strange. He already pierced through the star, but the formation was still up.
Zhao Hai's expression changed, then he muttered, "Did I guess wrongly? That's impossible. In this great formation, everything other than this star had moved. This star should be the key to breaking the formation. Why was my action useless?"
Laura and the others couldn't understand why Zhao Hai was planning to go straight towards the star. However, they still decided to trust Zhao Hai. n.o.body moved as they all waited for a result.
After seeing that nothing happened as they clashed with the star, Laura and the others felt relieved. But at the same time, their current situation didn't change.
Zhao Hai calmly scanned his surroundings, the heavenly bodies were still going towards the s.h.i.+p. The attacks from the four constellations also kept coming. This was not what Zhao Hai expected.
Zhao Hai looked at the star and saw no change. However, Zhao Hai still believed that this was the key for their escape. The s.h.i.+p just pa.s.sing through the star didn't affect this belief. If the star wasn't the key, then it would've used its high temperature to a.s.sault the s.h.i.+p. However, the star stayed there, not doing anything. This was the flaw made by the other party. Their wisdom had caused their ruin.
However, Zhao Hai's attack didn't do anything to the star. So how could Zhao Hai get out of his current situation?
As he was thinking about the solution, Zhao Hai kept waving his staff as he smashed the incoming meteors. Zhao Hai suddenly thought about the contents of a book he had read before. In fact, there were a lot of books with the same content. Any big formation would surely have their own core, and that core would need to be protected for the formation to continue existing. Take this formation for example, its core was surely supported by smaller formations.
However, Zhao Hai's understanding with regards to formations was just too low. Him being able to break this formation was close to impossible. So what can he do now?
Zhao Hai frowned. And then his thoughts turned back to the time where he managed to break the Dao Lotus' formation. At that time, it wasn't so difficult. Was that because the Dao Lotus had no one commanding it?
As this thought pa.s.sed through his mind, Zhao Hai's gaze couldn't help but shake. Since he had no way of contacting the s.p.a.ce, Zhao Hai's means of action became limited. At this time, all he had was his staff, the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p, the scorpion, his undead. But among all other things that he could use, Zhao Hai actually forgot about one thing, the Dao Lotus!
The Dao Lotus was inside his body, not in the s.p.a.ce. Therefore, Zhao Hai can definitely use the Dao Lotus this time. When he thought of this, Zhao Hai immediately took the Dao Lotus out from his dantian. Zhao Hai didn't use the Dao Lotus to defend himself, instead, he directed the lotus to attack the star.
Break the firmament of reality!
Zhao Hai suddenly thought of these words. Although these words only appeared on novels and might be ineffective at this time, Zhao Hai still tried. Therefore, he thought of these words as he sent the Dao Lotus out.
After releasing the lotus, Zhao Hai began to pay attention to it. The Dao Lotus didn't meet with any trouble as it flew directly towards the star. The lotus looked as if it was going to be swallowed by the heat. However, from his connection to the lotus, Zhao Hai can feel that the lotus was spinning, it was still operating as normal.
Zhao Hai then controlled the Dao Lotus to launch an attack on the star. The eight trigrams appeared from the lotus; earth, wind, thunder, fire, mountain, water, heaven, and marsh. Then the lotus proceeded to rotate quickly, the eight trigrams followed along with it. In the end, the Dao Lotus was almost unrecognizable, the figure that can be seen right now was the scene of Primal Chaos!
Chapter 890 – Most Violent Way
Zhao Hai hadn't met this situation before. He just commanded the Dao Lotus to attack, but it seems that the Dao Lotus had a mind of its own and made its own move. This made Zhao Hai puzzled.
At this time, the scene of primal chaos exploded fiercely. Following a banging sound, the star vanished alongside the entire starry sky.
Zhao Hai looked outward and saw that the blue skies had returned. Not far away from him was the Divine Race's grain fleet. There were five Divines surrounding the fleet, all had difficult expressions on their faces. One of them had a rotating plate on his hand while the other four were in full body armor. Zhao Hai could recognize the Supreme Elder of the Taurus Clan among the armored men. Although he didn't know about the other three, Zhao Hai could still fairly guess who they were.
The one with two curved horns on his helmet should be the Capricorn Continent's Supreme Elder. The one with a big pair of wings and was equipped with a bow and arrow should be the Sagittarius Continent's Supreme Elder. And the one with fish fins on his armor should be the Pisces Continent's Supreme Elder.
The aura of these people wasn't small. The oldest one among them should be the Taurus Supreme Elder, the others seem to be younger.
However, Zhao Hai didn't have time to talk to them as he heard Cai'er calling out to him. Cai'er appeared in front of Zhao Hai and then hugged his neck as she cried, "Young Master, young master, you just disappeared. I can't find you. I was so scared."
Zhao Hai lightly rubbed Cai'er's head and said, "Cai'er, don't be afraid. This Zhao Hai will never leave you." After some time, Zhao Hai managed to calm Cai'er down. At this time, Laura and the others walked towards Zhao Hai. They looked at Zhao Hai with sincere gazes. They knew Zhao Hai would be able to solve this crisis.
Then Zhao Hai looked at the Divines and said, "And which Supreme Elders do I have the privilege to meet? I already know old Taurus, so there's no need for introduction. How about I guess the others? Hmm, you should be the Capricorn Continent's Supreme Elder. Should I call you Moroga?"
Moroga just snorted and didn't answer Zhao Hai. Although he still had his proud look, his eyes were full of dread.
Zhao Hai smiled faintly, then he turned his head to the person with wings and was equipped with a bow. "You should be the Sagittarius Continent's Supreme Elder. Please forgive me, I don't know your name."
The Supreme Elder had a calm expression as he gave Zhao Hai a salute and said, "Nice to meet you, my name is s.h.i.+."
Zhao Hai nodded, then he turned his head to the elder with fins on his suit, "And you should be the Pisces Continent's Supreme Elder. I apologize for not knowing your name."
The Supreme Elder of the Pisces continent also gave a salute and said, "Mingdasir has seen mister Zhao Hai."
Zhao Hai gave a nod. Then he turned his head to look at the person holding the plate, he smiled faintly and said, "I'd like to guess this elder's ident.i.ty. If I have not guessed wrong, the formation was your doing. And the reason you're able establish the formation was because of your formation plate. Since your formation allows ultimate weapons to coordinate with each other, you're status shouldn't be that difficult to guess."
The Supreme Elder looked calmly at Zhao Hai. Seeing that the other party had stayed silent, Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "The Divine Realm has 13 continent. Each continent had their own Ultimate Weapon. 12 of the continents have their names going according to the constellations, only the Central Continent did not. At the same time, the 12 continents have combat suits that correspond to their continent's name. As far as I know, there's no word about the Central Continent having their own combat suit."
The Central Continent's Supreme Elder's eyes shrunk upon hearing Zhao Hai. Noting this small detail, Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "The Central Continent's Ultimate Weapon should be that formation plate in your hand. That plate could establish a formation that would allow the 12 continent's ultimate weapons to coordinate. If my a.s.sumptions are true, then you should be the Central Continent's Supreme Elder. But I have to apologize for not knowing your name."
The Supreme Elder looked at Zhao Hai and then said, "Mister Zhao Hai is too polite. Mister's guess is correct, I am indeed the Central Continent's Supreme Elder. I'm just known as Elder Star. I didn't think that mister would actually break the formation that we've prepared for a long time. Mister's strength is truly one of a kind."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "It is Elder Star that is being too polite. It seems like you've come here to kill me. Am I correct?"
Elder Star looked at Zhao Hai and then sighed, "To be honest, I didn't want mister to become my enemy. Mister's strength is beyond my expectations. However, Mister is just too strong, to the point of being a threat to the Divine Race. Because of this, I have no choice by to deal with Mister."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Hai laughed and said, "Elder Star really says interesting things. You don't want to become my enemy? Then why did the Divines open a spatial rift to my Ark Continent? Why did the Divines sacrifice millions of the Ark Continent's people, both young and old, for your blood sacrifice? My actions are something that the Divine Race had brought onto itself. You really think that the Divines could rein in every plane. However, you don't realize that you're just chess pieces for another person. A dog being commanded. A threat to the Divine Race's existence? Hahahaha, the Divines shouldn't exist to begin with!"
After Zhao Hai said that, the faces of Elder Star and the others turned ugly. Elder Star coldly snorted and said, "Zhao Hai, don't think that you're great just because I spared a good word or two for you. You think you can escape from our attacks?"
Zhao Hai laughed once more and replied, "Escape? Why would I escape? I want to collect all of your Ultimate Weapons for my own use. Did I just come here to watch you and run? And you hold me here while your grain s.h.i.+ps would escape? Stop dreaming. From what I can see, there's five of you here. There are still four Supreme Elders not accounted for. Two should be back defending your continents. As for the other two, are they planning to head here and surround me?"
As Zhao Hai said that, the expressions of the Divines changed. Then at this moment, an extremely huge whirlpool suddenly appeared on the sea. The entire Divine Race fleet was swallowed up, nothing but those Divines who flew were left.
When all the s.h.i.+ps had vanished, a small ball suddenly flew out from the sea and headed towards the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p before plopping on top of Zhao Hai's head.
That small ball was Bubble, the source of Myriad Water. Before Zhao Hai left the continent, he had Bubble released to the sea in order to swallow the grain s.h.i.+ps into its own storage s.p.a.ce.
To be honest, Zhao Hai can deal with five of these Elders at once. However, if he did that, then he would have to use his true strength. This would cause the plane's suppression on him to become stronger. If he was unlucky, then he might prematurely ascend. Because of this, Zhao Hai didn't proceed to quickly deal with the five elders. The reason he talked with them was in order for Bubble to have time to prepare. This ended with the grain s.h.i.+ps being swallowed up.
Moreover, the words that Zhao Hai said wasn't all just for the sake of conversation. The two Supreme Elders guarding the Taurus Continent were indeed heading here. They were the Cancer Continent and the Leo Continent's Supreme Elders.
The two arriving here was something that Zhao Hai desired. Amidst the expressions of the Supreme Elders, Zhao Hai gave a smile and said, "Ever since I was born, today's fight was the hardest one I've encountered. But everyone, I won't be here for long. See you next time!" After he said that, Zhao Hai vanished along with the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p.
Seeing Zhao Hai vanish, the expressions of the Supreme Elders changed. This was especially evident in Gold Ben as he said, "Not good! n.o.body is left to defend our base in the Taurus Continent! Zhao Hai will attack!" When they heard this, the Supreme Elders' expressions turned ugly. Elder Star immediately said, "Quick, everyone go back to the base. We cannot allow Zhao Hai to destroy it!" After that, all of them flew towards the Taurus Continent with all their might. But unfortunately for them, n.o.body can beat a s.p.a.ce Ability user when it came to mobility. They were bound to be defeated.
When the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p disappeared from the sea, it quickly re-emerged in an area not far away from the Divine Base in the Taurus Continent. After appearing, Zhao Hai immediately took a messenger fish and said, "Bingya, Bingya, are you there?'
Bingya's voice came, "Mister, I'm here."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Good. Listen, have the va.s.sal soldiers prepare. We'll be dealing with the base. At this moment, the base has no Supreme Elder defending it. It's time to attack."
Bingya gave a nod, then he gave an affirmation before putting the messenger fish away and preparing for the attack. Zhao Hai looked at the base and snorted, "It's about time you fall." Then he made the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p advance.
While the s.h.i.+p advanced, its size began to gradually increase. In the end, the s.h.i.+p became the size of a hill. At the same time, Zhao Hai released the scorpion as well as Bubble.
The Divine Race's base wasn't too far from the sea. This was made in order for them to receive supplies much quicker. But this also gave Bubble the chance to show his might.
Zhao Hai's speed was very fast. While advancing, the s.h.i.+p's cannons fired beams of light. Bubble went to the sea and began to make huge waves that crashed towards the base. These attacks caught the Divines off-guard.
Zhao Hai also released a large amount of undead to overrun the base. Although the Divines were fighting back with their cavalries and cannons, their progress wasn't very good.
There were 20 Domain Weapon experts who went out of the base, but they were eliminated instantly by the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p. The s.h.i.+p's attacks were now more powerful thanks to the yin flame. This flame was quite sinister, its attacking strength was nothing to scoff at.
Although it was still daytime and sunlight was the best counter to yin flames, that rule only affects ordinary yin flames. Zhao Hai's yin flames don't have this weakness.
However, the Divine Race's base was built really well. Layers upon layers of protective formations made it hard for Zhao Hai to make a proper attack.
Zhao Hai knew that he couldn't deal with 100 million Divine Race soldiers in a short period of time. And it would be more troublesome if the Supreme Elders arrive. Because of this, Zhao Hai decided to have the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p hit the base head on.
The Divines constructed their base on a mountain, completely hollowing its insides. Therefore, Zhao Hai wanted to use the s.h.i.+p to collapse the mountain in one go.
Outside the base, Bingya, who was preparing to cooperate with Zhao Hai along with the va.s.sal soldiers, stared blankly as Zhao Hai drove the s.h.i.+p to slam the mountain. It looked like a suicidal move.
Bang. The sound of collision reverberated as the mountain collapsed. Dust and debris went everywhere. Some huge rocks even managed to fly towards the va.s.sal soldiers.
Upon seeing this, Bingya became shocked. However, he quickly recovered as he gave an order, "Quickly hide!" The va.s.sal soldiers weren't fools, they couldn't just stand there and wait to be smashed. They immediately scattered in all directions. Zhao Hai's attack gave them an extreme shock.
On the other hand, plenty of Divines inside the base weren't able to run away and were directly buried alive. Although there were people who managed to escape, all of them couldn't help but stare dumbly at what just happened. Their base was just destroyed, they were too shocked to think about escaping.
The Divines had thought about ways Zhao Hai could use to break through their base, and they even made all sorts of precautions. However, they didn't expect that Zhao Hai would use this barbaric method. Moreover, he even managed to destroy everything. The Divines were turned silly. All of their confidence and pride were now gone. For some, the only thing that was left was deep fear!
However, Zhao Hai didn't plan to let them off. The undead encircled the Divine race army. Only a single word was required and Zhao Hai would be able to eliminate all of them.
Chapter 891 – Shock That The Undead Brought
At this time, only 40 million out of 100 million Divine Race soldiers were left. The others were buried under the mountain.
Although the Divines were very strong, the weight of a mountain wasn't something they can just neglect. Those Divines buried were more unlucky than lucky.
Even if those left were already surrounded, Zhao Hai didn't order the Undead to attack. He discovered that those who were left had already lost their will to resist. In this case, there's no point in killing them.
Sure enough, Zhao Hai's thought was correct. Except for a few people, the Divines who were being surrounded had fear plastered on their faces.
At this time, Zhao Hai had his s.h.i.+p go towards the Divines. He looked at them and said, "Put down your weapons. I'll send you to another place, you'll be living there from now on. Those who resist will die!"
The Divines gawked when they heard Zhao Hai. They looked at each other, they didn't know what to do. Then, one person dropped his weapon, then another one followed, then another. It didn't take too long before all the Divines had disarmed themselves.
Zhao Hai looked at the Divines before opening a spatial rift. After the huge rift appeared in the air, Zhao Hai said, "Go in." When the Divines let go of their weapons, they also let go of their dignity and pride. They didn't resist and just accepted their fate as they flew towards the spatial rift.
Naturally, there were some who decided to rebel. However, even before they made a move, the undead were already on the move. Due to them being disarmed, they were too easy to capture.
After most of the Divines had entered the spatial rift, Zhao Hai turned his attention to the collapsed base. He waved his hand as a black gas surrounded the mountain.
The black gas got thicker and thicker. In the end, the entire mountain was covered in the black gas. After completing this, Zhao Hai s.h.i.+fted his gaze towards the va.s.sal soldiers in the distance.
When the mountain base collapsed and the debris went flying everywhere, the va.s.sal soldiers scattered when they fled. Now, they slowly gathered and reformed themselves.
At this time, Bingya and the others went to the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p and bowed, "We have seen Mister Zhao Hai."
Zhao Hai looked at them and nodded. "You've done well. Hahaha. However, you need to tell the va.s.sal soldiers to leave here as soon as possible. I believe the seven Supreme Elders would be here soon."
When Bingya heard this, he paused for a moment before his expression changed, "Mister, I will immediately tell them to leave." Then he quickly flew towards the va.s.sal races.
Zhao Hai turned his head to look at Laura and smile, "While they are leaving, we'll go there for a while." While he was talking, Zhao Hai pointed towards the black fog.
Laura smiled faintly and said, "Alright, let's go." After that, Zhao Hai commanded the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p to enter the black fog and they stayed there.
If other people could see the situation inside the Dark Mist, then they would certainly be surprised. From the collapsed mountains, Divine Race soldiers crawled one by one out of the debris. But this time, all of them had been turned into undead.
The reason why Zhao Hai wanted to cover the mountain with his magic was to turn those who died into undead. This way, his number of undead would be boosted even further.
After Zhao Hai entered the Dark Mist, he immediately opened the monitor to look at the Supreme Elders. At this point, the Supreme Elders had ugly expressions as they flew towards the Taurus Continent. They were already aware that they had been played by Zhao Hai.
After two hours, the Supreme Elders had entered the Taurus Continent, only too see that their base had been covered by a dark mist.
When the group saw this situation, their expressions couldn't help but turn ugly. After some time, Elder Star said, "It looks like we're late."
The anger in Gold Ben's Eyes were quite evident. With burning eyes, he said, "This is Zhao Hai's black magic. He's too ruthless."
Elder Star turned his head to the others and said, "Let's go and take a look. We'll see what Zhao Hai plans to do this time. Be careful, don't go too far from each other. If Zhao Hai is inside the dark mist while we're separated, we won't be able to react to his attack."
The group nodded. At this point, they feel dread upon thinking of Zhao Hai's strength. Because of this, the group didn't separate as they entered the dark mist.
They were peak experts of the Divine Race, their Divine Sense were very powerful. However, they discovered that their divine sense had been limited inside this dark mist.
In the past, Zhao Hai's dark mist wouldn't have been able to do this. But after absorbing some of the Underworld's dark mist, Zhao Hai's own dark mist was able to evolve, gaining the ability to block divine sense.
This was the first time that the Divines had experience this. They had encountered things that can block divine sense, like domain weapons and magic formations. But things like this dark mist was unique.
This was the base that Gold Ben and the others had constructed, so they were quite familiar to its structure. Because of this, they felt that they would be able to leave this base to deal with Zhao Hai. Even if it was attacked by ultimate weapons, it could still hold some ground and buy time for the elders to come back.
However, they didn't expect Zhao Hai to attack their base in a barbaric manner. In the end, the base was actually destroyed by him.
It didn't take too long before Gold Ben and the others came upon their base. In fact, it couldn't be called a base anymore. This was because the entire thing was in ruins, and was just a pile of debris.
Gold Ben and the others stared blankly at the base. To be honest, upon entering the Dark Mist, they already expected their base to be destroyed. However, they didn't think that it would be ruined to this state. It was thoroughly sc.r.a.pped.
At this time, Gold Ben suddenly saw a piece of rock moving. Gold Ben rushed to the area to investigate. Under Gold Ben's eyes, the huge rock turned to the side, revealing a person underneath.
After seeing this person, Gold Ben couldn't help but stare. He knew this person from what he wore. Just from the armor, Gold Ben knew that it was a Divine Race soldier. However, the armor wasn't the one that attracted his attention, it was the weapons that this person had.
The Divine Race soldier had two weapons stuck in its body. One was a two-handed sword and the other was a spear. The spear was inserted on the person's shoulder while the sword was stabbed into his lower abdomen. It can be said that the two points were extremely fatal.
While Gold Ben was looking at the person, the person also turned to look at Gold Ben's eyes. The eyes had no expression, it was the same as the eyes of a dead fish. Then that person moved and slowly took out the weapons stuck to his body. The withdrawal of both the sword and the spear would give a person a very terrible feeling. The sound of friction between the person's bones and the weapons was actually terrifying to hear.
After taking the two weapons out, the person looked at Gold Ben once again before he turned around and went deeper into the dark mist. In the entire process, no person uttered even a single word. Gold Ben and the others were too shocked to say anything.
Once the person flew away, Gold Ben let out a long breath. Those who were with him had difficult expressions. They knew that the person was no longer living, he had been turned into an undead.
Elder Star coldly snorted and said, "Good, Zhao Hai, good. You actually dared to turn my race's soldiers into undead. Unforgivable!"
On the other hand, Gold Ben smiled bitterly. He was the first among them to fight with Zhao Hai. Moreover, the Taurus Divines and Zhao Hai hadn't fought for a day or two, so Gold Ben knew something about Zhao Hai's capabilities. Zhao Hai's strongest subordinates were the undead. And most of the undead were from the Divine Race. Because of this, Gold Ben wasn't too bothered about the Divines being turned into undead.
At this time, jie Yu's voice was heard, "The undead went in that direction. Perhaps Zhao Hai is there, let's go take a look."
Elder Star looked at the other elders before he shook his head, "This place has been covered by the dark mist. It's not good for us if we fight here. We should head out first and then have light magic scatter the dark mist bit by bit. When the time comes, it wouldn't be too late to deal with Zhao Hai. Our divine sense is limited here and Zhao Hai is a divergent ability user. We have very small chances of success at this time."
Upon hearing this, the group nodded, then they proceeded to leave the dark mist. Once they were outside, they immediately casted light magic towards the dark mist.
But to their surprise, once the light magic reached the dark mist, the mist actually scattered. Before long, the mountain was revealed. The only thing was left there was the remains of a destroyed mountain. There was no h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p, there weren't even any dead bodies!
Chapter 892 – Elder Star's Resolve
The expression on Elder Star and the others' faces were quite ugly. When they departed, the base was still in good condition. It has only been a few hours since they left.
They thought that with the soldiers they left here, the base should be able to hold on for several hours. But this time, the base had been destroyed, everyone had disappeared. From the undead that the saw, they already had a faint idea about what happened to the soldiers.
Their faces were ugly not just because of the base being destroyed. They were also quite bothered about Zhao Hai's strength.
The base had 100 million troops defending it. If they were turned into undead by Zhao Hai. they Zhao Hai's undead would have a huge boost in numbers.
At this time, Elder Star turned to look at the camp of the va.s.sal soldiers. Although the camp was also destroyed, the state of its destruction wasn't that serious. In fact, the destruction was purely because of the debris from the mountain. There were no traces of battle.
Elder Star and the others noticed Jie Yu's gaze and also turned their heads towards the va.s.sal races' camp. When they saw the camp, their faces couldn't help but turn uglier.
With clenched jaws, Gold Ben said, "Those fellows really knows how to fight us. They actually endured all this time. The base's destruction surely had something to do with them."
However, Jie Yu shook his head and said, "Not necessarily. The destruction might not have anything to do with them. Don't forget, we've pinched them from getting grain all this time. They would need to hunt and forage for food, they're famished. Moreover, we didn't let them a.s.sist in making our base. They are simply clueless about its structure. In this case, although it is possible that they had sided with Zhao Hai, I think Zhao Hai didn't need their help. It's more probable that Zhao Hai took them when he vanished."
Elder Star nodded, "Correct. With Zhao Hai's strength, he wouldn't need those guys' help. He alone is able to destroy the base.'
Gold Ben didn't say anything. He understood that what Jie Yu and Elder Star said was correct. His earlier words were merely caused by his hatred. Gold Ben calmed himself down before turning his head to Elder Star and Jie Yu, "Who do we do now?"
Elder Star's eyes flashed a cold light, "We can't just eat this loss without retaliating. We aren't familiar with Zhao Hai, so we can't catch him easily. On the other hand, the va.s.sal races have relations.h.i.+ps with the foreign races. We'll target the foreign races. If we do that, Zhao Hai would surely come and look for us. This is much better than looking for him ourselves."
Gold Ben and Jie Yu's face lit up. Although they were also Supreme Elders, their position wasn't as high as Elder Star. And even if Elder Star's weapon wasn't the strongest one, his wisdom was much better then the others. Moreover, Star's ultimate weapon can coordinate other ultimate weapons. This meant that Elder Star was the center point of all the Supreme Elders.
Gold Ben's eyes coldly sparkled as he said, "Right, those foreign race b.a.s.t.a.r.ds had been a headache for a long time. It's about time we clean them up. We can use this opportunity to deal with them in one go."
Jie Yu and the others didn't say anything, but their eyes also had a cold glint. In fact, they had long wanted to deal with the foreign races. However, dealing with the foreign races was not easy. The foreign races were also quite strong. They also had three ultimate weapons. Another point was the fact that the Divines weren't motivated to deal with the foreign races. At any crucial point, someone would always withdraw. Because of this, the foreign races were able to survive up to this point.
However, the situation this time was different. In the past, when they were in the attacking side, they could hit whenever they wanted to hit and withdraw whenever they can. The foreign races simply don't have any way to fight back.
Now, the one being threatened were the Divines. If the Divines don't fight, then they would risk extermination. With them being in dire straits, the entire Divine Race should unite.
The reason why the Divines couldn't unite in the past was because they had different interests. In the previous wars against the foreign races, one Divine race group would fight while the other would be holding back. This would result in one party losing less than the other. In the end, the Divines wouldn't be able to go on to finish the fight, their alliance would break.
This time, the situation had reached to the point of being a threat to the entire Divine Race. If they don't make an effort, then they would be collectively defeated by Zhao Hai. Because of this, n.o.body refuted Gold Ben's proposal. Although Gold Ben was practically alone right now, with the Taurus Continent being cleaned out, Gold Ben was still an ultimate weapon user. He still had the capital to talk.
Elder Star's voice was heard, "We can't be in the Taurus Continent at this time. Let's return to our continents and immediately prepare our soldiers. Make it clear that this involves the life and death of the entire Divine Race. Make them know that this isn't the time to scheme against one another."
The group nodded. Although they were Supreme Elders of their continents, the leaders of the continents were still the respective patriarchs. Supreme Elders couldn't just command the Patriarchs for no reason. Otherwise, the Patriarchs would rebel. Because of this, the Supreme Elders still needed to converse with the Patriarchs.
Naturally, the Supreme Elders still had a high status among the Divine Race. Moreover, most of them came from the Royal Clans. Because of this, their clans typically agree to their decision. But still, it was better to discuss this matter with their respective clans.
Elder Star looked at Gold Ben and said, "Elder Gold Ben, you return with me to the Central Continent. You've been wounded for some time. You need to be cured. We have to be in our peak condition so that we can defeat Zhao Hai."
Gold Ben nodded. After that, Elder Star looked at that Taurus Continent and said, "In the future, we will reclaim this place. Not only would we reclaim it, we will get our hands on the Ark Continent as well."
After saying this, he turned around and left. The other Elders also followed behind as they went out of the Taurus Continent. Actually, their action wasn't expected by Zhao Hai. Zhao Hai was looking at them using the monitor. While they were there, they didn't use any concealing formations. Because of this, Zhao hai can hear their conversation clearly. Zhao Hai didn't expect Elder Star to be decisive and leave immediately.
Zhao Hai just calmly looked at Elder Star and the others leaving, he didn't plan to stop them. Larua, who stood by Zhao Hai's side, said, "Brother Hai, it seems like that Elder Star wouldn't be easy to deal with. He's different from the other Divines. He's arrogant but not to the point of losing his calm. Now they're targeting the foreign races, should we tell Bingya and the others?"
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Right, this guy is good. Especially the ultimate weapon in his hand. If we can get his ultimate weapon, then we can combine the weapons we get. When that time comes, our power level would surely improve. We can even try to see if we can combine it with the h.e.l.l King's s.h.i.+p. If it can, then that would be great."
Laura smiled and said, "Certainly. Brother Hai, since we're not short on money, how about we try to improve those domain weapons and then give them to Blockhead ,Rockhead, and the others. They have no talent for magic formations. So they might as well go out and follow you. This way, you won't need to deal with things by yourself. Wouldn't that be better?"
Zhao Hai thought about it for a moment and then said, "That's reasonable. Let's try that. However, now's not the time. After we produce the first batch of combat suits, then that would be the right time to provide them with weapons."
Laura smiled and said, "Alright. Then Brother Hai, let's go tell Bingya and the others about the Divine Race's plan. We can't have them lose too much. Otherwise, the foreign races might come to hate us."
Zhao Hai nodded, then he turned his head to Cai'er and said, "Cai'er, how are the O'neal family doing?"
Cai'er smiled faintly and said, "Young Master, feel relieved. The O'neal family didn't do any significant actions. They were focused on sending their battles.h.i.+p to support the Aksu Empire. However, their squads on the south were bound to find out about the Demon Realm's spatial rift. What do we do then?"
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "Then just let them go in. Don't forget, the Demon Realm isn't like any other plane. The air of the Demon Realm is poisonous. I want to see if their magic armors could block the plane's poison. If they could, then that would be great."
Zhao Hai already regarded the magic armors to be his. Because of this, the more capabilities the magic armor had, the happier he became.