Chapter 603 – Perverted Bubble
This ape has been frozen in ice that has not been melted in about thousands of years. The Beastman and the beast now looked like an ice sculpture.
Zhao Hai stopped in mid air and stared at the frozen ape, Laura and the others did so as well. The Diamond Ape looked very peculiar. He wore a very simple sleeveless leather armor, there was no way to keep his arm from getting cold. Apart from the leather armor, the ape also wore a beastkin cloak. And on his hand was an iron spear.
At the same time, the ape that was behind the Diamond Ape was much larger than the giant apes of the Diamond Ape tribe. It also appeared much sturdier. The ape has the eyes and expression of someone that was anticipating an attack. The two of the were like soldiers that were preparing for battle.
Zhao Hai looked blankly at this scene, he took a good long time in silence. Although the beast and person was already sealed for thousands of years, their imposing aura still remained. It was for certain that they were formidable soldiers when they were alive. Only elit warriors had this kind of fire in their expressions. They had an aura of someone who had gone through a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. Their single step was enough to frighten a child.
Laura and the others looked at the frozen person and beast with not so good expressions. Their faces had paled, noticeable frightened by the Diamond Ape and his beast.
Before long, Zhao Hai recovered, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "I guessed correctly! Thes ice beasts did indeed have something to do with the Beast God's Spear! Hahaha. It seems like the Divine Artifact is in this ice pillar."
"Brother Hai, I'm a little scared." While Zhao Hai was drowning in happiness, Laura's shivering voice sounded out. Zhao Hai turned to Laura and saw that their faces were a bit pale, they were indeed quite frightened.
Zhao Hai immediately understood the matter and then said, "Alight, you go back to the Space first. I'll go to the ice pillar myself and look for the Beast God's Spear."
Laura and the others complied as Zhao Hai transferred them back to the Space. Zhao Hai didn't expect that Laura and the others would be frightened by this.
However, his thought changed as he understood the feelings of Laura and the others. Although they had experienced a lot of matters, they weren't very familiar with a genuine battlefield. Most of the time, they were looking at the scene from the monitor, just like how someone looks at a movie in a television. But now, they were looking at an enlarged version of an image which was almost the same as the actual person. The aura of the beast and beastman was too overwhelming that it was not a mystery why Laura and the others were frightened.
Zhao Hai gently shook his head, he didn't care about this matter. After all, he didn't want Laura and the others to go through this path in the future. They weren't necessary in the battlefield, Zhao Hai was already enough.
After Laura and the others entered the Space, Zhao Hai immediately flew forward. The more he went forward, the more Diamond Apes he had managed to come across. All of these Diamond Apes were the same as the first one. All the them had the same expression, leather armor, cloak, as well as iron spear. With their companion beast at their back, and their mouth roaring, they looked like an army that had declared their presence in the battlefield.
Zhao Hai slowly went forward. Although he couldn't wait to get the Beast God's Spear, he wasn't worried much about that anymore. He knew that the pillar certainly had clues regarding the Beast God's Spear. With the expressions of these people as well as the ice beasts, Zhao Hai knew that he had reached the core part of the icefield. Therefore, the more he proceeded forward, the more calm he became.
After flying for quite some time, Zhao Hai found out that there were no more Diamond Apes in front of him, so he stopped again. He immediately narrowed the monitor to see that there was a neat square formation in front of him, composed of frozen Diamond Apes. And in front of the square stands one Diamond Ape.
Zhao Hai immediately focused the monitor on this man. He was very tall for a Diamond Ape, towering at about 3 meters. The ape that stood behind him was much more astonishing at a height of 15 meters. He was holding a spear in his hand, but it wasn't pulled back. The iron spear was stabbed at something in the front.
Zhao Hai quickly discovered that the spear that was stabbed was quite unique. Zhao Hai reckoned that the Diamond Ape that wielded it must have been the Patriarch of the Diamond Ape tribe.
But when Zhao Hai saw what was being stabbed, his eyes couldn't help but narrow. It was not an animal, nor was it an ice beasts, it was actually a small pool!
A small pool! Not a big pool. It's diameter was about five meters, and seemed to be as deep as it was wide. The water in the pool was dark blue, much bluer than the sky. It's color seems like it could penetrate into a person's soul.
Zhao Hai looked at the poll in a daze. Suddenly, the water in the pool started shaking, and Zhao Hai also noticed that the Beast God's Spear was similarly shaking. Following that, an ice beast suddenly jumped out of the pool. The ice beast seemed to be afraid of the Beast God's Spear. When it saw the spear, it immediately ran away.
Zhao Hai stared at all of it as it happened. Until now, he was still unsure of the spear, but now he was certain that it was the Beast God's Spear. It was because inside this place, except for the ice beasts as well as the pool, everything was frozen. Only the spear was not frozen in ice.
Zhao Hai understood that the pool must have been the true core of the entire Northern Icefield, and that the Beast God's Spear has been suppressing it. But in fact, it didn't manage to fully seal it, which explains the appearance of the ice beasts. The ice beasts didn't know what to do, so they decided to just attack Tess and the others.
Zhao Hai saw it as a very interesting turn of events. The Patriarch of the Diamond Ape tribe suppressed the pool with the Beast God's Spear which in turn causing it to spawn the ice beasts that were attacking the Diamond Ape tribe.
Zhao Hai let out a long breath as he smiled faintly. Then his figure moved as his actual body appeared inside the ice pullar.
Zhao Hai was now standing right by the Diamond Apes and its Patriarch. He calmly looked at the spear that the Diamond Ape Patriarch was holding. It looked just like any ordinary spear, black, and had a ribbon wrapped around its shaft. Its tip was as red as blood.
Then Zhao Hai felt the intense fighting intent of the spear, it was very frightening as it caused Zhao Hai to take deep breaths. Just as he was about to deal with the pool, he suddenly noticed the ice walls around him started to move.
Zhao Hai thought that it was just an ice beast. But when he looked at it, he suddenly froze. This wasn't an ice beast, it was a person!
No, it wasn't exactly like a person, but an ice person, someone made entirely out of ice. These ice people were all in the forms of women. They wore court lady dresses and had fluttering dark blue belts. They looked like dancers with their attire and belt, it was very beautiful.
The faces of these ice people were beautiful as well, but it didn't show any expression. Their hairs were fashioned into an attractive swirl, something Zhao Hai had not seen before, but was still very beautiful.
From what Zhao Hai can see, there were 12 women who appeared on the ice wall. All of their appearances were the same. Zhao Hai thought that they looked like the beautiful ancient ladies on television back on Earth. Their clothes and their expressions were very pure.
At this time, the hands of the 12 women started to move towards Zhao Hai. Zhao Hai stared for a moment before his figure moved and disappeared from his location. Then he appeared right next to an ice man as he opened a spatial rift and absorbed her into the Space.
When the iceman entered the Space, the Space immediately issued a prompt, "An Ice Fairy has been detected, detected to be hostile to the Space. Changing its internal programming. Change completed."
When Zhao Hai heard the prompt, he immediately understood. This ice people were actually just like the stone golems. They can technically be called ice golems, but they weren't as big.
Zhao Hai became serious and before long, he had absorbed the 12 ice people into the Space. After absorbing the icemen, Zhao Hai looked around in order to see if there are any other danger. When he didn't discover anything else, he then went to the pool.
The water in the pool fiercely moved, but the Beast God's Spear kept stopping it completely.
Zhao Hai looked at this scene and didn't dare to be careless. He opened a spatial rift and then absorbed the entire violent pool into the Space. In a blink of an eye, the pool became completely empty.
When the pool entered the Space, a prompt was then heard, "Massive amounts of water element energy detected. The energy is very hostile to the Space. Changing its program, change completed."
When the prompt finished, Zhao Hai's body immediately flashed into the Space. Then he discovered that the Profound Ice pool that was already in the Space has become the pool in the ice pillar. Just as Zhao Hai had become curious, a bubble suddenly separated itself from the pool and then floated towards Zhao Hai. Then the bubble suddenly said, "This one has seen the Lord!"
Zhao Hai stared, he didn't think that a bubble would be able to speak. At this time Cai'er arrived and said, "Young Master, I feel like this bubble is just the same as me."
Zhao Hai looked at Cai'er, he knew that Cai'er was a spirit that was born from the seven-colored flower. Was this bubble also a spirit that was born from the pool?
Zhao Hai turned to the bubble and then said, "Don't call me Lord, just call me Young Master. Are you the spirit of this pool?"
The bubble replied, "I am indeed, Young Master. I'm the spirit of this pool. If the Young Master doesn't want to call me spirit, I'm also called the Myriad Water."
Zhao Hai affirmed his speculation, then he referred to the 12 iceman and said, "Are these 12 icemen your creations?"
The bubble replied, "Yes, Young Master. I don’t know when I appeared here, but when I awoke, I was already in that place. Then some people came and suppressed me. I couldn't do anything and struggled. I was afraid and thought that those things might help. So I made those 12 people."
Zhao Hai knew that the people that the bubble was referring to was the Beastmen. But he felt strange. The bubble didn't know about the Beastmen, but yet he was able to make ice beasts. This was a bit too weird, so Zhao Hai immediately asked, "So you made those ice people? And what about those ice beasts?"
Bubble replied, "I also don't know. In any case, when I awoke, the figures of those ice people and ice beasts were already inside my mind. So I chose to make them. Young Master, don't you think that those ice people are very beautiful?"
Zhao Hai stared, then his head felt very dizzy. Was this really the spirit of the Myriad Water? Why does it sound like a wretched old man? The words of bubble completely destroyed the image that Zhao Hai had of him in his mind.
Zhao Hai couldn't help but shake his head as he asked once more, "So you really don’t know anything? Where you come from? Then how did you know that you are the spirit of the Myriad Water?"
The bubble replied, "I just knew that I am the spirit of the Myriad Water just as I woke up. That, and the images of the ice beasts and the ice people."
Zhao Hai went silent, he didn't know how to proceed. This fellow does seem to have severe amnesia. He waved his hand and then said, "These ice men, can you receive them?"
The bubble nodded and then said, "Naturally. After all, these things are made by me." Then the 12 ice fairies turned into blue waters and then flowed into the pool, completely vanishing from sight.
Zhao Hai then turned his head to the bubble and said, "Starting today, you are called Bubble. Come with me, we'll be heading out." Then Zhao Hai took Bubble along with him out of the Space.
When Bubble disappeared, the Beast God's Spear seemed to look back to normal, Its intense fighting aura had disappeared, it had returned to its base state.
Then with an intention, Zhao Hai received the Beast God's Spear along with the Diamond Ape Patriarch and his giant ape. At this moment, a prompt was heard from the Space, "Item with weak spirit detected, strengthening the item's spirit. Updating it's program, update complete."
Zhao Hai looked at the spear and knew that it indeed had an Artifact Spirit. This was because the prompt that was just heard was the same as when Iron Hammer was sent to the Space. Zhao Hai was now thinking about what kind of Artifact Spirit this Beastman Divine Artifact had.
Chapter 604 – Bloody War
A group of blood suddenly flowed out of the Beast God's Spear and slowly formed into a large drop. This drop had a huge stench of blood. Then the drop wobbled as it reshaped itself into something like person's figure that was as tall as someone's arm. The figure slowly changed before it grew an ape head, four arms, and two feet.
The head of this ape looks like the Diamond Ape tribe, but Zhao Hai hasn't seen a race with four arms before. The figure wore full body armor while each of its four arms held something, a shield, a spear, a blade, and a morningstar. The belt on its waist had the head of a fierce tiger.
Before long, the Artifact Spirit had finished forming itself.
Zhao Hai was somewhat surprised at this Artifact Spirit. He had seen Artifact Spirits before like Mu'er and Iron Hammer. But Mu'er looked like a child, one which didn't look like a threat. Iron Hammer looked just like a proper Dwarf. On the other hand, this Artifact Spirit looked like someone born for slaughter. His body was filled with the smell of blood, one that only an experienced War General would have.
A Wargod, this was the first word that came into Zhao Hai's mind after seeing this Artifact Spirit. And extremely aggressive Wargod, one that lived of for blood and battle.
While Zhao Hai was surprised at the Artifact Spirit, the Spirit turned to look at Zhao Hai as it gave salute with its four arms and said, "Bloody War has seen the Master."
"Bloody War!" Zhao Hai repeated the two words in a low tone. This name might sound careless, but Zhao Hai had an idea of the implications of this name. This was because from the ancient times to the present, the actions of the Beastmen had always been in line of these two words. Bloody War.
Beastmen wouldn't flinch in front of adversity. As long as they were issued an order, they would immediately execute it. Bloody War, fight to the last person, nobody was allowed to retreat. This was the meaning of these two words.
Zhao Hai recovered and looked at Bloody War and said, "Just call me Young Master. Bloody War, Iron Hammer already told me about the matters in the Ark Continent. Do you have anything to add to it?"
Bloody War shook his head and said, "I don't. Young Master, Iron Hammer and me descended from the Divine Realm at the same time. The experiences that we had are similar as well. What Iron Hammer knew was also what I knew."
Zhao Hai nodded and then said, "Alright, then that's that. I'll go hand you over to the Beastmen. Do your best to protect them, understood?"
Bloody War immediately replied, "I shall, Young Master!" Zhao Hai nodded, but when he was about to exit, Bloody War said, "Young Master, please help this Diamond Ape."
Zhao Hai gawked, then he turned to look at the frozen Diamond Ape Patriarch. He was confused as he looked at Bloody War and said, "They're already dead, how can I help him? Moreover, their bodies have been petrified, my Dark Magic is useless."
Bloody War shook his head, "No, no, Young Master. They are indeed dead, but their bodies are not petrified. You can use Dark Magic in order to turn them into undead. The Patriarch of the Diamond Apes has a very special talent called War Flag. This ability acts just like a War Flag on the battlefield. Every single soldier under his command would get improved, increasing the combat effectiveness of his army. That year, he relied on this ability to take his expedition deep into the Northern Icefield."
Zhao Hai was surprised, this was the first time that he heard of such an ability. But this was indeed something great. If he had these Diamond Apes and turned them into undead, their fighting strength would certainly be formidable.
Zhao Hai nodded as he had a black fog appear and penetrate into the bodies of the Diamond Ape Patriarch and his giant ape partner.
The black gas permeated into their bodies very quickly, Zhao Hai also felt a connection to the two. But at this time, the corpses still remained unmoved.
Zhao Hai stared, the Space had already transformed them into undead, 9th rank undead. How could these 9th ranks still get stuck in ice? Is this a joke?
Zhao Hai face suddenly changed as he said, "Bubble, come over here, what's wrong with them?"
Bubbles appeared in front of Zhao Hai and looked at the Diamond Ape Patriarch as well as the giant ape. Then he turned to Zhao Hai and said, "Young Master, they've been frozen in Myriad Ice. This ice is frighteningly cold, one would be frozen into almost indestructible solid. Anything frozen by Myriad Water would find it near impossible to recover."
Zhao Hai stared, then he asked, "Can you melt this ice?"
Bubbles seemed to look strangely at Zhao hai, "Young Master, this ice is essentially me, so I can definitely control it. If Young Master wanted to take the ice away, you can already do so anytime. You've gained the same ability as me."
When Zhao Hai heard Bubble, he immediately tried to melt the ice with his mind. The ice surrounding the Diamond Ape Patriarch and the giant ape immediately became water and flowed into the pool.
When Zhao Hai saw this happen, he couldn't help but feel relief. Then he looked at Bubble and then turned his hand before a red crystal appeared. He held the crystal in front of bubble and said, "Bubble, in the place that you've stayed, were there things that are like this?"
Bubble looked at the crystal and then nodded and said, "There's plenty, but they are colored white, some of its energy also came from me."
Zhao Hai became happy, the myriad ice and the red crystals were very good things. Zhao Hai turned his head to Bubble and said, "Is the entire Icefield really covered in myriad ice? Are there any special things inside?"
Bubble shook his head and said, "Young Master, those are just ice that were there for thousands of years. Only those infused with my energy can be said to be real myriad ice. The ice pillars as well as the ice in a radius around it can be considered to be myriad ice. At the same time, the snow on a certain radius around me has also been infused by my energy. I named them myriad snow. Although they aren't as good as the myriad ice, they can still prove very useful."
Zhao Hai nodded, then his body flashed as he went outside, Bubble was also right beside him. Then Zhao Hai said, "Take the snow and the ice away. Then we'll find that white stones that you said and bring them to the Space.
Bubble complied as he started to rotate. And along with his rotation, all of the ice in the surroundings started to change into water as it slowly got absorbed into his body. Before long, the giant ice pillar as well as the surrounding ice had returned to Bubbles' body. At the same time, the snow all around had also started to get absorbed by Bubble. When everything stopped, what was left was a giant pit. The giant pit originally contained the myriad ice. Also, there were no more snow present on a radius outside the pit.
Zhao Hai turned his head to Bubble and then saw that there were no changes to its size. Zhao Hai looked confused at Bubble as he asked, "You just absorbed a lot, why haven't you grown up?"
Bubbles looked at Zhao Hai's eyes as if he was confused at Zhao Hai's question, "Young Master, I am an origin of water. Even if you load my body with all of the water in this world, I still won't get big. Actually, after these things enter my body, they just exist in a much smaller form. If Young Master doesn't believe it, you can see it for yourself." Then Bubble came closer to Zhao Hai's eyes.
Zhao Hai looked into Bubbles' body. Bubble wasn't big, he was only the size of a football. He looked dark blue but he was still quite transparent. When Zhao Hai looked carefully inside Bubble, he can faintly see some very small bubbles. In one of the bubbles, Zhao Hai can see the ice pillar, there were also a lot of ice inside as well as the snow. The bubbles were so small that if Bubble hadn't informed Zhao Hai, he couldn't even see these things.
Zhao Hai became shocked, he didn't expect this. He looked at Bubble and said, "Can you store anything in your body?"
Bubble shook its head and said, "No, I can only store things that are related to my nature, like water, ice, snow, fog, and so on."
Zhao Hai nodded, he also wasn't disappointed. His Space's Warehouse was very big and was able to store all kinds of things. So there was no need for Bubble to have the ability to do the same.
Zhao Hai then turned to Bubble and said, "What if I want to use those things? Do I still need you to get them?"
Bubble nodded, "Right, they're in my body. If Young Master wants them, you'll have to ask me for permission."
Zhao Hai's face seemed to turn black, he looked at Bubble and then said, "After going back to the Space, go give those things to Cai'er. Have her store it to the Warehouse. Then go back to the pool and don't come out if I don't call you."
Bubble snorted, but Zhao Hai still looked at the Icefield and said, "Are there any other good things here?"
Bubbles nodded and said, "There is. If you walk towards the north, you would see a ball of wind. Because of that ball of wind, my life in the icefield has become miserable. Every single year, it blows air towards me, it's very annoying."
When Zhao Hai heard Bubble, his eyes couldn't help but shine. This ball of wind might actually be another good thing.