Chapter 719 – Hook!
A Domain is basically a technique in utilizing one's own ability. At the same time, a God-rank who had a Domain would be able to absorb energy much more efficiently.
This was something that Zhao Hai had found out when he used his Domain. However, he still wasn't able to convey this information over to Shue and Berry. This was because Zhao Hai didn't comprehend his own Domain. Shue and Berry can only rely on themselves for this matter.
Every God-rank that comprehended their Domain would be able to more skillfully exercise their strength. An action that made them use all of their strength from before would only take half after getting a Domain. At the same time, their execution time would also be 40 percent quicker compared to before.
The Pope and the others couldn't help but stare blankly at Shue. They didn't know what just happened, and why such a thing occurred.
The Pope and the others weren't God-ranked experts, so their understanding about God-rank wasn't that much. Since the Divine Race controlled the Radiant Church, then it was naturally for them to restrict crucial information regarding these things. Moreover, the Radiant Church didn't expect that God-ranks would emerge from the Ark Continent. The situation was just like what Zhao Hai thought. The reason why the Ark Continent wasn't able to produce God-ranks was due to the machinations done by the Divine Race.
In order to achieve their goal of conquering the Ark Continent, the people from the Divine Realm began to make their preparations after their first failure. They first sealed the passage from the Ark Continent to the Divine Realm. This passage was as old as the laws of the Ark Continent. If one were to look at it, the Ark Continent was a plane that was much lower than the Divine Realm. The strongest people in the Ark Continent were nobodies once placed on the Divine Realm. It was for this exact reason that the Divine Race deemed it proper for them to enslave the people in the Continent. In their view, the higher planes should rule the beings from the lower planes. After all, their strengths and abilities were much stronger in comparison.
However, the people in the Ark Continent didn't want to be slaves to the Divine Race. Because of this, the natives of the continent decided to band together and resist, making the Divine Race suffer a loss. Being unable to conquer a lower plane was a huge embarrassment to the Divine Race. To make sure that the blunder wouldn't happen again, the Divine Race started to prepare for their next move in the past tens of thousands of years.
The Divine Race first gathered a lot of strong people in the Divine Realm in order to forcible seal the passage between the two planes. Although it seems like it was just like blocking a road, it still made an impact to the Ark Continent. After the passage was blocked, God-ranked experts can no longer emerge from the Continent.
And to maintain the position of being superior, the Divine Race refrained from telling too much information, even to those faithful to them like the Radiant Church. Because of this, the Pope and the others were ill informed of the rank a step above from them.
Now when they saw Shue's Domain, even if they couldn't understand what it was, they could still feel the immense pressure coming from it. This made the three of them more careful.
Compared to the three, Shue was much more relaxed. He felt that his energy absorption has gotten quicker. Moreover, his control over his strength has become more streamlined. At the same time, he was also made aware about how to use his Domain.
Shue felt that his Domain was like a Space of his own. In this space, he can control everything. All attacks coming from outside would be much weaker and all attacks that he made seemed to double in power once used within the Domain.
Shue slightly closed his eyes, understanding his own Domain. This was the Domain that he comprehended himself, so it didn't take long before Shue understood it completely.
Shue opened his eyes and looked at the Pope's group. He coldly snorted as his hand moved, pointing the blood red greataxe towards them.
The Pope stared for a moment, then he felt that he had been placed in a dangerous situation, he immediately opened his sacred scripture and then chanted, "God decrees that all your attacks shall be withstood by me. All suffering shall be bent by faith!" Then a huge angelic figure appeared in front of the Pope. There was a beastskin belt around its waist and it was completely covered in wounds. At the same time, there was also bloodstains on its clothes, it looked very fierce.
This angelic figure was actually a legend in the Radiant Church. It's called 'guardian angel', it was said that this angel would bear the sufferings of a thousand believers. But in truth, this legend was just an advanced level light magic.
Then the Divine Race established the Radiant Church, they had also taught the light mages modified light magics. These light element spells were mystical, they felt very sacred when used. The sacred feeling was felt whether these spells were made to attack or defend.
This trick has been useful in the past as well as in the present. In the past, people thought of these spells as miracles. Now that the Church had a lot of followers, these magics were always thought to be actions made by the angels, they were made with divine power.
Shue's axe continued to chop towards that angelic figure. Then the angel went alive, it issued a pained moan as its head split into two. However, that was it, Shue's axe was stopped, it couldn't continue on after splitting the angel's head into two.
Shue stared, then immediately made another attack towards the Pope. At this time, the sword bearing Archbishop rushed over, swinging his sword towards Shue. When Shue's axe projection hit the sword, both attacks nullified one each other.
Then the Pope opened his mouth and chanted, "God decrees the annihilation of the enemy. All enemies shall be punished. All enemies shall be suppressed. All enemies shall be subjected to the punishment of light!" Then when his voice fell, a blinding light suddenly came from the sacred scripture. This light was brighter than the sun, one couldn't help but close their eyes upon being subjected to the glare.
Shue couldn't help but block his eyes as well. On the other hand, Berry called out in alarm. Then after judging the situation, the Pope immediately said, "Deal with the Succubus first. Then we'll deal with the axe wielding man."
The two Archbishops immediately made their moves. Their bodies almost flashing towards Berry. Zhao Hai couldn’t help but change his expression upon seeing this. He knew that Berry had suffered some wounds. This was because light magic had an innate strength against Demonic beings. And the recent attack was the sacred scriptures light magic.
However, Zhao Hai didn't make his move. He knew that if he helped Berry right now, then she would forever be unable to comprehend a Domain. Because of this, Zhao Hai continued to stand there.
Berry saw the two Archbishops coming over and couldn't help but stare for a moment. Then she quickly moved and clashed towards a red robed Archbishop. At the same time, Shue also sent an attack towards the Pope, intending to lessen the burden placed on Berry.
However, it seems like the three people of the Radiant Church had their tunnel vision towards Berry. Even though Shue had made an attack, they still went straight towards Berry, making her fall into an unprecedented crisis.
Zhao Hai prepared himself to move at any time, but still decided to stay his hand. This was Berry's most critical time. People can break through at a moment of life and death. If she misses this opportunity, then Berry might find it difficult to develop her own Domain.
Berry's body had already reached the state of being able to comprehend a Domain. The only thing that she lacks was the opportunity to do so. Therefore, Zhao Hai decided to give Berry this opportunity to face life and death.
Actually, before this moment, Berry knew that nothing would happen to her. She believed that Zhao Hai wouldn't allow to have her be injured. This kind of thinking became a barrier to her breakthrough. Only when she comprehends a Domain would she get away from being a Demigod and become a Full God.
When the three people from the Radiant Church started to aggressively attack, Berry suddenly forgot Zhao Hai, she forgot about everything. The only thing in her mind right now was how to evade the Pope and the other two's attacks as well as how to counter. At this moment, Berry's Demonic blood finally activated, restoring her true Demon nature.
Under everyone's gazes, Berry's appearance suddenly turned pale before she vanished from sight. The Pope and the two Archbishops couldn't help but stare upon seeing this happening. Then the furiously roared and attacked Berry's original position. However, the only thing that they hit was thin air, nothing else.
The moment Berry vanished, Zhao Hai couldn't help but faintly smile. Then he closed his eyes and sank his divine sense towards the small figure on his upper dantian. Then the eyes of the small Zhao Hai opened, his hair waved calmly as he released a formidable spiritual fluctuation all around Zhao Hai's body. Then everything was made clear, when those fluctuations returned. Zhao Hai couldn’t help but gawk at what he saw, it was actually a siege hook!
Right, a siege hook, one that was used to climb walls. This fly hook was looked more formidable than the ordinary fly hooks that Zhao Hai saw back in ancient times. There were five fingers on this hook, they were no bigger than a person's finger. From what Zhao Hai can see, it seems like this hook was modeled after Berry's hand.
Chapter 720 – Divine Race Arrives
The giant hook had a rope with it. This rope was made out of innumerable filaments that looked like hair, they looked terrifying.
Zhao Hai slowly withdrew his divine sense. He understood that this hook was just like Shue's greataxe, it was Berry's Domain.
Berry's Domain looks like it had three functions. First was providing her with stealth. Moreover, compared to general stealth ability, her Domain seemed to provide a higher level stealth. Even light magic wasn't able to break this Domain.
The second function was possibly to pull the enemies over. Otherwise, the hook wouldn't have this form. However, Zhao Hai was also sure that there were more to it than pulling enemies over.
The third function seemed to be a mental attack. The rope on the hook looks like Berry's hair, making Zhao Hai think that it would make mental attacks.
And just as Zhao Hai thought about it, the giant hook went flying and grabbed onto the shields of the Pope and the other two. When the hook reached two shields, the shields immediately shattered. However, when it came to the third layer, the hook got deflected. This was largely due to the staff bearing Archbishop to being very careful. Without the extra shields, the Pope's group would've already been killed.
The Pope's group couldn't help but cry out in alarm. They didn't know what happened, but they saw that two of their shields had just shattered. But then, they immediately thought of Berry's abilities. They knew that Berry was capable of stealth, so this hidden attack should have come from her.
However, they were still yet to find even Berry's shadow. The Archbishop with the radiant staff just made a few more protections around them, providing them with additional support. At this time, Shue moved.
Shue has been paying attention to the Pope and the others' movements. When he saw Berry vanish, he couldn't help but stare for a moment. Then he immediately smashed their layers of protection. Right now, there was only a single layer of protection left for the Pope and the others.
Berry didn't let this opportunity go. She grasped the rope and threw it towards the Pope and the others, entangling them in the process.
At this time, Zhao Hai discovered that the three people from the Radiant Church were staying still, just looking blankly in the distance. They weren't any different from clay or wooden statues.
Zhao Hai understood that these three people had been enthralled inside Berry's mental attack. They weren't even thinking about their battle with Shue and Berry, they didn't move a step.
Zhao Hai was already aware that Berry and Shue had won. Although their three enemies had three divine artifacts, the artifacts were already deemed useless. After all, they were only artifacts, they weren't real and independent God-rank experts. Because of this, even them were unable to leave Berry's mental attack.
Under Zhao Hai's sight, Berry held her hook and gently attached on the last layer of the Pope's shield. Then she gripped her hook tightly as she made a final pull to break the Pope's last shield.
The just as Berry was about to grasp the Pope's head, proceeding to kill him, a while light suddenly appeared from the sacred scripture. This stopped the attack while at the same time, awakening the Pope and the two Archbishops.
At the same time, Shue sent several axe projections towards the Pope. And even if the Pope's group didn't respond, the sword of judgement suddenly separated itself from the red robed Archbishop and proceeded to block all of Shue's attack.
After blocking the attacks, the radiant staff also flew up and released a lot of defensive shields all around the Pope's group. This made the Pope's group stare at the sudden change. However, they immediately turned ecstatic. As they opened their hands to receive the divine artifact, an archaic voice suddenly came, "Those who attack the servants of the Divine Race shall receive punishment!"
Berry and the others turned towards the direction where the voice came from. Then from the newly descended land, an old person with white robes suddenly appeared. Both the beard and hair of this person was all white. This made him look like a wise old sage.
Berry and Shue became startled, they knew that this was certainly a person from the Divine Realm. This person appearing wasn't good for them. Their plan to eliminate the Radiant Church has just been placed into disarray.
The Pope's group were overjoyed, they immediately knelt down and said, "We've seen the sacred master. Your loyal servants give their best regards."
The Divine Race person seemed to ignore the greeting of the Pope's group, he just nodded and said, "Get up, useless things. You really can't do things well, but since we can't do it without your effort, then I shall save your lives today."
As soon as the old man finished speaking, he suddenly heard a sneer, "Still daring to recklessly boast. They are already monkeys in the cage, and you still dare to guarantee their safety. I want to kill them today, let's see if you have the ability to stop that."
This made the people stare, then they turned to Zhao Hai. Shue and Berry's figures moved and returned to Zhao Hai's side. On the other hand, the old man actually gawked, he looked startled towards Zhao Hai's direction.
Zhao Hai looked at the Divine Race person and then coldly snorted, "I completely hate you Divine Race people. You still had the gall to be proud even if you haven't stepped a foot on the Ark Continent. I am going to kill these three today, you want to stop me? Then try it!"
The old Divine Race person's eyes flashed a cold light. He returned with a cold snort and said, "Good, good. I didn't think that the Ark Continent would actually have God-rank experts. Also, even if we haven't reached the Ark Continent, then how does that matter? I can still command the divine scripture, radiant staff, and sword of justice to attack you. Just by your own strength, it would be impossible for you to block out attack. Do you dare to meet my attack?"
Zhao Hai replied, "Then try it. I will certainly kill those three today, turning them into my own undead. At the same time, i shall also snatch your divine artifacts away."
The old man got angry, he said, "Arrogant! Ignorant and arrogant! You actually dared to disrespect this God. Suffer death!" Then he waved his hand as the sacred scripture opened up and released a sword of light towards Zhao Hai. At the same time, the radiant staff also gave of a dazzling white light, beaming an offensive light spell towards Zhao Hai. Then the sword moved forward to attack. The path of the sword of judgement was quite peculiar. It actually made a huge arc, intending to attack Zhao Hai's back.
These three attacks weren't simple. The sword of light that came out of the sacred scripture was an overbearing attack. Moreover, in addition to being overbearing, it also exerted pressure. The pressure was akin to an attack by a God-rank expert.
The offensive light magic was a soul attack, it was very formidable. And finally, the sword of judgement was quite peculiar. Even if one can see it, it was extremely silent. Other than sight, no other sense was able to feel it.
If an average person were to meet this attack, then they would definitely be caught off guard. However, Zhao Hai wasn't a simple person. He didn't take these attacks seriously, then he suddenly said, "Thunder!"
Then nine beams of lightning came out, clashing with the attack made by the radiant staff, eradicating it in the process. Then Zhao Hai continued, "Mountain!"
A huge mountain suddenly appeared in front of Zhao Hai, blocking the sword of light. Although the sword of light managed to make a huge hole in the mountain, it was still stopped.
Then Zhao Hai said, "Swamp!"
The word caused a huge swamp to appear behind him. This swamp didn't look anything special, but when the sword of judgement collided with it, it seemed to be mired in a sticky web. Its speed got slower and slower before finally stopping in place.
Zhao Hai waved his hand as the three artifacts was pulled over to his body. The three artifacts didn't have enough time to run as they were immediately grasped by Zhao Hai. Just as they struggled, Zhao Hai immediately threw the three artifacts towards the Space. Upon absorbing the three artifacts, the Space quickly issued a prompt. "Items with light energy detected. First item is an evil extinguishing book. The second item is a sacred staff. The third item is evil executing sword. Virus program detected in each of these items, negatively affecting their performance. Removing the virus, virus removed successfully. Extracting light energy from the three items. All light element robots in the Space have now been upgraded to God-rank. The three artifacts has been integrated to the Blood Ghost Staff. Host can now judge a person, allowing the host's marked target to receive 50% more damage. Host's light magic has been increased by 50%!"
Zhao Hai listened to this prompt with a blank expression. He couldn't respond to the influx of information. He didn't expect this result, it was completely out of his expectations. The light-element undead had actually become God-rank. This was extremely good, this was because he had a lot of light-element undead!
Chapter 721 – Using the Trigram
Zhao Hai had clashed with the Radiant Church in many instances. Although not everyone in the church were light mages, they still held the majority of light mages and light attributed warriors. Additionally, Zhao Hai also killed a lot of magic beasts who had an innate talent in the element of light.
From the moment they were born, the bodies of the residents in the Ark Continent had their own attribute. Let's take Meg, for example, she had the water attribute, so she was well suited to studying water magic. Therefore, there were quite a few people and beasts who had the light attribute. And some of them weren't under the Radiant Church.
If Zhao Hai's calculations were correct, then all of the light element undead that the Space had numbered almost 10 thousand. In other words, he now had the same number of God-rank undead.
However, after asking Cai'er, he knew that these God-rank experts were only Demigods. This was because they had no Domain. Unlike the 500 God-rank Assassins who was actually found out to have their own Domain.
Zhao Hai was confused about this in the beginning. However, he changed his mind when he began to understand. These God-ranked Assassins were brought up because of Shiying. Shiying himself had his own Domain, so this achievement had also manifested on the 500 undead Assassins. On the other hand, although the three artifacts were formidable, they were still artifacts in the end, unable to manifest a Domain. Because of this, the light element undead weren't able to have a Domain.
After thinking up to this point, Zhao Hai couldn't help but sigh. The Space was indeed quite rigid. When talking about fighting strength, three 9th ranks with divine artifacts weren't any worse than Shiying, they might even be stronger. However, since they were artifacts and not people, the artifacts themselves were unable to establish a Domain. Because of this, the Space only extracted their strength and upgraded the undead, it didn't bother itself with giving the undead a Domain.
However, Zhao Hai was still quite satisfied. No matter what, the Space now had 10 thousand God-ranked undead, about 1 out of a thousand undead were now God-rank. This made Zhao Hai smile. One must know that people with light element attributes were quite rare in the continent. If he hadn't exterminated the Radiant Church, then he wouldn't have this many God-rank undead.
But to be honest, Zhao Hai's true happiness wasn't because of this matter, it was actually about the usage of the Dao Lotus. The Dao Lotus was extremely wonderful, it can attack, defend, help in absorbing energy, and even help in comprehending the Heavens. This was truly a top class treasure. However, Zhao Hai's understanding of the Dao Lotus was just limited, he hadn't even understood half of it.
The three characters that he had shouted before were actually about the eight trigrams: thunder, mountain, and water! The eight trigrams is separated into eight sections, Heaven(Tiān), Swamp(De), Fire(Huǒ), Thunder(Léi), Wind(Fēng), Water(Shuǐ), Mountain(Shān), Earth(Dì).
When Zhao Hai acquired the power of the Dao Lotus, he also acquired the method of using the trigram. Using the trigram was quite convenient, as long as Zhao Hai says the character, then he would immediately get the corresponding knowledge in order to execute it. Moreover, each character's might was very formidable. Zhao Hai only used three characters in order to block the attacks of three Divine Artifacts, this was hard evidence towards the formidability of the trigram.
After experiencing how strong the trigram was, Zhao Hai was now more confident regarding his own capabilities. With the help of the trigram, Zhao Hai was assured that he wouldn't be any worse than any expert from the Divine Race.
Zhao Hai was now very clear about how fierce the trigram was. If hadn't used the trigram and only depended on his strength, the most he could do was to block the three divine artifacts, nothing else. Now that he had used the trigram, not only was he able to block the attacks, he was even able to capture the artifacts. For Zhao Hai, this was definitely a good result.
Contrasting Zhao Hai's happy harvest, the old Divine Race man didn't know how to react. He didn't expect that their side would actually lose three divine artifacts!
One must know that even in the Divine Realm, divine artifacts were still quite rare! In fact, what Iron Hammer told Zhao Hai before had some mistakes. Iron Hammer said that the Divine Race was strong, this was true, however, Iron Hammer didn't elaborate the fact that divine artifacts with their own spirits were also very rare. Artifacts with artifact spirits were also deemed to be on the top of the item echelon in the Divine Realm. Otherwise, the ancestors of the three major races wouldn't have entrusted their race's fate to Iron Hammer and the others. And if those kinds of Divine Artifacts were quite common, then the Divine Realm wouldn't have been ruled by the Divine Race, but instead, by the Divine Artifacts!
The three artifacts that the Divine Race had sent to the Radiant Church was meant to resist Iron Hammer and the others. However, since Iron Hammer and the others were injured, the Radiant Church managed to suppress their races quite easily without any intervention from the races' divine protectors. Because of this, an issue appeared on the Radiant Church, the succeeding generations actually forgot the initial purpose of the three artifacts. This caused them to worship these artifacts, using them as little as possible. The Radiant Church had become unskilled in using the artifacts. In the end, the Radiant Church wasn't able to eliminate the other races and just continued to suppress them.
The Divine Race's appearance in the rift as well as their modification of the laws didn't come without a price. The land that descended actually had a protective shield. This shield wasn't used to guard against the people from the Ark Continent, instead, this shield was used in order to prevent any damages to the land as it fell down towards the Ark Continent. The shield was too formidable that it actually saved the falling land from being destroyed.
However, because this shield was too formidable, the Divine Race couldn't just forcibly remove it, making it impossible for them to invade the Ark Continent immediately. Only after seven days, when the new land gets stable would they be able to proceed with their invasion. Aside from their Divine Sense, the Divine Race were unable to enter the Ark Continent.
This flaw gave Zhao Hai a huge advantage. The Divine Race person had underestimated Zhao Hai, he expected that he could just command the divine artifacts with his Divine Sense in order to kill Zhao Hai. He didn't anticipate that the other party would actually take the divine artifacts for himself.
When he felt that his connection to the divine artifacts were severed, the Divine Race person couldn't help but be angry as he loudly shouted, "Brat, you dare! Return those artifacts immediately, or else, I shall shred you to bits!"
ZHao Hai gave a cold smile and said, "If you have the ability, then come. In the meantime, I shall be dealing with your dogs." Then Zhao Hai waved his hand as a giant palm appeared and grabbed towards the Pope.
The Pope was surprised, he sidestepped the attack as he muttered an incantation, giving himself a protective light element shield.
However, even if he was fast, Zhao Hai's giant palm was faster. Just as the Pope made his move, Zhao Hai's hand already captured him. And with zero delay, the hand clenched itself, completely crushing the Pope's whole body. After a short and pitiful squeak, the Pope had turned into a pile of mush.
After that, Zhao Hai threw the Pope's body towards the Space. He wanted to see whether the Pope can still be turned into undead or not.
He can! Although the bones had been crushed, the Pope was still turned into an undead This was due to the two requirements of making an undead, one was the flesh and blood, and the other was the soul. The soul, flesh, and bones were just materials in making undead. One could compare it to making a sword where you need to use iron, fire, and hammer. The bone was like iron, the flesh and blood was fire, and the hammering was like the magic spell. Even if the iron was broken, it can still be merged together, and as long as there was fire and a hammer, then the sword can still be made.
Upon seeing this, Zhao Hai didn't become polite, he immediately did the same to the two red-robed Archbishops, then turning them into undead creatures.
The person from the Divine Realm had a pale complexion as he looked at Zhao Hai's actions. He didn't expect Zhao Hai to have this much courage. He actually dared to kill he people of the Radiant Church in front of the Divine Race's eyes.
One shouldn't just look at how the Divine Race treats the Radiant Church. Although they were seen as dogs, the Divine Race was still very satisfied with the church's work. After all, the Divine Race wouldn't be able to break through the space and change the continent's laws without the help of the Radiant Church. He just promised the Pope's group that he would save their lives. However, Zhao Hai was still able to kill them, for the Divine Race, this was an absolute shame.
After looking at the Divine Race person's complexion, Zhao Hai couldn't help but smile faintly, "Divine Realm friend, I had always been waiting for your arrival in the Ark Continent. In fact, I already prepared a lot for this to happen. However, the Demons suddenly appeared, this derailed my plan. This should have derailed your plan as well. At this point, we are in the same starting line. As long as your people arrive in the Continent, then I will immediately have you pay for the lives of the people in the Ocean Waves Dynasty. I'm very hoping for your quick arrival, I can't wait to kill several people from the Divine Race."
The Divine Race old man looked at Zhao Hai, and with clenched teeth he retorted, "Just you wait. When we arrive in the continent, I shall personally remove your bones one by one. I shall then go to your family and then feed them to the dogs!"
Zhao Hai looked at the old man and then coldly smiled, "I'll be waiting for you. Don't disappoint me." Then he brought Shue and Berry along with him as they turned around and leisurely walked back to the continent, purposefully making the old man's eyes turn red.
But what this Divine Race person didn't see was Zhao Hai's pale face just as he turned around. This didn't signify that he was afraid of the Divine Race, nor was it because he had a hard fight with them. On the contrary, he was very satisfied with today's result. Berry and Shue were able to comprehend a Domain, and he even managed to acquire ten thousand God-ranked undead as well as three divine artifacts. Today truly brought him a great harvest.
The reason for Zhao Hai's ugly expression was because of anger, he was raging at the Divine Race. These people simply didn't see the residents of the Ark Continent as people. Their arrival in the continent showed how they regarded the people of the continent. Compared to the Demons, it seemed like they were much worse.
Zhao Hai had an understanding regarding the Demon Race. He knew that the Demons lived with the rule of the jungle. The weak could only be either food or slaves, nothing else. But this characteristic made it sure that they wouldn't just wantonly kill people. After all, an alive slave was much better than a dead one.
Although the Demon Race's final goal was acquiring the Ark Continent and killing every single resident inside it, Zhao Hai discovered from their actions tens of thousands of years ago that this was might not be the case.
From the nature of the Demon Race, they would surely change their mind. It was possible that they didn't want to eliminate everyone inside the Ark Continent, they also want to rule the place.
On the other hand, with how the Divine Race sees the people of the Continent, they would absolutely not be lenient. This can be seen in their previous action. In order to make their target, the Divine Race actually made the Radiant Church sacrifice an entire country's worth of people. If the Divine Race were to use this mentality in dealing with the Ark Continent, then the residents surely wouldn't be able to live proper lives.
When Berry and Shue saw Zhao Hai's expression, they didn't say anything. Although they weren't aware of Zhao Hai's thoughts, they still saw what happened to the Radiant Empire. They too were seething with rage.
The number of people in that country wasn't small, and the Radiant Church actually killed them off. In the end, only 1 thousand people, all of whom were the core of the Radiant Church, were left. All others weren't spared, this was too ruthless, it wasn't strange for people to be angry at this.
After some time, Zhao Hai let out along breath, calming his emotions. Then he lead his group back to the Space as they entered the villa. Upon entering, Zhao Hai immediately said to Laura, "Laura, inform all the armies in the Buddha Empire to rotate the defense and focus on the Radiant Empire. The attack of the Divine Race would truly be fierce. Focus all future defense strategies towards them. As for everything else, leave them to me!"
Laura nodded, then went along to follow Zhao Hai's directions.