Chapter 786 – A Brave Soldier Breaks His Arm
After thinking up to here, the Demon Dragon King couldn't help but force a smile. He can now feel pressure from Zhao Hai's strength. Demons who couldn't withstand the attacks would blow themselves up, unwilling to be turned into undead.
However, Zhao Hai actually managed to massacre a large number of Divine Race soldiers and turn them into undead. One must know that the Divine Race were generally stronger compared to the Demons. In this case, for Zhao Hai to turn a large number of them into undead wasn't a good idea for the Demon Race.
But the Demon Dragon King doesn't have the time to think about this right now. Zhao Hai had already started his killing, and the Demon Dragon King knew how strong he was. Although the Demons still had a lot of experts, as long as Zhao Hai can grasp an opportunity, then he could surely eradicate every single Demon here.
Zhao Hai's Domain was still in its drill form as it went about its killing spree. There were some God-rank Demons who wanted to stop Zhao Hai. However, upon meeting the Domain, they were immediately shredded to death.
The Demon Dragon King shouted, "Retreat!" Just as he said that, his Dragon Domain appeared as he slowly drew back. At the same time, his flag kept waving back and forth. It was a signal known to all Demons, informing them to retreat.
Although the Demons were fighting against Zhao Hai's undead army, they were also keeping attention to the Demon Dragon King's flag. Upon seeing the Demon Dragon King's flag, the Demons immediately fought while going in the direction of Demon City.
However, this feat wouldn't be very easy. The small drills formed by the undead were like slippery fishes, retreating from such conditions was very difficult.
This scene also made Zhao Hai understand how the Demons can survive in a place such as the Demon Realm. And at this time, some Demons had stayed behind.
These Demons didn't proceed to retreat, instead, they blew themselves up. This caused resounding explosions from all directions, causing massive casualties among the undead.
After Lizzy and Megan saw this, they knew that the Demons had went all out. They didn't want to fight with the Demons in this situation. Because of this, Lizzy immediately ordered the undead to clump up while pursuing, allowing the Demons more time to withdraw.
But just as the undead drew back, various cavalry units appeared beside the Demon Army before throwing javelins towards the retreating army. Zhao Hai was still using his harassment tactics against the undead, causing more chaos to appear.
The Demon Dragon King couldn't help but feel a pain on his heart. He turned his head and looked at Zhao Hai, who had finished reorganizing his army. Also, the Demon Dragon King can also see undead Demons among Zhao Hai's undead army,
During the battle, there were still Demons who weren't able to blow themselves up. Naturally, Zhao Hai wouldn't let their deaths be a waste, he turned them into undead immediately.
When he saw this, the Demon Dragon King couldn't help but clench his jaws. His hate for Zhao Hai had reached an all-time high. However, he discovered something that made him frustrated. The speed of his army wasn't as fast as Zhao Hai's. Before they had regrouped, the undead were already finished. At the same time, the cavalry units were already on the sides of the Demon Army. It seems like they were boxed in with one side missing.
While the Demon Dragon King was looking at Zhao Hai's army in a daze, two pitiful yells woke him up. The Demon Dragon King immediately turned his head to see a God-ranked expert's separated head and then another God-ranked expert with a hold in their neck. But even then, nothing was seen beside them.
The God-ranked Demon with a hole on his neck was still alive when the Demon Dragon King saw him. However, he didn't dare to blow himself up since he was still in the middle of the Demon Race's formation. If he exploded, then he might take his allies along with him. Because of this, he can only swallow his hatred and normally die.
As soon as the two Demons dies, two spatial rifts appeared right beside them, swallowing them in the process. Then at Zhao Hai's side were another two spatial rifts where two undead Demons appeared. At the same time, an additional two people appeared. One was Berry while the other was someone the Demon Dragon King haven't seen before. This person looked like an assassin, he also had a rapier strapped on his back.
Naturally, this person was Shun. He hasn't been idle after becoming God-rank. Although he had been sparring with Shue, no positive results ever came forth. He was yet to acquire his own Domain.
Shue told him about his experience on how he managed to comprehend a Domain. Because of this, Shun went and looked for a God-rank Demon during the battle and attacked him, hoping to gain insight into his Domain.
In the end, he succeeded. And unexpectedly, his Domain was actually the same stealth type Domain as Berry's. Berry's Domain was a huge hook while Shun's Domain was a rapier.
While the Demons were yet to reorganize, Berry and Shun used this opportunity to kill God-rank Demons. And in order to ensure their safety, Lizzy quickly took them back to the Space before sending them to Zhao Hai's side.
Zhao Hai turned his head to look at their eyes and nodded, "Good, nice job. But don't take such huge risks next time." Then he turned his head back to the Demon Dragon King.
At this time, Lizzy's voice sounded in Zhao Hai's ear, "Big Brother Hai, demon scorpion. Pay attention since the undead are using their javelins."
ZHao Hai nodded, then his figure moved and returned inside the formation. After that, the undead formed the demon scorpion formation, the one they also used back against the Fishmen. Since Zhao Hai wasn't needed at the front, he was repositioned to be at the tail end of the scorpion.
It didn't take a long time before the cube formation changed into the demon scorpion. After seeing this change, the Demon Dragon King's expression couldn't help but turn ugly. He was yet to put his men in order, and now they were clashing again?
The Demon Dragon King couldn’t' do anything but wave his flag, urging the Demons to retreat. Both the elites and average soldiers continued to draw back. And as they were retreating, they were also rearranging themselves.
The Demon Dragon King had small time to think about new formations. This demon scorpion looked more menacing compared to the drill. Some of the troops on the left and right of the Demon Army went forward and clashed with the two claws of the scorpion.
Despite their current situation, the Demon Dragon King was still confident about the strength of the Demons. He believes that even Zhao Hai's undead army wouldn't be able to face the might of the Demons.
However, he was mistaken this time. Zhao Hai simply didn't give them time to reorganize. When the Demons reached the firing distance, the undead immediately peppered them with javelins.
The Demon Dragon King's expression couldn't help but change after seeing the rain of javelins. Zhao Hai didn't use javelins before, but they already lost too much. Now that javelins were back in the fray, the Demon army's losses would surely pile up.
But this wasn't the end. Just as the Demon Dragon King was feeling regret, the skies above him suddenly darkened. A drill formation had appeared from above, and their target was him.
The Demon Dragon King calmed himself down. At this time, changing his position was too late. Just as he was about to be killed, two people suddenly flew up from the side of the Demon Dragon King. The two greeted Zhao Hai's drill and when they were in a sufficient distance away, they blew themselves up.
These two people were God-rank Demons, so their explosions weren't weak. Zhao Hai felt the tremendous impact from the explosion on his Domain. His whole figure shook, his face drained of color. Before long, his advance slowed down before he ultimately led his undead to draw back.
The explosions of the God-rank Demons also caused huge damage to the Demon Army. Aside from the Demon King and others who could support a Domain, nearly 10 thousand 9th ranked Demon were killed from the impact.
However, this didn't mean that the Demon Dragon King remained unscathed, he was also quite injured. But this was the only way to deal with Zhao Hai. If the Demon Dragon King dies, then the whole Demon Army would be finished.
A brave soldier wouldn't hesitate to sacrifice his arm, and the Demon Army didn't lack these brave soldiers. Blood dripped on the corners of the Demon Dragon King's mouth. He knew that fighting would only bring more casualties to the Demons. Because of this, he immediately shouted, "All armies draw back. Return to Demon City!"
This order was quickly passed down to each Demon. The entire Demon Army immediately formed groups before they slowly retreated. On the other hand, there was no way for Zhao Hai to let this opportunity go. Batches upon batches of javelins rained one after another, peppering the entire Demon Army. One could say that every step the Demon Army made, people died. However, they still didn't dare to turn their heads and fight with Zhao Hai. The Demon Dragon King knew that even more deaths would occur if they do so.
Chapter 787 – Drastic Changes In The Icefield
It was a road of death. Every minute, Demons would die. Zhao Hai's javelins were like a weapon of the Grim Reaper. Each volley caused deaths to mount up.
At this time, the Demon Dragon King deeply regretted his decision to continue their advance. Under such attacks, he wasn't sure how many people would survive upon returning to Demon City.
The Demons left on the other cities were completely vulnerable in front of Zhao Hai's army. They were completely unable to stop the attacks.
There was no other way for the Demon Dragon King other than retreat. They were pursued by Zhao Hai up until they reached Demon City. After the Demons arrived, Zhao Hai stopped. He didn't say a single word as he led his undead and promptly turned back. The Demons had a lot of troops in Demon City. It wouldn't be good if they were compelled to desperate methods.
After seeing Zhao Hai retreat, the Demon Dragon King let out a long breath. This time, he had led 30 million troops to battle. But now, the number hardly reached 20 million. In this fight, he had lost a third of his troops.
A lot of Demons died in the last battle. They were very heroic, and if they weren't faced with undead, then they might have already won.
Most armies wouldn't be able to keep their composure if they lost a third of their numbers. Only the strong willed Demons were able to achieve this feat. But even then, they weren't proud of this achievement. It was because they lost, they were completely defeated. Moreover, this wasn't their first defeat in the hands of the same person.
After the Demon Dragon King returned to Demon City, he immediately arranged for those who came with him to take a rest. He also returned to his room to heal himself while also sending a letter to the Great Demon King.
In just one battle, they had lost more than 10 million people. This was something that the Demon Dragon King didn't imagine. In the past, even the Divine Race wouldn't think that a battle in the Ark Continent would take so many lives. There were many wars where the Demon Dragon King lost the same number of men, however, he didn't think that he would do so in the hands of one person.
After Zhao Hai returned to the Space, he immediately arranged people to reoccupy the vacated cities. At this time, the Buddha Empire regained its calm.
Zhao Hai's two battles between the Demons and the Divine Race had spread to the entire Ark Continent. It didn't matter if they were Humans or other races, when they received this news, a scene of jubilation erupted.
However, Zhao Hai didn't idle. He was preparing for another matter, carrying his attack on the Radiant Empire. Zhao Hai was tired of being the receiving end of the attack, he wanted to take shot at the enemy.
Now that the Demons were heavily damaged, Zhao Hai believed that they would stay put for some time. On the other hand, although the Divine Race had lost some people, their major losses were the barbarians and the winged pegasus armies. Because of this, their losses weren't that great, they may send their troops again at any time.
To be honest, Zhao Hai's action was mainly in order to get some goblins. At the same time, he also wanted to see whether he can grab one or two magic cannons from the Divine Race.
When Zhao Hai told his plans to Lizzy, she immediately agreed. Although they had lost some undead in the battle against the Demons, their losses of about a million was still smaller compared to the 10 million from the Demons. The battle was completely their victory.
Since they had lost a little, their overall strength wasn't affected. If they want to attack, they can attack, if they want to defend then they can defend. They still had many tactics that they could use.
Additionally, acquiring goblins for their abilities as well as the magic cannons was something that would benefit their army. Nobody would certainly oppose to this decision.
However, before they could go and deal with the Divine Race, they would still need ample understanding about their structure. They need to think about where to attack from and which place to attack. They wouldn't want a long term battle against the Divine Race.
As Zhao Hai planned his actions inside the Space, various troops had arrived in the Buddha Empire. Zhao Hai had already left orders for the veteran troops to teach the newcomers. Although these people weren't really newcomers when it came to battles, they were still greenhorns when it came to fighting the Demons and the Divine Race. They still need those with experience to guide them.
This matter didn't need Zhao Hai's direct supervision. He just gave some orders and left it all to the other troops. At the same time, he also gave them sufficient supplies while emphasizing that the troops needed to take a rest.
One day, while Zhao Hai was studying the composition of the Divine Race army, Cai'er's voice was suddenly heard, "Young Master, the God-rank potion is finished."
When he heard this, Zhao Hai immediately stood up. With a smile on his face he told Laura, "Call Blockhead and Rockhead over to the Space."
Laura nodded before calling Blockhead and Rockhead over. The two of them already knew about Zhao Hai's plan, therefore they used the past few days to hand their current tasks over as they waited for Zhao Hai's call.
When the two entered the Space, Zhao Hai didn't waste any time and immediately gave them the potions. Then he pushed them to a room and forbade people from disturbing their cultivation.
During the early times when Shue was using the God-rank potion, Zhao Hai was still very anxious. But now, he was already calm. He knew that the God rank potions would work. Unless they forced the potion on a dead person, then they won't have anything to worry about.
Shortly after Blockhead and Rockhead entered the Space and when Zhao Hai was about to resume his study, the Beast King's voice was suddenly transmitted from a messenger fish, "Little Hai, are you there? Little Hai? If you hear me, please talk. It's an urgent matter!" Anxiety was clearly heard from the Beast King's voice. Zhao Hai couldn't help but stare as he immediately took the messenger fish and replied, "Your Majesty, what's the problem?"
The Beast King's voice was heard, "Little Hai, bad news. Large quantities of undead from the northern icefield are killing their way into the Prairie. The Polar Bear Tribe, White Tiger Tribe, and the Blue Hawk Tribe are already fighting them. In addition to undead, there are also plenty of Darkness lifeforms. They are all very strong. If you haven't provided your potions, then these creatures might have already broken through."
When Zhao Hai heard this, his head couldn't help but turn dizzy. But he recovered himself as he said, "What are the losses between the three tribes?" At the same time, the image of the northern icefield appeared on the Space's monitor.
Just as the icefield was shown, Zhao Hai couldn't help but gasp. The everpresent white color of the icefield had completely changed, it had all been turned into black!
It seems like the entire northern icefield has been covered by a dark mist, it was extremely hard to see a thing. And inside this dark mist were large quantities of undead and creatures of the dark. Their activities seem to be absent of reason, but they had completely filled the entire icefield.
At this time, the Beast King replied, "Their losses aren't huge, but the undead are very hard to deal with. They have poison in their bodies. Even the dark mist is poisonous. Although it wouldn't kill people immediately, the poison would impede a person's fighting strength. The tribes had no choice but to return to the Beastman Prairie."
Zhao Hai stared at the screen. He can understand the situation more than the Beast King. These undead and dark creatures were indeed numerous. At the same time, wherever these creatures go, the dark mist would follow them. Both of these influences slowly crept towards the center of the Beastman Prairie.
Zhao Hai immediately replied to the Beast King, "Your Majesty, don't dispatch troops to the frontlines. Instead, have them form a defense in the Prairie. The undead and dark creatures are indeed too many. It is also clear that they aren't under the control of the Demons. Get ready and have the tribes migrate towards the Aksu Empire. I will inform the people of the Empire. I'll be keeping attention to the icefield, I'll report whatever I find."
The Beast King agreed and didn't say anything more. Zhao Hai placed the messenger fish down and slowly stood up. He looked at the screen with enraged eyes. He stopped himself from yelling out, he turned his head to Laura and said, "Inform the Aksu Empire that the Beastman are coming. We don't want any misunderstanding to occur.. I'll be heading to the icefield to take a look and see what is in there."
Laura and the others were also shaken by the news. The group absentmindedly nodded, for a moment they didn't know what to say.
Zhao Hai's figure moved and vanished from the Space as he appeared inside the northern icefield. As he appeared, he was immediately engulfed by the dark mist. Not far away from him was a skeleton. It had a silver white body that looked quite beautiful.
However, Zhao Hai was not in the mood to appreciate things right now. Just as he came out of the Space, a prompt was suddenly heard, "Huge amount of dark energy toxins entering the Host's body. Activating detoxification measures. Toxins have been neutralized. Spatial water can now cure the toxin. Toxin added to the Space's insecticide."
Zhao Hai stared, he didn't think that the poison would be so strong that it could actually affect his body. One must know that the spatial water was a powerful antidote against poisons. For the Space to actually proceed to clear the poison meant that the dark mist was very strong.
Just as Zhao Hai was thinking about the announcement, the silvery white skeleton took notice of him. The skeleton immediately charged towards Zhao Hai. At this time, Zhao Hai paid attention to the skeleton. It was very fast and should have a strength not lower than 8th rank. Moreover, there was a silvery white blade on its hand, a type that was probably made from its own body.
Zhao Hai didn't move, he just stood there and stared at the skeleton. Before long, the skeleton was already near Zhao Hai. It raised its sword up, intending to divide Zhao Hai in two. At this time, Zhao Hai raised his blood ghost staff, repelling the incoming attack. However, Zhao Hai couldn't help but wrinkle his brow.
Chapter 788 – Fuck, This Is Bullshit!
Zhao Hai frowned. Naturally, this wasn't because he was injured. The skeleton was just about 8th rank, so how could it injure him? Zhao Hai frowned because of the raw strength of the undead. Although it was only 8th rank, it's power was surprisingly great. The skeleton was actually as strong as a similarly ranked barbarian.
The barbarians were very strong, they were even stronger than most Beastmen. Although the Beastmen were much stronger than the Humans, they were evenly powered with barbarians. And now, this skeleton was as strong as them? Zhao Hai didn't expect this.
After the silver white skeleton saw that Zhao Hai had repelled its attack, it actually didn't stop. Instead, it moved and went on to kick Zhao Hai.
Once again, this made Zhao Hai stare. Not only was the skeleton strong, it was actually quick as well. Its movement was much nimbler compared to the other undead.
Naturally, compared to the undead from the Space, this skeleton was nothing. However, it was still an extraordinary event that an uncontrolled undead could exhibit these kinds of movements.
Zhao Hai moved his body and blocked the skeleton's attack once more. At this time, the skeleton opened its mouth and let out a very loud roar. As the sound resonated, Zhao Hai scanned the surroundings with his divine sense. All the skeletons around them were unexpectedly rushing towards Zhao Hai. This caused another surprise from Zhao Hai, he didn't think that the skeleton was able to call the other skeletons over. They actually had some sort of communication with each other.
Besides the skeletons in the Space, this was the first time that Zhao Hai saw an intelligent skeleton like this. But he wasn’t afraid. He was planning on capturing these skeletons to see how special they were.
Zhao Hai was certain that these undead weren't from the Demon Realm. Although there were also wild undead from the Demon Realm, these undead weren't intelligent. Moreover, the undead in the Demon realm didn't have this poisonous mist going along with them.
Zhao Hai waved his blood ghost staff and turned it into a large net. He covered the silver skeleton with the net before he flung it into the Space.
As the skeleton entered the Space, a prompt was immediately heard, "Virally positive robot detected. Eliminating the virus, virus eliminated. Discovered robot to be hostile towards the Space. Subduing the robot, robot has surrendered."
"Evolution class robot has been detected. Extracting advantages. All robots in the space can now evolve."
Zhao Hai stared at this announcement before he smiled. He turned his head and looked at the surrounding skeletons who were coming towards him. Zhao Hai waved his blood ghost staff continuously as he threw skeletons to the Space one after another. However, no further prompts were heard from the Space. Moreover, Zhao Hai saw that these skeletons were silvery white like the ones before. They were much darker wood in color, seemingly like bronze.
Seeing that nothing remained in the surroundings, Zhao Hai's body flashed and returned to the Space. Then he turned the silver skeleton into a zombie. After turning the silver skeleton into a zombie, Zhao Hai couldn't help but stare, the zombie was very handsome.
However, Zhao Hai wasn't in the mood to pay attention to its face. He immediately asked, "What is your name? And where did you come from?"
The skeleton quickly bowed and answered, "Answering the Master. I am called Ginko, the place the I was born in is called the Underworld, initially as a low-level undead."
Zhao Hai gawked, then his complexion changed as he said, "Did you just say that you came from the Underworld? Does the Underworld really exist?"
Ginko nodded and said, "Yes Master. I am from the Underworld. I don't know when I woke up, but at that time, I was a low level grey skeleton. But after killing other skeletons and absorbing their soul fire, I turned into a white skeleton. After that, I became a black skeleton and then a bronze skeleton. At the moment, I am a silver skeleton." Zhao Hai looked blankly at the skeleton named Ginko. He didn't think that the underworld really exists. The Underworld was just a plane found in legends. It was even more mysterious compared to the Demon and the Divine Race. And now, there was this skeleton saying that he was from that same Underworld.
The expressions of Laura and the others were also quite ugly. At this time, Zhao Hai looked at Ginko and said, "Just call me Young Master. Since you said that you're from the Underworld, how did you appear here?"
Ginko replied, "Answering to the Young Master, I also don't know. Just one day, a large hole appeared not far away from my territory. I walked into that hole and then arrived here." Zhao Hai's expression turned uglier. He was certain that a spatial rift had appeared in the Underworld, causing Ginko and the others to come here.
Zhao Hai asked once more, "What is the strongest existence in the Underworld? What grade do you belong to?"
Ginko replied, "Answering to the Young Master. The strongest being in the Underworld is the Hell King. However, the Hell King rarely appears, so the true control of the Underworld relies on the God Kings of the various races. I am just one of the lower beings in the Underworld. I am stronger compared to the grey, white, black, and bronze skeletons. Those above me are the gold skeletons, variant skeletons, crystal skeletons, and the skeleton King. There are also the Skeleton Saint, the Skeleton God, and the Skeleton God King above that.'
Zhao Hai nodded. From what he heard, it seems like the skeletons in the Underworld were divided into 12 ranks. Ginko was in the fifth rank and there were seven ranks who were stronger than him. And since Ginko was equivalent to an 8th rank expert, how powerful were those above him?
After thinking about this, Zhao Hai immediately said, "Ginko, how stronger is the rank higher than you?"
Ginko immediately replied, "Young master, gold skeletons are much stronger and faster than me. A single gold skeleton can fight against ten silver skeletons. Variant skeletons are even more powerful than gold skeletons. Aside from having a harder weapon, they also had their own abilities. These abilities are far different than those on the lower ranks. Crystal skeletons are an evolution of the variant skeletons. Aside from having the abilities of the variant skeletons, crystal skeletons are a qualitative improvement to the variant skeletons. Skeleton Kings are the ones above crystal skeletons. Skeleton Kings have the ability to subdue crystal skeletons to be their subordinates.Then there are the stronger skeleton saints who have the ability to control the heaven and the earth around them. The rank higher than skeleton saint is the skeleton god. Their control over the heavens and the earth would become much more formidable. As for the skeleton god king, I'll have to ask for forgiveness, I haven't heard about them."
Zhao Hai nodded, he can somewhat understand how these skeletons were divided. The details of their power was more pronounced compared to the Humans. From what he understood, controlling the heavens and the earth was actually the Domain. That is to say, unless one becomes a skeleton saint, then they would become Demigods on the verge of comprehending a Domain. Skeleton Gods would be the God-ranks who had their own Domains while skeleton god kings should be Saint Gods. As for the Hell King, Zhao Hai believed that it may be a cultivator like Lu Wei. Zhao Hai thought for a moment before asking another question, "Are there a lot of skeleton saints in the Underworld?"
Ginko nodded and said, "There are plenty of them in the Underworld. Not only the Skeleton race, the Zombie race, Lich Race, Magic Beast Race, and other races have saint level or above. As for their number, I don't know. The Underworld is ust too big. And although the Skeleton race are most numerous creatures, we aren't actually the strongest. Compared to the other races, the skeletons could be called weaker."
The frown on Zhao Hai's face turned tighter. He didn't expect this development. Silver skeletons were as strong as 8th ranks. Gold skeletons should not be far from being 9th ranks. This would make variant skeletons medium grade beings in the Underworld, and their number should be uncountable.
Now that a spatial rift to the underworld appeared, beings from the underworld would start to flood the Ark Continent. When that time comes, the Ark Continent would gain yet another strong enemy.
After thinking about this, Zhao Hai couldn't help but get angry. He couldn't bear it anymore as he cursed, "Fuck, this is bullshit!" After Zhao Hai arrived at the Ark Continent, he had always been a very careful person in maintaining his personal image. He was almost always polite in his speech. Although he didn't care too much about how the nobles view him, he was now the representative of the Buda Clan, and he needed to preserve his clan's face. Because of this, he had always chosen the words coming out of his mouth.
However, he couldn't bear it this time. There were already the Demons and the Divine Race who wanted to take the Ark Continent. But now, there is the legendary Underworld. This development had completely disrupted Zhao Hai's plans. So how could he not be angry?