Chapter 809 – The Demon Realm and the Underworld
The Underworld was a very mysterious place, but that was in the Ark Continent. The Demon Realm actually held some understanding about the Underworld.
One can say that the relationship between the Demon Realm and the Underworld was somewhat similar to the relationship between the Ark Continent and the Divine Realm. The Demon Realm was quite like a subordinate realm of the Underworld but not really a lower realm. If the two realms were to fight, then the Demons weren't necessarily afraid of the Underworld's residents.
Because of this, the Demon Realm knew about the Underworld. The Underworld's strength was very formidable. If the Demons wanted to defeat them, they needed to pay a steep price.
Most importantly, the Great Demon King knew about the Underworld's dark mist. Although it looked common, it was actually the Underworld's ultimate weapon.
Not only was the dark mist toxic, it can also turn dead people into undead. The people of the Demon Realm were full of vitality that they can still blow themselves up. This made it hard for Zhao Hai to turn them into undead. However, this wasn't the same case when it came to the Underworld. Demons who blew themselves up can still be made into lich and ghosts by the dark mist. The Demons weren't afraid of both the Divine Race and the Ark Continent, but instead, they were terrified of the Underworld. The Underworld was their complete nemesis.
And now, the Underworld had arrived in the Ark Continent. It would take a lot of time and energy in order to repel them. Most importantly, the Demons had also opened a spatial rift. Rifts can be opened easily but closing it would be difficult. If the spatial rift couldn't be closed, then the creatures of the Underworld would arrive at the Demon Realm soon. With this in mind, the Great Demon King happily agreed to Zhao Hai's proposition.
Upon hearing the Great Demon King, Zhao Hai finally understood what was up. He looked at the Great Demon King and said, "If Your Majesty agrees, then that would be great. You can enter the Space at any time you want, but I hope you won't be too anxious about it. It would be best to lead me to the Demon Realm first so that we can transfer those left behind. You and your army will stay here and help me contain the Divine Race. We should also do our best to hide the fact that we had become allies."
The Great Demon King looked at Zhao Hai and said, "You really won't forgive them?"
Zhao Hai coldly snorted and replied, "Of course. Those people are just from one of the 13 continents of the Divine Realm. But they used blood sacrifice on my people. There's no way for me to let them go."
The Great Demon King took a deep breath, then he turned to Zhao Hai and said, "Alright, I'll go with your arrangements. However, our matters needed to be prepared as well. I need to go back and take care of it."
Zhao Hai nodded, "If Your Majesty need to send me information, you can use this. It can directly send word to me." Then Zhao Hai took out a bottle. Naturally, it contained a messenger fish.
The Great Demon King looked curiously at the small fish. When Zhao Hai explained its uses, the Great Demon King couldn't help but be surprised. He didn't expect a thing like this to exist.
It didn't take long for the Demon Dragon King to think how useful this thing would be during war. If this thing was present, then relaying commands would be more efficient.
Zhao Hai didn't give the Great Demon King more time to revel on the fish as he led the Great Demon King to return to his chariot. After the two had sat down, Zhao Hai said, "Your Majesty, since we already arrived at a conclusion, then I won't extend my stay. I have to go back and arrange things. At the same time, I'll be dealing with the Divine Race."
The Great Demon King nodded and said, "Alright, I have things to take care of as well. I'll talk to you soon."
Zhao Hai nodded, then just as he was about to leave, the Great Demon King stopped him, "Mister, wait. I just want to ask. That sword you were stepping on, it looks just like the one I've seen on the immortal cultivator. What's that about?"
When Zhao Hai heard the Great Demon King, he couldn't help but laugh as he took his blood ghost staff. "This is not a sword. My staff has an ability to transform into many things. I just used the staff to make a flying sword. As you can see, I'm just doing it for fun."
The Great Demon King gawked, he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. The reason he revealed his secrets to Zhao Hai was precisely because of the flying sword. He didn't think that it was just a prop.
After Zhao Hai bade farewell to the Great Demon King, he immediately returned to the Space. Inside, Laura and the others were waiting for him. After Zhao Hai came back, the women immediately went forward to greet him.
They were also made aware of Zhao Hai's meeting with the Great Demon King. Because of this, they came here in order to see its progress. They just didn't expect things to go smoothly.
After Zhao Hai sat down, Laura said, "Brother Hai, I didn't expect the Great Demon King to accept your proposal that easily. Wasn't it too easy?"
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Maybe its just because we don't understand how important a good environment is to the Demon Race. Berry, am I correct?"
Berry herself was a Demon, so she had the most understanding about how they think among the people here. When she heard Zhao Hai, she quickly nodded and said, "It would be impossible for the people of the Ark Continent to understand just how important a good place was for us Demons. To be honest, I don't find anything strange about how easily the Great Demon King agreed to Brother Hai's idea. On the contrary, it would be strange if he declines. In order to live in an environment like the Space, we would do anything, even providing faith power."
Zhao Hai nodded, he already knew that the Great Demon King would accept his proposal long before he spoke it. He could clearly see how infatuated the Great Demon King was when looking at the Space.
With the Demon Race's matter taken care of, another chunk of worry was lifted off of Zhao Hai's heart. Finally, he can focus on dealing with the Divine Race. At this point, Zhao Hai didn't care about the Underworld. In any case, those low level undead would just be more manpower to him.
The Underworld was just too big compared to the Ark Continent and only low level undead were could be seen on the parts that were covered with the dark mist. In other words, the Ark Continent was just too small that stronger undead had yet to take notice.
Even so, the Underworld had already occupied the Northern Icefield as well as a third of the Beastmen Prairie.
After discussing the Demons with Laura and the others, Zhao Hai changed the topic to the Divine Race. Zhao Hai looked at the current progress of the Divine Race and discovered that they have gone further than what he expected.
Zhao Hai turned to Lizzy and said, "Lizzy, what's happened? How could the Divine Race advance this fast? Haven't you controlled their speed?"
Lizzy smiled faintly and said, "I did. However, I didn't slow them too much. It would be best for us if they arrive at the Accra Mountains sooner. We can block them there while dispatching troops towards the Radiant Empire. Once they turn back to help, then we'll hit them seriously. By the time they reach the Empire, they should have lost about 50% of their total numbers."
Zhao Hai looked at Lizzy as he took a deep breath. Then he turned to Laura and said, "Laura, is it just me or Lizzy has become more and more evil as time passed. I'm a bit afraid now."
Laura giggled. Lizzy didn't let this go, she went to Zhao Hai and twisted his side. Megan turned her eyes and said, "We learned from you. You're the most evil one here!"
When Zhao Hai heard this, he sported an angry look and said, "Alright, if I'm evil, then I will show you how bad I can be!" Then he grabbed Megan and threw her over his shoulder as he went inside a room. Laura and the others just giggled, nobody followed.
Laura and the others weren't jealous, Zhao Hai had treated each of them fairly. Moreover, he was very fond of them. Whatever they wanted to do, Zhao Hai would certainly allow them. If they want something, then Zhao Hai would provide.
There were some people who say that when one's love becomes too deep, it could make a person disregard their own gains and losses just to be with someone they love. Laura and the others were currently feeling this right now. They only wanted to make Zhao Hai happy, anything else was irrelevant.
Zhao Hai also felt the same for them. Although he was quite busy, his wives were always on his mind. At this point, they were even more important to him compared to the Buda Clan.
Zhao Hai was not the type to pursue longevity, status, or power, becoming a cold and unfeeling person. In his mind, if a person's most basic feelings were gone, then even if one becomes a god or a fairy or an immortal, what use would life be? What would be the difference between you and a piece of rock? A rock lying there, if one wouldn't touch it, then it would stay there forever. However, would you envy that rock? No, nobody would envy that rock. It's because you're alive, and that was a rock! People who were cold and unfeeling were like this rock, completely lifeless and bland.
Chapter 810 – An Astute Great Demon King
The Third Prince was feeling very proud. He's currently running free in the Ark Continent. The harassment attacks were simply useless to his army. The Third Prince felt an overwhelming sense of power, he felt like a wargod.
While the Third Prince was feeling good, Thunder Yun's face was quite ugly to behold. He was currently getting more and more worried. He didn't know what Zhao Hai was planning. Why would he push them onward? There was surely some plot happening.
As a battlefield veteran, Thunder Yun knew that formidable enemies wouldn't oversee opportunities to make a move. But at present, he couldn't understand Zhao Hai's actions.
Although he had received word about the Ark Continent's migration, he didn't care too much about it. In Thunder Yun's mind, the residents of the continent had nowhere else to go to.
They came from the Ark Continent's upper Realm, so where would the Ark Continent move? Compared to the Ark Continent, the Divine Realm was more familiar about the planes around it. The Divine Race knew very well that there was no other plane that can accept the Ark Continent's residents. Therefore, Thunder Yun only gave that report a glance before ignoring it.
In addition to ignoring the report, Thunder Yun was also very disappointed with the enemies that were left. He didn't understand why the enemy, who had harassed them since the start, would send such out such an information.
Actually, nobody can blame Thunder Yun. In the end, he was still from the Divine Race. They knew too much about the planes around them. Additionally, their pride was deeply ingrained in their bones. They didn't put Zhao Hai in their eyes, even after suffering such huge losses under his hand.
Since they arrived, they haven't looked at Zhao Hai as their equal. If they did, then Zhao Hai would've had given more problems in dealing with their invasion.
But although Thunder Yun was arrogant, he still had some sense in him to not disregard Zhao Hai. Because of this, he was currently thinking what Zhao Hai was planning. The more he thought about it, the more worried he got. And the more worried he got, the less clear his mind would be. It was a vicious cycle.
At this point, Thunder Yun was hoping for Fei'er to come back and bring him good news. When that happens, he can then make plans accordingly.
However, Fei'er was yet to arrive. Thunder Yun also knew that Fei'er wouldn't be able to get information this quickly, but he still couldn't help but worry.
Zhao Hai didn't know about what Thunder Yun was thinking, he was currently preparing for their attack on the Radiant Empire. At the same time, they were also positioning their people in the Accra Mountains. In fact, Zhao Hai doesn't need to arrange people in the Accra Mountains, but he still did it since he has nothing else to do right now.
Aside from the Divine Race, Zhao Hai was also paying close attention to the Demon Race. After the Great Demon King arrived back at the army, he immediately issued a retreat. This made Zhao Hai relieved, now he only needed to wait for the message from the Great Demon King.
The Great Demon King was also dealing with this matter with importance. Just like Berry said, the Demon Race's desire for a better environment was far beyond what Zhao Hai can comprehend.
Although the Demons couldn't understand the Great Demon King's intent, they still acquiesced due to their faith towards their king. The army was now going back to Demon City.
When they returned to Demon City, the Great Demon King immediately called all the Demon leaders to his room. Before long, everyone was present inside the residence.
After the group sat down, the Great Demon King scanned everyone present before he said, "I went to see Zhao Hai and had a long chat with him."
This wasn't a secret. Almost everyone present here were wondering why the Great Demon King stated something obvious.
Then the Great Demon King continued, "I think everyone already knew about the Ark Continent's mass migration. At that time, I couldn't make heads about the report, I don't know whether it was true or not. But after meeting Zhao Hai, I became certain that the information was true."
Upon hearing the Great Demon King, the room immediately hummed into action. This news shocked them. The mass migration of the entire Ark Continent was too huge to imagine.
The Demon Dragon King looked at the others before he stood up and said, "Your Majesty, the news being true is fine, but why did Zhao Hai confirm it?"
The Great Demon King nodded and replied, "Besides this information, Zhao Hai also told me another thing. And this is important for us. Zhao Hai told me that in the Ark Continent's Northern Icefield, a spatial rift appeared. The this spatial rift is connected to the Underworld!
This information was akin to a bomb exploding in the minds of those present. They didn't expect the Ark Continent to be connected to the Underworld.
The Demons dreaded the Underworld. For a connection to the Underworld to appear in the Ark Continent, this wasn't good news for the Demon Race.
The Demon Dragon King's expression was ugly to behold, he said, "Your Majesty, can you confirm this news?"
Although the Demon Dragon King held great trust towards the Great Demon King, this information was just too shocking, they needed concrete evidence in order to prove it.
The Great Demon King shook his head and said, "I don't know whether this is true or not. But confirming this shouldn't be difficult. At this point, nobody is left in the Ark Continent. So there shouldn't be any danger in sending the Demon Vulture Division to check it out. With their speed, they should be able to quickly confirm the news." The Demon Dragon King held a heavy expression. He knew that if this information was true, then with the Demon Realm being connected to the Ark Continent, the Underworld would soon be crawling towards them.
The Demon Dragon King didn't delay for a minute as he immediately arranged for some scouts to check the situation. Those inside the hall were still thinking about the report, none of them spoke out.
After the Demon Dragon King was done, the Great Demon King looked at him and said, "Have you arranged it? How long will they take?"
The Demon Dragon King immediately answered, "Your Majesty, they should come back the day after tomorrow. Although they wouldn't stop midway, the distance was just too far for them to make it in one go."
The Great Demon King nodded, then he turned his head towards the others and said, "Go back to your camps. We need to wait for news before I can make a decision. This matter is very important for our Demon Race. Demon Dragon, you stay. Everyone else can leave." Then after that, everyone except the Demon Dragon King stood up and gave a salute to the Great King before leaving. Before long, footsteps could be heard outside and it faded into silence.
When nobody else was left, the Great Demon King turned to the Demon Dragon King and said, "Actually, I just had you arrange the scouts so that the others can see it. I believe Zhao Hai wouldn't lie to me. Also, there is one thing left to tell you."
The Demon Dragon King replied, "I guessed that as well. Your Majesty, please tell."
Then the Great Demon King told the Demon Dragon King about everything he talked with Zhao Hai. The Demon Dragon King already knew small things about Lu Wei. When the Great Demon King did his investigations, the Demon Dragon King was present. Therefore, the Demon Dragon King didn't show too much surprise by the news.
After the Great Demon King finished his story, the Demon Dragon King said, "Your Majesty, you mean to tell me that we can move to Zhao Hai's place later on? Is the place really that great?" The Great Demon King was showing how infatuated he was with the place, then he replied, "It's great, very great. It's much better than you can imagine, much better than the Ark Continent. I saw the people from the Ark Continent there as well. Zhao Hai made a place that looked just like the continent. I became quite envious when I saw them."
The Demon Dragon King nodded and said, "Your Majesty's decision is surely correct. However, we need to take care of this matter delicately. We don't want an accident to happen in the process."
The Great Demon King nodded, "I'm also worried about this point. Because of this, we need to make something up, I need you help with this. The days that the Demons would come out of misery has come."
At this point, the Demon Dragon King actually frowned, "Your Majesty, if Zhao Hai is that powerful, then if we enter the Space, how could we assure our safety? We don't have any leverage for him to take care of us."
The Great Demon King gave a faint smile and said, "Zhao Hai is strong, yes, but it's not like he wouldn't get any advantage after taking us in. Don't forget about that thing called faith power. With Zhao Hai's strength, he would surely ascend to the immortal cultivator realm in the future. This faith power should be very useful to him. As long as we enter the Space and give him faith power, i believe Zhao Hai wouldn't treat us unfairly."
When he heard the Great Demon King, the Demon Dragon King couldn't help but frown once more, he said, "Your Majesty, if we do that, then what would be the difference to our current situation?" The Great Demon King immediately replied, "You fool, naturally there are differences. What has that immortal cultivator given us? Our Demon Race had always been living in the Demon Realm, nothing has changed. Also, now that the Underworld appeared, the Demon Realm is placed in peril. Once we move to the Space, then we don't have to worry about those things anymore. We can just give Zhao Hai faith power in exchange for a much better life. In any case, faith power is completely useless to people like us."
Chapter 811 – Showing A Movie?
When the Demon Dragon King heard what the Great Demon King said, he couldn't help but stare for a moment. But then, he finally understood what the Great Demon King meant. Just as what the Great Demon King said, the Demon God was just a fake, feeding off of the Demon Race's faith power. Moreover, the Demon God hadn't given them benefits in exchange for the faith.
On the other hand, Zhao Hai was providing them with a great place to live in, something much better compared to the Demon Realm. At the same time, Zhao Hai was a principled person. If they offer him their faith power, he certainly wouldn't treat them unfairly.
And most importantly, the Underworld had come creeping in. If they don't enter Zhao Hai's Space, then the Underworld would sooner or later clash with the Demon Realm, causing colossal losses to the Demon Race. If they enter the Space, then they would no longer worry about this crisis. For the Demons this was a very huge development.
The more the Demon Dragon King thought about it, the more he thought that it was a good deal. He turned to the Great Demon King and said, "Your Majesty, I also think that this is great for us. We should start our preparations. How does Your Majesty plan to proceed?"
The Great Demon King said, "I'll think about it after the Demon Vulture comes back with information. You take charge here first as I return back to the Demon Realm and arrange for the relocation. In any case, those left back in the Demon Realm had nothing else to do. You must pay attention and coordinate with Zhao Hai to deal with the Divine Race. Zhao Hai said that he wouldn't let the Divine Race off, we'll help him to prove our sincerity."
The Demon Dragon King nodded, "i can do it. But we have clashed with Zhao Hai several times in the past. Those with enmity might find it hard to accept it. Your Majesty need to take care of it."
The Great Demon King smiled and said, "I'll take care of that. As long as they enter the Space, that enmity should disappear into thin air."
The Demon Dragon King nodded, and after discussing further details, he asked to be excused. On the other hand, the Great Demon King looked at the Demons inside the Ark Continent before sighing in relief.
Zhao Hai wasn't aware about any of these, however, he was able to see Demon Vultures. He didn't care about it and just had them look at the Underworld's arrival. In any case, this would prove that he wasn't lying, he doesn't want any bad impressions to stick to him.
Zhao Hai was now ready to confront the Third Prince. It has already been four days after the Third Prince left the Radiant Empire. And in four days, they unexpectedly flew quickly towards the Accra Mountains. One must say that their speed was really quick.
In order for the Divine Race's advance to be quicker, Zhao Hai stopped the harassment. Although their current arrangement for the harassment had no damage to the Divine Race army, it still slowed them down. Zhao Hai stopped so that their speed would be faster.
Thunder Yun was quite uneasy and had repeatedly persuaded the Third Prince to slow down, but unfortunately for him, the Third Prince was at the peak of his ecstacy. The Third Prince had completely convinced himself that he was a wargod. His arrival actually pushed the Ark Continent's residents back. Therefore, how could Thunder Yun stop the Third Prince?
While he continued his futile attempts to stop their advance, Thunder Yun also did a good job as the rear army commander. He also added more people to guard their supply line. He never did think that Zhao Hai would plan to attack the Radiant Empire.
The Divine Race had fought in many battles and in many planes, and never did they need to worry about their base being attacked, nobody dared to do so. It was because of this that Thunder Yun made a fatal mistake.
While the army advanced, Thunder Yun sat on his mount, frowning. At this time, Cloud Ying arrived by his side, he was also frowning as he said, "General, what is Zhao Hai planning? Where are the Ark Continent's soldier? Have they been defeated by the Demons? Otherwise, how come nobody faced us?"
Thunder Yun was also confused, "I also don't know. But Zhao Hai had always given me a feeling of someone who isn't easily defeated. Otherwise, he would have already fallen long ago. Go back and inform everyone to prepare for a fight. Zhao Hai is surely planning something big."
Cloud Ying nodded before he turned around and left. When Cloud Ying left, Thunder Yun took out a beast skin scroll from his chest. On this scroll was the map of the Buddha Empire. This was something he acquired in the Radiant Empire before.
After looking at the map, Thunder Yun muttered, "We're quickly approaching Accra Mountains. Did Zhao Hai sacrifice the Buddha Empire? He wouldn't."
As he was thinking about this, the Third Prince's front army was now able to see the Accra Mountains. The Third Prince was currently sitting inside his sword carriage. The door of the carriage was opened, how was the Third Prince drinking wine on his table. He was alone, looking very free and unfettered.
At this time, a cavalry soldier arrived by his side and said, "Your Highness, the scouts sent a report over. The Ark Continent had made a very solid defense line along the Accra Mountains. Undead creatures were stood above the fortifications, it seems like they are preparing to stop us there."
The Third Prince stared before he laughed and said, "These cowardly Ark Continent people had finally decided to face us. Send this order, have the army accelerate, and break through the Accra Mountains in one go. I want to see where these Ark Continent residents hid themselves."
The cavalry soldier nodded before he passed the order down. Before long, the army's speed quickened as they dashed towards Accra Mountains.
These days, the Divine Race hadn't met a decent attack. This allowed them to feel proud. At this point, they were completely disregarding the people from the Ark Continent.
In their view, this line of defense would be easily broken through. All the proud Divine Race soldiers were rushing forward, turning their formation a bit messy.
Zhao Hai was currently inside the Space, looking at the action made by the Divine Race. He turned his head to Lizzy and said, "These fellows are too impatient, they want to die as soon as possible. Lizzy, is everything prepared?"
Lizzy smiled faintly and said, "Big Brother Hai, rest assured, everything is going according to plan. Look." Then Zhao Hai looked back at the monitor and saw a different angle to the operation.
Along the entire defense line were more than 2000 magic cannons with enough crystal stones to power them. There were also blood lightning javelins present. All of these were prepared in order to deal a heavy blow to the Divine Race.
At this time, in the Ark Space, while people were doing their own thing a voice was suddenly heard in the sky, "Brothers and Sisters from the Ark Continent, if you want to see Mister Zhao Hai's undead battle the Divine Race, then you can go to the center of your city. There, you can see the whole battle."
The voice disappeared after sounding out three times. After the people recovered from their blank stares, they immediately rushed over to their respective city squares. Most of them had only heard about the Divine Race. and now they were able to see them battle against the undead. Naturally, all of them were rushing over to spectate.
When the people had arrived in the city square, a transparent light ball suddenly appeared and then stretched into a rectangle shape. This bright rectangle slowly rose up before it stopped.
The bright rectangle showed the situation in the Accra Mountains. There were Undead and magic cannons everywhere.
At this time, the voice came once more, "In the past few days, the Divine Race reinforcements from the Radiant Empire had entered the Buddha Empire. At that time, Mister Zhao Hai didn't face them in battle, instead, he decided to prepared to meet them in the Accra Mountains. He dragged the army here so that his undead cavalry could attack the Radiant Empire. As you can see, the Divine Race army had come to attack the Accra Mountain."
This rectangular display was very big, with each side at least ten meters long.
The image slowly panned across the Accra Mountains, showing the whole defensive line to everyone. Then the voice came, "This is the defensive line we've built to block the advance of the Divine Race." This description elicited surprise in the crowd.
The Accra Mountain's defensive line looked like giant dragon that was lying down, once couldn't describe how magnificent it looked. At times, the voice would describe certain aspects of the defense as exclamation sounded out here and there.
At this time, the image changed as it panned to the distant horizon. On the image, figures were getting more and more. Before long, the crowd finally saw that these figures were in fact Divine Race soldiers.
These soldiers were full silver body armor while they held their weapons in their hands. They were in a formation as they charged towards the Accra Mountains. The imposing manner of the enemy army caused those watching to be speechless.
The scene of the Divine Race was indeed terrifying. When commoners who haven't seen the battlefield before saw this scene, they were frightened. It was at this point they realized that Zhao Hai had been fighting this army. Their sense of gratitude towards Zhao Hai had also increased.
At this time, the screen showed a red and white lights. These lights went straight towards the Divine Race army. When the red light hit the soldiers, a huge explosion appeared. In every corner of the Divine Race army, these same explosions happen, causing the Divine Race's formation to be in turmoil.
On the other hand, the white lights froze the Divine Race soldiers. Then as they fell to the ground, they shattered into tiny pieces. Upon seeing the damages caused by the red and white lights, the crowd inside the Ark Space had become breathless.