Chapter 812 – The Shocked Third Prince
The Third Prince was blankly looking out front. His hand slowly losing grip on his wine glass. The wine glass finally fell into the table and shattered. But even so, the Third Prince didn't notice it, his hand was still lifted, as though it still held the glass.
In the Third Prince's mind, the Accra Mountains should be as easy to break as paper. As long as they push one, then they would definitely break through. But now, it was obvious that they had underestimated the strength of the Ark Continent.
The red and white light came too fast that most of the Divine Race soldiers didn't even have the time to do protective measures. Sure enough, they were immediately killed.
And that wasn't the only thing, there were also javelins flying out of the defensive line. Naturally, these javelins weren't thrown by people, they were fired using ballistas.
There were more ballistas compared to magic cannons in the defense line. This was because ballistas were easier to make than magic cannons. Moreover, people of the continent were using it more. Thus, there were more ballistas already made compared to magic cannons.
In the past, ballistas deal no damage to the Divine Race. Their arrows were simply useless against the Divine Race's defense.
But now that the blood lightning javelins were made, these ballistas gained their deadly reputation once more. One must know that the ballistas from the Ark Continent were operated differently compared to those found on Earth. What Zhao Hai saw before were armed with one arrow and were pulled by about four to five people, it was quite troublesome to manage.
However, in the Ark Continent, people practice battle qi and magic. This made it possible for one person to use one ballista. Moreover, these ballistas don't only fire one arrow, they can launch five and it won't even affect the firing distance.
Since Zhao Hai's undead were 9th ranks, operating a ballista for them would be extremely easy. In addition to firing five ammunitions, these ammunitions were all blood lightning javelins. Each voller packed an extremely terrifying might.
The DIvine Race soldiers who were about to flood the Accra Mountains were temporarily stunned by the attacks coming from the magic cannons and the ballistas. They can't help it, the firepower as well as the speed was something they haven't seen before.
These Divine Race soldiers were too stunned that many of them forgot to establish their Domains. They seem to just be standing there, accepting the baptism of fire.
It was only after some time that they had recovered. But at that point, a round of attacks had already been done. These attacks obliterated ten thousand people, most of them killed by the explosions made by the blood lightning javelins.
At this time, the Third Prince had also recovered. His face was pale as he loudly shouted, "Retreat, retreat, quickly! Everyone retreat! Get away from their firing distance!"
The Third Prince's frantic response was clearly seen by the people from the Ark Space. The explosions on the battlefield had numbed their hearing. This made those who haven't experienced it before have an overwhelmed expression.
Needless to say, it would only take one look to see that the Third Prince was an important person in the Divine Race Army. At this moment, a voice came, "The person you see on the screen right now is the Third Prince of the Divine Race. He's currently the commander of the entire Divine Race Army."
People had gradually been used to this voice. They really didn't expect Zhao Hai's place to be this magical. Not only could they see the battle outside, they could even hear the sound and have someone provide them with context.
When the Divine Race army slowly retreated and reformed their army, the people from the Ark Space felt relief. Then gasps of shock echoed out from the crowd.
This was the first time that they've witnessed a fight in the battlefield this detailed. The intensity of the clash had exceeded their imagination. But no matter what, since Zhao Hai had repelled the Divine Race army, all of them were quite glad.
On the other hand, the Divine Race were feeling the exact opposite The Third Prince looked at the Accra Mountain's direction before he roared towards his subordinates, "What was that!? Can someone tell me? What just happened!? How could their attacks be that strong?!"
Nobody present dared to speak. In fact, these people were also dumbfounded. The attacks of the Ark Continent was leagues higher than the attacks made from the previous days. Compared to this attack, the attacks days ago was just like a kid's prank.
The Third Prince kicked his table out of the sword carriage. Then with blood red eyes he turned to a cavalry soldier beside him and said, "Go and get me Thunder Yun. I want to ask him how all of this happened." The cavalry soldier nodded before he turned around and left.
Before long, Thunder Yun arrived by the sword carriage, he gave a bow to the Third Prince and said, "Your Highness, might I know why you have called this lowly official over?"
The Third Prince looked at Thunder Yun's expression and felt that he was being ridiculed. His face couldn't help but turn ugly, but since he needed to ask something, he chose to refrain from scolding Thunder Yun. He said, "Thunder Yun, I want to know why the Ark Continent's attacks suddenly became strong. What is this about?"
Thunder Yun looked at the Third Prince and then deeply sighed before giving a reply, "Your Highness, today's attacks are the normal attacks of the Ark Continent. This lowly official hadn't met those weak attacks in the past few days. If the Ark Continent had that kind of attack, then this one should've already conquered it long time ago."
Thunder Yun was telling the truth, but to the Third Prince, it sounded as if he was being scolded. It looks like Thunder Yun was ridiculing his actions.
The Third Prince's eyes turned red with anger as he frantically shouted at Thunder Yun, "Get lost! Take your face away from here! From now on, I don't want to see your face!"
Thunder Yun's expression darkened, he gave a small snort before he turned around and left. Thunder Yun was a decorated War General. His merits in the battlefield was too many that even the Taurus King would treat him politely. But now, this talentless Prince actually dared to shout at him.
The Third Prince looked at Thunder Yun's departing back as he clenched his jaws to the point that blue veins were starting to appear on his forehead. He turned towards his people and roared, "Send the order, attack the enemy. I don't believe that the Divine Race would be stopped by a measy mountain range. Everybody attack immediately! Attack!"
Along with the Third Prince command, the Divine Race army immediately started to attack the Accra Mountain. At the same time, the defenders of the Accra Mountains were also peppering the attacking Divine Race soldiers.
And due to the Third Prince's anger, he had failed to notice something peculiar. It can be seen that the Barbarians and the Winged Pegasus Cavalries weren't doing their best. At the same time, the defenses of the Ark Continent were also only sending them the minimum amount of attacks. It looked like the three were in a tacit understanding.
The Third Prince didn't take notice of this as he focused on ordering his army to go all out. The Accra Mountain's defense line was also something not to be trifled with. The defense's firepower was fierce, it had unexpectedly suppressed the advancing Divine Race.
When Thunder Yun went back to his rear army, Cloud Ying came to him and said, "General, what did the Third Prince call you for? Is the front army's attack not doing so well?"
Thunder Yun snorted but didn't reply, instead he closed his eyes. When Cloud Ying saw Thunder Yun's action, his mind couldn't help but turn blank. Then he turned to the guard that accompanied Thunder Yun and asked him in a low voice about what happened.
The guard told him what occured after Thunder Yun and the Third Prince met. When Cloud Ying heard this, his complexion changed as he turned to Thunder Yun and said, "General, this is going too far! What status did you have? Even His Majesty the King would treat you politely. How could you let the Third Prince just scold you?"
Thunder Yun kept closing his eyes and kept silent. Cloud Ying took a deep breath before he added, "General, what is the Ark Continent planning to do? They were weakly attacking in the past few days, but now they actually turned serious."
Thunder Yun was still closing his eyes refusing to speak. Upon seeing Thunder Yun being unresponsive, Cloud Ying decided to turn silent. It was at this time that Silver Shuke and the others came. And just as the newcomers were about to open their mouths, they were stopped by Cloud Ying. Then Cloud Ying told them about what happened with the Third Prince. Naturally, Silver Shuke and the others also became angry.
Silver Shuke and the others had fought by Thunder Yun's side for a long time. Their respect for Thunder Yun was quite high, even higher compared to their regard for the King. For a trivial Third Prince to scold their general, it was no wonder that they were enraged.
However, these people didn't express their anger loudly. They knew that Thunder Yun was keeping silent because he was thinking hard about the situation.
Silver Shuke decided to stay quiet. At this point, Silver Shuke turned to Cloud Ying and said, "Cloud Ying, how come the Ark Continent suddenly went strong once more after attacking weakly in the past few days?"
Cloud Ying frowned and said, "I don't know. Their previous tactic was quite a headache, so it should have also worked this time, but they didn't use it. Instead, they fortified the Accra Mountains. It's quite confusing, if this is what they've done, then it can only be said that they were intending to drag us here."
It was at this point that Thunder Yun's eyes opened up, his complexion paled as he said, "Not good! Zhao Hai lured us in to restrain us here. He's going to attack the Radiant Empire!"
As soon as everyone present heard this, their complexion couldn't help but pale as well. Their expression showed their disbelief, then Silver Shuke said, "How is that possible? Is Zhao Hai so brave that he would dare attack our main camp?"
Chapter 813 – Anguish
Thunder Yun's expression was ugly as he said, "There's no reason not to. Don't forget, Zhao Hai's overall strength isn't that worse compared to us. Moreover, Zhao Hai is a bold person. We brought a lot of our soldiers this time and left too little. If Zhao Hai wanted to attack the Radiant Empire at this time, then it would surely be dangerous for us.'
The group's expression was quite ugly as well. They really hadn't thought of the possibility of Zhao Hai attacking the Radiant Empire. They thought Zhao Hai wouldn't have enough courage to do so.
However, after Thunder Yun presented his case, they were finally convinced of the possibility that Zhao Hai would attack the Radiant Empire. This result wasn't what they want.
Thunder Yun immediately said, "Quick, have someone be sent back to the Radiant Empire to see the situation. I'll immediately go and see the Third Prince. We need to withdraw the troops immediately." Cloud Ying and the others complied before they turned around and left. At the same time, Thunder Yun directly flew towards the sword carriage. He didn't care about the the Third Prince's anger right now. The Radiant Empire was currently in peril.
However, just before Thunder Yun reached the carriage, he was blocked off by the cavalry soldiers. Thunder Yun's expression turned ugly after seeing the blocking, he immediately said, "Give way, I need to see His Highness. I have an important matter to tell him." The cavalry soldier disregarded his words and said with no emotion, "We'll be unfair to General Thunder Yun. His Highness gave us an order to block you from seeing him. Please turn back."
Thunder Yun roared, "Give way. I want to see the Third Prince. It's related to the Divine Race army's safety. Don't blame me if you still dare to block." The cavalry soldiers were still expressionless, "General Thunder Yun, please turn back. His Majesty doesn't want to see you."
Thunder Yun roared as he began to charge forward. But at this time, the cavalry soldiers actually held their spears and pointed at him.
Thunder Yun was shocked when he saw this, his face was flushed with red as he said, "You bastards, what are you doing? Are you planning a revolt?" The Cavalry disdainfully replied, "General Thunder Yun, we are responsible for His Majesty's security. His Majesty doesn't want to see you right now. For His Majesty's security, we have no other choice but to block you. If you still dare to rush forward, then we will have to attack."
Thunder Yun's face was now pale white, he knew that the cavalry soldier wasn't bluffing. They were special troops that answer only to the Taurus King. Even if those of higher status than Thunder Yun were present, these cavalry soldiers still wouldn't bat an eye."
Thunder Yun let out a long breath as he said, "Then I would have to ask you to tell His Majesty that I have an important report to tell. This concerns the safety of the Ark Continent's conquest." Naturally, the cavalry soldier was still aware of who Thunder Yun was, he hesitated for a moment before turning back to give a report. Before long, the cavalry soldier came back with a somewhat pale expression. He looked at Thunder Yun and said, "General, His Majesty said that he doesn't want to see you. He wanted you to turn back. Also, the General needs to hand over his command token. By the order of His Highness, General Thunder Yun is no longer allowed to give command to any soldier in the Divine Race army." Thunder Yun stared, color drained from his face. Then he looked straight at the cavalry soldier and said, "What did you say?"
The soldier said it once more, "The Third Prince asks the General to hand over his command token. Without any word from the Third Prince, the rear army isn't allowed to make a move."
Thunder Yun angrily glared at the cavalry soldier and said, "You bastards! Do you know what you are doing? Do you know the situation we are currently facing? Let me through, I need to see His Majesty."
The cavalry soldier replied, "Please hand the command token over. Otherwise, we would be forced to make a move."
Thunder Yun roared, he was planning to rush out. He knew that going forward at this time would be courting death. So instead, he would quickly go back to his army and immediately lead them to return towards the Radiant Empire.
But unfortunately, Thunder Yun wasn't given the chance. The cavalry soldiers already knew about his plan. Before long other soldiers came in and blocked Thunder Yun's retreat. Thunder Yun wielded his wooden totem as he struggled to break away from the encirclement.
At this time, Thunder Yun suddenly felt an ominous air behind him. Luckily for him, his wooden totem was quick to block the incoming attack. But even so, the attack was quite heavy, Thunder Yun was shaken by the impact, blood started to flow.
But while he was disoriented by the attack, another spear attack came from behind him. This time, Thunder Yun was unable to block it, and establishing his Domain was already too late. The blunt attack from behind had caused Thunder Yun to lose consciousness.
Behind him was the cavalry soldier who he spoke to. This man was a captain of the division, and he had formidable God-rank strength as well. Because of this, Thunder Yun was rendered unconscious by his attack.
After Thunder Yun was knocked down, the captain waved his hand and immediately two cavalry soldiers held Thunder Yun up. The captain took Thunder Yun's command token away before sending him back to his army.
The cavalry captain also sent the Third Prince's order along with Thunder Yun. He waved his hand to the two cavalry soldiers before he turned and looked at the war in front.
The Divine Race's state in the battle was very disadvantageous. They had already been pushed on several times, but to no avail. They weren't even able to come close to the defensive line. Each wave of attacks from the magic cannons and javelins would reap thousands of soldier's lives.
The Third Prince had never expected their losses to be this much. However, this only made him more determined to push through the Accra Mountains. He decided that once they take the Accra Mountains, they would kill every single Ark Continent resident they would see. Not even chickens and dogs would survive.
At this time, on the rear army, the two cavalry soldiers carrying Thunder Yun had delivered him to his army. This caused the rear army to go into an uproar. Thunder Yun's status in this army was very high. Thunder Yun just went to see the Third Prince, but now he came back unconscious.
Cloud Ying and the others had ugly expressions on their faces as they surrounded the two cavalry soldiers. Cloud Yin looked at the fainted Thunder Yun and angrily said, "What is going on? Who dared to hit the General?"
The two cavalry soldiers were fearless. With a loud and deep voice, they declared, "The Third Prince has confiscated General Thunder Yun's command token. Not only did General Thunder Yun neglect the order, he also tried to rebel. Therefore, the Third Prince's guards had no choice but to knock him unconscious. Additionally, without the Third Prince's order, the rear army cannot take independent action. Martial Law has been established!" Then after the two said that, they rode their mounts as they dropped Thunder Yun's body mid air.
Although the soldiers in the surroundings were angry, they also knew of the status of these two people. Therefore, nobody dared to block them, they were allowed passage as they left.
Cloud Yin and the others looked at the departing backs of the cavalry soldiers with blood red eyes. Cloud Ying quickly went to Thunder Yun and slowly guided his body down to the ground. Cloud Ying held Thunder Yun and called out, "General? General, wake up!"
Thunder Yun fainted due to a shallow force, so when Cloud Ying called out, he immediately recovered his senses. He turned to look at Cloud Ying before looking for the command token. Thunder Yun's face turned beet red when he noticed that the token was gone. He couldn't help but shout, "He wants to kill the Divine Race!!" After saying that, Thunder Yun fainted once more due to excessive anger.
Cloud Ying and the others were very frightened. Cloud Ying immediately took a piece of wet cloth and wiped the sweat away from Thunder Yun's face.
After some time, Thunder Yun woke up and looked at the clouds in the sky as he said, "Cloud Ying, have everyone help the Third Prince in breaking through the Accra Mountains. As long as we can break their defensive line, we can quickly seize the entire continent. At that point, Zhao Hai would certainly stop being a threat to us."
Cloud Ying looked at Thunder Yun and said, "General, your wound?"
Thunder Yun shook his head and said, "I'll be fine. Go and prepare the troops." Cloud Ying complied, then he turned around and left. Thunder Yun slowly sat down and casted light element magic on his body. Then he stood up and looked at the battlefield in the distance, with a cold voice he said, "Zhao Hai, good. You're really daring. You think you can block the Divine Race army with your defensive line?"
Thunder Yun understood that there was no time left for them to turn back and return to the Radiant Empire. Moreover, Zhao Hai would surely not let them retreat easily. Because of this, Thunder Yun decided to break the Accra Mountains' defensive line and then use the Ark Continent's residents as a threat towards Zhao Hai.
Up until now, Thunder Yun still didn't believe that Zhao Hai had moved. For him, it was a totally impossible thing. Because of this, although the Third Prince had taken his command token, Thunder Yun thought of another way. That was to break through the Accra Mountains in the quickest time. Then they would kill the Ark Continent's residents so that Zhao Hai would be the one to turn back.
If Zhao Hai doesn't turn back to help his people, then they can also use the Ark Continent's residents as a bargaining chip to negotiate with Zhao Hai.
Thunder Yun was clear that if Zhao Hai doesn't take care of the people of the Ark Continent, then his position would be in trouble. When Zhao Hai is faced with this situation, he would surely have a hard time going forward with his plans.
Because of this thought, Thunder Yun shifted to another gear. He had Cloud Ying lead the troops to support the Third Prince.
Thunder Yun also knew that with the losses the Third Prince had incurred, he would surely ask for reinforcement soon. If no reinforcements come, then breaking through the defensive line would be slower, and Thunder Yun wouldn't want that.
In the past, Thunder Yun certainly wouldn't attack the Accra Mountains with this method. But now, he had no other choice. If they cannot break through, then the Radiant Empire would be placed in peril.
Chapter 814 – Heart of Earth Fire
Zhao Hai was also aware of Thunder Yun's plan, but he wasn't worried even for a bit. The defenses of the Accra Mountains has been arranged for a long time. Although the people of the Ark continent had moved, the defenses still stayed there. As long as an army was there to operate it, then there would be no problem.
At this time, Zhao Hai was directing his undead to attack the Radiant Empire. When Thunder Yun went on with his action, there were no concealment magics applied, so Zhao Hai was able to witness all of it.
The changes to Thunder Yun's plan went along with what Zhao Hai wanted. The longer the Divine Race engages in battle, the better it would be for Zhao Hai.
The undead were already prepared to attack the Radiant Empire. They had also planned the best direction their attack would come from.
There were several places to choose from, but in the end, Zhao Hai chose to attack from the sea.
The Radiant Church was originally the Ocean Waves Dynasty, a nation surrounded by water on three sides and by the Buddha Empire on one. It can be said that compared to land attacks, it would be much better to approach by sea.
Many of Zhao Hai's undead were marine beasts. Moreover, moving by sea was more convenient compared to land.
Besides this reason, Zhao Hai also wanted to visit Inferno Island to take a look. Inferno Island was one of the Ark Continents Five Forbidden Places. It was some distance away from the shore and was extremely hot. It was also densely covered with volcanoes that housed special fire magic beasts and plants. Moreover, the island also had a special lifeform, Flame Demons!
These Flame Demons were like the Flame Demons found in the Demon Realm. They were advanced magic beasts that didn't fear fire as it was their means of sustenance.
Countless experts of the Ark Continent ended up having the island as their cemetery. There were countless explorers who went there and never came back.
But the main reason why Zhao Hai wanted to visit the island was to try and get some fire element crystals.
In the war against the Divine Race, fire element crystals were the most convenient to use. Since the northern icefield had an abundant number of ice crystals, Zhao Hai doesn't believe that Inferno Island wouldn't have some.
Originally, Zhao Hai wanted to visit the island after he returned from the Northern Icefield. However, he didn't expect that a lot of things would happen. In the end, his plan needed to be placed on the side.
Now, Zhao Hai wanted to use this opportunity to take a look at Inferno Island. Then after he dealt with the Divine Race, Zhao Hai would talk with the Great Demon King.
Zhao Hai took his blood ghost staff out and had it fly towards the direction of Inferno Island. They appeared at sea, so the island wasn't that far off.
The reason they weren't able to move that fast was because they needed to go around the Radiant Empire while also taking care not to be discovered by the Divine Race. The Divine Race were quite sensitive, any small disturbance would immediately urge them to take action.
Zhao Hai was currently looking at the blood ghost staff. Lizzy and Megan were taking charge of the battle with the Divine Race, so Zhao Hai had the opportunity to pay attention to other things.
The staff's range was limited, therefore Zhao Hai didn't wait as he turned to Lizzy and Megan and said, "I'll be heading out, I'll leave the battle to you two."
Lizzy and Megan just gave a nod, they didn't even take their eyes off of the monitor. After seeing their reaction, Zhao Hai smiled faintly before his body flashed out of the Space. At this time, the staff transformed into a flying sword and was stepped on by Zhao Hai.
While standing on his staff, Zhao Hai's eyes were plastered out front. Not far away were pillars of smoke shooting up from a certain place. One could see that it was an undersea volcano belching smoke. Zhao Hai believed that he should be near Inferno Island.
Before long, a hot red island appeared in Zhao Hai's vision. The island wasn't small and was as big as the Ocean Waves Dynasty. The entire island, no matter soil or rock, were all red. It even included the plants, the color added more uniqueness to the place.
In the south of the island was a volcano spurting hot lava, but it can be seen that it was about to be done judging by the smoke it released. Below that volcano, Zhao Hai can see rivers of lava flowing down.
What made Zhao Hai feel strange was the fact that he hadn't seen any magic beasts nor flame demons. If the volcanoes were excluded, the island was deathly still.
Zhao Hai stopped caring about this as he immediately took a round trip around the island. By looking at the surface, the island looked quite simple. There were volcanoes upon volcanoes, it was basically an island made entirely out of interconnecting volcanoes.
After Zhao Hai looked at the island's terrain, he returned back into the Space. The battle in the Accra Mountains was still going on. Everybody had lost count on how many clashes had happened between the Divine Race and the undead. But time and time again, the undead were able to push the enemy back. Moreover, they also caused massive casualties each time.
But what angered the Third Prince and the Divine Race the most was seeing their own allies dying in battle and the suddenly being swallowed up by a spatial rift, only to turn into an undead fighting against them. The eyes of the Divine Race couldn't help but turn blood red.
For the Divine Race, this was an insult, a blatant insult. Their blood red eyes gazed at the undead in the defensive line, seeing their former allies manning the enemy's weapons and attacking the Divine Race.
After seeing that there was nothing to worry about, Zhao Hai went to his room and opened a small monitor. Then he started to look at the interior of Inferno Island. He wanted to see if the island had any crystal lodes or not.
After looking at the monitor, Zhao Hai finally understood why there were no magic beasts nor flame demons present. The volcanoes were spurting lava at this time, so all of the island's inhabitants had hidden themselves.
The places where the flame demons and magic beasts were quite peculiar as well. They were in other craters far away from the erupting volcanoes. In those craters, the numbers of magic beasts and flame demons were astonishing.
Zhao Hai ignored the flame demons and magic beasts as he made the Space scan the island. Upon scanning the island, Zhao Hai couldn't help but be surprised. Right below the layer of rock, ash, and soil, about ten meters below the surface, everything was filled with fire element crystal stones. Zhao Hai couldn't help but wipe the saliva on the edge of his mouth.
Zhao Hai immediately moved his body as it appeared on the island. Then he drilled underground and started to frantically take crystal stones into the Space.
The number of crystal stones was too much, Zhao Hai lost count of how much he had already absorbed into the space. However, he still kept absorbing more and more.
No other thing can match the Space in absorbing resources, its speed was something far from what people can imagine. Zhao Hai doesn't know how long he has been collecting crystals, but as soon as he felt that nothing was left, he stopped.
Zhao Hai looked all around and saw how hollowed out the underground of Inferno Island had become. But he didn't care, in any case nobody else was here. If the flame demons and magic beasts die, then that wouldn't be much of a problem.
After seeing that there were no fire element crystals left, Zhao Hai went along and drilled deeper. He believed that there should be more crystals further down. Zhao Hai continued to dig and each 20 meters he would take fire element crystals on that layer.
After about nine layers, the quality of fire element crystals were getting better. Not only were the crystals getting bigger, the energy inside them were also becoming stronger and the color became a deeper shade of red.
Zhao Hai looked around once more and then dug down after seeing that no more fire element crystals were left. And while he was digging, he suddenly felt a wave of heat. It seems like he had come across a river of magma.
He avoided the magma as he went further down. But just as he passed by the magma river, Zhao Hai became stunned. At the bottom of the magma river was something he hadn't seen before. There was a layer of golden sand on the floor of the river.
When he saw the sand, Zhao Hai waved his hand and absorbed some of them inside the Space. Then he waited for a prompt.
The Space didn't disappoint him, before long, a prompt came in, "Pure golden sand detected. Golden Sand is an item from the cultivation world. Host's level is too low, Space is currently unable to use it. Hoping for the Host to level up quickly."
When he heard this prompt, Zhao Hai couldn't help but laugh. He didn't expect to come across something used in the cultivation world. Moreover, it seems like the item was too special that the Space's current level wasn't able to use it. The sand was surely something good.
However, the golden sand was under magma, so gathering it won't be easy. Zhao Hai looked around before he clenched his teeth and linked the magma river to the Space.
Compared to the one present in the northern icefield, this magma river was much bigger. It's good that Zhao Hai already had experience in handling sea water. This time, he opened the Space to absorb the magma river, and along with it was the golden sand.
There was no response from the Space after the magma entered. Zhao Hai stored the magma inside the warehouse for now, he wouldn't dare to release it in the Space.
When the entire river entered the Space, all of the golden sand were absorbed as well. But since magma wasn't as runny as water, absorbing all of it took quite some time.
But after receiving the magma, Zhao Hai suddenly discovered that its source was actually a very small flame!
A flame as small as this was actually the source of the magma river? When Zhao Hai saw this, he initially thought that he was seeing things. But soon enough, he was able to ascertain that the flame was indeed the source of the magma. This was because Zhao Hai recalled something else he had acquired before.
Zhao Hai once got ahold of a crystal bottle with a flame quite similar to this one. Presently, that flame was acting as the Space's sun.
Zhao Hai inspected the small flame carefully. He discovered that at the center of the flame was a hint of magma, bubbling due to the intense heat. After looking at it for some time and not seeing anything else, Zhao Hai threw the flame inside the Space.
Just as the flame entered the Space, a prompt came, "Heart of Earth Fire detected. Can produce fire element crystals, magma, golden sand, and heat energy. Space has levelled up to level 80. Host may now purchase 10 magic world backgrounds as well as 20 ordinary backgrounds."
Zhao Hai clenched his fist and said, "Yes!"
This was truly a great thing for Zhao Hai. This heart of earth fire actually had a lot of uses, moreover, it also upgraded the Space. This was extremely good news.
Then Zhao Hai looked at the surroundings of the heart of earth fire. All around it were high energy fire element crystals. Naturally, Zhao Hai wasn't polite and absorbed all of them into the Space.
It has been a long time after Zhao Hai left to collect crystal stones. After digging some more and seeing that nothing else was left, Zhao Hai returned to the Space.
As soon as he entered the Space, Zhao Hai immediately placed the heart of earth fire on the ground and also released the magma river. Upon taking the magma river our, the Space issued a prompt, "River of earth fire detected. Can be refined as a weapon and can also be used for attack."
Zhao Hai gawked, he didn't expect the magma river to have this use. However, Zhao Hai waved his hand, separating the magma from the golden sand before storing the magma back to the warehouse. In any case, the heart of earth fire has been placed underground, it can produce magma at any time. Since the magma river had uses, Zhao Hai decided to store it in the meantime.
Zhao Hai inventoried the fruits of his trip to Inferno Island. His harvest this time was truly huge. From what he saw in the warehouse, the fire element crystals had reached hundreds of millions. What Zhao Hai was surprised about was the Space automatically categorizing the crystals by grade. There was low grade, mid grade, high grade, and top grade crystals. Naturally, the top grade crystals were the rarest, there were less than a million of them. High grade crystals numbered to about ten million, mid grade about 100 million while low grade reached a billion pieces.
After looking at these numbers, Zhao Hai couldn't help but be startled. He didn't think that he would gain this much crystal stones. This was surely an unbelievable haul!
Chapter 815 – Prepared
Although there was no way to trade with the crystals, Zhao Hai still regarded them as more important than either gold or silver.
These crystals were too useful for Zhao Hai, especially now as he battled against the Divine Race. Because of this, Zhao Hai was more than happy to see his harvests in Inferno Island.
At this time, his only use for the crystals was as ammunition for the magic cannons. But Zhao Hai believed that he would be able to find ways to use them for other things in the future.
While Zhao Hai was inside the Space looking at his loot, he didn't neglect his work outside. At this moment, the blood ghost staff was flying towards the Radiant Empire, this way, there would be no delays in his operation.
At this time, Laura came. Laura looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Brother Hai, what happened? We heard the prompts."
Lizzy and Megan were commanding the war against the Divine Race, so they couldn't just leave. However, Laura had nothing significant to do, so when she heard the prompts, she immediately went to see Zhao Hai.
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "I got a lot of good things. Take a look." Then he turned to the page on the warehouse showing the amount of crystals that they currently had. Zhao Hai had a lot of things stored inside the Space's warehouse, this caused the warehouse to have a lot of pages.
However, it was great that the warehouse arranged the items inside according to the time it was stored. Because of this, those stored earlier appeared on the earlier pages while those recently stored appeared at the back.
When Laura looked at the page, they were immediately surprised. River of earth fire, crystal stones, golden sand. Not to say about the river of earth fire and the golden sand, the amount of crystals alone was enough to stun anyone.
Laura looked at the crystals and said, "So there's classifications with crystals. Brother Hai, what kinds of crystals have we been using so far?"
Zhao Hai forced a smile, "The low grade ones." Then Laura looked at the 1 billion low grade crystals on the page, she was caught speechless.
Then Zhao Hai said, "Besides the crystals, there are also the river of earth fire and the golden sand. At this point, I don't know how to use them. I wanted to but it seems like the Space's level isn't high enough."
Laura stared at Zhao Hai and said, "Brother Hai, you really don't know? The Space is already had a high level, yet it still can't find a way?"
Zhao Hai bitterly smiled and said, "Right, it's still insufficient. But now we can buy ten magic backgrounds as well as 20 ordinary backgrounds. I think we should hold back in buying more, we're still quite short on resources."
Laura nodded, she knew what Zhao Hai meant. When Zhao Hai made the Ark Space, he had almost used up all of his money. Therefore, its quite unintuitive for them to buy more backgrounds.
After closing the warehouse interface, Zhao Hai lead Laura back to the living room, while they were walking he said, "I've already absorbed everything there is to acquire in Inferno Island. We don't need to return there in the future. Moreover, the crystals that we have in our hands is more than enough to deal with the Divine Race."
Laura nodded, then Zhao Hai continued, "Most importantly, I acquired the heart of earth fire. I've placed it underground so that in the future we would be able to produce crystals for ourselves. There might also be more river of earth fire and golden sand for us to harvest."
Laura smiled and said, "That's good. Right, Brother Hai, if we sell those crystals to the Space I reckon they would fetch quite a price."
Zhao Hai shook his head and said, "Forget it. The Space will not take any losses. If we sell our crystals and end up wanting to use them in the future, then the Space would sell it to us with a higher price compared to when we sold it. In any case, our current resources are enough. There's no need to sell the crystals."
Laura nodded. As they were talking, they had already reached the living room. Lizzy and Megan were present inside, taking charge in fighting against the Divine Race. At this time, Lizzy was working while Megan rested on the side.
Zhao Hai was aware that commanding a battle would be taxing to the brain. If one were to take charge over everything, then they would definitely be exhausted sooner or later. It was good that there were two of them, one could command while the other rests.
Zhao Hai didn't disturb them and returned to his own room to look at the monitor. He estimated the time before they reach the Radiant Church.
What Zhao Hai wasn't aware of was the scene happening in the Ark Space. Besides the soldiers, most of these people had never witnessed a battle before. Even the soldiers present haven't been in one with this large of a scale. They had battle against the Demons and the Divine Race, but participating in a siege of this big was something they haven't done before.
While looking at the battle, the population was burning with pride. One could hear people cheering and applauding here and there everytime the Divine Race gets repelled.
However, there were also some people who looked at this scene with heavy expressions. This was because they can see how strong the Divine Race was. Although they had been repelled by the undead many times, those inquisitive enough could count that the Divine Race had been doing this for more than 40 times.
They had failed forty times, and with heavy casualties in each attack. Nevertheless, the Divine Race still pushed on with the same tenacity as before.
Although this was only a small thing, those in the know understood how fierce the Divine Race's soldiers actually were.
In the battlefield, the pressure of the fight had a large impact on the fighting strength of a soldier. Facing repetitive failures under unending attacks from the enemies, seeing your allies die in front of you, these weren't something that an average soldier could bear.
However, the Divine Race's soldiers actually managed to harden their hearts. They seem to be unable to comprehend their losses. They still charged, time and time again. If they were faced with any other army, then they would've already broken through.
Upon recognizing the quality of soldiers that the Divine Race had, these people couldn't help but feel terrible.
They initially thought that Zhao Hai was being extra when he made them move to the Space. Some of them even felt uncomfortable. After all, the Space belonged to Zhao Hai. His status inside this place was incomparably high. Even the Rosen Emperor was uncomfortable with this decision.
They had seen the battle with the Demon Race. And now that they had witnessed the battle with the Divine race, their sense of unwillingness immediately vanished.
The Divine Race was just too strong, they surpassed what these people imagined. The Rosen Emperor let out a long sigh. Randolph who stood beside him asked, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
The Rosen Emperor forced a smile and said, "I didn't think the Divine Race would be this strong. No wonder Little Hai urged us to enter the Space. If we disagreed at that time, then I'm afraid we would be in grave danger."
Randolph nodded, he sighed and said, "I didn't expect the Divine Race's soldiers to be this aggressive."
Both of them made another sigh before turning around and returned to the Imperial Palace. They were people of status after all, they had a lot of things to do. They didn't have the time to stay and watch everything.
Zhao Hai was unaware of all of these since he was poised to attack the Radiant Empire. The magic staff had already arrived on the southeast side of the Radiant Empire, this was where Zhao Hai and the others thought to be the best place to stage their attack.
The Radiant Empire's southwest side was where the Divine Race's descended land had landed on. Zhao Hai didn't want to attack that new land for now, if he did, then it was possible that the Divine Race would send forces directly from the Divine Realm.
Because of this, Zhao Hai decided to attack from the southeast then heading towards the northwest, diagonally sweeping the Radiant Empire. With this, he would avoid the new land while sweeping the most number of magic cannons and Goblins along the way.
Since the battle on Accra Mountains was still underway, Zhao Hai took command of the undead this time. The undead he used were Barbarians and Winged Pegasus people. All in all, the army numbered to near 20 million.
Zhao Hai didn't have these undead participate in the defense of Accra Mountain, This was because he had discovered how discontent the Barbarians and the Winged Pegasus were towards the Divine Race. If he dispatched these troops, then Zhao Hai's hard work on bringing those two on his side would go to waste, it might even arouse anger in the two groups' heart. If those two armies joined the Divine Race in attacking the Accra Mountains, then that would not be good.