Chapter 835 – Free State
Laura stared, her eyes widened as she said, "So that's how those magic armors were operated. Interesting, interesting."
On the other hand, Zhao Hai's pupils narrowed. He saw a lot of things from Axe's setup. Although Axe's way of controlling the mech was very bizarre, but you have to say that it was actually very convenient. Mechas aren't usually controlled this way, that's why ordinary people were unable to pilot them. It seems like the people of the Atlanta Plane had truly developed their magic armors to the extreme.
The image showed Axe controlling his mech to fly at a very fast speed. Since there was nothing else that happened, Zhao Hai decided to change the image to the Thunder Clan.
Zhao Hai had only spoken with Fei'er for a moment before he was interrupted with Axe's arrival. At this point, Zhao Hai doesn't know what Fei'er was doing.
After the image changed, Zhao Hai saw Fei'er hurrying along. And since nothing happened, Zhao Hai shifted the image once more towards the Goblins.
Once the image changed to the Goblins' background, Zhao Hai couldn't help but stare. At this time, the background had changed. Below the massive bread trees were small houses. Although small, they were beautifully constructed. Zhao Hai carefully inspected the houses and saw that they were made out of straw and mud. The decorations on the houses were made out of bread fruit shells.
Zhao Hai turned to Cai'er and said, "Cai'er, what things have these Goblins traded? I want to see."
Cai'er complied as she pulled out a detailed list. There were some ordinary tools and nothing special. Zhao Hai couldn't help but nod, it seems like these Goblins were quite smart. Otherwise, they wouldn't have been able to make these houses with these simple tools.
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Good. Right, Cai'er, how were the Goblins doing lately? Did they only build houses?"
Cai'er smiled and said, "No. Young Master, you don't know but there are still some Goblins who were educated. At this time, those with knowledge were educating those who didn't know anything. Inside the houses they built were magic formations. Those formations were quite clever, they actually made the houses quite comfortable."
Zhao Hai changed the image and looked at the rooms of the Goblins. There really were magic formations inside, moreover, they looked very well-made.
Zhao Hai nodded, then he smiled and said, "It looks like my idea is correct. These Goblins aren't the same as those in the Atlanta Plane. Their inheritance has been destroyed by the Divine Race. If they kept developing, they might have become as strong as Axe right now."
Laura stared, then her two eyes shone as she said, "Brother Hai, you mean those Goblins can make those magic armors that Axe and the others used?"
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Yes. Initially, I want to have those Goblins research this technology. Now that Axe has appeared, it gave me the opportunity to see how advanced the magic formations are. It seems like it needed to be studied for many years. The Goblins are talented in this aspect. Let's just have them study magic formations and maybe they can make something great."
Laura nodded, "That would be good. Now that the Goblins have been freed, their knowledge can now flourish once more. Making complex magic formations shouldn't take too long."
Zhao Hai nodded, "With how the Goblins have been treated, it was now close to impossible for them to pass their inheritance down. Their magic formations look quite good, but it can be seen that their entire knowledge is still broken. If an average race had reached their point, then I'm afraid they won't recover. The Goblins being able to maintain their current state is amazing enough."
Lizzy and the others agreed. The Goblins' resilience was really something worthy of admiration. For them to still pass some of their knowledge down despite being suppressed by the Divine Race was a very great matter.
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "I initially thought that they had zero knowledge of their civilization, so I refrained from showing them magic formations from the Ark Continent. It seems like my plan needs to be pushed forward. Let's have some undead mages teach the Goblins some words and knowledge regarding magic formations. Right, Laura, how is father-in-law doing nowadays?"
Laura smiled and said, "Father is still researching the defensive magic formations. I reckon he'll complete it soon. Why? Do you need him for something?"
Zhao Hai couldn't help but stare. He had asked Karen to research defensive formations before mainly to defend against the Demons and the Divine Race. But now that the Ark Continent has moved to the Space, these things were now not needed. In the end, Zhao Hai had forgotten about this task. Zhao Hai didn't expect Karen to still continue with this research, moreover, they were even close to succeeding.
Zhao Hai sighed and said, "This is my fault. I actually forgot about this. Tell father-in-law to take a rest. He's been exhausted these days. Now that our strength is enough, there's no need to use that formation."
Laura smiled and said, "I already told father about this. But father said that he would still do it. He said that he's very interested in these things. Let's just let him be. In any case, we have people looking after him and he's still taking a rest from time to time."
Zhao Hai nodded, then he turned to Laura, "Laura, once father-in-law is done with this research, tell him to stop studying for some time. I want him to compile his knowledge so that we can make a book out of it. We can use those books to teach the Goblins as well as the people in the Ark Space. We'll have everyone start researching themselves, what do you think?"
Laura's eyes showed his agreement, she said, "Good, that would be great. Father always wanted to do that but the people of the Ark Continent doesn't take magic formations too seriously. They always see magic formations as secondary needs. Even if father printed his book, I'm afraid people wouldn't even take a look at it. Now that there's a purpose, I think he will be happy to share his knowledge."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and then turned his head to Cai'er, "Cai'er, scan the formations on the magic armor that Axe used. I want to compile them and have father-in-law look at it in the future. Laura, you also need to take care of father-in-law. He's not young anymore, he needs to refrain from being exhausted."
Laura smiled and said, "Rest assured, father has been well taken care of. Although he likes his research, he hasn't been going all out recently. Moreover, this is what he likes to do, if he is forbidden to work, then it would be like torture for him. Also, he's now a 9th rank expert, so his lifespan should already be long. Just have him do his thing, there won't be any problems."
Zhao Hai nodded and didn't say anything else. Karen's current body has been really good. In addition to the environment, the food and water in the Space adds up to the benefits that he gets. Currently, Karen looks younger and more energetic compared to before. Zhao Hai couldn't even describe him as an old man anymore.
After arranging this matter, Zhao Hai turned the image on the monitor towards the underworld's creatures in the Beastman Prairie. The undead seems to have advanced further.
Zhao Hai looked at the undead and couldn't help but sigh. The advancement of these undead has been too fast. At this time, they had already occupied two-thirds of the Beastman Prairie. Moreover, their advancement was still going on.
It was fortunate that the people in the Ark Continent had already moved out. This reduced the headaches that Zhao Hai felt. Zhao Hai opened another screen showing the state of the Northern Icefield. Zhao Hai couldn't help but get shocked by what he saw. The Space's monitoring capabilities seem to have improved.
Before he met the Divine Race, they would place a magic formation everytime they go on a meeting. Because of this, the monitor would just display a white scene. This was the same for the underworld's fog, the Space couldn't penetrate deep inside it.
Because of these, Zhao Hai knew that the Space's monitor had many limitations.
However, just now, Zhao Hai discovered that the monitor's penetration distance seem to have increased. Zhao Hai didn't expect this to happen.
Zhao Hai couldn't help but look at Cai'er and said, "Cai'er, it seems like the monitor has been improved."
Cai'er had a smug look as she nodded and said, "So Young Master has noticed. When the Space levelled up, the monitor's abilities have also been strengthened."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "You couldn't blame me for this. I've been too busy to take note of this. Hahaha. Good, it's great that it improved. Later on, we can spy on anything we like."
Cai'er smiled as well, "I also have something else that will make Young Master happy. The ingredients in the magic backgrounds can now be used. By my calculations, they should be enough to make ten God rank potions. Moreover, the output of these ingredients would slowly increase. And most importantly, crops grown on the magic background can quickly replenish our supply of gold goins. When the time comes, Young Master can buy those remaining backgrounds."
Zhao Hai clapped his hands, "Fantastic! Finally we can get rich. Having no money really affected my confidence. That's good. Right, Cai'er, make those God-rank potions." Then Zhao Hai turned to Laura and the others and said, "Since we don't have any pressing matter to take care of, let's go to Grandpa Green and have a dinner with them."
Laura and the others happily obliged. They had been too busy with the Demons and the Divine Race lately that they had no chance to share a meal with Grandpa Green and the others. Since they had nothing to do at the moment, they might as well eat with the elders.
As Cai'er arranged the God-rank potions, Zhao Hai and the others flashed towards the Ark Space, on the island occupied by the Buda Clan. The island wasn't too far from the new Ark Continent. However, the status of the people living on the island had become extraordinary. This was because of the Buda Clan, Zhao Hai's family. There's no person in the Ark Continent that dared disrespect members of the clan.
However, it was also because of this status that Zhao Hai reduced the contact between the island and the mainland. At this point, the Buda Clan is no longer trading with the continent. This was because there was no way to do proper business when it came to the Buda Clan. Once the family sells on the mainland, no haggling on prices occured, the other party might even insert extra money on the side. If Zhao Hai does business this way, then the people's respect towards him would become bad. At this point, Zhao Hai would only buy the least amount of things from the mainland as possible.
The Buda Clan's island was quite similar to the black wasteland's structure. Those who lived in the island were no longer just the Buda Clan and their slaves. Elves, Dwarves, and a substantial number of Beastmen also lived on the island.
When the new continent was made, Zhao Hai had the people from the Black Wasteland return to their homes. Some Dwarves, Elves, and Beastmen chose to leave the island but there were also some of them who decided to stay. They liked the way the Buda Clan ran things as well as the island's environment. Because of this, they stayed and chose to become members of the Buda Clan.
The island had now become its own small self-sustaining continent. The Elves could make their artworks on the island and then sell them to Zhao Hai. Zhao Hai would then choose some artworks for himself while selling the others to the Space. Although the artworks would be sold for a higher price on the continent, the Elves were still satisfied with the price given by the Space. As long as they have food, water, and a place to stay, that was already good enough.
The situation with the Dwarves was also similar. They like to forge stuff. In the past, they would continually make weapons and armor on demand, they held no freedom in what they can make. However, things were different in the island, they now have the freedom to make anything they want. Dwarves built their own houses and forges and then went on to do what they like. In any case, they don't need to worry about things to eat and drink.
One could say that the Buda Clan's island was its own free state. Here, everyone can do whatever they wanted. As long as they don't break the rules, then nobody would judge them for what they do.
Chapter 836 – A Rare Relaxation
Being a free state doesn't meant that one can do crimes without repercussions. There were still laws in place in order to punish you. Being a free state meant that nobody would tell you what to do. You are free to be anything you like.
Zhao Hai hasn't returned to the island for quite some time. Currently, the island was given an interesting name by the people of the Ark Continent, Haven Island.
It is certainly impossible for the people of the Ark Continent to not know about the story of the Haven products. They knew that the Buda Clan wanted to use this to name their products. Because of this, the name Haven Island came up.
Zhao Hai didn't know this, but since the products of the Buda Clan rarely appeared on the continent now, Haven products had become extremely valuable items. People who had Haven products regarded these items as family treasures.
Also, Zhao Hai already spread his method of making liquor. He taught the Humans how to make grain wine. On the other hand, the Elves focused on making fruit wine while the Beastmen stayed with their milk whine. The Dwarves also kept making their sweet potato wine.
The Dwarves had plenty of cubed potato. This cubed potato was quite similar to sweet potatoes back on Earth. Zhao Hai only passed down the technique of distillation so naturally each group had their own preference.
When Zhao Hai arrived at the island, he saw the slaves working the fields. As they were working, they were talking with each other and laughed, they looked very happy.
What made Zhao Hai happy was the fact that these people looked like they loved their work. The tools each person used was different. Although the conventional tools were already refined, there were still some of them who wanted to try different types of tools.
Zhao Hai didn't disturb them as he entered the castle along with Laura and the others. At this time, the liquor production of the castle had stopped. Even if some liquor were brewed, they were only going to be used for personal consumption. Because of this, the castle looked more spacious compared to before.
On the other hand, the people on the castle wasn't few. The 100 initial slaves that Zhao Hai had brought used to help manage the new slaves. But now that they weren't needed, they all returned to the castle.
After the people in the castle saw that Zhao Hai had come back, they immediately went to give him their greetings. Zhao Hai looked at the slaves and saw their neat appearance. It seems like they were living quite well. There were even some of them who showed a sense of elegance. This was evidently because they had become learned people.
Zhao Hai smiled at those who met him and said, "How are you doing? Is everyone doing fine?"
Everybody gave out a laugh before a fairly fat man replied, "Happy! We are very happy, Young Master. We can now eat meat every day, completely different to before when we were starving. I even got fat now, Young Master, look" Zhao Hai looked at the fat man. This person wasn't that tall, only about 1.8 meters tall. However, he looks like he weighs more than 250 pounds. Seeing someone this fat was very surprising.
However, Zhao Hai can see that although this person was fat, he didn't look weak at all. What made Zhao Hai surprised was the fact that this person was actually 9th rank, just one step left until becoming God-rank.
Zhao Hai waved his hand and said, "Come here, aren't you Silas? When you came here, you were very small and skinny. I didn't think that you would get this fat. Hahaha. Good, good. Just make sure that you won't stumble. Right, did you like cultivating that much?"
The fatty named Silas didn't expect Zhao Hai to call him by his name. His face couldn't help but blush as he said, "I didn't think that the Young Master would remember my name. I'm not very intelligent, so I couldn't do anything complicated. However, I loved cultivating so I did that. I didn't think that the Young Master would recognize me."
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "You continue with your diligent work. If you succeed, you will the first member of the Buda Clan to break through to God-rank without outside help." The fatty obviously wasn't someone who had any idea about this. But when he heard Zhao Hai, he happily nodded his head.
Zhao Hai also greeted everyone else before entering the fort. Zhao Hai rarely came here anymore since his main operations were made inside the Space's villa. At this time, Green and the others were already waiting for him in the main hall. After Zhao Hai came in, Green immediately gave his greetings, "Young Master, why did you decide to pay a visit today? Did something bad happen?" Zhao Hai shook his head and said, "Everything's fine, things have been calm these days so there's nothing to worry about. I only came here for a simple visit." Green's worries vanished when he heard Zhao Hai.
After talking to Green, Zhao Hai also greeted Kun, Karen, and the others. After the group had sat down, Zhao Hai explained what happened outside, including the matter with the Atlanta Plane. After hearing Zhao Hai talk, Green said, "So there's another spatial rift in the Ark Continent. It seems like the newcomers don't have any good ideas for the plane."
Zhao Hai smiled bitterly as he gave a nod, "It seems to be like that. The Atlanta Plane should be as strong as the Demon Realm. However, they have their formidable magic armor. These magic armors were 10 meters high and covered in magic formations. Moreover, it can improve one's attack strength, each one of them had peak 9th rank power."
Upon hearing this, Karen knit his brows and said, "What magic formations? Can you let me take a look?"
Zhao Hai already guessed that Karen would be interested in this, so he smiled faintly and said, "Father-in-law, don't worry, I 'll definitely show them to you. I need two days in order to compile everything we recorded. There are a lot of them and each part has different functions. When the time comes, you can study them closely.'
Karen's was evidently satisfied with this answer. He initially started to study magic formations in order to forget his bitter memories regarding his wife, but who would've thought that he became obsessed with research. Green turned to Zhao Hai and said, "Young master, can you really fight with the Divine Race in this short amount of time?"
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "At this point, only remnant soldiers of the Taurus army are left in the Radiant Empire. Also, I reckon the Taurus continent would also stop sending reinforcements. This is a good opportunity to attack them with the Thunder Clan." Green and the others didn't oppose to this, they too held great resentment towards the Taurus Divines. For the Divines to use a huge blood sacrifice was already too much for them to accept. Not to say Zhao Hai, even Green and the others were seething with anger at this event.
After seeing that nobody opposed to this, Zhao Hai continued, "Grandpa Green, I need advice. The Space's magic backgrounds are now ready for harvest. I already had Cai'er use the ingredients there in order to make 10 God rank potions. How do you suggest to divide them?"
Green gawked, then his eyes lit up as he asked, "Really? We can make that much?"
Zhao Hai nodded, the other people in the room were also evidently happy. Green thought for a moment and said, "Little Hai, how about this. I think you should give those potions to the people of the Ark Continent. You can give two potions to the Elves, two potions to the Humans, two potions to the Dwarves, two potions to the Beastmen, and the final two to the Fishmen. This way, they would feel grateful to you."
Zhao Hai stared, then he knit his eyebrows as he said, "I wanted to give the potions to you. We can use the next batch for them." Green smiled and said, "Give it to them this time. The next time, we can have them. In any case, we won't leave the Space. What are you afraid of? These old bones are still very strong, we won't die soon." Zhao Hai nodded and followed Green's suggestion. At this time, Merine came in bringing some food. Then the group proceeded to eat their meal.
Zhao Hai spent three days in this peaceful state. These three days were rare times of relaxation for him. He went with the slaves and conversed with them. He also gave a visit to the Giant-horned Bulls, the Diamond Apes, the Dwarves, and the Elves. He went and visited everyone he could visit.
Times spent in relaxation always passes by quickly. Three days passed in a blink of an eye. Although Zhao Hai wanted to keep this time of leisure, the matters outside didn't allow him to stay.
Fei'er and the others had already reached the borders of the Radiant Empire. They were ready to attack the Divine Race and Zhao Hai couldn't be absent for this event.
These days, Zhao Hai also took the effort to visit Fei'er as well as see the Great Demon King's progress in moving the Demons to the Space. Although the Demons were busy with their migration, the Devil Legion was still ready to make an attack at any time.
In addition to the progress of the Demons, the magic formations have also been sorted out. Karen had succeeded in developing the defensive magic formation. Zhao Hai was now more confident in dealing with the Divine Race.
Currently, Zhao Hai didn't lack in his supply of crystal stones. What he lacked were things to use crystals with. The appearance of the defensive formations was just right for his current needs.
Karen's defensive formation wasn't simple. During the process of experimentation, Karen had written all its properties in a very detailed manner. This magic formation can be used by ten thousand people, fifty thousand people, and 100 thousand people. Although the number of people using it varied, the need for crystal stones didn't exponentially increase. It was only after this property was achieved did the formation deemed a success.
Chapter 837 – Fire
An army had already converged outside the Radiant Empire. However, the attackers didn't attack immediately. They just kept their formations in preparation for their charge.
Inside the Radiant Empire, the Divine Race has now gathered 20 million troops to fight. The borders of the Empire already had a long wall built equipped with magic cannons. All of the soldiers were in a neat formation floating in mid air.
On the opposite side, there were also troops floating in mid air; the two armies of the Barbarians and the Winged Pegasus, Zhao Hai's undead army, and the Demon Race's Devil Legion. The small number of Thunder Clan people were also present in the center.
While looking at the Divine Race's desperate situation, Zhao Hai couldn't help but sigh, "I didn't expect us to be this quick to turn on the Divine Race. To be honest, when the Divine Race and you came, I didn't think I would be able to see this day." Zhao Hai was currently sitting inside the Demon Dragon King's carriage, talking with the Demon Dragon King.
The Demon Dragon King smiled and said, "When we came to attack the Ark Continent, we also didn't expect to be able to settle inside a place much better in comparison."
Zhao Hai gave out a chuckle, "In truth, if it weren't for the Demons using an non-wicked method to come here, I wouldn't have allowed you to settle in the Space. You should know that since the residents of the continent had moved, I didn't have extra worries anymore. When the time comes, I can just slowly grind away at the Demons and the Divine Race."
The Demon Dragon King knew that Zhao Hai wasn't speaking nonsense. To be honest, after entering the Space, Zhao Hai's mysterious ability, the Demon Dragon King already understood that if they didn't become Zhao Hai' allies, then they would sooner or later be tidied up.
The Demon Dragon King smiled and then said, "This is the luck of our Demon Race. You should know that the Blood Void Formation needed live sacrifice as well. It's fortunate that we chose the Demons, otherwise we would have suffered the same fate as the Divine Race."
Zhao Hai couldn't help but laugh, "It's good that the Demons think that the Dragons are better compared to the Humans. Or else you would've used Humans instead of Dragons."
Just as the two were talking, Fei'er arrived by their side. Zhao Hai looked at Feier as the latter gave a salute, then Zhao Hai said, "Is everything prepared?" Fei'er nodded and said, "Yes, but as you can see, there are massive magic cannons placed on the walls. Even God-ranks are unable to resist the attacks from those cannons. Moreover, their range is much farther than the magic cannons of your Ark Continent. It is only because those things are huge and heavy that they were very inconvenient to bring to the battlefield. What we need to do right now is to take care of those cannons. Does mister have any way to do it?"
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Leave it to me." Then he waved his hand as he released a few rows of undead dragons. Mounted on top of their heads were magic cannons. Moreover, these cannons weren't those from the Ark Continent, instead, they were the Divine Race's magic cannons.
Fei'er looked at the Dragons and stared. He has been with the Divine Race army for a long time so naturally he could identify that these magic cannons were from the Divine Race. Fei'er just didn't expect that Zhao Hai would have those cannons of his own.
Zhao Hai looked at Fei'er and smiled, "When I attacked the Radiant Empire, I also took the opportunity to snatch some magic cannons for myself. It just so happens that they're quite convenient to use today."
Fei'er said, "It seems like we'll have the Divine Race taste their own magic cannons."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly but he didn't say anything. The magic cannons of the Divine Race were indeed large, however, Zhao Hai still didn't think that they were strong enough. It was mainly because they lacked a good energy source. In the past, the Divine Race only used ordinary crystals to power them. Those magic crystals were in no way comparable to the magic cannons that Zhao Hai had now.
With the superior crystals in his hands, Zhao Hai was able to improve the power of the magic cannons. Because of this, Zhao Hai decided to take them out.
Zhao Hai didn't give an explanation to Fei'er as he waved his hand. After that, the dragons proceeded to go towards the Radiant Empire. They would only stop if they reach their firing distance.
Besides the cannons, there were also four undead on top of each dragon, they're main purpose was to man the weapon. Although Zhao Hai didn't have that much magic cannons, he was still confident that his cannons were superior.
No matter what, the might and firing distance of the cannons was improved thanks to Zhao Hai's crystals. When the attack happens, the Divine Race's cannons would be useless against Zhao Hai's army.
The dragons stopped when they reached their firing distance, at the same time, the undead started to arm the cannons. It didn't take a long time before 40 red lights started to fly towards the Radiant Empire's walls. This caused the Divines manning the cannons to be startled. They weren't even able to get a defensive formation out before they were blasted by the red lights.
One could say that the might of these cannons were far superior compared to the cannons of the Ark Continent. Although its crystal consumption was greater, Zhao Hai didn't care about that right now, power was what he needed.
Zhao Hai's attack was beyond the Divine Race's expectations. The Divine Race has heard of the Ark Continent's cannons. Although they suffered a few attacks from the Ark Continent's cannons, they still believed that their magic cannons were better.
Because of this, the Divine Race were confident in defending the Radiant Empire. They were also able to see Zhao Hai's undead dragons. Although the Dragons held the Divine Race's giant cannons, the DIvine Race knew that Zhao Hai didn't have that much with him. In their minds, they could fully suppress the enemy's advance.
However, they didn't expect that Zhao Hai's magic cannons would have a better firing distance compared to the Divine Race's cannons. This caused the Divine Race to begin worrying about their defense.
Zhao Hai didn't care about the Divine Race's thoughts. At this time, he made the undead continue on with their assault. To be honest, the walls were useless at this point. The Divine Race seemed to have focused their research on the magic cannons and had forgotten to study strong defensive formations.
If the Divine Race had good defensive magic formations, they wouldn't have been harassed by Zhao Hai's tactics. Unfortunately, the Divine Race didn't take magic formations very seriously.
When the Divine Race had wars with the other races, they were always on the winning side. Because of this position, their rear areas were never attacked.
This caused the Divine Race to grow complacent as time passed. Their arrogance had reached to the point that they had deemed defensive formations to be unnecessary. In the end, they neglect their study on defensive magic formations, this resulted in their suffering in the hands of Zhao Hai.
Once the Divine Race found out that their cannons were virtually useless, they had no choice but to abandon their magic cannons and slowly retreat.
When Zhao Hai saw that the Divine Race had abandoned their magic cannons, he couldn't help but be happy. He immediately released the undead loaded with the Ark Continent's magic cannons. Although they had a smaller power compared to the Divine Race's cannons, the Divine Race had already abandoned their advantage the moment they left the walls.
The Divine Race were also able to discover this. However, it was already impossible for them to return to their cannons. The Ark Continent's cannons had reached their firing distance, so if the Divine Race returned, then they would be placed under a rain of fire.
The Divine Race also knew that if they continued on like this, then they would only be defeated and wouldn't be able to fight back. Because of this, the Divine Race soldiers proceeded to rush towards Zhao Hai.
Just as the Divine Race were more about 1000 meters away from Zhao Hai, a dark cloud was immediately spotted. Upon seeing this, Zhao Hai immediately knew what it was. The Divine Race just threw their javelins.
Although these javelins weren't the same as Zhao Hai's blood lightning javelins, their firing distance was still quite far. Moreover, they were quite lethal to average people.
However, they were up against Zhao Hai's undead army. Against the undead, these javelins could only deal minimal damage.
Nobody could blame the Divine Race for not being able to adapt. After all, when they were planning to attack the continent, they knew that it was unlike the planes of the Barbarians, Winged Pegasus, and the Thunder Clan. The Ark Continent was just a lower plane with no God-rank experts.
Because of this information, the Divine Race didn't develop new weapons upon coming to the Ark Continent. This caused them to lack attacking methods to deal with Zhao Hai. Their methods were either useless or did only a small damage to Zhao Hai.
Although the Taurus Divines had started to make new means of dealing with Zhao Hai, the time to develop this weapon would take more than one or two days. If they wanted to depend on this new weapon, then they would need to hold Zhao Hai back for some time.
Chapter 838 – Fighting to Win
In the past, Zhao Hai was quite worried about the Divine Race's javelin attack. However, Zhao Hai didn't worry anymore. Now that Karen's research has been completed, they could now use it in the army.
As the Divine Race's javelins hit the periphery of the undead army, a red shield suddenly appeared. Upon hitting the red shield, the javelins were immediately burned to ash.
Currently, the crystals that Zhao Hai had the most were the fire element crystals. Therefore, Zhao Hai decided to use it for the defensive formation. At the same time, he also wanted to see how powerful the defensive formation was.
Sure enough, the defensive formation didn't disappoint Zhao Hai. Not only were the javelins blocked, they were also burned to ash. This was a testament to the defensive capability of the shield.
The Divine Race were shocked by the scene before them. It wasn't only the Divine Race who were startled, Fei'er and the others held the same shocked expression on their faces. Only the Demon Dragon King kept calm, but he couldn't stop the smile emerging from his face.
The reason why the Demon Dragon King was smiling was because Zhao Hai also equipped the Devil Legion with this defensive formation. This formation was mounted behind a large undead and was able to cover a large area. With this, whether advancing or retreating, the army would be protected either way.
The defensive shield shouldn't be underestimated. Even if the shield wasn't defensively strong, it still could block attacks. This would reduce casualties and in turn improve the soldier's morale.
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "I won't dare fighting the Divine Race before, but now, hehe." Then he had the magic cannons retreat as the other undead proceeded to push on.
This undead rush made the Divine Race panic. The reason for this was because the undead were all Divine Race soldiers. They were the fallen allies that were turned into undead.
The undead Divines initially rushed in a cube formation. But when they were about a kilometer away from the Divine Race army, they immediately turned into a rotating cone formation.
To be honest, there were only a few soldiers among the Divine Race army that wanted to face the Ark Continent at this point. Being faced with this cube formation composed of Divine Race undead made them utterly flustered.
However, the Divine Race were still worthy of their title. When the two armies clashed, their formation still kept solid. They were quickly able to establish their Domains and their formations.
But then, a scene of horror appeared in front of the Divine Race. As they raised their shields, the undead army did the same. This caused the initial state of battle to remain unchanged.
The speed of the cone's rotation became even faster. This rotation didn't have one person acting as the tip, instead, it had four people. Each member of the formation had sword-shaped Domains, it caused the entire formation to become a huge weapon.
There were a lot of these formations flying through the air, heading towards the Divine Race's defensive formation. Each cone slowly became like sharp bamboo spears, spiralling towards the enemies.
These bamboo spears proceeded to skewer the Divine Race army. The formation became a meat grinder, every area they passed through would have flesh and blood flying all around.
Although the Divines had established their Domains, they became helpless in front of these bamboo spears. Ony by one, each of their Domains were broken through, shattered before they met their deaths.
Zhao Hai looked at the situation without any change to his expression. The Demon Dragon King by his side was also looking towards the clash, his face failing to hide his shock. To be honest, he knew that even the Devil Legion wouldn't be able to accomplish such a formation. The coordination needed to perform such a feat was astronomical, not one person was allowed to fail. Even a small mistake would completely derail the formation.
The Demon Dragon King also knew that if the Devil Legion were to meet such a formation then even them would be punctured to death, there was no doubt about that.
At the same time, Fei'er and the others were also shaken by what they saw, all of them were rendered speechless. If Zhao Hai decided to deal with them using the same method, then they would surely be finished.
Although Zhao Hai was paying attention to his undead army, he had asked Cai'er to pay attention to his allies' reactions. The reason he revealed the might of the cannons as well as the bamboo spear formation today was to show these people how formidable he was.
In any alliance, a leader would need to be present. Otherwise, the alliance would be in a state of disunity. Not to say dealing with the Divine Race, an alliance leader would be needed to reduce infighting.
But if one wanted to become the alliance leader, then one needed to show their might. This meant that Zhao Hai needed to stun his allies with this strength. Only with this method would the Barbarians, Winged Pegasus, and Thunder Clan listen to him. Otherwise, if Zhao Hai can't do it, he might as well go back to the Space and sleep.
The thoughts of the Barbarians and Winged Pegasus have already been confirmed by Fei'er. It was precisely because of this that Zhao Hai decided to use the Divine Race as an example. He would kill the chicken in order to frighten the monkeys. This way, the Barbarians and the Winged Pegasus would be afraid of him and obey his commands.
Zhao Hai was very glad about this alliance. This was because he knew that it would take a long time to deal with the Divine Race if he was alone. But with the help of more people, the time needed would be greatly reduced.
However, Zhao Hai didn't want to listen to another person's command. He still had the vigor of a young male, he didn't want someone to dictate his actions.
Now it seems like the results were very good. The Barbarians, Winged Pegasus, and the Thunder Clan were all shaken by his action. Later on, they wouldn't have any reservations in following his command.
At this point, the Divine Race were flustered. They didn't expect Zhao Hai's attack to be this fierce. It gave them little to no chance to retaliate.
This time, the bamboo spear blistered into smaller bamboo spears. This caused the Divine Race army to be disturbed, finding it hard to keep their shape. In the end, the previously fearless Divine Race army started to have some deserters among their numbers.
In fact, Zhao Hai had used this bamboo spear formation once before, but since there weren't so many people in the formation, its might wasn't that big. But now that Zhao Hai had a lot of undead Divines in his hand, this allowed the formation to show its true might.
As the Divine Race soldiers ran away, Zhao Hai immediately gave an order to the Barbarians, Winged Pegasus, and the Thunder Clan to give chase.
Meanwhile, Zhao Hai directed his other undead to clean the battlefield. All weapons discarded by the Divine Race were all captured, this included the big magic cannons up on the walls.
The Divine Race soldiers left inside the Radiant Empire wasn't a lot. The 20 million soldiers were almost all of the soldiers left. Now that the army has been routed, the entire Radiant Empire was now ripe for takeover.
All involved in this fight were strong experts, it wouldn't be a problem for them to fight continuously for one or two days. However, the Divine Race were completely scared off by Zhao Hai. This caused them to be unable to muster up some courage. All of them were scampering to return back to the Divine Realm.
Naturally, Zhao Hai wouldn't just have them retreat easily. They continuously chased the Divine Race soldiers up to the rift. While the others were going with the assault, Zhao Hai was actually in the Radiant Empire gathering all the supplies that the Divine Race had left. The most important harvests that Zhao Hai gained were grains, Goblins, and magic cannons.
There were plenty of supplies inside the Radiant Church, all of which were taken by Zhao Hai. The Radiant Empire was different compared to the rest of the Ark Continent. The people of the Radiant Empire were all sacrificed by the Radiant Church. Because of this, their belongings were still present. This caused Zhao Hai's harvest to be more than expected.
These supplies were not really good, most of them were even quite old. There wouldn't be anyone in the Ark Continent who would want to use them. Even the Beastmen would decline such items. Zhao Hai had made a place like the church in the Beastman territory. This allowed the Beastmen to trade their goods for living materials that they need.
But this didn't matter since Zhao Hai planned to hand these supplies over to the Demons and the Goblins. The Demons were completely lacking in living materials, they really didn't have anything good to live with. Just like the Demon Dragon said, the Demons could quickly pack all of their belongings as well as get magic beasts and plants before moving to the Space. Even with this, there would still people who would come empty-handed. For these people, the Demon Dragon King had them carry stones for the Space in order to build their houses. The Demons were completely solid in their decision to keep the Space's environment intact.
There was no need to say anything about the Goblins. Besides their old and ripped pants, they simply didn't have anything else. Giving them these supplies would surely elevate their situation.
The Demon Dragon King has always been with Zhao Hai, therefore, he was able to see the undead basically scraping everything off the ground and then taking it to the Space. As long as something was useful, then it would be taken away. No matter if it was in good condition or bad, whether it was new or old, everything was taken. This caused the Demon Dragon King to be confused. However, the Demon Dragon King still kept an eye out for these things, the Demons were just too poor.
While Zhao Hai was proceeding with his plunder, the Divine Race continued to run back to the Divine Realm. In the final moments, a defensive troop stayed behind to stop the pursuing soldiers.
Although they were yet to attack the Divine Realm, Fei'er and the others were still very happy. They just managed to repel the Divine Race, this was definitely a good start to their plans. At the same time, it provided them confidence to fight against the Divine Race.
Zhao Hai also left some cities untouched. These cities were to be handed over to Fei'er and the others to rest in.
After exchanging words with Fei'er and the others, everyone went back to take a rest. Zhao Hai led the Devil Legion as they went back to the Demon's Space.
Zhao Hai discovered that the Demon Space has greatly changed. A lot of Demons already had their houses built. Those who didn't have their own house were also in the process of building them. The reason they were slow was because they almost exclusively used materials from the Ark Continent or the Demon Realm. They rarely acquired materials from the Space.
After seeing his people bustling about inside the Space, the Demon Dragon King couldn't help but smile as he turned to Zhao Hai and said, "Mister, I really want to give you my utmost gratitude. If it weren't for you, I'm afraid my people wouldn't be able to live this kind of life."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly as he waved his hand, "There's no need to be too polite. Right, I just gained a lot of materials from the Radiant Empire. If you need them, I can provide a share of those things to you. What do you think?"
When the Demon Dragon King heard this, he couldn't help but smile, "That would be great. Thanks." Zhao Hai smiled before he took out piles of those supplies out into the Space.
When the piles appeared, the Demon Dragon King immediately had people distribute them. After the Demon Dragon King was finished with his task, he was immediately invited by Zhao Hai inside the sword carriage. After the two sat down, Zhao Hai said, "Demon Dragon, I want to tell you something. A few days ago, another spatial rift appeared in the continent…." Then Zhao Hai told the Demon Dragon King about the Atlanta Plane.
The Demon Dragon King's expression stayed tranquil. Now that the Demons were going to enter the Space, he doesn't need to worry about this anymore. However, he knew that Zhao Hai must have a reason to tell him about this. Therefore, he kept listening. After Zhao Hai finished speaking, Demon Dragon asked, "What does mister want to do?"
Zhao Hai's tone turned to serious as he said, "Eliminate them when they come. Then we'll snatch their magic armors and use it to deal with the Divine Race."
The Demon Dragon King nodded and said, "Does mister want us to send some troops?"
Zhao Hai shook his head and said, "I only have my eyes on them, but I can't guarantee if we can use them in the future. I just told you about it so that you can prepare. I also want you to pick some Demons who are enthusiastic about magic formations. We'll have them make their own magic armor as soon as possible."
The Demon Dragon King wrinkled his brows as he said, "Mister, why would you go through so much trouble? We can just grab their method of production and reproduce them in the Space. If Mister's strength isn't enough, the Demons can send troops to help you."
Chapter 839 – Demon Realm's Beast Tide
Zhao Hai couldn't help but smile as he heard this. It was a completely Demon-like response. If you want it, just rob it. It was just like when the Demons fancied the Ark continent. They didn't think too much about it and just proceeded to invade.
After seeing Zhao Hai smile, the Demon Dragon King couldn't help but be worried, "Mister? Did I make a mistake?"
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "There's nothing wrong. I don't want to have a war with three planes right now. Therefore, we'll just prepare to receive them in the future."
The Demon Dragon King stared, then he immediately understood Zhao Hai's plan. Zhao Hai was currently in a war against the Divine Race, but the Underworld was also slowly creeping in. If the Atlanta Plane was added, then Zhao Hai would have three enemies. Having war with these three parties meant that the Ark Continent would be at war with three planes.
The Demon Dragon King frowned and said, "Then what is mister planning to do?"
Zhao Hai replied, "We'll wait for them to invade the Ark Continent, then we'll snatch their technology for our research. We'll wait until we settle in the Divine Realm before thinking about going to the Atlanta Plane."
The Demon Dragon King thought about it before nodding. Their most important enemy at this time was the Divine Race. Although the people from the Atlanta Plane were also very dangerous, their threat was still inferior compared to the Divine Race. Moreover, they were now allied with the Barbarians, Winged Pegasus, and the Thunder Clan. If they shift their target to the Atlanta Plane, then that would be unfair to them. So first they need to deal with the Divine Race and then deal with the Atlanta Plane in the future.
The Demon Dragon King asked, "So what do we do now?"
Zhao Hai replied, "First, we need to deal with the Divine Race. We'll focus on this goal first, we'll put the other matters to the side."
The Demon Dragon King nodded. At this time, Zhao Hai suddenly felt his messenger fish move. Zhao Hai stared before he immediately took it out. From the messenger fish was the Great Demon King's voice, "Mister, are you in?'
Zhao Hai stared for a moment before he quickly replied, "I'm here. Your Majesty, do you need something?"
The Great Demon King immediately replied, "Mister, quickly close your spatial rift. A beast tide just formed in the Demon Realm. We don't want those demon beasts to enter the Space."
Zhao Hai gawked, then his body immediately flashed towards the spatial rift. Currently, the spatial rift was outside a medium sized settlement in the Demon Realm. This allowed easy entry for the Demons heading towards the Space. However, the situation outside wasn't very good to look at.
This wasn't the first time that Zhao Hai had seen a beast tide. In the past, the Black Wasteland had also suffered a similar event. However, compared to the Black Wasteland, the beast tide of the Demon Realm was much much worse.
At this time, a flock of demon beasts blotted out the skies. These magic beasts were poised to attack the city while some were heading towards the spatial rift.
When Zhao Hai saw this scene, his two eyes immediately shone. He immediately gave the Great Demon King a reply through the messenger fish, "Your Majesty, there's no need to worry. As long as I make some adjustments, I can also absorb those magic beasts into the Space."
Zhao Hai was just wondering as to how he could take magic beasts of the Demon Realm to the Space. But now, this opportunity actually came, so how could he just let this go. Zhao Hai didn't close the spatial rift but instead shifted the destination. Instead of the Demon Space, the spatial rift was connected to the hell background.
The hell background was suited for darkness creatures to survive in. Since most of these magic beasts were of the darkness attribute, Zhao Hai could just place them all inside the hell background.
If they want to take those beasts to the Space, then they could only grasp them one by one or bait them in just like what Zhao Hai did in the Carrion Swamp. However, both of those methods were very hard to accomplish.
But now that the magic beasts were rushing towards the rift, Zhao Hai can use this opportunity to take them to the Space. Although these beasts were hostile towards him, the Space can just change this sentiment down until it disappears entirely.
The Space considers people and magic beasts to be two different beings. If a person has hostility towards the Space, then the Space couldn't just change it instantaneously. It can only slowly turn the will of that person, subtly influencing that person's thoughts.
But for magic beasts, the Space held more power. As long as Zhao Hai takes them to the Space, the magic beasts would immediately surrender. Because of this, Zhao Hai wasn't worried about these magic beasts rampaging upon reaching the Space. Also, they might even provide some improvement to the Space's level.
Although the Great Dragon King couldn't understand Zhao Hai's action, he still didn't oppose to it. He believed that Zhao Hai knew what he was doing. And since he was busy defending the city, he didn't have the focus to deal with Zhao Hai's decision. Upon hearing Zhao Hai, the Great Demon King immediately stored the messenger fish.
Before the magic beasts entered the Space, Zhao Hai quickly changed the background and opened new spatial rifts. This way, it would be easier for the magic beasts to enter the Space.
Then something shocking happened to the magic beasts. As Zhao Hai opened new rifts, the magic beasts immediately swarmed towards them, almost to the point where they were throwing themselves over.
The magic beasts attacking the city stopped their advance as they shifted their focus on the spatial rifts. Weaker magic beasts were even trampled by those much stronger than them.
Zhao Hai himself couldn't help but get shocked upon seeing this. Although he wanted the magic beasts to enter, he didn't think that it would be this case. This was completely out of his expectation.
The magic beasts went straight into the Space just like moths to a fire. This scene also attracted the attention of the Great Demon King. The Great Demon King was immediately worried about his people. He was afraid that those magic beasts would flood the Demons inside the Space. Because of this, he immediately took his messenger fish and contacted Zhao Hai, "Mister, mister, can you hear me?"
Zhao Hai took his messenger fish out and said, "Your Majesty, I can hear you. There's no need to worry. I took the magic beasts to a place completely different from the Demon Space. Your Majesty can rest assured."
Upon hearing Zhao Hai, the Great Demon King's heart couldn't help but skip a beat. Although Zhao Hai's words seemed simple, it gave the Great Demon King another piece of information. Zhao Hai's Space actually had another place other than the Ark Space and the Demon Space. It might even be multiple other places.
The Great Demon King found out that everytime he gauges Zhao Hai's strength, he would still be underestimating him. If Zhao Hai can settle the Ark Continent's residents on one place while settling the Demons to another, then this means that Zhao Hai could settle another race inside a different Space. If Zhao Hai continues to accumulate people this way, then his faith power would be greater than what the Divine Race would provide.
Zhao Hai didn't think about any of these as he was look satisfactorily at the magic beasts rushing towards the Space. This was a completely good thing for him. He also heard prompts here and there as the Space introduced different magic beasts to him while also subduing them. Later on, Zhao Hai would be able to use these magic beasts as his subordinates.
Zhao Hai fancied these magic beasts from the Demon Realm. Their strength was formidable. Moreover, they were the most suitable to become mounts. In addition to their strength, each one of them were unafraid of death. This was a problem prevalent with magic beasts found in the Ark Continent.
There were too many magic beasts, so it took them some time before they entered the Space. Fortunately, these magic beasts were completely focused on the Space. This allowed Zhao Hai to stop worrying about them.
After looking at it for a while, Zhao Hai returned to the Space's villa. When he arrived at the living room, he saw Laura and the others sitting there, looking at the Demon Realm's beast tide.
After seeing this, Zhao Hai couldn't help but smile, then he turned to Cai'er and said, "Cai'er do you know why those magic beasts suddenly rushed to the Space?"
Cai'er smiled and said, "It's possibly because the young master has changed the background. Most of these beasts had the darkness attribute and the hell background can improve the darkness attribute. For these magic beasts, it was basically an instinct to seek for improvement. Possibly, they were able to sense the hell background and couldn't help but rush towards it."
Zhao Hai nodded and then replied, "That's great. Having those beasts inside the Space is definitely a good thing for us. If those magic beasts come, then it's possible that they can upgrade the Space."
Cai'er smiled and said, "I don't think that would be possible. Although there are a lot of magic beasts, the types present aren't many. Moreover, most of them are weak magic beasts. If they didn't enter the Space, they would've been killed by stronger magic beasts. Depending on these beasts to upgrade the Space is just not possible."
Zhao Hai agreed, he nodded and said, "Even if they can't upgrade the Space, having them is still good for us. A lot of these magic beasts are quite strong, not quite inferior compared to God-ranks. Having them enter the Space would improve our strength."