Chapter 845 – Great Dao Lotus Formation
Fei’er and the others were also able to see this fight. For them, the scales of the battle was beyond their capability.
They had seen Zhao Hai use the domain weapon before, but to be honest, after seeing Lu Wei’s ship, they were certain that the domain weapon would shatter upon meeting this ship.
Their heads couldn’t help but keep looking towards Zhao Hai and Lu Wei, their clash was just too shocking.
Similarly shocked was the Demon Dragon King. He had seen Lu Wei’s portrait before, however he didn’t see him with his own eyes. Because of this, he still had some disbelief regarding this matter. But now that Lu Wei was literally in front of him, it was impossible for him to reject it.
Lu Wei hasn’t changed his appearance. Therefore, he still looked the same as the one in the portrait. He didn’t even change his clothes, it’s not possible for the Demon Dragon King to mistake him with someone else.
At this time, Zhao Hai can see that this ghastly ship was the medium that Lu Wei was using to manifest his incarnation. Moreover, the ship was certainly more powerful than the soul sucking pagoda.
Zhao Hai was currently retreating while spurting out blood. The alliance members were stunned. They knew that if Zhao Hai cannot stop Lu Wei, then they could only wait for their deaths. They couldn’t help but get worried for Zhao Hai’s situation.
The ones focusing on the fight wasn’t only the alliance, the Divines were concerned about the result as well. In fact, this summoning was because of Lu Wei. He couldn’t stomach the humiliation from last time, so he commanded the Divine Race to summon him. He wanted to deal with Zhao Hai himself.
Lu Wei’s plan was good, but he didn’t think that Zhao Hai was expecting him to come back at some point. Therefore, Zhao Hai had been ready, causing Lu Wei to have problems in swiftly getting rid of him.
As the chase went on, they eventually arrived back at the Ark Continent. At this moment, Zhao Hai stopped, he stood still as he smiled at Lu Wei.
After seeing Zhao Hai’s expression, Lu Wei stared. He stopped his chase and carefully went forward. He was afraid that Zhao Hai might have some traps. Lu Wei looked at Zhao Hai and said, “Kid, there’s no need to be mysterious. Either way, you will die today!”
Zhao Hai looked at Lu Wei as he smiled faintly and said, “I just want to thank mister Lu Wei for giving me yet another magic treasure. Hahaha. Aren’t you confused as to why I stopped? Then see it for yourself.” After he said this, Zhao Hai’s body vanished.
Lu Wei stopped and looked around, there seems to be no change in the surroundings. But the complete disappearance of Zhao Hai took him by surprise. Then he operated the ship to fly forward. However, after some time, there seems to be no change.
The scenery kept passing by him, but Lu Wei still couldn’t see Zhao Hai. This confused Lu Wei even more. He went in all directions but Zhao Hai still wasn’t there.
Lu Wei’s complexion turned gloomy. He suddenly thought that Zhao Hai had left him here to go and deal with the Divine Race.
After thinking about this, Lu Wei immediately turned around towards the Divine Realm. But when the turned, he was suddenly shocked. The rift joining the Ark Continent and the Divine Race had vanished!
Lu Wei stared, he looked all around and saw no changes in the surrounding. He tried to fly forward and the scenery moved with him, when he stopped, the scenery stopped. Everything was normal besides the fact that the spatial rift had vanished. It was this abnormality that Lu Wei understood, Zhao Hai had trapped him in a weird array!
An array was a special method of attacking and trapping someone in the immortal cultivation plane. It didn’t exist in the Ark Continent, nor did it exist in the Divine Realm. The magic formations that the Ark Continent was completely different than these magic arrays.
But generally speaking, magic formations and magic arrays both used the power of the heavens to serve its purpose. However, compared to formations, arrays were more profound, their formidability was several folds more. Magic formations of the Ark Continent would look like drawings of a three-year old while magic arrays were something studied by university students.
In the immortal cultivation realm, no matter what you do, you must use an array. Otherwise, things would be difficult. If one makes an immortal cave, one should use an array. When one fought, arrays were crucial. Even in crafting weapons, arrays held an important role. It can be said that arrays and the people of the immortal cultivation realm were mutually related.
Because of this , after several tries, Lu Wei was able to affirm that he has been trapped in Zhao Hai’s array.
Now he can understand why Zhao Hai vanished. He didn’t go and kill the Divine Race, he was operating the array.
Lu Wei was indeed inside Zhao Hai’s formation, however, contrary to what he thought, the formation didn’t need someone to control it. It was because the place where Lu Wei was now was inside Zhao Hai’s Dao Lotus.
After Zhao Hai controlled the dao lotus, he discovered that it had countless uses. Not only could it help him cultivate, it can also attack and trap his enemies. Most importantly, the dao lotus was like a living being. It can absorb energy from the world and cultivate.
The dao lotus was constantly helping Zhao Hai in his cultivation, increasing his level all the time. At the same time it also absorbs some energy for itself. For every seven units of energy that Zhao Hai absorbed, the lotus would have three units absorbed for its own cultivation.
But during a fight, all the energy that the lotus absorbed were all given to Zhao Hai. Because of this, Zhao Hai wasn’t dissatisfied of the lotus taking his energy for itself. In any case, the dao lotus was his innate life weapon. The stronger the lotus got, the stronger he would be.
The reason why Zhao Hai retreated was because he was baiting Lu Wei towards the dao louts, only then could he do something to the incarnation. Lu Wei’s projection was very strong. Even if Zhao Hai went all out, it would still be difficult. However, if Lu Wei was trapped inside the lotus, things would be different.
The Dao Lotus was itself a magical array, and it was very strong. Zhao Hai even compared it to the tiny pagoda. In the end, the pagoda couldn’t compare to the lotus.
Zhao Hai didn’t want Lu Wei to know about the lotus. Therefore, Zhao hai used the Space to arrange the lotus array in the Ark Continent. Then he showed that he was weak to lure Lu Wei in.
Zhao Hai doesn’t believe that Lu Wei’s incarnation would be able to break out of the dao lotus. There simply was no way for him to go out. Lu Wei thought that he was inside Zhao Hai’s array, but he didn’t think that he was trapped inside a magic treasure.
Zhao Hai was in the Space looking calmly at Lu Wei. Lu Wei was currently standing in place and had a thinking expression on his face. Zhao Hai understood that Lu Wei must have discovered his current situation and was trying to think of a way of breaking out.
Zhao Hai looked at Lu Wei and then at the ship. In fact, they were in the same place since the beginning, they didn’t leave. Zhao Hai knew that Lu Wei was still quite lucky since the attacks were yet to come. Once Zhao Hai starts attacking, Lu Wei wouldn’t be having a good time.
At this time, Lu Wei started to move. He patted the bag on his side and took out a plate. Along with the plate were a lot of small flags.
Lu Wei raised his hand as the plate flew out from his hand. Then the plate slowly grew larger before it buried itself in the ground. At this point, the small flags had increased their size to a normal flag.
Lu Wei walked inside the area covered by the plate and pulled out a flag and placed it in the middle. Zhao Hai saw Lu Wei continue to go about and place the flags on certain places. His array seemed to be controlled by the plate and the flags.
Zhao Hai didn’t worry too much as he spectated Lu Wei. This was because Zhao Hai had found out that everything has already been overpowered by the Dao Lotus, including the plate and flag array. Although Lu Wei could see some effects, Zhao Hai knew that the plate and flags were already broken. At this point, the effects were only an illusion made by the Dao Lotus.
However, Lu Wei didn’t know about this. He was still planting flags as he used his formation. He kept grabbing phantom threads in the surroundings, not knowing that they were illusions made by the lotus.
After a some time, Lu Wei saw a crack in the space. He flew out of the the plate’s range and looked around. He nodded before he entered the crack.
Zhao Hai knew that things had reached its end. This was because Lu Wei was advancing towards the center of the lotus. As long as he flew forward, the Dao Lotus would proceed to attack him.
Before long, Lu Wei’s flight speed had slowed down. His speed kept decreasing as though he was mired in a swamp.
Naturally, Lu Wei quickly realized what was happening. His complexion changed as he immediately stopped. Then he ordered his ship to retreat. However, he didn’t know that invisible forces had already surrounded him, proceeding to attack!
Chapter 846 – Human Fueled Ship
Zhao Hai looked at Lu Wei and knew that it was time to end things. Fei’er and the others were still fighting in the Divine Realm, so things couldn’t be delayed. Since physical their physical attacks were useless against Lu Wei’s avatar, then Zhao Hai might as well use soul attacks.
After thinking up to here, Zhao Hai immediately released the pagoda to help the dao lotus to deal with Lu Wei. Actually, the pagoda wasn’t badly damaged at all. Zhao Hai just deliberately seem like it was broken so that he can lure Lu Wei in. One must know that ten thousand year old ice couldn’t be easily broken.
Lu Wei was in big trouble now. He was continually attacked from all sides. In Zhao Hai’s eyes, there was just a cloudless sky. But for Lu Wei, he was surrounded by dark clouds that attacked him with constant lightning strikes.
Lu Wei felt distressed while receiving these attacks. He had discovered that these lightning were fatal to him.
Zhao Hai thought that these attacks wouldn’t do great damage to Lu Wei. After all, Lu Wei was only a projection, because of this, he had the pagoda go to help.
Actually, Zhao Hai’s understanding of the dao lotus was still too limited. In fact, the dao lotus’ main attacks were dealt directly to the soul. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for it to trap the enemy.
However, Zhao Hai having the pagoda help was the right decision. Although the pagoda couldn’t compare to the dao lotus, its soul attacks were more sinister. The Dao Lotus would just attack the soul while the pagoda would directly swallow it, refining the soul to become its own energy.
Lu Wei didn’t know that Zhao Hai had sent the pagoda after him. At this point, he was commanding the ship to resist the various attacks.
At this time, Lu Wei was resisting the pressure mounted on top of him. But suddenly, the pressure vanished. Lu Wei stared blankly. At this moment, a strong suction suddenly came from the top of his head, sucking Lu Wei in. Upon sensing this attack, Lu Wei immediately commanded the ship to counter the suction. However, he suddenly found that his connection to the ship has vanished.
Lu Wei became surprised. His divine sense was attached to the ship. If he lost contact with the ship, then this body would lose its strength.
Lu Wei looked around and discovered that he had arrived inside a room. It seems like he was inside a pagoda. Upon thinking about this, Lu Wei’s expression sank. He understood that he had been trapped inside the soul sucking pagoda.
He was only a simple soul right now, his formidable strength was gone. At this point, he was as good as dead.
However, Lu Wei also thought that this was an opportunity. Because he remembered that he just used the ship to crack the pagoda. As long as he blows a part of his soul and destroys the pagoda, then he could have the opportunity to ascend back to the immortal cultivation realm.
The reason why Lu Wei thought about this was because although his soul was inside the pagoda, his divine will was still inside the ship. As long as his soul escapes the grasp of the pagoda, then the ship would still be under his control. Although he can’t defeat Zhao Hai, the ship can still return.
After thinking up to here, Lu Wei immediately blew himself up. After a bang, Lu Wei’s soul became weaker. However, the Pagoda actually didn’t move. While Lu Wei was stunned, a lot of mouths suddenly appeared, ripping Lu Wei’s body to pieces.
As Lu Wei’s soul was shredded, the ship finally lost its master. It slowly shrank until it became as small as one’s palm. Then it proceeded to fall towards the ground.
Naturally, Zhao Hai won’t have the ship fall into the ground. A spatial rift appeared below the ship and then absorbed it into the Space.
When the ship entered the Space, a prompt was immediately heard, “Hostile program detected in the Space. Proceeding to subdue. Program has surrendered. Item with rich death qi detected. Its uses need further research. Host is be able to use the item right now.”
Zhao Hai gave a sigh of relief. Then he proceeded to input his energy inside the ship. As it absorbed Zhao Hai’s energy, the ship also became larger.
Zhao Hai’s energy caused the ship to enlarge up to a meter long. Then Zhao Hai carefully inspected the ghastly ship. He discovered that the ship had more energy amplification compared to domain weapons. After his energy enters the ship, the amount that would be used was countless times more. Naturally, domain weapons could do the same, but they were much worse compared to the ship. Compared to domain weapons, the ship could amplify energy 10 thousand times more. The difference was just too far.
Zhao Hai gave a satisfied nod. After receiving the dao lotus and pagoda, Zhao Hai released the ship and stood on its bow as he headed towards the Divine Realm’s spatial rift.
In the Divine Realm, the undead, Demons, Thunder Clan, Barbarians, and Winged Pegasus were still fighting against the Divine Race army. At this point, the Divine Race were at a high morale. They just saw Lu Wei hit Zhao Hai to the point of vomiting blood. In their opinion, Zhao Hai’s time was nearing its end.
At the same time, Fei’er and the others’ morale was also greatly affected. They were unaware of it, but they were now depending on Zhao Hai. Now that they saw him getting injured, their mood couldn’t help but sink.
At this time, a ship slowly entered the Divine Realm. When the Divines saw this, they couldn’t’ help but let out a loud cheer. Now that the ship has returned, this meant that Zhao Hai was gone.
However, the Divine Race’s cheer came at an abrupt stop. This was because the person standing on the ship’s bow wasn’t Lu Wei.
Those present focused their gazes and found out that it was actually Zhao Hai. The Divines were completely dumbfounded while Fei’er and the others felt indescribably glad.
Zhao Hai looked at the Divines and coldly smiled, “What? Still waiting for your deity? Sorry but he will not be coming back.”
All of the Divines were staring at Zhao Hai. They didn’t expect that Zhao Hai, who had just vomited blood, would actually eliminate their Deity.
Zhao Hai didn’t become polite as he immediately directed the ship to hammer towards the Divine Race. The speed of the ship was very fast, the dazed Divines didn’t even have time to recover before they had been smashed by Zhao Hai. Blood immediately splattered in the air. Those hit by the ship were almost immediately flattened and killed. Those who didn’t die were crippled. At this time, the dead bodies were all sucked into the ship.
It wasn’t Zhao Hai taking the bodies into the Space, instead, the ship was taking them for itself. This caused Zhao Hai to be slightly stunned. Then he used his divine sense to scan the ship. He discovered that the ship was refining the corpses of those who died. Upon refining, the energy produced was used to power the ship. At the same time, the souls of those who died were transformed into ghosts. This ship actually used people to fuel itself.
The more people it refined, the more imposing the ship became. Zhao Hai finally understood that this ship was of the devil attribute. It would fuel itself with the bodies of its enemies, making it stronger as more people were killed.
While Zhao Hai was inspecting the ship, Fei’er and the others immediately took the chance to overrun the Divine Race. At this point, the Divine Race’s morale had sunk into a steep decline.
After Zhao Hai finished his inspection, he discovered that there were no longer enemy soldiers in front of him. The Divine Race army had unexpectedly been routed.
Zhao Hai quickly understood why this was the case. Lu Wei’s status with the Divine Race was very high. Therefore, the more powerful Lu Wei seemed, the more confidence the Divine Race had. And now that Lu Wei was killed, the morale of the Divine Race would naturally be greatly reduced. At this point, it would be hard for them to stop the attack of the alliance.
After beating the Divine Race army, Zhao Hai and the others didn’t stay. Instead, they advanced into the Taurus Continent. While they advanced, Zhao Hai came across something that surprised him. They had just passed through a village with no person inside.
Zhao Hai carefully looked at the village. It seems like the people inside didn’t move out recently, but days before. Moreover, their retreat seems to be organized. Everything that was usable and consumable were all taken away.
Zhao Hai couldn’t help but knit his brows. Did the Divine Race know that they couldn’t block the alliance?
At this time, Fei’er and the others also arrived by Zhao Hai’s side. At this point, Zhao Hai had already stored the ship, but Fei’er and the others were looking at him with respect. Zhao Hai and Lu Wei’s battle had made them understand the disparity between their strengths.
Zhao Hai looked at Fei’er and said, “Where did the Divine Race retreat to?”
Fei’er immediately answered, “They should be in Holy Light City, the nearest big city in this region. It has a population of more than 20 million. Moreover, its defensive capability is quite strong. From what I can remember, there should be about 5000 magic cannons protecting the city. It also has plenty of ballista. Most importantly, the city is protected by a strong defensive formation.”
Zhao Hai frowned when he heard this, then he said, “How strong is the Divine Race’s defensive formation?”
Fei’er answered, “Generally, the defensive formations of the Divine Race are quite strong. Even God ranks would have problems breaking through it. This was because of the foreign races. The Taurus Divines knew their capabilities so they strengthened the defenses of their cities.”
Zhao Hai nodded, “Let’s stop here first, have everyone rest. At the same time, send people to the spatial rift while I have my undead repair the Divine Race’s defensive line. We might have use for it later on.”
Fei’er and the others immediately nodded before turning around to leave. After they left, Zhao Hai frowned. He looked towards the Taurus Continent, wondering about what their plan was.
Chapter 847 – Hell King’s Ship
Naturally, Zhao Hai wasn’t just looking at the scenery. To be honest, the Divine Realm wasn’t that much better compared to the Ark Continent. The grass and landscape here was no different. This was what confused Zhao Hai.
At this time, Zhao Hai wanted to know why the people of the village retreated. Did they expect Lu Wei to fail? Is that the reason? However, if that was the case, then the Divine Race’s rout was unjustified.
If the Divine Race didn’t have any confidence in Lu Wei, then they wouldn’t have lost their will when he was eliminated. Now that they retreated, this meant that they trusted Lu Wei to succeed. But if they were confident in Lu Wei, then they wouldn’t have evacuated their people.
It was a contradictory thing, Zhao Hai was unable to make sense of it. After all, he doesn’t understand how the Divine Race thinks.
Fei’er and the others had returned to Zhao Hai’s side. At this point, they were already treating him as the alliance leader.
After the group got into the ship and sat down, they saw Zhao Hai’s puzzled expression. Upon knowing why, Fei’er and the others were similarly confused.
After some time, Shan opened his mouth and said, “Maybe the Divine Race wanted us to come to the Taurus Continent. They would block the spatial rift and then trap us in here.”
Zhao Hai frowned, then he said, “That is impossible. The Divine Race knows about our strength. And with your three races, it would be impossible for them to surround us. Luring us deep into the continent would be an unwise decision.”
Fei’er knit his brows as he added, “I agree with mister. It might seem like the Divine Race had a lot of troops to face us, but mister might not have noticed that there were a lot of recruits among them. For these people, their emotions greatly affected their performance. After Lu Wei was eliminated and mister appeared with his ship, they were immediately routed. If this was the true Divine Race army, this would not happen.”
Zhao Hai nodded, he knew the tenacity of a regular Divine Race army. They have fought in the Accra Mountains for days without anybody abandoning the army. The soldiers this time were very quick to go back.
Fei’er looked at Zhao Hai and said, “Therefore, I think that the Divine Race didn’t have regular troops available right now. Those Divines we faced today might have been composed of civilians. This would explain their lack of will. If this is the case, then it would be unlikely for the Divine Race to lure us into the continent. That would just be a death wish.”
Yue frowned, then he said, “What about the Divines doing this intentionally? They sent such an army so that we could be confident when entering the Taurus Continent. Then they would deal with us.”
Zhao Hai also frowned, then he turned his head to the others and said, “Thinking about it at this time is useless. How about we just follow our original plan. You can leave the spatial rift to me. Fei’er, you go and send elite troops to contact your people. Go and see their current situation. Also, give a deadline to the person you’ve sent. If they don’t return by that time, then it means that your people are in dire state. What we need to do now is confront the Divines in Holy Light City. Let’s not think about going too deep.”
Fei’er and the others nodded. Then the Demon Dragon King, who had not yet spoken, said, “Mister, have you thought about the simplest possibility? Maybe before Lu Wei appeared, the Divine Race already took their people back. That is to say, Lu Wei only came here to deal with you. If this was the case, then that would be a reasonable explanation for this.”
As soon as he heard the Demon Dragon King, Zhao Hai stared blankly. He smiled bitterly and said, “It seems you’re right. It’s possible that we’ve been thinking about it too much. But in any case, we still cannot underestimate the Divine Race. Let’s go according to our plan. We must capture Holy Light city and make it our base.”
Fei’er and the others were also thinking that this was their safest choice. So they gave Zhao Hai an approving nod. Zhao Hai looked at the group and then said, “If there’s nothing else, then I won’t be holding you back for long. Demon Dragon, help me rebuild the defensive line. Have the Devil Legion guard the place as well, we need to ensure the safety of our retreat. I will leave magic cannons and javelins to you. Right we should study the Divine Race ballistas. I want to know the reason why they shoot much further.”
When he heard Zhao Hai, Fei’er smiled faintly and said, “Mister, there’s no need to think about the ballistas. The reason they shoot farther is simply because they used more advanced materials. The inhabitants aren’t the only strong people in the Divine Realm. The the plants and beasts are stronger as well. Because of this, it’s natural for the ballistas made here to be better than the ones in the Ark Continent.”
Zhao Hai thought about it and nodded, “So it’s like that. Haha. I’ve been thinking too much into things lately. It seems like we should remake our javelins with materials from the Divine Realm. This way, it’ll be better for us to deal with the Divine Race.”
The group gave a chuckle. Zhao Hai looked at them and then said, “You don’t have to worry about supplies, I’ll take care of it. Right, have your messenger ask if your people need anything. I’ll try my best to provide some help.”
Fei’er and the others nodded. Although their faces were calm, all of them knew that their people were having a hard time. This was especially true when it came to weapons. Meanwhile, Zhao Hai had a lot of good weapons. Magic cannons, javelins, and even defensive magic formations. All of these things are very useful against the Divine Race. If Zhao Hai could provide them, then their people would be more relaxed in their battles.
Zhao Hai smiled and then said, “Alright, you can go back to your armies. Also, arrange some alarms. We don’t want the Divine Race to sneak an attack. Although they are frightened, we cannot rule out the possibility of counter attack.”
After Fei’er and the others left, Zhao Hai went back to the Space with the Demon Dragon King. After they entered the Space, Zhao Hai looked at Demon Dragon King and said, “Demon Dragon, when you leave, go and take the sword carriage with you. I have this ship now, so the carriage is useless to me. You can use it to improve your combat power.”
The Demon Dragon King stared, then a smile couldn’t help but bloom on his face. The Sword Chariot was the Divine Race’s Domain Weapon. Zhao Hai had used it twice before, so the Demon Dragon King knew about its might. He didn’t expect Zhao Hai to give it to him.
Although the Demon Dragon King’s Domain was a black dragon, black dragons still had their claws, he could still hold the Domain Weapon. Having the sword carriage would surely amplify his strength. Later on, he wouldn’t be afraid of facing the Divine Race’s most powerful people.
The Demon Dragon King quickly bowed to Zhao Hai and said, “Mister, thank you very much!”
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, “It’s fine, don’t be too polite. Right, I’ll have some people sent to rebuild the defensive line. Go prepare the Devil Legion and then send them there. Have them be familiar with the weapons as soon as possible.”
The Demon Dragon King nodded. Then Zhao Hai waved as he took the sword carriage out and gave it to the Demon Dragon King. Actually, domain weapons didn’t need animals to pull them. As long as its owner provides energy, then they can move by themselves. However, this was more troublesome compared to having it pulled by magic beasts. Because of this, most people would have their domain weapons pulled by magic beasts.
Since he doesn’t need it anymore, Zhao Hai gave the domain weapon to Demon Dragon. It can be said that the Demon Dragon King was well prepared to receive it. He already had magic beasts pulling his black dragon carriage, so he didn’t need to pick his magic beasts. He can just command his dragons to pull the sword carriage instead.
Then Zhao Hai sent the Demon Dragon King to the Demon Space before he returned to the villa. Laura and the others were currently inspecting the pagoda and the ship. At this time, the pagoda and ship were in their smaller form. The crystal pagoda looked very beautiful, like a piece of art. The ship was also quite beautiful, but its ghastly vibe was something hard to like.
Zhao Hai looked at Laura and said, “How is it? Aren’t they nice?”
Laura nodded, then she said, “They’re nice. But I don’t like the ship. It’s gloomy, it makes me uncomfortable.”
Zhao Hai agreed, “That ship is quite a problem. I want it modified. How about we go to the processing machine. Let’s see if there’s a way to improve it.”
When Laura and the others heard this, they became excited. Then they pulled Zhao Hai to the processing machine.
Upon arriving at the processing machine, Zhao Hai placed the pagoda and the ship on the ground before he pushed the start button. The processing machine gave out a white light, then a voice was heard, “Items rich in Yin energy detected. The two items are compatible and can be combined. Requirements for the upgrade is moon profound water, river of earth fire, golden sand, tree of life, goldmetal wood, and 1 million gold coins. Needs 48 hours to complete. Host may choose the final appearance.”
Zhao Hai stared, he didn’t think that the processing could actually combine the two items. Moreover, it seems like he could choose its shape. This surprised Zhao Hai.
He immediately turned to the page with the item’s final form. There were numerous ships shown. But the common thing among them was that they were all very attractive.
Zhao Hai’s eyes couldn’t help but hurt upon seeing the multiple choices. After a while, he turned to Laura and the others and said, “Which one would you choose?”
As if in agreement, Laura and the others pointed at a picture of a ship. The ship looked very beautiful. It had a light colored hull with a pointed corner at front. It still had 18 decks, and it had a cabin with 9 floors. A flag was set up in front of the ship but the image was left blank. It seems like Zhao Hai was free to choose what flag to place there. Between the topmost deck and the cabin was another floor with a door. Behind the door was a circular pool. The pool’s pattern was like the Taiji figure. Half of it was water, the half was fire. Outside the taiji pool was the eight trigrams chart. Moreover, there were innumerable golden threads going out of it, merging throughout the ship. It looks like the pool was the one powering the ship.
Underneath the ship was water, which was just like waves of the sea. However, it surrounded the ship, clumped up and not flowing down.
Behind the ship were circular holes with flames blowing out from time to time.
Besides these things, there were also cannons on both sides of the ship. There were 64 cannons on each side, 128 cannons in total.
There were also carvings on the 18 layers of hell on the ship. Although they looked horrible, one could still look at it as some kind of unique art.
On the top deck of the ship were four bells, one for each angle. The little bells were transparent, they seemed to be made of crystal, looking very attractive.
Compared to the other ships, this ship was surely a step up, no wonder the women liked it. Zhao Hai smiled faintly and then said, “Good, then we’ll have this ship. As for the flag, the Buda Clan’s WIld Dragon Flag should be good. As for its name, do you have any suggestions?”
Laura thought for a moment and said, “I don’t have any problems with the flag. As for the name, since it has carvings of hell, how about we name it Hell King’s ship? What do you think?”
Zhao Hai looked at Lizzy and the others, who gave him a nod. Naturally, Zhao Hai wouldn’t decline this suggestion, so he nodded and said, “Alright, then this ship will be named Hell King’s ship.” Then Zhao Hai pressed the screen and chose the ship’s image.
The processing machine let out a bright light as it absorbed the tiny pagoda and the ship. Zhao Hai could also see his hard earned money being taken away. At the same time, profound moon water, the river of earth fire, golden sands, a goldmetal tree, and a tree of life also vanished from the Space.
Zhao Hai couldn’t help but sigh upon seeing this as he said, “It took so much, let’s just hope that the result is worth it.’
When they heard Zhao Hai, the women couldn’t help but let out a tender smile.
Chapter 848 – Having a Meal with the Demons
Zhao Hai and the others returned to the Space. Then after looking at the Divine Race for some time, Zhao Hai sighed and said, “Cai’er, arrange some undead to repair the defensive line. Also, have some people collect plants and animals from the Divine Realm. No matter what, we need to increase the plant reserves of the Space.” Cai’er nodded and then went on to take care of it. At this time, Zhao Hai suddenly feel his messenger fish move. He took a look at it and saw that it was connected to the Great Demon King.
Zhao Hai held his messenger fish and immediately said, “Your Majesty, do you need me for something?” Then the Great Demon King’s happy voice was heard, “Mister, all of the Demons had already move into the Space. Mister can now close the spatial rift. Also, I want to invite mister over for a feast. I know mister has a lot of things, but I want to ask you to taste the food of the Demon Realm.” Zhao Hai stared, he didn’t expect the Demons to move this quickly. Actually, the reason why the Demons were slow was because of the magic beasts. Now that the beast tide has passed, the Demons had little to worry about. This caused their speed to quicken.
Zhao Hai immediately gave his response, “Alright, I will certainly go. Your Majesty can rest assured.” Then he stored the messenger fish before looking at Laura and the others. He smiled faintly and said, “I wonder what the food of the Demon Realm tastes like.” Laura smiled as well and said, “I haven’t eaten their food before. So what do we do? Do we go now?” Zhao Hai smiled and said, “Yeah. Right, we need to prepare some gifts.” Zhao Hai’s gift wasn’t expensive, only some magic beasts and all sorts of wine.
Any race would like these things. Moreover, although they weren’t precious to Zhao Hai, they still held some value to the Demons.
The Space was currently rich with things. Although it lacked gold coins, it was only because they still haven’t emptied the warehouse. If they sold the things in the warehouse, then Zhao Hai would definitely earn a load of money. However, there was only a small advantage in selling those things in the Space. And even if Zhao Hai wasn’t rich, he still had ample money to spend on things.
Not being able to purchase the ten magic backgrounds and 20 ordinary backgrounds was no big deal for Zhao Hai. Most of these places would only be used to grow plants and animals, and there was no need to rush it right now.
The reason why Zhao Hai wanted to upgrade the Space in the past was because he wanted to train God-ranks. But now, the need for God-ranks wasn’t as great as before. At this time, there were several millions of God-ranks in the Space. Also, there were some undead in the hell background who had broken through. Zhao Hai was in no need for additional God-ranks at this point.
After preparing his gifts, Zhao Hai led Laura and the others to the Demon Space. Upon arriving, Zhao Hai can see the Devil’s Chariot and Sword Carriage up in the air. Both of them were waiting for Zhao Hai.
When the Great Demon King and the Demon Dragon King saw Zhao Hai and his wives,they immediately went forward and gave a salute, “Mister, welcome!” Zhao Hai hastile returned the salute, “Your Majesty, Demon Dragon, you’re too polite. Right, let me introduce you to my wives….” The Great Demon King didn’t expect to see a Demon among Zhao Hai’s wives. He stared at Berry and then said, “i didn’t think mister would have a Demon as his wife. Madame, are you a Demon from the Demon Realm?” The Demon Dragon King forced a smile as he gave a reply, “Your Majesty, madame is someone we sent to guard the Demonic Abyss. I believe madame is named Berry?” Berry gave the Great Demon King and the Demon Dragon King a salute. Then she smiled faintly and said, “I have seen Your Majesty and the Demon Dragon King. I am indeed named Berry.”
Zhao Hai smiled and said, “You should know about the custom of the Succubus Clan. I broke Berry’s spiritual attack, so she took me as her husband. Hehe. Right, you have to thank Berry. If not for her, I wouldn’t have been confident in taking the Demons to the Space.”
When the Great Demon King and the Demon Dragon King heard this, they immediately gave Berry a salute. They were thankful to Berry. To the Demons, the Space was literally Heaven.
Berry was a clever woman, she understood that Zhao Hai only did this in order to elevate her face. Therefore, she didn’t say anything.
After exchanging their greetings, Zhao Hai said, “Alright, we shouldn’t be too formal here. Didn’t you invite me to a meal? Let’s go eat.” When the Great Demon King and Demon Dragon King heard this, they couldn’t help but chuckle. Then the Great Demon King said, “Alright, then let’s go down.”
Zhao Hai smiled, then he said, “I’ve brought some gifts as well. Here.” Then he took the magic beasts and liquor out.
Besides these, Zhao Hai also used this opportunity to give grain seeds and vegetable seeds. Also, he provided some methods of raising magic beasts. And lastly, there were methods of making liquor.
In the past, the Demons were living in the material-poor Demon Realm. Cultivating plants was mostly non existent in that plane. Moreover, most of the plants there were poisonous. Their seeds might be edible, but the plants themselves couldn’t be grown on one’s house, it was a potential hazard to those around it.
Naturally, the Great Demon King knew how important these things were to the Demons. He took a look at these things and then suddenly bowed to Zhao Hai, “I represent all the Demons in expressing our gratitude!” Zhao Hai quickly waved his hand and said, “It’s fine. These are things I ought to do. I got you into the Space. You have to treat your neighbors properly, right? There’s no need to be too polite” At this time, the Demon Dragon King suddenly said, “Mister, don’t you need some gold right now?” Zhao Hai stared, he looked puzzled at Demon Dragon as he asked, “Demon Dragon, what do you mean? Do you have a lot of gold?”
Demon Dragon forced a smile and said, “Mister, you might not know, but gold is completely useless in the Demon Realm. We have several gold ore deposits in the Demon Realm, and they are high-grade ores as well. We Demons only use gold to make our weapons look more terrifying. I seem to have heard that gold is very useful in the Ark Continent. If mister needs some gold, then Me and His Majesty can point some areas out for you.”
Zhao Hai gawked, then he turned to look at the Great Demon King. The Great Demon King smiled bitterly and said, “Mister, I forgot out it. Demon Dragon King is telling the truth. The Demon Realm has a lot of various ores. If mister needs them, we can give you their locations.”
Zhao Hai couldn’t help but laugh as he said, “Alright, that would be great. To be honest, I really need gold right now. How about this, I’ll get you a map of the Demon Realm tomorrow. You can just mark those places there and I’ll get them myself. I want everything!” When the Great Demon King heard this, he wasn’t offended, instead he said, “Alright, mister can rest assured. We will certainly mark everything, we won’t miss a spot.” Zhao Hai laughed once more before following the Great Demon King and the Demon Dragon King.
This place wasn’t the Great Demon King’s new palace, it was just a place where Demons had grouped up. There were no construction projects here, only Demons gathering around.
These Demons were the first soldiers to enter the Space. At this point, they had already settled their people. They only came here to greet Zhao Hai.
Zhao Hai looked at everyone. Then he smiled faintly and said, “Everyone is here. It seems like you really want me to have a good feast. But with so many people, I’m afraid I won’t be able to eat everything.”
Contrary to what Zhao Hai imagined, the people didn’t laugh, everyone just stayed silent. Zhao Hai saw this and didn’t know what to do, he even felt a little embarrassed.
At this time, the Demons simultaneously knelt. Then the knocked their heads to the ground and loudly shouted, “Thank you, mister!” Then they knocked their heads once more and shouted, “Thank you, mister!”….
After knocking their heads nine times, they stopped. Zhao Hai looked at the Demons and couldn’t help but get teary eyed. He was moved by their action. He calmed himself down as he looked at the Demons and said, “Alright, everyone, don’t be too polite. Now that you’ve entered the Space, we’re already part of one family. Don’t be too respectful to me. Just be yourself, I’m just here to taste some dishes that you made.”
The Demons laughed and then prepared the food. At this time, Zhao Hai turned to the Great Demon King and the Demon Dragon King and said, “Next time, don’t let them do that. It scares me a lot.”
The Great Demon King smiled and said, “Everyone just wanted to express their gratitude. Moreover, I didn’t plan this thing, they did it themselves. I wouldn’t be able to stop them.” Zhao Hai smiled bitterly and didn’t say anything else. After the group found a place to sit down, Zhao Hai turned to the Great Demon King and said, “Your Majesty, I need you to take your devil’s chariot and help me in the next two days. I want to attack the Divine Race’s Holy Light City. However, the ship I just acquired was being refined and needs two days before I can use it. I’ll need to depend on you until that time.”
Chapter 849 – A Use of the Underworld’s Dark Mist
The Great Demon King gawked, then he nodded and said, “Mister, you don’t need to worry. I will be waiting for your word.”
Zhao Hai smiled and said, “Then that’s great. We need to take Holy Light City, that will be our first foothold in the Divine Realm.”
The Demon Dragon King smiled, “We have two Domain Weapons, taking Holy Light City shouldn’t be a problem. Mister shouldn’t worry about it.”
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and replied, “I hope so. Before, when we waged war with the Divine Race, we didn’t really have so much understanding about the inner works of the Divine Race. Although we had killed a lot of them, they weren’t really high level members of their society. However, Fei’er told me that the city has a defensive formation and a lot of magic cannons guarding it. We need to deal with these things carefully.”
The Demon Dragon King had followed Zhao Hai these days, naturally he knew about things, so he nodded. The Great Demon King was himself a clever man, he didn’t need further explanation as he said, “Mister, rest assured. When the time comes, I certainly won’t hold back.” Zhao Hai nodded. At this time, the dishes that the Demons prepared was also delivered. One has to recognize that although the Demons didn’t have a lot, their food still had flavor that was different compared to the Ark Continent.
After having eaten their meal, Zhao Hai and the others returned to the Space’s villa. Then Zhao Hai inspected the processing machine. The timer was still going on, everything was normal. Then after that, Zhao Hai looked at the situation of the spatial rift’s defense, everything was also good. Then Zhao Hai changed the monitor to show the Atlanta Plane, he wanted to see what was going on there.
The Atlanta continent was still on the process of preparation. Zhao Hai saw plenty of things that they took care of. Besides military cargo, there were also items that Zhao Hai couldn’t recognize. Some looked like magic armor parts and some seem to be the power source needed by the magic armors.
Zhao Hai discovered that the energy used by the magic armors was called energy crystal by the Atlanta continent’s people. However, Zhao Hai has not yet figured out what this energy crystal was. But it should be more or less like Zhao Hai’s crystal stones.
Zhao Hai’s surveillance centered on Axe. But after this fellow went back to the family and attended the conference, he didn’t do anything else. This caused Zhao Hai to be unable to see much further into magic armors.
After seeing the state of the Atlanta Plane, Zhao Hai reckoned they would need a few months before they can invade. This enables Zhao Hai to have some time to breathe.
While Zhao Hai was looking at the monitor, Cai’er flew towards Zhao Hai. She was carrying a map on her hands and stretched it out, “Young Master, look. This is the Demon Realm’s map.”
Zhao Hai looked at the map and said, “We mapped it this quickly? Good good. I’ll give this to the Great Demon King. Then we’ll take our iron armor beasts to open up mines in the Demon Realm.”
After Zhao Hai gave the map to the Great Demon King, the Great Demon King immediately marked the ore deposits of the Demon Realm. Zhao Hai took the map back to the villa and immediately made Cai’er send the iron armor beasts to mine the ores.
One has to recognize how suitable the iron armor beasts were to mining. Their digging speed was very fast. Not even stone can stop their advance.
Moreover, these iron armor beasts weren’t low level anymore. This caused them to have more wisdom. At this point, they didn’t need a Dwarf guiding them in order to dig for ores.
The number of iron beasts in the space was quite a lot. In addition to being sent to the Demon Realm, ZHao Hai also sent a lot of them to mine in the Ark Continent. There were still some untapped mines back there. Zhao Hai used to mine with his undead, however, their mining speed was not ideal. Zhao Hai only remembered about the iron beasts quite recently. With how fast the beasts were in mining, Zhao Hai had to recognize that they were indeed born to excavate.
After handling these matters, Zhao Hai discovered that the skies had turned bright. After a few more hours, it would be the opportune time to attack Holy Light City. Since there were still some mystery about the Divine Race being routed, Zhao Hai and the others need to attack Holy Light City. This would allow them to see whether the Divine Race were planning to lure them or they were just having trouble with defending.
Since there was still time left, Zhao Hai took the chance to look into the state of the Beastman Prairie. The situation wasn’t looking great. At this point, the underworld had covered 80 percent of the prairie.
The speed of the dark mist was very fast. Suddenly, Zhao Hai had a thought. Didn’t the hell background had a dark mist similar to the underworld? If this was the case, then can he use the underworld’s dark mist to upgrade the hell background?
After thinking about it, Zhao Hai couldn’t sit still. He immediately opened a rift and drew some dark mist into the Space.
After the underworld’s dark mist entered, a prompt was suddenly heard, “Darkness attribute poison mist detected. Has aggressive properties. Has benefits towards darkness lifeforms and robots. Can improve hell background.”
Zhao Hai laughed, he didn’t expect his idea to actually work. This was great news.
However, Zhao Hai also knew that getting any more dark mist was useless. It’s effects can only be gained on the first absorption.
But this was still good. If the dark mist was useful for the hell background, then wouldn’t other things in the underworld be useful as well? If that was the case, then going to the underworld would have to be placed on the list.
After taking care of the dark mist, Zhao Hai discovered that the time was almost up. Zhao Hai switched the monitor off and then went to the Demon Space. The Demons were currently very busy. After all, they had just entered the Space, they still had plenty of things to take care of.
However, after the Great Demon King heard the situation from the Demon Dragon King, he didn’t rest that evening and just took care of the matters of the Demon Race. At the very least, he had assigned people to various tasks.
Fortunately, taking care of things came quite easy because of the Space’s environment. The Demons didn’t need to worry about food and drink, this allowed them to focus on constructing their own homes.
When Zhao Hai arrived in the Demon Space, the Great Demon King and Demon Dragon King had almost finished their matters. Then Zhao Hai asked the Great Demon King to arrange the Devil Legion to the spatial rift where the defensive line was being rebuilt by the undead.
Currently the Devil Legion wasn’t very strong, so Zhao Hai couldn’t bear to let them enter the battlefield. Zhao Hai believed that the potential of this army was immeasurable.
Zhao Hai can cultivate powerful people in the Space. However, trained people who hadn’t killed before will have limited performance during a fight. On the other hand, the Devil Legion were people brought up by mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Although their strength was low and couldn’t express great fighting prowess, their potential was very high. Once they have the power, no person in the Space would be able to face them.
For Zhao Hai, the Devil Legion was a treasure, so having them fight at this time would be a waste. Because of this, he didn’t have the Devil Legion participate in the upcoming fight. After the Devil Legion grows stronger, only then can they display their might.
People could experience rapid promotion, but their mental states couldn’t be trained quickly. After they go to the battlefield, they may panic or even go crazy. The Devil Legion didn’t have this problem. They had already fought many battles and had withstood the pressure of killing. What they lack right now was strength. But with Zhao Hai as their backer, it would be only need a short time before this issue is solved.
After taking care of the Devil Legion, Zhao Hai led the Great Demon King and Demon Dragon King into the Divine Realm. At the same time, Fei’er and the other had just eaten their meals.
After seeing Zhao Hai arrive, Fei’er and the others immediately went to greet them. But upon seeing the Devil’s Chariot, their faces couldn’t help but change. They could feel that the chariot was yet another Domain Weapon.
At this point, Zhao Hai already had his blood ghost staff. This was the weapon he was most comfortable with. He had handed it over to the Great Demon King before, now he had taken it back.
After Zhao Hai saw Fei’er and the others arrived, he smiled faintly and let go of the staff. The staff flew out front and then formed into a huge platform. In this platform, there were furnitures and other things such as teacups and pots. Whether it be furniture or utensils, all of them had a red translucent appearance, they looked quite attractive.
This startled Fei’er and the others once more. Fei’er had been with the Divine race for some time. But he hadn’t seen nor heard of an artifact capable of doing this.
Zhao Hai beckoned his hand and then said, “Come toward the platform. Let’s sit and have a talk.” Then he led the Great Demon King and Demon Dragon King to sit. At the same time, Fei’er and the others looked at the platform and also stepped on it.
When the group had sat down, Zhao Hai took out some tea leaves and began to soak it with water in the teapot. After having settled, Zhao Hai gestured to the Great Demon King and said, “This is the Lord of the Demon Realm, the Great Demon King. I asked His Majesty today to help us break through Holy Light City. With two Domain Weapons, we should be able to take the city with ease.”
Fei’er frowned and said, “Mister, the ship you used yesterday was quite strong. If you take that ship out, then wouldn’t we be able to take the city in a blink of an eye?”
Zhao Hai smiled bitterly and replied, “I also wanted to use it. However, I can’t right now. I discovered a weak point on the ship when I used it yesterday, so I decided to refine it once more. I won’t be able to use it while it’s being upgraded. If we want to use that ship, then we would need to wait for a couple of days.”