Chapter 871 – Technomagic Civilization
However, what Axe and the others didn't know was that everything that happened in Axe Island was completely known to Zhao Hai. These days, Zhao Hai had been constantly monitoring the state of the Atlanta Continent and the Underworld.
When the reinforcements from the Divines arrived, Zhao Hai didn't immediately attack them. He wanted to see what those people decided to do.
Zhao Hai thought that the Taurus Divines would go to him in order to fight. But this time it seems like he had guessed wrong. The opposite party didn't come looking for him, instead, they proceeded to build a base. Zhao Hai was quite surprised, but he soon calmed down when he understood that it was reasonable for the Divines to do so.
Zhao Hai didn't know that the reason why this was the case was because the Divines weren't fully confident in dealing with him. Every time the Divines met, they would use their magic formation to enclose the surrounding space, making Zhao Hai unable to listen in on their conversation.
However, Zhao Hai still understood why the Divines stayed put upon seeing their actions. But we wasn't worried. He wanted to see how the Divines would want to deal with him.
Of course, Zhao Hai wouldn't just let this pass. He had Bingya and the others send a letter back to the Foreign Races and had them see if there were any news about the vassal races of the Divine Race. However, this couldn't be accomplished in a short time. Even if Zhao Hai provided them with messenger fishes, it was still impossible to send word.
Because of this, Zhao Hai's attention was shifted towards Axe Island. The O'Neal family didn't establish a formation on the island. Although the people from the Atlanta Plane were famous for their formations, in the O'Neal family's minds, it was impossible for the Ark Continent to come to this island. Therefore, there was no need to build a formation.
Also, since they arranged magic armor guards on the island, they thought that magic formations would be redundant. For the O'Neal family, the time used to establish magic formations might as well be used for shipbuilding.
Since they didn't have any magic formations, Zhao Hai can see every one of their actions quite clearly. Initially, Zhao Hai didn't know what things the O'Neal family were busying themselves with. But soon, he understood the the O'Neal family were actually building a ship.
After seeing this situation, Zhao Hai guessed the situation of the Atlanta Plane. The Atlanta Plane was a Technomagic Civilization, a society much higher than the one back on Earth. However, they still haven't managed to reach the cosmos like the Earth. At the very least, they had no way to build spaceships to transport people.
Zhao Hai didn't make any attacks. He was afraid that the O'Neal family would be more vigilant once their island was threatened. He also wanted to see the expressions of the O'Neal family once they see the state of the Ark Continent.
Because of this, Zhao Hai observed Axe Island as it slowly built their four ships. To be honest, after seeing the O'Neal family's efforts day and night, Zhao Hai couldn't help but pity them for their soon to be useless work. However, Zhao Hai reminded himself that they were enemies.
Under Zhao Hai's gaze, four huge ships were constructed. After the last ship was built, Zhao Hai also saw Axe's father doing the honors. As for what Axe and his father were talking about, Zhao Hai didn't know.
The Atlanta Plane's official language was different from the Ark Continent. Although they can also speak the language of the Ark Continent, they wouldn't do so when they were talking amongst themselves, instead, they would talk in the words of the Atlanta Plane. This matter made Zhao Hai depressed.
However, Zhao Hai wasn't worried much about it. Now that the ships were made, it won't be a long time before the O'Neal family invades the Ark Continent.
Currently, Zhao Hai wasn't thinking about time difference between the attacks of the Divines and the Atlanta Plane. At this point, it was impossible to estimate when things was going to happen. It seems like the Divines wanted to delay for some, the people of the Atlanta Plane were the same. In any case, Zhao Hai was prepared to fight a two-way battle.
At this time, Zhao Hai was enamoured by the construction of the megaton-class ships. This was especially true for the machines used in the process.
When the ships were beginning to be made, Zhao Hai couldn't help but get surprised. This was because the Atlanta Plane had achieved a degree of fully mechanized work.
Building a ship requires a lot of welding, cutting, and other processes. All of which were done by people who were inside magic armors. This astonished Zhao Hai.
These magic armors were different than transforming ones. They weren't entirely humanoid. Some of them were car-shaped with mechanical arms, some were just mechanical arms.
Their shipbuilding was the most formidable one that Zhao Hai had even seen. Naturally, this was due to their magic machinery. It was the perk of being a technomagic civilization.
Technomagic civilization, this was the name Zhao Hai used to describe Magic-Machine civilizations. In the beginning, Zhao Hai thought that the Ark Continent was heading in this direction. This was because there were already people in the continent that used magic formations for stoves, refrigeration, and many other daily activities.
However, Zhao Hai was quick to discover that although the people of the Ark Continent were using magic formations, those who develop these formations weren't looked at in a respectable way. People were only thinking about magic formations as something that can make their lives easier. They didn't think about using it to make even greater things.
The Demon Realm, Divine Realm, and even the Thunder Plane and the others were almost on the side of a Magic Civilization. They knew so little about machines.
After being introduced to the Goblins, Zhao Hai felt that they were unfortunate. To Zhao Hai, Goblins were headed towards a technomagic civilization. It was a pity that they had been ruined.
The appearance of the Atlanta Plane made Zhao Hai aware that technomagic civilizations existed in this universe. Moreover, the Atlanta Plane seemed to have developed to a very advanced level.
After living on Earth for decades, Zhao Hai was clear about what technology can do to people's lives. Therefore, Zhao Hai was hoping that the Ark Continent would steer that way. In Zhao Hai's view, the Atlanta Plane have really developed the technomagic civilization to a high degree.
In addition to the machines used to make the ships, the ships themselves made Zhao Hai's eyes shine.
The huge ship was a big hulking piece of metal. It was different to the Ark Continent's iron ships. These big megaton-class ships can contend against the biggest freighter ships back on earth.
However, these big ships had magic formations all over their bodies. These magic formations made these four ships even more amazing in Zhao Hai's eyes.
Zhao Hai didn't understand the magic formations used in the Atlanta Plane. With their level of technology, no ordinary people could make sense of it.
Their magic formations were very strange. Although they looked the same, they actually do different things. After careful scrutiny, one could see a symbol or two being different. This small change could actually transform its function.
However, this wasn't just a simple matter of changing a symbol. It took a lot of experimentation to find the right position, size, and even thickness of a certain symbol. All of these factors make magic formations very difficult to learn.
Zhao Hai already had a lot of Atlanta Plane magic formations in his hands. Some of them were copied by Cai'er from Axe's mecha. At this time, Karen was researching these magic formations. Although the Goblins were innately skilled in this aspect, their civilization was mostly destroyed. Most Goblins would need several months of study in order to learn characters. At this point, they simply couldn't help. Even if Zhao Hai had a lot of formations in his hands, he only knew a few of its uses.
Because of this, when Zhao Hai looked at the magic formations on the ships, he felt like he was reading a book that came from heaven. He simply couldn't grasp the uses of the formations. Without knowing anything, it was impossible to put it to good use.
But this only made Zhao Hai even more curious about the ships. He now wanted to know what functions these ships had.
Aside from the magic formations, the design of the ships also made Zhao Hai's eyes light up. The deck of the ship was divided into 30 layers. The upper layers were living quarters. The design of the rooms were very reasonable. The space on each one wasn't very small. There were also some entertainment facilities inside.
The living quarters comprised of five floors. Starting from the sixth floor was where the magic armors were stored. The magic armors occupied a total of ten floors. After that were the garages, housing the land vehicles to be used. Zhao Hai already saw these vehicles, there were a lot of them in Axe Island.
Below the garage was the workshop. There were up to 50 stations in the workshop. All kinds of mechanical arms and devices were seen inside, all equipped for repairing magic armors.
On the lowest levels of the ship were components of magic armors along with energy sources. There were even equipment for compressing energy. One could say that the ship was fully equipped.
Seeing that the workers weren't having trouble in building these four ships made Zhao Hai understand the level of technology the Atlanta Plane has reached.
Chapter 872 – Everyone Is Busy
Zhao Hai was currently sitting in the Hell King's ship along with Laura and the others. The layout of the room they were in was the same as the living room of the Space's villa. Zhao Hai can't stay inside the Space for a long time, so the only thing they could do was to make a room inside the ship.
The women didn't object to Zhao Hai's action. In their view, it was necessary for Zhao Hai to stay inside the ship, so they decided to accompany him. However, they were already used to the Space's villa. It can be said that if they were to close their eyes, they could still manage to navigate the place. So if they change their environment, they may take a while to get used to it. Therefore, Zhao Hai's decision also had them in mind.
At this point, the Hell King's ship had become their home. Almost everything in the villa was moved to the ship, allowing Zhao Hai to stay inside it every day.
Bingya and the others had also been treating the ship as their home. Although they stayed with Zhao Hai in the ship all the time, they rarely went out, they were almost always inside their room. After seeing their actions, Zhao Hai couldn't help but smile.
Zhao Hai was currently watching the situation on Axe Island. The four ships were already launched. Moreover, their trial run had no problems. After the ships returned to the island and conducting a final inspection, they can then be allowed to set forth.
However, Zhao Hai wasn't actually concerned about this. What he was paying attention to were the armored land vehicles. Although Zhao Hai didn't know the names of these vehicles, he wanted to call them armored transport vehicles. The armor on these vehicles were thick, and they were crawler-types. Their design was also angular, making them look quite mighty. Zhao Hai paid attention to the magic formations on those trucks. The formations looked like those used on the huge ships. With Zhao Hai's current knowledge, he really can't see anything different between the two formations.
But one thing made Zhao Hai feel strange. Although these vehicles were crawlers and were evidently heavy, their speed wasn't slow, even if they were filled with magic armors. At the same time, their steering was also very smooth.
Laura was sitting right next to Zhao Hai, she had nothing to do at the time. She wasn't as busy as Lizzy and Megan who were always busy with coming up with tactics. However, Zhao Hai had found out something about Laura other than her skill in logistics, she was interested in machinery.
It's possible that she got it from Karen, but Laura had some sort of intuition after seeing magic formations and machines. It was just because Laura wasn't paying attention to this aspect that her talent wasn't discovered.
But now was different. Laura was looking at the Atlanta Plane's magic armor and magic formations with deep focus. When the ships had made their testing voyage, Laura's eyes were glued to the monitor. It reached a point where Zhao Hai was actually afraid that she would get fatigued, so he forced her to take a rest.
Laura was currently inspecting the armored vehicles at the screen. After some time she said, "Brother Hai, how about we modify the Hell King's ship?" Upon hearing this, Zhao Hai looked at Laura and said, "Modify the ship? What changes would you like?"
Laura smiled and said, "Don't you think that the attack of the ship is too limited? I want to make changes on this aspect."
Zhao Hai thought for a moment and said, "The Hell King's ship is made according to the Space's blueprints. I'm afraid it won't be easy to modify. Make a blueprint first, if it looks good, I'll try implementing it."
Laura smiled faintly and said, "Brother Hai, I think you misunderstood. I don't want to change the shape of the ship. Instead, I want to make modifications on its internal structure. There's no need to remake the ship from scratch."
After hearing this, Zhao Hai let out a sigh of relief before he said, "So it's like that. Alright, but you still have to draw your plans. Otherwise, I won't agree to it." Laura nodded before she turned around and left.
Zhao Hai looked at Laura's departing back and smiled bitterly, "I hope she doesn't end up like father-in-law. That would be terrible."
Meg, who was on Zhao Hai's side, couldn't help but chuckle as she said, "Just who made sister Laura stare at the monitor for too long? It's too late to regret it now."
Zhao Hai smiled bitterly, "At that time, I just saw it as her being bored. So I allowed her to look at the monitor and relax. Who knew it would reach this point?"
Megan chuckled. Among Zhao Hai's women, Meg talked the least and had the least presence. Even Ni'er's presence can be felt more. Ni'er liked animals. Therefore, Zhao Hai had her stay in the Space at this time to look after them.
Ni'er was just too pure. Zhao Hai didn't want to expose her to things she shouldn't be in contact with. Having her stay with the animals was the best thing for her.
On the other hand, Meg usually had nothing to do. Her main job was to assist Zhao Hai along with Laura with the day to day activities. She would aid Laura while also arranging things for Zhao Hai and the others. At this point, Zhao Hai and the others were already used to Meg's services. If Meg were to vanish one day, their lives would surely be turned into a mess. However, everyone knew that day won't come.
Although Meg didn't express herself more often, she still held Zhao Hai's best feelings. Meg had been the longest person right beside Zhao Hai. This made Meg Zhao Hai's favored wife.
Now, among Zhao Hai's wives, there were only two of them who were inside the Space. One was Ruyen. Ruyen spent the least time with Zhao Hai. In addition to her previous status, it can be said if one were to rank Zhao Hai's wives, Ruyen would place last.
Ruyen was currently inside the Space's Wild Dragon Island. She was taking care of the island's affairs, after all, it belonged to the Buda Clan.[1]
Naturally, she would stay by Zhao Hai's side when evening came. She can just return to the Space during daytime. As long as the island was running well, she would have ample time.
Zhao Hai didn't want Ruyen to get bored. And since Ruyen wanted to be useful, she asked to be the one to manage the island. In the end, Zhao Hai agreed to her proposal.
Another wife who wasn't always by Zhao Hai was Berry. Berry was a Demon, and she wasn't good in management. She also wasn't good of taking care of Zhao Hai's needs. What she was busying herself with right now was her clan.
Even before the Demons entered the Space, Zhao Hai already promised Berry to let her people in. After Zhao Hai allowed the Demons in, Berry came to Zhao Hai and asked him to give her people a place like Wild Dragon island so that the Succubi would be able to live in peace.
Naturally, Zhao Hai agreed to this request. However, he didn’t quite understand why Berry wanted to do this. Later when he asked Berry, Zhao Hai finally understood the state of the Succubus Race. In the Demon Realm, the Succubi were deemed to be the best choices to become wives. Therefore, almost every Demon wanted a Succubus for themselves. Because of this, a lot of Demons forced Succubi to submit. The Succubus Race hated this, therefore, it would be great if they could have their own island for them to live a quiet life.
However, Zhao Hai still felt strange. So he asked Berry about what how the Succubi would multiply if they isolate themselves from the others.
This point had already been thought about a long time ago. The Succubi wouldn't always stay on the island. Every once in a while, an adult Succubus with enough strength would go to the mainland and train. At that time, they would have the opportunity to find a husband for their own. After that, they can choose to stay on the mainland or just borrow the male to impregnate them before they go back to the island. Everything would be up to that Succubus' discretion.
When Zhao Hai heard this, he couldn't help but be startled. He still couldn't understand the decision made by the Succubus Race. However, he still agreed. It was because this wasn't only Berry's decision, the other Succubi wanted this as well.
Therefore, Berry would spend most of her time with her clan and then help whenever she was wanted.
Since Berry was Zhao Hai's wife, her status was very special. Therefore, the Succubi were full of respect towards her, treating her as the leader of their clan. This caused Berry to be quite busy.
Zhao Hai didn't oppose to Berry's actions. Zhao Hai wasn't possessive of his wives and he wouldn't dare to treat them as his property. He hoped that his wives would find their own paths. Because of this, Zhao Hai was in full support to what Berry decided to do.
While his wives were busy, Zhao Hai, the man of the family, was relaxed. What he did every day was sitting on his room and staring at the monitor, watching the undead and iron armor beasts in the Demon Realm, the underworld's advancement in the Ark Continent, the mining in the Taurus Continent, the Atlanta Plane's progress in their conquest, and the Divine Race's base construction.
These matters looked quite boring because of the repetition. However, Zhao Hai still needed to pay attention because these people were his enemies. As he observed their actions, he could analyze their future plans and find any weaknesses that they might have.
At the same time, Zhao Hai was also looking at the people inside the Space. The Goblins were living their usual lives. However, more and more Goblins had started to play with magic formations. This caused materials to be very much needed. Zhao Hai had Cai'er negotiate with the Goblins to do some tasks in exchange for supplies.
These tasks weren't too difficult for the Goblins, and all of these were related to magic formations. The tasks were effective for the growth of the goblins. Every day, the Goblin race were becoming better and better.
Zhao Hai also paid attention to the Fishman Race once in a while. The one he paid most attention to was the Azure Dragon Snail.
The Azure Dragon Snail was a magic beast that Zhao Hai had received from the Fishmen. Its defensive capability was very formidable, making it an important weapon for the Fishman Race. The moment he received the Azure Dragon Snail, Zhao Hai immediately took care of it inside the Space.
Because of the Space's ability to accelerate growth, the Azure Dragon Snail was now quite big. However, Zhao Hai didn't go on and refine the snail. It was because he knew that the older the snail, the better it would be. Although there were a lot of Azure Dragon Snails in the seas, Zhao Hai didn't make use of them.
Zhao Hai wanted to see the lifespan of these snails. After they die a natural death, only then would Zhao Hai take them for refining.
However, what happened next surprised Zhao Hai. The snails were living very well, none of them were on the verge of dying. At this time, the largest snail in the sea had reached a height of ten thousand meters. And even if it was quite large, it was still full of life, it seems like it could live for a longer time.
Zhao Hai did a test. He attacked the Azure Dragon Snail using a magic cannon made in the Ark continent. This magic cannon can threaten even God-rank experts. However, after hitting the snail, Zhao Hai saw that the snail seemed unflinched by the incoming attack. The snail just reached out with its dragon claw and met the beam of light. When the beam of light clashed with the claw, it vanished. It seemed like nothing even happened.
Zhao Hai was shocked upon witnessing this. He didn't expect the snail to have this much defense. If he made them live for longer, who knows what they will turn into. It was because of this that Zhao Hai decided to just have the snails grow. He wanted to see how formidable they would be in the future.
At the same time, the Fishmen gained great benefits inside the Space. This was especially true for the Sea Dragons, the last of the Dragon Race. The place where they were in was still in the sea, but this sea was in the same background as Zhao Hai's villa. The Sea Dragons stayed there for quite some time that Zhao Hai even forgot about them.
However, the growth of the Sea Dragons was beyond Zhao Hai's expectation. Last time, Zhao Hai was able to see some God-ranks among them. Now, there were even more God-ranks. Zhao Hai couldn't help but be astonished by their growth..
Chapter 873 – The Atlanta Plane Invades
Time flew by quickly. At this moment, Zhao Hai was calmly standing on the Hell KIng's ship as he gazed at a spatial rift. Naturally, there were no changes to the rift. However, Zhao Hai knew that something was happening on the other side.
Behind the spatial rift were the people of the Atlanta Plane. Their four ships had officially set forth as they rushed towards the Ark continent.
Zhao Hai thought that the most pressing matter for him right now was the Divine Race. However, he was left surprised when the Divines were still building their base a month after they arrived on the Taurus Continent. They were also using ships to gather resources and supplies in order to construct their fortress.
On the other hand, it was actually the people from the Atlanta Plane that needed to be looked after. After they finished making their four ships and amassing supplies, they immediately started to mobilize their soldiers. After a month, they set forth and proceeded towards the Ark Continent. They didn't even send scouts in to see the situation.
This caused Zhao Hai to be surprised. These people from the Atlanta Plane didn't look like amateurs. However, they didn't send any forward scouts, they just went directly for the Ark Continent's spatial rift.
The action made by the people from the Atlanta Continent appeared careless, Zhao Hai really didn't know where their confidence came from. However, Zhao Hai cannot help but recognize how good a Technomagic civilization was. The four ships were fully equipped, they were like four cities that could move at sea.
Most importantly, Zhao Hai can see a lot of magic armors. These magic armors looked advanced, there were some magic armors that looked like the one Axe and his team used, the one with three transformations. And from what Zhao Hai can see, these magic armors had strength no lower than average God-ranks.
This time, the O'Neal family dispatched nearly a thousand advanced magic armors. And one could see that they were yet to go all out. There should be more of these magic armors inside the ships.
At this point, the four huge ships had already arrived at Blazing Island. The Tyrant stopped at Blazing Island and immediately released magic armors to kill all the magic beasts left there. After that, they took the magic cores inside the beasts.
Zhao Hai has been paying attention to the actions of the people from the Atlanta Plane. He wanted to know what they wanted to do. Fortunately, maybe because they didn't sense any danger, the magic shield of the ship didn't activate, allowing Zhao Hai to see what they were doing.
They took the magic cores to the small workshop at the bottom of the ship and compressed them to be turned into magic crystals.
Zhao Hai became surprised upon seeing all of this. He didn't expect it to be like this.
Zhao Hai now knew what the magic armors need for energy, it was actually magic crystals.
This made Zhao Hai even more curious. He wanted to know how these magic armors would perform if they could use his crystals.
Although the people from the Atlanta Plane can turn energy into crystal stones, Zhao Hai can clearly see that the energy inside them couldn't compare to his own crystals. In other words, the source used by the Atlanta Plane was inferior to Zhao Hai's.
The magic cannons using normal crystals were not very good, but after using Zhao Hai's crystals, they could kill God-rank experts. If those crystals were used on magic armors, how much stronger would they get?
Zhao Hai was now itching to get his hands on magic armors and then try them out. However, he also knew that this wouldn't be easy.
Laura walked to Zhao Hai's side and said, "Brother Hai, don't worry, the Atlanta Plane can't do anything. Didn’t you want them to reach the Ark Continent? The fight will begin soon."
Zhao Hai smiled and said, "I know. I'm not worried. I just can't wait to see how the Hell King's ship would develop with the magic armors. Its fighting potential would surely be even more amazing."
Laura smiled and said, "What? The current Hell King's ship is unable to satisfy you? How about my modifications?"
Zhao Hai smiled. Before, he wasn't too enthusiastic about Laura's modifications, he just went along with her ideas. However, he didn't expect Laura to be earnest in her task. She carefully researched the ship and carried on a comprehensive modification to its interior. She even drew a very detailed blueprint. In Laura's blueprint, the Hell King's ship was divided into many regions. The uppermost layers would be the place where Zhao Hai and the others lived. The arrangement was the same as the one in the Space. There were even some greeneries inside, along with the Hot Spring and the others.
The following layers held the other residential parts of the ship. Altogether, it would be able to house ten thousand people. Moreover, each one of them would have their own rooms, the things inside each rooms were also quite good.
Under that was the warehouse. It can store a month's worth of supplies for a hundred thousand people. Under that was the undead region where the undead stayed. It had an environment the same as the hell background, allowing the undead to cultivate inside.
On the bottom part of the ship was the Yin-Yang pond, the heart of the ship.
Actually, Laura didn't have to spend such great effort on this. But since Zhao Hai cannot enter the Space at this time, the ship's interior needed to be improved to make their lives more comfortable. The other living quarters and storage were something for outsiders to see, helping Zhao Hai to hide the secret of the Space.
In addition to these things, Laura also made changes to other places of the ship. The first one was the ram in front of the ship. In the past, the ram was integrated with the ship. Now, Laura separated it. This meant that it can be taken down. When the time comes, it can fly out of the ship and smash the enemy.
Then there was the ship's pole. In the past, its only use was for hanging the flag. After the changes, it can now elongate itself and harden or soften at will, making it to swing on all sides. This allowed it to be used as a weapon whenever some enemies get close to the ship.
Besides these major things, Laura didn't do any other changes. This was because if they changed the ship too much, then they might need the help of the processing machine.
In addition to these, Laura also selected the undead to be stored inside the ship. All of them were God-ranks and God-rank magic beasts. Although the builds of these beasts were quite huge, Zhao Hai's undead can transform, allowing them to turn into humanoid forms. They would stay inside the ship in the humanoid form and just transform back during battle.
Zhao Hai became very interested in these modifications. Although they looked minor, these changes actually improved the Hell King's ship's performance.
Zhao Hai was aware that he can only act like an overlord because nobody can contend with the ship in this plane. He seemed like a grown man playing with children, he was bullying them, basically.
But now that he was being repelled more and more, a day would come where he would ascend. When that time comes, the Hell King's ship wouldn't necessarily be the most powerful thing present. He would encounter more powerful enemies and even more powerful weapons.
At this time, nobody can approach and threaten the Hell King's ship. But this wouldn't be true in the Immortal Cultivation Realm. Laura's modifications of the ships needed to be carried sooner or later.
When he heard Laura, Zhao Hai couldn't help but laugh, "It's good, very good. Right, what are the others doing?"
Laura smiled and said, "Not much. Lizzy and Megan are looking at the maps of the Taurus Continent and the Ark Continent in preparation for fighting the Divines and the people from the Atlanta Plane. Meg is currently researching new food. Ni'er is taking care of the animals in the Space. Ruyen is still busy on the island. I heard from Grandpa Green that Ruyen is planning to set up a Merchant Union in the Continent. Berry is with her clansmen, she's now the busiest among all of us."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "How about you? Why don't you study blueprints in the next few days? Aren't you interested in those magic armors? You can have Cai'er provide you with a three dimensional figure of the armors."
Laura smiled and said, "I'm quite interested. I've tried to make blueprints to make them, but I discovered that the metals used to make them aren't common ones. It should be a special type of alloy. If those magic armors are made with common metals, they would disintegrate in no time."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Who knows how long the Atlanta Plane researched those metals. Making magic armors surely wouldn't be simple. Go and look at the magic armor made by the Goblins. Their magic armor shouldn't be that complex. Not to mention the magic formations used are much simpler. Don't be anxious and take it slowly. Wait for me to grab a few magic armors and then you can study them."
Chapter 874 – Plan of Research
Laura smiled and said, "It seems like if we want to make magic armors, we would need to ask the Dwarves for help. Right, the Elves as well, they're quite good at engraving magic formations."
Zhao Hai smiled, "Don't tell them yet. After we get the magic armors, let's have the Space analyze the magic armors first.This way, we'll know what alloy to use when we make them."
Laura nodded, "Alright, but I hope that we can involve the Dwarves and Elves with this. This way, they won't be too idle. You should know that both the Dwarves and the Elves have their own innate skills. Dwarves are especially sensitive to metals, leagues more compared to the Humans. At the same time, the Elves are good at carving magic formations. If we have them help, we would gain more benefits while making magic armors."
Zhao Hai thought about it and nodded. He hadn't thought about it before. He was too focused on having the Goblins research magic formations to prepare making magic armors. He didn't think that he could allocate different jobs to different people.
At this point, Zhao Hai had a certain understanding when it came to magic formations. He knew that researching magic formations couldn't be done in a day. Besides selecting the metal, one would need to be skilled in engraving the formation itself. Once a small problem occurred during engraving the formation, the entire thing would have to be scrapped.
The most skilled when it came to engraving formations were the Elves, it's their innate skill. Moreover, they're quite dedicated to this craft.
On the other hand, the Dwarves were also dedicated to everything concerning metals. Humans couldn't compare to their expertise. If the Elves and the Dwarves join hands, then they would certainly be helpful in making magic formations and magic armors.
Zhao Hai only thought about it now because he wasn't thinking along this line before. To be honest, although he also took the Goblins into the Space, Zhao Hai still regarded the Ark Continent's people as more important.
In his heart, the people from the Ark Continent were his family and friends. This was where he had lived for a long time, therefore, the people from the Ark Continent could already be considered as his own kin.
The next were the Demons. Although the Demons had been their enemies in the past, Zhao Hai didn't actually hate them. Moreover, the Demons didn't hate him as well, they even voluntarily entered the Space. Because of this, the Demons also held a high status inside Zhao Hai's heart.
Then there were the Goblins. It can be said that Zhao Hai didn't have any connection with the Goblins. He just wanted to free them and borrow their skill in magic formations. Because of this, he had them live inside the Space.
Then finally there were the Divines. The discord between Zhao Hai and the Divines couldn't be resolved. But since he didn't want to bother himself too much with the Divines and also didn't want to wantonly massacre the innocent, he could only come up with imprisoning them in the Space as a solution.
Because of this hierarchy in these people's status, Zhao Hai had the Goblins research the magic formations while leaving the Dwarves and the Elves alone. Zhao Hai wasn't the type of person to seek for repayment. If Zhao Hai were to ask them for help, then it would be akin to him asking them to return the favor.
This wasn’t the case for the Goblins since he didn't have any connection to them. It was appropriate for the Goblins to help him with these things.
Now, after being reminded by Laura, Zhao Hai managed to think it through. He would try asking them if they would want to help in this project, he wouldn't force them. In any case, they liked to do these things.
Laura understood what Zhao Hai was thinking about, so when she saw Zhao Hai nod, she smiled and said, "Brother Hai, don't think about it too much. We can ask the Dwarves and the Elves in Wild Dragon Island for help first. Then we'll have the more intelligent Goblins come and mingle with them. This way, they can be familiar with each other. When the time comes, the Goblins wouldn't be afraid of the Dwarves and the Elves. At the same time, the Dwarves and the Elves could also accept the Goblins. This way, they could smoothly research magic armors together."
Zhao Hai nodded, "Alright, it'll be good for the Goblins to have contact with the other races." Zhao Hai understood the reason why Laura wanted the Goblins to mingle with the other races. In the past, the Goblins suffered under the persecution of the Divine Race. Not only was their civilization ruined, their spirits were shattered as well. Zhao Hai discovered that the Goblins held a strong vigilance towards other races. Because of their fear, they turn dull upon meeting other people. Therefore, Laura wanted the more intelligent Goblins get used to the other races to remedy this problem.
However, this matter couldn't be done in a short time. The Goblins had just managed to touch magic formations. Even if they want to help, they couldn't provide that much. They still need time.
At this time, Bingya walked out from his room. Bingya and the other had been following Zhao Hai's side for quite some time. However, they still don't know what Zhao Hai was thinking about. They only thought that Zhao Hai wanted to occupy the Taurus Continent. They would never guess that Zhao Hai was only staying here because he was waiting for the Divine Race's ultimate armor as well as the Atlanta Plane's magic armors.
However, Wolf Tribe Bingya was still very thankful towards Zhao Hai. The Taurus Divines were arch enemies of the Foreign Races, especially the Beastmen. Because of this, not only did Bingya not blame Zhao Hai for destroying the Taurus Divines, he even thought that he did great.
After seeing Zhao Hai and Laura standing at the ship's bow, Bingya couldn't help but hesitate. He was afraid of disturbing Zhao Hai. Zhao Hai had also noted Bingya's presence, he smiled faintly before turning his head to Bingya and said, "Bingya, what's wrong? Is there a problem?" The time they spent together wasn't short, so Zhao Hai had become comfortable in calling him Bingya.
Bingya went towards Zhao Hai and bowed, "Mister, I just received word from the clan. It seems like the Divines had intensified their surveillance towards their vassal races. As long as they discover something wrong, they would immediately send troops to deal with it."
Zhao Hai stared, but then he nodded and said, "No wonder the Divines had been motionless for a long time. So they were doing this. They want to stabilize their rear first before trying to deal with us. Hehe, interesting."
Bingya looked at Zhao Hai and said, "Mister, what should we do?"
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Is it really that bad? The Divines are used to these kinds of things. And they also know that the reason why the Taurus Continent fell was due to the rebellion of the three clans. Therefore, they need to increase their vigilance towards their vassals. They may even quell some numbers off of their vassals. But the more they do this, the more hatred those races would have towards them. If they can't crush the rebels quickly enough, then the Divine Race's backyard would get more and more chaotic. This is good for us."
Bingya stared, then he nodded. He couldn't help but agree to what Zhao Hai said. The foreign races had been fighting against the Divine Race for a long time, so Bingya understood how tyrannical the Divines were. Upon knowing that their vassals can perform a rebellion, they would certainly become more ruthless. Quelling numbers was only one of the more simple methods.
Bingya also knew that the already discontented vassal races would be more angry when the Divines suppress them even more. This would only speed up the planned rebellions. As long as races revolt together, the Divines would have to split their troops. When the time comes, Zhao Hai could then annihilate the Divines one by one.
After thinking this through, Bingya nodded and said, "Alright, we'll be depending on Mister. I'll tell the clan what mister said. But Mister, we should take action against the Divines. If they successfully make their base, then we would be at a disadvantage."
Zhao Hai shook his head and smiled, "Don't worry about it. Just let them be. It would be impossible for them to be in their base forever. As long as they go out and make an attack, I can deal with them then."
Bingya didn't say anything about this anymore. He just nodded and said, "I'll be reporting to the clan now." Then he turned around and went to his cabin.
Laura looked at Bingya and then turned her head to Zhao Hai, "Brother Hai, the Foreign Races didn't make Bingya and the others go back. Do they want to monitor you? How can we just leave them be? We already have enough strength to deal with the Divine Race ourselves."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "If you don't pull them into the water, then how could you expect them to fight with the Divines? As long as the Foreign Races gets weakened, then the more chances we can have to get their ultimate weapons. Of course, it would be better if we can have them migrate to the Space."
When Laura heard this, she couldn't help but laugh. She now understood what Zhao Hai had in mind. This was actually the same plan that Zhao Hai had on the three clans. Pulling the Thunder Clan and the others along would not only help fight the Divines, but they would also get weakened. At that time, when Zhao Hai directs the Underworld and the Atlanta Plane into the Divine Realm, those three clans would surely allow themselves to be taken into the Space.
The sooner those people enter the Space, the sooner they could worship Zhao Hai. When the time comes, Zhao Hai would have more Faith Power.
Although this method wasn't clever, it was actually the most effective. If Zhao Hai goes on and force them, then he would be wasting time. And time wasn't exactly on Zhao Hai's side right now.
Chapter 875 – The O'Neal Family's Turning Point
The reason why Zhao Hai always wanted to add people inside the Space was primarily due to its emptiness. There were too little people inside, and it would be a waste if the massive Space remains uninhabited.
Second, because of Faith Power. Although Zhao Hai wasn't too clear about what Faith Power can do to cultivation, he knows how hard it was to collect. Therefore, it should be quite a valuable resource.
When Zhao Hai ascends to the cultivation world one day, wanting to collect faith power wouldn't be so easy. Lu Wei needed to be assigned to this place in order to collect faith power. One could see how rare faith power was in the Immortal Cultivation Realm.
If the people in the Immortal Cultivation Realm were very strong, then it would be almost impossible for Zhao Hai to collect faith power there.
Moreover, in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, planes already had allocations. Every available resource should have already been claimed by the major powers. If Zhao Hai went to the Immortal Cultivation Realm and collect faith power, then he might risk offending these people. Zhao Hai already offended Lu Wei, it wouldn't be wise for him to gain even more enemies.
Lu Wei's incarnation was already powerful, this meant that his true body would be even stronger. However, Lu Wei wasn't the strongest person in the Immortal Cultivation Realm. It's certain that there were more people stronger than him. Zhao Hai didn't want to go to the Immortal Cultivation Realm just to get chased around, that won't be very fun.
Most importantly, Zhao Hai was afraid that there would be people in the Immortal Cultivation Realm capable of invading the Space. If a person like that exists, then Zhao Hai would be in a major trouble.
Therefore, Zhao Hai wanted to make ample preparation before he gets kicked out and ascends to the Immortal Cultivation Realm. He wanted people inside the Space so that he won't need to look for them once he went to the Immortal Cultivation Realm. In the meantime, he also wanted to analyze the magic armors and the ultimate weapons. This way, he would have more means of self-preservation.
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Axe was currently standing on the Tyrant's bow. He liked the name 'Tyrant'. Everytime he heard the name, he always felt his passion burning inside him.
It had been a few days since they had arrived on Blazing Island. No changes happened to the island since he first came here. As for the magic beasts, Axe wasn't polite with them as he sent his people to directly eliminate them all. They gained some magic crystals along the way. But even if they weren't a lot, Axe was still feeling happy. He liked this feeling of conquest.
After that, they began to head northbound. Based from what he heard from Zhao Hai, the Ark Continent should be this way.
The Tyrant wasn't the flagship of the fleet. The ship at the head of the fleet was the Glory, Axe's father was on this ship. Axe made the request to stay on the Tyrant.
Axe disliked staying under his father's gaze. Although he can learn a lot of things being by his side, Axe felt uncomfortable being there every day. Therefore, he took the initiative to leave the ship. The reason he gave was that he wants to study on how to command a ship.
This reason was quite reasonable, so Axe's father immediately agreed to let Axe take command of the Tyrant. At the same time, he also arranged an experienced first mate to guide his son.
Before this, he really didn't care about taking command of the ship. However, Axe came to discover how great the taste of authority was. It was like an expensive glass of wine, not many people were able to taste it.
It had been a few days, but although they had been sending scouts ahead, they were yet to find land nor did they see any ships. This made Axe confused.
Their ships weren't slow. This was a powered ship, not any old sailing vessel. But their ship was yet to find the continent even after several days of travelling. It seems like Blazing Island was farther to the continent than Axe first thought.
Another thing made Axe puzzled. From what he comprehended during his talk with Zhao Hai, the Ark Continent didn't have machines. Therefore, the Ark Continent should be using sailing ships. With how slow sailing ships were, how come Zhao Hai arrived at Blazing Island? And why was his timing so appropriate? There shouldn't be something wrong, is there?
After thinking about this, Axe shook his head, eliminating these thoughts. He didn't dare to think about it since he was afraid that it would be true. If it was, then this expedition would be a huge blow to the family.
Time passed by, after two days, Axe couldn't calm himself down. Most of his time every day was spent on the deck looking for signs in the horizon. He did this even if he knew that a scout would come if the continent was spotted.
Axe stayed on the deck since he was unable to settle himself while being inside his room. At this time, black spots appeared on the skies. Axe's mind couldn't help but shake, the scouts had come back.
Before long, a magic armor flew towards the Tyrant. This magic armor was in its aircraft mode. Among all of its form, the aircraft mode was the fastest.
The magic armor transformed into its humanoid shape before it set foot on the ship. Then the hatch opened as a person jumped out. Then the person went towards Axe before he bowed and said, "Young Lord, we've discovered the Ark Continent. It is definitely the Ark Continent, not just a boat. It's in the east, our direction has been a bit off."
Axe excitedly nodded and said, "Good, good, fantastic. Has this information been related to father?"
The person nodded and said, "Someone went to report to the Patriarch. The Young Lord can rest assured. However, …" After the person spoke up to here, he had a hesitant expression.
Axe's heart couldn't help but sink. He immediately asked, "What happened? Tell me. Speak!"
The person looked at Axe and said, "Although we weren't too close to the Ark Continent, something felt strange to us. There are no smoke coming from the land, there aren't any ships on the seas as well as the shore. It's quite strange."
Axe's heart sank deeper. He immediately said, "Did you relay this to father as well? What did father say?"
The person shook his head and said, "I don't know whether the Patriarch has been informed or not. We scouts separated as we came here."
Axe nodded, then he turned to his men and said, "Prepare my magic armor. I need to go to the Glory." The servant behind him immediately nodded before he turned around and left.
Before long people came and towed Axe's magic armor out. Axe didn't say anything as he immediately rode his magic armor and then flew towards the Glory.
Axe's position wasn't too far from the Glory. The four ships advanced in a straight line. The first was the Victory, which acted as the vanguard. Then the Glory, then the Conquest, and finally the Tyrant.
It didn't take a long time before Axe arrived at the Glory. After his magic armor landed, he immediately jumped down and hurried towards his father's room.
Upon arriving outside the room, the two guards immediately bowed to him as one of them said, "Young Lord, the Patriarch already told us that if you arrive you should see him immediately."
Axe nodded before pushing the door open and entering the room. Then Axe stared, it was because he wasn't the only visitor inside. There were famed commanders of the family present. This time, they joined in to command the battle against the Ark Continent's ships.
After seeing Axe arrive, the Patriarch nodded and said, "Axe, it's good that you came. Take a seat." Axe gave everyone inside a salute before sitting down.
When Axe sat down, his father said, "We've already discovered the Ark Continent on our east side. But a strange phenomenon sprang out. There aren't any ships on the shoreline. This is very strange. I've already sent the scouts once more to approach the continent. We need to know whether something happened."
The people inside the room nodded. Then one commander frowned and said, "Patriarch, what do we do if we find nobody in that continent?"
Axe's father paused for a moment before he said, "Don't worry. If there are no people in the continent, it could only mean one of two things. First, it means that we haven't found the right place, it's not the Ark Continent but a deserted one. The possibility of this happening is small. The second possibility is that something happened to the continent, the people simply left. This is good for us since we won't need to use force. In any case, what we want here are the materials and the minerals. The people won't matter too much."
The group nodded. At this time, Axe stood up and said, "Father I apologize. I've been neglectful in my earlier scouting."
Axe's father waved his hand and said, "I can't blame you for this. If you went to the Ark Continent at that time, then you might alert them. Maybe there really are no people in the continent. Let's us go along with the plan. You can go and see Zhao Hai while we wait and see."
Axe nodded, then his father turned to the others and said, "Whether there are people in the continent or not, we still need to prepare. The ships had already fixed their heading and are now going towards the continent. We need to build a base there in the shortest time possible and anticipate the arrival of the continent's troops. It seems like the Ark Continent is larger than we imagined. This is good news for the O'Neal family. A bigger place means there are more things for us to get. This will be a turning point for our family."
As soon as the group heard this, their spirit couldn't help but shake. Right, the Ark Continent being bigger was good news. If the Ark Continent was big, then there would be a lot of magic beasts there. Magic beasts bring forth magic crystals. The more magic beasts there were, the more crystals the O'Neal family would gain. There were also the minerals. With such a huge continent, it would be impossible for it to not have minerals. These minerals were also important for the family.
After many years of mining, the Atlanta Continent's ore deposits had gone very low. And without these deposits, there would be no way to make more magic armors. Without magic armors, their family would be weakened. It would be a negative chain reaction.
Axe's father looked into the eyes of those present and said, "Although the Atlanta Plane is big, we share it with the Warriors and the Mages. Dealing with those two would take a long time. However, the Ark Continent would only belong to us, the O'Neal family. It's not even that smaller than the Atlanta Plane. Think about it, we have a place like the Atlanta Plane as our base, how exciting would that be."
The eyes of those present were shining. They couldn't help but dream about the scenario that Axe's father described. If the O'Neal family were to have a place as big as the Atlanta Plane as their base, then who could contend against them in the Atlanta Plane?
Axe's father looked at the group and gave a satisfied nod, "Alright, I'll speak up to here. You go back to your stations and prepare. We will take the Ark Continent. Kill all those who dare block us! O'Neal Family, Victory!!!"
The group stood up as well as Axe, all of them loudly shouted, "Victory!!" Just as Axe was about to leave, he was stopped by his father.
Once all the other commanders had left, Axe's father sat him down and said, "When you met Zhao Hai, did you find anything peculiar?"
Axe stared, but he understood his father's question. His father still wasn't too comfortable about the state of the Ark Continent. But since Axe didn't see anything peculiar, he shook his head and said, "There isn't anything special. When he saw the magic armors for the first time, he had a scared and curious expression. I can affirm from this that there are no magic armors in the Ark Continent. At that time, he was dressed like a Mage. He also had a magic staff on his hand. He can fly which meant that he should be 9th rank. I can't feel any God-rank aura around him."
Axe's father nodded and said, "So it seems like our speculations are true. It's quite possible that there are no God-ranks in the Ark Continent. This is good. However, I'm quite worried about something. Why would Zhao Hai be by the spatial rift? He had no reason to be there."
Axe knitted his brows, he was thinking the same thing.
Chapter 876 – Turbid Waters Are Good For Catching Fish By Hand
Axe wasn't a fool. He understood what his father was thinking about. He was also confused about what was happening in the Ark Continent.
After seeing Axe's expression, Axe's father nodded secretly inside. He felt that Axe had matured in the recent days, this was what he wanted to see.
At this time, a report suddenly came in from outside, "Reporting to the Patriarch, the scout has come back."
Axe's father stared for a moment before a smile appeared on his face, then he immediately said, "Let him in." Then the guards complied and then opened the door to let the person in.
The scout was a middle aged person, likely over 30 years old. However, he looked spirited in his tight suit. This suit was also necessary for those who drove magic armors.
The man arrived in front of Axe' father and then gave a salute, "i have seen the Patriarch."
Axe's father nodded and said, "Lev, tell me the situation." Naturally, it was impossible for Axe's father to know about every magic armor user in the family. However, Lev was an exception. He was a God-rank magic armor driver. Moreover, he ranked among the best God-rank magic armor drivers in the family. The magic armor he drove specialized in stealth. Since it's important that they know the situation regarding the Ark Continent, Axe's father decided to send Lev out. Otherwise, he wouldn't have sent him for common errands.
Lev's deep voice answered, "It's highly probable that we've spotted the Ark Continent. But the strange thing about it is there is nobody present in their cities by the shore. There's no sign of any battle either, it looks like people just moved by themselves. All the houses are empty. And from the way the dust had settled, the place had been empty for over three months."
Axe's father stared. Meanwhile, Axe's expression changed as he looked at Lev and said, "Over three months? Then does this mean that when I met Zhao Hai, the Ark Continent was already like this? Lev, did you only look a at the cities? How about the other parts of the continent?"
Lev replied, "I looked through two cities and some villages. Same thing, everybody had moved out. Everything that can be of use has also been taken away. Moreover, it seems like they weren't hurried upon leaving. The place was cleanly left behind."
Axe's face turned difficult as he turned to his father. Axe's father looked at Axe and then smiled, after that, he comforted his son, "Axe, it's fine. Don't think about it too much. It seems like Zhao Hai has deceived you. When you met him, they were already moving away. But no matter where they moved, the Ark Continent is still here. They can't take the Ark Continent with them. It's fine as long as we get the continent for ourselves. Lev, you go take a good rest." After giving a salute to the two, Lev turned and left. After Lev went out, Axe's father frowned and said, "Things are more complicated than we thought. Why did the people from the Ark Continent move out? And where did they move? The appearance of our spatial crack shouldn't be the reason why they moved away. It seems like we need to check much further into what happened."
Axe calmed down as he sat on one side of the room. He's really angry at Zhao Hai's deception. He thought that he had cheated Zhao Hai, as it turns out, he was the one being cheated.
After thinking about this, Axe couldn't help but clench his jaw. The feeling of being played wasn't very good.
Axe's father looked at Axe and smiled, "Axe, don't be mad, its fine. You'll get to meet more of these kinds of things later on. Go return to your ship, manage it well."
Axe took a deep breath, he nodded before giving his father a salute and leaving. Looking at Axe's departing back, his father smiled. He didn't say anything else. In his mind, these were things that young men need to experience.
What Axe's father didn't know was that Zhao Hai was observing them. After Axe went out of the room, Zhao Hai sighed and said, "It's a pity, I thought we'd have much more things to get out of this. But I didn't expect Axe's father to be this insightful. The O'Neal family is really extraordinary."
Laura gave a nod, then she turned to Cai'er and said, "Cai'er, did you manage to translate it properly? To be honest, I'm quite surprised that you've managed to learn the Atlanta Plane's language in such a short time."
Cai'er smiled and said, "There's nothing surprising about it. I've been watching Axe Island for a while. Although the people were very busy, they always talked with each other. After watching them for a long time and doing some analyses and calculations, it's natural that I managed to learn their language. There shouldn't be anything wrong with the translation."
Laura nodded, "If that's true, then the O'Neal Patriarch is really quite the character. The issues he just said are key reasons for our departure from the Ark Continent."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "He's quite a character indeed. He's the Patriarch, so how could he be simple. But it's not time to deal with them right now, we'll keep monitoring them and wait until they discover the spatial rift. I really didn't expect them to have gone straight to the Rosen Empire. It's interesting to think which one they will discover first, us or the Underworld."
This time, it was Lizzy who opened her mouth as she said, "I didn't expect their route to deviate like that. Moreover, their ships are quite fast, they actually went straight towards the Rosen Empire. With how the Underworld has progressed, I reckon they'd find the undead first."
Zhao Hai nodded, "That's highly probable. Right, there's no need to pay much attention to them right now. It's fine as long as we take a look at them from time to time. Cai'er, don't forget to collect more data about their equipment, the more the better." Cai'er gave him a nod.
After that, Zhao Hai adjusted the monitor to show the Divines in the Taurus Continent. They've been quite patient, completely out of Zhao Hai's expectations. Zhao Hai didn't think that those people would take this much time just to make a base. Moreover, their base looked more formidable than any city.
Their entire base took up an entire mountain range, almost just like how Zhao Hai made his base on the Accra Mountains. They had hollowed out the inside of the mountain.
Although the Divines didn't have iron armor beasts to dig, one shouldn't forget that these people were powerful, and they also had magic to help them. Earth magic was easy for people to use, this allowed them to build their base. This way, they had less burden when building their base compared to Zhao Hai. Since Zhao Hai didn't have a lot of mages in the past, he had to rely on the Dwarves to excavate the Accra Mountains.
What surprised Zhao Hai the most was the walls of the base, they were covered with magic formations. The construction of these walls took most of the time. It seems like the Divines were eager to turn their base into a solid fortress.
Zhao Hai can understand the approach made by the Divines. It was their exact approach to conquering the Ark Continent. They would build a base and then slowly advance towards the Taurus Continent, pushing Zhao Hai back bit by bit.
However, Zhao Hai didn't expect it to do so well because this was the Divine Realm. Back in the Radiant Empire, after the Divines conquered it, the reason they had a continuous stream of supplies was because of the spatial rift. At that time, Zhao Hai was unable to enter the rift, therefore, he wasn't able to disrupt their supply chain.
But this time, they were in the Divine Realm, and the base of the Divines was constructed by the seaside. The seas weren't necessarily part of the Divine Race's domain, their supply chain wouldn't be that well protected. As long as Zhao Hai's cuts their supplies off, then that base would just be as good as decoration. It would practically be useless.
Besides the base, Zhao Hai also saw that the Divines weren't too trusting towards the vassal races that they've brought. During the construction of the base, they left the vassal races out. Moreover, they forbade the vassal races from entering the fortress, completely excluding them from everything.
However, Zhao Hai didn't think about attacking them right now. He wanted to wait until the Divine Realm became more chaotic. At that time, he would cut the Divines off from the other continents and then deal with the fortress.
These days, Bingya provided Zhao Hai with more information. The Divines were getting more and more ruthless regarding their suppression towards their vassal races. Their rules got more and more strict as well. A curfew was imposed, and besides the curfew, no more than ten people from the vassal races could equip themselves with weapons, the vassal races were even forbidden from cultivation.
One could say that the Divines had completely lost their trust in the vassal races. In turn, this made the relationship between the two parties worse and worse. A massive battle was starting to come up.
It was precisely because of this news that Zhao Hai wanted to wait until the vassal races finally rebel. If he made a move right now, then the Divines might focus all of their power towards him. At that time, the pressure towards the other races would decrease, making them think twice whether they should rebel or not.
Zhao Hai didn't want such a thing to happen. He wanted those vassal races to participate in the war. After all, in turbid waters, it was easier to catch fish by hand.
Chapter 877 – Huge Rebellion by the Vassal Races
The vassal races didn't let Zhao Hai wait for a long time. The key to the matter was all the Divines moving at once. The suppression got more and more unreasonable, there even came to a point where a Divine captured and killed a vassal just for being unpleasant to the eyes. When this news came about, the vassal races finally exploded.
They cannot wait, they couldn't. Any more than this and their race would practically be exterminated. Therefore, rebellions began to crop up everywhere in the Divine Race. The scale of the operation was very huge.
Zhao Hao got this information from Bingya ten days after the people from the Atlanta Continent arrived.
Majority of Zhao Hai's attention was now pointed at the people from the Atlanta Continent. Although the O'Neal family knew that something strange was going on, they still didn't care much. They continued to lead their ship towards the continent. Before long, they had arrived by a port city, Rising Water City.
This place was originally an important port city of the Rosen Empire, governed by a Rosen Empire's Prince. Now, not a single person can be seen on its streets.
However, this doesn't have any relationship with the O'Neal family. They weren't far from the city, so they decided to use it as a landing site.
This was good for them since Rising Water City's harbor was a deepwater port. Otherwise, there would be no way for their four ships to dock. Since the O'Neal family didn't know anything, they sent their scouts to see if there were any danger. After which they landed on the city.
Upon arriving at the shore, the O'Neal family didn't immediately rush to expand towards the Ark Continent. Instead, they sent small troops as reconnaissance while those who were left behind began to renovate the city.
Although Rising Water City was a famous port of the Rosen Empire, it was insufficient for the O'Neal family. The family mostly used their magic armors and war tanks, both of which were massive. This was especially true for the war tank, each on of them were able to carry 20 magic armors, making it much larger than magic armors themselves.
Even if Rising Water city wasn't a small city, its structures were made according to normal standards. Although their roads were quite wide, they still couldn't accommodate the war tanks.
Additionally, when magic armors weren't in battle, they would need a place to be stored in for maintenance. Because of this, the O'Neal family needed a large warehouse. However, Rising Water City's warehouses were just too small, the O'Neal family would need to build the warehouses themselves. In order for them to survive for a long time, they would need to do this. They couldn't just deliver the magic armors back to the ships since the four ships wouldn't be staying here forever. The ships would need to return to Axe Island and bring commodities back.
In the past few days, aside from sending scouts and renovating Rising Water City, the O'Neal Family didn't really have too much trouble. Their scope of reconnaissance didn't exceed the Rosen Empire's territory. Therefore, Zhao Hai's desire of having them clash with the Underworld fell through.
At this time, Bingya sent information to Zhao Hai about the revolt happening in the Divine Realm. Upon hearing this, Zhao Hai couldn't help but smile. As long as they started, Zhao Hai could also start to act.
This didn't mean that Zhao Hai was a warfreak. These days, Zhao Hai was forced to just look, unable to make a move. This state made him feel uncomfortable. But this time, he can now deal with the Divines.
However, Zhao Hai didn't say much in front of Bingya. He just nodded and said, "Alright, thanks." Then he nodded once more before returning to his room.
Upon entering the room, Zhao Hai immediately turned to Laura and the others and said, "Prepare to set off. We'll deal with the Divines here first." Laura and the other nodded. To be honest, they were already bored of waiting around all day.
However, they also knew that it wouldn't be good to prematurely dispatch troops. Because of this, they endured. Now that they can make their move, their moods naturally improved.
After looking at their expressions, Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Let's set off. Break their supply line first. Then we'll take care of their base."
Laura and the others nodded. There's no need to say anything else right now. When they left, Zhao Hao sent word to the Thunder Clan and the others, informing them about the situation.
Bingya was still quite confused with Zhao Hai's reaction. He still didn't know what Zhao Hai plans to do. Upon hearing about the rebellion, Zhao Hai's reaction was quite light.
However, Bingya soon found himself wrong. Zhao Hai was already in action. The Hell King's ship suddenly changed direction and flew straight towards the outskirts of the Taurus Continent.
Bingya stood on the deck of the ship, looking outwards as the ship unceasingly went through the clouds. His heart couldn't help but calm down, he knew that Zhao Hai had started to make his move.
Bingya didn't have any doubts regarding Zhao Hai's strength. He had seen how strong Zhao Hai was with his own two eyes. As long as Zhao Hai made a move, the Divines would surely suffer greatly.
Although the ship was quick, no wind can be felt by those standing inside it. With the ship's shields, all of the gale winds were kept out. Moreover, the ship flew steadily. If Bingya wasn't standing on the deck, he wouldn't have known that the ship had moved.
At this time, Zhao Hai appeared behind Bingya as he said, "What's wrong? You've been staring for quite some time."
Bingya turned to look at Zhao Hai, he bowed and then said, "Mister, I've been thinking about my uncles, father, and brothers. All of them were killed by the Divine Race. The thing I wanted the most right now is to kill the Divines and avenge my family."
Zhao Hai looked at Bingya and sighed, he patted the Wolf Beastman's shoulder and said, "Death is inevitable, especially during wars. Don't think about it too much, go take a rest."
Bingya actually shook his head and said, "I'll be unfair to mister, but I cannot fall asleep. Mister, can you defeat the Divines?"
Zhao Hai looked at Bingya's eyes and smiled, "Yes, I can. You can rest assured."
When he heard Zhao Hai, Bingya's expression turned calm. He didn't know why, but he found himself believing Zhao Hai's words.
At this time, Yehta and Ryder also arrived on the deck. They silently looked at the Hell King's ship's heading. They were aware about the rebellion, Zhao Hai's response was within their expectations.
The Hell King's ship was very fast, After two hours, they had already arrived at sea. Zhao Hai didn't stop as he flew for another two hours before stopping. Then he had the ship fly parallel to the shore, mapping everything he came across.
If the Divines had satellites, they would discover that the Hell King's ship's course went in a semicircle, going around the Divine Race fortress in the Taurus Continent.
When he felt like he had covered the supply line, Zhao Hai stopped. Bingya and the others looked at Zhao Hai in confusion. Zhao Hai looked at them and smiled, "Don't worry, we'll wait here for some time. When the Divines send supplies to the Taurus Continent, we'll rob them. You go and take a rest."
Bingya and the others looked at each other, but nobody moved. They were already aware of Zhao Hai's mystical methods, but they still believed that if the ship remained here, the supplies would still be delivered.
Zhao Hai didn't explain it to them as he turned and returned to his room. Since Bingya and the other didn't have anything else to do, they chose to return to their cabins as well.
Bingya and the others also understood that if Zhao Hai wanted to block the supply line, then the Divines in the Taurus Continent certainly wouldn't have a good time. There were about 100 million Divines in the Taurus Continent right now. In addition to the Divine Race army, there were also 100 million vassal soldiers. These vassal soldiers were unaware that they had already launched a revolt, therefore they still listened to the orders of the Divines.
Although these people were very strong, one shouldn't forget that they also needed to be fed. 100 million people meant 100 million mouths to feed. And if they add the vassal soldiers, then that would be 200 million mouths. And this didn't include the fodder for their mounts. All of these added up to an astronomical figure. The Divines needed new supplies every day. People would bring them spatial bags filled with food, otherwise they would starve.
Not only was Zhao Hai planning to cut the supply line of the Divines, he also asked Bingya and the others to think of a way to inform the vassal soldiers about what has been happening. They needed to be informed that the rebellion had already started.
Zhao Hai didn't expect the 100 million vassals to pose any threat to the Divines. However, there was no downside to recruiting these 100 million soldiers. Even if they can't help, they could at least cause some headaches, or even waste the Divine Race's energy.
Time passed by as evening was slowly creeping in. Bingya couldn't stay inside his room for so long, so he decided to go into the deck and look to see if some Divines could be spotted.
Upon arriving outside, Bingya couldn't help but stare. This was because he saw the ship moving. Bingya stared for a moment before he looked down from the ship and then he smiled. This was because a Divine Race fleet was on the sea not far away.
At this time, Zhao Hai also walked out. He looked at Bingya and smiled, "Are you worried that I won't be able to stop the fleet?"
Bingya scratched his head and bowed, "Mister's methods are extraordinary, this Bingya is just blindly worrying."
Zhao Hai smiled faintly and said, "Rest assured, if I said that I'll deal with the Divines, then I will certainly be able to take care of them. I've placed undead on the places we passed through earlier. As long as the Divines come, they would immediately be spotted by my undead."
Chapter 878 – Fighting another Ultimate Weapon!
Naturally, Zhao Hai wasn't speaking the truth. If he didn't make it up, then he wouldn't have any other way of explaining why he knew about the Divine Race fleet here.
Sure enough, when Zhao Hai said this, an understanding expression appeared on the faces of Bingya and the others. They really thought that Zhao Hai arranged his undead on the sea.
Bingya and the others had already seen how strong Zhao Hai's undead were. Therefore, they didn't suspect Zhao Hai's words at all.
Zhao Hai didn't think of hiding himself, therefore, the Divines were quick to discover his ship. The fleet slowed down before Divine Race soldiers began to fly out. Among these Divines were more than 20 Domain Weapon experts.
However, Zhao Hai didn't rush to attack. He only commanded the Hell King's ship to slow down and stop in front of the soldiers. Then Zhao Hai looked at them and said, "There's no point in hiding. Since a Supreme Elder had come, then let this Zhao Hai introduce himself."
Nobody made any noise, the Divines were honestly standing there, they didn't respond to Zhao Hai. Bingya and the others were confused at Zhao Hai. They thought that Zhao Hai was playing with the other party.
At this moment, Zhao Hai coldly snorted and said, "Since the Elder wants to hide, then I would have to be impolite." After that, the Hell King's ship's flag pole suddenly swung towards Zhao Hai. Bingya and the others were startled, they were unable to react as the pole pierced forwards above Zhao Hai.
Originally, that place was empty. But a clashing sound can suddenly be heard. Along with this sound appeared a humanoid shape. The figure was flying about 30 meters away from Zhao Hai.
The figure showed a man riding a huge scorpion. The Hell King's ship's pole was currently blocked by the scorpion's tail.
Upon seeing this, Bingya and the others knew that a person using an ultimate weapon was planning a sneak attack on Zhao Hai. However, Zhao Hai discovered it and managed to block it with the ship's flag pole.
Zhao Hai looked at the man and coldly said, "And who are you? Care to introduce yourself?"
The man looked at Zhao Hai and replied, "There's no need to know since you'll die anyway." After that, two big pincers went out from the scorpion and went towards Zhao Hai. At the same time, the tail went forward and suppressed the flagpole.
Zhao Hai smiled faintly. Then with an intention, the ship's ram suddenly flew out, heading towards the figure, ignoring the two pincers.
The person was startled, he didn't think that Zhao Hai would actually go for mutual attacks. He refused to get hurt and immediately directed the scorpion to go down. Naturally, the two pincers returned.
As the scorpion went down, the ship's cannons suddenly adjusted themselves and fired towards the man. The man had the two pincers block the attack while the tail went to strike the ship's hull.
Just as the tail was about to hit the hull, the waves beneath the ship suddenly rolled. The waves turned into a vortex, blocking the tail of the giant scorpion.
Zhao Hai suddenly waved his hand, taking his magic staff out. Then he waved his staff and transformed it into a huge hammer which proceeded to smash towards the person.
The man didn't expect Zhao Hai to have this move. He had to retrieve his tail and go back. But at this moment, he suddenly felt a breeze by his side.The Hell King's ship's ram just flew beside him, it caused him to have a cold sweat.
The man dodged the ram strike, but what he didn’t expect was the flag pole softening itself and turning into a whip, targeting his head. He couldn't help but retrieve the scorpion tail. However, he wasn't able to use his full strength as he was dragged down by the pole.
Zhao Hai didn't pursue, instead, he retrieved the pole and the ram back into the ship. His magic staff also returned to its original appearance.
Following the exchange was a flash of golden light. Then a person flew up from below. His giant scorpion had disappeared, but his body was now covered in a magnificent golden body armor. In place of knuckles, the armor had pincers instead. One could see the lethality of the pincers by the cold light that it gave out. At the same time, the armor had a swaying scorpion tail in place of a belt.
The man's blood red eyes looked at Zhao Hai before he suddenly laughed and said, "Good, good, no wonder Old Ox managed to suffer a loss against you. Unfortunately for you, you met me today. That Old Ox is already aged, he's useless. Now that I'm here, you're dead."
After that, he punched forward. His fist was quite interesting, he didn't hold a fist like a normal person would do. Instead, he had his index finger hooked. Along with his movement, a huge shadow appeared behind him. The shadow was a huge tail that was currently going towards Zhao Hai.
Zhao Hai looked at this and smiled as he waved his hand. Then the ship's battering ram separated from the hull and met with the approaching scorpion tail.
A bang resounded in the surroundings. Upon clashing, the scorpion tail disappeared while the ram returned to the ship. Not waiting for the man to make another attack, Zhao Hai quickly extended his staff, making it longer as it attacked the other party.
The man's response came quickly as well. He extended his left hand as a giant pincer appeared. The pincers went on to block the staff. However, the man didn't wait for Zhao Hai to retrieve his staff as his right hand extended and captured it. The man sneered before exerting force, pinching Zhao Hai's magic staff in half.
The man laughed and said, "Kid, your weapon is a bit interesting, but it's too weak."
Zhao Hai looked at the person and then smiled, "Really? Why didn't I know that?" Then the magic staff slowly returned to its original form. The section that was pinched shrunk as the entire staff went back to Zhao Hai. Then the staff merged back together, one couldn't see any signs of it being broken.
Zhao Hai looked at the man and sneered, "I just want to match your movements, but you took it too seriously. Hahaha, interesting, interesting."
The man rushed roared before he rushed towards Zhao Hai. Zhao Hai looked at the man and sneered, "You should look at your current appearance. Since you want to kill me, then I would have to be impolite." After he said that, the Hell King's ship shrunk and then proceeded to smash towards the man.
It only took a blink of an eye before the ship was about to collide with the man. Upon seeing this, the man couldn't help but get surprised. He crossed both of his arms in order to block Zhao Hai's blow. However, something suddenly pulled at his arms, he didn't even manage to make a cross in front of him before the ship's ram crashed straight into his body.
The ram's attack hit no other place than the least defensible place in any armor, the throat. The man's head was immediately cut off.
The man was dead, his expression filled with disbelief. What he just saw was his two hands being tied up by the waves beneath the Hell King's shp. It was due to these waves that he had failed to block the approaching collision.
When the man died, the armor immediately separated from his body and automatically returned to being a large scorpion before it fell into the ground.
But how could Zhao Hai let it fall. He waved his hand as a spatial rift appeared, the giant scorpion disappeared in mid-air.
Upon seeing the man die, the Divines behind him immediately turned chaotic. Naturally, these Divines were aware of the man's status. Now that the man had died, the Divines had lost all means of defending, their morale sharply fell.
Zhao Hai didn't let go of this opportunity and directly bombarded the Divines. The Divines died one chunk at a time. It must be known that the might of the Hell King's ship's cannons was very huge.
The Divines were immediately flustered, they didn't even think about resisting as all of them scampered to escape. However, they were soon to discover that Undead were blocking their exit. Not only from behind, above, below, on their left, their right, all avenues for escape were closed off. They were totally trapped inside a huge undead-made basket.
What they failed to notice were more undead charging from underwater. Before long, these undead emerged and began to fight the Divines on the ships. The Divines were slowly killed until Zhao Hai had finally taken control of the fleet.
Zhao Hai didn't care much about this as he commanded his undead to kill the trapped Divines. The Domain Weapon experts tried to resist but their efforts were ultimately useless. Zhao Hai also released undead Domain Weapon experts. Since the undead experts outnumbered the Divines, they too were soon killed off.
The battle ended very quickly. For an army with no morale at all, it was practically a one sided slaughter. In less than two hours, the whole fleet was under Zhao Hai's hand.
Naturally, there were Divines who weren't killed off. There were those who lost their morale and immediately surrendered. Ever since Zhao Hai fought against the Divines, this was the first time that people actually surrendered.
However, Zhao Hai wasn't in the mood to manage them right now. He immediately threw them to the Space along with the ships they were using.
There were a lot of provisions inside those ships. And among the Divines who died, there were people who had space equipments with them. Inside were also supplies. The biggest space equipment that Zhao Hai gained belonged to the Supreme Elder. Inside weren't supplies, instead, they were magic crystals.
Zhao Hai didn't care about any of these. What he wanted to do right now was to investigate the giant scorpion. This was the first ultimate weapon that he obtained.
However, Zhao Hai didn't make the Space analyze it right now, he just stored it inside the warehouse.
Bingya and the others were also able to see the fight. When Zhao Hai was battling the Supreme Elder, Bingya and the others were nervous. Fortunately, Zhao Hai won in the end.
However, this battle reminded them about Zhao Hai's terrifying strength. Within a short period of time, Zhao Hai actually managed to kill the Supreme Elder. Zhao Hai was too strong.
At this time, Zhao Hai turned to the three and asked, "Do you know that person?"
Bingya and the others recovered, but they shook their head. Bingya opened his mouth and said, "Mister, although I don't know who that was, but I heard about various ultimate weapons. From what I just saw, that man should have been the Scorpio Continent's Supreme Elder."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "I guessed the same. Alright, I'll head to my room and take a rest. You take care of yourselves." After that, Zhao Hai returned to his room. Zhao Hai didn't rush to examine the giant scorpion inside the warehouse. Instead, he waved his hand and summoned an undead. This undead was the Supreme Elder that Zhao Hai just fought.
The reason Zhao Hai asked Bingya and the others about this person was to cover himself. That would make Bingya and the others believe that he had no way of gaining news from the Divines. After all, his relationship with the Foreign Races wasn't that good to begin with.
Although the man was beheaded by Zhao Hai, his body didn't suffer any destructive injuries. Therefore, the man was able to be raised as an undead.
Zhao Hai looked at the man and said, "What is your name? Why are you with the fleet?"
The person immediately bowed and said, "Answering to the Master. I'm called Yan Jian, Scorpio Clan's Supreme Elder. In the past, the Taurus Continent told us about Master's strength and the fact that Master might attack us. Therefore, he proposed for a Supreme Elder to accompany each shipment of supplies. This time, it was my turn."
Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Tell me about how long the fleet arrives. Right, you used more than a thousand ships to transport supplies. In addition to the ships, you also brought space equipments along. You transported quite a lot of grain."
The man quickly replied, "Replying to Master. The food generally arrives after one month. These supplies cannot feed 200 million people. Because of this, the vassal races could only receive limited amounts of food. This is to make sure that they don't get full. This would make it easier for the Divines to suppress them once they decide to revolt."