“Is everything ready on the other side?” A familiar voice belonging to a man with a large blade resting on his shoulders asked in an impatient tone.
“Hai Xing, just because you're officially the third in command of the cove doesn’t mean you can speak to me in such a haughty way… If I wanted to I could squeeze the life out of you with little effort…” Nai Fan grumbled in a low and angry tone.
“Now that the pillars are set in place and our progress has been reported back, all we have to do is wait for our forces to mobilize, they should be here any minute now. So no need to grumble...” Hai Xing added as her eyes scanned the four pillars that had been erected not too long ago, just as she was about to look away the runes and carvings on the four pillars began to light up one by one.
“See? They’re here.” Hai Xing said with a laugh as the point where the four intersecting beams met began to widen and expand. In no time at all, the pool of water whose outer ring touched each of the four pillars began to glow and release a mystifying blue ray of light into the night sky.
Seconds soon turned into minutes as Hai Xing and Nai Fan, along with the owners of the dozen or so silhouettes that accompanied them stood watching motionlessly watching the mirror on the ground as its surface began to ripple and fluctuate.
“Madams.” Hai Xing said as she slightly bowed once the beautiful young woman rose to her feet while three other beautiful young women were making their way out of the pool of water.
“Ai, hold your horses, we still have to wait for the soldiers to cross.” Yuying said with a laugh.
“Here I’ll give you all a hand.” Ling said with a laugh as she waved her hand and made countless droplets of water levitate into the air and gather into a large orb.
One by one, countless soldiers clad in red scale armor and unique individuals who were all lesser saints or their disciples made their way onto the island through the teleportation panel, before assembling in neat and tidy rows.
“Everyone! Follow closely behind me and don’t fall behind!” Zhang’s voice rang into the minds of the soldiers a part of the Flying Fish Legion as they charged toward the Heavenly Net.
Of course, Zhang and his men did not go unnoticed as Holy Son Shan Li could be seen watching them from the other side of the Heavenly Net with a cold demeanor plastered on his face.
“Shan Li, the holy son of the Starry Sea Sect, sends greetings to the new lord and perhaps the last lord of the Blood Coral Cove.” Holy Son Shan Li said as his voice was transmitted directly into Zhang’s head their divine sense.
“My father asked me to personally deliver this gift to you.” Holy Son Shan Li replied as the pulsing electricity on the bodies of the thousands of jellyfish began to concentrate and a massive lightning bolt was soon shot through the water, toward Zhang and his soldiers.
Thus the moment the two lightning bolts collided, Zhang’s was swallowed up while Shan Li’s continued to shoot through the waves.
At first Holy Son Shan Li’s expression was utterly void of excitement and his eyes were filled with boredom after Zhang’s lightning bolt was swallowed up, however, the following few moments would be forever engraved into his heart as one of the most unbelievable events that he had ever witnessed.
There wasn’t an explosion, nor was there a blinding flash or awe inspiring sight to behold, the Dragon Heart Necklace simply absorbed the Heavenly Lightning attack and added it to the massive store of essence that Zhang had been accumulating.
Completely awestricken, Holy Son Shan Li stared at Zhang with wide eyes belonging to a person who could simply not bring themselves to believing what they had just witnessed. In all of his time within the Starry Sea Sect, Holy Son Shan Li had been told time and time again, that even the experts of the Dragon God Palace would find themselves unable to stop the Heavenly Lightning attack without suffering heavy damage.
It was not until Zhang had made his way directly in front of the net and materialized a dozen swords out of thin air through the use of the Underworld Heart, did Holy Son Shan Li finally snap back to his senses, but by then it was too late.
“Repel!” Zhang yelled in his mind as a black speck was formed by the Rising Moon Sword within one of the gaping holes left in the Behemoth Jellyfish and soon enough a powerful repulsion began to act, ripping the jellyfish apart while pushing away its counterparts, opening a hole in the Heavenly Net.
With a sizable entrance opened within the Heavenly Net, Zhang made his way through, with his army of Flying Fish Riders in tow.
“Reset form the Heavenly Net! Prepare to engage the enemy while limiting our casualties as much as possible! The Golden Pearl Sect have yet to arrive and join the fray so we cannot over extend ourselves!” Holy Son Shan Li commanded while transmitting his thoughts into the minds of his subordinates.
Failing his trial by fire would certainly cause him setbacks, however, the thought of foolishly mustering all of the forces available to him and fighting with Zhang’s forces to the death while giving his all, only to possibly have the people of the Golden Pearl Sect benefit made Holy Son Shan Li’s insides boil.
After dozens of conflicts with the Golden Pearl Sect, Holy Son Shan Li knew how crafty Holy Son Hui Ying was and was certain that even if their two sects had formally set a pact and combined their efforts to rid themselves of the Blood Coral Cove, his counterpart, Holy Son Hui Ying definitely could not be trusted.
As the two forces charged at each other at full speed, Holy Son Shan Li withdrew a silver whistle from his interspatial ring and brought it to his lips. An instant an inaudible high pitch sound was released from the whistle, and an instant after that, the thousands of Jellyfish who formed the Heavenly Net retracted from one another and began to swarm.
Soon enough Zhang and his men found themselves sandwiched in between an army of disciples of the Starry Sea Sect from the front and the swarm of Behemoth Jellyfish from the rear.
Although Zhang’s Flying Fish Legion normally held the advantage thanks to their speed, they found themselves in a terrible situation due to the long and poisonous arms of the jellyfish. If they simply swam blindly then they risk the chance of being tangled in the legs of the jellyfish.
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