Chapter 264
Naval Battle 2
Chapter 264 Naval Battle II
War is imminent.
Just four days after Lin Hui's investigation of Xia Si, the Divine Group and the Black Cloud finally went to war.
Above the Jade Sea.
Dark clouds gathered in three directions: east, south, and west. Numerous flight routes were completely halted or suspended.
At this moment, the waves surged, the mist in the sky turned into dark clouds, thunder roared, and the atmosphere was oppressive.
Streaks of lightning occasionally became beacons that illuminated the heavens and earth for a fleeting moment, reflecting the orderly array of millions of black troops gathered from three directions of the dark clouds.
There was no expedition, no fleet; all the Black Army soldiers stood scattered on three huge, diamond-shaped black stone platforms on the sea.
Millions of black soldiers swarmed together, resembling a massive black swarm of insects surrounding three sides of a dark cloud.
Everyone remained silent, circulating their internal energy—whether it was internal force, true energy, illusory energy, or mental energy.
At this moment, all the power converged and condensed into three huge, three-dimensional black-purple arrays above the dark clouds.
At the center of each of the three formations is a floating mountain peak, its summit gleaming with dazzling platinum light.
Lin Hui stood atop Gongsun Xinlian's third mountain peak, surrounded by the platinum light, overlooking the sea below alongside the other deputy city lords.
There were four other deputy city lords of the same rank as him who participated in the battle. All of them were top-tier Blood Ancestors, second only to the Mist People in strength.
Besides Lin Hui himself, there were two other deputy city lords standing on the third mountain.
One of them was a fat man named Li Hanzhang, who looked much like a wealthy merchant. He had a small black mustache and was always smiling when we met. He was very prosperous and amiable.
The other was a tall woman named Hong Lingxiao, whose face was covered, revealing only a pair of sharp black eyes. She wore a long black gauze dress, not revealing a single inch of skin, and had a cold demeanor.
"Speaking of which, this is my first time participating in a battle against the God Group Mist God. Do you two have any suggestions or reminders? As colleagues, we should help and support each other," said the fat man, Li Hanzhang, with a smile.
"This is also my first time participating in a war, and I am equally unfamiliar with the key aspects," Lin Hui shook his head and slowly spoke.
“This is my third time,” the woman, Hong Lingxiao, said calmly. “In that case, I will give you two a brief account of the process.”
"Appreciate further details."
"Thank you, sister."
The fat man and Lin Hui clasped their hands in greeting to her.
Hongling Xiao nodded and began the main text.
"This battle against the gods is vastly different from conventional warfare. It consists of two parts: offense and defense."
"Because in conventional wars, the one with more numbers usually has the advantage and may even win. But here, no matter how many people there are, they are just ants under the power of the Mist People and Mist Gods, and it is meaningless. Therefore, what truly determines the outcome of the war is the victory or defeat of high-end forces."
Both of them nodded in agreement. Indeed, the Fog People were capable of single-handedly destroying an entire city, so their numbers were actually meaningless at this level.
Seeing that the two agreed, Hongling Xiao continued.
"Therefore, the key to victory in war is to concentrate all forces at their strongest point to help the top forces win. As long as the top forces prevail, the outcome will be decided. These black armies that go into battle are used to gather all forces into the formation and relics, and then concentrate all the forces on the three city lords. By amplifying their power, they will defeat the opposing Mist God group. This is the attack."
"So the Black Army won't engage in close combat? Right?" Lin Hui understood.
“Exactly. But once defeated, all the Black Army members involved in the formation will suffer severe injuries or even death from the backlash. So the consequences are no safer than in a conventional war,” Hong Lingxiao explained.
"Then, how strong would it be if the power of so many people were combined into one?" Fatty Li Hanzhang asked.
"I'm not sure about that, but the increase must be huge, otherwise the city lords wouldn't have gone to the trouble of arranging such a large-scale operation." Hong Lingxiao slowly shook her head.
"And what about defense?" Lin Hui continued to ask.
"Defense is our responsibility. Because the array relics greatly amplify the strength of the city lords, once the enemy reaches a stalemate or is at a disadvantage, they will try to send people to bypass the array and break it. That's when it's our turn to step in and deal with it," Hong Lingxiao said.
Lin Hui understood, and looking at the large formations in the three directions, he clearly understood what stage they were currently in.
The three city lords reside atop the three floating mountain peaks.
A massive amount of invisible power surged into the summit like a river, temporarily amplifying the power of the three mist figures.
Only three city lords of the Mist City participated in the battle; the rest of them were responsible for guarding the great formation and preventing it from being breached.
"They're here!" Hong Lingxiao's voice suddenly turned serious as she looked up into the distance.
In the distance, the fog on the sea surface had long since been covered by a large amount of dark clouds and temporarily dissipated, allowing a glimpse of the distant scenery.
On the azure sea, countless gray-white monsters formed an overwhelming gray-white wave, rushing towards the dark clouds.
Even from a great distance, Lin Hui could vaguely hear the howls of various monsters mixed together.
He roughly estimated that the monstrous wave was at least several thousand meters high, with flying creatures, running creatures on the sea surface, and swimming creatures in the sea all surging towards this direction in a dense, overwhelming manner.
The area behind was so thick and solid that it was impossible to see exactly how many there were.
"Be careful, this is a common tactic used by the gods to drive endless hordes of monsters from the fog zone to attack the city. These monsters are boundless and inexhaustible; even if we kill them all today, they will return to their original state after a while. We just need to hold off their attacks and not venture too far in."
At this moment, the voice of the Third City Lord, Gongsun Xinlian, rang in the ears of the three.
"Yes!"
The three responded in unison.
"First defense layer ready, second defense layer prepared." The voice of Zhang Yao, the Second City Lord, rang in everyone's ears.
Swish.
Amidst the dense clatter of weapons being drawn.
All the black soldiers standing on the outer perimeter raised their weapons, releasing a unified and immense internal force and mental power.
They are part of the Black Army responsible for defending and protecting the internal formation. Their main enemy is these endless monsters, which relieves the pressure on the defensive formation.
Hiss hiss hiss hiss!
At this moment, massive, fiery red projectiles, resembling meteors, erupted from all directions of the black cloud wall, densely slamming into the monstrous wave like a flock of firebirds. The surface of the monstrous wave was dented countless times, but these were quickly filled and restored by the subsequent surge of monsters, which continued their charge towards the black cloud.
Then came the second and third rounds, wave after wave of fireballs, densely packed and filling half the sky, turning the heavens red.
"They're here!" Xie Chang'an's voice resounded throughout the army. "Second brother, third sister."
"exist!"
"I'm here!"
The two responded in unison.
"Let's go, let's go meet that guy Minglan."
At Xie Chang'an's command, the platinum light on the summit of the first floating mountain suddenly rose up and shot into the sky.
Then came the second and third rounds.
Three white-gold meteors, interspersed among the countless fiery meteors, resembled three suns surrounded by numerous red meteors, falling towards the distant monstrous wave.
boom!!!
The next instant, everything in front of Lin Hui was blindingly bright, turning everything pure white.
I can't see anything clearly, and I can't feel anything.
Only three bursts of white-gold light filled the entire field of vision.
It took him several seconds to regain his vision.
There were two other deputy city lords like him.
After recovering, the three immediately looked towards the distant battlefield at sea.
The previous monster wave had vanished, and the three city lords had also disappeared. Only a large number of monsters remained, rapidly repairing and reshaping a new wave of monsters.
"Ready to go!" Hong Lingxiao said in a deep voice.
Lin Hui and Li Hanzhang nodded, staring intently at the ever-approaching monstrous wave.
Half a minute later, with a deafening roar, the monstrous wave crashed violently against the semi-transparent giant array membrane outside the black clouds.
The membrane is torn into countless openings of varying sizes, and it quickly and automatically transforms into a mesh, blocking some parts and releasing others, thus reducing pressure.
The monsters that surged in were dealt with by the Black Army and city officials.
"kill!!"
The outer guards, the Black Army, roared and charged at the monsters that rushed into the port, wielding spears, swords, and shields.
They formed a small, interconnected array of three, which briefly amplified their defenses as they hunted monsters together.
There are pure white giants with fiery red cracks all over their bodies, giant flying insects that look like spiders, and ferocious predators with lion heads, bull bodies, and snake tails.
The lowest level monsters here are all of the "Intrusion" level, followed by "High Danger" and "Destruction" levels.
Especially the largest Destruction-level monster, a terrifying monster that only Palace Master Mingji can fight, actually had more than ten of them charging at the forefront of the first wave.
Fortunately, the Black Army was not entirely composed of humans; at the forefront were powerful soldiers of the Undead race.
Even if their bodies are smashed to pieces, they can quickly reassemble and recover.
Every undead is essentially immortal, a lower-tier version of the Mistfolk. However, unlike the undead, each time an undead dies, they lose some of their previous memories. After dying to a certain extent, they are completely reborn, losing all their memories and having to start learning everything from scratch.
Next came the humanoid Black Army, which consisted of other, stronger races such as lion-men, elephant-men, and python-men.
These are slave soldiers; no one will care if they die. They are used as a buffer.
Finally, there was the Human Black Army.
Following the Human Black Army, a large number of civilian auxiliary forces emerged, serving as reinforcements on various battlefields to maintain balance.
The allied forces came from various folk gangs, clans, and sects. People from Qingfeng Dao were also in this formation.
Finally, there were the four deputy city lords, including Lin Hui, and the blood ancestors of Jiyutian and Taisuyuanpan.
They were responsible for keeping a close watch on all the big guys, the devastating ones, as well as the divine descendants and even low-level mist gods who had secretly infiltrated.
Because there are many Mist Gods, there's a chance that some might try to sneak in and sabotage the formation.
Lin Hui was also somewhat expectant at this moment.
The slots he specifically reserved for the Saint-type Annihilation were meant to be filled at this time. These Destruction-level monsters, of various kinds, were the best raw materials to replenish the Annihilation Pulse.
He was looking forward to the day when, after this war, his Sacred Destruction form might be successfully condensed.
After all, with so many top-tier monsters gathered in front of us, it would be a disaster to not seize such an opportunity. Since it was right in front of us, we naturally had to take advantage of it.
If we could get our hands on some divine offspring, or even the Mist God, that would be even better.
At this moment, a gale howled, and countless chaotic fragments from the collision of forces flew everywhere in the air currents.
Just moments before the Black Clouds began their engagement.
Far behind.
Tu Yue and Xie Jun had already appeared silently on the surface of the Jade Sea.
"It's begun! Finally! Only now is Xie Chang'an unable to attend to anything else, making it the perfect time to make a move!" Tu Yue said through gritted teeth.
Now that she no longer has a city to share the burden of decay, her lifespan can only be sustained by the evil energy she devours and absorbs, and she is still living under the roof of others in Xingdao City.
Their initial curiosity and dissatisfaction with Lin Hui were reignited by greed after hearing that Lin Hui had actually managed to defeat the Wild Mist People.
If one could devour Lin Hui and obtain the opportunity within his body, it would be a terrifying opportunity that would allow a mortal to rise to the level of a mistman!
Even the Fourth Princess couldn't resist being drawn to it; if it were given to her...
The important thing is that Lin Hui should have been her ingredient! He was hers!! But Xie Chang'an snatched him away!!
Now that she's lost the city, she's lost everything!! Since she's lost everything anyway, she can just grab someone and run. No matter how strong Xie Chang'an is, does he dare to abandon Black Cloud and chase her everywhere?
(End of this chapter)