Chapter 510: Three Great Generals!
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Hao Ren, with his Inspector's token, immediately recognized the monster as an eighth-stage creature.
An eighth-stage monster was equivalent to a Dragon Clan cultivator at the Heaven Stage. However, due to their instinctive spells and formidable physique, they were actually more threatening than Heaven Stage cultivators.
Monsters, like cultivators, found it increasingly difficult to advance as they grew higher in stage. A first-stage monster was equivalent to a Thunder Stage cultivator with a demon core; a fifth-stage one equated to Exchange Stage; sixth through eighth stages roughly corresponded to Wind, Earth, and Heaven Stages.
Just like how it was difficult for Dragon Clan cultivators to reach the Earth or Heaven Stage, monsters faced a bottleneck at the sixth stage. To progress further to seventh and eighth stages was even harder, let alone reaching the tenth stage required for shape-shifting thunder tribulations, which was extremely challenging.
Like this eighth-stage intelligent monster, their mental faculties were no less developed than those of Dragon Clan cultivators, with combat prowess often surpassing that of Heaven Stage cultivators.
Swoosh...
The Southern Sea Third Prince's spear unleashed a sheet of frost.
Hao Ren looked at his cultivation level. He had reached the Earth Middle Stage, though he wasn't as youthful as he appeared, likely around three to four hundred years old.
North Sea Second Duke’s willow-leaf saber emitted three black shadowy streaks, swiftly sweeping through a group of lower-stage monsters.
His strength had reached the Heaven Lower Stage. Though not matching his peak form as Zhao Kuo, he was still formidable. His black silk robe fluttered elegantly in his graceful movements, exuding an air befitting a duke.
"The Southern Sea Third Prince and North Sea Second Duke are both commanding officers of their respective seas, akin to great generals," Chancellor Xia whispered as she approached Hao Ren.
"Mm." Hao Ren nodded. He was the Great General of East Sea, while these two were those of South and North Seas respectively, suggesting that everyone here had ulterior motives beyond mere socializing.
Instantly, the Southern Sea Third Prince and North Sea Second Duke charged towards the eighth-stage monster, coordinating their attack.
The Southern Sea Third Prince's spear technique was leagues ahead of Zeng Yitao’s; paired with his white attire, he appeared like a white dragon. Any lesser monsters touched by his spear instantly froze, then shattered as the prince swept through them.
North Sea Second Duke's willow-leaf saber was wielded to perfection, leaving no trace of black light for approaching monsters to follow. They were beheaded before they even realized what happened.
The true prowess of North Sea Second Duke lay in his ability to charge into the monster horde, swiftly claiming lives with his saber, while his silk robe remained unstained by blood.
Hao Ren had no dealings with South and North Seas before, but judging from this display, they were formidable adversaries indeed.
Bang!
The Third Prince's spear and Second Duke’s willow-leaf saber simultaneously pierced the eighth-stage monster's eyes.
Its claws swung to block their weapons as it hastily retreated.
The two great generals joined forces and directly forced back an eighth-stage妖獸!
The soldiers from the South Sea and North Sea, seeing their great generals so mighty, were greatly boosted in morale!
"I'm coming too!"
Liu Yi wielded his Green Dragon Repeating Saber as he charged towards the eighth-stage妖獸.
The demon beast lifted one of its long black legs, and with a flick of its sharp claws, it struck Liu Yi's chest. It instantly shattered Liu Yi's saber and flung him several hundred meters away.
Bang...
At the critical moment, Hao Ren shot out like a bolt of white light.
With his right hand lightly scooping up, he caught Liu Yi and tossed him towards the black-armored cavalry behind.
"Thanks to you, great general!" As Liu Yi was being thrown, he even made a bow.
If he had followed the original trajectory, he would have landed in a dense cluster of demon beasts. It was most likely that he would die there. Eighth-stage妖獸 had already developed intelligence; throwing Liu Yi into the demon beast horde was definitely intentional.
Bang...
Hao Ren's sword light suddenly burst forth.
Seeing Hao Ren join in, the South Sea's Third Prince and North Sea's Second Prince immediately stepped up their attacks against the eighth-stage妖獸.
The East Sea Dragon Palace was farthest from the West Sea Dragon Palace, so its vanguard force arrived last. They couldn't let the East Sea Dragon Palace take all the credit!
Roar...
The demon beast released a black, thick ooze across its body, accompanied by an unbearable stench.
All eight of its legs suddenly launched an attack. The South Sea's Third Prince and North Sea's Second Prince were caught off guard and were struck by the demon beast’s claws on their bodies, leaving several deep wounds before they fell back.
The eighth-stage妖獸's realm was equivalent to Heaven Rank, but in terms of true strength, it far surpassed that of a Heaven Rank cultivator. Their entire hide or thick armor could serve as magical treasures!
Hao Ren, who was charging towards the demon beast,順勢caught them and sent two sword qi strikes against their backs, allowing them to smoothly fall back into the main army.
The 320 sword lights circling Hao Ren instantly split into 640! Half were illusory, half real!
Illusion within illusion, only Hao Ren knew what was real and what wasn't!
"Flower without substance!" The Third Prince, who fell back among the South Sea army,冷哼ed.
Whoosh…
The sword light suddenly condensed into a massive white sword, deeply embedding itself from the waist area of the妖獸.
"Retreat and you won't be killed,"郝仁 said coolly.
The third Crown Prince of the South Sea and the second王爺of the North Sea clearly did not plan to challenge the Azure Dragon. Killing these妖獸was something they didn’t even consider.
And郝仁didn't like killing by nature, especially when it came to eighth-stage妖獸attacking the West Sea Dragon Palace, which was probably due to the West Sea having killed too many of its descendants and relatives.
The混沌divine thunder in his sword light could break through the five elements as well as the妖獸’s armor. Now that the sword light had entered the妖獸's body, if it were to suddenly explode inside, this妖獸would either die or be severely injured, losing several stages of its realm.
At once, whether low-stage妖獸or the soldiers from the four Dragon Palaces stopped fighting and withdrew hundreds of meters, staring at郝仁and the eighth-stage妖獸in astonishment.
The General of the East Sea actually had the strength to directly communicate with an eighth-stage妖獸and even threaten it into retreating!
All the soldiers from the four Dragon Palaces looked upon郝仁, who was hovering in front of the eighth-stage妖獸, as if he were a god.
Rumble rumble rumble…
The eighth-stage妖獸swung its eight long legs and retreated over one hundred meters.
It had already cultivated to the eighth stage and had a chance at breaking through into the Form Transformation Realm; it didn't need to lose its realm or even die just out of anger.
郝仁's sword light could cut through its thick armor, enter its body, and act like a giant bomb that could shatter its body or even its妖丹at any moment.
Seeing the eighth-stage妖獸retreat, those first- to fourth-stage妖獸all withdrew as well.
郝仁's sword light was like a round glowing sphere coming out of the gap in the eighth-stage妖獸’s thick armor.
Rush rush rush…
The glowing sphere quickly burst into 640 sword lights, dispersing around the battlefield. One could imagine what would happen if the sword light exploded inside a妖獸...
Looking at郝仁’s necklaces and then his sword light, fear appeared in the demon beast's eyes as it rapidly retreated into the pitch-black萬妖Sea boundary.
Rumble rumble rumble…
The smaller妖獸also hurriedly fled back into the萬妖Sea.
Generally speaking, Demon Kings who had survived a heavenly tribulation wouldn't attack the four Dragon Palaces; they would expand their territory in the萬妖Sea. Ninth- and tenth-stage demons needed to break through heavenly tribulations and wouldn’t move around casually. Therefore, eighth-stage妖獸were the highest-level妖獸that could lead low-stage ones. Now that even an eighth-stage妖獸was retreating, there was no reason for the low-stage妖獸to linger.
"General Liu Yi, muster your troops!" Turning to look at the stunned劉義,郝仁 shouted loudly.
"This subordinate accepts the order!" Liu Yi, whose armor was completely rotten, crawled to his feet with a groan and shouted at the top of his voice, "Advance troops of Eastern Sea, form up!"
In his heart, he was extremely excited… To receive the favor of such a powerful general as Hao Ren is my good fortune! From now on, who would dare to offend the Eastern Sea!
Hao Ren retracted the sword light and returned to the Map of Mountains and Rivers.
The battlefield underwater was in shambles, but most of the losses were from the Western Sea's forces. The other three dragon palaces suffered relatively minor losses.
"Sir Hao is invincible…" When he saw Hao Ren return, Chancellor Xia immediately moved to him.
"Alright, no need for flattery," Hao Ren waved his hand. In fact, he had just been observing the battles between the Third Prince of Southern Sea and Second Lord of Northern Sea with the demonic beasts from atop the Map of Mountains and Rivers, looking for weaknesses in this eighth-stage demonic beast.
This spider-like demonic beast was covered entirely in thick armor plates; only at its waist did it have a moving joint. Ordinary treasures or weapons couldn't penetrate such a gap, but Hao Ren's sword light could vary in size and strength, combined with the ability of Chaos Divine Lightning to pierce through everything, making it possible to defeat this demonic beast amidst the chaos.
Everyone saw Hao Ren’s formidable power, but they didn’t see him observe and think through the process.
Zhao Yanzi dared not look at the fighting in battle, but she witnessed all of Hao Ren's process of subduing the demonic beast. She glanced sideways at Hao Ren with a satisfied heart.
A demonic beast that no one could defeat was taken down by Hao Ren with just one move.
Zhao Yanzi’s admiration for Hao Ren surged in her heart.
"Sir Hao, the Third Prince of Southern Sea and Second Lord of Northern Sea seem to be severely poisoned. Should we go check on them" Elder Sun reminded Hao Ren.
Hao Ren looked down at the battlefield; Liu Yi had already gathered all 50,000 black-armored troops and was counting heads.
The Western Sea soldiers were in a total rout, some of them weeping bitterly while holding their wounds. The wounded and disabled among them couldn’t even gather as many people as the advance forces from any of the other three dragon palaces, showing just how severe the casualties had been.
On the other side, both the Southern Sea’s Third Prince and Northern Sea’s Second Lord maintained orderly military formations despite their losses which did not affect them too much.
The Third Prince of Southern Sea was seated in a white jade chariot with a large gash on his shoulder, while the Second Lord of Northern Sea clung to his black leopard mount with blood streaming from his knee. Their wounds were different but both had pale faces.
Some accompanying scholars were administering medicinal pills around them, but it didn’t seem very effective.
Swoosh…
The Map of Mountains and Rivers descended gracefully under Hao Ren’s control.
"Third Prince." Chancellor Xia slightly bowed to the Third Prince of Southern Sea wearing white clothes.
This Third Prince of Southern Sea looked at Chancellor Xia, then at Hao Ren. He didn't say a word.
His face was pale as poison spread through his wounds and threatened his life; he had no energy or inclination to exchange pleasantries with the chancellor from Eastern Sea at this moment.nd natural, like a white trumpet flower blooming on stage.Just by looking at the photo, Hao Ren finds it hard to believe that Xie Yujia was not their school's "queen" back in middle school."Yujia, you...