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Chapter 734 – Storm Clouds Approach

When she heard Zhao Hai's question, Laura couldn't help but smile and said, "They're doing very well. The Diamond Ape Tribe currently has thirty thousand 9th rank experts. With their strength along with Grandpa Green's group as well as Cai'er, there certainly wouldn't be any problems in the Black Wasteland. Right, there is also a piece of good news, Origin Sword Saint has broken through to God Rank. He is the first God-rank that the Ark Continent had produced in thousands of years." Laura's statement was true. Origin Sword Saint was really a God-rank that managed to reach his level without the help of the Space.

Zhao Hai was glad with this news, he looked at Laura and said, "Really? Then that's fantastic! The Ark Continent finally had its own God-rank expert. However, after arriving at God-rank, senior Origin Sword saint would still need to comprehend his own Domain. Zhao Hai said, "How about this, since we already have magic cannons as well as the crystals, he wouldn’t be needed in the Black Wasteland. Let's have him go with us first, then I'll have him participate in the battles. Maybe he can comprehend a Domain there." Laura nodded and replied, "Alright, I'll go and approach Grandpa Green about this so that he can tell Senior Origin Sword Saint. Brother Hai, when do you think the Divine Race would attack again?" Zhao Hai shook his head and said, "I don't know. But when they decided to retreat, I was sure that they would be waiting for reinforcements. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to deal with us with their current numbers."

Laura nodded, then she sighed and said, "Once the Divine Race reinforcements arrive, then we wouldn't be able to live peacefully anymore. I didn't expect the Divine Race to be that strong." Zhao Hai nodded and said, "Fortunately, we have several means to deal with the Divine Race. Otherwise, we would really be in trouble. We might even be compelled to move the entire continent's population into the Space."

Laura agreed, "But things have been very strange. I thought that after killing a fire element expert, then the Space's fire element undead would also reach God-rank. I didn't expect that Tiger Huan wasn't enough to promote them. Moreover, when they did get promoted, they only had the power of a Demigod." Zhao Hai nodded, "It really is quite strange. When we got Shiying, the Space immediately promoted all the undead assassins. But now, only after we have killed a lot of God-rank Divine Race experts did the Space decide to promote the undead. It seems like the Space's requirements had become much stricter compared to before." At this time, Megan replied, "Although we have a lot of God-ranked experts in our hand, majority of them still have Demigod strength. We really lack undead that have Full God strengths. On the other hand, most of the God-ranked experts in the Divine Race army have already comprehended their Domain. In terms of overall strength, we are still a few steps behind. We're lucky to have the magic cannons to supplement this weakness. Brother Hai, currently, we have magic cannons installed in big undead such as the Dragons. But I think it would be safer it the cannons were placed inside their bodies. This way, the cannons would have a sort of protection against external attacks."

Laura agreed and said, "But in this case, we need to have the magic cannons be fixed inside the bodies of the undead. How would we be able to do this?" Zhao Hai thought for a moment and said, "When the Dwarves make the cannons, we can have them install a few steel chains under the cannon. When they are used, those chains could latch onto the bodies of the undead, securing them in place."

Laura nodded, "Alright, I'll inform the Dwarves regarding this matter. With the magic cannons on the way, we would be more prepared for the future. If the Dwarves get unbearable busy with work, we can just have more blacksmiths transported from the other cities in order to help out."

Zhao Hai smiled faintly and replied, "Good, then I'll hand it over to you. However, make sure to ask the Emperors about this first. We can't have them be dissatisfied lest we risk having a fire in our own backyard."

Laura nodded and then turned around to leave. At this time, Zhao Hai turned his attention back to the monitor. The image shown right now was Silver Shuke's group as well as the situation with the Divine Race.

After Silver Shuke's group retreated from the city, they went straight back to the new land. But since they aren't constrained to the new land like before, they had started to clean the surrounding lands and cities. All the dead people and beasts have been cremated. Obviously, they had a similar idea with the Demons. They wanted to make a foothold inside the Ark Continent.

When Zhao Hai saw that they weren't planning on another attack, he shifter his gaze towards the Demons. The Demons were now becoming numerous. Additionally, they had already went on and occupied Demon City. With how close they were to Rising Sun City, the latter had already started to be in full alert.

However, there still weren't a lot of God-ranked Demons in their side, this made them refrain from attacking Rising Sun City. Naturally, the Demons understood that if they have fewer experts than the Divine Race, then even if they occupy Rising Sun City, the Divine Race could just take it away from them. The Demons wouldn't make a move until they have more experts than they had right now.

When Zhao Hai saw the state of the Demons, he became worried. If the Demons attacked frantically, then Zhao Hai wouldn't have been worried. But they were too calm, and this was a scary matter. Having strong and calm Demons invade the continent didn't bode to well for the residents of the Ark Continent.

But seeing that there weren't any movements from the Demons, Zhao Hai became relieved. Then he turned his attention to the continent. The Ark Continent was still very peaceful. Although the Buddha Empire had been transformed into a battlefield, the other parts of the continent still remained to be unaffected. With Zhao Hai's careful preparations, the Ark Continent remained very stable.

In the Accra Mountain, a defensive line has already been setup. This defense has been taken care of by Zhao Hai. A large number of people participated in this defense, it included even the Beastmen and the Fishmen. Zhao Hai wanted to rely on the Accra Mountain to mount a long defensive battle against both the Demons and the Divine Race.

Not only the surface of the Accra Mountain, even the space that the Demons had dug out was made use of. This huge space was used as a huge shelter as well as warehouse for the defenders' needs. The blood formation here had already been used and cannot be reused, so the place had become a handy area for the forces of the Ark Continent.

Since the Accra Mountain was now devoid of any Demon presence, the movements made here was all in secret. The entire Accra Mountain had become a busy place. Even the area where the Dragons had lived had become a small base. Zhao Hai made use of the place to house his Blood Hawks.

In order to speed up the preparations, Zhao Hai assigned a lot of large magic beasts from the Space to work there. This ensured that the progress was very fast.

Seeing that nothing was wrong, Zhao Hai made a sigh of relief. He scanned all the undead in the Space and took out the big ones to be used as mobile cannons. He also assigned some undead to act as cannoneers for these moving weapons. Zhao Hai even used his metal manipulation technique to install chains and attached them into the bodies of the undead. Only when they are secured would they be more convenient to use.

The next matter was the blood lightning beads. Although the beads had their shortcomings, the Space had an unlimited supply of them. In order to prepare for wartime, Zhao Hai also started to stockpile a bunch of these beads.

Time went by as Zhao Hai's group were busy in preparation. Laura would often take magic cannons made in the continent into the Space. Then Zhao Hai would facilitate in installing them inside the large undead.

Three days went by in a flash. While Zhao Hai was busy fixing the cannons into the undead, Cai'er suddenly flew over to him and said, "Young Master, quickly come and see this." Zhao Hai stared for a moment. He was busy with his things inside the Space all this time, so he had Cai'er manage the monitoring of both the Demons and the Divine Race. Cai'er certainly had news regarding the Divine Race since there weren't much changes with the Demon Race.

Zhao Hai and the others immediately went to the living room. The monitor was currently showing the current situation in the newly descended land. At this moment, a group of Divine Race people were emerging out of the new land. This time, they were flying.

This was a huge group, and in addition to the silver soldiers that Zhao Hai saw before, there were also huge magic beasts mixed in. These magic beasts weren't the same as those seen in the Ark Continent. They were mostly white and although they were huge, they seemed to be quite docile.

These magic beasts were pulling some carts. These carts were probably made out of saint light wood due to their color. Inside those carts were large quantities of resources. But what made Zhao Hai worried was the magic cannons that were carried over. These magic cannons looked similar to the ones in the Ark Continent. However, they were much bigger, moreover, their magic formations looked more complex.

After seeing these magic cannons, Zhao Hai's expression couldn't help but turn ugly. He was aware that the Divine Race also had their own magic cannons, but he didn't expect that they would look this menacing. The Divine Race's strength was already much stronger than the Ark Continent, if the continent's magic cannons were weak, then the cannons would've already been rendered useless. But now, the Divine Race had brought their own magic cannons. And from how they look, it seems like they are much more powerful than the Ark Continent's version. This was huge trouble!

Chapter 735 – How To Deal With It?


However, Zhao Hai was quick to discover an issue. The magic cannon of the other party seemed to be very heavy. Most magic beasts weren't able to pull it at all. Although it was placed in a cart, it looked strong and powerful. From the looks of the magic beasts that carried it, it seems like it wasn't something that one can conveniently carry. This was good news for Zhao Hai.

But when Zhao Hai saw the Divine Race people behind the magic cannons, his face couldn’t help but change. These people were different than the ones that he had clashed before. In the previous battle, the Divine Race army that he faced were infantry. On the other hand, the ones he saw right now were cavalry.

The mounts of these Divine Race cavalry were quite strange. It was a kind of horse magic beast with wings and a horn, pretty much like how a person from Earth describes a unicorn pegasus. Just by looking at them on the screen, Zhao Hai was quite sure that these magic beasts weren't anything simple.

Each and every one of these cavalry soldiers wore light and comfortable armor. They had spears in their hands while a sword was hung on their waists. On their backs were their shields while a bow and a quiver of arrows was present on their saddles. One could see the capabilities of this Divine Race cavalry just by looking at their equipment.

In the back of this cavalry was another type of magic beast cavalry. It seems like these ones were part of the Divine Race's heavy cavalry. All of them were in full body armor, they looked like iron golems. Their mounts were a type of rhinoceros magic beasts. Metallic gloss flashed from the skins of these beasts, they also had a dangerous gleam in their eyes, making them look violent.

Zhao Hai immediately identified the two groups as Light and Heavy Cavalry. With these two troops joining the Divine Race, their fighting strength would surely be much more formidable, it would be difficult to deal with them easily. Zhao Hai was frowning as he looked at the monitor. He wanted to see what other groups the Divine Race had brought. Before long, another group appeared. But this group made Zhao Hai rub his eyes, they didn't seem to be soldiers. These people rode on gorgeous carriages as they talked, laughed, and drank with each other. They looked more like noble children than people who were going to war.

However, all of them were wearing all kinds of magic robes. They also had magic staffs, it seems like they are the Mage group of the Divine Race.

Zhao Hai counted the number of Mage carriages that appeared on the new land. Each carriage had, on average, five Mages, and in this caravan, there were several hundreds of carriages. In other words, the Mage group numbered a minimum of a thousand people.

But what made Zhao Hai confused was the fact that when a person reaches God-rank, their energies would undergo a change. Whether they be Mage spiritual force or Warrior Battle Qi, they would be transformed into another type of pure energy. This energy was able to be used in both warrior and mage techniques. Because of this, there really weren't any division between Mage and Warrior when one becomes God-rank. But yet the Divine Race had all of these Mages, what was this all about?

Although he couldn't understand it, Zhao Hai still managed to have a general idea of how many Divine Race people arrived in the continent. There were a lot of newcomers, 5 million to be exact. And this didn't even count the logistics personnel that were assigned as support.

This number made Zhao Hai's expression even heavier. If one counted the logistic corps, then the Divine Race group that had arrived in the Ark Continent would reach near ten million. Moreover, Cai'er also reported that the total number of magic beasts brought to the continent had numbered to 50 million. Such colossal numbers had arrived in the Ark Continent, the future seemed more worrying at this point.

Laura and the others also had a heavy heart as they stood by Zhao Hai's side. They didn't expect the Divine Race to send such numbers in one go.

After some time, Zhao Hai let out a long breath and said, "It looks like the Divine Race had really decided to destroy us. But this is also good. Now we can finally see the strength of the Divine Race. However, I think that these aren't the only troops that the Divine Race had. After all, the Divine Race still had enemies, and they need their troops in order to defend against them."

Laura was puzzled by Zhao Hai's statement, "Where did you get that from, Brother Hai? Why haven't I heard of that before?"

Zhao hai smiled faintly and said, "It's because the Divine Realm is much larger than the Ark Continent. Just as Iron Hammer said, the Divine Realm is divided into 13 different continents. It is possible that the one we are facing right now were the forces from one continent. The other continents still haven't arrived. Moreover, haven't you discovered that the Divine Race army has been made up of veteran troops? They are very different compared to those who only finished their training and hadn't been in the battlefield before. Otherwise, they wouldn't have their current temperament."

When they heard this, Laura and the others immediately turned their gazes towards the Divine Race army. And just like Zhao Hai said, most of these people seemed to be battle hardened veterans. Their temperament was very different compared to any greenhorn.

Then Zhao Hai said, "Since they had gone to the battlefield, then it meant that they had enemies. Because of this, I am fairly certain that they had more troops than this. And from what I heard from Iron Hammer, it seems like their enemies were the Gods of the foreign races."

Laura nodded and said, "Right, Brother Hai, since you have turned some Divine Race into undead, haven't you asked them about the Divine Race? And did you ask them about the current power distribution in the Divine Realm?"

When he heard Laura, Zhao Hai couldn't help but give a force smile and said, "I haven't really done that, I was too focused on the current battle to turn them into Advanced level undead. But from the method of making low-level undead, I'm quite sure that they haven't retained their memories. Even if we ask them right now, then we wouldn't be able to get anything."

Laura nodded and said, "And what now? What do we do?" Zhao Hai looked at the Divine Race at the monitor and said, "We do what we need to do. After all, things will happen even if we don't do anything. Fortunately, we had made ample preparations in the past few days. We'll still be using the Buddha Empire in order to deal with them."

At this time, Lizzy gave a nod and asked, "That's the only thing we can do. Big Brother Hai, I think that the Divine Race's Heavy Cavalry aren't able to fly. So they should only be able to do ground battles. However, from what I can see, I'm afraid that their might is something that the Ark Continent wouldn't be able to contend with. Have you thought of ways in order to deal with them?"

Zhao Hai looked at the Divine Race cavalry, especially the Heavy cavalry. Although the Heavy Cavalry mounts looked very heavy, they actually weren't that slow. Even if the Ark Continent had their own heavy cavalry, they still wouldn't be able to contend with the Divine Race. After all, the mounts of the Divine Race were at least 8th ranks, one would be hard pressed to look for those kinds of mounts in the Ark Continent.

Moreover, having this cavalry unit wasn't only about their mount, their training would take a long time as well. There really wasn't any heavy cavalry unit in the Ark Continent that can directly confront the heavy cavalry of the Divine Race. The closest ones who can face them would probably be among the Beastmen. But even the Herculean Bulls wouldn't be able to face them head-on. Zhao Hai thought about it for quite some time before he turned to Lizzy and said, "It's really hard to deal with the heavy cavalry of the Divine Race, their charges would definitely be very strong. I've thought of something, we can ask the Dwarves to have their iron armor beasts deal with these guys. The Dwarven cavalry is mainly composed of their iron armor beast. Since the Divine Race's heavy cavalry can't fly, then we can just leave them to the Dwarves."

Lizzy thought about Zhao Hai's suggestion and nodded, "Having the Dwarves deal with them is indeed a good idea. How about their light cavalry? Will we have the Elves deal with them?"

Zhao Hai nodded and said, "It seems like the Elves are the only ones that can go against those light cavalry. There is no doubt that the winged horses of the Divine Race are able to fly. Moreover, although they are mainly equipped with spears, they also have bows and arrows equipped. With our Blood Hawks, the Elves should be able to have the capabilities to fight them."

Lizzy nodded, "It seems like we cannot just rely on our own power in order to deal with the Divine Race. They are just too strong, we can't stop them ourselves. We should adjust the armies of the continent and ask them to come over and help."

Zhao Hai agreed, "Right, we should have the Dwarves and the iron armor beasts, the Elves and the Blood Hawks, Rosen Empire's heavy infantry, and the Lyon Empire's magic beast cavalry move over. The Buddha Empire's heavy cavalry is just too slow, if we have them fight, then they would definitely suffer huge losses. We'll have the Rosen Empire's heavy infantry guard the walls of the city. At the same time, we should get some of the faster cavalry units from the Beastmen and have them prepare for the battles in the Buddha Empire."

Lizzy nodded, "Alright. Also, we should be on guard about their magic cannons. When the fight comes, we should do our best to snatch a couple of them. Then we'll take them back and have them studied."

Zhao Hai shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that would be difficult. Haven't you noticed? The Divine Race are overly protective of their magic cannons. All of them are placed in the middle of a team of soldiers who are also in the middle of a large army. Dealing with those people wouldn't be easy. However, moving those cannons should be very hard, so I'm not too worried about them at this point. What I'm worried about is another group of people."

When Lizzy heard Zhao Hai, she recalled the newcomer groups, then her expression turned stern as she said, "Big Brother Hai, is it about those groups of mages?"





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