Demoness, where are you Fleeing to?
Chapter 956 - 788: Yangtang Divine Saber, Unrivaled in the World

Chapter 956: Chapter 788: Yangtang Divine Saber, Unrivaled in the World

In Bohai Bay, the East Sea Dragon Clan’s army of over three million was holding its position in the narrow waters between two peninsulas.

Below the seemingly calm surface of the sea was a gigantic ice wall stretching hundreds of miles, blocking the entire Bohai Bay.

At its narrowest, the ice wall was a hundred yards wide and more than five hundred yards high, almost touching the surface of the sea.

Thousands of giant turtles were distributed on the ice wall, hiding their heads in their sturdy shells and breathing out cold air to continuously repair the ice wall, making it as steady as a rock amidst the collision of tens of thousands of gigantic sea creatures.

Sometimes, these turtles would stick their heads out of their shells, lightning-fast, and rip a chunk of flesh from the enemy.

In front of this ice wall, fierce Jiao Dragons ranging from a hundred yards to over eighty yards in length, along with giant crabs as tall as five-story buildings, were battling even larger sea creatures in the depths of the sea six hundred yards below,

The existence of the ice wall was merely to prevent these deep-sea monsters from infiltrating further into Bohai Bay. But if the East Sea Dragon Clan truly wanted to stop these aquatic creatures from the deep, they had to rely on their claws and bodies to fight and tear.

At this moment, some of the less intelligent deep-sea creatures tried to circumvent the massive formation of the East Sea Dragon Clan and that grand ice wall from above the sea,

But as they swam to shallow waters less than a hundred yards from the surface, their bodies would explode with a boom.

If Li Xuan were here, he would know it was due to the difference in pressure.

The water pressure in shallow seas is starkly different from that in the depths, and so is the body structure of deep-sea creatures,

Most of them could adjust their flesh with their mana and cultivation to adapt to pressure, moving and even fiercely battling in waters six hundred yards deep.

Yet only a very few could enter shallow waters less than fifty yards from the surface.

At this depth, they had to rely on their leaders who were at the heavenly level to artificially create pressure and help them adapt to the shallows.

Above the sea, the Prince of the East Sea, Ao Mengsheng, stood with a weary expression, holding an orb.

In his hand was a large azure pearl, swirling with cloud patterns. It was inhaling and exhaling the essence of heaven and earth, corresponding remotely with the water vapor and mist within a thousand miles as if they were one.

With the help of the divine artifact in hand, Ao Mengsheng not only suppressed all the tides above the sea, preventing the battle below from affecting the Bohai and land areas behind, but also maintained the normal water pressure within a hundred yards below the sea floor.

This kept nearly ten million deep-sea water demons from advancing even a step further.

However, as time passed, Ao Mengsheng’s complexion grew increasingly pale and his fatigue became more evident.

"Let me take over next," said the towering figure of Dragon King Ao Shenghai, suddenly appearing behind Ao Mengsheng. "While the Kunpeng Emperor has not yet arrived, you should take a moment to rest."

Ao Mengsheng’s brow furrowed, and he looked at his father with concealed worry, "Why would you say such a thing, Father? You’re still wounded and in need of rest, not I."

Twenty-five days earlier, his father Ao Shenghai had fought a fierce battle with the Kunpeng Emperor at the border of the East Sea and the ocean.

In the end, Ao Shenghai was defeated and the Kunpeng bit off a piece of flesh between his ribs.

It was after this battle that the East Sea Dragon Palace had no choice but to fall back to Bohai.

Upon hearing his words, Dragon King Ao Shenghai smiled with satisfaction, "My injury was caused by the Rule of Extreme Heaven. How could it be healed in a short time? But as for you, how could you have the strength to help me in battle if your Zhenyuan is depleted?"

He then casually brushed his sleeve, "Don’t worry, your mother is already contacting Shuying, asking her to return to Bohai as soon as possible to relieve you."

Ao Mengsheng fell silent, handing the Water-Controlling Orb in his hand back to Ao Shenghai.

He had little hope for the upcoming battle at Bohai.

If it were not for Shuying and his future brother-in-law finding them an escape route to the North Sea, the East Sea Dragon Clan would have been on the verge of extinction.

"My son, why are you so despondent?" Dragon King Ao Shenghai’s lips quirked upward. "The outcome of this battle is yet to be determined. What the Kunpeng Emperor should not have done was to provoke the Great Jin Dynasty before leveling our East Sea Dragon Palace.

After the storm in Dengzhou, the Jin Dynasty Court must intervene in the East Sea. Whether it’s Shaofu Yu Jie or Zhu Mingyue from the Liudao Division, neither can turn a blind eye. Both have immense mana and the power to reach the pinnacle of Extreme Heaven."

He did not mention Li Xuan because the Prince Fenyang would help the dragon clan both logically and emotionally.

Actually, they should have sought help from the Jin Dynasty Court much earlier, but Ao Shenghai didn’t want the dragon clan to lose their independence and rely completely on the Jin Dynasty Court unless absolutely necessary.

There’s a difference between the Dragon Palace actively seeking help from the court and the Jin Dynasty being forced to intervene. The implications are different, as would be the outcomes,

Yet Ao Mengsheng was not very optimistic, "But I heard that Zhu Mingyue hasn’t recovered from old injuries and hasn’t taken direct action for nearly two years, relying solely on Qiu Qianqiu and Jiang Hanyun to keep the Liudao Division in check. Shaofu Yu Jie, though known as the strongest in the Jin Dynasty, is just a mortal who reigns supreme among his kind. He won’t be a match for the Kunpeng Emperor underwater. As for my brother-in-law—"

He intended to say that Li Xuan wasn’t at the heavenly level, so what difference could he make?

But the East Sea Dragon Clan’s reach into the Outer Void was far from insular,

A few months ago, Buddhism was forcibly subjugated by Li Xuan, and the Bodhisattva Xinyuelian was slain in the Outer Void by the Xuanhuang Great Emperor. After Randeng Buddha descended in incarnation to the mortal realm, he too was disposed of by Li Xuan.

Now, there are rumors that the recently acclaimed ’Great Emperor of the Highest Heaven Miluo’ who has been conferred titles by the Great Jin Dynasty, is none other than Li Xuan himself.

Ao Mengsheng had tried to probe Ao Shuying indirectly about this matter, but his sister had been deliberately vague, neither confirming nor denying it.

If his future brother-in-law truly was the Xuanhuang Great Emperor, where did all those heavenly soldiers and generals come from? Where did he gather so many followers? And how did he defeat Xinyuelian?

Besides, this was ultimately a war beneath the waters.

The mana of the Kunpeng Emperor in this ocean was almost an invincible presence—

Just at this moment, Ao Shenghai’s expression changed slightly, looking towards the seabed with some surprise.

Ao Mengsheng also noticed that something unusual was happening and focused his attention on the depths of the sea bed as well.

He saw that the armies of the aquatic clan that were spread out deep beneath the sea had begun to retreat in the southwest direction.

Like a tide, they withdrew from the ice walls and retreated into the deeper sea.

To everyone’s surprise, not long after, a deep-sea white shark about seventy zhang in length, perhaps driven by unbearable hunger, bit off the head of a nearby five-footed black eel in one gulp.

Then the blood that diffused into the water caused all the deep-sea aquatic creatures to fall into chaos.

The large predators began to frenziedly attack and devour any nearby object that could satiate their hunger, and they didn’t even spare their own kind.

The weaker deep-sea creatures frantically fled towards the depths.

In just an instant, this originally fierce and united aquatic army completely disintegrated, collapsing into pieces.

"What is going on?"

Ao Mengsheng was startled, filled with confusion, "Strange, what caused these deep-sea creatures to retreat?"

And they even began to kill each other during the retreat—

Ao Mengsheng knew that many of these deep-sea demons were very hungry, but the Kunpeng Emperor should have been able to keep the nine million deep-sea demons under control.

Dragon King Ao Shenghai of the East Sea was also filled with confusion. While the father and son exchanged puzzled gazes, a water-blue radiance gathered above the sea, eventually revealing the figure of Ao Shuying.

This was Ao Shuying projecting herself directly here through her divine power.

"Father, just a moment ago, Xuan took the identity of the Xuanhuang Great Emperor and gathered many divine generals under his command to slay the Kunpeng Emperor in the depths of the ocean!"

Her words caused the Dragon King and his son’s pupils to constrict, showing an expression of disbelief.

The Kunpeng Emperor was dead?

But within that vast ocean, who could have killed him?

Furthermore, such a being with a Flesh and Primordial Spirit that had reached the rule of Extreme Heaven, unless its Zhenyuan strength was blocked by the First Emperor before reaching Extreme Heaven, its death would inevitably cause celestial phenomena.

"I am certain of this without a doubt. I participated in person. The Kunpeng Emperor perished within the sword formation, hence there was no change in the Yuanling and no unusual phenomena arose."

Ao Shuying glanced at the expressions of the father and son and took a moment to explain a few details before discussing the main issue, "I have descended here with my divine power because Li Xuan has a matter that requires the assistance of the dragon clan. Li Xuan has already discussed and settled matters with the Great Jin’s regent ministers. Starting tomorrow, twenty-four ironclad warships, three hundred and twenty Fuchuan ships, and one hundred and seventy thousand Jingying Forbidden Army soldiers will attack Fusou. The East Sea Dragon Palace must assemble an army to escort them. Additionally, the East Sea Dragon Palace must mobilize three hundred thousand soldiers capable of flight, along with at least twelve beings of heavenly level to join forces with the Heavenly Army and accuse the High Heavens of Fusou, on behalf of the Kunpeng Emperor, regarding the provision of military supplies!"

Ao Mengsheng couldn’t help but widen his eyes slightly, "Is Li Xuan aware of the two ’divine winds’ the Mongols encountered during their invasion of Japan?"

Since the fall of Haotian, the Fusou Emperor had been extremely low-profile and endured in silence.

However, as far as Ao Mengsheng knew, this former ’Duke Dongwang’ of the Heavenly Court had always been accumulating power, waiting for the moment to strike.

The strength of Fusou and Takamagahara demonstrated in the two ’divine winds’ during the Mengyuan Era was evident.

That was at the peak of Meng Yuan’s national power.

Ao Shuying nodded slightly, "I am aware, but the Fusou Emperor made a mistake and must pay the price. Xuan will certainly not let them make another mistake."

Ao Shuying knew what the father and son were concerned about, and after some contemplation, she decided to disclose a bit of Li Xuan’s strategy, "I had the fortune to witness Luo Yan’s ascension to heavenly level, and her swords united with Li Xuan’s. In my estimation, as long as the Fusou Emperor does not descend to the mortal realm, this pair of ’Tianji Dihe Yin-Yang Knives’ is invincible under heaven!"

Upon hearing this, Ao Mengsheng and Ao Shenghai’s pupils dilated once more. The reputation of the ’Tianji Dihe Yin-Yang Knives’ was well-known in the current age—who hadn’t heard of it?