Chapter 476: Prominent Divine
Translator: Sparrow Translations Editor: Sparrow Translations
Dream masters were proud of being the strongest in the world. Normal Wu Zongs or spiritual knights could only be servants.
The Imperial Court had the backing of the Head of the Hidden Dragon Guards and therefore attracted these Wu Zongs and spiritual knights.
The Spiritual Light Hall was built for these high-tiered spiritual knights and only True Elementals were allowed in. These spiritual knights were conferred with a high status and were not required to bow down to the emperor.
"I have received your orders!"
At the same time, next to Emperor Zhao Ming, 7 ministers wearing purple robes with a crane sewn across their chests walked out to pay their respects.
They were all old-looking and appeared solemn like antiques. However, as soon as they walked out of the emperor's field of vision, there were visible changes and all of them became mysterious in their own ways. Spiritual light gathered around them and they all had an inconceivable amount of spiritual property.
"Lord Xue and Lord Zhang, I shall leave the problem of the ants to you!"
The Head of the Hidden Dragon Guards gazed towards the military formation from afar and sounded composed. "If we allow the city walls to shake one more time and startle the emperor, it will be our fault!"
"Head, don't worry!"
The two officers exchanged looks as a surge of spiritual force started to gather from the ground silently.
"Ground Shaking Spell? Fire Tunneling Spell?"
Through his Fiery Golden Eyes, Fang Yuan could see a lot more and started to feel excited.
These two spiritual spells were extremely ordinary and even spiritual knights below the level of Elemental Opening Realm would be able to cast them.
However, through these two True Elementals, Fang Yuan could see something magical happening from these two ordinary spells.
Fang Yuan could detect that after executing these two spells, a domino effect seemed to have started to spread out downwards, all the way beneath the Jade Capital.
"Rumble!"
An immense vibration came in contact with the attacking ants and the ground above was levelled.
The Fire Tunnelling Spell spread flames across the land and seeped through the cracks caused by the tremor.
"Rumble! Rumble!"
In a few moments, a dark hue of red appeared. It was raging magma which started to sweep across the ground towards the incoming ants.
"Whooosh!"
White smoke filled the air and the intense magma swallowed everything in its path. Furthermore, it started to flow through the tunnels which the ants had burrowed.
In an instant, tens of thousands of ants were wiped out and on the outside, there were cries coming from the base of the allied forces. Flames were spreading everywhere.
Although the fire was quickly dealt with, it had already embarrassed the dream masters in the base of the allied forces.
"Alright, is this the power of a True Elemental? Every spiritual spell is cast to perfection, blended with nature... Most importantly, a True Elemental is able to bring out the extraordinary in the ordinary. Even the most rudimentary spiritual spell will be able to create a devastating outcome!"
Fang Yuan examined how the various spiritual knights executed their spells and was deep in thought.
"Wind!"
On the city walls, a grand secretary of Spiritual Light Hall stood firmly. With the wave of his hands, a green tornado appeared and slowly picked up speed to resist against the Winged Monkeys.
"Fire!"
Beside him, another grand secretary with a long beard shouted and a flame appeared in his hands before disappearing into the tornado.
"Roar! Roar!"
In an instant, two humongous fire dragons emerged and each of them was about 2 miles long. They were almost as awe-inspiring as a real dragon and with a single roar, they split into hundred and thousands of dragons in the sky which flew down towards the Winged Monkeys.
The fire would become stronger in the wind!!!
At this point in time, every single fire dragon was full of life like it was almost real. They could even split up and were comparable to the beasts on the ground. Within moments, they burnt many Winged Monkeys alive.
Fang Yuan used to like using such tactics but looking at how powerful it could become, Fang Yuan felt a little ashamed.
They were indeed True Elementals to be able to push these two simple spiritual spells to its maximum potential.
To such a stage, there was no such thing as a low-tiered spiritual spell or a high-tiered spiritual spell. Every single spiritual spell being cast had its own spiritual property! The fire dragons being created not only had wisdom but were also not afraid of death. In fact, they were better than the Winged Monkeys in all aspects.
"Haha... It's Red Dragon!"
Witnessing this scene, Elder Smelter let out a weird laughter, licked his lips and revealed a murderous look in his eyes.
"Huh? Elder Smelter, do you know this person?"
Fang Yuan asked, full of curiosity.
"Of course I know him. He was always the loser and was once chased to the ends of the world by me. I thought that he had changed his name to live in seclusion. Who would know that he has now been recruited by the Imperial Court!"
Elder Smelter chuckled. "Let's settle this once and for all!"
Although it seemed like that had a lot of hatred for each other, Elder Smelter did not abruptly attack. He controlled himself as he gazed towards the soldiers.
On an elevated platform, Shi Longtu stood up and his face was full of respect as he severed the two cloud beds in the centre.
The Ancient One and Li Qingmian crossed their legs and appeared emotionless as the witnessed everything.
The two powerful spiritual wills started to converse in mid-air:
'Is the Head of Hidden Dragon Guards looking for an ultimatum with this move?!'
'If he really wants it, so be it. Considering our full might, the Imperial Court will only be trampled by us!'
Even though the Imperial Court had planted spies, the fact that they were on the losing end in terms of the number of powerful beings would explain that it was the 5 Grand Organisations attacking the Imperial Court now and not the other way round.
As the two sages spoke to each other, they completely treated the 7th Tier Illusionary Divine dream masters as pawns. They were prepared to sacrifice anyone and everyone, even though their family members might be among those ready to be sacrificed.
'Something is not right! I'm afraid that the Imperial Court has an ulterior motive!'
The Ancient One was not supportive of the ultimatum. 'We should wait for our three brothers to fully activate the 6 Extremes Earth Shattering Array. By then, we will have the upper hand. For now, we should just manage and let things continue as per how they are!'
'Alright!'
As the leader of the Source Seeking Sect, The Demon Killing Divine Pen Li Qingmian was well-known among the sages to be ruthless. Therefore, his willingness to agree to The Ancient One was a surprise.
...
"Rumble!"
"Rumble!"
Just went both sides thought that there was no conclusion to the war, a slight tremor started to rumble from the depths of the earth.
"This is..."
Fang Yuan shuddered as he looked up into the sky.
The sunset was beautiful but it was not meant to last. As the last ray of the sun slowly retreated into the horizon, the sky was tinted a beautiful golden hue.
The full moon was already hanging in the sky, forming a majestic sight of both the moon and the sun in the same scene.
"This..."
The Head of Hidden Dragon Guards witnessed this and his emotionless face finally twitched. "Send my command down... All leaders, grand secretaries of Spiritual Light Hall and generals of Martial Arts Court are to gather at the city walls to wait for instructions!"
"Yes, Sir!"
Behind him, a silhouette slowly appeared. Taking a bow, it swiftly disappeared.
"The 6 Extremes Earth Dragons..."
The Head of Hidden Dragon Guards started to become filled with emotions as he witnessed everything. "How could it be completed so quickly?"
"Rumble!"
"Rumble!"
The small vibrations slowly picked up and within moments, it became an obvious earthquake which stunned the soldiers on both sides.
"6 Extremes Earth Shattering..."
Fang Yuan closed his eyes. With his imagination, he could vaguely see the nodes of the array being ignited throughout the entire piece of land. The energy was being transferred throughout the array in the form of vibrations.
Throughout the entire world of Da Qian, the 6 Earth Dragons raised their heads and roared in unison towards the Jade Capital!
"Da Qian has already lost this round! Did Zhang Jin or Wu Yue claim victory to disrupt the breath of the earth here?"
Fang Yuan mulled to himself. This was also the thought the Head of Hidden Dragon Guards had in his mind.
Not long after, the news started to spread among the armies.
While Shi Longtu was painstakingly trying to invade the Jade Capital, Wu Yue and Zhang Jin were continuously invading the Yong Region and the South at the same time.
Just as the 30,000 soldiers surrounded the Jade Capital, the Imperial Court was forced to send their elites and highly skilled people to the Jade Capital to protect the emperor and the city. On the other hand, both Wu Yue and Zhang Jin had received reinforcements.
Two hours ago, both the North and the South had already erupted into war. Since both Wu Yue and Zhang Jin had the assistance of dream masters, they could naturally win their wars effortlessly.
In a single breath, Wu Yue had managed to take down 6 regions.
In the South, Zhang Jin had attacked down the river and 10 over regions had surrendered. His combat power had multiplied by folds as the armies in the invaded regions had changed their loyalty to Zhang Jin. Now, he was the leader of 3 rebel leaders!
After this invasion, Da Qian was heavily crippled and finally lost control of the dragon energy in the realm. The disruption of the breath of the earth finally led to the earlier formation of the 6 Extremes Earth Shattering Array.
"This is using what they have against them!"
After reading about the latest development of the war, Fang Yuan sighed to himself.
They had a surplus of dream masters. Even if they were to split their combat power, they still had sufficient strength to win all three wars.
On the other hand, Da Qian did not have as many resources as the 5 Grand Organisations. Coupled with the fact that the Jade Capital was under attack, the Imperial Court could do nothing but retreat its forces from the North and the South to protect the city even though they knew that this was a ploy by the 5 Grand Organisations. With that, they had lost both wars in the North and South!
This was the difference in outcome due to the difference in ability between both sides. No tactics or ploys could be used to reverse the outcome!
"Roar! Roar!"
Accompanying the increasingly loud dragon roars, the tremors started to increase in intensity. The sky darkened and it was as though 6 Earth Dragons appeared on the ground. All 6 of them were roaring towards the Jade Capital.
"Rumble!"
There was chaos everywhere!
An earthquake of extreme magnitude exploded in an instant. The dream masters and the soldiers of Da Qian were out of control, but the higher-tiered dream masters had long prepared for this scenario. They started to activate their arrays to protect the main base of the allied forces.
Dust spewed everywhere, covering the sun rays.
When the dust settled, everyone took in a deep breath.
The city walls which lasted 7 days without crumbling were now filled with holes. Cracks appeared on many parts of the walls as well.
Stretches of city wall crumbled in that instant, revealing the Jade Capital behind it.
"This is fate!"
Witnessing this scene, Shi Longtu hollered. "Fate is with me!!!"
Fang Yuan and the other elders paid no attention to him. Instead, they paid their respects towards mid-air. "Greetings, Sages!"
"Buzz! Buzz!"
A huge presence started to descend and 3 illusionary silhouettes appeared in mid-air. These 3 silhouettes gave off an awe-inspiring vibe and each of them had a huge cloud stemming from their heads.
"I'm sorry for the wait!"
These were not magical clones or spiritual wills, but the actual sages themselves. Without a sound, they descended before everyone!
Although they did not give any warning, the vibe and pressure which came along with them could be felt by everyone. The entire Jade Capital was thrown into a dead silence.
These 3 sages were waiting for the final opportunity to secure a resounding victory. The Imperial Court could do nothing, and not even the Head of Hidden Dragon Guards could fend off such an attack!