louisehourcade Chapter 502 The Great Victory at the Forbidden City
Chapter 502 The Great Victory at the Forbidden City
Chapter 503 The Great Victory at the Forbidden City
"Zhang Tao, now you can tell me what exactly happened with that senior, right? How come I didn't know you were in contact with the seniors from the Realm of Boundaries?"
Li Zhen, who was standing nearby, couldn't hold back any longer, so he quickly asked. Nan Yunyue, who was also looking over, was curious about what had happened to the person from earlier. "Ahem, there's something you'd better not know. After all, he's an old senior from the Realm of Boundaries and doesn't want too many people to know about him. I only encountered him by accident. He's probably an elder of our human race, and he's been very kind to us, which is why he entrusted his spiritual power clone to me."
Zhang Tao bluffed, after all, he didn't know Lu Hao's situation yet. However, judging from the strength of this spiritual energy split, Lu Hao's strength was definitely not low. This reminded Zhang Tao of the blood rain caused by the killing of a powerful figure in the Forbidden Sea of the Southern Seven Domains. He hadn't thought of Lu Hao before because Lu Hao had just broken through and his strength wasn't enough. But now it seemed that it wasn't a matter of insufficient strength. If it was Lu Hao who did it, everything would make sense. After entering the Southern Seven Domains, Lu Hao killed demonic beasts in the Forbidden Sea and then encountered a demonic beast that could break through the fifth level of the Heavenly Realm. So he attacked it, and the blood rain was caused after the killing. Lu Hao then returned to Kuocang Mountain from the Forbidden Sea, which is why he wasn't discovered by others. Now he is in seclusion in Kuocang Mountain.
Zhang Tao stumbled upon the truth of the matter.
However, he didn't plan to reveal it now. After all, only a reclusive senior could intimidate the True King of the Underground Cave. If he said it was Lu Hao, the other side might unite to wipe them all out, since Lu Hao's improvement was too fast.
"Really? You're incredibly lucky to have met such a senior. Do you even know what's at the very top?"
After all, that senior was clearly a being above the pinnacle.
Li Zhen said enviously, "Why can't I meet such a senior? Zhang Tao's luck is truly heaven-defying; he even managed to meet such a friendly senior."
"I don't know either. My senior wasn't in a good condition at the time, so he gave me a spiritual clone, and then it disappeared. Today, I'm just using it as a last resort. Anyway, let's not talk about that. With this victory, China will have an important breathing period. Before the passage is fully opened, there may be no more True King battles, and the True Kings will no longer concern themselves with matters in the outer regions. This battle has achieved the result we've been most hoping for."
Zhang Tao said with a smile.
Nan Yunyue also laughed and said, "Yes, this battle has thoroughly frightened those cowardly True Kings of the Underworld. I guess they definitely won't launch an attack on us for a while."
The three of them then went downstairs.
This gave Zhen Tianwang, who had been eavesdropping using his mental power, a headache. He had originally planned to get information about the Nameless Mountain Emperor from Zhang Tao, but Zhang Tao hadn't revealed anything. Although he wasn't afraid of this level of strength, what was the old antique's intention in appearing so early? Was he really "friendly to humans"? That was hard to say. Maybe he was using this opportunity to increase his trust in Zhang Tao and thus enter the human world. It seemed that the surveillance of the human world needed to be tightened soon. Zhang Tao was unaware that his deception had caused Zhen Tianwang to raise his vigilance towards the human world to the highest level. But this was also a good thing, since various old antiques might want to come in and gather information next.
In the Southern Eighteen Regions, with the return of Zhang Tao and his companions, all eyes were on them. Zhang Tao smiled, looked at Li Zhen, whose face was pale and who remained silent. He was still recovering from the injuries sustained in killing the opposing Earth Sunflower King. Zhang Tao didn't say much either, then raised his right arm high and roared, "This battle!"
"A resounding victory!"
A loud shout carried for miles!
"A resounding victory!"
"A resounding victory!"
"Humanity will prevail! China will prevail!"
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The roars of the warriors below echoed through the sky, and the Southern Eighteen Domains, shrouded in blood, were illuminated by the brilliant sunlight amidst these shouts.
In a single day, Nan Yunyue advanced to the pinnacle of power, and the Southern Eighteen Domains were completely pacified. This battle resulted in the deaths of five True Kings of the Underworld and hundreds of high-ranking warriors. This was an unprecedented victory, surpassing even the previous war in the Southern Seven Domains. After all, five True Kings of the Underworld were killed this time, and the Forbidden City Underworld was completely conquered, unlike the Demon City Underworld, which only left behind one giant mine. Now, all twelve giant mines of the Forbidden City Underworld belong to humanity. Humanity is about to usher in an era of great prosperity, as the energy stones within the twelve giant mines will provide resources for all martial artists. Moreover, the Underworld will not make any moves for the time being, so this period may be the final calm before the storm.
On September 30th, after three days of inventory, a rough count of the harvest was made. After all, there were too many things in this cave, and it would probably take one or two months to complete the count.
In the temporary council hall of the Southern Eighteen Regions, almost all the high-level experts had arrived, and several sixth-rank martial artists, who were in charge of taking stock of the affairs, had also arrived.
With a broad smile, Zhang Yu picked up the folder and said cheerfully, "Let's talk about the battle losses first."
"Most of the ninth-rank warriors are injured, but not too seriously. Most importantly, several ninth-rank warriors used their ninth-rank divine weapons to self-destruct and kill their opponents. On the eighth-rank side, two golden-body warriors died, and on the seventh-rank side, eight grandmasters died."
Hearing the casualties below, Zhang Tao's smile vanished. Although he knew the losses were relatively small, he couldn't help but feel sad. "Everyone, let's observe three minutes of silence for all the heroes. Afterwards, the subsidies for the families and descendants of all the fallen heroes must be in place, and the resettlement of these heroes must be properly handled. We've gained a lot of time since we returned, and with the groundwork we laid, it's time for the public to know the truth."
Zhang Tao said.
Everyone bowed their heads in silent tribute to the fallen heroes. Three minutes passed quickly. "Let's talk about what we've learned this time."
Zhang Tao said that after all, they cannot dwell on the sorrow of the past forever; they must look forward. The destiny and honor of a martial artist is to die in the underground cave.
"In this great battle, the Forbidden City was captured, along with twelve royal cities and twelve mineral veins, all of which are now intact. The two areas within the Forbidden City where the demonic beasts gathered also each have three mineral veins. This time, there are a total of eighteen mineral veins, all of them giant mines. Although there has been some depletion, their reserves are still astonishing."
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Upon hearing about the eighteen mines, everyone was overjoyed. After all, with these resources, they could train more martial artists. Nan Yunyue and Li Zhen, who were standing nearby, were also wondering how many mines would be allocated to them this time, since the military and the detective department were also major consumers of resources.
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