Chapter 506: Half A Million Soldiers
One hour later, more than 100 golden-armored generals of East Ocean gathered together on the beach of Purple Bamboo Island.
In a set of silver armor and a black cape, Hao Ren stood on the viewing deck of Summer Palace.
With two cloth bags containing ice, Zhao Yanzi stood beside Hao Ren reluctantly and placed the bags against both sides of Hao Ren's neck; this was the punishment Zhao Hongyu gave her.
On the ocean surface stood hundreds of thousands of black-armored soldiers. It was a magnificent sight.
"Left General, Chen Rong!"
"Right General, Lu Yuantao!"
"Middle General, Hu Chunyi!"
Hao Ren injected magnificent nature essence into his voice. "Each of you leads 150,000 soldiers!"
"Yes!" The three golden-armored generals took three steps forward from the team of generals.
In fact, Hao Ren had chosen these three generals at the suggestion of Premier Xia; the latter told him that these three men were all fierce fighters.
After receiving Hao Ren's order, the three generals began to select their assistant generals.
Everything went orderly while the soldiers standing on the ocean surface were quickly divided into three groups under the commands of the three main generals and more than ten assistant generals.
Those generals who hadn't been appointed by Hao Ren and the three main generals must return to their previous positions to guard and patrol the territory of East Ocean.
"Commanding General! I have objections!"
Suddenly, a thick voice sounded on the beach.
Hao Ren looked toward the voice and found that the man who shouted was Liu Yi, the West Gate General who had challenged him at the banquet.
He now had a green dragon crescent blade in his hand, and he was standing tall behind those golden-armored generals in his silver armor.
"Commanding General appointed me as the Pioneer General. Why didn't you send me to the battle this time?" Liu Yi raised his head and yelled again.
Hao Ren looked at him from afar. "Liu Yi, you're supposed to guard the west gate of the dragon palace. Why did you come here without permission?"
This time, Hao Ren only summoned the troops outside of the dragon palace, which was why Liu Yi, a general of the dragon palace, was not supposed to be here.
After looking around him and realizing that no one will talk for him, Liu Yi yelled with a loud voice, "I want to join the force and attack West Ocean!"
Looking at him, Hao Ren felt amused. Liu Yi knew nothing but that the East Ocean Dragon Clan was sending troops to the West Ocean Dragon Palace, and he thought the East Ocean Dragon Clan was going to attack the West Ocean Dragon Clan.
"I'll give you 50,000 black armored cavalrymen as the herald general!" Hao Ren said.
Elated, Liu Yi immediately single-kneeled on the beach to thank Hao Ren. "Liu Yi will follow the order and beat them out of their wits!"
In the war when the West Ocean Dragon Clan attacked the East Ocean Dragon Palace, Liu Yi had fought very courageously and fiercely guarded the west gate. However, since the main battlefield was at the main gate of the dragon palace, he didn't use all his strength.
"If you gain military merits, I'll forgive you for leaving your position without permission. If not, I'll spank your behind into a bloody mess after you return!" Hao Ren continued while standing on the viewing deck.
"Hahaha..." The generals around laughed.
With his reddened neck, Liu Yi yelled, "Commanding General, don't underestimate me!"
He stood up immediately with the green dragon crescent blade. Then, with a somersault, he jumped onto the ocean waves while the 50,000 black-armored cavalries followed him and dashed toward the direction of the West Ocean Dragon Palace.
The black horses that the soldiers rode on were no ordinary horses but demon horses with demon beast bloodlines.
It was a magnificent sight while they galloped on the ocean waves.
Seeing Liu Yi's heroic presence while leading the troops, Hao Ren thought that this man was powerful but a little arrogant. After all, Liu Yan didn't even get any assistant generals.
What Hao Ren didn't know was that the generals inside and outside of the Dragon Palace were in two separate systems, which was why Liu Yi wasn't familiar with the generals battling outside of the Dragon Palace and thus couldn't select them as his assistant generals.
"Uncle, I'll go with them," Hao Ren looked at Zhao Guang and said.
"Ok!" Zhao Guang nodded gravely.
Seeing Hao Ren's confidence while he gave orders to the generals on the high platform, Zhao Guang felt Hao Ren had far surpassed his expectations, and his hope for Hao Ren increased.
In fact, Hao Ren was forcing himself into the role. After all, as the Commanding General of East Ocean, he couldn't stammer in front of the generals and soldiers.
Dropping the ice bags, Zhao Yanzi yelled immediately, "Dad, I want to go, too!"
"Nonsense!" Zhao Guang looked stern.
"Let her go," Zhao Hongyu interrupted.
Zhao Guang glanced at Zhao Hongyu and then at Zhao Yanzi. "If you make trouble for Hao Ren, I'll deal with you!"
Feeling wronged, Zhao Yanzi pouted, thinking that Zhao Guang and Zhao Hongyu both favored Hao Ren.
"Hao Ren is sleeping with me in his arms! What can I say?" she thought.
"Take the River-Mountain Qian-Kun Painting." Zhao Hongyu took out the dharma treasure and told Hao Ren the simple instructions on how to use the painting.
Hao Ren took Zhao Yanzi's arm lightly and spread out the painting with his nature essence.
"Elder Lu, Elder Sun, Premier Xia, you go with them." Fearing for Zhao Yanzi's safety, Zhao Guang instructed.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The three of them immediately stepped onto the painting.
The River-Mountain Qian-Kun Painting flew toward the sky.
Watching the River-Mountain Qian-Kun Painting shrinking into a red dot, Zhao Hongyu turned to look at Zhao Guang. "Ren is considerate, and Zi needs to learn with him."
"I'm afraid Ren doesn't like Zi," Zhao Guang said.
"Impossible." Zhao Hongyu smiled with confidence
East Ocean's troops traveled on the ocean waves.
The troop was being covered by a red energy sphere and was invisible to mortals.
They needed to cross the Demon Sea to get to West Ocean. Since the demon kings and demon beasts lived at the bottom of the ocean, it was safer to travel on the ocean surface.
Even if a few demon beasts were close to the ocean surface and saw them, they wouldn't dare to mess with such great troops.
After all, the East Ocean Dragon Clan's overall power was great, which was why the big demon kings in the Demon Sea signed a peace treaty with them.
Standing on the River-Mountain Qian-Kun Painting, Hao Ren and his companions were more than ten meters above the ocean surface, and they caught up with the herald troop led by Liu Yi.
According to Hao Ren's plan, most of the 500,000 soldiers were mainly used to stun the enemies, and the main force that would battle the demon beasts head-on were the 50,000 black-armored cavalries led by Liu Yi.
Some level 8 and level 9 demon beasts rose to the surface and then sank back into the ocean at the sight of the troops of East Ocean.
The demon kings in the Demon Sea usually didn't allow the cultivators to pass through their territories, but they made an exception for the East Ocean Dragon Clan.
While Hao Ren stayed on the River-Mountain Qian-Kun Painting, Liu Yi galloped on the ocean waves with the black-armored cavalries. Only half a day later, they had crossed the Demon Sea and entered the ocean area of the West Ocean Dragon Clan.
Boom! Boom... The sounds of fierce battles sounded from the bottom of the sea.
"Liu Yi, just block the demon beast and keep the soldiers safe," Hao Ren said.
"As you wish!" Liu Yi cupped his hands.
On the way, Liu Yi had finally understood that his mission wasn't to attack the West Ocean Dragon Palace but to take territory from them. He was fine with either.
Hua! Hua... The 50,000 black armored cavalries submerged into the sea instantly. It was a magnificent sight.
Hao Ren and the group entered the sea after them.
Under the sea surface, the white-armored troops of the West Ocean Dragon Clan were fiercely fighting with a large number of demon beasts coming from the Demon Sea.
The troops of the South Ocean Dragon Clan and the North Ocean Dragon Clan were stationed on both sides of the troops of the West Ocean Dragon Clan, helping with their defense.
Obviously, the demon beasts were attacking the West Ocean Dragon Palace, and the troops of the South Ocean Dragon Clan and the North Ocean Dragon Clan were mainly defensive and didn't try to kill the demon beasts with full forces.
The level 4 and level 5 demon beasts were very fierce. Under their attacks, the soldiers of the West Ocean Dragon Clan fell in waves, and their blood flowed in water.
Zhao Yanzi had just wanted to stay with Hao Ren. She did not expect that the battle would be so brutal, and she immediately closed her eyes.
Liu Yi led the 50,000 black-armored cavalries into battle, and they formed a long snake array which linked the troops of the West Ocean Dragon Clan, North Ocean Dragon Clan, and South Ocean Dragon Clan.
The soldiers of the four ocean dragon clans formed a long wall, making it hard for the demon beasts to cut into the line, thus significantly reducing the casualties of the other three dragon clans.
The generals and soldiers who had been fighting fiercely with the demon beasts had complicated feelings in their hearts when they saw troops from the East Ocean Dragon Clan.
Not long ago, they had traveled to the East Ocean Dragon Palace for a war. But now when the West Ocean Dragon Palace was in trouble, the East Ocean Dragon Clan sent troops to help them!
"Kill!" Liu Yi gave the order.
Boom! Boom... The black-armored cavalries of the East Ocean Dragon Clan charged forward.
At least 10,000 level 1 and level 2 demon beasts were forced back hundreds of meters.
The troops of the four oceans followed closely and pushed the line forward hundreds of meters.
Momentum was important in battles, and the courageous black-armored soldiers of East Ocean boosted the morale of the soldiers from the other three dragon clans.
With the green dragon crescent blade in his hand, Liu Yi leaped up suddenly into the crowd of the demon beasts and slashed his heavy saber at several of them.
"Kill!"
The black-armored soldiers of East Ocean yelled together and forced back the demon beasts hundreds of meters again.
Zhao Yanzi covered her eyes out of fear, but Hao Ren found the sight magnificent.
Liu Yi's big saber danced around and sent dozens of demon beasts flying. Although he was a general guarding the gate of the East Ocean Dragon Palace and rarely fought outside, he was a great fighter in the battle.
"The leader of the troop from South Ocean is their third prince, and the leader of the troop from North Ocean is their dragon king's second brother, the Second Duke." Premier Xia leaned toward Hao Ren and said in a low voice.
Hao Ren looked toward the directions Premier Xia pointed and saw a handsome and dashing young man. He was behind the troop of South Ocean, and he was holding a long white spear while standing on an open white jade chariot.
Behind the troop of North Ocean, a majestic-looking mid-aged man sat on a black panther with a machete hanging on the belt around his waist.
They were supervising the battle and didn't participate. Obviously, their target wasn't the demon beasts.
"Fuma, you made the right decision of bringing 500,000 soldiers here," Premier Xia said.
Hao Ren looked around but didn't see Zeng Yitao.
Roar! A high-leveled spider-form demon beast waved it eight long legs and dashed out of the Demon Sea.
The Third Prince of South Ocean and the Second Duke of North Ocean who had been supervising the battle finally attacked.