Chapter 309

Above the sea surface beneath him, ripples of fine intensity began to rise.

Immediately, several agile figures clad in black tight-fitting wetsuits, faces covered by scarves with only a pair of cold eyes exposed, emerged silently from the sea like ghosts!

From their bodies emanated an aura of sharpness filled with the blood and killing intent of battle!

Clearly, they were all well-trained, battle-hardened death soldiers!

They were precisely the first wave of scouts sent by the Northern Liang Wang Fu, ordered to secretly rescue the heir Xu Fengnian!

Xu Fengnian saw these familiar figures and the markings unique to Northern Liang upon their bodies.

In those eyes, which had originally grown somewhat dim, a light of indescribable excitement and hope instantly erupted!

He knew his father had sent people to save him!

He was saved!

However, just as those Northern Liang death soldiers prepared to climb the reef to rescue Xu Fengnian.

A voice of endless charm, yet carrying a hint of laziness and mockery, suddenly sounded quietly from the void not far away:

"Hehehe... friends from Northern Liang, why such a rush to leave?"

"My master has not yet agreed to release the prisoner!"

Before the words had even finished!

A figure of an absolutely beautiful young girl, dressed in black combat attire with a seductive figure like a night elf, appeared silently upon the reef.

She held a peculiar curved blade bent like a new moon in her hand, a playful smile on her face, looking at those Northern Liang death soldiers whose faces had turned pale.

She was the Holy Maiden of the Yinkui Sect, Wang Wang, stationed here by order of Brother Ning Chuan!

"Who are you?! Dare to obstruct the affairs of our Northern Liang Wang Fu?!" shouted the leader of the Northern Liang death soldiers in a harsh voice.

Upon hearing this, Wang Wang let out a light laugh, her figure swayed, and like a ghost, she instantly charged into the midst of those death soldiers!

She unleashed the Heavenly Demon Great Art, combined with her unpredictable and strange movement technique, and the pair of Heavenly Demon Twin Blades in her hand, sharp beyond compare!

Only the sound of a series of piercing screams was heard!

Moments later, those Northern Liang death soldiers, whose strength was not insignificant and comparable to first-rate experts, were all slain on the spot by Wang Wang!

Blood stained the reef and also stained the surrounding seawater red.

Wang Wang looked at the few cold corpses beneath her feet, a smile of disdain appearing on her face.

She walked before Xu Fengnian, who had long been terrified into a stupor, and extended a snow-white finger to gently lift his chin.

She smiled seductively, her voice like the whisper of a devil:

"Go back and tell your Prince that such small fish and shrimp should not be sent to die."

"My master said, if you want to save him, let him come personally, bringing the great army of Northern Liang!"

Having spoken, the Heavenly Demon Twin Blades in her hand flashed with cold light!

"Ah——!!!"

Xu Fengnian let out a scream of extreme agony!

His right arm was actually severed by Wang Wang at the shoulder!

Blood gushed out like a fountain!

Then.

Wang Wang quickly returned to Taohuadao and reported the matter to Brother Ning Chuan.

At the same time, she brought another even more important piece of news:

"Reporting to my master, according to the intelligence returned by our spies planted in the Northern lands by the Yinkui Sect."

"The Northern Liang Wang Fu has already assembled two hundred thousand Northern Liang elite troops, riding hundreds of giant warships, heading full speed towards the direction of the East Sea!"

"At most, within three days, they will arrive in the waters of Taohuadao!"

Upon hearing this, the pale golden dragon pupils in Brother Ning Chuan's eyes showed not the slightest ripple.

He simply nodded calmly and said, "Very good."

He could clearly feel the pitch-black dragon pill within his dantian sea of qi, and the demonic power contained within it.

After tempering and accumulating during this period, it had reached a critical point of imminent perfection!

That massive power could barely be suppressed!

At any moment, it could trigger the second heavenly tribulation—the Transformation Tribulation!

"Just in time," Brother Ning Chuan sneered in his heart.

"Just in time, let you so-called Northern Liang iron cavalry come and truly feel the terror of the heavenly tribulation!"

Wang Wang looked at Brother Ning Chuan's calm demeanor, as if everything was under his control.

Her reverence for her master deepened even further in her heart.

She knew that a world-shaking great war, capable of shaking the entire world, was about to unfold!

Three days later.

Deep within the East Sea.

A fleet of immense size, blocking out the sky and sun, appeared above the horizon.

Giant warships like moving fortresses, riding the wind and breaking waves, pushing aside ten thousand layers of massive waves, slowly approached the direction of Taohuadao.

A full two hundred thousand Northern Liang elites, clad in heavy armor, holding sharp blades, with killing intent filling the sky, were arranged neatly on the decks of the warships!

The iron-blooded killing intent emanating from their bodies, gathered together, shot straight into the clouds, dyeing The cloud layer within the sky with a faint shade of blood!

Upon the bow of the ships, rows of giant strong bows and crossbows flashing with metallic cold light were mounted!

The arrowheads of those crossbow bolts were all inscribed with special runes to break internal force, clearly designed specifically to deal with martial arts experts, capable of easily tearing through the protective true qi and yuan of grandmaster-level experts!

Upon the foremost giant flagship...

The six great adopted sons of the Northern Liang Wang Fu stood shoulder to shoulder, their expressions grim, their eyes blazing with towering fury and killing intent!

They had already learned of the failed rescue, and the news that the heir Xu Feng had been cut down — losing an arm!

This had pushed the fury in their hearts to a breaking point, ready to explode at any moment!

"Big Brother! That demonic dragon is running so wild — it clearly doesn't take our Northern Liang Wang Fu seriously at all!"

"Let's charge straight in, level that Taohuadao to the ground, tear that demonic dragon into ten thousand pieces, and avenge the heir!"

Chu Lushan, the hottest-tempered among them, roared furiously.

"Don't act rashly!" Yuan Zuozong said in a deep voice — he had always been steady.

"That demonic dragon's strength is unfathomable. Even Spear Saint Mr. Xu perished at its hands — we cannot afford to be careless."

After much debate among the group.

In the end, it was Chen Zhibao — the "White-Robed Soldier Immortal," whose cultivation base was the highest and whose mind was the coolest — who made the final call:

"Charge straight in!"

His icy voice carried not the slightest trace of emotion.

"That demonic dragon deliberately severed the heir's arm, then sent word, telling us to send the great army."

"Its purpose is plain as day!"

"Its target was never His Highness the heir — it was… our two hundred thousand elite troops of Northern Liang!"

"It wants to use us to establish its might before the entire world!"

At his words, everyone present felt a chill in their hearts, an inexplicable cold dread.

This flood dragon's ambition and tyranny were greater than they had imagined!

"Since that is so, then let us do as it wishes!" A flash of icy killing intent passed through Chen Zhibao's eyes.

"I would very much like to see how a mere little evil dragon of his can withstand the charge of our two hundred thousand Northern Liang iron cavalry!"

"Pass down my military order! The entire army advances at full speed! Target — Taohuadao!"

"Today, we shall dye this Eastern Sea the color of Northern Liang!"

With Chen Zhibao's single command!

The massive fleet no longer held back or concealed itself in the slightest!

The terrifying baleful aura of the two hundred thousand troops, like a blood-colored beacon made solid, surged skyward, churning the wind and clouds!

Bearing down upon Taohuadao!

Far off upon the sea.

Some wandering martial artists, who had long since received word and come here hoping to witness this world-shaking battle.

Upon feeling that all-encompassing, terrifying baleful aura — enough to make even any Grandmaster-level expert turn pale.

Were all struck with horror, hastily steering their ships back, not daring to approach even a step!