Chapter 98: Half dead before reaching the city walls

With arrays and talismans sending all kinds of light soaring into the sky, looking at the scene before him, Ye Changqing suddenly felt that his understanding of his senior brothers was still insufficient.

It’s not just the sheer quantity; the methods used to set up these arrays and talismans were enough to make one’s scalp tingle.

This was playing with the human heart to the extreme.

You think you’ve predicted me, but little do you know, I’ve already predicted your prediction.

The places that seem the least likely are the most dangerous.

The arrays I set up are everywhere.

All sorts of psychological manipulation were manifested to the fullest within these small talismans and arrays.

For a moment, Ye Changqing suddenly wondered what the aquatic creatures were thinking, daring to take the initiative to offend such a group of "old sixes" (schemers).

Look, they haven't even reached the camp yet, and they’ve already suffered so many casualties. At this rate, your numbers might not be enough.

If there was one person more bewildered than Ye Changqing right now, it was the Third Prince, Jiao Min.

Jiao Min, who had been full of confidence and planning to settle the outcome in one battle, was now completely stunned looking at the scene before him.

They hadn't even seen a single disciple of Divine Sword Peak yet, and the two sides hadn't even met, yet their aquatic forces had already suffered such heavy casualties.

At this rate, it really might be a battle that settles the outcome—but not one that settles it for him; rather, Divine Sword Peak would settle his fate in one battle.

The other members of the Dragon clan nearby were also puzzled, and some even asked suspiciously.

"Didn't they say the Divine Sword Peak disciples have been stationed at the offshore camp for less than a day? Where did all these talismans and arrays come from?"

Indeed, the timing didn't add up. Is this something that can be set up in a day? Not to mention they were all injured.

Thinking it over, they all felt it was impossible. Suddenly, someone seemed to guess something and exclaimed.

"I know! These talismans and arrays were left behind by the Jade Maiden Peak disciples. They were stationed here for a year; they had plenty of time to set these up."

"So that's it."

"What a Jade Maiden Peak, ruining our aquatic tribe's grand plan!"

Once this was said, all the demons present felt it made sense. Yes, it must be Jade Maiden Peak; it couldn't be anyone else.

They looked like a group of innocent little fairies, but who would have thought their methods were so dirty.

"That's why I say, there are no good people among humans."

"True, I used to think the Jade Maiden Peak disciples were very pure."

The demons thought they had found the truth of the matter, but Jiao Min shouted angrily at this moment.

"What's the use of saying all this now?"

A bunch of idiots, actually getting happy. Even if you guessed it was Jade Maiden Peak who set up the talismans and arrays, so what? Can you make these talismans and arrays fail?

After scolding them, Jiao Min turned back to the battlefield. Seeing the aquatic creatures dying and getting injured continuously, he could no longer hold back his rage and cursed loudly.

"Are you all pig-brained? Don't you know how to walk around them?"

"The Armored Turtle group, damn it, are you looking for death? You walked right into the array! Don't you know how to turn? Just charging in head-first?"

"Giant Crab clan, face-tanking the talismans? Fine, fine, you really have opened my eyes."

"Spirit Shrimp clan, can't you just walk straight? Why do you have to take that detour?"

Jiao Min hadn't been on the battlefield and hadn't experienced how dirty the Divine Sword Peak disciples' methods were. Standing in the rear, looking at the numerous aquatic creatures, he only felt that these guys were incredibly stupid.

For example, the Armored Turtle group that walked in a straight line—they were also crying without tears. Who the hell would set up arrays in a straight line?

Originally, after breaking through one array, following this straight line should have been safe; taking any other path would have been even more dangerous.

But the person who set up these arrays was like a lunatic; all the arrays were set up in a straight line, straight as a ruler, without the slightest deviation, as if they had been measured with calipers.

The Giant Crab clan felt even more aggrieved; they weren't face-tanking the talismans at all.

They had tested the area before and successfully triggered the talismans. Under normal circumstances, there shouldn't have been any problems.

That was why they walked straight onto it.

But who knew that the person who set up these talismans had set them up twice in the same place, and used separate trigger mechanisms?

They had triggered one layer just now, and there was still one layer left untriggered.

That was why they looked like idiots face-tanking the talismans.

They were completely unable to voice their grievances. Their past experience and knowledge seemed completely useless at this moment.

No matter what you did or how you guarded yourself, there was simply no way to avoid these talismans and arrays.

The more you didn't expect it, the more likely you were to fall into a trap.

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One moment of carelessness, and oh well, you were covered by arrays and talismans.

They wanted to cry but couldn't. Their morale had fallen to the bottom.

After finally passing through the ambush of arrays and talismans, good heavens, more than half of the fifty thousand aquatic creatures were dead, leaving less than twenty thousand.

They thought that having passed the obstruction of the arrays, there should be no more problems, after all, the Divine Sword Peak disciples were all injured.

They definitely wouldn't be good at close-quarters combat. Even if there were some deviations in the process, it wouldn't change the final outcome.

"Kill!"