Chapter 176

The old Dragon King's words were high-spirited and passionate, stirring the demons' hearts, but this time none of the demon kings echoed him; after all, in this short month or so, the water tribe has encountered far too many incidents.

But now, with the arrow already on the string, they had no choice but to release it; even though all the demon kings sensed that the old Dragon King had a problem, they still spoke up.

According to the current situation, the Dao Yi Sect should not have noticed us; they only noticed your water tribe.

This is not hard to judge; from the various changes in the Human Race, it is obvious they are unprepared.

Otherwise, around Huling and Yuan Mountain, the Human Race would certainly have gathered strong warriors to prepare in advance.

The continued lack of movement shows that the Dao Yi Sect merely suspects the water tribe and has not detected them.

But now the Dao Yi Sect will certainly send people to reinforce the Formation; does your water tribe still have confidence to break through it?

Upon hearing this, the old Dragon King's smile grew more confident, and he raised his head to speak.

Nonsense, my water tribe never undertakes anything without confidence.

You've had enough, huh? With over a million water tribe dead, is that what you call having confidence?

Ignoring the Demon Kings' continually twitching mouths, the old Dragon King continued speaking.

"My water tribe has prepared for a hundred years; even if the Dao Yi Sect has made preparations, they cannot stop us. However, in the process of breaking the Formation, I need you to draw the Human Race's attention."

"Dragon King, please continue."

"It's simple: you launch the first attack in Dongzhou, letting the Dao Yi Sect, Luo Xia Sect, Qing Yun Sect, Huang Ji Sect and other major Human Race forces have no time to tend to the Jinhai Yingdi, buying time for my water tribe and preventing other peaks of the Dao Yi Sect from rushing to reinforce the Jinhai Yingdi."

Listening to the old Dragon King's plan, the Demon Kings fell into contemplation; after a while, the Wisdom Tiger Demon King of Huling spoke up.

"How much time is needed?"

"At most three days; within these three days we must not let the Dao Yi Sect have the energy to deal with my water tribe. Once I lead my forces to occupy the Jinhai Yingdi, we can march straight into Dongzhou, and then victory will be assured."

It sounds fine; moreover, with three days, even if the Demon Race's overall strength is inferior to the Human Race, it is still achievable.

After some hesitation and consideration, all the Demon Kings nodded in agreement.

"Alright, that's decided. However, Dragon King, this time we cannot afford any mistakes."

"Rest assured, could my actions possibly go wrong?"

The Demon Race here changed its plan again, directly attacking the Jinhai Yingdi; as long as the Formation is broken, a mere Divine Sword Peak will absolutely not be able to withstand the water tribe's assault.

Once we capture the Jinhai Yingdi, its location will be even better than that of Haixi City; in the old Dragon King's view, what is this? This is turning misfortune into blessing.

"Qi Xiong, do you think thwarting my first plan can stop my water tribe from dominating Dongzhou? Ha, how naive. I still have a backup plan; this is the superior strategy."

Unaware of the Demon Race's scheming here, after observing the Formation, Zhāng Tiānzhèn returned to the camp and found Hong Zun.

"Junior brother."

"Senior brother, how is the Formation?"

"No problem; the water tribe likely hasn't started breaking the Formation yet. Tomorrow I will begin reinforcing it, and as for other matters, I can only prescribe a remedy after the water tribe makes a move."

"Mm, I'll leave the Formation matters to you, senior brother."

"I will naturally exert my utmost effort."

After finishing the discussion about the Formation, Zhāng Tiānzhèn hurriedly asked about the meal.

Hong Zun did not conceal anything, truthfully explaining the mess hall's rules in full.

"This mess hall provides three meals a day, but the spots are limited, so we need to compete for them. There are a few rules: first, one cannot wait outside the mess hall before mealtime; second, during the scramble, one must not injure anyone's life, nor rely on external objects—including Formation, Talisman Seal, etc. —which are all prohibited........"

After hearing Hong Zun's explanation, Zhāng Tiānzhèn nodded; these rules meant little to him.

Even if he had to compete, with his strength he would surely get that meal; aside from Hong Zun and Qing Shi, no one in the camp could match him.

However, regarding the other five Elders of the Myriad Formation Peak, Hong Zun directly stated that they must follow the rules and compete for spots with Zhao Zhengping and the other Inner Disciples.

Faced with this, the five were extremely resentful, but since this was decided jointly by Hong Zun and Zhāng Tiānzhèn, they had no recourse.

There was still some time before mealtime, but just then an Inner Door Disciple hurriedly requested an audience.

"Peak Master, the water tribe has made a move."

Upon hearing this, Hong Zun and Zhāng Tiānzhèn dared not delay; they rushed over immediately.

Sure enough, towering waves surged on the sea surface, and one water tribe Demon King after another broke through the surface, hovering outside the Formation.

Countless water columns shot straight to the sky, dark clouds blanketed the heavens, blotting out the sun, presenting a doomsday scene that made people feel oppressed without realizing it.

"This is preparing to break the Formation."

Zhāng Tiānzhèn looked at the scene before him, his face solemn as he spoke.

No sooner had his words fallen than, with a dragon's roar, the old Dragon King shot up from the seabed, surrounded by the water tribe Demon Kings, coldly staring at the people within the Formation.

First Hong Zun, then Qing Shi, and finally Zhāng Tiānzhèn.

Upon seeing Zhāng Tiānzhèn, the old Dragon King flashed a cold smile.

"Zhāng Tiānzhèn, the Dao Yi Sect has indeed sent you."

From his tone, it seemed he had long anticipated Zhāng Tiānzhèn's arrival at the Jinhai Yingdi; yet even if he had come, what could he do? He still could not stop the water tribe.

After the laughter faded, the old Dragon King bellowed in a low voice.

"Break the Formation."

At his command, the Demon Kings swiftly acted; one could see, under the impetus of demonic power, huge white bones rising from the seabed.

The white bones were huge, like sharp daggers, and then they fiercely stabbed toward the Formation.

They were not directly bounced off by the Formation, but instead lodged firmly upon it; taking the white bones as points, the Formation began to slowly develop cracks.

Seeing this, the old Dragon King grew ever more excited, laughing coldly.

"Haha, these are bone spikes forged from the skeletons of generations of my water tribe's Demon Kings, gathering the power of countless generations of water tribe Demon Kings; this time I must break your Dao Yi Sect's great Jinhai Formation, Zhāng Tiānzhèn—facing my water tribe's ancestral bone spikes, you, a ninth-rank Formation master, do you have any way to resolve them?"

The old Dragon King laughed wildly; these bone spikes were merely an appetizer, the true trump card still lay ahead, for now it was only meant to confuse Zhāng Tiānzhèn.

Merely facing the old Dragon King's mockery, Zhāng Tiānzhèn's expression was complex; not only him, but also Hong Zun, Qing Shi, and the assembled disciples were likewise.

One by one they remained silent, watching the old Dragon King laugh uproariously, until Xu Jie slowly said a sentence.

"This guy is a ferocious dragon; to crack the great Jinhai Formation, is he digging up his own ancestral grave?"

"Not just their flood dragon clan, right? hearing what it just said, the skeletons of all generations of the water tribe's Demon Kings are all here, aren't they?"

"Holy shit, really a small knife stabbing the buttocks, an eye-opener."

"In order to break the Formation, they dug up the entire water tribe's ancestral graves, and now nobody knows how to evaluate it."

"Anyway, if they are the water tribe's ancestors, no matter what they say, they must have a conversation with the Old Dragon King that fills the hall with ancestors and descendants, so that this filial son can truly understand what it means for the ancestors to be above."

"Inside the Formation, everyone simultaneously gave the Old Dragon King a thumbs up, but it still depends on you."