Chapter 512: Strength With Nowhere to Use

Listening to the words of the Divine Sword Peak disciples and others, everyone also turned their gaze back onto the water tribe.

As expected, with more and more traps being discovered, the leading Dragon Zhan Tian and the other demon kings all began to feel smug.

"You're impressive; what is there to fear from these petty tricks of the Dao Yi Sect?"

Dragon Zhan Tian praised and complimented the kings, and the demon kings also replied with smiles.

"War King, you overpraise us; we merely have had some encounters with the Dao Yi Sect and taken precautions against their vicious tactics."

"That's right; the Dao Yi Sect can only use those lowly tricks."

"As long as we solve these traps, the Dao Yi Sect is nothing to fear."

They began to get carried away, unaware that the traps they had found were almost all set up by the disciples of Overlord Spear Peak and the other peaks.

It was their first time setting up a formation; lacking experience and unfamiliar with the methods, they were naturally easy to discover.

Yet after solving these traps, the demon kings unconsciously became overconfident.

Seeing the water tribe demon kings completely relax their guard, the disciples of Overlord Spear Peak and the other peaks felt mixed emotions.

At such a time they should obviously be happy, yet for some reason they couldn't bring themselves to be happy.

They are all disciples of the Dao Yi Sect, so why is the gap so huge?

A disciple, doubtful, turned to the Divine Sword Peak and asked the Jade Maiden Peak disciple.

"Senior Brother (Senior Sister), why is our formation so crude? How can we improve it?"

In response, the Divine Sword Peak disciples all pointed to the position of the heart.

Seeing this, the Overlord Spear Peak and other peaks' disciples were completely baffled, until the Divine Sword Peak disciples spoke.

"The heart must be ruthless, the hand must be cruel."

Huh????

No one expected that to be the answer, but before the Overlord Spear Peak disciples could think further, they saw the water tribe already shouting as they continued forward.

"This time we must let the Dao Yi Sect know our might."

"Good, let's blood‑battle the Dao Yi Sect and raise the prestige of our water tribe."

"Raise the prestige of our water tribe."

They thought the traps were no longer a threat, but in fact the water tribe had only just entered the real trap zone; those earlier were merely bait.

They had walked less than a hundred meters when, with a sudden sound from a triggered talisman seal, flames shot up all around.

"Damn it, why wasn't it detected?"

"No, I looked carefully—there's no trap."

"Then what's the situation now?"

"I don't know."

They had been watching the surroundings all along, yet they hadn't found a single clue.

This is also normal, after all, the traps set by Divine Sword Peak and those set by Overlord Spear Peak cannot be the same.

Before they could sense them casually, but now, facing the traps laid by the Divine Sword Peak disciples, the situation is completely different.

Many water tribe members, hardly having reacted, were directly swallowed by the talisman seals and formations.

Pillars of fire, golden light, formations—various rays instantly illuminated the entire seabed.

Chaos erupted, utter chaos, as countless water tribe members' miserable cries rose and fell.

Seeing this scene, the demon kings also panicked.

"How could this happen?"

Muttering to themselves, they had just been boasting that the Dao Yi Sect was nothing special, and the next second they were surrounded by traps.

Some water tribe members not yet affected by the talisman seals or formations tried to retreat, but as soon as they moved a little, they triggered another trap.

It seemed as if traps were everywhere, each step a danger.

As for Dragon Zhan Tian, at this moment he was utterly dumbfounded.

Previously he had scoffed at the Dao Yi Sect's traps, thinking they were merely underhanded tricks not fit for the table, but now, looking at the scene around him, Dragon Zhan Tian felt his scalp go numb.

"What the hell kind of trap is this? It's practically the apocalypse!"

"Just how many talisman seals and formation disks are there?"

"Damn it, damn it............."

Coming to his senses, Dragon Zhan Tian cursed angrily and immediately reached out to rescue the water tribe members trapped in the talisman seals and formations.

But this all seemed futile, for even if they were rescued, within a few seconds the water tribe would trigger another trap and be caught again by the talisman seals and formations.

There's simply no way to save them.

Even Dragon Zhan Tian himself was several times enveloped by the formations and talisman seals.

However, since their ranks were not high, it had little effect on them, but constantly being so made them look rather miserable.

Without even seeing a shadow of the Dao Yi Sect, the water tribe here had already suffered over half casualties, and the situation kept worsening.

Dragon Zhan Tian raged with a furious shout.

"Despicable, shameless, Lin Potian, you cowardly turtle—do you dare come out and fight me, Your Majesty?"

Having no way to break them, Dragon Zhan Tian could only shout angrily; if Qi Xiong, Lin Potian and the others appeared before him, he would surely fight them to the death.

However, those hiding in the dark, like Qi Xiong and the others, merely sneered at this.

Even seeing Lin Potian about to make a move, Hong Zun grabbed him.

"Senior Brother, what are you doing? Let me go up and take down that flirt."

Seeing Lin Potian looking eager, Hong Zun snapped at him.

"What's the rush? Wait a bit longer."

"Hmph, I don't fear it; I just didn't want to go all‑out before."

Although Long Zhan Tian is said to be the number one Demon King of the water clan, Lin Potian's strength is not weak either; among the Peak Masters of the Dao Yi Sect, his strength is enough to rank among the top five.

Moreover, Lin Potian himself is extremely belligerent, just not as crazy as Qin Shan Hai.

However, Hong Zun has a different opinion on this.

"Junior brother, it's not that I, Shī xiōng, am saying this to you, but nowadays the times have changed; to subdue the enemy's troops without fighting is the supreme way."

"As the saying goes, attacking the city is inferior, attacking the heart is superior; if a problem can be solved with a trap, why must one do it oneself?"

"If one can stab in the back, why must they fight head‑on?"

"Wait a bit longer; when this fellow runs out of fuel and his lamp burns dry, junior brother, when you make your move, you can easily take him down."

Listening to Hong Zun's persuasion, Lin Potian gradually calmed down, though his expression turned somewhat odd as he spoke.

"Shī xiōng, back then our master seemed to have taught us that as disciples of the Dao Yi Sect, we should be invincible and unstoppable..............."

"And the master also said that one should stay hidden and never reveal oneself; why don't you say that?"

Hong Zun pursed his lips, speechless, then looked around at the disciples and straightened his expression.

Moreover, when there is a choice, I would rather expend more talisman seals and formation disks than risk the disciples' lives.

Upon hearing those words, Lin Potian instantly felt solemn respect, and he nodded heavily toward Hong Zun.

But he didn't know that the sect's expenditures have been huge lately, with over ninety percent going to the battlefield.

Especially the battles of disciples from Divine Sword Peak and others, which the sect has recorded; the consumption of talisman seals, formation disks, and pills has increased tenfold compared to before.

It's also because Qi Xiong and the others haven't returned to the sect, so this matter hasn't been dealt with, and Wu Shou is also quite worried about it.

Every time I see the talisman seals and formation disks that Hong Zun requests in his return messages, it's enough to give me a headache.