Chapter 789: Chapter Eighty-three: Establishing Territory
“Summon all the spiritual power users in the vige to the ancestral hall!”
For Gong Quan, if he could acquire the Divine Jade from this Void Storm alone, it would enable Hànshuǐ Vige to break out of its cycle of weakness and flourish. As the weakest faction on the banks of the Hànshuǐ River, he must disy a fight-to-the-death resolve to stand a chance against the other two major cities!
Wherever there are people, there are conflicts. Even if they initially belong to the same noble family, disputes and divisions arise after cultivating the Four Imperial Spirit Seals of different attributes.
Perhaps overly pure Spiritual Powers had impacted their temperaments. The Gong Family of the Aquatic n and the Lei n of the Yun n had always been at odds. The disputing within the Four Imperial Spirit Realms was mostly instigated by these two ns’ spirit tamers.
If it weren’t for the interventions from the Lei n of the Yun n and the Huang n of the Earth n, these two ns might have be deadly enemies who would never associate with each other.
When Gong Quan arrived at the Yon Valley with dozens of spirit tamers, the once bird-song-filled valley had been devastated by the Void Storm. All the greenery was wiped away by the storm, even the rocks and cliffs were not spared. The once verdant valley had turned into an abyss filled with broken stones, with the storm still wreaking havoc.
But the Spirit King of Hànshuǐ Vige was not worried but instead delighted. Based on his previous experience, he determined that there must be at least thousands of pieces of Divine Jade within this storm. Even if they could only get eighty percent of them, it would still enable Hànshuǐ Vige to produce thousands more spirit tamers.
In a few decades, if a few Spirit Kings could emerge, the long-forgotten ancient vige bing the elite n of the Aquatic n would not be impossible.
Gong Quan waved his hand and ordered his subordinates: “Set up a domain here, don’t let a single fly in. The future of Hànshuǐ Vige is right in front of us!”<div>
Hànshuǐ Vige’s weakness was not only reflected in the quantity of spirit tamers but also in their quality andbat power.
Among the dozens of spirit tamers, less than half were skilled inbat. The remainder were spirit tamers who had be schrs. Bringing them here was not only to boost morale but also to exploit their spiritual power to change this ce into an ice domain to assist the water tribe in the battle that was toe. The real fighting would still rely on the other half.
They always needed to prepare for the worst. Thanks to Gong Shu, they had obtained the information first. However, given the keen intelligence of Fei Yan City and Hou Tu City, they would notice the movement of Yon Valley within half a day at most.
To turn this advantage into reality, Hànshuǐ Vige still had a tough battle ahead!
The surging Void Storm ultimately could not escape the eyes of the watchful. This news quickly reached the City Lord’s Mansions of Fei Yan City and Hou Tu City.
Just as Gong Quan predicted, the two most substantial forces in the Hànshuǐ Basin, upon receiving the news of the Void Storm, also gathered their troops. Led by the two city lords, they quickly rushed to the now cier-like Yon Valley.
Zhu Xiao, the City Lord of Fei Yan City, shouted after seeing the hellishly cold Yon Valley: “Master Gong Quan, I know you’re in there,e out and meet me immediately!”
No one responded from within the icy prison. Only the eerily chilly air rose up as if expressing its disdain for Zhu Xiao.
Zhu Xiao never expected that the usually weak Gong Quan would stand so firm. Feeling embarrassed in front of his subordinates, Zhu Xiao shouted angrily: “Do you think you can stop the Fei Yan Army by building this ice domain? You’re dreaming! Four Divine Generals, melt this ice domain and drag out these sneaky rats!”
At this time, Fei Yan City had more than twenty spirit tamers, including City Lord Zhu Xiao. The strongest among them were the Four Divine Generals of Fei Yan City, Zhu Chen, Zhu Xuan, Zhu Liu, and Zhu Ang.
All four of them possessed the majesty of Spirit Kings and were exceptionally skilled inbat. After hearing the city lord’smand, they flew forward, their bodies aze with the me of Zhurong. They intended to break into the ice domain with the protection of divine fire and force Gong Quan out.
But before they even got close, over a dozen streaks of mysterious ck light shot out from the ice domain. Luckily, the four of them were protected by the Sunburn, otherwise, they would have turned into ice sculptures at this moment.
Now Zhu Xiao could confirm that it was not just Gong Quan in the ice domain. He signaled the four Divine Generals of Fei Yan City to fall back and shouted at the eerie ice domain: “Gong Quan, it seems that there’s undoubtedly a Void Storm under the Yon Valley, and it’s quite sizable. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have brought out all your assets from Hànshuǐ Vige. But, Your Majesty, I am curious. Without you guarding it, how long would it take for the Fei Yan Army to tten Hànshuǐ Vige?”
“How dare you!”
From within the ice domain came a roar of rage followed by countless ice cones flying out towards Zhu Xiao’s vital points.
“Trivial trick.”
Faced with the ice cones filling the sky, Zhu Xiao had a look of contempt on his face. A deep blue me rose around him, and the ice cones melted into steam before they could even get close.
“I’ll give you the duration of one stick of incense to dismantle the ice domain, then leave with your people. Otherwise, after today, there won’t be a Hànshuǐ Vige on the banks of the Hànshuǐ River, and no ce for the Aquatic n to exist!”
From within the ice domain emerged an ice disk, upon which stood Gong Quan with a grim face. After hearing Zhu Xiao’s threat, the Spirit King of Hànshuǐ Vige finally couldn’t sit still. Perhaps he never imagined that a resource grab would escte to the eradication of the vige.
“You dare!” His eyes seethed with rage, Gong Quan pointed at Zhu Xiao and his finger trembled uncontrobly: “As long as I am here, don’t ever think of setting foot in Hànshuǐ Vige.”
“Ha-ha! Of course, Hànshuǐ Vige with a Spirit King like you is naturally not to be provoked.” Zhu Xiao dispersed the eerie mes around him, crossed his hands behind his back and said calmly: “But you need to understand that the world has always been fair. You can’t have everything. So, would you like to protect your dear vigers or stay here to grab the Four Divine Spirit Jades? Choose now.”
When one of the two Spirit Kings who had an equal level of strength established a domain first, that implies an absolute advantage. The City Lord of Fei Yan City, who loved his citizens like children, would of course not allow his fire kindred to fill the ice domain and be sacrificed. If Gong Quan persisted in monopolizing the storm, then he could only turn his attention to conquering Hànshuǐ Vige.
“The Fire n is indeed bing more arrogant these days!” Gong Quan spoke with a grim face: “Have you forgotten the teachings of Thunder God?!”
“You’re talking about teachings at this time?” Zhu Xiao said with disdain: “Wake up, old man Gong Quan. Thunder God has been dead for over a thousand years. Besides the Yun n living in the snowy mountains, who will still take that nonsense seriously? Don’t forget that your surname is Gong, and mine is Zhu. Lei is not our ancestor.”
“You ungrateful wretch! I will rectify this on behalf of Thunder God!”
Gong Quan, furious, transformed his endless chill into ghostly apparition, floating behind him like a ghost.
“It seems you don’t care about Hànshuǐ Vige.”
Zhu Xiao’s Divine Seal in his hand exploded, and a giant me totem column appeared behind him, confronting Gong Quan’s ice phantasm.
He gave the order loudly as well: “Zhu Liu, Zhu Ang! You two, quickly return to the city with the Fei Yan Army and surprise attack Hànshuǐ Vige. Leave no man, woman, old or young alive!”
“You dastard!”
Numerous ice spectres, brandishing their ws, aimed at Zhu Xiao’s vital points. However, before they could get close, they were purified by the divine light on the totem, leaving behind but a whiff of ghostly air.