In a deep-sea region spanning several thousand miles south of the Thousand Peaks Dragon Palace, six Water Clan armies totaling more than 1.3 million troops had spread out to hunt and gather provisions.
Vast numbers of fish and seabed creatures were continuously slaughtered by these Water Clan armies. After receiving rudimentary on-the-spot processing, they were handed over to transport units and sent back to the water camp.
The blood of countless undersea creatures had dyed this stretch of sea scarlet. The stench of blood drifted with the currents, drawing in even greater shoals of fish. As a result, the more than one million Water Clan troops had been gathering provisions here for over a day and still had not finished.
They looked no different from ordinary Water Clan units gathering provisions. Only after the army had been surrounded and annihilated yesterday, their vigilance had increased considerably—but that was still within normal bounds.
Within an unremarkable patch of seawater in the distance, there was a hidden mystery.
Patrol Envoy Ao Bin, Grand Governor Zhang Xiao of the Right Water Army, the Thousand Peaks Dragon King, and the twenty-one Water Clan Dao Realm experts they had brought with them were all quietly waiting there.
Compared to the anticipation and excitement they had felt upon arriving a day ago, Ao Bin and Grand Governor Zhang Xiao of the Right Water Army now wore only anxiety and impatience on their faces.
The million-plus troops outside had been gathering provisions for more than a day.
These men had been lying in ambush within a sealed, cramped pocket of water for more than a day.
Fearing that Ye Zhen, who likewise possessed the ability to control the sea, might sense or notice them, Ao Bin had been exceptionally cautious. He had shrunk the water domain formed