Great Victory
When the emperor is enraged, millions of corpses fall and blood flows for miles.
Gu Jinlai the emperor.
But with control over the three states of Star Province, Huangzhou, and Jiangzhou, and governing hundreds of millions of people, his power was no less than that of the Blue Star of High Antiquity Earth.
Furthermore, this is a world where cultivators exist, possessing immense power. Once he decides to start a war, the idea of a million corpses being slain is not just empty talk.
Just like now, there are definitely tens of thousands of corpses floating on the sea.
In an attempt to force Lingxiao City to submit, the East Sea Allied Forces mobilized a total of 100,000 troops. As warships were destroyed one by one, more than half of the 100,000 troops became corpses.
If a large number of warships had not subsequently surrendered, less than 10% of the 100,000-strong army would likely have survived.
This is the cruelty of naval warfare.
Once a warship is destroyed, it often means the annihilation of the entire fleet.
At this moment, the three hundred or so warships of Jiangzhou scattered and arrived around a series of warships that were much taller and more imposing than their own.
Then, groups of ten demon guards and cultivators boarded the warships and quickly took control of them.
Many warships clearly had hundreds of soldiers on board, including many experts at the Qi Refining, Gang Condensing, and Core Forming Formation stages, but they dared not offer the slightest resistance when faced with only ten Demon God Guards and cultivators from Lingxiao City.
They didn't even dare to make the gesture of holding a weapon.
Because of the sky.
In the sky, four Xuan Bird fighter jets chased after the scattered and fleeing warships, while another four fighter jets continued to patrol the sea surface where there were still more than 800 warships.
If the warship rebels, the railgun beneath the Xuanbird fighter will fire without hesitation, blasting the entire warship to dust and causing hundreds, or even thousands, of people on board to perish at sea.
They simply cannot distinguish which people on the warship truly wanted to resist and which were forced into it.
Once the war begins, destroy the warships directly.
Under such circumstances, the surrendered warships naturally became extremely docile.
Occasionally, a small number of cultivators who were unwilling to accept Core Forming, even those at the Core Formation stage or the Spirit Refining Lingxiao City, would be bound or even killed by the cultivators on the warships themselves, without the need for the Demon God's guards or the cultivators from Lingxiao City to take action.
Therefore, the entire receiving process was almost entirely smooth sailing.
Even the Demon God's personal guards, who were prepared for a bloody battle to take over Lizhou, did not expect the battle to be so easy.
Fish and Dragon City.
Because this port was the starting point for expeditions to leave the state, the entire city was placed under martial law.
Tens of thousands of elite soldiers were stationed in the city.
This also includes the six thousand demon guards who were originally transferred to Jiangzhou.
At this point, five or six hours had passed since the fleet set sail.
However, the martial law in Yulong City was not relaxed in the slightest.
If the Jiangzhou navy is defeated, Yulong City will inevitably be the first line of defense against the invasion of Lizhou.
Therefore, a large number of soldiers gathered here, and Cheng Wanli, as his deputy, also brought in forty heavy artillery pieces.
Once the Lizhou Navy appears outside the port of Yulong City, at least with its powerful cannons with a range of tens to hundreds of miles, Yulong City will not be without any power to resist.
However, this tense atmosphere only lasted for half a day before it was broken by an uncontrollable cheer from the command post.
With the deliberate dissemination of information from above, the good news quickly spread throughout the entire Fish and Dragon City.
"We won! We won! We won!"
"Under the great leadership of the ancient lord, our Jiangzhou troops have utterly defeated the East China Sea Allied Forces! We have annihilated 60,000 enemy soldiers and captured 800 warships!"
"A resounding victory! A resounding victory! This victory is unprecedented! This is a glorious victory that will be recorded in the history of Jiangzhou!"
Everyone who received the news cheered from the bottom of their hearts.
Before arriving in Jiangzhou from Lingxiao City, and before reaching Yulong City, the atmosphere in Yulong City was oppressive and oppressive.
Many people don't even know why they are alive. They do the same things numbly every day, without seeing any hope for the future.
With the arrival of Lingxiao City, Yulong City, and even the entire Jiangzhou, seemed to have been unleashed.
People enjoyed unprecedented freedom, and for the first time they learned that those high-ranking cultivators would be punished for killing people.
It turns out that their wives and daughters, and their property, are still protected by the laws of Lingxiao City.
It turns out that even if they sue the authorities, they can still have a chance of winning, instead of the previous situation where the whole family would either be sent to a mental hospital and disappear without a trace, or be arrested as wanted criminals under various criminal laws and thrown into prison, or simply vanish into thin air.
This lifestyle made the people of Yulong City and Jiangzhou extremely supportive of Lingxiao City. A hundred, a thousand, of them did not want Yulong City to return to the state it was under the rule of Longque Manor.
That's why they were able to easily recruit more than two hundred large merchant ships when they learned that Jiangzhou was going to attack Lizhou.
News has just arrived from the front lines that Lingxiao City has achieved an unprecedented and glorious victory. The entire Yulong City has become a sea of joy, with everyone spontaneously celebrating this great victory and the wonderful life that can continue.
The celebrations continued until nightfall...
Finally, a massive fleet came into view.
This fleet consisted of over a thousand warships...
Although there were about two hundred merchant ships among them, that's not the point.
The key point is that two hundred merchant ships were escorting a large number of third-class, second-class, and even four well-preserved first-class warships, swaggering past the port of Yulong City and heading towards a water fortress just over ten miles away.
Seeing the sails of those warships that blotted out the sky, everyone who witnessed this scene cheered loudly.
The East China Sea Allied Forces were defeated and severely weakened.
On the other hand, with this fleet of over a thousand warships, Lingxiao City's navy will dominate the East China Sea from now on, and no force will be able to stop them.
The benefit of this change is that trade will be restarted.
The once somewhat desolate Fish Dragon City will also become prosperous again.
It's truly a double celebration!
Fish Dragon City Water Village
This water village is not very large.
Dragon Sparrow Manor never intended to properly develop its navy, and this water fortress is more symbolic than practical.
Even though Xin Tianqi has recently intended to expand the size of the navy, accommodating thousands of warships at once still makes the water fortress somewhat crowded.
At this moment, in the central square of the water fortress, a large number of prisoners were being guarded by elite troops transferred from Longxiao City.
Gu Jinlai, a special team of three thousand demon guards was dispatched to watch over the prisoners.
With the sixty-six Nascent Spirit Transformation being systematically killed by eight Xuan Bird fighter jets and eight Primordial Spirit True Lord, including Xin Tianqi, these prisoners were now leaderless.
Moreover, in order to ensure that the prisoners from Lizhou had no power to resist, a large number of True Person of Spirit Refining were also targeted and killed Gu Jinlai.
I wouldn't say I could wipe them out completely like I would a Nascent Spirit Transformation cultivator, but I could still kill eight or nine out of ten.
The rest, nine times out of ten, became prey for sea monsters.
Compared to ferocious beasts, the enormous sea monsters are even more terrifying.
The sea monsters in the East China Sea are no less powerful than great Demonic Beasts, and there are even sea monsters in the deep sea that are comparable to Demonic Beasts kings.
Moreover, cultivators are greatly weakened in the sea. Even a powerful Primordial Spirit True Lord cannot fight against a sea beast that is only equivalent to a lower-level Demonic Beasts king in the ocean.
"Ancestor, the 40,000 prisoners have been placed under guard. They have lost all morale after your battle, and they dare not make any rash moves."
After making some arrangements, Gu Xiliu went to Gu Jinlai to report.
"Good."
Gu Jinlai nodded slightly. "Although we have achieved a brilliant victory in this naval battle, the problem of leaving the state has not been completely resolved, and the battle is not over."
He stated bluntly, "Have someone take over and control those four first-class warships immediately, along with four thousand men, and we'll head to Lizhou."
"Yes."
Gu Xiliu responded with renewed vigor.
After Gu Xiliu made the personnel arrangements and left, Gu Jinlai's gaze fell on Xin Tianqi: "Star Lord Xin, you don't need to go to the battle in Lizhou. Someone needs to be here to oversee the overall situation."
Xin Tianqi nodded, recalling the astonishing combat power of the eight Xuan Bird fighters.
None of the Primordial Spirit True Lord of the East Sea escaped; they were all wiped out under the pursuit of the Xuan Niao fighter jets controlled by Gu Jinlai.
Currently, there are only five Primordial Spirit True Lord in the East China Sea.
With these eight Xuan Bird fighter jets, dealing with a mere five Primordial Spirit True Lord is more than enough.
Moreover...
He glanced at Fang Linghai, Lu Zhanxian, Youquan Laozu, and others behind Gu Jinlai.
Before he could even speak, Fang Linghai, eager to make his stance clear, stepped forward and said with a smile, "Lizhou is now only left with remnants of defeated soldiers. If Lord Gu trusts us, we are willing to go to Lizhou on his behalf and capture all the culprits who dared to invade Jiangzhou and attack the Demon God's personal guards, and hand them over to Lord Gu for punishment."
"That's right, Lord Gu, please rest well. With us here, we will not let anyone who commits a crime in Jiangzhou get away with it."
Ancestor Youquan also smiled and said.
Lu Zhanxian listened to what the two were saying, and although he felt...
Some things are hard to say.
But after glancing at the rows of Xuan Bird fighters slowly descending from the horizon, the shame seemed insignificant.
He quickly added, "The Lord of Lizhou, Lei Jie, is a top-tier True Lord. Whether it's sword control or secret techniques, he's not necessarily inferior to Huo Yuqing. If he possesses a quasi-Dao artifact-level flying sword and powerful spiritual armor, his combat power would probably rival that of a peak True Lord. Among us, only I am confident that I can kill him."
Looking at the group of people who had expressed their opinions, Gu Jinlai smiled slightly, "You're very kind. However, it will indeed take some effort to deal with Lei Jie, a top-tier True Lord. In order to prevent him from escaping and becoming a fish that slips through the net, I will make the trip myself."
Finally, he added, "However, this time the East Sea Alliance includes not only the six major forces in Lizhou, but also nine islands. Although I have killed the island lords one by one, there are still some Spirit Refining and even Spirit Transformation cultivators left. I will trouble you to take my Demon God Guards to help these people."
Upon hearing this, the several Primordial Spirit True Lord simultaneously cupped their hands and said, "We will follow the words of the Ancient State Lord."