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This was no longer merely a question of who controlled the Southern Seventy-Six Islands.♠🐳 👻👤It had become a matter of the Yin Sha Sect's reputation as a top-tier sect in the world. Ouyang Mi had immediately led a large force to reinforce them, which had greatly moved Zhang Heng. Even Lei Dong and the others thought Commander Ouyang was a decent man who cared deeply for his subordinates.
After Ouyang Mi personally asked about the details, he sent several Ghost Messenger dispatches to the sect in quick succession. Then he led four warships in a grand procession toward the Southern Seventy-Six Islands. By Ouyang Mi's estimate, even if Tianyin Palace sincerely intended to protect Ning Xiao, it would be too late for them to arrive in time.
Three medium-sized warships and one large one: four ships in all. Flying at full speed, they covered eighty to ninety thousand li in just three days, arriving in force above Small Continent Island. Han Wu and seven or eight Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators accompanied them, along with twenty-six Battle Hall soldiers, three squad leaders, and an assistant commander. The assistant commander was also a Golden Core-level cultivator.
The large warship, Netherworld King, was seventy or eighty zhang long—a behemoth in the sky. Its five Netherworld Main Cannons alone were enough to make anyone tremble with fear. As they passed over a fortified city on one of the larger islands, the five ships—Netherworld King and the three medium-sized warships—fired all eight Netherflame Main Cannons. A single coordinated volley blasted the city's Mountain Protecting Formation and its barrier to pieces.
Before the attack even began, some Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators in that city had already announced their surrender. Or rather, they had never