By the East Sea.
The sea breeze was fishy and salty, and waves continuously battered the black reefs.
More than a dozen specially painted cruisers lay silently on the water like steel behemoths.
The decks were packed with people.
Two hundred Third-Tier Martial Artists and over a thousand Second-Tier Martial Artists.
Fully armed and brimming with killing intent.
Everyone's gaze converged on the bow of the flagship at the front.
A tall, upright figure stood there.
Lin Yuan.
Dragon Country's only Fifth-Tier Martial Artist, as well as the absolute pillar of this expeditionary force.
He held a brand-new Dark Gold spear in one hand.
The spear was twelve feet long, its blade gleaming with a cold, chilling light.
This was no ordinary weapon.
The Martial Arts Research Institute had expended countless precious resources to forge this exclusive weapon specifically for him.
It weighed twelve thousand jin!
An ordinary person would not even be able to touch the shaft before the terrifying weight crushed their bones.
Yet in Lin Yuan's hand, it was as light as nothing.
"The chief instructor's presence is simply incredible!"
A Second-Tier Martial Artist lowered his voice, his tone filled with fanaticism.
"Obviously!"
"That's a Fifth-Tier powerhouse. One swing of that spear could flatten a mountain!"
The companion beside him nodded repeatedly.
Lin Yuan ignored the discussion behind him.
He gazed into the distance, toward the gray horizon where sea met sky.
"Depart."
Lin Yuan calmly uttered two words.
Woooo—
A long ship's horn resounded through the sky.
More than a dozen cruisers started simultaneously, cutting through the waves as they sped toward the depths of the ocean.
Their target: the former site of Sakura Country!
Less than five hundred li after the fleet left Dragon Country's waters.
The sea suddenly began to churn violently.
The previously