Fang Yun's literary qi was almost exhausted. Even maintaining the Water Throne depended on the power of his Literary Star Dragon Noble title, leaving him utterly unable to join the battle.
The human Grand Academicians stood well under ten feet tall, while these Ancient Demon Kings all towered over a hundred feet. It was like fighting enemies as tall as buildings more than a dozen stories high.
The four Ancient Demon Kings charged together, like four mountain peaks crashing down upon them.
The Ancient Elephant King swung his long trunk, the Ancient Tiger King raised his right forepaw, and the Ancient Ape King brought both fists down like hammers. Meanwhile, the Ancient Squid King unleashed all ten tentacles, matching the other three single-handedly.
As the four Ancient Demon Kings attacked, the seawater boiled and the ocean exploded. A white mass of bubbles completely engulfed everyone's vision.
The human Grand Academicians all had extensive combat experience. They stood unshaken before the powerful enemies, chanting war poetry that transformed heaven and earth.
With a thunderous crash, mountain peaks fell from the sky, each a thousand feet tall, parting the water as they descended. The four Demon Kings each countered differently. The Ancient Squid King needed only one tentacle to block them, while the Ancient Elephant King struck them with his trunk and stomped toward the Grand Academicians. The Ancient Tiger King shattered a giant mountain with a whiplash of his long tail, while the Ancient Ape King punched skyward with one fist and broke through the protective war poetry with the other.
Tens of thousands of war-poem soldiers surged out. Some rushed into the distance to attack the Bear Demon Kings, while the rest hindered the Ancient Demon Kings. But one stomp from the Ancient Elephant King sent waves crashing outward, wiping