Water Demons Wage a Bloody War on the Kingdom

According to the white ape's account.

The so-called water demon mainly consists of three parts.

First, there were the large number of monkey spirits under the command of the Mirror Ape; second, there were the many sea monsters that the White Ape subdued while operating in the deep sea.

These sea monsters originally had their own Ghost God, the "Nether Sea Skull Bell."

That Ghost God was a formidable being among the gods, and its worship in the deep sea had continued for thousands of years.

Furthermore, the influence of Ghost God has caused the organ structures and external outlines of many deep-sea creatures to naturally resemble an altar for communicating with a "Skull Bell."

These enormous but unintelligent sea monsters could be considered to have performed a sacrifice simply by engaging in large-scale feeding and mating activities without going through too many complicated steps.

However, being less intelligent ultimately puts you at a disadvantage.

Over thousands of years, the White Ape Clan tamed these sea monsters, turning them into powerful weapons in their military campaigns.

When necessary, they can even induce some sea monsters to sacrifice themselves to the "Nether Sea Skull Bell" in exchange for a powerful offensive.

It could be said that they were using these sea monsters entirely as tools.

The "Nether Sea Skull Bell," which operates according to its instinctive authority, has no objection to this.

After these monsters were domesticated, they reproduced generation after generation, selecting the best of the best, and their rituals became far more efficient than when they were wild.

The "Nether Sea Skull Bell" has to thank the white ape.

As for the third part of the water demons, it comes from the Yu Mountain Ghost Mother Clan of the South Sea.

The Ghost Mother Clan sent a small number of people, but they were all elites and experts.

More than a month ago, it was the powerful members of the Ghost Mother Clan who spearheaded a grand military sacrifice in the deep zone.

The power manifested by the three Ghost God —the Ghost Mother of Yu Mountain, the Vengeful God Mirror Ape, and the Nether Sea Skull Bell —shaken the mist in one fell swoop.

This allowed the water demon army to enter the shallow sea area and invade the land of the Long Continent Kingdom without any hindrance.

For the first ten days or so, the water demon army advanced triumphantly, pushing forward for Hundred Li.

Wherever their troops went, they were almost invincible.

Although the thirty-six battalions of Hearth Guard were the most widely distributed soldiers, they also had deep connections with clansmen in various places, so they responded to every call and eagerly went to war.

Unfortunately, they are not normally authorized to deploy high-level weaponry.

The long spears that train soldiers carry, capable of unleashing wind blades, were something the Hearth Guard were not previously qualified to use.

In terms of individual strength, they had been at peace for too long, and were no match for the army of water monsters honed by the environment of the deep sea.

It wasn't until the Imperial Guards of the Two Palaces who ruled Long Continent Kingdom finally distributed weapons on a large scale.

Those strategically important military locations capable of forging Ironclad Divine Thunder and Fierce Harrier Divine Thunder were put into use.

The momentum of the water demon army, which charged straight in like arrows, was finally contained, thwarted, and pushed back.

The current battle is mainly a back-and-forth struggle along the coast.

"The two palaces are the Heavenly King Palace and the Earth Beam Palace. The former is mainly in charge of the evaluation of the Long Continent Kingdom, while the latter is mainly in charge of tax laws."

"The highest authority in the two palaces rests with the Heavenly Official and the Earth Governor, and below these two are several regents."

The Bai He said, "That monkey also revealed an important piece of information."

"The leader of the Ghost Mother Clan once launched a surprise attack on the two palaces, killing several academy heads and severely injuring the Heavenly Official of the Fangfeng Clan."

"However, that commander was used to living in the deep zone, while Long Continent Kingdom belongs to the shallow zone. He would be uncomfortable fighting up here, and the Fangfeng Clan clan's Heavenly Official relied on the terrain to put up a stubborn resistance, which is why we were able to repel him."

To maintain morale, this news was strictly kept under wraps within the Long Continent Kingdom.

The white apes were dispatched to smuggle themselves across the waterways, disrupt the transport of war supplies to various locations, and also spread this information.

However, the Fangfeng Clan denounced it as a rumor, and the Heaven and Earth Palaces sent people to dispel the rumors, reorganize the military, and maintain morale.

The white ape was inherently violent, and those who infiltrated were all highly skilled warriors.

Most of them are like the white ape that attacked the train, confident in their strength, so they don't bother to spread the news anymore and focus on destroying warehouses and trains in various places.

"The Heaven and Earth Palaces, the Three Great Ghost God..."

After listening to the telepathic message, Chu Tianshu gained a rough understanding of the current situation.

It turns out that more than a month ago, the fog of unrest spread outwards.

It was actually caused by the fact that the tribes of the three great Ghost God wanted to attack Long Continent Kingdom.

If that's the case, then this fog doesn't seem to be the work of the three great Ghost God.

Was that done by the two palaces? Probably not.

Create a fog that surrounds the entire country.

If the Fangfeng Clan of the Heaven and Earth Palaces had possessed such technology nearly a hundred years ago, they wouldn't have been caught off guard and unable to react in the early stages of the war.

They were then ambushed by a commander of the Yu Mountain Clan, suffering heavy losses.

At this point, the Mountain-Crossing Centipede was progressing more and more smoothly on the railway tracks.

The initial roaring noise of the train as it set off transformed into a steady, low-pitched tremor.

The soldiers' chanting inside the carriage immediately decreased by two-thirds.

It seems they take turns chanting the incantation; once they're in normal driving mode, not everyone chants at the same time.

Inside the car, Fang Zhen stopped chanting incantations, closed his eyes slightly, placed one hand on his chest, and slowly calmed his breathing.

Fang Liang shoveled two more shovelfuls of fuel into the boiler, straightened up, leaned on the shovel with one hand, and wiped the sweat from his face.

His face was flushed, and he was full of energy, seemingly Fang Zhen. He smiled and struck up a conversation.

"My lord, this time we're going to the Eighteen Camps of Hearth Guard; it's a great place."

"The old man Feng Baili, who pioneered shallow-sea bull turtle farming and the technology of using fire pits to synthesize feed, is retiring over there."

"Driven by his reputation, many young people used to go there to study, and traveling merchants would go there to buy feed for shallow-sea aquaculture. Once word spread, the price they got from reselling the feed was higher than that of feed produced elsewhere, and it sold out much faster."

Fang Liang speaks clearly and fluently.

"Now that everyone's rich, they've bought houses and land in the Eighteen Camps area. Restaurants are also the most numerous there, and everything from football and polo to the variety shows in the entertainment districts is flocking there."

"Don't laugh at me, my lord, but my brothers and I used to run this route all the time. Every time we stopped at the Eighteen Camps for a break, we'd go out for a stroll for half a day. It was so pleasant to look around, so refreshing, and we felt energized all over."

Fang Xun also spoke up, saying, "The seventeenth, nineteenth, and twentieth camps were ravaged by the water demons before. The people of these three camps all fled to the Eighteen Camps with their families."

"Several battalions joined forces and weathered the toughest period. Now, although things are somewhat different from before, it's just as lively as in previous years."

Chu Tianshu's heart skipped a beat. "The Nineteenth Battalion was ravaged by the water demon, what happened to the Hearth Guard there?"

Fang Xun sighed and said, "I heard the losses were considerable. The Hearth Guard of the Nineteenth Battalion originally numbered over ten thousand, but most of them were only engaged in aquaculture, delivery, fire pit repair, and railway maintenance."

"There is only one thousand-man squad of soldiers who have truly undergone years of rigorous training."

"When they were fleeing towards the Eighteen Camps with their local tribesmen, they were pursued by several groups of water apes. It was a terrible ordeal!"

Fang Xun, "Does the young master have any acquaintances in the Nineteenth Battalion?"

"We're not that close."

Chu Tianshu casually brushed it off, secretly pondering to himself.

As the conversation progressed, Fang Liang became somewhat lost in thought, his gaze fixed on the distance.

"Originally, my brothers and I planned to save up for a few years and move our homes to the Eighteen Camps. Although the Eighteen Camps has never been breached and is still lively, we're not so bold anymore."

"That area... is too close to the battlefield!"

After he finished speaking, the three carriage drivers fell silent, looking preoccupied.

Don't be fooled by their previous reckless, all-or-nothing attitude when facing that white ape.

That's because the white ape's brutality had already deeply penetrated people's hearts in a short period of time at the beginning of the war.

The Fangfeng Clan clan of the Long Continent has a long history, having lived here for a very long time. Their ancient records also contain many accounts of the deep sea.

However, over thousands of years, the Spirit Realm and reality have been too far apart, and the shallow and deep areas within the Spirit Realm have become increasingly distinct.

At that time, from the shallow sea to the deep sea, it was a huge, dark, bottomless cliff.

The Fangfeng Clan is highly accomplished, yet they have never had any dealings with deep-sea races.

At the beginning of the war, some coastal Fangfeng Clan discovered that the white apes understood their language and seemed to be able to communicate with them, and wondered if it was a misunderstanding.

However, the white apes gave them no chance to negotiate, starkly revealing the vast differences in their clan customs.

Those monsters even had a habit of searching for a piece of flesh resembling a pine cone inside the heads of the Fangfeng Clan members and swallowing it.

Therefore, when cleaning up the battlefield, they would pry open the skulls of the Fangfeng Clan members one by one.

Those low-IQ sea monsters, at most, swallowed the Fangfeng Clan members whole.

It's not as bloody as the white ape.

It's impossible to say that you're completely fearless in the face of such an enemy.

Even the wagon handlers who had never participated in the war had this mentality, and they had no idea what the Eighteen Camps, a place truly close to the front line, was like now.

(End of this chapter)