Rise of Humanity

by <unknown>

Yin Fukang also said, “Fanxuan, you will be commanding the navy, I will be waiting for your orders on the command warship.”

  Pressure landed on Yin Fanxuan’s shoulders after Zhong Yue and her father gave the commanding power to the two ladies while they were about to head into the battle.

  “The divine wooden pillars!” shouted Zhong Yue.

  The Xian Tian Royal Guard’s nine generals, Bing Rong, Qiu Yi, Huo Rong, Yu Rong, Wa Yun, Cang Ya, Tai Sui, Li Hua and Chi Song all actiavted a divine wooden pillar and placed the pillar in their light wheels!

  Yin Fukang landed onto Yinkang Navy’s command warship and ordered his men, “The divine wooden pillar!”

  Right away, the captains of the many warships activated the pillars and placed them in their light wheels.

  At the same time, one after another god from the Heaven Suppression Fortress entered the Star Gates, got out from the Star Gates of the nine towns and twelve strongholds before they shouted, “Master’s order is here! Activate the divine wooden pillars!”

  Fu Wen, Fu Li, Fu Lie, Fu Shan, Mu Suge and the others immediately activated the pillars and had their soldiers prepare for war.

  Zhong Yue looked towards Yin Fanxuan and Jin Hexi. He then bowed and said, “Darlings, we will depend on you to command us now. Leave the bloodbath to us.”

  Yin Fanxuan was saddened by Zhong Yue’s words and she murmured, “Darling, you’ve not rested for so long. Xian Tian Royal Guards could still take a rest on the ship but you …”

  Ever since Zhong Yue left, he had been pouring his energy into the ancient ship, depleting his energy and stamina quickly and this intensified during the battles; for a few months, he had never had time to rest and Yin Fanxuan was worried for him after knowing his status now.

  “It’s fine, I can rest after this fight!”

  Zhong Yue smiled gently and shouted, “Open the gates!”

  “Open the gates!” repeated the guards after receiving Zhong Yue’s orders.

  On the walls, the gods started blowing the warhorns.

  Du—— Du———

  Outside the gates, the Creators guarding the gates revealed their true form, dragged the chains backward and opened up the gates while Zhong Yue and his men marched out grandly.

  “Bridge!”

  Under Chi Song’s command, divine wood planks flew out, landed onto the river and as Zhong Yue kept walking, the wood planks laid themselves in front of him.

  Li Hua who was at the end of the army then had the bridge removed after the soldiers marched past.

  On top of them, the thousand singed ancient ship sailed steadily, moved as they moved, shadowing over the Xian Tian Royal Guards.

  Behind Heaven Suppression Fortress, Yin Fukang and his navy fleet sailed underneath the water, contrasting greatly with Zhong Yue’s Xian Tian Royal Guards.

  The army formation was just like a three-taloned golden crow that had its wings spread widely, three feet up while Zhong Yue and Yin Fukang’s army stood right at the position of the beak, showing the crow’s might!

  Upon reaching the designated position, Zhong Yue and Yin Fukang’s army immediately launched an assault towards the Heavenly River Navy Fleet’s camp!

  The war drums sounded loud as Heavenly River Navy Fleet immediately readied the soldiers. From the center camp, Lou Zhengshi ascended into the air, gigantifying quickly and he sat in the center of the camp like a giant, dwarfing the warships around him. He frowned at Zhong Yue’s army formation.

  What kind of formation is this?

  This was the first time he had seen such a weird attack pattern, but that did not stop him from giving out orders. He commanded his two generals to hold Zhong Yue off while he observed.

  Without hesitation, the generals immediately sailed out with their soldiers and clashed with Yin Fukang’s navy.

  Right away, Zhong Yue and Yin Fukang’s army showed their fangs, striking like a golden crow that was about to snap something with its beak and tear the Heavenly River Navy fleet apart.

  “This is not very wise, our Heavenly River Navy Fleet can counter you easily,” murmured Lou Zhengshi with a smile.

  With a new order, even more Heavenly River Navy Fleet sailed into the warzone but at the same time, Zhong Yue and Yin Fukang ordered their men to retreat back into the fortress while the Heavenly River Navy Fleet bit behind their tails.

  Suddenly, underneath of the Heavenly River Navy Fleet’s camps emerged Fu Qizhi with six other commanders from the twelve strongholds, pierced right into the enemy’s ranks like six sharp swords and unleashed chaos upon the enemy ranks!

  Lou Zhengshi was surprised by this ambush and he hurriedly sent out soldiers to surround Fu Qizhi and his men, but to his dismay, Fu Wen, Fu Lie and Fu Li came charging out with their men, flanking the left side of the Heavenly River Navy Fleet.

  As they emerged, Fu Qizhi and his men retreated while Xian Tian Royal Guards and Yinkang Navy charged out again, clashing with the Heavenly River Navy Fleet.

  For Lou Zhengshi, just as he was about to send his men to repel the enemies, even more came charging at his men from the front. But when he sent soldiers to the front, his other sides would be attacked by different enemies.

  At the front, there were the Xian Tian Royal Guards and Yinkang Navy while at the back were Fu Qizhi and the other commanders.

  Lou Zhengshi started sweating, he wanted to head into the battle himself, but if he did, he would lose control over his army, which would place him in an even worse situation!

  As a commander, it was much more important to command the battle than entering the fight himself!

  However, if he just watched, his men would not be able to handle Zhong Yue’s weird attack patterns!

  Lou Zhengshi quickly made up his mind and put his thoughts into actions; he leaped towards the left side and just as he was about to strike the foes down in one breath, Jin Hexi had the soldiers all retreat and the others to launch an all-out attack.

  Seeing this, Lou Zhengshi immediately halted his footsteps, and he turned around swiftly and shouted, “Retreat!”

  He landed at the frontline and helped his men to fend off the enemies. The Heavenly River Navy Fleet quickly executed the order; some continued holding the line, others started removing the camps while Zhong Yue and his men held off Lou Zhengshi to buy his men time to slowly tear the Heavenly River Navy Fleet’s ranks, killing many in the process.

  Lou Zhengshi sweated heavily and he shouted again, “Forget the camps, retreat at once!”

  The Heavenly River Navy Fleet immediately backed off. Jin Hexi ordered the soldiers to stop attacking and start looting the resources of Heavenly River Navy Fleet; after retreating in a rush, the Heavenly River Navy Fleet had left behind abundant resources.

  “Take the divine wood pillars away, leave nothing behind!” ordered Zhong Yue.

  Meanwhile, after retreating to a safe distance, Heavenly River Navy Fleet started setting up the camps again but just as they set up the camps, Xian Tian Royal Guards and Yinkang Navy showed up again, forcing the Heavenly River Navy Fleet to retreat hurriedly again.

  Rendered with no choice, Lou Zhengshi immediately ordered the men to leave everything behind and Zhong Yue and his men stopped at once to turn to the resources left behind.

  “Darn it!” scolded a furious Lou Zhengshi.

  “Commander, what now?” asked a general.

  Lou Zhengshi’s expression darkened down right away at this question; if they set up the camps, they would be raided again but if they didn’t, the soldiers would have no place to stay and that would result in the decrease of morale.

  Besides, activating the warships and the other activities alone required immeasurable amount of resources!

  “Set them up….” scowled Lou Zhengshi.

  Not long later, Jin Hexi gave out an order again and Heaven Suppression Fortress’ army attacked in the same pattern again, hijacked the camps again and Lou Zhengshi had his men backed off again.

  The same process repeated again
and again, Heavenly River Navy Fleet was raided five times, forced back far away and every resource was lost except for the equipments donned on them and some warships.

  “Damn you, King Yi! How dare you!”

  Lou Zhengshi was fueled with anger and just as he was about to retreat again, Zhong Yue and his men retreated without hesitation. This shook Lou Zhengshi and with a pumping heart, he quickly turned around and he felt relieved after seeing Huangting Clan’s army slowly approaching.

  Zhong Yue and Yin Fukang retreated right away and Yin Fukang praised, “Lou Zhengshi is indeed a powerful enemy. His men may be a little chaotic, but they managed to stand their ground under his lead. Even after five defeats, we still did not manage to further increase our advantage against him!”

  Zhong Yue nodded and he too, praised, “Indeed, he is better than Sui Qinghong.”

  Chapter 1016: Alive and Well |

  After joining Huangting army, Lou Zhengshi’s expression was awfully gloomy. After explaining what happened, he said, “King Yi is really a formidable opponent, he managed to force me off with his unexpected and irregular attack patterns. Mu Xiantian had made the right decision to make him a commander,” With King Yi around, the Heaven Suppression Fortress is a tough nut to crack.”

  Ten days, five defeats and five raids, not only did they fail to set up their camps, they had also lost almost every resource they had and suffered casualties, which was considered a great humiliation to someone as renowned as him!

  Ting Daoji smiled, “Senior Martial Brother Lou, let him have all the intelligence he wants and there will be nothing he can do before the absolute power of our joined forces! Besides, I have brought along our Huangting Clan’s monarch weapon!”

  Lou Zhengshi nodded, “True, with the bell here, we wouldn’t suffer many losses even if we are defeated.”

  Hearing this negative statement, Ting Daoji frowned, “Why the sad face?”

  “The Yu Lin Army was routed entirely, Senior Martial Brother Sui Qinghong had recruited a few million more soldiers but they are all amateurs.”

  Lou Zhengshi sighed, “He himself, on the other hand, was still treating his injuries, which almost took his life. Senior Martial Brother Pan Ji also sent words that his navy had been defeated after being snuck up on by King Yi. A few days later, we will be welcoming more enemies from the Shield Wall Fortress and Heaven Riding Fortress. This will be a very tough fight.”

  Ting Daoji had a scare and he shouted, “Them too?”

  Lou Zhengshi nodded, “He had returned to the Imperial Star and is preparing to bring out the Panhu Clan’s monarch weapon but that would take him half a year or so. As long as we can hold ourselves for half a year …”

  “Senior Martial Brother Lou, I think you are afraid of King Yi now! What you say right now will hurt our morale.”

  Ting Daoji smiled, “My son, Fengcen had cultivated the Three Eyes Heavenly Pupils and by tomorrow, after baiting King Yi out, we will hand the responsibility to my son to kill him! Without King Yi, the Heaven Suppression Fortress will lose its backbone!”

  Lou Zhengshi sighed, “I certainly hope so, but right now, I’m not even sure that Fengcen could kill him now.”

  Full of confident and proudness, Ting Fengcen smiled, “Senior Martial Uncle Lou, leave everything to me!”

  A hopeful Lou Zhengshi replied with a laugh, “Then I will be awaiting for the wonderful show you are going to present to us tomorrow! If you kill King Yi, you will be the one contributing the most and you will be rewarded richly!”

  The happy Ting Fengcen shouted right away, “Be prepared then!”

  Ting Daoji added, “Then we will set up the camps tonight. Tomorrow, we will have a True Deity challenge King Yi to a duel, even if he does not accept the challenge, my son will be able to kill him if he shows up!”

  Lou Zhengshi nodded and the army immediately rushed towards the fortress and set up the camps quickly. Throughout the night, Lou Zhengshi stayed up with a worried heart, fearing Zhong Yue would raid them at night again, but that did not happen.

  On the second day, Lou Zhengshi picked out the most outstanding True Deity from his army and said, “Ziyu, go and challenge King Yi. Worry not, even if you are defeated, you will still be rewarded.”

  That True Deity Ziyu immediately mounted his water dragon beast and charged towards the fortress with his spear in his hands.

  As the beast arrived before the fortress, Ziyu raised his head and shouted, “Listen up!”

  An arrow flew out from the top of the walls, pierced through his head, his body fell off from the water dragon beast and a soul flew right back into the Heavenly River Navy Fleet’s Heavens.

  The beast shivered right away and cowarded around, quickly fleeing back into the camps.

  Angered and surprised, Lou Zhengshi shouted, “Darn King Yi! Without even saying a word, he killed my favourite general! What now!”

  Ting Daoji said, “How about we send another True Deity?”

  With a nod, Lou Zhengshi proposed, “That was one of my most favourite general. Brother Daoji, could you send someone capable enough for this job from your army?”

  Ting Daoji hesitated but he quickly said to an elder, “Daofeng, your daughter Fengxi is also a True Deity. On top of that, she is a lady and King Yi won’t kill her without saying a word I assume. Besides, as a lady, if King Yi does not accept her challenge, it would make him a coward.”

  Ting Daofeng nodded, he then sent his daughter out and added, “When you go out, explain your purpose before getting close to the fortress, I fear that they will attack without a word again.”

  With a nod, Ting Fengxi got up her mount, which was a massive hydra and she stood at the middle head of the nine headed hydra.

  The hydra slithered towards the fortress and the beautiful and snowy white skin Ting Fengxi said loudly, “King Yi, I’ve always heard of how powerful you are and that you are the number one in the Board of the Future Monarch. As a True Deity, I wish to challenge you, do you accept?

  The hydra continued moving forward under the control of its master and Ting Fengxi shouted again, “King Yi, are you afraid of a lady?”

  Arrows rained down from the walls and without able to say another word, Ting Fengxi was killed right away, arrows nailed onto her yet the hydra remain unscathed.

  On the wall, a divine general reached his head out and shouted, “Our lord’s wives said no lady is to try to hook up with our lord! Any lady who dares to hook up with our master will be shot dead! Go, bring a man here if you want a challenge!”

  Ting Daoji, Ting Daofeng and Lou Zhengshi all became infuriated right away.

  An elder quickly said, “They say to change to a male challenger, what if we send a male out?”

  With grin, Lou Zhengshi said, “Then they will say that King Yi will not allow any male to get near his wives and that he will kill them all!”

  The elder then stuttered, “He can’t be that shameless, can he?”

  Angered by his question, Lou Zhengshi shouted, “You can try if you don’t believe me!”

  Ting Daoji immediately sent a male True Deity out to challenge King Yi again, only to see the god’s mount returning alone as he was killed just like the duo before him.

  “Our lord says that this brat is too handsome and he is afraid that this brat will try to hook up with our madams. He also said that you should send an ugly one!”

  “He has no honour!” shouted the angry Ting Daoji and the others.

  Lou Zhengshi smirked, “And he can be even more shameless than you think! If you sent an ugly one, he will say that all ugly ones should be killed! He will have all kinds of reasons!”

  Ting Fengcen, on the other hand bowed, “There is no need to send anyone anymore! I will go challenge him myself! Their arrows will have no effect on me! After all, I am a Deity Emperor!”

  Ting Daoji and the others exchanged a glance before nodding silently and Lou Zhengshi said, “I will plant a protective spell in your psyche ocean, if King Yi decides t
o play dirty again, this spell will be able to protect you!”

  With a flick of his mind, his psyche turned into a Heavenly River and it gushed right into Ting Fengcen’s forehead.

  Ting Daoji also said, “I will to plant a seal too!”

  After that, the other elders and generals of the Heavenly River Navy Fleet also planted their own respective defensive spells and seals into Ting Fengcen’s forehead and laughed, “With that, you will not be killed for sure!”

  Ting Fengcen immediately started walking out and he smiled, “With all these spells and seals, King Yi is dead for sure! Men, bring me my mount!”

  A giant white elephant with three heads was brought up and it was also a Deity Emperor level mount.

  Ting Fengcen started moving towards the fortress and he shouted, “King Yim you are after all, the first in the Board of the Future Monarch and it is quite humiliating if you are challenged by a True Deity. Now, I, Ting Fengcen, a Deity Emperor wishes to challenge you, will you accept? I did not bring any weapons with me so that we can have a fair and square battle!”

  In the fortress, after hearing this voice, Yin Bokang smirked right away, “A Deity Emperor challenging a True Deity and he says this is fair? Why don’t this Imperial Emperor here challenge you, a mere Deity Emperor?”

  Hearing this, Ting Fengcen’s expression changed right away.

  Zhong Yue looked out and after finding out who was challenging him, he was stunned for a second and he smiled, “It’s him.”

  In his psyche ocean, Xin Huo shouted, “That little brat that cultivated Fuxi Celestial Race’s [Three Eyes Heavenly Pupils]! This darn brat! Clearly he is trying to bait you out and kill you with his half mastered technique!”

  Zhong Yue smiled, “It should be, those True Deities sent out to challenge me probably came with the same motive.”

  Xin Huo replied, “The [Three Eyes Heavenly Pupils] is extremely dangerous. He may have only partially mastered it but it is still powerful.”

  Zhong Yue’s heart moved and he asked, “Compared to you?”

  “He is trash.” said the little flame proudly, “My technique was directly drilled into my brain by Monarch Xi Hao himself, it is perfect in every aspect. If I use it through your body, it would be as strong as Monarch Xi Hao using it while at the True Deity level!”