NCCnovel Chapter 375 Conquest of the Two Rivers, Deep Within the Palace
Chapter 375 Conquest of the Two Rivers, Deep Within the Palace
Chapter 375 Conquest of the Two Rivers, Deep Within the Palace
"Emperor Mutao and Emperor Wannian, we can no longer contact them."
A somber atmosphere permeated the enormous underwater crystal palace.
"Thanks to these two, they have transmitted a great deal of information about the movements of foreign armies over the past three thousand years, allowing us to preserve our lineage. Without them, two of the four new Source Emperors in these three thousand years might have perished along the way."
"A salute to our comrades who fought alongside us!"
The dozen or so Source Emperors remained silent for several seconds in the empty palace before one of them, who exuded an aura of old age and decay, spoke up: "The water flowing from the Source River has become spicy."
"This is the final sign from the Great River Spirit! With the Great River Spirit suppressed, we can no longer obtain more detailed information, but this is undoubtedly a harbinger of impending doom."
Everyone turned pale.
The change in the water of the source river is a way for the Great River Spirit to warn all the creatures in the rivers. After the Great River Spirit was suppressed by foreign tribes, this became the only way.
The water of the Yuan River is extremely spicy, a phenomenon that has only occurred once before—once, when an incredibly terrifying being descended from the foreign race, possessing absolute power that was unmatched and unstoppable!
He is a super strong person on par with Taihe Ling!
In that battle alone, they lost control of the two ancestral river basins, and then the Great River Spirit was suppressed.
"Could it be—that powerful alien expert is about to make a move again?!"
Someone's voice trembled.
"No, he also wants to suppress the Great River Spirit—there are only three possibilities:"
A Source Emperor, resembling a shark-tailed girl, calmly stated: "First, the foreign race has mastered a weapon with power comparable to that of a Great Spirit level being. Second, the foreign race has reinforced its forces, doubling the number of its powerful members, enabling them to crush us. Third, the foreign race has sent a second Great Spirit level being."
"this----"
Everyone else wore expressions of despair.
"Gentlemen!"
The aged Origin Emperor exuded an aura of dominance far surpassing that of everyone present, and said in a resounding tone: "No matter what, never give up! Think of our fallen comrades, think of our trampled rivers!"
"We, the Yuanhe tribe, have no choice; we have no room for thought or hesitation. Let us fight!"
"From this moment forward, the 'Final Palace' plan will enter its execution phase. All the seeds of all races will be sent to the 'Deep Palace' within the Jianzu River. All powerful beings below the level of Origin Emperor will remain in their respective locations, while the Origin Emperors will stand by at any time."
The old man sighed and said, "Once an invincible being at the Origin Emperor level appears, everyone should abandon the Ancestral River and enter the 'Deep Palace.'"
Banners fluttered and war drums thundered.
Fifteen hundred true immortals formed five great military formations, manifesting five enormous Five Elements Dharma images, each with a Star Lord presiding over it.
Each of the Five Elements Dharma Images has thousands of arms and legs, and its power can rival that of three thousand scattered soldiers of true immortals!
This formation can amplify the collective strength tenfold.
Furthermore, standing in front of the five formations was a tall figure with long hair and blue robes, appearing dreamlike and ethereal.
Behind this figure followed 28 Star Lord Immortals, each with an imposing aura.
"Based on the environmental characteristics and cultivation system of the Source River World, our chosen war strategy is weak defense—"
The general direction is "strong offensive – mopping up scattered troops."
The military commander beside Ye Yang was explaining the strategy of the Source River World to this powerful Qingfeng.
The weak defenders, meaning that most of the True Immortals and more than half of the weaker Star Lords will be stationed at various important nodes in the occupied area.
With the advantage of terrain and a large number of cultivators below the True Immortal level, they can usually withstand more than 10 times the number of enemies until reinforcements arrive.
A strong offensive, like what Ye Yang is doing now, involves concentrating the most elite attack forces and nearly half of the powerful Star Lords to strike the enemy's key points.
These elite members of the Immortal Alliance are at least True Immortals!
"Scattered mobs" utilizes the largest number of raider teams, but those with very weak individual strength.
Those at the True Immortal level or above who join this development war will all receive a share of the profits.
Resources such as valuable treasures and fees collected from raiding teams are distributed according to their respective shares.
Below the True Immortal level, there is no such thing as "share of the profits". They usually apply to enter the Source River World in the form of "strategist teams".
Working in teams, they accept various tasks issued by the development team, such as maintaining order in a city, clearing monsters from an area, capturing a criminal, collecting materials, etc.
The flying arrays that Ye Yang saw at the military port were the flying vehicles of hundreds of millions of conquerors.
This expedition, however, does not require the strategist teams to accompany them. They are too weak, and joining this all-out war would only result in their demise, making it utterly pointless.
After Ye Yang leads his elite troops to wipe out the remaining local powerhouses, the task of dealing with the remaining weaklings and miscellaneous matters is more suitable for these numerous conquerors.
As Ye Yang listened to the military commander's introduction, he learned that this was his first time leading a team in a medium-sized development war.
Although he wasn't responsible for the more complex tasks of commanding the legion, and he only needed to lead those few dozen Star Lords, Ye Yang still harbored curiosity about new and interesting things.
The commander paused, as if he had received some information, and then respectfully said to Ye Yang, "Senior Qingfeng, everything is ready, we can depart now."
Ye Yang nodded: "Alright, let's set off then."
The elite of the Immortal level possessed extremely high mobility; more than 1500 of them rode on clouds and mist, their speed second only to the ultimate speed of this realm—the Water Escape Speed.
It wasn't that they didn't want to integrate into the river's water escape technique, but rather that they were rejected by the Great River Spirit. Even though the Great River Spirit was suppressed by the Powerful True Monarch in the Eye of the Source River, almost all the river water in the Source River World flowed out from the Eye of the Source River, and the Powerful True Monarch couldn't stop it. Naturally, this river water carried the Great River Spirit's malice towards outsiders.
Only by completely occupying the entire Source River World, constantly educating living beings, and transforming the world can we indirectly influence the Great River Spirit and distort its bias!
After thousands or tens of thousands of years, the will of this world should be tamed into the dog of the Immortal Alliance civilization.
"Unfortunately, the Source River World is quite unique. It was created based on the 'Heavenly Primordial Water,' and its spacetime structure does not support operations such as teleportation, wormholes, teleportation, or ultra-fast spacetime glide."
Ye Yang said helplessly.
He can indeed distort the laws of this world and change it to whatever he wants, but that is only within the reach of his power and is limited to a certain range.
Even if new spacetime laws are added, they cannot affect the entire world; they can only be used to teleport within one's own Great Dao Domain.
It's fine for combat, but it's impossible to use for traveling because the destination hasn't been permeated by the new spacetime laws and doesn't support the corresponding operations.
Three days later, Ye Yang led his elite troops to the first target location, the Tingzu River Manye Water Whirlpool.
The Manye Water Vortex is divided into 17 regions and 631 large islands. Each large island is over 10,000 miles long and wide on average, with a population of billions. In addition, there are countless small islands.
Furthermore, the water area is divided into 98 major settlements, with each settlement having a water population of over 2000 billion!
Such a vast territory, with countless powerful individuals and billions of soldiers—yet they were still terrified by the sudden arrival of an oppressive aura.
"What?"
"They're here so quickly?!"
The two Origin Emperors guarding the Manye Water Vortex were startled when they sensed the approaching auras of a large number of equally powerful individuals.
They immediately transmitted their voices to all the guards stationed at the Manye Water Vortex, and then spread their power to control the entire vortex area. Having guarded this place for thousands of years, the two Origin Emperors had already completely refined and controlled this water area, obtained the authority over the water area, and had an absolute home-field advantage!
The next moment, the once cloudless blue sky suddenly darkened, and dark clouds loomed over the city.
Golden armor and silver spears, their imposing presence like a rainbow; Five Elements Dharma Forms, a thousand hands and ten thousand arms; Immortals, lined up like hemp—
Above the heavens, strange celestial phenomena gradually emerged, which were projections of the power of 33 constellations, representing the power of 33 star lords descending across the world passage.
The extreme sense of oppression kept the countless native warriors in the Manye vortex on edge. Even though they were veterans of countless battles, they still trembled every time they faced the overwhelming military might that covered billions of miles of rivers and lakes.
"Emperor Fudian, Emperor Zhenlin, come out and surrender! This is your last chance." Jingliu Xingjun stepped forward, his voice carrying immense pressure, enveloping the entire Manye Water Vortex, issuing his final ultimatum.
However, he was met with a powerful water dragon several kilometers thick. Fortunately, Jingliu Xingjun was prepared and moved away in a flash, then quickly flew back to the clouds.
"Stubborn fool, everyone, make your move!" Jingliu Xingjun sneered.
Instantly, the five war avatars in the sky pressed down, and the twelve streams of light rushed into the depths of the vortex.
The sky was shrouded in clouds and mist, and Ye Yang and the remaining 16 Star Lords quietly watched the battle below.
"The Manye Whirlpool is a crucial point for our continued attack on the Tingzu River basin, and also the Achilles' heel of the resistance forces there. Every previous attack on this place has drawn the elite forces of the resistance to come to our aid!"
Tianxian Xingjun said, "This time, the pressure we've exerted is greater than ever before. Normally, if the enemy's elite forces come to reinforce, Senior Qingfeng could wipe them all out in one fell swoop, severely crippling the resistance's high-end combat power!"
"If they don't play by the rules, then we'll proceed honorably, eliminating their guardians one by one, then refining the authority over the waters to gain complete control!"
Ye Yang nodded, he had no objection to these tactics, and silently watched the battle below.
"These water-related powers are quite intriguing. Unlike the Ascension Method which refines stars, the power controlling this water isn't accumulated from the bottom up; instead, it's marked from the top down—ultimately, does the power belong to the Great River Spirit? However, the Great River Spirit is currently suppressed by the Ancestor of Extreme Power, so powerful figures from the Immortal Alliance can also seize and refine these powers."
Ye Yang observed, thinking to himself.
He was also keeping an eye on whether the resistance forces below had any hidden tricks up their sleeves; if the situation changed, he would make his move.
The Manye vortex is incredibly vast, with a diameter of approximately several billion kilometers.
However, for powerhouses at the level of Star Lords and Source Emperors, this area is not very large.
In particular, there are more than a dozen star lords wreaking havoc below, and the entire water area is being rapidly destroyed!
The two Source Emperors and a group of powerful figures in the resistance army were only able to barely hold on thanks to the assistance of the authority over the water.
If this continues, the entire whirlpool will collapse in less than two days. Without the support of the water's authority, all resistance forces will be annihilated!
Soon, a day had passed.
"At normal speed, enemy reinforcements should have arrived by now," said Tianxian Xingjun.
Continue to wait — another day later, the Manye Water Vortex completely collapsed, and the resistance army led by the two Source Emperors was quickly defeated after losing the support of the water authority.
Finally, they tried to scatter and escape, but they could not escape the extermination of the Immortal Alliance's elite forces. In the end, the two Source Emperors perished under the siege of 12 Star Lords, and both turned into two smaller new water vortices.
"Since they're not coming, then we'll take over the Manye waters."
Ye Yang said, "Next is the Turbid Hot Lake."
After a short rest, Ye Yang led his troops to the next target location. Half a day later, they arrived at the Turbid Hot Lake, only to be surprised to find that there was not a single Origin Emperor Realm expert guarding the place!
"Looks like they received some kind of message and learned of my existence?" Ye Yang frowned.
"Perhaps it was those two Source Emperors who infiltrated the vicinity of the Source River Eye? We clearly blocked their means of communication at the time, but we still made a mistake despite our best efforts," sighed Tianxian Xingjun.
Ye Yang shook his head: "It's alright."
"If that's the case, they've likely already abandoned the Tingzu River; we can simply take it over."
Without a Source Emperor level expert, Ye Yang had no interest in making a move.
However, even though the Yuan Emperors who guarded the various important nodes had left, the resistance forces that remained were still determined, and the elite troops led by Ye Yang began to suffer losses.
For a month and a half, the troops did not encounter a single Origin Emperor-level expert from the resistance army.
These Origin Emperors did not appear near the Immortal Alliance's occupied territory; they should all have gathered in the Jianzu River Basin.
"Alright, it's good to wipe them all out at once." Ye Yang didn't care about the number of enemies.
Leaving aside the overwhelming power of the True Monarch realm, Ye Yang's True Monarch-level thought algorithm weapon alone is enough to control or destroy the minds of all intelligent beings whose will is below the True Monarch level.
He will personally lead the attack on the Jianzu River basin next.
Within the main channel of the Jianzu River, there exists a peculiar body of water.
The average depth of the main stream of the Zuhe River is around 100,000 kilometers, and the deepest part generally does not exceed 10 million kilometers.
However, in that strange body of water of the Jianzu River, the depth of the river within a range of trillions of kilometers exceeds one hundred million kilometers, and there are even many super ravines with a depth of more than one billion kilometers.
A milky white mist often rises from this body of water, faintly revealing a golden glow. Once someone enters this mist, whether terrestrial or aquatic, they rarely return.
Only those at the Origin Emperor level knew that the root cause of all this lay in the mysterious power within this strange body of water—
The inner palace.
The deep palace is located in a super ravine, with a depth of nearly 10 billion kilometers!
At this depth, it has already reached the "Tianyi Yuan Water Sea" hidden beneath the solid riverbed.
"Emperor Chao, our people have yet to observe any of the so-called 'Great Spirit Level' powerhouses from the outsiders. You tricked us into abandoning the Tingzu River?!"
Inside the main hall of the deep palace, the dozen or so Yuan Emperors who had abandoned the Tingzu River and come to seek refuge all coldly stared at the old figure before them.