Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 1058 - 1041 Infiltrating Waters, Each with Their Own Schemes!

Chapter 1058: Chapter 1041 Infiltrating Waters, Each with Their Own Schemes!

I’m truly at the mercy of unexpected events. My mom insists on calling me out of the house for an errand, and there’s no getting out of it. I’ll code the update when I get back; I don’t know how long I’ll be. If it’s too late, I’ll have it written up and ready to publish tomorrow!

On the great river’s turbulent flow, a fifty-zhang-long warship was swept downstream. Standing on the prow in a green robe, hands clasively behind his back, was Xiao Chen. He had hijacked this warship en route.

The ship flew a blood-red flag rippling with mountain ranges—a banner belonging to a Bloodline Family from the Sacred Beast North District, the Mountain Clans.

Of course, now the warriors of the Mountain Clans who had once been on this ship had all been cast into the depths to feed the evil beasts, leaving no trace of their corpses.

The Azure King Mansion was not only drafting the War Soldiers of the various aristocratic families, but these families also had to supply the War Masters according to a certain proportion.

The consumption of a bloody battle was naturally like a flowing river; without sufficient resources and meat, the wear and tear on the War Soldiers was greatly affected, so since several tens of millions of War Masters had been called up.

All the great families under the Azure King Mansion had been thoroughly mobilized. Every day, massive amounts of resources were transported from all over to be finally sent into the hollow world.

The daily consumption of sixty million War Masters was an astronomical figure.

This warship was the flagship transporting supplies belonging to the Mountain Clans.

These resources would be transported via waterways to the city inhabited by the Black Monkey Clan.

The Black Monkey Clan’s chosen location was an island at the nexus of the many main branches of the Azure River. Because of the convergence of the waterways, it had become a major hub.

From afar, Xiao Chen gazed upon Black Monkey City. It was like a watery castle, and in the center of the city stood a towering statue of an Eight-armed Water Demon Monkey.

The Eight-armed Water Demon Monkey was a legacy species from the Desolate Wilds. Even in that era when spiritual beings walked the earth, the Eight-armed Water Demon Monkey was a dominant and ferocious beast in the water.

However, spiritual beings had become extinct for too long, and these species had only inherited a trace of the ancient ferocious beasts’ bloodlines.

The lineage of the Black Monkey Clan was ancient. The Lifebound Warbeast of the clan’s first patriarch was an Eight-armed Water Demon Monkey. After the death of the first patriarch, the descendants of the Eight-armed Water Demon Monkey continued to proliferate within the Black Monkey Clan.

It even formed a large tribe. A big part of the reason why the Black Monkey Clan firmly occupied this treasure land was related to the Eight-armed Water Demon Monkey.

Legend had it that the oldest Magic Water Monkey was still sleeping beneath the Great River. Although it hadn’t yet ascended to the King Beast level, its strength was beyond doubt.

Thirty thousand years ago, a Half-King Peak Realm member of the Royal Beast Race wanted to occupy this treasure land. The old Water Demon Monkey pierced the Great River with one palm, tore through space, and turned that Half-King Peak Realm being who coveted Black Monkey City into dust.

Thirty thousand years passed, and no one knew whether the old Water Demon Monkey had passed away—because of this, the Black Monkey Clan had always firmly held this land. Even the formerly mighty five forces dared not peek lightly.

But even with such renown, faced with the only ruler of the Northern Region, there was nothing they could do!

Soon, a beautiful figure in white appeared beside Xiao Chen on the prow—Tiantai Xuan!

"Lord Xiao, there’s still time to retreat," said the Tian Tai Goddess, clutching a turtle shell in her hands while her eyes stayed fixed on Xiao Chen.

Tiantai Xuan also exuded a faint divine presence, which was precisely why she dared show herself boldly in the Beast Underworld. Unless observed by the Strong Ones, no one could detect the human aura on them.

"Has the Goddess calculated something?" Xiao Chen asked in response, well aware of what he was doing.

Tiantai Xuan shook her head gently, yet sighed, "Dragon’s lair and tiger’s den!"

"Something seems to be obscuring the heavens. My turtle shell cannot peer through. But I can feel an atmosphere of stern killing."

Hearing this, Xiao Chen glanced sideways at Tiantai Xuan. He trusted Tiantai Xuan’s divinations—The predestined hexagrams of Wen Wang’s palace; fog that even Tiantai Xuan’s divination could not clear meant that something beyond their understanding resided here.

Seeing Xiao Chen’s gaze, Tiantai Xuan seemed to understand his question and spoke up, "I can’t be sure if it’s a lurking foreign race king, or if it’s due to some other cause."

"This place is the major transit for the resources of the entire Northern Region. Every few days, a huge amount of goods and luck are directly channeled into the hollow world. These things continually convert into strength that assaults our human race. Destroying it can at least delay the foreign race’s offensive in the hollow world!"

As Xiao Chen finished speaking, he realized Tiantai Xuan was staring intently at him, as if trying to see through him. He knew his words carried some truth.

"I’m doing this to help the Border Wasteland Region. If the hollow world falls and the foreign race steps into the Wilderness, the Border Wasteland Region won’t be spared. Saying this is to cooperate with the Border Wasteland, is actually for the sake of its safety. Only by thoroughly stirring chaos in the Sacred Beast North District can the Border Wasteland truly be at peace."

Then, without answering, Tiantai Xuan’s turtle shell began to levitate from her hands. The shell was dark as ink with eight notches carved into it, and a stream of mysteries flowed from the shell.

"Coalesce!"

A drop of heart’s blood from Tiantai Xuan struck the turtle shell, and the next moment the turtle shell buzzed, bursting with divine brilliance.

Crack!

A notch burst open.

"Hmm?" Tiantai Xuan exclaimed, then without hesitation, she spat out another drop of heart’s blood onto the turtle shell!

Crack! Crack!

Endless divine light followed by extinction, multiple cracks formed on the turtle shell, and even the divine brilliance started to wane, as if it had turned into an ordinary object in an instant.

"Qian as leader, Luisui as swift, the prolonged change of Xun, the rift followed by Kan, the omen of a big fall, Qiankun once again rifted, the danger of a great evil," Tiantai Xuan cried out, her hair billowing behind her. The Eight Trigrams of King Wen, the predestined eight aspects, the fracture of the Qian and Kun, signified crisis, while the aspect of Kan represented the symbol of a trap.

After one divination, his turtle shell was rendered useless, and at this moment, Tiantai Xuan’s face bore a trace of deep red, evidently exhausted by the effort of this divination.

Suddenly, seeing that Tiantai Xuan’s vital energies had calmed, Xiao Chen finally spoke up. Although he was not well-versed in the way of divination, he could still glimpse a hint of the situation based on the unusual phenomena within the divination just now.

"What does the divination indicate?"

Tiantai Xuan did not conceal the truth and immediately responded, "Act quickly to seize the opportunity, delay and change will arise. There is a crisis in Black Monkey City that could ensnare us in heavy encirclement. If Lord Xiao wishes to make a move, he must act swiftly and decisively, avoiding prolonged entanglements, otherwise once the exotic races react, we will fall into heavy encirclement!"

"Exotic races have laid an ambush in this area?"

Xiao Chen frowned and thought hard. He was somewhat inclined to believe they might be surrounded, but according to the divination performed by Tiantai Xuan, there was still a thread of vitality, which he found perplexing.

Quick battle, quick decision—what degree of quickness is needed, and to what extent to kill before withdrawing.

At this moment, the warship beneath him had entered the confluence of tributaries of the roaring Great River.

Soon, the vessel approached a small island and did not sail towards the large island in the center of the water area.

Black Monkey City was situated atop the central large island, with the entire island serving as the city’s boundary. From the outside, one could see the river water spreading to the city walls, constantly raising waves that lashed against the walls, a spectacular water city indeed.

Looking around, one could see thousands of ships of various sizes transporting resources towards Black Monkey City, while on the tributaries of the Great River, many more ships were making their way to the city.

The materials transported by the various aristocratic families would be sorted and organized in Black Monkey City before being sent into the illusory world!

Let’s do it!

Finally, Xiao Chen made his decision.

Sensing Xiao Chen’s resolve, Tiantai Xuan understood his intent, that despite the danger, he had not given up on the plan to attack Black Monkey City!

He intended to sink the large island housing Black Monkey City!

After the warship docked, he entered a Food Pavilion on the small island and stayed for the night.

Night fell, and Xiao Chen’s figure disappeared from the Food Pavilion, quickly vanishing into the surging river.

The waters were teeming with aquatic species, and various water-exotic beasts roamed, but all such creatures dared not approach the waters near Black Monkey City.

It seemed something terrifying was there!

Beneath Black Monkey City, it was as if a column was standing, propping up the entire city!

This stone column had a diameter of hundreds of miles, and Xiao Chen discovered that the column was filled with countless holes, with dark shadows frequently appearing within them.

Eight-armed Water Demon Monkeys!

The very symbol of Black Monkey City, the Water Demon Monkey exotic beasts were, according to Xiao Chen’s senses, exceedingly numerous. Within the ten-mile radius he could sense, there were no fewer than ten thousand monkeys, with varied strengths.

The river was extremely deep, dropping thirty thousand feet without reaching the bottom, and even at this depth, Xiao Chen couldn’t feel the bottom of the river. The density of the water here was such that ordinary warriors couldn’t withstand it—a single droplet carried the weight of ten thousand pounds.

The number of Water Demon Monkeys decreased significantly at this depth, but their strength was powerful enough to rival human royal warriors, numbering no less than a thousand.

Further down, at one hundred thousand feet, the river water had almost solidified, turning crystal-like, and the aquatic life living there was even scarcer.

Xiao Chen’s figure dove into one of the huge holes in the column, like a labyrinth. Half an hour later when he reached the end, he found himself in a dead end.

With no choice but to retreat, and under such immense water pressure, even if he were to use explosive talismans, they couldn’t withstand the pressure and would self-detonate.

Just as Xiao Chen was contemplating creating chaos underwater, a thousand miles away from Black Monkey City, on a tributary, a beautiful houseboat came to a halt.

There were no beautiful women on the houseboat, only an air of solemn killing!

"Reporting to Your Highness, all is normal in Black Monkey City!" a Great Han man came forward to report!

The Azure King’s eldest son said impatiently, "I know. Keep scouting and report back!"

"Elder Ru, we await here. What if the humans flee?" Nufeng then turned his gaze to Ruo Wantao.

"My lord, if we set up an ambush in Black Monkey City, and the humans perceive it and withdraw, the Northern Region is vast. It will not be easy for us to track them down!"

"Furthermore, has not my lord always wished to take control of the precious land of Black Monkey City for himself? Letting the humans charge for us would be ideal. Should those Water Monkeys perish along with them, then my lord would have the opportunity to lay claim to this precious land!"

"Although we have not laid an ambush in Black Monkey City, the entire Azure River system is under the control of the mansion. Should the humans appear, in this vast water domain, they will have nowhere to hide!"

Ruo Wantao’s eyes flashed with a complex gleam as he spoke.

Upon hearing this, Nufeng nodded slightly. He largely agreed with Ruo Wantao’s words. The Azure River was the site of the Azure King’s enlightenment, and all its aquatic creatures were submissive to the mansion.

Now, under the mansion’s imperial command, groups of water-exotic beasts, coming from all major tributaries, lie in wait under the water, eagerly eyeing Black Monkey City and awaiting the humans’ emergence!

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