As the announcement from the realm resounded, the entire city of Dingbei suddenly shone with golden light, like a super spotlight, its rays shooting straight into the sky.
Even people far away on the edge of the northern ice sheet could see it clearly.
The city lord of Jinling, who had just been deathly pale, instantly turned bright red with excitement. He seemed unable to believe that the Deep Sea Clan, whom so many had died and whom they had been unable to subdue, had actually been wiped out by Jiang Hao with a flick of his finger.
The city lord of Jinling City said, "What...what did you just do? How did the Spirit Ruins Sea suddenly explode? How did the waves crash in and then suddenly freeze? Did you really...you really wipe out the entire Deep Sea Clan? Are we now...in a Star Realm?"
Jiang Hao smiled slightly, pointed to the golden pillar of light above the North City, and said, "Didn't you see it all?"
Then Jiang Hao took out an epic-level energy crystal, handed it to the city lord of Jinling City, and said with a grin, "231 of these things will wipe out the entire Deep Sea Clan."
The city lord of Jinling City approached the pigeon-egg-sized, beige crystal, tilting his head as if his old eyes were failing, examining it from left to right. He had a guess in his mind, but he couldn't be sure if it was true or false. So he looked at Jiang Hao with some disbelief.
"Yes, it's an energy crystal, you guessed it! An epic-level one!"
Jiang Hao looked at the city lord of Jinling City and said with a smile.
Jiang Hao expected the city lord of Jinling to erupt in cheers and wails. Instead, the lord jumped up and slapped Jiang Hao on the head, yelling, "Damn it, you spendthrift! With this stuff, you're going to blast those rotten fish and shrimp? Do you know how few epic-level energy crystals even the Human Empire has? They're only kept in the energy tanks of star-level warships! You spendthrift! If you'd been willing to give me one, I'd tear those rotten fish apart with my bare hands, I'd... I'd..."
The city lord of Jinling suddenly fell silent.
Jiang Hao was holding a beige energy crystal the size of a ping-pong ball in his right hand and placing it in his left palm. Then he flipped his right hand over and took out another one, and then another, until five beige energy crystals the size of ping-pong balls were piled up in his left palm like offerings. Only then did he finally stop taking them out.
Jiang Hao knew that if he took out these legendary energy crystals, the city lord of Jinling City would have to kneel down!
The city lord of Jinling City had a very interesting expression. He stared intently at Jiang Hao's left palm, as if in a meditative state, before his expression began to change. First, he felt some regret for losing his temper so early, then he was puzzled, wondering if these were legendary energy crystals? Then, as if he remembered something, his face suddenly turned bright red, and then, his head rolled back, and he actually… fainted!
Jiang Hao was genuinely surprised. He hadn't expected that five legendary energy crystals would be so powerful! If the city lord of Jinling City knew that he had more than 20,000 legendary energy crystals in his possession, would he have to throw a banquet for him?
He's not good at handling things!
Jiang Hao really wanted to urinate on the City Lord of Jinling City to wake him up, but then he thought that everyone here had status but no ID cards, so he gave up on that idea. Not knowing what to do for a moment, Jiang Hao simply led him, Yun Xinghe, and Zuo Ming back to Domain 7865.
At the site where the ancient god fell, the other teammates, along with the newly arrived students from the Thousand Heaven Academy, were teaming up to grind monsters. Yun Xinghe and Zuo Ming watched their hard work with a hint of pride on their faces.
Having already left everyone else far behind, the two of them didn't bother leveling up after arriving here. They just stood casually behind Jiang Hao, looking every bit the part of a powerful figure, except for a pair of sunglasses.
Through Yun Xinghe's Heavenly Eye, Jiang Hao could see that the Ling Shun Legion, a subordinate force of the Gnoll Expeditionary Force, was engaged in a fierce battle with the monster army south of the White Spirit Tree Forest. Over four million monsters were fighting against over four million Gnolls; the two sides were exchanging blows in a chaotic, head-on clash, with no flanking maneuvers or encirclements.
The gnoll army's archery and magic rained down on the monster army, while the monster army unleashed a barrage of fire and ice attacks. Under Yun Xinghe's arrangement, this battle became quite "fierce."
Behind the central army, a gnoll general, standing 3 meters tall and clad in white armor and helmet, sat atop a giant 5-meter-tall demonic wolf. Gnolls came running from the distant battlefield, reporting something to him, while others, upon hearing his commands, ran off to the distant battlefield, as if conveying something.
Jiang Hao guessed that it must be General Ling Shun of the Gnoll Empire. Jiang Hao couldn't understand the Gnoll's expression, but from Ling Shun's languid posture, he could tell that it wasn't nervous. Even though Ling Shun's Gnoll army had already suffered over a million casualties.
It clearly believes that the gnolls will be the victors in this war.
It certainly has the confidence to think that way.
Behind it, a dozen or so Gnoll Empire legions, totaling nearly 70 million Gnolls, were already on their way.
Based on the speed of the advancing army, it should take them about three days to reach the battlefield. By then, Ling Shun's army should be able to retreat and rest.
In other words, after five days of fighting, they lost more than 1 million soldiers. If they held out for another three days, they would at most lose 2 million gnoll soldiers.
Jiang Hao deduced Ling Shun's plan and asked Yun Xinghe with doubt, "What's the deal with General Ling Shun? I feel like he doesn't seem to care much about losing 2 million troops."
Yun Xinghe said with a smile, "You noticed? You've improved! Take another look at his Central Army Corps, see if there's any movement?"
The Central Legion comprised 800,000 gnolls, easily identifiable by the small dagger atop their helmets. Strangely, although scattered across the battlefield, they were all positioned behind the other legions. Watching the soldiers of the other legions fight to the death, they showed no intention of joining the battle.
Yun Xinghe said, "You noticed? A legion like Ling Shun's can only be considered a ragtag army in the Gnoll Empire's expeditionary force. The 800,000-strong Central Legion is Ling Shun's own private army. As for its two vanguards, two left wing soldiers, and two right wing soldiers, they were all conscripted from the Gnoll Empire's affiliated star realms."
"They were conscripted here to fight on the battlefield, and the Central Legion is responsible for monitoring them. Even if they all die here this time, Ling Shun can conscript another legion of several million gnolls in a few days. Although the ragtag armies of the five major races are different, their patterns are all similar."
"As long as the price is high enough, there are plenty of people willing to risk their lives for them!"
Jiang Hao asked, "Do the five major clans use gold coins to mobilize their armies?"
He has quite a lot of gold coins.
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