Reborn as a Hatrack in the Mystical Land-Chapter 687 - 144: Mermaid Battle

This was an unprecedented merfolk war.

After calling forth the sea beasts, the humpback whale opened its duckbill-like fish beak and emitted a melodious sound akin to a song.

The moment the melodious sound reached their ears, the soldiers of the Southern Expedition Army felt their spirits sway, and even Yue Jinghua inside the belly of the fish relaxed her mind.

Unlike the Southern Expedition Army, the sea beasts became more valiant upon hearing the music.

"Aoao, Sea Ode, this fat fish has some tricks up its sleeve. Ugly, why don’t you make a contract with it?" Color Worm was stirred by the sound.

Yue Jinghua rolled her eyes: "Having one lazy bug is enough; another lazy fish would just spell doom for me."

The Sea Ode is a unique Dark Technique of the humpback whale that can weaken the enemy’s morale and concentration to a certain degree when sung. Conversely, it can provide a certain level of combat enhancement to its own side.

Long Jiuzun, upon hearing the singing, also felt his mind blur, sensing the Dark Energy within his dantian becoming chaotic.

The surrounding soldiers of the Southern Expedition Army also found the speed of their crossbow shooting greatly reduced.

However, he was after all a warrior at the Dark Heavenly Peak, and with a surge of Dark Energy, he let out a roar like a wild lion.

The soldiers of the Southern Expedition Army felt a wave of intensity by their ears, and their Divine Sense suddenly became clear again.

"Order for the Sea and Air Ships: form up in pairs, the remaining one to join this general in attacking the humpback whale," Long Jiuzun understood that until the humpback whale was slain, the surrounding sea beasts would emerge endlessly like a prairie fire.

As the heir to the National Guardian General Residence, Long Jiuzun had learned since childhood how to strategically command against enemies, being adept in both individual combat and array strategies. He deeply understood the principle of capturing the ringleaders first.

Surrounded by the sea beasts, he was not only unflustered but even more lucid.

He precisely directed the Sea and Air Ships, weakening the encirclement of the Lightning Flying Fish and the Humpback Sharks.

Several Sea and Air Ships, in groups of two, charged towards the electric net of the Lightning Flying Fish; the Eagle Crossbow Arrows they shot collided with the net, bursting with sparks.

The two ferocious Humpback Sharks were the first to charge toward the Sea and Air Ship where Long Jiuzun was.

The shiny, black fins of the sharks, with their triangular shapes like blades, collided with the Sea and Air Ship.

The hull immediately buzzed.

At the front of the ship, Long Jiuzun let out a contemptuous snort, his eyes shooting two sharp glares, his movement technique as fast as a startled swan, and he leaped up.

Unlike other Southern Expedition Army soldiers in heavy armor, Long Jiuzun dressed lightly, accentuating his extraordinary agility.

As he leaped, Dark Energy instantly gathered on his skin, forming a set of Xuanqi Treasure Armor that wrapped around his exposed muscles and limbs, almost at instantaneous speed.

In his hands, he also emitted nine crescent-shaped axe winds in rapid succession, which tore through the raging sea winds, forming a Dark Energy chain that struck toward the two Humpback Sharks swimming in the sea.

Long Jiuzun’s entry into the battle was marked by lethal moves, his famed battle technique "Nine Heavens Axe Chain."

Humpback Sharks were of medium size and agile, but they couldn’t dodge the axe chain of Long Jiuzun that could instantly shatter stone and split gold.

The surface of the water exploded like a torpedo full of flavor, instantly dyed red in an area.

The Humpback Shark was cleaved in two by the axe wind.

Stimulated by the fresh blood, a Humpback Shark that had been lying motionless in the water opened its heavy eyelids, and a blood-like red hue filled its fish eyes.

With a flick of its tail, it dove into the depths.

Aboard Long Jiuzun’s Sea and Air Ship, the soldiers of the Southern Expedition Army saw that Long Jiuzun had slain two Humpback Sharks in one fell swoop, and even the King of Sea Beasts, the humpback whale, was scared into sinking into the sea, their morale instantly soared, and they let out thunderous cheers.

The rest of the Southern Expedition Army was unstoppable, repelling the Lightning Flying Fish and the Humpback Sharks one after another.

For the Southern Expedition Army, the situation was extremely favorable.

With the strength to face tens of thousands of the Shui Clan alone, Long Jiuzun was near the Pill Realm.

Yue Jinghua, within the belly of the whale, watched with indifference, the lazy smile that lingered at the corner of his mouth dissipated like the last snow under the spring sun.

However, Long Jiuzun’s tiger-like eyes became sharp, and his expression was anything but relaxed, staring unwaveringly into the water.

The sea surface regained its initial calmness, like a vast mirror, reflecting the nine Sea and Air Ships on the water.

The more tranquil it was, the stranger the feeling that grew in Long Jiuzun’s heart.

The sky was overcast with dark clouds.

The Sea and Air Ships seemed sandwiched between the dark clouds and the sea surface, as if being squeezed flat.

In an instant, thunder and lightning mingled at the edge of the sky.

A water column rose between the sky and the sea surface, exploding at the bow of a Sea and Air Ship like a fangless hurricane Water Dragon.

The soldiers of the Southern Expedition Army on the Sea and Air Ship felt a chill run down their skulls, and by the time they reacted, the entire ship had been lifted by the Water Dragon and flung into the air. The Water Dragon’s movement was fierce; after the first strike, it continously attacked, with surrounding Sea and Air Ships unable to dodge in time, hit and pierced by the Water Dragon, either submerged or capsized.

"This Water Dragon attack that tears through the sky and sea," Long Jiuzun’s eyes were about to split open, never expecting that the King of Sea Beasts would possess such capability.

The Sea Ode and the Water Dragon attack were all Dark Techniques that only a Dark Beast near the Holy-grade could unleash.

Just the ability to perform one of these techniques would be considered exceptional for a Dark Beast at the Ninth Rank Peak, yet the King of Sea Beasts possessed both.

At that moment, he felt the Sea and Air Ship beneath him sink, emitting a painful groan.

The Humpback Whale, unbeknownst to them, had hidden underneath Long Jiuzun’s Sea and Air Ship, and with its giant maw opened, swallowed more than half of the ship’s body.

In a short span, countless soldiers of the Southern Expedition Army were killed or injured, and those who were lucky enough not to die on the sea surface were already severely wounded and torn to pieces by Sea Beasts that pounced on them.

From a promising situation to a dire one in a sudden downturn.

Almost all of the nine Sea and Air Ships of the Southern Expedition Army were submerged, and although Long Jiuzun reacted quickly, using the Sky Ascending Technique to hover in mid-air, facing such heavy casualties, he was filled with rage.

Eliminating the King of Sea Beasts would have been a great military achievement, but under the current circumstances, let alone earning military merits, even if he killed the King of Sea Beasts, once back in the Imperial City, Long Jiuzun would inevitably be accused of lax military discipline.

The name of War God tarnished, would be an indelible shame for both the Long Family and Long Jiuzun.

The only course of action now was to kill the King of Sea Beasts in one fell swoop.

Beneath Long Jiuzun’s fury, Dark Energy surged explosively from his body.

His eyes burning intensely, he fixed his gaze on the Humpback Whale.

In the shimmering water, the Holy Runes on the beak of the Humpback Whale and on its dorsal fin shone brightly.

Holy Runes?

Long Jiuzun immediately understood that someone had left such Holy Runes on the body of the King of Sea Beasts, and he was certain that those two Holy Runes had endowed the Humpback Whale with formidable strength that ordinary Sea Beasts did not possess.

"Fiendish creature, meet your end," he roared in anger, his muscles tensed like a charged cannon, shooting towards the Humpback Whale.