Published: March 12, 2025
CHAPTER 442: Grand Opening of the Main Gate
Zhao Hai and Laura once again appeared outside Tianshui City. This time, Zhao Hai didn't hide his tracks and found a relatively remote place to release his giant horned mighty bull carriage, heading straight toward the city.
The giant horned mighty bull carriage, the mad dragon war banner, along with the aberrant mage; these three things have almost become Zhao Hai's symbols. Whenever any one of them appears, people immediately know that Zhao Hai has arrived.
Because Zhao Hai was riding in the giant horned mighty bull carriage this time, he was quickly escorted by the guards of Tianshui City towards the Lord's Mansion as soon as he entered the city. These guards knew very well that even if they dared to disrespect Zhao Hai, they wouldn't dare offend Meigen. They were well aware of Meigen's status in Smith's eyes.
After nearly a month of spreading, Zhao Hai's reputation had already swept across the continent. People on the continent were now aware of this newly emerged dark mage and also knew about the Budah family.
The major forces on the continent never expected that the Budah family would return with such a strong presence after disappearing for less than a year.
In fact, if one were to calculate, the Budah family had already returned for quite some time. Shortly after they were exiled to the Black Earth Wilderness, Zhao Hai appeared on the mainland and continued to be active, attracting the attention of many powerful forces. However, people didn’t expect that Zhao Hai was the family head of the Budah family, the notorious playboy of the Aksu Empire.
What drew even more attention was that Zhao Hai now had the antidote for Void Water, making him the focal point of the entire continent.
For years, Void Water had been like a heavy stone pressing down on those powerful beings. They were afraid of being schemed against and unknowingly drinking Void Water, as that would leave them in despair.
Zhao Hai's strong emergence seemed to lift that heavy stone away. He could dissolve the Void Water on himself, and of course, he could also dissolve the Void Water of others. This was indeed great news for those powerful beings.
One could say that Zhao Hai's status on the continent was no less than that of a family head of a major family because he had that kind of strength.
People obviously knew that in the battle at Casa City, Zhao Hai not only acquired nearly a hundred thousand undead beings but also eliminated several ninth-level experts from the opposing side.
Ninth-level experts were not just eliminated; they were destroyed. To eliminate a ninth-level expert—that’s a significant concept, which indicated that Zhao Hai himself also had ninth-level experts at his disposal, and the number was not small.
Upon hearing this news, people across the continent were extremely shocked. They never expected that Zhao Hai had such means. They all knew that the Budah family's previous misfortune was due to their lack of ninth-level experts. Now that the Budah family had ninth-level experts, who could easily deal with them?
The ones most shocked and relieved by this news were the Karlqi Family. Previously, Zhao Hai had claimed that as long as they didn't send out four ninth-level experts, he could ensure those ninth-level experts would come back empty-handed. However, neither Smith nor Lando truly believed it. They had only let Zhao Hai go because dealing with him involved far too many complications.
But after learning that Zhao Hai had eliminated several ninth-level experts in Casa City, both Smith and Lando were filled with astonishment and a wave of fear followed. They knew that although the Versailles Family had a powerful ninth-level expert, the primordial sword saint, it was difficult to deal with four opponents. The opposing side had four ninth-level experts and two high-level aberrant mages, yet they were all defeated by Zhao Hai and the primordial sword saint. This meant Zhao Hai hadn't lied previously; he truly possessed such strength.