Published: February 11, 2025
"Yesterday, I had a spar with Miss Xia Bai," King Hongxiang suddenly said, drawing everyone's attention.
The kings, who were still not quite accustomed to Earth customs, did not pay much attention to Hongxiang's awkward wording, but rather focused on the phrase "had a spar."
"You, how could you..." King Niao glanced at Hongxiang, then pointed at the cold Xia Bai in the sky.
Hongxiang coughed awkwardly a couple of times and said, "I went to find Zhong Ming yesterday to discuss some matters. I didn't expect to run into him just after he had taken an Evolution Potion. Miss Xia Bai was like a protective mother beast. When I reached the door, before I could say a word, that sickle shot out from inside. I... instinctively reacted, and after a brief exchange, I recognized her and stopped."
The others looked Hongxiang up and down, and some sharp-eyed ones noticed the faint scar on the neck under his jaw, which made them chuckle knowingly.
Clearly, even though Xia Bai had not become an eight-star evolver after merging with the Fallen Celestial Wing, her strength had subconsciously surpassed that of King Hongxiang.
On Earth, evolvers indeed had a clear advantage in equipment skills compared to posthumous children.
Hongxiang was not embarrassed at all; strength is not something you can catch up to just because you feel angry or jealous. Moreover, the Evolution Potions provided by Ye Zhongming were also distributed to these kings. They had all taken the six-star or lower Evolution Potions, and their strength had significantly improved, saving them at least five years of hard training.
"According to Zhong Ming's instructions, the last batch of life forms has been delivered. The quantity is slightly lacking, so I had them fill in some magic beasts from Royal City, like those big birds up there that eat massive amounts of food but can only fly up to refill the lamp oil every day."
King Niao pointed to the sky, and everyone knew what he was referring to, so they remained silent. Guangyao patted this king, who had fought alongside him, on the shoulder to offer comfort.
Did they really not care? Of course not. Those big birds that King Niao mentioned were the Hundred Vulture Demon Beasts that had shocked him when Ye Zhongming first came to Royal City. These flying demon creatures had their eyes stabbed out and, aside from ensuring the illumination of Royal City by refilling the lamp oil, were also responsible for a significant portion of the transportation for posthumous children. Young warriors also needed the cooperation of Hundred Vulture Demon Beasts during certain training sessions.
In a sense, these creatures were similar to the pets kept by Earth people.
Unless absolutely necessary, the kings were also reluctant to use their lives to fill those ghost-like pillars.
However, although they did not know the exact purpose of the pillars that Ye Zhongming had erected in the center of Royal City, they knew it was definitely for dealing with that Holy Father. After the Temple of Dawn had sealed off Royal City, the search for mutated life forms to shape those bizarre pillars would rely entirely on Earth.
Now it was highly likely the Holy Father was about to arrive, and in order to complete the five Spirit Feeding Totem Pillars as soon as possible, the kings were determined to go all out.
At this time, some rumbling sounds came from the direction of the Time-Space Gate. Everyone turned to look, and a massive metal machine began to reveal its sinister form from within.
"I can't believe this guy is..." Little Tiger, just coming down from the city wall, exclaimed when he saw the machine that was as large as a small building.
"The War Fortress..." Guangyao murmured, unable to hide his astonishment.
He had only heard that Ye Zhongming was communicating with the Resistance Zone about this massive machine. Whether it was a matter of returning what was owed to Cloud Summit Villa or a purchase paid for by Cloud Summit, Guangyao was unclear but was not very optimistic.
Given Guangyao's involvement with Cloud Summit and the previous conflicts in the special roulette space with Zone C, combined with the rumored unpleasantness in this brightwater realm, how could such a big weapon transaction possibly take place?