Free Web NovelChapter 912: Chapter 160: King of the White Elephants
Ding Wei region, Sea Nest Number Three.
Among the five sea nests in this region, Sea Nest Number Three stands at the forefront.
The one who personally built this sea nest was the current marine tribe leader of the Ding Wei region, the marquis-level Sea Clan, White Elephant King.
When he took over the Ding Wei region, the ratio of sea nests to floating islands was two to three. Under his leadership, he annihilated two human floating islands, and the number of sea nests grew from two to five.
The war situation in all major regions of the Lost World often changes just like this.
Both the human tribe and the Sea Clan have their own heroes, and they are also each other’s archenemies.
It has to be said that the floating island presided over by Ding Jingshan is extremely tenacious. When he established the third sea nest, he had already destroyed two floating islands. Just as he was about to completely turn the Ding Wei region into the territory of the Sea Clan, Ding Jingshan arrived. Like a nail, he was firmly hammered in and never moved again.
Although the opponent didn’t have the strength to counterattack, he was also unable to destroy this last floating island. Over the years, the number of sea nests increased from three to five, and his power continued to expand, yet the floating island under Ding Jingshan’s watch remained as solid as a rock.
Initially, he was obsessed with completely leveling the Ding Wei region, but later on he no longer planned to do so. It was not really that he had no way to deal with Ding Jingshan, who was in the God Descending Realm, but rather, he did not wish to pay a heavy price to eliminate this last floating island. The gains did not justify the efforts.
Furthermore, once this floating island fell, the Human Race would inevitably reinforce its troops in the Ding Wei region in an attempt to take back their influence. By then, he might not enjoy the comfort he has now.
As his power expanded, he became increasingly aware that controlling a complete region within the Lost World was the limit of his current cultivation. To command a broader battlefield, he would have to advance to the True King level.
Better to maintain the status quo. With five sea nests suppressing one floating island, the human cultivators in this region are completely at a disadvantage and will bleed heavily.
He intended to manage the Ding Wei region as an area where the Sea Clan retained absolute superiority and could consistently inflict the greatest damage on the human tribe.
Over time, the Ding Wei region even gained some fame within the Cang Sea.
It is the duty of the Sea Clan to fight in the Lost World; no one can be exempted. Many powerful figures choose to have their offspring come to regions like Ding Wei, where the Sea Clan has the upper hand, for their training.
This mutual relationship also made life increasingly comfortable for the White Elephant King. In a few more decades, he would even have saved enough provisions to advance to True King.
They say that the Lost World is more dangerous than the Cang Sea, and that one must break into the present world to live a life of an Immortal.
But in the White Elephant King’s view, the Lost World is much more comfortable than the Cang Sea! As for the life of an Immortal, he is living it right now.
So long as a large-scale war does not break out, life in the Ding Wei region couldn’t be more comfortable, with a large amount of mystic crystals flowing into his coffers every day.
Ding Jingshan could only shrink back to his floating island, fearing that stepping out one day would lead to him being surrounded and slaughtered by the White Elephant King and his subordinates.
His children also held sufficient advantage in the wilderness, continuously reaping the lives of human cultivators, leaving him with little to worry about.
Therefore, when an accident occurred, he was quite stunned.
"Are you saying that Yu Wangu is dead?"
He asked the young Sea Race in front of him.
There were six Commander-level Sea Clan who had fallen in battle, but he only asked about Yu Wangu.
An offspring of a True King who had also inherited Innate Divine Ability, died in the wilderness.
And it was not just any True King, but the Blood King!
Although both were called "Kings," the Blood King could crush him without even trying.
The tall and plump White Elephant King sat upright on his tusked throne, with three young Sea Race kneeling in front of him, two males and one female.
The male Sea Race Warrior kneeling at the very front was named Shuiying Shuang, a tall and thin fellow with a pointed face and deep eyes.
His true form as a Sea Lord featured a head like an eagle, a tail like a dragon-serpent, six wings, and eighty limbs, rather extraordinary.
He was also the one whose courage Jiang Wang extinguised in battle.
He, too, was a descendant of a True King with an exceedingly noble bloodline. However, neither his True King ancestor nor he himself could compare to the Blood King or Yu Wangu. And when it came to the development of Innate Divine Ability, he was far behind.
"Yes," Shuiying Shuang said.
The Elephant King’s palm was very large, he used this very large palm to swipe across his face, showing that his mood was far from pleasant.
"I am very curious. In this Ding sector, where our Sea Race Warriors move unimpeded, how did it happen that when your battle squad with nine commander-level warriors returned, only three remained?"
He bared his teeth, revealing teeth as white as snow: "Did you go to surround and kill Ding Jingshan?" freewebnσvel.cøm
Shuiying Shuang bowed his head deeply; although he was also a descendant of the True Kings, he wasn’t favored as much as Yu Wangu. If the Elephant King were to vent his anger on him... he wouldn’t be able to withstand it.
"I am lowly and incompetent." That was all he could say.
The two Sea Clan people behind him, who had fled back with him one after the other, were performing even worse than him at this moment. They were prostrate on the ground, trembling all over.
They did not have a True King as an ancestor.
The Elephant King took a deep breath, suppressing his anger as he said, "Tell me what happened."
Death was commonplace in battles within the Lost World. Even if the one who died was the son of the Blood King, if he was killed in battle, it could only be said he was bested by a better combatant, and it was hard to blame Shuiying Shuang for that.
But the problem was that not long ago, he had just received a gift from someone under the Blood King and had agreed to look after Yu Wangu.
And today, Yu Wangu had died!
What would the Blood King think?
Would he feel that the Elephant King did not take him seriously or even... that he was slapping the Blood King in the face?
Given the Blood King’s temper... he dared not think deeper.
Fear made his rage fire burn even more fiercely.
Shuiying Shuang didn’t dare to raise his head and simply knelt there, recounting the whole process of the battle.
If his True King ancestor were here, he might have concealed the truth about his escape at the final moment, but facing the Elephant King now, he didn’t dare to tell a lie.
Because even if he dared to lie, the two fellows behind him certainly did not have the guts.
The lie would never hold up.
He could only embellish the strength of the opponent as much as possible on the basis of the truth, to justify his escape.
This wasn’t fleeing in the face of battle; he had already exerted his utmost effort, but he just wasn’t a match for his opponent, and had to escape to preserve his fighting strength.
Save the people, lose the land, both people and land are preserved. Save the land, lose the people, both people and land are lost.
This saying of the Human Race made sense!
The Elephant King listened quietly, and when he had finished, there was no longer any anger in his voice, only a terrifying calmness: "You mean to say, that was just a cultivator from God’s Inner Mansion Realm? Nine of you, commander-level warriors of the Sea Clan, besieged a cultivator from God’s Inner Mansion Realm, and six were killed, with the remaining three fleeing?"
Shuiying Shuang was filled with both fear and shame. He had many words to defend himself, but he could only swallow them; it was truly difficult to utter them. However, he was absolutely certain that if he hadn’t fled at that time, he too would have died there!
That Human Race youth... that Human Race youth was too terrifying!
"You really surprise me," the Elephant King said, baring his teeth.
Shuiying Shuang gritted his teeth and in the end, he could only say, "That guy must be an unparalleled genius of the Human Race! He is on a level that can be spoken of alongside the great Proud Life! It’s not that I was cowardly; my brothers and I gave our all. The death of those six brothers in arms is proof!"
"Proud Life is a genius destined to become an Emperor. Do you think that Human Race cultivator can compare to him? Shuiying Shuang, can you stand by your words?"
Shuiying Shuang knocked his head heavily on the ground: "I truly believe, even if not as good, he is not far off!"
The Elephant King splayed his fingers wide and reached towards his head as if wanting to pluck it off, but in the end, he retracted his hand. fгeewebnovёl.com
"Useless!" he scolded.
