161: Chapter 160 Attacking the Mad Wave Clan

With a flash of light, Gu Yanxiao appeared in mid-air above the Divine Kingdom; the moment he landed, his face turned as dark as a pot bottom.

"Why did you take so long to get here?"

Gu Han was crouching in a field of poisonous plants, digging through the soil without even looking up. Beside him, several half-man-tall plum blossom trees were strolling leisurely along the ridge of the field.

"You have the nerve to ask?" Gu Yanxiao rolled his eyes irritably. "Your mother was hounding me, demanding to know what I was doing in the middle of the night, saying you were helping me with the Divine Kingdom. You'd better have something important to discuss, keeping me up at this hour."

"Uh, I guess it is pretty late." Gu Han scratched his head and stood up.

He pointed at the plum blossom trees strolling nearby.

"Here, I found a cousin species of the Cyst Demon at the market, called, uh... called the Plum-Root Cyst Demon. I also brought you some Spiritual Plant and Spiritual Mineral seeds; you can set them up yourself later."

Gu Yanxiao's expression was strange as he circled around the long-legged plum blossom trees.

"What kind of Heaven-Defying name is that? And they've got legs, running all over the place. What kind of plum is this?"

"Never mind the type of plum. Like the Cyst Demon, it relies on consuming poison to reach the Transcendent Rank, and it also possesses a Spiritual Root, allowing it to cultivate. Most importantly, its poisonous gas is no longer colored; instead, it takes the form of this plum blossom fragrance. It's not just about inhaling it—even a mere touch results in poisoning."

This was a new species Gu Han had created using an S-Rank Divine Poisonous Plant—the Divine Wrinkle Plum—combined with an S-Rank spirit root network, and then cross-bred with the Cyst Demon through [Forced Breeding].

"Oh? This plum has a Spiritual Root and can cultivate, so the name is actually quite fitting. But 'Plum-Root Cyst Demon' sounds terrible. Let's call them the Dark Fragrance Race from now on."

"Fine, call them whatever you want." Gu Han waved his hand dismissively and stuffed several loading cards into his father's hands. "We still have real work to do."

The two quickly returned to Gu Han's Divine Kingdom and swiftly changed into specialized deep-sea diving suits.

A spatial channel opened, and the two descended directly into the Kuanglan Divine Kingdom.

The moment he stepped out of the channel, Gu Yanxiao gasped.

Eighty percent of the original deep-sea Divine Kingdom had been drained by Gu Han. Large swaths of underwater mountain ranges were exposed, and the dried-up silt was piled high with the remains of various marine life, emitting a strong, fishy stench.

He arranged for a large group of logistical Shrimp-Men to come over and haul all the corpses of the various races back to be used as fertilizer for the Divine Kingdom via [planting beans to get melons].

Gu Han opened the smart assistant's statistics panel. "The Kuanglan Race's low-end combat power has been wiped out; what's left are all hard nuts to crack."

Dozens of miles ahead, the main army of the Kuanglan Race was turtling up in a massive deep-sea trench.

The Leviathan Ant-men's "guerrilla warfare plus electrotherapy" tactics over the past decade had been remarkably effective.

Because those thousand or so Rank 9 Kuanglan powerhouses had been unable to comprehend runes due to prolonged electrical interference, more than half had regressed to Rank 8 due to "rune entropy increase."

But even so, the opponent's high-end combat power was still enough to make one's scalp tingle.

There were still over five hundred Rank 9 powerhouses remaining, over twenty thousand Rank 8s, and as many as one hundred and eleven thousand Rank 6 and Rank 7s.

"There are still Rank 9s!" Gu Yanxiao clenched his fists.

Gu Han waved his hand, opening the march card, and spatial rifts tore open in succession behind him.

One hundred thousand massive Ant-Fist Titans stepped out first, followed closely by ten million new-generation Ant-Fist Shrimp-Man; other Ant-men were not suited for underwater combat, so they were not brought along.

Added to that were the thirty thousand surviving Leviathan Ant-men, who were still hiding in the depths of the seabed.

Gu Yanxiao didn't waste any words and immediately used [Blade of Breaking Formation]!

A phantom image of a long spear landed, and an invisible wave rippled out from him like a tsunami, sweeping across the entire field. A spear-tip mark lit up on the foreheads of all the Ant-men simultaneously.

"All forces, attack!" Gu Han issued the order.

The one hundred thousand Ant-Fist Titans strode forward, racing across the seabed like one hundred thousand heavy tanks.

The opposing Kuanglan Race also sensed the danger, and several Rank 9 leaders let out a series of ear-piercing roars. Twenty thousand Rank 8 Kuanglan warriors charged forward to meet them.

Dense blue runes appeared on their skin, and their muscles bulged, allowing them to rely on the seawater to support bodies as massive as Titans.

The Leviathan Ant-men hiding on the seabed received the divine oracle and struck first, unleashing electricity with all their might without any restraint, applying the armor-piercing effect to all the opposing Kuanglan.

After all, once the melee started, they wouldn't be able to discharge electricity on a large scale for fear of friendly fire.

A scene that pleasantly surprised Gu Han occurred.

At the moment of the second overlapping electrical discharge, a crisp sound rang out from the Kuanglan again.

Their defense was reduced by another fifteen percent!

"Holy crap! Skills work too!" Gu Han's eyes widened.

The armor-piercing effect of [Blade of Breaking Formation] could actually trigger again with overlapping attacks!

The friendly attack reduced defense by 50% the first time, and the second overlapping attack reduced it by another 15%—the Transcendent Rank 3 effect was just 30%—this overlapping rune was truly divine!

On the front lines, Rank 3 Ant-Fist Titans faced off against Rank 8 Kuanglan.

There was a five-Rank gap between the two sides.

The moment they clashed, the situation completely defied the Kuanglan Race's expectations.

The leading Ant-Fist Titan swung a fist the size of a truck, colliding heavily with a Rank 8 Kuanglan.

The Rank 8 Kuanglan warrior raised its fist, preparing to take the hit head-on.

The fist slammed into the Kuanglan warrior's fist, creating a muffled, thunderous boom. The second overlapping fist force from both sides followed the original attack trajectory, slamming into each other again with solid force.

Combined with the effect stacking of [Blade of Breaking Formation], the runes on the Kuanglan warrior's body dimmed instantly, and it almost lost control of its form.

The runes on the Kuanglan warrior's face twisted in a human-like expression, and it roared gibberish at its companions.

Through the smart assistant's translation, Gu Han realized the gist was: "Holy s***! What the hell? How do they have rune power too? Is there a traitor among us?"

As they traded punches again, under the double armor-piercing and double attack bonus, the Rank 8 Kuanglan's prosthetic arm, which was supported by seawater, was blown apart by the Rank 3 Ant-Fist Titan.

What was troublesome was that these rune creatures could continue to consume rune power to reform their bodies, as if they were unkillable.

Fortunately, Gu Han was well-prepared this time; he pulled out a second march card and threw it out: "Come out! Green-Skinned Mushroom-Men!"

Tens of thousands of Green-Skinned Mushrooms were deployed onto the battlefield, exploding whenever they saw a creature, rapidly changing their shapes and filling up the entire battlefield.

The Green-Skinned Mushroom-Men possessed Diatom genes and were essentially amphibious warriors; in the ocean, they actually had an abundance of silicon to absorb.

However, Gu Han's purpose in deploying them was merely to block the attacks of the Advanced Kuanglan; their trait of multiplying the more they were killed was excellent for pinning down high-end combat power and draining their rune power.

However, the Kuanglan Race were, after all, the exclusive believers of the Kuanglan Demigod, and they were by no means capable of only this much.

Although the Body Refining warriors on the front lines had been caught off guard, thousands of Kuanglan Race members in the rear had already finished gathering.

They were a rare group of mages within the Kuanglan Race, and among them were even Level 7 Archmages.