The eight hundred Elemental Extinguishing Crossbows shot for an entire two hours before gradually calming down. The cannon barrel that was crafted with precious spiritual gold was so hot that it turned red. Even Gu Liekong had purposely lowered the frequency of firing after the peak of the beast wave. However, the grade 6 beast crystals that were used up still reached 50 thousand!
They pretty much used up all the grade 6 beast crystals they obtained from the beast tomb. They even sacrificed over 200 grade 7 beast crystals before they managed to survive.
However, the results were great. The beast wave that was surging relentlessly had calmed down. Within the canyon, beast corpses were strewn all over.
Actually, most of the beasts were directly smashed into dust by the energy destroying crossbows. However, there were still many that were left behind.
When the 1800 Cloud Ships under Zong Shou passed out of the canyon perfectly fine, Zong Shou's eyes lit up. They only felt that this place was filled with a bloody stench, the death energy was also much thicker. There were also threads of cold yin energy which caused one's body to feel cold.
Zong Shou was still standing on his deck, his face filled with pain. It was indeed worth feeling heart pained. Close to 50 thousand grade 6 beast crystals were used up. Which was equivalent to 500 grade 7 beast crystals or 5 million grade 4 beast crystals.
Just to calculate those 4 thousand cloud ships whose total value wasn't even close, it was indeed a little of a loss.
Chai Yuan's son Chai Zhou didn't suspect him, persuading him from the side, "Ruler doesn't need to do that! If he wanted to escape safely, he would have to expend a lot of energy. Actually, our Gantian Mountain still profited this time. Although most of the beast corpses below are damaged, grade 4 and above beast crystals are tough and not easy to break. If we clean them up, I think we can at least gather 3 million. If we are lucky, not only will we not lose, but we will also earn. "
Zhao Yanran and Xuan Yunlan at the side were speechless. Gu Liekong, Zhu Junhou, and Ling Fakong all looked at Chai Zhou with pity in their eyes.
Look at how naive this kid is. Till now he still doesn't know. Didn't he notice that the ruler's eyes were smiling?
Although Hu Zhongyuan didn't know what the situation was, he felt that it wasn't right. It wasn't that he was smarter than Chai Yuan. Instead, he already knew Zong Shou's temperament. He was obviously faking it. Looking at her face, where was the slightest bit of heartache?
"This time, it was my greed that caused Your Highness to exhaust so much."
Jing Tao Zhenren also sighed, his white eyebrows slightly creased: "It's a pity that Jing Tao's position in the sect is too low, otherwise I would definitely compensate Your Highness for your loss. This time, the old Daoist really felt bad. How about I, Jing Tao, owe Your Highness a favor today? "
Zong Shou's heart skipped a beat when he heard this. He knew that he had gone overboard with his acting. Pretending to be innocent after getting a bargain was the most detestable kind. He waved his sleeves and smiled, "You don't have to do that! Actually, Zong Shou should be the one thanking the Taoist Master. If it wasn't for the Cloud Shocking Illusory Token that the Immortal lent me, how could I, Zong Shou, obtain the treasure left behind by that senior? Actually, just one Qiankun Pouch is more than enough to cover the losses this time! "
Jing Tao Zhenren nodded his head slightly. He liked Zong Shou more and more.
Thinking back to what Long Ruo said before, he couldn't help but scoff. This Highness was kind and intelligent, generous and upright. How was he as bad as Long Ruo said?
It was said that this Highness tried to join Lingyun Sect a few months ago but Long Ruo rejected him. It seemed like he had a deep prejudice against him. He was prejudiced.
Just as he was thinking about that, the black mist in front of him chased away the light.
Moments later, numerous ship wreckage appeared in front of their eyes. Looking out, it was densely packed, who knows how many of them, pretty much blocking the entire canyon entrance.
Thus, the entire squadron, the thousand to eight hundred cloud ships were totally silent. Moments later, there were buzzing noises.
"I recognize it, that is the cloud flag of Taoyun City. These ships were the cloud ships of the Three Cities of Taoyun and Blazing Flame. Didn't Your Highness shake them off? Why would they appear here? "
"It's terrible. I'm afraid the number of wrecked ships is more than three thousand. Didn't they all get wiped out here? "
"Isn't that Yue Guanyun's ship? It was said that the seven tooth ship that cost eighty thousand grade 7 beast crystals was destroyed just like that? "
Hu Zhongyuan and Chai Zhou were instantly silent. No matter how dumb the two of them were, they roughly understood what was going on.
The cloud ships of the three cities were all destroyed here and it definitely had something to do with Zong Shou.
Zong Yuan smiled. He wasn't the first to notice but he definitely wasn't the last to know.
Jing Tao Zhenren's face was alternating between green and white. His heart skipped a beat. In an instant, countless images flashed through his mind and were pieced together.
All of a sudden, he didn't know what to do. He also wasn't sure whether or not he fell into a trap.
Actually, even if he was used by Zong Shou it wasn't much. He had been through numerous storms and the matter in front of him wasn't much. He could take such a blow.
The key was that after today, the situation west of Donglin would be totally out of balance!
They got an entire beast tomb for no reason, but the squadron of the three cities had pretty much lost everything here. Millions of elite soldiers were lost. The situation west of Donglin Cloud Continent was about to change.
Such a responsibility wasn't something Jing Tao could take up.
Zong Shou was also silent as he looked below. After a long while, seeing Jing Tao Zhenren slowly come back to his senses, he asked with a slightly terrified expression, "Zhenren, this should be the Taoyun City squadron. Why don't we wait? What should we do? "
Jing Tao Zhenren's frustration instantly rose up to his throat and he nearly scolded out. Looking at the ships below, sixty percent of them were destroyed by the attacks of the elite beasts and forty percent were directly destroyed by the energy destroying crossbows! Using this battle to deal with his most trusted enemy, what else did Zong Shou want?
However, the moment he scolded out, Jing Tao forcefully suppressed it. So what if he scolded out? He was the one who gave the orders and even said that he would take responsibility for it. Zong Shou also reminded him before and even suggested to enter the canyon to search for the corpse harboring sword spirit grass. No matter how he looked at it, it had nothing to do with Zong Shou.
Moreover, he did obtain a lot of benefits from it.
He couldn't help but take in a deep breath. Jing Tao Zhenren's face was expressionless, "Today's matter has nothing to do with city lord Zong. Looking at the situation here. All the beasts and evil spirits within two hundred miles of the beast tomb have been wiped out. The essence of Hailing Plains has all been wiped out. Within a hundred years, there won't be any more beasts or evil spirits that can advance to grade 7. City lord has done a lot of good this time! As for the squadrons of the three cities, they can't blame your highness. During a battle, it is unavoidable to injure one another! In the future, if anyone asks, I will testify for you … "
Zong Shou smiled, he was waiting for Jing Tao to say those words. However, looking at the solemn expression on the old man's face. He couldn't help but feel sad.
Actually, this person's personality wasn't bad. Unfortunately, this time he was sent by Long Ruo to board his ship.
The taste of bullying an honest person wasn't good. He felt like he was a bad person.
After saying those few words, Jing Tao Zhenren didn't have the face to continue to stay on the deck. He directly waved his sleeves and stepped into the cabin door.
Zhao Yanran finally burst out laughing, looking at Zong Shou with a weird expression, "You seem to be pitying him? I really don't understand your personality. He only has himself to blame for this because of his greed. How can he blame others? "
Zong Shou shook his head slightly. He knew that Zhao Yanran was already using the spiritual seed to pry into his thoughts.
As for what he was thinking about, naturally she wouldn't know. However, she could roughly guess his mood.
She was too lazy to bother, directly saying to Zhu Junhou and Gu Liekong, "Send people to clean up the canyon. See if those three people are dead or not.
The two of them bowed and accepted the order. However, the entire fleet started to get busy like worker bees.
Blood flowed like a river here, the stench of blood filled their nostrils. However, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers in charge of cleaning up were all pumped up. They were filled with energy and weren't unwilling at all.
Especially Hu Zhongyuan and the others who were all excited and high-spirited.
At this moment, anyone who didn't have eyes would know that Taoyun, Blazing Flame, and Yunxia City had suffered heavy losses.
Who knows how much compensation they would have to pay for the loss of two million elite soldiers. The loss of combat strength would take several years to make up for.
There were also those four thousand cloud ships which were the treasures of the cities. After the losses, to rebuild would take several months, even half a year. This also meant that within a year, these three cities along with their subordinate cities wouldn't be able to hunt under the cloud ocean. Taoyun City that started from the cloud ocean trade was still okay. However, Blazing Flame and Yunxia City wouldn't be able to recover within a year.
The hearts of the people would scatter and the losses would be immeasurable.
Before this, when they were brought here, they thought that Zong Shou was only here for the beast tomb. However, they didn't expect that Zong Shou's true goal was to plot against the four thousand cloud ships that followed behind!
The bad situation that Gantian Mountain was facing was pretty much turned around in a night.
Now, it was these three cities that had to be terrified of Gantian Mountain City!
Forget about those ignorant and low level soldiers who didn't know what was going on. The higher-ups who were able to see a little of the secrets looked at Zong Shou with respect and admiration.
… With such a smart ruler, Gantian Mountain would be able to rise up once more. No! At this moment, their Gantian Mountain strength was no weaker than when Zong Weiran was alive.
At this moment, the City Lords who had followed over were all in a daze, as if they were in a dream.
They rushed over this time with the thought of living and dying together with Gantian Mountain. They felt that it would be good if they could gain something to allow them to continue holding on.
Who knew. This time, the arrogant Taoyun 3 cities would end up like this? On the contrary, they would be able to return with a full load?
This new Monster king who didn't look much older than fourteen could really do whatever he wanted with a flip of his hand.
This time, the three powers had lost four thousand cloud ships. Once this news spread out, even the entire Donglin Cloud Continent situation would change! (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to qidian.com to vote for me. Your support is my biggest motivation.)
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