Capítulo 1113: Chapter 1099: Earth-Shattering Reversal
“In the Jianghu, I don’t need you, Great Saint of Sea Suppression, to bother with my reputation! The only reason I’m wasting so many words today is, firstly, to prevent you, Great Saint of Sea Suppression, from committing endless slaughter,
and secondly, because I can’t bear to see the fraternity of the Sky Wing Four Saints abruptly interrupted. Should Young Hero Ye step forward today, the bravery and righteousness you’d show would surely become a celebrated tale in the Jianghu!” Ou Tu smiled as he spoke.
“What a silver tongue you have, indeed, Tower Chief Ou. Your ability to twist the truth is truly unmatched! You can make such coercion sound so righteous; I’m impressed, truly impressed!” Ye Zhen applauded from afar.
“Oh, it’s nothing…”
“Cut the nonsense! If you’re a man, draw the line quickly, and I’ll take the challenge!” Ye Zhen rudely interrupted Ou Tu’s formalities, making Ou Tu slightly embarrassed.
However, with Ou Tu’s thick skin, the embarrassment was fleeting.
“Hahaha, Great Saint of Sea Suppression, you truly are straightforward. In that case, I’ll get right to the point! If you wish to honour brotherhood and avoid this endless slaughter, step forward and engage in a duel with us. Life and death will be left to fate, what do you say?” Ou Tu stated.
Upon hearing this, Ye Zhen’s expression shifted sharply, “Engage in a duel? With whom?”
“Your grudge is with the Dragon Alliance and the Stars Tower. Great Saint of Sea Suppression, you can pick either myself or Alliance Leader Jie as your opponent. Winning or fighting to a draw will make us withdraw, and your grudge with us will be erased…”
“Shameless!”
“You, Ou, how thick does your skin have to be to suggest such a condition!
A Seventh Stage Vein Forging martial artist going one-on-one with you old monsters of the Dao Entrance Realm — how could you even come up with such a thing!” Before Ou Tu could finish, the Great Sage of the Overturning Sea began to curse vehemently.
“Then what do you want? Let one of our Mid Establishment Realm kings let Ye Zhen kill? Are the lives of hundreds of billions of Heavenly Wing Island civilians and the descendants of you Sky Wing Three Saints so easily protected?!”
Alliance Leader Jie Tianhe stepped forward with a smile and said, “Oh, by the way, the Dragon Alliance’s White Dragon Envoy and Nine Domain Dragon King command the Nine Seas and are just in need of some sea mounts. I presume the bloodline progeny of the Great Saints would not only qualify but be perfectly suitable.
Great Saint of Sea Suppression, don’t you agree?” Jie Tianhe’s last words were directed squarely at Ye Zhen.
A cold smile suddenly played on Ye Zhen’s lips. Ou Tu’s strategy was indeed ruthless.
Truth be told, Ye Zhen was no great hero. He couldn’t claim responsibility for the lives of a billion civilians, but he couldn’t stand by and watch the Sky Wing Three Saints and their descendants being slaughtered or humiliated because of him.
There was no denying that Ou Tu’s move was incredibly vicious.
Given the current circumstances, Ye Zhen might indeed be forced into battle with them.
In reality, given Ye Zhen’s strength, he might stand a chance against a Ninth Stage Establishment Realm king, but against the formidable power of a Dao Entrance Realm expert, in a one-on-one fight, winning and surviving would be virtually impossible unless the battle took place in the deep sea.
“Our patience is limited. I urge the Great Saint of Sea Suppression to make a decision soon!” Ou Tu laughed lightly.
In a rather unexpected turn, Ye Zhen chuckled, “It looks like I’m destined to die today?”
Hearing this, Ou Tu laughed triumphantly, “I didn’t expect you to have some self-awareness, Great Saint of Sea Suppression. This plan has been in the works since the Spirit Medicine Points Competition on Shuili Island. Despite a few unexpected occurrences, you’ve ultimately fallen into my calculations…”
Before Ou Tu finished speaking, a solemn voice rang out, accompanied by an extremely pure divine soul wave, merging into it.
Any martial artist watching would immediately understand what was happening.
A Divine Soul Oath!
Someone was making a Divine Soul Oath!
It was quite peculiar timing for a person to make such an oath.
But it was none other than the long-silent Great Saint of Jinghai who was making the oath, face solemn as he invoked his Innate Soul God to deliver the Divine Soul Oath.
“I, Jinghai, here swear upon my Innate Divine Soul that my previous words are without falsehood, and my previous promises shall be fulfilled. If there is any falsehood, may my Martial Arts path end, and may Heaven abandon me forever!”
The instant those words of the Divine Soul Oath were spoken, everyone present was stunned.
No one could fathom why in such a tense, confrontational scene, with a battle on the verge of eruption, the leader of the Sky Wing Four Saints would suddenly issue such a sudden and extreme oath.
Especially so seriously and venomously?
For a martial artist, divine punishment is nothing, but having one’s martial path severed is the harshest of oaths.
Instantly, everyone’s attention shifted to the Great Saint of Jinghai. Ou Tu, Jie Tianhe, Yang Ben, Yin Yi, and others all stared at him, their minds racing, guessing Jinghai’s intent.
After all, as a terrifying existence in the Dao Realm, the Great Saint of Jinghai would never make such an oath without reason.
At that moment, the Great Saint of Jinghai suddenly turned his gaze to one person within the Stars Tower Dragon Alliance allied army and softly said, “It’s your turn!”
That person’s expression hardened, as if making an unwavering decision. As a strand of divine soul wave emerged, his voice rose sharply, “I, Hei Tian, here swear upon my Innate Divine Soul not to reveal a word of today’s events. For the next ten years, I will act according to promises made, or else disaster will befall me at every step, my martial path severed!”
After finishing his words, Hei Tian disregarded the shocked expressions of Ou Tu and Jie Tianhe and suddenly waved his large hand, saying, “All the people of Black Fiend Island listen up, from this moment onward, our Black Fiend Island forms an offensive and defensive alliance with Heavenly Wing Island, together warding off external enemies!
From this moment onward, Heavenly Wing Island is our ally of Black Fiend Island, and from this moment, whoever dares to aim their blade at the brothers of Heavenly Wing Island, do not blame this old man for being ruthless!”
With these words, his figure flashed, and Hei Tian appeared beside the Great Saint of Jinghai. Simultaneously, the thousand mid to late Establishment Realm martial artists Hei Tian brought along instantly flashed behind the Great Saint of Jinghai and Hei Tian.
This scene was almost like a drama.
It wasn’t until many martial artists from Black Fiend Island completely stood over that Ou Tu and Jie Tianhe realized what had happened, while Ye Zhen instinctively wiped his eyes, not quite believing this was real.
Ye Zhen couldn’t understand what the Great Saint of Jinghai did to make Hei Tian, this brutal figure, defect.
Ye Zhen couldn’t understand, but Ou Tu and Jie Tianhe were getting anxious.
Among the four thousand allied troops surrounding Heavenly Wing Island, one thousand were from Yin Yang Island, one thousand from Black Fiend Island, nearly five hundred martial artists gathered temporarily from Stars Tower, and about one thousand five hundred from other island forces who came upon hearing the bounty order.
The elite martial artists from the Dragon Alliance were still on their way; this was the current composition of the allied army.
Initially, with these four thousand allied troops, they could eliminate Heavenly Wing Island at an extremely low cost, whether through coercion or actual attack, the advantage was immense.
The reason why Ou Tu, even with such advantageous forces, still coerced Ye Zhen with sentiments was mainly because of the Sky Wing Three Saints.
Just as the Sea-Breaking Great Saint previously said, these four thousand allied troops could easily defeat Heavenly Wing Island and the Sky Wing Three Saints; however, to completely kill all three Saints was practically impossible.
Even if possible, they would likely lose two or three among their ranks.
Moreover, if even one of the Sky Wing Three Saints were to risk their life to obstruct them, the others could still escape alive.
These three brothers were beings in the Dao Entrance Realm; escaping two or even just one would make it so the people here could never sleep peacefully for the rest of their lives.
Considering this, Jie Tianhe and Ou Tu were willing to risk their words to pressure Ye Zhen into fighting even with such a large advantage.
However, neither Jie Tianhe nor Ou Tu could have dreamed that in front of both armies, the Island Lord of Black Fiend Island, Hei Tian, would unexpectedly defect.
Even more disastrous was that Hei Tian’s defection immediately formed an offensive and defensive alliance with Heavenly Wing Island, bringing along his thousand troops to join Heavenly Wing Island.
This instantly bolstered Heavenly Wing Island with a thousand mid to late Establishment Realm martial artists and added a powerful presence from the Dao Entrance Realm.
Conversely, the allied army weakened by close to one-third.
With these shifts, the situation changed dramatically.
Suddenly, the allied army lost its absolute advantage over Heavenly Wing Island.
Once this absolute advantage was lost, all the previous coercion from Ou Tu to Ye Zhen turned into a laughing stock.
Therefore, Jie Tianhe and Ou Tu quickly grew desperate.
“Brother Hei Tian, why do this?”
“What exactly did Jinghai offer? Tell us, and our Dragon Alliance and Stars Tower will give double!” In a hurry, Ou Tu spoke.
Upon hearing this, Hei Tian, with a face like a dead person, sneered, “What Jinghai offered, your Dragon Alliance and Stars Tower can never give!”
“That’s impossible….,” Ou Tu cried out in disbelief, “Is there anything in this world that our Stars Tower cannot provide?”
“Tower Chief Ou, stop dreaming. I’ve already sworn a Divine Soul Oath; I’m not a three-year-old child!” Hei Tian replied bluntly.
Upon hearing this, Ou Tu was completely dumbfounded; indeed, Hei Tian had publicly sworn a Divine Soul Oath, meaning no matter the condition offered, Hei Tian would not defect.
He could not understand what exactly Jinghai offered to make Hei Tian so wholeheartedly swear a Divine Soul Oath publicly.
However, what Ou Tu didn’t anticipate was that his nightmare had only just begun!
Just at this moment, the Great Saint of Jinghai gazed with a smile toward the other two half-step Dao Realm island lords beside Jie Tianhe.
“I’ve already sworn a Divine Soul Oath. If you two island lords do not swear such an oath, I shall consider you abandoning this great opportunity!” the Great Saint of Jinghai said.
Upon hearing this, Ou Tu and Jie Tianhe quickly turned their heads, looking in extreme disbelief towards the two half-step Dao Realm island lords pointed out by the Great Saint of Jinghai.
But at that very moment, both Ou Tu and Jie Tianhe’s faces quickly turned ashen, especially the already pale, injured Jie Tianhe, whose face became even whiter than paper.
Because in that instant they turned, Divine Soul Waves rose around the two island lords, and above their heads appeared the faint image of a true spirit!
It was the sign of invoking the Innate Divine Soul….(To be continued. If you enjoy this work, feel free to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets at Qidian (). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at .)