596: Chapter 418 596: Chapter 418 Jiang Tang had already seen inside his Magical Treasure, and he felt that the three monkeys were just warming up at this time, with the stronger ones yet to appear.
He simply told the monkeys to be careful; after all, the three monkeys were his subordinates, and they couldn’t die so quickly.
“Don’t worry, Master, these crazy fools, the more they rush at us, the easier they fall,” one of the monkey spirits said.
It had its pride, and though it had been suppressed for tens of thousands of years, its temper was still haughty.
It only submitted to one it recognized as superior.
The other two monkeys, without speaking, had already agreed with that one’s statement.
Although they weren’t prevailing now, they wouldn’t be defeated that easily.
They were considering whether to ask their master for weapons, feeling that relying solely on spells was a bit monotonous.
“Hahahaha, you bunch of monkeys, thinking you can just waltz in here.
Heaven has a path which you didn’t take, instead you insist on entering the Dragon Palace.
Seems like you lot are idiots.” Long Cha saw more and more of his forces arriving, already having the upper hand, and felt even more that these monkeys were on a suicide mission, the more that came, the more would die.
There were too many shrimp soldiers and crab generals; they had tridents and long swords, each using their own weapons and shields.
Though their abilities weren’t as formidable as the monkeys, this sheer number of shrimp soldiers and crab generals couldn’t be killed or crippled so easily, as more and more appeared, like a swarm of densely packed ants.
“Hehehe, fight, fight, fight,” the shrimp soldiers and crab generals almost chanted in unison, making a chaotic noise that was both loud and impressive.
“Kill them…!” The voices of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals were enormous.
Whether it was because they had mutated, or their abilities were too high, their bodies had heads shaped like various fish species.
The turtles could walk on two legs, use two claws to wield weapons, and though they had spears and shields, they still had the shells on their backs, and their heads resembled turtles.
The ability of the shrimp soldiers was the lowest.
They looked like shrimp and, in this waterless Dragon Palace, they fought by flying and hopping.
The crab generals held some of the highest positions among the shrimp soldiers and crab generals, but that was only relative.
As for the highest-ranking generals and the like, they had not yet appeared here.
It seemed as if the souls injured or killed by the monkeys were being replenished batch by batch, as inexhaustible as cockroaches.
The three monkeys tumbled about, avoiding the numerous shrimp soldiers and crab generals’ tridents and swords, all of which emitted the luster of spells.
The three monkeys also used spells.
Although they didn’t use the same spells, the souls that emerged from their bodies used similar ones, as if they were all transformations of the same monkey.
The three monkeys, amidst the shrimp soldiers and crab generals, weren’t at a disadvantage and slowly gained the upper hand.
As they rolled and jumped, employing spells, their bodies moved like afterimages.
Those with poor eyesight or inadequate spells could only become casualties, reduced to cannon fodder.
Jiang Tang watched intently from within the Magical Treasure, observing the monkeys’ spells as well as the military strategies and spells used by the shrimp soldiers and crab generals.
In the beginning, it seemed the shrimp soldiers and crab generals underestimated the three monkeys, thinking there were only three of them.
Gradually, some shrimp soldiers were killed off.
New shrimp soldiers continuously filled their ranks, but the three monkeys’ powers were too strong; a single spell could obliterate a large number of shrimp soldier souls in midair.
Gradually, the formations of the shrimp soldiers grew chaotic, and their response to commands became a haphazard mess, causing no harm to the three monkeys.
The initial confidence of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals eroded as more and more shrimp soldiers were destroyed.
The once confident crab generals started to panic and frantically ordered their subordinates to form up.
The shrimp soldiers, already locked in battle, were unable to dodge the monkeys’ attacks so quickly.
Even while receiving their superiors’ orders for assistance, they could only add to the chaos.
In the ensuing panic, another batch perished.
The rainbow light at the palace gates dimmed slightly, probably because the souls turned into bubbles, leaving behind much resentment.
Originally, with so many souls present, only the grand entrance was bathed in rainbow light, but the area where the monkeys were became eerily dark.
Three monkeys ate one that had a body, and its soul emerged from within.
The other monkeys were spirits, and not afraid of the shrimp soldiers and crab generals, who were also spirits.
It seemed as if they were unleashing the resentment they couldn’t vent for tens of thousands of years, exerting their suppressed strength to its fullest, endlessly tormenting those shrimp soldiers.
The crab generals, seeing their subordinates die batch after batch, could not sustain such losses despite having tens of thousands of soldiers.
A few crab generals were injured and some died; it was fortunate that with their orders, the soldiers who later joined the fray began to assume formation.
Once a Formation took shape, it actually showed some effectiveness.
No longer could a monkey’s spell wipe them out in swathes; while a few soldiers might die, they were quickly replaced.
“Wow, look at that, you can actually use military tactics.
You shrimp soldiers do have some brains,” one of the monkeys remarked.
The fighting was fierce.
Although previously they killed off large numbers of shrimp soldiers in waves and using spells continuously was exhausting, they felt there were simply too many shrimp soldiers.
It seemed like they could fight for three days and nights without killing all the shrimp soldiers; they would exhaust themselves to death.
The three monkeys began to think.
Perhaps because they stemmed from the same body, their thoughts may have been somewhat interconnected; while one hand performed a spell, another scratched its head.