Du Nanhai summoned a large bow into his hands. It was azure-colored but did not have a bowstring or any arrows.

Du Nanhai’s right hand grasped at seemingly nothing before he started pulling. As the large bow began bending, the sound of blowing wind, rolling waves, and roaring waters overlapping with each other, a boundless sea slowly appeared in front of Du Nanhai.

The sea water then converged between Du Nanhai’s fingers and formed an arrow.

He loosened his finger, and the arrow flew. There was no arrow whistle, however. Instead, there was only the sound of the wind, the waves, and the sea.

As the waves lapped, everything seemed to be traveling back in time. Soon, the blue sea had turned into mulberry fields.

The large bow Du Nanhai was wielding was called the Blue Sea Bow, and the arrow he just shot was called the Mulberry Field Arrow[1].

“To gather the blue sea in one arrow and turn it all into mulberry fields.” Such was the power of the Blue Sea Bow.

In the distant sky, a powerful gale manifested out of seemingly nowhere and rotated into a gigantic tornado that connected heaven and earth.

However, the Mulberry Arrow ripped it apart by force and revealed the cerulean blue Xun Armor within.

Thump!

The Mulberry Field Arrow struck the Xun Armor’s chest and elicited a metallic sound that sounded like a ringing bell, causing the tornado surrounding the Xun Armor to scatter in every direction in an instant. The grass and trees within several hundred meters were ripped from the ground, and even earth and stone were torn into shreds. It was like the apocalypse.

The Xun Armor flew back several hundred meters before it finally came to a stop. There was also a fist-sized hole at the center of its chest.

Clearly, the Mulberry Arrow had pierced through it.

The Eight Divine Armors were forged using all kinds of natural treasures. It was unbelievably tough and impervious to either conventional weapons or natural elements. However, Du Nanhai’s shot had pierced right through it. It was clearly an extraordinary attack.

However, the Xun Armor did not seem to be affected by the deadly wound whatsoever. In fact, crisscrossing strands of blood and flesh were forming where the wound was as if it was healing itself.

“It is the Xun Armor!”

Du Nanhai’s pupils contracted after he identified the new attacker. “Leave the Xun Armor to me. The rest of you will search the surroundings for the bastard controlling the Divine Armors. Find them and kill them!”

Du Nanhai shouted and manifested the image of Skanda once more. Then, he and the Xun Armor engaged each other in a furious battle.

“At once!”

Tijian, Podao, Chenglang and Wufeng replied affirmatively. However, they were just about to split up when a sea of lightning and thunder poured down on the group of four as if someone in the sky had accidentally tipped over a thunder pool.

“The Zhen Armor…”

Du Nanhai’s face was as dark as it could be. It was clear that their enemy had come prepared.

The only good news was that he could sense no other armor besides the Xun Armor, Zhen Armor, and the Gen Armor he just killed earlier. This meant that his enemy had only mobilized three Divine Armors to fight them.

Once Wildland Suppression left this river valley and formed their army formation, these two Divine Armors would not pose a threat anymore.

But for whatever reason, a thread of unease was pooling inside Du Nanhai’s heart.

That sense of unease was only growing stronger and stronger as time passed.

He did not realize that the Black Winds trapped inside the river valley were growing increasingly restless. They kept snorting and stomping the ground.

It was at this moment someone reported to Du Yicheng, “Battalion commander, we’ve opened up the exit.”

“Well done!” Du Yicheng exclaimed in excitement, “All units, form up and leave the valley in an orderly fashion!”

“At once!”

Everyone responded and left to guide their Black Winds toward the exit.

However, the Black Winds seemed extremely irritable and fretful. They refused to cooperate.

“Move it!”

A soldier whipped his Black Wind angrily because it refused to move.

“I said move it, you stupid animal!”

The next moment, the Black Wind let out an angry roar and kicked the soldier on the back. Caught completely off guard, the soldier hit the ground with a loud thud. Before he could react, the Black Wind stepped on him and bit off half off his head just like that.

“UuUUUUUuuuuUuUuU!”

It was like the spark that ignited the powder keg. Every Black Wind began roaring in anger and attacking the surrounding soldiers with bloodshot eyes.

To begin with, the Black Winds were Hatred-class Strangers with sharp teeth and tough scales that were immune to conventional weapons, not to mention that the soldiers weren’t expecting the sudden attack at all. As a result, some people were kicked to the ground, some people’s chests were crushed into pieces, some people lost their arms, and some people lost their necks…

In just the span of a dozen breaths, thousands of people were killed or injured. It was a greater number of casualties than what they had suffered during the avalanche.

“What on earth is going on here?”

While keeping the rampaging, roaring Black Wind under his feet firmly under control, Du Yicheng looked left and right in confusion and exclaimed in disbelief.

Although a Black Wind was a Stranger, a tamed Black Wind was extremely gentle. It was tamer and more obedient than your average horse. There were rarely any incidents of a Black Wind going crazy and injuring someone, much less a mass hysteria like this. Naturally, he was completely confused.

It was at this moment several shrill, piercing whistlings cut through the air. It alternated between high-pitched and low-pitched and followed some sort of cadence.

As soon as the whistlings began, the rampaging Black Winds calmed down slightly and stopped attacking their riders. Unfortunately, they grew restless again the moment the whistlings stopped.

“Yang Dong! Where is Yang Dong!”

“I am here!” A man dashed out of the crowd and landed beside Du Yicheng.

“Yang Dong, what is going on here?” Du Yicheng barked in a harsh voice.

“It’s the Fish Stench Grass, battalion commander! The Fish Stench Grass is why the Black Winds went crazy!” Yang Dong answered fearfully.

Yang Dong was the Horse Taming Lieutenant of the Wildland Suppression Army. He was responsible for taming, training, and feeding the Black Winds, hence his title.

Yang Dong answered, “The Fish Stench Grass is a strange grass that grows out of the carcass of a dead fish-type Stranger. It gives off an extremely thick stench of fish odor, hence the name.”

“The Fish Stench Grass could be applied as it is or used as a medicinal ingredient. It is completely harmless to humans. However, its thick stench could agitate some Strangers and cause them to go on a rampage. The Black Wind is one of those Strangers.”

“Why didn’t you mention this earlier?” Du Yicheng erupted in anger.

“Forgive me, battalion commander. The Fish Stench Grass is usually found at the bottom of a lake, and few people use it against Strangers due to its thick stench. It’s why I did not realize the risks immediately. It is my mistake.”

Yang Dong said fearfully, “Please punish me, battalion commander!”

“The punishment can wait. Do you know a way to pacify the Black Winds?” Du Yicheng asked.

“M… Maybe…?” Yang Dong stammered.

“Yes or no? Spill it now!” Du Yicheng urged impatiently.

“It’s actually very easy to handle such a scenario. We just need to let the Black Winds vent for a bit. But…”

Yang Dong did not finish, but Du Yicheng understood exactly what he was trying to say.

This was neither the time nor the place for the Black Winds to vent.

Du Yicheng did not speak for a moment. His face was a storm of anger and worry.

When Du Yicheng’s silence stretched over ten seconds, and the Black Winds began grew restless once more, Yang Dong forced himself to speak up, “Battalion commander… The Horse Taming Whistles can only pacify the Black Winds for a moment. It won’t fix the restless energy inside the Black Winds caused by the Fish Stench Grass. You need… you need to make a decision soon.”

1. It’s a Chinese saying to say that the blue sea has turned into mulberry fields or vice versa, meaning that times have changed drastically. ☜