Chapter 2383 - Advancing by Leaps and Bounds! (1/2)
Dalon Trinling finally began to speak, his eyes never leaving the battlefield. “We’ve never seen the Celestial Army that we’re preparing to fight, so we cannot be careless. However, regardless of the opponent we are facing, this army has the ability to fight a battle with them, at the very least dealing the enemy a heavy blow. On this point… we can report to the Supreme King!
“We’ve already done all that we can do. We can only look to the others for the rest.”
The survival of the continent was on the line, and no one wanted to put all their hopes in one basket. Three years ago, they had been unanimous with Wang Chong on this point.
Heaven was no ordinary opponent. This well-tempered army in the central battle region was only one part, not the whole.
Whoosh!
With everyone agreed, a few moments later, a messenger bird flew off in the direction of the capital.
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Several days passed. Elsewhere in the Central Plains…
Bang!
With a mighty roar, a large boulder weighing seventy-some tons flew high into the air and crashed on the outer edge of a giant pit.
Centered on this enormous pit, at least one hundred thousand people were working to dig something out.
In the center of this crowd, several hundred figures flashed with pale yellow light. All of these people were clearly extremely formidable Earth Element users.
“You can do it!”
“No matter what, we must dig out our objective!”
“Deeper, deeper!”
“Everyone, stand back a little! Make sure the soil is as loose as possible to make things easier on those below!”
Shouts and bellows could be heard from the pit.
At certain intervals, torches had been installed on the walls of the pit, and numerous Earth Element users traversed the walls like lizards as they transported soil to the surface or transported workers deeper down.
At the very bottom of the pit, several hundred giant creatures were working to dig deeper down. If one looked carefully, one would realize that these were giant Stone Generals.
The largest of these Stone Generals was controlled by none other than Wushang Village’s Huang Botian.
Bang!
After a long period of digging, suddenly, a metallic ringing came from the ground. This sound seemed to be imbued with some unique strength that caused the entirety of the mountain to slightly tremble.
“We got it! A cauldron! The last of the Nine Cauldrons!”
A cheer came from the pit.
“Wonderful!”
Even Huang Botian couldn’t help but let out an excited roar.
Following the orders Wang Chong had given before entering seclusion, Huang Botian had left the army, selected countless Earth Element users from across the realm, and organized an Earth Element army.
They existed for the sole purpose of finding the lost Nine Cauldrons.
After Yu the Great controlled the floods, he gathered the world’s finest metals and cast them into nine cauldrons that were used to pacify the Nine Provinces. This was the origin of the Nine Cauldrons.
For the last three years, Huang Botian had led this army of more than ten thousand people in digging up the mountains. He had already managed to dig up seven cauldrons, and this was the last one.
Bang!
Huang Botian punched down, and the surrounding rock flowed away like water to reveal that giant bronze cauldron.
The cauldron was a deep black, but it had a strange light and seemed to contain a mysterious power.
“Bring down the hook!”
“Pull up the cauldron!”
With a great clatter, a giant metal chain was dropped down from the surface several thousand meters above. Huang Botian swiftly wrapped the chain around the cauldron and then placed the hook on the cauldron’s handle.
Soon afterward, Huang Botian gave the order, and everyone began to make their way back to the surface.
Roooar!
Around that thick chain in the center, more chains were thrown down, and ten thousand Earth Element users began to vigorously pull.
Crack! Clack! The earth shuddered and groaned as the giant cauldron was pulled up, inch by inch, out of the earth.
One meter, two meters, three meters… the cauldron was smoothly pulled up, and everyone’s faces lit up with joy.
But when the cauldron was pulled up around one hundred meters, boom! The chain was suddenly pulled taut, and the bronze cauldron suddenly began to grow heavier and heavier, as if it had a magnet attached to its bottom.
“Careful!”
Everyone instantly turned nervous.
The Nine Cauldrons were objects meant to pacify the Nine Provinces, and each one was different. Various phenomena had taken place when they had been extracting the previous seven cauldrons. One had suddenly begun to erupt with flames, another had created a giant sea, and another had begun to absorb the energy of nearby people… They were far too familiar with such oddities now.
Eight meters, nine meters, ten meters!
The cauldron continued to be pulled upward. Everyone could sense that the weight of the cauldron had multiplied by several dozen times in this brief moment, and it felt more like they were pulling up a mountain.
“Damn it!”
Huang Botian broke out in a cold sweat, and the veins of his arms bulged, steam ejecting out of his pores. Even though he was exerting all his strength, he was still unable to pull the cauldron out from the ground. In fact, he was reaching his breaking point, the cauldron slowly being dragged back to the earth.