Chapter 506: 505, Voting_1
 

At the 12th hour of the appearance of the gravitational funnel, a horde of 3521 monsters successfully arrived at the western coast of the Tsushima Strait.

All along the way, these monsters wreaked numerous atrocities.

Any building higher than five floors was either crushed into pieces by the force-type monsters or shattered into countless fragments under the spells cast by the spell-type monsters.

People who did not live in buildings could not escape either.

Whenever a monster walked into a densely populated area of humans, it would release large amounts of carbon dioxide from its body, covering a radius of about 2-3 kilometers.

Humans enveloped within this range would quickly succumb to carbon dioxide poisoning and die within seconds due to the sudden surge in carbon dioxide concentration.

The monster horde was heading south, passing through densely populated major cities in Japan such as Kyoto, Nagoya, Nara, Kobe, Okayama, and Hiroshima.

Almost every city was greatly damaged by the monster horde, leaving destruction and ruins everywhere. Countless people died in the chaos.

According to estimates received by Su Yu from the relevant departments, approximately 6 to 8 million Japanese people were expected to perish in this calamity.

Faced with such a tragic number of casualties, even the people of China, who held deep grudges against Japan, found it hard to cheer. They expressed their condolences to the Japanese people on the internet.

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Within these catastrophic 10 hours, no international military dared to land on Japanese soil for rescue.

The flying monsters created by the Skuru were too powerful. China, Rakshasa, and Goryeo together dispatched nearly 40,000 drones to Japan, almost half of which were shot down by the flying monsters. All the planes of the Japanese Self-Defence Force were destroyed by the monsters without exception.

As rescue was unable to reach mainland Japan, the pilots could only watch helplessly as the Japanese people faced the catastrophe.

This disaster also attracted a lot of international attention.

Media outlets competed to report the news; all major media outlets featured this as their headline, and people worldwide had their attention focused on Japan.

Apart from some who delighted in the misfortune of others, people around the world were filled with fear, unease, and shock.

Millions of Japanese people died in this disaster. Would other countries face this fate next? How many humans would die when the Skuru used their strongest form in the final battle? Would people really be able to live to see the day of victory?

A tremendous wave of pessimism spread on the internet, affecting every netizen.

Some pessimists even mentally collapsed, taking sleeping pills to permanently leave this world.

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However, Su Yu and his allies did not have time for pessimism, as the monster horde was nearing, preparing for a battle with them.

On Tsushima Island, Su Yu, Elder Yang, Emperor Taizong, and other powerful cultivators were hovering in the sky, facing the far side of the southeastern strait.

On the open ground of the island, Zhong Feng, with a serious expression, stood atop a Frost Dragon, contemplating which tactics to use in the upcoming battle.

As for the players on the island, they were lining up to board the helicopters, preparing to head to the base in Seoul.

Su Yu took out his mobile phone and glanced at the message sent by Commissioner Zhang, then turned to all the Dividing Spirit Stage cultivators:

“Elders, according to the information sent by Commissioner Zhang, the monster horde has already reached Fukuoka County across us. We are only a hundred kilometers away from them. We need to prepare.”

The Dividing Spirit stage cultivators didn’t reply, but their faces were solemn.

A Taoist elder dressed in black and white Taoist robes, his chest adorned with a pair of yin and yang fish, was the first to speak:

“Young friend Su Yu, the monster horde has not yet entered the sea. Should we take advantage of the moment they have just entered the water and hit them halfway. We can rely on our mobility and strength to reap some benefits, then retreat after a strike?”

Invigorated, Su Yu found this to be a good idea!

However, he would not make a unilateral decision in front of these elders. He respectfully replied, “Elders, what do you think?”

“I think it would be better to take a more cautious approach,” Elder Zuo Ci said. “When the monsters swim over here after draining a lot of their strength, we can just wait for them here and take advantage of the rest. We can rely on the plants below and fight a positional war, without taking unnecessary risks.”

“Why don’t we do this instead.” Emperor Liu Che stood out: “It’s 23 of us in total, including young friend Su Yu and young friend Zhong Feng. We can raise our hands to vote, and the minority will follow the majority.”

“Alright.” The cultivators agreed in unison.

At this moment, Star, who had been playing with her phone on Su Yu’s shoulder all this while, was not pleased. She lifted her head from the screen, “Hey, bearded man, you didn’t count me in?”

Actually, Star was not unhappy because Emperor Liu Che didn’t count her in. She was trying to cast an extra vote for Su Yu. In such a small-scale vote involving just over 20 people, every vote was important.

Liu Che, the Hanwu Emperor, was taken aback.

However, he quickly laughed and said, “Alright, alright, I’ll add you too. If the votes for agreement and disagreement are equal, young friend Su Yu will make the final decision.”

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Next, a small voting session was conducted among the cultivators.

According to the tally, there were 8 cultivators in favor of taking the initiative to attack, 10 in favor of holding ground and fighting a positional war, and the remaining 6 who were fine with both options did not vote.

The party that wanted to hold ground ended up winning by a margin of just two votes.

It’s worth noting that Su Yu originally wanted to take the initiative to attack. However, upon realizing that he still had some preparatory work left to do, he and Star exchanged words and chose to hold ground. This decision, to some extent, changed the result of the voting.

After the vote, Su Yu flew to Zhong Feng and said: “Take your Sacred Angels and let’s go pick some [Cherry Bombs].”

“[Cherry Bomb]?”

“Yes.”

“Then let’s go.”

Su Yu and Zhong Feng took 500 Sacred Angels with them and headed towards the planting area in the northern part of Tsushima Island.

The [Cherry Bombs] were now fully ripe, hanging from the branches vibrant and juicy.

Su Yu instructed the Sacred Angels to gather the [Cherry Bombs], and at the same time, he explained to Zhong Feng:

“These [Cherry Bombs] have immense power and are capable of injuring a fourth-stage cultivator. Most importantly, they cause magical damage. While the physical defense of the monsters created by the Skuru is formidable, the magic resistance of the six monsters that I just killed was zero.”

“Find an opportunity during the upcoming battle and have the Sacred Angels aim the [Cherry Bombs] at the monster with the lowest magic resistance. It should cause considerable damage.”

“I see, I will keep that in mind,” Zhong Feng replied, finally understanding.

Each of the fifth-tier Sacred Angels had a small storage space hidden in the center of their wings. After stuffing 50 to 60 ripe [Cherry Bombs] into their storage spaces, the angels had almost filled up their capacity.

Once the angels were through, Zhong Feng suddenly thought, “Su Yu, Shadow Ghosts also have storage spaces. Should we let them carry some [Cherry Bombs] too?”

“No, no.” Su Yu shook his head with a smile. “When it comes to Shadow Ghosts, we can get them to carry some more suitable plants.”