"Water, water!"
"I want honey water."
Chen Hanhai groaned, lying in the magnificent palace.
Unlike his confident departure, he was now pale, his lips bloodless, his aura weak, and he had lost an arm.
A maid wearing a monocle immediately fed him honey water, a rare and precious ingredient made from the nectar of the Sea Spirit Flower.
After drinking the honey water, Chen Hanhai regained a little vitality, his eyes blankly fixed on the ornate ukiyo-e painting on the palace ceiling, which detailed the achievements of the first and second Sea Gods.
With the sound of a door opening, the Sea Demon Douluo walked in, rubbing his right eye socket. Looking at the listless, broken-hearted Chen Hanhai, a smile curled at the corner of his mouth.
"Clan leader, are you alright?"
Chen Hanhai was certainly unwell, but he was too lazy to respond to the Sea Demon Douluo, only staring intently at the extravagant ukiyo-e painting in the sky.
Sea Demon Douluo Meng wouldn't let their patriarch fall into such despair.
The entire Sea God Clan, even the infants, were waiting for Chen Hanhai to lead them to power.
If he were to give up, would Meng be expected to lead the Sea God Clan to rise again?
Absolutely not! The Mengs only wanted to slack off, upholding Huo Yuhao's fine tradition; the rise to power was something their patriarch should handle personally.
"Patriarch, Haiming and the others are back."
The Sea Demon Douluo's voice reached Chen Hanhai's ears again, who was like a corpse.
His fingers trembled slightly, his head turned mechanically, and his voice was hoarse.
"How many are left?"
"No need to comfort me, just tell me how many there are."
Chen Hanhai's weak voice made Sea Demon Douluo Meng feel exasperated. She sighed and said,
"Six left."
Chen Hanhai looked back at the Floating World Painting and said self-deprecatingly,
"Six left."
"I remember when we left, there were about thirty Title Douluos, right?"
"Now, hahaha!"
"Sea Demon, how many powerful figures are left in the family?"
Sea Demon Douluo recalled for a moment, then touched his right eye socket and said,
"There are a total of fourteen Title Douluo-level experts."
"The remaining Super Douluo are me, Hailong, Haiming, and Young Master Hanyun."
Chen Hanhai's lips moved slightly, and he said in a weak voice,
"How are Hanyun and Hantian?"
"They are the hope of the family."
He only showed a slight anger when his descendants were mentioned.
"I'm almost going to eat them all."
Amon thought to himself. His grandson Chen Hantian had already been deceived, but he couldn't bring himself to kill his son Chen Hanyun because he was a level 97 Super Douluo and his martial soul was the Sea God.
"Young Master Hantian is about to break through to Soul Saint, and Young Master Hanyun is maintaining stability at the base."
Hearing the Sea Demon's words, Chen Hanhai remained silent for a long time before finally speaking:
"Sea Demon, do you think I'm unsuitable to be the clan leader?
As the clan leader, I overestimated my own strength and underestimated the enemy's level, almost ruining the entire clan's foundation."
"I even survived only thanks to the intervention of the Venerable God."
"I'm truly a piece of trash!"
Chen Hanhai gripped the armrests of his chair tightly, his eyes bloodshot, his body trembling uncontrollably. Where was the demeanor of the once mighty Sea God Douluo?
"So you do have some self-awareness after all? How strange."
The Sea Demon Douluo sighed inwardly, never expecting that he would actually have to find a way to revive his enemy, the Sea God Douluo.
"Not at all, Clan Chief!"
"While we did suffer a crushing defeat this time, and the clan lost many lives, we were not crippled.
The clan's foundation remains intact."
"Our top experts are still here! And thousands of Sea Soul Masters! Countless Sea Soul Beasts!"
"More importantly, the Venerable God has never abandoned us!"
"We still bask in the Venerable God's glory!"
"The Sea God Family remains the absolute ruler of the sea!"
"Although we disappointed the Venerable God this time, it doesn't mean we've lost the sea's protection!"
"We will wear the glory of the Sea God, raise our battle flags again, wash away our shame, and not let the Venerable God be disgraced!"
The Sea Demon Douluo's words brought a slight revival to the Sea God Douluo. His lifeless pupils refocused, and he murmured,
"Yes! The Venerable God hasn't abandoned us; we are still the rulers of the sea."
"I still have grandsons, sons, and the divine artifacts are still here. My lost arm can regenerate."
"Everything can start anew."
Seeing the Sea God Douluo begin his self-pity maneuvering, the Sea Demon Douluo pressed his advantage, his voice resounding,
"Yes, Clan Chief!"
"We suffered heavy losses, but we were not completely annihilated!"
"All family members await your command; everyone is filled with rage, ready to wash away our shame."
"Even newborn infants are roaring with loud cries, recounting the humiliation suffered by the sea."
"Outside your palace, all the family members are waiting, all anticipating your order to launch another counterattack on land."
Chen Hanhai struggled to sit up, his voice trembling.
"Really?"
Sea Demon Douluo Meng felt utterly exhausted, but outwardly remained passionate, saying,
"Please come with me."
Sea Demon Douluo Meng immediately came to Chen Hanhai's side, supporting his shoulders. Chen Hanhai stood up, staggering slightly, but with anticipation, he walked step by step to the outside of the palace with the Sea Demon Douluo's help.
The blinding sunlight made him squint, the stinging sensation bringing tears to his eyes.
As his pupils slowly dilated, he readjusted to the bright sunlight over the sea.
As the white shadow gradually disappeared, the scene before the palace came into view: countless heads thronged, all the Sea Soul Masters from the entire camp had gathered here.
Girls, boys, old people, children, even infants were all looking at him with expectant eyes.
Those eyes were filled with anger and resentment. No one uttered a word, but Chen Hanhai could feel the cries from the depths of their hearts.
Standing ramrod straight at the front, Chen Hantian, wearing a monocle, gazed intently at his grandfather, seemingly trying to encourage his blood relative.
Only Hailong, lying on a stretcher, watched him silently; the countless expectant eyes made Chen Hantian's heart pound, and his throat tremble.
He hadn't expected his prestige within the family to be so high!
He had caused the family heavy losses, many losing close friends and family, yet they not only didn't blame him, but waited for him to lead them in a renewed counterattack on the land!
"Gentlemen!"
"I, Chen Hanhai, have been defeated this time! But the Sea God Family has not been defeated!"
"Seeing you all, I know that the people of the sea cannot be defeated!"
"The glory of the Sea God will protect each and every one of us!"
"All the dead will find eternal rest under the Sea God's trident!"
"One day, we will reunite in the abyss of the sea!"
"I swear to you all! The Sea God Family will fight back to the land! We will wash away our humiliation with their blood!"
Chen Hanhai's impassioned voice echoed in the square, and everyone responded excitedly. The earth-shaking shouts thrilled Chen Hanhai.
He raised his fist and shouted:
"Let the Sea God Family be great again!"
The shouts below grew even louder, wave after wave.
"Not easy! This guy's finally cheered up."
"Yeah, yeah, I thought we Amons were going to have to work hard to revive the Sea God family ourselves."
"Hehe, time to slack off again, Chieftain, we love you!"
"Yeah, time to happily be family parasites again, even if the sky falls, our dear Chieftain will hold it up."
"Waaaaah!!!"
"Why is there still a kid crying in Amon's channel?"
"Ouch, this guy accidentally parasitized the wrong person, and his mom just gave birth to him."
"Kick him out of the group, what a disgrace."
"I second that!"
(End of Chapter)
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