Approaching Enemies

The turmoil stirred up by the Four Divine Beast Family grew ever more intense, gradually spreading outward from Hell.

More and more local forces suffered devastating blows. Left with no choice, the remnants of these forces could only flee to other cities.

Unfortunately, they did not enjoy peace for long before the city they had settled in faced the next visit from the Four Divine Beast Family.

Challenging the City Lord, dividing up the city's resources, squeezing the living space of other families...

If the Sovereign Legions in every city had not belonged to neither the Four Divine Beast Lord God Legion nor the Four Divine Beast Family, these local forces might truly have been unable to escape at all.

They could only migrate to more remote small cities.

However, the contingency plans the Four Divine Beast Family had arranged beforehand began to take effect.

Powerful fluctuations erupted from countless previously obscure small cities.

The city walls tainted by Sovereign's Might, along with the Magic Arrays inscribed within them, made these remnant forces suffer terribly.

Even if they managed to break into the cities, they would be driven back by groups of people wielding Sovereign's Might.

For a time, these surviving local forces could only band together to form Tribes in order to obtain resources for survival and cultivation.

Even more of them settled down as bandits in dangerous regions throughout Hell, robbing passing travelers.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

The rapidly traveling Metal Life tore through the air, giving off a faint whistle.

Within the mountains ahead, a pair of hate-filled eyes memorized the appearance of the Metal Life.

Several hundred kilometers away from this mountain range stood dozens of stone houses, inhabited by several hundred people, both men and women.

It looked like a miniature Tribe.

"Father, Father..."

A young man suddenly rushed out of a room and hurried toward the largest building.

This was a crude meeting hall. Other than a Stone Table, there were only a dozen or so stone stools arranged around it.

At the head of the hall sat a burly man with fiery red hair.

Seeing the young man barge in, the red-haired man asked, "Hm? Ted, what is it?"

"Father, I saw a Metal Life from the Four Divine Beast Family."

"What?"

The fiery red-haired middle-aged man abruptly rose from his seat and grabbed his son by the collar. "Where?"

"Over, over by the Kerkla Mountain Range. Judging by the direction they're traveling, they're heading toward Fengyan Prefecture on the Purple Thistle Continent. They're less than three hundred kilometers from us."

"Three hundred kilometers..."

The red-haired middle-aged man released his son's collar and began pacing through the hall.

A few seconds later, the red-haired man gritted his teeth. "Ted, go summon all the elders of our family."

"Yes, Father."

Very soon, the young man brought more than a dozen people into the hall.

Every one of them radiated a powerful aura.

They were all High-level Gods.

"Patriarch, you summoned us so urgently. Is there some pressing matter?"

"Yes."

"Ted just told me that a Metal Life from the Four Divine Beast Family is approaching, just over three hundred kilometers away."

"What? The Four Divine Beast Family?"

The moment the fiery red-haired middle-aged man spoke, the expressions of the dozen or so elders below changed.

There was anger, killing intent, shock, and fear.

Their clan had once been a great family in Sunset City. They had possessed five elders with the strength of Six-star Devils and thirty-four elders with the strength of Five-star Devils. Their Patriarch, Korklav, was an exceptionally powerful figure at the Seven-star Demon Level. In Sunset City, even the City Lord had to show their family some respect.

However, more than three hundred years ago, Sunset City had undergone a drastic upheaval. A Seven-star Demon from the Four Divine Beast Family challenged the City Lord of Sunset City. In the end, he used Sovereign's Might to kill the former City Lord of Sunset City and became its new City Lord.

Afterward, with the new City Lord's tacit approval, the Four Divine Beast Family forcefully pressured the families within Sunset City, demanding that they submit to the Four Divine Beast Family and become its subordinate families.

That day, a great battle broke out in Sunset City. Korklav led his clansmen out of the city and fled here.

Under the Four Divine Beast Family's pursuit, their family suffered grievous losses. Fewer than four hundred clansmen had survived.

Even among the elders, two Six-star Devils and seven Five-star Devils had fallen.

Fortunately, one of the Six-star Devil Elders still had a Saint-level Original Body, and after refining a divine spark, he recovered his strength.

But the other elder had only a single Mid-level God Divine Clone left, and his strength had plummeted.

"The humiliation our family suffered in Sunset City must be repaid with the blood of the Four Divine Beast Family."

"So, I want to wipe out this group from the Four Divine Beast Family. Who agrees? Who objects?"

"This..."

Hearing the Patriarch's words, the dozen or so elders immediately looked at one another.

"Patriarch, it's not that we don't want revenge, but the people of the Four Divine Beast Family have too much Sovereign's Might. With the enhancement of Sovereign's Might, going after them would only be sending ourselves to our deaths."

"Elders, according to the intelligence we have gathered over the years, only a small portion of the Four Divine Beast Family's Metal Lives are led by Seven-star Demons. Most are led by Six-star Devils."

"The group Sunset City encountered was led by a Seven-star Demon."

"And there is a strong possibility that the group aboard this Metal Life is led by a Six-star Devil."

"A Six-star Devil using Sovereign's Might can indeed rival me for a short time, but once his Sovereign's Might runs out, he will definitely be no match for me."

"Besides, they aren't the only ones with Sovereign's Might!"

As he spoke, Korklav took out a Spatial Ring.

"I seized this Spatial Ring after killing a member of the Four Divine Beast Family in Sunset City. Fortunately, that fellow had no other divine clones."

With a movement of Korklav's Spiritual Sense, he drew the fiery red Sovereign's Might from the Spatial Ring.

"There are seven drops of Sovereign's Might here. I'll keep three, while each of the four Six-star Devil Elders will receive one drop."

"When the time comes, we will all use Sovereign's Might and strive to wipe out this group from the Four Divine Beast Family in the shortest time possible."

"Think about it. We obtained seven drops of Sovereign's Might just by killing one member of the Four Divine Beast Family. Then after wiping out this group, how much Sovereign's Might will we obtain?"

"Let's do it!"

The moment Korklav finished speaking, several elders rose to their feet and shouted.

"Hahaha, good! As expected of the elders of our Yul Family—you've got spirit."

Korklav was overjoyed. He guided the four fiery red drops of Sovereign's Might floating in the air to the four Six-star Devil Elders respectively, then stored the remaining three drops in the Spatial Ring.

"Elders, time is of the essence. Let us set out now!"

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