The Master of Lake Punis

More than a thousand years ago, Andres sent Holan and his two companions to the Sea of Chaos to find Uthered, but there has been no news of them since.

The Sea of Chaos is too vast, not only exceeding the area of the five continents and the Sea of Stars Mist, but also with great distances between different regions. To the east of the Blood Peak Continent lies the Sea of Chaos, and to the west of the Blood Peak Continent, after passing through the Sea of Stars Mist and another continent, lies the Sea of Chaos as well, with each region separated by more than half of Hell.

The original work states that Uthered was born in the depths of the Sea of Chaos, but it does not mention which direction this depth is.

A thousand years is far from enough time to find a person in such a vast Sea of Chaos.

This is one of the reasons why Andres wanted to establish an intelligence agency as soon as possible.

After successfully killing Montra, Andres took away Montra's Godhead, artifacts, and Space Ring.

"Montra's power occupies half of the Sea of Stars Mist, so they must have a lot of wealth, right?"

Andres was very much looking forward to it. In order to establish his own intelligence agency, he had to expand the manpower of Iron Saber Gorge and improve the strength of his subordinates. All of this required a lot of cultivation resources, such as Godhead, divine artifacts, and Soul Gold Beads.

"With Montra dead, Claude no longer needs to hide in the Dylan Plane. I wonder how his research on the Death God Puppet is going."

Claude and Montra have a grudge. Previously, Andres was not confident in dealing with Montra, so he could only let Claude hide in the Dylan Plane. Now this problem has been solved.

If Claude successfully develops the Death God Puppet, Iron Saber Gorge's strength will also be enhanced, and the Death God Puppet will be quite effective against ordinary Highgod.

As Andres was thinking this, the Four Divine Beasts flew back from afar.

After witnessing Andres kill Montra with a single sword strike, their attitude towards Andres changed drastically, and they regarded Andres as an existence of equal or even greater power.

When Andres saw them, he suddenly realized that after Montra's death, the Binding Quest between Riding and Nimo in his mind had changed.

Riding reverted to his original "Dragon Transformation Crystal" state, while Nimo returned to "nothingness".

"Andres, what is your current strength?" Riding suddenly asked, then quickly added, "It's okay if you can't say."

Andres thought for a moment, and since he had already shown his strength, there was no need to hide it anymore.

"I have made progress in Fusion Profound Mysteries. My current material attacks are about the same as Montra's. The main reason I was able to kill him just now was because Montra was affected by Bowen's Innate Divine Ability and couldn't resist," Andres said.

"Their physical attacks are about the same as Montra's?" The Four Divine Beasts exchanged glances. They had just fought Montra and naturally knew how strong Montra's physical attacks were.

"This Andres is clearly only Middle God, yet his physical attacks are this strong. Has he fused several Wind Element Law Profundity?" Nimo secretly transmitted his thoughts to the other three of the Four Divine Beasts.

"Third Brother, you often spar with him, do you know that?" Bowen asked telepathically.

"When I sparred with him, his physical attacks were a bit weaker than mine; they weren't this strong." Lius looked completely bewildered.

"Perhaps he was hiding his strength, or perhaps he broke through at the last minute, but it doesn't matter anymore," Riding transmitted to the other three.

After hearing Andres's words, his expression calmed down, and he even seemed somewhat relieved.

"Even if Andres's attacks are similar to Montra's, he's much easier for us to deal Montra!" Riding transmitted meaningfully.

The other three of the Four Divine Beasts quickly understood what he meant.

Nimo excitedly transmitted his voice, "That's right, he's just an ordinary race, but he can't withstand Third Brother's Innate Divine Ability."

Bowen, somewhat puzzled, "Brother, are we going to deal with him?"

Riding transmitted his voice. "I hope it's not necessary, but we have to be careful. And right now, cooperating with him is actually more beneficial to us than killing him."

Riding was excited. "Montra is dead, and his forces are leaderless. The eastern part of the Sea of Stars Mist will definitely be vacant. If Andres is willing to cooperate with us, we can completely rival Xing Yi."

Nimo's eyes lit up. "That's right. With his physical attacks combined with our Innate Divine Ability, even Xing Yi and the master of Lake Punis can't do anything to us."

"I don't know if he'd be willing," Bowen said uncertainly.

Riding said, "He has no reason to refuse."

The Four Divine Beasts Divine Sense quickly with each other. After it was over, Riding smiled and looked at Andres: "Brother Andres, thank you for killing Montra. I'll have a banquet prepared so we can celebrate and discuss our plans to take over Montra's power in the future."

"Take over Montra's forces?" Andres was taken aback.

"That's right. With Montra dead, there's no one strong enough to stand against us in the eastern part of the Sea of Stars Mist. Why don't we cooperate and take Montra's place?" Riding said.

Andres frowned. He did need manpower right now. If he could occupy the eastern part of the Sea of Stars Mist, he could recruit a lot of subordinates. However, the Sea of Stars Mist was too far from Iron Saber Gorge, and it would also be easy to antagonize Xing Yi.

"Why expand into the Sea of Stars Mist? Wouldn't it be better to conquer the entire Blood Peak Continent to the east?" Andres asked.

Upon hearing this, Riding gave a wry smile, "Brother Andres, you may not know, but Lake Punis is located in the central part of the Blood Peak Continent. The owner of Lake Punis will not allow us to expand eastward."

"The master of Lake Punis?" Andres was taken aback. He had never heard of this name before, and judging from Riding's words, even the Four Divine Beasts were quite wary of the master of Lake Punis.

"Brother Riding, who is the owner of this Lake Punis? Even you don't want to mess with him?"

Riding said, "Brother Andres, do you remember Takke from Firebird City?"

"Of course I remember, we met in Firebird City," Andres said with a smile.

Riding continued, "Takke is known as the second strongest person on the Blood Peak Continent, while the strongest person on the Blood Peak Continent is the master of Lake Punis."

"The strongest person on the Blood Peak Continent?" Andres was shocked. Just by hearing this title, the strength of the Master of Lake Punis should not be underestimated.

Bowen smiled wryly and said, "Back then, I started from the Skyrite Mountains and challenged my way eastward, taking Takke as my final opponent. After defeating Takke, I still didn't have the confidence to challenge the master of Lake Punis."

Andres knew that Bowen was a battle maniac. Given his personality, there was only one reason why he wouldn't dare to challenge him: there was a significant difference in their strength.

"What is the strength of the owner of this Lake Punis? How does he compare to Montra?" Andres asked.

Riding said, "They have fought before. Because of Xing Yi's existence, Montra was never able to expand westward into the Sea of Stars Mist. Therefore, more than 10,000 years ago, he began to change direction and led a large number of powerful people to occupy the entire Blood Peak Continent."

"Montra's power quickly expanded to the western part of the entire Blood Peak Continent. At that time, we were no match for him and submitted to him. When he continued to advance eastward, he came to Lake Punis and met the master of Lake Punis."

"They fought a battle on Lake Punis, in which Montra was defeated and fled. From then on, Montra no longer thought about expanding eastward."

"Montra was defeated and fled." Andres frowned, assessing the strength of the Master of Lake Punis.

Although Montra was defeated, the fact that he was able to escape shows that the difference in strength between the two sides was not too great.

"The Master of Lake Punis is at least a top-tier Seven-star Demon, and may even be close to the level of Commander."

Of course, another possibility is that the Master of Lake Punis had the power to kill Montra, but did not want to.

"If that's the case, then it's best to avoid provoking them if possible," Andres said.

Riding laughed, "That's right, so my idea is for you to join forces with us and take over Montra's territory, what do you say?"

Andres did not answer. If he could take over Montra's sphere of influence, he would gain a lot of subordinates, which would be very beneficial for him to establish an intelligence agency, but he felt uneasy.

He remembered that before Montra arrived, Riding had said that Montra and Xing Yi were about to go to war, and the reason for the war was to fight for the Teleportation Array in the Sea of Stars Mist.

Now that Montra is dead, the Teleportation Array in the Sea of Stars Mist will undoubtedly fall into Xing Yi's control.

Xing Yi obtains the Teleportation Array, he will inevitably learn of the existence of other Teleportation Array in Hell. If he sets his sights on Iron Saber Gorge, Andres fears he won't be able to withstand him with just his Fire God Clone.

Although the Fire God Clone now possesses the strength of Seven-star Demon, it cannot unleash its Innate Divine Ability due to the absence of its true self, thus it can only be considered a very ordinary Seven-star Demon.

Xing Yi has been an enemy of Montra for many years, so his strength is definitely not weaker than Montra's. Montra is a top-tier Seven-star Demon with terrifying Innate Divine Ability. If it weren't for the influence of "Spatial Confinement", Andres wouldn't have been able to kill him so easily.

If Andres wants to fight against a top-tier Seven-star Demon, he must use his Innate Divine Ability.

"I still need to go back, just in case," Andres decided.

He has no clue about Riding's Binding Quest at the moment, and staying in the Skyrite Mountains is of no use.

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated and said to the Four Divine Beasts, including Riding, "Brother Riding, I have lived in the Skyrite Mountains for a thousand years. I need to go back."

"You're leaving?" Riding didn't expect Andres to answer like that.

Nimo was somewhat dissatisfied. "Andres, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Xing Yi doesn't know that Montra has fallen yet. If he finds out and takes over Montra's territory, it will be much harder for us to seize it!"

Andres frowned slightly. Nimo's attitude displeased him, but he was too lazy to argue with it at the moment.

"I'm sorry, I have other matters to attend to, so I won't stay any longer."

After leaving behind a message, he flew directly eastward and quickly disappeared into the horizon.

"What kind of attitude is this guy? Does he think he's above us?" Nimo was furious. Ever since she realized that Lius's Innate Divine Ability could kill Andres, her attitude towards Andres had returned to its previous contempt.

Bowen chuckled, "Brother, this kid is quite different from what you expected."

Nimo said coldly, "Brother, since he won't cooperate with us, why don't we just kill him to prevent him from opposing us in the future!"

Riding remained silent, frowning as he stared in the direction Andres had gone, lost in thought. After a while, he shook his head. "There may be a possibility of cooperation in the future. There's no rush. He's just an ordinary race. Even if Profound Mystery integrates more profound mysteries, his body's defense won't improve. With my third brother's Innate Divine Ability, we can kill him at any time. Keeping him alive might come in handy in the future."

Nimo, upon hearing this, said no more.

On the other hand, Andres was naturally unaware of the discussion among the Four Divine Beasts.

Not long after he left the Skyrite Mountains, he took out the Metal Life and returned to Iron Saber Gorge.

Because he was only Middle God, his journey was not very peaceful, and he often encountered robbers, but he easily dealt with them all.

Nearly ten years after Andres left the Skyrite Mountains.

Lake Punis, in the central part of the Blood Peak Continent.

This is a lake with a radius of tens of thousands of miles, its area comparable to the Noah Continent in the Dylan Plane.

The lake surface was perfectly calm, without even a ripple, and no living creatures could be seen in the water.

There were no signs of life around the lake.

The tribal inhabitants, bandit groups, and powerful families living around Lake Punis all knew that the owner of Lake Punis disliked strangers approaching his territory, and those who entered Lake Punis Master of Lake Punis permission almost always died.

Lake Punis is thousands of meters deep. At the bottom of the deep lake, there is a black castle. Deep inside the castle, a powerful Highgod wearing blue armor walked to the front of a hall. He stood outside the hall, bowed, and said respectfully, "My lord, we have heard some news and have come to report it to you."

"What news?" A deep, muffled response came from the main hall, the voice extremely low, as if it came from the abyss.

"There are rumors that a magical Magic Array has appeared in a place called Iron Saber Gorge in the eastern part of the Blood Peak Continent. The Magic Array has the function of teleportation and can travel to planes other than Hell."

"A plane beyond Hell? There is life beyond Hell?" A hint of emotion flickered in the voice emanating from the hall.

"Yes, it is said that there are three other planes like Hell, in addition to countless weaker planes," the Blue Armored Highgod said respectfully.

"Oh? Interesting. Is the news true?"

"I've investigated, and it's pretty much true. Moreover, many powerful figures from the central Blood Peak Continent are already heading there."

"Hehe, it's been so many years since I've gone out for a walk. Well, let's go see this interesting Magic Array."

"Bang!"

With a loud bang, the tightly closed doors of the main hall were flung open, revealing complete darkness inside. From outside, all that could be seen were enormous tentacles swaying.

Suddenly, all the tentacles disappeared, and a mysterious man shrouded in a black robe emerged from the hall. His body was like a black hole, swallowing up all the surrounding light.

The mysterious man looked at the Blue Armored Highgod and commanded, "Summon one hundred Highgod and come with me."

"Yes, sir."

Not long after, a black octopus-shaped Metal Life left Lake Punis and headed towards Iron Saber Gorge.