Barton stubbornly stood his ground, unwilling to lose face.
Just then, Lin Dong walked over from nearby and spoke.
"There are quite a few powerful Otherworlder monsters in the Yellow Ridge Mountains. This is a good chance to hunt for high-level crystal cores."
"Huh?... You're right."
Barton raised an eyebrow. Since that was the case, he had even more reason to stay away from Lin Dong, lest his crystal cores get snatched. Besides, this was the perfect opportunity to hunt Otherworlders.
"Then I'll head out first again. You guys can move together..."
"Barton, the Yellow Ridge Mountains are different from the places we've been before. It could be very dangerous in there."
Blood Fiend warned him.
He felt that even members of the Undead Race could fall here.
Of course, Barton didn't care.
"What danger? Could anything in there actually threaten me? Don't worry. If I really run into anything unusual, I'll send you a signal."
"Well... all right, then."
Blood Fiend could only nod. Although he disagreed with the idea, he had no authority to command Barton and could only let him act on his own.
"Good. I'll be off, then. Wait for news of my victory."
With that, Barton led several trusted underlings toward the boundless Yellow Ridge Mountains.
The zombies' figures gradually receded into the distance.
Lin Dong stood where he was, watching silently, his face expressionless. It seemed as though everything was under his control.
Blood Fiend glanced at him, feeling that something was off. It seemed Lin Dong had deliberately reminded Barton of the opportunity to make him go off alone...
"Brother Nether Dragon, with a formidable enemy before us, we have to stick together. Otherwise... we could all be in danger. After all, there are SSS-Rank Otherworlder monsters in Yellow Ridge Mountain, and most