Deity-level have a very weak sense of time; twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye.
Bili has already refined the High Godhead.
According to Bili, she was unlucky; the High Godhead she refined only had a preliminary fusion of Water Element and Water Body Technique. Right now, she couldn't even unleash the strength of Four Star Fiend. Perhaps in the future, when she improves her soul power and has the talent of the dragon race, she might be able to reach the threshold of Four Star Fiend.
As for Maisiji, who has not yet refined the High Godhead, given his limited understanding of the Edicts of Death, his true form needs to refine the lower, middle, and High Godhead in sequence, which will take a long time, estimated to be several decades.
During this period, the Rhine Clan has distributed the Violet Light Pearl Mussel to the family's Deity-level breeders, and it is estimated that it will take a long time before they are ready for production.
The Rhine Clan has recently devoted considerable effort to gathering intelligence on the nearby underground labyrinth area, but the other side has clearly realized that both of the Highgod they sent twenty years ago have perished in battle and have already reduced their influence.
Over the years, the Rhine Clan has only captured a few Saint-level, and they don't even know exactly how many Highgod the enemy has.
It wasn't until a few months ago, when Bili refined her Divine Spark, that Delisha hardened her heart and went to Falling Rain City to hire Fiend to help wipe out that area.
After all, the Rhine Clan is currently raising Violet Light Pearl Mussel, and there's a rival tribe nearby. It wouldn't be good if they joined forces with someone with ulterior motives to attack the Rhine Clan.
Delisha's Lightning Clone returned to her family a month later.
Two people returned together: one was Cheryl, whom Jason knew; the other was Four Star Fiend who specialized in earth-based Earth Travel Technique. Her true form was a magical beast, and her underground combat power was no less than that of Five-Star Fiend.
It's said that Cheryl introduced them, so it should be reliable enough.
"According to reports, the Bagdi Tribe recently hired three Four Star Fiend. I felt it was necessary to be on the safe side, and since Miss Cheryl didn't have any missions, I hired two of them," Delisha said to a few tribespeople.
The main enemy they faced was Highgod, and only five members of the Rhine Clan were present: Delisha, Bili, Anya, Landon, and Jason.
Jason and Landon are Fiend, and even Midgod wouldn't be looked down upon by Highgod Fiend.
The Four Star Fiend named Mozhiyou said, "I've had contact with that Bagdi Tribe. I once took on a mission from them, about 300,000 years ago. They had five Highgod within them, but the tribe was very loosely organized. It was more like an alliance of tribes within that underground labyrinth than a tribe. They were led by the ' Scaled Earthwalker Beast ' tribe, and composed of Deity-level from many underground races. Also, I could sense conflicts between the five Highgod back then."
The name "Mozhiyou" is strange. The Netherworld is a gathering place for beings from billions of planes, with all kinds of cultures and customs, so their names are naturally bizarre as well.
Mozhiyou paused and said, "If you only want to deal with the ' Scaled Earthwalker Beast,' I suggest you try not to attack other races. They're usually quite disorganized, and even dislike each other. If you force all the races in the entire underground labyrinth to unite against a common enemy, even Six-Star Fiend would probably find it difficult to wipe them all out. You also have families; making so many enemies will bring endless trouble."
Everyone around thought it made a lot of sense.
Cheryl, who was standing nearby, reminded him, "If we only deal with one of the tribes, it would be considered a temporary change to the mission, and the employer needs to confirm it."
Delisha said, "According to the mission requirements, within fifty years, you will help us kill all the Highgod and more than 60% of the Midgod of the Bagdi Tribe. In return, we will pay each of you ten million Nether Stone."
Ten million Nether Stone is a fortune for a Four Star Fiend, considering that a High Godhead only costs a little over 7 million Nether Stone.
Delisha added, "Based on your description of the mission objective, we need to spend a year investigating. If it's confirmed, we can change the Bagdi Tribe to the ' Scaled Earthwalker Beast ' tribe."
Mozhiyou nodded. "Okay."
Cheryl nodded in agreement.
This mission was just a regular Four Star Fiend mission, and it didn't involve star promotion. If the reward hadn't been so generous and Cheryl hadn't mentioned that the employer was strong enough, Mozhiyou probably wouldn't have accepted it at all.
After all, in his memory, the Bagdi Tribe, the target of the mission, had at least five Highgod, especially the leader, who was very powerful.
This time, Anya, who was skilled in soul concealment, from the Rhine Clan, joined forces with the Four Star Fiend Mozhiyou and led five Midgod to that underground labyrinth.
They planned to go deeper and capture several key prisoners; the Rhine Clan needed to verify whether Mozhiyou's account was accurate.
"The price was too high," Delisha complained to those around her privately.
Landon nodded, "Yeah, that's too high. That Bagdi Tribe sent two Highgod to fight us at once. I thought they were really strong, especially considering how vast that labyrinth is. I predicted this battle would be very difficult. Turns out it's just a tribal alliance. With two Highgod dead, they might be fighting amongst themselves now."
Suddenly, Lowgod avatar of one of the clansmen ran over.
Jason recognized this person; one of his Midgod avatars had traveled with Anya before.
"We've been ambushed. The enemy has set up a very strong magic array, and both Anya and Mozhiyou are trapped."
Everyone frowned. Delisha immediately decided to take Jason, Landon, and Cheryl to provide support, while Bili and the remaining less than twenty Midgod would protect the family.
They also took along the Lowgod avatar of that clansman, and the four of them headed towards the indicated direction to provide support.
"The enemy has a powerful expert in perception. We don't even know how we were exposed, and we were surrounded by them. There was also a Highgod present who was skilled in magic arrays. He immediately drew an earth-attribute magic array, trapping us inside," the clansman who delivered the message said as he walked.
Landon asked, "How many Highgod are there in total?"
"Five, five Highgod in total, no Midgod." The clansman thought for a moment and said, "However, their strength doesn't seem very high. Even though Anya and Mozhiyou were trapped inside the magic circle, they still had the strength to protect the ten of us from their attacks."
Cheryl said, "They're leading us there. The Bagdi Tribe hired three Four Star Fiend before. Although I'm not familiar with them, I did some research before coming. The three of them working together are enough to deal with a Five-Star Fiend. Mozhiyou is a peak Four Star Fiend. Although he might be stronger underground and could hold out for a while, he definitely wouldn't be able to protect the other Midgod."
"Hmph," Delisha said, "I didn't act directly before because I was afraid they would escape underground and I wouldn't be able to catch them. Now that they're all gathered together, it's a good opportunity to wipe them all out."
Cheryl hesitated for a moment. "We've gotten to know each other a bit, so remember to be careful. I'm not going to risk my life for a mission."
Delisha nodded. "I understand."
Jason and Landon had great confidence in Delisha's abilities.