The Rhine Clan's "adventure team" was quickly established.
Currently, the four members of the Rhine Clan who have independently broken through to the Midgod — Jason, Landon, Rita, and Angela —take turns leading teams in pairs, along with five Midgod Refine Divine Spark, and twenty Lowgod, barely managing to assemble a bandit squad.
Yes, after discussions among the elders and council members, the Rhine Clan's adventure team disguised themselves as a bandit group to gain experience in the surrounding area.
Because when they interrogated the previous prisoners, they discovered that the bandits of the Netherworld were actually safer than small tribes!
Firstly, powerful bandit groups all have strong backers. As long as their backers don't fall, or their enemies don't come looking for them, they are basically safe.
As for small bandit groups, like Jason's, they're so poor they're robbing Saint-level and Lowgod. They don't even qualify to join a tribe, so no powerful person would bother spending time on such "small fry."
As for being wiped out by the city guards of surrounding cities, that's even more impossible—in fact, once the city guards of the Netherworld city leave the city, they're more like bandits than bandits themselves. As for suppressing bandits, that would only be possible if ordered by a high-ranking figure.
Jason and Rita were leading their squad through the barren northwestern region of Northbone Prefecture.
"I've been away from the family for over ten years. Has anything happened to the family?" Rita asked a family member next to her.
"Director Rita, the family is doing well."
Jason looked at Rita: "You ask her once a month if she misses home."
"After all, I haven't been away from my family for this long since I was born in the Abyss."
The Abyss is not as strong as the Netherworld, but the battles are more intense. Rita was still in the Saint-level when she was in the Abyss, so she naturally stayed within her family.
Jason smiled. He was looking at the surrounding terrain.
The Gray Serpent River spans seven prefectures and flows directly into the "Bloodwither Sea" in the west of the Netherworld Continent. At its widest point, it is wider than the entire Yulan Continent.
"Based on the location given by the previous prisoner, we are approaching our destination."
Besides their training, Jason and his group also had another purpose: to find the location of the "cave" revealed by the prisoners they had captured earlier.
Delisha and her companions did not want to leave any potential problems, so they executed the prisoners immediately after they confessed. They only knew the approximate location and surrounding terrain of the hidden and resource-rich cave.
The Rhine Clan speculated that the cave they had been searching for all these years was formed by the impact of an underground river in the Gray Serpent River.
"That cave might have been occupied by someone else over the years, so let's be careful when we explore it," Rita cautioned.
The group wasn't worried that the information was false. After all, the captured Divine Clone was only Midgod. After the avatar was destroyed, the main body was only at the Saint-level, so it was impossible for him to lie in front of the interrogation of Highgod.
Seven Midgod and twenty Lowgod flew close to the ground in this remote mountainous area, pretending to be a small group of bandits searching for prey.
Another flying Metallic Lifeform flew overhead.
"In thirteen years, I've only seen Metallic Lifeform fly by four times. It seems this area isn't a major transportation route," Rita said.
Deity-level have a very slow concept of time; thirteen years is roughly equivalent to thirteen days for an ordinary person in the Material Plane.
Jason and his group had been circling around the area for a while before they saw the Metallic Lifeform fly by four times. This frequency was already very low.
"Watch out, there's a band of robbers ahead," someone warned.
The person who discovered the enemy was Ailin, the Violet-Eyed Bladewing Fiend that Jason used to spar with on the Yulan Continent. The opponent had also broken through to the Lowgod and had been assigned to this team.
"Thirteen people, be careful."
The other side also noticed Jason and his group, but because of the distance, neither side could detect the other with their divine senses, and thus could not determine their overall strength.
Over the years, Jason and his group have fought with some bandits. Their strength is considered average among the bandit groups in the area, mainly because the combat power of the five Midgod who Refine Divine Spark is too low.
Fortunately, bandits rarely Undying to the death, and the surrounding area is too barren to have any strong fighters, so the team has not suffered any casualties yet.
The other party hesitated for a moment, then charged towards Jason and his group.
Clearly, they came with ill intentions.
"Prepare for battle!"
As the two sides drew closer, Jason recognized the leader of the opposing force—he was wearing Fiend Medallion!
Jason had seen the Fiend Medallion before. When the Rhine Clan first came to the Netherworld, the two Highgod who attacked them were Five-Star Fiend. After they died, the badge lost its spirituality. Delisha had shown it to the core members of the family.
"I'll deal with that Fiend, you guys be careful!" Jason said.
Over the years, everyone has witnessed Jason's strength. In a previous bandit battle, Jason single-handedly killed three Midgod — Jason's strength alone was greater than that of the Midgod in the team Refine Divine Spark.
The curved blade "Waking of Insects" was originally Divine Artifact bestowed upon Jason by Delisha on the Yulan Continent. Over the years, Delisha has given Jason a set of Highgod Artifact with death attributes, but the Waking of Insects remains the highest quality divine Divine Artifact in his possession.
Jason collided with the gloomy man opposite him who wore Fiend Medallion.
After exchanging more than a dozen blows, their swords clashed, generating massive energy fluctuations—even though both were Midgod, they couldn't tear through space.
Over the years, Jason realized a problem: although his Death Clone was stronger than his Lightning Clone, it wasn't very useful in battle. This was mainly because there were too many people in the Netherworld who cultivated the Edicts of Death, and their soul defenses were generally very strong. Jason's Death Clone was rarely effective in combat.
On the contrary, Jason's Lightning Clone, with its near-perfect fusion of Lightning Flash and Lightning Element, and its initial fusion of Lightning Element with Electromagnetism Profound Mysteries, often uses its speed advantage to surprise and defeat enemies in battle.
The two stepped back a short distance.
Only then did the teams behind the two begin to make contact.
Intimidated by the imposing presence of the two leaders in battle, both sides kept a considerable distance from each other.
"He specializes in Earth Element, is proficient in Earth Travel Technique and Earth Pulsation, and his greatsword is Highgod Artifact- like being from some kind of magical beast—he should be at the level of Three-Star Fiend." Jason made his judgment.
Although the Earth Travel Technique primarily focuses on speed, it significantly enhances physical attack and physical defense when mastered to a later stage.
Jason could sense that the other party was also Fusion Profound Mysteries, but he couldn't judge the specific progress.
It flew straight up, attempting to lift the battlefield off the ground.
While the Earth Travel Technique doesn't necessarily require standing on the ground, it certainly has the greatest advantage when on the ground.
The gloomy man did not follow Jason into the sky. After staring at Jason for a while, he turned and charged towards the surrounding battle groups.
The enemy was Fiend mixed in with the bandits. It didn't matter if some bandits died, but Jason's side consisted of family members. He couldn't abandon his compatriots and compete with the enemy to see who could kill the fastest.
With a dive, Jason collided once again with the gloomy man who had turned to face him.