The Approaching Enemy

The situation escalated rapidly as the Four Divine Beast Clan's turmoil spread outward from Hell.

More and more local forces suffered devastating blows, forcing them to flee to other cities.

Unfortunately, they didn't find peace for long as the next wave of the Four Divine Beast Clan arrived in their new cities.

They challenged the city lords, divided the city's resources, and suppressed the survival space of other clans...

If it wasn't for the fact that every city's main divine legion didn't belong to the Four Divine Beast main divine legion, these local forces might not have been able to escape at all.

They could only migrate to more remote small cities.

However, the traps set by the Four Divine Beast Clan earlier were effective.

Countless previously unknown small cities were engulfed in powerful fluctuations.

The city walls contaminated by the power of the main divine beings, as well as the magic arrays engraved on the walls, made life difficult for these remaining forces.

Even if they managed to infiltrate the cities, they would still be repelled by a group of people using the power of the main divine beings.

For a while, these remaining local forces could only band together to form tribes in order to obtain survival and cultivation resources.

Furthermore, lawlessness and looting became prevalent in various dangerous areas of Hell.

...

Huff, huff, huff...

A metallic being raced through the air, emitting a faint whistling sound.

In the mountains ahead, a pair of hateful eyes observed the appearance of this metallic being.

A few hundred kilometers away from this mountain range, there were dozens of stone houses and hundreds of people, both men and women.

They appeared to be a miniature tribe.

"Father, father..."

A young man suddenly rushed out of a room and hurriedly made his way towards the largest house.

This was a shabby conference hall with only a stone table and a dozen or so stone stools surrounding it.

At the top of the conference hall sat a man with fiery red hair.

Upon seeing his son rush in, the red-haired man asked, "Hmm? Ted, what's the matter?"

"Father, I saw a Four Divine Beast Clan's metallic being."

"What?"

The middle-aged man with fiery red hair stood up abruptly, grabbing his son by the collar. "Where?"

"Over in the Kolklala Mountains, judging from their direction of advance, they're heading towards the Zijin Continent's Fengyan Mansion. They're less than three hundred kilometers away from us."

"Three hundred kilometers..."

The red-haired middle-aged man released his grip on his son's clothes and paced back and forth in the hall.

After a few seconds, he gritted his teeth. "Ted, go gather all the elders in our clan."

"Yes, father."

Soon, over a dozen people were brought to the hall by the young man.

Each and every one of these people emitted a powerful aura.

All of them were Upper Gods.

"Clan Chief, why did you urgently summon us here? Is something wrong?"

"Yes."

"Just now, Ted told me that a Four Divine Beast Clan's metallic being is approaching from over three hundred kilometers away."

"What? The Four Divine Beast Clan?"

As soon as the red-haired middle-aged man spoke, the faces of the elders below turned pale.

Among them, there were expressions of anger, killing intent, shock, and fear.

Their clan was originally a major clan in Dawn City, with five Six-star Demon elders and thirty-four Five-star Demon elders. Clan Chief Kolklov was even a formidable figure with a Seven-star Demon-level power. Even the city lord had to give their clan some face in Dawn City.

However, over 300 years ago, the city of Shimoya experienced a drastic change. A seven-star demon of the Four Divine Beasts clan challenged the lord of Shimoya and ultimately used the power of the main god to kill the original lord, becoming the new lord of Shimoya.

Under the consent of the new lord, the Four Divine Beasts clan forcefully pressured the families within Shimoya to become affiliated clans under their rule.

On that day, a great battle erupted within Shimoya, and Kölkraff led his people to escape to their current location.

Under the pursuit of the Four Divine Beasts clan, their clan suffered heavy losses, and only around 400 people survived.

Even the elders fell, with two six-star demons and seven five-star demons perishing.

Fortunately, one of the six-star demon elders still had their main domain and managed to restore their strength after refining a divine essence.

But the other elder was left with only a mid-level divine avatar, greatly weakened in power.

"The shame our clan suffered in Shimoya must be repaid with the blood of the Four Divine Beasts clan."

"So, I want to annihilate this branch of the Four Divine Beasts clan. Who agrees? Who disagrees?"

"This..."

Hearing the clan leader's words, the dozen or so elders looked at each other.

"Clan leader, it's not that we don't want revenge, but the members of the Four Divine Beasts clan have too much power from the main god. Under the amplification of the main god's power, we would just be sending ourselves to death."

"Elders, based on the intelligence we've gathered over the years, the majority of the metal lifeforms in the Four Divine Beasts clan are led by six-star demons, with only a few being led by seven-star demons."

"What we encountered in Shimoya was a team led by a seven-star demon."

"And within this metal lifeform, there is a high possibility that it is led by a team of six-star demons."

"A six-star demon, using the power of the main god, can indeed rival me in strength for a short period of time. But when their power from the main god is exhausted, they definitely won't be a match for me."

"And besides, the power of the main god is not exclusive to them!"

Saying this, Kölkraff took out a spatial ring.

"This is a spatial ring I looted after killing a member of the Four Divine Beasts clan in Shimoya. Luckily, this guy didn't have any other divine avatars."

With a movement of Kölkraff's divine sense, he drew out the crimson power of the main god from the ring.

"Here, there are seven drops of power from the main god. I'll keep three, and each of the four six-star demon elders will have one."

"When the time comes, we will all use the power of the main god and strive to annihilate this branch of the Four Divine Beasts clan in the shortest amount of time."

"Think about it, by killing one member of the Four Divine Beasts clan, we obtain seven drops of power from the main god. So how much power from the main god can we obtain by annihilating this entire branch?"

"Let's do it!"

Kölkraff had just finished speaking when several elders stood up and shouted.

"Hahaha, good, it's worthy of our Yorl clan's elders. You all have courage."

Kölkraff was overjoyed and guided the four drops of crimson power of the main god in the air to each of the four six-star demon elders, and then stored the remaining three drops in the spatial ring.

"Elders, there's no time to waste. Let's set off now!"