Beast True Gods were furious, and even the True Gods from the Xuan Yu Mountain faction were stunned. It was utterly unbelievable that a Lord of Law could kill a True God in such a short time. Fortunately, the Lord of Law had seized the corpse of a True God belonging to the Nine Smoke Marsh side, so Xuan Yu Mountain was not overly concerned.

But Nine Smoke Marsh was frantic!

"The corpses of our Nine Smoke Marsh brothers, over thirty corpses—we must retrieve them, we must retrieve them all," roared the Beast True God with three golden horns.

"Retrieve them!" "Retrieve them!"

Thousands of Beast True Gods bellowed. After all, the entire population of True Gods in Nine Smoke Marsh was limited; they knew each other well. Among those thirty-plus True God corpses might be those of their close sworn brothers. Dying honorably in battle was a warrior's fate, but they would still give the bodies a solemn burial afterward. Yet now, more than thirty brother-corpses had been snatched away, and by a mere Lord of Law! How could they endure such an insult?

"Baku Chou, lead a team to seize that Lord of Law and reclaim the bodies of our Nine Smoke Marsh brothers," commanded the three-horned Beast True God. "I will definitely capture him."

Boom!

Streams of light shot out across the high heavens, rapidly pursuing the direction Luo Feng had fled. A full fifty streams of light pierced the void and sped away.

"They value me highly," Luo Feng murmured. He had already been constantly changing direction amidst the thick weeds of the Nine Smoke Marsh, slowing his speed so as not to stir any ripple, steadily moving away from this battlefield of True Gods. The changes in his direction meant the fifty True Gods pursuing him were heading completely astray.

"Fifty True Gods coming after me—and these are not the half-baked True Gods from before. More than half of these fifty True Gods possess True God Battle Armor," Luo Feng thought. Though confident, he dared not allow himself to be surrounded by these fifty.

It was a full fifty True Gods.

Moreover, True Gods from the Jin World were generally a notch stronger than those in the Cosmic Sea, and without their divine power being suppressed in the Jin World, their strength could spike by two full tiers. Even the most ordinary Eight-Hoofed Beast True God’s secret technique was barely an eighth-tier mastery, but its power could surge to almost ninth-tier level when it fought Luo Feng. It was already injured when they fought, so its strength was considered only peak eighth-tier. Without the protection of True God Battle Armor, it had been hacked to death by Luo Feng!

"If I were surrounded by these fifty, it might be even more terrifying than being besieged by five hundred True Gods from the Cosmic Sea." "Even aboard the Tomb Ship, I wouldn't be absolutely certain of escaping."

Luo Feng dared not be careless.

Whoosh!

He subtly shifted course, constantly changing direction unpredictably, moving toward the outer perimeter of the Nine Smoke Marsh. The war between Nine Smoke Marsh and Xuan Yu Mountain involved too many powerful entities. With over ten thousand True Gods engaged on both sides, sending fifty True Gods to capture Luo Feng had negligible impact on Nine Smoke Marsh's overall strength.

At the periphery of the True God battlefield.

Whoosh!

The Captain quietly and swiftly retreated: "Fifty True Gods from Nine Smoke Marsh are hunting the recruit Yin He. I just hope they don't capture me instead of Yin He." Because his location was completely opposite to Luo Feng's, the Captain spent several days secretly returning to the battlefield area of the Lords of Law. Only then did he finally settle down, disguising himself as a tribal warrior of Xuan Yu Mountain, and began to blend into the surging chaos of the massive battle.

"This recruit Yin He is actually this strong," the Captain recalled the scene of Luo Feng killing a True God while mixing with the army. "Too formidable. I must deploy my mechanical flow treasures; then I will have the strength to contend with him." "Over thirty True God corpses—that’s an immense amount of military merit. It could buy another mechanical flow treasure. If I get another one, I’d be confident of surviving even a Reincarnation-level mission. Then, I can safely temper myself within the army, and once I become a True God, I can attain higher inheritances and become even stronger."

A flicker of greed crossed the Captain’s grey eyes. He desired those corpses! "How to get them?" A thought struck the Captain, and an idea formed.

"Everyone," the Captain immediately transmitted via the communication token to the dozen soldiers under his command. "Captain." "Captain." "What are your orders, Captain?" "Captain."

They all responded.

The Captain continued transmitting: "A few days ago, the Eight-Hoofed Beast True God among the Nine Smoke Marsh True Gods, the one specifically responsible for collecting corpses, was killed by other True Gods on the battlefield. At that critical moment, the recruit Yin He suddenly emerged and snatched the corpse of that Eight-Hoofed Beast True God! He then managed to escape miraculously!"

"What!" "He obtained the corpse of the Eight-Hoofed Beast True God?" "That corpse-collecting beast?"

Every soldier was shocked.

The Captain confirmed: "Yes, that Beast True God. Recruit Yin He seized that corpse, and naturally, he also took the numerous treasures dropped by that Beast True God, including the item holding those vast numbers of True God corpses. That Beast True God had previously collected over thirty True God corpses! Now, all of it is in the hands of Recruit Yin He!"

The seventeen soldiers scattered across various regions of the Nine Smoke Marsh Lords of Law battlefield trembled, their hearts pounding with avarice. Over thirty True God corpses! What an astronomical amount of military merit!

"The True Gods of Nine Smoke Marsh are furious, and fifty True Gods are currently scouring all parts of the battlefield, frantically searching for Recruit Yin He."

The Captain transmitted further: "They intend to capture Yin He…"

"I saw them too just now. There were quite a few Beast True Gods flying around the battlefield. I was wondering why they weren't fighting," "I saw them too." "I saw quite a few Beast True Gods yesterday."

The soldiers responded one by one.

The Captain stated immediately: "Those Beast True Gods are still flying around aimlessly, clearly indicating they haven't caught Recruit Yin He yet. Moreover, the entire Nine Smoke Marsh is currently isolated from the outside world by Void True Gods, meaning Recruit Yin He must be within the Nine Smoke Marsh boundaries. If he’s within Nine Smoke Marsh territory, yet those Beast True Gods can't find him, there is only one possibility... he must be mixed in with the Xuan Yu Mountain army."

"Right." "Yes, he must be mixed in with the Xuan Yu Mountain army. Since Xuan Yu Mountain and Nine Smoke Marsh are enemies, if he hides among the Xuan Yu Mountain Lords of Law army, those Beast True Gods from Nine Smoke Marsh wouldn't dare to storm into the ranks of the Lords of Law."

True Gods were powerful. But when tens of thousands, or even more, Lords of Law gathered together, even True Gods dared not charge in.

"Everyone," the Captain commanded, "Those Beast True Gods cannot enter the Xuan Yu Mountain ranks, but we can. We will now disperse and start searching. Once we spot Recruit Yin He, we must immediately notify the other soldiers. We will quickly assemble and execute the combined technique to deal with Recruit Yin He." "Do we have confidence in killing Recruit Yin He?" "Recruit Yin He is very strong."

The soldiers replied one after another.

The Captain, however, said: "I know, killing him will be difficult. But the most important thing right now is not to expose ourselves! If we threaten him and force him to hand over the majority of the True God corpses, he can keep a small portion. If he refuses to yield and lets the Beast True Gods know where he is, he is finished."

"True, it's hard for us to accumulate enough military merit. Either way, it’s death; we might as well threaten him! Drag him down to die with us!" "He will definitely hand them over." "He has so many True God corpses; just one would be enough for me." "Force him to hand them over."

The soldiers immediately filled with intense desire.

In the eyes of the Captain, whose words were transmitted through the communication tokens, a trace of coldness appeared. Everything unfolded as he predicted. He hadn't even mentioned that Recruit Yin He had personally slain that Beast True God in combat. By omitting that detail, his seventeen subordinates would naturally have high morale and would not fear Luo Feng.

"Although Recruit Yin He is strong, those soldiers each possess True God Battle Armor; killing them won't be easy," the Captain thought secretly. "They know I might be using them, but for the sake of the army mission, they will still fight hard."

"No matter what, the majority of these True God corpses must belong to me," the Captain’s eyes showed a hint of madness. He had initially considered befriending Luo Feng. But upon seeing the temptation of immense military merit, he chose a different path. Ultimately… One's own inherent strength was the greatest guarantee of survival.

"Can't find him." "That Lord of Law has vanished; he can't be found at all." The Beast True Gods were scattered across various points of the Nine Smoke Marsh battlefield, searching rapidly.

"He must be hiding among the Xuan Yu Mountain army; he must be mixed in with the massive numbers of Lords of Law." "It must be him!"

All these Beast True Gods guessed this, yet knowing it, they absolutely dared not charge into the huge armies of Lords of Law.

Whether the Beast True Gods or the Captain's group of soldiers, they all suspected Luo Feng was within the Xuan Yu Mountain army. And in reality, that was precisely the case.

"Hiding anywhere else carries the danger of discovery. But here, they know I am present, yet the Beast True Gods dare not intrude," Luo Feng thought, blending in with the roaring, surging mass of tribal warriors battling the beasts. He was one among tens of thousands of tribal warriors. The battle looked chaotic. But if any True God dared to charge in, if a Beast True God rushed in, all the tribal warriors would instinctively unite their attacks and sweep them away. If a True God from the tribe attacked, then all the Lords of Law beasts would also unite their attacks and sweep them away. This was an unspoken rule! Lords of Law maintained a fair war. If a True God dared to interfere, they couldn't be blamed for the joint retaliation.

"There are several battle zones like the Nine Smoke Marsh where large groups of tribal warriors congregate. The Beast True Gods clearly suspect I am in one of these locations, yet they dare not investigate. Once the war ends, I can leave the Nine Smoke Marsh quickly," Luo Feng patiently waited.

One month passed, then another.

In the blink of an eye, Luo Feng had been mixed in with the Xuan Yu Mountain tribal warrior army for over three months. With his strength, staying within this army was incredibly easy for him.

Just as Luo Feng was enjoying his comfortable days, waiting for the moment to leave—

"Kill the scraps of Nine Smoke Marsh!" Luo Feng, massive and tall, his long hair disheveled like a wild man, roared as he swept across the sky with other tribal warriors to engage in battle. Suddenly, his speed sharply decelerated.

"Hm?" Luo Feng swept his gaze. In the distance, a tribal warrior was looking over...

"Yin He," the tribal warrior grinned, his mouth moving. Though no sound was made, Luo Feng understood the meaning.

"It's one of the soldiers under the Captain of the three small groups," Luo Feng immediately identified.

This is the second update; there will be a third update today! x To be continued.

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