The Golden Horned Beast moved amidst the Law Masters' army from the Nine Smoke Marsh region. As the Golden Horned Beast and humans were distinct races, their auras naturally differed. Even the True Gods wouldn't recognize... that this Golden Horned Beast was actually Luo Feng from before. Moreover, in the Jin World, the concept of having separate avatars simply did not exist; no one would ever suspect it.

High above the Nine Smoke Marsh.

The six Void True Gods from both Mount Xuan Yu and the Nine Smoke Marsh were observing the scene below.

"They actually managed to escape like that!"

"This soldier is actually carrying a Law Master level exotic beast with him. Now, whether it's his former teammates or the fifty True Gods sent by the Nine Smoke Marsh to search for him... they won't be able to find him."

"He will certainly leave the Nine Smoke Marsh safely," all the Void True Gods concluded.

Jiu Yan also looked down and sighed softly, "To possess two treasures of the mechanical flow type, especially that battleship later on—although it should be a True God-grade mechanical treasure, its power is incredibly strong. It's a top-tier True God-grade mechanical item. Yet he is only a Law Master... By rights, he shouldn't be able to exchange for such fine mechanical treasures, but he has them. It seems he is highly valued within the army."

These six Void True Gods knew everything happening below.

But even they could not conceive... that the genius soldier and the exotic beast Golden Horned Beast were actually the different divine bodies of the same powerful being.

The Void True Gods governed the entire battlefield and understood everything.

Yet, they would not intervene, nor dared to. No one dared to provoke the underlying unspoken rules of the entire Jin World!

Time flowed, month after month passed, and the entire war situation neared its end.

"How is it impossible to find him?" Amidst the tribal warrior army of Mount Xuan Yu, the Captain was furious and unwilling to accept it. "Though the Nine Smoke Marsh is vast, the battlefields where Law Masters gather are limited. This new recruit, Galaxy, has nowhere else to run! After all this time, not a single sighting?"

"Captain, we truly cannot find him."

"We have searched everywhere."

"Nothing."

The soldiers replied through their communication tokens.

The Captain, however, was deeply reluctant to give up. Other soldiers didn't know, but he had personally witnessed Luo Feng kill that exotic beast True God, fully aware of the terrifying potential of this new recruit... His initial plan was merely to form a connection, but later envy of the massive military merit drove him to act. The last failure was regrettable enough; he only hadn't expected this new recruit to possess a battleship of the mechanical flow type.

But now, six months had passed, and the new recruit Galaxy had still not been located even once.

"It's impossible that he's not here. He must be in these areas. Search! If you don't want to die, search quickly! The hope of completing the army mission rests entirely on him," the Captain urged in desperation.

Even if he hadn't said it, those soldiers would already be giving their utmost effort.

"I refuse to believe it," the Captain grew truly anxious. "I have no choice but to relay the news to those two other factions."

"Yu Luo! Ku Fa! I'm sending you a piece of intelligence... Several months ago, the True God specializing in collecting the corpses of the Nine Smoke Marsh True Gods on the True God battlefield perished, and his body was snatched by the new recruit Galaxy. The new recruit Galaxy now possesses over thirty True God corpses, and he is currently hiding within the Nine Smoke Marsh." The Captain directly broadcast this information to a large number of soldiers under his command.

Except for Luo Feng.

Every other soldier received the message!

"What!"

"Impossible."

"That new recruit obtained over thirty True God corpses?"

"How could he possibly have escaped alive?" soldiers replied.

"Believe it or not, that is the intelligence. I have been tracking him for a long time, but he is too adept at hiding," the Captain said, unwilling to elaborate further. He trusted that under the threat of the army mission... the other soldiers would exert themselves fully to find Luo Feng, and with so many searching, the probability of success would greatly increase.

"Hmph."

The Captain thought to himself, "With the strength of this new recruit Galaxy, what chance do Yu Luo or Ku Fa have of succeeding? At best, they can help me locate the new recruit Galaxy."

In his heart, he held no regard for the factions of Yu Luo and Ku Fa.

Yu Luo's group of exotic beast soldiers were mingled within the Nine Smoke Marsh forces.

"In this long time, we have only acquired over ten thousand weapons and armor sets. This is barely enough to ensure two of us can complete the army mission. Moreover, it seems the fighting between Mount Xuan Yu and the Nine Smoke Marsh is starting to wane; it's estimated to end soon. Regardless of whether the new recruit Galaxy has True God corpses or not, we must investigate," Yu Luo roared via telepathic transmission.

"Investigate!"

"Track down the new recruit Galaxy."

In the eyes of the exotic beast soldiers flickered a wild desperation—the desperation brought on by the proximity of death.

Ku Fa's group of soldiers were mixed in with the Mount Xuan Yu faction.

"We have obtained over thirty thousand weapons and armor sets, but that is far from enough. Without the war, it would be impossible for us to gather even ten thousand more weapon and armor sets. Find... find the new recruit Galaxy," Ku Fa said, though habitually humble, facing death made him grasp at this last straw.

Among the Nine Smoke Marsh army.

Wu He received the message sent by the Captain.

"Over thirty True God corpses, Galaxy?" Wu He was greatly shocked, immediately followed by surging disbelief.

He refused to believe it, and was unwilling to believe it!

"The military merit I've gathered over this long time is still far short of ten thousand. Did he alone acquire so many True God corpses?" Wu He didn't want to accept it, but from the Captain's message, he sensed that this might actually be true; otherwise, no matter how vivid the Captain's imagination, he wouldn't invent such an absurd rumor.

Regret! Waves of regret washed over Wu He.

"If I had been with him back then, and he got thirty True God corpses, I wouldn't ask for much, maybe five or six for myself..." Wu He felt anxious, regretful, and unwilling.

All the soldiers in the Mang River Army unit who accepted the mission to the Nine Smoke Marsh were now searching for the location of the new recruit Galaxy.

But no matter how hard they searched, they could not find him.

It was as if... the new recruit Galaxy had already left the Nine Smoke Marsh!

"Everyone is looking for me?" Golden Horned Luo Feng had seen the figures of several soldiers in the distance several times within the exotic beast army, and had even spotted Wu He twice!

"Let them look; no matter how they search, they won't find me."

Golden Horned Luo Feng was settled in the swamp, half his body submerged in the water. Due to the prolonged fighting between the two sides, both had suffered heavy losses. By this stage... naturally, both sides had begun to restrain themselves, no longer willing to fight on in a frenzy. Many exotic beasts and tribal warriors had already retreated to defensive positions.

"Galaxy, Galaxy, this is Wu He." Golden Horned Luo Feng grinned, finally a soldier had contacted him.

"Oh, Wu He?" Luo Feng replied, "How are things? Have you gathered enough military merit?"

"No, ten thousand military merit is extremely difficult to accumulate," Wu He replied via transmission. "Galaxy, I just received news: the Captain, Ku Fa, and Yu Luo's three factions are now searching for you, hoping to acquire True God corpses from you. Moreover, they have classified me, a new recruit, as being in your group. I have been ostracized by them too!"

"Is that so?" Luo Feng responded.

"Galaxy, we both entered the Mang River Army together, both as new recruits. I am short quite a bit of military merit now. I’m not asking for much, could you perhaps give me one True God corpse to help me out? I will definitely trade you a treasure for it! I am willing to trade you the True God battle armor gifted to me by my father." Wu He spoke with anxious hope.

In Wu He's view, since they were both new recruits, and he was offering True God battle armor in exchange, it shouldn't be difficult.

"Trade?" Luo Feng mocked, "You want me to trade with you here in the Nine Smoke Marsh?"

Wu He immediately understood.

The new recruit Galaxy would certainly not reveal his location now, and thus would not come out to trade with him.

"Let's trade when we return to the military camp, return to the camp first," Wu He transmitted back immediately.

"You are somewhat clever," Luo Feng thought to himself. Since Wu He had managed to gather so many weapons and armor sets over time, and his father was the Master of the North True Sea, he likely possessed some genuine valuables. "We will trade when we are at the military camp. At that time, you must present treasures of sufficient weight; anything less will not do."

"Certainly, certainly," Wu He sighed in relief. He had been afraid Galaxy would simply stop responding to him.

Luo Feng, however, had already made his plans. He wondered what benefits he could acquire at the 'Armament Point' with one thousand military merit, and then he would naturally squeeze even more out of Wu He! For himself, one thousand military merit was merely adding icing to the cake. But for Wu He... it was a matter of life and death. If the army decided to kill him, even his father, the Master of the North True Sea, would not dare intervene.

Wu He contacted him first. Only a few days later, Ku Fa also contacted him.

However, Wu He understood things better. Ku Fa’s faction of soldiers did not possess many treasures to begin with, and could not withstand Luo Feng’s exploitation. Negotiations with Luo Feng broke down.

"Don't take me for a fool. Trading with you outside the military camp? Ha! Then you can just wait to die!" Luo Feng stated, and then ignored any further messages sent by Ku Fa’s side.

This was charity to begin with. He was offering a handout, and only then did the other party qualify to live. Dare to negotiate terms with him? Then they deserved to die!

This war lasted over a year.

As the six Void True Gods revealed themselves, the Mount Xuan Yu army began its retreat. "Boom—"

The Nine Smoke Marsh, previously sealed off by the void, returned to normal.

"Let's go!"

The mighty Mount Xuan Yu army began to break through the void and depart. Some soldiers from the Mang River Army, disguised as tribal warriors, quietly and quickly evaded the main force during the retreat, hiding near the edges of the Nine Smoke Marsh.

"We still haven't gathered enough military merit."

Ku Fa, Yu Luo, and the Captain, along with their three factions, watched the Mount Xuan Yu army rapidly receding in the sky, all deeply unwilling to accept the outcome. Once the main army left, they lost the opportunity to fish in troubled waters; things would be much harder now.

"Plunder!"

"The Captain's faction and Ku Fa's faction have certainly accumulated a lot of military merit. If we seize it! We will have a chance to survive," Yu Luo led his group of exotic beast soldiers, filled with infinite killing intent.

"Go seize the military merit," Ku Fa also growled low.

"If we want to survive, we must seize it," the Captain told the soldiers under his command.

The three factions of soldiers unreservedly chose to engage in a slaughter. Only through killing... would the strong survive and accumulate enough military merit! If the three factions separated, it was likely they would turn on each other internally.

On the edge of the vast Nine Smoke Marsh.

A Golden Horned Beast was stepping through the void, conversing with three other exotic beast Law Masters—these were friends the Golden Horned Beast had made during the war.

A moment later, they separated.

"Time to return to the military camp." Golden Horned Luo Feng glanced back at the endless, mist-shrouded Nine Smoke Marsh. He frankly cared little for the final outcome of the battles among the other soldiers of the Mang River Army; at the very least, he was returning with immense military merit this time.

Swish!

At the very outer perimeter, with a flash of teleportation, the Golden Horned Beast vanished from the Nine Smoke Marsh area.

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