Chapter 0231: Coming to Take Your Heads

More than two months later, Huang Long and his group finally arrived at the domain planet of the Red Flame Star Region—Red Flame Star!
From the outside of the starry sky, Red Flame Star was enveloped in a thin layer of fiery energy. As this energy flowed, it appeared crystal-clear and mesmerizing, possessing an eerie beauty.
“The fire elements here are several times denser than in ordinary places!” Simpu from the Phoenix Clan exclaimed as they passed through the energy barrier and landed on the surface of Red Flame Star.
The Phoenix Clan was more sensitive to fire elements than others. As soon as they entered Red Flame Star, they felt as though their entire bodies were surrounded by fire elements—its density was even comparable to that around the wutong trees on their Phoenix Island. No wonder he was amazed.
Sea God Apton also nodded, but as a Water Divine Beast with red eyes, he had an aversion to fire. After entering Red Flame Star, he felt disgusted.
While Simpu and the others from the Phoenix Clan were in awe, Huang Long expanded his divine sense and heavenly vision to explore the surroundings.
In the starry sky, his divine sense and heavenly vision were somewhat restricted, but on the surface of the planet, they were unaffected. However, his senses were limited in space—perhaps due to the magnetic storms existing in the Heavenly Cloud Dimensional Space, he guessed.
Under Huang Long’s divine sense and heavenly vision, everything within a radius of two thousand li around them was clearly visible. When he retracted his senses, he frowned.
There were so many powerful beings on Red Flame Star? Not to mention the ones from the Holy Realm, even just now, under his divine sense, he had encountered a being from the Divine Realm.
“Brother Huang Long, it’s been two months now. Why hasn’t the Lord of the Glass Domain shown any reaction?” Long Yi asked.
During these two months, they had learned that the Glass Fire Beast they captured was actually the thirteenth son of the Lord of the Glass Domain! Upon learning this, everyone grew worried. But to their surprise, the Glass Domain hadn’t shown any reaction at all over the past two months, as if nothing had happened.
“Could it be that nothing is happening because we’re in the Red Flame Star Region? Will they take action once we leave?” Sea God Apton also looked puzzled.
“That’s unlikely,” Simpu from the Phoenix Clan said with a frown.
“I heard the Lord of the Glass Domain is cruel and heartless by nature. We captured his thirteenth son—could he be hiding something and planning something?” Beilin said worriedly.
Everything was too quiet. It was precisely this silence that was abnormal. Unknown dangers were even more terrifying.

Huang Long did not speak. Suddenly, his mind stirred, and he turned his head, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes. At that moment, two enormous black bone hands appeared—one reaching toward Huang Long’s back and the other toward Long Yi. Given the strength of those claws, if they landed firmly, it was likely that holes would be torn through Huang Long and Long Yi’s bodies.

The situation changed too quickly. Earlier, Long Yi had not sensed anything at all and only reacted when those giant bone hands were just a few yards away.

“Be careful!” Sea God Apton, along with Phoenix clan members Simp and Belin, all paled, but it was already too late to intervene.

Huang Long gave a cold snort, struck back with a reverse blow. Purple lightning crackled as water and fire dragons coiled around him. At that instant, a flash of light appeared above Long Yi’s head, with streams of colored light descending—these were the Five Directions Flags summoned by Huang Long, accompanied by a loud roar.

Then, a soft gasp was heard.

Everyone looked up and saw a tall figure shrouded in thick black mist hovering in the air. This tall figure also retreated after being struck by Huang Long, seemingly unprepared for Huang Long to dodge his attack and push him back, hence the gasp.

Pushed back by Huang Long, the tall figure retreated further, and then space twisted as it disappeared.

Sea God Apton and the others’ expressions changed.

“A divine-level powerhouse!”

The strength displayed by this tall figure shrouded in black mist was undoubtedly that of a lower-tier divine powerhouse.

Although Long Yi was protected by the Five Directions Flags summoned by Huang Long, he still retreated under that strike, spitting out blood and turning pale.

Sea God Apton and the others were shocked and then looked around warily.

At that moment, a green glow flashed in Huang Long’s hand as the Green Rainbow Sword appeared. He leaped into the air, his eyes filled with killing intent, and slashed at a void in midair.

With Huang Long’s magical energy infused into it, the Green Rainbow Sword emitted a sword beam hundreds of yards long that vanished in an instant. Then, a dull sound came from the sky.

The lower-tier divine being who had disappeared earlier and had attacked Huang Long and Long Yi reappeared before everyone. Once again, he was pushed back by Huang Long, his blood-red eyes showing a look of disbelief.

This was something he had never encountered in hundreds of thousands of years—a divine realm powerhouse who could see through his hidden location?

“Very good, very good!” Two consecutive phrases of praise came from the black mist, the voice cold as if one were in an ice cellar.

The yellow dragon stood in the air, staring at the other party with a cold gaze. “Was the Lord of the Crystal Realm who sent you?”
“Exactly!” The lower god in the black mist replied bluntly, leaving everyone stunned.
“To save Jeffrey?” the yellow dragon said coldly.
At that moment, the lower god in the black mist burst into laughter, causing the yellow dragon to frown.
After a while, the laughter stopped, and a hint of mockery flashed in the lower god’s blood-red eyes. “That wretch isn’t even worth my effort!”
“I’m here only to take your heads as proof of my mission!”
Hearing this, Neptune Apton and the others were shocked, then filled with anger. In particular, Long Yi, who had been severely injured by the attack, roared angrily, soared into the air, and stood beside the yellow dragon, glaring at it.
Neptune Apton and the others also flew up and gathered around the yellow dragon, staring at it coldly.
“What? Do you want to fight?” The lower god in the black mist sneered mockingly.
Seeing the mocking look, Long Yi and the others grew even angrier. But since the yellow dragon didn’t move and given the other party’s astonishing strength earlier, they refrained from attacking for now.
“Over the past four hundred thousand years, more than a thousand lower gods have died at my hands. As for the powerful beings in the divine realms? Hehe, there are so many I can’t even count!” As Long Yi and the others were filled with rage, the other party spoke in a cold voice.
They were stunned, then their hearts sank in shock.
Over four hundred thousand years, more than a thousand lower gods had died at its hands!
Whether what the other party said was true or not, it at least showed that it was among the strongest among lower gods.
Even among lower gods, there were differences in strength.
For example, a lower god who had practiced for thousands of years was vastly different from one who had practiced for hundreds of thousands or even millions of years. Generally, the longer one practiced, the deeper their understanding of the laws would be, and the stronger their attacks would become.
Of course, this wasn’t absolute.
Some people had extraordinary talent and could catch up to those who had practiced for hundreds of thousands of years after just a few thousand years of cultivation.
Moreover, understanding of the laws wasn’t the only criterion for measuring strength. A lower god with weak attack power could still make up for it if they possessed a powerful low-grade divine artifact.
Four hundred thousand years? The yellow dragon sneered inwardly.
In the Pangu World, countless billions of years ago, countless Golden Immortals had died at its hands.
During the ancient times of chaos, when the dragon, phoenix, and qilin clans fought each other in a great war, involving hundreds of billions of beings—such a scene was beyond the comprehension of these mere lower gods.

The lower-tier god who attacked Huang Long and the others under a veil of dark mist was none other than Black Magic, sent by the ruler of theglass Domain, Darnell, to take their lives. After recounting his past victories and seeing the shocked expressions on Long Yi and the others’ faces, Black Magic felt proud. Yet when his gaze fell on Huang Long’s face and he saw the mocking look in his eyes, he was stunned. A hint of anger flashed across his face, but Huang Long’s strength had exceeded his expectations. Suddenly, Huang Long’s afterimage flashed and he disappeared; when he reappeared, he was already in front of Black Magic. With a cold expression, Huang Long swung his Green Rainbow Sword downward. From this strike, countless sword beams erupted and converged into a sword dragon, which instantly rushed at Black Magic. “Take our lives?” came Huang Long’s mocking voice. Although this lower-tier god sent by the ruler of theglass Domain was strong, how could he compare to the original Hell Demigods Fran andSith? Fran andSith were true upper-tier gods. Though their divine essences were damaged, forcing them to operate at the level of lower-tier gods, they were by no means comparable to this insignificant lower-tier god. Seeing the sword dragon charging at him and hearing Huang Long’s mocking words, Black Magic was both terrified and enraged. He roared loudly and slammed his hands at the sword dragon. With each strike, giant black bone hands appeared on the sword dragon, surrounded by patches of white mist. This white mist was not the power of the God of Light but that of the God of Death. Black Magic practiced one of the laws of death. Yet to his horror, the giant black bone hands he created disintegrated and vanished before the sword dragon, while the sword dragon’s light only dimmed, continuing to charge forward. What kind of law was this? Light? No! Fire or water elements? Also not! In shock, ignoring everything else, Black Magic unleashed his divine essence. A sickly green light burst forth as he rose into the air, shaking the air currents on Red Flame Star. At the same time, the power of death flowed continuously, attacking the sword dragon. Wherever it passed, everything on the ground rotted. Although he also practiced the laws of death like Fran andSith, the power of death emitted by Black Magic’s divine essence was different from theirs. His divine essence’s power of death carried a terrifying corrosive effect. Seeing the opponent unleash his divine essence and cause everything on the ground to rot, wither, and die, Long Yi and the others were shocked and quickly stepped back.