Chapter 0293: Is It Too Late to Go?

The golden mist dispersed, revealing a five-clawed golden dragon hundreds of feet long before everyone.
This five-clawed golden dragon was identical to the one that had emerged from the giant golden mountain. In their understanding, it differed slightly from the Dragon God of the Netherworld—having two huge coral horns on its forehead and even greater dragonly power.
As the five-clawed golden dragon appeared, it let out a thunderous roar that could be heard within a million miles.
Even Hamidun, who was thousands of miles away, felt his ears ring and his expression change. If Hamidun was affected like this, there was no need to mention the Ice Guards of Ice Jade Peak.
The yellow dragon transformed into its five-clawed golden dragon form and activated the “Water-Fire Primordial Dragon Art.” Water and fire surged violently, overwhelming everything in their path. In a mere swirl, it appeared before Hamidun’s three divine bodies. Its five claws extended, causing even the stable space of the Netherworld to tremble slightly.
Hamidun’s three divine bodies were flung backward one after another, crashing onto a mountain thousands of miles away and sinking deep into it. Meanwhile, the divine essences of earth, wind, and fire fell into the yellow dragon’s palms.
“Three divine bodies… do you want me dead?” came the yellow dragon’s indifferent voice.
Hamidun was trapped deep in the mountain, struggling to escape but finding no way to exert force. His entire body seemed to have lost sensation.
Although his main divine body was not a higher-tier god, it already possessed the four primal forces of earth. Yet it still couldn’t withstand a single strike from the opponent.
“How fast! Such immense power!” Hamidun was shocked.
The final strike from that black-haired youth in dragon form was at least equivalent to that of a mid-tier god with five primal forces. What terrified him even more was the opponent’s identity.
A dragon form? A descendant of the Runing family from the Nia continent?!
Just as Heber and Devitt had guessed earlier that the yellow dragon was a descendant of the Runing family from Nia, Hamidun also mistook it for one.
The yellow dragon instantly flung Hamidun’s three divine bodies away. Only then did Bog, Gusta, Heber, Fergil, and the others appear, gathering behind the yellow dragon. Meanwhile, the six thousand lower-tier gods of the Six Peaks surrounded the few hundred Ice Guards of Ice Jade Peak.
For a moment, the remaining five or six hundred Ice Guards of Ice Jade Peak dared not move.
It was then that Hamidun managed to break free from the mountain. Seeing Heber, Fergil, and the others from Black Iron Peak and Autumn Water Peak gathered behind the yellow dragon, his expression changed. He seemed to understand the real reason why Heber and the others from Black Iron Peak dared not pay tribute to Ice Jade Peak.
Hamidun felt betrayed—Heber, Fergil, and the others dared to ally with outsiders to betray Ice Jade Peak!

After his anger subsided, Hamidun watched Huang Long in shock. He simply couldn’t understand how Huang Long had managed to subdue Heber and the others from Black Iron Peak without alerting Ice Jade Peak. What was even more puzzling was that not even Iron Blood Peak or Goddess Peak seemed to know about it.
“Are you from the Runing family of the Yan Yi continent?!” Hamidun tried to keep his tone calm.
“The Runing family?” Huang Long shook his head.
“Not?!” Hamidun felt relieved, while Heber and the others were astonished. Could it be that their master wasn’t from the Runing family? Even after Huang Long revealed his dragon form, they had assumed he belonged to that family.
“Heber, Fergil, how dare you betray Ice Jade Peak!” Once convinced that Huang Long wasn’t from the Runing family, Hamidun snapped coldly, pointing at Heber and the others behind Huang Long.
Although Huang Long was incredibly powerful, Ice Jade Peak still didn’t impress him. Moreover, if he wanted to leave, not even a supreme god could hold him back.
Once back at Ice Jade Peak, they would report to the chief leader, and then they would wipe out this dark-haired youth along with Heber and the others from the six peaks.
Hearing Hamidun’s threats, Heber and the others didn’t panic but laughed instead. “Hamidun, stop talking nonsense. Your master’s power is beyond your imagination. If you’re sensible, join us now, and maybe your master will spare your life. Ice Jade Peak? My master will destroy it sooner or later!”
Hamidun and the Ice Guard of Ice Jade Peak were stunned. They hadn’t expected Heber and the others to be so utterly loyal to this dark-haired youth. In their opinion, it shouldn’t take long for him to subdue them—time was on their side, and people’s loyalty was unstable. With a little pressure, they might turn against the youth. Even if not, they surely wouldn’t dare speak to him like this. In the past, every chief leader they met would bow low in submission. These Heber and the others actually dared to rebel!
Huang Long had originally intended to subdue Hamidun, but now, after seeing him, he resolved to destroy him. Too lazy to waste words, he waved his hand, pointed at Hamidun, and ordered Heber and the others, “Kill him!”
“Yes, master!” Heber and the others replied respectfully, their voices filled with excitement.
Hamidun, who had once been a high-ranking envoy of the mighty Ice Jade Peak, had always acted arrogantly during the rotations among the peaks, sometimes even scolding them when he felt like it. Over millions of years, they had harbored deep resentment toward him. Before, they dared only hate but not speak out. Now, they could finally avenge themselves!
“Hamidun, this is your day!” Heber from Black Iron Peak sneered coldly.

Watching Heber and the seventeen mid-tier gods fly toward him, Hamidun’s expression changed. No matter how strong he was, with his three divine bodies of mid-tier gods, he could never be a match for Heber’s seventeen mid-tier gods. If he were surrounded, he would be doomed!
“Hmph, Heber, you think you can trap me?” Hamidun sneered as Heber and the others flew toward him, then turned and fled with his three divine bodies.
As for the fate of the Ice Guards on Ice Jade Peak, it depended on their own luck.
Seeing this, Huang Long calmly formed a spell with his hands, activating the Twelve Heavenly Fiend Gods Formation. The Twelve Ancestral Witches reappeared—Gonggong, the Ancestral Witch of Water, had two black dragons spewing torrential black water from beneath him, while Zhurong, the Ancestral Witch of Fire, had two fire dragons opening their mouths, sending seas of fire everywhere. Hou Tu, the Ancestral Witch of Earth, and the others also launched attacks.
No matter how strong Hamidun was, he couldn’t withstand the attacks of the Twelve Ancestral Witches.
The three divine bodies of mid-tier gods frantically tried to dodge.
Yet many of the Ice Guards on Ice Jade Peak suffered greatly. Hit by the attacks of the various ancestral witches, they cried out in pain.
Tian Wu, the Ancestral Witch of Wind, summoned a gray hurricane—those caught in it had their divine bodies reduced to dust. Qiangliang, the Ancestral Witch of Thunder, sent lightning nets—those touched turned to ashes.
After this attack, only a pitiful few hundred Ice Guards remained on Ice Jade Peak. More than five thousand lower-tier gods from Black Iron Peak surrounded them, swarming like tigers and wolves and instantly overwhelming the Ice Guards.
Hit by the attacks of the Twelve Ancestral Witches, Hamidun was forced to retreat. Heber and his seventeen companions surrounded him, quickly unleashing their divine essences to strike Hamidun hard, eager not to let others seize the chance to kill him.
Seeing that Heber and the others treated him as easy prey, Hamidun was filled with anger and shock. He roared, trying to break through their siege, but under the relentless attacks of Heber’s seventeen mid-tier gods, his strength was not enough to escape.
Unless he could burrow underground like Huang Long had done against the Xide of the Lan Si family!
But despite the strength of his earth-based divine body, he was still just a mid-tier god and had not grasped the principle of “unity” in the earth element.
Finally, under the combined attacks of the seventeen mid-tier gods, Hamidun’s main divine body could no longer evade. With a deep sound, he was struck by Heber. The same happened to his wind and fire divine avatars. In short order, they were in grave danger. If this continued, it was only a matter of time before Hamidun was destroyed.
At that moment, tens of thousands of miles away from Taiyi Peak, a group of people was heading toward it.

“KunNeil, we’re not arriving too late, are we? If we get there just in time and Hamidun has already defeated Heber and the others from Black Iron Peak, then our trip will have been for nothing!” Markohin said, her voice tinged with urgency.
This group was none other than the members of Iron Blood Peak and Goddess Peak, who intended to reap the benefits of others’ struggles.
From Black Iron Peak, waves of divine energy were constantly emanating.
“Don’t worry. I’ve calculated the time precisely. No matter how strong Hamidun is, he’s only on par with us. Even if the thousand Ice Guards want to defeat Black Iron Peak and the others, it will take some time—they can’t do it that quickly!” KunNeil from Iron Blood Peak said, sounding confident of victory.
“Still, just to be safe, let’s speed up a bit. It’s better to arrive early,” KunNeil added after a moment of thought.
Markohin nodded, and the two immediately ordered their subordinates to hasten forward.
Thus, over a thousand divine-level warriors from Iron Blood Peak and Goddess Peak, led by KunNeil and Markohin, accelerated toward Black Iron Peak.
It wasn’t long before they arrived. As soon as they did, they saw Hamidun’s three divine bodies wounded and roaring in pain under the attacks of Heber and his seventeen men. What shocked them even more was the sight of more than five thousand lower-tier gods from Black Iron Peak’s six peaks fiercely attacking the three hundred barely surviving Ice Guards.
It took some time before KunNeil, Markohin, and the others realized what was happening.
They swallowed hard; KunNeil felt a lump in his throat.
Before coming here, they had considered various possibilities of Hamidun leading the three thousand Ice Guards to defeat Black Iron Peak’s six peaks, but they had never imagined such an outcome.
How could this be? The thousand Ice Guards were now reduced to just three hundred!
And yet, the six peaks of Heber had united?! Weren’t Black Iron Peak and Autumn Water Peak long-time enemies, hostile to each other?!
Finally, KunNeil, Markohin, and the others noticed the presence of Huang Long and Bog and the others.
At that moment, Huang Long and Bog were standing high in the sky, watching coldly from afar. Huang Long was aware of KunNeil and the others’ arrival but ignored them. Sensing their gazes, Huang Long glanced over as well.
KunNeil, Markohin, and the others felt uneasy.
That dark-haired young man wasn’t from the Dragon Mountain Range.
In the Dragon Mountain Range, there were only so many powerful beings at the mid-tier god level or above, and they naturally recognized them.
So, who was this dark-haired young man? Could he be related to what was happening here?
Yet, no matter how they guessed, KunNeil, Markohin, and the others couldn’t be sure that Heber and the others from Black Iron Peak’s six peaks had all submitted to this strange dark-haired young man.

“Quinniel, Markohin!” At that moment, Hamidun, who was in a desperate situation, was overjoyed to see Quinniel, Markohin, and the others appear. He exclaimed loudly, “You two came at just the right time. Heber and the others have joined forces with outsiders to betray Ice Jade Peak. If we work together to capture and kill them, Ice Jade Peak will surely reward you both greatly!”