Chapter 263: The Attack of the Snow Wolves

Since both the God of Golden Sand and the God of Snow Brook were totem deities related to rivers, their relationship had always been good. They wanted to invite him to join them in their mission to boost their strength and avoid being looked down upon by those established legendary totem deities.

The God of Iron Bell, the God of Golden Sand, and Donald and their group boarded a magic ship and set sail northward by sea, planning to land in the central region of the White Mountain territory, where they would be not far from the Snow Brook Tribe.

At the speed of the magic ship, hundreds of kilometers of sea travel took just a few hours. Once ashore, Donald dismissed the magic ship.

The God of Golden Sand was both envious and amazed by this miraculous ship. However, as he was not yet very familiar with Donald and the others, he did not ask too many questions. It was the God of Iron Bell who, at Donald’s indication, explained that this magic ship had been seized from that legendary undead pirate captain who had dominated the southwestern seas for decades, scaring totem deities along the coast—precisely that ship that appeared and disappeared without a trace. The God of Golden Sand was utterly shocked.

He grew even more respectful toward these five mortal warriors led by Donald, not daring to treat them lightly because of their divine status.

Once on land, the temperature dropped significantly. Although it wasn’t extremely cold, it was no longer as hot as in the southern coastal areas.

After crossing several mountain ranges and traveling hundreds of kilometers northward, they saw snow and ice everywhere, with the temperature dropping around zero degrees.

“That’s the Snow Brook Tribe ahead. I’ll go greet them first and ask the God of Snow Brook to come out and welcome us!” With that, he prepared to fly off, but a young human mage raised his hand to stop him.

“What’s the matter?” If it had been any other mortal, the God of Golden Sand would have been upset, but he dared not lose his temper with this human mage who clearly held authority in the group.

Donald stared intently at the distant valley ahead and said slowly, “Something might be wrong. Look at how prepared that tribe seems to be. Perhaps they’re facing a great threat. Don’t approach yet. Just call out from a distance!”

Hearing this, the God of Golden Sand looked ahead and indeed saw that the Snow Brook Tribe no longer exhibited its usual lively scenes. The tribal gates were tightly closed, and many men were armed and on guard.

Seeing this, the God of Golden Sand grew anxious and quickly flew above the tribe, shouting inside.

“Xue Xi, it’s Jin Sha. How are things over there?” The voice came from afar, and soon a brilliant light rushed out from the tribe built along the valley, stopping mid-air to reveal the figure of a gentle-looking, handsome man.
“Jin Sha? Is that you? Great, it’s good that you’ve come!” The two deities gathered together and exchanged a few words. The deity Xue Xi glanced at Donald and the others in surprise before flying toward where the deity Tie Dang was, guided by Jin Sha.
“Lord Deity, this is my good friend, the deity Xue Xi. These are all human warriors summoned by the Supreme Deity as helpers!” Xue Xi seemed somewhat reserved in front of the legendary totem deity Tie Dang, who, on the other hand, was very welcoming, treating Xue Xi as if he were not an outsider at all, which made Jin Sha feel relieved.
After both sides took their seats in the temple of the deity Xue Fu within the tribe, Jin Sha finally asked, “Xue Xi, what’s going on here? Has some enemy attacked?”
Hearing this, Xue Xi replied with a helpless expression, “I can’t even talk about it. I was unlucky and ran into those bandits from the northwest. They declared that they would attack my Xue Xi tribe within half a month!”
“Is it the deity Snow Wolf? How did you get involved with it?”
Jin Sha asked anxiously, worried about his friend.
“It was all because of greed! Some time ago, I accidentally discovered a Snow Orchid in the snow mountains. I wanted to buy some followers from the deity Snow Ape, as my Xue Xi tribe is still too small. Before the deal could even happen, the deity Snow Wolf found out and set its sights on me. Unwilling to give up the treasure I had obtained, I returned to the tribe intending to complete the deal with the deity Snow Ape right away. By then, the Snow Orchid would no longer be in my possession, and since the deity Snow Ape is also a powerful legendary totem deity, I thought the Snow Wolf wouldn’t bother me anymore! But it seemed to have anticipated my plans. As soon as I returned, it brought its wolf pack to block the entrance. Knowing I couldn’t abandon my tribe and its people to flee alone with the treasure, it forced me to hand it over!”
Jin Sha said with a grim expression, “The Snow Orchid is one of the most valuable artifacts that can greatly assist those magical beasts on their path to divinity. Just one mature orchid can elevate them by one rank below demi-gods. It seems the Snow Wolf won’t give up!”
Donald and the others, who were listening, were confused and couldn’t help but look at Tie Dang, waiting for his explanation.

The Iron Bell Divine Horse immediately said, “That Snow Wolf Divine is a totem god who has been rampaging in the snowy mountains of the northwest for hundreds of years. As a fierce and cunning magical beast descended from a wolf king, it didn’t establish a tribe to recruit mortals. Instead, it led its wolf pack to plunder other divine tribes everywhere. With its great strength and cunning tactics, it has caused a lot of headaches for the gods in this region!”
Knowing the strength of these mortals, the Golden Sand Divine thought that Xue Xi would likely still have to rely on them to avoid this crisis, so he added, “Strangely, this Snow Wolf Divine has never tried to gain followers in its own territory. It only goes around plundering, not even sparing mortals from other tribes. Yet its strength grows faster than that of ordinary gods. In just a few years, it reached the legendary realm without seizing more territory. After becoming vastly stronger, the Snow Wolf Divine became even more unrestrained in its actions. Apart from those gods with strong backgrounds, weak gods like us with golden strength have always been its targets!” “Hmm! I understand. Let’s leave it to us to deal with this Snow Wolf Divine!”
Upon hearing this, Donald, who had learned a lot about the divine realm during this time, immediately thought of a possibility.
Like worship, fear is also one of the origins of faith and can be considered a form of faith power. The Demon God of Destruction in the abyss took fear caused by destruction as the source of its faith. The reason its primary function is destruction rather than fear is that destruction is both the cause and the means of fear.
The Snow Wolf Divine didn’t form its own tribe to gain followers, but it likely discovered by chance that causing fear among mortals through plundering could grant it faith power, leading it to adopt such a strategy.
In fact, Donald’s guess was quite accurate. That Snow Wolf Divine indeed obtained faith from the mortals of other totem god tribes through terrorist attacks, and it was widely despised by most gods in the northwest. However, the Snow Wolf Divine was very clever and never dared to target those totem gods with strong backgrounds or their tribes, allowing it to operate freely in the northwest without major problems so far.
Some weaker totem gods tried to unite to eliminate this threat posed by the Snow Wolf Divine, but it outwitted them all. Now that a divine artifact has appeared that can greatly enhance its strength and even push it toward the demi-god realm, it naturally won’t miss this opportunity.
Hearing that these mortals offered to help eliminate this major threat of the Snow Wolf Divine, the Xue Xi Divine was somewhat surprised and puzzled!

God Jinsha quickly gave a secret signal to God Xuexi, then said with a smile, “That’s great. With a few of us stepping in, even the Snow Wolf God, no matter how cunning, will surely suffer a heavy loss. But those thousands or tens of thousands of wolf packs under its control are indeed a problem—many of them are its descendants. Even if we kill the Snow Wolf God, it can revive through one of its powerful wolves!” “Oh? So this Snow Wolf has some tricks up its sleeve! But as long as you tell us where the Snow Wolf God’s lair is, we’re confident we can eradicate it completely!” Donald smiled faintly, his confident expression surprising God Xuexi, who was unaware of the situation. After all, even if those five mortals were legendary warriors, dealing with the Snow Wolf God would probably only result in driving it away; the chance of killing it completely was less than 10%. How could these mortals be so confident? God Jinsha didn’t have time to explain to his old friend—he had already sensed that these people were extraordinary. Even his deity, God Tiedang, seemed to regard one of the young mages with respect, which spoke volumes!