Chapter 0300: Continuing the Hunt

The Ice Jade Peak army pressed on!
Yet after two attempts at assassination, the death of two mid-tier gods and around five hundred lower-tier gods, the Ice Jade Peak army became somewhat cautious, rising to action at the slightest sign of trouble!
During the second assassination attempt, Hebrew noticed something amiss in the canyon ahead—indeed, something was very wrong, as the Yellow Dragon had set up a small magic array there.
Since the array was hastily constructed, it wasn’t surprising that Hebrew detected it. And as the Yellow Dragon had anticipated, Hebrew ordered a detour. The moment they took the detour, their vigilance would surely slacken, and that was exactly when the Yellow Dragon planned to strike.
Since the Ice Jade Peak army remained on high alert, the Yellow Dragon had to create an opportunity for them to lower their guard.
Watching the Ice Jade Peak army move forward with trepidation, the Yellow Dragon knew he had achieved half of his goal. But that wasn’t enough—he wanted to completely destroy their confidence to move forward and plunge them into fear!
Thus, what followed was the true beginning of a nightmare for the Ice Jade Peak army!
When the Ice Jade Peak army was still one day’s journey away from the Taiyi Peak, their morale had already begun to waver, filled with complaints. Even Fini suggested twice to Hebrew that they retreat to Ice Jade Peak.
By then, Ice Jade Peak had lost five mid-tier gods and over a thousand lower-tier gods!
Even if they continued forward and reached the Taiyi Peak, they would no longer pose a threat.
Along the way, Hebrew roared in fury—what angered him most was that the enemy would stop after killing one mid-tier god and two to three hundred lower-tier gods each time. As for their whereabouts, he couldn’t detect them at all. Not only that, he didn’t even know whether they were male or female or what they looked like!
Seeing the terrified and resentful expressions on the faces of the Ice Jade Peak soldiers, Hebrew sighed inwardly.
“Retreat!”
Finally, as they neared Ice Jade Peak, Hebrew ordered a withdrawal.
At the moment of his order, the people of Ice Jade Peak, who had been under the shadow of death, relaxed, with some even letting out soft cheers. Then, the Ice Jade Peak army turned and headed back.
Perched high in the sky, the Yellow Dragon watched the retreating army with a cold laugh before vanishing in a flash.
Retreat? That wasn’t so easy!
Just like how the Dragon Clan and the Church had retreated before, the Yellow Dragon continued his pursuit!

Half a day after the army of Bingyu Peak retreated, they discovered that the ominous dark-blue sword light that had haunted them reappeared. This time, unlike before, after killing one mid-tier god and two to three hundred lower-tier gods, the dark-blue sword light swayed and transformed into a sword dragon, which continued to strike back and forth among the army. By the time the sword dragon was dispersed by Hebrew, nearly a thousand lower-tier gods of Bingyu Peak had perished!
That was equivalent to the casualties from the previous five attacks combined!
This time, the Yellow Dragon decided to go all out and kill as many as possible in one go!
One could imagine Hebrew’s furious roar as he gathered the remaining four thousand lower-tier gods of Bingyu Peak and ordered them to launch a relentless barrage at their surroundings! He was determined to dig through the earth to bring that villain to light!
For a day and a night!
After the four thousand lower-tier gods of Bingyu Peak bombarded the area for a day and a night, toppling countless mountains and cracking vast stretches of land, Hebrew finally ordered them to stop, his eyes blood-red. Though he knew that even ten more days and nights of bombardment wouldn’t bring that person to light, he wanted to vent all his anger! If this continued, he would go mad sooner or later!
However, after killing enough this time, the Yellow Dragon retreated—truly retreated. It didn’t want to drive Hebrew mad; reaching a certain level was sufficient. After all, a high-tier god with four primal powers, once driven mad, would pose a serious threat to Taiyi Peak.
The only remaining mid-tier god of Bingyu Peak, Fini, stood alone in the distance, watching the enraged Hebrew. After hesitating for a moment, he still didn’t approach.
After a long while, Hebrew’s fury seemed to subside as the night wind blew away the swirling dust.
“Return at full speed!” Hebrew roared deeply.
“Yes, Great Leader!” the four thousand lower-tier gods of Bingyu Peak replied in terror.
Seven days later, as the people of Bingyu Peak saw their peak approaching, their hearts gradually calmed. When they passed by TieXue Peak again, Hebrew ordered them to stop and gaze at it, which stirred endless hatred in his heart!
“Head to Cidao Peak!” Hebrew’s murderous intent flared.
After the disastrous expedition to HeiTie Peak, where Bingyu Peak suffered heavy losses and fled in disarray, Hebrew directed his anger at Elviro of Cidao Peak.
It wasn’t long before the people of Bingyu Peak arrived above Cidao Peak.
“Kill them all!” Upon arriving above Cidao Peak, Hebrew issued his order with murderous intent.
“Yes, Great Leader!” The four thousand lower-tier gods of Bingyu Peak rushed forward.
Cidao Peak became a complete scapegoat!

After a while, Elviro emerged, disheveled and bruised, from the siege by over four thousand lower gods at Ice Jade Peak. Seeing Hebrew standing in the sky above, he hurriedly protested, “Lord Hebrew, it’s a mistake! The Iron Blood Peaks were created by Yellow Dragon—nothing to do with us!”
“Yellow Dragon,” Hebrew paused.
“Yes, Lord Hebrew!” Elviro said urgently, hope flickering in his eyes.
But just as hope appeared, Hebrew drew his top-tier divine weapon, the Green Sword. In a flash, he appeared before Elviro and struck with his sword. In terror, Elviro quickly dodged back, shouting, “Lord Hebrew!”
Yet before he could argue again, Hebrew’s attack came once more.
Under the threat of death, Elviro had no choice but to summon his wind-based intermediate god avatar.
Although Elviro was strong, how could a fire-based intermediate god with three primal forces escape the killing blow of a higher god with four primal forces?
It wasn’t long before Hebrew pierced Elviro’s divine body with a single sword strike.
Elviro hovered in midair, his voice hoarse as he asked stiffly, “Why?!”
He had already explained that it had nothing to do with their Side Blade Peak. Under normal circumstances, Hebrew wouldn’t have killed him.
“Why?” Hebrew retracted his divine weapon and sneered mockingly, “Because this leader is in a bad mood! That’s all—just a bad mood!”
Now, for Hebrew, whether the Iron Blood Peaks were done by Side Blade Peak no longer mattered.
Elviro froze for a moment before falling.
Hebrew didn’t even glance at Elviro’s corpse again. He continued to watch coldly as the people of Side Blade Peak below screamed, suffered, and struggled in the siege at Ice Jade Peak.
After a long time, Hebrew gathered the people of Ice Jade Peak and returned to the peak.
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Not long after Yellow Dragon returned, he heard about Hebrew’s revenge for destroying Side Blade Peak.
He wasn’t surprised by this. He felt a slight sigh at the fact that over a thousand godly warriors from Side Blade Peak had become his scapegoats. It was the same in any world—without strength, one didn’t even have the right to defend oneself.
With Ice Jade Peak retreating in defeat, Yellow Dragon knew Hebrew would surely gather strength to make a comeback later. Ice Jade Peak wouldn’t give up so easily. So, he didn’t relax but continued to focus on the Seven Peaks of Taiyi and Black Iron, striving to subdue the surrounding peaks. To speed up the process, Yellow Dragon sent Bog and others along with Xi He, the ten intermediate gods of Fugil, and three thousand lower gods to act, while he moved alone.
Dividing forces into two groups!

Tie Xue, Shen Nu, and Ce Dao San Feng had already perished. Excluding Bing Yu Feng, only fifteen peak factions remained in the Giant Dragon Mountains. While Huang Long and Bogu divided their forces to subdue the surrounding peak factions, Hebrew returned to Bing Yu Feng and changed his previous policy of conciliation, instead using force to annex the factions around Bing Yu Feng. Thus, another intense struggle for dominance began! Three months later, the fifteen peak factions were finally divided between the two sides. In this battle for power, Huang Long ultimately gained the upper hand thanks to his ability to launch soul attacks, subduing nine factions, while the other six were absorbed by Bing Yu Feng. Of course, since Huang Long had subdued those factions using divine imprinting, the nine factions were utterly loyal to him, whereas the other six were not as loyal to Bing Yu Feng and even resented its aggressive tactics. As a result, although Bing Yu Feng expanded its control over the six surrounding factions and appeared stronger on the surface, it could not compare to the nine factions under Huang Long’s control. Three months later, Bing Yu Feng, including Fei Ni, had sixteen mid-tier gods and nearly ten thousand lower-tier gods. Meanwhile, at Tai Yi Feng, excluding Huang Long, there were thirty-eight mid-tier gods and twelve thousand lower-tier gods. Overall, Tai Yi Feng held the upper hand in terms of strength. However, Huang Long was not eager to attack Bing Yu Feng. Although Tai Yi Feng was stronger, attacking would give the opponent an advantage in terrain, making the outcome unpredictable. Due to his expansion, millions of miles around Tai Yi Feng became part of Huang Long’s domain, so he needed to reorganize his forces. First, he expanded the Twelve Heavenly Fiend Arrays, then set up several more arrays. After ensuring that the area around Tai Yi Feng was impregnable, Huang Long began transforming the various peaks—though not all of them, as transforming thousands of peaks would take centuries even for someone as powerful as him. In addition to the already transformed Hei Tie Feng and Qiu Shui Feng, Huang Long selected six more peaks with spiritual veins, making a total of twelve peaks to be transformed. Each of the twelve peaks would have one of the Twelve Heavenly Dark King Flags. Half a year later, the transformation was complete. By then, Bogu and the others had condensed their divine essences, transformed their bodies into divine-level warriors, and fully integrated their divine essences with their bodies. Next, they continued hunting the primal beasts in the Ancient Forest! Of course, before that, Huang Long needed to use the metal and mineral materials obtained from Tie Xue and the other peaks to craft a top-tier flying immortal artifact.

Before long, a top-quality flying artifact in the shape of a round, flat castle appeared before everyone.