Chapter 0389: Important to You?

“Disturbing the divine realms—withdraw all of them?!” Huang Long waved his hands, and a bolt of heavenly fire flashed, causing the superior divine sea beast in front of him to disappear.
After realizing something was amiss, the two searched thoroughly and finally found another superior divine sea beast. By examining its memories, Huang Long learned the reason.
Jared had fled and spread the news about his twelve divine clones. Now, not only the Netherworld but also other divine realms were in an uproar!
As for the Sea Beast of Wind and Thunder, with the arrival of powerful warriors, they all withdrew to their clan’s grand hall.
“Troublesome!” Bradd frowned. This news was mixed good and bad for the two of them.
Now that the Sea Beast of Wind and Thunder had withdrawn, the threat from them was gone, which was certainly good. But next, the two would have to deal with the “harassment” from those extraordinary human warriors who were on their way.
“It is a bit troublesome, but not a big deal,” said Huang Long.
Back then, when Huang Long revealed his twelve divine clones, he knew it would definitely spread later, so he wasn’t surprised. He just didn’t expect Jared to flee and for the news to spread so quickly.
“No big deal?” Bradd wondered.
At that moment, under Bradd’s puzzled gaze, Huang Long’s appearance changed, transforming him into a dignified middle-aged man. In this form, those extraordinary human warriors would definitely not recognize Huang Long.
“I momentarily forgot that the young master has this ability,” Bradd realized suddenly, then smiled in delight. Yet inwardly, he sighed with complexity. Changing one’s appearance, even one’s physique and voice—this was a real transformation, not an illusion. When they first entered the Sea of Wind and Thunder, Huang Long had used this transformation technique, and Bradd had taken a long time to accept it.
Huang Long used the transformation technique again to change Bradd’s appearance into that of an old man, then said, “Let’s go.” With that, he and Bradd vanished in a flash, continuing their search for the Thunder and Wind Beads.
What the two didn’t expect was that after months of hard searching to find just one Thunder and Wind Bead, they found four more in the following month, with two of them appearing in the same place.
It wasn’t uncommon for two or even more Thunder and Wind Beads to appear in the same place. Of course, it wasn’t very frequent either.
Thunder and Wind Beads were born in the thunder clouds formed during storms and lightning ball mutations. Sometimes, there wasn’t just one such cloud but two or even more.
Four, plus the one they had found earlier, made five in total.
By now, the two had been in the Sea of Wind and Thunder for over six months—half a year.

A month ago, Jared escaped from Cliff and Kona. News of the Yellow Dragon possessing twelve divine avatars spread, and over time, the number of human divine-level powerhouses in the Sea of Wind and Thunder indeed increased significantly, with most of them being upper gods at the level of the King of the Underworld. Previously, the Yellow Dragon and Brad had encountered sea beasts, but now that the sea beasts had disappeared, those they met were almost all human divine-level powerhouses. Of course, these were only the divine-level powerhouses from some major tribes near the Sea of Wind and Thunder. As time went on, more and more divine-level powerhouses would arrive from various regions. As the Yellow Dragon had predicted, after the two changed their appearances, no one recognized them. Thus, while the divine-level powerhouses searched for the Yellow Dragon and his companion, the two focused on searching for the Wind and Thunder Beads. Two more months passed. The number of human divine-level powerhouses kept increasing. A month ago, they were mostly upper gods at the King of the Underworld level, but gradually, peerless powerhouses began to appear. During these two months, the Yellow Dragon and his companion did not find four beads in a row like they had the previous month, but after hard work, they found two more, bringing the total to seven. Seven, still three short of the goal of ten. “Only three left!” said the Yellow Dragon when the Thunder Gathering Vessel contained the seventh Wind and Thunder Bead. Although only three remained, the Yellow Dragon knew that the longer it took, the harder it would be to find them. More and more human divine-level powerhouses were arriving, mainly looking for the Yellow Dragon, but also searching for the Wind and Thunder Beads. Even if they didn’t find the Yellow Dragon, finding the Wind and Thunder Beads—or even collecting ten of them—would still be a good outcome, as they could receive substantial rewards from the Lu Ning family’s missions. “More divine-level powerhouses fighting fiercely,” said the Yellow Dragon as he retrieved the Thunder Gathering Vessel from mid-air. Suddenly, strong fluctuations of power came from afar. Lately, as the number of human divine-level powerhouses increased, so did the battles. In these two months, the Yellow Dragon and his companion had encountered no fewer than ten fierce battles. “Young master, shall we go take a look?” Brad suddenly suggested. “Good idea,” nodded the Yellow Dragon. It was nearby anyway, and it wouldn’t hurt to go take a look. Besides, searching for the Wind and Thunder Beads for months had become somewhat tedious. So, the Yellow Dragon and his companion flashed toward the site of the battle. Before long, they arrived at the scene. “People from the Demos family?” Brad was surprised upon arriving.

One side of the fierce battle was composed of members of the Demos family, one of the six major families in the Underworld. There were three members from the Demos family: two at the Eighth Rank of Kings of the Underworld and one at the Seventh Rank. The other side was no less strong, with four members: two at the Eighth Rank and two at the Seventh Rank.

“The Augus family,” Huang Long said, recognizing the identity of the opposing side in the battle with the Demos family. He exchanged a glance with Brade.

Although the Augus family was not among the six major families of the Underworld, its strength was sufficient to rank it among the top ten families. Like the Runing family, its headquarters was located on the Nia continent, specifically in Berin Prefecture, near Haiyuan Prefecture.

However, Huang Long was curious about what conflict had led to the battle between the members of these two major families.

“Deli, bring out the Wind Source Crystal. We found it first. Otherwise, don’t blame us if we become ruthless,” one of the Augus family members shouted at a member of the Demos family.

Wind Source Crystal? Only then did Huang Long and Brade understand why the members of these two families were fighting.

The Wind Source Crystal was an extremely rare mineral born in the Sea of Wind and Thunder. It was one of the most important materials for crafting top-tier flying artifacts.

“Gabli, we found the Wind Source Crystal first. Don’t think just because our Demos family’s headquarters isn’t on the Nia continent that you can act arrogantly in front of us!” Deli, a middle-aged red-haired man from the Demos family, sneered.

“Do you really think we dare not kill you?” Gabli, an silver-haired elder from the Augus family, narrowed his eyes and waved his hand. “Kill them, clean up the mess, and bring back the Wind Source Crystal.” With that, he and the other three members of the Augus family rushed forward to attack again, fighting without any restraint.

“Young master, should we intervene?” Brade asked.

He meant to step in and help the Demos family.

Although the Demos family was considered one of the six major families of the Underworld alongside the Runing family, and they competed with each other, they were still considered “brothers in arms.” Moreover, Brade knew that one of the Runing family’s rules was that if their members encountered members of the other five major families in trouble outside, they must offer help.

Right now, the Augus family was clearly stronger than the Demos family. Unless something unexpected happened, the Demos family would eventually be defeated.

Huang Long pondered for a moment. “Intervene, but save our strength.”

Brade understood Huang Long’s intention, nodded, and then dashed forward to attack the Augus family.

Huang Long wanted Brade to help the Demos family repel the Augus family’s members without revealing his own extraordinary strength.

Since Jared had revealed the existence of Huang Long’s twelve divine clones, their strengths must have also been exposed.

Huang Long didn’t want Bradd to expose his extraordinary strength and attract attention. Bradd’s sudden appearance, joining the Demos family with his late-stage Eighth-Level Nether King strength, shocked and angered the Augus family. In the end, as expected, the Augus family retreated. “Gabri, sooner or later, our Demos family will settle accounts with your Augus family,” said Deli of the Demos family coldly as he watched the enemy flee, before his expression softened as he turned to Huang Long and Bradd and said, “Thank you both for your help just now.” “You’re welcome,” replied Huang Long and Bradd with a bow. After exchanging a few polite words, just as Huang Long and Bradd were about to leave, suddenly, a powerful force of wind and thunder came from tens of thousands of miles away, causing the waves to surge. The three members of the Demos family were stunned, then their faces lit up with joy: “Wind and Thunder Beads!” This was indeed a precursor to the formation of storm clouds and wind and thunder beads from storms and thunder balls. Sure enough, under everyone’s watch, the storms and thunder balls stirred the waves for tens of thousands of miles before forming storm clouds. To everyone’s surprise and delight, when the storms and thunder balls disappeared, four storm clouds appeared before them. At the center of the four storm clouds, four wind and thunder beads glowed with a purple light, extremely bright. Even Huang Long and Bradd were stunned by these four wind and thunder beads. Four! “Haha, I never expected this trip to the Sea of Wind and Thunder to be so lucky. Not only did we find the Wind Source Crystal, but we also encountered four wind and thunder beads at once,” Deli of the Demos family laughed heartily after realizing this, his joy evident on his face. “Indeed. With these four wind and thunder beads, if we can find six more, the reward from the Runing family’s mission will be ours,” said another Eighth-Level Nether King from the Demos family with a laugh. Their words made it clear they intended to keep the four wind and thunder beads for themselves, ignoring Huang Long and Bradd. “I’m sorry, but these four wind and thunder beads are very important to us,” Deli said, perhaps recalling how Huang Long and Bradd had saved the three of them earlier. Before taking them for themselves, he felt he had to be polite to them first. “Very important to you? So not important to us?” Bradd saw through Deli’s intentions and his face darkened as he sneered inwardly. Hearing Bradd’s words, Deli’s expression turned cold: “Considering your help just now, I won’t kill you. You’d better leave before I change my mind, otherwise…”

In his view, Brade was merely in the later stages of Level 8 Dark King, on par with his own strength, and their side had three people, including another Level 8 Dark King; Huang Long seemed like nothing more than a high-ranking god at Level 6 Dark King.