The Nine Gloom Vine and the four-faced individual did not expect to be bitten by the other party before their prey had even taken the bait.
News leaked out day after day. Some were true, some were false, and everything was made up in a very convincing manner.
No matter how many people really believed it, the effect of the deception was very strong.
Outside the dense forest where the Nine Gloom Vine was hiding, more and more powerhouses were gathering these few days.
In the inner world, anyone with a bit of ability would have their eyes on the castellan's seal.
Now that news of the Nine Gloom Vine and the four-faced individual possessing the castellan's seal had leaked out, it was only natural that countless organizations, big and small, would covet it.
After all, even a tiger could not defeat a pack of wolves. Moreover, everyone knew that although the two tigers before them were powerful, they still had four tigers lying in wait.
Their abilities were not enough to fight two overlord-level powerhouses, but what if they had a chance to reap the spoils?!
Inside the stronghold, the giant face that the Nine Gloom Vine had materialized in the void was frowning deeply.
"Trouble's knocking on our door!"
Off to the side, the four-faced individual's four faces did not look too good either.
"I thought these rumors would die down after a few days, and that Silver Armor and the others wouldn't take it too seriously … I didn't expect all four of them to be gathered here today!"
He said this because he had just sensed that apart from the two of them, the other four overlord-level powerhouses had actually gathered outside the dense forest. Clearly, they had formed a united front.
"Whether the news is true or not aside, if it were you, would you give up on such a great opportunity to eliminate your opponents?"
When the four-faced individual heard this, his four faces darkened even more.
He knew that he would not.
Currently, there were six overlord-level powerhouses in the inner world. This meant that the entire world's resources would be divided into six portions. If there were two less, the remaining four would be more than happy to do so. This was because the remaining people would definitely be able to receive more resources in the future.
Therefore, regardless of whether the news about the castellan's seal was true or not, it was a rare opportunity for the remaining four to join forces and eliminate the four-faced individual and the Nine Gloom Vine.
What chilled the four-faced individual the most was that the three-tailed snake lady had actually sided with the other party.
Although the two of them were only lovers, they usually only took what they needed from each other in terms of physical needs and business, and there was not much emotional entanglement between them. However, the other party turning against them without hesitation still made the four-faced individual rather uncomfortable.
…
Outside the dense forest, there were more than a hundred forces surrounding it.
For the past few days, it had been noisy.
No one was willing to take the lead, and no one was able to convince everyone to reach a consensus.
The four-faced individual and the Nine Gloom Vine could not be bothered with the organizations gathering here. One reason was that they did not think much of these people at all. On the other hand, it was because this group of people were filled with internal strife, and they were simply like a pile of loose sand that wasn't worth fearing.
But on this day, the quarrels that had been going on for several days suddenly stopped.
In less than five seconds, the thousands of people present all quietened down, because everyone sensed the arrival of four tyrannical auras.
Everyone automatically shut up and looked up in the same direction in the sky.
Under the gazes of thousands of people, four figures descended!
The one on the far left was a bewitching beauty with three snake tails.
Her waist and abdomen were covered in bluish-purple snake scales, and three snake tails that were more than ten meters long extended out. Above the waist was a female human with a golden crown on her head.
If one only looked at her upper body, her figure and appearance could be said to be extremely beautiful. The word 'beautiful' was no longer sufficient to describe her beauty, because the word 'beautiful' was insufficient to describe a work of art.
Her appearance, her figure, her aura, and her sexiness were no longer just enough to charm males; they were even enough to move the hearts of many females.
Next to her was a humanoid monster in silver armor.
He was tall and large, more than three meters tall. His entire body was wrapped in silver armor, and only the eye area of his helmet revealed a scarlet, blood-red glow.
Among the four of them, the aura emanating from his body was the most domineering and overbearing.
To the armored man's right was a gigantic purplish-red sarcoma.
Compared to his actual body size, he was obviously much more restrained at the moment. The diameter of his body was only slightly more than three meters.
There seemed to be parasites wriggling on the surface of the sarcoma. What was even more horrifying was that there were countless tentacles of various sizes and lengths extending from the sarcoma.
In the void, on the far right was a gigantic eye.
It did not look like a mammal's eyeball; it looked more like a gigantic fly's eyeball.
The eye was densely packed with an unknown number of tiny eyes. Each of the tiny eyes seemed to be alive, able to see from different angles.
If someone with trypophobia saw this eye, they would probably have goosebumps all over their bodies.
Everyone present recognized the identity of the four people at a glance.
The three-tailed snake lady, Silver Armor, Giant Sarcoma, and Crimson Eye.
They were the four of the six overlords, apart from the four-faced individual and the Nine Gloom Vine.
Although everyone had expected that one of the four overlords would definitely show up, they had not expected all four of them to show up at the same time.
Everyone could instantly guess what this meant.
The four of them must have secretly reached some sort of consensus.
As expected, the four of them immediately released their auras as soon as they arrived, not bothering to conceal their arrival at all.
Four overbearing auras that were close to half-step lord-level were released at the same time, and more than half of the thousands of people present collapsed to the ground.
At such a close distance, the only ones who could still stand firm were the high-level Heavenly Gods.
Even most of the high-level Heavenly Gods were struggling to hang on.
Fortunately, the four of them did not release their auras for too long before they shouted.
A low voice that sounded like an electronic synthesizer reverberated like muffled thunder.
"Four Face, Nine Gloom, hand it over. This matter can be resolved peacefully."
As soon as Silver Armor's voice rang out, a response came from the dense forest immediately.
"We've already said that those are rumors spread by outsiders. What do you want us to hand over? We don't have the castellan's seal fragment at all! "The four-faced individual was the one who replied. He sounded rather aggrieved. The truth was that he really did not have the castellan's seal fragment with him.
"Do you have it or not? Come out, both of you. We'll only know after we verify it." This time, it was Giant Sarcoma who spoke. His voice sounded like it was being squeezed out by wriggling flesh.
"Nonsense!" The Nine Gloom Vine's voice rang out right away, vetoing this suggestion.
"If you're stubborn, then this matter won't end peacefully." At that moment, the three-tailed snake lady finally spoke. Her gaze pierced through the void and landed on the four-faced individual. "Listen to my advice. Stop resisting stubbornly. Let's resolve this peacefully."
The four-faced individual's gaze met hers from a distance. He could not bring himself to hate this woman. However, even if she spoke up, she would not be able to change his stance.
"Since there's no way to resolve this peacefully, let's fight!"
(End of this chapter)
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