"Shelley, ha ha…"
"This…"
Seeing the young girl, the two bandits were completely stunned.
Hadn't this girl in red just been killed by their attack?
Could it be that the one they had just killed was merely one of the red-clothed girl's Divine Clones? Was this her true form, or another Divine Clone?
Moreover, did this girl know that terrifying woman?
What exactly had the two of them just done?
"It's over, there's no saving us…"
At this moment, the two Gods regretted it profusely.
If they had known this girl had such a powerful backer, they would have fled with the others earlier. Why did they come back?
Were they not dying fast enough?
Under their despairing gazes, Shelley waved her long sword. The two Gods had no power to resist at all. They were instantly cut into pieces by countless wind blades, leaving behind only two Godheads, one yellow and one blue.
Afterward, Shelley turned her head to look at Tina.
"Heh heh, heh heh…"
Tina gave a dry chuckle.
She knew that what she had done just now was indeed a bit risky.
However, Tina had absolute confidence before deciding to test the gap between herself and a God.
After all, she had material defense Lord God Artifacts for defense, and Sovereign Power for offense. What danger could a mere two Gods pose to her?
But earlier, Tina had solemnly promised Master Roy and Shelley that she would only deal with Demigods and would immediately flee if she encountered Mid-level or High-level Gods.
Who would have thought that she had only attracted two Gods before Shelley bumped into them?
However, Shelley's current appearance also amazed Tina.
Tina knew that her father and several uncles were Lord Gods.
Shelley was her master's servant and also her niece.
But Tina had never imagined that Shelley would be so powerful.
In front of the current Shelley, Tina felt her entire body stiffen, and her mind became muddled.
It was as if, in front of Shelley, she couldn't muster the slightest bit of resistance.
This was beyond what Tina could comprehend.
Shelley stared at Tina for a long time before slowly retracting her imposing aura, allowing Tina to breathe a sigh of relief.
Only then did Tina realize that her back was already soaked with cold sweat.
The Shelley from just now was terrifying!
"Alright, this mission is considered a success for you."
"However, you'd better think about how to explain this to Lord Roy when you get back."
After speaking, Shelley shook her head and flew into the sky, launching an attack on the fleeing bandits.
Meanwhile, Tina, with her head hanging low, dejectedly joined the arriving devils.
...
Thanks to Shelley's presence, although the bandit suppression mission suffered heavy casualties, it was considered a complete success.
Shelley's devil rank was also promoted to Seven-star Devil by the Demon Castle.
Although judging from the devils' descriptions and the destruction at the scene, Shelley clearly possessed strength exceeding that of a Seven-star Devil.
But the rules were the rules. In the Demon Castle, Seven-star Devil was the highest rank.
In fact, some Seven-star Devils possessed strength comparable to Prefects, but they had never challenged a Prefect, thus they were not publicly recognized as Asura-level.
As for Tina, by obtaining the identity tags of over forty bandits, she passed the Demon Assessment with excellent performance and became a true One-star Devil.
However, upon returning to the hotel, she was still punished by Roy to kneel in her room for three days.
...
"Lord Roy."
In another room at the hotel, Shelley stood behind Roy, detailing the unusual situations encountered during the mission.
"Retired Sovereign soldiers, and unfamiliar family names?"
"The Babari family?"
During this devil subjugation mission, because Tina was present, Roy observed the entire process using his Spiritual Sense.
Coupled with Shelley's on-site supplementary information, Roy felt that the appearance of these bandits was completely different from that of other bandits.
Especially the name "Babari family," which inexplicably gave Roy a sense of familiarity.
After a brief recollection, Roy immediately remembered.
The Babari family, weren't they one of the eight major families that relentlessly hunted down the Four Divine Beast families after the Four Divine Beast Lord Gods fell, pursuing them from other planes all the way to the Infernal Realm?
With this in mind, Roy immediately said to Shelley, "Shelley, contact the intelligence personnel in the family and have them investigate this Babari family."
"Also, have the family's intelligence personnel increase their collection of information on various bandits in the Infernal Realm, and see if there are any other bandit groups similar to the 'Scythe of Death'."
"Yes, alright, Lord Roy."
In the following years, Tina, while comprehending the Profound Mysteries of Laws, also took on missions at the Demon Castle in Blazing Flame City to gain more practical combat and life experience.
Meanwhile, Shelley contacted the Four Divine Beast families and, through their intelligence network, gathered a considerable amount of information about the Babari family.
"Lord Roy, the Babari family is a major family from a Water Element God Plane."
"The patriarch, Babari, is the Sovereign's Emissary of Manlu, the Fire Element Lord God."
"Besides the patriarch Babari, who possesses Asura-level strength, the Babari family also has five Seven-star Devil members."
"According to the intelligence, our Four Divine Beast families have had friction with the Babari family in the Water Element God Plane."
"However, thus far, all conflicts have been limited to clashes below the Five-star Devil level."
"They haven't dispatched elders at or above the Six-star Devil level, so the family elders in the Water Element God Plane haven't reported it to the family, and have tacitly accepted the ongoing conflicts between the two sides."
"The elders believe that while certain conflicts may lead to the loss of some younger generation members, they also better stimulate the clan's fighting spirit and enhance the family's strength."
After listening to Shelley's report, Roy stroked his chin.
"Something's not right. If the disputes between the Babari family and the Four Divine Beast families are still below the Six-star Devil level, then why would they send those retired Sovereign soldiers to the Infernal Realm to become bandits?"
"Oh right, Shelley, what were the results of the investigation into the bandits in the Infernal Realm that I asked you to conduct?"
Shelley expertly put down the intelligence she was holding and took out a stack of organized papers from her spatial ring.
"Lord Roy, we didn't previously collect data on the bandits in the Infernal Realm. We can only compare the current bandit intelligence with information gathered from others within the last millennium."
"Over the past millennium, including the cities controlled by our Four Divine Beast families, there have been over three thousand bandit suppression missions. Of these, over two thousand were successful in eliminating bandit leaders."
"In over eight hundred cases, the targeted bandit leaders escaped their strongholds, and their whereabouts remain unknown."
"The remaining over three hundred suppression missions failed, allowing some bandit groups to grow stronger."
"Currently, many bandit subjugation missions have been elevated to tasks involving Five-star Devils or higher."
Upon hearing this, Roy immediately understood.
Someone was extending their influence into the Infernal Realm. He just didn't know what their ultimate goal was.
Although he had heard the name of the Babari family from the six individuals of the 'Scythe of Death' in the Tai Lian Mountain Range, Roy was certain that without the tacit approval of certain individuals, Manlu Lord God wouldn't dare to send the Babari family's people into the Infernal Realm.
"We won't interfere with their games elsewhere, but within the territories of the Four Divine Beast families, they must abide by the Four Divine Beast families' rules."
"Issue an order to the people of the Four Divine Beast families. They don't need to worry about other areas, but they must strengthen their defenses in the cities controlled by the Four Divine Beast families."
"If similar subjugation missions are discovered again, immediately mobilize elders at or above the Six-star Devil level to suppress them. Each suppression mission must involve at least seven Six-star Devil elders, or one or more Seven-star Devil elders."
"Understood."
...
Sea of Chaos.
Wu Kun City.
This was the main base of Destruction Sovereign Utred, and also where Utred resided.
At the very bottom of Wu Kun City, a massive magic array was in operation, with countless crimson mists rising in the space, eventually condensing into a drop of bright red blood.
As the magic array's light faded, a tall figure appeared. The drop of blood in the air slowly flew to the figure and hovered in his palm.
"Not bad, this drop of blood has about thirty percent of the effectiveness of the vital blood of a Four Divine Beast Lord God."
Destruction Sovereign Utred nodded with satisfaction and stored the drop of red blood in his spatial ring.
Through Destruction Sovereign Utred's back, one could see thousands of corpses piled layer upon layer on the enormous magic array, their blood completely dried, rendering them like mummies.
Destruction Sovereign Utred waved his hand, and a black aura of destruction swept out, instantly obliterating all the corpses on the magic array without a trace.
Then, Destruction Sovereign Utred took out another pile of spatial rings. With a thought, these spatial rings separated into four small piles. He casually took out a few spatial rings from the same pile and released their contents onto the magic array.
"Bang, bang, bang..."
Corpse after corpse rained down and piled up in the magic array. Then, the black light intensified, and faint blood mist rose from these bodies...
A few days later, Destruction Sovereign Utred finally left the underground chamber and returned to his Sovereign Palace.
"Lord Utred."
Inside the palace, a charming man with blood-red long hair and a curved blood pattern between his eyebrows bowed respectfully to Utred.
This was Destruction Sovereign Utred's subordinate, Pash, the nominal ruler of the Blood Peak Continent, the Blood Peak Lord God.
"Whoosh..."
Destruction Sovereign Utred nodded slightly in acknowledgment and then tossed out over a hundred spatial rings.
"Well done, Pash."
"These are for you. I hope you can return them to me after the next Plane War is over. Can you do it?"
"This..."
Blood Peak Lord God Pash hesitated for a moment, then said with difficulty, "Lord Utred, in the past tens of millions of years, according to the intelligence provided by Molde, there is a group of bandits who kill others not to plunder wealth and resources, but solely to lure devils into pursuing them."
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