However, in the face of the Nine Great Beasts, not a single power was confident in slaying them all! Moreover, harboring ulterior motives, none of them would reveal their trump cards until the very end!

"Gentlemen, now is the time for us to cooperate sincerely!" A burly man spoke up at this moment, "The Nine S-class Exotic Beasts, we can only obtain that lotus by slaying or subduing them, so everyone must work together. After we subdue the nine beasts, we can then vie for the lotus's possession. How does that sound?"

The burly man who spoke was someone Ling Feng recognized as a master from the Assassin Organization Blood Moon, rumored to be capable of assassinating S-class experts, one of the legendary figures in the Assassin's Realm.

Other organizations of lesser strength readily echoed his sentiments, since apart from a few organizations like the Dark Church, the rest had no capability to slay the Nine Great Beasts. They could only hope to gain a chance at the lotus by leveraging the power of larger organizations!

Even the more powerful organizations such as the Dark Church were considering this proposal, for why wouldn't they want to use others to conserve their own strength? After all, the final struggle for the lotus would be the ultimate battle, and if they exhausted their power too early, it would be a loss all around!

Under the influence of each group's ulterior motives, they decided to join forces and eliminate the Nine-Headed Beasts first.

In an instant, more than twenty S-class experts engaged in a fierce battle with the nine beasts, turning the entire forest into a scene of devastation, as if swept by numerous hurricanes.

"What do we do now?" Ling Feng asked, seeing the great battle above and feeling a hint of battle spirit rising within him.

The Gu King surveyed the field, then shook his head, "There's no hurry. Although it seems to be an intense fight, the real trump cards of each faction haven't yet been played! The people of Black Witch still haven't appeared, let's wait and see for now. After all, Wu Rilin poses the greatest threat!"

Ling Feng nodded. The peak power Wu Rilin exuded didn't feel any weaker than a Divine Gate mentor, and was even on a par with fighting one of the Eight War Gods. Ling Feng believed that these long-established powers must have countless experts among them, just not publicly known!

Because once the real trump cards are known to outsiders, they would no longer be trump cards!

As Ling Feng watched the chaotic battle, his heart grew heavier. There were seven or eight factions of all sizes, among which the Dark Church, Hand of Death, and Black Witch were the three forces that worried Ling Feng the most!

Especially the Hand of Death! Their genetic grafting technology, as opposed to Divine Gate's genetic development technology, was a different domain, yet equally formidable. Moreover, compared to self-developed genes, genetic grafting was less risky and showed quicker results. Ling Feng believed that, since there were products like Thomas, the Hand of Death must certainly have many more such beings within their ranks!

"What an unsettling piece of information," Ling Feng exhaled.

The Nine-Headed Beasts, albeit powerful, were after all fighting away from their home turf. Coupled with the fact that these S-class experts' strengths were not much inferior to theirs, the beasts were slowly getting suppressed. Cries of rage and pain from the beasts echoed across the field.

Ultimately, the Black Flying Tiger was the first to fall, decapitated with one strike by the Dark Twin Devils. With a wail, the Black Flying Tiger turned into a streak of blood light and was absorbed into the Nine Nether Blood Lotus.

With the absorption of the Black Flying Tiger's Essence Blood, the Nine Nether Blood Lotus glowed radiantly, emitting an even more fragrant scent.

"Kill them, the lotus will mature faster only after absorbing their Essence Blood!" Watching the lotus change, someone shouted out loud.

At these words, everyone's eyes grew even more frenzied, their attacks becoming increasingly ruthless.

After a few more sacrifices, one beast after another was slain. With each kill, they would turn into a streak of blood light and enter the Nine Nether Blood Lotus, which would then grow more solid and its aura purer.

In the end, only one Earth Dragon remained, hundreds of meters long, surveying the crowd with angry eyes.

As the crowd eyed the maturing Nine Nether Blood Lotus above, greed glinted in their eyes, "Let's kill it together! After it's dead, we can then discuss how to divide the lotus."

Only the final beast remained, yet everyone halted their advance.

They all understood that when the last exotic beast died, it would be the moment for them to turn on each other and fight for the spoils.

A ruthless light flickered in the Earth Dragon's eyes. Now the Nine-Headed Beasts were down to just one, and had it not been for Earth Dragon's freakish defense, it would have never survived the previous overwhelming attacks.

"Let's not hold back anymore, let's finish it off together!" a voice called out, and everyone exchanged looks before nodding in agreement.

Over ten S-level masters launched their moves simultaneously, turning the entire sky black. Immense power converged continuously, creating a qi that locked onto the Earth Dragon. Its body shook uncontrollably under the pressure, a force it could no longer bear!

"Die!" they all roared in their hearts as a massive beam of light shot down from the sky, fusing everyone's power into a vicious strike upon the Earth Dragon.

The Earth Dragon let out an ear-piercing wail, and in the blink of an eye, the beam of light engulfed it!

After a full twenty seconds, the beam of light vanished, leaving behind a bottomless crater on the earth.

"Is it dead?" a master couldn't help but ask.

"It must be dead!" another replied, "Under such an attack, it would die ten times over, even with ten lives! After all, it's just an S-level beast... "

The scene fell into a deathly silence at once. The Earth Dragon's death meant the Nine Nether Blood Lotus was about to ripen; now...

The allies who had been cooperating closely just a moment ago suddenly drew distances between each other, every face painted with suspicion.

"Since you all insist on being so modest, I'll take this Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure for myself!" Just then, a wicked laugh sounded, and a man in a trench coat suddenly appeared beside the Nine Nether Blood Lotus.

"Death God Redick!" Everyone's heart sank. Death God Redick, leader of the Hand of Death and one of the Eight War Gods of the Underworld, was a man whose strength was immeasurable.

"As expected, the Hand of Death had a trump card, even deploying Death God Redick!"

"Putting the Hand of Death's strength aside, just Redick's power alone is not something we can contend with!"

"It's like escorting the Crown Prince to study, it's time to retreat!"

...

Death God Redick had left too many legends and shocks in the Underworld, so when he showed up, already four-fifths of the people felt despair!

Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were indeed precious, but life was even more so. Angering Redick meant the arrival of the Death God Himself!

"Death God Redick!" The Dark Twin Devils said with displeasure, "Is your Hand of Death really trying to step in?"

Redick gave a small smile, "After all, this is an item without an owner, and it just so happens that I have a study in need of such a Heavenly Material and Earthly Treasure, so... I hope everyone will give me some face. I'd rather not resort to excessive killing, wouldn't you agree?"

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