… the Divergent Hunt Coalition was about to cause the defensive formation on the Starlight Jade Wolf n''s major city to copse by sunset. They sessfully took down the battle formations of the Starlight Jade Wolf n and a few other powers, forcing them to retreat.


    The blood of countless soldiers was shed, painting the battlefield in a big puddle of crimson here and there as though forming a system of ake. There were severe losses on the coalition''s side and minor losses in the Central Primesky Alliance''s at this point, a matter that made neither party rest until they saw the other party''s face contort with fear and regret.


    Moreover, the three other assassination powers were also able to hold back the Ghost Tear Hall.


    With no Immortal Emperors on the battlefield, the Divergent Hunt Coalition was practically a thin line away from destroying the exhausted Starlight Jade Wolf n''s troops!


    However, the Earth Dragon n finally took action on that very same third day, causing the Starlight Jade Wolf n to be saved.


    Their three divisions out in the open, and six divisions that were hidden practically swooped in together and smashed the metaphorical soul out of every battle formation in their path. They circled around the city''s defensive formation, expending every ounce of their energy to smash their foes before quickly retreating into the barrier, causing the coalition to curse out with fury.


    But as a result, the Fire Phoenix n had lost a third of its forces on the first day due to their captured elite divisions getting beheaded and smashed through a killing formation and more than a quarter on the second and third due to the Starlight Jade Wolf King''s overwhelming power, the Grand Starlight Wing Formation and the sudden attack of the Earth Dragon n''s forces, so they had only a little over a few more divisions on the front lines as of today, the fourth day.


    "vius, you bastard! Show your face!"


    Patriarch Killian Zenme was outside the Earth Dragon n''s Dragon Gate.


    Each Dragon n had a Dragon Gate where its guests must pass through its pressure to be able to get in. But this time, it was sealed, not letting anyone in.


    The Earth Dragon n had closed its gates to outsiders, but that didn''t stop the Divergent Hunt Coalition from swarming its gates. However, they dared not go overboard. After all, it was still the Earth Dragon n, and the other Dragon ns were also here with them to ask for justice.


    They waited for the Earth Dragon n''s Patriarch toe out amidst the furious cries of those who suffered under their attacks at thest moment.


    Finally, the Earth Dragon n''s Patriarch, vius Rocksunder, appeared above the gates, his gaze overlooking them as he had his hands over his back.


    "To what do I owe these repeated curses falling on my ears?"


    "Vile Dragon! Don''t y dumb with your Earth Dragon n''s forces stationed in the Starlight Jade Wolf n. Do you want to exin!? Depending on how you answer, your n could be facing expulsion from the Dragon Alliance!"


    "I don''t want to hear that from someone who''s already expelled from their own alliance."


    Patriarch vius Rocksunder sneered, causing the veins in Patriarch Killian Zenme''s face to erupt.


    "Enough. vius, I really want to hear your exnation."


    The Water Dragon n''s Patriarch rose up, his voice sounding sincere.


    Patriarch vius Rocksunder smiled, "Naturally, we want to woo our immortal inheritor into our n, so we chose to take ''radical'' methods like this Fire Phoenix n over here, except we''re not offending our inheritor but doing everything in our power to attract her."


    "…"


    Patriarch Killian Zenme''s expression looked cold. He was about to open his mouth with the Light Dragon n''s Patriarch piped in.


    "Do you understand that helping the Emperor of Death is a cardinal sin at the moment since we''re all affected by his karmic burden?"<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    "Heh!" Patriarch vius Rocksunder chuckled.


    "When have we dragons started fearing karmic burden? So many people were there, and we left almost immediately. There''s no way we could''ve incurred an amount that could be said to endanger our lives. Are you all afraid of superstition? Look at the Central Primesky Alliance that''s siding with him against all odds. It had copsed into a remnant of three major powers that could be considered righteous powers. Would those righteous powers take such an evil stance against the world?"


    Patriarch vius Rocksunder argued, causing the expressions of the people below to be slightly contemtive, particrly the Dragon ns and Phoenix ns.


    In fact, the other Dragon and Phoenix ns weren''t that interested in this war.


    They only sent a single division as a form of saying that they were also taking part in this hunt. After all, they were beasts having powerful physical bodies enough to protect themselves against the lightning, not to mention only incurring heavenly tribtion when they surpassed Low, Mid, and High Levels in the three Immortal Beast Stages.


    Therefore, they naturally didn''t fear a little bit of karmic burden haunting them.


    It made their tribtions a bit tougher? They weed the challenge!


    "What about the others?" Patriarch Killian Zenme looked mockingly, "We haven''t fallen low enough to a level where we stopped caring about the well-being of others. Sigh, the Earth Dragon n has never been cowardly than-"


    "Oh, stop it, you trash of a Fire Phoenix. Even your ancestor immortal inheritors abandoned you and left the Fire Phoenix n disappointingly."


    Patriarch Killian Zenme''s eyes flickered with killing intent, but Patriarch vius Rocksunder sneered as he continued.


    "We all know what you''re after. Why don''t you swear to your heart and sign a Blood Soul Contract that you won''t go after your immortal inheritor Shirley Davis and I''ll remove my troops from there right now?"


    Everyone turned to look at Patriarch Killian Zenme, waiting for his answer, but they only saw him tremble as he red at Patriarch vius Rocksunder. They knew once Patriarch Killian Zenme swore and signed a Blood Soul Contract, there was no escaping it as a Phoenix''s tribtion involves Heart Demon Tribtion.


    Any falsehood as he was done for life, never to grow ever again with him being impeded in the Low-Level Immortal Emperor Stage forever if he were to go against his words.


    "Hmph! Don''t me us if we ughter your troops!"


    In the end, Patriarch Killian Zenme waved his hand and turned back, his expression appearing incensed as he left the Earth Dragon n''s Dragon Gate!


    The gazes of the other people flickered.


    They knew he wouldn''t promise such a thing, thinking that it was expected, but they were all never here for Shirley anyway. They were only here to hunt the Emperor of Death down so that they could get rid of the karmic burden inflicted on them and also gain karmic virtue, not to mention that they had lost a lot of soldiers with the glorious disy of force from the Central Primesky Alliance and timely help from the Earth Dragon n and even the elusive Ghost Tear Hall.


    They couldn''t possibly back down, not after suffering so many losses.


    Who would take responsibility for this failure?


    They remained and tried to reason with the Earth Dragon n Patriarch, but after exining his reasons, he no longer entertained them and left, causing the other Patriarchs to also leave.


    They couldn''t possibly storm the Earth Dragon n''s Main City, could they?


    That was the same as dering war against all the Dragon Alliances unless they had been exiled, which the Dragon ns seemed unwilling to do even after consulting with them.