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Chapter 1569: 1569

The Nine Gloom Vine and the four-faced individual were not expecting that they would face a counterattack before their prey had fallen into the trap they had set .

Day after day, more news was made public . Some of the news was real, and some were fake, but they were all fabricated very well and in great detail .

It did not matter how many people truly believed the news . In any case, the misleading effects saw definite results .

For the last few days, an increasing number of powerhouses had been gathering outside the dense forest where the Nine Gloom Vine was hiding .

In the inner world, anyone who had any sort of ability at all had opinions about the castellan’s seal .

Now that news had spread about the Nine Gloom Vine and the four-faced individual each possessing a castellan’s seal fragment, it was only natural that this would draw the covetous gaze of countless organizations, large or small .

After all, a ferocious tiger could not defeat a pack of wolves . Moreover, everyone knew that while the two overlords—the ferocious tigers—were powerful, there were still four more overlords on the side of the masses, hovering and waiting .

The masses were not powerful enough to fight against these two overlord powerhouses, but what if there was a chance of the masses benefiting from a clash between all six overlords?

Within the foothold, the Nine Gloom Vine’s giant face materialized in midair, brow furrowed tightly .

“Trouble’s come knocking on our door now!”

On the sidelines, the expressions on the four faces of the four-faced individual all looked extremely unpleasant .

“I originally thought these rumors would only persist for a few days before dying down and that Silver Armor and the rest wouldn’t take them seriously… I didn’t expect that the four of them would all gather here today!”

The reason for the four-faced individual saying this was because he had sensed that the other four overlords—the two of them excluded— were gathered outside the dense forest . They had clearly formed a line of battle .

“Let’s not talk about whether or not the news is true . If it were you, would you give up the perfect opportunity for eradicating your opponents?”

Upon hearing that, the four-faced individual’s four faces looked even grimmer .

He knew that he would not give up such an opportunity .

At present, there were six overlords in the inner world, which meant the entire world’s resources had to be divided into six portions . If there could be two people less, that would be exactly what the remaining four overlords wanted . This was because the ones left would definitely be able to divide up more resources .

Therefore, whether or not the news about the castellan’s seal fragments was true, it was a rare opportunity to join forces in order to get rid of the four-faced individual and the Nine Gloom Vine . The remaining four overlords would certainly not let this chance pass by .

What disappointed the four-faced individual most of all was that the three-tailed snake lady was clearly on the opposing side .

Although their relationship was only that of lovers, generally taking whatever they needed from each other to fulfill their physiological and business needs, they were not very emotionally attached . However, it made the four-faced individual rather uncomfortable that she had turned against him without hesitation .

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The outside of the dense forest was closely surrounded by hundreds of organizations .

The last few days had been a sea of chaos .

No one was willing to attack first, nor was there anyone who could subdue the entire crowd to reach a unanimous consensus .

The four-faced individual and the Nine Gloom Vine did not bother with the organizations that had gathered out there . For one, these people were nothing to them . For another, there were serious internal conflicts among these people, which caused them all to be in a complete state of disunity . Therefore, they were nothing to be afraid of .

Today, however, the squabbles that had been going on for the past few days suddenly stopped .

Within five seconds, the thousands of people on the scene fell silent because all of them sensed the impending arrival of four domineering auras .

Everyone present automatically shut their mouths, lifting their heads and looking up at the sky in the same direction .

Under the gaze of thousands of people, four figures descended!

The one on the far left was a flirtatious beauty with three snake tails .

From the waist down, she was covered in blueish-purple snake scales, three snake tails—each ten meters or more—extending from her lower body . From the waist up, her form was that of a human lady wearing a gold crown .

If one were only to look at her upper body, it could be said that her face and figure were the very pinnacles of beauty . The word ‘pretty’ was insufficient to describe how lovely she was, as the term could not adequately describe a work of art .

Her appearance, body, charisma, and allure were not only charming to males, but also attracted the attention of many females .

Next to her stood a humanoid monster in silver armor .

He was tall and well-built, fully three or more meters tall . His entire body was enveloped in silver armor, with only the eye holes on the helmet revealing a crimson glow .

Of the four overlords, the aura that exuded from his being was the most compelling and overbearing .

On the armored man’s right was a gigantic purplish-red sarcoma in the shape of a sphere .

The sarcoma had clearly shrunk his size down a great deal if one were to compare his present form with his actual size . Currently, he maintained a body that was merely three meters or more in diameter .

There seemed to be parasites continuously squirming on the surface of the sarcoma . Even more terrifying were the countless tentacles of various sizes and lengths that extended from its surface .

On the far right was a huge eye hovering in midair .

It did not really look like a mammal’s eyeball; it bore more resemblance to the eye of a gigantic fly .

The entire eye was densely covered with countless tiny eyes . Each tiny eye seemed to be alive and could see at different angles .

If a person with trypophobia saw this giant eye, they might immediately get goosebumps all over their body .

Everybody present identified the four newcomers immediately .

They were the three-tailed snake lady, Silver Armor, Giant Sarcoma, and Crimson Eye .

Excluding the four four-faced individual and the Nine Gloom Vine, they were very clearly the remaining four overlords out of the six .

Although everyone had speculated that one of the four overlords would certainly come, no one had expected all four of them to show up . Not only that, they had all arrived at the same time .

As to what this meant, all those present could immediately guess .

These four individuals had secretly come to some kind of agreement for sure .

As expected, the four of them released their auras as soon as they showed up, not bothering to hide their arrivals at all .

In the presence of four overbearing, close to half-step lord-level auras released without concealment, more than half of the thousands present fell to the ground .

At such proximity, the only ones who could remain standing were basically high-level Heavenly Gods .

Even so, most of the high-level Heavenly Gods were finding it hard to stand their ground .

Fortunately, the four overlords did not maintain their auras for too long and began shouting right away .

An electronic synthesizer-like voice filled the air like muffled thunder, deep and low .

“Four Face, Nine Gloom, hand over the items, and this matter can be entirely settled peacefully . ”

As soon as Silver Armor spoke, a response immediately came from the dense forest .

“We’ve already said that those were rumors spread by outsiders . What do you want us to hand over? We don’t have the castellan’s seal fragments at all!” The four-faced individual was the one who responded; he sounded as if he felt somewhat wronged . The reality was that he genuinely did not have the castellan’s seal fragment in his possession .

“Whether you have the fragments or not, come out, both of you, and let us verify it . Then we’ll know . ” it was Giant Sarcoma who spoke this time . His voice sounded like it had been squeezed out of continuously squirming flesh .

“Nonsense!” The Nine Gloom Vine’s voice came right away, rejecting this suggestion .

“If both of you are recalcitrant, then there won’t be any friendly way to resolve this matter . ” At this point, the three-tailed snake lady finally spoke up . From far away, her gaze cut through the distance as she looked in the direction of the four-faced individual, “Please listen to me . Stop being stubborn; let’s settle this peaceably . ”

The four-faced individual locked eyes with her from far away as well . No matter what, he could not hate this woman . However, although she was the one who spoke, she could not change his stand .

“Since there’s no friendly way to resolve this, let’s fight then!”