"You overestimate me. I'm very flattered."
Austin flashed a wry smile as he tried to suppress his embarrassment.
Out of the fourteen people he met here, ten of them were gods of light.
Among all of them, Keysley was the undisputed leader.
He was one of the Jade Emperor's twelve divine generals in the Heavenly Court.
This entire team was filled with people he carefully handpicked.
"Otis, since we met here, our teams can work with each other and become one group. You can be our
leader,"
Keysley suggested.
"Honestly, Austin's our team leader. He makes all the decisions.
You can discuss this with him,"
Otis explained, pointing a finger directly at Austin.
"Oh? Austin's your real leader?"
Surprise flashed on Keysley's face as he turned to look at Austin.
"That's right. Don't underestimate him. He's much stronger than I am,"
Otis proudly proclaimed with a smile.
"Well, anyone who can win Marshal Otis' admiration must be very powerful. Well then, Austin, we'll
follow you from now on."
Keysley directed his statement to Austin.
"You think too highly of me, sir. I'm not that good,"
Austin hurriedly answered and swept into a low bow.
"Keysley, are those people who were chasing after you just now really Alston's guys?"
Curiosity gleamed in Otis' gaze.
"That's right.
You still remember Hyman, don't you?
In ancient times, he was also a member of the gods of light in the three thousand big and small
universes.
However, he was actually one of the gods of darkness and was sent to spy on the gods of light.
Somehow, he managed to kill several gods of light in secret.
I would have never expected that he'd enter the Fallen Divine Valley and participate in this competition
too. Moreover, he joined Alston's team and became one of his most capable subordinates.
Currently, Alston has divided his men into three teams, each with about seventy people.
Hyman is a leader of a group.
He wields his chaotic magic treasure in his hand and leads a team of seventy people. Just thinking
about his overall fighting power makes my hair stand on end.
As of this moment, he's spreading the news that all the gods of light from the three thousand big and
small universes shall be killed in this competition.
More importantly, he issued a reward for anyone who could kill a god of light from the three thousand
big and small universes, or even provide information about their whereabouts. Not only is he offering
large amount of scores and magic treasures, he also dangled the opportunity to join his team in front of
their noses.
Everyone in the competition was offered this reward.
It's not an exaggeration to say that within this competition for medium-grade divine gods, all the gods of
light from our three thousand big and small universe got targets painted on our backs. Everybody
wants to kill us. As soon as they find us, we'll be cornered and slaughtered,"
Keysley explained with a grim expression.
"What? Is that true? That's unbelievable!
I know Hyman.
I fought with him side by side on the battlefield once.
Never would I have realized that he's a spy who'd do such a despicable thing!"
Fury filled Otis' expression at Keysley's words.
"Sir, are you saying that Alston divided his people into three teams and directed them to take action
separately?"
Austin clarified, unruffled by Otis' outburst.
"That's right.
There are more than two hundred people under Alston's command. Even if they're divided into three
teams, each team would still have more than seventy people.
Moreover, each team's leader has refined a chaotic magic treasure. With the treasure in their hand,
each team's fighting power is nothing less than terrifying.
Most run away whenever they have the misfortune of meeting Alston's guys. Even the sound of their
footsteps is enough to leave the other contestants scrambling to escape. No one can afford to provoke
them."
Keysley sighed with a nod of his head.
"A chaotic magic treasure plus a team of seventy people! That's indeed a terrifying force.
However, we can still figure out ways to deal with them. It's not impossible. If we can take all three
chaotic magic treasures away from them, our strength will increase. I think it's completely doable.
Ha-ha! Master Otis, we can go and find Hyman. We must kill that bastard to avenge our dead brothers!
We'll kill him and take the chaotic magic treasures from him!"
Austin declared after a moment's consideration.
"What? You want to kill Hyman?
Do you even know Hyman, Austin? He's now one of Alston's three most capable subordinates. It's too
dangerous for us to provoke him. If we do anything, we'll wind up in big trouble. That's too dangerous!"
Keysley became completely surprised at Austin's words.
"Ha-ha! Do you think he'll let us go even if we don't pick a fight with him?
What's more, we're now in a competition of life and death. This is a brutal killing game. As the end
comes closer, fights will be fiercer and fiercer, and less and less people will come out the aftermath.
No matter what we do, Alston will haunt us with his men even if we don't go to him.
Since we'll definitely crash against each other in the end anyway, let's not worry about the result!
If we take the initiative, we can get the upper hand!"
Austin declared.
"Well... That does make sense..."
Although he was startled at first, Keysley still ended up slowly nodding in agreement.
"Besides, we killed thirty of Hyman's seventy men already.
Only about forty people are left in his team.
That's not a lot. As long as we don't make a mistake, we have a chance of defeating them."
Austin's bright smile was nothing short of convincing.
"That's right! Austin's definitely right!
Now is the best time to take our revenge on Hyman!"
Upon hearing this, Otis' eyes brightly lit up.
"Ha-ha! Do you remember that Aubrey had more than fifty people under his leadership? We destroyed
his team. Hyman's team only has over forty people. There's nothing to be afraid of!
All right! We'll go and kill them all!"
Magee tightly clenched his fists until he felt his nails dig into his palms. He was barely managing to
restrain his excitement for the upcoming action.
"Fine! I agree!"
Keysley gritted his teeth and nodded unenthusiastically.
"Let's go find Hyman right away!
I think the rest of Hyman's team must be around here!"
With a wave of his hand, Austin led his companions to search the nearby areas.
Not a single stone was left unturned as they searched every inch of the land to find their enemies.
In a flat valley a few hundred miles away, a man in blue robes sat in the depths of the valley. A terrible
oppressive aura emitted from the thick spear placed horizontally on his knees.
This was Hyman, one of Alston's three most capable subordinates!
Another man in black robes sat cross legged beside him.
Aside from them, more than forty people sat on the ground as well, forming a circle with Hyman in the
center.
Deafening silence filled the whole area.
At that moment, something unexpected happened and shook them out of their thoughts.
An angry voice shattered the deathly silence of the valley.
"Bad news Hyman! Madison and his men were ambushed. It seems that..."
a medium-grade divine god reported in a trembling voice, a colorful jade clasped in a deadly grip within
his hand.
"What are you trying to say? Spit it out!"
Hyman demanded as he jumped to his feet.
"Madison and his men were all killed!
I was using the contacting stone to get in touch with him.
Madison suddenly sent me a message that he was attacked by an unidentified team. It was too
unexpected. His last message was to ask for your help.
When I tried to get some more information from him later, he completely stopped responding.
I... I think... They might be in danger... or completely dead."
Hesitation clearly showed on the medium-grade divine god's face.
"All of them? How is that possible?
No, it's impossible. We work for Alston. No one is dumb enough to dare provoke Alston's wrath in this
competition!
Anyone who'd dare is definitely asking for death!"
Anger filled Hyman's voice as he tried to repress the horror he felt pumping through his veins.
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