**Chapter 55: An Assault Under the Cover of Night**

Commander Mo Lixiao instructed, “The news of Divine Lord Luo He guarding this place must be kept secret by you three.”

“Yes,” General Jin Xiao and the two Hu Yang Guard Commanders responded respectfully. They were assigned here, indicating a high level of trust.

“Brother Luo He, I have already arranged a residence for you within this legion camp.” Commander Mo Lixiao led the way out of the building and towards an elegant cave dwelling not far away.

After all, a single Hu Yang Legion comprised over twenty million True Gods, so the legion camp was naturally enormous.

Ordinary soldiers only knew this was a legion camp and were unaware of its true importance.

“Not bad,” Luo Feng remarked, observing the cave dwelling before him. Arranging such a residence within a military camp spanning hundreds of millions of kilometers was quite rare. The soldiers’ living conditions were much worse, and they typically stood guard within the legion’s mechanical treasures.

“If you require anything, Brother Luo He, just ask,” Mo Lixiao said. “But please do not leave the camp, as the Shi Nation forces may attack at any moment.”

“Rest assured, I will fulfill my promise,” Luo Feng nodded.

“Then we shall take our leave.”

Mo Lixiao smiled and departed with Mo Li Meng.

Luo Feng gazed at the cave dwelling, only ten thousand kilometers in length and width. It was not large, but quite refined. “From today on, the three of us will reside here.”

“Yes, Master,” Mo Luosa and Mo Yuqingyan replied.

…

Five days later, Mo Li Meng delivered the Black Marsh Venom.

“Divine Lord Luo He, this Black Marsh Venom is a potent poison produced by a Chaos-level beast. If you intend to consume it, be extremely careful. Start with a single drop at most,” Mo Li Meng handed a gourd of Black Marsh Venom to Luo Feng, speaking solemnly. “Consuming too much could easily lead to death.”

The City Lord’s Mansion was currently employing Divine Lord Luo He. It would be a laughingstock if he poisoned himself to death with the Black Marsh Venom.

“Don’t worry,” Luo Feng, having inherited two lineages, was well aware of how to use the Black Marsh Venom. According to his estimations, his perfect god body nurtured a powerful soul, and his mental fortitude far exceeded that of normal Eternal True Gods. He suspected that consuming too little Black Marsh Venom would barely have any effect.

******

From then on, Luo Feng secluded himself within the Jin Xiao Legion camp.

The Jin Xiao Legion and the two Hu Yang Guards continued their regular rotations. Ordinary members were completely unaware of the importance of this place. Only the legion’s generals and vice-generals, and the Hu Yang Guard Commanders and Vice Commanders, knew the secrets.

“Haaah…”

Gao Wushui steered his flying shuttle back to his family’s cave dwelling. When he rested, a Vice Commander would naturally be on duty.

“Patriarch.”

“Patriarch.”

Inside the Gao Wu family’s cave dwelling, numerous family members saw Gao Wushui and greeted him with utmost respect.

Gao Wushui was currently the only Eternal True God in the family! Moreover, he was ruthless and had almost completely wiped out the family’s previous high-ranking members. His influence within the family was formidable.

Who in the entire family did not fear him?

Gao Wushui, with a cold expression, made his way to an underground prison within the family estate. The prison guards were exceptionally respectful.

“You may leave,” Gao Wushui ordered.

The guards withdrew.

“Commander Gao Wu, you actually deign to visit me?” Inside the prison, a man bound by chains laughed heartily. “You killed the clan leader and many elders. Why haven’t you killed me yet? Do you still care about so-called fatherly love?”

“Confined here to this day, you still haven’t understood. Truly disappointing,” Gao Wushui said coldly.

“Disappointing? Do you want me, your father, to kneel down and beg you?” The man’s face contorted. “The clan makes you who you are. You are a traitor who betrayed the clan!”

“You have one hundred and nine children,” Gao Wushui said calmly. “And I am merely a descendant resulting from a moment of passion between you and a maidservant. I never saw you once after my birth. Later, I left the clan to venture on my own, then joined the Hu Yang Legion. It was my master who took an interest in me and accepted me as a disciple! Only after my master accepted me as a disciple… did you, my so-called father, see me for the first time.”

“That was the first time you and I met,” Gao Wushui sneered. “Only then did you learn of the grievances I suffered within the clan, and that my mother, a maidservant, died silently within the clan. I became a disciple of Commander Mo Lixiao, and only then did you know repentance, only then did you feel sorry for my mother. Where were you when I was young? Where were you when my mother died? You dare to speak of fatherly love?”

“I am still your father!” The man roared. “Without me, there would be no you!”

“All my growth was due to my master’s painstaking cultivation. And what did you contribute… merely a moment of passion,” Gao Wushui said. “By the time I became an Eternal True God, the clan knew how to appease me.”

“When you became an Eternal True God, the clan treated you well, didn’t it?” The man said angrily. “The clan leader was very respectful when he met you, wasn’t he? But what have you done?”

“Respect me?” Gao Wushui shook his head. “At first, they pretended to be respectful, but at that banquet, he actually asked me to be an informant for the Shi Nation! I never expected that this clan leader, an ordinary Eternal True God… had actually colluded with the Shi Nation.”

“You’re slandering him!” The man retorted.

“At this time, I disdain to slander,” Gao Wushui said. “Asking me to be an informant, once exposed, I will die without a burial place. Moreover, I would rather die than betray my master.”

“Since they asked me to be an informant and didn’t care about my life or death, then all of them who colluded with the Shi Nation must die!” Gao Wushui said. “And you, Gao Wuquyi, the reason you can live is because you were unaware of the situation, and because you are my father, you are qualified to survive.”

“If you don’t obediently admit your mistakes, you’ll be trapped in this prison forever,” Gao Wushui sneered.

“Regardless of which side the clan joins, you shouldn’t betray the clan,” Gao Wuquyi said.

“Betray the clan?”

Gao Wushui laughed coldly. “Now, I am the clan leader, I am the clan’s only Eternal True God! As long as I live, the clan can continue to exist. If I die, the clan will immediately collapse and be plundered by various forces. You talk so much about loyalty to the clan, then you should be loyal to me.”

“I am your father!” Gao Wuquyi could not tolerate his son’s attitude.

“In this world, my mother gave birth to me, and my master cultivated me painstakingly. As for you, what do you amount to?” Gao Wushui turned to leave.

…

Inside Hu Yang City, in a hidden underground hall beneath an ordinary cave dwelling.

Xue Yun, Yu Tianhu, and Yu Tianyi were gathered here.

“We have tried every possible means to collect information about the three forbidden areas,” Xue Yun said. “But the City Lord’s Mansion has tightly controlled the information. The ones guarding the three forbidden areas are all core members, making it very difficult to bribe them.”

“Gao Wu family’s ‘Gao Wuwei’ was easy to bribe, but he did things poorly. Not only did he fail to persuade Gao Wushui, but he also lost his own life,” Yu Tianhu shook his head.

“A piece of trash’s death is insignificant,” Yu Tianyi said. “Divine Lord Xue Yun, we have been collecting information for so long, when are we going to act?”

“After preparing for so long, it’s time to act,” Xue Yun said.

Yu Tianhu and Yu Tianyi’s eyes lit up.

“How are we going to act?” Yu Tianhu asked.

“Our target is the three forbidden areas,” Xue Yun said. “The City Lord’s Mansion only has Mo Lixiao on the surface, but they may have hidden forces. But with the three of us joining hands, we won’t fear the City Lord’s Mansion at all. As long as we can break into one forbidden area and destroy it, the power of the entire Hu Yang City’s formation will decrease sharply.”

Hu Yang City’s formation had many key nodes. Damage to ordinary nodes had little impact on the formation.

But the three forbidden areas were at the core.

“I will tell you the detailed plan on the day of the operation,” Xue Yun said.

“Okay, we will listen to Brother Xue Yun,” Yu Tianhu and Yu Tianyi were very confident.

Yu Tianhu, because he awakened a special bloodline, his divine body could be said to be the pinnacle of bloodline cultivation path for an Eternal True God. Xue Yun, who was well-informed, believed that Yu Tianhu’s divine body was probably not inferior to an Infinite Divine Body.

Of course, the Infinite Divine Body had great potential and could play a significant role in the Chaos Realm and God King level. But the ‘bloodline cultivation path’ would reach its peak when it broke through to the Chaos Dominator, with much less potential.

But that didn’t stop Yu Tianhu from having super strength right now.

And Yu Tianyi, as one of the ‘Five Gods of Yu Tian’, was also a powerhouse on the same level as Mo Lixiao.

With the three powerhouses joining hands, they naturally had plenty of confidence.

******

Inside the Jin Xiao Legion’s huge camp, in an elegant cave dwelling.

Luo Feng held a wine gourd.

“Gurgle.” After taking two sips of wine, he immediately felt the poison permeating his soul, causing his mental fortitude to falter. Luo Feng was also cultivating the *Great Destruction Heart Refinement Method*, repeatedly trying to erase his own will.

“The Duan Dong He lineage cultivated successive successors and had a way to blend ‘Black Marsh Venom’ to make its effects stronger,” Luo Feng thought, using Black Marsh Venom as raw material, supplemented with some ingredients, and blended with fruit wine, which could be blended into a unique-tasting wine. Using it to cultivate mental fortitude was even better.

“My soul is too strong, and my mental fortitude is even stronger. Relying solely on poison consumes too much,” Luo Feng thought, “Black Marsh fruit wine combined with the *Great Destruction Heart Refinement Method* has the best effect and saves Black Marsh Venom.”

This kind of cultivation would be unbearably painful for normal cultivators. But Luo Feng’s will had experienced too much tempering, especially the pain of the Star Tower recognition, which was far beyond this time.

After all, normal tempering methods could not reach the pain level of the Star Tower’s recognition.

So Luo Feng was very indifferent, this little pain, he found it to be a little fun in practice.

“Master, are we always staying here, staying for an Epoch?” Mo Luosa walked over, quite unwilling, “As your servant, who is insignificant, can I go out for a walk?”

Previously, he often enjoyed himself in the city, but now that he has been staying in the military camp for a long time, Mo Luosa couldn’t help it.

“Look at you,” Luo Feng shook his head, “You don’t have this kind of endurance, your mental fortitude is really average.”

“I’m enjoying myself in time, what does it have to do with my mental fortitude,” Mo Luosa retorted.

“I’m here guarding as the master, and you want to go out and enjoy yourself as a servant?” Luo Feng looked at him, “Do you think you’re being a bit much?”

Mo Luosa lowered his head.

“Wait, wait until the Shi Nation’s forces attack, or until a full Epoch has passed,” Luo Feng said.

Suddenly—

Without warning, an incomparably terrifying cold descended, instantly covering the entire Jin Xiao Legion’s camp. In this dark night, the vast camp spanning hundreds of millions of kilometers was completely covered by frost.

“So soon?” Luo Feng looked up in surprise.

“They’re finally here!” Mo Luosa was overjoyed.