Armipotent

Harmony Temple

The Phoebus Legion, The Clown Troupe, and Harmony Knights were wiped out, but they managed to send the emergency message before their demise. The emergency message was sent to the Bishop which led to an emergency meeting in the temple that was close to The Orin Peak.

"Have you found out what happened to our people at the Orin Peak?" Archbishop of Harmony Temple asked his people with his cranky voice.

"We tried to call them but they didn't answer the call. We have sent them multiple messages, but we have received no reply from them. I think our army at the Orin Peak has been wiped out, Archbishop Aslin," The Bishop in charge of communicating with the force voiced his thoughts.

"Have you done anything to find out?"

"We have sent a small group of ten Templar Knights. If nothing happened, we will receive the report from them in a few hours, Archbishop Aslin."

"We are so close to finishing the duty entrusted by Goddess of Harmony," He turned toward the other two people who sat at the same table with him. One was the Archbishop of Sun Temple, and the other was the Seventh Clown of Clown Troupe.

Different from the other Gods, The Clown God did not establish a temple. He built a troupe where he gathered his people to do his bidding, for every small and dirty matter. If the other Gods were represented by the Archbishop, The Clown was represented by the numbered Clown. There were twelve Clowns in total and the strongest was the First Clown.

"What do you think happened at the Ten Peak? Even though they have four Demi-God Ranks, they could not win against Sir Egory, and we have the number advantage as well."

"I wonder," the Archbishop of Sun Temple replied with his gentle voice, "But we will find out soon, no? Since you have sent the Templar Knight. Let's be patient."

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Tang Shaoyang was at the front gate, standing in front of him was his guide. Four beastmen from four major tribes. The Flaming Lion, The Jade Eagle, The Red Monkey, and The Frost Tigra. He recognized the person from Frost Tigra, the girl he beat up before.

He let out a sigh and walked to the bodies that had been separated by his Skelly Family. He started to store the body in inventory and opened the conversation with an introduction, "Let's start with your name and rank."

Tisha of the Frost Tigra was Legend Rank. Ron of the Jade Eagle was also Legend Rank. Maru of the Flaming Lion, the next Crimson Tribe's chief, Demi-God Rank. Lastly, Kaltum of the Red Monkey was The Primordial Rank.

Tang Shaoyang was glad that Frost did not include Lyra in the group. The Chief of Frost Tigra had given up on marrying his daughter with him. That was a good sign. 

Kaltum was the weakest among the four because he was not a warrior like the other three. He was a blacksmith just like Jacky, the strongest of the young generation of the Red Forge Tribe. Despite being a blacksmith, he was just one rank lower. As for Maru, he has just recently finished his trial, and a fresh Demi-God Rank.

That was the main reason he accepted the four guides. There were five Demi-God Ranks, and one of them was this young lion. Those five God Ranks were enough for Tang Shaoyang to accept the condition of having four guides.

Five God Ranks meant five potential God Ranks. That was a massive help for him for the future fight against Nirvana. That was the ten year difference.

"I have a request before we depart, Sir," Maru was the boldest among the four guides, "Can we have a spar before we depart, Sir?"

Tang Shaoyang finished storing the dead bodies, and he recalled his Skeleton Army. That put the guards on the wall at ease and the skeleton was no longer in front of their gate. He turned around and faced the young lion, "I like bold people like you, but this is not the right time for it. I don't have much time, so we better not waste our time with useless sparring fights."

It was one at night on Earth, and he had to return in five hours. He promised Li Jiaying and Li Yue to send them to their school. Then he still had to play with her baby daughter. He did not want to spend so much time away only to not be recognized by her daughter later on. Then he could only return maybe in the evening after the dinner. The quickest after he picked up Jiaying and Li Yue from their school.

The next five hours or fifty hours of Aqura's time were so precious. He wanted to kill at least one God Rank in that time frame.

"Sparring fight it's not useless. It will help you because you will be fighting different people in the future, so you are prepared if you fight someone with my fighting style, Sir," Maru was quite stubborn as well as he insisted on sparring.

"It's useful for you, but it's useless for me. There's no benefit for me to fight a greenhorn like you," There was no benefit for Tang Shaoyang to fight someone that just reached the Demi-God Rank. There was nothing to gain if he beat Maru overwhelmingly.

"We will leave right away. Who will lead the way?" He pointed at Maru, "If you keep asking for a sparring fight, then you better stay in the city. The reason I bring you is so I can travel faster, not to slow me down!"

Tisha stepped out and immediately changed the topic, "I will lead the way down to the mountain, Sir. We can decide our destination once we reach down at the mount…." Before Tisha finished her words, Tang Shaoyang swooped her up and Kaltum with him, "Bring your friend down, Ron!"

If it was a normal walk, it would take them fifteen to twenty minutes to the foot of the mountain. But it just took Tang Shaoyang two minutes to reach the bottom. The bottom and the peak were completely different, as if it were a different world. On the summit was covered in thick snow while below was warmth.

"Which God do you want to find first, Sir?" Tisha hurriedly asked before Maru could stir another trouble.

Meanwhile, Kaltum and Ron were holding back Maru from approaching Tang Shaoyang while persuading their friend not to annoy Tang Shaoyang, "You will fight the Gods' followers anyway. So save your energy for them later." That was what Ron whispered to Maru.

"Who's the closest…." Tang Shaoyang furrowed his brow and looked toward the east, "We have people coming toward us. Get ready to fight."