"Fellow Daoists, how is the progress?"

Ao Yu and the other god-kings traveled at breakneck speed and arrived at the territory of the Lava Clan in just two hours, where they inquired with the other god-kings guarding the small world.

The two divine artifacts crafted by the Lava Clan this time are extremely important.

It concerns whether we can find Lu Tao and expose the Immortal Sect disciple's disguise.

Therefore, the God-Kings guarding the Lava Clan are not only numerous, but also extremely powerful.

Among the top races, almost every race is assigned one or two god-kings to protect them.

Upon hearing Ao Yu's question, a God-King immediately clasped his hands and said, "The God-King Artifact has been completed, and the formations and other elements have been inscribed. Now it is time for the final fusion."

"How much longer?" Ao Yu asked.

"About half a year."

Ao Yu nodded secretly.

Half a year may seem like a long time, but in the small world where time can be accelerated tenfold, it is only eighteen days compared to the outside world.

The forging of divine artifacts is extremely complex.

Even with the Lava Clan's weapon-forging techniques, it would take ten years to forge a high-grade Divine King weapon.

For the past ten years, they have worked tirelessly, without sleep.

and.

During this period, other masters from various tribes who were skilled in weapon crafting also assisted them.

In addition, the numerous treasures and materials sent by various races can effectively accelerate the weapon forging process.

Otherwise, the Lava Clan alone would not have been able to forge two divine artifacts so quickly.

You need to know.

A superior-grade divine king artifact is comparable to a late-stage or perfect divine king artifact. In a sense, the difficulty of forging such a divine king artifact is comparable to creating a divine king.

"That's right. In another twenty days, we will be able to find that worm Lu Tao. At that time, we will make him wish he were dead."

Ao Yu felt extremely uncomfortable whenever it thought about the various humiliations it had recently suffered at Lu Tao's hands. It wished it could find Lu Tao immediately, enslave him, and subject him to all kinds of cruel tortures by burning him with soul fire every day.

"Hmph, let him keep jumping around for another twenty days."

"This is his last moment, so let him be arrogant for now."

The other god-kings also harbored deep resentment towards Lu Tao, their killing intent reaching its peak.

If it weren't for Lu Tao, how could their various races have been so frustrated?

Despite their immense power, the various clans suffered repeated attacks from the Immortal Sect, resulting in the loss of thousands of powerful beings at the Heavenly God and Divine Lord levels. In the end, they were forced to abandon many of their assets and retreat into their own clans.

This was an unprecedented humiliation for all the tribes.

At this moment, thinking that they would be able to find Lu Tao in another twenty days, they felt very happy and expectant.

Sudden.

The pangolin seemed to have thought of something and suddenly said, "Wait a minute, if Lu Tao gathers all three thousand domains, and then uses three thousand different martial arts techniques to refine a small world, can such a small world withstand the detection of our divine king artifacts?"

"..."

Upon hearing this, the King of Gods was immediately stunned.

The more Daoist principles a small world contains, the stronger that small world becomes.

However, in the desolate realm of the gods, among the many races, the small worlds they refine are, in a sense, only slightly more advanced than cave dwellings.

Often, because cultivators learn fewer types of martial arts, the Daoist essence they possess is also relatively limited.

Its main function is to house living beings and accelerate time, which can be used for cultivation, weapon crafting, alchemy, etc.

Such a small world naturally cannot withstand the detection of the superior divine artifacts they have forged.

But what if it's a small world containing three thousand Daoist principles?

Is such a small world even considered a small world?

They don't know.

However, they knew very well that if such a small world really appeared, it would be extremely difficult to find it even with the abilities of a top-grade divine king artifact.

Upon realizing this, the joy on the faces of the many god-kings vanished instantly.

Ao Yu frowned and calmly analyzed, "It's alright. Even if Lu Tao refines such a small world, if the grade is too low, even if it contains three thousand Dao rhymes, it will not be able to escape the search of a high-grade divine king artifact; and if the grade is too high, he probably won't be able to refine it in just twenty days."

The other god-kings reacted instantly as well.

"Yes, yes, no matter how talented Lu Tao is, refining weapons is time-consuming, and there is absolutely no way he could refine a very good small world in a short period of time."

"That's right. Moreover, his bounty on cultivation techniques hasn't ended yet. There are still thirty techniques he hasn't obtained. These techniques are all quite special. Who knows if they exist in the Desolate Region?"

"That's right, it's also possible that just collecting the remaining twenty or thirty cultivation techniques could take more than twenty days?"

"Furthermore, he is only collecting cultivation techniques now. After the bounty ends, he will need to cultivate and comprehend them... Twenty days is definitely not enough time."

As the discussion progressed, their confidence was also restored.

But at the same time, they also discovered just how deeply they, the god-kings, feared Lu Tao.

When the possibility of Lu Tao refining the Three Thousand Daoist Rhymes Small World was raised, they should have immediately thought of these points to refute it, but in the end, they didn't even think of them.

seem.

In their subconscious, they believed that with Lu Tao's extraordinary abilities, he was fully capable of doing this.

After calm and careful consideration, I realized that the possibility was extremely slim.

But at this moment, another God King reminded us: "Although the possibility is not high, we cannot let our guard down. The Immortal Sect disciples were able to advance to the Heavenly God Perfection in just two months. Perhaps Lu Tao has a small world that can greatly speed up time."

"There's no need to worry about that; Lu Tao doesn't have such a small world."

Upon hearing this, Jie En, the leader of the Crimson Feather Hall, immediately shook his head and said, "When Lu Tao offered a reward for cultivation techniques, he also offered a reward for time-related materials. Although he has a small world, the time acceleration factor is definitely not high."

"That's good!"

The other god-kings breathed a sigh of relief; this was good news for them.

But what followed was even more shocking to them.

"In that case, Lu Tao's ability to cultivate outstanding disciples is truly extraordinary."

"Two months is the time to reach the peak of the Heavenly God realm, and now another year has passed, and we haven't seen them make a move again. I wonder if they have advanced to the God-King realm."

"I don't think so. The Immortal Sect has more than five thousand disciples. With so many Heavenly Gods undergoing tribulation, the scale is definitely not small. It would be difficult to hide it from the perception of our various races."

"Alas, no matter what, as time goes by, our hope of killing Lu Tao will become increasingly slim. The forging of these two divine king artifacts is one of our few remaining opportunities."

Upon hearing this, all the gods became solemn.

They all knew very well that no matter how confident they were, the longer they delayed, the less likely the opportunity would be in their hands.

Ao Yu said in a deep voice, "All other attempts have failed. These two divine artifacts are our only chance recently. Therefore, we must do everything we can to increase the possibility of success."

"Let's think about it some more, how can we prevent Lu Tao from obtaining other cultivation techniques?"

Ao Yu raised this question.

Prior to this, they had discussed the problem and tried several proposed solutions, but all of them failed.

The pangolin immediately said, "I think it would be better if we could put up a bounty on Lu Tao's head, and we could do the same. It would be like an auction, where we could directly state the price and try to raise it as much as possible. What do you think?"

"..."

The gods remained silent, and one of them said helplessly, "Now that the matter of ambushing Lu Tao in front of Qingyue Residence has been exposed, those cultivators probably won't trust us."

"What's so difficult about that? We can state directly when offering the bounty that it's only aimed at Lu Tao, not at other cultivators. Our races have no ill intentions towards other living beings."

“That’s right. We didn’t harm any of the creatures that were searched earlier, which shows our stance.”

"I think it's worth a try. Moreover, when offering the bounty, we should also make a Heavenly Dao oath to completely reassure those cultivators. A God-King making an oath—that sincerity should be enough, right?"

These words made Ao Yu's eyes light up.

The True Dragon Clan is the dominant force in the Desolate Region, and their reputation is actually quite good.

If they hadn't recently suffered repeated setbacks at Lu Tao's hands, leading to various embarrassing incidents, their reputation would be no less than that of the major chambers of commerce.

Ao Yu thought for a moment and immediately said, "Alright, then let's set a reward. As for the oath to Heaven, I'll take care of that."

As the Great Elder of the True Dragon Clan, it made a vow to Heaven, so those cultivators with special techniques should not doubt its sincerity.

"The key question now is, what price did Lu Tao pay when he traded those cultivation techniques?"

This is something they don't know.

The pangolin subconsciously asked Jie En, "Master Jie, you previously offered a bounty for Lu Tao. What did Lu Tao use in exchange?"

"Cough cough!"

Ao Yu coughed and reminded him, "Lu Tao has never successfully traded any cultivation techniques at the Crimson Feather Hall."

"……Feel sorry."

The pangolin then realized what was happening and was slightly embarrassed.

"It's alright."

Jie En shook his head and continued, "When we discussed the bounty with Lu Tao, we didn't mention these things. The specific techniques and prices for the transaction were negotiated by them themselves, and we didn't interfere."

"This is troublesome; how do we set a price?"

"Moreover, Lu Tao's bounty is different from ours. He can cancel the bounty once he obtains one of the cultivation techniques, but we can't. We have to keep offering bounties for all the cultivation techniques he lacks."

"Most importantly, once we put out the bounty and specify the price, it will probably cause those cultivators to go to Lu Tao to negotiate the price first, which is equivalent to pushing these cultivators to Lu Tao."

Headache.

As the discussion progressed, they found themselves increasingly troubled.

Finally, Ao Yu could only say in a deep voice, "In that case, we will not specify a price. Let those cultivators with special techniques make their own requests, and we will agree to any request."