Chapter 26
The Joyce Family Crisis
Chapter 26 The Joyce Family Crisis
"Less contact? Why?" Jag asked, puzzled.
Debra sighed, "I heard from the other team captains that Bernard is arrogant and domineering. After his strongest god clone was killed, he not only didn't restrain himself, but became even more outrageous. In short, try to avoid contact with him to avoid trouble."
"I see."
Jag hadn't originally intended to contact Bernard.
The young members of the Four Divine Beasts Clan seemed to be visiting Dreamland City for the first time. They spent several months exploring the city before setting off, and some of them even impulsively participated in a demon assessment.
As always, Jugg was either on duty or practicing.
Six months later, Jag received a message from headquarters.
The other party accepted his challenge!
"So fast!"
Jag was somewhat taken aback.
In the past, many team leader challenges have dragged on until the last minute.
Jag thought that even if it didn't take ten thousand years, it would still take one or two thousand years.
Debra was not surprised by this.
"If it were me, I'd be eager to do it as soon as possible."
Why?
Debra laughed and said, "Think about it, three hundred years ago, when you were at headquarters, you were only a five-star demon. Now that you've applied for a challenge, everyone can guess that you've definitely reached the six-star demon level. You've gone from a five-star demon to a six-star demon in just three hundred years. With that kind of cultivation speed, what level will you be in ten thousand years? If you accept the challenge now, everyone is a six-star demon, so you can still fight each other. If you wait any longer, who knows what level your strength will reach?"
"So that's how it is." Jage smiled wryly.
However, taking on the challenge sooner also aligns with his thinking.
He immediately left Menglan City, met up with his other divine avatars outside the city, and headed to the Zijing Army headquarters in the Crescent Moon Mountains.
Twenty years later.
Hongyang Prefecture, Blue Maple City.
Jag walked out of an upscale restaurant and strolled through the streets of Blue Maple City. Occasionally, he would wave and greet the patrolling Purple Thorn Army soldiers.
Although he was a member of the Purple Thorn Army of Menglan City, he participated in the competition in Lanfeng City, so the Purple Thorn Army of Lanfeng City all recognized him.
When he left Blue Maple City for the headquarters of the Purple Thorn Army, he left his God of Destruction and God of Light avatars in Blue Maple City. Over the years, both of these avatars have reached the level of six-star demons.
Now that he has no profound understanding of the laws of the Seven Star Demons, Jugger's cultivation progress is slow and almost stagnant. So he simply reduces his cultivation time and spends more time strolling around Blue Maple City and enjoying life.
As Jaeger walked back to his residence, Ashley, who was sitting idly behind the front desk of a nearby hotel, suddenly brightened up and chased after him.
"Jeg, tonight..."
"Ashley, sorry, I have something urgent to attend to. Let's talk another time!"
Jag quickly quickened his pace and entered the courtyard where he lived.
Over the past three hundred years, the number of people interested in him has been increasing.
After all, he owns a house in Blue Maple City, is a member of the Purple Thorn Army, and his Destruction God Avatar and Light God Avatar have successively become high-ranking gods. His conditions already surpass those of the vast majority of life in Blue Maple City.
However, most of these women were mid-level gods, and Jaeger had no emotional connection with them, so he had no particular feelings for them.
As soon as Jag returned to his residence, Caius rushed out to greet him.
"Young Master, something terrible has happened!"
Jag's expression changed: "What happened?"
"Just now, the Shirind family, the Robert family, and the Macias family arrived outside Jade Cold Mountain. They jointly pressured the patriarch, demanding that we hand over the crafting methods for items such as the Death God Puppet. If we don't, they will attack Jade Cold Mountain!" Caius said urgently.
He had a divine avatar left in the family, so he could immediately know the situation of Jade Cold Mountain.
Jag's face darkened.
The Shirind family, the Robert family, and the Macias family are all powerful forces near Blue Maple City. The strongest members of these families are all five-star demons, and their strength was originally comparable to that of the Joyce family.
However, more than three hundred years ago, after Jag obtained the crafting methods for items such as the Death Puppet, the Joyce family experienced great development, increased income sources, and rapidly improved family strength, gradually widening the gap with them.
"Looks like I've attracted some envy," Jag sneered.
"Young Master, what should we do now? Should we hand it over?" Caius asked, somewhat unwilling.
Once handed over, the Joyce family will lose its advantage and will soon be overtaken by the three major families.
But if he didn't hand it over, he didn't know how to withstand the combined attack of the three major families. Each of the three family leaders was no weaker than Amy.
"Tell my sister to stall for time. I'm heading back to the family right now. There's no way we'll pay. If they dare come, they won't be leaving!" Jag said coldly, and immediately took Caius away from Blue Maple City, heading back to Jade Cold Mountain.
His divine avatars in Blue Maple City never fought, and others only regarded them as ordinary high-level gods. After all, his two divine avatars had only been high-level gods for two or three hundred years, so it was normal that their strength had not improved in such a short time.
Even the Joyce family didn't know that his divine clone possessed the strength of a six-star demon.
A month later, Jag and Caius rushed back to Jade Cold Mountain.
Jaeger kept up with the latest developments through Caius.
He discovered that although the three major families were blocking the entrance to Jade Cold Mountain, they had not yet made a move.
Jag didn't know why, but this gave him just enough time to get back.
Otherwise, the Joyce family would be in real danger.
Outside Jade Cold Mountain, where the Joyce family resided, three castles were built by the three major families.
It is not difficult for a high-ranking god to build a castle using the laws of the elements.
Jag's metallic life form flew over the three castles and landed directly on Jade Cold Mountain.
Outside the three castles, the middle-ranking gods of the three major families patrolled. They discovered the metallic life form, but instead of stopping it, they immediately returned to the castle to report.
In the Jade Cold Mountain, Jag and Caius emerged from the metallic lifeform. Amy and other high-ranking members of the Joyce family had already learned of Jag's imminent return through Caius's divine avatar and were waiting for him.
As soon as they saw the metallic life form land, they rushed to meet it.
"Little brother."
"Sis, is everything ready?"
"According to your plan, the mid-level and high-level gods of the family are all on standby."
"Alright, let's get started."
"Little brother, are you sure everything's okay?" Amy asked, sounding a little worried.
"Don't worry, they're just three five-star demons, they're no threat."
With Jaeger's arrival, the entire Joyce family began to mobilize.
Nearly six thousand mid-level gods took to the air, and in front of them were seven high-level gods, with Jag and Amy in the middle.
Over the past three hundred years, the Joyce family population has increased from less than 10,000 to more than 20,000, and the number of family gods has increased to nearly 6,000.
The number of high-ranking gods in the family has increased by four. Although they are all high-ranking gods who have refined their divine sparks, it is still a great boost to the Joyce family's combat power.
The Joyce family adopted a posture of war.
(End of this chapter)