157: Preparing to hunt dragons

"Could it be... that in the 'Abyss Suppressing Palace,' there is dragon blood essence, remnants, or even... true Dragon Clan source power related to the Great Sage Who Overturns Seas, sealed or dormant? And this anomaly has caused its aura to leak?" Gao De's thoughts raced, a strong desire and extreme calm simultaneously surging in his heart.

The desire was because this sudden change was practically a gluttonous feast tailor-made for him!

The core of the Purple Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and the Devouring System was to plunder and absorb Dragon Clan Bloodline essence!

In the past, searching for a suitable Dragon-Blooded Creature required a lot of time, effort, and luck, but now, it seemed like 'walking great medicines' were everywhere!

The calm was because he deeply understood that Opportunity often coexisted with danger.

The collective anomaly of Dragon-Blooded Creatures would inevitably attract other powerful predators!

Those mysterious external forces, the powerful Demon Kings native to Yunmeng Marsh, and even Human Cultivators who might come upon hearing the news... the entire Yunmeng Marsh would be thoroughly stirred up by this sudden 'temptation'!

"Knowing fear when one's power is small, and not being greedy when one gains..." Gao De silently recited his fundamental principles, but the sharp light in his eyes grew brighter, "However, to not take what Heaven offers is to invite blame! This is not greedy demanding, but hunting with the flow of events!"

Caution does not equate to timidity. When a once-in-a-thousand-years Opportunity presents itself in a relatively 'safe' manner, a true hunter should strike decisively! Moreover, they must seize the initiative with the highest efficiency!

"Plan change!" Gao De's voice was decisive, echoing in the spirit cave, "The deep exploration plan for the Sunken Abyss Sea Eye is temporarily suspended; all preliminary preparations will shift to assisting the new objective!"

His gaze burned as he looked down at the Demons awaiting orders: "The current top priority is to hunt all huntable Dragon-Blooded Creatures within Yunmeng Marsh, to maximize the improvement of this King's Bloodline and strength as quickly as possible!"

"Turtle Three Thousand, deploy all intelligence networks with the highest priority, cast a wide net! I want to know the whereabouts, Rank, and general movements of all Rank Two and above Dragon-Blooded Creatures in the southern outer areas of Yunmeng Marsh, especially those near our sphere of influence!

The focus is on Rank Three targets; once a definite location and timing are found, this King will personally take action! At the same time, closely monitor the movements of other forces, especially their hunting or searching for Dragon-Blooded Creatures!"

"Green Edge, Iron Pincer!" Gao De looked at his two great generals, "You two, each lead a team of elites, centered on Qianjiao Cliff, search and hunt in a fan-shaped pattern to the east and west! Focus primarily on Rank Two Dragon-Blooded Creatures, striving for efficiency, secrecy, and instant kills, swiftly bringing back the essence or complete corpses!

You are permitted to temporarily recruit or command some peripheral Demon Soldiers to assist as circumstances dictate, but your core small team must be dominant to ensure control and efficiency! Remember, our goal is accumulation; it is speed!"

"Aside from the necessary territorial defense forces, which Turtle Three Thousand will uniformly dispatch the remaining Demon Soldiers and Formations, all other deployable Demon Soldiers, and some Demon Soldiers skilled in searching, such as swarm-type creatures, are to spread out!"

Investigate widely as individuals, report any clues immediately! Tell them that those who provide effective clues will be heavily rewarded! Those who successfully hunt and bring back targets will be heavily rewarded according to their value!"

Gao De stood tall, the sound of wind and thunder faintly around him, and a sharp Killing Intent permeated the air: "This King will preside over the central hub, ready to strike at Rank Three targets based on intelligence at any time.

At the same time, I will refine a batch of simple 'Dragon Seeking Compasses' and distribute them to all dispatched teams to improve search efficiency."

He looked towards the Yunmeng Great Marsh in the northwest, as if he could penetrate layers of water to see the abyss brewing infinite storms and Opportunities, and also the 'predator' gazes flickering throughout Yunmeng Marsh due to the Bloodline agitation.

"Chaos has arisen, Opportunity has appeared. This is a race of speed and greed!" Gao De's voice was cold and full of power, "But now, Yunmeng Marsh itself is a giant hunting ground! We must break into parts, then gather the parts into a whole, use the widest network to find prey, use the sharpest claws to tear apart prey, and use the fastest speed to digest prey!"

"What I want is a large number of prey, enough Dragon Clan Bloodline essence, to snatch as many of these 'walking Treasure Troves' as possible before all forces react and form organized hunts or competitions! Use massive amounts of dragon blood essence to explosively increase this King's Bloodline concentration!"

"Only by achieving a leapfrog improvement in our own strength in the short term will we be qualified to have a foothold in future abyss explorations, and even in potentially larger-scale struggles, and even... become the creators of new rules!"

Qianjiao Cliff's strategic focus underwent a rapid, aggressive, and even somewhat wild shift.

From deep concealment and precise planning, it transformed into a mode of full mobilization, wide netting, high frequency, and lightning-fast predatory hunting.

Gao De, faced with abundant benefits, shed some of his excessive caution, turning Qianjiao Cliff into an efficient and greedy dragon blood harvesting machine.

Soon, the entire Qianjiao Cliff territory was like a disturbed beehive, with countless overt and covert forces pouring out.

Green Edge and Iron Pincer each led a core hunting team of over twenty Demons, like two unsheathed blades, plunging into different waters with chilling Killing Intent.

More Demon Soldier squads, and even lone scouts, like spreading ripples, disappeared into the vast marsh with newly distributed sensing Talismans.

Turtle Three Thousand's intelligence hub instantly bore immense pressure from the information flow, but he was well-prepared, quickly setting up a temporary information filtering, classification, and transmission mechanism to ensure that valuable clues were reported to Gao De immediately, or forwarded to nearby hunting teams.

Gao De himself remained in the spirit cave, constantly monitoring feedback from all sides, ready to transform into the most deadly hunter at any moment to pounce on valuable Rank Three targets.

Beneath the deep waters of Yunmeng Marsh, the chaos that had just begun due to the 'dragon blood agitation' abruptly intensified as Qianjiao Cliff, this behemoth, suddenly displayed an extremely greedy and efficient predatory stance.

A resource plundering war, widespread, involving many hunters, cruel and direct, thus fully erupted. And Gao De stood at the starting point of this storm, ready to devour all the dragon blood radiance that could be caught.

Qianjiao Cliff's strategic shift quickly translated into cold, efficient action.

Turtle Three Thousand's intelligence network operated at full speed; countless low-Rank informants hidden in markets, concealed in water plants, or even disguised as ordinary fish and shrimp, surged into the outer waters of Yunmeng Great Marsh. They channeled abnormal fluctuations in various outer waters of Yunmeng Marsh, especially clues related to Dragon-Blooded Creatures, through information channels, flowing like trickles into Turtle Three Thousand's intelligence hub.

A "Dragon-Blooded Creature Activity Map," marked with different colors, Ranks, and estimated risks, quickly took shape and was continuously updated.