The road is vague

Chapter 405 Rabbit People

Oak Island is located in the vast overseas territory of the Eastern Ridge, and is inhabited by a group of rabbit people.

More than a thousand years ago, the Rabbit People followed the Tiger People and launched a war against the traditional forces of the Hundred Ethereal Clans. After their defeat and subsequent extermination, the Rabbit People's power plummeted.

They either became vassals of powerful clans, almost like slaves or servants, or they hid in remote, desolate places, barely surviving.

The rabbit-people of Acorn Island migrated here more than two hundred years ago.

Over the course of more than two hundred years, the number of rabbit people on the island has grown from a few thousand to tens of thousands, and they have established nine towns.

Today is the Flower Festival, a significant day that the nine towns hold every three years to elect a new Grand Elder.

Qianqian arrived at the west hillside.

This is a spring outing paradise for the adult rabbits on the island.

As the daughter of the mayor of Xueyan Town, Qianqian has been admired by young talents from all over the country since she was a child, and she has lived a carefree life. This year she is twenty-two years old, and it is time for her to get married.

In just one afternoon, she received invitations from more than a dozen talented individuals from various towns.

When her friend Qing'er saw her return from admiring the flowers, she couldn't help but let out a soft laugh.

"Hehe, how about this Lingfeng Warrior from Dawan Town? As far as I know, he is already at the ninth level of Body Refinement and has a naturally agile body that allows him to ride the wind. He has been selected as an elite warrior on the island and will most likely be promoted to War General in the future. Aren't you satisfied?"

The myriad races can be divided into four levels based on their cultivation level and position: Warrior, General, Chief, and King.

The ethereal Blood Dragon Clan on the other side of the Forbidden Sea is not much different.

Everything here is born for war. Not only are there conflicts with the human race, but there are also many conflicts between the various tribes. For the human races of each country, the death of tens of thousands of people at once is enough to shake the entire country, but for the Hundred Misty Tribes, it is nothing out of the ordinary.

Upon hearing this, Qianqian couldn't help but smile gently.

"He's alright, just a bit slow-witted."

Qing'er knew her friend's thoughts best, and when she saw Qianqian like this, she immediately rolled her eyes.

"Are you still thinking about that person?"

Seeing that Qianqian remained silent, Qing'er's expression immediately turned serious, and she looked intently at her friend.

"Qianqian, I must remind you properly. Although Zhu Ri is an unparalleled genius unlike any other on the island, he is too sharp, too aggressive, and too naive. He keeps wanting to contact the mainland and rejoin the Hundred Races. Sooner or later, this will bring trouble to us. He doesn't understand the cruelty of the mainland at all!"

Upon hearing this, Qianqian composed herself.

She looked intently at her friend.

“But I think he makes a lot of sense. We have been living in seclusion here for more than two hundred years, cut off from communication with the mainland. Although our population is growing, no new chieftain has been born. We can only rely on the joint election of the Grand Elder to rule. We are just sitting here waiting for death. If this continues, one day in the future, when we face unknown disasters, we will be completely powerless to resist and can only surrender.”

"Hey."

Qing'er knew that her friend was an idealist. The tranquility of Oak Island and her pampered upbringing had made her so naive.

Neither side could convince the other, and in the end, they had to give up.

……

the other side.

The dozens of people attending the elders' meeting were all generals and warriors from the island.

With the new Grand Elder elected by the crowd, as is customary, everyone began to submit their development proposals.

As the youngest participant here, Zhu Ri submitted his proposal, which he had carefully prepared for three years, with great anticipation.

He longed to break free from his stagnation and leave the island!

The newly appointed elder was none other than Qianqian's father, the mayor of Xueyan Town. After carefully reading Zhu Ri's proposal, he rejected it on the spot.

"Great Elder!"

Seeing this every day fills me with resentment.

"Please reconsider. I have removed the radical parts and decided that Oak Island will gradually send its elite troops to the mainland over twenty years, allowing them to grow through exchanges with various races."

Upon hearing this, the Grand Elder calmly looked at Zhu Ri.

"You are still too young. You have no idea how terrible the outside world is. Since our defeat a thousand years ago, there has been no place for our rabbit people on the continent. We have become a weak race that may be wiped out at any time. Even if a few royal families can forgive us, those greedy powerful races will never let us go. Do you want to watch your brothers and sisters become slaves and playthings of other races, to be insulted and ravaged by them...?"

finally.

Zhu Ri left the meeting room, filled with deep pain and resentment.

In the center of Acorn Island stands a high mountain.

With a heavy heart full of frustration and unfulfilled ambitions, he climbed this high mountain every day.

After a long while, he sat down next to a black boulder, his eyes revealing anger, resentment, pain, and loss.

“I failed. The elders rejected my proposal again. No one was willing to support me. They were just a bunch of stubborn old fogies who believed that as long as we hid here, no one would ever find us.”

It beats against the ground day after day, venting its resentment.

This is the greatest secret of the Sun Chaser.

He was once just an ordinary member of the rabbit people on the island, until eight years ago when he came here by chance and discovered that the black stone was actually spiritual. It not only taught him the methods of cultivation, but also taught him the principles of being a person and described the wonderful and vast world outside.

Growing up gradually under such subtle influence, he finally became the person he is today, becoming a general at the young age of nineteen.

"They have no concept of being prepared for danger in times of peace, no concept of the dynamics of great competition, no concept of the law of the jungle. They just rejected my proposal to go to sea time and time again, and I could only watch helplessly as they led everyone to an abyss of no return, committing slow suicide here. I am no hero at all. Despicable, despicable, despicable..."

At this time.

The seemingly ordinary black stone suddenly revealed the phantom image of a colorful rabbit.

"Don't be discouraged by setbacks. Your bones will be stronger after they heal. You must believe in yourself and be able to lead your people to the light."

I was encouraged every day, and my depression was greatly relieved.

"kindness!"

He forced a smile, but still said with resentment, "Isn't there any other way?"

Upon hearing this, the five-colored rabbit looked at the unwilling Chasing the Sun, a strange light flashing in its eyes.

After all these years, the time has finally come. He could no longer suppress his longing and let out a sigh of regret.

"There is indeed a solution, but it might be risky and not understood by others. Are you willing to do that?"

Upon hearing this, a glimmer of hope ignited in Zhu Ri's eyes.

"Of course I'd love to!" A month later.

Suddenly, the vast Acorn Island began to shake, and large rocks rolled down from the central mountain. The rabbit people who lived there rushed out of their rooms and looked at the mountain in fear.

"what happened!"

"The mountain seems to be collapsing..."

Only a very few elderly people in each town, upon seeing this scene, remembered the legend and their expressions changed drastically.

Legend has it that two hundred years ago, Chief Snow Ear led his rabbit ancestors to flee to this place to live in seclusion because of the eagle people's rampant hunting. As the former henchmen of the tiger people, the rabbit people's strength had become insignificant in the process of being constantly purged.

Just when everyone thought they could finally rest and recuperate on Acorn Island, an eagle chieftain actually followed in the footsteps of the rabbit-men ancestors and arrived at Acorn Island.

Chief Snow Ear ultimately sacrificed his life to successfully seal it within the central mountain.

boom!
Suddenly, the central mountain erupted like a volcano.

Thick volcanic ash formed heavy clouds in the sky, making Acorn Island seem like it was entering the apocalypse, with lightning constantly falling from the sky.

"Zhu Ri, aren't we going too far by doing this?"

Qianqian was clearly frightened by this scene.

However, upon witnessing this scene day by day, he revealed an expression of immense excitement. He opened his arms, fully appreciating the magnificent sight, and couldn't help but burst into hearty laughter.

A group of rabbit elders led their elite warriors to the scene quickly.

"Chasing the Sun! Is this what you've done?"

Faced with the elder's questioning, Zhu Ri immediately replied, "Yes, I did it. It's better to suffer a short pain than a long one. For the long-term plan of the Rabbit People, I am willing to bear all the consequences. Now Acorn Island is no longer suitable for living. Leaving here is the only way out!"

"You have no idea what you're doing!!"

Upon hearing this, the elder immediately led his elite warriors to climb to higher ground, seemingly trying to prevent the disaster from happening.

boom!
However, at that moment, the central mountain suddenly erupted, accompanied by a thick plume of black smoke shooting into the sky, and a low, suppressed laugh came from inside the mountain.

"Hmph hmph hmph, hahahahahaha!"

A giant bird engulfed in black flames slowly climbed up from the mountainside, looked down at the flocks of tiny creatures around it, sensed their despair and fear, and revealed a long-lost smile of excitement.

"It's Black Phoenix!"

"It's over, everything is over."

"The seal has completely failed, what should we do..."

Despair spread among the rabbit people. Looking at the enormous creature at the crater, they simply couldn't muster the courage to fight it.

"All the rabbit people here must die!!"

Accompanied by a scream from the mountaintop, large pieces of corpses and blood rained down from the sky.

"Do not!!"

Qianqian covered her mouth, tears welling in her eyes, staring at the scene in disbelief. Even Zhu Ri was shocked, staring blankly at the scene. He only wanted to create a disaster to make everyone back down and leave this island that was like a prison, but he never expected it to cause such a tragedy.

"what!!"

Each day, it unleashed astonishing jumping power, its figure constantly climbing rocks, rushing towards the peak, and finally arriving in front of this giant bird burning with black flames at the crater.

"You're lying to me! Why? Why would you do this!"

"Of course it's because you're easy to fool!!"

Without a word, the giant bird standing at the crater grabbed Zhu Ri with one claw and let out a hysterical scream.

"Eight years! I've had enough of this life of constant anxiety. I have to be your mother, lecturing you on those nauseating philosophies, and also be your mentor, sparing no expense to train you, you idiot. This is more agonizing than being sealed down there for two hundred years. You childish fool, you can finally die now!"

puff.

After crushing the Sun Chaser with a single claw, the Black Phoenix noticed another group of rabbit-men approaching from afar.

Armed with weapons, they charged forward. The Black Phoenix smiled coldly, swallowed the corpse in her claws, and suddenly spread her wings, swooping down on the rabbit people below. She wanted to slaughter them to her heart's content and vent her anger.

After a stick of incense.

After hundreds of rabbit-men were crushed to death by the black phoenix's claws, she finally grew tired of the torture and spread her wings, flying into the sky.

"Hmph, hmph, hmph, now, I'll let you die in despair and fear under my extinction flames."

The rabbits gritted their teeth and looked up at the giant bird in the swirling dark clouds. They felt that even standing was difficult under her terrifying spiritual pressure, and they were all horrified.

"Black Xuan Bird! You've been sealed away for two hundred years. Even if we all die here, it'll be worth it!"

"If you hadn't relentlessly pressured us, how could we have ended up on this deserted island? How could you have suffered such a calamity? This is karma!"

"You eagle people will surely..."

at this time.

A dazzling light suddenly tore through the dark demonic clouds.

A dilapidated giant ship suddenly descended from the sky. The black phoenix, who was casting a spell at the center of the dark cloud vortex, let out a scream. Caught off guard, she was smashed to the ground by the ship that fell from the sky.

Boom!
The ship landed on the ground and instantly broke into pieces.

Six figures floated in the air, all looking on in astonishment, staring at each other in disbelief.

Black Phoenix slowly rose from the crater in the ground.

She looked at the six people in the air and roared furiously, "You're all asking for death!"

Say it.

She immediately spread her wings and rushed towards these strange creatures, moving so fast that she almost left a blur.

Bang!
However, the next moment, she was slapped down and fell again at an even faster speed, creating an even bigger crater in the ground.

"Huh, there's actually a remnant of a great demon here, but its bloodline is a bit diluted. Could it be that we've already left the Forbidden Sea?"

The Thousand-Faced King murmured in surprise, completely disregarding the mid-stage minor demon king below.

"It seems...that's indeed the case."

After confirming their current situation, Li Mo couldn't help but smile and say, "We've finally arrived in the Middle Earth."

(End of this chapter)