Chapter 142 Clash of Bullies
The shouts and curses from below almost drowned out the two men's conversation.

Bai Qingyu said helplessly, "What should we do? Should we stay or leave?"

Ling Chengen stood on his broad back, pressed down his hat which was almost blown off by the wind, and gazed into the distance for a moment: "A lot of Thunder Beast Clan people have arrived."

Bai Qingyu felt a little uneasy.

There were only two of them. Although the Hanshan tribesmen were not far away, if they were besieged, the tribesmen would not be able to come to their rescue in time.

He was very clear about his partner's personality. Sometimes he could be really fierce. He was a true member of the Boshan Giant Tiger species. He was naturally very curious. He didn't care whether he could win or not. He would go up and take a look first. If he liked the look of the partner, he would play with him for a bit. If he didn't like the look of the partner, he would definitely give him a good beating.

Deep down, he had already foreseen Ling Chengen's answer, but when he heard Ling Chengen's reply that he wanted to stay and see how things went, his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally died.

Ling Chengen stood steadily on his back, squinting as he observed the dozens of orcs running towards them from afar. Noticing the weapons in their hands, he quickly reminded them, "Fly higher, they've brought bows and arrows."

Bai Qingyu dared not let his guard down and flew directly to a height of 100 meters in the air, frowning as he looked at the orcs who had already begun to fire arrows.

"The Thunder Beast clan has also risen up. In the past, they would never have used a bow and arrow, and they basically looked down on these things."

Ling Chengen frowned and said, "Don't underestimate these bows and arrows. I can't tell what the bows they're holding are made of yet, but the bowstrings seem to be made of the sinews of high-level exotic beasts. As long as you have enough arm strength, a distance of 100 meters is definitely not a problem."

After reminding him, Ling Chengen asked curiously, "Do you think they might run out of their territory and attack us?"

"Who knows?" Bai Qingyu glanced down at the menacing orcs below. "Why don't we give it a try? Anyway, just hovering in mid-air will only draw their aggro. They probably won't be willing to negotiate with us quietly."

Ling Chengen: "Alright, let's do it your way."

Bai Qingyu flew back, creating some distance between herself and the border of the Thunder Beast Tribe's territory. Sure enough, the Thunder Beasts chased after her angrily, showing a posture as if they were about to invade the territory of the Hounan Beast Clan.

"The Thunder Beast clan is warlike. If you're still not giving up on the area between the two tribes, you can try fighting their leader later..."

Ling Chengen felt it was a bit risky: "Judging from their posture, they immediately summoned their friends, ready to gang up on me. I'm afraid they're not going to fight me one-on-one."

In a one-on-one fight, she was naturally unafraid of these thunder beasts.

If the opponent doesn't bring out a high-level superhuman warrior to suppress her, her chances of winning are actually very low.

Thunder Beasts are indeed tough and thick-skinned, but their attack capabilities and methods are quite limited. Moreover, these orcs are long-nosed Thunder Beasts, without even horns on their heads. Their speed and agility are definitely inferior to those of felines, only slightly superior in size.

"We can't retreat any further." Ling Chengen looked back. "We're already within the territory of the Hou Nan Beast Clan."

The Hounan Beast Clan, patrolling the border of their territory, had already noticed the anomaly and began to notify their people to rush over. Many warriors who had been hiding extremely well gradually began to show themselves.

Leading the Thunder Beastmen into the territory of the Hounan Beastmen was definitely not something they wanted to see.

The Hounan Beast Clan might think they did it on purpose.

Ling Chengen jumped off Bai Qingyu's back: "Don't get off, I'll try."

Bai Qingyu suddenly let out a very low and urgent cry towards the distance. The penetrating voice that belonged to Yue Ling Qinghe reached the ears of the Cold Mountain beastmen, who were either asleep or already washing up.

Soon, many orcs of the Crane Clan emerged from the countless dilapidated tents at the encampment.

Chongzhen looked up at the rows of cranes flying into the distance, grabbed Hui Dongling who was also trying to run away, and asked in confusion, "What's going on?"

"The young chieftain's voice is calling for reinforcements." Hui Dongling's expression was excited, making no attempt to hide her eagerness. "There's definitely going to be a fight! I wonder which tribe they're from. Bad luck indeed!"

After saying that, he pried open Chongzhen's hand and flew into the sky in a flash.

Chongzhen... He wanted to go too, but seeing the stove already smoking, he could only suppress his desire to join in the fun and stay at the camp to make breakfast.

Most of the orcs from Cold Mountain had left, leaving mainly some underage orcs and some females who didn't need to care for their cubs all the time. These people were mainly responsible for logistics, so even when the young chieftain summoned them to fight, they remained calm from beginning to end, busy with their own affairs and not distracted by the fighting outside.

……

As soon as Ling Chengen landed, he was attacked by an orc who suddenly jumped up.

The man held a metal halberd, its entire body a dark gold color, clearly made of metal. The head was different from a spear; a double-edged blade was horizontally fixed at the top of the metal rod, sharpened on both sides, looking extremely sharp in the morning light, with a flash of cold light on the blade.

The halberd suddenly emerged from the tall grass, sweeping horizontally, its target her waist and abdomen.

Ling Chengen's body was as supple as water; his toes didn't even touch the ground as he leaped into the air and somersaulted backward, putting distance between himself and the incredibly fast war halberd.

After Ling Chengen dodged, he finally got a clear look at the orc's face.

The orcs had typical yellow and black skin, but their appearance was androgynous, with dotted markings on their faces, mainly indigo and white.

The facial tattoos are mainly concentrated from the center of the eyebrows to the forehead, below the apple cheeks, on both sides of the nose and corners of the mouth, and from the jaw to the neck and throat.

Ling Chengen stared intently, finally confirming that this was a female beastman with full, thick lips, a high nose bridge, and very standard phoenix eyes with upturned corners. At first glance, she wasn't particularly beautiful, but she had a unique personality that made her unforgettable.

The fighting power in the Beast World is generally dominated by male beastmen. This is not due to gender discrimination, but because female beastmen of most races are at a disadvantage in terms of physical size. In most races, females hold the right to reproduce, which has led to some stereotypes.

But if there are truly powerful females, the male orcs wouldn't find it unreasonable.

Just like her, even though she is female, she can still be the young clan leader.

Even a seven or eight-year-old child like Ling Xiaoxi, whose baby teeth haven't even all fallen out, is no match for the small-sized adult male beastmen of the Yaoluo Clan. She can still overwhelm them with her innate talent and instincts, as well as her acquired combat power.

Ultimately, it all comes down to strength.

This view is mainly determined by the high mortality rate of the animal world.

Ling Chengen drew the bone blade from behind him, held it in his right hand, and tilted his head toward the female orc opposite him.

This was only a few months after she arrived in the Beast World, and this was the first time she had encountered a female beastman who could hold her own. She was both excited and curious.

"what--"

The female on the other side attacked without hesitation, her eyes were extremely sharp, and she had a fierce, wild nature about her.

As the long spear spun in her hand and then unexpectedly swung at her, Ling Chengen lightly stepped on the top of the spear, directly stepping on the long handle, and leaned forward like a swallow, accelerating towards the female opposite her.

Although Alodi was young, his combat instincts were extraordinary. As he retreated without hesitation, the handle of the long spear that Ling Chengen was stepping on suddenly slid in his palm.

Ling Chengen kicked away the long spear that could no longer stand, and the tip of the bone blade in his hand was already aimed at her throat.

But Alodi showed no fear whatsoever. His eyelashes didn't even twitch. He suddenly leaned back, kneeling on both knees, letting the bone blade pass right above his nose. The long spear in his hand blocked Ling Chengen's downward slash.

Her back was almost touching the ground when she suddenly twisted her waist, turned her body to the side, and, relying on the strength of her insteps and core, her body became supple and lifted off the ground.

"What superb movement skills!"

Such flexibility is rare; even she would find it difficult to rise so smoothly, and to combine that with strength only increases the difficulty to the extreme. Even a male beastman might not be able to withstand Ling Chengen's strength.

So this female orc is really quite powerful.

However, it seems that he doesn't have any special abilities.

At least she didn't sense any fluctuations of supernatural power from this female.

Ling Chengen flipped over her body and swung his knife at her back again.

When the two were fighting, none of the orcs around them made any rash moves.

Because... the orcs who came to join the fun from Hanshan all settled on the border of the Hounan orc territory, crowding out the Hounan orcs so much that they almost had nowhere to stand.

Some of the crane-clan beastmen who wanted to watch the spectacle, unable to find a good vantage point, transformed into their beast forms and flew high and low in the air, observing the extremely exciting battle below.

The dozens of Thunder Beastmen who had already broken out of their territory looked at each other, gripping their bows and arrows, and whispered among themselves, "How are we going to fight them? There are quite a few of them!"

If they outnumber the enemy, they're doomed.

But admitting defeat... that's definitely not an option.

The Thunder Beast Clan were notorious bullies for miles around; how could they possibly admit defeat so easily?!

Moreover, this is no longer their territory. If they continue to call their people out for a group fight, won't the other side strike first?
"Alodi is still fighting that female orc. I didn't expect other tribes to have such powerful females!"

"That's a female tiger. You can tell just by her aura, right? The female tigers from the Northern Beast Plains are especially formidable. That must be that vicious female tiger from the Stone Forest!"

"No, Shilin is a hundred and eight thousand miles away from us. Are they out of their minds? Why would they come here to cause trouble for us?"

"The Crane Clan and the Stone Forest seem to be neighbors. I see there are over a hundred Crane Clan beastmen here..."

"Wait... have they moved to our neighborhood?"

"If that's true, won't our lives be filled with misery from now on?"

Nobody wants a powerful, uninvited guest to suddenly appear next to their peaceful home.

The battle between Shilin and the four surrounding tribes was so fierce that few in the Northern Wilderness Beast Plains knew about it; its reputation was extremely widespread.

"Alodi is going to lose—" someone suddenly exclaimed.

Having his weapon knocked away, Alody could not escape the fate of having a knife held to his neck.

Ling Chengen did not harm her, but asked with great interest, "What's your name?"

The stubborn, dark-skinned female wiped the blood seeping from the corner of her mouth and sneered, "Enough nonsense, just kill me!"

"Why would I kill you? I have no intention of making enemies with the Thunder Beast Tribe."

Ling Chengen put away the bone blade in his hand and reached out to pull her up from the ground.

Alodi looked at her suspiciously, then at the sea of ​​crane-tribe beastmen: "You have trespassed on the territory of my Thunder Beast Tribe. Isn't this making an enemy?"

After putting away the bone blade, Ling Chengen said speechlessly, "When did we trespass? We haven't stepped into your territory at all. We were just looking for someone from the Thunder Beast Tribe on the outskirts to help inform your chieftain so we could discuss some things with him."

Alodi suddenly turned around, his eyes like knives, slicing across the tribesman who had initially sent out the wrong signals.

The male orc, covered in mud, suddenly shrank back and whispered, "Those two were sneaking around the border, I thought they were trying to provoke us..."

Ling Chengen twitched his lips speechlessly: "Forget it, who is the chieftain of your tribe? We would like to ask if it is possible to level the terrain a little on this unclaimed land between the Hounan Beast Clan and your territory, so that we can use it to dry the harvested wheat."

Alodi picked up the halberd from the ground, lazily raising his eyelids: "Is that all?"

"You can roam freely over unclaimed land, just don't trespass on our territory."

She walked directly past Ling Chengen, went up to the guilty-looking male orc, and used the long spear in her hand as a stick, whipping the unfortunate fellow across the buttocks.

The orc, covered in yellow mud, was in so much pain that his face contorted in pain.

He reached up and covered his buttocks, his head hanging low, looking dejected.

Alodi sneered, "Next time you're on patrol, if you send out those random signals again, you'll be in for a beating!"

"You stay on this side of the border. As long as they don't cross the line, you don't need to worry about them."

"And another thing, no provoking me on purpose!" Alodi kicked him in the shin and said coldly, "Got it?"

"Remember, remember."

The orc stammered in response, and after the tribe's tyrant left, he quickly rubbed his shin, which had been kicked and was now sore.

Ling Chengen watched the valiant female lead her people away, leaving behind only the listless, seemingly dim-witted Thunder Beast Clan member. He turned to Bai Qingyu, who had landed beside him, and said, "I don't think the Thunder Beast Clan is as unreasonable as you say!"

"Try losing." Bai Qingyu was not surprised by the result.

The main reason was that there were many people who came to join in the fun, and Ling Chengen had already suppressed the female.

If Ling Chengen had lost, dealing with those unclaimed territories would not have been such a trivial matter.

"Alright, now that things are settled, let's get on with it."

"Those who need to wash up should wash up, those who need to eat should eat, leave seven or eight flat drying grounds here, the rest of you go back to prepare."

Seeing that there was no more excitement to be had, the crane-tribe beastmen all wore expressions of unfinished business.

Hui Dongling pulled Qingchuan's arm and said regretfully, "When did you arrive? I'm a bit late, I didn't see anything ahead."

"Young Master Ling truly lives up to her reputation; her combat awareness is incredibly strong."

"I reckon even if I were to go up against her, I probably wouldn't last more than a few rounds."

Qingchuan pushed away his strong claws and said speechlessly, "A few more rounds? If you go up there, you'll be down under her blade in less than a round."

"Even our young clan leader wouldn't dare say he could beat her."

"You're a newbie, what's the difference between you going up there and delivering vegetables?"

Hui Dongling couldn't help but grit his teeth, but he quickly calmed himself down. Anyway, he wasn't the only one who was so bad. How much better could Qingchuan be than him?
"You know, even the young clan leader can't control the young clan leader Ling, so how can their relationship be harmonious?" He whispered to Qingchuan.


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