Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 350 The New Generation of Ignivas

Thirty-two thousand six hundred and twenty-one people—this is the current population of the Ignivas.

There may be some unregistered Ignivas, but those scattered individuals are another matter entirely. At least in the official records of the Ignivas, their population is only this much today—perhaps this group was once prosperous, but after venturing into the stars, especially after beginning nomadic life, their population has not increased much, and has even decreased considerably.

After all, the Star Sea is extremely dangerous.

It was only after truly leaving his hometown that Ignivas saw a wider world. And it was only after seeing a wider world that Ignivas truly realized that surviving in such an environment was far more difficult than he had imagined.

Completely different from the suitable environment of their hometown, the Star Sea is a true dog-eat-dog world, a cold and desolate vacuum, and an omnipresent spiritual energy field. They don't even need to encounter other races; these alone are enough to take their lives.

So in a sense, since venturing into the stars, the history of the Ignivas has become a history of resistance.

They struggle against the cold, desolate vacuum, against the omnipresent spiritual energy field, and if they're unlucky, they have to fight against other races—and in this process, the only thing they can rely on is themselves, only by burning their own will, burning everything they have.

But this, in turn, created the Ignivas people's extremely strong individual combat capabilities.

Since the harsh environment prevented them from increasing their numbers, they simply chose to focus on improving quality. As long as they could burn hundreds of millions of lives with a single person, they would eventually find a way to survive. However, this level of quality development ultimately required finding enough opponents, which directly led to the Ignivas becoming a notorious and warlike race in the Star Sea.

Unlike other warlike races, the Ignivas have never pursued the pinnacle of individual skill. They have no interest in one-on-one combat and will retreat decisively if they encounter a martial arts fanatic who comes to them.

The Ignivas' warlike nature is more evident in their genocide. They prefer to treat the planet itself as a hunting ground, burning everything to ashes. Once new vegetation grows on the ashes, they will put woolly elephants on it and let them devour everything.

This is why the Ignivas are mostly known in the Star Sea as psychopathic killers. Countless Star Sea races have wanted to annihilate the Ignivas, but none have ever actually succeeded.

After all, the number of Ignivas was far too small.

Their numbers were too small and their distribution too scattered, coupled with their extremely strong individual combat capabilities, which directly led to a sharp increase in the difficulty of capturing the Ignivas—and this also caused various interstellar races to raise the bounty for the Ignivas time and time again.

Not only are the various races in the Star Sea aware of this, but even these Ignivas themselves are aware of it.

Or perhaps, from the very first day they stepped into the Star Sea, they already knew that the Star Sea would be even harsher than the jungles of their homeland. There was no friendliness to speak of here. If they wanted to survive, they could only rely on their own strength, just like the saber-toothed tigers and mammoths that roamed the mountains and forests, to carve out a space for themselves to live.

Therefore, they will always remain sufficiently cautious.

Even the current trend of returning to one's hometown is the same.

First, for safety reasons, only half of the people embarked on their journey home. On this basis, to avoid being ambushed along the way, they also sent half of their people to cause interference and set up false routes. Even when they were close to their hometown, they did not rush over but cautiously chose to slow down.

Now, after being attacked from their hometown, they are even more aware that something must have happened there.

They absolutely must go back and take a look; that's for sure.

However, going back to take a look also requires some method.

"Send someone back to scout ahead." Bright yellow flames lit up in the distance, a unique long-distance communication method used by the Ignivas. The sacred flames connected them, allowing them to make tactical responses at lightning speed.

After a brief nomination process, the young Ignivas man was chosen.

It's not about drawing lots to select an unlucky person from the past to die, but about choosing the strongest person from the past to sweep away all the traps. After all, the life of every Ignivas person is extremely precious, and naturally, no waste is allowed.

"For the safety of our people, it's up to you, singing bowl."

One after another, consciousness was transmitted to the young Ignivas, both conveying information and adding fuel to the flames surrounding him.

This also allowed the young Ignivas to fly even faster.

Young Singing Bowl is one of the best among the new generation of Ignivas, having just accomplished the feat of burning an entire planet single-handedly—although many other races in the Star Sea also have so-called strongest planets, that kind of strongest is not the same as this at all.

The so-called strongest on a planet is nothing more than climbing to the top among a group of experts, just like the strongest among a group of ants. Even if it defeats the other ants to become the strongest, it is only one-on-one battles time and time again.

If we consider singing bowls as ants, then what he did before was to destroy another ant colony with the power of a single ant, and even burn the tree on which the other ant depended for survival to ashes.

Only those who can achieve this level of skill can be considered truly commendable among the Ignivas.

As for those so-called duels and one-on-one fights, the Ignivas people considered them utterly insignificant.

"But you have to be careful not to actually burn down your hometown."

Just as the singing bowl was about to reach his hometown, another message was transmitted to him.

"In my hometown, there is still the snake god that our ancestors once worshipped. I don't know if that ancient snake god is awake or not... Anyway, control your power and clear out any possible ambushes around the planet to open a passage for the arrival of the next group."

"Don't worry, how could I not be able to do such a small thing?"

As he said this, the young Ignivas man named Songbo clapped his hands, and an invisible ring of fire spread outwards from him.

The invisible ring of fire was all too conspicuous in the cold, desolate void.

And in the area affected by the ring of fire, something was indeed swept out of the void.

"There is indeed an ambush."

Sensing the presence of those beast-headed, human-bodied beings in the distance, a smile appeared on Songbo's face.

"It turns out to be one of our old rivals from back then."

(End of this chapter)