After a century of worship, I became the ancestor of the tribe.

Chapter 200 Marching into the Giant Mountain, Purple Cloud Giant Eagle

The massive body that rolled down the mountain let out a painful roar.

As it fell, the resulting shockwave swept in all directions, echoing among the mountains.

Wherever it passed, it unleashed a scorching and violent hurricane, uprooting ancient trees and boulders, sending sand and stones flying, and causing red flames to leap.

Even after passing through valleys formed by dozens of surrounding mountain peaks, it still leveled large areas of forest.

The majestic mountains are silent, where birds and beasts lie dormant.

Some small wild beasts that were nearby let out a scream before being engulfed in blood mist by the violent energy.

The giant beast's back collapsed, with several cracks extending from its back to its belly, deep enough to expose the bone, and blood gushing out like a fountain.

Each drop of blood was like a crystal-clear crimson lake, not flowing in all directions, but rather gathering drop by drop, pulsating with crimson-gold flames.

Upon landing, the giant beast immediately licked back the blood that had flowed from its wounds.

Seemingly hesitant, the giant beast didn't have time to collect the blood droplets that had splashed into the collapsed mountain before it quickly rode the flames and soared into the sky.

"What a terrifying beast! Even the giant eagle that was killed by Lord Miaotao in the Three Fire Clan City didn't have such a terrifying aura."

Inside a distant cave, several figures, crouching at the entrance, watched the receding flames with expressions of trepidation.

"Could it be a fifth-tier wild beast?"

They had climbed out of the cave earlier and seen the figure in the fire meteor.

This is a giant wild beast with nine tails, a single horn like a tiger, and a metallic sheen all over its body, with flames dancing around its sides.

It wasn't that they were lying down and wouldn't get up, but rather that the terrifying pressure that swept in all directions was so overwhelming that they couldn't withstand it even from a great distance.

Even when hidden in a small cave, the shock caused blood and qi to surge into their mouths and noses.

Huo Qing wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes fixed on the distant, cracked mountainside.

"Ah Miao, remember the way you came? Take people back and inform the clan."

As Huo Qing spoke, the long-silent mountains and forests suddenly resounded with the roars of wild beasts and the cries of wild birds.

"Hide them all!"

The tribespeople inside the cave also realized that the giant beast was gone, and the other wild beasts that had been frightened by it were now starting to stand up.

Roar!
Amidst the roaring mountains, a black-haired beast, resembling a hunting dog, suddenly leaped out from a distant valley.

Its body, over twenty feet long, leaped and bounded through the mountains, rapidly heading towards the spot where the giant beast had fallen earlier.

But there was a figure even faster than it; a purple cloud eagle swooped down from the sky.

At this moment, the silent mountains and fields were suddenly filled with the roars and howls of beasts, and in the dim light, pairs of eyes lit up from all directions.

They all looked toward the spot where the giant beast had fallen.

Even though the giant beast had left, the aura it left behind filled these wild beasts with both fear and covetousness.

In their perception, there was a lingering scent of beast blood within the shattered mountain.

This powerful aura of bloodline filled them with both awe and longing.

If one can refine it into their own body, their bloodline will undergo a transformation, and their strength will increase.

This caused wild beasts from all directions to instinctively want to approach the location where the beast blood was present.

……

Rumble!
Just as the Purple Cloud Sky Eagle was about to crash into the ruins, the Black-haired Hou, which had not yet arrived, suddenly shot out two beams of light from its eyes and rushed towards the Sky Eagle.

Upon being attacked, the Purple Cloud Sky Eagle immediately bristled.

The wings glowed with a brilliant purple light, and streaks of purple wind slashed towards the black-haired beast.

The two fourth-tier wild beasts started fighting.

At this moment, a dragon-horned centipede, with a body size of three zhang (approximately 10 meters), rushed towards the collapsing mountain with lightning speed.

Before it even arrived, the Purple Cloud Sky Eagle and the Black-haired Hou, who had just been fighting, changed direction and blasted it out of the cracked rock, tearing it apart on the spot.

Rumble!
The mountains trembled even more violently at this moment, and from the valleys further away, a fierce and violent aura surged out, with the roars of beasts echoing between the mountains.

The shadows appearing in the sky are no longer just one; each one is at least seven or eight zhang in size, and the largest has a wingspan of more than twenty zhang.

On the land, beastly figures rampaged through the mountains and forests, unleashing a surge of blood energy like a tsunami.

Faced with the powerful Beast Blood, the third-tier wild beasts forgot the pressure from the fourth-tier wild beasts and quickly headed towards the location of Blood.

At that moment, wild beasts also passed by the place where Huo Qing and his group were hiding.

At such close range, they naturally sensed the presence of Huo Qing and the others.

"rush out!"

The moment the beast's breath filled the cave, Huo Qing decisively thrust out with his spear.

"go!"

……

The scorching valley.

Ancestral temple.

The spirit trees that had migrated here with the Azure Phoenix were growing ever more lush, shimmering with spiritual light and shrouding the ancestral temple beneath them.

Below the spirit tree, a small green tree about three feet tall swayed. The tree's branches were like green jade, without leaves, and the branches were twisted and gnarled. Hanging on it were three hazy, fruit-like green spirits.

This sapling is the origin of the Little Spirits; they grew from this tree.

Below the ancestral temple lies the tribe's only primordial vein. After the Little Spirit Clan was relocated here by the Flame Spirit, the entire tribe fell in love with the spirit wood.

On one of the trunks of the spirit tree, a witch plant shaped like a small deer, with a witch's copper bell hanging around its neck, was fast asleep on the spirit tree.

Beneath the trees, fragrant grasses provided shade, and the medicinal herbs exuded a faint aroma, all transplanted from Moon Cliff.

Small spirits danced in and out of the trees, trailing streaks of light longer than their bodies.

As for why the little deer witch medicine has bells hanging on it, it's mainly to prevent it from escaping underground.

The precious medicine possesses a spirit; it can not only escape but also conceal itself, transforming itself into something like wild grass.

Therefore, when catching precious medicines, you need to use some methods and tools to help you.

The original habitat of the Little Spirit Clan was not rich in vital energy. This precious herb must have moved there on its own and become a neighbor of the Little Spirit Clan.

The two got along very well, and in order to subdue the Little Spirit Clan, Shen Can did not capture the precious medicine to refine it.

For the Blazing Flame Tribe now, having one more precious herb won't create another divine treasure, and losing one won't weaken them either. They'll keep it for now; who knows, it might even produce offspring.

The ancestral temple in the valley is now only a nominal one, and ordinary clansmen no longer live and reproduce here.

Although the original clan city was not demolished, the vegetation within it grew wildly under the nourishment of the Yuan veins, and it had already begun to resemble a jungle.

These places became the areas where Yanling prepared medicinal herbs.

Now, with these little spirits appearing, they breathe in and out moonlight every night, releasing streams of 'moon spirit liquid' that fall down.

According to Yanling's observation, these little spirits are currently too weak. If their strength can be further improved in the future, the Moon Spirit Liquid they produce will be even more effective.

From the north of the valley, more than thirty fire apes came galloping from the depths of the mountains.

In the arms of more than twenty figures, each carrying a wounded clansman, they charged directly toward the Blood Bone Purgatory.

In addition to the martial arts wizards, there are also some physicians from the medical department in Purgatory.

Hearing the commotion, the martial arts sorcerers thought something had happened and came out of their residences with their sorcery and magical artifacts.

Upon seeing the tribesman, transformed into a fire ape, return with the wounded, he immediately instructed the shaman to get to work. "Quickly take us to the temple and the chieftain; we have important matters to report."

Through the message from his clone, Shen Can learned what he needed to report.

Previously, in order to find the Five Elements Spiritual Land in the Juyue Mountains, he arranged for many people to lead teams into the area, with each team consisting of hundreds of people.

Huo Kui had previously found the Innate Spirit Clan.

The team that returned this time was Fire Chaser Team 1. They encountered a beast tide caused by the blood of a giant beast, and Fire Chaser, the team leader, also went missing while trying to lure away the wild beasts.

……

Two months later.

Deep in the Juyue Mountains.

The roars of beasts shook the mountains and rivers. A group of wild beasts rushed through the mountain stream, while thirteen large birds with wingspans of several meters, resembling phoenixes, flew overhead.

Below, there were more than forty fire apes, wild bears, and red tigers, which crossed the mountain stream directly.

A strong aura of malevolence swept in all directions, causing some small wild beasts to lie prostrate on the ground, too afraid to move.

After crossing a mountain, the group of people finally saw the crumbling mountain described by their tribesmen.

"Go and search the surrounding area to see if any of the tribesmen are still alive."

The sound wasn't loud, but it reached the ears of every member of the tribe, and the figures disappeared in groups into the nearby mountains and forests.

Shen Can then walked step by step toward the location of the collapsed mountain range.

Looking out, the mountain range, which was thousands of feet high, was cracked at a height of several hundred feet, and the huge crack below stretched all the way to the earth, forming a chaotic and broken area.

The foot of the mountain is piled with rubble, and the cracks meander and intertwine.

The intense aura of oppression still lingers.

Roar!
At that moment, the roars of ferocious beasts echoed from the distant mountains and forests, along with waves of energy.

After looking up once, Shen Can's gaze fell back on the cracked mountain in front of him, and his divine sense slowly seeped into the cracks.

This time he brought more than fifty clansmen, all of whom were martial artists at the sixth level of the Heavenly Vein Realm or above. After transforming into wild beasts, one-third of them had reached the ninth level of the Heavenly Vein Realm in terms of combat power.

After examining the area, Shen Can felt somewhat regretful.

There were some wild beast bones in the cracks and rubble, but they were all third-tier, probably the remains of those who lost the fight.

According to the tribespeople, the fact that so many wild beasts fought over it meant that the giant beast had indeed left behind its precious blood.

The precious blood that is useful to wild beasts is also of great use to humans.

That's the downside of being far away. We've only just arrived, and the land has already been licked clean by wild beasts countless times.

Before long, the scattered tribesmen returned one after another.

"At the temple, we found the clansmen's armor and some scattered human bones, but no living clansmen were found."

Some of the tribesmen brought back broken armor and bones wrapped in animal hides, all of which were in a terrible state.

Shen Can put the armor and bones into his magic bag.

Judging from the marks on the surface of these human bones and the sparsely populated environment nearby, they are undoubtedly members of their own family.

It was so badly broken that its identity could no longer be determined.

"Let's set up camp here for now and go around the mountains and valleys to see what kind of wild beasts have left their mark."

Although the battle here has ended, whichever wild beast obtains the precious blood will surely be targeted by other wild beasts, and another great battle is likely to break out.

Begin searching in all directions tomorrow. If you notice any movement, do not move around, ensure your own safety, and return to report.

The following day, a group of clansmen, following Shen Can's instructions, began to expand their search area in all directions, looking for the presence of fourth-tier wild beasts.

In just half a day, they found a broken area in the northeast direction and continued towards a more distant place.

The shattered mountainside, footprints embedded in the soil and rocks, and fallen, broken ancient trees.

In particular, in some of the flatter old forests in the valleys, you can see traces of fallen trees, as well as bloodstains and claw marks.

However, as they chased each other, they ended up in a valley.

A strong stench of blood permeated the air, and outside the valley, the shattered remains of wild beasts could be seen scattered on the ground.

More than a dozen third-tier wild beasts were attacking each other in the valley, fighting over a broken wing of a fourth-tier wild beast.

Upon sensing the commotion outside the mountain, the wild beasts in the valley immediately became alert.

The wings were bare of feathers, with only some shredded flesh clinging to the bones.

Roar!Roar!
Upon seeing dozens of wild beasts rush into the valley, the beasts inside immediately stopped attacking each other.

The next moment, the entire valley resounded with roars and howls of beasts, and the sounds of collisions echoed incessantly.

A series of whooshing sounds rang out, and to the astonishment of the wild beasts, one after another, giant black iron arrows suddenly pierced their bodies.

They were clearly being approached by their own kind, so how did they suddenly become so small?

Under the siege of more than fifty members of the Celestial Vein Clan, the remaining dozen or so wild beasts, each already wounded, were killed one by one, no matter how ferocious they were.

The wings of the wild bird landed in front of Shen Can. They were two zhang in size and covered with interwoven blue witch runes, causing a small area of ​​wind to stir.

The broken wing was torn off by force.

But this is not a complete wing. If it were placed on a person, it would be like tearing off only the forearm, while the remaining upper arm could still flap.

But for wild birds, losing a wing is far more devastating than losing an arm for a human, as it affects their ability to fly.

"Go and search around to see if there are any other remains of the wild bird."

As the clansmen searched, Shen Can had a hunch in his mind. They followed the tracks but didn't find any wild bird carcasses along the way.

This injured wild bird is very likely still alive.

“Temple, I haven’t found any signs of wild beasts fighting here.”

"Neither do I have one here."

"Be careful, keep chasing!"

……

half a month later.

"Temple, there's some commotion ahead!"

The clansmen who had transformed into azure phoenixes were already able to fly briefly, scouting the way ahead by skimming along the undulating mountains.

As for the other tribesmen, they relied on each other from all sides to move forward, ensuring their safety.

"There is a cliff ahead, and the bird with the broken wing is in its nest on the cliff, but it has been targeted by two wild beasts."

"Chirp!"

Inside the giant nest on the cliff, the Purple Cloud Sky Eagle let out an angry cry, one of its wings tucked into its body, and blood soaked through the nest.

A thousand feet away from the giant nest, on a protruding stone platform on the cliff, a golden-winged saber-toothed tiger stared intently at the eagle's nest.

Below the cliff, another wild beast, shaped like a small mountain, with dragon horns and a dark blue body as rough as tree bark, was also looking up at the eagle's nest.

Both the sword tiger on the cliff and the dragon-horned beast below are of the third level.

Looking at the feathers that had fallen from the cliff face, as well as the scratches, cracks, and wounds on the two wild beasts, it was clear that these two wild beasts had already fought with the Purple Cloud Sky Eagle.

(End of this chapter)