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

Chapter 267 Activate the Battle Flag, Destroy the Beast Form
Ji Di, the middle reaches of Guimu River.

A fourth-class airship sped by, with the shadow of a yellow-haired, red-clawed monkey lying coiled on its back, completely enveloping the airship.

Below, in the wide river, a water dragon soared into the sky, condensing into an ice dragon in mid-air, and with a 'rip', it tore through the airship's defensive magic array.

With a deafening roar, some figures on the airship, along with the hull, were frozen solid and began to plummet from the sky, screams echoing through the air.

Zhu Chi, the elder of the Zhu Yan tribe guarding the flying boat, was furious. He fell from the broken flying boat and unleashed a burst of sword light towards the water below, stirring the surface into giant waves.

hold head high!
A dragon's roar resounded in all directions, and countless ice blades condensed from the pervasive water vapor, violently crashing towards Zhu Chi.

"Ah..." Zhu Chi was startled and was immediately submerged by the ice blade. His body trembled like a leaf and turned into a frozen fragment that fell into the water.

"The elder is dead!"

A Zhu Yan tribesman who had fallen into the floodwaters shouted, but as soon as he opened his mouth, the nearby water surface froze into a solid block, and the cold air seeped into his body, freezing him solid.

The Lilong burst from the water, its sharp claws flashing like lightning. The figures falling on the water were first frozen, then shattered by its claws.

"go!"

Soon, the shattered flying boat was put into the witch's bag. The Earl of Jishan hid underwater and did not show himself, drifting away with the Lilong downstream.

……

the other side.

A flying boat bearing the flag of the Qingyang tribe was traveling through an unnamed mountain range, having just passed over one of the mountains.

But suddenly the bare mountaintop moved.

Shen Can's clone, transformed into a giant beast, rose from the mountaintop and crashed into the flying boat.

Before anyone on or off the flying boat could react, it exploded with a deafening roar above the mountaintop, the flames sweeping in all directions.

After gathering up its severed limbs, the giant beast clone quickly left the spot to find its next target.

……

The land of the Blazing Flame Clan.

Around the great formation, four pillars of blood-red light floated in the air.

Within the blood-red light, two black birds floated in the air with their eyes closed. Although they appeared to be asleep, dense streams of witchcraft continuously emerged from their bodies.

Below the pillar of light, the Xuan Bird beast transformed into a hundred-zhang-long creature, surrounded by a cloud of blood mist.

Flying boats hovered outside the Xuan Bird Beast Formation, throwing figures directly at it.

Amidst the blood mist swirling around the beast's form, the eyes of each of the elders flashed with madness as they stared intently at every change in the beast's form, wishing they could pounce on it directly.

After the Heavenly Ancestor transformed into his beast form, his eyes turned bloodshot, a change he himself was unaware of.

At this moment, all he saw were countless witch runes within the beast form, and the changes that arose from the intertwining of these runes.

He even subconsciously began to mobilize the blood energy within his divine treasure, attempting to imitate the shamanistic changes of the Xuan Bird beast form to construct his own beast form.

Despite repeated attempts and failures, he still felt no fatigue and continued to repeat the process wholeheartedly.

Not only Tianzheng Ancestor, but also other ancestors such as Qingyang, Zhuyan, and Changyou are the same.

The beast form activated by the blood sacrifice seemed to have opened a new door for them. Before, they had no way to reach the fifth-tier beast form realm, but now they had guidance.

"Go and catch them! I need more sacrifices!"

The patriarch, who looked like a monkey, spoke impatiently to his clansmen, "Are you all useless? You've only caught so few offerings."

Elder Changyou was somewhat helpless; this was the first time he had ever encountered his ancestor in such a frenzied state.

“Ancestor, there are not many people in Jidi to begin with, and now they are all hiding.”

"waste,"

"Is there no one in Ji County? Is there no one in Yong County?!"

"What Yongyi has in abundance is people!"

"What are you standing there for? Go catch it! Don't delay me from comprehending the origin of beast forms."

……

The rebuke from the Elder Changyou was heard by the High Priest, who smiled beneath his black robe.

The beast appearance is real, and the internal changes are real too. How could these old guys stuck at the peak of the fourth tier get caught up in it if it weren't real?

In the area where the High Priest had passed, within the pillar of blood light activated by the blood sacrifice, blood energy continuously seeped out and quietly entered the High Priest's wide sleeves.

Each time, it would take away one-tenth of the blood essence from the blood pillar.

In the two sleeves of the high priest's robe, one was a female pearl, and the other was a feathered beast.

……

“Master, I have checked again. The black birds hovering around the great formation are simply using blood sacrifice to accumulate energy. They are not connected to each other. It is most likely that they are going to detonate it directly.”

Huoshan and Huoyun arrived at the side hall of the ancestral temple.

After the giant beast clone and the Kui Spirit returned, Shen Can returned to the ground to cultivate from the Yuanmai cultivation ground.

At this moment, there were three precious pills in front of him. He had obtained twice as many precious medicines from the Qingyang tribe as he had from Bifang, and they had all been sent to Gui Tu to be processed.

He originally intended to use the precious medicine to shorten his cultivation time and then advance to the peak of the Divine Treasury in one go.

But the Holy Envoy Clan clearly wasn't giving him a chance.

The high priest of the Holy Envoy Clan actually stole his skills.

Even though the clone and the Earl of Jishan led warriors from both races to fight against various tribes using the passed-down battle formations, constantly hindering the transportation of sacrificial offerings to this place, the human races used for sacrifices were everywhere in Yongyi, making it impossible to completely stop their capture operations.

Once the four beast forms have accumulated enough power, they will explode with a roar, and the great formation may not be able to withstand it.

Judging from this situation, it's highly likely that the Holy Envoy Clan has already started an explosion before he even reached the peak of the Divine Treasure Realm.

As the originator and having blown up others multiple times, Shen Can finally understood how painful it was when this thing exploded.

We must first destroy the beast form.

"Ah Can, why don't we charge out in one go? I'll just run headfirst into this beast."

The volcano opened its mouth, as if it had sunk its boats in desperation.

Shen Can did not agree to Huoshan's idea, but instead asked, "How is the spirit and morale of the clansmen?"

The volcano paused for a moment, then said, "Very high."

This is absolutely true. For the clansmen, it is an honor to have resisted the siege of fourth and fifth-tier outsiders for so long with their weak bodies, even if it was only with the help of the great formation.

Although some were wounded and some died in battle, their fighting spirit remained high, and they continued to work diligently at their respective posts.

"Ah-Jun, you go and lead the team to process all the witch medicines that were brought back this time into medicines to treat injuries and replenish strength and blood, and then distribute them."

"We only have three days, so we'll do as much as we can."

Huo Yun accepted the order and left.

"Ah Chan, what do I need to do?" Volcano then asked.

"All clansmen who previously practiced battle formation techniques are gathered together and awaiting orders."

……

After the volcano left, Shen Can asked, "When using the method of war flags and war drums, think carefully about what you need to pay attention to?"

Inside the empty hall, a beam of light appeared, which was Kui Ling returning with her clone.

After thinking for a while, Kui Ling said, "First of all, your body has to be able to withstand it. Back then, the Marquis Bo was very strong."

Holding the battle flag means you are the commander. The power of the masses is concentrated on you; if your body cannot withstand it, you could easily explode and die.

Rumble!
Immediately afterwards, a rumbling sound echoed in the hall.

Shen Can transformed into his human battle form, his body covered in golden beast patterns that shimmered with light, revealing illusory beast shadows, including the shadow of the Kui Niu beast.

"Yes, yes, that's the taste. I sensed this scent when I was asleep back then."

Kui Ling lay down in front of the Kui Niu beast shadow, widening her eyes, and then said with disdain, "Your cultivation is too chaotic. It's not enough to have my majestic Kui Niu clan, you even have Lu Wu and Fire Ape. You really don't respect my Kui Niu at all."

"However, your cultivation method is quite unique. You are able to fuse so many beast forms into one body. Not only have I never seen it before, but I have never even heard of it before."

Kui Ling pounced on Shen Can, pinching him here and there.

"Hiss... Goodness, this thing can grow big too. If you grow this big, it looks like you'll only be able to find a wild beast to be your wife in the future."

By the way, do you have a preference for male or female?

Boom!

Shen Can flicked his finger, and Kui Ling flew out, crashing through the hall and rolling smoothly out.

However, he flew back immediately, smiling and not angry at all, and started pressing all over Shen Can's body again.

"That's really strange. Your physical body is indeed quite powerful, comparable to a rare beast of the same level. How did you cultivate?"

"This kind of physique is simply born to carry the flag."

"You can hit me a few times, but do you have a battle flag?"

"Have."

Shen Can spoke.

"Where?" Kui Ling was taken aback.

Back then, his mother's Kui Niu war drum and Zhuo Lu war flag swept across Yongyi, causing the Huan Tou tribe's allied forces to be routed for 100,000 li.

At that time, he thought about when he could be like his mother.

"The battle flag has gone astray and needs to be awakened by the will to fight."

"..."

Kui Ling gave me a look that said, "I'm not a child, don't try to fool me."

The battle flag is the embodiment of fighting spirit; to go astray and become possessed by demonic possession is something only humans do when cultivating.

"Buzz!"

When Shen Can opened the spiritual barrier of the Jade Bed Cave, a strong stench of blood filled the air, and he entered with a drum.

Then, they all rolled out.

"Who did this? Such ruthless methods, using such means to extinguish the fighting spirit of the battle flag."

Kui Ling wiped the blood off her face and said angrily, "Damn it, I'm angry."

"Can the will to fight be reawakened?"

Shen Can picked up the Kui Ling and asked.

He had previously tried to awaken the spirit of the battle flag, but all attempts ended in failure.

This time it's different. With Kui Ling around, the Blazing Flame Tribe has been fired up in recent days, and the tribe members are full of fighting spirit.

The battle flags within the cave did not completely sink.

Shen Can originally thought that since the Holy Envoy Clan couldn't break through the witch formation, he could just let it go and also send his clone to empty the reserves of each department.

Using the reserve source stones of each department to fight this protracted war, he wouldn't be at a disadvantage at all. The longer the war lasts, the more advantageous it will be for him. Once he advances to the peak of the Divine Treasury realm and further refines his battle body, it will be time for a counterattack.

Unfortunately, the old man from the Holy Envoy Clan wouldn't give him time.

Kui Ling thought for a moment and agreed, "We can give it a try!"

After saying that, he was a little excited. In the past, although he was a war drum, he always followed his mother and never played a role in the war. Now it was finally his turn.

Shen Can looked at the trembling Kui Ling with some surprise.

"Why are you looking at me like that? I'm an ancestor, not a child."

Kui Ling immediately stopped shaking, jumped onto the Kui drum, put his hands on his hips, and said in an old-fashioned manner, "Boy, let me tell you something."

Back in the day, quite a few people wanted my approval, but unfortunately they all failed.

War drums and war banners are auxiliary magical artifacts, and their rank cannot be promoted in the same way as other magical artifacts.

For example, even though my true form is at the sixth level, and you are only a fourth-level ant, you can still use me without the awkwardness of a child wielding a weapon.

We grow stronger when faced with a stronger opponent. Your strength determines the power I can unleash. If you are weak, don't blame your ancestor for lacking strength.

At this point, Kui Ling looked at Shen Can's body and said, "However, I think your physique is quite impressive. Apart from the Marquis of Bo back then, you are the second person whose physique is beyond imagination."

"Hmm, you were working hard to cultivate before, trying to break through your current realm, right?"

Kui Ling's eyes darted around. "Actually, you don't need to go through all this trouble. If everything goes smoothly, when the masses are showering you with blessings, as long as you can withstand it, you might be able to directly advance to the peak of the Divine Treasure Realm."

Upon hearing this, Shen Can's eyes lit up.

This is good!

Normally, even with abundant precious medicines as cultivation resources, it would still take him five to ten years to break through to the peak of the Divine Realm.

To break through to the next level, one needs rare and precious treasures. Ordinary medicinal herbs are just normal cultivation resources for his current level, only slightly better than directly refining source stones.

If one can truly break through to a higher realm while taking this opportunity, it would be a double blessing.

"Can you handle it?"

Shen Can did not answer Kui Ling's question, but reached out and pressed it back into the Kui Drum.

"Get some rest, I'll call you in three days."

A small head popped out from the top of the Kui drum, saying, "Don't hit its head."

As soon as he finished speaking, a slap came down, and the Kui Spirit crawled back into the drum.

three days later.

Early in the morning, Huo Yun rushed over and handed a jade bottle to Shen Can.

"Master, this is the Moon Essence Elixir made by Gui Tu."

Shen Can put away the precious pill, and at this moment he had changed into the battle clothes that the Weaver Girl had repaired.

The battle flag represents the collective strength of the masses, but this "masses" doesn't refer to ten thousand people; it's a figurative number.

In the context of the Blazing Flame Tribe, this refers to clansmen who can awaken the will to fight, which could range from hundreds of thousands to one or two million.

Even though most of his clansmen were only at the first or second tier, each person contributing a wisp of fighting spirit put immense pressure on his body.

"Ready?"

These three days were not wasted; Shen Can and Kui Ling carefully discussed the relevant methods and made deductions.

Despite being a bit of a simpleton, Kui Ling still knew a thing or two about the secret techniques his mother had learned from her, having followed the war drums of the Marquis of Yongshan.

With the addition of Shen Can, the god of the Great Wilderness who is most skilled in deduction, the two combined, and the secret technique was complete in an instant.

Boom!
The response to Shen Can was a drumbeat.

The Kui Spirit did not appear; instead, the Kui Bull War Drum shrank to a size of ten feet and hovered in front of Shen Can.

This time, the kui drum, with its surface resembling stone skin, has completely shed its weathered appearance, revealing kui patterns running through the entire drum body.

Purple lightning burst forth from the kui pattern.

Boom!
Shen Can raised his hand and slapped the Kui drum.

The long, drawn-out drumbeat instantly resounded throughout the entire Blazing Flame Clan territory.

As the drums resounded, people all over the tribe—women and children cooking, tribespeople rushing to work, and warriors guarding the array base—whether ordinary people or warriors of the first to fourth rank, all looked up sharply.

With a single drumbeat, the entire Zhiyan tribe was mobilized.

Thump! Thump! Thump!
Within their territory, the Blazing Flame Clan members could only feel the resounding roar of the Kui Bull echoing in their minds.

Then, his body began to tremble. The Heavenly Vein Warrior was the first to react, and the blood energy in his Heavenly Vein surged up as if it had been boiled.

Next came the ordinary tribesmen. Although they did not possess any blood energy, the burning sensation originating from their spines made them feel a shiver run through their bodies.

"It's so hot!"

"What's wrong with me!"

The tribesmen were astonished and puzzled. The sound of drums in their ears, which seemed to come from the roar of the Kui Niu, suddenly reflected a picture of clashing swords and galloping horses.

"kill!"

Suddenly, a member of the tribe roared and drew his weapon.

At that moment, he suddenly recalled the scene of his fierce battle with Xiao Yang, and his fighting spirit burst forth.

Boom boom boom!
The drums thundered, and an invisible fighting spirit swept through the land, turning into a whirlwind and roars that stirred up countless members of the Blazing Flame Clan.

The tribesmen didn't understand what was happening, but they felt a blazing fire of battle burning in their chests, and they wanted to blast it away.

Boom!dong dong!

The war drums thundered, and Shen Can immediately sensed the changes in the tribe's territory. This series of drumbeats truly stirred the entire tribe.

What should have been invisible, illusory battle intent transformed into bursts of blood and fire rising from all over the three hundred miles of the clan's territory.

A fierce wind howled, a burning fighting spirit swept across the sky, reflecting both inside and outside.

"Attack the formation immediately!"

Outside the great formation, the long-silent high priest roared, suddenly realizing something was wrong.

Looking out, beneath the green array, three hundred miles of mountains and rivers were ablaze with blood and fire, suddenly rising from the earth.

Amidst the blood and fire, the guy he wished he could strangle a thousand times was beating the drum.

"Quickly put away the beast form!"

The high priest reacted quickly; the blood sacrifice had only just begun, and he hadn't expected Shen Can to react so violently.

Weren't they acting like they were holding out at all costs before?
These ancient beast forms have existed for so long that they require sufficient blood sacrifice energy to unleash their powerful abilities.

Its power is not yet sufficient.

"The war drums have sounded!"

The Old Ancestor of Aoshan stared down in astonishment, and even the fervor in his eyes for the beastly form dissipated considerably.

Your Excellency is not convinced!
……

Boom!

Just then, a deafening roar erupted, and a beam of jade light exploded in front of Shen Can, followed by a torrential downpour of blood mist and white bones.

A strong, pungent smell of blood and decay exploded.

A blood-red battle flag roared amidst the blood mist.

The battle flags fluttered incessantly, and countless illusory figures around them cried out. On the flag, a young illusory figure roared and howled, about to unleash the flag to attack, when he was enveloped by the boundless blood-fire battle intent.

The blazing flames, stretching for three hundred miles, surged with battle intent and instantly rushed into the battle flag.

Shen Can burst through the blood mist and grabbed the battle flag, his divine sense condensing into a beam and crashing into the flag's surface.

"Don't wake up yet!"

Taking advantage of the momentary stagnation caused by the battle spirit being swept away by the fighting spirit, his voice boomed like thunder in the spirit's ears.

The ferocious face of the battle flag spirit suddenly froze, and its bloodshot eyes reflected the sky, revealing the scene before it.

dong dong!

The sound of drums also entered the battle flag.

Immediately, the chaos and disorder in the eyes of the battle flag spirit dissipated, and it became clear in an instant.

Rumble!
As the battle spirit and the sound of drums swept through the air, the light in the eyes of the battle flag spirit grew brighter and brighter. With a wave of its hand, the battle flag swept across the area, and the thousands of weeping phantoms around it collapsed.

Instantly, the blood-red battle flag grew to a size of tens of feet, hovering above Shen Can's head and fluttering in the air.

The blood-red fighting spirit that emanated from the three hundred miles of land was instantly swept up by the battle flag and rolled towards Shen Can.

Rumble!
The intense heat was too much for Shen Can to bear, and he instantly transformed into his human battle form, snatching the battle flag down from the sky and grabbing it back into his hand.

Rumble!
At this moment, above the great formation, a storm raged, and countless wild beasts and divine forms rained down upon it.

The great wizard even mobilized the Wind and Thunder Warships to crash into the great formation.

Seeing this, Shen Can, carrying the battle flag, rushed out of the formation.

He now felt incredibly powerful, his body radiating blood energy, like an erupting volcano.

If he doesn't vent his anger, he becomes extremely irritable.

Battle flags fluttered, war drums thundered, and a battle map stretching for three hundred miles appeared, while a blood-red gale swept across the wind and thunder flying boats.

The next moment, the flying boat tumbled away like a small boat in a giant wave, sweeping the high priest off the flying boat along with it.

"Want to leave!"

Seeing that the ancestors of each clan in the four directions were about to run away carrying their beast images, the battle flag waved in Shen Can's hand. A vast blood and fire battle intent rose from the clan's territory, carrying him at lightning speed on the great formation.

In an instant, Shen Can rushed to the side of the two ancestors, Ao Shan and Tian Zheng.

A surge of battle intent descended from the battle flag, and Shen Can's body swayed as a blood-red Kui bull materialized from his body.

Roar!
With a roar, the Kui Niu charged straight at the beast forms controlled by the two patriarchs, Ao Shan and Tian Zheng.

The two guys were about to run away.

Unexpectedly, Shen Can arrived in an instant, and the Kui Niu he conjured descended from the sky, its single leg stomping down like a divine mountain.

In the face of life and death, the two old men finally came to their senses, abandoned the beast statue, and ran away.

Boom!

The Kui ox stomped the ground, and the beast-like Xuan Bird cried out. Blood-red light filled the sky, compressed to its maximum at the ox's hooves, before exploding with a deafening roar.

Like a thunderclap, energy swept in all directions.

The two old guys, Aoshan and Tianzheng, who fled in panic, were struck by energy as soon as they summoned their magical artifacts, and they exploded into two bursts of blood in mid-air.

Rumble!
In an instant, Shen Can felt his blood and qi boiling all over his body. The blood and qi entered his divine palace from his celestial meridian, poured into his five internal organs, and reached his limbs and bones. A violent energy surged within his body.

The feeling of a breakthrough has truly arrived.

(End of this chapter)