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

Chapter 365 The Idea of ​​Evolving Offense and Defense!
Catacombs.

The monsters roared as more than a dozen ordinary fifth-tier monsters howled and chased after Crimson Fire Lu Wu.

Roar!
A tiger's roar echoed for miles around. Crimson Fire Lu Wu suddenly turned around and raised his claws to strike the fastest fifth-tier monster in pursuit.

Blazing golden flames exploded on the monster's body, and before it could even scream, its body was smashed into pieces.

The bursts of fire swept across the surrounding mountains, and countless low-level monsters were instantly burned into nothingness by the flames.

A dragon shadow also sprang out from another direction, suddenly transforming into a size exceeding a thousand feet, and grabbed a fifth-tier spirit with a single claw.

In the blink of an eye, he dragged the fifth-tier monster away and disappeared into the distance.

Red Fire Lu Wu opened its huge mouth and absorbed the shattered monster into its mouth. It then took big strides and rushed out of the cave in a blazing storm.

The remaining fifth-tier monster roared angrily, but it was too late to catch up.

"Haha, so happy!"

The Crimson Fire Lu Wu burst out of the cave with a roar.

Little imp, just kidding.

It recently advanced to the mid-stage of the fifth rank, fulfilling its long-held dream of cultivation.

I just feel that there is hope for Tiger's survival.

"Brother Long's ability to change size is truly a great supernatural skill; capturing monsters is a piece of cake for him."

A dragon and a tiger traversed the mountains, creating a gust of wind that carried the power of the stars, pounding against the surrounding peaks.

They entered the Southern Cave City.

Today, three more underground cities—north, east, and south—have been built around the underground cave.

As for the underground city that the Zhiyanbo tribe originally built, it is now called the Great Earth Cave City and belongs exclusively to the Zhiyanbo tribe.

The three underground cities that followed were established by the alliance, whose main goal was to hunt monsters and collect resources from the underground caves in order to prepare resources for building the great formation.

Nowadays, people have figured out a variety of ways to attract monsters and spirits, so that they can be drawn out of the cave and into the traps that have been set up.

Apart from the fifth-tier monsters, the other low-tier monsters are almost brainless, and each time they can attract a large number of them out of the cave.

So many monsters have been hunted down in the underground caves, yet their numbers have not decreased at all.

Occasionally, fifth-tier monsters are also lured out and then trapped in the formation to be hunted.

However, the dragon-headed monster has been silent for a long time since its last appearance, seemingly having entered a deeper part of the cave.

Inside Nandi Cave City.

Huang Miao released the dragon's claws, and the fifth-tier monster it had grabbed fell to the ground, its body riddled with holes and devoid of any life.

"Same as always, save them up to exchange for healing pills."

"Me too, I'm saving up to exchange for cultivation pills."

Crimson Fire Lu Wu opened its mouth and spat out the shattered fifth-tier spirit.

The cultivation environment within the Giant Mountain Range has now been upgraded to the fifth level, but with the blessing of precious pills, cultivation will naturally be faster.

Especially Huangmiao, whose injuries were very serious back then, and even after decades of recuperation, it is still not fully recovered.

It was only thanks to the two healing pills from the Human Alliance that it was able to hunt down ordinary fifth-tier monsters in the underground caves; otherwise, it wouldn't even have had the strength to do so.

The Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom is very powerful, with a vast dragon domain, but the competition is also fierce. Every time a fifth-tier precious medicine or pill appears, it is snatched up immediately.

For fifth-order beings, the cultivation environment is only the foundation; they also need to accumulate precious pills and medicines. Otherwise, if they encounter a major crisis, relying solely on the source energy of heaven and earth to heal themselves will be far from enough, and it will take a very long time.

If there were a precious medicine to heal the wound, the healing process could be greatly shortened, thus eliminating many dangers.

Huangmiao initially looked down on the Giant Mountain Human Race, but things are different now; the Giant Mountain Human Race is now its good partner.

Any race that has strength will naturally earn the respect of other races.

Chi Huo Lu Wu and Huang Miao had become quite familiar with each other over the years while catching monsters together. There was no need for them to deliberately seek out any information, as Huang Miao would casually mention a lot about the Dragon Kingdom and other nearby areas.

After these messages were compiled, they were sent to Shen Can.

This matter no longer required Shen Can's personal investigation. In addition, the warriors of the Wilderness Patrol Division were also running around everywhere, constantly expanding their investigation scope with the support of the alliance.

The Wilderness Patrol Division has now become the most powerful division in the alliance.

The War Hall's warriors are all in their positions, so there's no need for too many Divine Treasure warriors. The other departments in the alliance are too specialized, and it's not appropriate to have some warriors doing farming or animal husbandry.

What's the point of having so many treasures?

Being a wandering knight is one way to make your way in the world, but joining the Alliance's Wilderness Patrol Division will earn you even more merit points.

This led to a large number of warriors within the alliance joining the Wilderness Patrol Division. Some went out in teams, while others, who were more solitary, went out alone.

Even within the Famine Patrol Bureau, the whereabouts of some patrol envoys are unknown, and many have disappeared for years.

As of now, the number of registered patrol officers in the Patrol Bureau has reached 16,373, with the lowest level being either the early stage of the Divine Treasury Realm or the fourth-order Great Witch Realm.

Upon emerging from seclusion, Shen Can immediately summoned the several level-five array masters who had overseen the construction of the grand array, and together they toured the entire array.

For many years, the Star Array has been operating continuously without interruption. Although there have been occasional problems with the array base, they have been quickly replaced thanks to the maintenance of the craftsmen in the protective array.

Inside a formation filled with yin energy, a cold wind whistled, and the craftsmen who created the formation were all wearing thick fur coats.

“Master, nowadays we are capturing more and more spirits from the underground caves. The first and second tiers are directly used as fertilizer. We use the power of spiritual plants to transform this cold energy and use it to cultivate low-level witch medicines in large quantities.”

After processing, the third, fourth, and fifth-order spirits were used as materials for the grand formation.

Because we used a large number of fourth- and fifth-tier spirits as the base material, the quality and power of our second-tier array are significantly improved compared to the first-tier Star-Attracting Array.

As the Ferret King spoke, he led Shen Can to personally inspect the construction of the formation.

As the Ferret King said, the second major formation made extensive use of cave spirits as materials, which greatly improved the quality of the formation.

As for how much the power will increase, we'll have to wait until the entire formation is completed before we can measure it.

"At the current construction speed, if the materials are in supply, the second major formation of the temple can be completed within twenty years."

Shen Can carefully inspected all the formations from east to west, and overall he was quite satisfied; the alliance members had not slacked off at all.

Within twenty years, the formation was completed, and the entire Giant Mountain Range formed a double sixth-order formation.

The first layer of the formation draws upon the stars in the sky, while the second layer draws upon the cold, yin energy of the underground cave.

The combination of the two can completely seal off the source power of the Giant Mountain Range.

After inspecting the great formation in the Giant Mountain Range, Shen Can returned to the Blazing Flame Ancestral Temple.

Having been in seclusion for many years, he hadn't swept or cleaned the ancestral temple in a long time. Only by sweeping and cleaning the Zhiyan Ancestral Temple, repeating this mundane routine, could his mind find peace and allow him to contemplate what lay ahead.

For the current Human Alliance, the Blackbird remains the greatest enemy.

The two sixth-order grand formations sealed off the source power needed by the Xuan Bird, but this could only slow down the Xuan Bird's recovery time.

To completely resolve the Xuan Bird crisis, enhancing the strength of the human race is the fundamental solution.

Furthermore, after the second major formation is completed, the construction of the third major formation can be initiated to further enhance the defensive capabilities of the Giant Mountain Range in case of future attacks from even stronger forces.

We need to defend against the Black Birds from within, and also against foreign tribes from without.

Shen Can had observed the situation within the alliance. Currently, many martial artists in the alliance had joined the Wilderness Patrol Division, and the momentum for external expansion was very strong.

Furthermore, the Fallen Moon Wasteland is just the beginning; the Alliance will continue to support human tribes in various regions.

By supporting human tribes in various regions, the alliance gains a wealth of resources for development and gathers talented warriors from all over the world to train here.

Therefore, what Shen Can needs to do is to solidify the foundation of the Human Alliance in the Giant Mountain Range and ensure that the alliance can be passed down.

The task of pioneering should be left to the young people in the alliance.

He was responsible for defending the base and transforming the resources acquired through external expansion into a stronger foundation for the alliance.

Theoretically speaking, as long as the alliance can obtain massive resources outside, Shen Can has a chance to completely seal off the Xuan Bird in the Juyue Mountains.

Yongshanbo was responsible for putting him into a deep sleep, while Shen Can was responsible for ensuring he would never wake up.

When the alliance is powerful enough, we'll capture them and roast them like birds.

I wonder if this is a pleasant surprise for the Black Bird.

After this thought popped into his mind, Shen Can also felt a sense of anticipation.

It is possible for the roles of offense and defense to shift.

Of course, accomplishing this feat is extremely difficult, but waiting to die is not. However, Shen Can did not want to die; instead, he wanted to eat yakitori lanterns.

So many children in the clan wished he would pluck them; what's wrong with a black bird? Aren't they all birds?
However, expanding outwards is not easy.

Currently, around the Juyue Mountains, the Zhang River is to the south, the Pu Clan is to the east, the Luoyue is to the northeast, the Silver Wolf Clan is to the north, and there is another powerful race 700,000 miles to the west with a vast territory.

Among these forces, Zhangshui is a seventh-tier force, the Silver Wolf Clan is a sixth-tier force, the powerful race in the west is also suspected to be a sixth-tier force, and the Pu Clan is considered a top-tier fifth-tier force.

This situation actually indicates that the alliance's development has encountered certain difficulties.

Looking around at the neighbors, not one of them is easy to mess with.

First of all, the direction of Zhangshui Longguo is off-limits.

If you haven't even figured out your own seventh-tier Xuan Bird Clan yet, and you're going to provoke other seventh-tier races, you're just asking for trouble.

At that time, without even the Dragon King taking action, the dragon princes and grandsons under the Dragon Kingdom will be able to overthrow the Human Alliance.

Even the weakest of the Pu tribes, the royal court, has the support of the ancient city of Tu Shang.

Although the level of support is not large, we still need to be vigilant enough when facing a powerful force like Tu Shang Ancient City, since Tu Shang Ancient City is also eyeing the Xuan Bird.

It can be said that if the Alliance had not had the Star Giant Turtle, which allowed the Alliance's forces to traverse the wilderness and obtain resources from the outside, the Human Alliance would have been trapped in the Giant Mountain and would not have been able to gather enough resources to build the Great Array.

These powerful forces are separated from the Juyue Mountain Range by buffer zones ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of miles.

These vast buffer zones also contain scattered groups of races. Currently, many of the patrol envoys within the Human Alliance are actually investigating these buffer zones.

But while it's all about investigation, actually taking over these buffer zones would be tantamount to directly bordering the surrounding major powers.

Even couples who sit close together on the kang (a heated brick bed) will fight, let alone those between different clans.

Without a buffer zone, war can easily break out.

The Huan Tou tribe in the southern border of Yongzhou has now retreated south to the border area between the Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom and the Juyue Mountain Range.

With just a few flaps of its wings, it can enter the outer territory of the Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom.

This shows they've decided to provoke trouble in the vicinity of the two major territories.

Currently, the alliance's current strategy is to relocate any humans encountered within the buffer zone back to the vicinity of the Great Mountain, and to annihilate any other races encountered, without completely securing these areas.

Fortunately, with the alliance's two sixth-order formations nearing completion, the alliance has gained some self-defense capabilities among the surrounding forces.

With the addition of the Black Bird as a shield, as long as nothing too serious happens, there shouldn't be any major problems.

However, if they want to continue to increase the number of formations, enhance the strength of the alliance, and realize Shen Can's vision, they will inevitably need to expand their territory and explore channels for acquiring resources.

Currently, the entire human alliance has already exhausted its resource acquisition channels, and it still needs to obtain some resources from the Fallen Moon Wasteland to meet the construction needs of the formation.

Next, if a third layer of formation is to be built, and if it is not based on the power of Yin and cold, the amount of minerals required will increase significantly again.

At that time, the current resource acquisition channels will certainly not be able to meet the needs of subsequent construction.

Shen Can naturally knew how profitable the trade between primary products and initial resources could be.

Exchanging finished witch artifacts, witch pills, and other items from the Human Alliance for resources from other races is a promising approach.

Such trade cannot be without restrictions. Superior goods used within the alliance cannot be exchanged for other goods, as this would not only be a matter of supplying the enemy but could also attract the covetousness of other races.

Of course, a few superior items, such as fifth-grade precious pills, can still occasionally be obtained.

Huang Miao, a dragon from the Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom, revealed that resources of the fifth rank and above are highly sought after within the Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom.

In particular, consumable items such as precious pills and medicines used for cultivation are highly sought after by various dragon clan forces.

The Dragon Lord of Zhangshui has been in seclusion for many years and does not care about the conquests of the dragon forces under his command. The dragon race worships the strong to become dragons, while the weak can only be nourishment for those who become dragons.

Shen Can thought of the slaves raised by the earthworms. Now that he thought about it, these slaves were also talented people, even managing to turn the earthworms into useless trash.

Humans can sell finished products as items for 'enjoyment' purposes, and such items often fetch a high price.

Based on this calculation, Zhangshui Dragon Kingdom, Pu tribe, and Luoyue Wilderness can all export their goods.

As for the Fallen Moon Wasteland, the human tribes are fighting against the alien races, but that doesn't interfere at all. We can't deprive the alien races of their enjoyment just because of the war.

Not long after, the Alliance officially established the Trading Company, with Lu Chen as its head, and began to try to expand the Alliance's foreign trade.

Subsequently, workshops were established, mainly producing various finished resources, such as brocade, prepared medicinal food, and low-level witchcraft pills, in exchange for minerals, witchcraft medicine, and spiritual items.

While the alliance was busy building workshops, Shen Can appeared at the location of a transformation array deep within the clan's territory.

Here, starlight was drawn from the Giant Mountain Range, surging into the depths of the great formation and rapidly transforming into the five elements of source power.

In the center of the convergence of source energy, a source stone the size of a fingernail shimmered with multicolored light.

(End of this chapter)