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Li Yue started making grand promises, while the clan leader on the other side hesitated.

Can I trust you?

"believe?"

Li Yue smiled slightly.

"So-called trust and dependence have the same meaning. They are both behaviors of the weak. Between you and me, trust is unnecessary."

"Because it wasn't you who chose me, but me who chose you."

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Although shocked by Li Yue's bluntness, the clan chief still understood what Li Yue meant.

Whether he believed it or not was irrelevant, because faced with the opponent's overwhelming power, he had no choice but to believe. Should he lead his entire clan to die at the opponent's hands?

Faced with such a powerful Li Yue, the clan leader chose to bow his head, just like the previous clan leader Camus.

"Lord Aizen, please accept our allegiance!"

"Then follow me, and I will take you to see the view from the top."

"Yes, Lord Aizen!"

"Oh!!! Long live Lord Aizen!!"

Chief Camus, who had been watching from the sidelines, immediately led his tribe's mercenaries in cheers.

Amidst the cheering mercenaries, Elhesen stood quietly, observing Li Yue effortlessly slay three enemy warriors and then nearly wipe out the entire opposing force with a single hand.

After leaving Sumeru City, he followed Li Yue closely, but the closer he got to Li Yue, the less he could understand how strong Li Yue's true power really was.

The portals that could easily traverse terrain, the ability to manipulate trees, the power to render everyone instantly immobile, and the illusions that could transform into anything—the more Elhesen looked, the more desperate he felt.

While feeling desperate, he also questioned what Li Yue had done.

Why would Li Yue do such a thing? Wasn't he going to become the god of Sumeru? He could have simply used his transformation ability to infiltrate the Order of the Sages, kill the Sages, and then transform into one himself.

He had already killed the Great Sage, but he had no intention of becoming the Great Sage himself. Instead, he deliberately used the Great Sage's death to frame Seno, and finally ran to the desert to mingle with this group of desert mercenaries.

What was the point of him doing this?

I don't understand it at all.

Another question is, where did the girl who was with him go? She also has the ability to control trees. Elhesen wondered if she also had other abilities like Li Yue. With such terrifying abilities, one was right under his nose, while the other was completely missing. What kind of trouble would she cause?

However, Li Yue did not explain to Elhesen; he simply led Elhesen to continue doing things.

After subjugating this tribe, Li Yue led the two tribes to begin annexing the next tribe.

The same challenge was issued to experts, but the opposing team, seeing Li Yue's appearance, mistook him for a scholar and only sent one person, who was instantly defeated. They then sent several people, who were still instantly defeated. Finally, Li Yue subdued everyone with one hand.

This situation kept repeating itself, and within just two days, Li Yue led his initial small tribe to devour nine other tribes, becoming a large tribe with nearly twenty times the original number of people! By this time, even without Li Yue's presence, this tribe had become an undeniable force in the desert!

245. Tanit tribe

The desert became chaotic.

The desert was already chaotic, but now it has become even more chaotic because a huge tribe has suddenly risen to power in just a few days. Such a large tribe that has risen so suddenly cannot be hidden.

The other desert tribes made a few inquiries and found out what had happened: a very weak tribe, after changing to a new leader, began to frantically devour other surrounding tribes. In just a few days, it had absorbed nine tribes and become a large tribe.

A large tribe with such a large population can be considered a dominant force in the desert.

This situation greatly worried other large tribes in the desert, who feared that this newly emerged large tribe would launch a war of annexation against them and swallow them up.

And as it turns out, their fears were justified!

After Li Yue led Camus's tribe to annex many surrounding small tribes, they set their sights on the large tribes. At this point, Camus's tribe had become a large tribe, and there was no need to annex the small tribes anymore. As long as they annexed the remaining large tribes, the remaining small tribes would come to join them on their own initiative. The desert mercenaries were much better at assessing the situation than the rainforest people.

Among these target tribes is the largest, the Tanit tribe.

The Tanit tribe is a large tribe that has occupied an ancient ruin left over from the Red King era as their camp. Because it is located in a canyon, they do not have to build their camp on the desert like other tribes, enduring the scorching sun every day.

Not only do they not have to worry about being constantly scorched by the sun, but there is also an abundant water source below the canyon where they are located. So abundant is their water source that they can even use it to raise crocodiles to help them fight.

This kind of treatment is comparable only to a few other tribes that can establish camps in desert oases, especially since those tribes do not yet have crocodiles. Therefore, the Tanit tribe is considered the largest tribe in the desert.

Therefore, Li Yue immediately set his sights on this largest tribe.

Incidentally, this Tanit tribe is also the tribe that Jade will join in the future—a disgusting tribe full of betrayal and scheming.

Interestingly, the Tanit tribe was one of the three major tribes under the Flower Goddess. When Li Yue learned about this background, she thought that the Tanit tribe was indeed brought up by the Flower Goddess, and that each of the Flower Goddess's subordinates was more and more abstract in their thinking.

Whether it's Zhen Ling or the human tribes under his command, they're all mentally unstable.

However, no matter how impulsive he was, Li Yue still had to go through the motions. Since he wanted to make the desert great again, he definitely had to make a trip to the Tanit tribe.

Under Li Yue's leadership, they had already annexed a large number of tribes and marched in a mighty army across the desert, heading straight for the Tanit tribe.

Such a commotion was too great. After all, there was nothing to hide in the desert, and it was easy to be seen at a glance. Thus, the sudden march of this newly formed and huge tribe attracted the attention of all the mercenary tribes along the desert route.

Seeing such a massive tribe making such a fuss, the smaller tribes naturally followed to see what was going on. They had been worried that they would be swallowed up by this suddenly rising giant tribe, but now it seemed that this newly risen giant tribe was ignoring them and moving on to a more distant place.

The Sumeru Desert is vast. In the game, it's only a tiny bit, and you can traverse the entire desert in less than an hour. However, in the real Sumeru, it would take many days to cross the entire desert.

Fortunately, the tribes of desert mercenaries are mainly concentrated near the oasis, so the distance is not particularly far.

After half a day of forced march, the already large tribal contingent, along with a large number of mercenaries from smaller tribes who had followed out of curiosity, finally arrived at the outskirts of the Tanit tribe.

When the mercenaries on guard outside the Tanit tribe saw so many people suddenly appear, they immediately returned to the canyon and informed the elders of the tribe.

"Elder Babel!"

"What's wrong? What happened that made you so flustered?"

Seeing the mercenary's panic, Elder Babel calmly inquired.

At this time, Babel was only an elder and had not yet become the matriarch of the Tanite tribe. The Tanite tribe was a female-led tribe, possibly because of their worship of the flower goddess. After the death of the previous matriarch, the Tanite tribe was currently ruled by nine elders, and Babel was one of them.

Not long ago, she had all the other elders killed, and the person responsible for killing the elders for her was the simple-minded Jade who later joined the tribe.

Currently, Jade has not yet returned to the Tanit tribe, so Babel has not yet become the true matriarch, and the tribe's power is still divided among the nine elders.

Back to the present, facing Babel's question, the mercenary answered breathlessly.

"A large number of mercenaries are coming from the west side of the canyon!"

"a lot of?"

"That's right, they look like there are more people than our entire tribe, a huge number!"

The mercenary answered quickly.

"I see, it seems they've arrived."

Babel learned yesterday that there was a huge tribe in the desert that had been established by annexing many small tribes. She wondered if this huge tribe would take action against a large tribe like Tanit. However, she did not expect that the day after she received the news, the other party would come to her door.

She knew about the rules of this tribe's annexation of other tribes, but knowing that was one thing, she also understood that resolving the problems in this world was not so easy.

"Go and inform the other elders about this matter. This is a major event concerning our Tanit tribe, and all the elders need to be present."

"Yes!"

The mercenaries who received the order immediately went to find the other elders in the tribal camp, while Babel quickly gathered the mercenaries together and headed to the outskirts of the camp. She did not want them to rush directly into the Tanit tribe's stronghold.

Soon, all the elders gathered, and all the combat mercenaries of the entire tribe also came together. They stood above the valley where the tribe was located, watching the mercenary army approaching from the distant desert, each with a worried expression on their face.

"Babel, what's going on?"

Elder Breda was not quite aware of the current situation. He looked at the mercenary army in the distance with a puzzled expression and asked Babel a question.

Babel looked at the mercenary army in the distance, his expression also very solemn.

"This is a new tribe that has risen in the desert in the last few days. This tribe started out small, but it has grown rapidly by constantly annexing other tribes. And now, they are coming to annex our Tanit tribe."

246. Annexation of the Tanit tribe

"To annex our tribe? How could that be possible? Which tribe are they from?"

“They are not a tribe that worships the Flower Goddess, but a tribe that worships the Red King.”

The rainforest people mostly worship the grass god, or the Great Tree King. The desert people, on the other hand, have two kinds of faiths because there were two gods in the desert in the past. One is the Red King, and these people are mostly male-dominated mercenary tribes. The other is the Flower Goddess, such as the Tanit tribe, which is a female-dominated mercenary tribe. But no matter whether they believe in the Red King or the Flower Goddess, they are all mercenaries in the desert.

However, compared to the mercenary tribes that worship the Crimson King, the mercenary tribes that worship the Flower Goddess are downright dark.

The darkness within the Tanit tribe is even more terrifying. In order to rise to power, the people of this tribe will assassinate their own people, eliminate dissidents, and even sacrifice anyone for it. Their goal is to become the oracle of the legendary Flower Goddess, or rather, to obtain the supreme status under the worship of the Flower Goddess.

Compared to the tribes that worshipped the Flower Goddess, the tribes that worshipped the Red King were practically naive and innocent. They only wanted to take revenge on the Flower Goddess, whom they believed had killed the Red King. However, after learning that the Red King was not killed by the Grass Goddess, they readily admitted their mistake and were even willing to help Nasida regain power.

"Hmph, the Crimson King's tribe actually dares to try and devour our tribe that worships the Flower Goddess! They're dreaming!"

Differences in beliefs meant that, although they were all desert tribes, there was virtually no possibility of them annexing each other. This was because their customs and rules were different, and their fighting strength was not weak either. For the past thousand years, they simply could not annex each other.

“That’s right, we are a tribe that worships the Flower Goddess, and the Red King’s tribe will never be accepted by us.”

Upon learning that the other party was from the Red King tribe, the elders immediately expressed their disdain.

Babel couldn't help but speak up as he listened to the elders.

"But I heard that the other side is very strong. They have conquered other tribes and succeeded on the first try every time."

"Very strong? How strong?"

The elders looked at Babel, who then revealed the information he possessed.

"Their strongest warrior will publicly challenge the strongest warrior of the opposing tribe. After defeating the strongest warrior, he will strike again and defeat all the remaining powerful warriors, forcing them to join his tribe single-handedly."

"How is such a thing even possible?"

The elders all expressed their disbelief.

“Even the warriors in our tribe who have mastered ancient powers cannot fight against the entire tribe’s powerful warriors by themselves. Who does he think he is, a sand worm or a sacred skeleton beast?”

"When I received the intelligence, I also expressed disbelief, but the other side did indeed conquer and annex many tribes quickly. Even if I didn't believe it, there was nothing I could do. Now that the other side can gather so many desert mercenaries, it shows that they do indeed have such capabilities."

Babel crossed his right arm over his chest and spread his left, looking helpless.

"However, considering that there may be other possibilities, elders, you may try to have your falcons test it out."

"This is something that needs no introduction from you, Babel. It's something that definitely needs to be done. How could our Tanit tribe be swallowed up by a barbaric tribe that worships the Red King!"

“That’s right. Since they want to compete through a duel, I’ll send my falcon up to test their abilities.”

The entire Tanit tribe gathered together, waiting for the arrival of the mercenary army on the other side.

The mercenary army quickly reached the opposite side of the Tanit tribe. Li Yue's tribe stopped, and the smaller tribes that had followed Li Yue's tribe to watch the show also stopped. These smaller tribes left the main force of Li Yue's tribe, ran to the side, became third parties, and began to watch.