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

Trading four peak fifth-tier Blood Shadow Ghosts for one early sixth-tier Blood Shadow Ghost is a very worthwhile deal for Yan Liu.

However, simply consuming the blood soul is not enough; it needs some time to refine it, otherwise it cannot form combat power.

At that moment, the remaining three black-winged wolf shadows burst forth from the surging energy. Seeing one of their sixth-tier members fall, their killing intent surged. "Boom!"

The leader of the Black-Winged Azure-Horned Wolves, the Great Elder, unleashed a divine power on Yan Liu from a great distance. A ball of black light on his body transformed into a black blade, which lunged forward to kill.

With a soft "poof," the black blade swiftly tore through the blood mist that had formed in front of Yan Liu, and then struck Yan Liu's body.

The struck Yan Liu exploded into a bloody mist, and behind it, a streak of crimson light shot into the mountains like lightning. Yan Liu, who hadn't wanted to escape just moments before, was now running faster than anyone else.

The black blade only tore through one of his fifth-tier Blood Shadow Ghosts. Facing the siege of four sixth-tier enemies, he was already more than satisfied with taking down one of them by surprise.

"Where do you think you're going!"

Upon seeing Yan Liu flee, the three sixth-tier black wolves gave chase from three directions.

Some wolves opened their mouths, and the single horn on their heads lit up, transforming into beams of energy that illuminated the night.

"We can't let him get away!"

Elder Black Wolf spoke angrily, "We've lost a sixth-tier being. If this human gets away, we'll lose a lot of money."

Ignoring the roars behind him, Yan Liu continued to vanish in a streak of blood, his body occasionally bursting into afterimages as he feinted under the night sky. These four sixth-tier members from the wolf clan had all been at the sixth tier for quite some time, while he himself had only been at the sixth tier for a few years.

Other newly promoted sixth-tier beings would still be at home, consolidating their abilities at this time.

But for Yan Liu, his combat strength was closely related to the Wraiths. Rather than staying put and accumulating experience, it would be better to go out and capture Wraiths to improve his combat power. Capturing two Wraiths and putting them into actual combat would be more useful to Yan Liu than anything else.

Capturing low-level ghosts is to increase combat power; increasing combat power is for acquiring resources; acquiring resources is for raising your cultivation level; raising your cultivation level is for capturing even more suitable low-level ghosts...

Yan Liu wasn't entirely sure where the newly acquired wolf-like ghosts came from. Like the human race, the wolf race was a very large race in the Great Wilderness. Since the Tu Shang Ancient City established the City of Ruins on the site of the Thundercloud Clan, using it as a trading post for the alliance in this region, it has attracted many nearby races to trade over the past twenty years.

Especially for the various races further west, the City of Ruins is very attractive to them, whether for exchanging resources or for the resources produced in the ruins.

Therefore, in just twenty years, the City of Ruins transformed into a major trading city, with over a million beings coming and going year-round. Despite the small number of beings, the proportion of sixth- and fifth-tier beings among them far exceeded that of other places in the vast wilderness.

Those who can trade here are either led by elders of sixth-tier forces or fifth- or sixth-tier lone wolves with various skills; each one of them is quite capable.

With various races converging and a diverse mix emerging, the Human Alliance faced even greater challenges.

Within the City of Ruins, thanks to the protection of the Holy Race, even if other races covet the human race, they must still obediently communicate with them.

Once you leave the City of Ruins, the vast wilderness becomes a place where no one can control you.

More than a decade ago, the Human Alliance opened up a fleet trade route between Giant Mountain, Tu Shang Ancient City, and Relic City.

Furthermore, the Alliance's torchbearers had long since begun their work along the trade routes, searching for human settlements while simultaneously spreading their knowledge and skills. Compared to the minor skirmishes near Giant Mountain and Tu Shang, the closer they got to the Ruins City, the more intense the fighting became.

The fleets sent by the alliance were frequently attacked by alien races.

Taking advantage of the human race's surprise attack, Yan Liu secretly left the Ruins City, leaving some trace in front of the wolf clan. Sure enough, the four Black-Winged Azure-Horned Wolves couldn't wait to follow him.

Why would four early-stage sixth-tier black wolves be dispatched to deal with a mere early-stage sixth-tier human? There's no other reason; these four guys came with the intention of capturing a high-grade sacrificial offering alive.

The value of a living human race is immense.

Over the past twenty years, the human alliance has rotated its personnel at the ruins several times, and the number of those who have fallen, disappeared, or whose bodies have not been found has exceeded five hundred.

These figures do not include those who died in the battle while escorting the convoy.

The bodies of those who died in the escort mission were collected and sent back to the alliance, but those who went missing were not necessarily truly missing.

A large portion of them were actually kidnapped.

Even though the human race has been trying to avoid this situation, they are still surrounded by wolves and cannot defend themselves against it.