Once upon a time there was a greedy snake

The ferocious dog was no match for the righteous warriors. Several members of the Bloodbath Legion didn't even draw their swords before sending the dog flying.

But one dog still managed to bite the Shadow's ankle.

The wound bled, so it was naturally meant to be treated quickly. But when the alien herbs were applied to the wound, the small wound began to fester rapidly. Mei Zhiying herself developed a high fever and had to be carried back with her.

"It shouldn't be..."

Seeing the beautiful young girl who had been lively and energetic just moments before suddenly looking like she was about to die, the warriors of the Blood Warband were quite puzzled.

Although they were quite hostile towards aliens, they still acknowledged the effectiveness of the alien drugs. They hadn't bought the wrong medicine, and the wounds shouldn't have festered like this no matter what.

It was at this moment that the weakened Shadow of Enchantress spoke.

"No, it's not a problem with the medicine..."

Mei Zhiying forced a smile.

"It's not your problem, it's those... sigh."

Seeing that the beautiful young woman seemed to have something to say, the soldiers quickly helped her up from the sickbed.

And the Shadow of Enchantress began to recount the origin of her injury.

"Those aliens, although they joined Tatunbhut, in reality, they have already turned this place into their battlefield... Originally they were attacking each other, but now they have turned into slandering each other. Just like those dogs that suddenly went mad, that was probably the work of the god of life. As for those wound medicines that made the wounds fester, that was probably the work of the god of courage."

Upon hearing this, several warriors from the Bloodbath Legion were immediately enraged.

They didn't welcome those extraterrestrial visitors in the first place, but they reluctantly acknowledged it because these aliens had brought so many benefits. Of course, on the surface, they still didn't have any dealings with those aliens, but it wasn't that they couldn't find out where the aliens' camps were.

The fact that they didn't initiate an attack already shows that the Bloodbath Group was prioritizing the overall situation.

But who would have thought that while they didn't even use force, the aliens turned Tatunbto into their battlefield.

Even though those aliens had now become Tatunbto people, they fought and killed in Tatunbto without any regard for the harm they would cause to the local civilians—such heinous behavior was something the warriors of the Blood Chapter could not tolerate.

Of course, that explanation wasn't very rigorous either; upon closer examination, the source of the information alone was questionable.

However, seeing the beautiful girl's injured ankle, which looked like it was about to break, these soldiers were filled with nothing but endless anger.

"Even if they've become Tatunbto people, so what? There are bad people among the Tatunbto people too!"

At this moment, these soldiers had already mentally expelled those alien visitors from Tatunbto's citizenship.

Indeed, they alone could not defeat these visitors from the Star Sea, but they were not alone either.

Behind them is the entire Blood Warband.

"Get the aliens back! Give Tatumbto back to the Tatumbto people!"

Under this slogan, the entire Bloodbath Corps mobilized, their forces heading straight for the stronghold of those chosen champions.

Chapter 289 The Young Swordsman, Resurrected

As it turned out, the Priests' Court reacted very quickly to the sudden event. For example, the Blood Warband's offensive had barely been organized when it was already pinned down in the city by the four priests.

The warriors were roaring, all for Tathumbto, but the four priests suppressed them, also for Tathumbto's sake—everything was finally starting to look up, and Tathumbto couldn't withstand this turmoil.

Moreover, from the perspective of the four priests, the sudden outburst of the Blood Chapter was not a normal situation. After all, these Starbound visitors had been in Tatunbuto for several days. If the Blood Chapter had any objections, they would have made a scene long ago. Why did they only think of causing trouble now?

"Could it be... that the spy really is real?"

Thinking of this, the four priests couldn't help but recall the intelligence that Casaloran had sent them before.

According to Casaloron's intelligence, an alien spy had already infiltrated Tatunbuto. Although the four priests themselves did not sense anything unusual, Casaloron described the spy's appearance very clearly—it was a spy who could change his appearance in countless ways, and could even be said to be the number one general under the God of Desire.

This puzzled the four priests even more. If they were sending spies into the Star Sea, that would be understandable, as they did need the technology from the Star Sea to enrich Tatunbto and contribute to the advancement of civilization.

However, the gods in the starry sea are sending spies in their direction...

What do those gods receive?

The four priests had never considered this question. After all, in their eyes, or rather, in the eyes of all the Tatunbutos, compared to the advanced and progressive things in the Star Sea, they were so primitive and so worthless.

"But now, regardless of whether they are spies or not, we should at least take action against those involved in internal affairs."

After some discussion, the four priests reached a consensus.

Asking them to capture alien spies is asking too much of them; after all, the ever-changing nature of aliens is beyond their capabilities. While seeking help from the Snake God might be helpful, even with the Snake God's assistance, the fundamental problem remains unsolved.

Ultimately, the reason why the Blood Chapter was incited lies within the Blood Chapter itself. They are too unstable because they only know revenge. Even without spies, they are prone to problems.

"We must find a suitable candidate..."

The four priests began to scratch their heads.

Finding a suitable candidate was surprisingly difficult. In addition to loyalty to the Serpent God and the planet, the candidate needed to be stable, have experience leading troops, and even have the ability to unify the entire legion.

The last one, in particular, was extremely difficult to find.

Therefore, after much deliberation, the four priests had no choice but to summon Setka the Mad Axe, one of the four warriors and the founder of the enforcement team who had been silent for a long time, in an attempt to get him to take on this responsibility.

Sethka naturally chose to decline, as he was already quite busy himself, so how could he possibly have time to take on such a mess?

But Setka recommended a suitable candidate.

“Before the empire was fully unified, I met a warrior… Although he had already passed away before the empire was established, he played an indispensable role in the destruction of the Sun God Kingdom in the north.”

Setka gazed northward, a hint of nostalgia in her eyes.

"If his soul could be found, he would probably be the most suitable candidate."

"You mean, Hapisa?"

The four priests pondered for a moment, then remembered the name of the young swordsman.

Although Habisa had already died before the establishment of the Serpent God Empire, it was precisely because of Habisa's death that the Sun God Kingdom, which originally occupied the north, began to change. It wasn't until the war priest Matt Peri went mad and was killed by the four warriors in the Great Temple that the war truly came to an end.

However, at that time, the serpent god had not yet mastered the power of the god of death, so Habisa was buried outside the former temple of the sun god, which was his hometown.

But now...

"…Try?"

The four priests exchanged glances.

This seems to be an unexpectedly good candidate.

The entire process was not complicated. As the serpent god and also the priest of the god of death, they were already very familiar with this kind of thing after resurrecting so many people. If there was any problem, it was probably that Habisa's bones had already decayed.

However, that's not a problem now; we can just replace the body with a terracotta figure.

But that's precisely where the problem lies.

Before the soul of the pottery sage had finished burning in the furnace, a new terracotta figure was created. But just as the four priests had found Hapisa's soul and were preparing to transfer it to the terracotta figure...

The newly created terracotta figurine shattered into pieces on the spot.

"This……"

The four priests were stunned; they had never encountered such a situation before.

Fortunately, they had gained a lot of experience with resurrection, so they quickly found the answer to the problem—it wasn't that resurrection couldn't be performed, but rather that the material of the terracotta figurine was far too fragile for the soul they had summoned.

Simply put, change the materials.

"This……"

The four priests exchanged glances, all seeing the joy in each other's eyes.

Such a powerful soul could indeed suppress the Blood Battle Group. Although the brief incident wasted time, it at least showed that they hadn't made a mistake in choosing the wrong person.

So, after cleaning up the terracotta fragments, they excitedly replaced them with solid wood golems. These were the bodies that everyone in the Blood Warband currently longed to have; the sturdy wood was far superior to the fragile terracotta.

However, halfway through the resurrection ritual, even the sturdy wooden statue shattered with a crash.

"This...is still not enough?"

The four priests were already somewhat shocked.

It should be noted that the Blood Chapter is currently still using terracotta warriors, and only a few warriors have just been trained to the point where they can control wooden golems.

But now it seems...

Even a solid wood golem can't contain this soul?

"Take out the earliest batch."

Those were a batch of steel golems, the first batch of bodies ever made, but after the warriors of the Blood Chapter used them, they found even the most basic act of walking extremely difficult.

This time, however, after a ritual performed by the four priests, the heavy steel golem finally managed to bear the weight of that powerful soul.

And the swordsman named Habisa, after a long absence, opened his eyes.

Chapter 290 Iron Will

"It really has been a long time."

Habisa was still somewhat dazed when he awoke from his deep sleep; he felt as if he had been in a long dream.

Until those cold steel pieces brought Hapisa back to reality.

Unlike the warriors of the Blood Warband, Habisa had been dead for quite some time, so the four priests explained to him the great changes that had taken place in the Serpent God Empire recently—which made Habisa even more disoriented, yet there was also a sense of relief in that disorientation.

"So, everything has already been accomplished..."

Habisa muttered to himself.

When he was alive, the empire was not yet unified. Although everything seemed to be going to be alright, no one knew how far away that future was. But now, that distant future has actually come true, and it is even right in front of him.

"How long has it been?"

Habisa couldn't help but exclaim.

"Hundreds of years? Or thousands of years?"

"Actually, it hasn't even been five years... but that's not important."

After confirming that Hapisa was indeed conscious, the four priests began to instruct Hapisa on the tasks he was to perform.

After all, the situation was quite urgent.

"Blood Legion?"

After listening to the four priests' introduction, Habisa was still a little stunned. After all, the amount of information about the Blood Chapter's history and the troubles it had caused was too much for Habisa to handle.

"Give me a copy, I'll read it on the way."

Considering the urgency of the situation, Habisa decided to go and check it out first.

That is, Habisa was flipping through the parchment as he headed towards the Blood Chapter.

The Phantom, transformed into a human girl, has already entered the Blood Warband's base.

The Shadow of Enchantress used the guise of a visit, since the Blood Warband had never prohibited civilians from coming to visit. They were even happy to let the local people watch their battles, thus spreading their iron will to the Serpent God.

"An iron will...?"

Watching the terracotta warriors swinging their swords at each other with unwavering ferocity, Mei Zhiying smiled.

The terracotta warriors around him thought that their fighting had won the favor of the beautiful girl, so they immediately fought even harder—but only the Shadow of Enchantress knew that it was just scoffing at all of this.

An iron will? That's just something to comfort yourself with. After all, even steel can rust, and the finer the steel, the easier it is to rust.

"Just keep guiding..."

The more the Shadow of Enchantress sensed it, the more it felt how to take revenge on those two fools who betrayed it.

But at that moment, Mei Zhiying felt a stinging pain in her eyes.

The silver light in the distance was so dazzling; the gleaming steel body was like the sun fallen to earth.

"...A steel body?"

At this moment, not only was Mei Zhiying stunned, but even the warriors who were fighting each other were stunned.

His body, forged from steel, is currently unusable by anyone in the Blood Warband.

Who exactly is this expert who has come over to their side?

“My name is Habisa, and I’m here to take over your territory.”

The steel doll put down the parchment scroll in its hand and then waved to the crowd.

"Next, I will reorganize you into teams. All those at the wooden statue level, come here. You will be the captains of the new teams. Then, I will gather all those at the terracotta statue level together so that everyone can meet."