In a dark ancient forest.
Ancient trees that were thousands of years old coiled around each other like dragons, covering the entire sky. The ink-black tree trunks and dense leaves covered the entire sky, completely blocking out the sunlight.
On a huge ancient tree, a head-sized Poison Armored Spider was suspended in the air. Its protruding dark green spider eyes flickered with a cold light. However, at this moment, this Poison Armored Spider, which could poison an ordinary Two-star fierce beast to death, seemed to have sensed danger. It hurriedly crawled to a corner of the tree trunk and hid.
A golden flame streaked across the dark ancient forest, illuminating the forest. Amidst the flickering smoke, the appearance of a person could finally be seen. He was wearing dark green battle armor and sitting on a handsome dragon horse. However, at the feet of the pegasus, there were a dozen human corpses piled up in a mess. The panic on its face had yet to dissipate.
Looking at the person who had died a long time ago, Xiao Chen lightly patted the head of the Pegasus, causing it to turn its head around and sneeze impatiently. Sparks came out of its nostrils. In the next moment, the Pegasus spread its wings and soared into the sky. It broke through the layers of leaves and flew towards the peak of the mountain not far away.
These dozen people were the scouts that Tie Mo had gathered from the allied army. There was even an early Blood Refining Realm warrior among them. At this moment, he had already been killed by Xiao Chen. This was the third wave of scouts that he had killed. Through these scouts, he learned that the allied army to subdue Gu Yuan had gathered their troops and was heading towards the Gu Yuan Tribe. There were more than thirty thousand people, and this was after a large number of supply teams had been eliminated. This included the elite soldiers of the four overlord tribes in the Giant Rock Valley. There were more than ten thousand of them. Tie Mo was very satisfied and seemed ready to take down the Gu Yuan Tribe in one fell swoop.
The allied army was known as the army of benevolence and righteousness. It was for the glory of the human race in the Great Wilderness to eliminate the traitors of the human race. They did not hide where they pointed their weapons. With Tie Mo, a battle envoy from a middle-ranked tribe, they provided food and supplies to the various human tribes along the way. They also needed to offer various armors and precious medicines. They even needed to offer unmarried girls to the warriors.
There was an endless army of thirty thousand human soldiers gathered together. Among them, there were hundreds of Blood Refining realm cultivators. War chariots and all kinds of ferocious beasts appeared one after another. An invisible aura seemed to connect the heavens and the earth, causing billowing smoke to rise.
In the middle of the group of human warriors was a thirty-zhang long white chariot, which was pulled by eight snow-white, two-star fierce beasts. The chariot moved forward along with the troop. Faintly, one could hear some soft noises coming out from the chariot, which made some human warriors around the chariot feel a bit hot.
The huge chariot traveled on the undulating mountain range, but it was as if it was traveling on flat ground. The people inside the chariot did not feel the slightest jolt.
Those who were qualified to enter the war chariot had to be at least at the late Blood Refining Realm. Xiao Lin was not qualified to enter at all. This was also the reason why he did not send a message to Xiao Chen for the past two days. It was because he did not know what Tie Mo's plan was.
There were thirteen figures in the war chariot. However, only the leader of the Treasure Elephant Tribe, Xiang Lieshan, was present. The leaders of the other three tribes had already left, handing over the warriors of their tribes to their chiliarchs.
"Everyone, according to the Green Feather Troop's report, the Gu Yuan Tribe has long been deserted. Our human wanderers and the tribe discovered it. They have fled to the east of Giant Rock Valley and the Desolate Land. I wonder if everyone has any plan to catch this group of traitors in one fell swoop and prevent them from harming the Desolate Land."
Inside the war chariot, Tie Mo was still sitting upright and still, looking as if he was grieving.
"Lord Battle Envoy, don't worry. The Gu Yuan Tribe is just a small tribe. Only their leader, Xiao Chen, has a bit of strength. They have less than ten thousand soldiers, and there are only twenty to thirty chiliarchs. Even if they mobilize their entire tribe, they can't possibly resist the attack of thirty thousand elite warriors!"
"The way I see it, Xiao Chen's Guyuan Tribe has already fallen apart due to the War Envoy's Evil Punishing Order. Could it be that such a small tribe dares to make the entire Great Desolate an enemy? If this Guyuan Tribe is really going to defend their land to the death, that would be suicide!"
Xiang Lieshan, the leader of the Treasure Elephant Tribe, said indifferently. Right now, there was only one leader of the four tribes left. It wasn't that he wanted to help the Battle Envoy, but that his son, Xiang Tian, had disappeared not long ago. According to everyone's speculations, Xiang Tian was last seen in the direction of the Gu Yuan Tribe. Although he had many children, Xiang Tian's talent was quite good, and he was deeply fond of him. Now that his whereabouts were unknown, he had long been suspicious of the Gu Yuan Tribe.
As for Xiang Lieshan, how could he not know that Xiang Tian had colluded with the Outsiders? However, he didn't think that it was a big deal. In the Desolate Land, black and white couldn't be clearly distinguished. Sometimes, it was necessary to make a different choice.
"That's right, the Gu Yuan Tribe has indeed been destroyed. There's been chaos in the tribe, and people have fled. This is what I heard from some Wanderers of the Desolate Land. The group that fled to the easternmost region is only the largest in number. There are nearly a hundred thousand of them. In my opinion, they are the ones who have colluded with the Outsiders. They must be killed!"
Thirty thousand human combat masters gathered together, and as they sprinted forward, a powerful shockwave swept up in their wake, as if dispersing the clouds in the sky. Even some 2-star savage beasts could only glance at them from afar before roaring angrily and fleeing into the depths of the forest with their heads lowered, fearing that they would be skinned alive and turned into food for the humans.
The momentum of the army was enough to frighten the birds and beasts in the depths of the Desolate Forest, and make them go into hibernation.
What they didn't know was that ten kilometers away, on a precipitous mountain that was thirty thousand meters tall, there was an azure figure standing there, staring at them from afar.
Xiao Chen trailed far behind the allied army, waiting for an opportunity to kill the Earth Shadow Mouse to prevent any future problems. However, he did not manage to find an opportunity. At this moment, he had already turned his gaze to the back. There was a troop of roughly two thousand people escorting a batch of weapons behind the allied army.
Night fell.
The allied army had set up camp in an open area. The soldiers, who had been tense for the entire day, were now very noisy. After the clamor died down, a figure transformed into a gust of wind and disappeared into the camp.
It seemed like they had full confidence in the safety of the barracks. Aside from a small number of soldiers left on the walls as a warning, there were no more soldiers patrolling the entire barracks. There were no less than twenty chariots casually piled up in a corner of the barracks. Xiao Chen carefully unwrapped the beast skin, revealing the armors, weapons, arrows, and crossbows inside. There were even quite a number of ballistae that were used to defend the city. Under the illumination of the moonlight, they flickered with a devouring radiance.
A sharp light flashed through Xiao Chen's eyes. He waved his hand, and the armors and weapons wrapped in beast skin were noiselessly stored within the Seal of Mountains and Rivers. When all the armors and weapons were collected, Xiao Chen waved his hand again, and one stone after another appeared in the beast skin. Finally, Xiao Chen took out a small amount of armors and weapons and placed them on the surface of the beast skin. When everything was collected, Xiao Chen's figure disappeared into the night.