Amidst the mountains, a black iron city sat on the desolate land. The mountain city was hundreds of miles in circumference and emitted a cold metallic luster.
In the mountain city, six ancient mountains were scattered around. Some of the ancient mountains had new plants sprouting, emitting a medicinal fragrance. Some of the ancient mountains had flames soaring into the sky, billowing hot air. From time to time, there would be dragon-like roars. Some of the ancient mountains had ancient trees reaching the sky, eagles soaring into the sky, and giant eagles soaring into the sky.
In the center of the mountain city, at the peak of the ancient mountain, a huge stone hall stood. The sky was filled with dark purple pillars of fate, and the dense energy of heaven and earth was visible to the naked eye. At this moment, in the back hall behind the main hall, a green figure was lying on a stone bed.
Martial cultivation, tempering the bones, connecting the Heavenly Veins, forging the Heavenly Building, comprehending life and death, and becoming a king. It sounded simple, but since ancient times, whether it was the human race or the hundred races, how many geniuses could condense the Immortal Martial Spirit and walk the path of a supreme king?
Cultivation was originally going against the heavens. Almost 99% of the martial artists were stopped at the Heaven's Gate realm because of the quality of the martial dao's Heaven's Gate realm. Even if they found the spirit items of heaven and earth, it was difficult to take the last step.
The human body connected the twelve Heavenly Veins, forming the Zhou Tian Qi Sea, forging the Heavenly Building of the Martial Path. It also opened the divine treasures of the human body, and it was another level of life evolution, the sublimation of life.
At this moment, Xiao Chen's entire body emitted a dark green brilliance. Above the twelve Heavenly Veins, battle qi was like a tide, roaring and surging. The surging battle qi was constantly injected into the qi sea, and then absorbed into the first Heavenly Building of the Martial Path.
In the Heavenly Building of the Martial Path in the qi sea, only one of the pavilions was lit up. The space of this lit pavilion was like a boundless ocean.
The purplish-green battle qi constantly rolled, and in the middle of this ocean of battle qi, there was a battle spear less than six feet long and as thick as an arm. It casually floated along with the surging battle qi ocean. The entire spear seemed to be condensed from battle qi, but it was abnormally agile, as if it was alive.
The surface of the spear was constantly changing between illusory and real. Purplish green light flowed out from it. However, the body of the spear was densely covered by a black web-like air current. It was as if a horned dragon had coiled around it, emitting a dense killing intent.
This was the martial dao mystique that Xiao Chen had condensed at the first floor of the Heavy Building Realm, the Massacre Spear.
The black airflow was the Slaughter Qi. Xiao Chen had comprehended the supreme Slaughter Mentality. When he broke through to the Heavenly Building Realm, the rich Qi was added to his body, and the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth was extremely clear. His comprehension of Mentality was hundreds of times, even thousands of times deeper than before. In just a month, the Slaughter Mentality had reached the peak of Great Accomplishment.
In the depths of his soul, the Slaughter Intent Realm had already formed the Slaughter Spear. However, that was only a form of will. Its main function was to oppress the soul of a martial artist. But now, Xiao Chen had combined the Slaughter Intent Realm with his Battle Qi, condensing it into a magical ability. When the two truly combined, the power that erupted out would definitely increase by several folds.
"Condense!"
In the next moment, black air currents surged over from all directions, continuously merging into Xiao Chen's body. This was the Slaughter Qi manifested in the world.
Buzz!
Inside the Heavenly Building, the Slaughter Spear that was floating above the Battle Qi constantly vibrated. The black air currents were constantly absorbed by it, and the net-like black air currents constantly deepened. At this moment, the tip of the spear actually became as black as ink. This was the phenomenon caused by the Slaughter Qi condensing to the extreme.
"Condense!"
Finally, the Sea of Qi vibrated, and the illusory battle spear that was originally emitting dense purple Qi was completely filled with black air currents, turning as black as ink. The Slaughter Spear had finally been completely formed. Now that the Slaughter Intent Realm had not reached the Great Accomplishment Realm, this Slaughter Spear still had the potential to advance.
Hu!
Slowly spitting out a mouthful of black turbid air, Xiao Chen opened his eyes. A dense Slaughter Qi immediately caused the entire back hall to tremble.
In the main hall.
All the martial artists above the Blood Refining Realm in the Gu Yuan Tribe were present.
Currently, the number of Blood Refining Realm martial artists in the Gu Yuan Tribe had exceeded 200. Over the past month, some martial artists at the Great Perfection of the Bone Tempering Realm had taken the Bottleneck-breaking Elixir that Xiao Chen had given them and broken through their bottlenecks to become chiliarchs in the Blood Refining Realm.
"Clan leader, we have sent the order to gather soldiers to the one hundred and thirty-five subordinate clans under our command. We have told them to gather at the foot of the Sky Wolf Mountain and attack the Great Desolate!"
Qiu Hu, the eldest of the five Qiu brothers, stood up and reported. This time, the five of them were the war envoys of the Gu Yuan Tribe and had descended upon the various vassal combat divisions to issue Xiao Chen's edict.
The five Qiu brothers were all martial artists at the peak of the Blood Refining Realm. Just one of them was enough to destroy an ordinary low-grade combat division. This time, in order to frighten the vassal combat divisions, they had sent the five of them to each combat division to issue the edict.
Fortunately, these combat divisions seemed to know their limits and did not have the guts to go against the edict of the main division. They respectfully accepted the edict of the Gu Yuan Tribe, so the five Qiu brothers had lost the opportunity to make a move.
As soon as Qiu Hu finished speaking, Great Elder Tie Wen stood up and said, "Clan Leader, the Gu Yuan Tribe has 135 low-grade vassal combat divisions. This time, we have recruited more than 20,000 soldiers and 150 chiliarchs in the Blood Refining Realm. However, we still need to gather the troops to investigate how strong these soldiers are and how strong the Blood Refining Realm martial artists are."
Even though the Gu Yuan Tribe had recruited soldiers and martial artists from various combat divisions, it was still the elite combat masters of the Gu Yuan Tribe who were going to conquer the Great Wilderness and flatten the entire Luolong Ridge.
Putting aside the strength of the combat masters of the vassal combat divisions, war was a major event that concerned the survival of the tribe. The Gu Yuan Tribe did not want to place the future of the entire tribe on the shoulders of these combat divisions.
Now that the Gu Yuan Tribe was newly established, even though these vassal tribes had submitted to the Gu Yuan Tribe, Xiao Chen did not dare to guarantee that they would truly submit to the Gu Yuan Tribe. If they followed the Gu Yuan Tribe and fought smoothly, they might still be able to do so. However, if the Gu Yuan Tribe's conquest of the Great Desolate was hindered, they might even turn around and attack.
"Everyone, we still don't know how strong these vassal battalions are or how much they can contribute. Therefore, this time, our Gu Yuan Tribe will be relying on our own elite battalions to conquer the Wasteland. The battalions that we've recruited are just cannon fodder."
"Third Elder, have the combat masters finished preparing the resources for the expedition?"
"Reporting to the chief, the clan's craftsmen have finished forging the armors and weapons for the two newly recruited combat masters. The various resources for the expedition have also been prepared. They are enough to last for two months. Even if the war can't end immediately, the clan will be able to prepare the follow-up resources."
"Everyone, for this expedition to the Great Wilderness, the three great combat masters of the Gu Yuan Tribe will be dispatched. We must finish the battle as soon as possible. Not all the human combat divisions in the Luolong Ridge are willing to submit to Ao Shan and the other combat divisions. This is also an advantage for the Gu Yuan Tribe. Of course, we don't need to hold back against the stubborn combat divisions!"
Xiao Chen's eyes were emotionless. For the past three years, the Gu Yuan Tribe had been fighting all the time. Now that the tribe was expanding, the expedition was unavoidable. The Great Wilderness was a dog-eat-dog world. If they did not want to be devoured by others, they had to devour others. This was the only principle that had never changed since the beginning of time.
"Everyone, listen up!"
Boom!
Hearing this, all the martial artists in the hall stood up and shouted in unison.
"Yes!"
"Xue Sha, Shi Ya, the two of you will follow me to the expedition. Mu Qing will stay in the mountain city to prevent any sneak attacks!"
"When the combat masters go out, the three elders will stay in the tribe and recruit the elites of the tribe to guard the city. This time, I will leave thirty Blood Refining Realm chiliarchs to guard the city. The other two upper two-star snow wolves will also stay in the tribe to deter the ferocious beasts in the Desolate Mountain Forest. During the expedition, all the affairs of the tribe will be handed over to the three elders. If there are any malicious intents, kill without mercy."
"The rest of the elders and chiliarchs, follow me to the Celestial Wolf Mountain."
"Unify the tribe of the Luolong Ridge and forge a tribe that will last for tens of thousands of years!"
Following that, the elders and chiliarchs left the hall in a hurry to prepare for the expedition of the Combat Masters.
On the second day, the sun rose.
The Great Wilderness was still quiet, but the mountain city of the Gu Yuan Tribe was bustling with activity. The sound of horses galloping resounded across the land.
Wuuuuuuu!
A bugle horn sounded from the top of the massive city walls. The rumbling sound of the bugle horn echoed across the land, jolting the morale of the Combat Masters, and a hint of bloodlust surfaced in their eyes.
Hong long long!
With the sound of the bugle horn, the thirty thousand Combat Masters set off together. The mountain city trembled, and in just an hour, all of them had arrived outside the mountain city.
Ding Shan and the other two captains led their respective ten thousand Combat Masters and stood at the forefront of the Combat Masters. The Blood Refining realm cultivators rode on the ferocious beasts they had subdued, waiting for the order to set off with glowing eyes.
Boom!
Finally, at the peak of the mountain city, a golden flame rose into the sky, and a green-robed figure emerged from the flame. With a light flap of his golden wings, the pegasus had already left the mountain city and arrived in the sky above the Combat Masters.
In midair, Xiao Chen pointed his spear toward the sky and bellowed.
"Set off!"
The thirty thousand Combat Masters set off into the Desolate Ancient Forest. Everywhere they passed, the earth trembled, the air froze, and the blazing blood aura merged into one. The clouds in the sky were torn apart, and the ferocious beasts beneath the ground roared.
This was the might of the Gu Yuan Tribe's ten thousand Combat Masters!
Even a hundred li away, the bleak sound of the bugle horn could still be heard from the mountain city. It was the sound of the tribesmen sending off the warriors who had set off for the expedition.
Celestial Wolf Mountain.
Fifteen thousand li away from the Gu Yuan Tribe was an ancient Desolate Ancient Mountain Range that had been formed for millions of years. It was located in a location that was no longer under the Gu Yuan Tribe's control.
Outside of Celestial Wolf Mountain was a semi-circular flat area that was easy to defend and difficult to attack. That was why the Gu Yuan Tribe had chosen to set up camp here.
At this moment, the foot of Celestial Wolf Mountain was filled with noise. There were dozens of allied camps of various sizes. Each of these camps belonged to a human low-tier combat division, and they were the vassal combat divisions that had arrived in advance upon receiving the Gu Yuan Tribe's edict.