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

Chapter 98 A mutated cultivator appears; the Northern Human Race can be wiped out with a flick of the wrist!
Shen Can pried open the eyelids of the woman named Yun Han and saw a black curse line winding like roots at the corner of her eye.

He checked several other people and found that everyone was similar to Yun Han, except for the amount of black lines in their eyes.

Finally, Shen Can looked at the figure who had just tried to rush into the blood array; it was an auntie.

His eyes showed no clarity, yet they held the thought of devouring the Xiaoyang Clan alive.

After some investigation, Shen Can understood that this small tribe was in the early stage of the Shanghu tribe and had only recently been invaded.

This kind of erosion takes a long time to happen gradually, but the sudden attack by the Owl Sun Clan forced the Blood Witch to flee.

These people are different from the remnants of the Shanghuang tribe who were gathered together within the clan. The remnants of the Shanghuang tribe did not have the curse manifesting in their eyes, which is why they were able to escape during the chaos of the entire tribe.

But the people of this tribe had all drunk the sweet water given by the Blood Witch.

That would be equivalent to catching them all in one fell swoop.

"Ah Chan, they won't be like Shanghu and Shanghuang, will they?"

He had personally witnessed the Shanghuang tribe's appearance overnight, a scene of utter devastation, after the volcano erupted.

The evil of a blood witch does not lie in the strength of her or her power. Even a weak blood witch can destroy a small tribe if she has the opportunity and enough time.

Not to mention, this is a small tribe undergoing post-disaster reconstruction, and its development doesn't seem to be going very well.

"Hanyun, when this wizard came, did he bring anything special out of him?"

Having trained with Shen Can for so long, Huo Long naturally knew the methods of the Blood Witch. If someone's strength was too weak, the Blood Witch would usually use a magical artifact to assist in the fight.

"He was a very kind old man who taught us how to identify witchcraft and treat simple ailments. Oh, and he carried a blue gourd with many patterns on it."

He said this gourd was a treasure gourd, that it could produce sweet water inside, and he even let the people of our tribe try it.

Where's the gourd?

"They were taken away by the wizard."

……

As night fell, the witch formation, swirling with blood mist, slowly came to a stop.

A total of seven blood pills were condensed.

The entire small tribe has only 337 survivors left, and their numbers are still decreasing.

It was only thanks to the arrival of the Blazing Flame Clan soldiers at the last moment that these people were slaughtered.

In recent days, many people have been rescued after several groups of Xiaoyang tribe soldiers were killed, but others are not like this tribe.

The Blood Witch's Curse and Xiaoyang's deep-seated hatred have merged into one.

While Shen Can was pondering, dozens of figures walked out of the valley and knelt down in front of him.

The leader was a middle-aged martial artist with a missing arm. His face was pale, but his eyes were filled with black blood, making him look somewhat eerie.

"Thank you so much, Lord Uesugi, for saving my life."

Shen Can instructed his clansmen to help these people up from the ground.

"My name is Shi Jun." The leading warrior turned around and looked at the people following him, his eyes filled with desolation. The strongest warrior in the clan was actually someone like him who had just reached the Mountain Opening Realm.

The Xiaoyang Clan appeared too quickly. Their tribe was small to begin with, and although they were able to react in time, they were simply unable to stop the Xiaoyang's attack.

The martial artists and able-bodied men were slaughtered by Xiao Yang as soon as they arrived. The women and children could not be protected. Only by relying on the terrain of the valley could some of them survive.

"We want to follow the adults to kill Xiaoyang."

"We hope that you, sir, can take in the remaining members of our tribe."

……

Shen Can and his clansmen looked at these people, and for a moment, they couldn't describe their feelings.

If they weren't cursed, that would be fine, but if these people were brought back to the tribe and the curse were to break out, then they would have no choice but to kill them.

Unless they find that blood witch, but unfortunately Shen Can used the black bird to search, there was no trace of her nearby.

They probably thought this small tribe was doomed, so they went straight to find the next tribe.

"Come."

Shen Can glanced at Shi Jun and beckoned him to follow him outside.

Shi Jun followed Shen Can without hesitation.

"grown ups."

Shi Jun also sensed that something was wrong.

Do you know anything about blood witches?

Shi Jun was somewhat confused; all he knew about wizards was the wizard.

Shen Can explained the Blood Witch's methods, and Shi Jun immediately understood. His body swayed violently, and he almost fell over.

"Does the master mean that even without Xiaoyang, our tribe would still be subjected to the blood witch's sacrifice?"

Shi Jun stared blankly, a half-smile on his face, a half-crying expression on his face.

In short, it's just death.

"Since we're going to die anyway, let's go with the adults and kill a few owl-like beasts. That way, we can avenge our clansmen before we die."

After a long silence, Shi Jun spoke, his eyes gazing expectantly at Shen Can.

"My lord, is there any hope for those young men in the clan?"

The curse entered not only flesh and blood but also the soul. Shen Can doesn't understand this thing yet, and he can't do everything.

Previously, Tian Chuanshan had taken the Xiaoyang Blood Pill, and he had managed to survive thanks to his deep-seated hatred for Xiaoyang.

Not getting an answer from Shen Can, Shi Jun realized what was going on.

"If we can catch the blood sorcerer who cast the curse and trace it back to the source of the beast worshipped by the blood sorcerer, there might still be hope."

"The Blood Witch has been captured."

Shi Jun's expression darkened at first, but then his resolve returned.

"My lord, the sacrificial beast is very strong, isn't it?"

Thinking of how a blood sorcerer could silently cast a blood curse on his people, and considering the power of the priest whom the blood sorcerer worshipped, Shi Jun felt somewhat disheartened.

He is the strongest in the clan.

Shen Can didn't try to hide anything, letting Shi Jun come to him asking for a chance. He immediately took out the blood pill he had just taken and waved to Tian Chuanshan.

After Tian Chuanshan arrived, at Shen Can's prompting, he told Shen Can about taking the Xiaoyang Blood Pill.

"You are under the curse of the Blood Witch. It is unknown whether there will be any changes after you take it. If anything unusual happens, you will be killed if you cannot distinguish friend from foe."

Shen Can gestured for Shi Jun and his clansmen to consider it.

……

a few days later.

A raging fire broke out in the small valley, burning away all traces.

After the fire was extinguished, an inconspicuous mound of earth rose at the end of the valley.

The people who emerged from the valley split into two groups.

A group led by Huo Mu headed north back to the tribe. The group included wounded tribal soldiers, as well as more than forty women, children, and teenagers, all of whom were from the valley tribe.

Huo Mu, carrying Shen Can's instructions, will tell Huo Tang to settle these people separately and keep them under close guard.

If anyone's mind is corrupted by the curse, they must be killed immediately.

He also instructed his disciple Huo Yun to treat these cursed people, whether it would be feasible or not remains to be seen.

The Blazing Flame Division will undoubtedly encounter similar situations again in the future, so it's good to be prepared in advance.

Of the remaining people in this tribe, those who were too badly injured to be cured were all personally sent away, leaving 187 people, both men and women.

At this moment, these 187 people exuded a cold aura, and their blood-red eyes were tinged with black curse lines.

The refining of the blood pill was also quite fast. In short, it was noticeably different from Tian Chuanshan, which should be due to a mutation.

His initial idea was to use the Owl Yang Blood Pill to quickly enhance their strength, as theoretically, the stronger they were, the better they could suppress the spread of the curse.

Unexpectedly, under the dual stimulation of the blood curse and the deep-seated blood feud, the cultivation of these more than one hundred people underwent a strange change.

……

The three groups of Xiaoyang tribes that escaped from the Cangniao tribe's territory numbered between 1,600 and 1,600. Those who went west and north were mostly caught up and killed by the Zhiyan tribe. The remaining ones went east.

However, Shen Can did not continue eastward, because the Xiaoyang Clan soldiers who went eastward had already escorted a large group of humans back to the Cangniao Clan's territory.

Of the three groups of tribal soldiers who had gone out, only one returned, which did not alert the Xiaoyang tribe. Before the campfire, Muqiu was still eating heartily, his entire body visibly larger.

"Mu Xun, your tribesmen need to be more careful. They came back with only a thousand or so people in such a hurry."

"What do you mean more than a thousand people? It's two thousand."

The bear chimed in, "If you ask me, I think Lord Mu Xun has caught enough offerings. After all, he arrived first, unlike us who came later. We kids can only try harder to get further away."

Mu Xun was eating a grilled fish, seemingly oblivious to the words of the two fellow creatures in front of him.

Seeing that Mu Xun was too lazy to pay attention to them, Mu Qiu and Qiu Xiong had made a fool of themselves.

"How much longer are we going to stay here? When will Lord Muyang be back?"

"That depends on how long that airship will wander around."

"It's been so long, do you think they've really found some treasure?"

Hearing this, Mu Xun became interested.

"Do you think it's a bit unqualified for just our three branch tribes to come and meet Lord Muyang? And you even want to destroy the human tribe's flying ship. Should I go, or should you go?"

As he spoke, Mu Xun looked at Mu Qiu.

"I don't know why you're looking at me."

Mu Qiu saw that all eyes were on him. "You all don't know anything. What could I possibly know? I'm here on orders. The clan elders will make the arrangements."

The bear spoke up, "Muqiu, we've known each other for many years and have hunted humans together quite a few times. You're telling me you didn't receive some secret instructions and deliberately kept it from us."

"What a load of rubbish! Do you think I deserve a secret confession?"

Mu Qiu cursed, "I came here to meet Lord Mu Yang, who is traveling with the flying boat."

"To be honest, my people told me that when they came here, they saw the Red Fire warships of the Yanran tribe of Jidi heading north, but they were temporarily trapped by us in the middle of the Qushui River."

Mu Xun continued, "First there's the Bo tribe's flying boat, then the Yanran tribe's Crimson Fire Warship. These are weapons of war that can rival a martial artist at the ninth level of the Heavenly Meridian Realm. Once the Crimson Fire Warship arrives, we'll all be the first to be hit."

"I do not know anything."

Mu Qiu slapped his thigh hard. "Lord Mu Yang's status is comparable to that of the elders of my Mu Yan branch, which is worlds apart from mine. What do you think I could possibly know?"
"If you want to ask, go ask the elders of your branch of the clan."

"Who said they wanted to destroy the Bobu Flying Ship?"

"Who knows which big mouth it is!" Muqiu cursed.

……

Two more days passed.

Muqiu, Qiuxiong, and Muxun were resting in their respective chosen caves and houses when they were suddenly called out by their tribesmen.

A massive, crocodile-dragon-like beast sauntered into the territory of the Azure Bird Clan.

The crocodile dragon's scales shimmered with an eerie light, emanating a strong aura of malevolence. After entering, it charged straight into the valley where the humans were being held captive.

The enormous skull smashed open the stone door at the entrance, and its gaping maw opened wide towards the figure inside.

"Haha, I told you so. There was no need to give any orders. These guys would definitely take advantage of the opportunity to go north to capture a large number of people from the northern lands."

There were three people on the back of the Crocodile Dragon, one of whom, a warrior from the Xiaoyang Clan wearing silver armor, laughed loudly.

"Delicious."

After saying that, he kicked the crocodile dragon, and the silver-armored warrior jumped down.

Upon hearing the commotion, Mu Qiu and the others rushed over, and were immediately startled when they saw the silver-armored warrior.

"Commander Mu Long, what brings you here!"

The military system of Xiaoyang is also very simple: centurion, chiliarch, and tungsten commander. The tungsten commander is nominally the leader of ten thousand tribal soldiers.

Of course, the specific circumstances will vary.

"It seems you're doing quite well, much better than when we were fighting against the human tribes in Ji."

Mu Long looked at the three people who had appeared.

"Is there any news about Lord Muyang?"

"not yet."

Mu Long gazed at the majestic Juyue Mountain to the north, his eyes also glancing at the fiery clouds on the western horizon.

This fiery sunset cloud has been visible for several months now, and it can be seen both day and night.

"You've done a good job. With this group of humans, my tribesmen will be able to have a good meal."

Mu Long pointed to the humans imprisoned in the valley.

Upon hearing this, Muqiu and the other two dared not say that this was what they were planning to take back to their tribe.

"Has the lord brought the clan's troops?"

"The three clan leaders, Mu Yan, Qiu Yin, and Mu Kang, have all accepted my command and are leading their clans to sweep away the northern lands."

Mu Long casually said, "From now on, all three tribes' soldiers will be under my command. How many men are there now?"

"Reporting to my lord, nearly six hundred of my tribesmen have gone out to hunt for you. They have been gone for several days and should be returning soon."

The loach opened its mouth.

Then, Qiu Xiong chimed in, "My tribe too."

Mu Long didn't pay any attention to what he heard. He had brought eight thousand men, who were still on the banks of the Qu River and hadn't come over yet.

Including these three tribal armies, there are more than 10,000 people, enough to wipe out the entire Northern Human Race with a flick of the wrist.

"Tell me about the situation in the North!"

"My lord, the northern tribes are weak, and their small tribes live in the mountains and forests. After hearing that my Xiaoyang tribe's soldiers had appeared, most of them fled to the mountains and forests with their families."

"In my opinion, the real trouble is getting these mountain rats out of the mountains."

"So weak?"

Mu Long frowned.

"Yes, in the entire Ji region, only Yan Ran's group is somewhat capable of fighting. If it weren't for the old guys still alive in Ji Mountain, we would have already conquered Ji region. It's just a small corner of the northern land, a matter of yours to lift a finger."

"My lord, our unit is willing to be the vanguard."

"Me too."

"it is good."

Mu Long did not refuse the three's request.

"May I ask, sir, why do you suddenly decide to conquer the northern lands?"

At this moment, Muqiu asked a question, and the other two perked up their ears to listen.

"It's not a secret. News just came from the south of Yongyi that the Kui Niu war drums left behind by the Yongshan tribe have been sounded."

"Kui Niu War Drums!"

"Therefore, the Aoshan tribe, which possessed war drums, dispatched flying boats to patrol the surrounding areas."

Now the three clan leaders understood that the people hadn't come looking for treasure.

That's not right either. What could possibly trigger the Kui Niu War Drum?

It is definitely a treasure.

The rumors circulating outside are not wrong.

The Aoshan tribe came here in search of treasure.

……

"No wonder Yanran also wants to go north, but the treasure that can make the Kui Niu war drums sound may not be in the north."

“It’s easy to search through these nooks and crannies in the north.”

"A bunch of ants, just right to catch them and offer them as sacrifices to our ancestors."

……

a few days later.

A massive army of Xiaoyang swept in like a torrent. The vanguard of the tribesmen rode tall steeds straight into the territory of the Cangniao tribe, and screams echoed throughout the land for three days.

Three days later, the Xiaoyang army split into hundreds of streams, scattering in all directions like a spider web.

(End of this chapter)