Chapter 267: Subduing The Three Great Tribes
Demonic Sects and Righteous Sects were currently in a stalemate phase. Although the fighting had not stopped, it had slightly calmed down.
They all landed at positions such as Wangtian Pass, Cold Spring Peak, and Ox Head Peak.
It was precisely this change in the situation that allowed Tianshui Sect and the others to seize the opportunity and decide to act against the three tribes.
Of course, there was another important reason: the secret realm in the Yanwu Mountain Range had long been operated by Su Yan’s Sacred Insect Dao. Although it was relatively secretive, there was no way to hide it from those with intentions.
In the back and forth, Tianshui Sect noticed, and the three tribes actually also noticed that there was this group of people using the small secret realm to do some things.
When the small secret realm opened back then, the people of the three tribes suffered no harm. On the contrary, Tianshui Sect lost quite a few people.
Combined with these two points, Tianshui Sect had long suspected that the three tribes had conspired to seize the small secret realm.
New and old grudges, blinded by benefits, drove Tianshui Sect to take down the Yanwu Mountain Range.
One Yanwu Mountain Range and one small secret realm were enough to support Tianshui Sect Sect Master Lan Tian Shui to break through all the way to the All Stars Heaven realm.
“Speak!”
Furious Na Goru kicked Na Hu flying with one foot, crashing into the tent’s canopy, then falling to the ground.
Na Hu’s face flushed red, enduring the pain, he struggled to his feet, shaking his head: “Father, I don’t know.”
As soon as he said this, Na Goru became even angrier. A Pushan-like thick palm hovered in mid-air, true essence faintly surging, trembling slightly as if it might land on Na Hu’s face.
“You don’t know? None of you know who that group that opened the small secret realm is?”
His chest heaved, veins bulging on his forehead like earthworms, he cursed loudly with saliva flying out.
“You don’t know and managed to hide it for so long? Three tribes, exactly who are you doing business with, and who’s behind it?”
Na Goru was furious. If it were ordinary tribesmen, at such a juncture, he would have beaten them to death long ago. But this was his own son, and moreover, the tribe’s successor.
Kill? How to kill?
If he really killed him, there probably wouldn’t be a new Core Opening Realm seedling in the Black Bear Tribe for the next ten years. If something unexpected happened, the entire tribe might cease to exist.
“You four, get up.”
A weak voice came, and Yu Luo slowly stood up behind Na Goru.
She wore a red cloud-patterned long robe, leaning on a crutch. Her originally gray hair was now like silver threads, her face pale as paper, appearing severely injured and not yet recovered.
Her deep gaze looked at the four kneeling on the ground: Fire Crow Tribe’s Wuli Ke and Wu Yun, Black Bear Tribe’s Na Goru, Red Fox Tribe’s Ling Yuer.
The four were all the tribes’ successors, their closest and dearest.
Yet now they were all silent, not making a sound, but also not showing any sign of bowing their heads in remorse.
Yu Luo sighed heavily in her heart: “What price did you pay in that secret realm? Did you let the handles fall into the hands of that Core Opening Realm martial artist?”
Ling Yuer’s body trembled slightly, her gaze avoiding Yu Luo’s knife-like eyes.
Clearly aged and even turbid eyes, but in her view, the light in Yu Luo’s eyes was like a knife, piercing her heart.
What?!
Na Goru and Wu Nan widened their eyes at Yu Luo, their faces full of disbelief. They instinctively looked at their own successors（sons）, seeing their guilty expressions, and already knew the answer in their hearts.
“You, you all…”
Before the words finished, footsteps suddenly came from outside the tent. One man and one woman appeared outside the tent.
The woman wore a black long skirt, the hem flowing gracefully, a silver silk belt around her waist, silver ornaments jingling on her head—a graceful beauty.
A Core Opening Realm martial artist’s aura emanated from her, with a faint sense of threat, making Wu Nan, Na Goru, and Yu Luo feel like thorns in their backs.
And this young woman actually followed behind the man like a maid.
Dressed in white, handsome in appearance, looking like a scholar, but his abyssal aura was like a ferocious beast, continuous danger enveloping the senses of the three.
“Who are you?”
Wu Nan asked coldly, already gripping his staff tightly.
“You four are good, you didn’t leak this seat’s matters, I’m very satisfied.”
Su Yan looked at Ling Yuer and the four, nodding satisfactorily.
Hearing this, the four showed painful expressions, endless struggle and torment in their hearts hard to conceal, ultimately turning into bitter smiles.
Ling Yuer knelt down with a thud, sobbing: “Please, master, show mercy.”
“Fine.”
Su Yan agreed, and Ling Yuer and the four finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Na Goru, the most hot-tempered of these men, immediately raged: “Fellow Daoist, attacking the young ones, how shameless. Release their restrictions, and I can still spare your life. Otherwise, stay here today!”
Wu Nan’s aged palm heavily slammed the staff on the ground, making a heavy thud: “Fellow Daoist has lost face, probably must do as that fellow daoist said, otherwise it can’t end well today.”
“Hmph.”
Nangong Hong Yue snorted coldly, her aura suddenly releasing. Her black skirt billowed without wind, a red phantom appearing behind her, clearly the ferocious Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust form.
Na Goru and the three’s faces changed abruptly. Although Nangong Hong Yue was only Core Opening Realm First Heaven, her aura was profound, especially the powerful true intent aura that emerged, like an ancient fierce insect.
“You dare to make demands?”
Her icy gaze swept over everyone, a cold smile at the corner of her lips.
Not to mention Su Yan, even she alone had the confidence to suppress the three.
With the Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust physique added, it brought all-around enhancement to qi and blood, true essence.
The three’s faces turned ashen, a breath stuck in their chests, yet they didn’t dare easily tear face.
Not to mention their heirs’ lives were in the opponent’s hands, just the two’s cultivation wasn’t easy to deal with.
Moreover, outside the Yanwu Mountain Range, Tianshui Sect, Huoyun Sect, Tieying Sect three sects eyed covetously. If they fought, Tianshui Sect would mix with these two.
At that time, the three tribes would probably all be destroyed, and the tribesmen would become the opponent’s slaves.
A sense of powerlessness surged in their hearts.
“I’ll give you an opportunity.”
Su Yan said faintly: “Yu Luo is severely injured and unable to fight, so you’re not counted. Wu Nan, Na Goru, you two fight me. If you win, I’ll release these four. If you lose, the three tribes submit to me.”
He was just stating a fact. Na Goru and Wu Nan’s faces changed, but they didn’t outright deny it.
Yu Luo stepped forward, a flash of resolve in her turbid gaze. Her hunched waist straightened considerably as she swallowed a pill, her aura climbing steadily, white hair dancing like silver threads.
“Count this old one too.”
At this time, her cultivation had steadily reached Core Opening Realm Second Heaven strength, fully recovered.
“Master, you…”
Ling Yuer was shocked, stepping forward to support Yu Luo.
But Yu Luo waved her off, pushing her away, only giving her a deep look: “Tribal matters, no borrowing hands.”
Su Yan smiled: “Renewing Veins Returning Source Pill, you’ve used this pill. If you fight and get injured again, it won’t be easy to recover.”
“Even if this old one dies, I must test how capable this girl’s lord is to rest in peace.”
Yu Luo’s eyes were extremely sharp, seeing that although Ling Yuer was under control, deep down she actually held awe and submission toward the person before her, or rather the organization behind him.
Strength was one thing, another was that in the trades, the Red Fox Tribe had indeed improved much compared to previous years.
Those resources flooding into the tribe couldn’t be faked.
“Fine, you three fight.”
His attitude casual, after glancing at the three, he said: “Let’s fight outside, destroying the tent isn’t good.”
The tent was set in a mountain gorge, originally intended for the three to avoid leaking the matter of Ling Yuer, Wuli Ke and others betraying the tribe.
This place had no other tribesmen besides them, making it suitable for fighting now.
The mountain gorge was open, with steep cliff walls on both sides, pitch black with only some old tree vine shadows. Insect chirps and strange calls came incessantly, as if hiding ghostly mountain imps.
Mountain wind howled past, blowing everyone’s clothes flapping loudly.
Su Yan was calm, standing before them. His white clothes under the moonlight appeared free and easy.
While the opposite three, whether Yu Luo or Wu Nan, all had solemn faces, their deep eyes fixed on Su Yan.
Clearly no actions, but all three felt a suppression from the bottom of their hearts.
“Attack!”
The three almost simultaneously summoned their true intents.
In an instant, true essence stirred up a gale, the entire mountain valley howling with fierce winds, like ghostly cries.
As the mountain valley shook, three enormous true intent giant beasts rose.
Na Goru’s Bone Mountain Bear was like a mountain range, fur pitch black like black satin, but skull, spine, and limbs all covered in white bone, like an armored black bear general.
Behind Yu Luo, the Red Fox was like fire, its eyes full of bewitching allure. Just one glance felt like the soul was hooked away, burning the soul, eerily strange.
Looking at Wu Nan again, he raised his staff high. The Fire Crow’s hoarse cry was like a broken gong, resounding through the entire mountain valley. Countless firelights gathered, now merging into the giant Fire Crow’s body.
The soaring flames nearly illuminated the entire mountain path. The scorching fire waves pressed right up, hot as if turning to charcoal the next moment.
The three showed no probing intent; Su Yan’s pressure on them was too great.
They went all out from the start, true essence fully unleashed. This golden core spun like a top, dan patterns like star rings.
“Bone Bear Suppresses Mountain!”
“Fire Crow Descends!”
“Red Fox Bewilders Heaven!”
The night sky was occupied by the moves’ lights, true essence stirring like raging waves, cliffs collapsing, vines turning to flying ash, the entire mountain valley on the verge of collapse.
Su Yan stood before such an attack, his figure compared to the three hundred-meter-tall true intent beast spirits toppling over, like a leaf boat in the vast sea, tiny and pitiful.
However, under this raging wave-like attack.
Su Yan’s white clothes flapped loudly, but his figure was like a green pine, standing firm unmoving.
He raised his eyes to meet it directly, eyes calm with approval. His figure stepped out, directly facing the attack head-on in mid-air.
Boom
The attack landed on him, like an exploding meteor. Light drowned everything, flames seemingly swallowing him.
Golden light surged fiercely, turning into millions of rays piercing the attack.
Su Yan’s Heavenly Python Dharma Body emerged, scale patterns around his body like blooming blue flowers, isolating the attack outside.
Subduing Tiger Ming King true body slowly rose, becoming a hundred-zhang figure, towering half a body over the three great true intent beast spirits.
Subduing Tiger Ming King, solemn and majestic, just like Su Yan’s demeanor.
His eyes opened, great hand turning into Hundred Tiger Army Breaking Seal, like a hundred tigers encircling, roars shattering the heavens.
“Still not submitting?!”
A low, god-demon-like command shook the three’s minds, nearly breaking their mentality.
Seeing the golden great hand seal falling, they all controlled their true intent beast spirits to defend and resist with all their might.
At the moment of contact, the entire mountain valley erupted in intense impact. In an instant, cliffs cracked, the mountain valley as if ruined by heavenly disaster.
The three true intent beast spirits were already powerful enough, but they barely held for a moment before crumbling like dry weeds, figures dispersing into true essence.
Wu Nan, Na Goru, Yu Luo three smashed to the ground like kites with cut strings, blood spraying from mouths onto scattered stones. True essence scattered like flickering candle flames, internal heavenly cycles chaotic as tangled threads, bodies aching as if crushed by boulders.
They had lost the ability to fight again. If not for Su Yan showing mercy, if that golden giant hand in mid-air continued down, the three would have been turned to meat paste.
Su Yan’s figure landed before the three. At this time, the three barely adjusted their breathing and stood, their gazes at him continuously dodging.
“Cough, cough.”
Yu Luo coughed up blood, her aura much weaker. Ling Yuer immediately came forward to support her, eyes full of heartache and guilt.
This time Yu Luo didn’t push her away, but said: “Fellow Daoist has superior cultivation, we three are not opponents. Thank you, fellow daoist, for showing mercy.”
She looked up at Su Yan, eyes flickering uncertainly, sighed: “Red Fox Tribe is willing to submit. The tribe leader position passes to Ling Yuer. I hope fellow daoist treats my Red Fox Tribe well.”
“What about you two?”
Su Yan glanced at Wu Nan and Na Goru. The two still had unwillingness in their hearts, but Su Yan was so powerful—what could more unwillingness do.
“Fire Crow（Black Bear） Tribe is willing to submit. Tribe leader position passes to Wuli Ke（Na Hu）.”
Might makes right; they couldn’t refuse to admit defeat.
Su Yan nodded satisfactorily: “No need to pass position. Swallow the insect eggs, and you continue as leaders in the future.”
Su Yan flung out three malevolent energy-wrapped Blood Fiend Marrow Worm insect eggs, like dark red gems.
Seeing this, the three’s pupils contracted, faces turning much gloomier.
Powerlessness rose in their hearts, because they all knew refusing meant death.
Moreover, after they died, the entire tribe would face an unprecedented purge.
They couldn’t die, no matter how unwilling—no way could they die now.
Yu Luo grabbed an insect egg and swallowed it directly.
Na Goru and Wu Nan successively took the insect eggs and swallowed them in one gulp.
The insect eggs turned to malevolent energy, like fine threads threading through their bodies, finally attaching to their spines. The bone-chilling cold like needle tips constantly stimulating the bone marrow, reminding the three this was no good thing.
Soon flesh and blood fused, malevolent energy penetrated bone marrow, turning into Blood Fiend Marrow Worms.
Streams of essence blood continuously refined, integrating into their bodies.
Yu Luo’s face became slightly ruddier, showing a shocked expression.
The three had never imagined this exotic insect for controlling them actually had such an effect.
If not linked to their lives, this exotic insect was no less than an internal ‘pill’ for aiding cultivation.
Su Yan was very satisfied with the three’s attitudes. Ling Yuer finally couldn’t hold back.
She knelt to the ground, kowtowing heavily, her fair forehead instantly turning red.
“Please, master, save master.”
Yu Luo was severely injured, and had forcibly fought using a pill. Healing now was no small difficulty.
“Get up.”
Su Yan said faintly: “Since I made you submit, there are naturally benefits for you. As long as you don’t betray, you three may climb to higher realms in the future.”
Bloodline surged in his hand, True Essence Golden Core operating like a star, thirty-six minor star apertures in heavenly cycles, true essence continuously surging out.
Under bloodline gift, seven drops of primal blood condensed in his hand: Heavenly Fiend Mother Locust, Rock Demon Ant Queen, and Flame Armored Scorpion bloodlines.
He pointed with a finger, instantly three drops of primal blood entered Na Goru, Yu Luo, and Wu Nan’s bodies respectively.
The remaining four drops of primal blood each entered Ling Yuer and the four’s bodies.
Low groans came, bodies undergoing earth-shaking bloodline transformation. Fully two hours later, the seven completed the transformation, all becoming fierce insect physiques.
In their bodies, powerful forces even pushed Wu Nan and Na Goru’s cultivations to Second Heaven.
At this time, power surged in them continuously, but their gazes at Su Yan became even more reverent, even fearful.
Wills unchanged, primal blood wouldn’t change wills, but the suppression from bloodlines wouldn’t allow easy resistance.
Yu Luo’s injuries healed, Wu Nan and Na Goru restrained their auras, hearts extremely complex.
Finally, the three exchanged glances, bowed deeply: “Subordinates, pay respects to Lord.”
