My gaze remained fixed on the middle-aged man as his body gradually swelled in the wind. His vital energy began expanding, forming enormous tentacles that rapidly reached out in every direction. In the blink of an eye, they had already connected with the formation eyes!
The legend of the Ancestral Witches had existed for a long time. The Ancient Nine Provinces Classic of Mountains and Seas had recorded it, stating that witches were barbarians, and that barbarians were products of the savage era. It was said that Pangu had died after being unable to withstand the power of the tribulation when he split open the heavens, and that some of his flesh and bones had given birth to witch-barbarians, beings different from those born of his soul. Thus, witch-barbarians had existed almost from the very beginning of the world.
After several large-scale heavenly and earthly tribulations, humanity was born. Those who revered savage strength, guided by the outstanding among them, began expanding their own territories and forming their own kingdoms. To lead with mortal bodies, their leaders revered the barbarians and treated them as their totems. Thus, among the ancient forebears, those who claimed to have obtained barbarian power all called themselves witches. As time passed, the barbarians became impossible to investigate, and at most were merely called witch-barbarians.
Only after I read the ancient divine world's scripture, Theories of the Barbarians, did I learn that the so-called Twelve Ancestral Witches of Earth had never existed. After breeding through multiple eras, the bloodlines of the witch-barbarians were long inferior to those of the true barbarian tribes—that much was undeniable. The barbarian bloodlines they obtained and the barbarian tribes they revered were also different. Some were enormous giants, while others were evil beings with human heads and serpent bodies. They all