"After we deal with the Qilin Clan, your Dragon Clan will have the advantage."
Although Yuanfeng did not quite believe Bai Chen's warning, she had still brought only forty percent of her forces, just in case.
Yuanfeng believed that even forty percent of her forces should be more than enough.
"Daoist Friend Yuanfeng, you flatter me. With your cultivation, I might not necessarily be your match.
If I lose, the Dragon Clan loses as well."
Ancestor Dragon laughed heartily as he flattered Yuanfeng.
They had yet to defeat the Qilin Clan and deal with First Qilin, so Ancestor Dragon did not want to fall out with Yuanfeng yet.
If Yuanfeng had secretly hidden troops and intended to play dirty, he, Ancestor Dragon, was not afraid either.
Ancestor Dragon knew that dealing with the Qilin Clan was the urgent matter at hand, so he suggested,
"Daoist Friend Yuanfeng, First Qilin has yet to show himself. Why don't we add fuel to the fire and force him to reveal himself?"
Ancestor Dragon wanted to finish things as quickly as possible to avoid further complications.
"Very well!"
Yuanfeng agreed. She was also worried that further complications might arise.
Ancestor Dragon and Yuanfeng attacked at the same time, wielding spiritual treasures and unleashing divine abilities and arcane arts as they charged into the Qilin Clan.
They refused to believe that, with both of them attacking the Qilin Clan, First Qilin would still hide like a tortoise and refuse to show himself.
As the divine abilities and arcane arts of Ancestor Dragon and Yuanfeng emerged, tens of thousands of High-level Golden Immortals (Great Luo Golden Immortals) from the Qilin Clan, who had condensed the Three Flowers on the Crown, were trapped.
"Roar!"
Just as the tens of thousands of Qilin Clan High-level Golden Immortals were about to be refined, an enraged roar reverberated throughout the heavens.
An extraordinarily majestic phantom of a Qilin manifested. With its roar, it shattered the divine abilities and arcane arts of Ancestor Dragon and Yuanfeng.
"Ancestor Dragon, Yuanfeng, you are despicable!"
"It would be bad enough for your two clans to join forces against my Qilin Clan, but you actually lowered yourselves to attack my clansmen! You are unworthy of being the leaders of the scale-armored and avian races!"
First Qilin appeared, holding the Qilin Seal, and berated Ancestor Dragon and Yuanfeng.
Now that their target, First Qilin, had appeared, Ancestor Dragon and Yuanfeng attacked him simultaneously.
"First Qilin, I thought you were going to keep hiding like a tortoise and wouldn't dare show yourself!"
While mocking First Qilin, Ancestor Dragon did not hold back with his fists. Every move he made was vicious.
"A tortoise hiding its head—isn't that a member of the scale-armored race? Ancestor Dragon, as the leader of the scale-armored race, you are the greatest coward hiding in his shell in the Primordial World!"
Although First Qilin was fighting Ancestor Dragon, he still had enough energy to curse at him.
The Tortoise Clan had been classified as scale-armored creatures. That old loach was the real coward hiding in his shell, so how did he have the nerve to insult him?
"First Qilin, you're courting death!"
"Daoist Friend Yuanfeng, let us join forces and kill him."
Insulted, Ancestor Dragon flew into a rage. His attacks grew even more vicious, and he urged Yuanfeng to contribute more of her strength.
While fighting First Qilin, Yuanfeng did not forget to watch the battlefield below. From time to time, she recalled Bai Chen's warning.
Facing the combined attacks of Ancestor Dragon and Yuanfeng, First Qilin felt some pressure, but he could still withstand them.
"Gou Chen, lead the Qilin Clan and advance toward Mount Sumeru in the west with all your strength. Seize the Western treasure."
While fighting Ancestor Dragon and Yuanfeng, First Qilin issued an order to Gou Chen, the Earth Qilin and Grand Elder of the Qilin Clan.
Although the Qilin Clan had many troops, they were still considerably weaker than the combined forces of the Dragon and Phoenix Clans.
First Qilin knew that the Qilin Clan could not afford to waste time here against the Dragon and Phoenix Clans. They had to reach Mount Sumeru as quickly as possible and seize its treasure.
Mount Sumeru...
Ancestor Luohu was still refining his treasures. The Four Swords of Zhu Xian and the Zhu Xian Array Diagram were about to be completed, but the furnace fire was somewhat insufficient.
"It's still not enough!"
Ancestor Luohu watched as the divine weapons neared completion. However, the furnace fire formed from essence blood and the Four Great Malicious Auras was failing to keep up, and he grew furious.
The Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans were truly useless. They had been fighting for so long, yet so few had died. Just how afraid of death were they?
"Where are the Eight Great Protectors?"
Ancestor Luohu decided to send his own people and add fuel to the fire.
"Greetings, Ancestor!"
Following Ancestor Luohu's summons, Ri Biao and the other Eight Great Protectors appeared one after another.
"Your old enemies have appeared. Go and meet them."
"Give them a proper welcome, lest anyone say that the Western Primordial Era does not know how to treat its guests!"
"Do not leave any survivors. Kill them all!!!"
The Four Swords of Zhu Xian and the Zhu Xian Array Diagram had reached a critical stage of refinement, and Ancestor Luohu could not leave this place.
With no other choice, he could only send Ri Biao and the other Eight Great Protectors to slaughter the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans, thereby gathering blood essence and the Four Great Malicious Auras.
"We shall obey the Ancestor's Imperial Decree!"
After Ri Biao and the other seven bowed, they withdrew together and organized their forces to charge into the battlefield of the three clans.
Back then, the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin Clans had led the myriad races of the Primordial World to attack their Fierce Beast Clan.
They had forced the Eight Great Beast Generals to conceal their identities and live in hiding. Now it was time for the Eight Great Beast Generals to avenge themselves.
Chapter 21: A Chaotic Battlefield, Each Harboring Their Own Schemes!
The battlefield of the three clans...
Ri Biao and the other seven led some troops into the battlefield of the three clans without warning and began slaughtering indiscriminately.
"What's going on?"
Phoenix Celestial Maiden, who was directing the Phoenix Clan's army, quickly sensed that something was wrong on the battlefield and asked the other Phoenix Clan elders.
"Reporting to the Grand Elder, a group of enemies suddenly appeared out of nowhere and began slaughtering our clansmen. Their arcane arts and divine abilities are bizarre and are in no way weaker than those of our Phoenix Clan."
The Phoenix Clan elder Qingluan bowed and reported what she had discovered.
The troops under Ri Biao and the other seven were all Western Primordial Era beings who had submitted to Ancestor Luohu.
Ancestor Luohu had taught them some arcane arts and divine abilities, so their strength was considerable.
The first thing Phoenix Celestial Maiden did was question Ying Long, the person in charge of the Dragon Clan's army:
"Ying Long, we have yet to defeat the Qilin Clan, and your Dragon Clan is already playing these little tricks. Isn't that going too far?"
Her first thought was that the Dragon Clan was sabotaging them.
After all, once the Qilin Clan was defeated, it would be time for the Dragon and Phoenix Clans to determine the victor.
"Phoenix Celestial Maiden, stop slandering my Dragon Clan. You should know that our Dragon Clan is also being slaughtered.
"If those people weren't attacking your Phoenix Clan, I would suspect that your Phoenix Clan was secretly behind this."
Ying Long felt terribly wronged. His Dragon Clan was also being slaughtered. Even if the Dragon Clan wanted to fake suffering, they would not arrange for such enormous sacrifices, would they?
"Phoenix Celestial Maiden, perhaps they are helpers of the Qilin Clan. Or perhaps Innate Deities and Innate Divine Beasts from the Western Primordial Era are scheming in secret."
Ying Long voiced his speculation, then immediately issued orders to the Dragon Clan:
"Five Dragon Kings, heed my command. Lead your armies and attack the Qilin Clan with all your strength."
"Sixty-two Divine Dragon Kings, heed my command. Lead your armies and hold back that newly appeared group of enemies."
Ying Long truly was Ancestor Dragon's right-hand man. He arranged everything clearly and decisively.
Aside from Ancestor Dragon and Ying Long, the Dragon Clan's experts included the Five Dragon Kings, fifty-four Titled Dragon Kings, and sixty-two Divine Dragon Kings!
This time, to seize the treasure in the Western Primordial Era, Ancestor Dragon had brought along all the Dragon Clan's experts except for the fifty-four Titled Dragon Kings, who remained in the East Sea to guard the Dragon Clan's ancestral land.
The sixty-two Divine Dragon Kings led fifty thousand High-level Golden Immortals to surround and suppress Ri Biao and the others.
Soon, Wang Hu, one of the Eight Great Protectors, was surrounded. Li Long Divine Dragon King rebuked Wang Hu, saying,
"How dare you attack my Dragon Clan? You are courting death!"
Li Long Divine Dragon King was furious. The Dragon Clan had also lost quite a few High-level Golden Immortals just to trap Wang Hu.
"Divine Dragon King of the Dragon Clan, if I leave now, might you spare my life?"
Wang Hu wore a frightened expression, as though she were truly afraid.
"Too late!"
With an order from Li Long Divine Dragon King, he and several other Divine Dragon Kings led the Dragon Clan's High-level Golden Immortals in unleashing their divine abilities and arcane arts, preparing to kill Wang Hu.
"Sigh, since you refuse to appreciate my charms, you can't blame me!"
Wang Hu twisted her jade-like neck. The seductiveness in her beautiful eyes faded, replaced by nothing but killing intent.
"Roar, roar!"
A terrifying, fiendish aura spread from Wang Hu. With a roar, a gigantic fox wreathed in heaven-shaking baleful energy appeared.
"(╯°□°)╯!"
When Li Long Divine Dragon King saw Wang Hu's true form, his expression changed drastically. He hurriedly sent a voice transmission to the surrounding clansmen:
"This is Wang Hu, one of the Eight Great Beast Generals and an Innate Fierce Beast. Everyone, be careful."
As an expert of the Dragon Clan, Li Long Divine Dragon King had participated in the Fierce Beast Tribulation and followed Ancestor Dragon in suppressing the Fierce Beast Clan.
Thus, when Wang Hu revealed her true form, Li Long Divine Dragon King recognized her origins.
"Law of Fire!"
After revealing her true form, Wang Hu unleashed the Law of Fire and spat out yellow Miasma Fire.
Any living being touched by the yellow Miasma Fire instantly stiffened. Even High-level Golden Immortals were no exception.