Old Bai's Secret Technique

The war was clearly coming to an end. The battlefield was littered with Spatial Fragment from a shattered world, broken continents, inverted Vast Sea, and countless strangely shaped Warship wrecks.

This should have been the most prosperous and powerful civilization on this Void River, but the arrival of the Shepherds destroyed it all.

Countless worlds and countless civilizations were ravaged and destroyed by the power of the Shepherds, reduced to ashes. In the center of the battlefield, the last remnants of this civilization put up a final resistance. A battered Fleet, led by its flagship, emptied all its ammunition, then ignited its Energy Furnace and charged toward the incomparably towering figures of the Shepherds.

Their target was the blue-skinned triangular Giant, the Shepherds' Tribal King, but faced with the civilization's final counterattack, the Tribal King merely extended his hand indifferently.

The Light Filaments condensed in its hand, forming a huge Crystal sword. The Tribal King swung the sword and cleaved it, the resulting sword wind directly destroying the Warship before they could explode.

The massive explosion engulfed the Tribal King's body, but because it didn't reach the optimal distance, it only caused some minor injuries before dissipating into Tribal King.

Around the Tribal King were two Shepherds, one who looked like Mantis Person and the other who looked like Mobile Volcanic Continent. Both of them were people Bai Qiuran had met on the Islands in the Void Sea.

Although the Shepherds were incredibly powerful, this Super-Civilization that ruled over a section of the Void River was clearly no pushover either. In the face of the war of annihilation, their counterattack also inflicted some damage on the Shepherds.

The Mantis Person and the Shepherds resembling Volcanic Continent were also covered in wounds and panting heavily. However, they quickly reached out and grabbed at the surviving worlds nearby. After devouring all the worlds in the surrounding Void, their wounds began to heal rapidly, and their spirits were lifted again.

"Hmm..."

Upon first encountering Shepherds, Wisdom Immortal remained silent for a long time before finally regaining his composure and slowly saying, "Indeed... an unimaginable life form. No wonder it could force the Super-Civilization within the Consciousness Barrier into isolation, ultimately leading to its extinction."

"If we lose, this will be the fate of the Immortal Realm..."

Tang Ruowei stood behind Bai Qiuran, supporting his waist. Looking at the bleak scene around her, she couldn't help but feel a sense of shared sorrow.

"So we absolutely cannot afford to lose."

Bai Qiuran glanced at the Tribal King in the distance.

"Let's get closer and check on the Shepherds' losses."

He steered his steed, the Clear Autumn Waters, and swiftly approached the direction of the Tribal King.

The two transformed into streaks of light, swiftly passing by the feet of the Tribal King and his two companions. What appeared to be a dazzling light in the eyes of other civilizations was perhaps just Grain-of-Rice Light that slipped past the Shepherds's gaze.

Therefore, Bai Qiuran had no intention of hiding anything and accelerated at full speed from the start, flying over openly and honestly.

"Um?"

The other two Shepherds were indeed unaware of their presence, but the Tribal King seemed to sense something, raising his head and looking in their direction.

"Tribal King?"

The mantis-like Shepherds asked, "What's wrong? Are there still remnants of these creatures?"

"No, I just sensed a dangerous aura, it might have been my imagination..."

The Tribal King withdrew his gaze and comforted him, "Perhaps this is where my elder brother died, where our clan declined, so I have a natural fear of this place."

"Tribal King."

Shepherds, as large as Volcanic Continent, approached, its back erupting with billowing black smoke, and endless lava, carrying a sea of fire, poured down from its body.

"Toynbee and Shule were killed in action."

"I see."

The Tribal King slowly closed his eyes.

With only fourteen Shepherds remaining, each missing shepherd represents a tremendous loss for the Shepherds race.

"They died protecting Fein."

The Shepherds, whose face resembled Volcanic Continent, whispered, "Fortunately Fein is unharmed."

Fein is Female-Like Individual within the Shepherds race, and currently second only to the Shepherds Tribal King in importance.

The reason they are called Female-Like Individual is because the Shepherds are actually genderless. They do not have distinct reproductive organs and each of them looks Qianqi, ranging from energy bodies to physical bodies. In the early years, there were even Shepherds were purely of will.

The existence of these Female-Like Individual among Shepherds is actually a designation of ability, not gender.

Shepherds with this ability can help other Shepherds accumulate power and give birth to offspring. Although it takes a long time, this is the only means for Shepherds to reproduce.

In addition, Female-Like Individual can also decompose deceased members of their kind into pure "Essence," that is, Light Filaments, and then create new Shepherd Youngling from the corpses.

Fein is the only surviving Female-Like Individual in the Shepherds Clan. In other words, she holds the responsibility of procreation for the Shepherds Clan. If Fein dies, the entire clan will be unable to reproduce unless the Tribal King abandons his powerful Superpower and performs a life-or-death Sacrificial Ritual before the Holy Pillar on the Islands, replacing his Superpower with the reproductive capabilities of Female-Like Individual.

"Let's go, let's go check on them."

The Tribal King urged.

Three Venerables beings stepped onto the Void River and Mobile downstream. Shortly after they left, Bai Qiuran quietly flew out from a shattered Spatial Fragment on the Void River, carrying Tang Ruowei and Wisdom Immortal.

"This Tribal King is truly astute; he almost discovered us."

Tang Ruowei was still shaken.

"Master, you were too reckless! You charged straight at his face, you really don't treat him like a human being."

"As expected of someone who survived the Shepherd Calamity, he seems to have a wealth of combat experience."

Bai Qiuran wasn't too surprised by the Tribal King's reaction.

When he ambushed Salon on the Islands, even the Three-Headed Dragon Person Shepherds, who had no combat experience, was able to grow rapidly in the short time he was beaten. Not to mention the elders like the Tribal King who had survived from the previous era.

So his deliberate attack on the Tribal King was simply to test how strong the guy's intuition was.

As it turned out, even in front of his own people, the Tribal King Consciousness hid many things.

After thinking it over, Bai Qiuran patted Tang Ruowei's head from behind and said, "Why are you so excited? They're just three Shepherds. I was only charging through because I was confident."

"You can take on three at once? Which Tribal King is among them?"

Tang Ruowei asked suspiciously.

"No, but I have a secret technique that allows me to test his reaction without restraint."

Bai Qiuran said solemnly.

"What kind of secret technique?"

Tang Ruowei was even more puzzled.

"I'm your first Personal Disciple, after all. You're holding back your skills against me?"

"Foolish child, this unique skill was taught to you on your very first day as a student."

Bai Qiuran turned around, patted Tang Ruowei's head, and lectured, "If you can't beat someone, can't you at least run away?"