The Nine-Tails Clan

This was a dark red plain, occasionally punctuated by standing mountain peaks and sparse, scattered trees. From the extremely distant horizon, long, drawn-out beast roars seemed to drift over, imbuing this land with a sense of primeval wilderness.

At this moment, on a small hill in the northern part of the plain, a slender figure looked up at the sky, which appeared just as crimson as the earth below. He then cast his gaze toward the end of the plain, but could see nothing at all...

"So this is outside the Dragon Domain! The true Demon Domain of the Myriad Demon Land?" Long Jiuyyao murmured as he gazed at this wild, untamed earth.

The person before us was naturally Long Jiuyyao, who had passed through the Space Door. They had traveled through the spatial tunnel for nearly three days before finally piercing through the void and landing in this unfamiliar place.

As for Long Jiuyyao, who was completely foreign to this area, he clearly had no idea where he was. For the first time, he still felt a lingering fear from such long-distance spatial teleportation.

Long Jiuyyao calmed his mind. The first step was clearly to inquire about the surrounding situation, but his own strength was far too weak; it would be difficult to survive alone.

However, looking at the red plain, a term immediately surfaced in Long Jiuyyao's mind: Beast War Domain.

With that, Long Jiuyyao had made his decision: to head directly to the Nine-Tails Village. The Nine-Tails Village was located in the northwest of the Beast War Domain, at the intersection of Thunder Abyss Mountain and Hundred Beasts Ridge.

It happened to be not far from Long Jiuyyao's current location. Moreover, in the ancient era, the Nine-tailed Clan was one of the six great hegemon clans of the Demon Domain, with an overall strength comparable to the Kunpeng Clan, though they had become a third-rate power due to secret sabotage by the Demon Prison.

Most importantly, the Nine-Tails Clan was far more peaceful than other factions in the Beast War Domain. Long Jiuyyao also intended to take the Nine-Tails Clan as an affiliated demon clan of the Dragon Clan; this was a once-in-a-thousand-year opportunity.

Nowadays, the Nine-Tails Clan had long since declined, and the women in their clan were treated as playthings by others, bullied at will. But once they had the deterrence of the Dragon Clan, at least no one in this Beast War Domain would dare to harm them again, which would also serve to protect them.

Later, he would find a way to resolve the remaining Yi Mo within the Nine-Tails Clan, and then the clan could return to their position as a hegemon. In this way, the Dragon Clan's unification of the Demon Domain would be as easy as reaching into a bag to take an object.

Since he had come, he naturally had to accomplish something to make this life worthwhile. Clearly, Long Jiuyyao already had a rough plan for the future, and this was merely the first step.

After constructing the Space Door, his Natal Dragon Soul re-attached to Long Jiuyyao's chest. Black radiance flickered around him, and a ten-plus-zhang-long Pitch Black True Dragon roared toward the sky.

"ROAR!" A single Dragon Roar shook the Beast War Domain, leaving every demon beast within it trembling with fear.

Long Jiuyyao's Dragon Roar contained the dense Dragon Might of the Ancient Dragon Bone. No demon beast could resist it; all prostrated themselves on the ground, their bodies and minds quaking.

The pitch-black dragon shadow tore through the sky, its dragon wings spreading like a canopy to cover the mountain range below, shrouding it in its shadow.

The reason Long Jiuyyao let out that roar was to summon the Sky Dragon Demon Marshal, who was active in the Beast War Domain, to find him. He knew the Sky Dragon Demon Marshal must have many eyes watching the other demon marshals.

And for Long Jiuyyao to subdue the Nine-Tails Clan, the Sky Dragon Demon Marshal would be his guarantee. After all, the strongest member of the current Nine-tailed Clan was only at the initial stage of the Death Profound Realm.

The Sky Dragon Demon Marshal had a fierce reputation in this area. With the Sky Dragon Demon Marshal's Cycle Realm strength and the Dragon Clan behind Long Jiuyyao, he figured it should be easily accomplished.

After all, being able to obtain the protection of the Dragon Clan—that condition alone was enough to make countless demon clans flock to them, and they would no longer have to worry about their clan members being toyed with again.

The Sky Dragon Demon Marshal might be able to earn a favor from Long Jiuyyao, but all of this depended on whether the Sky Dragon Demon Marshal himself could seize the opportunity.

Long Jiuyyao sped past. A Magic Lizard Clan demon beast prostrating below looked in the direction Long Jiuyyao had left with fear in its eyes, for it had felt a pressure from Long Jiuyyao's Dragon Roar that was a thousand times more intense than that of the Sky Dragon Demon Marshal.

Bloodline pressure had nothing to do with strength. Even though Long Jiuyyao's current power was far inferior to his, the beast watched him leave. Finally, it transformed into its true form and sped toward the Blood Dragon Hall hundreds of thousands of miles away.

Clearly, it was one of the eyes the Sky Dragon Demon Marshal had left here.

Long Jiuyyao sped toward the northwest. The Dragon Clan was famous for their physical bodies; although their speed was not as great as the Kunpeng Clan's, it still ranked in the top three in the Demon Domain. Soon, the flying Long Jiuyyao saw the Nine-Tails Village in the distance.

The view ahead suddenly opened up. In the distance, there appeared to be a suspended mountain peak. The surroundings of the peak were all abysses, with only iron chains extending from the mountain to form passages connecting to the outside world.

On the mountain, a massive array light barrier descended, just enough to wrap the mountain within it. Inside the mountain, Long Jiuyyao could also see many buildings, standing like a village.

"I suppose this is the Clan Protection Array of the Nine-tailed Clan. It is quite formidable."

Long Jiuyyao looked at the massive array, a flash of surprise crossing his eyes. He could detect an extremely powerful energy fluctuation from within it.

Long Jiuyyao had no items to communicate with them, so a Dragon Roar that shook the heavens erupted, echoing among the mountains.

Long Jiuyyao looked at the mountain peak. As the Dragon Roar spread, he could clearly feel movement coming from the village. Then, within the light barrier, one after another, delicate figures appeared. For a time, the entire mountain was filled with the sounds of women...

Hundreds of thousands of miles away from the Nine-Tails Village, there was a mountain with a dark red hue. At the summit stood a blood-colored crystal palace. Outside this palace, there were guards every three steps, with extremely strict defenses.

At this moment, inside the palace, a figure with long, dark red hair, a tall and sturdy body, and an undeniable majesty between his brows sat. On the center of his forehead, a dragon pattern coiled, looking quite domineering.

A silent pressure radiated from his body, shrouding the entire palace. This caused the figure below in the hall to break out in a cold sweat.

"Demon Marshal, this subordinate discovered a member of the Dragon Clan with a pure Dragon Clan Bloodline near Thunder Abyss Mountain. I do not know what instructions you have, Lord Demon Marshal." The person reported with his head bowed.

"Thump, thump, thump!" The Sky Dragon Demon Marshal, sitting high on the main seat, did not speak, only tapping his index finger incessantly on the armrest made of blood jade.

The Sky Dragon Demon Marshal lowered his head slightly, his pair of dark red eyes, seemingly brimming with monstrous ferocity, staring at the person below: "In what direction did that lord go?"

"Um..." The person below frowned and thought for a moment before saying hesitantly: "Northwest direction. He might have gone to the Nine-Tails Village."

The moment these words fell, the Sky Dragon Demon Marshal remained silent for a long time before saying: "Gather all the commanders and follow this Marshal to the Nine-Tails Village." The person below nodded hurriedly and then darted out of the Blood Dragon Main Hall.

The many troops within the entire mountain also became busy at this moment, preparing to set off.

The Sky Dragon Demon Marshal crossed his arms, "I wonder if my opportunity has finally arrived!"

Within the Dragon Clan, all the contestants in the hall looked toward the Dragon Clan Chief on the main seat.

"Everyone, an unexpected accident occurred, and this Mountain Survival has been forced to terminate. However, the Law Enforcement Team has explained your efforts to me, so all of you may obtain a Martial Arts Spirit Treasure."

"However, each person can only choose one—either a Spirit Treasure or a martial art. The Law Enforcement Team will explain the details to you. You may leave." Yuan Gan said in a deep voice.

Following their departure, the hall became empty once more, and Yuan Gan arrived at Long Jiuyyao's courtyard.

"Blue Girl, has Yuan Xin not woken up yet?" Yuan Gan asked as he reached the bedside.

"Uncle Yuan, Xin'er hasn't woken up yet. By the way, is there any news of Jiuyyao?" Lan Xinhuang asked.

Yuan Gan nodded and took out the piece of sleeve robe: "That brat is fine, but I don't know where in the Demon Domain he is."

"Rest assured, the moment there is news of Long Jiuyyao, I will notify you immediately. Also, if Xin'er wakes up, just tell her that Jiuyyao is fine and has merely gone to train outside the Dragon Domain."

Lan Xinhuang nodded upon hearing this, watching Yuan Gan depart.

Atop the mountain peak, countless beautiful women appeared. At the head of the group stood a graceful beauty, her eyes filled with shock as she gazed at the Pitch Black True Dragon isolated outside the Clan Protection Array; she could feel the dense bloodline pressure radiating from within Long Jiuyyao's body.

High in the sky, Long Jiuyyao looked down at the graceful beauty leading the group. He knew she was the current Patriarch of the Nine-Tails Clan. Long Jiuyyao shed his true form and locked eyes with her.

"Are you the current Patriarch of the Nine-Tails Clan!" Long Jiuyyao was the first to speak.

The graceful beauty was slightly startled; she truly had not expected that Pitch Black True Dragon to be in the form of a young child. "I am."

"May I ask, what brings you here, sir!" the beauty inquired.

"Is this how your Nine-Tails Clan treats its guests!" Long Jiuyyao replied with a question of his own.

Hearing this, the beauty retracted the Clan Protection Array. Long Jiuyyao entered, his gaze constantly scanning his surroundings. Looking at the beauties all around him, he sighed inwardly: As expected of the Nine-Tails Clan, every woman in this clan is a stunner.

The beauty at the lead frowned slightly: Could he be a lecher? Coming here just for women.

Long Jiuyyao had no idea that he had already been branded a lecher in the beauty's eyes.

Long Jiuyyao withdrew his gaze. "This Humble One is Long Jiuyyao. I have come here to discuss matters with you. Shall we go inside to talk?"

The beauty felt a chill in her heart; he was exactly as she had imagined.

"Sir, my Nine-Tails Clan is weak and truly unworthy of you," the beauty hurriedly declined.

Long Jiuyyao looked astonished; he hadn't even mentioned what the matter was, yet she had refused so quickly.

Just as Long Jiuyyao was pondering this, the women who had been gathered around mostly dispersed. This scene made Long Jiuyyao realize the reason for her refusal.

"I did not come here for the women of your Nine-Tails Clan, but for a major matter concerning your very survival," Long Jiuyyao said helplessly.

"This..." Hearing this, the beauty was stunned. It wasn't for women?

"Since that is the case, let us go inside to talk." Immediately, after seeing Long Jiuyyao nod, she turned around to lead the way.