Jiuli (In honor of DMU Li Chenhao, alliance leader!)

Year 20,000 of the Great Wilderness Calendar.

Boom!

A beast as massive as a mountain crashed to the ground.

Hunters swarmed around it. Some could spew water and fire, some could summon clouds and wield lightning, while others wound vines around the wounded to heal them...

It was the Blackwater Tribe's hunting party, bringing a hunt to its end.

No, they could no longer be called a hunting party. They were an army a thousand strong...

As soon as that mountain of flesh fell, warriors rushed forward with all manner of blades, cutting off chunks of meat to carry back to the tribe.

"Haha... Now even a beast like this is ours to hunt."

Zhong wore a beast-hide robe and a brilliant feathered headdress. Laughing, he clapped Jing on the shoulder. "Once we swallow a few more tribes, the Blackwater Tribe will be the largest tribe in the east, with more than a hundred thousand people..."

Jing looked somewhat aged, as though he had entered middle age ahead of his time.

But he sounded worried. "The more people we have, the more divided their minds become... There are quite a few dissenting voices in the tribe now, especially among the warriors who've consumed spirit substances!"

"Across the whole tribe, you're the only one who can say that to me."

Standing atop a cliff, Zhong said to Jing, "Which of us warriors didn't risk nine deaths for one chance at life to consume a spirit substance and become what we are? The strong should have more. They should have beauties for wives, more meat, even servants..."

"Brother Zhong... Are you planning to...?"

Jing sensed that Zhong intended to change the tribe's system. After all, everything in the tribe was held in common now. Everyone had a vote, and they could even