Meanwhile.
On the upper slopes of Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain, within the Red Wolf Tribe.
A burly man with a wolf's head and a human body sat on a throne built of white bones, clutching a bloody ox leg and tearing into his lavish feast.
Xiong Shan, chief of the War Bear Tribe, stood before him and said through gritted teeth, "Chief Lang Wei, you understood everything I just said, didn't you?"
"Ying Tianxiao of the Eagle-Fighting Tribe colluded with those damned humans, wiped out three thousand of our elite warriors, and killed my younger brother, Xiong Yan."
"Ying Tianxiao's collusion with humans is an extremely dangerous sign. He may well use their strength to annihilate our War Bear Tribe, then swallow up the Red Wolf Tribe and Divine Deer Tribe like a whale, uniting all of Ten Thousand Fiends Mountain."
"To prevent that tragedy, our two tribes must join forces, storm Sky Island, and wipe out the Eagle-Fighting Tribe and those damned humans."
"That way, we can share Sky Island's rich, fertile lands while eliminating the Eagle-Fighting Tribe, that thorn deep in our flesh. Wouldn't that give us the best of both worlds?"
Lang Wei was naturally unimpressed by the grand pie Xiong Shan kept painting in the sky. He merely tore another large chunk of bloody flesh and skin from the ox leg at his leisure, chewed it with his sharp teeth, and offered a smile that never reached his eyes. "Chief Xiong Shan, you have my sympathy for the deaths of your brother and your tribesmen."
"However, our Red Wolf Tribe has never had any quarrel with the Eagle-Fighting Tribe. They haven't harmed so much as an autumn hair of ours, and I can't be bothered to climb hundreds of meters into the sky just to fight