Since the decline of the Four Ultimate Warrior Clans, the Rhine Clan has become the undisputed second largest family on the Yulan Continent. As for the largest family, it is of course the Beirut Family.
Ordinary people on the Yulan Continent had no clear understanding of the strength of these two families, but no one in the Saint-level dared to provoke them.
Now, after much back and forth, the Golden Royal Court in the southern part of the Far East Prairie has finally witnessed the strength of the Rhine Clan for the first time.
Although the barbarian tribes and the Rhine Empire had been locked in a struggle for thousands of years with both sides winning and losing, when the Rhine Empire's Necromancy joined the battlefield, hundreds of barbarian tribes were wiped out in less than a month, with only a few tribes at the southernmost tip of the grasslands barely surviving.
The undead army is now less than a hundred miles from the Golden Royal Court.
"This is already the seventh wave of suicide troops. The Golden Royal Court is really sitting still." Edward saw the barbarian army that had rushed in front of the necromancer but was completely annihilated by the elite troops guarding the perimeter.
The necromancer was surrounded by many Ninth-level Warrior. This time, the Rhine Clan went all out, bringing all their level eight and nine experts, who usually hid away, to the battlefield.
Jason, Veronica, and three magical beasts were with ten Saint-level.
In the past month, only one Saint-level from the barbarian tribes appeared, but after Jason killed him with a single blow, no more Saint-level warriors from the Golden Royal Court have appeared.
"Speaking of Jason, his strength is growing really fast. He broke through to the Saint-level in less than ten years. Tsk, I'd believe it if you broke through to the Deity-level within three thousand years," a Saint-level expert remarked.
They were all from the Rhine Clan, and had all met Jason before; some of them had even sparred with him. But right now, only Edward and one of the group's Saint Magus could suppress Jason, and even then, they could only suppress him, not defeat him— Jason was the fastest among them.
Jason gave an awkward laugh. He knew that it would definitely not take him three thousand years to break through to the Deity-level. The other party said "three thousand years" because the Rhine Clan had only been officially established for a little over three thousand years.
A few days later, the Saint-level of the Golden Royal Court finally appeared on the battlefield.
"It seems they've finally realized our determination to destroy the Golden Royal Court."
"If they hadn't gone too far in the eastern border of the empire, we wouldn't have had to take action against them."
Among the ten Saint-level, there were many people well-versed in politics. They speculated that the Golden Royal Court was hoping that other forces on the Yulan Continent would put pressure on the Rhine Empire, which gave the Golden Royal Court a bit of wishful thinking.
After all, the orc race is so small now. If they were to launch a direct attack, even if they managed to drive back the Rhine Empire, they would probably be on the verge of extinction.
Jason watched the dozen or so Saint-level flying towards them from afar and thought to himself, "It seems that this is how the Golden Royal Court was destroyed in the original story. Later, Linley even went to the Far East Prairie, but there were no barbarians or orcs to be seen. The Far East Prairie only had one Saint-level Limit, Tulilei."
"Not everyone's here. Almost half of them are missing. Looks like some of the Saint-level are afraid of dying." Edward counted the number of people on the other side.
"Not all Saint-level are willing to risk their lives for the Golden Royal Court, especially this kind of loosely organized tribal alliance," said Lucy, a Saint Magus. She and Edward were the two strongest members of the Rhein faction.
Jason took a look at the comparison of the two sides' strengths.
The Golden Royal Court had nineteen Saint-level, which was quite a lot on this vast and sparsely populated grassland. Judging from their imposing presence, their individual strength was considerable. Among them, only three were spellcasters—the barbarians and orcs referred to these people as "priests." The Rhein side had thirteen Saint-level, including Jason, and three magical beastmen, including Clear Spring.
Because Linda felt she hadn't even grasped the Profound Mysteries, and it would be too dangerous for her to be in the melee, Veronica didn't want to expose the Dragonblood Warrior's abilities, so she took Ivan to protect the Necromancy.
"Let's show them the power of us Necromancy!" Power of Death surged from Edward's body, and eleven undead figures appeared before him!
The Saint Magus Lucy next to her was even more ruthless, summoning seventeen Saint-level undead all by herself!
The Rhine Clan does not have any ordinary Saint Warrior, and the Saint-level experts they sent this time were specially selected. Including Jason and Clear Spring, all seven of them have the ability to summon Saint-level undead.
Thirty-one undead from the Saint-level, plus Saint-level original forty-four Saint-level figures, instantly filled the surrounding sky with the Power of Death!
Jason glanced at the lone Lumba beside him, while Clear Spring on the other side had summoned two Saint-level Death Knights. He made up his mind that after resolving this matter, he would cultivate his own undead army. It was too embarrassing for a Peak Saint cultivator to have only one Saint-level undead.
"Jason, you hold off that Tohuti, I'll come back to support you later." Edward pointed to a burly man in the distance, holding a staff and wearing a cloak.
"Good."
The group had previously learned about the Saint-level under the Golden Royal Court. Tohuti himself was a second-tier Saint-level expert, a priest who cultivated the Laws of Life and the Profound Mysteries of the Earth element. He possessed a Divine Artifact cloak, which, while not so defensively invincible as to be impenetrable, was definitely beyond the reach of even the Saint-level Limit in a short period of time.
He himself is extremely skilled in support and defense. If his spellcasting is not restricted, he alone can greatly enhance the opponent's overall strength. Apart from Edward, only Jason present could break through the opponent's obstruction and suppress him at close range.
Jason only now learned that, besides the Yulan Empire and the Dark Forest, the orc priests of the Golden Royal Court also had methods for cultivating Life Magic.
The opposing Saint-level wanted to place the battlefield directly above the undead army, but the Rhein forces would not agree to that. They immediately ordered their troops to retreat, and the ten fastest of the forty-four Saint-level members intercepted the enemy; the rest split into two groups and surrounded them.
Jason remained hidden at the back of the group. After many of the Saint-level undead appeared and became entangled with the enemy, Edward unleashed a powerful strike from another direction, seemingly attempting to force his way into the enemy ranks. This attracted the attention of many enemies— the Golden Royal Court had also investigated the information of several Saint-level members on the Rhein side, and Edward's strength was undoubtedly the strongest, thus drawing the most attention.
However, they did not know Jason's specific situation. Seizing the opportunity, Jason activated his Battle-qi shield to its maximum, crashing into the Saint-level battle group like a meteor.
Jason's speed was extremely fast, comparable even to those at the Saint-level Limit.
The Battle-qi shield was struck by two beams of Battle-qi aura—two Saint-level noticed Jason and attempted to intercept Jason.
However, Jason overestimated the Golden Royal Court; the two attacks he just received only caused his Battle-qi shield to flicker.
It's important to understand that there aren't many Peak Saint on the entire continent, and they don't possess the cultivation books and Blue Jade Fruit of the Rhine Clan. Otherwise, Olivier, who arrived later, wouldn't have been able to defeat a well-established Saint in just three moves after only breaking through to the Saint-level Saint-level few years ago.
Jason approached Tohuti directly, and the opponent almost instantly completed the "Earth Guardian Saint Armor". Jason did not attempt to attack, but instead used the momentum from his speed to crash directly into him.
It was as if a comet had struck the earth.
This was the most serious injury Jason had sustained since breaking through to the Saint-level.
The clash between the Battle-qi shield and the Earth Guardian Saint Armor caused Jason's internal organs to shift, and his Battle-qi aura became so disordered that the Battle-qi temporarily dissipated. The two orcish Saint-level who were guarding Tohuti, being weaker, were knocked back more than ten meters by the massive shockwave. Correspondingly, Tohuti was knocked out of the battle by Jason.