Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 1263 - 1226: The Master Is Weak and the Vassal Is Strong, The Southern Fire Phoenix Clan!

Chapter 1263: Chapter 1226: The Master Is Weak and the Vassal Is Strong, The Southern Fire Phoenix Clan!

In the southern departure from the great earth, survival of the fittest was even more vividly demonstrated, with slavery being a very common affair. Entire tribes being reduced to slavery was also frequent.

In this desolate, wild earth aflame with chaos, the law of survival was even more ruthless. The strong ones possessed vast territories, with hordes of followers, while the weak were like wild grass growing on the earth, always at risk of being destroyed.

Every strike from Qiang Jiu Zhu’s spiked hook emitted a chilling gleam, piercing through the warrior’s blood and bones before him.

Boom!

Dark stains of blood clung to the black spiked hook, forming droplets after piercing the elder’s body, nailing him firmly to an ancient tree.

Pfft!

Black blood spewed from the elder’s mouth, evidently poisoned by the cold and lethal hook.

"Qiang Jiu Zhu, aren’t you afraid of being punished by Fire Phoenix City for doing this?" The elder coughed up mouthfuls of black blood.

"Fire Phoenix City? This is no longer the era of Fire Phoenix City. If there’s anyone to blame, it’s only that your Hua Yu Tribe is too weak."

Mockery flickered in Qiang Jiu Zhu’s eyes, excitement shimmering amidst the pain of the elder before him.

"Nowadays, Fire Phoenix City is in its twilight years, no longer capable of controlling the various domains. In the Fire Wolf Region, it is my Qiangdi Tribe that’s the mightiest!"

"The Fourth Young Master has promised me. After taking down the Hua Yu Tribe, he will reward me with ten thousand slaves to mine for me or to hunt, generating vast wealth. Therefore, you lot can only die!"

...

While Qiang Jiu Zhu was cruelly torturing the elder, a hundred miles away from the ancient forest above the void, thunderclaps shook heaven and earth. The void tore apart without warning, and chaotic streams of void turbulence burst forth from the depths of the rupture.

In the span of a breath, this void turbulence swept across a hundred miles of earth, shredding countless ancient trees and rocks, while fierce beasts and venomous insects were obliterated. From the center of the storm, a figure emerged.

"Die!"

Killing intent erupted once again from Qiang Jiu Zhu’s body, channeling through the dark spiked hook in his hand toward the elder. Almost simultaneously, wild forces engulfed both men.

"Not good!"

Facing this devastating power, neither had the slightest capacity to resist; the elder was directly torn into a blood mist.

However, a large hand pierced through the endless power, and amidst Qiang Jiu Zhu’s horror, it grasped him. The palm before his eyes wasn’t large, but in his view, it was as vast as heaven and earth.

Chief among Qiang Jiu Zhu’s last conscious thoughts in this world was the realization of the power likened to that of heaven and earth.

Already torn apart by the void turbulence, Xiao Chen’s figure manifested within the ancient forest. In his hand, he grasped Qiang Jiu Zhu, who was now devoid of any signs of life. And with the release of his hand, the body plummeted to the ground!

"Fire Wolf Region, indeed, after tens of thousands of years, the coordinates for the Void Teleportation Array have shifted."

Xiao Chen murmured to himself, feeling an aura from the southern earth even more desolate than that of the East Region, a mix of violence and savagery.

From Qiang Jiu Zhu’s memories, Xiao Chen learned that fortunately, this was indeed the East Region land of the southern departure from the great earth and had not ended up within the Northern Region, within the realm of the imperial Zhu Rong forces.

At least he had avoided a clash with the Zhu Rong Aristocratic family. His current location was within the Fire Wolf Region of the southern departure earth’s East Region, whereas the original coordinates for the clan’s Void Teleportation Array were within the Flame Ancient Domain.

The Fire Wolf Region was an outlying territory of the Flame Ancient Domain, akin to the status of various domains under the suzerainty of the Gu Yuan Clan.

By examining Qiang Jiu Zhu’s memories, Xiao Chen discovered that the current situation in the Flame Ancient Domain was not good; weak at its heart but with powerful vassals, it was struggling to control its domains. More accurately, it was the fall of Fire Phoenix City in the Flame Ancient Domain that led to this.

In the Eastern Wasteland Border Domain, there is Dragon Fall City, while in the Flame Ancient Domain of the southern departure, there is Fire Phoenix City!

However, ten thousand years earlier, when Dragon Fall City was at its Zenith, it could not measure up to the glorious splendor of Fire Phoenix City, which dominated the surrounding six regions.

Now, ten thousand years later, Dragon Fall City has perished, and Fire Phoenix City’s might has declined, with the domains under its rule eager to vie for the position of the Supreme Overlord.

"It seems I’ve come at just the right time!"

Xiao Chen chuckled lightly. Fire Phoenix City possessed a Void Teleportation Array, which was directly connected to the once Border Wasteland Dragon Fall City, marking the void coordinates of both places.

Fire Wolf Region, Qiangdi Marquis Faction.

This was a legendary Marquis Department, one of the vassal tribes of the Flame Ancient Domain, a tribe that had risen in the Fire Wolf Region within the last thousand years, defeating the original ruling tribe, the Fire Wolf Marquis Faction.

In the southern earth, power was of even greater importance. The Fire Wolf Region was named so because of the Fire Wolf Marquis Faction. Now that the Fire Wolf Marquis Faction had fallen, the Qiangdi Marquis Faction had taken control of the region’s governance. Perhaps soon, the Fire Wolf Region would be renamed as the Qiangdi Domain, a common occurrence in the southern earth.

With territories changing hands between tribes, the names of regions could change in a moment.

The Qiangdi Marquis Faction was located in the western part of the Fire Wolf Region, settled within a deep ancient forest, using the forest as their home and transforming it into a fortified city.

Within the Ancient Forest, warriors belonging to the Qiangdi Marquis Faction lay hidden along with a variety of captive poisonous creatures. It could be said that if an ordinary Warrior were to enter this Ancient Forest, they would be dissected and dismembered. Therefore, the Qiangdi Marquis Faction was not worried about the warriors of other tribes intruding into their forest.

Deep within the Ancient Forest stood a grand Great Hall, transformed from an immense Qiang bamboo, exuding a strong aura of the Desolate Wilds.

"The Chief, remnants of the Fire Wolf Tribe have no strength left to resist our Qiangdi Tribe’s Conquest. Taking over the Fire Wolf Region is within reach. What an exciting name ’Qiangdi Domain’ is," an excited voice rose up in the Great Hall.

"Indeed, the prestige of our Qiangdi will illuminate the Earth."

At this moment, the eyes of every Warrior in the hall burned with fervor. After a long time, a Warrior finally expressed his concern.

"Chief, even if we take down the Fire Wolf Tribe, how will we explain ourselves to Fire Phoenix City? Even though we in the various domains no longer pay tribute to Fire Phoenix City, our defeat of the Fire Wolf Tribe still has to be reported there."

"Yes, the Fire Wolf Tribe is extremely loyal to Fire Phoenix City. If we take them down and incite the wrath of Fire Phoenix City, although Fire Phoenix has declined, they are still not something our Qiangdi Marquis Faction can withstand. Moreover, the rumors suggest that there is a powerful Fire Phoenix Clan behind Fire Phoenix City!

"Although it seems to be just a legend, we have not seen many warriors from the Fire Phoenix Clan over the years, but legends might not be without basis!"

Regarding the elders’ concerns in the Great Hall, the Chief of the Qiangdi Tribe displayed not a trace of fear on his face, but rather, a wild arrogance.

"Do you know why this Chief went to the Fire Lion Domain this time?"

"What for?"

Seeing the elders in the Great Hall looking his way, the Chief of the Qiangdi Tribe, with a sneer in his eyes, said, "’Alliance!’"

"Fire Phoenix City has ruled this Earth for too long. Now, as time has passed, it’s our turn to have sole control over the Qiankun. This meeting of the strong ones from the six Great Earth Regions is for one purpose, and there are also other mysterious strong ones appearing."

"As for the Fire Phoenix Clan behind Fire Phoenix City, naturally, those strong ones will deal with them. This time, Fire Phoenix City might even be uprooted entirely!"

"Coup!"

The warriors of the Qiangdi Marquis Faction flashed a hint of murderous intent in their eyes, along with fervent excitement.

"In one month, we, the strong ones from the six regions, will go together to the Flame Ancient Domain, to besiege Fire Phoenix City. Fire Phoenix City has controlled several domains for too long, reaped offerings for so much time; this time, we will make them vomit it all out!"

"The loyalists to Fire Phoenix City in these regions will all be slain, and the rest will be demoted to Slaves. Let’s see if Fire Phoenix City still has any dependents to come to their protection, hahaha..."

"Yes!"

At this moment, all the elders of the Qiangdi Tribe were excited.

The status quo of the Earth was about to change. The Fire Phoenix that hovered over the Sky Vault was finally about to fall. This was a feast for the gluttonous, where only the most prosperous Warriors could pillage the spoils of war.

"Qiang Bone, Qiang Six Li, you two lead our War Soldiers and the Servant Army to clear out all tribes in the Fire Wolf Region that are loyal to Fire Phoenix City. Reduce them to Slaves. The shadow of Fire Phoenix over this Earth is about to come to an end. The Fire Wolf Region—no, it should now be called the Qiangdi Domain—is the world of our Qiangdi Marquis Faction!"

"Yes!"

Immediately, two Warriors responded in unison and made their way out of the Great Hall. Suddenly, the sound of Horns boomed in waves, turning into a torrential and ferocious deluge, spilling out of the Ancient Forest!

Xiao Chen’s figure appeared in the Ancient Forest of the Qiangdi Marquis Faction. The clan meetings of the Qiangdi Marquis Faction were witnessed by him without omission. He had not expected such vicious strife over the Southern Region, where even among the same kind, they were in a fight to the death.

Truly a pack of wolves devouring tigers!

A vassal tribe was actually rebelling against its sovereign, which was outright rebellion. Obviously, Fire Phoenix City is no longer able to suppress its many domains. Without strength, it has become but a piece of fat meat in the eyes of the vassal tribes.

"The Fire Phoenix Clan?"

Regarding the term mentioned by the Qiangdi Marquis Faction, Xiao Chen was somewhat puzzled. He recalled that the Venerable Qingjiao of his tribe had mentioned once that Dragon Fall Ancient City also had a clan behind it.

As for the Qiangdi Marquis Faction’s hunt of tribes loyal to Fire Phoenix City, he was not concerned, nor did he think of intervening. The survival of the fittest was the law of life. Perhaps those tribes were no better than the Qiangdi Marquis Faction in their past actions.

The Void Teleportation Array, connecting two major regions of the Human Realm, was clear to any discerning eye as a cornucopia. Just owning a Void Teleportation Array and collecting tolls would yield a massive volume of resources every year.

And in an environment like the Southern Region, without sufficient strength, possessing a Void Teleportation Array was tantamount to disaster. From the current scene, it seemed that Fire Phoenix City no longer had the power to control such an array.

However, the decline of Fire Phoenix City presented an opportunity for Xiao Chen—an opportunity for the Gu Yuan King’s Department to influence the Southern Region.

Quietly leaving the Fire Wolf Region, Xiao Chen set out for the Flame Ancient Domain.

His visit to the Qiangdi Marquis Faction not only revealed the decline of Fire Phoenix City but also gave him a clear understanding of the Flame Ancient Domain!

Fire Phoenix City presides over the Flame Ancient Domain, ruling the six surrounding regions. In ancient times, including the Flame Ancient Domain, these neighboring domains were once considered one vast region, known as the Flame Domain!

And the entity presiding over the Flame Domain was none other than an extremely powerful Ancient Clan, the Fire Phoenix Clan—a clan distinct from the Hidden Families’ Ancient Clans and was indeed a venerable lineage that had lasted for an exceedingly long time.