Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 563 - 549: Subduing Spiritual Wood, Iron Hoof Concedes!_1

Chapter 563: Chapter 549: Subduing Spiritual Wood, Iron Hoof Concedes!_1

After half a month of wandering through the Luo Long Mountain Range, daring to venture deep into the territory of the four-star beast, Xiao Chen once again sighted the Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood.

This time there was no interference from other tribes in the Border Wasteland Region, and no conniving Survivors of the Exotic Clan.

The Spirit Wood, having existed for tens of thousands of years, can even be seen as a form of Spirit Medicine. Not every ancient tree, despite its age, can transform into Spirit Wood. This requires a specific stroke of fate.

Otherwise, in the Desolate Wilds where countless epochs have passed and numerous dangerous lands exist, ancient trees of ten, a hundred, or even a million years are not uncommon. But these ancient trees are just longer-lived, lacking significant spirituality, let alone becoming Spirit Wood.

Although a Spirit Wood of ten-thousand years may not be as valuable as a ten-thousand-year-old Spirit Medicine, it is still incredibly precious. If tamed, it could absolutely become a treasured asset to a tribe.

Unexpectedly, this time the Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood had hidden itself using the Earth’s veins, making its presence known only a hundred miles away. The Void Battleship swept across the sky, covering a hundred miles in a flash, and came to a halt midair, about three miles away from the Spirit Wood.

At this moment, the area surrounding the Spirit Wood within three miles was still densely covered with thunderclouds. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled. Observing the location of the Spirit Wood, one couldn’t help but notice that it thrived in lightning. The valley it was in was an exceptionally rare natural region of thunderbolts, with occasional falling thunder, filling the entire valley with a destructive aura.

Xiao Chen did not immediately make a move; he was waiting for the silver lightning to subside. Just like this, he waited for two full days. Fortunately, the area was filled with thunderclouds and crackling lightning, and no other ferocious beasts approached.

Whoosh!

With a single step, Xiao Chen’s figure entered the field of endless lightning. Countless silver snakes danced wildly. Thin streaks of silver lightning continuously lashed his body, and a thick golden light emanated from him.

The tiny strokes of lightning continuously bombarding his body brought a slight tingling sensation. They were immediately refined by Xiao Chen’s formidable Combat Qi and transformed into a force that tempered his physical body.

Buzz buzz buzz!

Not fearing the falling thunder, Xiao Chen slowly approached the Spirit Wood to within a distance of ten feet. Perhaps sensing the threat, the Spirit Wood’s branches pulsated, transforming into a purple-and-gold sky whip filled with layers of lightning, striking towards Xiao Chen.

Immediately, Xiao Chen’s body burst forth with golden light. Mysterious illusions appeared endlessly, and the threat posed by the purple-and-gold branches was instantly dispelled.

Crackling!

Xiao Chen’s actions seemed to alarm the Spirit Wood. Since it had come into existence, no warrior had ever managed to get so close to it without fearing the threat of lightning. Instantly, the entire Spirit Wood trembled. Dozens of purple and gold branches like jade, mixed with a sky full of lightning shadows, fell towards Xiao Chen.

However, Xiao Chen was quicker. His entire figure turned into a streak of light, arriving in front of the Spirit Wood before the purple-gold crystalline branches had even fallen. He reached out a hand and placed it on the trunk of the Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood.

The Spirit Wood’s trunk, as thick as a pair of arms wrapped together, was covered in purple bark filled with streaks of golden lines. The mottled bark was as shiny as jade, and the entire Spirit Wood emitted a mystical aura.

It was a sense of destructive power like that of thunder lightning, interspersed with the boundless vitality of the Spirit Wood. Life and destruction intertwined.

The Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood has been in existence for ten thousand years, undergoing a Thunder Tribulation every thousand years. Each time it survives a Thunder Tribulation, a ring of golden circles will form on its trunk. Xiao Chen saw four rings on it, indicating that this Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood has been around for fourteen thousand years.

However, the number of Thunder Spirit Leaves on the Spirit Wood was somewhat insufficient. Apart from the few that had been snatched away by the human warriors a few days ago, there were only a hundred and six Thunder Spirit Leaves on the Spirit Wood at the moment. The number of leaves didn’t match the age of the Spirit Wood, it seemed that this Spirit Wood had been besieged by human warriors more frequently than he had initially thought over these long years.

A Thunder Tribulation Spirit Leaf, which takes a hundred years to grow, can refine the flesh body and provide immeasurable benefits to a Heavy Tower Realm Martial artist when they face their Heavenly Tribulation. After all, the stronger the physical body, the easier it is to pass the Heavenly Tribulation.

Rumble!

Just as Xiao Chen’s hand imprinted upon the trunk of the tree, the entire Spirit Wood vibrated. The whole valley began to quake, and lightning bolts took the form of silver snakes appearing on the tree trunk. Infinite thunder lightning surged, producing numerous illusions, all following his arms and descending on Xiao Chen.

"Boom!"

Yet Xiao Chen’s body remained completely still. Golden light erupted from his Combat Bones, countless golden runes appeared deep within his marrow, swallowing all the lightning that entered his body and merging it into his blood bones.

"Break!"

Suddenly, Xiao Chen’s body was covered with streaks of green Combat Qi, among which a hint of pitch-black mystery was mixed, directly intruding into the Spirit Wood’s body. This was Xiao Chen’s killing combat essence combined with his Combat Qi, a move he had learned from the Ghost Flames emitted by the Crimson Flame Ghost Venerable, albeit still immature.

However, it was enough to deal with this Spirit Wood. The heavy killing intent, along with Xiao Chen’s Combat Qi, was completely pressed into the Spirit Wood. The violent killing intent disturbed the endless lightning like uprooting dry grass and trees, even destroying its Spiritual Wisdom.

Whoosh!

The Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood shook violently, unable to suppress its trembling. Under Xiao Chen’s powerful spiritual perception, he vaguely sensed a spiritual consciousness, accompanied by a submissive intention, transmitting into his mind from the Spirit Wood.

The Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood has experienced thunder tribulations for thousands of years, in a sense, giving birth to spirituality, much like a human soul, a consciousness that can distinguish danger. It felt the momentum released by Xiao Chen, who indeed wanted to destroy it.

That was exactly what Xiao Chen intended. If the Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood did not submit, he would completely destroy its spiritual consciousness. Although doing so would cause certain damage to the Spirit Wood, as long as he took the Spirit Wood back to the tribe, there was plenty of time to wait for the Spirit Wood to generate a new spirituality. Naturally, if the Spirit Wood submitted, that would be even better.

In a moment, after a brief struggle, Xiao Chen completely subdued the spirituality of the Spirit Wood. Despite the Spirit wood’s existence of thousands of years, its spirituality was only equivalent to a human child under the age of ten.

Boom!

The next moment, countless echoes of thunder exploded across the entire sky. Thick cumulus clouds even concealed silver lightning dragons. The Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood trembled ceaselessly, radiating purple-gold light. Countless echoes of thunder in the sky seemed to find an outlet, falling towards the Spirit Wood.

In an instant, the sky became cloudless as all the lightning was absorbed by the Spirit Wood. Suddenly, the entire Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood uprooted itself, appearing smaller and smaller in Xiao Chen’s eyes. With a single leap, it landed within his Circulating Heaven Qi Sea.

The boundless Qi Sea was like a vast ocean, filled with green Combat Qi. The moment the Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood entered, enormous waves erupted throughout the Qi Sea. The large purple-gold roots of the Spirit Wood secured themselves at the edge of the Qi Sea, undeterred by the surging waves.

A moment later, Xiao Chen returned to the Void Battleship. Although it had taken up to two months, the Thunder Tribulation Spirit Wood had finally been brought back to the Gu Yuan Tribe, making everything worthwhile.

"Return to the Tribe!"

Boom!

The Battleship broke through the sky, reaching the highest points of heaven. Trails of white beams crisscrossed in the sky, these were undispersed Heaven and Earth vital energy gathered in the Void’s depths. Xiao Chen was seated at the bow of the warship. Even though the wind was biting, a near milky-white whirlpool of primal energy was still gathering above his head.

In just one day, the Void Battleship had traversed hundreds of thousands of miles across the Desolate Wilds, returning to the tribe. As everyone looked at the Mountain City shrouded in purple and gold ethereal mist, surrounded by mountains, they rejoiced.

As Gu Yuan tribespeople cheered for their chieftain’s return, there was gloom and doom in the Iron Hoof Battle Division, located hundreds of thousands of miles away from the Gu Yuan tribe.

Presently, within the massive Iron Hoof Palace, four indistinct auras had emerged. These were the four most powerful warriors of the Iron Hoof Battle Division, besides the Great Elder of the Iron Hoof, the remaining two were the supreme elders of the Iron Hoof Battle Division.

These two supreme elders had always been stationed at the Blood Race Void Path, but they had rushed back to the tribe because a significant event had occurred.

Iron Hoof Clan Leader, Qin Peiyong, looked increasingly troubled inside the Great Hall. The three others present also appeared anxious.

The reason was the widely circulated news across the Great Wasteland. The Gu Yuan Tribe had a Heaven Grade Battleship, had killed the Ghost Venerate in a single battle, and Xiao Chen was likely to become even more powerful.

The Gu Yuan Tribe and their Iron Hoof Battle Division had a hostile relationship due to an incident that happened several years prior. Later, Xiao Chen causing chaos in Iron Hoof City had forced him, the dignified Iron Hoof Clan Leader, to back down.

In the eyes of others in the Great Wasteland, this was already a thing of the past, However, over these years, the friction between them and the Gu Yuan Tribe had increased. The resources of the Gu Yuan Tribe, coupled with its dominance, left the Iron Hoof Battle Division no choice but to swallow its anger, secretly waiting for an opportunity.

Unexpectedly, the current power of the Gu Yuan Tribe was something he couldn’t resist anymore. An inferior battle division had, in just a few short years, leaped over the grade of the middle division and reached a level comparable to the top division. If they were to fight the Gu Yuan Tribe, it would be suicidal.

Now, let alone causing trouble for the Gu Yuan tribe, even if Xiao Chen were to attack Iron Hoof City again, they didn’t have the slightest ability to resist. They wouldn’t even need to deploy the Void Battleship, as Xiao Chen’s strength alone would be enough to destroy the Iron Hoof Battle Division.

Under this kind of threat, he dared not gamble whether Xiao Chen would attack again. If so, his reign as the Iron Hoof Clan Leader would be over. Even if Xiao Chen didn’t do that, if he attacked in secret, he would be even more powerless to resist.

"Xiao Chen!"

The Iron Hoof Clan Leader murmured, his gaze somewhat vacant. The name brought him infinite pressure. After a long time, he solemnly asked, "Elders, do you have any strategies?"

"Clan Leader, it seems that all our Iron Hoof Battle Division can do now is to apologize, and hope that Xiao Chen won’t be so decisive."

At these words, the Iron Hoof Clan Leader was stunned, then a melancholy look appeared on his face. He seemed to age several years in just a moment, and a barely audible voice echoed in the Great Hall.

"Fine! I’ll go to the Gu Yuan Tribe in person."

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