Legendary Clan Chief
Chapter 962 - 945: The Terrain is Precarious, The Road Hard to Open!

Chapter 962: Chapter 945: The Terrain is Precarious, The Road Hard to Open!

Hundred Herbs Hall Secret Realm.

At the very top of the central volcano, a scorching breath continued to burst forth. The Earth Fire from the depths of the volcano was drawn out and directly channeled into the enormous Pill Cauldron within the Pill Room.

Xiao Chen and Mu Qing, after collecting the necessary Spirit Medicine in the Mountain and River Herb Garden, entered the top-tier Pill Room in the tribe.

Beneath the volcano, tribe people coming in and out looked up at the Pill Room at the volcano’s peak, where flames ascended, and awe couldn’t help but appear in their eyes.

Inside the Pill Room, silver-white streaks of light constantly flew by, evidently the work of Luli. Without such help, Xiao Chen would not have been able to concoct enough Spiritual Pills needed by nine disciples in one day.

The huge Pill Furnace, as tall as ten feet, was entirely cast from Golden Divine Flame sitting directly above the Earth Fire, subjected to the relentless scorching of the Earth’s Core Fire at all times.

At this moment, the one who controlled this enormous Pill Furnace was Mu Qing. In fact, in terms of Alchemy skills, Mu Qing had already surpassed him; he was merely leveraging the advantage of Luli to concoct Elixir beyond his own capabilities.

Hum!

Inside the giant Pill Furnace, enveloped by crimson flames, faint blue illusory flames danced at the tips of the flames.

"Condense!"

The next moment, a delicate shout echoed as Mu Qing injected a purple flame into the Pill Furnace. A rich fragrance of medicine emerged from within the Pill Furnace.

Bang!

The lid of the Pill Furnace flung open, and instantly, more than ten sparkling Elixir shot out, each emitting divine brilliance and even buzzing sounds.

"Fix!" A delicate shout came again, and the Elixir that originally wanted to flee were fixed in mid-air and obediently fell into Mu Qing’s hands.

Behind Mu Qing in a corner of the Pill Room, Xiao Chen was also sitting cross-legged. In front of him was a small Pill Furnace, which likewise emitted a fragrance of medicine.

Six-turn Divine Soul Pills!

These were the Divine Soul Pills that Xiao Chen was concocting for several disciples, which required six refinements to form the pills.

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While Xiao Chen was concocting the pills, the Gu Yuan Tribe’s Void Warship had already crossed ten thousand miles of mountains and rivers, forging a safe passage.

Void Vessel Warship.

The massive cannon ports suddenly shook, and a thunderous roar erupted as spheres of flame, each about the size of three feet, hurtled toward an ancient mountain a thousand feet tall not far away.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The Warship moved laterally, and on one side, more than ten subcannons fired, each strike equivalent to the full force of a Towering Realm seventh level Strong One. Combined, even an eighth level Strong One would not dare to face its edge.

The terrifying power directly tore through the Void, instantly whipping up a gale, and even ancient trees that had grown on the mountain for thousands of years were torn apart by this frightful force.

Roar!

Exotic Beasts in the forest, regardless of their level, let out a shriek, their eyes showing immense terror, as their bodies were torn apart by the violent energy.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The fireballs hit the ancient mountain, immediately blasting the entire mountain to pieces, even the splashing debris was turned into powder by the energy. However, the fierce cannon ports did not stop their thunderous roaring, and numerous streaks of firelight continuously fell.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

It was only after a quarter of an hour that the shelling stopped and the dust settled. Where there had once been a sprawling mountain, now there was but a mountain cut off mid-way, a crevice stretching over ten miles appeared, with thick powder settling down.

Aboard the Warship, Shi Ya looked at the ancient mountain now razed to the ground, unfazed, and then said indifferently, "Map."

Immediately, two warriors stepped forward, unfolding a map three ten-feet wide, a meticulous replica of the Border Wasteland Region from the sand table.

Swish!

Shi Ya then stretched out his arm and deeply carved a line on a red pathway on the map, linking the route that previously circumvented the continuous ancient mountain into one pathway.

With the ancient mountain breached, this now made the route that originally circumnavigated the mountain save nearly a few thousand miles, even avoiding a marshland area.

At the same time, Shi Ya also marked a special symbol on the map.

"Examine this mountain range within a ten-thousand-mile radius and see if there are any powerful Exotic Beasts. This mountain has living water beneath it. There are numerous small Exotic Beasts within the mountain, and the terrain is favorable, making it suitable as a tribal land."

This time, Shi Ya also carried the responsibility of exploring the actual landscape, to see which area was suitable for Warriors to establish tribes, facilitating the subsequent division of the Gu Yuan Clan into several parts to guard the secure passage.

In an instant, more than ten warriors burst out of the Warship and dispersed in all directions to start exploring the terrain. It took three hours before they returned to the tribe.

"Let’s go, to the next place."

Upon the return of the terrain-exploring warriors, Shi Ya commanded, and the next moment, the Void Warship let out a thunderous sound and swept into the depths of the Desolate Mountain Forest.

Shi Ya, leading the Void Warship, and a few others from the War Master Hall, including Ding Shan, split into four groups, each leading a Void Warship. They followed the pre-discussed safe passage to clear out the evil beasts and scout the actual situation.

The Kunyu complete map on the sand table was always inanimate, just like before, where the sand table originally marked to bypass the Ancient Mountain in front. However, Shi Ya found upon arriving here that although the Ancient Mountain stretched for thousands of miles, the weakest part of the mountain range was only a few miles wide.

He directly and violently shattered a section of the mountain range, eliminating the need to take such a long detour, thereby greatly reducing the danger.

In the southeast of the Border Wasteland Region, adjacent to the Luo Long Mountain Range and the Ten Thousand Mountains Domain, there were countless dangerous lands, endless ancient forests in the mountain streams, and a succession of towering mountains blocking the sun with mist, filled with numerous flying birds and beasts, incredibly terrifying.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Within the mountain forest, violent air currents rampaged as the sound of heavenly drums thundered incessantly, interspersed with the roars of exotic beasts.

At low altitude, a Void Battleship a hundred yards in length moved horizontally, with twelve Elemental Stone Cannons’ towering muzzles continuously moving up and down, firing towards the forests a few miles away.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Amidst the flames and roars, the battleship in the Void was pushed back dozens of yards due to the enormous recoil, and more than a dozen fireballs fell toward the ground below, burning all the ancient trees along their path.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

This was a Black Water Profound Serpent, nearly seventy yards in size, ranked four-star in realm, and had strength comparable to a full six layers of the Towering Realm in the Human Tribe.

However, this four-star star beast was somewhat in a sorry state, with large pieces of black scale armor about a yard in size peeled from its body, and the exposed flesh seared black.

Roar!

The Black Water Profound Serpent bellowed, its roar thunderous in rage, and its tail, as thick as a few yards and resembling a black whip, swept around, having already reduced the surrounding ancient trees and giant stones to fine powder.

In front of it, a Human Warrior wielded a War Saber, constantly moving around without engaging it directly, which infuriated the beast immensely.

Not just that, dozens of miles away above in the Sky Vault, fireballs continued to fall. Even though its defense was impressive, each fireball left a deep pit of flesh and blood on its body.

At this moment, the area for miles around was utterly destroyed, with trickling snake blood forming streams that covered the area.

Roar!

Ignoring the Human Warrior in front of it, the Black Water Profound Serpent raised its huge head, coiling up in the Void, attempting to dodge the fireballs falling from the Sky Vault.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The roaring sounds exploded around the Black Water Profound Serpent, the brutal force swirling around, causing the serpent to cry out in pain, spilling fresh blood.

"Kill!"

In front of it, Ding Shan’s War Saber burst forth with a ten-yard-long red saber light, slashing horizontally at the serpent’s head.

Splat!

The massive saber light sliced in at the cracked scale armor, cutting the Profound Serpent in half from one-third of its body; its coiling head immediately plummeted, as beast blood cascaded down like a flood.

A whole quarter hour passed before the halved giant serpent finally collapsed completely, devoid of life.

"Commander."

Seeing that the giant serpent had perished, the Void Battleship a few miles away resumed operation, moving above the serpent, with warriors descending from above towards Ding Shan.

Even with the support of the Void Battleship in the sky, slaying the Black Water Profound Serpent had still exhausted Ding Shan, his body covered in snake blood.

"I’m fine, collect this giant serpent into the battleship, take it back to the tribe, a four-star star beast is valuable whole." Ding Shan instructed the warriors breathlessly after a moment.

A quarter hour later, only destruction remained on the land, along with the sparkling snake blood, and the Void Battleship had not left the airspace yet.

"Commander, this passage is just too dangerous with star beasts; in just one day’s time, we have already slain a four-star star beast, along with dozens of three-star star beasts."

Gazing over the endless mountain forest, Ding Shan didn’t immediately respond, instead, his gaze shifted to a beast skin scroll map.

As he looked at a winding path in the southeast corner and fell into thought, he was aware that the land in the southeast neighbored the Luo Long Mountain Range and the Ten Thousand Mountains Domain, but it was not until he investigated personally that he truly understood the dangers therein.

Not just the dangerous mountain streams, but merely the concentration of star beasts made it difficult for warriors to pass.

"Has the surrounding forest situation been clarified?" Ding Shan spoke up soon.

"Commander, it has been clarified," he replied, "this vast land is sparsely populated, our Human Tribes are few, with the closest mid-tier Battle Division Mu Shan Tribe nearly a hundred thousand miles away. As we journeyed here, we only found a few small tribes dwelling in the Desolate Mountain Forest, the strongest of which only had the strength of a low-tier Battle Division."

In front of Ding Shan, on the beast skin scroll laid out in front of them, this expansive forest covered an area of three hundred thousand miles, truly vast with sparse population.

"Xiao Commander." Ding Shan called out soon, and a warrior from the fifth layer of the Towering Realm responded.

"Five thousand miles behind us lies Soul Severing Mountain, a strategically positioned mountain, with two peaks situated next to each other perfectly guarding this passage."

Pausing a bit, Ding Shan continued, "Lead the Void Battleship and move no further forward; instead, gather all the scattered Human low-tier Battle Divisions and tribes sprinkled around the area and settle them under Soul Severing Mountain, an easily defendable and hard-to-attack place, ideal for establishing cities or founding tribes."

"Understood!"

"I will return to the tribe and consult with the tribal elders." The next moment, Ding Shan’s body shone with a clear light and he disappeared from the battleship.