The Fire God's Sword reappeared, and a terrifying light that seemed to be able to split the heavens and earth apart swept across the land. A terrifying sword light that was three meters deep and over ten meters wide swept across the sky, leaving not a single blade of grass in its path. Even the rocks were completely vaporized.
The remaining elites of the Fire Owl Tribe fell amidst the cries of agony. This was an existence that was definitely equivalent to a high-level sure-kill technique. Over a thousand Fire Owls had invaded the second layer of the core world, and so had their last signs of life.
From the beginning to the end of the battle, it only took the machine a short period of time. But both sides had paid a huge price in this extremely short period of time.
Even though the Fire Ravens were numerous, those who had died were still fresh lives. Those ordinary Fire Ravens who were only equivalent to rank two magical beasts had used their lives and flesh to create an opportunity for the more powerful Fire Ravens. They were worthy of respect and admiration.
The Heavenly Stem Saints could see that even if they weren't here, the Fire Ravens would still have to pay a huge price if they wanted to win this battle. The millions of Fire Ravens would definitely fight to the last man. Apart from the Fire Owl King, no one would dare say that they could block the combined attack of the Fire Ravens.
"Woo …" A low buzzing sound rang out from the Fire Raven King's mouth, and the same sound spread out like a plague. Every Fire Raven let out the same mournful cry, silently mourning for their fallen clansmen.
Ji Dong put away the Fire God's Sword. His face was extremely pale at this point, and his mental state was extremely poor due to the large consumption of his mana. However, his eyes sparkled with the light of gratitude.
Ji Dong put his right hand to his chest and slowly bowed towards the area with the most Fire Raven corpses on the battlefield. His heart was filled with reverence.
The Heavenly Stem Saints stood behind Ji Dong and did the same. These Fire Ravens were worthy of respect. Even though they were so small and weak, the strength and cohesiveness within their bones was enough to make any opponent tremble in fear.
The deathly silence continued for a few minutes before Ji Dong slowly stood up. His spiritual undulations also spread out with Chen Sixuan's help, so that as many Fire Ravens as possible could sense his thoughts.
"Great clansmen, we have obtained a great victory. This victory was not bestowed upon you by me, but by you yourselves. Who said that our Fire Crow Clan is weak? Today, we will use our own strength and our unparalleled cohesiveness to annihilate the elites of the Fire Owl Clan. From today onwards, the Fire Crow Clan will rise. From today onwards, there will definitely be a place for our Fire Crow Clan in the core of this world. Those who have died, your lives will not be in vain. I declare that all the Fire Owl Clan's crystal cores, including the Fire Owl King's crystal core, are your spoils of war. You can choose the most outstanding clansmen to enjoy the power of these crystal cores and let them help you evolve. From today onwards, the Fire Owl Clan will no longer exist in the core world."
When they heard Ji Dong's words, the sorrowful cries from the Fire Ravens' mouths gradually turned into excited cries of happiness and pride. Ji Dong gave the Fire Raven King an order to clean up the battlefield.
The Fire Raven King personally led the elites of the Fire Raven Tribe to gather the corpses of the dead clansmen. There was no such thing as a proper burial in the core world. All of the dead would return to the embrace of the fire element. Fire was their final home.
There were simply too many Fire Ravens. It only took an hour for the Fire Raven King to personally set fire to the corpses of his clansmen.
Thousands of Fire Owls, including the cores of the Fire Owl King, piled up like a small mountain in front of Ji Dong. Ji Dong only needed to use his spiritual power to scan the area briefly to discover that there wasn't a single core missing. It was exactly the same amount as when the Fire Owl tribe had arrived. Not a single Fire Raven had coveted the cores and secretly swallowed them up.
The Fire Raven King spread his wings and slowly came to a stop in front of Ji Dong. His face darkened with agitation as he spoke to the latter through their souls, "Didn't I say that these cores belong to the ordinary clansmen? Why aren't you distributing them?"
The Fire Raven King shook his head and spoke respectfully to Hyōhime, "Great Lord, we'd never thought that we'd be able to defeat the mighty Fire Owl tribe one day. It was your arrival that led us to create such a miracle. We don't need these spoils of war, they belong to you of course. "
"Bullshit, are you going to disobey my orders?" Ji Dong roared angrily, his boundless aura immediately causing the Raven King to be greatly frightened.
Ji Dong's gaze softened as he looked at the Raven King in front of him and thought of the heroic looks of the ordinary Fire Ravens who'd died. "I've said that this victory belongs to the Fire Ravens. I won't take a single one of these cores."
The Raven King was silent for a moment before speaking to Hyōhime. "Great Lord, the corpses of the Fire Owls are already great nourishment for us ordinary clansmen. It's enough for some of our clansmen to evolve. However, the energy contained within these cores is far too great. It's not something that normal clansmen like us can absorb. For a clan to be strong, we must first have great strength. We can't always rely on you. Therefore, I think that it's better for the leaders and lords in the group to absorb these cores so that they can evolve greatly like me. This way, our Fire Ravens will have a batch of core strength. This way, if today's situation occurs again, we will be able to deal with it. What do you think? "
Ji Dong looked at the Raven King with some surprise and thought that not only had the Raven King's cultivation level evolved, but even his brain seemed to have evolved as well. He nodded and said, "Since the corpses of the Fire Owls are enough for ordinary clansmen to evolve, then we'll do as you say. You and all the commanders and lords can absorb these cores. The Fire Owl King's core is yours. I hope that your cultivation level will have broken through to level ten the next time I see you. At the very least, you can't be any weaker than the Fire Owl commander I killed first."
The Raven King was shocked rather than happy after hearing Ji Dong's words. He said in a panic, "Great Lord, you … you're leaving us?"
Ji Dong smiled faintly, "I'm not leaving you, just temporarily. Have you forgotten that the holy faith is holding the selection ceremony for the acting head? It's time to participate. Of course, we still need to obtain enough tokens to participate in the ceremony. It looks like we can only learn from the Fire Owl Tribe and steal from the other clans. "
As he spoke, Ji Dong flipped his wrist, and two items appeared in his palm. Both were tokens, but one was golden and the other was dark red. They were about the same size. The golden token was long and narrow, and there were many strange patterns and characters engraved on it. It exuded a faint aura. The dark red token was extremely rich in fire element, and it was even scalding hot. There were two ancient characters engraved on it, but Ji Dong didn't know what they were either.
"This is the Fire Owl King's core elder token and the token to participate in the ceremony." The Raven King immediately gave an answer.
These two medallions had been obtained by Ji Dong when he'd killed the Fire Owl King. According to the Raven King's introduction, the golden medallion was the medallion for the elders to attend the celebration, and the dark red medallion with an extremely dense fire element was the symbol of a core elder.
"Raven King, can you tell me what materials were used to forge this core elder medallion?" Ji Dong asked the Raven King. He could clearly feel that if he could refine the ore used to forge this token into his demonic wine, he'd likely be able to store even ultimate techniques, much less ultimate techniques.
The Raven King shook his head, "I don't know what kind of ore this is either, but it should be from the depths of the earth's core. Since it's used to forge the core elder token, it should be extremely valuable."
Ji Dong nodded, "It looks like we can only go deeper into the earth's core to find the answer."
The Raven King looked longingly at Ji Dong, "Great Lord, when do you plan to leave?"
Ji Dong said, "We'll rest for a day and set off tomorrow. We can't waste any more time. Remember, you and your clansmen are to absorb the Fire Owl cores as soon as possible after I leave. Don't leave any traces after the Fire Owl corpses are eaten, lest the holy sect finds out. If anyone asks, say that you've never seen the Fire Owl tribe appear. Then, you and the elites who've trained with me before must teach the ordinary clansmen the Great Fire Crow Formation that I've taught you. If all the Fire Crows can use this formation, we won't have suffered such heavy losses."
"Yes, I will obey your orders." The Raven King lowered his head and slowly bowed to Ji Dong.
Ji Dong lifted his head to look at the Fire Crows in the sky, his eyes full of emotion. He sighed lightly, "Don't tell anyone that I'm leaving. We'll talk about it after we've left. I don't want to experience parting. Do you understand? "
The Raven King nodded softly.
For the Heavenly Stem Saints, this was the most difficult battle they'd faced ever since they'd formed the team. It looked like they'd won a complete victory, but in reality, everyone understood that they'd won this battle out of pure luck.
If it hadn't been for the Fire Crows, the Heavenly Stem Saints would've likely been able to break through the encirclement and escape unscathed. It was precisely because of the Fire Crows' production that the Fire Crows had expended a great deal of their energy and the Fire Owl King had been frightened by Ji Dong's display of the Shadow Flame Devil's abilities. That was why they'd been able to end the battle so quickly. One mustn't forget that this was the core world and not the outside world. The Heavenly Stem Saints had all sat down on the ground by the time the battle had ended and immediately entered a state of cultivation. Their mana had basically been drained. If the Fire Owl King and Ji Dong's battle had lasted a little longer, the Heavenly Stem Saints would've likely been defeated without the support of external mana.
Of course, the Heavenly Stem Saints' ability to continue fighting in the core world and their calm and teamwork during the battle were all due to their hard work during this period of time. Ji Dong's performance was even more obvious. The fact that he'd been able to defeat the Fire Owl King so quickly and not lose the upper hand in the previous battle was directly related to his saint level control over the soul. If it wasn't for the fact that he'd mastered all that he'd learned, it wouldn't have been easy for him to defeat an expert of the Fire Owl King's level.
Ji Dong sat down next to his companions and used the formation to ignite the Yin Yang Boundary of the Five Elements, cultivating and recovering with his companions. His heart wasn't at peace as he cultivated. Although he'd wiped out all his enemies in the battle with the Fire Owl Tribe's elites today, he wasn't at ease.
The Fire Owl Tribe was ranked 18th among the hundreds of tribes in the core world. It seemed that they were quite powerful, and the fact that the Heavenly Stem Saints were able to defeat them showed how fast the Heavenly Stem Saints had improved.
However, the Fire Owl Tribe was only ranked 18th after all. Furthermore, the ones that had just appeared were definitely not the entire Fire Owl Tribe. There were 17 other powerful tribes in the core world before the Fire Owl Tribe, as well as the 35 core elders of the Flaming Bar and the three mysterious supreme elders. From the strength of the Fire Owl King, Ji Dong could estimate the terrifying strength of the three supreme elders. They might not be inferior to the Dark Flame Devil King and the Flame Tyrant King that were killed by the Flaming Bar back then. If that was the case, the danger of this trip to the core world would be greatly increased.
However, Ji Dong wouldn't back down now that he'd come this far. He had to attend the selection ceremony of the Flaming Bar's Saint, but the words' Flaming Bar 'were extremely attractive to him. He even harbored a little hope that the three supreme elders might have a way to help him resurrect the Flaming Bar. After all, he still had the nine Geocentric Red Lotus Seeds left behind by the Flaming Bar.
Even if the chance was so slim, Ji Dong had to give it a try. Otherwise, he would never be satisfied.
Not only had the Heavenly Stem Saints recovered their mana after meditating for an entire day, they'd also memorized the various insights they'd gained from the battle. What was gratifying was that Lan Baoer, Du Ming, and Du Xin 'er's mana had all improved, and they were a little closer to becoming the Eight Crowns.
There was no day or night in the core world, and one could only rely on one's memory of time to judge time. Ji Dong gathered everyone together after everyone's mana had recovered. Ji Dong had also transmitted the same message to his companions when he'd conversed with the Fire Raven King yesterday. It was time to leave.
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