Outside the green plains, on the vast yellow grassland, the soft grass was like a lion's mane, swaying in the wind.
"Rumble …"
A faint vibration came from the grassland in the distance.
As they got closer and closer, a large gray line gradually emerged from the horizon and sped towards the green mountain range.
Giant beasts that looked like rhinoceroses were covered in thick silver-gray metal armor. Each of them was five meters tall. They ran wildly, letting out low growls from time to time.
There were also many two-meter-tall red flaming men flying in the air. They followed the war beasts and charged at the very front. From time to time, they would release streams of flames that smashed onto the ground and ignited all the areas in their path.
In the gaps between the War Behemoth, on the ground, a large group of orcs in gray armor ran.
Their strong bodies and muscles were exposed, and on the surface of their exposed skin, there were faint red patterns that glowed with red light.
These orcs had ferocious fangs and protruding lips. Their skin was greenish-gray, rough, and covered in wrinkles. Most of them carried round shields and iron axes, and a few wielded heavy spears.
"Whoa!"
On a small hill, a tall orc in a black cloak raised his head and roared. He was much taller than the average orc. He wore dark red armor that was damaged, and a greenish-black sun pattern was tattooed on his left arm.
"I, Sun Strider Ebbenhagen! I have come as promised! "The orc roared at the empty sky.
His voice was like thunder, reverberating and vibrating in the air, not dissipating for a long time.
The army swept past him, charging toward the mountains. But the Sun Strider did not care, and only looked up at the sky.
"Hiss …"
Suddenly, a black dot appeared in the air.
Then, it expanded into a black spot the size of a soccer ball. The black spot suddenly opened up like a giant's eye, tearing open a huge, pitch-black crack.
A huge crack that was more than twenty meters wide suddenly appeared in the sky above the grassland, instantly attracting countless air currents into the crack.
The wind quickly grew stronger. Many Behemoth orcs looked up at the sky.
"Whoosh!"
Suddenly, a black shadow rushed out of the crack, expanding in the sky above the grassland.
"Whoosh!"
The huge wings that were more than twenty meters wide suddenly spread open, accompanied by a large amount of dense black gas, the black shadow appeared in an instant.
It was a huge black dragon with a pitch-black body.
"King of Ashes …" The Sunstrider shouted loudly, "I came to keep my promise! It's your turn! "
The Black Dragon also had three strange eyes. The three eyes were embedded in the center of his face, like three sparkling and resplendent rubies.
"Then let's begin … The sanctuary, it's time for a new master …" His deep voice was mixed with a drawn-out dragon's roar.
Hiss, hiss …
He could vaguely hear faint noises coming from the black rift behind him.
"Caw!"
Suddenly, a strange black bird with four wings rushed out of the crack and screeched. The strange bird had no eyes, and its entire head was occupied by a huge mouth.
As a black bird flew out, countless black shadows swarmed out from the crack.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh. Countless strange birds rushed out of the crevice in a frenzy. Together with the army below, they rushed towards the green mountain range.
…
Holy Dragon Temple.
"They're here." The Three-Eyed Holy Dragon slowly stood up and looked into the sky with a solemn tone. "I smell Ashes' aura."
"It's not just him. There are other auras as well," a holy dragon below said in a deep voice.
"It's the Scorching Sun Tribe …" The Three-Eyed Holy Dragon calmed down. "Where's Gray Star?"
"Preparations are complete. We're about to set off," a holy dragon replied.
"Tell him to stop. Ashes' attack direction is in that direction. We'll open up the defense in this area," the Three-Eyed Holy Dragon instructed.
"… Uh … Yes."
The holy dragons also guessed their king's plan.
The direction in which Ashes' army was advancing happened to be through three checkpoints. The three checkpoints of the sanctuary were the Dusk Valley, the Demonic Moon Valley, and the Poison Dragon Pool.
In other words, the last place was where the trouble from before was.
"With Ashes' army's nature, don't we have to worry about them teaming up?" a holy dragon asked worriedly.
It would be bad if the enemy took advantage of this strategy of driving wolves to devour tigers.
"It's fine. That area can't hold them off anyway. It's too late to split up now," another holy dragon said slowly.
…
In just a day, Lu Sheng had subdued all the tribes around him. Apart from the area where the Hill Giants were, the rest of the places were nominally under the Cold Frost Tribe's rule.
With just over ten people, the Cold Frost Tribe had undoubtedly become the overlord of the area within a radius of a thousand miles.
However, what puzzled him was that he had heard rumors that a holy dragon had taken off from the Holy Dragon Temple and was heading toward him. However, he did not see anyone approaching after waiting for a while.
This puzzled Lu Sheng.
At noon the next day, he gathered all the leaders of the nearby tribes in a hall in the new base.
The Poison Dragon King, the Grassland Wolf King, the Forest Wolf King, the Three-Tailed Scorpion King, the Giant Bear King, and the leaders of some other small tribes were gathered together.
In the hall of the relic, tall black stone pillars supported the entire ceiling.
Lu Sheng sat in the middle of the pillars, while the other tribe leaders sat on either side of him. Apart from that, there were also the commanders, the Red-Eyed Lizard and the Single-Horned Python.
"Other than the ones from the Poison Dragon Pool, have you brought the others?" Lu Sheng's massive body was more than ten meters tall. Even when he sat down, he was still six to seven meters tall. With such a height, he looked like an adult facing a child when he faced the other tribe leaders.
The tribe leaders obediently took out the inheritance atlases of their tribes. Stacks of rags were placed before Lu Sheng.
He glanced at them. They were all similar. The diagrams formed one system after another around the Divine Veins.
"White Ash, how many of our tribesmen have comprehended the Frost Power?" he asked casually.
White Ash stepped forward, and respectfully replied, "In reply to Your Highness, three of our tribesmen have comprehended the Frost Power. We're currently following Your Highness's instructions to deepen the connection and influence."
"Mm-hm." Lu Sheng turned to look at the other tribe leaders. "I'll cut to the chase. Since you've pledged your allegiance to me, choose some elites from each of your tribes. I'll form a patrol team to patrol the area every day."
If he wanted to fulfill Black Bone's wish, he would naturally have to stabilize the territory that he had just conquered. Currently, these tribe leaders were under his control through intimidation. Once a stronger external force entered their ranks, they would waver without hesitation again.
Hence, Lu Sheng had to think of a way to control these tribes.
"Esteemed Your Highness Black Bone, do you mean that we should form our own patrol team to patrol the surrounding area?" the Great Bear Tribe leader asked in a deep voice.
"That's right. I need you to form another army to deal with the miscellaneous troops under the Holy Dragon Temple. I don't want my tribesmen to be captured and threatened while I'm fighting against the Holy Dragon Temple, "Lu Sheng said calmly.
Currently, the three most powerful tribes under his command were the Great Bear Tribe, the Three-Tailed Scorpion Tribe, and the Poison Dragon Tribe.
With the allied army formed by these three tribes and him leading them, he would not be afraid even if a horde of dragons like the last time attacked.
After all, the main mission of this allied army was to protect his tribesmen.
"My tribe fully supports this!" The Three-Tailed Scorpion Tribe leader waved his huge light purple pincers, and said eerily, "I'll make them pay for what they did in the past! Of course, if Your Highness loses the battle, then don't blame us for retreating. "
The Three-Tailed Scorpion Tribe was the only tribe that voluntarily submitted to Lu Sheng. In reality, they were notorious fugitives under the Holy Dragon Temple's bounty.
In the past, they had hunted the surrounding tribes and even caused the extinction of several tribes. After being warned, not only did they not restrain themselves, they became even more fearless.
"This is not a question, but an order." Lu Sheng glanced at the Three-Tailed Scorpion King. "Whether I'm willing or not, it's not up to you. Under my command, there's no need for a second voice. "
"My tribe wasn't even afraid of the Holy Dragon King back then. Does Your Highness still think that you're stronger than the Dragon King?" The Three-Tailed Scorpion King snickered.
This tribe was extremely mysterious. Rather than calling them a Three-Tailed Scorpion Tribe, it was more accurate to say that there was only one Three-Tailed Scorpion King that controlled the entire tribe.
All the tribesmen were actually a part of the Three-Tailed Scorpion King's molecular body. In addition, this tribe was extremely adept at concealing themselves and burrowing underground. Therefore, unless all the subsidiary bodies were killed, no one could kill the true Three-Tailed Scorpion King.
"Then you can try." Lu Sheng glanced at the Three-Tailed Scorpion King. A faint red glow flashed across the bottom of his nine pairs of eyes.
"Alright, alright …" The Three-Tailed Scorpion King raised its pincers high and made a gesture of surrender. "Alright, Your Highness. It's my fault. My tribe will definitely act according to your orders. Please rest assured."
"That's for the best." Lu Sheng retracted his gaze and continued to arrange the next step.
Suddenly, a green figure shot over and landed lightly outside the hall. It was a poison dragon.
"Your Highness, there's movement outside the mountains. It seems like an unknown army is approaching, "the poison dragon reported quickly.
"How many are there?" Lu Sheng had now unified all the major tribes and used his unparalleled might to oppress each tribe. He had also made them send out their tribesmen. In a short time, he had already formed an internal intelligence system.
With the extremely fast poison dragons as the main force, they were the messengers that connected the various tribes and regions.
With the assistance of a few tribes that were adept at sensing tremors, they had formed a complete investigation system. They could quickly send feedback about all the movements around them to Lu Sheng.
Of course, the prerequisite was that these tribes were completely cooperative. However, under Lu Sheng's high pressure, no one dared to play any tricks for the time being.
"An external army?" Lu Sheng frowned. He had initially planned to push his way over in one go and flatten the Holy Dragon Temple in a few moves. Then, he would occupy the position and rule over the entire mountain range. He did not expect another problem to crop up before he could make a move.
"Yes, it seems to be an allied army formed by Beastmen and Obsidian Birds," the poison dragon replied carefully.
"Looks like the Holy Dragon Temple's great enemy, Ashes, has returned," the giant bear king said slowly.
"Ashes?" Lu Sheng had never heard of this term from Black Bone's memories.
"A deviant mutated holy dragon. He's different from the other holy dragons. He's the only black," the giant bear king said in a low voice. "I've seen him from afar. His overwhelming might is even greater than yours, Your Highness."
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