Chapter 61: Group Battle
Throughout the entire Divine Sacrifice Mountain Range, countless members of the Four Divine Beasts clan heard this mocking, insulting laughter. Many clansmen surged with anger, their eyes flashing with murderous intent, unable to bear it any longer. Roars erupted from all corners of the Divine Sacrifice Mountain Range.
"Kill!"
"Kill these bastards!"
Countless figures soared into the sky above the Divine Sacrifice Mountain Range. Swift as lightning, they all crazily charged southward. Many patrol warriors, their eyes blazing red with fury, also rushed toward the south.
Madness!
The clansmen of the Four Divine Beasts clan were driven insane with rage! Killing someone was one thing, but such humiliation made these clansmen want to go berserk. The pride cultivated over countless years made them unable to tolerate this.
"Bastards!" Elder Garvey, standing beside Linley, was also furious, his eyes bloodshot.
Choosing to retreat was a helpless decision for the sake of the clan. But when the enemy pointed fingers and cursed at them, they could hardly endure it either. Every elder was so angry they felt like they were going mad. Even Linley, hearing the mocking laughter, felt a surge of anger in his heart: "These eight great clans are forcing us to fight them!"
"Go back! All of you, go back!" Gaisrein bellowed loudly.
"Go back!"
Several reprimanding shouts rang out across the Divine Sacrifice Mountain Range, but many ordinary clansmen had never seen the Patriarch before. In their fury, how could they distinguish the Patriarch's voice? Ignoring whoever was stopping them, they still charged southward, each one eager to drink the enemy's blood and eat their flesh!
"Whoosh~"
Over ten thousand clansmen blanketed the sky, surging toward the south. Even before they closed the distance, they frantically launched attacks. Material attacks and soul attacks instantly covered the sky.
"Kill!" Countless clansmen in the Divine Sacrifice Mountain Range who hadn't flown out also launched frenzied attacks.
"Crack~"
All sorts of colorful lights lit up the heavens and earth, all surging southward.
"Rumble~"
The eight great clans' numerous members on the southern side also unleashed terrifying attacks. The very heavens and earth changed color. Countless attacks collided midair, producing deafening sounds. Even more attacks surged toward the opposing side.
"Boom!" "Bang!"...
Corpses from both the Four Divine Beasts clan and the eight great clans exploded in midair or fell directly, perishing.
"Kill them!"
Blood boiling, the frenzied clansmen charged forward recklessly, ignoring everything. However, because many clansmen were stopped by reprimands, only about ten thousand actually rushed out. One by one, they dragonized, either killing their enemies or being killed themselves!
The heavens and earth were filled with rumbling.
In this atmosphere, the clansmen still in the Divine Sacrifice Mountain Range had their anger burned to the extreme. Unable to hold back any longer, the killing intent in Linley's heart also kept rising.
"Hurry! All of you, go stop the clansmen, now!" Gaisrein angrily ordered Linley and the others. "They're going to their deaths!"
"Yes, Patriarch!"
Although Linley and the other elders were also burning with anger, they could only force themselves to endure. They flew in all directions across the Divine Sacrifice Mountain Range, shouting loudly: "Stop! Everyone, stop!"
"Stop! Stop!"
After all, the elders and Patriarch of the Four Divine Beasts clan had decided not to fight the eight great clans. The high-ranking members knew this, but the ordinary clansmen did not. They remained as proud as they had been ten thousand years ago. They couldn't bear this humiliation.
Under the reprimands of the elders and the patrol warriors ordered by them, this frenzy gradually subsided.
In just a short while.
The Four Divine Beasts clan had lost tens of thousands of clansmen. Of course, the eight great clans' losses were no less.
"Go back!" Linley was also stopping clansmen one by one.
Those clansmen all had unwillingness and anger in their eyes, all looking southward. Over the years, many people in the Four Divine Beasts clan had come to know Linley. The authority of an elder still played a significant role. One by one, they held back.
"Elder Linley, are we not going to fight back?" a young man asked Linley anxiously, his face flushed red.
Linley was momentarily speechless.
"Let them ride on our heads and insult us like this?" The young man trembled with anger. "I'd rather die, kill a few of them, than suffer this humiliation here! Elder Linley, are we really not fighting back?" Many clansmen looked at Linley, a trace of despair in their eyes.
Being insulted without fighting back was worse than death for these Four Divine Beasts clansmen.
"We will take revenge!" Linley said in a low voice. "Don't worry. We will take revenge!"
Only then did the clansmen feel slightly reassured. They listened to Linley and began to return. Linley looked around... Countless angry clansmen were being stopped. When Linley first arrived at the Four Divine Beasts clan, he hadn't felt much sense of belonging.
Because deep in his heart, Linley had always considered himself Linley Baruch! He had a strong sense of belonging to the Yulan branch, but not a strong one to the Azure Dragon clan.
However...
As time passed, he had been at the Four Divine Beasts clan for nearly a hundred years. Over these nearly a hundred years, Linley had seen too many clansmen. Those clansmen could also dragonize, and when they saw him, they would call him "Elder Linley." Unconsciously... in the Infernal Realm, Linley had completely come to see himself as a member of the Four Divine Beasts clan.
"The eight great clans!" Linley looked southward, his eyes narrowing.
Then Linley flew toward the residence of Patriarch Gaisrein. At that moment, the detestable laughter rang out again across the heavens and earth.
"Haha, what's wrong? Is this all the courage the Four Divine Beasts clan has?"
"Just keep hiding. I guarantee that the news of the Four Divine Beasts clan being blockaded at their doorstep and mocked without daring to fight back will spread throughout the Infernal Realm within a few hundred years, and even to other higher planes! Haha... We'll let people from all planes know how cowardly and timid the people of the Four Divine Beasts clan are!"
The voice echoed endlessly in the sky.
The elders had already returned to Patriarch Gaisrein's side. Hearing this, every elder was furious.
"I didn't expect the eight great clans to stoop so low!" The Second Elder trembled with anger, his beard quivering. "When they spread this news, the clans of other planes will look down on them too."
"Look down on them?" Patriarch Gaisrein sneered. "You're wrong. When the eight great clans spread the news, they'll definitely embellish it, saying that the Lord of the Azure Abyss prevented them from entering the Divine Sacrifice Mountain Range, so they could only stay at the periphery. This news will at most boost the Lord of the Azure Abyss's reputation, with little impact on the eight great clans. But for our Four Divine Beasts clan..."
Linley also understood. Once this spread, the Four Divine Beasts clan's reputation would be utterly ruined. They could only rely on the Lord of the Azure Abyss for protection, while being cursed at their doorstep without daring to fight back!
"Gaisrein, Patriarch of the Azure Dragon clan! As a Patriarch and the son of a Sovereign, to be so cowardly and timid, you truly disgrace your father! You might as well kill yourself! Haha..."
"You, Gaisrein, are a disgrace to the great Sovereigns! Haha..."
The loud laughter continued.
Even though the four Sovereigns were dead, these people dared not casually insult them. After all, even dead Sovereigns had once been Sovereigns, and their prestige could not be insulted... Otherwise, if any other Sovereign heard and took offense, punishing them would be disastrous.
Gaisrein's eyes turned icy cold with anger.
"Patriarch." The elders beside him looked at him.
"Those bastards." Elder Garvey growled lowly, then transformed into a streak of light and flew southward.
"Come back!" Gaisrein's expression changed. He immediately flew after him, and Linley and the other elders also followed... Although Gaisrein was much faster than Elder Garvey.
But the Divine Sacrifice Mountain Range was only so big.
By the time they caught up, Gaisrein and the others had also reached the edge of the Divine Sacrifice Mountain Range.
"Garvey, what are you doing?" Gaisrein grabbed Elder Garvey.
"Patriarch." Garvey stared at Gaisrein.
"Oh, finally daring to come out?" A dozen or so figures hovered in midair, looking over. They had clearly seen Gaisrein and the others. "Gaisrein, what are you doing? Not only do you not fight back yourself, but you also won't let your own people fight back? Haha..."
Gaisrein turned to look.
"What are you?" Gaisrein's eyes flashed coldly. "Tell Mingshe, Eddrick, and the others to come over!"
The leading man, who was three meters tall, sneered: "Gaisrein, if this were a hundred years ago, you saying that might get my Patriarch to come. But unfortunately... now you're just a coward who doesn't even dare to fight back. What right do you have to meet my Patriarch? Even talking to you makes me feel ashamed!"
"How dare you!" Gaisrein's face was covered in frost.
"Bastard!" Garvey gritted his teeth in fury and was about to charge forward.
"Stop!" Gaisrein grabbed Garvey and shouted.
"Patriarch!" Garvey turned to look at Gaisrein, frantic with anger.
"Hey, kid." The burly man glanced disdainfully at Garvey. "Judging by your appearance, you hold a high position in the Four Divine Beasts clan. But over the years, in all our battles between the eight great clans and you, I've never seen you before."
Garvey couldn't help but tremble.
Indeed, over the years, because Garvey was relatively weak among the elders, he had never joined the Blood Battle Valley or fought for the clan. Watching other elders sacrifice themselves for the clan, Garvey had always felt guilty.
"Patriarch, as an elder, I've never had the chance to fight all these years." Garvey's eyes were bloodshot as he stared crazily at the Patriarch. "I probably won't have any more chances to fight the eight great clans in the future. Today, let me have my wish."
Gaisrein was stunned.
"Elder Garvey..." Linley also tried to speak.
"Garvey, don't..." Before Gaisrein could finish, Elder Garvey let out a low laugh.
"Boom!" Suddenly, a terrifying cyan halo erupted from Garvey's body, directly breaking free from Gaisrein's restraint. Then his body split in two. One ordinary earth clone remained, while the body surging with the cyan halo transformed into a virtual dragon shape, howling as it charged southward.
It was Sovereign's power!
"Retreat!" The burly man's expression changed drastically.
The dozen or so people led by the burly man changed color and scattered in all directions. The leading burly man let out a low roar, and his entire body also emitted a cyan halo. This burly man was a strong expert from the Babari clan, skilled in water-element techniques.
"Garvey..." Linley stared blankly.
Garvey opened his mouth, and behind his body, a massive green snake phantom, tens of thousands of meters long, appeared. A dragon's roar directly spread toward the fleeing dozen or so people. Their bodies trembled and then stopped moving.
Innate divine ability — Dragon's Roar!
"Swish!"
Garvey instantly shot over, continuously killing those affected by the Dragon's Roar. "Boom!" "Boom!" Garvey only managed to kill two before the burly man, also using Sovereign's power, intercepted him.
The two powerhouses clashed in the heavens and earth. After two or three exchanges, Garvey's thigh was torn open, blood splattering. In terms of strength, Elder Garvey was still far inferior to the burly man from the Babari clan.
"Patriarch, go save him!" Linley let out a low roar and directly charged forward. At the same time, "Boom!" A earthy yellow halo surged around Linley's body — it was a drop of Earth Sovereign's power.
At that moment —
"Swish!" "Swish!" "Swish!" "Swish!"...
Six figures also shot out from the eight great clans' side, their bodies radiating powerful Sovereign's power auras, clearly surrounding Linley. How could Linley, alone, defeat six of them?
Gaisrein's expression changed drastically. He shouted loudly: "Retreat!!!" At the same time, a cyan halo spread over his body, and he transformed into a cyan light, charging into the sky.
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That's all for today's chapter. I'll make up for the missed one tomorrow.
My condition was terrible today. I wasn't satisfied with the first chapter, and I was even less satisfied with the second. I won't post it. I'll delete it and rewrite it. I don't know how long this will take tonight. I'll update both together tomorrow evening.
Sorry...