Chapter 730: Who Agrees, Who Disagrees?
Seeing Li Chen kill Bach of the Divine Turtle Tribe with just one punch, everyone present was suddenly enveloped in dead silence.
"Meaty, meaty..."
Just then, Jiao Long dropped the half-eaten Demon Beast carcass and wobbled towards this side, shaking its head.
Under everyone's watchful eyes, it suddenly opened its huge bloody mouth and directly swallowed Bach, who was not yet fully dead and still twitching on the ground.
The people of the Divine Turtle Tribe came to their senses and clamored to retrieve the body of their tribal warrior.
However, Jiao Long let out a thunderous roar from between its teeth, which terrified them all, making them retreat in fear.
The people of the Azure Dragon Tribe looked at Jiao Long with adoration.
Li Chen carefully examined Jiao Long's abdomen, noticing that its second claw seemed about to emerge. It seemed this fool was about to undergo another transformation.
A Jiao Long that has transformed one claw can fight against Quasi Golden Core Experts. If two claws are transformed, it can basically battle the Golden Core Middle Late Stage warriors.
If the two of them coordinated properly, even if they encountered a Quasi-Nascent Soul Strong Person, they would have the strength to fight. It could be said that they were invincible below the Nascent Soul level.
Thinking of these, a faint anticipation arose in Li Chen's heart.
After devouring Bach completely, Jiao Long, still unsatisfied, roared and bellowed at the people of the Divine Turtle Tribe, frightening them into scattering in all directions, and even a few faint-hearted ones were scared to death, causing the people of the Azure Dragon Tribe to burst into laughter.
Ever since the Totem Azure Dragon fell into slumber, their tribe had always been bullied by the other Four Great Tribes. To exhale and raise their eyebrows like today was truly a first.
However, Li Chen's expression bore no joy, but rather, it became even more solemn.
The Divine Turtle Tribe had suffered such a great loss and would definitely not let it go. Moreover, aside from them, there were also the Black Wolf, White Tiger, and Mammoth tribes.
If he just left straight away, Li Chen wouldn't have any psychological burden. After all, they were just passing visitors here, and the life and death of the Azure Dragon Tribe had nothing to do with them.
But now that Jiao Long was in a transformative period, it needed to devour a large amount of food and Spiritual Power to ensure the transformation.
Leaving now would be unwise!
After some brief contemplation, Li Chen decided to stay here to help unify the Barbaric North for the Azure Dragon Tribe, making it his operational base.
Wanting to help the long-weakened Azure Dragon Tribe, ranked the lowest among the five tribes, to unify the Barbaric North was not an easy task.
The difficulty was essentially similar to helping Africa defeat Europe.
Li Chen gazed at the map of the Barbaric North for a long time, and the initial outline of the plan had already taken shape in his mind.
The Azure Dragon Tribe was the closest to the Divine Turtle Tribe; a rapid march would take only one day to reach.
If he took the initiative, launched a lightning attack first, with him and Jiao Long, and Lian Hongshang joining hands, they could easily crush the old tortoise of the Divine Turtle Tribe.
Once the old tortoise died, the Divine Turtle Tribe would certainly fall into a leaderless and chaotic situation. Klu and the others could then push forward in one go, wiping them off the map of the Barbaric North.
When night came, Li Chen found the opportunity to share his comprehensive plan with Lian Hongshang.
After hearing Li Chen's bold plan, Lian Hongshang was taken aback.
"Lightning attack to ambush the Divine Turtle Tribe and wipe them out?"
Li Chen nodded seriously and replied, "Yes, exactly. Only by striking first and defeating them one by one, can there be a glimmer of hope!"
Seeing that Li Chen did not seem to be joking, Lian Hongshang paused for a moment before asking, "The Totem of the Divine Turtle Tribe, the White Turtle, is a Fourth-level Late Stage Peak Demon Beast, just one step away from transforming into a Fifth-level Demon Beast. Moreover, its turtle shell defense is extremely strong, and even Quasi-Nascent Soul Strong People might not be its match, us..."
Halfway through her sentence, Lian Hongshang gazed at Li Chen with her bright, unblinking eyes.
Li Chen smiled and shook his head, saying, "It's just a turtle shell, I can crush it with one punch!"
Lian Hongshang rolled her eyes and said, "Yeah, you're so great!"
Li Chen just smiled and remained silent. Suddenly, as if he thought of something, he gave Lian Hongshang a mysterious smile and said, "Hongshang, close your eyes, I'm going to give you a surprise!"
Lian Hongshang curiously asked, "What gift?"
"Close your eyes!"
"Cut it out, what's all the secrecy about?"
While speaking, Lian Hongshang tightly closed her eyes, her long eyelashes trembling slightly out of anticipation.
Looking at the delicate beauty in front of him, Li Chen reached his hand into her waist, lightly undoing her robes.
Lian Hongshang mistakenly thought that Li Chen wanted more Wushan Cloud Rain, her pretty face suddenly flushed, and she quickly reached out to grab his hand.
"Hey, it's already... swollen, how can you still think about that?"
Li Chen was surprised and asked, "What's swollen?"
Lian Hongshang opened her eyes, wanting to roll her eyes at Li Chen.
But as soon as she opened her eyes, what caught her sight was a piece of Ice Worm Silk Armor.
"What is this?"
Li Chen shrugged and said, "A gift for you!"
Lian Hongshang was astonished, "Huh? You were just doing this for..."
Li Chen nodded seriously and said, "Yeah, what else?"
Lian Hongshang's pretty face flushed again, like a shy apple.
"Come, let me put it on you!"
As he spoke, Li Chen slipped off Lian Hongshang's outer garment and changed her into the Ice Worm Silk Armor.
"Wow, it's so cool!"
The touch of the Ice Worm Silk Armor against her skin made Lian Hongshang involuntarily let out a cry of astonishment.
After whispering for a while, it was already deep into the night.
With a flushed face, Lian Hongshang said, "Chen, if you want, I can give you more!"
Li Chen pulled Lian Hongshang into his arms and bit her earlobe saying, "Isn't it already swollen?"
Hearing this, Lian Hongshang was hugely embarrassed and pushed Li Chen again.
"You... stop it!"
...
Li Chen held Lian Hongshang as they deeply slept until the sun was high in the sky, and then they woke up together.
After a simple wash, Lian Hongshang asked her maid Little Mann to send a message summoning all the elders of the tribe to discuss matters in the great hall.
By noon, Lian Hongshang, dressed in a red veil, entered the great hall looking like a pure and clear Goddess.
Jiao Long, that silly thing, was lying lazily in the sun outside the tent door.
It was in its molting phase and needed to digest the energy stored in its body in this sleep-like manner.
The people of the Azure Dragon Tribe, daring not approach, simply watched from afar. The devout ones even knelt in worship.
If they returned from hunting with good game, they would lift it respectfully to Jiao Long, spouting some typical sacrificial nonsense.
However, Jiao Long never waited for them to finish speaking, simply gobbling down the food, leaving the people of the Azure Dragon Tribe quite speechless.
Li Chen approached, patted Jiao Long on the head, and spoke a few words to it.
Jiao Long's eyes suddenly lit up, and it immediately dropped the half-eaten fatty lamb, eagerly following Li Chen into the main hall.
This scene left everyone in the Azure Dragon Tribe stunned.
Once all the elders had entered, Lian Hongshang laid out the plan she and Li Chen had discussed the night before: a surprise attack on the Divine Turtle Tribe.
However, before she could even finish, the main hall burst into murmurs.
The elder's faces displayed disbelief, expressing their incomprehension.
It's no wonder, really; the Azure Dragon Tribe had been weak for so long, if others didn't bully them, or at least were gentler when they did, they'd be grateful.
As for audaciously overthrowing another tribe, that was unimaginable.
Seeing the situation getting out of hand, Li Chen led Jiao Long forward.
He looked around and pointing at Jiao Long's head, said, "This is the will of the Totem deity, those who defy the deity shall be punished with fire according to tribal rules!"
Though Jiao Long didn't understand what Li Chen was saying, it cooperated by nodding its head.
Li Chen cleared his throat softly and said, "Alright, now I give you another chance for a democratic vote. Who supports and who opposes launching a surprise attack on the Divine Turtle Tribe?"