Rebirth of the Supreme Immortal Emperor

At the same time:

Clan Leader Ba Tie of the Divine Turtle Tribe, along with a dozen tribal elders and commanders, was engaged in a heated discussion on how to divide up the lands, wealth, and women after occupying the Azure Dragon Tribe.

As they debated fiercely, getting red in the face and thick-necked over the ownership of certain territories of the Azure Dragon Tribe or some beautiful women, even to the point of nearly coming to blows, a clamorous noise suddenly rose from the foot of the mountain.

Ba Tie felt displeased and asked in a deep voice, "Someone, what's happening outside? Why is it so noisy?"

Just then, a guard rushed over in haste.

"Report, Clan Leader, something terrible has happened. The people from the Azure Dragon Tribe are attacking the mountain!"

Ba Tie and all the elders and commanders were stunned, all questioning if they had heard wrong.

An impatient elder asked with widened eyes, "What did you say? The people from the Azure Dragon Tribe are attacking our Divine Turtle Tribe's mountain?"

"It's true, and there are no small number of them. I estimate there are at least a hundred thousand..."

However, before the guard could finish speaking, the impatient elder kicked him to the ground.

"The entire Azure Dragon Tribe, men, women, elderly, and children included, have less than fifty thousand people. Even if they were to empty their nest, it would only amount to fifty thousand. Are you conjuring the other fifty thousand out of thin air?"

The guard took the kick for nothing and said with a wronged face, "Elder Nubi, they really have that many people. Our tribal warriors are almost unable to hold them off!"

"Damn, you still dare to talk back? The Azure Dragon Tribe, with their defeated and scattered forces, even if they come to Divine Turtle Mountain, they are only coming to deliver money, grain, and women. How could they possibly dare to attack the mountain?"

"If they truly dare to attack the mountain, I, Nubi, will twist off my head to use it as a night jar!"

Nubi thumped his chest, guaranteeing it solemnly.

Yet, before his words settled, another guard ran over in haste.

"Clan Leader, Elders, something terrible has happened. The Azure Dragon Tribe has come to attack the mountain, and there are no less than two hundred thousand of them. Our Outer Mountain defenses are breached, and our brothers in the Inner Mountain are also close to giving in!"

"What, they've come with two hundred thousand?"

Elder Nubi was bewildered, as were Clan Leader Ba Tie and the other elders, all showing obvious confusion.

Before they could process their bewilderment, another guard, bloodied and with two arrows stuck in his back, gasping for breath, came running.

"Report, something terrible has happened. The people from the Azure Dragon Tribe are attacking the mountain. The Inner Mountain has been lost, and they are forcefully assaulting the main mountain!"

Ba Tie realized that the situation was grim and immediately grabbed the collar of the guard.

"What did you say? The Azure Dragon Tribe is attacking the mountain, and how many of them have come?"

The guard, startled by the question, stammered out, "I didn't see clearly, but there are swarms of them all over the mountain, no fewer than five hundred thousand!"

Ba Tie was also taken aback and shook the guard's collar vigorously, exclaiming, "What did you say, five hundred thousand?"

"Uh, maybe even a million. They cover the mountains and fill the rivers, all of them..."

Before the words were finished, the guard who was already seriously wounded and at death's door, having been shaken so violently by Ba Tie, kicked out his legs and died on the spot.

At this very moment, Clan Leader Ba Tie and the tribal elders and commanders were all staring at each other with wide eyes and wary faces.

The situation had changed too rapidly and was overly bizarre, leaving them unable to come to terms with what was happening for a long while. What was the actual situation?

A hundred thousand, five hundred thousand, a million?

Even if the women of the Azure Dragon Tribe had all consumed Golden Soil, they couldn't reproduce that quickly, right?

"There's something fishy about this. Nubi, take some people and go have a look. I'll go report to Lord Divine Turtle!"

Ba Tie was the first to break the deathly silence.

Heavy-hearted, he led a few confidants toward the rear of the mountain.

On this journey, he could already clearly hear the sounds of fighting outside. Even the battle flags of the Azure Dragon Tribe could be faintly seen.

Looking at this scale, there were certainly a large number of them. Not a million, but three to five hundred thousand for sure.

Over the years, their Divine Turtle Tribe has been growing increasingly powerful, while their old foe, the Azure Dragon Tribe, has been on the decline.

They even began to discuss, after wiping out the Azure Dragon Tribe, how they should deal with their territory and wealth.

But they never expected that in just a few short days, the situation would undergo a dramatic and complete reversal.

The population of the Azure Dragon Tribe was only thirty to forty thousand people, and even if they were hiding their strength, at most they could only double that number. To increase it by tenfold, twentyfold, was utterly impossible.

Ba Tie racked his brains until it hurt, yet still couldn't figure out the reason behind it.

The only thing he could think of was that all these bizarre events began after that man and woman from the Human Clan arrived in the Barbaric North.

All this was very likely related to them!

Upon realizing the crux of the matter, Ba Tie's pace quickened.

In his mind, the Totem Divine Turtle was immortal and omnipotent. As long as Lord Divine Turtle made an appearance, no member of the Azure Dragon Tribe or those two from the Human Clan would have a place to be buried.

Upon reaching the forbidden area of the back mountain, Ba Tie ordered the guards: "All of you, stay here, do not let anyone through. Anyone who trespasses will be executed without mercy!"

"Yes, Clan Leader!"

The guards reverently responded and automatically split to both sides, guarding the entrance of the forbidden cave.

Ba Tie nodded in satisfaction and strode in.

After going hundreds of feet inside, he arrived in front of a deep pool and respectfully performed a kowtow ritual.

"Lord Divine Turtle, your servant Ba Tie has urgent matters to report to you!"

No sooner had his voice landed than the water in the pool churned, slowly forming a swirling vortex.

Ba Tie was surprised because he felt that Lord Divine Turtle's manner of appearance this time was different from before.

Just as he looked up with full curiosity and courage, the scene that came into view left him stunned.

"Jiao Long?"

Instead of seeing White Turtle, what he saw was the head of a huge Jiao Long!

Ba Tie was shocked and instinctively retreated.

But at that moment, a Sword Shadow flashed through the darkness like lightning, striking him instantly through the heart.

Ba Tie looked back with difficulty, only to see a young man from the Human Clan with heroic eyebrows and starry eyes, smirking coldly at him.

"How did you get in here, where is Lord Divine Turtle?"

"The Lord Divine Turtle you mentioned, is it this?"

Li Chen casually pulled out a piece of broken white turtle shell, shaking it in front of Ba Tie.

The shell fell to the ground, tinkling like pearls spilling onto a jade plate.

Ba Tie's eyes were wide open in disbelief. He wanted to roar, but his throat was as if blocked, he could not utter another word.

"Phut!"

Li Chen fiercely yanked the Dragon Abyss Sword from Ba Tie's body.

Instantly, blood spouted from the two wounds on his body.

Li Chen slowly cleaned the blood off the sword blade, then waved his hand at Jiao Long.

Ba Tie's robust body crash-landed to the floor, limp as mud.

His eyes were still wide open like copper bells, filled with disbelief. Until his death, he could not comprehend what had happened.

Their Divine Turtle Tribe's Totem Divine Turtle, that immortal and omnipotent Lord, how could it possibly have been silently killed by a person from the Human Clan.

Li Chen looked down at Ba Tie who died with eyes wide open and shifted his gaze to Jiao Long, waving his hand at it.

"Let's go, to help Hongshang!"