"I'm sorry... you, what you said about the grassland people being slaughtered, what's going on?"
"I sensed it. Countless grassland people are perishing in the south. Those doing this are people I've never seen before, they should be outsiders like you.
That's why I awoke.
I sensed your goodwill towards the grassland people and didn't want to attack you, but why do you keep blocking me and won't let go? Let me go!!!"
"Let it go."
Wan Lei withdrew his thunder sea domain and chaos domain, and then waved his hand towards Fang Jufeng.
"No, who knows if what it says is true or false? What if it attacks us?"
"I said, let it go. Am I the leader or are you?"
Wan Lei's tone suddenly turned chilling. Regarding Fang Jufeng, his principle was simple: suppression.
"Hmph."
Fang Jufeng hesitated for a long time, snorted coldly, and with a wave of his hand, two rivets flew back into his hands.
Wan Lei and the others all flew in front of the Linpeng Sovereign.
"Open the formation and let me out. I want to go and kill those beasts."
"No."
Wan Lei shook his head.
"What do you mean?"
"If you are truly the guardian deity of the grassland, then I cannot let you go. I know the people you speak of; there are six Great Ascension stage powerhouses, Great Ascension stage, like these two."
Wan Lei pointed to Fang Jufeng and Chen Yijun.
"You can't even defeat us, let alone those people. You'll just be sending yourself to your death if you go. How could I let you?"
"Then what should we do? Should we just stand by and watch my people get slaughtered?"
"Although I don't know why they are slaughtering the grassland people, these people are inherently evil and likely have a purpose. This purpose might make them even stronger.
Sovereign, why don't we join forces? Those people are also our enemies. We want to find a way to survive for the grassland people, but they refuse and want to exterminate us.
Currently, your strength is inferior to theirs, and our strength is also inferior to theirs, but our goals are the same. Let us unite and find a way to survive for the grassland people."
The Linpeng Sovereign looked at Wan Lei for a long time.
"I can feel your goodwill, and what you say should be true. If I rushed over rashly, I might have died in vain."
"You cannot die. We are all outsiders, and we will leave sooner or later. The grassland people still rely on you for protection."
"I promise you, but it must be quick. I can feel more and more of my people being slaughtered."
"Don't worry, I'll treat your injuries first and help you recover some cultivation."
Wan Lei pointed to the Myriad Beast Formation. The pillar of light that was originally suppressing the Linpeng Sovereign suddenly turned green.
The Myriad Beast Formation could control and heal demonic beasts. After every major battle, the injured thunder beasts were healed by the Myriad Beast Formation.
"Thank you."
"No, it's our fault. We attacked you without any preamble, causing your current injuries, yet you held back against us. We are truly sorry."
Seeing that the fighting had stopped, Wan Liuchuan and the others also flew over. Wan Lei briefly explained the situation to them.
Gouzi, after listening, felt ashamed and approached the Linpeng Sovereign, lowering his head and apologizing sincerely.
"I'm sorry, I didn't know you were the true Sacred Divine Beast and I've been impersonating you, tarnishing your reputation."
"No, I know. You have been healing the grassland people, giving them faith, and making them more united.
No matter who you are, as long as you have helped the grassland people, then you are the true...
Sacred Divine Beast."
"Thank you."
Gouzi felt a little shy. They had attacked him earlier, yet he harbored no ill will.
Especially Wan Lei, thinking of the greedy words he had spoken earlier, he felt like a villain and wished he could slap himself twice.
Wan Lei used the Myriad Beast Formation to heal the Linpeng Sovereign. The large pit on its back was recovering at a visible speed.
After half a day, its injuries were completely healed. The Linpeng Sovereign stood up and let out a long roar to the sky.
Wan Lei withdrew the Myriad Beast Formation.
"Let's go, it's time to eliminate our enemies."
"Let's go."
The group, along with the Linpeng Sovereign, flew back south of Zhenhai Mountain and arrived above the scattered encampments.
Seeing the Sacred Divine Beast "Nine Heavens Origin God" and the Sacred Divine Beast Linpeng Sovereign standing together, the tribal subjects below knew they had reconciled. Thus, they all knelt down and offered prayers and blessings to the Sacred Divine Beasts.
"People of the grassland, I am the Sacred Divine Beast Linpeng Sovereign, the protector of the grassland. Now, our compatriots, our kin, are being slaughtered in the south. Take up your weapons and join me in eliminating those butchers and avenging our people, saving them."
"We respectfully obey the decree of the Sacred Divine Beast."
"Pack your things, and depart immediately."
Upon hearing that grassland people were being massacred, the people's movements quickened. They quickly gathered all their supplies. Wan Lei also collected sixty thousand Sacred Beasts into his storage bag, leaving only the big black snake to carry the warriors.
The more than fifty thousand grassland people were divided into three groups, boarding the war galleys, the big black snake, and the Linpeng Sovereign's back respectively.
On the war galley, a fierce black myriad character flag fluttered in the wind.
A large army of tens of thousands, led by Wan Lei, braved the purple rain that filled the sky and charged southwards in a mighty procession.
On the ground, they saw more and more tribes, but there was no time to incorporate them now; their time was running short.
They flew for another two months.
Gradually, they saw the sky change color.
No longer covered by dense clouds, but beneath the dark clouds, it was shrouded by a vast expanse of blood-red.
A thick bloody aura assailed them, causing nausea and suffocation, yet also stirring a sense of shock. How many people had died to create such a terrifying bloody aura?
Finally, they saw a towering mountain range in the distance, reaching into the clouds.
On the mountain range, there was a tall city wall winding along it, its ends not visible.
That was the Great Wall, their destination.
Above the Great Wall, a light barrier connected to the sky, a seal left by immortals.
Only tribes holding the heads of Great Ascension stage powerhouses could pass through that light barrier.
Below the mountain range, in front of the Great Wall, lay a boundless encampment, ten times larger than Wan Lei's tribe's encampment.
In front of the encampment, hundreds of thousands of troops and Sacred Beasts were neatly arranged, gazing menacingly at the approaching people from the north.
In front of the army stood a… blood-red altar.
The altar was entirely composed of human skeletons, layered upon layer, forming a pyramid.
Blood had converged into rivers, flowing towards the north. Every drop of blood, every bone, seemed to contain a wronged soul crying out.
The sins were immense, shocking to behold.