Chapter 151: The Snake Tribe Surrenders?
T/L Note: Ahhh, This is a really long chapter with around 3200 words. Took me around 4 hours to translate this.
"The queen has disappeared?"
Upon hearing Hua She's message, Mo Bas was taken aback.
"Did the queen leave any instructions before she left?" Mo Bas asked anxiously.
"No, the queen seemed to have left suddenly one night five days ago! She didn't leave any instructions!" Hua She replied, frowning.
"That's not like the queen at all!"
After hearing Hua She's words, Mo Bas felt even more puzzled.
Compared to the six-stage beast that had invaded the snake tribe and was heading towards the temple, Mo Bas was more concerned about the whereabouts of Queen Medusa.
After a conversation with Hua She, an elderly snake man with a cane and white hair also arrived.
This elderly snake man, named Yin Shi, was a leader of one of the eight major tribes, just like Mo Bas, and was also known as the wise man of the snake tribe.
"The queen left suddenly?"
After hearing what Hua She had said, a thoughtful look flashed in Yin Shi's wise eyes.
The next moment, he suddenly asked, "Hua She, do you know what the queen has been doing recently, or what she has been particularly concerned about?"
"Well… some time ago, the queen seemed to often go out to look for news about the different fire in the desert. However, every time the queen went out, she would tell me, but this time…" Hua She hesitated as she responded to Yin Shi's question.
"Different fire? Why is the queen looking for different fire?"
Upon hearing this, Yin Shi looked puzzled. After a moment, as if he had thought of something, he turned his head to look at Mo Bas and whispered in shock, "Could it be…"
"It must be… Otherwise, why would the queen go to such lengths to find the different fire? Apart from her planning to do that thing, there should be no other purpose!" Mo Bas took a light breath and spoke softly.
"Could it really be like this… The failure rate of that thing is extremely high! If something happens to the queen, then our snake tribe!"
Upon hearing Yin Shi and Mo Bas's analysis, a worried look appeared on Hua She's face.
"Sigh… The queen has been at the Dou Huang level for many years, perhaps she is a bit impatient. Although she doesn't seem to care much about these things on a daily basis, I know that she really wants to become stronger. Once she reaches the Dou Zong level, the power of the snake tribe will expand rapidly, and we will no longer be trapped in this vast desert. Although we have adapted over the years, we snakes are not suitable for this place, our bloodline is cold after all!" Mo Bas sighed lightly.
"But, but this is too risky!"
Hua She spoke in a low voice with a complex expression on her face. She didn't want Queen Medusa to take that risk at all.
"Don't worry for now, even if the queen gets the different fire, she will definitely return to the holy city to carry out that step of evolution… But then again, no matter what the queen decides to do, no one can persuade her!" Mo Bas's tone suddenly changed, and a bitter smile appeared on his face.
"Sigh, that thing is too risky, we really need to plan for the long term… This time, the six-stage beast is rushing towards the holy city, what exactly is going on? Has the origin of the six-stage beast been figured out?"
Yin Shi temporarily put aside some things about Queen Medusa and asked about the current troublesome matter.
"I'm not sure, Yue Mei sent back a message saying that she had seen the six-stage beast with her own eyes, but she didn't fight with it or talk to it. Its speed is too fast, it's gone in a flash…" Hua She spoke frankly.
"A six-stage flying beast that doesn't know where it came from, broke into the snake tribe alone, what is it for? Could it be related to the queen?"
Yin Shi kept thinking, he was one of the few snake people who knew that there were four elders in the snake tribe. Therefore, even if Queen Medusa was not in the temple, he was not particularly worried that the six-stage beast would make the snake tribe very bad. If something big happens, the four elders will definitely take action.
Just as Yin Shi was thinking, a rush of wind came from the sky outside the huge city, and the strange birds hovering above the city also called out together.
Noticing these, Mo Bas, Yin Shi, and Hua She quickly turned their heads to look at the sky outside the city.
In their line of sight, a huge creature with wings spread tens of feet had already arrived in the sky a hundred feet away from the city wall.
"Is it here so soon?"
"This six-stage beast is indeed heading towards the holy city! What does it want to do?"
"All soldiers, prepare!"
Seeing the huge beast flying over, Mo Bas and Yin Shi's pupils shrank, and they slowly raised their palms. Immediately, countless snake people on the city wall raised their poison spears high.
The next moment, under the gaze of countless snake people, the huge purple beast lowered its flying height a bit and came to mid-air.
At this moment, Yin Shi and others could see clearly that there was actually a human standing on this huge beast.
"It's a human!"
"What is the identity of this human? He looks very young, how can he have a six-stage beast as his mount?"
"It is said that the Jia Ma royal family also has a six-stage beast, but that beast has a very high status in the Jia Ma royal family, equivalent to being worshipped, how could it be driven by a young man!"
"No matter what his identity is, he is so arrogant and disrespectful to our snake tribe, his sins must be punished!"
Looking at the figure standing on the huge flying beast, Yin Shi, Mo Bas, and Hua She were very surprised. They didn't expect that a powerful six-stage beast would actually serve as a mount for a human.
However, after the surprise, what followed was a surge of anger and killing intent.
Compared to beasts, the snake tribe hates and despises humans even more.
"Why didn't this human get discovered until he got so close to the holy city? Can't Yue Mei sense the human aura on the beast?"
Mo Bas had a lot of doubts in his heart. Up to now, he had not sensed any cultivation aura from the young man on the beast, as if he was just an ordinary person.
Mo Bas didn't know that Chen Feng, who had the Hidden Spirit Stone, could hide 100% of his aura. Unless he was seen with the naked eye, even those extremely powerful alchemists could not detect his slightest aura.
"Human, you are really bold, daring to come to the outskirts of our snake tribe's holy city alone!"
"Say, what do you want to do in our snake tribe, do you want to start a war again?"
As Chen Feng drove Purple Demon Vulture closer to the city wall, Yin Shi raised his cane and shouted angrily at Chen Feng. In terms of strength, even the entire Jia Ma Empire was far inferior to the snake tribe, but the snake tribe's opponents were not only the Jia Ma Empire, they also had to guard against other empires around them.
"Hehe, you don't need to be nervous, I am here today, not to destroy your snake tribe, but to ask you to help me find a medicinal herb in the holy city!"
Looking at the tense appearance of the snake tribe powerhouses on the huge city wall, Chen Feng chuckled lightly and spoke very casually.
"You're talking nonsense, just because you're a young boy, you want to destroy our snake tribe, don't think that you can settle this peacefully just because you brought a six-stage beast here!"
"You even want us to help you find medicinal herbs, you must be dreaming!"
Hearing what Chen Feng said, Mo Bas and others' anger surged instantly.
"Take action, kill this human and the six-stage beast!"
Mo Bas roared at the snake soldiers on the city wall.
Upon hearing Mo Bas's order, a huge angry shout immediately responded on the city wall, and countless snake people clenched their poison spears in their hands. After retreating two steps quickly, they rushed forward, and the poison spears in their hands were thrown out. Immediately, the sky was filled with a rain of poison spears, and they shot towards Chen Feng and Purple Demon Vulture in mid-air.
The sharp sound of breaking wind rang out, and the momentum of this rain of poison spears was extremely grand.
Looking faintly at the grand rain of poison spears in the sky, Chen Feng and Purple Demon Vulture did not move at all.
Purple Demon Vulture's huge wings vibrated slightly, and suddenly, a huge purple tornado appeared in front of it. The purple tornado was spinning at high speed, and the yellow sand and gravel on the ground were constantly pouring into it.
Then, the purple tornado storm suddenly swept out, and the rain of poison spears that covered the sky and the sun was also destroyed by the violent suction emitted by the storm. Occasionally, the poison spears that penetrated the storm fell on Purple Demon Vulture, but it was just like scratching itches.
"This beast's strength should be about the same as the queen's, no wonder they dare to enter our snake tribe alone!"
Seeing that all the poison spears thrown by the snake soldiers were blocked by the storm, Mo Bas and others' pupils suddenly shrank.
The next moment, in their line of sight, the purple storm suddenly pushed forward, and even if Mo Bas, Yin Shi, and Hua She joined forces to block it, they still couldn't stop the storm.
"Boom!"
"Ahh…"
The storm raged on, and even the sturdy city wall couldn't withstand it. It quickly became damaged, and dozens of snake warriors were swept into it, instantly killed by the energy within the storm.
After tearing a huge gap in the towering city wall, the power of the purple storm was finally exhausted, and the broken limbs and tails inside fell onto the ruined city wall.
At this point, the snake tribe's warriors were already seeing red. The Purple Devil Hawk had only struck once, but it had taken the lives of dozens of their elite warriors.
"You are really ruthless in your actions. You swaggered into our snake tribe, without a word of apology, but rather so arrogant. Do you really think our tribe is undefended?"
Yin Shi's gaze swept over Chen Feng with a stern look.
"Hehe, you all want to take my life, but you can't handle it when I fight back a little?"
Seeing the hatred in Yin Shi and others' eyes, Chen Feng chuckled coldly. Although he didn't kill, he didn't mind teaching these snake people a small lesson if they dared to offend his dignity.
"Mo Bas, the situation is not good now. You and Hua She take all the soldiers to stop him for a while, I'll be right back!"
"You go ahead, even if I die, I will keep this person outside the holy city!"
At this critical moment, Yin Shi, an elder of the snake tribe with the strength of an eight-star Dou Wang, ran away and rushed towards the inner part of the holy city.
"Is he planning to bring reinforcements?"
Yin Shi's actions were seen by Chen Feng. With a slight guess, he knew that Yin Shi was probably going to invite the four elders of the snake tribe to come out. He didn't react much to this. Even if the four old guys from the snake tribe came, he was confident to deal with them.
"Medusa Snake Guard, stop this person with all your might!"
Hua She spoke sternly.
At this point, the situation was almost related to the survival of the snake tribe. Even knowing that Purple Demon Vulture was very powerful, these snake soldiers did not retreat at all and rushed towards Chen Feng and Purple Demon Vulture fearlessly.
"Why bother, I just said I want you to help me find a medicinal herb, I didn't say I want to destroy your tribe!"
Watching the dozen or so snake soldiers who jumped up from the city wall, Chen Feng shook his head slightly.
These dozen or so snake soldiers, four of them were Dou Ling, and the rest were all great Dou Shi. They didn't have the ability to fly, so they jumped up and rushed to the sky with their weapons. This lineup might make some ordinary Dou Wang powerhouses feel a headache, but Purple Demon Vulture just lightly swept his huge claws forward, and all these dozen or so snake soldiers were knocked to the ground, vomiting blood, some of their internal organs were shattered, and they died on the spot.
Facing Purple Demon Vulture, a six-stage peak beast, Dou Ling, and Da Dou Shi's snake people, basically, they would be in danger of life if they touched it.
"Ah!"
The blood of the tribesmen stimulated Mo Bas's ferocity. His eyes were red, and his body was full of ink-colored fighting spirit. A pair of fighting spirit wings formed behind him, looking like he was going to fight Chen Feng to the death.
"I'm going to fight you!"
Mo Bas roared, a strange big knife appeared in his hand, and he was about to rush towards Chen Feng with the wings vibrating behind him.
"Mo Bas, stop immediately!"
Just as Mo Bas rushed out, a hoarse shout suddenly sounded in the snake tribe's holy city.
Hearing this shout, Mo Bas's figure stagnated and stayed in mid-air.
The next moment, four relatively strong auras came from a certain direction in the city, and then quickly appeared on the city wall.
These were four old snake women, who looked much older than Yin Shi. Their aura was extremely strong, and they should all have reached the high-level Dou Huang.
"Greetings to the elders!"
As soon as these four old women appeared, Medusa Snake Guard Captain Hua She immediately bowed in salute.
Although countless snake soldiers didn't know their identity, they could tell from Hua She and Yin Shi's attitude towards the four of them that these four old women with the same strong aura as the huge beast were their snake tribe's elders. They all bowed in salute to the four old women.
"Hmm!"
One of the four old women who came nodded slightly.
Then, her vertical pupils coldly looked at Chen Feng and Purple Demon Vulture.
Being stared at by these four high-level Dou Huang powerhouses, Chen Feng's expression remained unchanged.
He could see that these four old women of the snake tribe were highly cultivated and had obviously been at the current realm for a long time. However, their vitality was very weak and close to exhaustion.
According to the degree of their vitality decay, if they experienced another big battle, they might be exhausted and have only a few years to live.
"No wonder these four people didn't make a move in the original book. It turns out they were used as antiques to suppress the tribe. If they were used once, they might be gone!" Knowing the situation of these four people, Chen Feng muttered in his heart.
"Are you really coming to our snake tribe's holy city just to find a medicinal herb?"
Looking at Chen Feng, the leading old woman suddenly spoke. Her voice was quite unpleasant, just like a sharp tool scraping across glass, making people feel uncomfortable all over.
Although the voice was unpleasant, the old woman's attitude was still acceptable, at least it could be heard that she was negotiating.
"Yes, as long as your snake tribe helps me find the Sand Mandala, I will leave…" Chen Feng nodded.
Hearing the conversation between the old woman and Chen Feng, Mo Bas, whose eyes were red, looked a little ugly and quickly said, "Elder, this person has killed so many of our tribesmen, please take action to capture him!"
"Shut up!"
"It's not your turn to make decisions here."
As soon as Mo Bas's words fell, the old woman of the snake tribe scolded him. Under the momentum of the old woman of the snake tribe, Mo Bas clenched his fists, and there was unwillingness in his eyes.
After saying this, the old woman of the snake tribe showed a hesitant look in her eyes.
Even she couldn't see any aura on Chen Feng. Such a mysterious young man with a six-stage advanced beast as a mount, in her opinion, must have a very deep background. Moreover, the eight major leaders of the snake tribe and other powerhouses have not yet arrived…
After a struggle in her mind, the old woman seemed to have made a decision. She sighed deeply and said to Chen Feng, "Since you want the Sand Mandala, our snake tribe can find it for you. But after you get the Sand Mandala, please leave our tribe's territory immediately, otherwise…"
"Otherwise, our snake tribe will keep you here forever at all costs!"
In the end, the old woman's tone gradually became cold from plain, and there was a hint of killing intent.
"Haha, it's still you old guys who know the times! Don't worry, as long as I get the Sand Mandala, I will leave immediately!"
Hearing the old woman's words, Chen Feng was very satisfied and laughed.
"Then please wait outside the holy city first, and when our tribe finds the Sand Mandala, we will bring it to you immediately!"
After saying a quick sentence to Chen Feng, the old woman turned her head and ordered, "Hua She, you arrange for the tribesmen to find the Sand Mandala immediately!"
"Yes, elder!"
The result of the conversation between the old woman and Chen Feng made Hua She feel extremely unwilling, but she had no choice but to act according to the order at this moment.
"Very good, I hope you won't let me down!"
Seeing the old woman's handling attitude, Chen Feng let Purple Demon Vulture turn around and landed to wait in a place several miles away from the snake tribe's holy city.
After seeing Chen Feng leave, the old woman who had just ordered Hua She on the city wall suddenly changed her face, and a strong killing intent flashed in her eyes.