Chapter 124: The Barbarian Prince's MLM Head

Only a moment later, the Heavenly Feather Clan found itself in an extremely disadvantageous position. Although they had formed battle arrays and brought forth many spiritual treasures and talismans, trying to turn the tide, in numbers they were still several times fewer than the Blood Spirit Clan.

In this fierce clash, the Blood Spirit Clan had already lost nearly twenty members, and their blood slaves suffered comparable casualties. The Heavenly Feather Clan's losses approached half. Fortunately, the Third Young Master held the position, wielding a Dao-stage treasure; relying on the potent Dao essence within it, he barely managed to fend off Bi Xue Mu's violent onslaught, temporarily maintaining a stalemate.

"The Heavenly Feather Clan is at the end of its rope; send thirty blood slaves to attack the humans, seize that divine beast first—it has been burning its essence blood and is almost exhausted." Bi Xue Mu's expression was grim as he issued the order in a low voice; his red robe snapped wildly in the wind, dancing unrestrained. Each of his moves was wide and sweeping, his power shaking the void, "Whoever can capture that divine beast, I will reward them with ample essence blood, and I can even take them out of the Heavenly God Forbidden Zone!"

Bi Xue Mu was now anxious as fire, the losses of this battle were truly horrendous. Next, he planned to conquer the inner region of the Heavenly God Forbidden Zone; if, after suffering heavy losses, he still let this group of human mortals escape, that would truly be losing the wife and losing the troops. Moreover, a blood slave had secretly sent him a voice transmission, saying the human mortals were persuading them to surrender, which made him realize the situation was unstable; quickly resolving this trouble was the top priority.

Of course, from beginning to end, Bi Xue Mu never regarded Qin Yu and his companions as anything. In his view, the combined top-tier strength of Qin Yu's side amounted to fewer than ten; even if they brought out a supreme treasure, it would be utterly insignificant in his eyes, after all, what could a Spirit Transformation Peak cultivator possibly achieve against an expert of his caliber?

"We are willing to go to battle, to conquer the humans for the lord!"

"Me too!"

In an instant, nearly twenty cultivators, gaunt as firewood, responded one after another, men and women alike. A faint hope flickered deep in their eyes. Actually, their response was not due to Bi Xue Mu's promise from that old immortal, but because the Barbarian Prince Tuoba Gou Dan had previously given them hope. Put bluntly, even if they captured the Little Phoenix, they could not escape the fate of being slaves to the Blood Spirit Clan; though they might barely survive for a while, decades or even centuries of such a life they had already endured enough—continuing like this would ultimately lead to death. It would be better to take a gamble; if they could become followers of Young Master Qin Yu, perhaps there would still be a sliver of chance. And now, this happened to be an opportunity to draw near the human camp, which would not seem too abrupt.

At this moment, Tuoba Gou Dan had returned to Qin Yu's side. His complexion looked unpleasant, because a few human cultivators had outright refused him earlier. Those people didn't even regard Qin Yu, a Seventh Layer Foundation Establishment cultivator, as anything; they thought following Bi Xue Mu offered better prospects, at least a slim chance to get out. Tuoba Gou Dan flew into a rage then; in his mind, Qin Yu's methods were nothing short of heavenly. Although most of what he had told those human cultivators was bragging, some of it was true. In his view, a Foundation Establishment cultivator actually being able to master and tame a phoenix was simply supernatural. Not to mention a petty barbarian tribe—even if you added up all the holy lands of the great sects in East Divine Province, finding an ancient divine beast would be difficult. Even a primeval ancient species is an immensely powerful existence, not to be provoked lightly. Therefore, in his opinion, what he had said was already quite conservative.

"How many are willing to join forces with us?" Qin Yu asked calmly via voice transmission. He knew he still had three chances to act, so he felt no fear. If he got a chance to approach Bi Xue Mu, he might even be able to kill him. However, the exact extent of his enhanced strength is still unclear, making precise estimation impossible, but his deterrent power is certainly sufficient. As long as a small number of people are willing to cooperate, that would be more than enough—even ten or eight would do. After all, it is the Barbarian Prince who is recruiting manpower, so he dare not expect too much. Moreover, Xiao Xiao is present; her strength alone can suppress a joint effort of several peers of the same level, a force far surpassing that of Qing Xuan Zi and the others.

Tuoba Gou Dan gave a light cough, his eyes flashing with a sly yet confident gleam: "Young Master, rest assured, getting a dozen or twenty is no problem." "They are all rushing to pledge allegiance to you; your personal charm has already won them over."

Upon hearing that, Qin Yu felt speechless inside: "……" He sensed that the Barbarian Prince was painting a big pie for him. How could he possibly recruit twenty people in just a quarter of an hour? That was utterly absurd. After all, judging by the current situation, his own side was more likely to die in battle; the Blood Spirit Clan's forces were overwhelmingly strong. Moreover, he was only a Seventh Layer Foundation Establishment cultivator—what personal charm could he have? By normal strength comparison, anyone who stepped out here could easily crush him. Qin Yu urgently wanted to raise his cultivation.

"Prepare to meet the enemy." Qing Xuan Zi and the others were stained with blood, their clothes tattered beyond repair. Although they had previously received nourishing elixirs from Zhang Wu, Dongfang Yuan, and others, after two or three major battles their strength was no longer at its peak; their qi and blood were severely depleted, and they were now almost completely exhausted.

Just then, twenty or thirty human blood slaves came charging toward them. Each of these blood slaves possessed tremendous strength, exuding an extraordinary aura. Even the Heavenly Feather Clan, which was locked in fierce combat with the Blood Spirit Clan, had not anticipated that the Blood Spirit Clan's human blood slaves would be so powerful.

Seeing this group of blood slaves rushing to slaughter the human mortals, the Third Young Master suddenly flew into a rage. At that moment, Dao intent coiled around him, a faint divine radiance showered down; each time he activated the formation and struck, he could reap some harvest, successfully slaying blood spirits. Although his spoils were abundant, the Blood Spirit Clan's numbers were simply too great. Moreover, Bi Xue Mu kept launching fierce assaults on him, causing his wounds to grow ever heavier. With such a huge disparity in numbers, and now the enemy directly attacking the human mortals, he felt utterly stifled.

"How long until reinforcements from the clan arrive?" the Third Master bellowed anxiously in a low voice.

"Another quarter of an hour; they have already entered the teleportation formation and should be nearing the Heavenly God Forbidden Zone soon." The cultivator beside him replied while struggling to hold on.

"Break through toward the human mortals—even if I can't get the divine beast, don't even think about taking this blood spirit!" the Third Young Master shouted, anger rising from his heart, courage growing from his gall.

He kept throwing out talisman after talisman; each talisman instantly triggered a huge explosion, gorgeous sparks turning into rolling waves of air that surged and churned in all directions.

"Boom—!" More than ten Heavenly Feather Clan cultivators exerted all their strength, trying to carve out a bloody path.

Bi Xue Mu also exerted all his strength to block them, leading a host of blood spirits and human blood slaves in a forceful suppression. He was very confident, believing that in just a moment this place would be completely purged by him.

"Kill!" At this moment, the shout of slaughter from Qin Yu's side shook the heavens.

However, just then, the situation changed abruptly. The nearly twenty human cultivators who had previously communicated with Tuoba Gou Dan suddenly turned on their allies, striking out and subduing the remaining ten blood slaves. Qing Xuan Zi and the others, who had originally been resolved to die fighting, were now stunned, completely at a loss.

Was this internal strife? Or what was going on? What exactly had happened?

Only Tuoba Gou Dan stood there with his hands behind his back, a confident smile on his face, stepping forward slowly.

"Because the Heavenly God Forbidden Zone lacks manpower, you barely qualify to become the Young Master's followers."

"This is an opportunity, a chance to change your fate."

As soon as his words fell, twenty human cultivators dropped to one knee, their eyes blazing with fervent light: "We are willing to submit to the Young Master, to follow him forever, to swear an oath to heaven and earth—should we betray, may all spirits of heaven and earth jointly punish us!"

In fact, their hearts were also a little uneasy, after all, the Young Master's background was extraordinary—he could actually tame a phoenix while still at the Foundation Establishment stage, and now he even deigned to look upon them. Everyone's inner feelings were now overflowing with wild joy.

Qin Yu blinked slightly, looking at Tuoba Gou Dan, and couldn't help but exclaim: "Holy shit... the barbarians' IQ is this high? This is outright a MLM head honcho!"