Chapter 188

In the Lion Clan's Wang Cheng, the few Lion warriors who had earlier taken up arms again at the High Priest's command now felt their weapons burning hot in their hands.

They quickly threw down their weapons, fearing the Flame Lord above might unleash some punishment.

But the Flame Lord paid them no heed.

"Kneel down quickly!"

Someone, no one knew who, shouted first.

Immediately, the Lion warriors knelt one after another.

Before long, every single Lion warrior in Wang Cheng had knelt down.

Countless Lion warriors trembled inside.

Although the Lion Clan's old beast god had not manifested any miracles for over twenty years,

they had still spoken much about divine matters.

When a god grows angry, it is no trivial thing.

Even a fraction of its power could kill countless lives.

To these Lion warriors, their god had originally intended to unleash power to wipe out the enemy's tens of thousands of troops.

But now, the enemy's god—the Flame Lord—clearly surpassed them in might.

Thus, these Lion warriors feared even more that the enemy's god would turn its wrath upon them and burn them to ash.

They had not the slightest doubt that the fire above possessed such capability.

It had burned through black clouds, utterly erased thunder, and if such fire descended, not a single soul in the entire Lion Clan's Wang Cheng would survive!

Thus, these Lion warriors were filled with terror!

Amid the cheers of the Shenji City army, the fire in the sky burned for over ten minutes before finally fading.

After the fire vanished, not a trace of the black clouds remained.

Bright sunlight poured down, as if the apocalyptic scene of black clouds crushing the city had never occurred!

Was this not another miracle?

The army of Shenji City erupted in cheers once more!

This battle, compared to the one at Shenji City, had been far easier.

In the battle at Shenji City, everyone had poured out two hundred percent of their strength; though they won decisively, even the most physically robust horsemen needed days of rest to recover.

This battle, however, was primarily a clash of high-end power.

It also allowed these Shenji City warriors to witness the true terror of their Flame Lord.

"Boom!"

At that moment, the Lion Clan's temple burst into flames.

Within moments, the entire temple was reduced to ashes.

Even the stones forming the temple were completely melted.

Everything within the temple—the altar, the totems, all—was utterly consumed.

While burning the temple, Lin Yan gained an unexpected reward.

This reward was a pillar of blood-red totem.

The totem had been soaked in the blood of the first-born female lion of the Lion Clan.

It was a method the High Priest had obtained from the Abyssal Demon God to siphon faith power.

Faith power had many uses—even the Abyssal Demon God, who relied little on faith power, still needed it.

But the Abyssal Demon God found it extremely difficult to obtain faith power.

Thus, exchanging faith power from other gods often yielded many valuable things.

This was precisely why the High Priest had hoarded faith power.

Perhaps precisely because of this, the High Priest had not sought aid from the Lion Clan's beast god at the final moment.

For if he had communicated with the beast god, the beast god might have discovered his tricks and unleashed punishment.

Of course, there was also a strong chance the beast god would not answer his prayer.

Part of this faith power had been burned by Lin Yan, part absorbed by his virtual divine core, and Lin Yan's virtual divine core was once again replenished.

After completely burning the Lion Clan's temple, Lin Yan returned to the underground city.

The faith-line passage still existed; Lin Yan could naturally return to his previous location.

Though Lin Yan had left, the affairs of the Lion Clan's Wang Cheng were far from over.

The Lion warriors had lost all fighting spirit.

Many Lion warriors even removed their simple armor.

The entire Lion Clan army surrendered completely to Shenji City.

Though the Lion Clan army had surrendered, a mountain of follow-up tasks remained.

The Lion Clan still possessed nearly a million people—far from easy to handle.

After seizing all weapons from the Lion warriors, Sister Qing Ling launched a massive purge within the Lion Clan.

All who had been connected to the Wang Zu—including the last four princes of the old Lion King—were purged.

This was a necessary operation.

These people would become the greatest threat in the future.

Winnie took the initiative to carry out this purge—she sought revenge.

For Winnie, the Wang Zu of the Lion Clan were her greatest enemies.

Her parents, brothers, and sisters had all been hunted down and killed by the Lion Clan.

Of course, the Lion warriors who had participated in the hunt had mostly been slaughtered by her in the battle at Shenji City!

Immediately after, the fox-woman Sister Qing Ling built a temple in the Lion-Tribe's Wang Cheng, along with a large number of smaller shrines. She selected some lion-women from the tribe to preside over them and demanded that every Lion-Tribe clansman pray to the Lord of Flames every day!

Then the fox-woman Sister Qing Ling led this newly levied Lion-Tribe army away.

Once this army was taken away, and with all the old entrenched forces of the Lion Tribe swept clean, there was no one to take the lead, so the entire Lion Tribe could no longer possibly muster another army.

And after witnessing the terror of the Lord of Flames, these Lion-Tribe clansmen would basically have no thought of rebellion in the short term!

The fox-woman Sister Qing Ling also stationed two thousand-strong troops on Lion-Tribe territory to monitor the Lion Tribe's movements.

The remaining sixty thousand Lion-Tribe warriors were brought by the fox-woman Sister Qing Ling to the Miracle Wastes.

Twenty thousand of these Lion-Tribe warriors were responsible for reclaiming the Miracle Wastes.

In addition, another twenty thousand Lion-Tribe warriors were dispatched to the Misty Mountains.

The fox-woman Sister Qing Ling planned to build a mighty pass at a strategically critical location.

Additionally, the Misty Mountains, which had been burned to the ground by the great fire, could also be reclaimed.

Those twenty thousand Lion-Tribe warriors were responsible for reclaiming the Misty Mountains.

Another twenty thousand Lion-Tribe warriors were building roads!

The fox-woman Sister Qing Ling planned to build a straight road from the Miracle Wastes to the Lion-Tribe's Wang Cheng!

This road would cut through the entire Beastman Kingdom!

The Dwarf warriors had already forged quite a few road-building tools for them; these Lion-Tribe warriors were all tall and immensely strong.

So although there were no modern mechanical devices, they built roads at no slow pace.

When they encountered forests, the Foxfolk mages would simply burn a path open with fire, and then they hauled away the large boulders blocking the way and leveled the road surface!

When they came across rivers, they would bridge them with logs!

Log bridges could last anywhere from a few years to over a decade — sufficient for the current stage!

Xiong Zu warriors also joined the road-building ranks; these hefty Xiong Zu warriors even served as steamrollers on certain stretches.

On road surfaces filled in with dirt, they only had to roll over them a few times to flatten them right out.

The full integration of the entire Lion Tribe was not yet complete that quickly, but these sixty thousand warriors were already working at full steam.

The fox-woman Sister Qing Ling did not mistreat them — as long as they obeyed, they received plenty of food.

In addition, the fox-woman Sister Qing Ling also received a new revelation from Lin Yan. After searching for a long time, she finally found the second divinely-bestowed food.

That was the sweet potato.

Also called red taro!