Chapter 623

Gonggong Ancestral Witch roared in the hall, as if accusing the injustice of the mortal world, spittle flying, showing his indignation.

The powerful changed color, one after another raising barriers to block the strikes of the unknown object.

"If they would give my men a quick death, that would be fine…… but what does doing that mean?"

Every word of the Dragon Ancestor's speech seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth, a chilling tightness: "Bit by bit, cutting flesh and letting blood—is this training troops? Or training courage?"

Gang-killing the enemy, though it lacks martial virtue, at least draws blood, and it is a collision with the foremost clan—the Dragon Clan—so the benefits in this process are endless.

Even if the losses in battle are many.

This is training troops.

As for training courage……

Look.

United, even ordinary demons can slay dragons…… the glory of the Dragon Clan is trampled underfoot, hardly any divinity remains.

Who would still be wary?

Who would still be afraid?

After all, even if the Dragon Clan is the ancestral line of the scaled armor and a major mainstream of bloodline evolution, they are just like us ordinary demons—if a dragon is killed, it dies!

Breaking the Dragon Clan's myth, shattering its brilliant legend.

And conversely.

For the Dragon Clan, the situation is not so wonderful.

Bearing the pressure of being gang-attacked, and as one of the numerous powerful clans of Honghuang, yet being piled to death by numerous inferior-bloodline demon soldiers relying on numbers……

Even though everyone knows that behind this is the strength of the Heavenly Court's systematic training model, the Dragon Clan is contending with the wisdom of thousands of Great Luo behind the Heavenly Court organization; fighting so fiercely is normal, and even losing is not strange……

But no matter what, the Dragon Clan's invincible heart has also been devastated!

The words of slaying dragons to pierce the heart are not baseless.

Among the reasons for the Dragon Ancestor's fury, this aspect is also indispensable.

He wants Pangu, desiring to turn the myriad beings into dragons.

Although there is a great flood plan, if possible to reduce as much as possible the resistance in the hearts of the myriad beings, that would also be good.

Originally, the Dragon Clan's sanctity and strength, aside from pure cultivation and elevating the essence of life, was a rare heterodox path that could elevate from lowly to mighty, having a tremendous propaganda effect.

But now, this propaganda is visibly being severely discounted.

The Dragon Ancestor naturally feels wronged and indignant in his heart.

Thus, there came the roaring in the hall, the rebuking of the ancestral court.

"My Dragon Clan, every individual elite, ought to be used on more crucial battlefields—how could we serve as cannon fodder?"

"Let other clans bear the burden, frontally containing and tugging, allowing the Dragon Clan's elites to launch a surprise attack behind the enemy……"

"With the proper, combine with the unexpected to win!"

"Then great undertakings can be accomplished!"

Gonggong Ancestral Witch clenched his fist and fiercely hammered it onto the table, shaking the hall with a roar, even causing it to tremble slightly.

Jumang Ancestral Witch, starting from the big picture, ridiculed Gonggong with both praise and criticism, implying Gonggong harbored ulterior motives; Gonggong Ancestral Witch also counterattacked, emphasizing the Dragon Clan's uniqueness, saying they should not bear the bait work, but rather preserve their living strength to prepare for stunning battle results.

The gist is——you go first to initiate the team fight, when both sides are low on blood, then I, the Dragon, will enter from the jungle position to reap and take heads!

Of course, if enough heads are taken, after the battle the Dragon naturally ought to be evaluated as the "top contributor"—that's a subtext within subtext; Gonggong Ancestral Witch didn't say it outright, just hinted at it indirectly.

But then, which of the Ancestral Witches present hasn't endured the ages?

Having seen countless demons and monsters, Gonggong's thoughts cannot be said to be obvious; one can only say they are mutually understood.

After all, Gonggong has never concealed anything.

Leaving other matters aside, in this competition the Dragon Ancestor is still quite upright and honorable, conducting himself properly and sitting correctly—it's about competing openly with people, not playing dirty, sneaking around to stab in the back.

On this point, many mighty beings have acknowledged it…… therefore, toward the Dragon Clan, they may oppose its strength but do not hate it because of that strength; when they resort to underhanded tactics, they handle the matter within the rules of the game.

Everyone is principled, everyone argues with reason.

Of course, reason is reason, but stance…… is also very important.

For the sake of stance, arranging some reasons reasonably is also natural.

Just like now, Gonggong Ancestral Witch wants to reassign the Dragon Clan, moving them from the front line that takes hits and endures beatings to become a roaming jungler who reaps and snags heads…… this would make the Dragon Clan happy, but someone would refuse.

"Comrade Gonggong, please calmly and objectively consider the issue." The human race's representative—Yandi, attending the Ancestral Witch assembly in his capacity as Human Emperor, as soon as he spoke, was the old neutral voice: "Your thinking is not right; you regard the Dragon Clan too highly and the other clans too low, which is not good and will cause you to suffer great losses later."

"Our Wu Clan does not advocate the demon race's law of the jungle food chain; everything we do is solely for the great cause of human prosperity, and we will not allow anyone to wantonly destroy unity!"

Yandi pointed out that the Dragon Ancestor's mindset is wrong, his cognition biased, which is unfavorable to the unity of the camp's clans and to future warfare against the Heavenly Court.

——Although the Dragon Clan's clan rank is indeed noble, but you saying this so openly, destroying the camp's unity, is your fault!

Some words, Yandi did not speak out.

As the saying goes, even when beating a dog you must look at its owner.

Vast Honghuang, myriad clans' sentient beings…… how many of these clans have their origins with Nüwa?!

They are her creations, she governs the Way of Creation, evolving and accomplishing.

You Dragon Clan despise my Nüwa's creations…… what's up? Are you indirectly saying my Nüwa's ability is too poor?

Nüwa is a major pillar figure of the myriad clans coexisting, great love for sentient beings school.

After all, some causalities are truly too great!

The humanely friendly Nüwa is not without reason.

When Gonggong Ancestral Witch openly raised the cannon fodder issue, "Yandi" naturally was the first to disagree.

Not only did he not agree, he also conveniently laid out the big picture, pointing out the ideological concept of the Wu Clan's great camp.

Under such a big picture, the Dragon Clan is merely a part, naturally needing to follow superior commands—if they should bear damage, they go bear damage; don't foolishly think about entering the field to reap, using minimal effort to gain maximal results.

Among the Wu Clan, no clan is acknowledged as having privileges to ignore the big picture and consider only its own interests.

The dragon clan's defensive line is there, condolences are in place—just carry out the duties you're supposed to!

Upon hearing Yandi's words, Gong Gong's eyes flashed with a vicious light, his dragon eyes widened, and he glanced over in a swipe—his gaze filled with cold indifference.

This attitude seemed to be saying——

You're Yandi, right?

I've remembered you!

After the meeting, kid, watch your step when you walk—don't accidentally get yourself killed!

Under that threatening stare, Yandi was at first somewhat bewildered, then his gaze changed, his eyes gradually narrowing.

This emperor seemed to recall some past unhappy matters, and thus he now made a mental note against Gong Gong, the ancestor witch.

Even if he's wearing the shell of his underlings.

But it does not change Nüwa's original intention.

You dare threaten her?

Note it down in the little book!

Later, pull it out now and then to look; when the chance comes, I'll definitely give this clueless fool a lesson!

Thus, the atmosphere on the scene stagnated.

One stared with wide dragon eyes, the other slightly narrowed his eyes.

Eye to eye, a chilling killing intent spread.

"The Human Emperor says it lightly……Is it that the dead aren't members of your human race, so you're so carefree and relaxed?" Gong Gong sneered, "Be careful—who knows which day the human race will be subjected to 'killing the heart'!"

"Killing the heart?!" Yandi's mouth twitched, "How terrifying!"

Although he said it was terrifying, Yandi's face showed no trace of fear or shrinking; instead, he seemed somewhat teasing, his tone carrying a strange cadence.

"To kill and also destroy the heart……tsk, that might be very difficult."

Yandi composed his expression, returned to normal, his tone became calm: "Humans don't consider themselves noble; they maintain the most simple and humble attitude, so I don't know how they could have their hearts destroyed."

"We must rise from the mire, start from nothing with empty hands!"

"As barefoot people, humans have no shackles, no constraints; we can acknowledge our shortcomings and humbly learn from others' strengths… So I'm curious, how could one destroy the human heart?"

Not considering oneself noble means there won't be too many shackles and worries.

The protagonists of heaven and earth aren't just boasted into existence; they must be built step by step, with feet on the ground!

Nüwa had long been aware.

Of course, this is also related to the different experiences of humans and the dragon clan.

The dragon clan is ultimately one of the top overlords of the ancient era—in other words, it once was expansive.

At its peak, it nominally controlled half of Honghuang.

Now the times have changed, the dragon clan's territory and power have greatly shrunk… but its former glory, like a shackle, is both pride and burden.

Having taken it up, it's hard to let go… Once mighty, now a bit down on its luck would be fine, but must we be pressed to the ground and rubbed?

This resentment, I can't swallow it!

Looking at humanity, this era just born, its battle record is a blank slate, highly malleable, excellent receptivity, and without excessive expectations, it maintains a very calm mindset.

After all, the Wu Clan is helping bear the load forward!

Looking back, Nüwa's past methods can be called superb.

Turning future human talent into an army, and creating another clan, cleverly separating from this era's humanity, the results can be shared while pressure is dispersed, providing suitable motivation without letting pressure become too strong and causing mental imbalance.

——This is the Lich Great Tribulation!

——Not the Human-Demon Great Tribulation!

Eggs, placed in two baskets.

The Wu Clan leads the military, humanity leads the road; each goes its own way, yet they can subtly overlap.

Furthermore, in this process, Nüwa also happened to create a slight drawback, packaging Pangu's essence and blood power into a courier, so that humanity could reap heavenly-endowed potential in their physical bodies.

Such care shows a glimpse.

Nüwa may not rank among the foremost in the art of entrapping people among the three thousand Great Luo, and indeed she surpasses the rest.

But this talent for plugging gaps and managing operations is top-notch, truly a heart of orchid and fragrant orchid.

So we can't blame her brother either, who unconsciously exploits Nüwa, assigning her tasks… After all, who could refuse a useful worker who doesn't demand much pay and can even be ordered to work 007 style?

In the details, one sees the truth; as the founder of humanity's great undertaking, Nüwa's achievements are too glorious.

Of course, Nüwa has no problem in operations and logistics, but ultimately she made a mistake regarding people's hearts.

She upheld the foundation of the human and Wu clans, yet she neglected adaptation and control of variables; when she repeatedly faced hardships, was weakened, her strength insufficient to dominate the situation, her suppression of ambitious individuals fell short, allowing dissenting voices to rise, not insignificantly.

In this regard, the Heavenly Emperor Jun and Xihuang August Emperor are actually top-notch tough individuals.

Nüwa greatly fears such people… because, over years of experience, she's learned they are the ones most able to pluck the fruits of her victory.

For this, Xihuang should be hung up and displayed a hundred times; Nüwa harbors deep resentment.

……

"The dragon clan, put simply, has no fate of invincibility under heaven, yet has contracted the disease of invincibility."

At the ancestor witches' conference, Yandi struck at Gong Gong's heart, delivering a mental blow: "Dragon Ancestor, the times have changed!"

"Your dragon clan always clings to past glory, refuses to adjust its mindset, fails to position itself accurately—no wonder facing the Heavenly Court's great army, your morale drops the more you fight."

"Clearly, your losses are far fewer than the enemy's!"

"When a true dragon falls, it often takes with it several or even tens of equally strong Tianhe elites… what more could you want?"

"You only see that each attack is stronger than the last, pressing the dragon clan so they can't lift their heads, can't breathe."

"But, from another angle……how is this not the dragon clan's repeated victories, each time withstanding an attack, they conquer a new peak."

"This is growth! This is progress!"

After the sarcastic jab, Yandi's tone softened, his evaluation reasonable and well‑evidenced, implicitly containing encouragement and praise.

Gonggong Zuwu listened, thought for a moment, nodded slightly, seeming to acknowledge that what was said made sense.

But as he kept nodding, the motion grew smaller, and Gonggong Zuwu's face also darkened.

"I almost let you drag me into the ditch." Gonggong tugged at the corner of his mouth, "What growth, what progress—can that be eaten as food?"

He almost got led astray.

"Furthermore."

"Since there are so many benefits."

"Your Majesty the Human Emperor, why not dispatch the human tribe's war army to rush to the dragon clan's defense line and join hands to resist foreign enemies?"

Gonggong gave a light chuckle, "Don't just mess around in the rear, claiming you're doing logistics work and occasionally fighting small skirmishes, then slapping gold on your face."

He backhanded the Marshal.

However……

"Great!"

【133> Yet seeing Yandi merely ponder briefly, a smile on his face, he actually nodded in agreement!

However, seeing that Yandi had only pondered briefly, he then smiled and nodded in agreement!

"The dragon clan's friends have warmly invited us; we humans naturally must also show our hand, proving that we humans have the qualification to lead the way of humanity forward."

"The dragon clan's defensive line—we humans will also pitch in!"

Yandi spoke lightly, yet it changed Gonggong Zuwu's complexion.

He examined Yandi up and down, left and right, his eyes gradually narrowing, "Yandi seems quite confident?"

"But, won't this be a bit impulsive?"

"Thank you for your concern, Gonggong Zuwu… the human race has its own plans."

"I hope so." Gonggong Zuwu gave a soft hum, feeling somewhat embarrassed and also uneasy.

——Everyone's not playing by the rules!

He was mocking the human tribe, betting that the human tribe wouldn't enter the fray risking danger and loss.

How did this situation change?

Every time I play the King, grind quests, and encounter the "MVP" requirement, I know I'll have to scheme with my teammates……

(End of chapter)