Chapter 2235: Summoning the Tribe

The Demon Race half-beast opposite also startled.

It seemed also at a loss—someone so much smaller, without Demon Qi, how could it block its blow?

It let out a roar and charged at the Tiger King again.

The two half-beast tigers roared repeatedly, while the other half-beasts only surrounded the Demon Race half-beast without intervening; it seemed the two would duel.

Ye Liuyun and Lei Ming also slowly approached to watch the spectacle.

Nine Nether Prelude proved completely useless against this Demon Race half-beast.

These Demon Race half-beasts lack even a Sea of Consciousness, like uncivilized Demon Beasts, unable to affect its Soul, so Ye Liuyun stopped trying.

But their cultivation technique is also unique; Ye Liuyun wanted to see how far it could fight.

The Tiger King half-beast and Lei Ming are evenly matched, though the former lacks size advantage, and True Essence will eventually be depleted.

The Demon Race half-beast's Demon Qi in its bloodline is rapidly declining.

Although it can replenish via ambient Demon Qi, it is far slower than its consumption.

Eventually the Demon Race half-beast exhausted its Demon Qi first and was defeated by the Tiger King.

Its behavior resembled a feral beast: unable to win, it immediately submitted, acknowledging the Tiger King's strength.

Ye Liuyun let it communicate with the Demon Beast to learn the situation here.

Ye Liuyun seized the chance to probe its Divine Soul Power, but to no avail.

Lacking Divine Soul Power became the Demon Beast's advantage; Ye Liuyun wanted to place a Slave Seal on it, but had nowhere to apply it.

The Tiger King communicated with it for a while; the Demon Race half-beast's thoughts were not very clear, seeming truly uncivilized.

In the end, the Tiger King could only summarize one piece of information: "There is a tribe of them in this Mi Lin.

To the east of the Mi Lin lies a Demon Race settlement, but they cannot defeat those Demon Race people, who have weapons."

Ye Liuyun thought the information was too scant to be valuable.

He summoned the Purple Flame Divine Lord again, bringing it before the great tree struck by Lei Ming's Lightning Strike.

"This kind of tree, even Lei Ming's Lightning Strike can only strip a piece of bark, and the trunk remains hardly damaged.

Please see whether this material is useful."

The Purple Flame Divine Lord did not recognize the wood and wanted to cut a piece for refining, so Ye Liuyun drew the Demon Slaying Sword, sliced off a large chunk, and gave it to him to refine.

At that moment, the Demon Race half-beast saw the Demon Slaying Sword in Ye Liuyun's hand, its eyes brightened, and it immediately let out a long howl.

The Tiger King had no time to stop it and could only report to Ye Liuyun that it had summoned its tribe.

From afar, countless beast roars responded, evidently many half-beasts rushing here.

Startled, Ye Liuyun immediately released the half-beast army.

The Demon Beast, seeing so many fully armed half-beasts, was stunned.

"Prepare for battle!"

With a command, the Tiger King had defensive soldiers raise shields and spears to the front, while archers followed behind ready to fire.

At that moment, the Demon Beast leapt forward, blocking the soldiers as if to stop them from acting.

It kept emitting howls, as if reminding its companions of something.

Ye Liuyun saw its expression and it did not look like it wanted to fight.

"What does it want to do?"

Ye Liuyun asked the Tiger King.

"It says 'no battle!'"

The Tiger King could only grasp its general meaning, unsure what it meant that the Demon Beast summoned allies yet refused battle.

Soon, more Demon Race half-beasts appeared.

But they halted at a distance, not approaching, as if truly not there to fight.

Ye Liuyun ordered the half-beast army to defend only, not to initiate attack.

Gradually, opposite their army, over five hundred Demon Race half-beasts emerged.

They watched the armored, weapon-wielding half-beasts before them with great curiosity, showing no intent to attack, instead hesitant to advance, appearing cautious.

At that moment, a fox-headed half-beast arrived and stepped to the front of the ranks.

It surveyed the situation, spread its arms, and slowly walked toward Ye Liuyun's army, clearly indicating it was unarmed and seeking negotiation.

The earlier half-beast demon tiger also rushed forward, summoning the Tiger King for negotiation.

The Tiger King glanced at Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun was seated on Lei Ming's back, observing the battlefield.

He nodded at the Tiger King, wanting to hear what the Demon Race half-beasts wished to discuss.

The Mohu half-beast also glanced at Ye Liuyun and immediately recognized him as the true leader of this army.

It instructed the Tiger King to tell Ye Liuyun that they would not attack them, they only wanted weapons.

These half-beasts cannot defeat the Demon Race, have become food for the Demon Race, constantly attacked, and their numbers are dwindling.

The main reason they cannot beat the Demon Race is that they cannot forge weapons.

It handed the Tiger King a piece of black metal to show Ye Liuyun.

Ye Liuyun's Golden Pupil spotted the metal from afar, confirming it was the material they were looking for; the Book Demon called it black gold.

Before the Tiger King could hand the black gold to Ye Liuyun, Ye Liuyun sent a Transmission Voice to the Tiger King, asking how much of this material they had.

After asking, the Tiger King replied to Ye Liuyun: "These things are found throughout the nearby mountains; the material is everywhere.

The Demon Race uses it to forge weapons, shields, and bows."

Upon hearing it was everywhere, Ye Liuyun immediately asked: "Then ask again, if we let them refine weapons for us, what can they give us?"

The Tiger King, after inquiring, replied to Ye Liuyun: "They say they can provide us with cultivation techniques and Magic Crystals for cultivation, making us stronger."

At that moment, the Purple Flame Divine Lord excitedly told Ye Liuyun that the wood just then had an unusually hard texture, resistant to corrosion, water, and fire, and was lighter than metal, making it a rare material for forging and construction; moreover, it contained abundant Demon Qi that could itself produce Demon Qi.

The Purple Flame Divine Lord also had White Demon test it with seawater from the Boundless Sea.

This wood actually resisted the corrosion of that seawater.

"If we can bring it back, we'll surely make a fortune!"

The Purple Flame Divine Lord said excitedly.

After thinking, Ye Liuyun asked the Tiger King, "Their cultivation method can indeed increase your strength manifold, but then you will all become Demon Beasts; are you willing?"

The Tiger King, however, felt it didn't matter; he thought as long as they could become stronger, that was enough.

But Ye Liuyun still did not want all the half-beast people to make their decision solely according to his or the Tiger King's wishes.

Immediately, he had the Tiger King announce this news, and then those soldiers willing to become Demon Beasts raised their right arms; he wanted to see how many would agree.

But when these half-beast people heard that their strength could double, almost all of them raised their hands.

The few half-beast soldiers who did not raise their hands, Ye Liuyun went to ask, and found they were also worried that finding a mate would be more difficult in the future; besides that, there was no other reason.