Chapter 264

On one hand, Houtu was the last-born Ancestral Witch, the younger sister of the other Ancestral Witches, and of course, the other Ancestral Witches greatly favored their younger sister.

On the other hand, Houtu's strength ranked among the highest within the Ancestral Witches.

Combined, Houtu held a certain degree of influence among the Ancestral Witches.

Though she could not compare to Dijiang, the leader of the Ancestral Witches, she still wielded more influence than many other Ancestral Witches.

"You know me," Houtu said, glancing unexpectedly at these Zuyebu Society members.

The Zuyebu Society was vast, especially these remote Zuyebu Society tribes, who rarely saw their Ancestral Witches.

Even when they did see one, it was only one or two—but there were twelve Ancestral Witches altogether, so many Zuyebu Society tribes had not met all of them.

Only the strong, such as Luo Jinxian or even Taiyi Jin Xian of the Zuyebu Society, had a chance to meet the Ancestral Witches.

But these Zuyebu Society members before her were at most Jin Xian in strength.

"You've seen me," Houtu's beautiful eyes swept over the kneeling Zuyebu Society members.

"Yes, my lord," one Zuyebu Society member said respectfully, "Long ago, I traveled with our chieftain to the tribe where you resided and was fortunate enough to see you. But at the time, I was weak—perhaps you did not notice me."

"Oh, I see," Houtu nodded.

Zuyebu Society tribes varied in size.

Generally, the twelve Ancestral Witches led the most powerful tribes, with other Zuyebu Society tribes arranged in descending order.

Take this Zuyebu Society tribe, for example—its strongest member was only a Taiyi Jin Xian, with not even a single Luo Jinxian among them.

Of course.

Though the twelve Ancestral Witches led the most powerful Zuyebu Society tribes, they also monitored the entire Zuyebu Society.

If a powerful demonic clan launched a surprise attack, they could intervene.

After all, Quasi-Saint-level demonic clans had a mutual agreement with the Ancestral Witches.

Quasi-Saints would not lightly attack Zuyebu Society tribes, especially those without Ancestral Witches.

If they directly fought the Ancestral Witches themselves, the Ancestral Witches would not object.

Thus, demonic clans with Luo Jinxian-level powerhouses still posed a threat to Zuyebu Society tribes.

Of course, demonic clans rarely descended to confront Zuyebu Society tribes.

One misstep, and a Luo Jinxian-level demonic beast might be killed by an Ancestral Witch.

This made such incidents rare.

The demonic god Jiuying could only be said to have been bored, so he directly descended to target the Zuyebu Society.