Chapter 454: Subjugating the Elephant King

Duan Fengyun did not pay any mind to these members of the Monster Race, who were so afraid of being skinned that they wished they could scrape three layers off their own bodies.

He turned and walked into Guyue Mansion; this was his first time returning to this place in over a year.

Compared to a year ago, it was now much more spacious and bright.

A large chair sat inside the Cave Abode, and Duan Fengyun walked straight up and sat upon it.

This position had always belonged to him, so he sat down with a clear conscience.

Soon, Hu Wang returned with the group of Monster Race members who had finished cleaning themselves.

"My Lord, we have all cleaned ourselves according to your requirements."

Duan Fengyun looked at the group and nodded with satisfaction.

Five thousand members of the Monster Race—it was still too few.

Their future opponent was the Heavenly Court, which was known for mobilizing one hundred thousand heavenly soldiers at the drop of a hat; with this little combat strength, he, Duan Fengyun, had no capital to stand tall and speak before the Heavenly Court.

According to the timeline, the relationship between Liu Chenxiang and Erlang Shen Yang Jian should still be in its honeymoon period; he would approach Liu Chenxiang once he began his journey to find his mother.

Therefore, taking advantage of the time he had now, he needed to lead Hu Wang and the others to expand their territory and ranks as quickly as possible.

Duan Fengyun spoke up:

"Hu Wang, where is the Monster Race force closest to Yuquan Shan?

What kind of monster is their leader, and how much strength do they have?"

Hu Wang replied:

"Reporting to my Lord, not far from Yuquan Shan is Yulin Mountain, which is the territory of the Elephant Clan.

Their leader is a bull elephant with strength similar to mine.

Because the Elephant Clan's power is much greater than our Tiger Clan's, we have not provoked them.

And the Elephant Clan is also wary of our Tiger Clan's ferocity, so they dare not come to provoke us either.

My Lord, you suddenly ask this—could it be that you want to...?"

Duan Fengyun nodded and said:

"Correct. Five thousand members of the Monster Race is still too few for me; my goal is at least one hundred thousand.

I said that Yuquan Shan is only our starting point. Our next target is the Yulin Mountain you spoke of!"

Hearing Duan Fengyun's words, Hu Wang was immediately filled with high spirits.

He had long since grown tired of being confined to one corner, but he lacked the strength.

Originally, after he achieved a Breakthrough to Immortal General, he had wanted to expand his territory, but then Duan Fengyun arrived.

However, now that he had a warmonger like Duan Fengyun, Hu Wang believed that the reputation of their Guyue Mansion would soon resound throughout the entire Monster Race.

Hu Wang shouted:

"The Tiger Clan swears to follow you to the death, my Lord!"

Seeing Hu Wang express his stance, the rest of the Monster Race shouted one after another:

"We swear to follow you to the death, my Lord!"

Duan Fengyun laughed heartily:

"Good, then we shall depart immediately—Yulin Mountain!

We will take the Elephant Clan and begin the first step of our expansion."

After everyone arrived outside the Cave Abode, Duan Fengyun used a single move of Sleeve Universe to collect all the Monster Race members except for Hu Wang.

It is said that once one method is mastered, all methods are mastered.

After practicing the Tiangang Thirty-six Transformations, Duan Fengyun was now adept at all kinds of magic arts.

Hu Wang was not at all surprised by this Sleeve Universe move of Duan Fengyun's; after all, Duan Fengyun had already demonstrated the Divine Ability of Shrinking Ground to an Inch to him.

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Moreover, if Duan Fengyun did not have some real ability, Hu Wang would not dare to follow him to expand his territory like this.

After Duan Fengyun left Hu Wang to lead the way, the two of them rode the clouds and mist, flying toward Yulin Mountain.

At this moment, inside Yulin Mountain, the Elephant Clan was singing and dancing under the leadership of their Xiang Wang, completely unaware that the enemy had arrived.

And the Xiang Wang, who was happily playing with his subordinates, suddenly felt two very powerful auras coming toward him.

"Little ones, stop; guests have arrived.

Follow me to welcome the arrival of our guests!"

Upon hearing Xiang Wang's words, the Elephant Clan stopped what they were doing, took out their weapons, and silently watched the two auspicious clouds flying toward them.

After Duan Fengyun and Hu Wang landed, the moment Xiang Wang saw it was Hu Wang, he immediately smiled.

"I was wondering who it was; I didn't expect it to be Brother Hu Wang.

What wind blew you, Brother Hu Wang, to my Yulin Mountain today?"

Xiang Wang looked at Duan Fengyun next to Hu Wang; Duan Fengyun stood in a position even further forward than Hu Wang, indicating that his status was much higher than Hu Wang's.

Xiang Wang pointed at Duan Fengyun and asked Hu Wang:

"Brother Hu Wang, I don't yet know who this is?"

Hu Wang replied:

"This is my Lord, Guyue.

Our Yuquan Shan has now submitted to Guyue Mansion under Lord Guyue.

Today, we have come to persuade your Elephant Clan to submit; I hope you, Xiang Wang, will not refuse a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit."

After hearing this, Xiang Wang looked Duan Fengyun up and down; he truly could not see what terrifying strength this human possessed that could make the proud and stubborn Hu Wang submit.

Xiang Wang laughed heartily:

"Brother Hu Wang, you must be joking with me."

"This human here, he will be your opponent."

"Speak, what is your intention in coming today?"

Duan Fengyun saw that Xiang Wang did not actually take him seriously, but he was not angry; he simply waved his hand, and suddenly five thousand members of the Monster Race walked out from his sleeve.

"Sleeve Universe!"

Seeing this scene, Xiang Wang began to believe what Hu Wang had said.

Because anyone capable of using a spell like Sleeve Universe is without exception a person of great power.

It seems this human before him is indeed no pushover.

However, Xiang Wang is not a timid person either; if he were, he would not have sat in the position of Xiang Wang.

Xiang Wang did not pay any more attention to Hu Wang; he knew that Hu Wang could no longer speak for himself now, and the power of decision lay entirely with this person called Guyue.

Xiang Wang opened his mouth and said:

"Guyue, is it?

Why have you brought Hu Wang and his Monster Race to my Yulin Mountain for no good reason?

Could it be that you think my Yulin Mountain has no monsters?"

Duan Fengyun laughed:

"Xiang Wang, Hu Wang has already explained it very clearly for me just now.

We have come today to defeat you, then occupy Yulin Mountain, and subjugate your Elephant Clan.

How about it, do you still need to consider it?

If you agree sooner, you won't have to suffer some bitterness later."

When Duan Fengyun said the words "suffer bitterness," he said them with particular insidiousness; Xiang Wang didn't think much of it when he heard them.

But it was a different matter for Hu Wang when he heard it.

Hu Wang knew that if Xiang Wang didn't submit obediently later, he would definitely have a hard time.

However, based on Hu Wang's understanding of Xiang Wang, Xiang Wang would certainly not surrender easily, so this bitterness for Xiang Wang was inevitable.

And the facts were just as Hu Wang had expected; Xiang Wang spat and said:

"Bah, who do you really think you, Guyue, are?

Hu Wang may fear you, but I, Xiang Wang, will not fear you.

Today, I will make sure you cannot walk out of this Yulin Mountain."

Xiang Wang directly extended his long trunk, wanting to wrap it tightly around Duan Fengyun.

In normal times, Duan Fengyun might have played around with Xiang Wang for a while.

But now is the time he needs to establish his authority; he wants to use Xiang Wang as a warning to others, starting from Xiang Wang to tell everyone what the consequences are for not submitting to him, Duan Fengyun.

Just as Xiang Wang's elephant trunk was about to touch Duan Fengyun, a flash of golden light flickered, and Xiang Wang's long trunk fell to the ground.

In the blink of an eye, before the crowd of monsters could react, they saw Xiang Wang's trunk fall to the ground.

And Xiang Wang also looked at the trunk on the ground in a daze; touching the wound on his face that was bleeding incessantly, Xiang Wang said:

"Guyue, you attack from the shadows, what kind of decent person are you?"

Duan Fengyun laughed:

"Xiang Wang, your words are truly laughable.

What do you mean by attacking from the shadows? I was clearly using my weapon just now; it's just that my speed was too fast for you to react.

How about it? Your trunk is gone now, but you still have two ears; do you want to try again?

If you reattach your trunk immediately, there might be hope for it to heal, but the prerequisite is that you submit to me; otherwise, you have only a dead end."

What Duan Fengyun had just used was precisely the Xuanyuan Sword; in any case, this group of monsters had never seen the Xuanyuan Sword, so Duan Fengyun quickly summoned the sword and then severed Xiang Wang's trunk with one strike.

Xiang Wang, who would not shed tears until he saw the coffin, shouted loudly:

"Guyue, you want me to admit defeat? Keep dreaming."

Xiang Wang clenched his two fists, which were as large as sandbags, and charged at Duan Fengyun, but Duan Fengyun merely slapped Xiang Wang into the dirt with a single palm.

Duan Fengyun stepped on Xiang Wang's head and said:

"How about it, Xiang Wang, are you still unwilling to submit to me?"

Xiang Wang still stubbornly said:

"Guyue, even if you kill me, I will not submit to you."

Duan Fengyun shook his head; why was this Xiang Wang so single-minded and unable to adapt?

Immediately, Duan Fengyun began to form seals with his hands; Hu Wang recognized this familiar hand seal at a glance.

This was the spell Duan Fengyun had used to subjugate him earlier.

Duan Fengyun once again drew a drop of fresh blood from his fingertip and then carved it onto Xiang Wang's forehead.

As the fresh blood entered Xiang Wang's forehead, Duan Fengyun directly lifted his leg, and then with a light shake of his foot, Xiang Wang flew directly out of the ground.

Duan Fengyun looked at Xiang Wang and shouted:

"Xiang Wang, why haven't you knelt down upon seeing your master?"

Xiang Wang originally wanted to retort to Duan Fengyun, but he discovered that his legs were completely beyond his own control, and he fell to his knees in front of Duan Fengyun with a thud.

Xiang Wang looked at this scene and shouted:

"Guyue, what have you done to me?"

Duan Fengyun laughed:

"You kowtow three times to me first, and then I'll tell you!

Xiang Wang, why haven't you kowtowed yet? What are you waiting for?"

As the words fell, Xiang Wang directly began to kowtow.

After the three kowtows were finished, Duan Fengyun laughed heartily:

"Since you have finished kowtowing, then I will tell you.

I have already placed a restriction within your body; from now on, your life and death are within a single thought of mine.

If I tell you to go west, you absolutely cannot go east, otherwise you will surely die without a doubt.

Hu Wang, how is it now? Is personal honor and disgrace more important, or is your life and family more important?

Will you give me an answer?"

Duan Fengyun looked at Hu Wang, who was still kneeling on the ground, with a teasing expression.

Hu Wang was also searching inside his body at this moment for the restriction Duan Fengyun spoke of; he indeed felt that something had been placed inside his body by Duan Fengyun, but after searching for a long time, he found nothing.

Hu Wang looked at Duan Fengyun before him, then looked at his clansmen behind him; Hu Wang knew that if he were to die, the Elephant Clan would be leaderless and would certainly fall under the command of Hu Wang.

At that time, these clansmen of his would certainly suffer a fate worse than death.

Thinking of his clansmen, Hu Wang finally lowered his high-held head.

"Hu Wang, greets Lord Guyue!"