The tribe before his eyes was not large. Everyone lived on a single great mountain, numbering perhaps tens of thousands of people.
As the starting point for Suo Lun’s conquest on the Barbarian Continent, it could not be more suitable.
However, how should he conquer this tribe? Become their king?
By force, by seduction, by cunning? It did not matter!
But first, he had to understand this tribe. Understand its race, its traditions, and at the very least, its language.
On this Barbarian Continent, Suo Lun was like a mute. He did not understand the language here.
Just as Suo Lun was pondering how to establish himself in this tribe and then swim against the current…
Suddenly…
A dense sound of footsteps approached.
He immediately released his spiritual power. He could clearly see over a hundred barbarian warriors rapidly surrounding him, moving at astonishing speed.
Suo Lun abruptly drew his ebony sword and began to run at full speed.
“Hoo ya…”
Very quickly, over a hundred barbarian warriors shrieked and roared, bursting forth from the dense undergrowth and surrounding Suo Lun completely.
Suo Lun’s speed was already extremely fast, yet he still could not break out of this encirclement. Moreover, every single one of these barbarian warriors was incredibly fast.
Moments later, dozens of bows and arrows were aimed at Suo Lun.
Dozens of curved blades were held at various points around his body.
At this moment, Suo Lun could clearly see the appearance of these barbarian warriors!
They truly were vastly different from humans!
Suo Lun did not even know what race they should be called. Rather, they somewhat resembled the Na’vi race from the Earth film “Avatar.”
The barbarian warriors before him were all very tall, at least over 1.9 metres, two metres.
Moreover, their arms and legs were especially long.
Their faces were also very long. Their ears were particularly pointed. Their bodies were covered with scattered spots.
The tails behind them were like whips.
Their similarities with humans were probably that they had hands and feet, walked upright, and had faces with facial features and hair.
In short, Suo Lun truly felt as though he were seeing aliens.
Especially their eyes. Astonishingly large!
Moreover, every person’s skin was different. There were green, black, white, blue, and red ones.
And the spots on their bodies glowed continuously.
Over a hundred barbarian warriors surrounded Suo Lun completely.
At this moment, the three-year-old little girl had already tucked her entire small body into Suo Lun’s embrace, as if by not seeing others, she was hidden.
Suo Lun began to assess in his heart. Could he escape by force?
Very quickly, he completely rejected this idea!
His body was entirely newborn. Although it had been demonised and possessed astonishing talent.
In terms of martial arts, he was only at the starting stage. He had merely absorbed the blood of over a hundred ferocious beasts.
Yet before him were a full hundred barbarian warriors. Resisting by force was a path to certain death.
The leading barbarian warrior stepped forward. His gaze stared fiercely at Suo Lun as he rattled off a long string of words.
But Suo Lun completely did not understand what he was saying.
Immediately after, this barbarian warrior chief abruptly drew his blade and held it against Suo Lun’s neck, then fiercely questioned him about something.
Suo Lun did not speak in human language. Instead, he gestured with his hands and feet to indicate that he could not understand what was being said.
This barbarian warrior chief’s gaze fell upon the little girl in his embrace. He reached out and pinched the little girl’s neck, abruptly lifting her into the air.
“Ee yah yah yah…” The little girl struggled desperately, baring her teeth and making threatening sounds.
Seeing this scene, the surrounding barbarian warriors immediately burst into loud laughter.
This warrior chief walked over and said a few words to a female warrior on horseback.
It seemed this female warrior was their true leader.
She stared coldly at Suo Lun for a long while. Then she waved her hand and issued an order.
Very quickly, several warriors stepped forward, tied Suo Lun up thoroughly, and escorted him back to the tribe.
…
Having become a captive of these barbarian warriors, Suo Lun was brought to this completely unfamiliar tribe.
The entire tribe was built against the mountain. At the foot of the mountain was a simple city wall, constructed from wood and stone, only four or five metres high, very crude.
“Creak…” The rough city gate opened.
Over a hundred barbarian warriors escorted Suo Lun into the interior of the tribe.
At the foot of the mountain, densely packed vendors were everywhere, selling all manner of goods.
There were medicinal herbs, prey, various metals, weapons, and arrows.
However, the goods for sale were all very crude and primitive.
Moreover, Suo Lun discovered that the people in this tribe were basically all of one race.
In other words, someone like Suo Lun, a foreigner, would stand out very conspicuously.
This also proved that this race was extremely xenophobic!
Suo Lun was escorted towards the mountain.
The houses of the entire tribe were built against the mountain, mostly wooden and stone, equally very crude.
There was only one path up the mountain, winding around the mountain.
The higher one went, the larger and better the houses became.
It seemed that in this tribe, the higher one lived, the higher one’s status.
When they reached the mountainside, a cave appeared!
These barbarian tribe warriors escorted Suo Lun into the cave.
Perhaps this cave was the tribe’s prison!
Walking deeper into the cave, there were many sentries along the way.
Reaching the end of the cave, indeed a row of prison cells came into view.
There were about a dozen or so cells. The iron bars of every cell were as thick as a calf’s leg.
The cells were packed full of prisoners!
Suo Lun was completely dumbfounded. Inside were prisoners of all kinds of races, and the vast majority Suo Lun could not even name.
The only ones he recognised were the Lizardmen, the Flood Dragonmen, and the Wolfmen.
The rest, he knew absolutely nothing about.
Seeing Suo Lun, this new prisoner, the several hundred foreign prisoners inside immediately let out a strange shrieking sound.
“Ha ha ha ha ha…”
Countless prisoners stretched out crimson tongues, licking the iron bars of the cells perversely.
Some prisoners made obscene gestures towards Suo Lun.
The most unsightly of all was that three Wolfmen were savagely raping another prisoner.
And this prisoner had one distinguishing feature: he very much resembled a human, and was also male.
And even more prisoners gazed at the little girl in Suo Lun’s embrace with drooling mouths!
Seeing this scene, the hair on Suo Lun’s back stood on end.
He knew he had entered the most dangerous prison. Here there were no laws, no rules, only the strong ruled supreme.
The barbarian warriors opened the iron door of the last cell and pushed Suo Lun inside!
“Ha ha ha ha ha…”
Suo Lun heard a burst of loud laughter. Then an extremely robust Wolfman fixed his crimson gaze upon Suo Lun and laughed wildly.
The so-called Wolfmen were not wolf bodies with human heads, but wolf heads on human bodies. Their entire bodies were covered in black fur, incredibly robust, standing nearly three metres tall when upright.
His arms were as thick as Suo Lun’s thighs.
His muscles were knotted, appearing to be filled with immensely terrifying power.
Why did some remain mere wolves while others could evolve into Wolfmen?
Because of demon blood!
All beasts capable of evolving into humanoid form did so entirely because of demon blood.
Because the demon blood in their bodies was relatively dense and powerful, the wolves became Wolfmen.
Thus this Wolfman before him was completely incomparable to the savage wolves Suo Lun had drained. He was countless times more powerful.
Suo Lun could clearly feel that this Wolfman’s gaze towards him was filled with terrifying desire. He looked Suo Lun up and down for quite a while. Then his gaze fell upon the little girl in Suo Lun’s embrace.
Then he licked his lips, even more ravenously.
Such a tender, delicate little girl was the most delicious of all, just right for a meal.
“Heh heh heh heh, ke ke ke ke…” This ferocious, terrifying Wolfman let out a few cold laughs. Then he sat down and closed his eyes.
Even sitting down, he was as tall as an ordinary person.
Suo Lun sat down in the corner of the cell. He immediately saw a figure trembling beside him.
He could not see his face, but looking at his skin, Suo Lun discovered he was very similar to a human, at least completely human skin.
He seemed to have been violated, still bearing blood on his body. It was likely the Wolfman’s handiwork.
This was also why this ferocious Wolfman temporarily left Suo Lun alone, because he had just vented his desires.
Suo Lun had not yet conquered this tribe, but he immediately felt the cruelty and terror of the Barbarian world. Compared to the order of human kingdoms, this place was simply like a slaughterhouse.
…
Suo Lun held the little girl, sitting with eyes closed beside him.
This was the most dangerous place. He had to maintain his spiritual power and martial strength at their peak condition.
The boss of the cell he was in was that ferocious, powerful Wolfman.
Therefore, the only danger to himself and the little girl was this Wolfman.
Once his desires rose again, or once he grew hungry, the danger would arrive.
Moreover, Suo Lun knew that in terms of martial strength, he was not this Wolfman’s match. But his spiritual power far exceeded the Wolfman’s.
The only chance of victory was a spiritual power attack.
Therefore, he had to rest with eyes closed, ensuring his spiritual power remained in the best possible state.
The little girl also sensed the danger here, sitting quietly in Suo Lun’s embrace without moving.
At this moment, a timid voice suddenly came to Suo Lun’s ear.
It was that prisoner who had been violated by the Wolfman. He was asking Suo Lun some questions, except Suo Lun could not understand what he was saying.
Opening his eyes, Suo Lun looked towards that person.
Now he finally saw his face. This barbarian was truly very similar to a human, even more human-like than Suo Lun currently was.
The only way to tell he was different from a human was his ears. Pointed, and covered with a layer of fur.
Moreover, he was rather handsome. No wonder he had been sexually assaulted by the Wolfman.
Suo Lun gestured with his hands to indicate he could not understand what was being said.
Then this human-like prisoner switched to several other languages, all of which Suo Lun could not understand.
“Which… race are you? Is this your daughter?” Finally, he actually spoke in human language, though not very standardly.
Suo Lun was greatly astonished, incredibly delighted. To actually hear human language here.
“I don’t know what race I am either. You can speak human language?” Suo Lun asked overjoyed.
“Then we are both Near-Humans.” That prisoner said, “Because we resemble humans, we are called Near-Humans. Our generations have always known some human speech.”
“So do we.” Suo Lun said.
That prisoner said, “My tribe was destroyed. The tribe’s people fled and became an exiled race. What about you? Why are you also wandering outside?”
The Barbarian Continent was extremely, extremely dangerous!
Different races hunted and fed upon each other. The strong treated the weak as food.
Therefore every race had to cling tightly together, establish a tribe, in order to have a glimmer of survival.
Losing the protection of a tribe meant completely unable to survive on the Barbarian Continent, like a child walking among jackals, tigers, and leopards.
Therefore, those who lost their tribes, the exiles, were the most miserable people on the Barbarian Continent.
Exile also became one of the heaviest punishments of every tribe.
“I heard the Chimera race is the most tolerant race, capable of accommodating outsiders, so I came to try.” This prisoner said.
Suo Lun said, “This race is called Chimera?”
“Yes.” This Near-Human prisoner said, “Didn’t you come to seek refuge with the Chimera because you heard they could accept foreigners?”
Suo Lun understood. No wonder these Chimera warriors were not surprised by his appearance. After asking a few questions and not understanding, they directly brought him to this cave.
So all along, many exiled barbarians had come to seek refuge with the Chimera tribe.
This was one of the rare tribes capable of accepting foreigners.
It seemed the Barbarian world was extremely xenophobic. Countless races each governed themselves. Every race was an independent kingdom.
No wonder the Barbarian world was several times larger than the human kingdoms, yet remained a loose collection of sand, being pressed down and beaten by humans.
“My name is Mu Long. What is your name?” This Near-Human prisoner Mu Long asked.
“Lan Ling.” Suo Lun was slightly startled, then said.
After speaking, Suo Lun sighed deeply in his heart. He had finally returned to his original name.
Three years ago he had said he would become Lan Ling again. He had not expected it to happen in this manner.
“Lan Ling? A beautiful name.” The Near-Human prisoner Mu Long said, “How did you become an exile? Was your tribe also destroyed?”
“No, I was exiled.” Lan Ling (Suo Lun) said.
“Oh!” The Near-Human Mu Long said, “How unfortunate!”
Lan Ling said, “Have you been violated by the Wolfman?”
Mu Long said, “We Near-Humans, because we look too much like humans, this is our original sin! Therefore every race oppresses us Near-Humans, ** humiliates us Near-Humans. How many times have I wondered, what would it be like if we lived in the human kingdoms? Unfortunately, I cannot cross the tens of thousands of li of great mountains. I don’t even know where the human kingdoms are.”
Lan Ling sighed!
This he had thought of. Among the barbarians, looking too much like a human was a kind of original sin.
Therefore, all Near-Humans were at the very bottom of the barbarians, suffering bullying from everyone.
In this prison, every single Near-Human had been **.
And the Wolfmen, at least within this prison, stood at the very top of the food chain.
Lan Ling (Suo Lun) asked, “Is it possible for the people here to join the Chimera tribe?”
Mu Long said, “No. At most, only one in ten can successfully join the Chimera tribe and become their foreign army.”
Lan Ling was overjoyed upon hearing this.
Becoming a member of this tribe’s foreign army was undoubtedly a channel.
With his talent, he could rapidly rise within the Chimera tribe’s foreign army.
Lan Ling said, “Then how can one become a member of the Chimera tribe’s foreign army? When?”
Just at this moment, that powerful and ferocious Wolfman stood up. Pointing at the little girl in Lan Ling’s embrace, he rattled off a string of words.
Mu Long translated from the side, “He says, lowly Near-Human, your Wolfman King is hungry. Offer the child in your embrace to me as my evening snack.”
Then the ferocious, massive Wolfman came before Lan Ling (Suo Lun), extending his clawed hand to demand the little girl.
At the same time, the dozens of barbarians behind him also stood up, surrounding Lan Ling completely!
…
Time rewound to over a year ago!
After Zhi Yan and Ji Xiu Ning and the others killed Suo Lun, the tens of thousands of the Divine Dragon Temple’s aerial legion retreated!
Princess Zhi Yan was to follow Ji Xiu Ning back to the Sky Temple to report.
In the air, Princess Zhi Yan asked, “Xiu Ning, Suo Lun is dead. What about his family?”
Beside her, Ji Meng Bai said, “Suo Lun is the master of the Demon Star, the World-Destroying Demon Emperor! Merely killing him is not enough. We must also eliminate the roots!”
Ji Xiu Ning did not speak, then said, “Let us make a trip to Tianshui City and clean up this matter!”
Then Ji Xiu Ning and the four others led the Divine Dragon Temple’s aerial legion, flying towards Tianshui City!