Chapter 34 of 100

Chapter 34

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When Feng Ye and Yuan Kui returned to the tribe, the scene there had already come to a close. Feng Zhong lay on the ground, unconscious, while Feng Kui had a black claw mark on him, black blood continuously flowing out. However, Feng Kui seemed to feel no pain, his gaze fixed on a ball of crimson-golden flame beside him.

The other tribespeople were listless, and several had already perished, their bodies lying haphazardly on the ground.

The Crimson Dove was also in a sorry state, lying on the side with its wings broken and most of its feathers fallen out. Its mournful cries were weak and continuous.

Feng Ye's face was grim. He calculated the situation and understood it clearly.

Since Feng Zhong had come, it meant they hadn't been able to stop the Su Bird. Worried about Feng Kui's safety, the Su Bird had forced its way to the Sui Ren tribe. However, it was precisely this act of the Su Bird that saved the entire tribe.

The ball of crimson-golden flame beside Feng Kui was the Su Bird transformed. When the Crimson Dove first flew to the tribe, it was not something the tribe could resist. Even Feng Kui was caught by the Crimson Dove and poisoned by the Dove's venom. If not for his cultivation, he would have died long ago.

Fortunately, the Su Bird arrived in time, and Feng Zhong set up a White Bone Tower for defense. However, the Crimson Dove was too powerful for Feng Zhong and the Su Bird to handle.

In the Sui Ren tribe, the totem defense activated, repelling all non-human entities. The Crimson Dove, intent on killing the humans, was naturally included in this.

However, the Su Bird had a deep connection with the Sui Emperor and the Sui Ren tribe, so it wasn't repelled by the totem. Instead, it received some enhancement. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to hold off the Crimson Dove for so long.

But even with the enhancement, it couldn't overcome the power gap. In a desperate move, the Su Bird forcibly consumed a thread of the sacred fire left by the Sui Emperor, the totem sacred fire of the Sui Ren tribe. Using this, the Su Bird unleashed its potential, performing beyond its limits, hoping to take the Crimson Dove down with it. Although the result was unsatisfactory, it managed to severely injure the Crimson Dove and wait for Yuan Kui and Feng Ye to arrive.

When Yuan Kui saw the ball of flame that was the Su Bird, his face turned cold, and he raised the Dragon Ascending Sword to strike the Crimson Dove, instantly severing its life force.

Feng Ye walked to the flame that was the Su Bird and carefully sensed it, discovering a faint pulse of life within. His brows relaxed. Could the Su Bird have a chance of rebirth?

The current situation seemed like the legendary rebirth through fire, a skill unique to the Phoenix lineage. However, strictly speaking, only the Fire Phoenix lineage had this ability.

In the beginning, when Pangu split the heavens and the earth, a pair of divine dragons and a pair of phoenixes were born, each possessing the powers of earth, fire, wind, and water.

The ancestral dragons controlled earth and water, while the initial phoenixes controlled wind and fire. Although the phoenix and the fire phoenix looked similar, they were, strictly speaking, two different races. The rebirth through fire was a unique ability of the Fire Phoenix lineage, while the initial phoenix lineage could not resurrect.

However, the initial phoenix and the fire phoenix fell in love, and their union produced a daughter, the first phoenix, known as the Xuan Phoenix or Xuan Mother, the ancestral deity of all later avian species.

After the initial phoenix and the fire phoenix died, the Xuan Mother ruled over all avian species and the dragon clan. Inheriting her parents' blood, she had the ability to control wind and fire.

She then created other phoenixes based on herself and her parents, thus forming the entire phoenix lineage. If divided by yin and yang, the phoenix is yang and the fire phoenix is yin. By color, there are the red Zhuque, the blue Qingluan, the yellow Yuanchu, the white Honghu, and the purple Yuanzhuo. Further细分, there are also the Zhongming Bird, the Jinwu, and the Bifang, among others, all considered part of the phoenix lineage. Even the peacock and the great roc mostly have phoenix blood, so in many cases, when these birds revert to their ancestral forms, they awaken the phoenix lineage.

However, the Tongming Bird lives on the Sui tree, and there's no known connection to the phoenix. Well, the Tongming Bird is born of fire, which is somewhat similar to the Fire Phoenix. The phoenix perches on the wutong tree, while the Tongming Bird prefers the Sui tree, and their habits are quite similar.

Regardless, since it has already been reborn through fire, there will naturally be a day when we meet again. Feng Ye comforted Feng Kui and his brother, then had Yuan Kui take the Su Bird's fire seed back to the Sui tree.

But at this moment, a strange change occurred. A powerful, ancient aura suddenly rose from the dead Crimson Dove, as if a powerful being was looking at them.

The Crimson Dove floated in the air, and threads of essence blood flew out of its body, forming a blood cocoon.

Shubi Shi! Indeed, this Crimson Dove was the shaman servant of Shubi Shi. With the Crimson Dove in trouble, Shubi Shi could naturally descend his consciousness.

If this being were to act, it would be beyond what Feng Ye, a Celestial Immortal, could handle.

Feng Ye threw the Sui Ren Lamp to Yuan Kui, "I'll hold him off. You go to the Ancestral Fire Cave and place the Sui Ren Lamp inside to activate the Sui Ren tribe's ultimate defense!"

Under normal circumstances, the totem shield of the Sui Ren tribe can only defend against entities below the Celestial Immortal level. As for others, it can only suppress them to some extent.

However, if the defense is activated without restraint, even a Golden Immortal can be held outside the tribe. In essence, this defense is supported by the fortune of the human race. In the future, when the human race flourishes, the fortune will be strong, and even the great deities will have to be cautious.

However, as one of the twelve shaman ancestors, Shubi Shi's power surpasses even that of a Great Golden Immortal, comparable to a Quasi-Saint. Otherwise, if his true form were to appear, a single poison would be enough to wipe out the entire Sui Ren tribe, and even Feng Ye would be in danger.

However, don't forget that the human race has existed in the primordial world for tens of thousands of years. During this time, some Golden Immortal deities and the like have caused trouble for the human race, but the human race has survived. This is because the human race has a powerful backer—Sage Nüwa is still alive!

Although it would be beneath a Sage to personally deal with some Golden Immortals, it doesn't mean they can't take out their anger on the elders behind these juniors. After all, every junior has an elder behind them.

Although it's not good for adults to get involved in children's fights, a group of Golden Immortals attacking a group of mortals is fundamentally unjust. And Nüwa can find any other reason to take revenge, so no one can say anything about it.

Ten thousand years ago, there was a wolf tribe that enjoyed eating humans, led by several Golden Immortal-level great demons.

When Nüwa learned of this, she didn't say anything. She just invited the old ancestor of the wolf demon clan, the Heavenly Wolf Demon God, to the Nüwa Palace as a guest. Then, something happened, and not long after, Empress Xihe received a white wolf fur coat, identical to the Heavenly Wolf Demon God's fur.

Without its protector, the wolf demon tribe naturally declined, and its enemies and those who took advantage of the situation completely wiped out the tribe.

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