Chapter 2: Blood Relatives

  On several withered and dry little bodies, Xiao Yi could still sense a thread of extremely eerie aura. This aura was similar to blood energy, yet not quite the same, emitting a somewhat evil smell.

  Staring at the dry human skin in front of me, the once mischievous face still retained a look of terror and fear, those sparkling eyes had also dried up, presenting a grayish white color, a thick death aura began to emanate, all vitality had completely dissipated.

  Every single Bloodstone person was suppressing it with all their might, even when they saw their own kind die at the hands of another tribe, it had never been like this before. This was a great pain, young lives were lost, not only did it touch on a taboo, but also made every Bloodstone person's heart fill with murderous intent. The children who had previously sat happily on their knees, suddenly vanished, their mischievous smiling faces gone, leaving behind only endless sorrow and despair.

  Life exists because of its continuation, and several young Bloodstone couples stared blankly, as if they had lost their souls at this moment.

  It's a great pain, life slipping away before one's own eyes, and it's even more unbearable when it happens to the people closest to you. If not for an iron heart, no one can withstand this scene.

  "Things have gotten a bit troublesome," Shi Qiren said, opening his mouth. "This has been drained of its vital energy, take a look."

  Under Shi Qiren's guidance, everyone saw two extremely fine blood holes between the tender skin of their necks. These blood holes were almost imperceptible, as if a very fine needle had been inserted and quickly withdrawn.

  "This is..." Xiao Yi said in a low voice.

  "This is the fang of the Blood Clan!"

  Shì Hǔ Qiān Fū's voice rose, and before he knew it, he had already arrived at the front. The calm eyes also revealed a few hints of sadness, and he said in a low voice: "In the northwest of Beihuang, we are already on the edge of the rear border area. At the same time, two major alien tribes have appeared, but they are rarely seen in decades. It seems that over the years, apart from the Tianbing Road guarded by Lei Jian Bingbu's Xian tribe, there is also another bloodline Tianbing Road that has been disturbed."

  "It's actually a blood relative!"

  Shi Qiren's face looked a bit unsightly, he was very clear about how troublesome this race was. If the Xian tribe's methods were ever-changing and good at manipulating the power of heaven and earth, then the strongest method of the Blood tribe was rebirth. They possessed an extremely strong life force, relying on sucking the fresh blood of living beings to survive. Shi Qiren even knew that in a distant era, in a legendary dark age, the Blood tribe had used humans as food. Even an ordinary Blood tribe member could eat away ten ordinary human tribesmen in one day. It was a tragic era, the mortal world was filled with suffering, and white bones piled up like mountains.

  "Shi Qiren! Pass down the order!" Shi Hu, the commander of a thousand men, bellowed, "Within one month, stop hunting, mobilize the tribe's savings, no one is allowed to take a step out of the tribal mountain wall!"

  "Yes!"

  "Xiao Baifu Zhang, follow me." Shi Hu Qianfu Zhang nodded towards Xiao Yi and turned to leave.

  Ministry of War

  Above the three layers is a grand hall. Following Shi Hu Qianfu into here, Xiao Yi discovered that apart from Qianyuan Qianfu, the clan leader Shi Zhixuan had also arrived.

  The grand hall was very simple, except for a few green stone chairs, there was nothing else. Seeing Xiao Yi arrive, Shi Zhi Xuan looked at him and said: "You don't need to guess, you can reach here because you already have the qualifications. This is the Ministry of War's Grand Hall, only strong warriors above the rank of Qian Fu Lang can enter."

  A chill ran through his heart, and Xiao Yi didn't expect Shi Zhi Xuan to be so perceptive of human nature. However, he quickly calmed down and asked, "What is a blood clan?"

  His expression was solemn, and Qianyuan Thousand Husband said: "The Blood Clan is one of the major clans in the Hundred Realms. At first, they relied on absorbing the blood of living beings to grow, but as their cultivation increased, they could also absorb the dark powers between heaven and earth. This is an extremely evil clan that likes to exist in darkness. Even the most ordinary Blood Clan members are very troublesome. As long as they want to, they can easily conceal their racial characteristics, and even develop their descendants. Unless one's spiritual will has reached the Ordinary Realm or higher, it would be difficult to detect the dark blood power within them. What I fear is that this time, the ones who have appeared in my Blood Stone Tribe are not ordinary Blood Clan warriors."

  After a moment, Xiao Yi had a general understanding of this blood clan, which was very similar to the vampires that were prevalent in the Western world during the Great Technological Era. They also had a name for their blood clan, and it was said that the ancestor of this clan was named Cain.

  However, this land is too mysterious and completely different from Earth. Xiao Yi couldn't determine whether he was still on Earth or not. Nevertheless, among these hundred realms' great tribes, he vaguely found shadows of the technological era.

  "Now, we can't find that blood clan for the time being," said Ishida Senpachi, "so we can only temporarily hold back our troops. If this person wants to come out and hunt for food again, they will inevitably reveal their true form. Unfortunately, our lower-ranking blood division cannot touch the formation method, otherwise we would set up a formation to guide the sunlight of the Taiyang God to illuminate the earth, and even the Blood Clan's Wanfu Zhang would have nowhere to hide."

  "What if it's luring the snake out of its hole?" Xiao Yi said thoughtfully.

  He shook his head, and Qianyuan Qianfu said: "This is too obvious, the other party will definitely be aware of it. It can be tried, but don't hold out hope. However, if the other party really has a mind to hunt for food, based on their cultivation, they will definitely make a move towards ordinary soldiers, or even Wu Chang and Bai Fu Chang. The strong's essence blood is of great benefit to them in improving their cultivation."

  "Are they afraid of sunlight?" Xiao Yi said.

  "The Blood Clan does not like sunlight, but is not afraid of it, unless it's the divine light of the Sun God or the true fire of the Sun. The source of our power lies in the heart," said Shi Hu Qianfu, "while humans condense the Qi of Heaven and Earth, immortals cultivate their Dan Tian Zifu, we Blood Clan condense the dark blood core. Unless it's a newly born ordinary Blood Clan member, even if they live under sunlight forever, it won't harm them."

  Xiao Yi nodded, this was consistent with his understanding, perhaps he didn't understand the history of vampires, but now it seemed to be a bit tricky. He didn't know that the fangs in the darkness would still stretch towards whom.

  He walked out of the Ministry of War again, Xiao Yi raised his head to look up, and the bright moon was hanging high, but there was a layer of light haze surrounding it.

  "This hundred-clan tribe, indeed not a single clan is simple." Xiao Yi murmured to himself, his heart filled with some emotion. The human race can exist under the siege of the hundred clans until now, it's undeniable that they possess strong vitality.

  But in an instant, Xiao Yi's eyes shot out cold and icy glints. No matter how complex these hundred realms' great clans were, this time he would not have the slightest mercy. Some things could not be trampled on, some grudges had to be repaid with blood.

  Half an hour later.

  Behind the Bloodstone tribe, a raging fire had ignited. In a pile of withered branches, several dry and tender human skins were twisted together, soon turning to ashes. Xiao Yi's mood was somewhat heavy, having lost the essence of life and flesh. Even cremation couldn't support it for a moment, those delicate little faces could no longer be seen, that extinguished vitality could not be reversed, and life could not come back again.

  Tens of thousands of Bloodstone tribe people gathered here, silent and sorrowful breaths filled the air as they gazed at the gradually extinguished fierce fire. The last collected ashes were only a small handful, mixed with the yellow earth of the tribal land. Even the few mischievous little ones couldn't fill half a person-sized green stone jar.

  In everyone's eyes, there was a thick murderous aura, which was an unbearable result. In the end, the crowd dispersed, and several parents of young children left with their bluestone jars in hand, their eyes dull but grasping tightly onto the jars as if they were the most precious things in the world.

  Half a day later, the dawn broke, Xiao Yi's gaze was solemn, and as expected, since the other party had made their move, they were unscrupulous, even the clan leader Shi Zhi Xuan, whose spirit and will had reached an extraordinary realm, couldn't detect any traces of that bloodline.

  Midnight, moon bright and stars sparse.

  A shrill and mournful cry pierced through the darkness, echoing above the tribe.

  No good!

  A corner of the tribe, Xiao Yi's heart skipped a beat, the next moment, he was like a whirlwind, heading south from the tribe. In his heart, a strong sense of foreboding emerged.

  Hiss! Hiss!

  At the same time as Xiao Yi set out, many Wu Chang and Bai Fu Chang, as well as many ordinary soldiers, rushed southward, each with a fierce look in their eyes. They knew that even if they arrived now, it would probably be too late.

  In front of an ordinary stone house.

  When Xiao Yi arrived, Shi Hu Qianfu Zhang and Gan Yuan Qianfu Zhang were already standing there. Xiao Yi could clearly feel the surging blood energy inside the two men, like a volcano, as if it was about to erupt at any moment, but was forcibly suppressed due to the continuous arrival of their clansmen.

  This stone house was easily recognizable, and living inside were the parents of one of the children who had been cremated earlier.

  Although he hadn't seen it yet, Xiao Yi had already smelled the strong smell of blood. In front of the stone gate, dark red blood was flowing out, twisting and turning, shocking to behold.

  His footsteps were somewhat heavy, Xiao Yi arrived in front of the stone gate, and what entered his eyes were two dry human skins. The other party did not suck away their essence and blood, but instead spat it into the stone house. The gurgling fresh blood was spreading, and the entire land presented a dark red color. Apart from this, at a distance not far from the human skin, a blue stone jar was broken into four pieces, with a small amount of bone ash stained with blood, scattered all over the place.

  In an instant, a fierce killing intent burst out of Xiao Yi's eyes, this killing intent was not hidden at all, his heart was trembling, the broken gun behind him was humming, as if it had also sensed something, and the trembling did not stop. Everyone come to vote!