I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself

Chapter 539: Chapter 223: Boom!

Outside the Giant Mountain Blazing Flame Race Territory.

The migrating tribespeople were still struggling through the mountains and fields, their beast hide bags were bulging with items.

"Thousand Captains, why do we have to migrate separately? Where have the other tribespeople migrated to?"

In the mountains, Lin Mu cautiously asked the approaching Thousand Captains, drawing the attention of others around.

Thirty thousand people within the tribe were divided into dozens of teams for migration, each taking a different path.

No one understood why.

"The Upper Division has ordered it, just follow the orders, and you won’t miss out on the benefits."

The Thousand Captains glared at Lin Mu and then looked at the crowd, saying, "Have you all forgotten the Clan Leader’s instructions?

All clanspeople of the Yanglin Division must obey the orders of the Upper Division. If you’re tired, rest on the spot..."

The Thousand Captains scolded the crowd, though he himself did not fully understand the Clan Leader’s arrangements, but following orders was enough.

The Upper Division had promised that for any tribesperson who went missing, died, or got injured during the migration, they would provide compensation for any accident.

Doing well would even earn rewards.

Just as the Thousand Captains finished speaking, a howling sound came from above the sky, causing everyone to look up.

In the southeastern direction, at the end of the visible horizon, it seemed as if a gust of wind was howling towards them, swift as lightning, sweeping across the mountains and fields.

Even though the gust did not pass near them, the crowd was still scattered by the storm whipped up in the hills.

"Thousand Captains!"

The group suddenly fell into chaos.

The Thousand Captains climbed up from the ground, suddenly recalling the words of Clan Leader Lin Zhong.

"Throw everything away and run!"

...

In the sky, with each flap of Yu Cheng’s wings, a violent wind would stir up.

If he didn’t have to worry about the four juniors following behind, he would have already sped up.

As they approached three thousand miles outside the Blazing Flame Race Territory, hovering high above, he naturally saw migrating teams in the mountains.

And as they swiftly traversed the sky, his sharp eyes reflected several teams traversing through the mountains and fields.

The group flew quickly, seeing a grand array flickering with multicolored light among the mountains.

It couldn’t be helped; the verdant greenery amid the mountains made this multicolored area too conspicuous.

Yu Cheng blinked, capturing the Witch Array in his eyes.

Through the Jade Scroll given by the Great Witch Priest, he had already pieced together the situation’s context.

The Spirit Shepherd Xuan Chi, patrolling the Northern Border, found out that there was a new Bo Division here with prime sacrificial offerings.

Thus, the Hunting Sacrificial Envoy Yu Ling came to capture the offerings but had not returned.

Xuan Chi, ordered to inspect, after much investigation, finally confirmed that Yu Ling had been killed by this Bo Division.

Since the tribe had managed to kill the Peak of Divine Treasure Yu Ling, the Great Witch Priest dispatched Xuan Chi, carrying the Tier Five Witch Artifact, to lead Yu Bo and three others into the Giant Mountain to capture the sacrificial offerings.

"So it’s a Witch Array, no wonder Yu Ling met his demise."

Yu Cheng looked into the direction of the Blazing Flame Race Territory from afar and finally understood how Yu Ling perished.

The piece of magic practiced by Yongyi had been inherently weak, with generations lacking talent in arrays, further leading to its significant decline.

But a powerful array indeed had the great power to allow a Martial Artist to fight across tiers.

"Such audacity, thinking that killing a Tier Four Hunting Sacrificial Envoy from our tribe grants them the strength to withstand us. Truly, ignorance is bliss!"

The Hunting Sacrificial Envoys following Yu Cheng remained silent; even now, they didn’t fully understand what had happened.

In the tribe, they merely followed the Great Witch Priest’s orders to capture sacrificial offerings, knowing little about other matters.

Soon, as they got closer, the appearance of the Witch Array fully came into view.

A giant overturned multicolored bowl, with five layers of spiritual light interweaving inside, emanating clusters of radiant light.

Yu Cheng saw the remnants of ruins around the clan land and then the emptiness. He thought of the migrating teams in the mountains on his way here, all seemingly turning their backs on the direction of the grand array.

Were they aware that their act of killing his Holy Envoy tribesman would incur the wrath of the Holy Envoy Race and deliberately used themselves as bait to allow their tribesmen to migrate away?

This array, alone?

Naïve Human Race, Yu Cheng scoffed slightly.

What he wanted were the sacrificial offerings, not ants.

Mere ants were sometimes beneath his feet, and he couldn’t even be bothered to crush them.

...

In the clan land’s Witch Array.

Upon sensing the black speck in the sky, Shen Can immediately drilled out through the earth cave beneath the Witch Array.

He had been waiting for the Holy Envoy Race for a long time, just completing the final repair and upgrade of the grand array.

Ah, here they came!

As the saying goes, timing is more crucial than arriving early.

He stumbled upon great fortune again.

The newly repaired and upgraded grand array had shrunk from a radius of ten miles to three miles.

Though it became smaller, it was more refined, upgraded from Tier Four to Quasi-Tier Five.

Of course, it couldn’t withstand more than a few strikes from a Tier Five Martial Artist.

But if it were a Tier Four attack, it would require some time and cost.

The three-headed avatar busily swallowed the Treasure Medicine Pills, and the dense life force poured into the withered body like sweet dew.

From a shriveled small avatar, it transformed into a vibrant prime sacrificial offering, a life force so strong it couldn’t be hidden even within a coffin.

Yu Cheng, along with four tribesmen, landed outside the Witch Array, feeling the waves emanating from the array. He finally judged that the fluctuations were between Tier Four and Tier Five.

"The Great Witch Priest is indeed wise and cautious!"

Suddenly, Yu Cheng spoke.

This seemingly unconnected statement surprised Yu Qing and the others.

Why such flattery for the Great Witch Priest now that they were already outside the clan land?

Before the four behind him could react, Yu Cheng continued, "Stand back a bit to avoid getting caught up in the array’s turmoil. Yu Mao, Yu Fei, you two prepare to take the offerings back."