Chapter 1866: Chapter 1851: Ambush by the Sand Sea Divine Priest
When a large number of Yidongqing Divine Tree Flowers bloomed again in the Yuansha Tribe, the Sha Clan people of the Yuansha Tribe, one by one, were kneeling and worshiping Ye Zhen with tears streaming down their faces.
To express their devotion, the Sha Clan people at this moment wished they could smash their heads.
The feeling of being abandoned by the Heavenly God, becoming forsaken people, was too terrifying.
So at this moment, the Sha Clan people of the Yuansha Tribe who have returned to the embrace of the Yizhi Sand Sea Heavenly God cherish it immensely.
The sand sea is still full of the smell of blood, but this smell of blood contains no hatred, only remorse and awe, deeply ingrained in their bones towards Ye Zhen, the Divine Envoy.
The Power of Belief within Ye Zhen’s Xuan Palace, that golden droplet, once again experienced an explosive growth.
The Power of Belief contributed by the 400,000 people of Yuansha Tribe was unexpectedly more than that contributed by the 670,000 people of the medium-sized tribe.
This somewhat surprised Ye Zhen, but he roughly understood the reason.
Some things, only when lost, are realized to be precious; only when regained are they truly cherished.
However, as a warning and also as punishment, Ye Zhen used the Secret Technique to grow a limited number of Yidongqing Divine Trees for the Yuansha Tribe.
The Yuansha Tribe originally had only tens of thousands of Yidongqing Divine Trees, but previously, Ye Zhen had accelerated the growth of over two million Yidongqing Divine Trees.
At this moment, Ye Zhen only grew 300,000 Yidongqing Divine Trees for the Yuansha Tribe, only one-tenth of before.
But compared to the original number of Yidongqing Divine Trees owned by the Yuansha Tribe, it was a few times more, improving their living conditions to some extent.
However, compared to other tribes, it was far less.
Even in those small tribes, Ye Zhen demonstrated divine miracles, growing over a million Yidongqing Divine Trees, far more than the medium-sized Yuansha Tribe’s amount.
For a tribe with an unsteady belief, having betrayed once, Ye Zhen allowing them to return to the embrace of Yizhi Sand Sea Heavenly God was merciful enough.
From today on, the Yuansha Tribe will become the negative example in the Yizhi Sand Sea, with their story and outcome widely spread, serving as a warning to those tribes with unsteady stances.
Sha Sea Divine Priest Meng Lixi, who arrived aggressively, left dejectedly when Ye Zhen regrew the Yidongqing Divine Trees.
However, Ye Zhen did not believe the conflict was over.
His conflict with the Yizhi Temple had just begun.
Once the Sha Clan people become fanatics, the Power of Belief will explode in a short period, continuing to surge over two to three days.
Therefore, Ye Zhen stayed in the Yuansha Tribe for two days, occasionally healing some Sha Clan people and performing divine miracles.
During these two days, some changes occurred within the Yuansha Tribe.
The Yuansha Tribe elected a new chief.
The first thing the new chief did was to bind all the members of the former chief Dijia’s family and bring them before the Divine Envoy Ye Zhen, requesting his judgment.
"The Heavenly God has accepted the Yuansha Tribe again; as for how to handle and arrange things, it’s your tribal matter to decide, and I will not interfere."
This was Ye Zhen’s response.
However, the new chief of the Yuansha Tribe was also a ruthless character; fearing Ye Zhen’s dissatisfaction, he directly demoted the family of the former chief Dijia, over a thousand people, to slaves.
To be honest, this outcome was somewhat cruel; Dijia had already paid with his life for his mistakes, but even after his death, his family was implicated.
Although this result was somewhat cruel, Ye Zhen did not stop it.
The best way to establish divine authority is not to show divine grace but the wrath of the Heavenly God.
The fate of Dijia and his family was merely the price for angering the earthly representation of the Heavenly God, namely, Ye Zhen, the Divine Envoy.
Moreover, with the chief of the tribe’s miserable end like Dijia’s, Ye Zhen believes that future chiefs will make the most wise choices.
Patan, the commander of the Divine Guard Team, has already passed down this matter to the Zousha People under Ye Zhen’s Divine Envoy’s brilliance throughout the Sha Clan Tribe.
These Zousha People will bring the warning of Ye Zhen, the Divine Envoy, to the various tribes of the Sha Clan.
Two days passed quickly, and when leaving the Yuansha Tribe, the number of people in Ye Zhen’s Divine Guard Team had increased to 137.
However, upon leaving the Yuansha Tribe, Ye Zhen’s expression became somewhat solemn.
"From now on, tell these Divine Guards to be careful, increase vigilance to avoid losing lives in vain." Before departure, Ye Zhen specially instructed Patan.
"Divine Envoy Lord, are you worried about Meng Lixi Sha Sea Divine Priest he will?"
"In this world, when words fail to convince, fists are most appropriate; whoever has the bigger fist is justice, is the reason." Ye Zhen said slowly.
At these words, Patan nodded slowly, "Rest assured, Lord, subordinates will be careful and vigilant to fully protect the Lord’s safety!"
Actually, the meaning of saying this was not to let those Divine Guards sacrifice in vain, but since Patan said so, given Ye Zhen’s current status, he could not explain too much, and could only nod and proceed.
According to Ye Zhen and Patan’s plan, they continued eastward, targeting a medium-sized tribe to the east, less than ten thousand miles away from the Yuansha Tribe.
At the speed Ye Zhen and his entourage were advancing, it would take them less than an hour to arrive.
Under normal circumstances, even the Sand Sea Divine Priest Meng Lixi wouldn’t dare to act against Divine Envoy Ye Zhen, who had already gained recognition from millions of Sha Clan people, and whose reputation had spread across the entire Yizhi Sand Sea.
That would be akin to destroying their own Yizhi Temple.
Because the greatest support for the Yizhi Temple’s rule over the entire Yizhi Sand Sea is the Sha Clan people’s faith in the Yizhi Sand Sea Heavenly God.
However, in this world, there are more people who dare to take outrageous risks.
Just as Ye Zhen’s entourage left the Yuansha Tribe less than a half a quarter-hour ago, the weather changed.
The previously calm sand sea suddenly stirred up a strong wind, and in a flash, yellow sand filled the sky, almost instantly swallowing Ye Zhen’s group.
"Be careful, this is a means only possessed by the Temple’s Sand Sea Divine Priest." exclaimed Patan, the Blue Robe Priest, with a drastic change in expression.
At that moment, amidst the sky-filling yellow sand that had just swallowed Ye Zhen’s party, the swirling sand suddenly began to screech sharply.
Each grain of sand, flying at incredible speed and radiating golden light like sharp arrows, bombarded Ye Zhen and the Divine Guards around him.
The amount of flying sand here is countless.
Each grain, under the mysterious power in the void, was capable of piercing metal and stone, possessing striking lethality.
However, no matter how strong the lethality, it is only a grain of sand, and the Realm King Realm experts around Ye Zhen can easily withstand the attack of such a grain of sand.
But, when the number of sand grains attacking them simultaneously exceeds a million, it becomes a formidable situation.
Some Divine Guards with cultivation at the Early Stage of Realm King Realm had their Protective Spirit Armor shattered instantaneously by those millions of sand grains, and their bodies were then pulverized by the terrifying sand.
More astonishingly, these grains of sand emanating bright golden light had the power to damage the Divine Soul.
The Innate Divine Souls of those Divine Guards, whose bodies were destroyed, just escaped only to be pierced and shattered again by countless sand grains, without even so much as a scream.
Within moments of the sand’s sudden rise, more than sixteen Divine Guards were obliterated, soul and all.
However, at this moment, the Divine Guards among the Fanatics specially selected by Patan exhibited remarkable resolution.
"Protect the Divine Envoy!"
With a roar, one Divine Guard after another faced the lethal sand, forming a wall of flesh and blood before Ye Zhen with their bodies.
"Retreat, my lord!"
With his body emanating a glowing light, Patan rushed to Ye Zhen’s side, intending to help Ye Zhen escape.
Honestly, Ye Zhen didn’t feel much about this ambush and assault.
Ye Zhen had experienced too many storms, seen too many of such ambushes, and remained undisturbed.
Even as the sand began to rise, Ye Zhen’s instinct for danger led him to instinctively activate his Dragon Scale False Body.
The fine Dragon Scales silently covered Ye Zhen’s entire body; Ye Zhen was confident that the swarming sand couldn’t harm him before the Dragon Scale False Body, whose defensive capability surpassed that of High Grade Suppressing Devices.
But Ye Zhen was surprised by those Divine Guards who hurriedly rushed to block before him, forming a wall of flesh and blood with their bodies.
This loyalty and courage shocked Ye Zhen instantly.
At the same time, the massive casualties among the Divine Guards left Ye Zhen deeply distressed.
Ye Zhen shook off Patan’s hand attempting to pull him to retreat, and his abundant Primordial Spirit Divine Thought spread around like molten silver.
The long-unused Sword Heart Enlightenment, like a pulse, carefully sensed the most subtle differences among the countless sands in the sand sea.
Whoosh!
Violet Sword Light shot from behind Ye Zhen’s head like a thunderclap, and countless Sword Light poured into the sand a thousand meters behind.
In an instant, massive amounts of sand transformed into the finest powder, and a yellow sand whirlwind spun up from the bottom, ruthlessly striking the Purple Spirit Immortal Sword.
As the Sword Light dispersed and the Purple Spirit Immortal Sword returned to Ye Zhen’s body, the figure of Sand Sea Divine Priest Meng Lixi emerged from the yellow sand whirlwind.
"Unexpectedly, the dignified Sand Sea Divine Priest would engage in such disgraceful conduct. It seems the Yizhi Heavenly God was right saying you have already fallen."
Just as Ye Zhen spoke, the Supreme Saint Xuan of the Heavenly Temple, seated among the clouds somewhere far away in the Yizhi Sand Sea, suddenly opened his eyes.
His hand brushed over the Heavenly Domain Ten Thousand Sky Divine Mirror, revealing confrontation figures amidst the rolling sand on the mirror.
"The power fluctuation of a Dao Realm, the Sand Sea Divine Priest of the Sha Clan?"
"Interesting, let’s watch this!"
