I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself

Xiangliu swung its tail, and columns of water crashed down from outside the island, causing the five-mile-wide island to crumble in an instant.

Amidst the collapsing earth and rocks, figures could still be seen buried by debris, while giant waves surged from all sides of the island, and the floodwaters began to flow back.

On the western side of the island, turtle shell ships were navigating underwater, directly caught and tossed around by the giant waves. Among them, two ships illuminated with Witch Runes, emitting cracking sounds.

Xiangliu charged onto the island, only to find the presence of merely a hundred or so scattered human beings; the rest had vanished.

Its nine heads roared incessantly, releasing waves of energy that erupted in all directions, blasting the remaining island rocks into the water.

At this moment, Xiangliu noticed in the distance a shattered turtle shell ship floating on the water’s surface.

It flicked its tail, navigating through the towering waves to the ship’s location, where it opened its mouth and swallowed it whole.

"How dare these ants deceive me!"

After chewing a few times, it spat the ship out as worthless scrap.

It accepted being severely injured by the Dragon Race, but it could not tolerate the humiliation from these ant-like humans of Yongyi.

It quickly headed towards Yongyi, determined this time to devour several dozens of large Human Race Tribes, even if they offered sacrifices.

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Great Marsh Camp.

Upon receiving the communication, the camp immediately began preparations.

War Soldiers arrayed themselves, forming dozens of zones within Garrison City.

Having recently cleared Yongyi, the camp’s various War Soldier divisions were conveniently in a period of rest, currently comprising over 3.6 million people.

The camp was commanded by Yann Wanyun, who and Lord Jishan were responsible—the former headed south to deal with the Huantou Race, while the latter remained stationed at Great Marsh.

With support from Blazing Flame two years prior, Yann Wanyun successfully advanced to Late-stage Divine Treasure and was appointed to guard Great Marsh Camp.

His main purpose was to guard against Xiangliu within Great Marsh.

But Xiangliu had been residing deep in the Great Marsh for many years, never revealing itself, and no one knew which waters it lurked in.

Even when clans along the shore held sacrifices, they never encountered Xiangliu itself, only sending large ships laden with offerings into the depths of Great Marsh.

Despite clans earnestly offering sacrifices to Xiangliu, it did not promise to stop after consuming offerings.

This old creature consumed offerings yet still occasionally emerged ashore to devour tribes.

In the vast Great Marsh, with countless dangers in the water, they dared not enter in search of Xiangliu, remaining passive.

Unexpectedly, the old creature had now surfaced.

Yann Wanyun first dispatched a team to fetch the Martial Artists on the island, knowing that although the island was protected by a Grand Array, it was a powerless array that could barely withstand Xiangliu’s attacks once or twice.

Xiangliu had appeared too soon; given more time, the array might have been more resilient.

"Issue the order to evacuate surrounding tribes!"

Yann Wanyun calmly arranged, as tribes within a thousand miles along the coast had already migrated inland.

The thousand-mile distance meant little to Xiangliu, merely a step.

Yet this thousand-mile buffer provided tribes with time to evacuate.

As tribes began evacuating, Xiangliu reached Yongyi.

However, after traversing hundreds of miles intending to feast, it found itself facing nothing but ruins, overgrown with tall grass.

Subsequently, Xiangliu began to roam the coastal circle, aware that humans dwell near water, seeking out Human Race Tribes on both sides of the shore.

After a round of searching, it indeed found two small Human Race Tribes.

But the populations of these small tribes were minuscule, inadequate to satiate even a tooth gap.

Nevertheless, through these two small tribes, Xiangliu learned about East Marsh Camp, and it set off in that direction.

Screech!

The cry echoed across the sky, as Xiangliu looked up to see a flying creature it detested—a Cyan Simurgh.

In the sky, a Tier Four Cyan Simurgh soared overhead, with Yan Fang on its back in a beast-hide battle attire, exuding an aura of heroism.

She was at an altitude of 13,000 zhang, reaching into her Witch Pouch to retrieve a Communication Black Stone, beginning to report back to East Marsh Camp.

"Discovered Xiangliu, northeast direction seven thousand miles."

With that said, Yan Fang wasted no time and fled immediately.

Though her Tier Four War Beast flew swiftly, it remained only at Tier Four Early Stage, unable to outrun Xiangliu if it truly decided to pursue her in madness.

Specialists were needed to deal with a flying Tier Five creature.

"Roar!"

Xiangliu was furious.

These pesky human insects would not even treat a Tier Five as a Beast King!

Provoked by Tier Three ants and now Tier Four ants, where was the respect for a Beast King?

CRASH!

Dark objects plummeted, exploding into flames mid-air, sending energy swirling downward to collide with Xiangliu’s gathered cloud vapor, generating massive waves.

Before Xiangliu could finish roaring, several more streaks of black light flashed through the sky.

Each was at an altitude above 10,000 zhang, not directly overhead but encircling, attacking from afar.

Bursts of energy erupted in the sky, constantly appearing within tens of miles surrounding Xiangliu, akin to fireworks.

Infuriated, smoke billowed from the nine heads and eighteen nostrils of Xiangliu.

Water vapor surged beneath Xiangliu, elevating it into the air, chasing after a human whom it viewed as an insect.

However, it saw this insect’s backside catch fire, zooming out of sight into the horizon.

Looking to various other directions, other individuals also had flaming backsides, swiftly fleeing faster than the Tier Five Beast King Xiangliu itself.