I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself

Shen Can also realized that originally the Old Turtle’s defense was strong because of its turtle shell.

After the star map emerged inside it, the star map inexplicably connected with the shell, enhancing its defense and producing markings similar to a Witch Array.

This energy attack, for the Old Turtle, dissipated directly across its massive body.

Immediately, Shen Can took out the Breaking Spear.

The Breaking Spear, which had been stained by the blood of a Tier Five Great Witch, although it had cracked before, was nurtured by Shen Can’s own blazing blood energy.

As soon as the Breaking Spear appeared, the Old Turtle felt a chill in its rear and instantly retreated into its shell.

"Ancestral Temple Keeper, don’t do this."

The Breaking Spear, still with cracks, was radiating a scarlet Power of the Five Elements, while an inner spirit was beginning to bloom.

Clang

At the moment the Breaking Spear struck down, the un-formed ’Array Pattern’ on the shell crackled explosively.

The spear’s tip, like lightning, tore through the Array Pattern, penetrating directly into the shell.

"Ow!"

The intense pain made the Old Turtle cry out and emerge from the shell.

This ache, penetrating the shell into the body, caused its flesh to tremble.

In an instant, Shen Can put the Breaking Spear away, and the Old Turtle stopped howling.

"Still not enough."

If it couldn’t even withstand my Breaking Spear, it likely couldn’t resist the Tier Five Grand Witch Priest.

Still needs more practice.

Shen Can landed on the Old Turtle’s head and began teaching it the All Heaven Star Fighting Skill.

This Cultivation Technique, his avatar had already mastered and was currently cultivating in that Land of Falling Stars.

With the technique, a part of the Power of Stars floating in that area started being absorbed by the avatar.

However, since the Star Technique was created based on the avatar, the Old Turtle still found it somewhat challenging to employ.

As Shen Can inspected the changes within the Old Turtle, he simultaneously improved the technique.

After about a month’s effort, the Old Turtle finally began to grasp the All Heaven Star Fighting Skill.

Night fell.

The Old Turtle sprawled across the earth, its internal star map manifesting, absorbing the moonlight cascading from the sky.

This time, without the Medicine-Mashing Rabbit’s sacramental dance, the Old Turtle could still absorb the moonlight power scattered on the earth.

Besides the moonlight power, even the starlight emitted from a few brightly shining stars above was absorbed into the Old Turtle’s body.

Although the starlight was relatively sparse, it still entered the Old Turtle’s body under the technique’s guidance.

"Ancestral Temple Keeper."

In the Side Hall, Shen Can was examining the Heaven-Riding Race’s technique when a rabbit head appeared.

The Gui Rabbit formally greeted and entered the Side Hall.

"Here regarding the technique for the Old Profound Turtle to absorb the moonlight?"

As soon as Gui Rabbit arrived, Shen Can understood its intention and handed a Jade Scroll from the table to Gui Rabbit.

"Practice it here; let me see if it suits your race."

In the Great Wilderness, many races like the Wolf Race and Moon Worship Rat cultivate by absorbing moonlight.

Osmanthus is a star, but amidst so many stars, Osmanthus is only one, and it’s just a common name; its proper name is Taiyin Star.

Gui Rabbit obediently landed in front of Shen Can and began examining the Cultivation Technique.

...

Clan Hall.

Huo Shan summoned several elders, along with Shen Can’s disciples Huo Chong, Huo Fu, and Huo Jiang.

"Elder Huo Jia, I remember there are two untouched meat storage facilities in the clan, right?"

"Yes, there are still two unused ones."

The Blazing Flame Tribe, daring to stand against the Holy Envoy Race, naturally made comprehensive preparations beforehand.

The reserves of grains and meat have been consistently increased by the clan since before advancing to the Bo Division, always vigilant about the future.

Especially after the clan could craft Ice Witch Runes, meat storage was no longer limited to dried meat; several large ice storage facilities were established specifically for storing hunted Wild Beasts.

"Open another meat storage, appoint someone to specially cook for the Old Profound Turtle, ensuring its meat supply is sufficient."

After speaking, Huo Shan looked towards Huo Chong, "Azhong, we’ll build a fortress on the back of the Old Turtle, and we’ll need arrays, which require a massive quantity of smelting alloy materials."

As he continued, Huo Shan’s Divine Sense reached into his arms, where he kept the Jade Scroll ’How to Be a Good Clan Leader.’

After reviewing his pre-prepared plan, he rose from his seat.

"Let’s go, let’s take a look at the actual situation in the grand vault."

Immediately, Huo Shan, accompanied by a group of people, maneuvered the flying ship into a seemingly inconspicuous place within the clan land.

As the witch rune lit up, the stone door hidden underground slowly opened, and a surge of intense cold air rushed out from within.

On the shelves inside the door, the corpses of wild beasts were piled up; these wild beasts were at least Tier Two, with a third of them being Tier Three wild beasts.

Next, another adjacent cold storage was opened, inside which the quality of the wild beasts was mostly Tier One, along with many Yellow Sheep, Cloud Patterned Oxen, and pheasants raised by the clan people.

The entire grand vault covered an area around three miles in circumference, with various meats piled all the way to the top of the storage.

"Get some people to move them, whatever the Old Profound Turtle can eat, move it over."

Huo Shan’s nature was just like Huo Chang’s, never a miser, using things when they needed to be used.

Afterward, Huo Shan and his men checked out the grain storage, which was even larger than the meat storage, with fifteen units adjacent to the meat storage alone, and over a hundred scattered throughout the clan land.

Meat storage, grain storage, and also the mineral depository.

In the mineral depository, blocks of initially refined ores were neatly stacked, and due to being refined, each block was extremely heavy.

Besides the initially refined minerals, there were jade stones and crystal stones piled into mountains.

"Azhong, crafting the fortress on the Old Profound Turtle’s back requires a large amount of minerals. Next, you’ll need to put more effort into refining more high-tier minerals."

Huo Shan made arrangements one by one, all of which had been planned several days in advance and compiled in a jade scroll.

Although the Old Profound Turtle was still cultivating, if preparations were made in advance, they could proceed directly when the time came.

"More warships need to be crafted for the fortress, and Witch Cannons need to use the best materials."

After taking the elders around, Huo Shan didn’t idle and entered a valley.

In the valley, clan people wearing black armor and blood armor practiced battle arrays, although not together, they conducted attack-defense practices and challenges in groups of three or five.

After Huo Shan entered, he quickly mingled with the clan soldiers.

...

Day after day, five years passed.

The Holy Envoy Race outside the grand array had almost strained their eyes.

The Great Witch Priest had said that every Blazing Flame Clan person who left the array would become ghosts beneath their claws.

Yet, instead, they operated the grand array without ever leaving it, as if they had mines at home.

Occasionally, shadows would leap out and counter-ambush them, defying the Celestial Spirit.

On this day, a warrior from the Holy Envoy Race flew over the Blazing Flame Array, with azure pupils that fell upon a moving small mountain.

They had discovered this small mountain long ago, noticing it could move, and surprisingly, it was heading south.

Screech!

A cry echoed as this person spread wings and flew towards the distant towering mountain.

On a high peak outside the valley, the Great Witch Priest had opened a cave dwelling at a high point, from where the Blazing Flame Array could be seen from afar.

During previous magical combat, part of his flesh had been blown away, thus his recovery wasn’t smooth.

There was only one Tier Five Treasure Medicine, which he had already consumed.

A beast form stood by his side, with blood light surging on it, revealing a phantom image of Yu Cheng.

Yet the aura barely reached the late-stage Divine Treasure level, fluctuating slightly and occasionally dropping.

"Great Witch Priest, there’s some movement now!"

...

Boom!

At the south of the grand array, the ground began to tremble, and the disturbance grew increasingly intense, with a thick desolate aura surging.

On the earth, the Old Turtle, reaching a size of 350 feet and a height of 200 feet, had a city about four square miles in size on its shell.

The city, including the edges of the turtle shell, reflected a metallic cold light.

Towers cast in Tier Four gold and iron stood tall, and inside the city were beehive-like metal houses, configured according to the patterns on the turtle shell.

Three thousand elite Heavy Blade Guards wearing black armor resided inside, all at the Celestial Vein Realm.

Encircling the city were 108 Witch Cannons, with towering barrels glinting in the sunlight.

Two Tier Four warships settled on the houses, surrounded by over a hundred small boats one to two feet in size.

In particular, at the center of the city stood a high furnace blazing with flames, with billowing smoke reaching to the sky.

"Form the array; if those damned birds dare to come, blow them up for me!"

At the city’s peak, three teams of clan people who had cultivated the Cyan Simurgh Battle Body were arrayed, each in a formation, gazing at the sky, led by someone with a triangular battle banner on their back.

Seeing the Old Turtle step out of the grand array, Shen Can also emerged from the Ancestral Temple. This was a rehearsal to test if the war fortress could perform well.

If it could endure this initial strike, he could rest assured and let the clan people roam around Yongyi.