Chapter 0249: The Army of Sacred-Class Star Beasts

Everything happened so suddenly. The people of the Wanfu Tribe were staring intently at Huang and the others. When they heard the screams and turned to look, they saw their young village chief Prey and several others lying dead on the ground. After a moment of shock, they let out cries of terror and charged at them with swords and knives.

With murderous intent in his eyes, Simp snorted coldly. In the blink of an eye, screams filled the air as people were flung backward. Almost every time he struck, his powerful punches sent several people flying. In the blink of an eye, dozens of people lay dead on the sand. Finally, the people of the Wanfu Tribe realized Simp’s terrifying strength and fled in panic, screaming.

“Simp, stop chasing!” Berin called out to him as he was about to pursue further.

Only then did Simp stop. After a pause, he turned around.

“Let’s go,” Huang Long said calmly upon seeing Simp return, then turned and left. Long Yi and the others followed.

Even after Huang Long and his group had left for a long time, Bennett and the others still stood on the sand, staring blankly at the bodies of Prey and the others. They could still hardly believe it, as if they were still in a dream.

The bodies of Prey and about fifty to sixty others had stained the sand red.

“Young village chief, Prey… us…” A young strong man beside Bennett stammered, pointing at Prey and then at himself.

“Clean it up and go back soon!” Bennett sighed inwardly, his expression complex.

Prey, this enemy, had died here, at the hands of Simp.

“Yes, young village chief,” the young strong men of Beichen Village responded quickly, then got to work immediately, clearing the area thoroughly.

Bennett glanced in the direction where Huang Long and his group had disappeared into the white misty sand, then led the people of Beichen Village back to their tribe.

Not long after Bennett and the others left, hundreds of people arrived from afar and stood on the sand where Prey and the others had died—they were from the Wanfu Tribe.

“Elder, please avenge our young village chief!” one of them pleaded to an one-eyed old man with a mournful face.

Jaius didn’t say anything. His face was dark, and with a clap of his hands, he sent gusts of wind that swept away the sand, revealing patches of blood. The blood had already dried black, with some remaining corpses of black iron ants around it. However, the bodies of Prey and the others were nowhere to be seen.

“Search the area carefully!” Jaius ordered in a deep voice.

“Yes, Elder!” The people of the Wanfu Tribe replied, then began searching the ground around. Before long, they found the bodies of Prei and the others in a sandy area hundreds of meters away.
Jia Yais expression turned dark as he approached the bodies of Prei and his brother. He bent down to examine them and noticed the knife wounds on Prei’s neck, causing his eyes to narrow.
A single strike had been fatal—no sign of resistance at all!
After checking the other bodies one by one, Jia Yai remained silent, and no one around dared to speak. Even the person who had pleaded earlier stood there nervously.
Everyone could sense the fierce killing intent in Jia Yai’s heart, leaving them uneasy. With cold eyes, Jia Yai thought that while the deaths of others might not matter much, Prei and his brother were his nephews—sons of his elder brother. They had come out with him merely to gain experience, yet they died at the edge of this seemingly harmless White Mist Sandy Land.
“The Xiqing Tribe, Baichen Village!” Jia Yai said slowly in a cold tone.
Yet he was puzzled. Judging from the number of Black Iron Ants killed around the corpses, their opponents must be at least at the fifth level of warrior strength. In Baichen Village, only the village chief Cecil possessed such strength. Could it be experts from other villages of the Xiqing Tribe?
Hmph! No matter who you are, I’ll make you regret this.
Jia Yai ordered that Prei and the others’ bodies be carried back to the Wanfu Tribe.
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After separating from Bennett and the others, Huang Long and his group headed deeper into the White Mist Sandy Land. Though they no longer had magical power, they moved quickly. Half a month later, they reached the area where advanced star beasts lived.
Although these advanced star beasts posed little threat to them, their attack power was still strong, slowing down their progress.
It was over a month later when they reached the core of the Star Sand Mist Land. Naturally, Long Yi and the others also knew Huang Long’s purpose here: to subdue star beasts!
Still, they were somewhat confused. Star beasts were similar to magical beasts—each person could only have one true magical beast. If one had already formed a contract with a true magical beast, they could not form a contract with a star beast.
Even if one subdued a star beast through strength, it would not completely obey them. In a life-threatening situation, it might even turn against them.
This was like buying a slave—under the contract, the slave wouldn’t dare rebel. But if one bought a maid or guard, their loyalty was uncertain.
Moreover, subduing a star beast was even harder than forming a contract with it.

The contract can be completed in an instant, but subduing them may take months or even longer. Moreover, since everyone now lacks magic power and combat energy, subduing them has become much more difficult. When Long Yi expressed his doubts, Yellow Dragon smiled faintly and said, “I have my own ways.” Just as the others wanted to ask more, suddenly, Simp from the Phoenix clan remembered something and blurted out, “Brother Yellow Dragon, I’ve always been curious—how did you manage to subdue those over two hundred Hellish Dark Magical Beasts back then?” Back then, in the Sea of Death in Hell, Yellow Dragon captured over two hundred Dark Magical Beasts, and he subdued them all shortly after. Moreover, during the process of trapping and killing Zewei and the others using the Great Array of Ten Thousand Waters, none of them rebelled, which had always puzzled Simp from the Phoenix clan. Long Yi, the Sea God Apton, and Belin also looked at Yellow Dragon in confusion. Yellow Dragon shook his head. “It’s hard to explain clearly.” The matter of divine imprinting was indeed difficult to explain. Long Yi and the others thought it was an excuse, but they didn’t say much, as it was after all Yellow Dragon’s personal secret. After that, Yellow Dragon separated from Long Yi and the others for a while, each going their own way, agreeing to reunite here in a month. After making the arrangement with Long Yi and the others, Yellow Dragon and the rest went their separate ways to search for their targets. “Hm?” Half a day later, as Yellow Dragon ventured deeper into the core area, he suddenly sensed something and stabilized his stance. Then, in a flash, he dodged just in time to see a purple energy beam slicing through the air, cutting all the sand and trees around him in half. After stopping with a leap, Yellow Dragon saw a giant crab-like star beast appear before him. This giant crab was about five or six zhang tall, with a massive body. Its upper shell resembled a huge millstone, covered with purple magical patterns. Its four legs were very thick, and it had a tail about ten meters long, glowing with a cold light. It was abasic Saint-level Purple Pattern Poison Crab! Upon seeing this giant crab, Yellow Dragon immediately recognized its origin and assessed its strength. Before the group arrived at the White Mist Desert, Yellow Dragon had already learned something about the star beasts on this Dark Star that could evolve to Saint or Divine levels. Although not everything, he had seen information about this Purple Pattern Poison Crab. This crab didn’t have strong offensive power; it relied mainly on its poisonous tail for attacks. While Yellow Dragon was observing the crab, the crab was also watching him, seemingly surprised that its sudden attack had been dodged by a human. Its purplish-black eyes showed confusion and wariness. Suddenly, with a flash of afterimage, it swung its poisonous tail like a sharp spike, shooting at Yellow Dragon at incredible speed.

Seeing this, Huang Long sneered, leaped up, dodged its attack, then landed on top of its head. With a deep roar, he punched down fiercely. The purple-patterned venomous crab hadn’t expected Huang Long to land on its head so quickly after dodging its attack. Panicked, it tried to strike back with its venomous tail, but suddenly felt a loud impact on its head. Its massive crab body trembled violently, leaving it dizzy and unsteady, while its four huge legs sank into the ground. Huang Long then flew down and stood in front of the purple-patterned venomous crab. A mysterious force emanated from his mind, and in a flash of light, it penetrated the crab’s forehead. A spiritual imprint was directly planted in its mind. The first sacred-tier star beast had been tamed! Compared to the spirit beast cage, this method of imprinting was much simpler. Previously, when taming the Sky Blue Python Ox, Huang Long had used the spirit beast cage due to his limited strength. But now, there was no need for such hassle. Moreover, without magical power, he couldn’t even create a spirit beast cage. After taming this purple-patterned venomous crab, it stopped struggling and raised its legs off the ground, approaching Huang Long and lowering its body. Huang Long flew up and landed on its back, then directed the crab to head toward another sacred-tier star beast nearby. Three days later, eight sacred-tier star beasts had gathered around Huang Long. Besides the venomous crab, there were a two-headed white tiger, a Black Water Dark Snake, two thunder eagles, a fire lion, an ice phoenix, and a wind dragon. However, among the sacred-tier and above star beasts in the Dark Stars region, aside from those with innate flying abilities, the rest, like human warriors, could not fly. For example, the purple-patterned venomous crab could only move on land, while the thunder eagles, wind dragons, and ice phoenix, having innate flying abilities, could soar through the air. This also meant that these aerial star beasts were generally stronger than their ground-based counterparts of the same rank. With eight sacred-tier star beasts under his control, the area within a thousand miles was now free of such beasts, so Huang Long had to continue searching further. Thus, after another ten days, the number of sacred-tier star beasts around him had risen to over thirty. As more sacred-tier star beasts were tamed, the process became easier for Huang Long. Sometimes, when encountering a high-ranking sacred-tier beast, he didn’t even need to intervene—his previously tamed beasts would swarm at it, and in the blink of an eye, another beast would be subdued. It was thanks to this army of sacred-tier star beasts that Huang Long avoided a tough battle during the process of taming divine-tier star beasts.

As the army of starbeasts in Huanglong continued to grow, a month passed.