CHAPTER 1067: 1067 UNSHAKABLE! (1ST UPDATE)

The quantity of top-grade Crystal Stones piled like a mountain, everyone no longer delayed and put all their effort into cultivation.

With such an amount of Crystal Stones, it’s no wonder Ye Qiu possesses immense confidence.

Even Boss Yun personally swiftly grabbed hundreds of Crystal Stones and immediately went into seclusion for cultivation.

The grand formation was activated, enveloped in mist, making the area seem obscure, plus the vultures’ abode nearby, other ancient beasts dared not easily intrude.

As everyone diligently absorbed and refined the Crystal Stones to enhance their strength, numerous teams of Martial Artists formed in the ancient land began advancing towards the Barbaric Wilderness Forest, hunting ancient beasts.

Time flew by, and more than a month passed in the blink of an eye.

In this brief month, the ancient beasts killed by the Martial Artists in the ancient land totaled dozens, but mostly at the juvenile level, the king-level ancient beasts were challenging to deal with. Though comparable in strength to the Mythical Realm, the physical bodies of ancient beasts were exceedingly robust, even some Human King Realm warriors could not harm the king-level ancient beasts.

Moreover, there were special king-level ancient beasts, stronger than the Human King Realm, similar to the exceptional geniuses present among human Martial Artists, with such prodigious ancient beasts among the king-level ones.

Similarly, the number of Martial Artists lost in the ancient land was extremely alarming, with merely the Legendary Realm having over a hundred deaths, and dozens among the Mythical Realm.

This was despite the teamwork among various Martial Artist squads; otherwise, casualties would be even greater.

Such losses were distributed among many ancient tribes that felt the damage was severe, fortunately, the crystals obtained exchanged for numerous Crystal Stones.

During this period, it was said a Martial Artist single-handedly slew a king-level ancient beast, obtained the beast’s crystal, resulting in a tremendous increase in strength, leaping to become a top master in the Mythical Realm, mastering two types of Rule Power.

Others accidentally acquired a nest of ancient beast eggs, directly crossing into the Human King Realm as masters.

Numerous instances of gaining massive benefits from ancient beasts inspired more people to hunt ancient beasts

Hunting ancient beasts had its pros and cons, now, aside from the initial frenzy of hunting them, some people have begun to calm down, unwilling to take risks easily.

The Three Great Tribes remained unmoved, though they released the news, unlike other tribes, forming Martial Artist teams specifically to kill ancient beasts.

There was speculation that the three major ancient tribes were relatively quiet possibly due to suffering major losses in a conflict with Yun Shang Palace, currently recuperating.

Indeed, this battle seemed like a victory for the Three Great Tribes, but the losses they sustained were primarily among their core forces. Whether the Enforcement Team or Elder Council, the impact was tremendous, with less than a third surviving.

Throwing out the news of crystals from ancient beasts as treasures was none other than a move to similarly weaken other tribes, thus ensuring the kingly position of the Three Great Tribes remained unthreatened.

Few could discern this, at least in the ancient land, only a few tribe leaders could associate this aspect.

The Three Great Tribes quietly observed other tribes hunt ancient beasts, secretly recuperating their strength.

Three months passed quickly, as humans continued to hunt ancient beasts, the beasts had already become alert, realizing the Martial Artists of the ancient land were exploiting them for cultivation and strength enhancement.

The highly intelligent ancient beasts were enraged, organized by a king-level ancient beast, triggering a massive beast tide.

Rumble.

Ancient beasts began attacking different tribes in the ancient land, even with formidable formations, they kept pounding, the stance was terrifying.

At this moment, the Martial Artists of the Three Great Tribes were deployed, a team of a hundred Mythical Realm members led by the three tribe leaders, fully armed, immediately began shooting ancient beasts.

Roar.

Immediately, the ancient beasts and the Three Great Tribes clashed fiercely.

This battle, with Martial Artists from the Three Great Tribes almost armed to the teeth, repelled the beast tide.

Numerous tribes were rendered dumbfounded, especially Ji Batian, resisting the attacks of several king-level ancient beasts, heroically invincible.

What truly intrigued other tribes were the magnificent and dazzling equipment worn by the Three Great Tribes, seemingly quite potent.

Silver armor, once worn, could withstand a king-level ancient beast’s strike without injury.

"The foundation of our Three Great Tribes is beyond the imagination of others; though the clash with Yun Shang Palace indeed caused substantial damage, we remain the strongest ancient tribe in the land,"

"Years ago, we acquired dozens of armor sets from the solitary Du Gu Tribe; after so many years, we have crafted over a thousand sets, more than enough." Mu Tianxing said.

When the Du Gu Tribe was exterminated, during the division of spoils, the Three Great Tribes all acquired a few sets of such armor. At the time, they felt the armor was extraordinarily potent, so they continued crafting secretly all these years, just for crucial moments like now.

Unfortunately, crafting such armor consumed tremendous materials, so in all these years, the Three Great Tribes crafted merely a little over a thousand sets.

According to Mu Tianxing’s estimation, if possessing three thousand sets of such combat armor, only needing three thousand Legendary Realm Martial Artists, it would dominate the entire ancient land.

The beast tide being repelled demonstrated the still unbeatable strength of the Three Great Tribes, alarming some restless tribes significantly.

Suddenly, several tribes intending to replace the Stone Tribe immediately withdrew their actions.

After this battle, other tribes, based on the appearance of the Three Great Tribes’ armor, began researching and crafting armor.

Meanwhile, with the ancient beasts repelled, suffering significant casualties, their aversion towards humans intensified.

In the canyon, Ye Qiu and others did not venture outside for three consecutive months, all striving to improve their cultivation, and it’s undeniable that this time relying on top-grade Crystal Stone for cultivation was quite effective for strength growth.

Both the Revered Wu Yang and the owner of the Library Pavilion advanced slightly.

After all, both of them had reached a certain level of strength, every step forward required immense accumulation.

The fastest progress belonged to the five young women including Jin’er.

Initially, all five were in the True Qi Realm, only Jin’er was in the late stages of True Qi; others were either in the early or late stages of True Qi. Yet, the three-month absorption and refinement of top-grade Crystal Stones propelled all five directly into the Legendary Realm.

Even Jin Shanshun was astounded, the speed was too fast, Jin’er was understandable, having long reached the late stages of True Qi, but even the weakest Tu’er reaching the Legendary Realm, the effect of top-grade Crystal Stones was somewhat daunting.

"Your progress in strength is too rapid; from now on, abandon reliance on Crystal Stones, consolidate your strength, otherwise, aiming higher in martial arts will leave drawbacks," Ye Qiu advised the five women.

Jin’er and the others nodded.

Jin Shanshun broke through to the Mythical Realm as expected, becoming a Martial Artist at the Mythical Realm, closely pursuing Ye Qiu.

Currently, everything is heading in the best direction.