381 The Council of the Clan Kings
The domain was intense, but it was not much to Taixia Country. There were no major casualties. The casualties for the ninjas were in an expected range. The ordinary people needed protection, but ninjas always played with fire. It was normal for them to get hurt or die.

Taixia Country left the domain to its devices. It was mainly because they used the domain to train the soldiers. Moreover, they used the domain as a rehearsal for what was to come. The master plan of Taixia Country was coming to an end, and a lot of schemes were in their final stages. The key character was not fully there yet, but his growth was imminent. It would only take three to four years, based on the improved speed of Lin Xuan.

Three to four years sounded like a long time, after all, Lin Xuan seemed like he already trained for three years. However, it was indeed a short time if you said it was. Taixia Country started the master plan three hundred years ago. Three to four years was all it takes for the finishing stage.

Lin Xuan was not aware of that, so he did not mind. He did not care about the future because he focused on what he needed to do, for example, he had to punch that dog-like black dragon to death!

The giant hand in the sky grabbed the nape of the lifeless black dragon. Lin Xuan was intrigued with its appearance. It looked great, but it was too stinky. He was overwhelmed with the stench of fire and brimstone. Lin Xuan shook his head in disgust.

‘So disgusting!’

Its injuries kept healing because it was immortal. However, its immortality was not as effective as before because it was infected by the abyss and disaster. Lin Xuan thought it over, and he decided to not use that nasty dragon blood to fertilize his elven divine tree.

‘No way!’

Also, the infection of the abyss was too strong. He was afraid that his elven divine tree would turn into a being of the abyss!

He used a bit of force and twisted the neck of the Abyssal Disaster Demonic Dragon. The light from its eyes faded to nothing. The jet-black flames on its body also went out. Lin Xuan squinted and summoned a terrible storm. He turned the storm into a sphere, then he tossed the dragon in there to shred it into ashes!

‘Who knows how survivable that thing is? What if it faked its death?’ Lin Xuan had time to deal with the dead body. So, he used a powerful storm to disintegrate it.

The storm ball lasted for more than ten minutes. A few ashes and one jet-black bone were left in the end. The bone had lightning marks engraved on it.

The bone was the spine of the demonic dragon. Lin Xuan used a powerful storm to brew the power of the dragon, the abyss, and the power of disaster into the bone. The lightning mark locked those powers inside the bone, like a seal. It was like a transiter of the powers.

It was a decent ingredient!

Lin Xuan fidgeted with it for a while before putting it away. The enemy was dealt with. Next up, he had to find Julia in the tree domain, and to bring the trapped people back.

The terrifying storm giant faded away. Lin Xuan walked towards the tree domain. Zhu Yuan and the others were at the borders of the tree domain. However, they could not enter the domain because the trees were attacking them.

Lin Xuan frowned and walked towards them. ‘Is he being attacked too?!’

‘It shouldn’t be.’ Julia could sense Lin Xuan if she was still conscious. However, Lin Xuan could not enter the domain. That meant Julia was in an unconscious state. The attack was probably a default setting.

That was troublesome for Lin Xuan. It was not because he could not handle the tree domain. Lin Xuan had to attack in a wide range if he wanted to solve the problem. Julia would be accidentally injured at most, after all, she could not be killed that easily. However, if he injured the ordinary people… He could not treat it as a joke. Those people would die from the repercussions.

“Stay on the lookout. I’ll head inside.”

Lin Xuan thought for a moment, and he decided to not use force. He chose to sneak inside and find Julia to wake her up.

“Alright. We’ll use this to stay in contact if anything happens.”

Zhu Yuan passed him a communication rune. They could use a smartwatch outside the battlefield of the domain. However, the five nations and clans had to limit communication of the battlefield when the war started. They covered the area in a wide range and eliminated the communication function of the smartwatch.

They found where the trapped people were, according to the location before it was disconnected.

Lin Xuan accepted the rune, and he cast a dragon breath incantation on himself. He hid his aura, then he walked toward the deep end of the tree domain.

…

The kings of the five clans were having a council.

“The plan of that foreign princess failed. The four of them are dead!”

A hoarse voice could be heard, along with some hisses. It was strangely terrifying. “Are we not going to do anything?”

“Ancient snake king, what else do you want to do? Send a few more sacrifices?”

A young rat with the size of half a human casually sat on the throne. It glanced at the ancient snake king with disdain. “That was a black rank ninja. We will only send them to die. But of course, if you Snakes think you have a lot of powerful talents and are able to sacrifice a few, be my guest!”

The rat was not afraid of the ancient snake king. The Snakes used to eat the Rats, and they were more powerful than the Rats. The Rats had to sign a peace treaty with the Snakes. However, they gained the blessing from the God of catastrophe, Io. The Rats improved a lot, and they were not weaker than the Snakes anymore.

The five clans reached unity, but the grudges from the past were not easily forgotten. Moreover, the young rat was fresh on the throne, so it desperately needed results to prove itself. One of the results was to humiliate the snake king.

The ancient snake king glanced at the rat with disdain. It shook its head, and did not continue to speak.

The abyssal goat demon lord opened its eyes and spoke softly, “Let’s not fight over insignificant things. We as the five nations and clans stood up against Taixia Country now. We’re all in this together, and we can’t back out. We have to conquer the domains of Taixia Country if we want to survive and develop a better future. Otherwise, we’ll all perish within a few years.”

The leader of the fallen winged-kind and the dog head dragon king did not speak. They could back out. Ludofer of the Fallen Heaven Mountain was secretly in contact with the Winged-Kind, and they were promised a spot in the Fallen Heaven Mountain. As for the dog head dragon king, it had a flashback of a terrifying memory a year ago.

“Oh yeah, what is the intel from that rat?”

The abyssal goat demon lord suddenly asked.

The young rat was stunned, then it said casually, “It’s nothing. It wants us to stop planning, and attack Taixia Country when they least expect it. Isn’t that such a joke?”

“When they least expect it?”

The abyssal goat demon lord murmured to itself. Then, it looked up and announced with seriousness, “Let’s begin, the big battle!”