Don't Mess with That Dragon-Chapter 455 - 010: Great Expansion
The parched land, the vegetation withered and yellow.
A large number of emaciated, ragged refugees gathered together, devoutly kneeling on the ground, praying, singing hymns.
The crowd was as dense as water.
In the distance, on a high platform, a missionary held a cross, standing on it, facing the crowd, spreading the holy voice, surrounded by holy light.
An unknown battlefield.
The setting sun was like blood,
Crows cawed as they flew across the sky,
The earth was stained with blood, corpses laid out on the ground, packs of scavenging wild dogs foraged amongst the rotting corpses.
A luxurious castle.
Nobles, born with noble blood flowing through them, were holding lavish, indulgent banquets.
Luxurious, precious,
Mountains of leftover food from the banquets were directly dumped into pits, buried in the ground with soil.
The border,
The large army driven into the forest by humans was gathering.
Dwarves, giants, and the Dragon Race, among various intelligent species, were all secretly watching...
On the Central Earth Continent, signs of chaos were faintly appearing.
What has already erupted into war is intensifying, the flames of war rapidly spreading and dragging surrounding countries into the turmoil.
Even those who can still maintain calm are experiencing surges of undercurrents, crises emerging one after another.
The long-standing peace will eventually be shattered.
A vast and boundless storm is about to arrive.
...
Amidst the undercurrents in the Central Earth Continent, the Dragon Nest Tribe, hidden and developing within the Kawa Great Forest in the south, also caught wind of the continent’s situation.
"The signs of war, huh..."
Within the Dragon’s Nest, the intelligence collected from agents, after being processed by the Dragon Nest Tribe’s dedicated intelligence department and predicted by the top levels, reached Austin.
Given the recent period where a large number of refugees moved south, crossing the Border Great Wall, pioneering at the edge of the Kawa Great Forest.
The agents of the Dragon Nest Tribe specifically collected information about the Central Earth Continent.
They finally predicted the impending great war in the Human World.
"It doesn’t matter, the Central Earth Continent is too far from us, the turmoil in the Human World has nothing to do with us, but the mention of the church in the intelligence should be thoroughly investigated, perhaps the coming chaos is being secretly driven by those Divine... "
"Just in time, with the chaos in Central Earth, there probably won’t be anyone paying attention here, the expansion of the Dragon Nest Tribe can also begin."
"Accelerate, I want to complete the control of the entire Kawa Great Forest within two years!"
"The construction speed of the railway needs to be faster, let the servant army capture more slaves, only by completing the railway can the entire Forest Land be thoroughly under our control!"
In the Dragon’s Nest, Austin gave the highest directive decision to the high-levels of the Dragon Nest Tribe.
Three years have passed since that war that annihilated the Beastman Royal Court.
In these three years, Austin has been staying within the Dragon Nest Tribe, digesting the harvest he obtained from the Spiritual Energy Awakening Plane.
The most important of which is the Qi and Blood Dao harvest.
By learning from the Qi and Blood Martial Dao of the Spiritual Energy Awakening Plane, Austin created a method of Qi Blood training suitable for this world, and through it, he has cultivated to an extremely high realm.
The Giant Dragon Race naturally occupies a dominant position in their bloodline.
After undergoing Blood Refining training, that hidden bloodline advantage was ultimately completely unleashed, the vast Qi and Blood Power overwhelming, the Qi Blood River connected heaven and earth, almost threatening to break through space.
Compared to three years ago, Austin’s body has not grown further.
But his weight has increased more than tenfold!
This is due to the increase in body density, caused by the abundant blood Qi from Qi Blood cultivation.
It can be said that even without using the power of the Law,
The current Austin’s prowess in physical combat is equivalent to that of a general Legendary-level strength.
And his power has significantly increased because of this.
Unless an Epic-level strongman takes action, no one below Legendary can pose even the slightest threat to him.
With significant improvement in strength, he is already standing at the pinnacle of the current world’s apparent power.
Of course, only in terms of what’s apparent.
Nonetheless, the current Austin no longer has to fear any role within the Kawa Great Forest, and with the upcoming turmoil in the Central Earth World attracting the attention of strongmen, the geographic conditions could not be more favorable.
From then on, Austin had the confidence to expand dramatically.
"Divine, huh..."
Austin pondered to himself.
According to the news he learned from Uncle Guppa, after the war between the Arcane Council and the Divine in ancient times, those Divine above the starry sky suffered heavy losses as well.
A large number of Divine fell, and the rest were all plunged into slumber.
The power possessed by the Church is nothing more than a passive mechanism granted between faith and Divine.
For thousands of years, the slumbering Divine have rarely awakened.
Except for the one time that destroyed the Beastman Empire.
Nowadays, the traces of Divine are manifesting again, but why?
In the final battle of the Beastman Royal Court, the avatars of Divine had appeared in the Mortal World.
Judging from the terrifying aura of the great day crashing into rivers and shaking the firmament at that time, at least three or more!
Does this mean that at least two Divine have already begun to awaken?
"Perhaps Senior Guppa knows some news, just not sure about the outcome of Senior Guppa in that war, hopefully nothing happened to him... maybe, find some time to go to Celestial Dragon Island?"
Initially, relying on the Gate of Truth to dodge the fearsome "Enlightenment" power of the Beast God.
After returning, Austin did not dare to stay long, immediately retreating from the battlefield, not noticing the detailed situation on the battlefield.
However, looking at Guppa’s unfathomable strength, at least there should be no issues.
Celestial Dragon Island.
In this time, Austin has also gathered some information.
However, few people know it.
Legend has it, Celestial Dragon Island is the Sacred Land of the Giant Dragon Race, it is home to legends of ancient giant dragons, and it is also a place where the Giant Dragon Race resolves inter-racial conflicts.
When time permits, a visit might be warranted.
But not now.
....
With Austin’s order,
The grand expansion of the Dragon Nest Tribe commenced.
Those Beastman Tribe forces that luckily rose after the fall of the Beastman Royal Court, before they could stabilize, were fragmented under the assault of the Dragon Nest Legion.
Powerful Beastman Tribes were directly defeated by the Dragon Nest Legion.
And those scattered small wild Beastman Tribes around, were attacked and swept by large numbers of servant armies, a massive number of wild Beastman Tribes were breached, and vast numbers of Beastmen were captured as slaves, involved in the subsequent great construction of the Dragon Nest Tribe.
In a short period, the territory occupied by the Dragon Nest Tribe expanded more than double.
The governed areas now spanned significantly in the center of the Kawa Great Forest, starting to border with scattered humans on the outskirts.
However, the expansion of the Dragon Nest Tribe also encountered strong opponents for the first time.
