Chapter 814

Chapter 814: The Terrifying Strength of the Strongest Member of Humanity

"The first expansion took the Great Flame Empire two or three days to conquer a smaller race," Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe began. "After about three months, the Great Flame Empire started its second expansion, and again it only took two or three days to conquer three smaller races."

"Three months later, the Great Flame Empire launched its third expansion. It still only took two or three days to conquer two medium-sized races and twenty smaller races."

"Leader of the Time Tribe, don’t you see any issues with this?"

"Do you really think that this level of expansion can be maintained?" The leader of the Time Tribe scoffed.

He could clearly see from the information that the number of races conquered by the Great Flame Empire was increasing exponentially with each round of expansion.

But so what?

He would never believe that the Great Flame Empire could sustain such a speed and scale of expansion.

"Why can’t it be maintained?" Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe countered. "The policy of the Great Flame Empire guarantees that once they conquer a race, the strong members and elite army of that race will become part of the Great Flame Empire’s power. You should agree with this, right?"

"Absolutely!" The leader of the Time Tribe quickly agreed with the Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe.

This policy perfectly complemented the Great Flame Empire’s ability to launch surprise attacks.

The combination allowed the attacked races to more quickly choose to surrender as a whole.

Moreover, after the complete surrender, the strong members and elite army of the conquered races could integrate into the Great Flame Empire’s army in a short time, greatly enhancing its high-end combatants and overall military strength.

With the Great Flame Empire willing to sacrifice all profits and expand its forces at any cost, its strength steadily grew.

However, to the leader of the Time Tribe, this reckless expansion had its drawbacks.

Each time the Great Flame Empire conquered a race, they did not only fail to plunder various resources and treasures but even promised that the strong members and elite army of the conquered races would receive huge benefits for their contributions.

This led to the Great Flame Empire’s conquests ending up with no resource gains; instead, they had to pay astonishing resources to the participating races.

The faster the expansion, the more resources and treasures they would owe.

Over time, the various tribes would surely become restless.

In the end, the expansion would collapse from within, even without outside pressure.

"What if the Great Flame Empire can forcibly keep the various tribes in check, preventing them from rebelling in the short term?"

The Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe said calmly. "This strongest member of humanity’s talent is unimaginably powerful. In just about thirty years, he has created his own set of skills and grown to become a strong member close to level 230."

"Give him a few more years; where do you think he will reach?"

The leader of the Time Tribe fell silent.

In a few more years, perhaps a fourth strong member at level 250 would appear among the three dominant races.

"This is not even the most terrifying part of the strongest member of humanity. While his speed of improvement in strength realm is fast, it simply reflects his personal strength," the Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe continued. "One strong member can make the Great Flame Empire fearless against any race, even making the three dominant races hesitate to offend or provoke them. But that alone is not enough to make the Great Flame Empire a threat to the larger and medium-sized races."

"The most frightening aspect of the strongest member of humanity is his ability to create a Cultivation Method that allows his fellow tribespeople to greatly improve their strength realms as well. Now, thanks to his continuous enhancements, this Cultivation Method can help those with weaker talents to quickly break through to higher realms."

"What?" the leader of the Time Tribe exclaimed in shock.

"This is actually easy to verify. The simplest evidence is that in the earliest days, the human federation had no real strength realm at all. Now, even with the vast amounts of resource materials we from the Tree-Dwelling Tribe provide to enhance talent and speed up training, their average cultivation level only reaches a bit over level fifty," Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe continued.

"And the citizens of the Great Flame Empire, having followed the strongest member of humanity and learned the new skills he continuously creates and improves, have surpassed their limits. Even without various resources to greatly enhance their talent and increase their training speed, their average cultivation level has long exceeded one hundred thirty to one hundred forty."

The leader of the Time Tribe furrowed his brow tightly.

If this were true, he believed that the strongest member of humanity and the Great Flame Empire must be suppressed as soon as possible.

The more resources and treasures they owed, the easier it would be for the conquered races to rebel.

However, on the other hand, the faster the average cultivation level and strength of the Great Flame Empire improved, the more they could intimidate the various tribes, making them hesitate to start a rebellion no matter how dissatisfied they felt.

If the Great Flame Empire could maintain its current pace of expansion, it might reach an unimaginable scale before any rebellion erupted.

"This is also why I contacted you, leader of the Time Tribe. Our three races must quickly deal with the strongest member of humanity and the Great Flame Empire. Otherwise, in just a few years, they will become foes that we three races find hard to resist even when we join forces."

As he spoke, the Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe used his Perception Ability to transmit the growth speed and developments of the Great Flame Empire in the star cluster to the leader of the Time Tribe.

He continued, "Therefore, I hope you can contact the leader of the Reincarnation Tribe, so the three of us can set a time to discuss our cooperation in detail."

"Understood!" the leader of the Time Tribe nodded in response.

If the situation is as serious as the Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe described, then it would be best for the three races to put aside their grievances and work together to eliminate the strongest member of humanity and the Great Flame Empire.

"Since that is the case, the sooner, the better. It would be ideal to start within three days," the Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe stated.

"That… might not be enough time," the leader of the Time Tribe hesitated.

He could contact the leader of the Reincarnation Tribe and explain the situation in about ten to twenty minutes.

However, the issue was that whether it was the Time Tribe or the Reincarnation Tribe, such a significant decision would require the elders to discuss it.

Additionally, they must send someone to verify the truth of what the Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe said.

Three days’ time might not be enough, even three months might not suffice.

"We are running out of time. The longer we delay, the greater the risk. After all, even if we reach a cooperation agreement, we will need time to complete our arrangements and actions," the Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe insisted firmly.

First, he genuinely felt that this matter could not be delayed any longer. Every additional day could increase the hidden dangers.

Second, he did not want to give the Time Tribe and the Reincarnation Tribe enough time to investigate.

He knew he had concealed some information.

The data he provided was mostly true, with just one falsehood.

The only false part was that the average cultivation level of the Great Flame Empire surged because of the Cave Paradise created by Yi Chen, not due to a skill created or improved by Yi Chen that allowed humanity to break through their talent limits.

And this treasure was useful not only for humanity but also for allowing other races to surpass their talent limits.

"I will discuss it with the leader of the Reincarnation Tribe and get back to you as soon as possible!" the leader of the Time Tribe decided.

"Okay!" the Chief of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe nodded in agreement.