Chapter 457

Chapter 457: The Uneasy Swift Tribe

After Marquises Moses left, Yi Chen began crafting the third generation of Cave Paradise.

Although the materials required were astonishing and just refining them would take a massive amount of time, Yi Chen, with his current strength realm, successfully created the third generation of Cave Paradise in just over ten days.

The interior space was similar to the previous two generations.

Moreover, practitioners at the Human Immortal Stage could find it much easier to comprehend the principles of heaven and earth and the power of the laws within.

This meant that even those with insufficient comprehension could break through to the peak of the ninth level of the Human Immortal Stage while cultivating in the third generation of Cave Paradise.

The top geniuses might even break through to the first level of the Xuan Immortal Stage.

Yi Chen had no ideas about creating the higher-level fourth generation of Cave Paradise.

Although he could barely manage it now, gathering the necessary materials from the star cluster was nothing but a foolish dream.

Even the Shadow Clan, with all their usable materials combined, barely had less than one-tenth of what was needed.

Yi Chen estimated that all the related materials in the star cluster combined would amount to at most one-tenth.

The materials required for the fourth generation of Cave Paradise could only be gathered in a super star cluster, where the upper limits were higher.

However, while he couldn’t craft a large fourth generation Cave Paradise that could accommodate a massive number of human practitioners, he could certainly gather some missing materials to create a small one.

Currently, with the top geniuses just breaking through to the Spirit Enlightenment Stage, there was no rush; gathering materials slowly was just fine.

After successfully crafting the third generation of Cave Paradise, Yi Chen began to restore his calm. He cultivated to improve his realm while extracting luck from the principles of heaven and earth.

He also dedicated some of his focus to monitor the movements of the expeditionary army.

Half a month later, the expeditionary army finally defeated the remaining three large tribes on the blood-colored planet.

Another half month passed, and all the smaller and medium-sized tribes that refused to surrender were completely suppressed.

The entire blood-colored planet was unified.

The surrounding major tribes were astonished.

The once-dormant Black Tiger Tribe seemed to be on the verge of resurgence.

In the eyes of these tribes, the unification of the blood-colored planet must mean that a remarkably gifted strong individual had emerged from the Black Tiger Tribe.

For thousands of years, the Black Tiger Tribe had been in a fragmented state.

With the emergence of such a powerful entity, most tribe members surely welcomed this change.

With time, the entire Black Tiger Tribe would undoubtedly achieve unification.

Once they gathered strength, the development speed of the Black Tiger Tribe would surely reach new heights.

This was both a good and bad thing for the surrounding tribes.

The positives lay in the fact that the Black Tiger Tribe had once been strongly suppressed by the Undying Race.

The tribe most resentful was not the Swift Tribe, which took advantage of the situation and added insult to injury by treating the Black Tiger Tribe like a storehouse.

Instead, it was the Undying Race, who had kept the Black Tiger Tribe in a fragmented state for so long.

Due to internal conflicts, the Undying Race’s control over the Tianling Star Cluster was becoming increasingly weak.

But one day, the infighting among the Undying Race would determine a victor.

At that time, they would certainly send troops to re-suppress the various tribes in the Tianling Star Cluster in an attempt to retake control over the entire region.

Having just regained their power, the tribes naturally did not want to return to the past, and they would join forces to resist.

The rise of the Black Tiger Tribe would be beneficial in the future fight against the armies of the Undying Race.

On the downside, not just the Undying Race but any tribe would prefer not to see a powerful tribe rising in the Tianling Star Cluster.

A powerful tribe, in its quest for more strength, would need to acquire more resources, inevitably leading to external expansion.

One day, if they truly managed to defeat the Undying Race and thwart their attempt to dominate the Tianling Star Cluster, the various tribes would usher in an era of tribal competition.

Each tribe hoped to rise alongside the infighting of the Undying Race, rather than see other tribes thrive.

Of course, with such a formidable enemy as the Undying Race still in existence, the tribes did not harbor much hostility toward the rise of the Black Tiger Tribe; they mostly chose to bide their time.

The only exception was the Swift Tribe.

Upon learning of the unification of the blood-colored planet, Swift Emperor immediately summoned all Nobles.

In the grand palace, eighty-two Nobles gathered together.

Including the lofty Swift Emperor, everyone looked grim.

For the various tribes, the rise of the Black Tiger Tribe brought mixed fortunes.

In the short term, it was a good thing.

But for the Swift Tribe, whether in the short or long term, it was not a good thing at all.

“Your Majesty, let’s send troops!” one Noble gritted his teeth and said. “While the Black Tiger Tribe hasn’t fully risen yet, we must spare no effort to destroy the Nika Tribe!”

“Otherwise, if we let the Nika Tribe unify the entire Black Tiger Tribe, they will undoubtedly send troops to attack our Swift Tribe without hesitation.”

“The problem is, the Nika Tribe is likely attacking us by the Black Tiger Tribe’s pirate group,” another Noble hesitated. “If we send troops to the blood-colored planet, we’re afraid it’s like sheep entering a tiger’s den. All the strong must gather; only then can we ensure we won’t be ambushed by the Black Tiger Tribe’s pirates.”

“But gathering all the strong together makes it inconvenient to control and command the army, plus the Swift Tribe is not skilled at large scale warfare, which could lead to utter failure.”

“Indeed!” The moment these words were spoken, many Nobles instinctively nodded in agreement.

The greatest advantage of the Swift Tribe was their speed.

But that was all.

In large scale wars, speed is advantageous for launching sneak attacks rather than engaging in direct confrontations.

Once it comes to direct battles, the Swift Tribe’s army would pale in comparison to the Black Tiger Tribe’s forces.

This was the very reason the surrounding tribes could not do anything against the Swift Tribe.

However, the Swift Tribe only pillaged but never dispatched troops to seize life planets.

When encountering large scale warfare, the Swift Tribe typically employed the method of leading teams of strong individuals to conduct continuous harassment and attacks, gradually wearing down the enemy’s forces.

If the enemy split to pursue, they could set traps and slowly whittle away at them.

But now, the Nika Tribe had a Black Tiger Tribe pirate group that could carry out silent and swift assassinations, and even with Swift Emperor personally leading the hunt, they wouldn’t be able to track them down.

Using this method of splitting forces to harass and attack could easily hand over their strong individuals to be defeated individually by the pirate group.

With the presence of this pirate group, the Swift Tribe now felt that their advantage was completely suppressed when facing the Black Tiger Tribe.

Direct combat wasn’t viable, and harassment and attacks would only serve them up on a platter.

If they were to launch a large-scale assault on the blood-colored planet, they might end up completely defeated.

“Attacking the blood-colored planet may lead to failure. But what will happen if we don’t attack, and the Nika Tribe unifies the entire Black Tiger Tribe?” a Noble spoke coldly.

The grand hall fell silent, so quiet that a pin drop could be heard.

The result…

The more powerful Nika Tribe would inevitably launch an offensive against the Swift Tribe, seeking revenge for past grievances.

It could be foreseen that with the completely restraining Black Tiger Tribe pirate group and the strong military forces of the Black Tiger Tribe, the only escape route for the Swift Tribe would be to flee to other star domains.

It could be said that attacking would likely result in utter failure.

Not attacking would simply leave them with a dead end.

“Perhaps we can deploy troops to other Black Tiger Tribe planets outside the blood-colored planet?” one Noble proposed suddenly with an idea.