Chapter 1522 - 455: [Burial]_3

Chapter 1522: Chapter 455: [Burial]_3

These riches were plundered by the tribe over decades to offer to the Divine Spirits!

This Lion King does not believe in gods, but he desires this wealth.

The Lion King is very strong, he is young, robust, brave, unruly, with eyes as ferocious as a wolf’s.

He whipped and interrogated the new God Stick in the temple, and everyone else there—all were descendants of the old God Stick.

These people, after being tortured by the Lion King in front of the Stone Tree, could not reveal the so-called treasure’s whereabouts and were one by one killed in front of the Stone Tree by the furious Lion King.

The Lion King does not believe in the god within the stone; his tribe has its faith, worshipping their ancestral spirits.

They believe the spirits of their ancestors would guide and protect them.

The Lion King used a knife to slaughter each and every descendant of the old God Stick before the Stone Tree.

He ordered others to dig out all the beautiful gems hung on the walls with knives, put them all in bags, and take them away.

Finally, he lit a torch, ready to burn down the temple.

But just as the torch’s flames soared, the blood of the dead God Sticks seeped from the dirt into the ground...

As large amounts of human blood seeped into the soil, it flowed under the Stone Tree...

At this moment, the Stone Tree suddenly communicated its consciousness.

It suddenly discovered it could communicate with these humans.

Perhaps because its roots under the soil absorbed enough human blood, it suddenly felt a way to connect with the consciousness of these humans.

It conveyed a thought, directed at the Lion King.

"I am very angry."

Indeed, it was very angry; though for decades, it could not communicate with those residing in the God Sticks.

It could perceive human consciousness, understand their words.

Yet, when it conveyed its consciousness, humans couldn’t feel or respond to it.

Despite this, for decades, these humans worked hard to honor and respect it.

Every day, someone would carefully wipe its branches and leaves, and others would kneel before it.

Over the decades, it became accustomed to their attitudes.

Yet these people were killed, and the Stone Tree was very unhappy.

Now, having absorbed enough blood, it suddenly mastered a way to communicate with humans.

Thus, it expressed its discontent to the Lion King.

The Lion King was startled, but not afraid.

He told all his men this god was a false god, incapable of protecting even its own tribe. He proudly declared that the faith of his own tribe was true power; they were protected by ancestral spirits and had triumphed over this false god.

Finally, he threw the torch into the temple, leaving with his men, escorting their captives and spoils, leaving haughtily.

The Stone Tree didn’t speak; it cannot speak or make any sound.

But it was angry, so it mobilized the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi, using it to influence the Lion King’s fate and fortune.

Chen Yan "saw" when the Lion King left, his fortune, on his body and head, disrupted and drained significantly by the unhappy Stone Tree through Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi.

The tribe perished.

The able-bodied were captured and taken away, along with the women and children.

Those left behind were the elderly and weak, or the wounded, with fate only to await natural death.

Three days later, a group of people ran back.

These returnees were captives taken by the Lion King, bringing back news as they ran.

The Lion King, dead.

On the victorious return journey, on the way back laden with spoils to his own tribe, he was ambushed by several other tribes while crossing a river.

The warriors taken by the Lion King, their bags full of spoils, became cumbersome.

After defeating and annihilating the largest tribe in the area, they grew arrogant and complacent.

Thus, while crossing the river, they were severely attacked.

The courageous Lion King, formidable on land like a lion, died in the water, his body carried away by the river, disappearing without a trace.

The Lion King and his men were killed, captives seized by the ambushing tribes.

Only a few survived, returning back.

The returning captives picked up one thing too, the Lion King’s hat.

The hat made from a lion’s skull.

The remaining elderly and weak, along with the returning captives, suddenly inspired, rushed to the burned temple, insanely worshipping the Stone Tree!

To them, this was the god’s manifestation again!

The invading Lion King burned the temple, annihilated the god-offering tribe, thus the god delivered retribution!

In this moment, their faith instead became more firm and devout!

Such faith caused them to refuse to disperse, even though the tribe had perished, even though only the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled remained, they refused to wander as everyone knew they should.

Instead, they guarded around the temple, believing the god will provide the best arrangement, a path for survival.

Days later, survival did not show up, but doom did.

A tribe that ambushed the Lion King came, occupying the hillside, forest below, the plain...

The newcomers incorporated these old, weak, sick, and disabled, along with captives previously taken by the Lion King. All became the lowest class slaves!