Chapter 140: The Great Construction

Hiss...

Even though Yitian had anticipated that his Solaria Flame would heavily damage these giant silver eagles, he did not expect its power to be even greater than he imagined. One by one, the middle-stage advanced giant silver eagles were burned to ashes by the flames.

Having slain their respective giant silver eagles, Yifeng, Yishan, and Yikuang were also startled when they witnessed Yitian's strike.

After breaking through to the Elemental Law realm, the captain's skyrocketing strength far surpassed theirs.

Yitian also sensed that even without condensing an Elemental Core, he could potentially contend with top-tier existences at the Elemental Core level simply by relying on the Solaria Flame. The Solaria Flame was truly too formidable.

Even Demon Tianhua’s Earth Demon Golden Body, once touched by the Solaria Flame, would likely suffer heavy damage.

With Yitian and the others making their moves, in less than a quarter of an hour, all the adult giant silver eagles were completely annihilated, leaving only eight fledglings chirping incessantly on the cliff.

Some of these fledglings had not yet grown their full plumage and were covered only in down, while others were just beginning to sprout silver feathers.

"Should we just slaughter them?"

Yishan asked Yitian.

Just as Yitian was about to reply, Little Black charged over from the distance.

It appeared above the cliff, its gaze sweeping across the fledglings. Instantly, the shrieking, fluttering fledglings fell silent, curling up and trembling one by one.

"Woof!"

With a loud bark from Little Black, the fledglings looked as though they had been frightened out of their wits, burying their heads deep beneath them.

"Why not bring them back and tame them?"

A thought stirred in Yitian's mind.

Once these giant silver eagles grew up, they would be of immense help to the tribe.

Given their speed, even top-tier Human-grade experts could not match them. Moreover, with the massive bodies they would develop upon maturity, they would be equivalent to the airplanes of his past world, capable of transporting tribe members for travel.

These giant silver eagles had not yet truly grown and were still fledglings; their fierce and violent temperament had not yet formed, leaving a possibility for taming.

Furthermore, with Little Black—an unknown and terrifying fierce beast—deterring them from the side, the difficulty of taming these fledglings would not be high.

Yitian and the others kept watch on the cliff, waiting for the hunting giant silver eagles to return, and systematically wiped them out one by one.

Over the next few days, Yitian and his companions fought across these five mountain ranges, eliminating middle-stage advanced and middle-stage peak fierce beasts one by one to prevent any massive threat to the second ancestral land.

After finding a suitable location, Yitian and the others returned to the tribe outside the Crouching Dragon Mountain Range.

When the tribe's higher-ups learned of the situation in that area from Yitian and the others, they expressed their satisfaction.

Thus, over the following ten-odd days, the tribe began selecting a portion of their members to head to that location, carve out a second ancestral land, and settle down there.

Whenever a threat arose in either ancestral land, they could immediately evacuate to the other.

Soon, the tribe finalized the group of members chosen to pioneer the second ancestral land—numbering over three thousand people. Led by the First Elder, Second Elder, and Fourth Elder, they migrated together to settle in the second ancestral land.

Escorted by the Samsara Battle Team, nearly a third of the Yi tribe's population embarked on a grand migration deep into the Crouching Dragon Mountain Range.

The Samsara Battle Team, the First Elder, and other Human-grade experts patrolled the skies along the way. Whenever they discovered threatening middle-stage fierce beasts, they either drove them away or killed them on the spot.

Among the ranks of these three thousand-plus people were a large number of high-grade martial artists, who defended against attacks from low-grade fierce beasts and wild beasts.

Yitian walked at the vanguard, while Yifeng, Yishan, Yili, and others flanked the rear on both sides, resembling an arrow piercing forward. Powerful fierce beasts along the way were slain by them, cutting through resistance like splitting bamboo.

This time, his mother, Xiaolong, Xiaoting, and others all joined the migration to the second ancestral land, along with the families of Yifeng, Yishan, and Yili.

In Yitian's view, their second ancestral land was only penetrated a little over ten thousand miles into the Crouching Dragon Mountain Range.

This range of ten-plus thousand miles was still merely the outer fringe of the vast and boundless Crouching Dragon Mountain Range, where only a few middle-stage fierce beasts survived, posing little danger.

Moreover, the location they chose served as a natural barrier; fierce beasts would have to traverse dozens of miles of mountains before emerging into the basin at the center of the five mountain ranges. There was no possibility of a sudden, massive siege by fierce beasts or the appearance of high-grade fierce beasts.

In short, as long as they defended against threats from the sky, the second ancestral land would be incomparably safe.

For the Yi tribe, who practiced the Shooting the Sun Heavenly Art, threats from the sky were gradually diminishing.

Eventually, that expanse of sky would become a forbidden zone in the future.

Clearing thorns and breaking through brambles all the way, Yitian and his group spent three days and two nights finally reaching the basin formed by the five mountain ranges.

This was only possible because everyone in the tribe, except for the children, had become martial artists, enabling them to trek over ten thousand miles across the rugged and difficult mountain ranges.

Fortunately, no fatalities occurred along the way.

Only a few unlucky tribe members were bitten by venomous creatures and nearly lost their lives, but they were saved in time by the spirit pills of Yitian, Yili, and others.

The second ancestral land was a basin spanning a radius of over a hundred miles, featuring picturesque scenery. A small lake of more than thirty miles was as clear and rippleless as a mirror hanging upside down on the earth, instantly making the tribe members fall in love with the place.

Yikuang, who had been left behind to guard the place, finally relaxed.

Over the past few days, he had to hunt fierce beast meat to feed the fledglings all by himself; being completely alone, he had truly found it somewhat unbearable.

When all members of the Yi tribe arrived at this place destined to become their new home, the First Elder began directing the tribe members to clear a patch of land as the site for establishing the tribe.

A group of tribal warriors entered the mountain range to search for hard rocks to build a defensive wall for the settlement.

Other warriors chopped down a large amount of ironwood to construct houses.

All kinds of work proceeded in an orderly fashion under the arrangement of the First Elder, leaving only some children with nothing to do, who began playing on the nearby grasslands.

Just as Yitian was inspecting the surroundings for any hidden dangers or threats, the First Elder approached him.

It turned out that the First Elder wanted to excavate an underground space within Lotus Flower Mountain; once they encountered any irresistible danger, this underground space would serve as a sanctuary.

"I understand."

Yitian took the First Elder's suggestion to heart.

After all, his family and tribe members were all here, and he needed to forge this place to perfection with impregnable defenses.

Thus, Yitian led the Samsara Battle Team to begin their analysis.

The five mountain ranges intertwined to form a unique terrain, which the First Elder and the others named Lotus Flower Mountain, as it bloomed like a lotus flower.

Yitian and his team decided to carve out a space within each of the five peaks of Lotus Flower Mountain, as well as an underground space beneath the basin, with all these spaces interconnecting—a truly massive project.

Yitian took charge of excavating the space beneath the basin.

He summoned his lower-grade divine sword and chose a location. With a single strike from the indestructible sword, blocks of rock and soil were sliced apart.

However, doing this meant that the excavated earth and rock had to be transported away.

Even though they could be stored in spatial rings, it would still consume a significant amount of effort and time.

A thought suddenly flashed through Yitian's mind.

He circulated the Solaria Heavenly Art, and a ball of flame plunged into the ground with a roar, instantly turning that patch of earth into a massive pit filled everywhere with glowing red crystals.

The next moment, streams of flames erupted from Yitian's body, enveloping him until he looked like a man made of fire.

Wherever he passed, rocks and soil melted away, and after cooling down, they solidified into extremely hard crystals.

Just like that, Yitian utilized his Solaria Flame to carve out a long tunnel beneath the basin, winding continuously downward.

When Yitian estimated they had reached a depth of over a thousand zhang underground, he began expanding the space outward.

Days passed by one after another.

The space carved out by Yitian expanded at a rapid pace.

In a little over half a month, Yitian had cleared out an underground space with a radius of five miles.

This underground space was temporarily sufficient.

After Yitian finished carving out the underground space, Yifeng, Yishan, and the others had not yet completed even a third of their progress.

Even with numerous tribal warriors helping to transport soil and rubble together, progress took time.

Regardless, the Yi tribe's second ancestral land had already been built to a considerable scale in just over a month.