Chapter 28: The Tribe of Ancient Times

  Inside the lava cave, Su Ming proceeded cautiously, slowly making his way deeper into the cave. He was extremely vigilant, often clearing a path before moving forward, and as he walked, he held onto the bone horn, his eyes gleaming with a fierce light, his internal blood and energy circulating to keep him at a state where he could unleash his eleven Blood Line powers at any moment.

  Moreover, every time he walked out some distance, Su Ming would subconsciously look for nearby places to hide his body, so that if he encountered danger, he could hide, or when those Moonwings suddenly returned, he would have a place to avoid them.

  For the unknown things, Su Ming had curiosity, but his cautiousness suppressed this curiosity a lot, especially since there was danger here, which made Su Ming even more so.

  As he continued to move forward, the icy coldness inside the cave became clearer and clearer. Moreover, there were very few forks in the road inside, so Su Ming's speed gradually picked up.

  The surroundings were dark, and there were cracks of varying sizes on the walls. Judging from their appearance, they should have been cracked open after years of exposure to heat. However, Su Ming also found some obvious new cracks, as the color inside the wall was slightly different.

  "It's strange, these cracks must have just appeared... What kind of power can make new cracks appear on this wall?" Su Ming's eyes flashed, and he had a faint guess in his heart.

  "Perhaps after extreme heat suddenly cools down, it will burst out with an unimaginable force..." Su Ming scratched his head and didn't think about it anymore, but instead remembered this phenomenon in his heart.

  He didn't know how far he had walked, feeling that the time was very long. Suddenly, Su Ming's footsteps stopped in front of him, and the cave ahead of him had obviously expanded a lot, and the deeper it went, the wider it became.

  "Could it be that I've arrived at the depths!" Su Ming carefully looked around, walking slowly forward. Before long, in front of him, the cave grew larger and larger. In the end, Su Ming took a deep breath, gazing out at everything before him, lost in thought.

  In front of him was a cave as large as his tribe, with numerous small holes surrounding it, densely packed, and at a glance, there were dozens of them. The small hole he walked out of was one of them.

  Lost in thought, Su Ming stepped forward, his eyes gleaming as he gazed at each small hole for a few moments. Finally, his eyes locked onto one spot and with a sudden movement, he jumped up and sniffed around the outside of all the holes.

  After he had walked through all the small holes, Su Ming stared at one of them and flashed in without hesitation. Among these small holes, only this hole did he smell that faint bloody smell.

  It's clear that this cave is where Moon Wing flew out from.

  Su Ming suddenly stopped, his eyes revealing a deep thought as he used the Bone Chilling Sceptre to carve out a large stone from the surrounding walls. The size of this stone was similar to that of the passageway.

  Although it was quite troublesome to cut down, Su Ming remained persistent and managed to cut out several large stones as he moved forward.

  Every time after being peeled off, it will be placed aside by him according to the angle.

  Gradually, Su Ming's cautious pace also became faster and faster. He could feel that the direction he was heading in was towards the foot of the mountain, which was why the range was getting bigger and bigger. Su Ming followed the small cave and ran deeper and deeper until he felt like he had walked a long way. Gradually, in front of him, he saw a red glow.

  That red corn is like fire, at first glance, it's even a bit indistinguishable.

  At the moment he saw that fiery glow, Su Ming's footsteps slowed down, his heart pounding, and he vaguely felt that this should be the end, but as he approached, he slowly had a kind of illusion that the blood in his body was about to burn, a feeling he was not unfamiliar with...

  The walls around, the hard stone had countless scratches, and there were some marks that seemed to be bitten by teeth, exuding a strange atmosphere, making Su Ming quite tense, but his footsteps did not stop, and he gradually walked towards the place where the fiery red light came from.

  This is indeed the end of the passage, and there is no road ahead, but a larger cave. Su Ming's expression was cautious, standing there looking down.

  At this sight, he was struck as if by lightning, and stood there in a daze, subconsciously retreating several steps back, inhaling a mouthful of cold air.

  It was a huge basin, with countless mountain-like thorns protruding from the inside of the basin like sharp blades. Those mountain-like thorns were all gray, but they constantly emitted a cold air that enveloped the surroundings, making the inside of the cave extremely icy.

  If that were all, it wouldn't have shocked Su Ming so much. Inside the pot, apart from the massive chill and sharp aura, there was something else!

  That's a tribe!!!!!

  Many stone houses, fences, and even stone-pushed watchtowers can be seen in many places of the tribe, and Su Ming also saw pots made of stones for cooking.

  Outside each house, there is a totem, and that totem looks like a blazing flame!

  Those stone houses, each one is very large, and are built extremely neatly, even at first glance, they seem more luxurious than the Wu Shan Department where Su Ming is located.

  Moreover, within this village, Su Ming also saw roads paved with stones. On the small paths, there were many protruding stones. Su Ming looked at them for a long time and couldn't figure out what purpose these small paths served.

  This is not an ordinary tribe, nor a complete tribe!

  Su Ming's gaze fell on the several houses at the edge of the tribe, those houses seemed to have been directly divided into two parts by some strange power, and only half of them existed in this basin.

  The other half, gone without a trace...

  Especially the ground where this tribe is located, except for those small roads paved with stones, the rest of the places seem to be muddy, which is obviously different from the rocks here!

  Su Ming's breathing was rapid, he looked at everything in front of him, and his mind involuntarily echoed the legend of Huo Man that he had heard from his grandfather... Gradually, a picture emerged in his mind, a picture where a gigantic tribe existed on earth, occupying a vast range, like an endless expanse.

  All the houses in that tribe are made of stone and have the totem of flames, which represents the name of this tribe!

  But one day, the tribe underwent a drastic change, it was unknowingly divided into multiple parts by some kind of power, like a collapse, and even more so, it was moved away by some strange power, along with the collapsed tribe and its people, together with the land they were on, disappearing.

  One small part of the tribe was moved into this Wusong Mountain...

  "That's not a legend..." Su Ming stared at the unbelievable scene in front of him, muttering to himself.

  His gaze swept through the tribe, finally falling on the center of the tribe, and his pupils contracted.

  There is something even more eerie!

  That was a big tree! Or rather, it looked like a big tree! It was entirely crimson and emitted a fiery glow. The flames that Su Ming had seen in the corridor earlier were actually coming from this very tree.

  This tree is as thick as more than ten people can wrap around, its roots penetrate the earth, and it seems to have penetrated this Black Flame Peak, extending deep into the ground, unknown how far it has spread.

  This tree only has a trunk, and at its top, it pierces through the rock of this cave, as if what is exposed here is just a part of its trunk.

  "A tree that grew inside the Black Flame Peak..." Su Ming's eyes were fixed on the trunk, where some familiar red flowers bloomed, revealing their eerie beauty.

  Looking at those red small flowers, Su Ming thought of that strange muddy swamp in the forest...

  In the silence, Su Ming withdrew his gaze and looked at the buried tribal ruins in the years, suddenly having a sense of sadness in his heart. With a light sigh, Su Ming's body jumped down and stood within the tribe, standing before the ancient years, one of the eight major tribes of the barbarians, the Fire Barbarian Tribe that dared to fight against the Barbarian God.

  "So, those Moon Wings should also be the transformed descendants of the Fire Barbarian tribe who didn't die under the Fire Barbarian King's technique... But... this is too hard to believe, that there's such a barbaric technique... The Fire Barbarian King's cultivation must have reached an incredible level... The beast skin scroll said that after condensing blood comes opening dust, and after opening dust comes offering bones. As for what lies beyond the realm of offering bones, it only uses the title 'Barbarian Master'." Su Ming gazed at the ancient tribe before him, silently walking into its depths.

  The village was empty, except for the houses and some scattered objects. Su Ming couldn't see any corpses, but the silence all around made the atmosphere feel suffocating.

  Just as he was lost in thought, he stepped onto the winding path paved with protruding stone blocks. As he trod on it, Su Ming felt a slight tingling sensation in his feet. He lowered his head to take a look, but couldn't figure out what this place was used for. He slowly moved forward, but just as he did, his footsteps suddenly came to a halt. His peripheral vision seemed to have caught something, and he abruptly lifted his head to gaze into the distance, where the edge of the divided tribe leaned against the cliff, and there was a skeleton!!

  Those skeletal remains were blocked by some houses, making it impossible for Su Ming to see them before, but at this moment, he could clearly see them from his current position.

  At the sight of the skeleton, Su Ming's pupils suddenly contracted. This was the only skeleton he had seen in this place. He quickly walked a few steps to the side of the skeleton and looked at it carefully. After that, Su Ming's body suddenly shook violently.

  This skeleton is very strange, the upper body is like a human, but it has shrunk like withered, the bones in the lower body are even more bizarre, as if they have melted and transformed, greatly different from ordinary people. On its back, there are even two bony wings that seem to be about to emerge, looking at the shape of its bones, it is surprisingly similar to the moon wing!

  It seemed that this person, before his death, was undergoing a transformation of bones, experiencing the pain of transforming from human to lunar wing, yet the expression on this skeleton showed no signs of suffering, but rather seemed to carry a hint of mockery and self-pride.

  Only he didn't know who his sarcasm was directed at...

  His right index finger, pointing to the rock wall beside him, deeply pierced into it. Su Ming followed his finger and looked up to see a line of clear words on the rock wall beside him!

  That is the script of the barbarians!

  As soon as Su Ming's gaze fell on the words on the rock wall, a sudden sound of flapping wings and a chilling roar came from the entrance passage, accompanied by several despairing wails.

  Moon Wing, I'm back!!

  Su Ming's face changed immediately!