I Steal the Ancestors' Sacrifices to Nourish Myself-Chapter 173 - 84: Drying the Mud Swamp, Frightening Off Xiangliu, Uncovering the Plague Beast—It’s All Fish

On this day.

Shen Can gazed into the distant sky, while the clanspeople resumed their cultivation as usual.

With the Clan Leader and the Ancestral Temple Keeper personally leading the training, everyone's morale was high.

Under the abundant fire source power, Celestial Vein Martial Artists continuously emerged, and the enhancement of the clan's strength was as effortless as bubbles released by a Little Dragon Fish.

"The twenty-seventh one."

By noon, another wave of scorching air rolled through the clan land, and Shen Can silently counted the number.

The clanspeople breaking through now were mostly advancing through the threshold of Power of Thirty-Six Desolations.

Although their potential after advancement was low, a Celestial Vein was still a Celestial Vein, capable of taking on some external duties and leadership roles within the clan.

In an Upper-class Tribe, Celestial Vein Martial Artists were the backbone; the more there were, the stronger the overall clan strength.

Shen Can also focused on those clanspeople who persistently enhanced their energy; the more energy accumulated in the Mountain Opening Realm, the greater the potential in the Celestial Vein Realm.

The current environment was akin to an enhanced Fire Element Source Vein, giving clanspeople who had no chance to advance to the Celestial Vein a chance to do so.

It allowed those capable of advancing to the Celestial Vein Realm to accumulate more energy before furthering their advancement.

This time, it's just a matter of seeing how many can break through the limit of Power of Seventy-Two Desolations.

For those likely to break through Power of Seventy-Two Desolations, Shen Can personally taught them an alternative Pile Skill, and the clan doubled the provision of Tier Three meat for consumption.

Five days later, at noon.

A golden fireball appeared in the western sky, swiftly crossing the sky and crashing into the distant mountains and wilderness.

A deafening roar erupted, and smoke and dust soared straight into the sky.

Soon after, rays of golden light appeared from the western horizon, and golden fiery rain poured across the sky.

Fire was falling from the sky!

"Quickly, retreat underground!"

Seeing this scene, Shen Can shouted loudly.

Huo Chang, upon reacting, also urged numerous clanspeople to head towards the underground caverns.

Soon, there was no one left on the clan's mountain.

Fiery rain splashed across the sky, and when it reached the area outside the clan's mountain, Shen Can finally saw the large golden figure enveloped in flames.

"Three legs, it's the Golden Crow!"

At the concealed entrance of the underground channel, Huo Chang and Shen Can gazed at the distant sky.

The massive crimson-golden body was a thousand feet in size, and with each wing beat, countless fireballs descended, setting the mountains ablaze.

As the first clearly visible Golden Crow appeared, one golden fireball after another appeared in the sky from afar.

In the blink of an eye, they quickly disappeared over the horizon.

But wherever they passed, the mountains and wilderness were already ablaze.

"They're setting the mountains on fire."

Huo Chang also realized.

He couldn't help but feel fortunate that the vegetation around the clan land had been cleared, forming a vast area devoid of any plants.

The fiery rain fell from the sky, and thick smoke billowed upwards, but because there were no plants, it quickly extinguished.

The underground channel had many vents, and many clanspeople were also gazing into the void, witnessing the terrifying scene.

Meanwhile, the various vassal tribes migrating into the mountains also saw the scene of fiery rain falling as the Golden Crow passed.

Some had not yet completed the excavation of underground channels and could only dig caves within the massive mountains as shelter.

Rays of fire descended from the sky, repeatedly crashing into the mountains and falling into the valleys.

...

"The Golden Crow is coming!"

In mid-air, a Golden Crow spread its wings, and its golden eyes seemed to flicker with embers, reflecting the mountain valleys below.

It saw that in the blazing fire, there was an area where the fallen flames did not ignite.

It soared into the sky, rushed from a distance, opened its large beak, and spat a large Fire Dragon at the area where the mountain fire had not ignited.

Even though the Fire Dragon did not touch the vicinity of the clan land, the heat around the clan's mountain increased several times as if a volcano had erupted.

Heat penetrated the soil and rocks straight underground, causing water in the underground channel to rapidly evaporate at that moment.

After flying over the forested mountains twice, the Golden Crow finally spread its wings and left.

Seeing the Golden Crow circle twice and then leave, Huo Chang let out a long sigh.

Shen Can also exhaled; if he had known earlier it was the Golden Crow setting fires, he wouldn't have so crudely cleared the firebreak areas, and at least would have left some areas that could burn.

Luckily, the Golden Crow was experienced and imposing, and didn't stoop to squabble with him.

Looking from afar, the golden bird in the sky flew towards the eastern and southern regions.

*Chirp!*

At this moment, a high-pitched cry resonated across the sky.

Two more Golden Crows spread their wings from the direction of the Giant Mountain Range, flying over the edge of the Blazing Flame Race Territory towards the southeast.

Looking deeper into the Giant Mountain Range, the mountain fires raged and thick smoke rolled.

*Boom boom boom!*

The ground gradually began to tremble.

Shen Can appeared on the peak of the Clan Mountain, looking out into the distance, obstructed by the layers of mountains, he couldn't see anything; he could only feel the mountains shaking.

"It's too far, I've already sent someone to investigate."

Huo Chang emerged from the underground channel, appearing weary; previously, when the Golden Crow rushed towards the clan land, it had startled him.

In the face of such a terrifying Giant Beast of the Great Wilderness, the Blazing Flame had no ability to resist.

In the following days, the tremors persisted, and the clanspeople sent out to patrol had not returned with any useful information.

"Try to expand the vents and let the clanspeople slip out in batches, dispersing as much as possible, and find places with abundant heat in the mountains to cultivate."

Seeing the fire source power so dense, Shen Can and Huo Chang decided after discussion to break up the clan and disperse the clanspeople.