Chapter 376

Chapter 376: The Arrival of the Shadow Clan

For several months, the Great Flame Pirates repeatedly plundered the eleven planets controlled by the Swift Tribe.

These eleven planets had all been equipped with teleportation arrays by Yi Chen, allowing easy access to any planet.

With Yi Chen providing constant information about each planet and the flying treasure as a tool for escape and attack, the Great Flame Pirates easily avoided the searches and traps set by the Swift Emperor’s organization, becoming a source of fear for the entire Swift Tribe.

News of this reached nearby tribes, further humiliating the Swift Tribe and turning them into a huge joke.

Even more, many strong warriors from surrounding tribes suddenly had the idea of forming their own pirate groups to turn the tables and rob the Swift Tribe.

However, these ideas remained just that—ideas.

No one truly acted on them because it was impossible to implement.

To rob the Swift Tribe, one would have to be faster than them.

But the greatest advantage of the Swift Tribe was their speed.

It was simply unrealistic to rob the Swift Tribe.

This led the surrounding tribes to admire the Great Flame Pirates even more.

Having successfully plundered the entire Swift Tribe, the Great Flame Pirates finally returned home.

This plundering expedition undoubtedly yielded great rewards.

In Yi Chen’s view, the most significant benefit was the substantial increase in combat experience for the top geniuses.

Additionally, the ten life planets outside Fengmang planet were equipped with teleportation arrays, clearing transportation barriers for future invasions of each life planet.

The actual profits came next.

After sweeping the eleven life planets controlled by the Swift Tribe, the total earnings of the Great Flame Pirates reached a value of over three billion low-grade immortal stones.

Among these were some precious and rare spirit ores and spirit materials.

Moreover, at the time of departure, Chief Nika was the only strong warrior present.

When they returned to the blood-colored planet, the number of strong warriors had increased by thirty-nine, in addition to Chief Nika.

The number of high-end combatants at levels eighty to ninety had grown to tens of thousands.

These strong warriors and high-end combatants would significantly boost the power of the Nika tribe, providing tremendous motivation for future expansions under the name of the Nika tribe.

The large influx of high-end combatants from various tribes also made humanity’s presence less noticeable.

Upon returning to the blood-colored planet, the Nika tribe began urgent training, preparing for the next plan.

This next plan was to expand their territory and unify the entire blood-colored planet.

A few days later, the high priest, along with the six Vice Councilors of the Political Council and leaders of the four armies, arrived in outer space on a large transport ship to greet them.

They welcomed their ally, the Shadow Clan.

With the Shadow King absent, nearly all the high-ranking leaders of the Great Flame Empire, except for Yi Chen, went out to meet them.

Treating an ally like this is undoubtedly significant.

The main reason lies in the fact that the Shadow Clan has come from far away, migrating as a whole, and they must be welcomed warmly.

The entire Shadow Clan has nearly been wiped out, with only around one billion tribe members remaining.

The strongest member is the Shadow King, who has reached level one hundred ninety.

In addition, there are over thirty Shadow Kings who are around level one hundred eighty.

Among them, a dozen stay in the Tree Star Cluster, as they need to gather information about the Tree-Dwelling Tribe’s latest movements through the foreign affairs department.

Only twenty Shadow Kings have come along.

Next, we have the Shadow Lords around level one hundred seventy, the Shadow Generals around level one hundred sixty, and the Shadow Captains around level one hundred fifty.

Reaching the Shadow General level is already considered as the strongest existence within this star cluster.

The Shadow Clan has more than fifty thousand Shadow Generals.

Even though the Shadow Clan can be considered nearly extinct, they still represent a powerful force in the surrounding star clusters.

One hour later, the Large Battleship penetrated the atmosphere and entered the blood-colored planet, where another mountain range of the Nika tribe was arranged as the residence for the Shadow Clan.

Half an hour later, the twenty Shadow Kings came to meet Yi Chen and follow his arrangements.

To maintain their dignity, Chief Nika hadn’t publicized Yi Chen and humanity’s status within the tribe, which led to some high-ranking members of the Nika tribe daring to speak out when Yi Chen made arrangements.

What the twenty Shadow Kings heard most from the Shadow King was that their high-ranking rulers had already recognized Yi Chen as their master and that they willingly obeyed him even more than slaves.

The Shadow King had also repeatedly warned them through the communication stones not to consider themselves and the Shadow Clan as minor allies of the Great Flame Empire.

Instead, they should view themselves as the most humble slaves, so they could cling tightly to the "golden thigh" and not fall behind.

All the Shadow Kings had grown accustomed to these words, as their leader continuously repeated them, sounding like someone with amnesia, occasionally reminding them with the communication stones.

At first, from ordinary tribe members to the Shadow Kings themselves, no one could understand the Shadow King’s attitude.

Even though the Shadow Clan had fallen on hard times, they couldn’t believe they would ally with a Great Flame Kingdom that only had a few million people, where the strongest member had just barely overcome tribulations.

It seemed insane.

Adding to the madness was the fact that the Shadow Clan wasn’t simply being a leader, but were assuming a subordinate position, essentially becoming the little brothers.

What made it even crazier was that the Shadow King, a powerful being, willingly lowered himself to the dust, taking his fate into the hands of the opposing strongest member.

And he even appeared proud, believing he had seized the initiative and gained the upper hand.

If it weren’t for the fact that the Shadow King was revered in the clan, having been diligent and dedicated after their near extinction in order to revive the Shadow Clan, such a humiliating act would have led to his rejection by the entire clan.

Even though this human strongest member held great potential, he had just crossed the threshold of overcoming tribulations.

Was it really necessary to be so humble?

Even those traitors from the Shadow Clan who were bribed by enemy tribes did not stoop to such base contracts with their enemies.

However, upon learning that the human strongest member had broken through a major realm in just a year or two, the Shadow Clan felt somewhat reassured.

Regardless of the situation, the talent of this human strongest member was undeniably immense and frighteningly powerful.

When they learned that the Shadow King had successfully obtained the Space Stone from the powerful being of the Tree-Dwelling Tribe with the help of the human strongest member’s unique abilities and guidance, and that this human had generously given the Shadow King high-quality immortal materials, the tone among the Shadow Clan began to change.

Acquiring the Space Stone from someone as powerful as a two hundred ten level Tree-Dwelling being and escaping unscathed was undoubtedly the highest achievement in the history of the Shadow Clan.

The rewards were also astonishingly great.

At the very least, without this human strongest member, the Shadow King would not have experienced such a surge in talent and significantly elevated potential.

This was still while the Shadow King kept Yi Chen’s Luck Technique a secret, only saying it was a special ability along with excellent strategic talent, so Shadow Kings did not go mad.

Even so, the Shadow Clan was slowly coming to terms with being the little brothers of the Great Flame Empire.

After all, the Shadow King had voluntarily put his life in the hands of the human, and the entire clan could not abandon this revered figure, even if he had led them toward near extinction.

Moreover, the Shadow King had gained immense benefits, so they could only accept their fate and strive to be good little brothers.

The twenty Shadow Kings, having endured the repeated reminders from the Shadow King, transformed into human forms upon arrival and respectfully prostrated before the flying treasure.