292: Chapter 292 Clan Council

The appearance of reinforcements from the Blue Blood Clan made Tang Long breathe a huge sigh of relief.

After all, his resurrection was still on cooldown, and he didn't like fighting to the death without any margin for error.

However, the Blue Blood Clan warriors seemed unable to understand human language; he had told them to keep their distance and not join the battle between him and the Martial Ancestor, yet not a single one listened.

Consequently, they were as stubborn as Tie Tou, repeatedly slamming into a steel wall until they were battered and bloody.

In particular, the Fourth-Turn Holy Extreme Martial Ancestor currently entangled with Tang Long was shockingly tough.

After more than a dozen Blue Blood Clan warriors fell one after another beside it, Tang Long thought it over carefully and issued another warning to them.

"Friends from the Blue Blood Clan! If you act so recklessly, you will only throw your lives away for nothing!"

Princess Lai Anniya's eyes flickered, and she immediately flashed onto the back of the giant elephant, leaning down to advise their leader.

"Father, we should heed the advice of this foreign warrior. If it weren't for him today, we would have suffered even heavier losses."

King Laita replied indifferently, "Precisely because of that, we should demonstrate even more courage."

"No one questions the courage of the clan warriors, but their blood should not be shed in vain! Look at how many clansmen you have left behind you!"

Only then did King Laita turn his head, first scanning the royal tent guards, and then looking at the surrounding clansmen, most of whom were wounded.

He sighed slightly and asked in a loud voice, "Friend from afar! Do you have the confidence to defeat that thing yourself?"

Tang Long replied immediately, "I have no problem! Please, help me clear away the obstacles around it!"

"Very well! Blue Blood warriors, do as he says!"

The strength of this batch of black Game Entities was truly mediocre.

Not only was their individual combat power low, they had almost no intelligence and completely lacked coordination, so the battle quickly drew to a close.

After the last dozen or so Advanced Game Entities put up a stubborn resistance for a few minutes, only the one in front of Tang Long remained.

At this point, Tang Long didn't even need to make a move himself; his main body and the twenty pandas summoned by his Clone completely trapped the black giant.

A dozen minutes later, its massive body crashed heavily onto the snowy ground.

The Blue Blood clansmen raised their weapons and cheered, and King Laita, accompanied by Princess Lai Anniya, came before Tang Long.

"Friend from afar, thank you for saving my daughter, and thank you for fighting side-by-side with us."

"I am the current King of the Blue Blood Clan, Laita, and my daughter is named Princess Lai Anniya."

Tang Long replied immediately, "My name is Tang Long."

"Tang Long, I heard that you know my other daughter, Lyria."

Tang Long looked slightly embarrassed, but still nodded, "I know her."

"She betrayed the clan. According to clan rules, I should send warriors to capture her and bring her back for punishment."

"But now... never mind. I don't have the energy to waste on her anymore, and I will not neglect a friend because of her."

"Let's go, let's return to our clan grounds to rest for a while, and then we can have a drink and talk properly."

Tang Long looked at the Gate of Heavens Legacy in surprise, "Your Majesty, do you not intend to let your clansmen enter the Gate of Heavens Legacy to take a look?"

King Laita looked at the Gate of Heavens Legacy and sighed deeply.

"The Blue Blood Clan has a long-standing friendship with the myriad races of the Gate of Heavens Legacy; we are not lacking in cultivation methods."

"If it were in peaceful times, I would let the children try their luck, but the current situation is too dire."

"We previously experienced an even more brutal battle and suffered huge losses. Many people are still wounded, and what they need most is rest."

"Let's go. These things are immortal; the Alien God's forces are growing stronger, and who knows when they might revive."

They can revive?

Tang Long hesitated for a moment, then walked directly to the black giant's side, suddenly producing a metal tube in his hand, and dripped the liquid inside onto the giant.

After just two drops, the black giant displayed System identification information: {Strange Corpse}.

Tang Long pointed directly at the top of the giant's head, and the giant was quickly enveloped in a layer of ice crystals, then vanished in a flash.

The surrounding Blue Blood clansmen were all astonished, and King Laita was also extremely surprised.

"Friend, what did you do?"

Tang Long chuckled, "Nothing much, just keeping a specimen."

King Laita's expression was serious, "No! I am asking if you used the Divine Power of Crystal just now to Seal it?"

"Your Majesty is truly knowledgeable."

King Laita nodded deeply and sighed, "I never expected that the purest Divine Power of Crystal still has a Legacy in this world. Noble guest, please come up and ride with me."

The Ice Wind Domain is known to the outside world as the Domain of Death, because it is cold all year round, covered everywhere by cold winds and ice and snow, and the living conditions are extremely harsh.

Even players are unwilling to come here unless they need to run some special quests.

But Tang Long was surprised to find that the Blue Blood Clan's grounds were actually beside a large lake.

The bright blue lake water was as clear as the eyes of the Blue Blood clansmen, and there were even many strange-looking animals gathered by the lakeside.

The Blue Blood Clan's buildings were all constructed of ice, shining constantly under the lake light and starlight, like a dreamy fairy-tale world.

But at this moment, the clan grounds were somber and bleak.

Tang Long could easily see that almost all the Blue Blood people were wounded, each catching their breath in their ice houses.

Princess Lai Anniya personally led Tang Long into an ice house to rest, then returned to the royal palace.

Inside the royal palace, King Laita sat on a blue-silver throne, flanked by four elderly clan Elders, with dozens of the clan's strong leaders below, all arguing in a chaotic mess.

Because just a moment ago, King Laita had made a shocking proposal.

To recruit Tang Long to become a member of the Blue Blood Clan, and for him to enter beneath the Blue Lake to receive the baptism of the Holy Dragon God.

"Your Majesty! I object!"

"That Tang Long's background is unknown; how can such a person be trusted? Let alone letting him receive the baptism of the Holy Dragon God!"

"He is willing to fight for us; I think it can be considered."

"Hmph! He encountered the Alien God's legion first; he wasn't fighting for our clan!"

"The Holy Dragon God is our god and our ancestor; we absolutely will not allow him to be desecrated!"

"He does have some strange abilities, but in terms of combat, I don't think he's any stronger than me! We don't need him as a warrior!"

"He also knows Lyria; heaven knows if that traitor sent him here to hatch some evil scheme!"

At this moment, an Elder tapped the ground with a blue crystal staff, "The Ancient God Crystal Concubine is the daughter of the Holy Dragon God; since he possesses the Divine Power of Crystal, he cannot really be considered an outsider."

The other three Elders also chimed in, "Indeed. For dozens of generations, no one in the clan has obtained the true power of the Holy Dragon, and the Holy Dragon body at the bottom of the lake is losing its divinity."

"If it can truly be used to trigger resonance with the Divine Power of Crystal, perhaps the power of the Holy Dragon can help us once again dispel the Alien God's power. This concerns the survival of the clan; I believe King Laita's proposal is very valuable."

"I still think we should be cautious. Whether that Tang Long can be used by us is still an unknown. That person is also tainted with the Alien God's power; he might just pollute the Holy Dragon body."

"To lose our greatest reliance and our most sacred totem for a shred of uncertain hope—if that happens, our clan will perish in the most shameful way!"

"That's right! We cannot blindly trust outsiders!"

"You can know a person's face but not their heart! I beg Your Majesty to reconsider!"

"Fight to the death! Glory even in defeat!"

Seeing the commotion below, King Laita extended his hand at the right moment and stood up to quiet the noise.

"Fighting to the death is easy. But do you know how many people are left in the clan?"

"Excluding the thirty-one who just died in battle, there are 1,104 left. Among those remaining, 805 are wounded, including 255 who are seriously injured."

"If we also exclude the women and children who have no combat capability, we have fewer than 500 warriors who can actually fight."

"If the Alien God's legion launches an offensive like the one five days ago again, our only result will be to all die in battle. But what happens after we die?"

"The Blue Lake will be polluted by the Alien God's power, losing the brilliance it has held for countless years. The Holy Dragon God's divine body will also be devoured by the Alien God, never to exist in this world again."

"Is this glory?"

King Laita's question left the palace in silence.

King Laita was also quiet for a moment, then asked again, "What if it were a marriage alliance? What do you think?"

"Princess Lai Anniya is already an adult. Let her and Tang Long be joined as husband and wife; using this as a bridge, we can absorb Tang Long to become a clansman, and then he will be qualified to receive the baptism."

"If he can truly trigger the Holy Dragon power and become a Son of the Holy Dragon, I can even cede my throne to him."

"Under such conditions, I cannot think of any reason for him to betray our clan again."

You could hear a pin drop in the palace.

The clansmen couldn't help but turn their heads, casting their gazes toward Princess Lai Anniya at the palace entrance.

Princess Lai Anniya felt like she was being pricked by needles; although her face was covered by a veil, her pair of pointed ears were flushed red to the roots.

"Princess Lai Anniya, my daughter, have you heard everything? For the sake of the clan, are you willing to make such a choice?"

Princess Lai Anniya was at a loss, turned around, and ran away.

A wave of chuckles immediately erupted in the palace.

Because according to the personality and customs of the Blue Blood people, not objecting means agreeing.

But among the crowd, there were a few who couldn't laugh at all.

They were all young warriors who had long admired the princess, always hoping to receive Princess Lai Anniya's favor, and upon hearing that King Laita was going to marry her off to Tang Long, they were all very angry.

King Laita breathed a huge sigh of relief, "She didn't object; that is very good."

"The clan council is now passed; everyone, you may disperse!"

"The Elders, please stay for a moment and help me deliberate on how to negotiate with Tang Long."