Little Shrubby's flames raged like the fires of hell and burned everything they touched to ashes.

The Dao Treading Realm elder watched on and couldn't even react in time when his own back was slashed apart.

~CRACK~

His spine and ribs were ripped apart from the back and turned into black coke. No blood or flesh was spilled as it was burned away instantly.

"ARGH!" He cried in pain, and tried to resist, but it was too late.

The flames spread throughout his body and turned him into a living torch in a matter of seconds. Even his Dantian and Nascent soul couldn't survive and was burned away as well. The Dao Traces of Fire in Little Shrubby's fires weren't something that could be resisted just by anyone.

Not to mention his power was built upon the foundation of multiple bloodlines, all of which were powerful. Having two bloodlines that specialized in the Dao of Fire alone meant that no one would be able to compare to him in terms of that.

Elder Gunkao sensed when two of their elders died within moments of each other and was stunned.

"What in the world?" Elder Gunkao looked over and saw Lin Mu slaughtering though the army with ease.

It was the same for Little Shrubby and he was even more efficient than Lin Mu. Lin Mu at least targeted the higher ranked experts that were at least at the Dao Shell realm first, but Little Shrubby eradicated anything that came in his path.

The best thing was he didn't even need to attack them directly, just heat coming from his body would burn most of them and the residual flames that sparked form that heat also burned most of those that were at Core condensation realm and below.

Even the Nascent soul realm cultivators were significantly injured and unable to fight well after that, thus giving the Alliance an advantage.

~SHUA~

"You should probably focus on me. It is bad manners to look away from your opponent." Patriarch You Yi said as he made a claw with his hand and slashed at the elder.

"YOU!" Elder Gunkao was infuriated and pushed back, defending from the attack for now.

All of the Dao Treading realm elders of the Northern Tribes had been occupied by the Dao Treading realm experts of the alliance and they were now equally matched. Especially with Lin Mu and Little Shrubby killing two of them.

~DENG~ DENG~ DENG~

Patriarch You Yi's hand was covered in a white smoke that had solidified. It almost looked like a beast's claw and enlarged his hands.

"You southerners will pay for this!" Elder Gunkao said before he threw out several stones.

The stones grew in size and turned into boulders that slammed into Patriarch You Yi.

"Ugh! You certainly are worth being the strongest elder of the northern tribes," Patriarch You Yi said as he reeled from the impact.

"Humph! You haven't seen anything yet!" Elder Gunkao said as he threw out more stones that turned into boulders.

Patricia You Yi struck the boulders with his solid smoke claws but found it hard to break them.

'Strange, they are too tough to be normal boulders. Is this a skill? But it doesn't have any spirit Qi fluctuations…' Patriarch You Yi was confused.

The two of them battled for a few minutes before Elder Gunkao smirked.

"This should be enough. STONE ANCHOR SHACKLE!" Elder Gunkao chanted.

Patriarch You Yi became alert and felt a strong spirit Qi fluctuation coming from his body. It wasn't his own, and he knew he had been tricked.

"Heavy!" He felt like his body was belong weighed down by a mountain and he couldn't move at all.

"HAHAHA! You think I was fighting you weakly? No!" Elder Gunkao said, as he made several handseals. "Stone heart seal!"

Patriarch You Yi felt his body turning still and a stony layer started to spread from the bottom of his feet.

'Petrification? Wasn't this the original skill of one of the immortals Ascension realm experts, that were killed in the past?' Patriarch You Yi was stunned.

As far as he knew, this was a skill that one of the immortal ascension realm experts of the Great Zhou continent had. He had perished in the great battle against the northern tribes and thus it was a mystery as to how this man obtained it.

The stone layer reached Patriarch You Yi's chest in a matter of seconds and continued to spread rapidly.

"Your cultivation base and soul will serve as a fine sacrifice." Elder Gunkao said with a smile.

Patriarch You Yi wanted to call for help, but was unable to move even a muscle. Even his spirit Qi was getting stagnant and wasn't responding to his mind.

'It truly is that skill!' Patriarch You Yi was alarmed.

His eyes darted around, looking for a way to save himself.

"It is useless. All this is temporary and resistance is futile. The northern Tribes shall claim the South as a whole soon!" Elder Gunkao proclaimed, the confidence in his voice eerie.

~shua~

But then in the next moment, someone appeared next to Patriarch You Yi.

"WHO?" Elder Gunkao was alarmed at the sudden appearance and couldn't understand why he had not sensed the other person approaching.

It was as if he had appeared out of nothingness. All rights © .

"Eat this, Patriarch You Yi." Lin Mu said as he pushed a pill into the man's mouth.

Patriarch You Yi forced his throat to swallow the pill and almost immediately felt its effects.

~CRUMBLE~

The stone layer on his body that had spread due to the petrifaction skill crumbled to dust and he was freed.

"HAAA!" Patriarch You Yi too a breath of relief and cold sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Thank you, Lin Mu." Patriarch You Yi said before focusing on Elder Gunkao.

"You should thank Patriarch Mingliang. He saw you and passed me this pill for you." Lin Mu replied before he punched out towards Elder Gunkao.

Elder Gunkao defended against the attack, but was still pushed back. "YOU BASTARD!"