The Phoenix and Qilin tribes then allied.
The two tribes began to jointly confront the Dragon tribe.
There was no other way; in the face of survival, some conflicts could be ignored, and pride could be set aside temporarily. Moreover, it was natural for the weaker to band together.
The Dragon tribe could do nothing about this.
After all, the Phoenix and Qilin tribes were very different from the Black Tortoise tribe. The Black Tortoise tribe was inherently water-aligned and resided in major rivers and lakes.
They had a natural connection with the Dragon tribe.
Furthermore, they lacked the ability to conquer the world, so subduing them was relatively easier.
However, the Phoenix and Qilin tribes, one being winged creatures and the other beasts, had no real connection with the Dragon tribe. The Dragon tribe could not possibly persuade them to surrender and become subordinate races. Therefore, even though the Phoenix and Qilin tribes united, they could only continue to fight head-on.
However, overall.
The Dragon tribe still held a certain advantage.
This was because the Dragon tribe did not fight on their home ground, the vast oceans, but on the five continents. Therefore, no matter how long the war between the three tribes lasted, the Dragon tribe's original dominion suffered little loss. On the contrary, the five continents ruled by the Phoenix and Qilin tribes suffered heavy losses.
Water veins, earth veins, and spiritual veins were destroyed, mountains and rivers were shattered, and continents fractured. The losses were innumerable.
And the longer the war dragged on, the worse it became.
Even in terms of logistics and reserves, the Dragon tribe had more confidence in a protracted war than the Phoenix and Qilin tribes.
After this continued for some time, the Phoenix and Qilin tribes probably realized this and began to try to shift the battlefield from the continents to the oceans. Unfortunately, they ultimately failed.
After all, the Dragon tribe had the advantage of water veins on the continents and could rely on some special bloodline dragons to occupy earth veins and spiritual veins. However, the Phoenix and Qilin tribes had no real advantage in the oceans. Even if some of them had mutated bloodlines, such as water qilin or water phoenix, they could not withstand fighting on their opponents' home turf, against the numerous water-attribute dragons.
So, in the end, out of desperation, they had to return and awaken their ancestors who were in seclusion, hoping that the four ancestor-level beings from the combined Phoenix and Qilin tribes could overpower the Dragon tribe and drive them back into the ocean. Even if Ancestral Dragon's strength might be slightly greater, as long as he hadn't taken the final step, he wouldn't be outrageously powerful. The four ancestors of the Phoenix and Qilin tribes, working together against Ancestral Dragon and Candle Dragon, had a chance of winning.
Furthermore, Ancestral Dragon should still be in seclusion. If they could eliminate Candle Dragon beforehand, their chances of victory would be even greater.
It was with this thought that the four ancestors of the Phoenix and Qilin tribes, after a brief consultation, immediately launched a thunderous attack on Candle Dragon. As long as they could kill Candle Dragon and win, face was irrelevant.
And then, Candle Dragon fell.
That's right, Candle Dragon perished.
Because those who wanted Candle Dragon dead were not only the four ancestors of the Phoenix and Qilin tribes. Candle Dragon had offended many people over the years while fighting for the Dragon tribe. When vying for innate spiritual treasures and innate spiritual roots, he had also offended many reclusive innate gods and demons or Daoists.
For example, they had previously besieged the Spirit Lord.
At the same time, the Destruction Gods and Demons also wished for the strong individuals of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin tribes to die in greater numbers, which would be more beneficial to him.
So many people wanted him dead, and they didn't need to attack the besieged Candle Dragon together. They only needed to find a way to block Candle Dragon's distress signals and prevent nearby dragons from coming to his aid, and that would be enough.
Because Candle Dragon was no match for the four ancestors of the Phoenix and Qilin tribes. If they could stall for a little longer and prevent Ancestral Dragon from emerging from seclusion to rescue him in time, he was doomed.
With Candle Dragon's demise, the heavens and earth lost their color.
There was no need for anyone to send a message. Ancestral Dragon, who was in seclusion, could feel the wail of the Dragon tribe's fortune, which dropped by over ten percent. Knowing that something big had happened, he immediately sensed that the Dragon tribe's fortune had fallen due to Candle Dragon's death.
One of the Dragon tribe's two ancestors had fallen.
Naturally, the tribe's fortune would decline.
And this was despite Candle Dragon not having a pure Dragon bloodline. He was recognized by Ancestral Dragon and became one of the two ancestors of the Dragon tribe. If he had a pure Dragon bloodline and was truly a brother to Ancestral Dragon, then his death would have caused the Dragon tribe's fortune to drop by at least thirty percent.
But even so.
Ancestral Dragon was almost enraged to death.
This was because Ancestral Dragon had already sensed a breakthrough opportunity in the distant future. Even if his fortune didn't increase, as long as it remained stable, he was confident of breaking through within one epoch. However, with the Dragon tribe's fortune plummeting, the breakthrough opportunity he had found through his fortune naturally vanished instantly.
However, he should be fortunate that he had not yet entered the breakthrough state. If his fortune had dropped significantly while in the breakthrough state, he might not only fail to break through but also suffer immediate backlash and severe injuries.
But at this moment, Ancestral Dragon wouldn't think so much. All he felt was rage. In the next instant, he broke through the void from his seclusion and arrived at the place where Candle Dragon had fallen.
And he saw Ancestral Phoenix and the other three.
There was nothing left to misunderstand. The five of them then began to fight again without a single word, a battle that shook the heavens and earth. With every movement, infinite oceans vaporized, vast continents shattered, and unfathomable abysses emerged. Occasionally, stars could be seen falling, space breaking apart, and chaotic energy invading from beyond the world's barrier, wreaking havoc.
As for the innate beings who could not escape, they naturally perished, their bones and souls scattered.
A battle of this magnitude.
Those with lower cultivation had no right to even observe.
The ancestors of the Dragon, Phoenix, and Qilin tribes were locked in a fierce battle. The elders, naturally, also engaged in rapid combat. Some of them, whose strength was not much inferior to Candle Dragon's, began to join the battle of the ancestor-level beings like Ancestral Dragon and Ancestral Phoenix. The rest, who were not capable of participating, fought against enemy races of similar levels.
It could be said that at this moment, the so-called war of the three tribes had truly entered its final stage. The previous battles could at most be considered a warm-up, as the main bosses had not yet appeared.
However, Ancestral Dragon was truly formidable. He single-handedly fought the four ancestors of the Phoenix and Qilin tribes to a standstill. But this also made the four ancestors of the Phoenix and Qilin tribes even more convinced that their choice was correct. If they hadn't eliminated Candle Dragon first, they might not have been able to contend with the combined might of Ancestral Dragon and Candle Dragon.
Then came Ancestral Phoenix and Ancestral Huang.
Ancestral Qilin and Ancestral Lin respectively unleashed their combined attacks.
They were born from the same source, one Yin and one Yang. As long as they trusted each other, they could merge their origins and unleash power far exceeding one plus one. The power of their combined forms was basically not much inferior to Ancestral Dragon's.
Two beings not much inferior to Ancestral Dragon ganged up on him.
The balance of power quickly tilted again.
Ancestral Dragon finally began to show signs of weakness.
(End of this chapter)