Chapter 576

In the eighty-ninth round on the seventh floor of Eighty-Eight True Yang Building, a thousand Gu Masters hold a sand dune in a huge desert against waves of sandworms. A sandworm myriad beast king breaks into their defensive line. Sole Blade General Pan Ping, a demonic Gu Master who joined Hei tribe as an external elder, shouts that forty-five minutes remain, but the tired Gu Masters have taken great losses. Chang Biao says the situation is a little out of hand, since this ninth myriad beast king carries a rank five golden armor Gu. It is Ma Ying Jie’s turn to strike, and leading the pegasus group he blocks the beast king and stabilizes the situation. ^{ch. 576}

Pan Ping secretly asks Chang Biao by transmission what he thinks of Ma Ying Jie, whom he wants to recruit into the Wolf Killing Alliance, a secret organisation against Fang Yuan. Fang Yuan snatched Pan Ping’s inheritance on Xing Jiu peak, leaving extreme hatred, and Chang Shan Yin took Chang Biao’s wife, an absolutely irreconcilable grudge. Pan Ping and Chang Biao are both rank four peak stage. Their chance against Fang Yuan is low without more help. Pan Ping argues that Ma tribe lost terribly because of Chang Shan Yin, who also killed Ma Ying Jie’s teacher Ma Zun. ^{ch. 576}

Chang Biao shakes his head, judging that Ma Ying Jie, now pouring everything into reviving the dying Ma tribe, would not oppose Wolf King and might even mend ties. The alliance’s biggest advantage is secrecy, so it cannot recruit recklessly. Pan Ping keeps urging, since Chang Shan Yin’s wolf group could drain their strength, and Ma Ying Jie controls a horse group and has the talent to become an enslavement master. Chang Biao thinks Pan Ping rash and Pan Ping thinks Chang Biao too restricted, yet neither can deal with Wolf King alone. Chang Biao has never dared to acknowledge his son Chang Ji You. Privately Chang Biao fears that Ma Ying Jie would betray the alliance to win Wolf King’s favour. ^{ch. 576}

Chang Biao replies that Chang Shan Yin killed Ma Zun, but asks who killed Ma Ying Jie’s father. Pan Ping is stunned, for he killed Ma Shang Feng in the chaotic battle, earning great merit and many rewards, and that merit now becomes his biggest obstacle. He admits the killing but says two armies fought for their masters, and proposes assuming that Wolf King is Ma Ying Jie’s biggest obstacle to restoring his tribe. Chang Biao concedes this is possible, since Ma tribe is Ma Ying Jie’s weakness. He starts planning how Ma Ying Jie could be made to join willingly. ^{ch. 576}

Chang Biao’s gaze turns to Ma Hong Yun, a young rank two Gu Master and now one of Ma Ying Jie’s most trusted aides. Ma Hong Yun escaped Wolf King’s hunt of the earth chief beast group and contributed his battle gains to Ma tribe. Ma Ying Jie rewarded his loyalty with three green copper relic Gu, which are rare natural Gu, and returned all the contributed Gu worms. With the green copper relic Gu he needed most, Ma Hong Yun reached rank two in one night. Ma Hong Yun prospered thanks to Chang Shan Yin, leaving before Chang tribe and Ge tribe came on Chang Shan Yin’s order to arrest scavengers. Chang Biao weighs leaking this, but rejects it, since Ma Hong Yun is only an ant in Chang Shan Yin’s eyes and Ma Ying Jie would not act over him. He decides to keep planning and waiting. ^{ch. 576}

Forty-five minutes later, the dune erupts in cheers at the victory. The apertures of Chang Biao and the others gain many new Gu worms, among them an east window Gu storing information. Chang Biao, Pan Ping and Ma Ying Jie check it and find the reward is six arm heavenly zombie king. They look at each other with differing expressions, and by its description this strength path killer move has phenomenal power. ^{ch. 576}