Competition

All the orcs from the Vine Tribe came to join the Wood Tribe? Shen Nong didn't suspect that the orcs were lying, but he just felt it was strange.

They have been taking turns to wander around the Mu Tribe these days, not to find a way to save their chief and priest, but to join the Mu Tribe?

No matter how quiet the Wood Tribe orcs' voices were, they still made the two men hear them. Mao Teng didn't react in any special way, as if he had expected it and wasn't surprised at all.

Fujiki looked like a wind demon, wanting only to rush out to get the truth, and shouted loudly, "Impossible!" Fox Five held him down tightly. Fujiki was determined to get out this time, and he didn't care about the pain, and pulled his body forward.

Fox Five exerted force and pressed the man to the ground. Then he sat on Fujiki's back and pressed the man down with his legs.

Fujiki lay on the ground, unable to move, as if a mountain was pressing down on him. No matter how he moved, the other party sat firmly without shaking at all. He couldn't help but curse, "You heartless dog! I am your priest! How dare you treat the priest like this! The Beast God will not let you go!"

Fox Five frowned and retorted, "I've said before, I'm an orc from the Wood Tribe and have nothing to do with the Vine Tribe. And you're a priest from the Vine Tribe, why can't you let me go after I've done this to you, the Beast God?"

It would be fine if Shen Nong was not mentioned, but once Shen Nong was mentioned, Teng Mu was even more furious. He tilted his neck to look at Shen Nong. Because of the angle, his eyeballs were also painful because of the force. Teng Mu didn't care about the pain at all. He wanted to learn from the cannibals and eat Shen Nong's flesh raw. "It's all your fault! If it weren't for you, the orcs of my vine tribe would never treat me like this!"

Shen Nong didn't want to bother with the old man, but he didn't want to be a scapegoat. What did the Vine Tribe's current situation have to do with him? Did he put a knife to the orcs' necks to force them?

"Old man, if there wasn't someone in your Vine Tribe who was willing to protect you with his life, I feel sorry for him. He didn't know how to judge people and he would lose his life. Do you think you could still talk to me?" Shen Nong said in a serious and cold voice.

Fujiki made a "Pah" sound and said viciously: "If you hadn't gone to the Vine Tribe to stop the Fire Festival, my Vine Tribe would be fine as before! Even if you kill me today, I will still say this! It's because of you that the orcs of the Vine Tribe have changed!"

After listening to Fujiki's words, Shen Nong suddenly felt that he was no longer angry. There was nothing to be angry about, as summer insects cannot talk about ice.

"I was still hesitating whether to accept the orcs from the Vine Tribe." Although Shen Nong was not angry, it did not mean that he would suffer in silence. He smiled and looked at Teng Mu, "Since you care so much about the Vine Tribe, then I agree."

Mao Teng looked up at Shen Nong at this time, and Shen Nong also felt something and looked at him. Shen Nong found Mao Teng's attitude very interesting.

This man was willing to sacrifice his life to save his tribe from being exterminated due to the lack of a priest. Now that all the members of the Vine Tribe are about to join the Wood Tribe, he is extremely calm.

You know, in the beast world, it is impossible for the two of them to establish a new vine tribe. In other words, all the members of the vine tribe joined the wood tribe, and the vine tribe was annihilated.

Fujiki howled non-stop, cursing Shen Nong for a bad death, saying that the beast god would punish him. In the end, he was hit on the back by Hu Wu's palm, and he fainted directly, and the whole world was quiet.

Shen Nong ignored the two men and left with the orc who came to report.

On the way, Shen Nong learned from the orcs who reported the reason why the Vine Tribe came with their entire clan. It turned out that Lang Ye and Fox Five's parents would find time every day to tell the orcs of the Vine Tribe about the good things about the Wood Tribe.

They also saved their own food and gave it to the orcs from the Vine Tribe to taste.

Sometimes some old people and children would follow them, and the orcs of the vine tribe didn't recognize them when they saw them. If it weren't for the scars on their foreheads, they really wouldn't dare to think that these old people and children were from the vine tribe.

The old people and children who used to have messy hair, were skinny and covered in dirt and stench, now have rosy complexions and are much more energetic than some of their current orc warriors. All the orcs who left the Vine Tribe and joined the Wood Tribe always had their hair neatly tied up and were clean and odorless.

As a result, every time the orcs of the Vine Tribe saw them, they would involuntarily step back, for fear that the smell on their bodies would offend the other party.

People are most afraid of comparison, especially this kind of huge difference. Therefore, when Lang Ye proposed that they all join the Wood Tribe, the members of the Vine Tribe agreed without much hesitation.

It would be a great achievement for the prey they killed in this beast tide to survive for ten days. They also knew that the abnormal movement of the beast tide was caused by their priests, and the Wood Tribe would definitely not let the Vine Tribe go.

There were dead ends everywhere, but now suddenly there is a way to life that leads to the sky. Who would not choose to live unless they have had enough of living?

After meeting Lang Ye, Shen Nong asked for some more details. It was similar to what he knew, but the main reason why these orcs abandoned the Vine Tribe and joined the Wood Tribe was still Teng Mu.

All orcs will grow old, and orc warriors will get injured. The chances of breaking arms and legs are not small, and they don't want to live in fear every day of being knocked unconscious by the old priest at night and then burned to death.

Shen Nong understood, and the doubts in his heart were completely resolved. He had said before that he would accept all the beastmen, and it was not just empty talk. The beastmen from the Wolf Leaf and Vine Tribes had been worried that Shen Nong would not want them, but they did not expect that he actually agreed.

The orcs of the vine tribe breathed a sigh of relief and finally had a good night's sleep. They bowed to Shen Nong and called out one after another, "Priest."

Then he took out the stone he had prepared long ago and scraped off the tribal totem on his forehead to show his determination.

Shen Nong didn't react at first and missed the chance to stop it. He wanted to say that when the awakening day came in a few days, he would be able to replace the totem naturally by releasing his supernatural power, and he wouldn't have to suffer this physical pain.

But the orcs from the Vine Tribe acted quickly, so it was useless for him to say anything now.

When they were about to leave, an orc from the Vine Tribe hurriedly stopped in front of Shen Nong. He hesitated and asked, "Priest, is Cat Vine still alive?"

Shen Nong said "hmm" and waited for the other party to speak next.

Lang Ye frowned and wanted to step forward and hold the other person back to stop him from continuing to talk about the cat vine.

The orc was delighted when he heard the affirmative answer, but quickly restrained himself after seeing Lang Ye's expression. But he had to say something, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Priest, if Mao Teng wants to join the Wood Tribe, will the priest agree?"

Shen Nong found this question interesting. He did not respond directly but said to the orc: "He does not want to join the Mu tribe."

"How is that possible?" The orc said subconsciously, "Before Mao Teng was taken away during the beast tide, he whispered that it would be great if you were our priest. I was not far from him and heard it with my own ears."

Although Shen Nong didn't know why Mao Teng said this at that time, he could still be sure that Mao Teng had no intention of joining the Mu tribe.

He did intend to let the orcs of the Vine Tribe become members of the Wood Tribe, and he had thought about it for a long time and made psychological preparations for a long time. Otherwise, he would not have been surprised when he heard the news.

On the way back, Shen Nong kept thinking about how to deal with Fujiki and Mao Teng. It must be said that Mao Teng's sacrifice of his life in exchange for others' did touch his heart and made him think of his teacher.

No matter what, he would not kill Fujiki now. Now the vine tribe that Fujiki cared about the most no longer existed, which was more painful than killing him.

Shen Nong asked someone to take Mao Teng to the empty dormitory next door. When Mao Teng arrived, he got straight to the point: "An orc from the Vine Tribe said, do you want me to be your priest?"

Mao Teng seemed to have not expected that his mutterings had been heard, and he finally showed some normal reactions. After being stunned for a moment, he nodded honestly.

"But you don't want to join the Wood Tribe. In your heart, you are just the leader of the Vine Tribe. So no matter what the old man does, you are willing to take the blame for him. As long as he is here, the tribe is here, and the Vine Tribe will be here. But you are conflicted. In your heart, you think that the tribe can find a way to survive, even if it means betraying the Vine Tribe. As long as they can survive, it doesn't matter if the Vine Tribe is gone."

Shen Nong had seen many beastmen in the beast world, and almost all of them were stubborn. The good ones were very good, the bad ones were very bad, and the stupid ones were very stupid. This was the first time he had seen a contradictory person like Mao Teng.

Mao Teng didn't say anything. Shen Nong also pointed his fingertips at the armrest of the chair. "Now the Vine Tribe doesn't exist. I have repaid his debt to Teng Mu. Naturally, I won't lock you up anymore and will let you go. But I'm afraid there will be trouble when Teng Mu wakes up. Are you sure you don't want to consider joining the Mu Tribe?"

Mao Teng didn't expect Shen Nong to let them go, and he didn't expect Shen Nong to ask him if he wanted to join the Mu tribe. At this moment, Mao Teng was like a sculpture, frozen in place, his clenched fists revealing his inner struggle.

In the end, Mao Teng shook his head, "No."

Mao Teng brought Tengmu back to the Vine Tribe. After Tengmu woke up and learned that all the orcs of the Vine Tribe had become orcs of the Wood Tribe, his eyes rolled back and he fainted again.

Mao Teng put his hand on Teng Mu's heart to confirm that he was not dead, and then went out to get some meat. The orcs kept all the stored meat and animal skins, so at least they would not starve or freeze to death this winter.

…

The Wood Tribe set the day for the orcs' awakening to be the day before the military guards' competition.

Since Shen Nong's ability level was much higher than a year ago, all the orcs who participated in the awakening awakened this time. The orcs from the five tribes that joined later, the Water Tribe, the Salt Tribe, the Wushan Tribe, the Beast City, and the Vine Tribe, had the remaining energy left by the previous priests in their bodies replaced by the energy released by Shen Nong's spirit core. The totems on their faces also turned into totems of the Wood Tribe.

There are scars of varying sizes under the totems on the faces of the orcs of the Vine Tribe.

This time, no divine beast warriors were awakened, but Mao Yun and Tu Feng were promoted due to the energy stimulation released by Shen Nong's spirit core. Some level 6 orcs were also promoted to level 7, and many level 5 orc warriors were promoted to level 6.

The Mu tribe now has three level eight orc warriors, more than a dozen level seven orc warriors, and nearly twenty level six orc warriors.

Maybe they ate well and had enough energy stored in their bodies. The awakened children were all at level two, and some were directly level three orc warriors.

This was something they had never seen before. Fox Mountain and the others who came from the Beast City were all amazed. Even the high priest of the Beast City had never experienced anything like this.

Their current priests are so powerful!

The next day, the competition that the military guards had been preparing for for a long time finally began. All tribes were invited to watch, and Yu Ji and Ying Xi also flew all the way from their tribes.

The competition of the Wood Tribe this time is different from previous ones. All orcs cannot transform, and the winner is determined by their human form.

Shen Nong thought, since he couldn't get any benefit from the Beast City in his beast form, he should practice his human form's combat skills to the extreme. It would take a lot of effort for those beastmen who could only transform and rely on brute force to deal with them.

The hide of the orcs is not as hard as natural armor like that of the giant beasts. Their weaknesses are the same as those of ordinary beasts, except that they are larger in size.

As long as the speed is fast enough and the attack skills are powerful and accurate enough, it is not impossible to control them across levels.

In order to motivate the orcs, Shen Nong also promised that the top scorer could ask for any condition from him. As long as he could do it, he would agree to it.

After these words were spoken, not only the orcs of the Wood Tribe, but even the priests of various tribes sitting in the stands wanted to join the fight. A humanoid duel, that's just a fight, they can't transform, so how can they not fight each other?

The priests' mood only lasted until the tenth second after the first duel began. When an orc in the arena circled behind another orc at lightning speed, lifted him up and threw him off the stage, the priests completely gave up their previous thoughts.

They really don't know how to fight in the Wood Tribe. How can the orcs be so fast? They can be so fast without changing their shape! They just saw a shadow flash by.

"Hey! How can he jump so high without transforming?"

"What did that orc just do? How did he get to the other man's neck? How did he get up there so high?!"

"Am I seeing things? Did this orc run twice in the air and then attack the orc on the other side with his knee?"

"Hiss...their fight looks so good!"

"Look at the lumps of flesh on their arms that are as big as hills. If they are hit hard by this punch, will they still be alive?"

During each duel, the priests of each tribe would whisper to each other. This was the first time they felt that orcs could be so powerful without changing their forms, and some of the tribe leaders were eager to try, while others were afraid.

But without exception, they all saw that if they fought the orcs of the Wood Tribe in human form, none of them would be a match for them.

Even if your level is higher than theirs, it is useless. You can only defend but not attack.

The competition adopts a points system, and each winner gets one point. In multiplayer mixed competitions, the points are counted by the team, and the final reward is also the points of the entire team.

Ze also participated in the competition this time. Normally, the captain and vice-captain were not supposed to participate. He also made a temporary decision, and Shen Nong didn't want to agree. But he said that he only needed to use one hand, and he would compete with orcs above level 6. Shen Nong thought about it for a while and nodded.

If you can defeat a level six orc with one hand without transforming, it will also make the orcs feel a sense of crisis.

Moreover, judging from Ze's appearance, it seemed that he participated only for the reason he mentioned. Shen Nong was also very angry about what Ze would ask of him if he won.

Without exception, whenever there was a duel, he was the winner. The orcs who were defeated by him with one hand were all dejected, and they fought with all their might, but in the end, even the captain couldn't beat him with one hand...

Shen Nong has also been paying attention to the orcs that were hit by the attack. He found that after they were depressed for a while, they would regain their fighting spirit again, which made him feel relieved. He was still a little worried that things would turn into the opposite after reaching the extreme. If it did not have a good impact, but a bad impact, and they would never recover from it, then it would be a loss.

Seeing that they have recovered well and are even more motivated than before, Shen Nong realized that orcs have strong will and wildness in their bones.

The competition lasts for two days, the first day is an individual battle, and the second day is a multi-person mixed battle.

If the first day's competition brought the priests of each tribe a new understanding of power, then the second day was even more dazzling.

In a multiplayer mixed battle, with the help of teammates, the orcs of the Wood Tribe almost fought by flying in the air.

They were dressed the same, the only difference was that one team's hair ropes were wrapped with fish skin and the other team's were wrapped with animal skin.

But because they were moving too fast and were always changing positions, even the orcs could not keep up with them, let alone the priests.

By the end, Shen Nong realized that this group of priests were no longer watching the competition. He suspected that they were treating it as a show.

Because their discussion changed from which orc beat another orc, to which orc's moves were better...

Shen Nong counted and found that Ze was praised the most times.