Chapter 1229: Sudden Changes of the Turtle Clan (2/2)

Jian Chen no longer had the opportunity to thank the grand elder for saving his life, so all he could do was help him fulfil his final wish, to develop the Turtle clan and make them regain their former glory, letting the grand elder die without regrets. Yet now, not only had the Turtle clan failed to return to their former glory under his leadership, they had suffered a disaster instead. How was it possible for Jian Chen to not become mad?

“The Tao family!” Jian Chen clenched his teeth and the killing intent around him had reached a maximum. He struck his hand against the head of the middle-aged man, shattering it into pieces and killing him on the spot.

The several dozen other people all stopped what they were doing and encircled him. They had come originally to see what was going on, but they immediately shivered inside when they saw Jian Chen smash the man’s head into pieces. They began to back away slowly.

Jian Chen glanced over all the people with his gaze filled with killing intent. He coldly said, “Are you all people of the Tao family? If that’s the case, you can all be buried with with the dead clansmen of the Turtle clan.”

“Warrior, please wait…” At this moment, an old voice filled with fear boomed out. An old man quickly rushed over from afar. He wore the exact same uniform as all the other people.

The old man was a Saint Ruler, but only at the First Heavenly Layer. Clearly, he had only just broken through, yet he was already sweating bullets. He was horrified by the icy-cold killing intent radiating from Jian Chen.

“Warrior, an intense battle occurred three days ago between the Turtle clan and the Tao family, but the Turtle clan was not wiped out. All the remaining people have retreated over ten thousand kilometers to the south. We’re only responsible for cleaning up the battlefield,” the old man carefully explained with his head lowered his head. He did not choose to run because he knew that it would all be useless with his strength before Jian Chen.

Jian Chen immediately expanded his presence after what the old man had said. Indeed, he found quite a few people of the Turtle clan ten thousand kilometers to the south. Without any hesitation, he immediately shot into the sky and flew to where the Turtle clan had gathered.

“Big fellow, let’s go!” Nubis yelled to Tie Ta before following Jian Chen.

The old man sighed a breath of relief after avoiding calamity. He wiped away his cold sweat and turned to the others, “Don’t bother with these corpses anymore. Another great expert has arrived for the Turtle clan. Let’s hurry back to the clan to report this.”

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The place used to be empty, but it had now become the territory of a large clan. The clan that took up this land was the Turtle clan.

The Turtle clan had only recently claimed this area for themselves. Many structures were newly built, and there were many houses that were still under construction.

Although people flowed in and out of the clan unceasingly, very few people spoke. Every single one of them was filled with sorrow as they silently built their new homes with clenched teeth. Every single one of them possessed a hatred that they could not let go, which caused a miserable atmosphere to loom over the entire clan.

Jian Chen, Nubis, and Tie Ta arrived at the new territory of the Turtle clan at the same time. As soon as they touched down, a person building his house noticed them. He immediately recognized Jian Chen and became stunned before rubbing his eyes. His face then became filled with delight and disbelief.

“It’s the ruler. The ruler’s returned. It’s the ruler who has returned. Fantastic, our ruler has returned…” The person who recognized Jian Chen exclaimed. His voice was filled with excitement.

“What! The ruler’s returned? Is that true…”

“Where? Where has the ruler returned? Has the ruler really returned…”

“I see him. It really is the ruler. Fantastic, the ruler really has returned…”

More and more people discovered Jian Chen. They all enthusiastically added their voices to the cries as excitement flooded their faces.

To all the people of the Turtle clan, the ruler was their pillar of support. He was the hope of the Turtle clan. Even though they had been forced into such a horrible position by the Tao family, they were still filled with confidence because of the ruler. All of them believed that the Turtle clan would never fall apart as long as the ruler watched over them.

This was because every single one of them could remember just how weak the Turtle clan had been several years ago. The entire clan did not even have a 16th Star expert, yet after the ruler had come, the entire clan had undergone an overwhelming change. In just a few years, they expanded from having no 16th Star experts to having at least five 16th Star experts at all times. They had even taken back most of their former crystal mines.

Although the Turtle clan had suffered a severe blow this time, all of them believed that the reason why they had suffered this blow was because the ruler was not present. They would never have suffered defeat if the ruler had been present.