Chapter 5227 5225-Tribute
"What ... What a huge goumang!" Ziyu cried out as she looked up at the giant figure in the sky. Everyone else looked over, too, and couldn't help but stare.
Two figures, one big and one small, were suspended in the air. The small one was the third goumang that had disappeared for a long time. It wasn't small at all, as it was more than three meters tall. However, compared to the goumang beside it, it was a dwarf.
Whether it was its wingspan or body length, this goumang was at least five times its size. Lin Yi had seen a lot of beasts of this size on Tianjie Island, but not many had such a fierce pressure.
Of course, this was also because Lin Yi's strength was too low. If it was his real body here, there wouldn't be any pressure at all. Even if the opponent was ten times bigger, he would still be a toy to him.
"Everyone be careful, this guy's strength is at least at the Golden core stage, so you must be mentally prepared." Lin Yi said in a deep voice. He couldn't tell how strong his opponent was before he made a move, but he was sure that his opponent was at the Golden core stage, and it wasn't as simple as the early or peak of the Golden core stage. If he didn't handle it well, it would be a fatal threat to everyone.
The giant goumang didn't attack directly. Instead, it looked down at the crowd with its beastly eyes and suddenly said,""Human, surrender or die."
Lingshan and the others looked at each other-this guy could speak like a human?
Although the three goumang had human-like communication movements, their gibberish was obviously not human language. He did not expect this big guy to be able to speak human language, and his pronunciation was very clear, which was quite standard.
Lin Yi didn't find this strange at all-once a spirit beast reached a certain level, they could even take human form, and speaking was a piece of cake for them. Besides, this guy was born with a human face, so it wasn't strange for it to have human-like vocal cords. If it wanted to learn, it could easily master the human language.
"What are you?" Lin Yi asked calmly as he sized it up.
"I am the ancient king goumang!" The giant goumang replied.
"Bullshit!" Lin Yi snorted and exposed him without holding back,"Even though the face of a human and the body of a bird are goumang's main characteristics, the goumang that appeared in the ancient books were all existences that stood on two Crimson snakes. If you really are King goumang from the primordial age, how can you only have this little strength? Do you really think I'm uneducated?"
"I ... I ..." The primordial King goumang choked on his words. A look of confusion appeared on his face, as if he was a scammer who had been exposed on the spot. It was as awkward as one could get.
Lingshan and the others all looked at Lin Yi with respect-they were all nervous to death when they saw this menacing big guy, but Lin Yi was able to shut him up with just a few words!
"This place is sealed off, and the spiritual Qi here is not sufficient. The strength of my goumang tribe is declining with each generation. It's not strange that we can't compare to the ancient times!" The primordial King goumang choked for a long time before reacting. He said angrily,""A mere human dares to insult this King with such arrogant words. I'll let you die without a burial ground!"
Lin Yi didn't panic at all when he saw that the man was about to flip out. He curled his lips and said,""I'm just speaking the truth, what's there to be humiliated about? you're the one who's weaker than the previous generation, so why can't I question you?"
The crowd thought that a fight was about to break out. After all, they had witnessed goumang's ferocity. He had even eaten the three small ones, let alone this golden core cultivator.
In the end, the primordial King goumang didn't make a move. Instead, he was surprisingly easy to negotiate with. Fine, since you have respected our goumang family, I can spare your lives, as long as you surrender and stop resisting."
Lingshan and the others were speechless. Which part of Lin Yi's speech was about his respect for the goumang clan? did they miss it, or was this ancient king thinking too much?
"Surrender? Don't resist? You goumang eat us humans as food. We all saw it just now. Do you really think we're fools?" Lin Yi said with a half-smile.
"They really ate it?" King goumang retorted.
"How can it be fake?" Lin Yi said, curling his lips.
"Bastard! How dare you eat the tributes!" The primordial King goumang was instantly enraged. He turned around and grabbed the goumang beside him with a claw. Ignoring the goumang's grumbling and desperate begging, he crushed it into a pile of broken corpses with just a little force, which fell from the sky in a scattered manner.
This scene made everyone's head shiver. They looked at each other. This guy was too brutal. He even killed his own kind. His overwhelming strength was really frightening.
"Alright, now you can believe in my sincerity. As long as you surrender, I promise not to hurt you!" The primordial King goumang turned around and said with a kind expression.
Only someone with a hole in their brain would believe this kind of nonsense! Everyone sneered at him, but Lin Yi only smiled faintly,""If you want us to surrender, you should at least let us know what kind of treatment we will receive after surrendering. If we turn around and become your food, wouldn't we all become ghosts who died unjustly?"
"I swear in the name of the primordial King goumang that you will not be in any danger after surrendering. However, your personal freedom will be restricted to a certain extent, and you will not be able to move about as you please. Compared to losing your lives right now, this price is worth it, right?" The primordial King goumang patiently explained.
Lin Yi smiled and asked, "What's with the tribute?"
"Tributes ..." King goumang's expression changed. He realized that he had let the cat out of the bag. He quickly tried to salvage the situation."I am the ancient king goumang. Since you are my captives, you are naturally my Tributes. Other than me, no one can touch a single hair on you. Is there a problem?"