"The Ancient Battle Clan?"
Even Egggy couldn't help but cry out in surprise upon seeing the Ancient Battle Clan.
Speaking of the Ancient Battle Clan, one had to trace back to the Hundred Refinements Mortal World.
After Chu Feng had departed from the Land of Martialism, he had first entered the Hundred Refinements Mortal World.
And within the Hundred Refinements Mortal World, there was a legendary figure.
Roughly fifty thousand years ago, a man named Zhan Haichuan had appeared.
He wielded a silver spear and wore silver armor. From the moment he appeared, he had never suffered a single defeat, and he quickly became the strongest existence in the Hundred Refinements Mortal World.
But not long after Zhan Haichuan rose to fame, he vanished. When he reappeared, only the second valley master of Setting Sun Valley knew.
Zhan Haichuan knew his time was running out. Before his death, he constructed his tomb within the forbidden grounds of Setting Sun Valley.
Later, when Zhan Haichuan's tomb disappeared, Chu Feng had even been entrusted by Setting Sun Valley's current valley master to enter the forbidden grounds and help search for it. It was there that he encountered Old Cat.
Old Cat had long since been surpassed by Chu Feng, but back then, forget the Hundred Refinements Mortal World — in the entire Ancestral Martial Starfield, no one was a match for Old Cat.
Yet even Old Cat, who had been so powerful at the time, had been trapped within Zhan Haichuan's tomb for many years. Had Chu Feng not entered and been exploited by that old cat, Old Cat likely never would have managed to escape.
From this, one could infer that although Zhan Haichuan originated from the Hundred Refinements Mortal World and ultimately returned to it, his strength had been formidable.
And Zhan Haichuan had come from the Ancient Battle Clan.
Later, through a twist of fate, Chu Feng had also entered the Ancient Battle Clan's territory within the Hundred Refinements Mortal World, and had obtained two of the Ancient Battle Clan's Nine Great Secret Techniques — the Ancient Battle Sword and the Ancient Battle Axe.
Back then, these two secret techniques had been of tremendous help to Chu Feng. But as his cultivation advanced, the two techniques became less and less useful, and he eventually stopped using them.
Chu Feng later learned that the Ancient Battle Clan in the Hundred Refinements Mortal World was merely a branch of the true Ancient Battle Clan.
At that point, he understood that the Ancient Battle Clan was far more than what the Hundred Refinements Mortal World suggested.
Later, when Chu Feng encountered Song Yuwei and discussed secret techniques with her, he once again gained some clues about the Ancient Battle Clan from her words.
Song Yuwei had said that a senior of the Golden Dragon Flame Sect had once encountered members of the Ancient Battle Clan. According to that senior, the Battle Clan member he had met was not only powerful in cultivation but also generous and forthright in character.
So it was inferred that the Ancient Battle Clan's strength was considerable, and that their secret techniques should not have been so weak — leading to the conclusion that the techniques Chu Feng had obtained were not pure.
They very likely were not the true clan-guarding secret techniques of the Ancient Battle Clan.
Of course, "strong" was all relative.
What was considered strong by the Golden Dragon Flame Sect might not have been truly strong.
But now, after so many years, members of the Ancient Battle Clan had once again appeared before Chu Feng, and he could genuinely sense that this clan's strength was no joke.
So many True God realm cultivators — that alone was proof.
The only thing was that all of these ancient clan members currently wore expressions as though they were facing a formidable enemy. They stopped well before reaching Chu Feng's group, their eyes fixed on the three of them with wariness and hostility.
"Who are you people?"
"How did you breach our Ancient Battle Clan's forbidden grounds?"
"What are you after?"
The one leading them was a white-haired elder who spoke in a grave tone. He was the strongest among the arrivals, radiating the aura of a rank seven True God.
"This senior."
Xianhai Shaoyu spoke as he flipped his palm, revealing the token of the Xianhai Fish Clan.
Upon seeing the token, every member of the Ancient Battle Clan showed a change in expression — they clearly recognized the Xianhai Fish Clan's token.
The white-haired elder at the forefront asked, "You are a member of the Xianhai Fish Clan?"
"Senior, my name is Xianhai Shaoyu, and this is my younger sister, Xianhai Yu'er."
"We are both members of the Xianhai Fish Clan."
"And this here is my friend."
"We had no idea what this place was. We were exploring a secret location, and somehow we ended up here."
Afterward, Xianhai Shaoyu gave a rough account of what had transpired.
And while Xianhai Shaoyu was explaining, Yu'er secretly conveyed something to Chu Feng in a hushed voice.
It turned out that the Xianhai Fish Clan had cooperated with the Ancient Battle Clan many years ago, but for reasons unknown, the members of the Battle Clan had ceased appearing after that.
Quite a few years had already passed since then.
But the relationship between the Ancient Battle Clan and the Xianhai Fish Clan had been quite good back in the day, which was precisely why Xianhai Shaoyu had revealed his identity.
After all, they had realized that they had trespassed into the Ancient Battle Clan's forbidden grounds.