No matter how the fire rhinoceros struggled, within just a few breaths, this red-tailed fire rhinoceros was drained of all its blood and bones. The mottled bloodstains left on the withered branches appeared somewhat eerie and enchanting.

　　Hiss!

　　Witnessing this scene, Henry Brooks couldn't help but gasp in shock. This fire rhinoceros was only comparable to the initial Body Forging Realm; even he could take it down now. But that wasn't the main point—the real issue was this strange tree before him.

　　“A bloodsucking tree!”

　　Instinctively, he gripped the stone spear in his hand tighter. At that moment, the stone spear flickered with a purple light, surging with a murderous aura!

　　“Foreign race, must be killed!”

Chapter 6: Life-and-Death Struggle, Nourishment for the Wood Tribe!

　　What, a foreign race!

　　The reaction of the stone spear was beyond Henry Brooks's expectations. That was clearly a bloodsucking ancient tree—how could it be a foreign race!

　　He had known about the foreign races since childhood. The elders in his clan had told him that the foreign races were the great enemies of the human race. In order to survive, many people fell each year in battles against these foreign races!

　　Moreover, “foreign race” was a general term, encompassing many different species. They were the mortal enemies of human survival!

　　Take himself, for example. As one of the young masters of the The Brooks Family, even though his father was in charge of the clan, and he had an eldest and second brother, he still knew a bit about the external situation of the tribe!

　　The ten-thousand-li territory protected by the The Brooks Family seemed peaceful on the surface, but hidden dangers always lurked beneath. Under this vast land, everything was soaked in blood—the law of survival here was the strong preying on the weak.

　　To maintain the tribe’s legacy and protect the peace of this ten-thousand-li region, every year many members of the The Brooks Family died in battle outside. These dangers came not only from within the human race, but also from external threats—such as the foreign races!

　　In fact, most of the warriors who fell each year in the clan died at the hands of the foreign races!

　　The vast land was dotted with ancient forests and burial grounds—these places were all hidden dangers. Even though Ethan Brooks claimed to protect ten thousand li, in reality, there were far too many places on this vast land that remained unexplored.

　　It wasn’t that Ethan Brooks was unwilling, but rather that they lacked the strength. Merely maintaining the surface-level peace of ten thousand li was already the greatest effort Ethan Brooks could make!

　　As for why this was so, it was the mission of the human race.

　　In this world where a hundred races vied for supremacy, the human race was not the most powerful. The clan had no sage to suppress all others. In order to survive and reproduce, and not have their territory squeezed by other races, they had to unite!

　　Although there were also sordid affairs within the human race, on the grand scale, there was no chaos!

　　In fact, Ethan Brooks, which could rule over ten thousand li, could barely be considered a force holding down one region for the human race. Maintaining peace and allowing the various tribes to continue was the mission of Ethan Brooks.

　　Of course, ensuring the survival of the large and small tribes here did not mean that the The Brooks Family controlled all the tribes. The real reason was the hunting of foreign races.

　　As for the various tribes and clans under their rule competing and even annexing each other, Ethan Brooks would not interfere. Only through constant struggle and slaughter could the strong emerge. The tribes contending with each other was a way of raising the strongest!

　　And Ethan Brooks’s role was to ensure that no force capable of destroying the ten-thousand-li region would appear, nor would they interrupt the process of tribal competition and the cultivation of the strong.

　　The emergence of powerful foreign races was something the The Brooks Family would never allow. Thus, to maintain the stability of this ten-thousand-li region, the The Brooks Family had paid a great price.

　　Of course, if any tribe in this ten-thousand-li land tried to challenge the status of the The Brooks Family, Ethan Brooks would naturally strike with thunderous force and annihilate the challengers!

　　Although it seemed contradictory—Ethan Brooks had to hunt down foreign races within ten thousand li to maintain peace, while also guarding against large tribes under their rule challenging them—every year, clan members shed their blood in the wilderness for this cause.

　　But this was the reality, and such contradictions had persisted for two thousand years!

　　Two thousand years ago, Ethan Brooks was not yet the overlord of this ten-thousand-li region. The previous ruling clan, The Hill Family, fell into internal strife, giving a roaming band of foreign races an opportunity.

　　After a great battle, The Hill Family suffered near-total destruction and has now vanished from this land.

　　Because of The Hill Family's internal strife, this land was further shaken, until the ancestors of the The Brooks Family rose up, leading the The Brooks Family to become the overlord of this ten-thousand-li region.

　　For their meritorious service in protecting the clan, they were granted the Mr. Brooks by Earl Foster, the human guardian stationed in the ancient land of Lushan, to protect this ten-thousand-li region—a legacy that has lasted two thousand years!

　　This is the glory of the entire The Brooks Family clan, and the peak of The Brooks Family's history!

　　Even after two thousand years, generations of the The Brooks Family have continued to uphold their ancestral teachings, striving to protect the peace of this ten-thousand-li region and constantly hunting down roaming foreign races!

　　If not for the generations of the Ethan Brooks clan hunting foreign races over the years, the number of destroyed tribes within this ten-thousand-li region would have multiplied many times over!

　　In such a harsh environment, the major human tribes were mostly very united internally, not to mention blood-related clans like the The Brooks Family. Without uniting their strength, they could never hope to challenge the wilderness.

　　Puff!

　　At that instant, the withered tree once again pierced a vicious beast—a Green-Blood Wolf—and drained it dry.