Chapter 233 – These Are the Tokens I Collected

For many lords and generals, being defeated and eliminated didn’t mean the battle was completely over.

Those who had already lost still had their own missions.

They needed to report their experiences in the Chaos Forest one by one, compile them into valuable intelligence, and find ways to convey it to the lords still engaged in fierce battles inside.

For example, they could transmit messages to internal lords through heroes located outside the arena.

Rumors like the ‘Five Terrors’ still needed verification, but where there’s smoke, there’s fire, and many lords remained vigilant.

“The Treant traps – is it the Divine Wood Dynasty’s team?”

“The Polar Star Arrow…”

Some looked toward the strong warriors of the Eternal Star Empire.

The epic lifeform ‘Polar Star Arrow’ was indeed one of their signature units. They had the capability to cultivate or recruit Polar Star Arrows through methods like legacy inheritance and targeted promotion.

However,

The Everstar Strong remained silent, only slightly glancing to one side. There, his legendary subordinate ‘Holy Light Sage’ was leading a group of powerful healing-oriented priests and nuns, treating the wounded generals of eliminated lords.

Among the severely injured was the Polar Star Arrow from the 36th Princess’s faction.

Although the 36th Princess was still fighting, her trump card Polar Star Arrow had already been tragically eliminated.

The process…

This Polar Star Arrow wasn’t willing to talk about it, and the leading strong warrior couldn’t press for details. After all, he was just an Empire strong warrior, while the Polar Star Arrow was the Princess’s direct subordinate.

“Since the 36th Princess’s Polar Star Arrow has been eliminated, then…”

“There must be a second Polar Star Arrow hidden among the princes and princesses!”

The leading strong warrior could only think of this possibility.

It was quite plausible.

After all, as mentioned before, he was just a leading tool responsible for protecting the princes and princesses. As for what generals these royals possessed or how many epic units they had, he didn’t know and didn’t want to inquire.

Living peacefully, collecting his stipend was enough.

Several leading figures of the Taixuan Alliance were contemplating.

They felt that among the descriptions of the ‘Five Terrors,’ one or two seemed somewhat similar to Tianyuan’s generals?

Was it just an illusion?

But speaking of which…

While they weren’t sure about other countries, they knew that all of Tianyuan’s generals were still inside the arena, which was somewhat unexpected.

“Could it be that…”

“No no, can’t overthink it. Maybe Tianyuan this child is deeply versed in the Dao of survival.”

After all, surviving longer didn’t necessarily mean obtaining more slots.

But of course, being able to survive longer indeed represented capability – the various strong teams possessed no shortage of detection abilities.

While the leading figures were thinking this, another general was teleported out at the Taixuan starting point.

It was a massive shadow.

Its scales were broken, wings half severed, soul fire dim as it collapsed on the ground.

“It’s Tianyuan’s Frost Dragon!”

“It seems Tianyuan’s situation isn’t very optimistic either.”

The Frost Dragon could rank among the top two or three, perhaps even first, among Tianyuan’s generals.

It was a dragon-type epic unit after all!

…”Sario truly isn’t suited to perform well in an environment like the Giant Forest. Moreover, it excels more in siege warfare and dealing with numerous but weaker enemies.”

Mu Yuan pondered.

Of course, Sario’s elimination also had something to do with its overly flamboyant nature.

One of the Five Terrors—how could you be so capable?

In this Chaos Forest, there were at least seven, eight, or nine squads stronger than Sario + Rakshasa. Unlike the combination of Tree Spirit Grandma and Red Robe, who could hide, fight, and sustain themselves, they couldn’t do the same.

Being too conspicuous, the Frost Dragon Sario ended up drawing focused fire.

Its massive size made it particularly eye-catching, and it couldn’t even escape. So, Rakshasa decisively abandoned his teammate… no, he decisively took the strategic Token and, seizing the moment when Sario was drawing fire, transformed into a wisp of smoke and retreated.

Successfully bringing the Token back to Mu Yuan.

Thus, Sario’s mission was accomplished, and it could peacefully… return to the territory to help suppress the monster tide.

Over the course of a day and a half, Mu Yuan also encountered the squads of Dolai, Deadbone, and Red Robe several times, taking the already fused Tokens from them.

The strategy he had now devised was:

He would focus on laying low, aiming to preserve the Tokens on him. The other squads could cause a ruckus; even if they were defeated and eliminated, the loss was within acceptable limits.

…

As for rumors like the Five Terrors, Lords from powerful nations didn’t quite believe them.

Especially the royal families from Eternal Star and Godwood.

But,

“One of the Five Terrors rumored outside is an unremarkable-looking undead team that enjoys fishing and playing weak to catch the strong.”

“I think the one we encountered might be him.”

“Lord Black Cloak!”

A Lord from a major nation whispered.

Beside him was another Lord.

The two had teamed up after meeting. They had already collected some Tokens by now, and as time passed, they no longer intended to compete for Scrolls. Their current tactic was to survive.

To this end, their two half-crippled squads joined forces to resist the sweeping actions of the Eternal Star and Godwood royal families in the late stage.

However, upon spotting the glow of fused Tokens, they couldn’t resist taking a closer look.

“It’s a trap!”

“Retreat, retreat!”

“Wait, you call this an unremarkable undead team? Damn it!From this Lord Black Cloak, his pitch-black, shadow-like, continuously spreading cloak, two Bone Dragons and several Blood Fiends suddenly flew out.

Surrounding them were several massive Abominations and Banshees wailing incessantly.

There were far too many.

They couldn’t hold their ground at all; in fact, they couldn’t even find an opportunity to escape.

A short while later, outside the Chaos Forest.

“The Five Terrors might not be real, but Lord Black Cloak is definitely the greatest terror!”

…

A few hours later,

“Before a Domain, numbers hold no meaning.”

A top-tier expert strode forth alone.

An icy Frost Domain spread around him. Using the Domain as his foundation, he toyed with the Bone Dragons and Blood Fiends, effortlessly shaking them off.

He moved like an ice assassin, instantly appearing before Deadbone.

When a ‘summoner’ is cornered by an assassin, the outcome is self-evident.

The expert suddenly widened his eyes. Though he was the master of ice, at this moment, he felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar. Black spots had unknowingly spread across the Frost Domain.

Deadbone lightly employed the ‘Domain of the Dead,’ maintaining it just enough to counteract the Frost Domain.Then, relying on his far superior speed, strength, and righteous gang-up tactics, he blasted this powerful being to death, picking up the Token and Scroll that fell to the ground.

…

Several more hours later,

“The black-cloaked Lord has at least seven or eight Tokens on him!”

“Have to admit this guy is strong, but no matter how strong he is, he’s just one person, one squad. Let’s all rush him together.”

Several Lords and multiple squads appeared not far from Deadbone.

They surrounded him in a hunting formation.

This was a total of twenty to thirty powerful individuals.

Moreover, every single subordinate and Lord who had survived until now was no weakling. The weakest among them were at Divine Cat Lord’s level, while the strongest were considerably more powerful than Crimson Dragonkin.

“Take him out first!”

“We’ll worry about how to distribute the Tokens afterward.”

“Right, this is the power of unity.”

Their eyes burned with intensity.

Deadbone reversed his Heavy Sword and plunged it straight into the earth.

The ground seemed to turn into a mirror, reflecting a majestic holy mountain from which hundreds of powerful undead emerged with heavy thuds.

Bone Dragons roared.

Vampires gathered in swarms.

But Deadbone believed the enemies were strong; relying solely on these undead derived from the holy mountain might not be enough to deal with them—not enough to keep them all here.

He also admitted that no matter how powerful he was, he was still just a skeleton.

Thus,

Deadbone drew his sword and raised Death Lament high.

In an instant, the auras of Bone Dragons, Vampires, Abominations, Skeleton Generals, Skeleton Warriors, Skeleton Soldiers… countless undead creatures intertwined and merged.

Above them, they condensed into a phantom of a sword stabbed into a grave mound.

The embryonic form of a military soul!

The undead displaying this military soul resembled a rampaging steel fortress, crushing and rolling over everything in their path.

The allied Lords: Isn’t this supposed to be a subordinate battle, special operations? How did it turn into a legion war?!

You’re cheating!

Deadbone was reflecting, “I actually got targeted. Without realizing it, I’ve lost my steadiness again.”

“But, by turning from prey into hunter, the hunting efficiency has increased severalfold. Doesn’t that seem rather steady?”

…

On the third day, the fighting within Chaos Forest had eased considerably.

But many regions outside were engaged in fierce city defense wars.

Luoxing Territory.

Jiang Luoxing had hired over a dozen Elite players to assist in the defense.

Standing on the ten-meter-high City Walls, he gazed solemnly at the dark tide gradually appearing at the Horizon’s End.

“This is the real monster wave.”

“With frequent Crimson Mist omens this year, the monster disaster is bound to be more severe than previous years. No wonder many veteran Lords say… this year’s new Lords are very unlucky.”

But as long as they could withstand the disaster, they could transform this misfortune into nourishment for their own growth.

This was also an opportunity for their batch of Lords to rise rapidly.

“I wonder how the others are doing, how severe their disasters are.”

“And the Dragon Court Competition… it seems the struggle in the Dragon Court is still ongoing…”

Jiang Luoxing thought of the big shot Tianyuan.

The big shot’s territory was also in the Twilight Plains region. He hoped it was located in an area less severely affected by the monster tide.

…

The area where Tianyuan Territory was located seemed to be a heavily affected zone of the monster tide outbreak.

Isloria had already sounded the territory alarm.

After eliminating several small waves, she now had to face a monster tide numbering in the tens of thousands.

“The territory currently only has a simple earthen wall. We can’t let the monster tide reach the territory itself.”Although she had almost no experience commanding legions in battle, she could still see that the territory’s hundreds or even thousands of elite warriors couldn’t stop a monster tide numbering in the tens of thousands.

They might not necessarily be unable to win.

But they definitely couldn’t stop the tide’s charge.

And once monsters broke into the territory, even if only dozens or hundreds made it through, the destruction they would cause would be immeasurable.

She stood atop the city walls.

Beside her were generals like Bone Two Three Four, Niu Si, and Laney.

Although Bone Two was currently the main general commanding the territory’s strongest Undead Legion, Isloria was the overall commander.

It could only request permission to engage.

Isloria pondered, “Indeed, taking the initiative to attack would ensure the territory remains undamaged, but…”

Perhaps from reading too much of “Steadiness” and “Tianyuan Will,” Isloria now only thought about eliminating enemies without losses, employing steady tactics, and ensuring 100% safety.

And this monster tide wasn’t just numerous—it contained many high-level monsters as well.

One mountain giant was particularly conspicuous.

She judged it to be a Fourth Order mountain giant—thick-skinned, heavily armored, and extremely difficult to kill.

She connected with the storm war falcon and confirmed that within a two-hundred-kilometer radius, this was the only large-scale tide.

Then she made her decision.

“Only saturation bombardment tactics are the steadiest approach.”

“I will use the Nine-Headed Roaring Thunderflame Dragon to eliminate the mountain giant and the main force of the monster tide, after which…”

Afterwards, she could personally experience the intricacies of large-scale spells and perhaps further refine the fusion formula.

This was worth trying as well.

Half an hour later, when the monster tide entered the predetermined bombing zone.

Nine roaring thunderfire dragons rose into the sky from within Tianyuan Territory.

A nuclear-peaceful blazing sun slowly ascended ten kilometers outside the territory.

…

Half a day later,

Inside the Chaos Forest.

Mu Yuan gathered his subordinates like Deadbone, Dolai, and others for the final wait.

He stored Tree Spirit Grandma, Lu Liu, Seventeen, Xiliu, and other subordinates who were either too large or had expended too much energy into his mark space.

He then conjured a water mirror to look at himself.

Mu Someone, who hadn’t slept for three days and three nights and had been fighting relentlessly, had countless bloodstains on his armor, messy hair, and many dried blood scabs on his face.

In this state, he didn’t need any additional makeup.

He already looked wretched enough.

Moments later, spatial power descended. Amidst the dizzying spin of heaven and earth, Mu Yuan and his key generals like Deadbone and Dolai were teleported out of the Chaos Forest.

They saw sunlight again after what felt like ages.

With a quick glance around:

Tyrant Dragon Lord’s armor was shattered, with several weapons embedded in his body;

Limitless Lord held a sword in one hand, his other sleeve hanging empty beneath it;

Secluded Mountain Lord looked like a complete beggar, while the Lord of Flesh Mountain’s formerly plump body had shriveled up;

Compared to them, his own appearance might be somewhat wretched, but it was far from wretched enough.

Half an hour later,

Inside the Taixuan Alliance base in the Dragon Court Land secret realm.

After receiving treatment, recovery, consuming supplements, and changing clothes, Wuji, Tyrant Dragon, and Youshan no longer appeared wretched.

“As you can see, Shen Mao and Kongming were unfortunately eliminated in previous battles, though they made significant contributions.”

But of course, once eliminated, their combat records reset to zero.

All of Taixuan’s hopes now rested on the remaining four of them.

Tyrant Dragon Lord reached into his robes and pulled out one token and two heaven-grade scrolls.

“I only have one.”

But one couldn’t be considered few.

One didn’t mean just one slot.If the total number of tokens fused by all the Lords present was seventy, then each token represented 1/70 of the total quota.

The Limitless Lord took out two tokens and an Earth Scroll.

Naturally, the Heaven and Earth Scrolls could no longer be fused.

Even if the Heaven and Earth Scrolls were combined within the forest, the token would only gain its true value after the fusion glow dissipated.

The Secluded Mountain Lord curled his lips slightly.

“My luck isn’t too bad—I obtained three.”

He slapped three tokens onto the table and then looked at Tianyuan.

Now only Tianyuan remained.

Tianyuan must have some tokens as well, more or less. If so, wouldn’t Taixuan’s performance this year be unexpectedly not bad?

The Xixiang City Lord, Microstar, and a few others pondered.

Originally, it was estimated that the Tyrant Dragon would struggle to last until the end, and the Secluded Mountain Lord was unlikely to obtain three tokens.

Mu Yuan fished out two tokens from his chest and placed them on the table.

Then he pulled three more tokens from his pocket and set them down.

Next, he retrieved four tokens from his right pocket and laid them out.

Immediately after, he dug out six tokens from the lining of his armor, arranging them one by one.

Finally,

“There are still more here.”

Mu Yuan produced a small black bag containing the spoils painstakingly collected by the Undead General. He tipped the bag over.

Clatter, clatter—eleven tokens tumbled out.

Still stuck today, will definitely strive to return to the realm of two updates tomorrow, QAQ

(End of Chapter)