Chapter 182 – Tianyuan One Hundred One Version Map

While Shen Linglong was still questioning her life choices, Mu Yuan continued focusing his gaze on the battlefield.

At this moment, the embryonic form of the military soul had already taken shape, but the precious ten hours of training time couldn’t be wasted.

If this were his own time, Mu Yuan would have saved it for gradual use. However, since it belonged to a certain Linglong Lord, and he would need to specifically request the other party to open a training ground next time he wanted to use it…

What a hassle.

Might as well continue training.

The Undead Legion, having just formed the embryonic military soul, also needed appropriate combat to stabilize their Realm and familiarize themselves with the use of military soul power.

Fight on.

But when the nuns charged forward riding their Ironclad Giant Scorpions, it was as if they had crashed against an unbreakable reef.

Boom—

The giant scorpions overturned and the riders fell, while the Skeleton General at the forefront, who had directly confronted the giant scorpion, only swayed slightly before standing firm.

He took a step forward, swinging his Greatsword horizontally. The blade gathered thick undead energy that flowed like running water.

The Skeleton General, merely at First-Order Level 6, swung his sword.

Before him, the Ironclad Giant Scorpion that had already reached Second-Order Elite Tier raised its claws only to have them severed instantly. It was as if a sharp sword had cut through fragile, rotten wood.

After severing the claws, the Skeleton General delivered another ordinary yet focused strike, finishing off the giant scorpion.

The massive body of the giant scorpion dissipated into particles of light.

Other giant scorpions quickly filled the gap, only to be eliminated seconds later.

Similar scenes unfolded across the battlefield, as if each Skeleton General had received Divine Power enhancement.

At this moment,

Perhaps judging the enemy to be formidable, dozens to hundreds of nuns began casting Holy Light in unison. Though they lacked a military soul, the convergence of dozens to hundreds of Holy Light beams still formed a magnificent, thick heavenly radiance that descended upon several Skeleton Generals at the forefront.

Sizzle~

Sizzle sizzle~

White smoke rose from the Skeleton General’s body, and a smoke ring puffed from its gaping mouth, yet its spirit remained vigorous and its combat power undiminished.

Visibly, the descending brilliant Holy Light scattered into countless fragments upon contact, with most being blocked by an invisible force. The remaining portions split into numerous strands, only one of which actually landed on this Skeleton General.

The damage inflicted was less than what a single nun’s Purification Light would normally cause.

Thus, in just a few hundred seconds, the Undead Legion completely crushed and annihilated all enemies.

And this was far from the legion’s limit.

After forming the embryonic military soul, the entire legion had indeed received tremendous enhancement!

Mu Yuan opened the panel, browsing through the notification messages.

After several tests and battles, the description of the embryonic military soul gradually became clearer.

「Grave of the Fallen」

「Grade: Newly formed embryonic military soul.」

「Description: Legions possessing military souls can coordinate flawlessly, perfectly unleashing the legion’s full power. Simultaneously, when soldiers unite their hearts to resonate with the form of the military soul, the following effects manifest:

「① Any single soldier can gather partial power from other members of the legion, with no energy loss during transfer between legion soldiers;」

「② The entire legion operates as one cohesive unit, capable of executing combined attack techniques;」”③ When a warrior suffers a fatal blow, as long as the attack does not exceed the corps’ endurance limit, the damage can be shared among all members.”

“Note 1: When the form of the Military Soul manifests, its duration has an upper limit.”

“Note 2: When led by a Hero, the Military Soul’s duration is longer and its effect ceiling is higher.”

“Note 3: Both combat training and investing corresponding resources can enhance the embryonic Military Soul. When the Military Soul advances from ‘Embryonic Grade’ to ‘Complete Grade’, it will develop corps abilities compatible with the corps’ characteristics based on their traits.”

…

After the training session ended, Mu Yuan expressed his gratitude for the hospitality and bid farewell to Linglong Lord, who was still doubting his life and drawing circles.

Returning to his own humble abode.

There was still one remaining attempt to challenge the Land of Trials, but he decided not to proceed for now. He was too exhausted today and would leave it for later.

“With the condensed Military Soul and the Undead General’s own invincible combat power, challenging again…”

The fourth level could already be cleared with ease.

The fifth level wouldn’t stop him either, that’s what he said.

However, unlike battle maniacs like Shen Linglong, he couldn’t possibly spend all his time immersed in the Land of Trials.

These past few days, while he cultivated and the Undead General led the corps, external exploration hadn’t completely halted. Tianyuan Territory now had numerous capable individuals. While the frontline corps were busy, secondary fighters were hunting monsters and exploring forward. Combined with previous explorations, Tianyuan Territory’s visible territory had expanded significantly.

Isloria had even ventured beyond the territory, accompanying the Exploration Corps and Transport Corps on several trips to redraw a more refined and comprehensive map.

This v1.01 version map was infused with special power by Isloria. In the Lord’s appraisal vision, it was labeled as a ‘graded Dao artifact’.

Mu Yuan slowly unfolded this paper soaked in special liquid.

The paper appeared pale yellow, resembling an ancient parchment scroll, with scenery drawn only in the central area occupying about one-tenth of the entire sheet.

The scenery was extremely detailed and minute, as if embroidering a Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival within a palm-sized area, making it difficult to discern clearly.

However, as Mu Yuan channeled a trace of energy, the entire map seemed to come alive. Light and shadow drifted out, intertwining above the map to manifest a clear, instantly comprehensible three-dimensional scene.

At the center of the scene was present-day Tianyuan Territory.

The City Lord’s Mansion, Mage Tower, Thundercoil Tower, and other structures were vividly engraved upon it.

He began zooming out the map, revealing scenes beyond the territory.

To the south, approximately over six hundred kilometers in straight-line distance, was Stone Ridge Town, the nearest trading town to Tianyuan Territory, with a winding path drawn leading to it.

Between Tianyuan Territory and Stone Ridge Town, two locations were marked as territories—one was an official territory with publicly available information, though relatively small in scale; the other was a village-level territory accidentally discovered by War Falcon reconnaissance, located only one to two hundred kilometers from his Tianyuan Territory, with relatively backward development still struggling against surrounding large monster camps.

The map marked far more than just these two Chosen Territories.

In the southwestern swampland beyond the territory, passing through the former Snakemen territory and continuing westward, there was another newly established territory from the same cohort as his. This territory appeared slightly stronger, having already cleared monsters within a ten-kilometer radius.

Mu Yuan gazed intently, his fingertips gently tracing across each region.”The southwestern marshland is now just an ordinary area for Tianyuan Territory, with low danger and a span of only a few hundred kilometers—not very large. However, the Gloomy Forest to the west…”

In his view, the Gloomy Forest was actually a tail end, as its depths stretched southward, penetrating deep into the vast territory of the Taixuan Alliance.

At first glance, the southern region seemed safer, but that was far from the truth.

The Gloomy Forest was marked as a ‘high-danger zone’ by the Taixuan Alliance. No new Lords would spawn in such areas, and it was a Forbidden Land for the vast majority of players. Rumors said an extremely fearsome overlord-level force was active within.

A true overlord.

Not like the Snakefolk Tribe, a small tribe that dared to call itself king after occupying a tiny patch of land.

The overlord of the Gloomy Forest was called the ‘Goblin Kingdom.” Whether an entire kingdom truly existed, Mu Yuan had no way of knowing. He only knew that the Taixuan Alliance had stationed troops along its borders for years, a clear indication of the Goblin overlord’s might.

Mu Yuan naturally had no intention of foolishly exploring the Gloomy Forest.

Fortunately, the Gloomy Forest was extremely vast, and his location wasn’t even considered the outskirts, lying far from the core danger zones.

To the east, there were many hilly areas, but resources were relatively scarce. Exploration teams could hardly gather many Treasures or resources in a day, and climbing the mountain paths was time-consuming and laborious.

The main direction of exploration for Tianyuan Territory was naturally to the north.

Along the way, they had subjugated quite a few monster tribes and purified Roots of Filth. Though none were large in scale, the accumulated Rare-grade Treasures, equipment, and items, while not exceptionally precious, held considerable value.

Mu Yuan sold most of the Rare Remnant Souls, keeping a few he found useful, such as the Griffin Remnant Soul.

He also sent suitable Rare Materials to the Blacksmith for Master Li to forge and enhance, continuing to arm the various commanders of Tianyuan Territory.

During exploration, they also encountered some formidable enemies.

“At coordinates (101, 233), there is a roaming powerful monster, the ‘Mountain Giant,’ standing over forty meters tall. Its Rank is unknown but undoubtedly very high.”

Asun had spotted this from a distance during reconnaissance, startling the bird so much it nearly plummeted from the sky.

Mu Yuan had no plans to provoke such a formidable foe.

The risk was too high; engaging it could lead to a total wipe, and… there were no Treasure Lands or Treasures nearby to make it worth the fight.

He marked this area as a Forbidden Land.

“At coordinates (-85, 197), there is suspected to be a powerful monster tribe.”

The reason for labeling it as ‘suspected’ was that the exploration team had found watchtowers and outposts of the tribe but had not seen the tribe itself.

From various details, it could be inferred that this tribe was stronger than the Spider-Woman Tribe.

These two were merely the more easily spotted formidable enemies. Other areas on the map not marked with conspicuous red did not necessarily mean they were safe zones.

Aside from powerful enemies, the map also recorded several special locations.

Marked in yellow—indicating areas with uncertain danger levels and a probability of yielding significant rewards.

Mu Yuan controlled the War Falcon’s flight, turning his gaze toward one such location.

Here lay an ancient ruin half-buried in a mountain hollow. At its center was a Gray Stone Platform over thirty meters in diameter, inscribed with mysterious patterns that faintly outlined a hexagram.

Scattered around were several dismembered Puppets.

These were the Guardians of the ruin, which Deadbone had destroyed while exploring and discovering the place.However, what to do next stumped the Undead General.

Afterwards, due to being occupied with other matters, the research on the ruins was put on hold.

Isloria said, “I went there for research the day before yesterday and discovered that this stone platform seems to be some kind of teleportation array, and it’s not completely destroyed. However, activating it…”

She shook her head.

Mu Yuan wasn’t completely ignorant either. To repair and activate such an array platform, one either needed extremely strong professional knowledge and certain prerequisite technical data; or one could use ‘force’ to break the method—this ‘force’ referring to special power, supplying whatever the array platform lacked. If achievable, it would be an alternative way to temporarily activate it.

He would let Isloria take another look after she evolves.

Chapter Two…

(End of Chapter)