Chapter 192 – Tianyuan's Epic Speed

When the final Skeleton Soldier emerged from the winding spatial track, this lengthy path stretching tens of thousands of miles to the Land of Buried Bones trembled and buzzed before crumbling bit by bit like a bridge made of snow, until nothing remained.

In Mu Yuan’s hand, the map leading to the Land of Buried Bones ignited six days ahead of schedule, turning to ashes that slipped through his fingers.

Upon returning, Mu Yuan had adjusted the positioning slightly, and he now found himself in the western Skull Graveyard region, adjacent to the core area.

Though this was already an open area, it still felt somewhat crowded when the swarming masses of Skeleton Soldiers, Skeleton Mages, and Skeleton Generals poured out. One Skeleton General even crushed the partition fences between zones.

Watching this, Mu Yuan revealed a joyful smile akin to a farmer during harvest season.

“This trip has been incredibly profitable.”

Common units like Skeleton Soldiers and Ghouls might be considered mediocre by other veteran Lords—recruiting them offers little cultivation value, yet not recruiting them feels wasteful.

These were nearly nine hundred three-star units! If they were Remnant Souls, they could be sold for a considerable amount of Soul Crystal Coins.

Unfortunately, recruitment points aren’t Remnant Souls; Lords can only choose to recruit on the spot and cannot sell them for money.

For Mu Yuan, these ‘cannon fodder’ units were precious assets.

“A total of nine hundred thirty-nine undead units.”

“This means the accumulation speed of Evolution Points for my great undead lineage will increase significantly—something worth celebrating.”

Acquiring Little Skeleton Remnant Souls in large quantities isn’t easy.

This can be inferred from his own monster drops. Over 90% of the Remnant Souls dropped by his Tianyuan exploration team were Random Remnant Souls, and the specified one-star Remnant Souls were mostly units like ‘Goblins’ and ‘Gray Wolves’ that pollute the recruitment pool.

Not many merchants hoard ‘Little Skeleton’ Remnant Souls either.

Just as no one would stockpile ‘Goblin’ Remnant Souls.

In comparison, Human Race unit shards are somewhat easier to purchase.

Currently, Tianyuan Territory’s undead Remnant Souls come from two sources: Sophia’s sporadic purchases and medium-scale acquisitions from merchant guilds, as well as the stable output from the Sacrificial Black Coffin.

The other major gain from the recruitment site was naturally the high-tier units.

The Bone Dragon Sario and three vampires. Oh, the latter can be crossed out.

Mu Yuan was quite satisfied with the Bone Dragon.

On the Taixuan Forum, someone once conducted a survey on the ‘most popular mounts,’ and the results were essentially: Dragon! Dragon! And Dragon!

However, true Dragons are beyond reach and unattainable; even veteran Lords cannot fulfill their dreams of becoming Dragon Riders.

They can only settle for the next best thing and become riders of lesser dragonkin.

Mounts like ‘Earth Rock Dragons,’ ‘Wyverns,’ ‘Blazing Roar Dragons,’ and other dragon-blooded subspecies. These dragonkin are exceptionally rare, with acquisition difficulties several to dozens of times higher than units of the same tier.

Sometimes, at gatherings of Lords, if one arrives riding a dragonkin, they instantly become the center of attention.

As for true Dragons and Dragon Riders, most dare not even dream of them.

No matter how inferior a Bone Dragon might be to other Dragons, it is still a Dragon!

If Mu Yuan were to ride the Bone Dragon and take a photo, it would immediately go viral, earning him the esteemed title of ‘Dragon Rider.’Though it still fell somewhat short of his imagined Dragon Knight.

Mu Yuan was even more satisfied with Bone Dragon Sario’s skill configuration and leveling speed. Without exaggeration, if he had to choose between Bone Dragon Sario and an epic-tier unit without past legacy, he would choose the bone dragon.

The bone dragon’s greatest “flaw”—its shamefully low tier among dragons—wasn’t a problem for him.

Lord Mu only needed to use the Hand of Evolution to grant Sario a small baptismal shock, enabling it to transform and step into the true epic tier, standing shoulder-to-shoulder with great dragons or even surpassing them.

And now,

Through continuous purchases by him and Sophia, the diligent output of the Sacrificial Black Coffin, and the large batch of new recruits just summoned, the number of undead units had risen to 2,791.

With such a massive base, undead Evolution Points gathered like flowing water, filling the increasingly expanding “Evolution Pool” with visibly rising levels.

In just a few days, they could accumulate enough vast evolutionary power to allow one outstanding three-star tier subordinate to charge toward epic life evolution.

This was Tianyuan’s current epic speed!

Unlike months ago when saving up for one epic unit took one or two months, requiring all sorts of frugality.

Bone Dragon Sario had arrived in a good era.

Of course, being a newcomer, even though Mu Yuan eagerly anticipated its evolution into a true epic dragon—ghost dragon, shadow dragon, or frost wyrm—the bone dragon still had to wait in line.

Lord Mu would definitely give veterans like Rakshasa and Red Robe the opportunity to evolve first.

He looked at Deadbone, “The management and placement of these new recruits is entrusted to you.”

…

Bone Dragon Sario was wide-eyed, scanning everything before it.

This wasn’t quite what it had imagined.

This territory was too small, too crude.

Recalling the old days—ah, no, recalling its previous life—the Undead General had established a magnificent bone castle on Death Ridge, guarded by hundreds of thousands of undead outside.

This current territory, emmmmm, was at best a small town.

Sario felt somewhat disappointed, but then reconsidered. Everything should be viewed from two perspectives. Though newly established, this territory had managed to conquer the vast Land of Buried Bones and recruit it.

This meant their territory held limitless potential for the future.

Moreover, being newly established, a wise ruler would inevitably lack capable personnel, allowing it, Sario, to become the dragon second only to one person… well, two people, above all others.

Besides Dead Bone Boss, it, Bone Dragon Sario, would not be inferior to any strong individual.

After all, it was still a dragon!

A bright white tomorrow awaited it!

The bone dragon envisioned a beautiful future and prepared to build a nest for itself in the Skull Graveyard.

Lord Mu calculated the accumulation of Evolution Points, estimating how many subordinates could step into the epic realm in the near future.

The current accumulation speed of the undead faction was about over 1,100 Evolution Points per day.

However, besides subordinates like Rakshasa, Red Robe, and Sario, he still needed to evolve the core corps to all outstanding tier.

Overall, there was still a significant shortage of Evolution Points, and it might take one or two months to complete this evolution arrangement.

But the output of undead Evolution Points wasn’t fixed. With Sophia’s purchases and the Black Coffin’s production, the daily yield was still steadily increasing.At the same time, Sophia also planned to purchase a batch of Human Race remnant souls, Nature-type remnant souls, and Slime remnant souls.

Mu Yuan invested a massive sum of four hundred Soul Crystal Coins into remnant soul acquisitions.

“Sophia also intends to establish a company and recruit employees to improve the efficiency of acquisitions and intelligence gathering.”

This was naturally a good development.

The era when Mu Someone had to toil hard all day just to acquire a few dozen remnant souls was now over.

Of course, Sophia’s large-scale acquisition of low-level remnant souls might attract attention from certain interested parties.

But so be it.

Times had changed.

He now possessed a certain degree of self-protection capability.

As long as Miracle’s evolution remained undisclosed, Mu Yuan didn’t care about ordinary covetous glances.

This was the profound sense of security brought by power.

Unlike during his novice period or the first couple of months when even defeating an Elite monster was difficult, back then he had to secretly purchase remnant souls, fearing to attract attention from players operating in gray or black areas.

Now?

He had power. He wouldn’t mind if wanted criminals came to his doorstep—he might even welcome it.

“As for Sophia, with her abilities, she has more than enough capability to protect herself while staying in the city. Of course, for safety’s sake, we should first evolve Sophia to Outstanding Three Stars and improve her ‘Epic Ranking’ a bit.”

Move her up to second position.

Among the Human Race series, she would rank only below Lu Liu, even ahead of Seventeen.

The Nature-type troops were much fewer, currently only about six hundred units, but the demand was also much lower, with only Tree Spirit Grandma in the commander sequence. The rest merely involved evolving more Fairies and Ancient Treants.

However, Treants excelled at defense rather than offense. Mu Yuan pondered whether there were any suitable Nature-type troops worth cultivating.

Nature Elves? Too expensive, couldn’t afford them.

Better to leave it to fate.

Lord Mu couldn’t possibly spend heavily to purchase remnant souls. Buying a few special-function troops like the Rare One Star ‘Nun’ was the limit of his spending power.

After being busy for most of the day, he had Sophia prioritize acquiring specific types of troops based on needs.

Just as he was about to rest, he received a message from Liu Miumiu.

Mu·Extremely Busy·Yuan immediately rushed to the ‘Elven Courtyard’ Secret Realm, arriving before the familiar café.

He pushed the door open.

And spotted two familiar faces in the distance.

Liu Xiyue and Liu Miumiu.

After a while,

Mu Yuan stirred his coffee, “So, under normal circumstances, to compete for a qualifying spot, one must at least be able to clear the Crimson Giant Tower? Hisss!”

And that merely granted an opportunity.

Indeed, honors and rewards weren’t easily obtained.

He wasn’t confident, he truly wasn’t confident!

Cold Moon City Lord: “…”

You’re not actually thinking about competing for a qualifying spot, are you? Young people should focus on gaining experience.

Though she thought this, she still said, “The timing might be tight for you, but young people should strive hard. The Alliance has prepared rich enhancement rewards for representatives, including but not limited to: Pure Soul Source Pool, Hero Arena medals, Legacy sites, etc. There are some places I’d love to visit again myself.”

Liu Xiyue tempted him thus.

After some thought, she added, “But for you all, the most important thing is still gaining experience. By fighting against stronger opponents, you can stimulate the potential of your commanders and yourselves. Any improvement is a gain. The entire competition and training won’t take much time anyway.”

Her words were primarily directed at her younger sister.Indeed, after everyone proposed throwing promising newcomers into the crucible of training, Liu Miumiu, as the third-ranked rising Lord on the Golden List, naturally met the criteria.

Of course, procedures still had to be followed—a Lord of sufficient status was required to provide guarantee and recommendation.

Shen Linglong also possessed this qualification, so Han Yue had her recommend her younger sister instead.

As for herself? She was, of course, a staunch supporter of Tianyuan alone.

Only in this way, when Tianyuan revealed his extraordinary power, sweeping aside all newcomers and even showing resistance against Lords like Wuji, could she calmly state, “I’ve always said that Tianyuan’s talent is no less than mine.”

The Cold Moon City Lord seemed to have rather high expectations of her.

Meeting her gaze, despite the immense pressure, Mu Yuan said, “I will do my best to try.”

It wasn’t for rewards like the Pure Soul Source Pool; simply, he just wanted to win glory for his country.

Mu Yuan then asked, “How much time is left?”

Liu Xiyue replied, “Nearly a month, precisely 26 days.”

Mu Yuan did a quick calculation. “Hmm, that’s still quite a long preparation time.”

Long?

For her, for Lords like Wuji, a mere month could hardly bring any significant progress. But indeed, for Tianyuan, a month was no longer short—he might be able to increase his overall strength by another one-fifth or one-quarter.

But what Mu Yuan was thinking was, at this moment, the territory had three Epic Generals.

How many more could there be after twenty-six days?

First update…

(End of chapter)