Chapter 211 – As a Senior, I Will Never Disappoint

General Lu Liu, who had walked several hundred meters away, seemed to sense something and glanced back.

“Probably just my imagination.”

It felt like being bitten by some mosquito—the force was so weak that Lu Liu couldn’t even be sure if he had been attacked.

This wasn’t because the Phantom Prophet was too weak.

Rather, Lu Liu had long ignited his ‘Willpower Light.’ Those who possess the Willpower Light have a resolve as steadfast as towering mountains. Ordinary illusions would merely brush past them like a gentle breeze, leaving no impact.

But if that were all, Lu Liu would only be immune to illusions. However, the Fearless Great Mountain Divine Venerable, stimulated by the power of consciousness, gave someone a glancing look back.

This directly caused the illusion to backfire.

Lu Liu didn’t dwell on it further. At that moment, his thoughts were entirely focused on how to execute the mission and improve efficiency.

That was the real priority.

Lu Liu glanced at the War Falcons following their legion, assessed the direction, and swiftly pressed onward.

A short while later,

Boom—

The massive monster tribe lay in ruins, and the sounds of battle cries gradually faded.

“This should be about enough, right?”

Lu Liu thought to himself.

Looking around at the Imperial Guards, master archers, halberdiers, and other soldiers—who had just witnessed General Lu Liu display invincible might—the man himself was now troubled.

After the battle, two soldiers had been lost, and over twenty others were seriously wounded.

How… how was he going to explain this to the Lord?

If it delayed the conquest strategy, he would be unforgivable even in death!

But Lu Liu also knew he couldn’t blame his subordinates. The enemies were too strong, and he hadn’t been able to protect everyone. He hadn’t managed to annihilate all the monsters before his soldiers were injured—that was his fault.

And that was the root of his distress.

…

「Prompt: You have eradicated a Level 1 monster tribe, gaining 100 merit points.」

「Prompt: You have eradicated a Level 1 monster tribe, gaining 125 merit points.」

「Prompt: You have defeated a powerful wandering monster, gaining 150 merit points.」

「…」

By the time Lu Liu had wiped out one monster tribe, the three teams—Deadbone, Dolai, and Sario the Frost Dragon—had already secured their first victories.

The Undead Legion led by Deadbone, needless to say, swept through and obliterated a monster tribe with overwhelming force.

These Level 1 monster tribes were actually quite strong, much more powerful than the former Snakefolk Tribe, roughly on par with the Spider-Woman Tribe.

Of course, every Lord on the battlefield was exceptional, capable of subduing such tribes. However, while eradicating monster tribes, the Lords had to be mindful of their own troop consumption.

Conquests were rarely without losses.

The Garrison Legion led by Lu Liu had begun to suffer casualties.

In contrast, the two squads—Dolai + Xiliu and Sario + Rakshasa + Red Robe—handled their conquests with remarkable ease and efficiency.

The former, Dolai, was known as the Battlefield Annihilator. A single, dazzling super invincible Fireball, blazing like the Blazing Sun, could wipe out half a monster tribe. Its power was already approaching that of large-scale spells.

Its teammate Xiliu excelled in close combat, providing cover for Dolai and allowing it time to accumulate spell energy.

Their coordination was nearly flawless.

The other squad was similarly effective.As a Frost Dragon, Sario found conquering cities and territories extremely easy. With a sweep of his dragon might and a blast of his Dragon Breath, he could eliminate large numbers of enemies. Rakshasa, on the other hand, focused on precision strikes, accurately and forcefully annihilating the strong warriors within the tribes, swiftly decapitating their leadership.

The accompanying Red Robe was responsible for concealing Sario’s tracks. Otherwise, a Frost Dragon flying freely would be too conspicuous and easily attract siege from others.

In comparison,

Lu Liu was not weak, but he was far less dominant in siege warfare compared to Dolai and the Frost Dragon. His teammates were also somewhat lacking.

After some thought, Mu Yuan arranged for Isloria to rush to Lu Liu’s aid.

The Treant Legion was still on the march.

Mu Yuan’s task for them was to subdue the more troublesome and powerful enemies.

…

Two and a half hours later,

Outside the fortress, the sounds of battle cries shook the heavens, yet Lord Mu paid no attention to the outside commotion. He focused entirely on observing through the War Falcons’ vision while continuously deploying troops.

“Forty-nine War Falcons have already fallen, some killed by monsters, others by passing Lords.”

But it didn’t matter.

He had a rather ample ‘stock’ of War Falcons here—over three hundred—and they wouldn’t be depleted anytime soon.

Thanks to the heroic sacrifices of the War Falcons, he had discovered numerous targets for subjugation.

Mu Yuan drew a simple map and marked each target one by one. However, after marking some, he crossed them out with a red X.

“Another monster tribe has been subjugated.”

“As expected, we must race against time.”Moreover, the achievement points gained from subjugating level-one monster tribes are too few, and most of the time is wasted on travel.” Perhaps I should change my strategy and directly target higher-level enemies?”

Yet the threats didn’t only come from monsters; more often, they came from fellow Lords competing on the same stage.

As his Tianyuan Territory’s various legions and squads advanced deeper into the inner circles of the battlefield, the chances of encountering other Lords’ subjugation teams grew increasingly higher.

And once they met, many Lords would not hesitate to eliminate a competitor in passing.

…

Somewhere on the battlefield, the Limitless Lord moved through the air alone, with only his Sword.

Wherever he passed, the wind naturally parted to either side, forming a visible path that resembled a white Greatsword from afar, as if he were treading upon the Sword itself.

Along the way, the Limitless Lord had slain many monsters, units, and Heroes.

He suddenly halted, his sharp, Sword-like gaze piercing through layers of space to clearly see two small black dots in the distance, still at the Horizon’s End.

One had horns on its head and wings on its back.

The other had blue hair flowing in the wind, riding the air.

He casually reached to draw his Sword, but stopped halfway. “They seem to be Heroes from Tianyuan’s family.” He sheathed the half-drawn blade and continued treading through the air, vanishing between heaven and earth in the blink of an eye.

Outside the arena,

A big shot chuckled, “It seems Tianyuan has avoided a calamity. Not bad luck.”

“This isn’t just luck. Connections are also a form of strength,” another big shot said. “However, Tianyuan’s luck seems to be somewhat poor.”

Not long after the Limitless Lord departed, Tianyuan’s two Heroes encountered another top-tier powerhouse.

A Hero from the Tyrant Dragon Lord’s family.

Crimson Dragonkin Hogg!

…

Similar to Mu Yuan’s tactics, many Lords would dispatch their elite forces to fly swiftly with high mobility, subjugating targets one by one before others could.

Crimson Dragonkin Hogg was one of them.At the same time, the powerful experts from other Lords’ families were also his targets. As long as he eliminated each of the Lords’ experts one by one, his own Lord would naturally ascend to the top.

He fixed his gaze on another target, his eyes falling upon Xiliu.

“You’re also a Dragonkin?”

He murmured.

But whether she was Dragonkin or not, in his eyes she only had one identity—prey.

“He’s coming!”

Xiliu’s dragon scales slightly bristled. Her draconic senses allowed her to perceive the lethal threat emanating from the powerful being before her.

The Crimson Dragonkin dove down from the sky, throwing a punch.

It was as if a Great Sun had appeared, with boundless light and immense heat radiating from his fist.

Xiliu didn’t dare to be careless in the slightest. She unleashed all her energy in Dragonkin Mode, forming a massive phantom of a Dragon Claw.

Boom—!!

Flames erupted in mid-air, exploding into a sea of fire that filled the sky.

Xiliu was sent flying backward. The Crimson Dragonkin was also forced back over a dozen steps.

He was somewhat surprised. “Not bad strength. Your bloodline doesn’t seem low, but unfortunately… I am the strongest Dragonkin.”

Xiliu looked down and saw that her Dragon Claw already bore some scorch marks.

If not for her Red Dragon bloodline, which granted her extremely high resistance to fire, this attack wouldn’t have just caused minor burns—it might have incinerated half her body.

Even so, her entire arm was numb.

His power was far too overwhelming!

“Crimson Dragonkin—this is an Outstanding Three-Star grade.”

Mu Yuan murmured from afar. “Perhaps in terms of future potential, the Crimson Dragonkin is slightly inferior to the Dragon Blood Valkyrie, but not by much. Moreover, this Crimson Dragonkin Hogg…”

He was undoubtedly a Third-Order Warlord Tier expert.

When experts Breakthrough and step into the Third Order, they undergo a baptism from heaven and earth. During this baptism, they not only enter a state of Epiphany, easily grasping Concepts, but their Physical Bodies are also reborn, greatly enhancing their strength.

And as for the Crimson Dragonkin Hogg…

“Roar~!”

As the flames dissipated, Hogg’s entire body expanded, splitting his armor apart. Horns sprouted from his head, his wings rapidly enlarged, and his hands transformed into sharp, clawed talons.

In the blink of an eye, he had Incarnated into a giant dragon over twenty meters long.

No, it would be more accurate to say he was a Soaring Dragon with the blood of a true Dragon, or a Dragon with insufficient Bloodline purity.

But even if he wasn’t a true Dragon, after manifesting his draconic form, Hogg—much like Xiliu when she entered ‘Dragonkin Mode’—saw his Aura surge dramatically, radiating a suffocating and terrifying energy pressure.

With a flap of his wings, he vanished into the whirlwind he created, only to reappear instantly in front of Xiliu.

His Dragon Claw curled, as if cradling a Blazing Sun.

Boom—

Xiliu was sent flying backward once more. Before she could even stabilize herself after being hurled hundreds of meters away, Hogg, now in his draconic form, closed in on her again.

Boom boom boom boom boom—!!

Before the Crimson Dragonkin Hogg transformed, Xiliu could still put up some resistance. But now, she was completely outmatched. If not for her formidable fire resistance and incredibly robust Physical Body, she would have collapsed long ago.

Even so, Xiliu was drenched in blood, her scales shattered, and her Life Qi continuously declining.

Dolai watched, growing anxious in its heart.

“Xiliu is under my protection! How dare you, how dare you…!”

It was furious. The electromagnetic cannon orbs floating around it crackled with increasingly dazzling arcs of lightning.

It kept trying to aim, but it was extremely difficult.Crimson Dragonkin Hogg moved too swiftly, and with Xiliu entangled in combat, Dolai found almost no opening to strike.

Skills and talents it had mastered flashed through Dolai’s mind, only to be swiftly dismissed. Most of its abilities likely couldn’t even reach, much less harm, this colossal dragon.

But there was little time left for deliberation.

“What would Deadbone do if he were in this situation?”

It wondered.

The Shapeshifting Badge transformed into Wings of Wind.

Riding the wind, Dolai shot forward like a cannonball, matching Hogg’s speed.

It seemed like a reckless, desperate move.

A fragile spellcaster charging headlong at a dragon-empowered Hogg, whose physical strength was overwhelming—what was this if not suicide?

Hogg sneered, “Foolish little runt, since you’re so eager to die…”

After swatting Xiliu away once more, the dragon circling in mid-air turned, its draconic eyes blazing with golden radiance, dazzling like the Great Sun.

“I shall grant you a death of utter combustion.”

He reached out, his Dragon Claw tearing through the sky.

Clouds were shredded into nothingness, leaving behind trails of sparks and embers.

Yet,

He grasped at empty air.

The little creature seemed both within reach and impossibly distant.

He roared, his body erupting in scorching crimson flames. His entire draconic form was engulfed in flowing fire, as if he had become a crimson sun, hanging high in the sky, side by side with the blazing daylight.

The crimson sun rolled across the heavens, scorching the firmament.

Cloud after cloud ignited, startling the scouting aerial units at the horizon, sending them fleeing in panic.

It seemed as though he had set the entire world ablaze.

Yet, he failed to ignite the little creature right before him!

It appeared elusive, ethereal, existing in this world and yet not.

Hogg couldn’t comprehend it, unleashing his power relentlessly, dyeing the sky a fiery red.

Dolai’s face was flushed red, its mind strained, its eyes reflecting the image of the crimson sun and…

Only it could perceive the intertwining of black and white…

A Domain!

The crimson sun failed to ignite the world.

But it held dominion over the world.

Within the Domain, it was its world.

The gap between high and low was an absolute difference in Realm.

However, Dolai’s mastery over the Domain was far inferior to Deadbone and Isloria. Even with its mind strained to the limit, it could only distort and confuse space.

It continuously fired one electromagnetic cannon after another.

Yet, as the electromagnetic shots plunged into the crimson sun, most were incinerated, and the remnants could barely scratch the surface of Hogg’s dragonized scales.

“So tough to deal with.”

Taking advantage of its intervention, which kept the Crimson Dragonkin occupied, Xiliu had managed to retreat and now hovered mid-air, her face etched with worry.

“But don’t worry, I am General Dolai after all!”

As a Senior, how could it let a junior fret?

Dolai, too, could turn the tide.

Its mouth gradually stretched wide to both sides, like a zipper being pulled open, growing wider and wider.

The wind stilled.

The flames ceased to flicker.

The expanding energy clouds froze in mid-air.

The crimson sun, too, came to a standstill. Hogg, enveloped in flowing crimson flames, widened his eyes, his golden draconic pupils nearly tearing apart, bloodshot and weeping tears of blood.

His draconic muscles trembled, emitting cracking sounds.

An endless, scorching heat radiated from him, vast swathes of fiery red spreading out—not as flames, but as his nearly materialized Concept, pushed to its limits.

The Major Achievement-level Crimson Sun Concept!He didn’t understand what was happening, yet the crisis of death had already enveloped his heart.

Dolai clenched its fists tightly, eyes wide open and fixed, its mouth stretched to the limit trembling slightly—this was the very space trembling along.

“I…”

“I am…”

“I am General Dolai!!!”

Space Devour!

Its mouth snapped shut violently.

Crack—

A crisp sound echoed far and wide.

The space before it resembled shattered glass or a half-eaten flatbread.

A crease spread continuously with cracking sounds.

At its center was Hogg, transformed into a giant Dragon, blazing with crimson flames.

The space shattered completely, leaving only a dark void.

Not a trace of Crimson Dragonkin Hogg remained.

He had been utterly crushed, shredded by the space, and swallowed into oblivion.

The wind began to blow again.

The flames flickered once more, then gradually died out.

Dolai gazed at the gradually healing spatial rift and Xiliu, who was looking at it with a slightly agape mouth and a shocked expression.

It puffed out its chest.

“I am a Senior, of course I’m very reliable.”

Xiliu, who had flown up, scanned its body and only let out a long sigh of relief after confirming no limbs were missing.

“Yes, Senior Dolai is so reliable!”

…

At the same time, in the waiting area.

Wu Qingyun, Yellow Dragon Lord, Microstar… several powerful figures abruptly turned around, their faces showing astonishment.

“It’s a Domain, she has mastered a Domain!”

“But she’s only at the second rank.”

Two 8K pages… did my best…

(End of Chapter)