Chapter 234 – Dragon Nest and Recruitment Choices

When Tianyuan took out two tokens, the Xixiang City Lord and others nodded slightly, while the Secluded Mountain Lord’s lips curled even higher.

When Tianyuan produced two more tokens, making three in total, the Xixiang City Lord and the others showed approving expressions.

The Secluded Mountain Lord lost his smile, his mouth slightly agape.

When the number of tokens Tianyuan brought out reached nine, the Xixiang City Lord’s mouth hung open in the same manner.

And after that?

They had already become numb to it all!

When the number of tokens reached a certain point, it only made people feel unreal.

Were these really tokens, and not some kind of wholesale accessories?

“They are indeed tokens, imbued with the power of rules. They cannot be faked.”

“In other words…”

“Gulp!”

Inside the building shrouded by the barrier at the Taixuan base.

Several big shots could hardly contain their excitement as they discussed.

The Cold Moon City Lord patted Mu Yuan on the shoulder and laughed heartily.

Youshan, Tyrant Dragon, and the others stared wide-eyed in unison, like brothers from the same womb.

Half an hour later,

When the group walked out of the building, the staff outside could only see that everyone looked calm—neither excited nor dejected.

The Dragon Court competition had come to a temporary end.

They could rest for a while, but the big shots still had more work to do.

What they needed to do was return to their territories to deal with the monster tide, and then happily receive their rewards.

Thanks to Tianyuan, they would likely receive quite a few recruitment slots this time.

Perhaps there was even a chance to obtain an Epic-tier unit.

“Truly something to look forward to.”

…

By the time Mu Yuan returned to the Tianyuan Territory, the defense battle had already ended hours ago.

As far as the eye could see, there wasn’t a single living monster in sight.

Even the corpses of the monsters were few and far between.

“We’re late, how annoying!”

Dolai puffed up its cheeks, glaring at the Sacrificial Black Coffin not far away.

After sacrificing over ten thousand monsters, the coffin lid of the Black Coffin creaked open on its own, spitting out one Unit Shard after another.

Then, under Dolai’s expectant gaze, the pitch-black, ink-like interior of the Black Coffin, resembling a black hole, emitted sizzling black smoke.

The black smoke spread and coiled.

Billowing black smoke intertwined above the Sacrificial Black Coffin, forming a giant shadow.

The shadow stood twenty to thirty meters tall, its features blurred, with faintly visible horns on its head. Where its face should be, a simple mouth shape opened, emitting a sinister “Heh heh heh heh…” laugh.

The laughter had just begun.

In front of it, crackling blue lightning danced.

A certain blue-haired girl leaped into the air, her fair fist swinging forward, transforming mid-air into a giant fist wrapped in lightning, as large as the front of a car.

Dolai threw a punch.

The newly formed giant shadow’s entire smoky body shattered, vanished, and dissipated.

“Feeling relieved now~!”

“Big Sis Dolai…” Xiliu ran over from a distance and said, “Isloria mentioned that she specifically saved valuable ingredients for us. Those ingredients aren’t here; they’re piled up in Temporary Warehouse No. 6.”

Dolai: Gurgle?

It glanced at the Sacrificial Black Coffin trembling as it closed its lid, then at the unrecognizable monster corpses around…

It clasped its hands behind its back and walked toward Warehouse No. 6 as if nothing had happened.

…

Mu Yuan and the Undead General stood atop a ten-meter-tall Level 3 Watchtower, gazing into the distance.

The monster tide had already receded.Thanks to the monster tide, the number of monster hordes north of the territory had significantly decreased. The Mountain Ridge Giant, which he had previously found troublesome, was slain during this wave.

“Though I had originally planned to subjugate this Mountain Ridge Giant after the Dragon Court Competition.”

The Mountain Ridge Giant was likely at the Fourth-Order Commander Tier, possibly even at the Peak of the Commander Tier.

Whether it truly was, he couldn’t say, as the Mountain Ridge Giant had shattered under the bombardment of the Nine-Headed Roaring Thunderflame Dragon, leaving behind only a few scorching red boulders.

Before Deadbone and the others leveled up, dealing with the Mountain Ridge Giant would have been quite troublesome.

Now, however, dispatching two or three Commander-tier experts would be enough to take down this monster without any risk—even a 1v1 would suffice. But exploration and subjugation weren’t simulation battles; Mu Yuan always preferred overwhelming victories.

“The Mountain Ridge Giant’s Rank is no longer important. What matters now is this Crimson Mist…”

As the monster tide receded, the Crimson Mist had thinned considerably, but traces of it still drifted in the air, as if it had become a permanent fixture.

It seemed the Crimson Mist Disaster Month had arrived.

During the Disaster Month, monsters would surge from the depths of the Wilderness, forming waves that assaulted human cities.

At the same time, the Crimson Mist would linger in the air incessantly. The mist was harmful; even the elite troops of a Lord’s army should not remain exposed to it for extended periods, as it could lead to various ailments.

Much like how people would feel discomfort when entering the Land of Filth.

Night fell, and the moonlight indeed carried a faint crimson hue, beautiful yet eerie.

In the distance, the sharp, resonant howl of some monster echoed once more.

“Troubled times indeed.”

…

The next day, Mu Yuan returned to the Dragon Court Land.

Lords such as Shen Mao, Tyrant Dragon, and Wuji arrived one after another.

Today was the joyous moment of recruitment.

Representatives like Shen Mao and Kongming, who had been eliminated in the Middle Stage, still had their quotas, as they had contributed as well.

Mu Yuan’s quota was larger than others’, but not by several or dozens of times.

The Taixuan representatives were a collective.

“Let’s go. I’ll take you to see the legendary Sixth-Order Unit Building. It’s not particularly special, really,” said Liu Xiyue, the Cold Moon City Lord.

She was accompanied by several of her trusted Sword attendants, who followed along with the group.

Crossing rolling mountains and traversing dense, colossal forests, they soon arrived at the ever-changing recruitment zone.

“The entire Dragon Court Land has 18 Sixth-Order Unit Buildings. Of course, most are of the same type, and there are only six truly exceptional Three-Star units that can be recruited.”

They arrived at one of the recruitment zones.

From afar, they could see the phantom forms of Soaring Dragons and Dragons soaring across the sky.

Some of these phantoms glanced their way before returning to their rest or flight, their roars echoing intermittently.

Much like how Sario had been in the Land of Buried Bones.

Here, there were Dragons or draconic beings that had yet to be recruited, possessing self-awareness and the ability to move freely within a certain range and interact with reality.

It was said that the Dragon King of the Dragon Court Land originated as a Remnant Soul.

But he had transcended the state of a Remnant Soul, even surpassing that of a Heroic Spirit, existing in some unique form.

Such special individuals were quite rare, limited in number, and unlike in the Land of Buried Bones, whether a Lord could recruit a special individual here was entirely random.

The chances weren’t high.

It was even harder than pulling a purple glow in a gacha game—roughly one in twenty.”As for epic lifeforms, some lords manage to summon them with single pulls. The average data would be… roughly sixty pulls? With ninety pulls guaranteed to get one? I don’t really remember.”

The Cold Moon City Lord said casually, “After all, even epic dragons are just like that. Who would bother remembering these details?”

In the distance, a dragon silhouette glared furiously.

It roared, preparing to beat its wings and dive down. Suddenly, its pale golden dragon eyes met the Cold Moon City Lord’s frozen soil-like gaze.

The dragon silhouette trembled slightly, then calmly flapped its wings and flew away as if nothing had happened.

Although the Cold Moon City Lord made dragons sound worthless, this didn’t dampen everyone’s excitement and eagerness in the slightest.

The Cold Moon City Lord was a big shot who didn’t lack one or two epic units.

They were different.

Just obtaining one epic unit would be a qualitative leap for them.

Moreover…

This ‘summoning pool’ was filled entirely with treasures. Even if they didn’t get gold or purple rarity units, and could only recruit the most basic troops, these would still be outstanding three-star units that many veteran lords outside could only dream of obtaining!

And this time, they were guaranteed to get a batch of outstanding three-star units!

Forget epic units or special individuals – just this batch of outstanding three-stars was enough to make them ecstatic.

Most of them only had a handful of outstanding three-star commanders in their territories.

“So excited!”

“Can’t wait!”

Only Tianyuan remained calm, as if he were heading to an ordinary convenience store rather than the legendary sixth-tier building.

Was this the fundamental reason why Tianyuan could achieve unimaginable accomplishments?

…

Mu Yuan couldn’t say he was completely uninterested, but his anticipation was only minimal.

After all, outstanding three-star troops? Epic lifeforms?

They were just ordinary to him.

His family already had two dragons, and his dream of becoming a dragon knight had been fulfilled. His longing for dragons wasn’t as intense as before. Still, if the opportunity arose, forming a luxurious dragon group might be nice.

He remembered how, a few days ago, a certain big shot from the Holy Griffin Empire made their entrance with a formation of angels as their entourage.

Mu Someone admitted he was envious.

He didn’t dare dream of an angel guard, but a future with dragon-drawn carriages and dragon guards was something he might achieve. He could look forward to that a little. Such grandeur wouldn’t be much inferior to an angel guard.

What he anticipated more were the other official rewards after recruiting from the Dragon Court Land.

…

They arrived before the first unit building.

The air here was filled with dry heat, with sparse trees and a hundreds-of-meters-high steep cliff face standing before them. The cliff was covered with fiery red patterns, each stroke forming some mysterious dragon inscription.

In the middle of the cliff was a huge cave emitting flames and thick smoke, leading deep into the nest.

“This is the recruitment site for the outstanding three-star unit ‘Rage Fire Dragon’, where there’s a chance to recruit the epic lifeform Red Dragon.”

Half an hour later, they arrived before the second unit building.

The environment here was completely different – eerie and terrifying, with wisps of black mist drifting through the air. Surrounding them were withered trees and scattered, broken gray stone pillars guarding a huge cave leading deep underground.

“This is the recruitment site for the outstanding three-star unit ‘Evil Eye Drake’. Its superior form is the epic lifeform ‘Evil Eye Dragon’, a relatively rare dark-type dragon characterized by a third eye growing on its forehead, also called the evil eye.”

Mu Yuan took a few extra glances.Unfortunately, the Evil Eye Drake and Evil Eye Dragon are not undead units; they merely resemble the undead in appearance and prefer cold, dark living environments.

Otherwise, he might have recruited these Evil Eye Drakes.

First update…

(End of chapter)