Chapter 303 – With a Mortal Body, One Can Rival Legends

In the Tianyuan Territory, Mu Yuan sat in the cultivation chamber, eyes closed as he cultivated.

He used this cultivation session to slightly ease his tense spirit over the past few days. After the development of the second-generation large-scale concealment spell technique, he, Lord Mu, could finally catch his breath.

What they needed to do next was wait, accumulate strength, and prepare.

He had rested for barely half an hour when he abruptly jolted awake.

He had received a message from Deadbone!

…

By now, the core team of the Tianyuan Territory had taken shape. The powerful commanders of each department were seasoned generals who didn’t need to report every single matter to their lord.

During Lord Mu’s rest period, he had blocked most notification alerts.

However, a few communication channels remained un-muted.

The communication channel of General Undead was naturally one of them. Deadbone rarely sent messages; if he did, it was never without reason. And once Deadbone sent a message, it meant…

Something major!

“A Goblin… Legendary!”

“He’s heading south?”

“He has ill intentions toward the Tianyuan Territory?”

Lord Mu was quite familiar with his Undead General’s persecution complex (scratched out) ahem, cautious nature. He translated the precise meaning from Deadbone’s words.

“A Legendary Realm expert from the goblins is slowly moving south, is that it?”

He pondered.

As a lord, he could be cautious, but he couldn’t afford to have a persecution complex. He had to choose the most appropriate strategy.

And at this moment,

“The Goblin Legendary is heading south.”

“The Goblin Legendary is investigating something.”

“There’s a certain probability that the Goblin Legendary might discover our Tianyuan Territory. Even though the wilderness is vast, this probability isn’t very high in strict terms, but…”

But once discovered, with the territory’s location exposed, their situation would become extremely dangerous.

Should they fight?

Should they confront a Legendary Realm existence head-on?

「The Legendary Realm commands vast domains, capable of harnessing the power of heaven and earth, far beyond what ordinary mortals can resist.」

Mu Yuan had never personally fought against a Legendary Realm expert, but he had felt their terrifying might from a distance. Even dozens of kilometers away or farther, the oppressive Divine Might radiating from a Legendary existence felt as if it were choking their necks, making it hard to breathe.

And this Goblin Prince, a Legendary, even had the impressive feat of besieging the Western Desert Legend.

Making the decision to confront a Legendary head-on, to actively wage war against an established Legendary, was not easy.

People tend to cling to hope.

The Goblin Legendary might not necessarily discover their Tianyuan Territory.

But!

“But I can’t gamble. We can’t afford the cost of losing. No matter how small the probability, we can’t take that risk.”

By now, ten seconds had passed since Deadbone’s message arrived.

He had no time to hesitate further.

Hesitation leads to defeat.

Decisiveness brings opportunity.

“The Goblin Legendary has a death wish!”

For the safety of the territory, for his commanders and countless citizens, Mu Yuan could only ask this Goblin Legendary…

To meet his end.

It was time to fight.

With this thought, he no longer hesitated, no longer considered other possibilities.

His mind focused on only one possibility: how to snipe, how to assassinate this terrifying Legendary, with the fragile and limited power at his disposal.

“Tianyuan Territory, enter the highest level of alert immediately. All commanders, adjust your states and be ready to strike at any moment.”A low, deep alarm echoed over the core area of the territory and the two main barracks on either side.

The Domain Jammer began to hum, operating at high speed.

Orders were transmitted to all parties.

The generals were startled.

Isloria hurriedly descended from the Scepter of Heavenly Authority. She understood very well what the Legendary Realm meant. Those in the Legendary Realm wielded power beyond that of mortals.

In the Eagle Kingdom where she had once resided, the entire nation could not produce a single Legendary Realm expert.

It was possible that the arrival of just one Legendary Realm existence could throw a country like the Eagle Kingdom into utter chaos.

“Will our territory… be alright?” Daisy bit her lip. She, too, had once been a citizen of the Eagle Kingdom, and in her memory, the Legendary Realm was as lofty as the heavens.

Yet their own Tianyuan Territory was merely a small town.

“It will be fine,” Isloria said with certainty.

In the northern city, at the barracks of the defense corps.

Lu Liu held a large spear as he gazed into the distant sky. The heavens seemed to have darkened slightly, with gloomy clouds slowly gathering. The oppressive sky felt like a massive boulder weighing on their hearts.

Countless elite soldiers remained silent, but their silence was filled with resolve.

“I will hold the defense line of Tianyuan Territory,” Lu Liu declared.

Beside him, Uta was anything but silent. His eyes blazed with the fire of battle as he slowly unwound the bandages wrapped around his arms.

“The human body is bound by eight chains that restrain the physical body. Before, I could only break six of them, but now, I can shatter all eight chains.”

Around him, illusory chains seemed to appear, only to be shattered by the overwhelming Qi erupting from his body.

He stared at the far end of the sky. “When all the chains are broken, I wonder if a Legendary Realm expert can withstand a single punch from me.”

He was eager to test it.

Dolai was rushing back from the mines.

The epic group formed by Bone Two, Bone Three, Bone Four, and eleven other Skeleton Lords had already set out.

Mu Yuan was stationed at the Scepter of Heavenly Authority, preparing to provide ultra-long-range support.

The Level 4 Scepter of Heavenly Authority had a total of 80 slots, with the Daoist magic ‘Night Sky Concealment’ occupying twenty of them. Once this spell was cast, the next Night Sky Concealment would enter the production process.

He had sixty spell slots available for use.

Among them, three ‘Nine Roaring Thunderfire Dragons (10)’ and two ‘Thousand-Prism Mirror Reflections (10)’ were inscribed. After that, Mu Yuan inscribed several powerful spells that couldn’t be considered large-scale—some for offense, some for defense, and some for support.

“Besides relying on the Scepter of Heavenly Authority, I also have the Divine General Rune Stone, the super-limited Dolai, the explosive Uta, the Skeleton Lord group, the Treant Lord group, and…”

Mu Yuan counted the trump cards in his hand, his gaze passing through the glass window to look at the sea of clouds outside.

The wind began to surge.

…

Somewhere in the Wilderness.

The Goblin Prince suddenly halted his steps. He still hadn’t found a Treasure Land that satisfied him, but he had discovered something else that piqued his interest.

“The scent of living beings.”

“And they are from Taixuan.”

The former Goblin Kingdom was located in the Gloomy Forest, adjacent to the Taixuan Alliance. When it came to this human faction, few monsters could claim to understand Taixuan better than he did.

“The Taixuan Alliance has grown too rapidly. Back when my Goblin Kingdom once suppressed Taixuan for a time, now we are far from their match.”

For the sake of revenge, he had conducted in-depth research on the Taixuan Alliance.He was familiar with Taixuan’s culture, understood the styles of Taixuan’s equipment, knew their commonly used troop types, and even had some knowledge of the coded markings used by the Taixuan Alliance.

“This place is likely extremely far from the Taixuan Alliance, with no traces of Taixuan whatsoever, but…”

“If this prince could be spatially displaced here in a daze, it’s entirely possible for people from the Taixuan Alliance to have suffered the same fate. Who knows, perhaps an entire Taixuan Territory was relocated to this region.”

“Treasure Lands can be sought slowly, but… the people of Taixuan must die.”

Had this been closer to the Taixuan Alliance, he might have hesitated, but here in the deepest reaches of the Wilderness, what did he, the Goblin Prince, have to fear?

“Let’s start by collecting a small interest from this fortunate Taixuan creature.”

“Kekekekeke~”

The Goblin Prince changed direction and strode through the air.

…

Over a hundred kilometers away, Deadbone secretly breathed a sigh of relief upon sensing that the trap he had set finally took effect.

Simultaneously, he grew highly vigilant.

“As expected of a Legendary Realm expert, the Goblin Prince is naturally cautious. The first three sets of decoys failed to lure him, and only this fourth setup managed to hook this Legend.”

“Troublesome, extremely troublesome.”

However, due to the rushed timing, this fourth decoy arrangement was somewhat crude. Deadbone wasn’t satisfied with it but had no time or opportunity to make adjustments. Unexpectedly, it was this very setup that managed to catch the Goblin Legend.

As he contemplated, Deadbone began casting one enhancement after another upon himself.

‘Bone Hardening’, ‘Strength Amplification’, ‘Spirit Boost’, ‘Armor Protection’, ‘Death Barrier’, ‘Shadow Immersion’, ‘Energy Circuit’… totaling thirty-six spells.

Most were basic or advanced skills he had self-taught, researched, or Awakened himself, while a minority came from single-use spell scrolls.

After completing these preparations, the Undead General fixed his gaze on a specific direction and strode forth with great steps.

He advanced.

The Goblin Prince pursued.

“You can’t escape even with wings!”

The Goblin Prince laughed with a “kekekeke” cackle.

His figure swept through the sky like a great bird, his aura barely restrained as he raced at extreme speed, plunging the wild mountains into dead silence where the roars of monsters abruptly ceased.

His Domain also spread out, scanning the surroundings in radar-like waves.

In mere moments, he made a discovery.

“Found you!”

In the distance, a black-armored figure with energy reactions far surpassing other beings was rapidly fleeing.

Where the black armor didn’t cover, glimpses of silver-white bones were visible. Clearly, this Commander-level being wasn’t human.

But the Goblin Prince knew well that Miracle Lords could recruit various types of troops, and nearly half the powerful figures in the Taixuan Alliance weren’t of the Human Race.

Moreover…

“This armor bears strong Taixuan stylistic elements, clearly of Taixuan manufacture.”

This was a subordinate of some Miracle Lord.

Did that mean the Lord himself was nearby?

The Goblin Prince intensified his Domain’s suppression.

An invisible pressure rolled forward like tidal waves, crashing down overwhelmingly.

The black-armored powerhouse ceased his flight.

Under the Domain, any mortal realm expert was but an insect trapped in a net—unable to break free or escape.

Suddenly,

A Domain of gloom, chill, and howling sinister winds erupted from the black-armored undead as its center, violently pushing back against the invisible Domain field covering it.

Like two overlapping circles.The inner circle was a dark and chilling domain of the dead, with exposed white bones, swirling black mist, and restless souls yearning for rebirth.

The outer circle, though invisible, was a vast domain that distorted the air with its violent tremors.

The scale of the outer circle was ten times—or even nine times—larger than the inner circle.

After a moment of astonishment, the Goblin Prince let out an increasingly gleeful and eerie cackle, “Hehehehe.”

What could be more delightful than crushing a Taixuan expert with the potential to ascend to the Legendary Realm?

He stood high in the sky.

Behind him, the true manifestation of his Domain emerged.

There were undulating mountain ranges and towering peaks.

The Goblin Prince stood atop the highest summit, looking down upon all living beings in the mortal world.

As his Domain exerted its full force, Deadbone’s Domain of the Dead emitted a strained hum, as if it might shatter at any moment.

Only a Domain can counter another Domain.

And battles between Domains are simple yet brutal.

Bigger means stronger.

The maximum radius of the Domain of the Dead was only 500 meters.

This coverage was actually quite substantial, reaching the limit of what a living being below the Legendary Realm could master.

The limit of the rules.

However, the Goblin Prince’s Mountain Range Domain had a radiation radius exceeding 4,000 meters!

The disparity in size and volume between the two was immeasurable. Even though the Domain of the Dead had a slightly higher rank, it was far from enough to bridge such an enormous gap in magnitude.

In just two or three seconds, the Domain of the Dead shrank to a mere hundred meters in diameter, on the verge of complete collapse.

Countless monsters, plants, and rocks had already cracked and shattered under the oppressive weight of the Mountain Range Domain, their fluids and blood spilling everywhere.

“As expected, the power of the Legendary Realm is truly terrifying.”

Deadbone sighed, forced to retract his Domain.

In an instant, the Mountain Range Domain descended. It felt as if countless mountains were pressing down on him, and Deadbone’s entire body visibly sank, the ground beneath his feet cracking audibly.

The Goblin Prince slowly extended a hand.

Throughout the heavens and earth, countless invisible elemental particles converged, forming visible bright yellow specks that swiftly interwove into a colossal palm capable of blotting out the sky.

Heavenly Power: Sky-Swallowing Palm!

For a Legendary Realm expert, this was merely a moderately serious strike, yet it was a height that even a Peak Fourth Order expert below the Legendary Realm could never hope to reach.

The Legendary Realm is divine.

And beneath the divine, all are but ants.

The terrifying giant palm advanced slowly, compressing the air around it. Though its speed seemed unhurried, it firmly locked onto the aura of the black-armored undead in the distance.

Under the coordination of the Domain, this black-armored General had no possibility of evading.

All that remained was a desperate struggle.

In Deadbone’s eyes, his soul fire burned calmly and azure. Gripping the black greatsword ‘Death Lament,’ he let out a slow sigh.

Hum—

A deathly black mist coiled around the sword like a dragon.

Behind him, the skeletal Holy Mountain faintly materialized. Deadbone slightly drew energy from the undead on the Holy Mountain, mixing it with his own in a 1:99 ratio, and delivered a chilling, peerless slash that appeared slow but was deceptively swift.

“Nether River.Boundless energy transformed into a vast gray-black river, surging into the sky, with flowers blooming on both banks of the dark river.

Black and yellow clashed relentlessly in mid-air.

The river waters erupted, and black raindrops cascaded onto the earth. Trees withered, rotted, and turned to dust; the land grew ashen, spreading with pale, ghastly cracks.The colossal earthen palm began to crumble, patches of gray-black spreading across its surface as clumps of soil rained down. Each falling fragment struck the ground like collapsing mountain rock, thundering as they carved deep craters into the earth.

After a long moment, the entire earthen palm shattered completely, while the vast and mighty Nether River also exploded into fragments, dissipating into the void between heaven and earth.

Neither side gained the upper hand in this clash.

Deadbone collected the data.

“From the looks of it, this was likely just a casual strike from the Goblin Prince. The might of a Legend is truly terrifying.”

“Fortunately…”

This Nether River strike was merely his exploratory move, drawing only a fraction of his power—far from his full strength.

(End of Chapter)