Chapter 371 – Tianyuan City After the Battle

Tianyuan Calendar, Day 341 of Territory Establishment.

The defense of Tianyuan City had concluded. The entire battle hadn’t lasted long—less than two and a half hours.

The area outside the city was now a scene of devastation, littered with craters of varying sizes. Some of the larger ones spanned hundreds of meters in diameter, filled with glowing red magma, resembling lakes of fire.

The colossal Tree Realm Giant Buddha had vanished, and the City Walls of Tianyuan City were either shattered or collapsed.

Yet, the defending forces were far from disheartened. Instead, they were filled with fervor, as if they still had boundless energy to spare.

“Roar—”

“Charge!”

“Drive all the monsters out! We won’t have to live in fear anymore!”

The call for counterattack had been sounded.

Warriors who still had strength left leaped from the City Walls, roaring as they charged toward the remaining monsters.

Several minutes had passed since the Thunderflame Dragon crashed into the earth, its Incarnation as the Great Sun unleashing a violent tide. During that time, countless monsters had been obliterated by the thunder and flames or torn apart by the residual force of the spreading waves.

However, the land outside Tianyuan City was vast, and even the Nine-Headed Roaring Thunderflame Dragon couldn’t cover it all.

Scattered waves of monsters still remained outside the city.

“Data shows that only those in the Legendary Realm, or even kings within that realm, can summon and control monster waves on such a scale. Now, those Legendary Realm beings are either dead or have fled. The surviving intelligent monsters are also escaping. The remaining ordinary monsters pose no threat. The overall situation is settled—we have won.”

Isloria manipulated several Starlight Orbs, using them as supports to steady Mu Yuan.

“With the situation under control and the soldiers’ morale high, you don’t need to maintain that pose any longer. Or perhaps… you enjoy the process?”

So this is what you’re like, Lord.

She glanced at him a few more times, as if she had discovered something.

Mu Yuan felt wronged. “Am I that kind of person? I was only doing it to boost morale. We nearly lost the city earlier.”

Before, the territory had been gripped by panic, and the elven and giant reinforcements were on the brink of despair. He had to strike an invincible pose to prove that the Monster Overlord was merely a paper tiger, easily crushed.

The constant notifications of rising popular support in the territory proved this point.

As a Hero, couldn’t Isloria hear those notifications?

But that was then, and this is now.

Holding the pose for ten minutes was enough. More importantly, he was completely drained, his Soul exhausted to the extreme.

Wielding the power of the territory and forcibly controlling two super-large-scale spells had placed an immense strain on him.

This kind of Soul strain and damage probably wouldn’t heal anytime soon.

Forget recovery—at the moment, Mu Yuan was so weary he could barely stand, unable to move even a finger. If not for the Mental Link network, which was now taking shape and maintained collectively by all its users without requiring his direct effort, he might not even be able to speak.

He truly lacked the strength to speak. Communicating through the Mental Link network or the Lord-Hero connection was much easier.

The counterattack had been sounded, and the defenders were leaping from the walls.

Lord Mu could finally rest.”So, hurry and support me a bit.”

The pose could be skipped, but the weakness must not be revealed.

Isloria used a thread-like skill, transforming energy into invisible filaments that wrapped around Mu Yuan.

Without needing to exert any effort, Mu Yuan’s body moved on its own. He tilted his head slightly, his gaze sweeping over the city and the wilderness, then calmly turned and walked into the Mage Tower, disappearing from people’s sight, leaving behind an invincible figure, shining like the brilliant sun in the sky, eternally radiant.

Once inside the tower, Isloria quickly stepped forward and helped him to the rest area inside the tower, onto a soft bed.

Mu Yuan lay down, closed his eyes, and fell asleep on the spot.

“So fast?”

Isloria was taken aback. She gently removed his combat boots, adjusted the posture of the sleeping figure, and pulled over a nearby blanket, softly covering him.

She walked out and closed the door behind her.

“The war is over.”

“However, the battle that belongs to me has just begun.”

Unlike the battle at Wolfhead Mountain, although this was also a great victory, the losses for the entire Tianyuan City were not insignificant.

Treating the wounded, arranging for the citizens, repairing the city, and so on.

This massive workload might take days and nights to complete.

This was her war.

It was arduous, but her Battle Intent burned fiercely.

She headed toward the southern part of the city.

…

“Slash—”

Shen Linglong swung a Heavy Halberd half a body taller than herself, brutally smashing a Gnoll Legend to pieces.

Legendary kill count: +1!

This was fantastic.

Although the Legend she had taken down was a half-dead Legend, severely injured by the terrifying Thunderflame Dragon and unable to escape in time.

But it was still a Legend.

Such half-dead, dying Legends still required a Legendary powerhouse like her to cleanly and decisively finish off. Otherwise, even a Peak Fourth Order expert might be taken down by the enemy’s desperate struggle.

Shen Linglong hummed a tune as she spread her Domain, buzzing around the battlefield like a diligent little bee searching for prey.

…

“It seems there are no surviving Monster Legends left.”

Mirena gazed around as she spoke.

Even now, she still felt somewhat dazed, as if it were a bit unreal.

Just a quarter of an hour ago, the entire Tianyuan City was in imminent danger, on the verge of collapse at any moment.

She recalled the figure standing atop the high tower earlier, shining like the blazing sun. “Perhaps everything was under the control of that Tianyuan Lord. No wonder he could command a super Legend like Dolai—he himself is even stronger.”

Of course, she knew that such a cataclysmic ultimate move was a trump card among trump cards, a one-time ability never to be seen again in this lifetime. But to be able to control such a move and unleash its power perfectly…

The Tianyuan Lord must undoubtedly be a top-tier powerhouse.

Another Elf Legend remarked, “In the battle just now, the number of Legendary Realm monsters that fell here must be over a dozen, right?”

Mirena nodded. “Probably so, at least ten, including that terrifying Blood Dragon. With this, even if we can’t immediately launch an expedition to eliminate the major Monster Overlords, we are basically safe. We truly have the qualifications to contend with the Monster Overlords now.”

“Our Nature’s Garden can also step out of the Secret Realm, build our own city here, and breathe the air outside instead of being forever confined to a corner. Besides…”After the recent war, she had come to understand that if the Monster Overlord truly wished to locate their Nature’s Garden, it would hardly be difficult—merely requiring some time and effort.

Had Tianyuan Territory not emerged, the outcome of their joint counterattack with Boulder Mountain Ridge would have been the complete annihilation of both major forces, relegating them to history—just like the once-powerful Dragonkin Valley that previously thrived in this region.

More likely, their home’s location would have been exposed before they could even launch a counteroffensive.

After all, over the past two years, Jackal Fang and Blood Serpent Embrace had gradually intensified their efforts to uncover their homeland’s whereabouts. Only after Tianyuan Territory’s appearance did Jackal Fang’s attention shift elsewhere.

Now, she no longer needed to worry.

Of course, Jackal Fang and Blood Serpent Embrace—these two overlords—still retained numerous Legendary Realm experts along with vast numbers of high-tier monsters and war machines, their combined strength remaining superior to their Nature’s Garden.

But they were now strong enough to confront them directly.

“In a few years or a decade, we might even follow Tianyuan City’s lead to truly and completely eradicate Jackal Fang and Blood Serpent Embrace—these two overlords who have oppressed us for over a century.”

She could clearly see that compared to its formidable foundation and considerable power, what truly made Tianyuan City astonishing was its even more terrifying potential.

Tianyuan City possessed an infinite future.

The city seemed to harbor several or even more prodigies who could be called “Seeds of Legend.”

Tianyuan City also boasted numerous Fourth-Order Experts.

With such a large base, even ordinary Fourth-Order Experts could produce one or two Legendary Realm masters.

What would Tianyuan City become in ten years…

She dared not imagine.

“Alternatively, we could retreat to the Myriad Kingdoms Alliance. I’ve heard elves are a major race there.”

“Yes, the Myriad Kingdoms Alliance!” Windchaser Ranger exclaimed. “When we fled originally, countless branches and clans were scattered. If we go to the Myriad Kingdoms Alliance, we might actually find clansmen with shared origins!”

When they initially assisted Tianyuan City’s defense, they never imagined victory was possible.

Their plan was merely to temporarily hold off the enemy’s assault until reinforcements arrived. Then, they could commission the Taixuan Lord to establish connections with the Myriad Kingdoms Alliance.

They could relocate their homeland to the Myriad Kingdoms Alliance.

Wouldn’t that be safer?

The Myriad Kingdoms Alliance was the true colossal entity, a land free from calamities.

Mirena glanced at her Legendary companion, roughly discerning his thoughts.

But she held a different perspective.

Where in the Eternal World could there be an absolutely safe place? Even within the Myriad Kingdoms Alliance, weren’t there internal conflicts and wars?

Before the Filth spread, nations and races frequently clashed over interests, ideologies, customs, and other reasons.

She had also heard from the Taixuan Lord that powerful forces like the Taixuan Alliance and Myriad Kingdoms Alliance still faced disasters of Filth—though stronger forces possessed greater resistance capabilities.

But danger always existed.

One must remain vigilant in times of peace.

While moving to the Myriad Kingdoms Alliance might offer somewhat safer circumstances, as outsiders and latecomers, they would inevitably have limited access to resources.

Conversely, by remaining in these lands, they would have opportunities to obtain various Opportunities.

Wasn’t this precisely why they initially sought to defeat Jackal Fang?On this day of great victory and celebration, Mirena did not linger on words. She and the Windchaser Ranger swept through the battlefield, destroying the remaining war machines and scattering hordes of monsters before returning to Tianyuan City.

Mirena found the commander leading their Nature’s Garden legion and asked, “What are our losses?”

The commander was a middle-aged elf, older than Mirena, this rising Legendary Realm star, and one of the strongest beneath the Legendary Realm in Nature’s Garden.

However, his hopes of breaking through to the Legendary Realm were rather slim.

For this campaign, Nature’s Garden had kept their most promising young elves back at home.

The middle-aged commander reported, “The exact numbers are still being tallied, but… we’ve already recovered twenty-seven bodies.”

The battlefield was chaotic after all, with no real-time communication between squads. Many elf warriors were still pursuing monsters, making an accurate count difficult.

He could only confirm that the death toll was at least twenty-seven.

To be honest… this number wasn’t large, not at all.

Their initial estimates had projected far greater losses – it wouldn’t have been surprising to lose a third or even half of their four hundred elite troops in such a battle.

The soil of survival must be fought for with lives.

The commander felt no sorrow for the twenty-seven fallen: the sacrificed would return to the embrace of the Mother Tree and be granted Rebirth.

He firmly believed this must be so.

What the living must do is honor the sacrifice by expanding nature’s domain.

He continued, “Besides that, there are thirty-nine severely wounded currently receiving treatment.”

Mirena produced three flower seeds. “These are Life-Extending Flower Seeds. Give them to those in need. We cannot bring back the fallen, but we must save those still alive at all costs.”

The commander didn’t accept them. “Aren’t these for your own protection? Lady Mirena, there’s no need to worry. While some are seriously injured, none are in mortal danger.”

“The nuns of Tianyuan City have already intervened, saving many wounded. Their leader declared that anyone brought here with even a breath left will definitely survive.”

He pointed into the distance.

There stood the Wounded Aid Station, equipped with devices Tianyuan City had prepared earlier.

More notably, a two-meter-tall flowering tree grew there, continuously radiating life-giving brilliance in all directions.

Mirena recognized this tree – it was a disposable Treasure from their Nature’s Garden. Their elf priests were also there treating the wounded.

However, the main healing force was a group of about twenty nuns in white robes moving busily about. Though few in number, each emanated pure and powerful Holy Light energy.

A sacred, noble, and elegant nun sat beneath the flowering tree, a golden Holy Light barrier radiating hundreds of meters around her.

Where she sat became sanctified ground under Holy Light’s protection.

When critically wounded soldiers were brought into this Holy Light zone, their flickering life forces immediately stabilized, and their injuries began slowly healing.

No wonder the commander claimed anyone brought here would be saved from death’s door.

The Holy Light was too pure, too concentrated.

This nun… no, this Saintess, must be one favored by the Holy Light itself.Another ‘Seed of Legend’ indeed. Once she steps into the Legendary Realm, she will gain even more favor from Holy Light.

Mirena thought this, yet felt little surprise in her heart.

She had likely grown accustomed to it by now.

However, she surveyed her surroundings.

The severely wounded could be saved, but the fallen warriors could never be brought back. Nature’s Garden had lost at least twenty-seven elites, while the number of Tianyuan City’s fallen soldiers…

Was far greater than that.

For Tianyuan City, this might still be considered a pyrrhic victory.

…

In this battle, Tianyuan City had indeed suffered many casualties.

This was unavoidable.

Mu Yuan’s strategy was to have the Garrison Legion elites defend only the City Walls, while the tasks of sniping enemies and destroying war machines were assigned to the undead elites and commanders.

Even so, some Human Race warriors of the Garrison Legion, along with a few Azure Grey Birds and Grand Azure Grey Birds, still fell to ambushes by powerful monsters.

The number wasn’t large, but it was far from zero.

The undead warriors at the forefront suffered the heaviest losses, with over one hundred sixty fallen.

This was the costliest battle since the founding of Tianyuan Territory.

At this moment, Deadbone wasn’t pursuing any monster legends. Instead, he walked along various shattered sections of the City Walls and battlefields littered with corpses.

“Boss, Bone Three Seven Seven and its squad fell here,” reported an elite skeleton.

Deadbone touched the earth, eventually finding some familiar bone fragments. Black mist spread from his palm, enveloping the ground as he channeled energy into the broken bone pieces.

After a while…

Clatter clatter clatter—

Three unarmored, slightly damaged elite skeletons rose from the earth.

“Wow, I’m back, Bone Three Seven Seven!”

“Praise the boss!”

“Oh, and the Lord too~!”

“Wait, boss, could you fix our bodies too?”

Bone Three Seven Seven looked at its tattered remains.

Before Deadbone could respond, their squad leader dragged them away. “Please continue, boss.” Then he turned to his team members, “Have you lost all sense of discipline? Copy the textbook compiled by the boss ten times when we return.”

Deadbone hadn’t repaired Bone Three Seven Seven’s squad’s bodies entirely out of conservation.

This time, he needed to resurrect numerous undead.

The higher an undead’s Rank, the more energy Deadbone consumed when performing Undead Resurrection.

He had already fought several battles earlier.

Even with massive backup energy sources like the Undead Holy Mountain and Well of Death, he had to use energy sparingly. Otherwise, running out of energy mid-ritual would be terribly embarrassing for a skeleton.

The most energy-efficient approach was the wisest choice.

Only he could perform the resurrection.

Deadbone had tried teaching ‘Undead Resurrection’ to Bone Two Three Four, Red Robe, and Rakshasa. However, despite being a relatively simple Advanced skill, Red Robe, Rakshasa and others simply couldn’t learn it.

Deadbone felt helpless.

He had to shoulder the resurrection burden alone. Fortunately, he had now entered the Legendary Realm and had made some minor improvements to Undead Resurrection.

Currently, the spell could resurrect undead who had died within ‘twelve hours’ instead of the previous ‘thirty minutes’.

Otherwise, he definitely wouldn’t have had time to resurrect all his comrades.

That would have been truly tragic.Fortunately, it had prepared a contingency plan early on.

However, with only twelve hours, the revival range still wasn’t extensive enough, still seeming somewhat… insufficiently robust.

Deadbone walked past the broken section of the City Walls:

Two Skeletal Undertakers, three Malevolent Spirits revived.

Deadbone came to the war machine that was now only scattered remnants:

Three Undead Generals and one Undead Lord returned from the River of Death.

Deadbone arrived at…

…

The restoration of undead-type units cannot rely on the Sister Corps.

However, the undead have their own means of recovery.

The returning undead headed to the Graveyard in the West District, where they underwent purification by the corpse witches. Surrounding them stood several Deathguards, continuously emanating a chilling, faint glow.

This eerie cold light was to the wounded undead what bright Holy Light is to others.

Under the command of Bone Four, Lu Liu, Seventeen, Niu Si, and other officers, various corps orderly transported the wounded, organized hunts for remaining monsters, and set up temporary city defenses.

—At this moment, within hundreds of miles around Tianyuan City, small waves of monsters, driven by momentum and their craving for living Flesh, were still rushing toward Tianyuan City.

They had to respond calmly; otherwise, even these small waves could cause major chaos.

The elite soldiers of Tianyuan Territory were all connected to the mental network, making deployment, command, arrangement, and statistics very straightforward.

In contrast, tasks like assessing the city’s damages, post-battle repairs, and treating injured residents were extremely tedious and arduous.

“If we encountered such a situation, where should we start handling it?”

Shen Linglong looked at her subordinate officer.

Her officer returned an innocent and clueless expression.

He was merely a capable fighter; he hadn’t even been alive for six years—how could he understand territory governance?

Wasn’t that the Lord’s job?

Shen Linglong thought that made sense. She herself had never faced such a situation, but she had heard of cases where the damage far exceeded what Tianyuan City was experiencing now.

Recalling those, she felt she could offer Tianyuan some advice.

That was all she could do at the moment.

“However, given the extent of damage in Tianyuan City, dealing with the losses, medical care, personnel arrangements, and other matters would likely take at least ten days to half a month.”

“For ten days to half a month, Tianyuan City’s operations would nearly grind to a halt, and territory morale might drop somewhat.”

Governance is no easy task.

Her Linglong Territory, though called a major city, wasn’t much larger than Tianyuan City. Was it that she didn’t want to develop? She simply couldn’t; often, she couldn’t fully arrange work for all her residents. And the idler the residents were, the more conflicts tended to arise.

She flew down to the South District of Tianyuan City.

As soon as she landed, she saw public security teams patrolling street by street and alley by alley within the urban area, arranging medical care for the wounded, preventing conflicts, and clearing away monster corpses that had fallen into the city.

They also organized group after group of residents to view these monster corpses up close.

What was the purpose of this?

“This is to boost the residents’ confidence. Some of our Tianyuan Territory residents haven’t been here long and haven’t experienced the Red Moon Disaster. We want them to know that the monsters are not invincible.””Later, we will also organize them to visit the wilderness outside the city, where corpses truly litter the ground, so they can see how many monsters our Tianyuan City soldiers have slain. Of course, we also need to organize groups of citizens to assist with material collection and corpse cleanup.”

Shen Linglong looked over and saw that the speaker was a pink-haired girl about her own height.

The Daughter of Stars, Isloria.

She recognized her.

Not only had she interacted with Isloria these past few days, but more importantly, she had heard of Isloria’s reputation over half a year ago.

——The hero recruited by Tianyuan at the Festival Grounds.

She told Isloria some cases, suggestions, and noteworthy matters.

She poured out everything she could remember, seeming somewhat disorganized.

“I understand.”

Isloria said, then summoned several officials from the municipal department to assign tasks one by one.

“We have 62 completely shattered sections of City Walls. Li Si, you organize twenty skilled construction workers to head to Defense Zone B3. Find Zhou Fu there—she will guide you to the designated location.”Iron Tower, you are to draw forty people from the labor corps to rush repairs on the damaged Arrow Tower in Area A6.””

“Temporarily expand the security corps as previously planned.”

“A resident injured someone? Handle it accordingly, do I need to teach you how to administer penalties?”

Officials of Tianyuan City, along with numerous minor managers among the residents, hurried back and forth. The scene appeared chaotic but was orderly within the disorder.

They were like individual components, precisely filling in where needed.

The massive machinery of Tianyuan City began to operate, faster and faster.

Arrow Towers stood tall once again.

Shattered City Walls were rebuilt.

In just two hours, order within Tianyuan City stabilized, and a full recovery wouldn’t take much longer.

All of this steadily progressed under the direction of this pink-haired Hero.

This Hero is so capable!

Shen Linglong felt envious.

She glanced at the chubby, massive rock beast beside her, then peeked into the distance at the Dragon Sword Warrior flexing muscles with a burly Tianyuan man. She felt too weary to speak.

Why didn’t she have such competent subordinates in her own faction? Damn it Or2!

6.4K major chapter, the little author has updated 6K words daily for three consecutive days, will continue with 6K tomorrow, begging for monthly tickets ah wuwuwuwu——

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