Chapter 471 – The Soldiers and Generals of Tianyuan City

Regarding the appointment of the warzone commander, Mu Yuan had known about it even before the results were announced.

It was precisely because he didn’t refuse that his nomination as commander officially appeared in the meeting.

“The commander of a warzone.”

To say he didn’t want to take this position would be impossible.

However, he had never entertained such thoughts before.

He was just a small-time Pioneer Lord with very shallow qualifications. In terms of combat power, he only had about a dozen Heaven-Earth Realm generals. The Taixuan Alliance was full of powerful figures, and compared to truly great lords, his forces were very weak.

When Old Qin told him that the organization intended for him to command the Shattered Isle Warzone, Mu Yuan couldn’t help but be astonished.

“Me as the commander?”

“Me fighting Dragon’s Slumber Valley?”

Though astonished, he didn’t refuse, nor was he afraid.

Afraid? Could he avoid fighting Dragon’s Slumber Valley then?

He had already been fighting Dragon’s Slumber Valley for some time.

His grievances with Dragon’s Slumber Valley could be traced back to over half a year ago.

Time and again, the peace of the Ten Directions Island Region was always broken by Dragon’s Slumber Valley. They were always forced to defend, repeatedly pushed back to their city walls by monster tides.

He just wanted to live a stable life.

“Commanding the warzone, gathering the power of countless pioneers and Pioneer Lords—this time, we’re going to chop off Dragon’s Slumber Valley’s claws!”

“But the immediate priority seems to be sticking to my old trade…”

Defense!

The appointment had been issued, but he would only become the warzone commander after the Alliance formally granted him the authority.

The authority of an acting commander and a full commander was no different.

The reason he was acting commander was directly related to his shallow qualifications—he still needed to win one or two brilliant battles.

Mu Yuan began contemplating his next strategic moves.

…

Meanwhile,

In the Collapsed Cavity Area of the Shattered Isle Warzone.

The defensive lines were still being constructed level by level.

According to the warzone staff’s plan, they would establish two defensive rings—one small and one large—in the cavity area.

With these two defensive rings, incidents like last time, when the Blood Dragon forcibly broke through and invaded the heartland, wouldn’t occur again.

However, the first defensive ring wasn’t yet completed, let alone the outer ring.

Today marked the fourth day since the establishment of the Shattered Isle Warzone.

Over these past few days, monster tides had frequently emerged from the collapsed cavity, though Dragon’s Slumber Valley’s elite forces had launched surprisingly few raids.

Despite the infrequent raids, the forces outside the defensive lines still couldn’t afford to let their guard down, especially when monster tides appeared.

The garrison troops, particularly the Legendary Realm experts, dared not relax for even a moment, constantly remaining vigilant. This might very well be Dragon’s Slumber Valley’s tactic.

However, once the defensive lines were completed with sufficient early warning measures, they wouldn’t need to rely on human radar around the clock.

The defensive construction progressed rapidly, with Miracle Buildings rising from the ground one after another. Transport teams continuously delivered military supplies and war equipment.

Thanks to the Shattered Isle Defense Zone’s location—situated within the Alliance’s territory—it lacked strategic depth and had zero margin for error. Yet the Shattered Isle Warzone wasn’t entirely disadvantaged; it had some advantages too.

Obtaining supplies for this warzone was much easier compared to the front-line great warzones.In addition to the official transport teams organized by the Pioneer Logistics Department, many private transport teams consisting of lords, merchant guilds, and mercenary groups who had accepted missions were also transporting supplies.

Some lords and merchant guilds even donated supplies to the Shattered Isle Warzone.

The entire Shattered Isle Warzone was visibly growing stronger.

…

“Lord Zhou, we’re almost at Red Mountain City, the destination of this mission.”

A transport team of over a hundred people was traveling along a relatively smooth official road.

Leading the transport team was a young lord.

He was one of the lords who had descended into the Eternal World in the 62nd batch.

This batch had produced many rising stars. Setting Tianyuan aside, there were also Wang Ba, Wave Caller, Luo Xing, Great Sun… one after another, these new lord talents had made their mark during the military parade.

“You’re quite impressive too, reaching the Third-Order Warlord Tier at such a young age. If it weren’t for the numerous strong individuals in your batch, Lord Zhou, you would definitely be considered a top powerhouse among your peers.”

The speaker was the boss of a small merchant guild.

Although Red Mountain City was located inland within the territory, with the appearance of the Crimson Mist and wave after wave of monster attacks, the roads to Red Mountain City had become less safe.

It was said that the authorities planned to construct a railway directly from the local official city to Red Mountain City, which would greatly facilitate transportation once completed.

However, until then, supplies still had to be transported by manpower and pack animals.

Precisely because the roads weren’t entirely safe, several small territories and merchant guilds had joined forces with Lord Zhou Qi, forming a convoy to deal with potential monster attacks.

The facts had proven that without Lord Zhou’s protection, they would have suffered significant losses.

Lord Zhou was strong.

As an acquaintance of Zhou Qi, what the merchant guild boss admired even more was Zhou Qi’s seemingly inexhaustible energy and his humble origins.

“They say Lord Tianyuan came from common origins like you?”

The boss asked.

Zhou Qi replied, “Yes.”

What he didn’t mention was that not only did Tianyuan share his common origins, but they were also fellow townsmen.

Fellow townsmen from Blue Star, Baijiang City.

Back then, they had even taken the novice resource assessment together.

He had barely passed the threshold, while Tianyuan had already shown dazzling brilliance at that time.

“Now, Tianyuan has become a Pioneer Lord.”

“I’m not qualified to join the Pioneer Group yet, but by transporting supplies to Red Mountain City this time, I can at least contribute to the war effort.”

“With the establishment of this Shattered Isle Warzone, might Tianyuan be here too?”

For ordinary lords, most information about the warzone remained confidential.

After all, they weren’t part of the Pioneer Group.

They could only reach Red Mountain City; beyond that was a restricted military zone.

Red Mountain City was still hundreds of kilometers away from the front lines.

Yet even staying within Red Mountain City, they could occasionally hear distant explosions.

The roar of war.

…

Boom——!

“Hold the line, hold the line! Don’t let the tide approach our city walls! There might be Legendary Realm beings hiding among them!”

At the 06th section of the city walls in front of Camp Four, a Fourth-Order professional shouted.

However, the tide was fierce, and the monsters seemed endless. Even with various defensive structures and city defense weapons continuously firing, they couldn’t stop the tide’s advance.

Then,

“Commander! Higher-ups say we must hold on! Reinforcements will arrive in two minutes!”

“Reinforcements? Where would our camp get reinforcements now?”

The professional roared, continuously channeling his energy into the autocannon before him.He controlled the machine cannon, roaring as he fired energy shells one after another, tearing apart the monsters in his line of sight one by one.

Suddenly, a flying monster breached the blockade, shrieking as it swooped down to bite.

The commander discarded the machine cannon, drew his three-meter-long saber, and leaped into the air, cleanly bisecting the attacking flying monster with a single slash.

By this time, the tide of monsters had drawn even closer to the camp.

Even without the presence of Legendary Realm beings, the sheer number of high-tier intelligent monsters alone was enough to overwhelm them.

The turning point came from the left flank.

A burst of grass-green erupted from the distant tide, followed by countless sharp blades of grass sprouting from the earth, entangling the monsters and slicing their bodies to pieces.

A girl with onion-green short hair, pointed ears, and cicada-like wings stood proudly in mid-air.

She held a sword in her hand, resembling a blade forged from a single stalk of grass.

Its edge was razor-sharp, capable of cleaving through anything.

With a flick of her finger, countless droplets shot out like divine water. The moment they touched the ground, they nourished sprouting seedlings that burst forth from the soil.

These seedlings were as sharp as swords, slashing in all directions.

“It’s Tianyuan’s General, Grass Branch!”

The commander was no stranger to her.

Tianyuan City was responsible for Camp Three.

The warzone consisted of ten major camps in total. As the participating Lords arrived one after another, the camps continued to expand, and the number of Legendary Realm experts stationed there grew from one initially to three or four now.

Among them, Camps Three and Four had previously been destroyed by the Crimson Dragon.

After reconstruction, the Tianyuan Army had taken over Camp Three.

The commander, being a professional, was at least familiar with the generals responsible for each defensive sector in the Tianyuan camp, let alone…

“So powerful!”

Though both were Fourth-Order Experts, the commander felt he wouldn’t last more than three moves against her.

But when he saw the vibrant yet razor-sharp Domain radiating around the green-haired girl, he understood.

A Domain-level expert was truly formidable.

The commander suddenly looked up again.

Under the dazzling sunlight, a massive figure spread its wings and soared across the sky.

The giant bird was surrounded by a raging azure storm, tearing the nearby flying monsters to shreds.

Even more striking was the figure standing on the bird’s back.

His arrows flew like startled swans, unleashing a storm of attacks.

“Tianyuan Expert, Zhou Yi! A top-ranked figure on the Dragon Gate List.”

Zhou Yi was one of the more widely recognized experts among the Tianyuan forces.

However, this time, the Tianyuan Army had produced one remarkable expert after another.

Golden Dragon · Deng Long.

Blood General · Kibi.

Winter Maiden · Azure Frost.

Each of them was a seed of legend, with limitless potential.

The commander didn’t know how others felt about Tianyuan Lord taking command of the warzone, but he was convinced—especially since the Tianyuan experts had once again alleviated their crisis.

He operated the machine cannon with renewed vigor, pouring out energy without feeling the slightest fatigue.

He even felt a surge of heroic ambition—to leap from the city walls and fight side by side with the Tianyuan experts, charging through the monster tide seven times and back.

But reason held him back.

He didn’t possess the ability to move freely within the tide; it was better not to cause trouble. His duty was to guard this section of the city walls.

Amid the tide, Azure Frost clasped her hands together, and an endless chill radiated from her, freezing hundreds, even thousands, of monsters in place.

Her efficiency in eliminating enemies far surpassed that of Zhou Yi, Grass Branch, and Kibi.

Such was the might of a noble spellcaster.At that moment, a shadow seeped out from the darkness behind Azure Frost.

It had no physical form, appearing as a mass of black mist, with only a pair of razor-sharp arms extending from within.

“It’s a Scythe Ghost, be careful!”

Zhou Yi transmitted the warning from high above.

Azure Frost reacted swiftly. Without turning around, she gathered frigid energy behind her, erecting multiple ice walls in the blink of an eye.

She herself stepped onto the ice, capable of shifting a thousand meters away in an instant.

“Crack—”

“Thud—”

The ice walls shattered abruptly, like torn cloth.

Immediately after, a black saber blade pierced through Azure Frost’s back and emerged from her chest.

Her eyes widened in shock.

The Scythe Ghost sneered.

A vast, oppressive Domain spread out.

This was actually a Legendary being.

A Legendary Realm entity that had remained hidden for so long, waiting for the perfect moment to strike with a one-hit kill against a Fourth Order creature—a mage unskilled in close combat.

“To slay a being of limitless potential, this assassination was well worth the effort… Hmm?”

No blood flowed from the pierced back.

That wasn’t unusual—some creatures lacked blood, so there would be no bleeding.

However, the Scythe Ghost Legend suddenly felt as though it hadn’t struck a living being but rather a mass of water or a patch of mist.

The immense energy concentrated on its blade had nowhere to go.

The creature had transformed into mist.

A frigid, ice-blue mist.

Like a gust of wind gathering snow, it billowed away from the blade, flying into the distance.

The Scythe Ghost raised an eyebrow and suppressed it with its Domain.

Yet, the Domain power, capable of crushing all and particularly effective against weaker foes, had no effect on this mass of ice and snow.

It wasn’t a clump of snow but the very concept of snow itself.

How could its mere Domain power restrain a concept?

「Snow Incarnation」

This was the talent Azure Frost awakened upon reaching Epic Three Stars.

A talent, not a skill.

Azure Frost had indeed been ambushed. After all, she was only at the Fourth Order, and having lost the initiative, she was no match for a monster Legend that had been lying in wait.

Her talent activated on its own.

She hadn’t even been struck.

Azure Frost drifted into the distance, then paused briefly. A slender hand faintly appeared within the ice and snow.

The hand gestured toward the distance, and a blizzard several times more violent than before descended upon the area.

The Scythe Ghost, having failed in its strike, hesitated. Before it could vanish, a black spear pierced through its body this time.

It was like mist, yet the spear shattered it completely, leaving no chance for struggle.

In its final moments of consciousness, it could only vaguely glimpse a green-faced, fanged, dark-skinned undead being that had annihilated it.

…

Currently, there were four camps in the Shattered Isle Warzone, each garrisoned by a territory’s legion.

The other camps were jointly defended by multiple Pioneer Lords and pioneers.

At Camp Two, the Azure Mountain Lord was stationed there.

He transformed into a giant and strode into the monster tide. Holding his ground, Camp Two remained quite stable.

However,

The Azure Mountain Lord was concerned about the other defensive zones.

“We need to crush the tide quickly and provide support to the other defensive zones.”

“How are the other defensive zones faring? How many have sent distress signals?”

He asked his Hero.

The Hero seemed to weigh his words before speaking, “Just now, Camp Four and Camp Six both sent distress signals, but they were canceled. The Tianyuan Army has already gone to assist, and the crises have been resolved for now.”Azure Mountain Lord: “…”

Somehow, it’s very reassuring.

…

Camp Seven is garrisoned by the Rain Dust Army.

Rain Dust Lord is a Fourth Order Pioneer Lord who has been in the Pioneer Group for eight or nine years, a veteran general with illustrious military achievements.

“This time, it’s actually Tianyuan serving as commander-in-chief. I thought that after that brat Green Mountain declined the appointment, this old lady would take command. How am I inferior to this young man?”

Arrows swept across the sky, traversing dozens of miles, piercing through high-level monsters one after another.

Even legendary monsters fell to these death-dealing arrows from the horizon.

Dragons roared as well, while Macho Man weaved through the battlefield, displaying an invincible presence.

“Alright, my elite troops are just a bit inferior.”

“My generals are also slightly lacking.”

“Ah, forget it, forget it. This old lady will just obediently assist the youngster.”

…

In a certain camp, dragons galloped across the sky, their Dragon Breath sweeping across the land.

Tyrant Dragon Lord waved his fists and roared.

“See? See? This is the man surrounded by countless dragons – Tianyuan! He will lead us to victory in this war!”

(End of Chapter)