Chapter 474 – Legendary Life, Fearless King

According to the rules listed on the exchange platform, to obtain the remaining four slots, a Lord would need to earn at least 500,000 Contribution Points in the Shattered Isle Warzone.

In a short period, no one could achieve this.

Not even the strongest among them—Green Mountain, Yuchen, or the Crushed Rock Lord.

The Shattered Isle Warzone had only been open for a few days. Despite the intense battles, accumulating such a large amount of Contribution Points required a combination of strength, time, and opportunity.

This left many powerful Lords who had missed the ‘unconditional exchange’ sighing in regret.

Why hadn’t they discovered it earlier?

…

“The number of Lords and powerful professionals applying to join our warzone is increasing,” Isloria said in Tianyuan City, holding the latest data.

Of course, it was still the early stages of the Shattered Isle Warzone’s establishment, during the peak period of pioneers flooding in. It couldn’t be said that these powerful individuals were solely here for the evolution slots.

Powerful beings couldn’t be that superficial.

Mu Yuan deployed his forces and scattered evolution energy, evolving over a dozen Epic-tier units within his territory.

He then turned his gaze to the Dragon Mound Fertile Soil Realm.

Here, an evolution ceremony far surpassing the Epic tier was underway.

The Tianyuan Expert bathed in the glow of Miracle was—Lu Liu.

Mu Yuan had considered evolving another Legendary lifeform earlier.

The most suitable candidates were four:

Lu Liu, Tree Spirit Grandma, Uta, and Sophia.

Tree Spirit Grandma was currently the fourth strongest General in Tianyuan City in terms of combat power, with the highest Rank. Evolving her could quickly create an exceptionally powerful fighter.

Additionally, Tree Spirit Grandma excelled at defensive warfare. Her true form was immense, and her Incarnation was nearly as large. Her endurance and battlefield lethality ranked among the top three or four in all of Tianyuan City.

However, there were many limitations to using her.

Due to these various restrictions, Tree Spirit Grandma had few notable achievements, and her Contribution Points were far less than Lu Liu’s or Sophia’s.

Choosing Uta was naturally related to combat prowess.

Uta was highly skilled at assaulting and eliminating powerful enemies. His Moves were simple and singular, but from another perspective, he wasn’t easily countered.

Sophia was currently the only General in Tianyuan City with powerful reconnaissance abilities.

Her capabilities were irreplaceable.

However, she was currently unavailable.

Lu Liu had many advantages: skilled at defense, meticulous in his work, and his combat power wasn’t far behind. He was also the most accomplished among the remaining Generals in Tianyuan City.

A day and night had already passed since Lu Liu’s evolution began.

As expected, Legendary evolution was a lengthy process, and the amount of Miracle energy consumed far exceeded the base requirement of 500,000.

The light continued to shine.

Several hours later, changes finally appeared. Lu Liu’s Domain manifested, expanding outward inch by inch.

Two thousand meters, three thousand meters, four thousand meters…

It continued until it reached four thousand eight hundred and ninety meters before finally stopping.

Immediately after, Lu Liu’s Epic Skills began to transform.

「Prompt: Hero ‘Lu Liu’ bathes in the glow of Miracle. Epic Skill ‘Undaunted Mountain Divine Venerable’ has been enhanced. Lu Liu can now summon multiple Divine Venerable shadows simultaneously.」

Whoosh—

A massive golden giant materialized behind Lu Liu.

Then, a second and a third appeared.

The golden giants stood like three door gods, supporting heaven and earth.”Alert: Hero ‘Lu Liu’ bathed in the radiance of miracles, his Epic Talent ‘Will as the Sword’ has been enhanced. Lu Liu’s power of will has significantly increased.”

The massive golden spear in the hands of the central door god suddenly dissipated.

Immediately after, an invisible, immense force of will interfered with reality and materialized, transforming into a colossal weapon resembling a guandao, over a hundred meters long, now held firmly in both hands.

This weapon was a weapon of will.

It could sever forms below and slay gods above.

“Alert: Hero ‘Lu Liu’ bathed in the radiance of miracles, his Epic Skill ‘Undying Golden Body’ has been enhanced. The duration of the Undying Golden Body has greatly increased and can now negate a certain amount of conceptual damage.”

All three Epic skills had been upgraded, and Lu Liu also awakened one Advanced skill after another.

Sweeping Through a Thousand Armies, Golden Barrier, Unyielding Body…

These Advanced skills contributed almost nothing to Lu Liu’s combat power, merely enriching his combat methods slightly. However, the accumulation of these Advanced skills represented the legacy and foundation of Tianyuan City.

After a while, dazzling light once again shot up into the sky.

Inside the Dragon Mound Fertile Soil Realm, strange phenomena began to appear, accompanied by ethereal celestial sounds.

Miracle Buildings like Domain Jammers were operating at their maximum capacity. At the same time, Isloria, holding a scepter formed from starlight, raised her hand and pointed toward the heavens.

The starry sky enveloped the Tianyuan City region.

Under the canopy of countless stars, the Tianyuan City region seemed to detach from the rest of the world.

This celestial shroud lasted only half an hour before quickly dissipating, as if nothing had happened.

At this moment,

Mu Yuan was browsing through the recent world alert logs.

“Alert: Hero ‘Lu Liu’ bathed in the radiance of miracles, evolving from ‘Fearless Warchief (Epic Three Stars)’ into the Legendary One-Star lifeform ‘Fearless King,’ and awakening the Legendary Power—Celestial Barrier.”

——

“Celestial Barrier”

“When the Fearless King erects a barrier, it becomes an insurmountable chasm between mortals and gods.”

“Abilities:”

“①: Lu Liu can borrow the form of the ‘Fearless Great Mountain Divine Venerable’ to construct a vast, indestructible barrier. The more Fearless Great Mountain Divine Venerables used in the process, the wider and more resilient the Celestial Barrier becomes.”②: Within the range covered by the Celestial Barrier, space is isolated from the outside world, functioning as a top-tier barrier.””

“③: Once the Celestial Barrier is erected, it can continuously sustain and repair itself by absorbing external energy, maintaining its form for an extended period.”

“④: When the Fearless King stands upon the earth, all soldiers will advance fearlessly and without hesitation.”

A purely defensive ability.

At most, it carries a slight auxiliary function… though the fourth ability seems unrelated to the Celestial Barrier itself.

“A defensive ability is fine too; its specific effects need to be tested in practice.”

“After all, it’s a Legendary Power—it can’t be weak. A specialized ability means a higher potential ceiling.”

……

Lu Liu was still studying his Legendary ability.

At the same time,

In the Shattered Isle Region, at the vanguard army’s base camp in Dragon’s Slumber Valley.

A being resembling a frost dragon, but several times larger than an ordinary frost dragon, lay atop a peak, gazing down upon the land.

This was the Ice Burial Grand Duke.

The one commanding the vanguard army, he was also one of the top three Hunting Grand Dukes under the Twilight King.

“Have we still not breached the enemy’s defenses?””Grand Duke, the Taixuan Alliance is not weak after all. I’m afraid it will be difficult to break through in a short time.”

“Hmph.”

The Ice Burial Grand Duke sneered, “It’s your failure to control your subordinates that disrupted my arrangements. Otherwise, we would have already stepped into Taixuan Territory, spreading the Filth and the King’s radiance.”

His gaze swept across, and the powerful crimson dragons in the distance, along with the other Hunting Grand Dukes, couldn’t help but lower their heads.

It wasn’t that the Ice Burial Grand Duke was right—it was that his fist was the strongest.

Strength meant being right.

One of the Hunting Grand Dukes spoke up, “Regardless, we still firmly hold the advantage. As long as we transform this entire Island Domain into the Land of Red Mist, the power of our Dragon’s Slumber Valley can spread here. By then, crushing Taixuan will only be a matter of time.”

The Ice Burial Grand Duke didn’t refute this. “We can’t just wait idly. Attack Taixuan’s defenses according to plan, and dispatch the Faceless One, Soul Devourers, and Heart Confusers to infiltrate. See if we can disrupt Taixuan’s front lines from within.”

“Additionally…” He paused, “Thoroughly explore this entire Island Domain for me, especially whether there are passages leading to other Great Domains. Understood!”

In the Crimson Mist-shrouded land, the roars of giant dragons rose and fell.

Half a day later.

Two crimson dragons received news that monster tides were clearly surging outward in a certain area on the periphery of the Island Domain.

“This place likely contains a passage to the Outer Realm,” Dragon A said.

Dragon B: “We need to report this to the Ice Burial Grand Duke.”

Dragon A: “No, reporting directly isn’t appropriate. We don’t know the location of this Outer Realm passage, and it might not be an Outer Realm passage at all—it could be some Secret Realm or a hidden faction of living beings. Both situations would attract monster tides to gather. We must clarify the situation first, otherwise how would we answer when the Grand Duke questions us?”

This indeed made sense.

During their time stepping into this Island Domain, they had discovered several factions of living beings, but unfortunately, they were all too small—not even enough to fill the gaps between their teeth.

After pondering for a moment, the two crimson dragons summoned several Legendary Realm experts from subordinate forces and hurried toward the distant location together.

After they left…

Beneath the Crimson Mist, in the dim light, a pair of red eyes appeared on a withered tree. It was a pitch-black crow, similar to the ordinary monsters commonly seen here, except deep within its crimson eyes flowed a somewhat different luster.

…

Red Mountain City.

Mu Yuan pushed the door open and saw Green Mountain, Yuchen, and Rock Crusher.

“The preparations for the plan are almost complete. Strong reinforcements will arrive today—it’s our old acquaintance, the Arrow Sword Master,” the Crushed Rock Lord said.

During the previous surprise attack on Dragon’s Slumber Valley, it was also the Arrow Sword Master who led the team. He was a Macho Man with rich experience in dragon slaying.

The Azure Mountain Lord added, “The Boulder City Lord and Tianze City Lord have both sent several strong reinforcements who have already arrived. Later, probably a few more Divine Soul Realm experts will be able to come. We can launch our attack by the day after tomorrow at the latest.”

“No.”

Mu Yuan lightly tapped the table with his fingertip.

What he had been waiting for was precisely the Arrow Sword Master.

Without this expert, they truly couldn’t directly assault Dragon’s Slumber Valley.

Divine Soul Realm experts were naturally super reinforcements, but if it meant delaying for one or two days… that wouldn’t do.He pondered for a moment before saying, “Once the Arrow Sword Master arrives, we will launch our attack. If we delay any longer, the enemy will likely discover the other passage entrance, and we’ll miss our chance for a surprise assault.”

“But isn’t the other passage entrance located in the Ten Directions Island Region?”

Rain Dust Lord said, “According to our previously established plan, we are to attack from two routes. The Arrow Sword Master will lead the main force in a frontal assault to draw the enemy’s attention, while we circle around to the other entrance and enter the Shattered Isle Region from the side, quickly establishing a foothold.”

“If the elite forces from our second route are to head to the Ten Directions Island Region, even if we depart now, it will take until the day after tomorrow to reach the passage entrance. Isn’t this roughly the timeframe we had anticipated?”

They had originally been discussing their imminent departure and had already contacted the Tianyuan Lord.

Mu Yuan said, “If it’s only a small number of people, I have a way to transport everyone to the Ten Directions Island Region. Now, we need to discuss the personnel selection for the foothold team.”

He looked at the three of them.

“The Arrow Sword Master is responsible for the assault/decoy team, so we must handle the foothold team. I will lead the foothold team and require assistance from two of you three. Is that acceptable?”

“I have no problem.”

“Same here.”

“Naturally.”

She looked at Tianyuan.

Although the foothold team might not seem to directly confront Dragon’s Slumber Valley, in reality, since they need to penetrate deep into the Shattered Isle Region to find suitable areas to establish positions, their risk factor is actually higher than that of the assault team.

Not to mention the assault team has the Arrow Sword Master overseeing operations.

But the foothold team? They have very few powerful experts.

Rain Dust Lord herself wasn’t afraid, and she guessed Tianyuan wouldn’t be either, but to so directly and decisively take on the most difficult mission… it still earned some admiration from her.

After taking a deep breath, Azure Mountain Lord said: “As a Soul Realm expert, I must join the foothold team. Besides me, our Green Mountain City has another Soul Realm expert – the Emerald Dragon·Greenwood, and a Heaven-Earth Realm expert with a domain radius exceeding ten thousand meters – ‘Life Sage·Wusen’.”

“However, since this is a surprise attack operation, I cannot bring my ancient mountain giant incarnation.”

Both Rain Dust and Crushed Rock Lords showed some surprise.

The power possessed by Azure Mountain Lord indeed far surpassed theirs.

Moreover, he still possessed vast untapped potential with limitless prospects!

Crushed Rock Lord spoke: “Then let me be the remaining candidate. I have several Peak Heaven-Earth Realm level experts under my command, and I also have experience in raiding Dragon’s Slumber Valley.”

“No.” Rain Dust Lord interjected, “I should go. The foothold team needs more high-end combat power, and I… I have a Soul Realm general.”

She seemed to issue a command.

Soon, a powerful figure arrived at the scene.

This was an expert wearing a sky-blue cloak, with a feminine silhouette but otherwise unremarkable appearance.

Yet around her, faint traces of Divine Soul power shimmered.

“Is this the epic lifeform ‘Water Cardinal’?”

Mu Yuan was actually quite certain.

Rain Dust Lord said: “The Tianyuan Lord has keen insight. This is indeed my right-hand assistant, Water Cardinal Yala, skilled in water control who can alter weather patterns within a certain range. She also recently managed to breakthrough and step into the Soul Realm.”

She called it luck.

But luck is just the humble expression of the successful.

Crushed Rock Lord sighed silently.

The three of them looked at Tianyuan.Mu Yuan spoke, “On the front lines, I will take Uta with me, while Rakshasa, Seventeen, and Red Robe will remain here.”

“Of course, I will also dispatch several Generals to join the defense formation. They are currently at the very front of the Ten Directions Island Region.”

“Our Tianyuan City has a relatively short history and not many powerful experts. It is true that we cannot provide a Soul Realm expert…”

The three were not surprised.

The Heaven-Earth Realm Generals under the Tianyuan City Lord were exceptionally strong, one after another. If the other Generals were at the level of Rakshasa and Uta, or slightly weaker, they would still be formidable warriors of this era.

As they were thinking, they heard the Tianyuan City Lord say:

“However, our Tianyuan City does have several Peak Heaven-Earth Realm experts, as well as ten-thousand-meter-level powerhouses.”

(End of Chapter)