Chapter 616: Chapter 372: Miracle Campaign, Hall of Martial Souls (6K)_2
"What's the damage to the various corps and buildings?"
Isloa summarized the situation and added, "By tonight, the order of our Tianyuan City should be fully restored, and the night shift can proceed as usual. However, the damaged outer walls of the city and Miracle Building are estimated to require two days for repair or reconstruction."
"There are also a few buildings in the city that were hit by falling large monsters; these buildings need to be repaired as well. Overall, our city's morale index has not only not fallen but has actually risen compared to before the war began, which is very good news. Lord, your contributions are immense."
"Additionally, the monster tide has not completely subsided. Many of the monster tides that had already advanced within a range of three hundred kilometers will still continue heading towards our Tianyuan City. However, without the control of the Legendary Realm, and no longer during the Red Fog Disaster Moon, these tides keep splitting while advancing.
By the time they reach our territory, they will have diminished to small groups."
"Our people did not wait to encounter the tides on the city defenses but took the initiative to go out and exterminate the monster tide."
After all, Tianyuan City's defenses were as good as nonexistent at that time.
Isloa also arranged for the Staff of Divine Right to begin creating a new Large-scale Magic. She had already produced a 'Thousand Prism Large Reflection' and was in the process of making a 'Nine-headed Roaring Thunder Flame Dragon'."
Mu Yuan found that what he had considered, Isloa had already thought of and arranged; this reassured him.
Now, he really could just make an appearance and rest after.
Simple.
Easy.
Perfect.
Wait, it seems like I've forgotten something, something rather important.
Where's General Duo Lai?
...
Duo Lai was still fighting.
It had been battling the Blood Tree King for hours, shattering the heavens and erasing the great paths without deciding a victor.
The Blood Tree King's roots spread deeply into the earth, extending a blood-red forest over a hundred miles, with a never-ending supply of nourishment from the surrounding Power of Heaven and Earth, the earth itself, and the monsters—all serving as its sustenance.
Its energy was infinite.
Its life was undying.
It was certain, no person, no Legendary being, could outlast it in a war of attrition.
But...
Round after round of the Blazing Sun erupted over the blood-red forest, with destructive storms felling and tearing apart swathes of Blood Trees.
The next moment, the Blood Trees regrew and rapidly recovered.
And in the sky above, Duo Lai once again held up the Blazing Sun and smashed it down with all its might.
The Blood Tree King's mission was to assassinate this human Legend, and if it couldn't succeed, to retreat a hundred thousand steps, it intended to trap the Legend.
It did indeed succeed in this.
However, hours had passed, with one of the two Legends from Dragon Sleep Valley dead and the other fled. What reason did it, the Blood Tree King, have to fight to the death?
It thought about a strategic retreat, it had wanted to retreat long ago, but...
The Blood Tree King glared at Duo Lai in the sky, its blood tendrils hundreds, thousands of kilometers long danced.
But they could not touch.
Sometimes catching a loophole, those blood tendrils would shatter as if striking a spatial rift.
Fighting, there was no foreseeable result.
Flee? But it was just a tree.
Could it, a mere tree, outrun a human with wings attached?
"Human, cease your attacks! This fight will lead to no one's death," the tree said.
Duo Lai remained silent, continuing its relentless bombardment.
"Human, this king is enraged."
Duo Lai kept bombarding.
"Human, you are forcing my hand."
The Blood Tree King opted for self-preservation by severing a limb.
As the Blazing Sun reduced the blood-red forest to ashes, the Blood Tree King had vanished without a trace.
Duo Lai stood in the sky, gazing upon the land.
Initially, it had actually been at a disadvantage.
It was only by leveraging the power of its Body Furnace, ceaselessly devouring the Power of Heaven and Earth, that it managed to overwhelm the Blood Tree King, leaving no room for it to exert its strength.
Even so, even at the end, Duo Lai couldn't claim the upper hand.
"It doesn't matter. I remember this grudge," it said.
Its mouth wide open, it swallowed a vast amount of the Power of Heaven and Earth like a black hole, roaring and refining it within its belly, only then turning to fly toward its domain.
"I hope to pick up a few little Legends on the way, or else, this general's record would be too disappointing."
...
Mu Yuan crossed off his contact with Duo Lai and, by using the psychic seed on Duo Lai, vaguely determined the slime's approximate location.
Quite far away from the domain.
How did it end up that far?
Duo Lai had been complaining that the Blood Tree King had no sense of honor; no matter how it fought, it couldn't be killed... Wait, does that count as having no sense of honor? It seems more like it's Duo Lai that has no sense of honor, right?
According to Duo Lai, the Blood Tree King was a powerhouse at the Peak of Heaven and Earth Realm in the Legendary Realm.
Perhaps slightly weaker than the Giant Dragon, but still among the top ranks of the Heaven and Earth Realm.
If Duo Lai hadn't been dishonorable, it wouldn't have been so easy to deal with such a powerful being. After all, Duo Lai was still a Greenhand in its Legend, and its 'Body Furnace' and 'Whale Swallow' abilities were only just developing. Its use of the Legendary Domain was rather average.
Its three Epic abilities still had a lot of room for improvement.
In fact, Duo Lai was aware that the crisis in the domain had been averted, which is why it thought of biting the Blood Tree King to death. It even considered calling for Mr. Dead Bone for a righteous ambush.
Unfortunately, Dead Bone was busy reviving its own Undead.
The importance of reviving the Undead naturally far outweighed that of slaying a grand Legend.
Mu Yuan left the Mage Tower and, after meeting Shen Linglong, the Elf, and the Giant Legend, took a brief walk around the city.
The remains of the monsters in the city had been taken away, and most of the flesh and debris had been cleaned up, leaving only some bloodstains and shattered floors, cracked building walls, a testament to the recent fierce battle.