Night fell.
The main building was brightly lit.
Lin Yi closed his eyes, leaning back comfortably in his chair.
Ailina stood behind him, her slender, elegant fingers massaging his shoulders and neck, her expression solemn.
At the table, Xiang Yi and Lü Xiaoyou sat across from each other, glaring at each other in a silent contest.
"My Lord, the decomposition information statistics are complete. Please take a look."
Wang Fugui respectfully handed over the summary report, a hint of fatigue in his brow.
Those were tens of thousands of undead...
Even if half of them were dissolved by Holy Light, decomposing all of them was enough to wear him out.
It was a good thing his body was young again.
If it had been before, his old bones would probably be lying in a pile of white bones, with the whole village feasting.
"You worked hard!" Lin Yi opened his eyes, chuckled, picked up the report, and quickly scanned it.
Undead bone fragments x340,000, undead spirits Tier 2 x981, Tier 3 x24, Skeleton Servant summoning scrolls x700, Undead Knight spines x20, Tier 2 equipment x900, 50,000 catties of scrap metal (dismantled from equipment).
Although the Undead Race was stingy, the harvest from large-scale decomposition was quite good.
Besides being used to build traps, bone fragments and undead spirits were also casting materials for Klara to summon undead. Giving them to her would yield a large amount of experience points.
It was truly a cycle of endless generations!
Lin Yi wasn't too concerned about the other items.
"Oh, and one more thing, My Lord," Wang Fugui reported seriously, "Xia Jie, who died, has revived for some unknown reason."
"Oh?"
Lin Yi raised an eyebrow, suddenly enlightened.
It seemed the newly added fated enemy was this Seventh Prince!
"Understood. Keep an eye on him and categorize him on the same level as Long Tao and Klara," Lin Yi nodded.
"Mmm..." Wang Fugui pondered for a moment, then continued, "The newly recruited villagers have been properly settled! The young men in the legion have also started to digest their experience points. After an afternoon of training, many have broken through to Tier 3, and the highest level reached is 23."
"Compressed military rations have been put into production, with a daily output of about 200,000 catties. If the army carries them, marching speed can increase by 30%."
"The Mythical Blacksmith Shop is also up and running. Li Dachui has mastered equipment blueprints below Tier 5... And three villagers have comprehended the Dawn Blacksmith inheritance in the Inheritance Sanctuary, but due to a lack of high-tier materials, mass production is not yet possible."
Lin Yi had already fully experienced the power of the Saint-level Armored Knight armor.
The power increase from high-tier equipment was not insignificant.
The ores needed for Legendary equipment were relatively easy to acquire; the exchange had some for sale. However, Tier 5 monster materials were difficult to find in the Trial Land, where strength was suppressed.
Lin Yi mused, "Later, I'll ask Freke about the route to the Monster Mountain Range. Crafting a batch of Epic or even Transcendent-level equipment is also acceptable."
"Mmm, I'll arrange it immediately," Wang Fugui responded.
Then.
Both of them stopped discussing almost simultaneously, turning their gaze to the star-filled night sky outside the window.
"It's coming," Lin Yi murmured softly.
As his words fell!
Buzz—
A faint blue light curtain flashed across the sky in an instant!
Buzz—
As the buzzing intensified and the frequency quickened, everyone finally saw it—it was a crystal clear shield, like an inverted glass bowl. Dense runes flowed across it like swimming snakes, flickering bright and dim like breathing.
Until a notification echoed in the minds of all Lords of the Myriad Races, the faint blue shield seemed to be forcibly lifted, retreating into the starry sky at an extremely fast speed, finally disappearing.
【Myriad Race Barrier lifted!】
【The trial enters a new chapter!】
【Kill, flee, and use blood and fire to determine the true victor!】
Almost simultaneously!
In the distant starry sky, countless kilometers away.
Beams of white light, particularly conspicuous in the night, shot up into the sky, transforming into shooting stars in the deep sky, flying towards various corners of the Trial Land at an extremely fast speed!
Among them....
Many light points attacked the Blue Star region, falling into various corners, turning into white light again, and then disappearing.
【Notification: Barrier lifted. Blue Star chat channel has been replaced with the Myriad Race channel.】
【Notification: Blue Star Region Trial Points Ranking will be locked in 12 hours!】
Notifications from the Lord's Will echoed continuously.
The deep starry sky returned to tranquility!
The wilderness was also silent. Apart from the chat channel having many foreign characters that Lin Yi couldn't understand, it was as if the previous anomaly hadn't happened.
"The Rift Illusion will be open all day," Lin Yi instructed in a deep voice, "Ensure all warriors' training progress, and make sure to fully digest all experience points gained from the Undead War in the coming days!"
After giving his instructions.
As a message popped up, he suddenly stood up, his eyes gleaming, "Sister Yi, Xiaoyou, let's go... Come with me to the tavern."
【Government Message Update—Your Universal-grade Hero Tavern has finished upgrading!】
The Hero Recommendation Token rewarded earlier...
Could finally be put to use!
【Universal-grade Hero Tavern】
Effect: Attract wild heroes from the Spirit Hero Domain to stay.
Probability: Saint Hero (Guaranteed), Immortal Hero (High Probability), Universal Hero (Normal Probability), Exquisite Hero (Low Probability), ??? (Slight Probability)
........
In the Spirit Hero Domain, the brilliant starry sky hung like a waterfall of the Milky Way, enveloped by a spiderweb-like network of silver threads, with countless stars tightly connected by these "spider threads."
At this moment, in a corner of a star that was entirely crimson and glowed with a fiery red light, a woman in white knelt on one knee, supporting her tottering body with a long sword, a trace of blood overflowing from the corner of her mouth.
Her clear, beautiful eyes gazed at the towering withered tree not far away, her gaze filled with determination.
"Junior, why bother...."
Above the withered tree.
A firebird, a hundred meters long, covered in crimson-gold feathers, and extraordinarily magnificent, let out an ethereal female voice like the ringing of a bell.
Looking closely.
The firebird had a vermilion feathered crest on its head, a beak like a crescent golden hook, and its eyes burned with amber starlight, as if it could pierce through everything in the world.
Its wide and powerful wings were slightly spread, and as it moved, sparks seemed to swirl around it, incredibly dazzling.
"Senior Saint Beast...."
The woman wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth, looked at the firebird, and said with a serious expression, "My father's last wish, Meng Xi dares not disobey! Please let me leave, Senior...."
The firebird heard her words, and its fiery eyes looked towards the far reaches of the starry sky, sighing deeply, "In this foreign land, old acquaintances from our homeland have fallen one after another, and you suffer from the 'Heaven's Envy Curse,' which is of the same origin as your father's. If you leave my domain, you won't live for more than two years."
"Meng Xi's decision to leave is firm!" The woman proudly stood up, sheathed her sword, and cupped her hands, "I hope Senior understands!"
The firebird gazed at her silently, a flicker of hesitation in its eyes. After a long while, it sighed again, "Have you thought it through? Entering that tavern, all your abilities will be corrected by Dao power. In future solo battles, you will definitely not be a match for other enemies of the same tier."
"This is exactly what Meng Xi desires," the woman said, her face lighting up with joy when she saw the other party relent.
"So be it...."
The firebird's fiery tail, like a peacock's fanned feathers, gently swept, removing the barrier, and instructed, "Reality is different from this place. No one will protect you all. After you go, remember not to release your spirit power casually! Conceal your Primordial Holy Body!"
"Go, I won't keep you."
As the words fell, the firebird slowly closed its eyes to rest.
"Uh..."
Just as the woman was about to turn, she seemed to remember something, and a blush spread across her beautiful face as she bowed again, "Senior... This journey is very far, and this junior is short on funds, not enough for the transmission fee."
The firebird opened its eyes and said casually, "However much you need, I will give it to you."
"Six..." The woman dared not look up, and continued timidly, "Hundred million... purple crystal coins."
Firebird: ......
It was as if the air suddenly became still.
It was unknown how long passed.
Only then did the firebird manage to squeeze out, "Can I take back what I just said?"