Chapter 258: Chapter 229: The Battle for the Scroll in the Chaos Forest (3K)_1
The Land of the Dragon Court, enclosed by the Seven Great Nations, now exists in the form of a large Secret Realm.
It lies between the real world and intersecting space, thus, the Lord can reach here directly through a small Key to the Secret Region.
This takes advantage of the power of the rules of the Eternal World itself.
This also means that the Land of the Dragon Court is always under the surveillance of various nations to prevent any one side from quietly recruiting.
‘Key to the Secret Region-Land of the Dragon Court1
‘Explanation: A special type of Key to the Secret Region; using this key can open the portal to the ‘Land of the Dragon Court’.’
‘Note: This key can only be used once and furthermore, the Secret Region portal can only be maintained for one week.’
Mu Yuan began using the Key to the Secret Region.
The crescent-shaped key immediately turned into light, weaving a pale golden gate in the air above the Lord’s Altar.
Mu Yuan turned around, looking at the 15 epic generals before him.
Only ten people were chosen to join the fight.
Everyone was rubbing their hands in anticipation.
“The summit of the Dragon Court is proud of the world, only with me, the Ice Dragon, will there be a heaven!”
The Frost Giant Dragon held its head high, nominating itself.
Duo Lai took a glance and crossed his arms, looking very much like a superstrong old predecessor.
After all, it wasn’t worried in the slightest.
With its position as the second in Tianyuan under General Duo Lai, no matter how the Lord chose, he would bring it along.
This was the confidence of the old predecessor, coo-!
Mu Yuan first excluded Three-skeletal.
The Epic Skill ‘Land of the Dead’ of Three-skeletal needs to be managed, and before it can expand its territory, they were undoubtedly the lowest-ranked among the epic generals, even worse than Jun.
In this way, two more generals need to be excluded.
Mu Yuan looked at them one by one.
His gaze fell on Seventeen.
She wore a single ponytail, dressed in form-fitting light armor, and was armed with the Excellent Treasure Bow, ‘Bow of Whisper’. Her combat power was average among the epic generals, but when it comes to general warfare or special operations, Seventeen might be able to play a significant role.
She deserved to be brought along.
Mu Yuan also planned to bring Sophia.
Sophia’s Tianyuan ranking was not high, but she had a strong ability to scout, so Mu Yuan purposely let her return to the territory once. At Lanxing’s place, he temporarily let Daisy replace her, and let Lian Yue act as Daisy’s bodyguard.
For the rest…
Mu Yuan’s eyes kept wandering between Tree Demon Granny and Jun.
“Considering the environmental factors …”
“Jun, you stay and watch the house.”
Jun: “!!!!”
Has I lost my chance to soar in the sky and show my heroic posture in Jun’s life?
There is no drive in Jun’s life _(:s J z)_
“Watching the house is also a very important task. This time, most of the territory’s strong men have left. You must be careful not to let spies from the enemy nations take advantage of the situation.”
Mu Yuan looked at Isloa.
Isloa was also one of the five generals who stayed behind.
It was a bit of a waste to let her stay behind. If itweren’t for the multitude of strong men in the Tianyuan Territory, Mu Yuan would not bear to do so.
But having a reliable general in charge, they won’t end up in chaos in case of any accident, and those on the front line can fight with peace of mind.
Bone Two, Bone Three? Jun?
Mu Yuan only held the most basic expectations for them.
Isloa was a bit disappointed that she couldn’t be on the scene. But on second thought, wouldn’t this mean that she was very reliable?
The Lord can’t do without her!
“My Lord, you go in peace. I will keep the territory in good order, ensuring that not even a fly can get in.”
Mu Yuan collected Dead Bone and other generals into the Lord’s Seal, then summoned a mirror of water to pinch his face and adjust his dress, and then he stepped into the pale golden archway.
He arrived!
As soon as he passed through the archway, the world changed.
The rolling mountains spread out in his view. Mists swirled between the mountains, and you could vaguely see huge shadows with spread wings soaring, they would roar every now and then.
“Oh ho !”
Roars echoed through the sky and earth, although tens of kilometers away, you can still hear it clearly.
“Dragon! It’s a dragon! What a magnificent dragon posture!”
“Ahhhhh to see so many giant dragons, I’m absolutely burning up!”
Without turning his head, Mu Yuan knew who was going crazy.
It was the Lord of Ba Long.
However, to be fair, such a scene with so many dragons appearing at the same time, he also found it shocking.
These were all Epic Lives!
Inside the Seal Space, Duo Lai and Xi Liu, who were also gazing at the outside world, licked their lips together.
They were drooling.
But they couldn’t eat, it made them so mad!
Mu Yuan looked around, he was standing on a relatively high platform. The platform was paved with neatly arranged marble blocks, and many buildings were standing around. There were defense towers that seemed to be of a very high level, blinking with cautionary light.
On them, the flags representing Tai Xuan were fluttering in the wind.
This was the base of Tai Xuan.
In the distance, there were several other eye-catching bases belonging to the major nations.
Shen Yao, Yongxing, Shen Mu, Qi Cheng, Wan Shang, Xi Mo.
“The representative from Shen Yao Empire is known as the Six Great Hero Kings. They are quite similar to Tai Xuan, commanding all kinds of troops. However…”
Mu Yuan turned his gaze to one of them.
He was tall and skinny, with sparse hair and sunken eyes, looking nothing like a top-class powerhouse. Yet, his appearance was transforming toward that of the undead due to the intense undead energy within him.
According to the intelligence provided by the Astronomical Society, this man was the one to pay the most attention to among all the representatives of the Shen Yao Empire.
King of the Undead!
His self-proclaimed title.
Under his command were high-ranking undead forces like death knights, vampires, liches, etc. Reliable information even indicated that he also possessed a Bone Dragon.
Compared to the Shen Yao Empire, the intel on representatives from other nations was much less.
The royal families of Yongxing and other nations rarely ever acted in person. Even with the abilities of the Astronomical Society, it was next to impossible to obtain information about these princes and princesses out of nowhere.
However,
Mu Yuan squinted his eyes.
The Prince of Shen Mu was sitting on a green dragon, overlooking his surroundings with nothing to hide.
The representative of Xi Mo Empire had a cyclops standing behind him. This was also an Epic Life – the Cyclops!
Behind the princes and princesses of Yongxing’s Empire, there were also a series of powerful creatures.
Among them, there was a gigantic snake that was over tens of meters long, wrapped up in starlight. This was the Epic Life ‘Stellar Serpent.’
“There are so many Epic Lives!”
Lord Shen Mao felt immense pressure.
“Indeed,” Lord Kong Ming picked up the conversation, “They are showcasing so many, who knows how many they are hiding. Moreover, among the ones displayed, we can only recognize the more noticeable Epic Lives. We might even have the likes of Arrow of Polar Star and Group Star Sage that we wouldn’t be able to recognize from their appearances.”
Mu Yuan nodded.
If his judgement was correct, the archer standing behind one of the Yongxing princesses was the Arrow of Polar Star.
He had used the Seventeen template and clearly understood the subtle features of the Arrow of Polar Star.
The Dragon Courtyard competition hadn’t started yet, and Mu Yuan was waiting inside Tai Xuan’s base. The Luo Fu Mountain Lord, Twilight Elephant City Lord, Lord of Han Yue City, and others were representing Tai Xuan and negotiating with the leaders of the other nations.
Over an hour later,
Buzz
In the center of the Dragon Courtyard, sacred lights fell from the sky and heavenly voices echoed.
The angels, bathing in holy lights, lined up in formation.
“It’s the angels!”
They were dressed in magnificent armor, their pure white wings spread out.
The male angels were handsome, the female angels were incredibly beautiful and they seemed to be the most perfect creatures in the world.
And indeed, the angels have always been acclaimed as the most perfect Epic Troops.
They were good at both offense and defense, could fly, could assist, there was virtually nothing the angels couldn’t do.
“The big shots from the Holy Griffon Empire have arrived.”
“Only the Holy Griffon Empire could use angels to make such an impression.”
The Seven Nations are the seven strongest factions and powers among those who have descended.
The Holy Griffin Empire, on the other hand, was a local power.
They occupied the most fertile land, the most troops and construction buildings and also had the strongest military power.
The Dragon Courtyard competition was judged by the distinguished guests from the Holy Griffon Empire.
“It’s said that every Dragon Courtyard recruitment quota has to give a good portion to the Holy Griffon Empire. However, the empire’s strength surpasses that of the Seven Great Nations.”
“Their history is very long, they are the successors of the magnificent ancient human empire, the Bright Empire.”
Lord of Kong Ming City said.
He had studied history and knew much about the relations between nations and the secrets of the world.
After the big shots of the Holy Griffon Empire took their seats, a giant creature, resembling a king of dragons, flew up into the center of the Dragon Courtyard. He swept his eyes over the surroundings.
“This Dragon Courtyard competition will take place in the Chaos Forest. I don’t want to elaborate on what’s special about the Chaos Forest…”
Mu Yuan looked towards the inner circle of the Dragon Courtyard.
There, a large forest was enveloped in a thick, white mist.
At first glance, the forest didn’t seem large, spanning only more than ten miles, and yet it contained space rules within it, making its actual area much larger than what was visible to the naked eye.
Inside it, towering ancient trees stood, shrouded in white mist.
Besides that, the Chaos Forest held the ‘Spatial Disorientation’ rule, causing the inner spatial structure to shift like a Rubik’s Cube; who knew where one might end up in the next moment, and whether they would be separated from their teammates.
Also, the Chaos Forest differed from the Land of Challenge. It was a space straddling the line between reality and illusion.
Powerful creatures that suffered lethal injuries would be kicked out, but the injuries would remain.
Therefore, Twilight Elephant City Lord had warned them two days ago to watch out for certain tricky abilities – a few epic abilities could bypass the rules and leave wounds that couldn’t be healed and may even truly be fatal.
If such a situation were to arise, they would simply… have to protect themselves.
Mu Yuan naturally kept this information in mind.
The giant dragon hovering high in the sky continued to speak:
“In this Dragon Courtyard competition, the lord’s teams will each hold a scroll for entry, with ‘Heaven’ and ‘Earth’ attributes. When both Heaven and Earth scrolls are collected, a token can be formed. However, when the token is formed, it will emit obvious light patterns, lasting for a certain duration.”
“The Dragon Courtyard competition will last for three days and three nights.”
“After that, the nations will divide the quotas based on the proportion of tokens they possess.”
But if one was eliminated halfway through, naturally, the scroll or token on them would fall.
This is a hunting expedition!
Under the guidance of the Lord of Luo Fu Mountain, Mu Yuan, Lord of Ba Long, and others went to the starting place on the outskirts of the Chaos Forest.
Meanwhile, the representative teams from all the major nations and other countries were also rubbing their fists and wiping their palms, eager to compete.