Although the great battle was over, it left scars on this city!
In West City, the main battlefield, nearly half the buildings had collapsed. The appearance of the Holy City had also torn massive chasms into the city's ground, a shocking sight to behold.
Even the Myriad Beast Tower of the Starry Host could only protect; as for reversing ti for an entire major city, not even the White Fox could accomplish that!
At the very least, it would require a Ti-type True King or even a Deity to make it possible!
After all, creation is far more difficult than destruction!
Once the wounded confird that everything was over, the tightly clenched teeth they'd held during the battle relaxed, and they began to wail and shout:
"Hey, hey, hey! Eldest Sister, you attached the wrong arm! That one on the ground is mine! And you guys, stop stepping on it, or it'll be flattened and ruin my handso look!"
"Damn it, you're so noisy! You're shouting my soul back from the brink of death! I just noticed my intestines have slipped out, and they kinda look like pig intestines…"
"Don't say it, it's disgusting, blegh~"
"Your brains were almost bashed out, what the hell are you talking about!"
"…"
The battlefield was a cacophony, making the group of Healing-type Beast Tars both amused and filled with admiration.
Thanks to tily treatnt, along with the use of Transcendent Power and nurous precious items, all the wounded were saved.
But unfortunately, quite a few warriors had still fallen in battle, including "Lü Gaofeng,"
"Huang Zhaoqing," and many more who had been the first to step forward.
White cloths were draped over them as Alliance Soldiers placed them on stretchers.
After a priest from the Church of Serenity was invited, he would soothe their souls, remove the residual spirituality from their bodies, and they would be buried together in the Church Cetery!
This was both a prayer for them to be reborn as humans and a precaution to prevent their corpses from being targeted by so Evil God Cult.
After all, the corpse of a Transcendent was a type of material in itself and was prone to mutation.
The mont their bodies were lifted, the boisterous battlefield fell silent. Countless people silently paid their respects, seeing off this group of "Comrade-in-arms"!
Sikong watched this scene in silence, sighed, and murmured:
"They were just children…"
"At least we won, and The Tower has been repaired.
It's the best possible outco, isn't it?"
Zhang Li spoke, brushing the blood-clotted hair behind her ear, her expression solemn as she said:
"President, because the Large Power Supply Stations in West City were all destroyed, the other Beast Tars can't sustain the power supply for half the city. Too many of them could also cause voltage instability and damage the machinery.
We still have to rely on you!"
"Alright!" Sikong nodded, not feeling that guest-starring as a "generator" was anything to be ashad of.
The two continued to discuss the post-war restoration work.
Things like how to repair the streets, resettle the citizens, and apply to the Alliance Headquarters for allowances, rewards, and Gold dals for the wounded.
They also had to build a Hero's Monunt!
The procedure wasn't complicated; the key was implenting it properly.
As they were discussing, a Special Division mber suddenly ran over, interrupting them with an anxious look:
"Vice President, Commander Zhang, just now, dozens of citizens reported that their children have gone missing. Soone also witnessed several children with dazed expressions, ignoring calls and walking straight into a Shadow Zone before being dragged away.
According to the investigator's speculation, it was most likely the work of a special, stealthy demonic beast from the Shadow Ecology—the Shadow Hag Fiend."
The Shadow Hag Fiend clan resembled witches, their bodies covered in shadows.
They were born with powerful ntal power and possessed the racial skill 【Shadow-Gap Teleportation】, allowing them to transport objects through shadows.
They loved to manipulate distant shadows to bewitch Extraordinary Lifeform cubs or human children.
The cost was low, and the spirituality was ample. They would drag them into the shadows and then take them back to their lair to eat.
"What!?"
Both Sikong and Zhang Li's expressions changed. It wasn't because this creature was particularly strong; on the contrary, the Shadow Hag Fiend's true body was extrely weak, a weakling among its peers.
It was more adept at conspiracy and instigating conflicts to profit from them.
Otherwise, what powerful demonic beast would be fixated on eating cubs?
Wouldn't it be better to eat everything?
But the Shadow Hag Fiend was an Extraordinary Lifeform, after all.
To most human children, it was a terrifying monster.
If it acted while The High Tower was shattered and the crowd was in chaos, its chances of success were indeed high, since everyone was busy dealing with the Daughter of Eternal Darkness.
Several minutes had already passed. Even if the Shadow Hag Fiend was later annihilated by the repaired Myriad Beast Tower of the Starry Host, that was enough ti for it to devour all the children.
But…
What if they were alright?
'Skill—Life Magnetic Field Perception!'
Sikong acted decisively. His Spiritual Puzzle operated at full power.
Behind him, the massive Thunder-Devouring Worm Queen spread its insect wings, and the entire insect swarm began to move. Under everyone's watchful eyes, the 【Feast of Thunder-Devouring】 opened once more!
Only this ti, it wasn't using thunder for slaughter, but the power of the magnetic field!
Electricity and magnetism were inseparable!
Every living being possessed its own unique life magnetic field.
It might have been a bit troubleso before, but now with the crowd gathered, he only needed to find the ones who were alone.
The Feast of Thunder-Devouring unfolded, swiftly searching the entire city.
Soon, Sikong locked onto a location!
An abandoned factory!
However, when everyone arrived, they found the Shadow Hag Fiend had already been nailed to the wall by a ghostly blue tree rootlet, its old, twisted face frozen in terror.
As for the children, they were lying on the ground, still sound asleep.
After everyone took a count and found that no child was hard, they breathed a collective sigh of relief.
"Is this the rootlet of so Wood-type pet beast?"
A researcher was a little curious.
Just as he was about to take down the Shadow Hag Fiend's corpse, the ghostly blue rootlet suddenly burst into flas, scaring him into retreating.
Then he watched with wide eyes as it, along with the Shadow Hag Fiend's corpse, turned to nihility!
Sikong's gaze sharpened as he recognized the origin of this mysterious rootlet:
"Why does it look like… the power used by that mysterious soul demonic beast behind The Disciple!"
But why would The Disciple protect these children?
And at that ti, wasn't he fighting the Daughter of Eternal Darkness…
He had absolute confidence in facing The Great One's stratagem from beginning to end, and yet he still had the energy to spare for other matters!
What kind of arrogance was this?
Sikong's mind suddenly recalled a detail everyone had overlooked: the remnants of the Evil God Incarnation, which even the Dragon King's power couldn't annihilate, were casually erased by The Disciple…
This guy's true strength seed to have always been a mystery?
The children's parents arrived soon after, hugging their just-awakened children and thanking the Special Division mbers profusely.
So even knelt and kowtowed directly.
After a brief questioning, they found that the children had only seen a black shadow descend before they fell asleep.
This left the mbers of the Special Division a little disappointed, thinking it was just a passing mysterious Beast Tar.
So they told them to go ho and rest early!
However, they didn't notice that after the crowd dispersed, a twelve or thirteen-year-old girl, on her way ho, rubbed her sleepy eyes and said:
"Dad, Mama, I think I rember sothing.
That black shadow, although it was covered, looked a bit like the little hamster that ran away from our ho, all round and chubby. I think I heard it thank right before I fell asleep…"
Hearing this, the girl's parents couldn't help but chuckle, thinking their daughter was just frightened and hadn't recovered yet.
After all, according to the Special Division, that Shadow Hag Fiend was a powerful High-stage Commander demonic beast. Whoever could instant-kill it was definitely a Beast Tar at or above the Spirituality Transformation level.
And their family's old hamster wasn't even an Extraordinary Lifeform, just an ordinary creature bought from the Flower and Bird Market. Even if it had an awakening of spirituality and tamorphosed into a pet beast, it couldn't have beco so strong in just half a year!
After it ran away, it was either eaten or had starved to death.
Back then, the two of them had given their daughter a good scolding over this, telling her to respect every life.
The little girl was also very regretful.
After searching for a few days without finding it, she buried the things it had used in the garden behind their house, creating a "cenotaph."
Getting a new pet was thus put on hold!
'Looks like this incident really affected her.
She's still thinking about that hamster at a ti like this…'
The girl's father thought for a mont, then waved his hand grandly, saying he would buy her a hamster-shaped pet beast after a while.
If it was just Servant Rank, it wasn't that expensive!
"Thank you, Dad!"
The little girl was overjoyed to hear that, but after thinking for a mont, she still shook her head and refused:
"I should wait until I learn more Pet Beast Care Knowledge.
Otherwise, if I can't take good care of my new partner, Xiao Huang will be disappointed too!"
Xiao Huang was the na of that hamster!
Perhaps, this ti, it was its spirit in heaven that had protected her!
The people of the Great Abyss City Alliance began to repair the city. About half an hour later, reinforcents from the Alliance Headquarters arrived.
After Great Abyss City's signal was intercepted by the Daughter of Eternal Darkness, the Alliance Headquarters realized sothing was wrong and quickly dispatched several Luminous Moon Rank and a large number of Morning Star Rank Beast Tars as reinforcents.
On the way, after seeing the Dragon King Phantom that illuminated the borderlands, they spurred their horses on even faster, only to find they were still too late.
The battle was already over!
"What on earth happened?"
The person in charge, a Peak Luminous Moon powerhouse, was shocked after hearing the whole story!
The Faceless Brotherhood's conspiracy!
The Bone Angel's Transmigration! The appearance of the Hidden Bones Emperor's Holy City! The return of the Old Gods!
The City Defense Battle against the shadow-world lifeforms!
The Destroyer of the Borderlands from a thousand years ago—the Daughter of Eternal Darkness—descending once more!
The shattering of The High Tower, and…
The Disciple, who successfully slayed the deity's incarnation!
Just hearing the description sent shivers down the spines of the Beast Tars from the Alliance Headquarters.
Any one of these events was a super disaster, enough to destroy any city!
Yet, not only did Great Abyss City withstand it all, but they also eliminated the Evil God Incarnation, leaving only a single hand to flee pathetically.
They even made the Holy City buried underground return to the Netherworld, completely eliminating two huge hidden dangers.
And the key to all of this was inseparable from one person!
The Disciple!
A guy who, in his pursuit of pleasure, dared to even challenge a Deity.
His insanity was no less than that of the top-ranking God's Fingers of the Faceless Brotherhood!
Logically, this guy orchestrated this disaster and should have been placed on the Alliance's wanted list!
But he hadn't killed a single ordinary person. He had also stepped in to resolve all the disasters, nailing the Daughter of Eternal Darkness and casually saving a group of children!
Morally ambiguous, with no concept of morality, he did whatever he pleased.
Even the group of Beast Tars had complicated feelings about this guy, not knowing how to evaluate him!
Perhaps he could only be described as 【Chaotic Neutral】!
This leading Peak Luminous Moon Beast Tar couldn't help but exclaim:
"This guy… is truly arrogant!"
This arrogance wasn't referring to his personality!
It was The Disciple's perspective. It seed he had been looking down on all living beings from beginning to end, and everything he did was just to pass the ti!
"I can't see through this guy either."
Even Sikong shook his head.
Finally, after so discussion, the group quickly made a decision!
The Alliance Headquarters would dispatch civil engineering-type Beast Tars to help repair the city, while also increasing the wanted level for Fan Lü, the Eighth Finger, and the Ninth Finger.
As for The Disciple…
He would not be wanted for the ti being!
His danger level would be raised, and he would be ranked 100th on the Alliance's Blacklist!
………………………………………
At Lu Yu's ho.
"Slls so good!"
Little Mouse floated in the air, savoring the Shepherd's Purse and Pork Wontons that Little Spider had made.
A handful of dried shrimp, a pinch of seaweed, a little salt and light soy sauce, plus shredded egg crepe and blanched at. Each wonton was perfectly sized, with thin skin and a thick filling!
"Hoo, hoo!"
Little Mouse picked up a spoon, scooped one up, blew on it twice, then took a big bite.
Feeling the at juices and wonton skin explode on its taste buds, the rich, savory flavor rushed to its brain, and it couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile!
Sister Spider's cooking was too amazing.
A day of fatigue as a Working Mouse was completely dispelled by this late-night snack!
"Guji!"
As for Eggy, it looked at the full bowl of wontons, thought for a mont, then opened its giant mouth and swallowed it, bowl and all.
Having not tasted anything, it shifted its gaze to Little Mouse beside it, its clear yet foolish eyes sending a "please feed " request!
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"
Little Mouse refused decisively, hiding the wontons behind its back in a defensive posture. This made Eggy quite sad, and then…
It ran off to eat the potato chips!
"Stop right there, you scoundrel!"
Little Mouse was furious.
These were potato chips it had hoarded by exploiting its mouse clones. Every bag was a mouse blood bun!
It was about to stop it, but then it suddenly froze, sensing the dissipation of the Thousand-Faced Soul Tree's rootlets, and murmured:
"The rootlets have disappeared.
It seems they've been rescued!"
Little Mouse was still grateful to its forr owner. After all, she had given it a happy first half of its life.
Although she had abandoned it for sothing new in the end, if not for that, it wouldn't have t its cultivator!
In return, and also to bid farewell to the past, Little Mouse had split off a mouse clone to protect her, which unexpectedly ended up saving dozens of children.
From now on, they owed each other nothing!
It was only its cultivator's Little Mouse now!
Thinking of this, Little Mouse looked at Lu Yu's back, clenched its little paws, and swore a secret oath.
Everyone, we'll reach the Myriad Stars together!
No one can be left behind!
But… feelings were feelings, potato chips were not to be given away!
So it ran off to scuffle with Eggy, only to be sat on, forcing Little Mouse to watch it eat!
The room was instantly filled with "joyful" mouse squeaks!
"Weak and yet loves to play. If it keeps eating like this, won't the Little Mouse Bank go bankrupt early?" Lu Yu stroked his chin, unconcerned about this dangerous possibility.
After all, he wasn't the one who would be hung from a lamppost!
But he didn't watch the fun for long. Little Spider's delicate face tensed up as she placed a super-sized bowl of wontons in front of her Master and issued a protest:
"Ying! Ying!"
Don't do such dangerous things alone anymore!
At least take it with you!
"Alright!"
Lu Yu agreed without hesitation, then patted its head, making Little Spider's composure break in an instant.
A happy smile appeared as she nuzzled her little face against his palm, then brought out a plate of fried wontons.
It was a special dish just for Master!
After all, he had worked hard today!
As Lu Yu ate the delicious food, he began to organize the harvest from this trip.
First were the two balls of light gestated after the Myriad Desires Serpent Mother Tree was devoured by the Chaos Egg.
The radiance of the first ball of light dissipated, revealing an earthy yellow, one-piece priest robe of an ancient style.
A large mark of a half-sun entwined with thorns was printed on the clothes, as if it were a sun sinking below the horizon, emitting the radiance of dusk.
Surrounding it were nurous twisted figures—people, snakes, trees, and so on.
Countless lifeforms seed to be worshiping the setting sun, or perhaps they were mysterious characters, looking quite mystical.
Lu Yu touched it with his hand and found that the material of the robe was smoother than top-grade silk, emitting a faint dusk radiance.
The Eye of Truth opened, and the relevant information was quickly presented.
【Robe of Dusk: A product born from the Evil God Servitor "Myriad Desires Serpent Mother Tree" being devoured by the Chaos Egg.
It possesses powerful defensive capabilities. After putting it on, you can resist three ntal attacks of the Early Morning Star Rank each day.
It has a 30% resistance to Dusk and Shadow attribute attacks.
It has the solidified skill—"Hundred Touches of Dusk."
You can consu your own spiritual energy to condense a large number of Dusk tentacles to attack your opponent. However, each use will incur corresponding Dusk Contamination, transforming you towards a Dusk Lifeform.
The more tentacles you condense, the more severe the contamination, with a maximum of one hundred tentacles.
Wearing it during The Hour of Dusk will increase your spiritual energy and ntal power by 30% until the veil of night descends.
(Current amplification limit: Morning Star Rank)
The Robe of Dusk can be used to initiate a ritual to sacrifice to the Mother of Dusk. By offering sufficient sacrificial offerings or killing the servitor slave beasts of the Mother of Dusk's enemy deities, you can strengthen it.
】
"…"
Lu Yu fell silent after reading it. This function was indeed very strong, equivalent to having an extra piece of top-tier ntal defense equipnt.
After all, he could only rely on his rank as the Master of the Gate to be immune to high-dinsional contamination, but he couldn't defend against ntal attacks.
And in real combat, few would play by the rules; most were lacking in martial virtue and would go straight for the Beast Tar's life.
Now, with Etherealization for physical attacks and the Robe of Dusk for ntal aspects, his shortcomings were completely shored up. Most importantly, it could also be used to attack opponents.
As for the side effect, it was practically zero for him!
Additionally, during the specific ti of dusk, the Robe of Dusk could also strengthen his power!
Used properly, it could totally serve as a trump card to turn the tables!
The only drawback was that it could only be upgraded through sacrifice or by killing the servitors of the Mother of Dusk's enemies.
This was practically forcing him to beco the high priest of this Cult of Dusk, and beco the number one target of the Alliance's crackdown!
From this day on, Great Benefactor Lu and gambling and drugs had an irreconcilable hatred!
"But thinking about it from another angle, this resistance can be used to counter the Mother of Dusk's servitors. That's a huge gain too."
Lu Yu had always been an optimist, and then he looked at the second item.
Transford from the Myriad Desires Serpent Mother Tree, the Pasture's first…
livestock!
The pasture of The Herder Puzzle had been repaired the mont Lu Yu was revived. The fence burning with silver flas at the edges grew even more brilliant.
On the grassland, a little black lamb appeared. Its goat horns curled backward, and on its face were four eyes, very similar to the four single eyes of the Myriad Desires Serpent Mother Tree.
Its tail was a ferocious venomous snake, constantly letting out "Hiss, hiss" sounds.
Boom!
However, after just a few hisses, it was slapped into the ground by one of Sun Chaser's paws, which warned sternly:
"Woof!"
Eat more grass, talk less!
The four eyes of this little black lamb were filled with tyrannical emotions!
"Maa!"
Its front hooves bent, and the Power of Dusk gathered at its goat horns.
It was just about to charge when it was slapped away by Sun Chaser, rolling a few tis on the ground, completely stunned!
It got up again, and was slapped away again!
No matter how it resisted, in front of Sun Chaser, which had condensed the Pasture Mark, it had no power to resist at all and could only be passively beaten!
Finally, it was beaten until it had no temper left and could only resign itself to obediently eating grass. Then, after just a few chews, it was slapped again, and its head was driven into the dirt.
The little black lamb forcefully pulled its head out, its face covered with weeds, and looked up with a wronged expression.
Didn't it already eat the grass? Why was it still being hit?
"Woof! Woof! Woof! Woof!"
You're eating too slowly! If you don't grow up quickly, how can you provide profits for Master?
Thinking of this, Sun Chaser also felt a little regretful.
If there weren't so few livestock in the pasture, it could have set up a reward system to make them get into the rat race.
When there were enough of them, it could win over a group and let them manage themselves, thereby shifting the contradictions!
This way, the livestock output would definitely increase.
Master would surely be very happy then and would hold it and pet its fur!
Thinking of this, Sun Chaser was filled with motivation!
"As expected of my good dog!"
Lu Yu watched this scene and nodded with satisfaction.
Sun Chaser was indeed a qualified sheepdog.
It had inherited Lu Yu's excellent qualities from a young age, learning how to exploit… oh no, to incentivize the developntal potential of the pasture's lifeforms!
It was a blessing for the future lifeforms of the pasture!
And according to Sun Chaser's feedback, livestock transford from different Superior Beings, even of the sa attribute, would produce different secret treasures.
As for the specific effects, he would only know after the Little Black Lamb transford from the Myriad Desires Serpent Mother Tree had eaten enough soul grass and grown up before it could be harvested.
When it had been harvested enough tis, it could allow the pasture to evolve as well!
"What kind of treasures will be produced by a Superior Being as livestock, feasting on souls?" Lu Yu was very much looking forward to it.
It would be great if they were top-tier materials of the Dusk attribute.
They would be good for either personal use or for sale.
After looking at the harvest brought by the Myriad Desires Serpent Mother Tree, the second was naturally the boon from the Hidden Bones Emperor.
A pair of black boots with a bones insignia!
【Corpse-Eating Ghoul's Boots: A boon from the Netherworld Deity—the Hidden Bones Emperor. His blessing is attached to them.
After putting them on, they can change their appearance at will and have the properties of being self-cleaning and self-repairing.
If damaged, they can be repaired simply by standing in a cetery or an area with corpses.
You will automatically master the mythological language—the Corpse-Eating Ghoul Language, and all Bone-type lifeforms will have a natural affinity bonus towards you.】
【Evaluation: When you put on the boots and step into the Netherworld, you will find the way back to Night-Town!】
"Is Little Mo afraid I'll go to him for shoe repairs, so he directly added a self-repair feature!" Lu Yu snarked on the surface, but he was extrely satisfied in his heart.
It wasn't because he was happy about saving money on shoe repairs, but because this contained a promise from the Hidden Bones Emperor!
If Lu Yu couldn't make it in the outside world or was being hunted by a powerful enemy, he could choose to enter the Netherworld, find the path to Night-Town, and receive His protection.
Even though the Hidden Bones Emperor still needed ti to recover his strength and was even being targeted by the Mother of Dusk, he was, after all, a Deity, a great one who stood above all realms!
If Lu Yu didn't have the 【Key of Truth】, he could have beco an angel just with this, but he had a taboo rank and didn't want to be cooped up in so godforsaken place just yet.
"It's a decent escape route, I guess!"
Lu Yu was satisfied. He decisively put them on his feet, and with a thought, they quickly transford into the appearance of his combat boots.
He stomped his foot. Mm… they felt perfect!
As for the third harvest, it was the transformation into an Imagination Body.
Although it was ultimately interrupted by the trump card he had prepared, he still received a sliver of favor from the Mother River.
The most direct effect was that his Beast Taming Space had been expanded by double, and the spiritual energy he could accumulate had also doubled.
His endurance was greatly enhanced, increasing his own foundation and overall combat power!
"The Mother River is still the most generous!"
Lu Yu was thrilled. He was no longer the deficient skinny weakling from before who would get drained just by opening the Eye of Truth for a bit.
Now, he was Fat Tiger!
In addition, the Chaos Egg in the pasture had also absorbed a portion of the Mother River's boon at that ti. He didn't know what kind of help that would be for gestating the 【Law Seed】…
The fourth harvest, which could barely be considered one, was Little Mouse.
By holding a god hostage to command an angel, it had harvested an entire Soul-Snatching Demonic Cloud. Unfortunately, most of it was used up in the fight against the Daughter of Eternal Darkness.
Fortunately, it had boosted Little Mouse's combat power by a notch.
As for the fifth harvest…
"It's about ti to make Eggy's Evolution Secret Food!"
A big chapter of 6.
6k characters, asking for monthly tickets. After Eggy evolves, we're off to other domains.
You can guess which one will be the first stop.
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