Seven days later.
In a deep mountain near the East Sea, five thousand melee elites of the Iron Blood Brotherhood had gathered. Their strength varied greatly; some had already advanced to Lord Tier, while others were still at Spirit Tier.
They had been assembled because they were the first batch of warriors who, after using Dragonkin Red Flame Crystals, could temporarily transform into Dragonkin.
The reason many Lord Tier warriors had not transformed into Dragonkin involved bloodline compatibility. Some were naturally resistant to the Dragonkin bloodline and could only absorb the source power within the Red Flame Crystals.
"Boss, everyone has assembled," Liu Ruohuai reported solemnly as he walked up to Lu Yang. He had previously possessed the Godblood Orc bloodline, but after changing bloodlines, his strength had leaped from King Tier to Lord Tier.
Lu Yang looked at Tylenda, who was kneeling beside Lan Yu and attending to her, and said, "My brothers will be in your care from now on."
Tylenda remained kneeling silently before Lan Yu, making her roll her eyes. Ever since Lu Yang had brought Tylenda before her seven days ago, he had remained on his knees.
At first, Lan Yu had thought Tylenda was kneeling before the Moon Goddess. But later, she discovered that he treated her with extreme respect as well, because he believed the Moon Goddess had attached herself to Lan Yu. In other words, Lan Yu was the Moon Goddess—or rather, Tylenda believed the Moon Goddess had already gotten rid of Lan Yu, so Lan Yu was the Moon Goddess, and the Moon Goddess was Lan Yu.
Both Lan Yu and the Moon Goddess had explained the situation to him, but Tylenda's once-clever mind still could not straighten itself out. In the end, Lan Yu stopped explaining, and the Moon Goddess