Early the next morning, the sun's golden radiance spilled across the city walls, making the traces left by yesterday's fierce battle all the more glaring. Dark brown bloodstains had long seeped into the cracks between the stones, silently recounting the brutality of that battle beneath the morning light.
The corpses of the fallen human mercenaries had all been carried away and buried together in a newly opened small cemetery beside the Forest Path.
This was Chen Yu's most basic respect for warriors, as well as a necessary measure to prevent an outbreak of plague.
Because the territory had suffered considerable losses, repairs and the soothing of the people all needed handling. For the first time in a long while, he had stayed awake through the night, busily coordinating everything.
At this moment, he was quietly crouched atop the battlements, his gelatinous body bathing in the warm, vibrant morning sun.
The unbroken mental focus and circulation of Mana, coupled with the nourishment of dawn energy, suddenly brought him into an ineffable state.
The circulation of Spiritual Power within his body accelerated on its own, producing a wondrous resonance with this world's Mana.
Buzz...
A cool yet abundant sense of power instantly spread through his entire body, as though some invisible barrier had quietly shattered.
[Qi Cultivation Lv.6 → Lv.7] [Bronze Lv.6 → Silver Lv.7]
The instant his Demonic Beast level and cultivation realm broke through together, Chen Yu's vision blurred sharply, and he fell into a bizarre, dazzling illusion.
Countless psychedelic colors alternated wildly like a knocked-over paint palette, spinning and twisting into incomprehensible patterns, as though he had accidentally eaten some hallucinogenic mushroom.
This strange state lasted several seconds before the chaotic colors receded like the tide, gradually restoring the scene of the normal world.
Chen Yu felt