Lu PingAn tossed the fragments into the Courtyard. This time, they still required several days to consume.
Judging by the time, they seemed even harder to digest than the first batch.
"...All right. Time to deal with the aftermath."
Lu PingAn sighed. What remained of the battlefield before him could hardly even be called ruins.
Just a few hours ago, there had still been a city here. Now, aside from scraps of forest, enormous craters, and twisted scrap metal, all that remained were Meat Chunks that were still collapsing.
In Lu PingAn's view, even rebuilding was unrealistic in the short term. The lingering power here was far too dangerous for ordinary people. Even the untriggered "traps" and "automatic offensive magic plants" Lu PingAn had left behind would become forbidden zones for them.
Yet even Lu PingAn himself would have difficulty cleaning everything up.
Not to mention those fragments of the Hungry Ghost Blood Pool, or those bizarre magic plants that had already fused with new powers. While most had been collected again, some had already burrowed underground.
"Notify the neighboring cities."
At this point, that was all Lu PingAn could do. Still, when he looked at the familiar friends around him, he smiled.
"At least we won. We survived."
Both fragment recovery battles had been won by the skin of their teeth.
More accurately, they had won through "experience" and "wisdom," snatching victory despite being utterly crushed in terms of raw strength by exploiting the enemy's "naivety and ignorance."
The fragments were clearly still evolving. If they had arrived any later, someone might still have been able to handle them, but it probably would not have been a "newcomer" like Lu PingAn.
"...Did any big shots fall?"
After returning to the city and speaking with the local Forest Goddess Church