The morning light was faint, slowly tearing open the dim sky.
Orange light filtered through the treetops and spilled across the earth, while specks of dust drifted in the glow.
Mu Yuan stood beneath the shadows of a tree in the City Lord's Mansion's courtyard, gazing at the sky as his thoughts raced across the boundless land.
South of the territory, in a place too distant to estimate.
Buzz—
His avatar, Mu Yuan, Deathbone, Dola, and Xylia placed their hands on a section of enormous, deep crimson tree root. It took them a full six or seven minutes to purify that section of Filth Root.
"Notice: You obtained 'Purest Crystal' (Outstanding)." "Notice: You obtained 'Miracle Blueprint Beacon' (Rare)." "Notice:..."
"Just as expected of an old root. It even dropped Outstanding-grade materials."
This was merely an ordinary Filth Land, containing only a single section of Filth Root.
Yet purifying this Filth Root had taken nearly as long as purifying a Filth Nest. Its crimson color ran deep, and it had completely merged with the earth.
Of course, conquering this Filth Land was nowhere near as troublesome as conquering a Filth Nest. They had only encountered two unintelligent Rank Four bosses... that's all!
"Easy-peasy, roar!"
Sario had wanted to howl at the sky, but suddenly remembered that Boss had told him to keep quiet. He could only let out a symbolic low growl.
He flew through the area, where the Red Mist had yet to fully dissipate, patrolling in every direction and pouncing on monsters he happened to encounter, displaying an invincible bearing.
As long as he wasn't fighting the territory's generals in an internal ranking battle, he, Lord Sario, was invincible.
Xylia also relied on Hunter's Intuition to pull out and kill the stragglers Sario