The War Ends, Reward: Fallen Heart Flame

The demonic beasts that had been fighting him with bloodshot eyes just a second ago were now trembling all over, prostrated on the ground.

Even the battle-hardened Military Mages had never seen such a scene before, and they all froze for a moment.

"What's going on with these demonic beasts?"

"No idea. They suddenly became like this..."

"Could it have something to do with the Sky Flame Totem?"

Fortunately, many quickly came to their senses. This was a battlefield, and their foremost objective was to kill demonic beasts.

With these demonic beasts trembling in place, wouldn't that greatly reduce the difficulty of killing them?

Zhan Kong, the Chief Instructor, was also stunned for quite some time. He glanced at Butler Sai and Leng Qing.

Both shook their heads, indicating that they had no idea what was happening either.

Zhan Kong could hardly be blamed for being so cautious. The Black Church had caused so much trouble that he had become wary of them.

He feared that the Flame Totem might be some scheme of the Black Church.

After waiting for quite a while without any other abnormalities occurring, Zhan Kong quickly realized that this was a perfect opportunity to counterattack.

Even if he could not tell whether the person who had summoned that Flame Totem into the sky was friend or foe, he had to seize this one chance.

"All troops, hear my command! Counterattack the demonic beasts!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

As the Demonic Beast Tide temporarily lost its ability to resist, the Military Mages' retaliation swiftly arrived.

The Mages exhausted every last shred of magic energy, unleashing their spells upon the Demonic Beast Tide.

A massive amount of magic rained down from the sky.

The situation, which had already been on the verge of collapse, was reversed in an instant.

"Holy shit, holy shit!"

Mofan was so shocked that he could not think of any other words, and could only use "holy shit" twice in a row to express his disbelief.

They were still some distance from the Defense Line, but they could already clearly see the situation at the front.

When Mofan saw the tide-like swarm of demonic beasts, he had been wondering how Bocheng could possibly hold them back. Yet in the next moment, Dongfang Chen had produced a bright crimson flame.

After the flame formed the Myriad Beast Totem, it actually controlled every single demonic beast, instantly turning Bocheng's crisis around.

"Quit talking nonsense and get up there to kill a few more demonic beasts!"

Dongfang Chen's face was somewhat pale. He took out a handful of pills that replenished Dou Qi from his pocket and stuffed them straight into his mouth.

His amount of Dou Qi was still insufficient to support using the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire to control so many demonic beasts into retreating.

Thus, Dongfang Chen could currently only render the demonic beasts incapable of resisting and keep them where they were.

Once his Dou Qi was completely depleted, if the demonic beasts had not yet been slaughtered clean, Bocheng's crisis would still remain.

"I understand. Take care of yourself."

Mofan knew this was not the time for jokes either. His expression turned serious, and he quickly ran toward a watchtower ahead.

"Chen, I'll go too. Let Xin Xia stay by your side," Mu Ningxue said.

She, too, had been born and raised in Bocheng. Toward the demonic beasts that had invaded her home, she likewise wished she could kill them with her own hands.

"Go. Be careful, and don't push yourself."

Mu Ningxue nodded.

"You gave us plenty of life-saving magic equipment. There won't be any danger."

The war finally came to an end.

At the very moment Bocheng's defenses were on the verge of breaking, the rising Flame Totem finally resolved the crisis threatening all of Bocheng.

Zhan Kong stood atop the watchtower, welcoming the dawn of morning.

For Bocheng, this disaster had been a blessing amid misfortune.

The misfortune was that Bocheng had fallen victim to the Black Church's scheme, resulting in a demonic beast assault on the city.

The blessing was that Bocheng's defenders had held back this wave of attacks. Other than the soldiers who had fought during the siege, most of the city's residents were unharmed.

Even the city itself had not suffered much damage. At most, some street buildings near the Outer City had been damaged.

Ever since the war ended, the Military Department and the Judgment Department had been searching for the mysterious person who had released the Flame Totem that day.

But they were destined to return disappointed.

Because Dongfang Chen had no intention of revealing himself.

If others found out that he possessed flames capable of controlling demons, not only would the Black Church refuse to let him off, even the Apostasy Institute and the Holy Court would probably step in personally.

Before his strength reached his expectations, Dongfang Chen had no intention of dealing with those people from the Apostasy Institute and the Holy Court.

For the first few days, Mofan still looked rather depressed. After all, demons had attacked his hometown.

But within a few days, his face was full of smiles.

Because he discovered that the place was littered with demon Remnant Souls and Essence Souls.

Those were all purification materials for Little Mudfish—and money.

Dongfang Chen also gathered quite a few Remnant Souls and Essence Souls.

Although he did not have a Soul Vessel like Little Mudfish, he had Undead Magic.

Aside from summoning undead, the greatest use of Undead Magic was collecting Essence Souls and crafting Soul Vessels.

Thus, like Mofan, Dongfang Chen entered battlefield-looting mode.

Normally, after a war was won, spoils such as demon corpses, Remnant Souls, and Essence Souls would all be collected by the Military Department.

But knowing that Dongfang Chen and Mofan had contributed greatly in this war, and that what they collected was only a drop in the bucket, Zhan Kong simply turned a blind eye.

Dongfang Chen could directly extract the collected Essence Souls and sell them for money, but he was not short on cash.

So he simply used them to strengthen his Star Seeds.

He even spent a large sum to buy quite a few intact Essence Souls collected from the battlefield by the Military Department.

This extravagant behavior made Mofan clutch his chest, wanting to cry but without tears.

Although his Little Mudfish could collect Essence Souls and even fuse Remnant Souls into Essence Souls, it could not extract them.

After seeing Dongfang Chen lavishly spending money to purchase Essence Souls, Mofan felt like he had lost several hundred million...

Once the battlefield had been cleaned up and the few demons that had slipped into the city had been exterminated, Dongfang Chen's System Mission was finally settled.

[Mission Protect Wutan City has ended. Settlement in progress...]

[Comprehensive calculation complete. Mission completion: 85%. Mission rating: Excellent. Rewards have now been issued.]

[Reward: Heavenly Flames, ranked fourteenth: Fallen Heart Flame]

The instant he saw the reward, Dongfang Chen smiled.

This reward made all his efforts to strengthen Bocheng's defenses worthwhile.

Although Fallen Heart Flame was only ranked fourteenth among the Heavenly Flames, it was absolutely the most suitable Heavenly Flame for him at present.

Because once he refined Fallen Heart Flame, it would produce a kind of Heart Fire within his body. This Heart Fire could temper his Qi and refine his bones day and night, at every moment, burning and refining his Dou Qi, keeping his body in a constant state of cultivation.

The world of Full-Time Magician was fundamentally unsuitable for cultivating Dou Qi, so without the aid of pills, Dongfang Chen's progress in Dou Qi cultivation would be quite slow.

But with Fallen Heart Flame, things would be different.

Even without taking pills, Dongfang Chen's cultivation speed could be Several Times faster than usual!

"Hehehe, Fallen Heart Flame came at exactly the right time!"

Dongfang Chen let out a laugh comparable to that of the Great Elder of the Soul Hall.