One thing had caught Xu Ran by surprise.
As the army of supernatural creatures from Beast Domain No. 8 clashed with No. 47 Beast Domain, the boarding shop's business had not suffered. Instead, it had flourished even more.
In this world, top-tier grooming was enough to keep a contract beast in peak condition at all times. When it actually faced battle, this could allow it to unleash twenty or thirty percent more strength.
Knowing full well that sharpening an axe did not delay the woodcutting, the beast tamers brought their contract beasts to the boarding shop for a thorough grooming before every deployment.
Even the wild supernatural creatures of the Demonwood Domain wanted grooming.
With relations between the wild supernatural creatures and humanity currently so harmonious, such requests could be accommodated.
As a result, with battles continuing to erupt, the happiness points and various resources Xu Ran collected through his branches had increased dramatically.
A month had passed since the Demonwood Half-Saint recovered some of its strength and secretly returned to the Demonwood Domain in a new form.
Over that month, the Beast Emperors in Beast Domain No. 8's army of supernatural creatures had not gone all out. They acted more like commanders behind the scenes, directing endless streams of supernatural creatures to assault every corner of No. 47 Beast Domain.
Humanity and the supernatural creatures originally belonging to No. 47 Beast Domain worked together to resist them, but the gap in their overall strength was difficult to bridge.
No. 47 Beast Domain suffered repeated defeats on the main battlefield. Cities fell one after another, and areas of supernatural terrain were cleared out and occupied by supernatural creatures from Beast Domain No. 8.
In a grueling war of this scale, the significance of individual strength was diluted to the extreme.