Arc 18The Fall of Sista

Xiluo helped the Rose Clan, secured a World Tree supply agreement with the Nature Elves, and began turning local heroes into profitable cards. When an undead army destroyed Sista, he fought to save Gerlo’s subjects but returned to Niro City with the capital in ruins and new threats still at large.

  • Visi and Aili brought the Rose Clan’s plight to Xiluo, who sent Gordon and the other dragons to Sax Island to help defeat the barbarians and magic beasts, though underground monsters escaped with the World Tree offshoot’s roots.
  • Xiluo negotiated with the Rose Clan over the rescue fee and the fallen World Tree offshoot, then brought Hilda and her people to Niro City and consumed the remaining offshoot to strengthen his dragon bloodline.
  • Xiluo and the dragons visited World Tree Island, where Gordon and Xiluo fought through the Ancestors Trial Grounds, earning the Elf Queen’s agreement to supply them with World Tree material in exchange for aid during a crisis.
  • Xiluo hired Zhao Si to develop hero cards and secured the Elf Queen’s approval to use Nature Elf portraits, then the cards sold rapidly while an undead army attacked Sista.
  • Xiluo gathered two Legendary elves and led the dragons to Sista, where the Undead Demon Lord had devastated the capital and transformed King Luofuli and the royal family into monsters.
  • Xiluo and the dragons battled the undead and demons alongside the Legendary elves, but a shadowed Human Spellcaster helped the Undead Demon Lord escape, and another Legendary Spellcaster injured Xiluo’s companions.
  • Xiluo returned to Niro City after Sista’s destruction, briefed Gerlo’s subjects, agreed to lend weapons for research, and heard the nobles request more soldiers for their cities.
Chapters 427–451 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 427Rescue and reunion!

Visi and Aili reached Niro City to seek help for the Rose Clan after demonic forces attacked their group, and the Emerald Star Clan led them to Fennis and Xiluo. They finally met Xiluo, whose enormous appearance stunned them, and he asked what trouble they had faced.

  • Two demon women discussed how their attack had wiped out the elves heading toward the mother clan, while the six-armed Marina threatened the human-shaped demon and watched her disappear.
  • Visi and Aili arrived at Green Forest seeking Fennis, learned she was in Niro City, and heard that the city was ruled by the dragon Xiluo.
  • Emerald Star Clan elves brought Visi and Aili to Niro City, where the subjects warmly gave them rides and praised Xiluo's strength.
  • Fennis led Visi and Aili to the castle, where Allen explained that Xiluo was far stronger than he was and summoned him from his lair.
  • Xiluo emerged before Visi and Aili, and Fennis introduced them as elves who had suffered trouble; Xiluo asked what had happened.

Ch. 428The enemy and the dragons' greatly increased strength

Xiluo learned that the Rose Clan’s elves were close to defeat after a long war against barbarians with regenerative powers and magic beasts. He summoned the dragons of Niro City to discuss a rescue, leaving Visi and Aili stunned by their size and strange behavior as Xiluo assessed how much his dragons had grown.

  • Fennis briefed Xiluo on the Rose Clan’s plight, and Visi and Aili described their losses and the enemy’s regenerative abilities and control over magic beasts.
  • Visi explained that the barbarians had worn down the Rose Clan and targeted a branch of the World Tree, so Xiluo promised to help.
  • Xiluo sent Allen to fetch Gordon, Abel, and the other dragons still in the city.
  • Eleven dragons arrived, and Visi and Aili nervously watched them bicker, threaten, and make unwanted advances.
  • Xiluo proudly inspected Allen and Abel, whose levels and dragon bloodlines had improved greatly over four years.

Ch. 429The Dragons' Growth and the Choice of a Dragon to Send as Aid

After reviewing the dragons’ growth and his finances over four years, Xiluo gathered the dragons to answer two elves’ request for aid against barbarians. He chose not to join the expedition, and the chapter ended with the dragons laughing at the elves’ warning about their enemies.

  • Xiluo reviewed the dragons’ progress, his growing income, and the debts he had repaid, noting that he still needed more gold for additional Dragon God’s Blessings.
  • Xiluo explained the elves’ situation to the assembled dragons, who dismissed the barbarians as weak opponents.
  • Baili’er asked Visi and Aili what payment they would offer, and Visi promised the elves’ possessions apart from the World Tree offshoot.
  • Xiluo said he would stay behind to continue his spell research, while Gordon and the other dragons prepared to leave without him.
  • Visi warned that the barbarians could pierce dragon scales with spears and commanded flying monsters, but Abel laughed at her fears and the other dragons looked contemptuous.

Ch. 430The arrival and Gordon's strike

Xiluo sent eleven dragons, led by Abel, to Sax Island to aid the elves, despite Visi and Aili’s warnings about their enemies. As the dragons arrived, Gordon destroyed a flock of nearly a thousand Black-Eating Crows with one attack, while the island’s battle against the barbarians remained unresolved.

  • Xiluo gave Allen the King's Ring and sent the dragons with Fennis, Visi, and Aili to Sax Island without gathering additional elves.
  • On Sax Island, Hilda and the elves fought the immortal barbarians and magic beasts, suffering heavy losses as Band Crusher attacked Hilda.
  • Natasha watched the battle through a Water Mirror and revealed that Arrow Sharks and Black-Eating Crows guarded the island, while her companion warned that reinforcements could disrupt their plan.
  • The eleven dragons reached Sax Island carrying three elves, and Visi warned them that a flock of Black-Eating Crows was approaching.
  • Koraman's Dragon Might frightened some of the crows, then Gordon charged into the flock and incinerated nearly a thousand of them in one strike, stunning Visi.

Ch. 431The Dragons' Mad Slaughter

Gordon and the other dragons overwhelmed the barbarians and magic beasts, rescuing the Rose Clan elves. The victory was thrown into doubt when the World Tree Sapling toppled after its roots were gnawed away.

  • Gordon and the dragons reached the battlefield, where Gordon crushed barbarians and magic beasts while the elves fled his attacks.
  • Aili and Visi announced that Fennis’s dragon allies had come to help, and the dragons joined the fight against the enemy army.
  • A black dragon attacked Band Crusher, while the other dragons slaughtered the barbarians and magic beasts across the battlefield.
  • The Barbarian King called for a divine emissary and stronger helpers, delighting the dragons as they prepared for more enemies.
  • Natasha insisted she had not failed, then the World Tree Sapling fell and the elves discovered its roots had been gnawed away.

Ch. 432The arrogant Red Dragon Whelp! Asking Xiluo to uphold justice!

The Dragons destroyed the flesh monster that had blocked the Elves from pursuing the thieves who stole the World Tree offshoot’s roots, while Natasha and Marina argued over the failed theft. After the battle, Allen demanded payment from the Rose Clan, and Fennis called for Xiluo to intervene; Xiluo appeared before the Dragons and Elves.

  • The Elves realized underground Magic Beasts had stolen the World Tree offshoot’s roots, then a monster formed from corpses stunned them and blocked the tunnels as it escaped.
  • The Red Dragon Whelp burned the flesh monster with black flames, and the Elves’ attacks finished it, but the collapsed entrance prevented them from pursuing the thieves.
  • Natasha told Marina she intended to recover the rest of the offshoot, while Marina pointed out Barbara in the Water Mirror and questioned Natasha’s past schemes.
  • Hilda mourned the Rose Clan’s losses, and Allen demanded forty thousand gold coins per Dragon for rescuing the Elves; Fennis objected to the price.
  • Fennis asked Allen to summon Xiluo to settle the dispute, and a Thunderforged Dragon appeared after Allen activated his ring.

Ch. 433Payment and unexpected information

Xiluo assessed the elves’ resources to settle payment for the dragons’ rescue, then learned that the World Tree Offshoot could help certain dragons upgrade their bloodlines. The dragons grew eager to claim it, while the reasons the Nature Elves guarded it so lightly remained unexplained.

  • Hilda told Xiluo that the elves had only thirteen thousand gold coins, equipment worth about forty-one thousand, and an iron mine worth no more than fifty thousand, leaving them unable to pay the dragons’ requested fee.
  • Xiluo asked about the fallen World Tree Offshoot, and Hilda agreed to let him have it if they could settle on its value and the cost of the rescue.
  • Baili'er and the other dragons estimated the offshoot’s trunk and leaves at about a million gold coins, and several dragons said its natural energy attracted them.
  • Xiluo paid No. 4 ten thousand gold coins to learn that the offshoot could upgrade fully mutated dragon species, including his Giant Blue Dragon and Thunderclap Dragon bloodlines.
  • No. 4 said the Nature Elves’ parent tribe was powerful enough to deter dragons from stealing the offshoot, and Xiluo declined to pay for more information.
  • Xiluo returned from the King's Ring Space and told the dragons what he had learned, making them eager to obtain the World Tree Offshoot.

Ch. 434Distribution by strength and a thorny problem

Xiluo agreed to protect Hilda’s Rose Clan and its replacement World Tree Sapling by bringing them under his protection in Niro City. He distributed the mission payment and sapling among the dragons according to strength, while Natasha watched and realized her plan to seize the sapling had failed.

  • Xiluo agreed to take Hilda and the Rose Clan to Niro City and let his dragons guard them while they buried their dead.
  • Xiluo proposed distributing the mission’s 400,000 gold coins by strength and claimed 100,000 for himself.
  • Karl defeated Baphomet in a prolonged battle, and Xiluo ranked the dragons by strength.
  • Xilian defeated Koraman, after which Xiluo finalized the rankings and assigned each dragon a share of the gold and World Tree Sapling.
  • Xiluo stored the remaining sapling in his Spatial Ring and left for Niro City, while Natasha worried that the dragons had taken the sapling she intended to seize.

Ch. 435What was lacking, and the Rose Clan elves' move-in

Xiluo discovered that World Tree offshoot energy could strengthen a chosen mutated bloodline, but advancing his Extreme Thunder Overlord Dragon bloodline would require far more than he had consumed. He negotiated with Hilda for future supplies, then welcomed more than a thousand Rose Clan elves to Niro City, where Descenders eagerly pursued them under Depu’s costly courtship rules.

  • Marina mocked Natasha after the dragons defeated them, and Natasha left to report to Lord Rodrigo.
  • Xiluo consumed the remaining World Tree offshoot and learned in his Mindscape World to direct its energy into his Extreme Thunder Overlord Dragon bloodline, raising its progress by 58%.
  • Xiluo learned that Hilda’s clan supplied one ton of World Tree offshoot annually only to powerful protectors, and Hilda agreed to ask her parent clan to invest in him because of his talent.
  • The returning Rose Clan elves saw Chromatic Dragons over the island and fought them until the Metal Dragons arrived and explained that their kin were safe.
  • Hilda brought more than a thousand Rose Clan elves to Niro City, where Xiluo settled them in the eastern forest and announced their arrival.
  • Descenders crowded around the elf women, while the city’s elves followed Depu’s rules requiring suitors to provide a home and gifts.

Ch. 436The corrosion of capitalism and departure

Xiluo introduced Hilda and twelve Rose Clan elves to Niro City's pleasures, and their spending soon strained the clan's finances. After Hilda reported that the Nature Elves' parent clan wanted to assess Xiluo, he left with Xilian to meet them, while Rodrigo sent Natasha to free an underground ally who could oppose him.

  • Xiluo and Fennis brought Hilda and twelve Rose Clan elves into Niro City, where they enjoyed its shops, food, entertainment, and wellness facilities.
  • Over the following days, the elves spent 1,200 gold coins, so Hilda cut off their funds; some sought work or turned to other ways of earning money.
  • Hilda told Xiluo that the Nature Elves' parent clan wanted to meet him and judge his strength before deciding how many resources to provide.
  • Xiluo took Xilian and flew toward the Nature Elves' main base to meet the parent clan.
  • Natasha summoned Rodrigo and told him that Xiluo was a legendary blue dragon allied with elves; Rodrigo gave her a compass and ordered her to find and unseal an underground ally who could deal with Xiluo.

Ch. 437Arrival at World Tree Island, the Power of the Nature Elves Clan

Natasha and Marina found a frozen undead master who accepted Rodrigo’s treasure and promised to recover soon before helping kill Xiluo Utrasis. Meanwhile, Xiluo and Xilian arrived at World Tree Island, where the World Tree’s domain suppressed their strength and the Nature Elves revealed a formidable force; they reached the World Tree and met the clan’s leaders.

  • Natasha and Marina followed a Death Knight to an undead skeleton frozen in an ice crystal, which read their memories and took Rodrigo’s locating treasure to speed its recovery.
  • Xiluo and Xilian flew toward World Tree Island and saw its three ring districts arranged around the World Tree.
  • As the dragons entered the island’s domain, it progressively suppressed their strength, and Empress Anina Worldchild welcomed them and guided them toward the World Tree.
  • Xiluo observed powerful Nature Elves, spellcasters, sacred hunters, and magical beasts whose conditions were enhanced by the World Tree.
  • Xiluo reached the World Tree and saw Ancient War Trees, two Life Trees, and a gathering of fifteen powerful elves, including three other Legendaries besides Empress Anina.

Ch. 438His Eminence Xiluo's aptitude should rival that of an abomination

Xiluo and his companions arrived at World Tree Island, where Anani restored them and arranged for them to prove their strength in the Nature Elves’ Ancestors Trial Grounds. The chapter left Gordon beginning the trial as the elves learned that Xiluo had won the Dragonkind Tournament despite his opponent using Dिक्स’s Chain.

  • Anani welcomed Xiluo to World Tree Island and embraced him and Xilian, lifting the World Tree Domain’s suppression and restoring their strength.
  • Xiluo summoned his companions, and Anani tested the dragons’ bone ages before introducing the Nature Elves’ Ancestors Trial Grounds.
  • Anani found Gordon’s physique remarkable for his bone age of thirty-seven, while she praised Xiluo’s age of thirty-four as unprecedentedly talented.
  • Gordon entered the Ancestors Trial Grounds as Abel and other dragons began recording the projected trial, hoping to capture him losing to an elf.
  • Little White Dragon told Anani that Xiluo had won the Dragonkind Tournament even though the second-place Gold Dragon had used Dिक्स’s Chain, and Xiluo confirmed it.

Ch. 439The Elf Trial: Red Dragon Whelp Gordon's Battle Record

Red Dragon Whelp Gordon fought his way through the Elf Trial Grounds, defeating opponents from level 10 through level 19 and impressing the elves with his strength. After Gordon killed the level 19 Holy Archer in six minutes, the elves questioned whether he could really be only level 19.

  • The Elf Queen summoned a level 10 elf hunter, whom Gordon killed almost instantly with a black flame projectile.
  • Gordon defeated the level 11 spellcaster and the level 12 druid, while Cuixin's claims about the elves' abilities repeatedly fell short.
  • Gordon killed the level 16 assassin after about ninety seconds, then beat the level 17 druid in dragon form after three minutes.
  • Gordon struggled against a level 18 spellcaster who used duplicates and a Withering spell, but killed him after six minutes and fifteen seconds.
  • Gordon defeated the level 19 Holy Archer in six minutes, prompting the elves to wonder whether he was actually a Legendary powerhouse.

Ch. 440The proud elves gradually realized the gap between themselves and dragons

Gordon and Allen fought in the Nature Elves Clan’s trials, showing the elves how far dragon strength exceeded their expectations. After Allen’s trial, Xiluo noticed the elves recording the dragons’ abilities and potential.

  • Gordon fought legendary half-elf Henry Faer for half an hour before collapsing, while Henry won with his armor damaged and his strength diminished.
  • The Elf Queen agreed to sell Gordon one ton of World Tree branches and leaves each year for twenty thousand gold coins, and Xiluo then had Allen enter the trial.
  • Xiluo saw a Level 22 Legendary Origin Elf record Gordon’s age, strength, abilities, and potential in a bark-bound book.
  • Allen defeated the trial opponents through level 18 but lost to the level 19 enemy after fighting for thirty minutes.
  • The Elf Queen praised Allen, and the Origin Elf recorded his abilities and potential as the young elves grew more cautious of dragons.

Ch. 441Xiluo's Trial

Xiluo entered the elves’ Trial Grounds and swept through opponents up to Level 20, defeating the Half-Elf Holy Warrior with overwhelming force. He then faced a Level 21 Legendary Spellcaster, whose powerful magic disrupted Xiluo’s attacks and turned the trial into a difficult battle.

  • The Elf Queen offered Xiluo three tons of World Tree material per year for defeating the Level 20 Holy Warrior and promised five tons if he could beat the next stage.
  • Xiluo defeated the trial’s Level 10 through Level 19 opponents with thunder, then overwhelmed the Level 20 Half-Elf Holy Warrior in a four-minute fight.
  • Xiluo’s companions praised his performance while the elves watched in astonishment.
  • A Level 21 Legendary Spellcaster dispelled Xiluo’s thunder, weakened him with spells, and survived a direct strike by relocating himself.
  • Xiluo summoned storms and attacked with his Crimson Thunder Spear, but the Spellcaster used earth magic to shield himself and spread earth along the spear as the battle continued.

Ch. 442The shattered Small World

Xiluo battled a level-21 Legendary Elf Spellcaster who hid underground and attacked with prepared spells, so Xiluo shattered the Small World with a massive iron meteor before forcing his opponent into a prolonged fight. The Spellcaster ran out of magic and vanished, and the Small World began restoring itself.

  • Xiluo used his flight and low magic consumption to wait out the Spellcaster, who emerged and struck him with Heart Shatter before burying him in earth.
  • Xiluo broke free by heating the earth with crimson thunder, then flew high and gathered fragments into a hundred-meter iron sphere.
  • Xiluo accelerated the sphere into the ground, devastating much of the Small World and searching the wreckage for the hidden Spellcaster.
  • The Spellcaster emerged and fought Xiluo with his vast Arcane domain, unleashing repeated attacks across the ruined terrain.
  • After thirty minutes, the Spellcaster exhausted his magic and vanished in green light, while the Small World began to restore itself.

Ch. 443An Appraisal of Xiluo, the Queen's Invitation

Xiluo fought a Level 22 Primordial Nature Elf in the Trial Grounds but was eventually worn down and forced to concede. After signing a World Tree resource contract with the Nature Elves Clan, he accepted the Elf Queen’s invitation to tour the island with his companions.

  • Xiluo battled the Primordial Nature Elf, whose homing arrows, rapid evasions, and ability to regenerate from the land eventually exhausted him.
  • The Elf Queen praised Xiluo’s performance, and the recorder assessed him as a Level 21 Blue Dragon Mutation Species with limitless potential and high strategic value.
  • The Elf Queen told Xiluo that his World Tree allotment would begin at the end of the year, then signed contracts with Xiluo and Gordon requiring them to aid the Nature Elves Clan during a crisis.
  • Xiluo accepted the Elf Queen’s invitation to explore World Tree Island, while Karl, Baphomet, and the Red Dragon Whelp chose to leave; Xiluo sent them away with his King's Ring.
  • Cuixin led Xiluo and the remaining dragons toward the island’s outer reaches, and they took elven forms so they would attract less attention.

Ch. 444World Tree Island's Culture and a Discovery

Xiluo and the others explored Romil Central Street, where he discovered that a Blue Star card game called Hearthstone had reached World Tree Island. After seeing how local attitudes toward World of Warcraft limited its popularity, Xiluo’s group learned why the game’s portrayal of elves and other races offended many locals.

  • Cuixin led Xiluo’s group through a teleportation circle to Romil Central Street, where Xilian pushed her away from Xiluo and took her place holding his hand.
  • Xiluo examined Blue Star comics and novels at Zhao Si’s stall and reflected that local readers preferred films and real adventures over lengthy fictional stories.
  • Children bought Hearthstone packs and played a duel against Zhao Si, prompting Abel to consider bringing the game to their city.
  • Zhao Si explained that Hearthstone was less popular on Domirank Star because people disliked World of Warcraft’s depictions and histories of familiar races.
  • Cuixin borrowed an elf card and showed its artwork to the group, whose dragons compared the card’s Night Elf to the beautiful elf standing beside them.

Ch. 445A new way to make money, war breaks out in Gerlo

Xiluo developed a plan to sell collectible cards based on local heroes and secured the Elf Queen’s approval and cooperation. Meanwhile, a battle erupted in Gerlo, where two women struck down a White Dragon who claimed to work for Boss Xiluo.

  • After Zhao Si explained how rare cards featuring local heroes could become profitable, Xiluo decided to pursue the idea and offered him a job.
  • Xiluo revealed his identity to Zhao Si and took him back to the Teleportation Church to meet the Elf Queen.
  • The Elf Queen approved Xiluo’s card game, granted portrait rights and publicity cooperation, and agreed to receive half the profits from cards featuring the Nature Elves Clan.
  • Xiluo signed a contract with the Elf Queen, while the young dragons left to go shopping with their elf guides.
  • In Babari Island, a black beam struck a White Dragon attempting to escape a ruined city, and it crashed to the ground before warning two women that it worked for Boss Xiluo.

Ch. 446The Royal Capital in Peril! Hurry to Niro City and Fetch the Dragon Guardian of the Realm!

A lich led an undead army to attack Sista, overwhelming the capital and forcing its Guardian Legendary, Matai, into battle. As the city descended into chaos, people called for Xiluo Utrasis in Niro City to come save them.

  • The lich transformed the White Dragon into a Bone Dragon and chose Sista as the undead army’s next target.
  • The Bone Dragon and undead forces breached Sista’s defenses, killing residents and soldiers as they advanced through the capital.
  • The King learned that the undead, not Xiluo Utrasis, had attacked and summoned the Guardian Legendary, Matai.
  • Matai confronted the lich, who called him a usurper, and their clash destroyed buildings across Sista.
  • Powerful figures joined the fight or fled, while others urged people to summon Xiluo from Niro City as Sista fell into chaos.

Ch. 447The enemy was strong and hard to handle, so reinforcements were needed

Xiluo and Zhao Si launched Continent Hero Legend cards on World Tree Island, where the first print run sold out in less than half a day. Their celebration ended when Xiluo learned that a Legendary undead mage and a vast undead army had attacked Sista, prompting the Elf Queen to promise reinforcements.

  • Xiluo showed the elves the new Continent Hero Legend cards, and Cuixin admired the Elf Queen cards while Zhao Si defended their design.
  • Xiluo and the elves sold ten million cards in less than half a day, then divided more than 4,000 gold coins from the sales.
  • Abel asked Xiluo to sell cards featuring the dragons in Niro City, but Xiluo received a report that a Legendary undead mage had attacked Sista with an army of hundreds of thousands.
  • Xiluo and the dragons discussed whether Sista might already have fallen and whether the undead threat could spread further.
  • The elves brought Xiluo and the dragons to the Elf Queen, who promised to send people with them to rescue Sista's Subjects.

Ch. 448Rescuing Sista! Light descending from the sky!

Xiluo led the dragons and two Legendary elves from Niro City to rescue Sista, where the Undead Demon Lord was slaughtering its people and transforming Gerlo’s royal family. As the undead prepared to meet the dragons, a group of black streaks hurtled toward Sista at tremendous speed, terrifying the Undead Demon Lord, Natasha, and Marina.

  • Xiluo brought Barbara to World Tree Island, then returned with two Legendary elves and promised Gerlo’s refugees that he would save Sista.
  • Xiluo and the dragons set out for Sista, while the Legendary elves used spells to speed their flight.
  • In Sista, a demon killed a boy and carried his grieving mother over the ruined city, where she saw King Luofuli groveling before the Undead Demon Lord.
  • The Undead Demon Lord transformed Luofuli and the royal family into monsters and spread death through Sista.
  • The Undead Demon Lord spotted the approaching dragons, but Xiluo sped ahead and vanished; then black streaks raced toward Sista at speeds exceeding ten times the speed of sound, frightening the Demon Lord, Natasha, and Marina.

Ch. 449The dumbfounded Undead Demon Lord

Xiluo Utrasis battled Alexander Gerlo after the dragon’s attack devastated the demon and undead forces surrounding Sista. As the Undead Demon Lord’s army tried to overwhelm Xiluo, two Legendary Elves arrived and attacked, leaving Alexander alarmed and preparing to flee.

  • The Undead Demon Lord’s warning came too late to stop the falling black streaks, which created enormous craters and erased tens of thousands of demons and undead.
  • The Six-Armed Snake Demon demanded revenge as Xiluo Utrasis returned and challenged the forces that had slaughtered Gerlo’s subjects.
  • Alexander Gerlo attacked Xiluo, but Xiluo blocked his Bone Spear and discovered that Alexander transferred damage to nearby undead.
  • Alexander claimed to be Gerlo’s true king and tried to recruit Xiluo, who refused and fought him while tearing apart the undead army with storms.
  • The demons and undead coordinated their spells and Bone Spears against Xiluo, but two Legendary Elves arrived, sealed off Alexander, and struck him with powerful attacks.
  • Frightened by the Elves’ attacks, Alexander ordered his forces to kill them and the dragons as he prepared to flee.

Ch. 450Trouble and Reaping Benefits

Xiluo and his allies drove back the Undead Demon Lord, but an unidentified Legendary Spellcaster intervened and helped him escape. After the battle, Xiluo returned to the ruined Sista Royal Capital, treated the injured dragons, and prepared to seek benefits from the country despite the threat of retaliation.

  • The demons fled through portals while Xiluo and the dragons slaughtered the undead army, and the Undead Demon Lord tried to escape.
  • Xiluo and Luofasi pursued and battered the Undead Demon Lord until a mysterious shadow-shrouded Human Spellcaster arrived to help him.
  • The Spellcaster warned Xiluo of fighting elsewhere near Sista, then escaped with the Undead Demon Lord while Xiluo prepared to summon reinforcements.
  • Xiluo returned to the ruins of Sista and found Abel, Koraman, and Alicia injured after another Legendary Spellcaster attacked them.
  • Xiluo and his allies finished off the undead and returned to Niro City, where he sent the Nature Elves home and summoned the noble lords to discuss the destruction of the royal capital.

Ch. 451Reactions and another gathering in Niro City

After Sista’s destruction, Xiluo mourned the dead and agreed to help Hadien develop weapons to strengthen Niro City. Gerlo’s nobles gathered in Niro City to ask Xiluo for protection from the surviving lich, leaving the chapter at the start of their appeal.

  • The Undead Demon Lord vowed revenge against Xiluo and Gerlo’s subjects after a shadowed Legendary Spellcaster urged him to target what Xiluo valued.
  • Rodrigo recalled Natasha and Marina and promised to grant them new power after learning that Legendary Elves had reinforced Xiluo.
  • Xiluo announced Sista’s destruction, and Gerlo’s subjects and Descenders reacted with grief, fear, and discussion of the undead calamity.
  • Hadien asked Xiluo to let the Xihe Magic Artifact Shop research weapons, and Xiluo agreed to lend it Arcane Cannons and other weapons.
  • Gerlo’s nobles traveled to Niro City after confirming Sista’s destruction, and a marquis asked Xiluo to station more soldiers in their cities in exchange for payment.
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