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"In any case, the Lord's Heart can be left unused, but it cannot be without."

After the inventory of recovered pollutants was complete, Mu Yuan instructed Isloa to find a way to seal them. All that remained was a skeleton that had shed all its flesh, now half decayed—a legendary carcass.

The carcass was neither tall nor emitted a terrifying aura. It seemed that all that was displayed here was an ordinary humanoid corpse without any hint of its legendary prowess.

Indeed, that was the case.

Without Mu Yuan or Dead Bone saying anything, nobody knew that this carcass, in its lifetime, was an incomparably mighty legend. The bones it left behind were too common, riddled with blotches that could be easily broken with a little force from soldiers of Profession Level.

This was the terrifying nature of the Power of Witherness.

Touch it, and you die.

However, on the flip side, the fact that the Goblin Prince managed to leave behind even a scrap of remains, rather than being utterly annihilated, showed...

"This Goblin Prince was indeed mighty powerful. Dead Bone was close to defeat in that battle."

Dead Bone sincerely exclaimed.

Mu Yuan: ←_←.

But Dead Bone wasn't being modest. It truly felt that the battle was extremely perilous.

If it had failed to feign weakness at the beginning; if it couldn't get close to the Goblin Prince; if the infused Power of Witherness hadn't been enough… the Legendary Realm could have possibly escaped. Once they failed to slay this Legend, the Tianyuan Territory would be in constant danger.

That would indeed have been a narrow escape from a major defeat.

Even though they won, it had consumed more than one-third of its Power of Witherness.

This battle was a narrow victory.

"So much of the Power of Witherness has been depleted; I must find a way to replenish it quickly and then think of a method to expand the reserve capacity. Otherwise, holding so little power, it's too insecure."

Dead Bone didn't feel any pride or exhilaration from defeating a Legend. It tightened the Rare Level Treasure Armor it had just donned and vanished in the blink of an eye into the cold wind.

Only General Duo Lai was left, gazing at the legendary carcass that did not retain even a hint of essence. After a long pause, it barely showed any regret as it curled its lips.

"Goblin carcass, not even a dog would want it."

...

Defeating this Legend didn't mean Tianyuan Territory was safe. It only resolved one imminent threat.

Having confronted a Legend head-on, Lord Shepherd felt slightly more confident.

However,

"That's still far from enough. The Jackal Man and Snake Man tribes, two great Overlord Powers, obviously have more than just one Legend. Apart from Legends, the two Overlords likely have all kinds of war weapons. The top-tier ones, although individually weaker than a Legend, might play no lesser role in a large-scale war."

Mu Yuan didn't know much about Overlord Power.

Monster power is varied and strange, and the Eternal Continent is vast. Even the top Lords within the Tai Xuan Alliance couldn't claim to fully understand them.

Moreover, at present, he hadn't even discovered where these two Overlord Powers were located.

"But looking at it from another angle, it suggests that the two overlords are still quite far from here."

The several large tribes surrounding them are merely one of the Overlords' minions, not the entirety.

Overlord Powers rely on these tribes to control territories and swallow up emerging camps and tribes, occupying resource-rich lands, and growing stronger.

At the same time, they've only shown their claws. Their true bodies are hidden in the vast fog, eluding everyone's comprehension.

Forget about Tianyuan Territory, a small fry. Even if one of the top Lords from the Tai Xuan Pioneer Group arrived, they might not be able to discern the true situation.

If not strong enough, one might be specifically ambushed by Overlord Powers and thus fall.

If strong enough, the Overlord Powers might abandon their minions and completely vanish into the fog.

For Tianyuan Territory, contending head-on and eradicating these two Overlords is a long way off. However, once Duo Lai and Dead Bone advance to Legendary, they would have some self-preservation power.

And at present,

It would take about 22 days for General Duo Lai to refine himself and reach the 'Four-order Great Perfection Extrem Realm.'

It would take about 6 days for General Duo Lai to evolve.

"Duo Lai will get a significant boost from evolving, but since its potential limit will also greatly increase afterwards... the evolution might not necessarily shorten the refinement time."

But the evolution was still necessary.

The higher the tier, the easier the process of breaking through to Legendary Realm, and the greater the improvement after the breakthrough.

As General Duo Lai's Lord, Mu Yuan naturally hoped it could reach further potential before the official breakthrough.

As for the Overlord Power and various Monster Tribes...

"We need to drag it out, strive to buy time as much as possible. As for how exactly to do that..."

He would wait until he had made two hundred contingency plans.

Suddenly,

In the core area of the territory, one of the three Secret Realm entrances on the Lord's Altar, leading to the Elf's Courtyard, began to ripple slightly.

The change wasn't significant, but it was discovered by the soldiers who were on duty outside the City Lord's Mansion, vigilant and responsible.

They quickly reported the discovery.

"A slight change in the Secret Realm entrance?"

Previously, impacted by spatial dislocation and shocks, aside from their own 'Black Wasteland' Secret Realm, he couldn't connect to the other two Secret Realms where he was merely a 'visitor.'

And now...