Chapter 69

【Domain "Frozen Domain" VS "Unfallen City."】

【First Cosmos — Taiqing Cosmos · Heaven's South Star · Canglin

VS

Seventh Cosmos — Space Cosmos · Blue Star · Su Yu】

【Terrain: Grasslands. Duel begins.】

【Please select domain units for projection.】

Wipe out all enemy heroes and military units, or destroy the enemy Lord Crystal, and you win.

Across the vast grassland terrain,

a pale blue Lord Crystal hovered right beside him.

Su Yu began projecting his territory's power.

One grid of territory, eight level-5 Arrow Defense Towers.

A flash of light, and Sylph appeared at his side.

She opened a huge parasol, then pulled a reclining chair out of the Lord Crystal and set it up on the grass.

Su Yu leisurely lay down on it.

He took the pair of sunglasses Sylph handed him.

A round table was set beside the reclining chair,

laid out with an assortment of fruit.

Sylph sat on a low stool by the round table and started messing with her hero terminal.

The two of them moved

from the moment the mock battle began

with complete, effortless naturalness —

as simple as eating or drinking water —

finding nothing at all odd about it.

Only, those down below who were paying attention to Su Yu

were utterly dumbfounded.

This… so fluid and smooth, what is going on?

Where are his territory buildings?

Not projecting them into the mock battlefield?

Just eight arrow towers?

May I ask if you're here on vacation?

So relaxed, so…

The Blue Star people were stunned,

and the surrounding onlookers were even more frozen.

Come on — just because you have one Legendary hero, does that justify such blatant arrogance?

Since Su Yu possessed a Legendary hero, quite a few others had come to watch the match.

Many former lords from Blue Star were also in this area.

The enormous live broadcast screen

displayed Su Yu's actions in the mock battle.

"My lord, this…"

A Blue Star lord turned a puzzled look toward the Blue Star Ruler.

The Blue Star Ruler was at a loss for a moment,

then recalled Su Yu's outstanding mock battle results back on Blue Star.

He pondered briefly and said hesitantly, "He might… have some kind of tactic."

"Wait until the enemy gets close, then project his military buildings to catch them off guard."

A tactic?

Catch them off guard?

The damn map is covered in fog of war on all four sides —

what tactic can you even use,

what off guard can you catch?

With a territory only one grid wide, the moment the other side finds you

means their army is already at your doorstep.

No matter how strong your Legendary hero is, how do you protect the crystal in a chaotic melee?

With eight Arrow Defense Towers?

Don't make me laugh — what threat can basic defense towers possibly pose?

The more the Blue Star Ruler thought, the more his head ached,

and he could only force himself to be patient and keep watching.

Su Yu… don't you go causing any mess now.

You're not just planning to give up, are you?

If it were some ordinary new-generation lord, that would be one thing,

but Su Yu had a Legendary hero and was drawing a great deal of attention.

At this moment, his actions were drawing laughs from the crowd.

"Heh, this is Blue Star's great hope?"

"Looks like the ideological guidance wasn't done well."

"A youngster, still too green after all."

"Who'd dare give him ideological guidance? From what I've seen, those Blue Star folks treat him like glass, afraid to even breathe on him."

The sound of ridicule kept ringing out.

Su Yu’s behavior — they could see through it even by thinking with their backsides: he was far too arrogant.

He probably believed that having a legendary hero made him invincible.

Truly the thinking of a greenhorn.

In the Ten Thousand Realms Battlefield, every lord has their own opportunities; the idea of absolute invincibility has never existed.

Even the strongest lord, once marked and specifically targeted, will fall.

Much less a newborn calf like you,

so wildly conceited, not putting your opponents in your eyes at all?

The new lords gathered here to compete

all started with rare troop types or high-tier heroes!

Add three months of nurturing backed by their factions,

and not one of them is easy to deal with.

“Bai Bai Xiaowei, Su Yu acting like this… is there some deeper meaning?” Gu Gu Linger asked Bai Bai Xiaowei worriedly.

In her eyes, the one who understood Su Yu best was Bai Bai Xiaowei.

She believed Su Yu doing this must have some deeper meaning.

“Uh.”

Bai Bai Xiaowei’s face stiffened; she had no idea how to answer.

Su Shen, my ass, what deeper meaning could he possibly have?

With that terrifying-level defense tower of his, who could possibly breach it?

Bai Bai Xiaowei knew just how terrifying that one Arrow Defense Tower had become.

Let alone having eight of them.

Even a level 10-plus legendary hero who dared approach would be dead on the spot.

"Don't worry, he'll definitely win." Seeing the concern on the Princess's face,

Bai Bai Xiaowei could only offer consolation in reply.

"Mm."

Gu Gu Linger nodded. Someone who possessed a legendary hero — no matter how you looked at it, they couldn't possibly lose in the preliminary round.

At the same time,

some people from the main universe, friends of Su Yu's opponents,

were watching the match and having a grand old time.

"Seriously? This is way too insulting."

"So what if he's got a legendary hero? Cang Lin, smash his head in for me!"

"Heh, never thought the guy with a legendary hero would turn out to be an absolute clown."

"Once Cang Lin scouts out his territory, victory is as good as declared."

Time ticked by second by second.

Many sneered in contempt,

but they still patiently watched on.

They wanted to see the outcome of this simulated battle with their own eyes.

To watch the very first lord with a legendary hero go down in a flash.

Proving that legendary heroes weren't so untouchable after all.

It was just that the territory Su Yu had deployed was far too small.

A single grid unit.

On all four sides lay fog of war.

Cang Lin, who hailed from Tiannan Star, was equally baffled.

Why, after searching for so long,

had he still not encountered the opponent's territory?

And more than that… there wasn't a single trace left on the grassland.

Had the opponent not sent out any troops or heroes?

Were they holed up in one spot?

Gazing at the troops that had already scouted more than half the battlefield,

Cang Lin furrowed his brow deeply.

The pressure of facing a legendary hero had eased considerably.

He knew Su Yu's name.

The twenty-three individuals of the human race who possessed legendary heroes —

practically every participant had them memorized.

"Just what is he trying to do?"

Cang Lin was thoroughly puzzled, ordering his troops to continue the search.

But the simulated battlefield spanned a thousand li in every direction.

At this scale, searching for a single territorial grid a hundred meters in length and width

was an enormous waste of time.

Eventually, Cang Lin grew impatient.

The troops and heroes garrisoning his territory poured out in full force.

The nearby fog of war had been completely dispelled anyway;

he had no fear of a sudden ambush.

Damn it all, the map's practically been fully explored — where in the world is the opponent's territory?

Spreading out in a grid-pattern formation to maximize search coverage, the troop forces

reached the very edge of the simulated battlefield world.

Staring at his lord terminal map — entirely and utterly empty —

Cang Lin was completely dumbstruck.

What was going on with this Su Yu? Could it be the territory projected in was extremely tiny?

Did he really have to search every single grid of fog of war?

At the same time,

the audience, who had been watching for several hours, were numb with boredom.

They were starting to wonder if they'd had nothing better to do than come watch this match.

For heaven's sake,

what was so interesting about watching a lord endlessly push back the fog of war?

The kicker was that one time, Cang Lin's troops had brushed right past Su Yu's territory.

Missed it by just one grid of fog.

It had them grinding their teeth in frustration.

"How long is this going to take?"

"Is this boring or what?"

"This is… a simulated battle, right?"

"I move that Su Yu be penalized for passive match conduct!"

After waiting so long, the crowd of onlookers grew increasingly irritable.

Most of all, Su Yu’s behavior was just too infuriating.

You’re a contestant in a simulated battlefield, and you’re enjoying yourself even more than the spectators?

They dearly wished they were the one lying in that chair, being waited upon by such a beautiful elf.

Meanwhile, the people from the Blue Star region

lowered their heads somewhat shamefully.

Su Yu… lying on the recliner, having his shoulders kneaded by Sylph, seemed to have fallen asleep.

That utterly blissful expression on his face just looked infuriating.

What new lord hasn’t spent two or three months preparing for the qualifiers, stepping onto the simulated battle with both excitement and trepidation?

And here you are, lazing around enjoying a massage from legendary elves.

Gu Gu Linger blushed and lowered her head; she couldn’t bear to watch either.