Chapter 72

Violet light blazed brilliantly!

“Treasure!”

“It's erupting!”

The many lords could no longer pay any attention to Su Yu,

and began fighting each other over the items.

Their eyes constantly swept over the clusters of violet light, estimating which held the greatest value.

The scene made even Su Yu pause for a moment.

He hadn't expected that this dimensional rift space would actually be a treasure-spawning point!

A treasure-spawning point

is a place in the Myriad Realms Battlefield that every lord yearns for.

It can, at irregular intervals, draw in items lost in the wilds of the Myriad Realms Battlefield.

War breaks out constantly in the Myriad Realms Battlefield;

if anything is left behind on the battlefield

and swallowed by the fog of war,

that object will be absorbed by a treasure-spawning point.

Just like what was happening now:

a stream of rare items dazzled Su Yu's eyes.

A streak of violet light shot past him,

and with sharp eyes and quick hands, he immediately grabbed it.

【You have obtained a Hero's Heart.】

【Hero's Heart】

【Grade: Rare】

【Effect: Upgrades the "Hero Hall" to the "Hero Palace." Territory hero cap +1.】

A Rare-grade Hero's Heart?!

Su Yu's eyes widened.

This was probably, at present, the rare-grade item

his territory needed most.

The territory could now have a third hero!

“You brat, stop right there!!”

Immediately, a lord noticed him.

Su Yu instantly drew the Dragon-horn Dagger from his waist and struck himself down, falling dead on the spot.

He didn't dare to be reckless and Gu Linger here;

these were all old lords with unfathomable strength.

If one of them possessed some kind of spatial imprisonment item

and trapped him,

making even suicide impossible,

then things would really get out of hand.

【You have died. Your level has dropped by 5 levels… "Common·Experience Protection Talisman" activated, level loss negated. Current level: 15.】

【Returning to Lord Crystal for rebirth…】

【Rebirth complete.】

Looking at the violet Hero's Heart in his hand,

Su Yu smiled happily.

The Common·Experience Protection Talisman was something he had stumbled upon in the Mysterious Shop;

it could negate the level and experience penalty upon death for lords below level 20.

He hadn't expected to actually use it.

Trading a common-quality Experience Protection Talisman as the price

in exchange for a new mythic hero for the territory —

worth it!

A dense violet radiance enveloped the Hero Hall.

In the blink of an eye, the Hall's round log pillars and beams transformed into stone columns.

Faint purple patterns shimmered across the stone columns.

The brown wooden floorboards, steeped in the violet hue, crystallized into lustrous jade-like tiles.

A magnificent, palatial edifice rose in solemn grandeur, spanning three hundred square meters.

【Your ‘Hero Hall’ has successfully upgraded to ‘Hero Palace.’ Territory hero capacity +1.】

Gazing at this palace, Su Yu felt his heart surge with excitement.

He immediately sent a message to Jian Ruiming.

"Fatty, get me a hundred Hero Recruitment Edicts."

An official lord recruiting heroes through a Hero Lodge only needs one Hero Recruitment Edict.

However, every time the Hero Lodge advances one grade, the number of edicts required multiplies by ten.

The rare-grade Hero Palace needs a hundred Hero Recruitment Edicts to recruit a hero.

"Understood, Great Lord Su Yu. One moment, please."

Jian Ruiming replied instantly.

He had entirely remodeled his territory into a commercial hub and marketplace.

As for security, through his connection with Su Yu,

he had successfully relocated his territory to the place where the new-generation lords of the Blue Star Alliance had gathered.

Over a hundred new-generation lords, all possessing high-grade heroes or rare soldier types, were assembled together.

A formation like this rarely encountered any opponents.

Those qualified to take part in the All-Humanity Civilization Lord Selection Tournament were the very best of the best.

In no time at all,

the one hundred Hero Recruitment Edicts were deposited into 05.

Su Yu said a word of thanks and was about to close the chat window,

when he suddenly received another message from Jian Ruiming.

"Great Lord Su Yu, yesterday I procured something... that might interest you."

"What thing?" Su Yu paused briefly.

"An Experience Tree Seed. It can bear experience fruits, and eating them can increase one's experience value."

"Fine. I'll take it."

The Lord Crystal received a new item.

Su Yu examined the rare-grade seed in his hand, roughly the size of a soybean.

He toyed with it for a moment,

then handed it to Zhang San, telling him to plant it beneath the cliff south of the territory.

Trees bear fruit, and fruit yields seeds again.

If possible, he wanted to plant the entire dozen-mile expanse to the south with experience trees!

A massive supply of experience fruits would allow him, Sylph, and Iloti to rapidly increase their levels.

After giving Zhang San the necessary instructions,

Su Yu rubbed his hands together eagerly and walked before the Hero Palace.

Sylph and Iloti wordlessly came to stand beside him.

They knew the territory was about to welcome a third companion.

"Recruit!"

One hundred Hero Recruitment Orders turned into violet light and were absorbed by the Hero Hall.

The dense power of recruitment surged skyward!

Under the tenfold effect of “Holy Blessing,”

suddenly, heaven and earth changed color.

A beam of light appeared from the celestial dome.

No — it appeared from the blazing sun within the celestial dome!

But the color of this beam of light… was black.

It occupied the center of the setting sun.

The setting sun began to disintegrate from the center outward.

It looked just like a solar eclipse.

Light?

Can it be black?

From what Su Yu knew, black light did not exist.

So-called black light was simply the absence of light.

Without light, the world would naturally be completely dark.

But at this moment,

as if every cell in his body was telling him,

this was black light.

The black light devoured everything.

The entire Myriad Realms Battlefield, for millions of li in every direction, became pitch black.

The Myriad Realms Battlefield was boundless and vast,

and its rules were likewise immeasurable.

Every person in every territory who looked up at the sky at the same moment

saw the hanging sun in exactly the same position.

Thus, altering the appearance of heaven and earth in the Myriad Realms Battlefield was harder than scaling the heavens.

Let alone changing the sky’s appearance over millions of li in every direction.

This was already equivalent to shrouding an entire planetary world in darkness.

“Damn, why did the setting sun disappear? What’s going on?!”

“Good heavens, it’s gone dark?!”

“Could a heavenly treasure or earthly wonder have appeared?!”

Whether recent-generation lords or lords of past generations,

within the range of millions of li,

the lords of every territory looked around at the darkness in panic.

They turned on every illuminating light in their territories,

only to discover

that the world was still dark!

Why? Why couldn’t light illuminate the darkness?

Because this darkness was, in its essence, light.

Its brightness outshone all other light in existence.

Black light blazed across the world.

The only thing still visible was the screen of the Lord Terminal.

Because it did not travel in the form of light,

but entered directly into the mind in the form of soul-consciousness.

The many terrified lords

had thought their own territories were under attack,

pulled into some domain-level item.

Regional channels, local channels, racial forums —

all exploded with activity.

The panicked and uneasy lords only then realized their territories were not under attack.

It was the Myriad Realms Battlefield that had a problem.

In the Myriad Realms Battlefield, heaven’s aspect had changed!

“Too terrifying!”

“A treasure must have appeared!”

“I’m heading out to patrol ten thousand li right this day!”

The heated discussion went on and on.

Regarding this sudden darkness, the topic’s popularity instantly shot to the main page section of the Ten Thousand Races Forum.

It even stirred the interest of many old-monster-level lords.

At this moment,

Su Yu gazed at the world of utter darkness.

Within this darkness,

He could only see Yiluodi alone.

Bathed in radiant holy light, Yiluodi narrowed her eyes slightly, gazing up at the sky.

The darkness came swiftly, and left even more swiftly.

At the speed of light, it dispersed into the fog of war.

No one knew where those dark lights had gone.

As if they had simply vanished into thin air.

The setting sun reappeared.

A figure with alluring curves stepped out of the darkness.

She had black hair, and her black eyes were like the gaze of an abyss.

Black clothes, black pants, black shoes.

The only pale places on her entire body

were her bewitchingly beautiful face,

her hands as fair and tender as soft jade,

and the firm, pale legs beneath her ultra-short black shorts.

[Acquired 'Mythic-grade' hero unit — Dark Myth: Shadow]

[Dark Myth: Shadow — Tifeng·Yeliyana]

[Level: 1]

[Combat Power: 100]

[Skills: Thousand Faces Ten Thousand Forms, Shadow Submersion, Heart Bewitchment]

[Loyalty: 70 'Devoted to Duty']

Su Yu watched Yeliyana walk out from the Hero Hall, a smile in his eyes.

Looking at those attributes, she seemed like a hero suited for stealth.

"Master."

"Cough cough, cough... cough cough..."

A sudden soft call made the pondering Su Yu cough several times.

What was going on?

He stared blankly at the beautiful woman kneeling on one knee before him,

her pair of black eyes gazing at him intently,

filled with soul-stirring allure.

If Yiluodi's beauty was sacred, holy, and beyond compare.