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The Duke contemplated in secret.

Now he dared not seek any benefits from Lord Tianyuan's hands.

Even in normal trade, he had to give a small concession.

After all, Tianyuan City was a powerful nation, wasn't it?

"But such a strong territory only has a small city and a rudimentary stronghold on the surface... this Lord Tianyuan is really good at playing the pig to eat the tiger," the Duke mused.

"Could he be fishing? If it weren't for the Monster Overlord's attack, I might have really been hooked," he added, a hint of fear in his voice.

Luckily! Luckily!

Lord Tianyuan was so cunning!

...

Tianyuan City's looting of the three Overlords' main bases continued for a full three days and two nights.

Duo Lai traveled to three places, relying on the virtually infinite Dimensional Pocket within its belly, to strip the Overlord's Secret Realm of all its battle loot, even going so far as to dig three feet into the ground to dismantle and carry away the slightly higher-quality walls and floors of the buildings.

Only by doing so could it somewhat mend its own wounded soul, having failed to purify the nexus of corruption.Nôv(el)B\\jnn

Duo Lai was happy, but it was hard on Isloa, who was in charge of valuing the loot.

It took her a whole two and a half hours just to appraise this pile of battle loot, which contained a large amount of miscellaneous items.

"The total value is roughly over forty thousand Soul Crystals. However, among them, there are only a little more than three thousand real Soul Crystals; the rest are Remnant Souls, materials, tools, and equipment," she reported.

"This valuation only includes common items and Rare Level materials, but does not take into account high-value items like Rare Level Remnant Souls and certain blueprints," she clarified.

The most valuable among the spoils were the Remnant Souls dropped by Elite Monsters and the equipment stripped from their bodies.

A single Monster Overlord's main base provided a gift of nearly ten thousand Soul Crystals in value.

The monster waves provided a gift worth over ten thousand Soul Crystals.

Compared to the previous major battles, the biggest difference in this one was... Tianyuan City didn't suffer major losses.

This forty thousand in regular income was almost pure profit.

"However, this income of over forty thousand Soul Crystals is based on market prices. In reality, to liquidate all these spoils, caravans would have to make countless trips, and the value would shrink somewhat," she noted.

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But the profits were far from just these.

Mu Yuan opened his panel and scrolled back to previous notification records.

"Notice: Your hero 'Duo Lai' has purified a Nexus of Corruption..."

"Notice: Your hero 'Dead Bone' has purified a Nexus of Corruption..."

"Notice:..."

"You've obtained:..."

Mu Yuan filtered the notifications, skipping over the Rare Level purification gifts, looking only at the ones emitting a blue glow.

There were a total of eight items.

"Remnant Soul 'Snake-man Leader (Excellence One-Star)'"

"Remnant Soul 'Black Dragon Iron Guard (Excellence Three-Star)'"

"Treasure 'Night Pearl': Can enhance the bearer's abilities in the dark."

"Treasure 'Petrifying Eyes': Wearing it, the wearer's eyes can emit rays that petrify everything. The petrification rays have a cooldown of eight hours."

"Miracle Blueprints 'Energy Well'."

"Miracle Blueprints 'Advanced Sentinel Tower'."

"Treasured Tree 'Ice Clear Fruit Tree'."

And...

"Treasure 'Soul of the Deceased War Flag (Epic)'"

"Description: A flag that can gather undead units and absorb the breath of death from the world. When a strong being holds the Soul of the Deceased War Flag, the probability of owning Undead Revival-type and conversion-type abilities increases significantly."

This Epic Treasure was the reward for Dead Bone purifying the root foundation of the Orochi's God Statues.

It was also particularly suitable for General Dead Bone's use.

Its first ability could gather a large number of undead, allowing the undead units within it to self-recover. It was akin to a Secret Realm-class treasure exclusive to undead.

Dead Bone himself could open the Gate of the Netherworld and summon his direct lineage undead from Wraith Sacred Mountain.

But undead not native to Wraith Sacred Mountain couldn't be summoned or dismissed at will by Dead Bone; such was the nature of the Wraith Sacred Mountain.

Before the evolution of the Holy Mountain, only the native undead could live there for extended periods.

Undead converted from the Necrotic Plague Breath, however, could not.

The second ability's probability increase was a perfect fit for Dead Bone.

To ignite an Undead Wave, to accumulate billions upon billions in number, relying solely on Dead Bone was impossible, it had to be done through an Army of the Dead that grew like a snowball rolling down a hill.

This Epic item was naturally for Dead Bone's use.

Finding a suitable treasure for Dead Bone had not been easy.

"Duo Lai wears the Crown of Sovereignty, Dead Bone holds the Soul of the Deceased War Flag, and I carry the Pure White Feather; we all have Epic Treasures," he reflected.

"But the distance to equipping each Division General with an Epic Treasure is still long and arduous," he admitted.

Mu Yuan wasn't in a hurry, though.n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

When his Division Generals stepped into the Third-order, Tianyuan Territory lacked Excellence equipment.

Now that they were missing Epic Treasures, he was used to it.

His house was simply poor.

Yet, within the Legendary Realm, those able to own Epic Treasures were few and far between.

Not having one was the norm.

The Taixuan Covenant Platform displayed one Epic Treasure after another for exchange, nearly all at astronomical prices, tempting yet untouchable.

After the battle, Mu Yuan personally went to the third mining site to comfort the various races and forces, which had suffered no small amount of damage.

He had been worried that small races like the Cat People might get discouraged and quit, but he found the atmosphere at the third mining site far from bleak.

"We defeated the monsters! Did you see that? Dad! Mom!"

"In this battle, we fought alongside Tianyuan City, indiscriminately slaughtering the monsters, proving they're not invincible!"

"We can survive in the Eternal Continent, our descendants will live better lives, fallen comrades, you can rest in peace," they proclaimed.

Among the races, sacrifice was by no means a rare occurrence.