159: Chapter 159 The Arrival of the Four Races, the Elf Queen

Although ten years had passed within the Floating Island, only a single day had gone by in the outside world.

Once the island's time synchronized with the time on the Lord Continent, Xu Xuan began inspecting his terrestrial territories.

Before he had left, he instructed his vassals, such as Jung Jae-soo and Chizuru, to plant camphor spirit wood throughout the territory.

Xu Xuan rode a Flying Eagle on a circuit and found that in one day, the vassals had completed two-fifths of the workload.

At this rate, they should be able to finish everything in five days.

Riding atop the Flying Eagle, Xu Xuan felt a bit emotional; ten years had passed in the Floating City, yet only a day had gone by in the world outside.

The Floating City had undergone earth-shattering changes, while the vassals on the ground were still cleaning up yesterday's mess.

Seeing that these vassals had been diligently executing his arrangements during his day away, Xu Xuan returned to the city with peace of mind.

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Five days later.

Xu Xuan and the generals waited in the main hall, watching the countdown begin.

There were still 30 minutes until 8:00 AM.

It was a convention of the Lord Continent for brand-new events to begin at 8:00 AM.

When the clock hit 7:30, the virtual screen lit up.

[Global Announcement: The human race is about to enter the mid-stage of Spiritual Qi Recovery. Simultaneously, new races will enter the Lord Continent to compete with humanity for living space.]

[The races about to enter are: the Ghost Race, the Elf Race, the Zerg Swarm, and the Giant Race—the four great races.]

The Ghost Race and the Zerg Swarm were no surprise to anyone.

However, when they saw that the Elf Race and the Giant Race were also about to make their debut, everyone gasped.

The Giant Race?

Mainly, what exactly was this Giant Race? How massive were they?

[Global Chat Channel]

[Jack (USA): Holy shit! Giant Race? Can the castle I just finished building block a Giant?]

[Sato Shinji (Japan): I built three layers of walls just to defend against the Zerg Swarm, so why is a Giant Race coming?]

[Li Fei (Great Xia): On that day, humanity finally remembered the terror of being dominated by giants, and the humiliation of being imprisoned in a cage!]

[Wan Fei (Great Xia): Attack on Titan, right? Fine, fine, playing it like this, it's quite immersive.]

[Park Jung-ji (South Korea): Shibal! The Zerg Swarm was scary enough, and now they add a Giant Race? Humanity is finished! I declare the death of all mankind!]

Although everyone was terrified of the impending alien invasion, the Supreme Will of the Lord Continent—the so-called Heavenly Dao—didn't care about any of that.

As 8:00 approached, the bell began to toll.

Dong, dong, dong...

As the bell struck for the eighth time, the clock reached 8:00.

[Global Announcement: The four great races have descended upon the Lord Continent! Simultaneously, a brand-new feature is unlocked—the Trans-dimensional Trade Station.]

[Trans-dimensional Trade Station: All lords can open a Trade Station portal for free to trade with any lord in the world.]

And Xu Xuan's Floating City also officially entered the mid-stage of Spiritual Qi Recovery!

The divine generals on the island felt a weight lift from their shoulders as their strength was unlocked to the mid-stage Peak Realm.

Lv Bu gripped the fangtian painted halberd in his hand as the weapon ignited with raging demonic flames. He laughed loudly, "Exhilarating!!! Power, this power is too satisfying."

The muscles of Chi You, Xing Tian, and the others also became even more exaggerated as their shackles fell away.

At this moment, all the divine generals felt the benefits brought by the evolution of the era.

Including Xu Xuan.

His rare title, [defender of the human race], also allowed his strength to automatically reach the Peak Realm of the current era.

As his divine generals grew stronger, Xu Xuan also felt the abundant spiritual qi washing through his entire body.

His mind became clearer, his thinking speed increased significantly, and his entire spirit was revitalized.

Naturally, as he grew stronger, alien races also began to appear one after another around his territory.

[Jung Jae-soo: Message from Sentry Tower 39. 15 kilometers to the northeast, traces of the Zerg Swarm have been discovered!]

[Yamamoto Chizuru: Message from Sentry Tower 94. 11 kilometers to the southwest, Zerg Swarm detected. Blade Ants, a mid-stage Rank 2 unit.]

[Lee Yoo-jin: Sentry Tower 13. Eastern dense forest. Figures of the Elf Race spotted, 30 kilometers away from us.]

[Mio: No sign of the Giant Race yet.]

Information kept streaming in from the vassals on the ground.

Xu Xuan currently had over four hundred vassals. The scale of his terrestrial territory was roughly the size of two Guangzhou cities, about 14,000 square kilometers.

Among them, Chizuru, Mio, Lee Yoo-jin, Jung Jae-soo, and others had already activated Primary Spirit Gathering Arrays.

Primary Spirit Gathering Arrays could be shared with allies within the territory, so these vassals had also entered the early stage of Spiritual Qi Recovery.

On the outskirts of the territory, they had built structures similar to the Great Wall, connecting all the core territories.

Within the territory, a large amount of camphor spirit wood was also planted to prevent Zerg invasions.

[Yamamoto Chizuru: My Lord, the Zerg Swarm just passed below our walls. After smelling our camphor spirit wood, the Blade Ants all chose to avoid our walls.]

Upon receiving this news, Xu Xuan, sitting in the main hall, nodded with satisfaction.

"The strategy of planting large amounts of camphor spirit wood on the terrestrial territory was very successful. At the very least, we are the only region in the world that can avoid being invaded by the Zerg."

When the Zerg Swarm smelled the fragrance wafting from inside the walls, they avoided them one after another, not daring to attack.

On the terrestrial territory, although the Zerg Swarm appeared in all directions...

...the insects were clearly not stupid; they all chose to bypass Xu Xuan's territory and go harass others instead.

Xu Xuan waited in the main hall for information from various places. Several hours passed without a single piece of bad news.

Not a single invasion incident occurred?

Sitting on his throne, Xu Xuan couldn't help but remark, "This is the first time after entering a new era that things have remained so calm and peaceful."

The divine generals in the hall laughed in unison.

Grand Preceptor Wen cupped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, it is clear that all races have heard of Tianyuan's prestige. Our country has prepared its defenses, and no alien lowlifes dare to covet our territory."

"These alien races aren't stupid either. Knowing we are prepared, no one is going to be stubborn enough to come here and die."

"It must be that on the Chessboard of the Gods, those alien races were all frightened off."

Everyone chimed in, each carrying a sense of pride.

It seemed these alien races weren't all fools; they knew the Floating City was the ceiling of human combat power, and no one dared to provoke them.

Xu Xuan reclined lazily on his throne. He thought that since the enemies weren't coming to find trouble with him, he might as well take the initiative to attack and rack up some kills.

But just then...

[Trans-dimensional Trade Station: You have one new message.]

Hmm?

Regarding the newly unlocked Trans-dimensional Trade Station, the system seemed to say it allowed trading with anyone in the world.

It wasn't restricted by space; anyone from any corner of the world could conduct cross-regional trades.

Thinking of this, Xu Xuan clicked on the message to take a look.

[New Message: Elf Queen Lilith requests to add you as a Trade Station friend.]