281: The second clan-protecting artifact of China

After hearing the system prompt, Huang Chen slowly walked to the original location of the altar. After the original altar was destroyed, all that remained was a basketball-sized, multicolored energy core suspended one meter above the ground.

Huang Chen pressed his hand onto the core, and a piece of information immediately fed back into his mind.

[Ding!]

[Unowned Main City Altar Core detected. Bind?]

Yes/No

“Yes!”

Binding successful. Please name the Main City.

“A name?”

Huang Chen muttered to himself. Since the Japanese pirates had been destroyed, calling it Mie Wo City was obviously no longer appropriate.

“Then let's call it the City of Dawn!”

This was a major step taken by Huang Chen leading the Huaxia Clan. At this moment, the Huaxia Clan was like the rising sun, and the City of Dawn represented the beginning of hope.

[Naming successful!]

[Ding!]

[Star Abyss Announcement: Sakura City has been renamed the City of Dawn. The City of Dawn is now owned by Huang Chen of the Huaxia Clan and is a Tier 2 Main City of the Huaxia Clan.]

In an instant, Huang Chen felt absolute control over the City of Dawn. Just like with Huaxia Main City, he could directly control all functional buildings within the city with a single thought.

Huang Chen immediately closed the teleportation permissions for all Teleportation Arrays and simultaneously ordered the Dragon Rider Legion to stop attacking the teleportation altars.

Afterward, he placed Little Hu's Beehive right next to the altar.

Firstly, Little Hu could temporarily protect the Main City Altar for him. Secondly, there were still at least hundreds of millions of little japanese within the city who needed to be purged, and this Soul Power couldn't be wasted!

After notifying Tie Shengnan to send core personnel to guard the altar, Huang Chen immediately teleported back to the Jinling City Villa.

The purge of the City of Dawn would likely take a long time. After all, there were hundreds of millions of devils; even if they were hundreds of millions of pigs sticking out their necks to be slaughtered, it would still take a long time to chop them all.

Originally, the devils were still cursing Huang Chen's butcher-like behavior on the public screen, but as Star Abyss announced the elimination of the Sakura Clan, all public chat channels of Star Abyss simultaneously closed the chat permissions for that clan.

Huang Chen's sudden appearance startled Liu Ruyan. She quickly wiped away the tear stains from the corners of her eyes, took small steps toward Huang Chen, bowed her head, and respectfully said, “Master, you've returned.”

Liu Ruyan's actions did not escape Huang Chen's eyes, but he didn't say much. After all, he had just annihilated her entire clan, so it was normal for her to feel sad.

He took the eight-branched mirror directly from his backpack and tossed it to Liu Ruyan, asking, “See if you can use it!”

The moment the eight-branched mirror landed in her hand, Liu Ruyan immediately felt a sense of bloodline connection. After sensing it, she suppressed her excitement and told Huang Chen, “It needs to be bound before it can be used!”

“Oh!” Huang Chen nodded. “Since you can bind it, this will be yours from now on.”

Liu Ruyan's body trembled almost imperceptibly, and the knuckles of the hand holding the eight-branched mirror turned slightly white.

Honestly, she should have hated Huang Chen, but under the Slave Contract, she couldn't muster even a shred of hatred toward him.

Moreover, she knew that Huang Chen had always been extremely wary of her; among all of Huang Chen's women, she was the only one who existed as a slave.

Yet now, Huang Chen was handing such a precious divine artifact of the Sakura Clan over to her, which subtly touched her heart.

The Sakura Clan was a thing of the past. From now on, she would definitely work hard to clear all obstacles for her Master.

Huang Chen was completely unaware of Liu Ruyan's thoughts. He was just intensely staring at the eight-branched mirror in her hand, far more interested in comparing the divine artifacts of other clans with the imperial seal of china.

Liu Ruyan slowly closed her eyes. The eight-branched mirror in her hand instantly lit up with multicolored radiance, and the mirror surface rippled like water.

The radiance flowed and finally slowly subsided. The mirror body became warm and smooth again, and the feeling of bloodline connection with her became even clearer.

“What are the attributes!” Seeing the light of the eight-branched mirror subside, Huang Chen asked impatiently.

“I'll share the details with you!” Liu Ruyan said, then shared the attributes of the eight-branched mirror to Huang Chen's chat interface.

[eight-branched mirror] [Holder: Liu Ruyan]

Grade: Innate Divine Artifact (Can suppress a clan's destiny/fortune and slow down the speed of its loss.)

1. Within a 500-kilometer radius of the eight-branched mirror, the maximum HP of all clansmen is increased by 200%, and the maximum HP of the holder is increased by 500%;

2. Within a 500-kilometer radius of the eight-branched mirror, the Attack Power of all clansmen is increased by 100%, and the Attack Power of the holder is increased by 200%;

3. Within the range of Huaxia-affiliated cities, the Movement Speed and Attack Speed of all clansmen are increased by 50%, and the Speed of the holder is increased by 200%;

4. Guardian: Immune to all damage for 60 seconds. CD 24 hours.

5. Soul Control: Has a certain probability of controlling the opponent's soul. The stronger the holder's Soul Power, the higher the success rate. If the opponent's Soul Power is twice that of the holder or more, the probability is 0. The maximum range is 200 meters, and the effect intensity increases as the distance decreases.

6. Eight Desolation Destruction: The eight-branched mirror automatically absorbs Elemental Power from the air to charge. When fully charged, it can emit a fan-shaped beam of light that deals 100 million damage to all units within a 60-degree, 200-meter range in front. Charging time is 12 hours.

Note: The eight-branched mirror is the Innate Divine Artifact of the Sakura Clan, usable only by Trial Takers with the Sakura Clan bloodline. Since the Sakura Clan has now been eliminated, if the holder joins another clan, the eight-branched mirror will become that clan's clan-protecting divine artifact, assisting in suppressing that clan's destiny/fortune.

“Just as expected!” Huang Chen nodded silently.

Judging by the name, the grade of the Huaxia Clan's imperial seal of china is Innate Immortal Artifact. Although Huang Chen didn't know what level an Immortal Artifact was, judging by the attributes, even the incomplete Innate Immortal Artifact was several grades higher than an Innate Divine Artifact.

Moreover, the eight-branched mirror is a complete Innate Divine Artifact and can be taken outside the city boundaries.

With this realization, Huang Chen's mind instantly became active.

If he took the eight-branched mirror to raid the Mirror Shadow Tower, the difficulty would be significantly reduced.

However, Liu Ruyan currently had slave status. If he wanted the eight-branched mirror to belong entirely to the Huaxia Clan, he would first have to remove her slave status, and then have her join the Huaxia Clan registry.

Since Huang Chen currently controlled the Huaxia Clan's clan-protecting divine artifact, whether or not to allow outsiders to register was essentially up to him.

But if the Slave Contract was removed, would Liu Ruyan harbor rebellious thoughts?

This was definitely a serious problem. If Liu Ruyan developed rebellious thoughts and used the eight-branched mirror's Soul Control ability to cause trouble, it would be impossible to guard against.

However, there wasn't a complete lack of restrictions. As long as he kept the eight-branched mirror with him normally and only gave it to Liu Ruyan when needed, with Huang Chen nearby, she wouldn't be able to pull any tricks.

Thinking this, Huang Chen immediately took the eight-branched mirror from Liu Ruyan's hand and tossed it directly into his backpack.

Seeing Huang Chen directly put away the eight-branched mirror, a hint of disappointment flashed in Liu Ruyan's eyes, but she dared not say anything and simply lowered her head in distress.

Huang Chen pulled her to sit on his lap. With a thought, the Slave Contract Mark representing Liu Ruyan appeared on her forehead.

Huang Chen gently wiped the mark away and grasped it in his hand.

“Ruyan...” Huang Chen stared into Liu Ruyan's eyes and asked, “If I dissolve your Slave Contract, will you betray me?”

Hearing this, Liu Ruyan widened her eyes. “Ma... Master!”

“Why would you dissolve Ruyan's Slave Status? Ruyan thinks this way is quite good!”

Under the Master-Servant Contract, Huang Chen sensed that Liu Ruyan's words were genuine.

Therefore, he exerted slight force, and the entire slave mark instantly disintegrated, turning into a wisp of smoke that drifted away.

“Ah~”

Feeling the connection between herself and Huang Chen vanish, Liu Ruyan couldn't help but gasp aloud.

Huang Chen... really erased her Slave Mark??

Subsequently, tears of gratitude began to glisten in Liu Ruyan's eyes.

“Come, I'll take you to register for Huaxia Clan membership!”

As soon as Huang Chen finished speaking, the two instantly appeared next to the Huaxia Main City Altar.

Guided by Huang Chen, Liu Ruyan gently pressed her hand onto the altar and then submitted an application for clan membership to the altar.

Huang Chen immediately chose to agree.

Immediately afterward, the Star Abyss prompt appeared in the minds of all Huaxia Clan Trial Takers:

[Ding!]

[Congratulations! “Liu Ruyan” has joined the Huaxia Clan Registry. As Liu Ruyan is the holder of the Innate Divine Artifact “eight-branched mirror,” the eight-branched mirror automatically becomes the Huaxia Clan's second clan-protecting divine artifact.]