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Chapter 393: Forest conference

Meng Yingying received news from Southern Summer that said the antidotes were already being made.

The antidote Chu Tian had discovered, not only was it very low level, it used common materials. Miracle Commerce with control of Southern Summer's resources wouldn't find it hard to make these, so large amounts of antidotes would be sent soon.

"What should we prepare now?"

"Before the antidotes are sent, we do not meet the requirements to fight. We need to avoid being attacked by the Marauders for the next few days while also discovering where they are hiding….." Chu Tian stroked his chin and considered it, "I'll set a time and talk with the trolls!"

"What did you say?" Meng Yingying's beautiful eyes became large circles, "Is there a problem with your head? I don't have anything to talk with them and do you think they would come so easily?"

"They will surely come." Chu Tian said with an assured expression, "Isn't this their desired result?"

"Chu Tian's right." A plentiful figured beauty walked in at this time, "The Marauder's current behaviour is just to cause terror, to achieve the effect of not having to fight. Us requesting a talk is just what they want. This method can delay for several days and can also draw out the snake, letting us find the Marauder's hiding spot. This is killing two birds with one stone."

"So it's like this." Meng Yingying felt it had a bit of sense, "But how do we reach the other side?"

"The Marauders must have left people in the forest to watch our reaction. If we post the meeting time in the woods, they will surely come."

"The young miss is truly smart, not like this dumb girl at all!"

"Who is a dumb girl!"

Meng Yingying looked like she was gonna go crazy.

Chu Tian laughed, "I'll just leave this matter to the young miss."

Meng Qingwu's work was fast and sharp, immediately personally writing a letter. She sincerely requested the Marauders to stop their killing and invited them to a valley outside Oldman Canyon in three days. Meng Qingwu was afraid the trolls wouldn't understand, so she carefully wrote it in three kinds of common tongue of the forest. She then made a hundred copies of this request and had people place them in all the conspicuous areas of the forest.

This move was really useful.

Oldman Small Town was not attacked again.

If they didn't guess wrong, when the Marauders saw the meeting time, they immediately began to drink, celebrating winning this easy mark. Then they recharged themselves and waited for the negotiations in three days.

In these few days, large amounts of antidotes were sent in batches to the small town through the Space Warehouse.

Chu Tian had not been idle, he specially made some array flags that would form a special source energy array. This array's function was very simple, it would disrupt and weaken sound waves.

The trolls were good at domesticating bats and these bats were not just their mounts, but also their eyes. Their strong ultrawave investigation abilities made it very difficult to avoid being tracked by the Marauders. But it was the fact that the trolls relied on the investigation skills of the bats that if the bats couldn't use this ability, it would be an unexpected hit to the trolls.

Three days quickly passed.

Meng Qingwu was looking at the screen in the control room when she found a group of suspicious figures. When she enlarged the image, she immediately revealed a look of joy. It was over a thousand Marauders that had flew out a cave several hundred kilometers away, currently flying at high speeds towards Oldman Small Town.

That's right.

This was certainly the Marauder's stronghold.

Meng Qingwu immediately gave the deployment order, "1st Heaven's Punishment, immediately head to target sector. Wait for the command and prepare to attack!"

"1st Heaven's Punishment has received orders!"

A large Miracle Commerce airship began to slowly rise tens of thousands of meters into the air.

"This is bad, this is bad!" Not long passed before a wolf person ran into the town in a panic, "A large group of Marauders are coming!"

When the town's people heard this, they were all shocked.

Were the Marauders finally launching their attack?

Chu Tian appeared to calm everyone, "Everyone, no need to panic, this is just a small trap we have set. We have found the Marauder's hideout and the Oldman Small Town's army has been deployed. We will strike them and shake the entire forest!"

"This….."

The locals revealed looks of doubt.

Miracle Commerce had found the Marauder's hideout this quickly?

It didn't seem like they had done anything in the past few days, would there be a problem?

The Oldman Small Town's army had been completely deployed. Miracle Commerce had sent out the six thousand berserkers, eight hundred Storm Rifles, two hundred portable cannons, and most of them were holding Source Energy Submachine Guns and each person was holding Source Energy Grenades.

They were prepared to fight a decisive battle!

Vivian also led the thousand elves on their unicorns to participate in the battle!

If the elves were participating, what reason did they have not to believe? They returned to their tribes and had their warriors prepare for battle. Actually, to Miracle Commerce, just the small town's warriors were enough. The reason why they brought in all the local tribes was mainly to demonstrate Miracle Commerce's strength to them!

The army of tens of thousands was gathered.

Chu Tian only brought a few hundred people to the meeting place with the trolls. When Chu Tian arrived, there were already several hundred Marauders waiting there.

The Heaven's Eye airship had saw over a thousand troll cavalry, but there were only a few hundred of them. The other Marauders were probably around scouting. These Marauders were not stupid, they were also worried that Oldman Small Town might ambush them at the meeting area.

A tall and strong troll Marauder walked out. He was around two meters tall and was only half covered. His body was full of muscles that seemed like they were carved from stone which were also covered in strange tattoos. His hands were holding two black spear that were deeply inserted into the ground. A strong aura was being released that made everyone here feel pressured.

Chu Tian did not bring Vivian with him.

Therefore the small town side did not have a True Spirit Cultivator.

The troll Marauders couldn't help feeling contempt when they saw the weak lineup. But what kind of experts could a small town on the edge of the forest have? This lineup and this reaction was already very normal!

"Ha, ha, ha!" The troll leader give a sinister laugh, "I thought you didn't dare come!"

Chu Tian walked in front of the Marauders, "I always keep my word. Since I call you all out here, how could I not keep the appointment?"

"You do have a bit of courage." The troll leader pulled out the black spears and his green eyes looked over them, "Stop wasting words, we are people who only know how to kill. Since you want to be tactful, I can spare your lives, but you must agree to our requests!"

Chu Tian calmly spoke, "Please state them."

"First, give us all your source stones and resources."

"Second, profess your allegiance to us. All your resource and source stones, give us 90% of what you make!"

"The third condition….." The troll leader sized up Nangong Yun, Meng Yingying, and the others following Chu Tian with a lewd gaze, "These human girls aren't bad. They are in charge of serving us from now on!"

The troll leader's tone was very arrogant. It was like letting Chu Tian do this was a great honour for him.

Chu Tian gave a slight nod, "Just this?"

The humans were this calm which made the Marauders feel strange.

What did this fellow mean? Was this not enough?

The troll leader nodded, "Source stones, resources, and women, these all belong to us. We are not interested in your lives so you should thank us for our grace. Now, obediently hand all the things over!"

"Third head, I haven't played with human girls before!"

"I want to go first with that red haired girl, don't fight me for her!"

The troll Marauders treated these people like they were property, already laying claims on them. The trolls were very instinctual and their sense of beauty conformed to the continent's mainstream, so these beautiful human girls had a great attraction on them.

"Your excellency has given all these request, then this lowly one should give one too."

"You have a request?"

Chu Tian raised his hand to the sword hilt on his back, slowly drawing out the Netherworld Sword that was like an ice mirror. Gently pointing the blade, he directed it at the troll leader, "It's very simple, I only have one request. Just let me play with your head for two days. This small request, I hope you won't reject it."

The Marauders were stunned for a few seconds before breaking out in laughter.

Was this human making a joke?

He dared say these words with his Awakened Soul Realm cultivation!

The Marauder's third head was a True Spirit Realm expert!

The Marauders being able to run rampant for so long was not baseless. This was a large organization and they had experts like clouds. This human that didn't even seem to have hairs on his chest actually dared to fight with one of the Marauder heads?

The orc leader's brows jumped up as his eyes filled with rage, "Do you know what the price of doing this will be?"

"Price your head!" Nangong Yun was filled with rage when she saw the trolls. She immediately roared out, "This old lady will kill you first!"

Nangong Yun's arms turned into flame wings. With a sudden flap, she flew into the air like a large bird. After going in a circle in the air and reaching her top speed, she charged at the enemy without hesitation like a burning moth.

"Seeking death!"

The troll's black spears flew out like a black bolt of lightning.

The flames around Nangong Yun were blasted apart and the strong black energy pierced her body. Even the Starlight Immortal Body could not resist such a strong attack.

Meng Yingying was shocked, "Elder sister Nangong!"

Nangong Yun hit several trees before slamming into a cliff. The flames on her body was blown away, turning the surrounding area into a sea of fire. The rocks around her were also slightly melted.

Everyone's expressions changed.

Such powerful strength!

The intensity of this attack would even be hard for a peak 9th Awakened Soul Layer Cultivator with a defense cultivation technique to block!

Nangong Yun had only reached the peak 8th Awakened Soul Layer!

Hong!

Large amounts of flames exploded from the mountain as Nangong Yun walked out amidst magma flowing everywhere. What made it hard for people to believe was that she wasn't injured at all.

The trolls were a bit shocked.

This attack had slammed right into her.

Did this fellow have an undying body?

Nangong Yun's face was a bit pale, she had clearly spent quite a bit of spirit energy. Was this the difference between the Awakened Soul Realm and the True Spirit Realm? Even with how strong her cultivation skills were, it was hard to make up for it!

"Nangong, move aside." Chu Tian walked forward raising his sword, "This fellow is mine!"

Chapter 394: Clone Slash

Chu Tian's subordinates all had their work. Meng Qingwu was in charge of the company, Meng Yingying was in charge of helping the various departments, and Nangong Yun was the best at fighting among his workers, so she became the person receiving the most focused training.

Although she was only in the peak 8th Awakened Soul Layer, she could fight someone in the peak 9th Awakened Soul Layer. However, even with this kind of fighting talent, although it wasn't hard to fight skipping levels, it was not easy for her to fight across realms.

The difference of a realm was like heaven and earth.

If an Awakened Soul Cultivator fought a Body Refinement Cultivator or if a True Spirit Cultivator fought an Awakened Soul Cultivator, there would be no suspense at all.

Oldman Small Town did not have a single True Spirit Cultivator, so would the Marauders place them in their eyes? This human brat really didn't know good and bad, he actually dared to be this wild. This was simply seeking his own destruction!

"You really want to kill yourself." The Marauder leader gave a few cold laughs, "What reason do I have to not help you?"

The two of them confronted each other.

The killing intent and pressure came in waves across the surrounding area, making the others unable to not take a few steps back.

Chu Tian sword was slightly trembling, just like a wild animal that couldn't resist attacking. This was Chu Tian's first time fighting a True Spirit Realm expert. Although Chu Tian was confident, he did not know what kind of battle strength he had with his current strength!

The Marauder leader attacked first. The black spears turned into black lightning as it pierced out at Chu Tian's chest.

He thought it would be the same as Nangong Yun, instantly penetrating Chu Tian's body!

However, he was even more fierce this time. He wanted to personally shatter his inner visceras. He did not believe that a person could still live after their heart was shattered. He wanted this stupid human to know the consequences of what happened when the ant challenged the tiger!

The Netherworld Sword released a beautiful and eye catching sword glow.

Dang!

The sword tip and spear tips met.

It was like a needle meeting an awn of wheat!

The sharp sword qi and the spear glow spread in all directions like water droplets, ripping apart all the grass. It was like a storm had blown through the forest, instantly blowing everything away and shattering countless branches.

Whether it was people from Oldman Small Town or the Marauders, when they felt this evenly matched power colliding, they couldn't help moving back a step.

Another sound exploded!

Chu Tian and the Marauder leader both moved back several meters.

Chu Tian's face was as calm as water without any fluctuations as he silently appraised the might of his sword. The Marauder leader's expression had changed. He never thought that the other side would not dodge and would match his blow head on!

Such powerful sword qi!

When the Marauder leader met with the other side, there was a sharp and sinister energy that had entered into his body. Even with the Marauder leader's strength, he could not block all of it and had suffered quite a bit of losses.

The human could actually block the third head's attack?

Were they dreaming? The third head was a True Spirit Realm expert!

The Oldman Small Town were even more amazed than the trolls as they revealed looks of shock. The mayor was actually this strong, it seems like they couldn't underestimate this human!

"So it's like this. You are a sword cultivator and must have reached the Perfection Realm with your sword art, so you can release such a strong sword qi." The Marauder leader's expression was cloudy for a few second before he suddenly understood something, "But no matter how strong your sword art is, how many attacks can your Awakened Soul Realm cultivation withstand?"

Chu Tian gave a laugh, "You can give it a try!"

The Marauder leader was enraged once again by Chu Tian's relaxed appearance!

Damn!

You're clearly weak!

But you have to act this arrogant!

Since it's like this, I'll let you see my true strength!

The Marauder leader's source energy condensed into the form of a three headed snake. The colour of the three snake heads were different, with one being red, one being green, and one being purple. Three different kinds of energy barriers surrounded the troll.

"The third head is using his source spirit!"

"This Three Headed Demon Snake Source Spirit is famously strong!"

"Let's see how this brat will deal with it this time!"

Chu Tian's eyes slightly focused.

A rare multi attributed source spirit?

This kind of source spirit could release many attributed energy, so it was harder to deal with compared to normal cultivators.

The black spears flew back into his hand like two dark pythons.

When the Marauder leader was holding the two black spears, his aura increased by over ten times. The three headed snake source spirit split apart, with one going to his left hand, one going to his right hand, and the final one appearing above his head. It released a strong cloud of poison at Chu Tian.

"Poison attributed source spirit?"

Chu Tian turned into sword light to escape.

"Want to run? How could it be that easy!" The Marauder leader gave a few laughs before stepping off the ground, instantly chasing after him. He locked onto Chu Tian's hiding position, "Die!"

The two black spears turned into serpents as they flew at Chu Tian. The power that the two snakes released, one would produce a paralyzing effect and the other would create a weakening effect. The two energies slammed into Chu Tian at the same time, making Chu Tian feel as if the air around him had turned into water and each movement felt like he was moving a thousand pounds.

Such a strange source spirit power!

The Marauder leader's attacks would cause negative effects to enemies, so it would lower the other side's resisting abilities. Even a True Spirit Realm Cultivator of the same level would fall for this move, not to mention an Awakened Soul Cultivator?

An Awakened Soul Cultivator would not be able to resist the paralysis and weakening effect at all. Most Awakened Soul Cultivators would lose the ability to fight back at all!

"Sword!"

The Demon God's Sword Source Spirit soared into the air!

With the demon god's power, Chu Tian could dispel the energy surrounding him, earning him a bit of time to catch his breath. The Netherworld sword was filled with the Demon God's Sword's destructive power and the blue and white sword glow turned a black and purple colour. The power intensity doubled at least and the destructive might increase by over ten times!

"Netherworld Ghost Slash!"

Chu Tian slashed out without hesitating even a second!

The flaming Netherworld Sword slammed into the two demonic snakes and the roaring flames and the destructive power completely dispelled the two snakes. With the sound of an explosion, both sides were sent flying.

They were evenly matched again?

Both sides had used their source spirit.

Chu Tian could use a single slash to dispel the powers of the Marauder leader's source spirit?

Looking at this, Chu Tian actually had the upper hand in this confrontation!

The Marauder leader was shocked and angered. He even flew into a mini rage, "Damn, I want to see just how long you can hold on!"

The Marauder leader could be considered to have tasted Chu Tian's strength.

This guy was not using tricks at all. Even in a head on situation without any tricks, with his peak 9th Awakened Soul Layer Cultivation, he could fight against someone in the 1st True Spirit Layer!

But the Marauder leader did not panic.

This was because even if the other side was heaven defying, he was still an Awakened Soul Cultivator. To a True Spirit Cultivator, these two attacks did not even consume 1% of his spirit energy, but it would consume at least 10% of an Awakened Soul Cultivator. How long can he hold on if they kept fighting like this?

"I thought you were quite strong!" Chu Tian revealed a disappointed look as he sighed and shook his head, "In the end, your skills are only like this? This fight without any challenge is not fun at all. I'm not playing anymore, I'll finish you with this move!"

Looking down!

He was clearly looking down on him!

It was like killing him was as simple as eating a bun.

"Overestimating yourself!" The Marauder leader released an even strong spirit energy, "I'll let you taste the secret technique of the troll race!"

The Marauder leader had been thoroughly enraged!

When he displayed this secret technique, he was instantly surrounded by spirit energy and turned into a three headed snake. An ancient and cruel aura was then released. The troll evoked his source spirit to its peak and increased its effect by over ten times.

"Flame Demon Transformation!"

When the Marauder leader released the secret technique, Chu Tian's body was covered in flames. The flames burned and soon turned him into a flaming demon.

Instantly.

He suddenly disappeared.

Chu Tian's speed and explosive force increased by several times compared to before. The Marauder leader barely locked onto Chu Tian as his paralysis and weakening abilities landed on Chu Tian.

Even if the other side was a True Spirit Cultivator, this power was enough that they wouldn't be able to move.

He did not believe that Chu Tian could break it!

As expected.

Chu Tian was forced from his hiding spot and his burning form froze in the air, unable to move forward at all.

The opportunity was here!

He would immediately kill him!

The Marauder leader roared out as he launched an attack.

He never would have thought that a portion of Chu Tian's flame would separate and turn into a same looking flame demon. It was also holding a similar flaming sword.

This flame demon become two, two became four, and four became eight.

The Marauders leader was instantly surrounded by the eight flame demons.

"This…..this is..."

The Marauder leader felt fear since he knew this was not camouflage. A strong energy was coming from each of the flame demons and he couldn't tell which one was the main body!

"Netherworld Clone Slash!"

The eight forms disappeared at the same time.

Countless sword lights formed a net, instantly dividing the Marauder leader's body. It was an irresistible aura that cut the Marauder leader's body into countless pieces!

Instant kill!

It was an instant kill!

The Marauder leader did not resist at all!

The Netherworld Clone Slash was the Netherworld Flame Sword's Perfection Realm's ultimate attack.

It allowed Chu Tian to instantly form clones and each clone had a hundred percent of the main body's power. This was equal to instantly duplicating one's strength several times and combined with the Flame Demon Transformation Secret Art, even a True Spirit Realm expert could not block it!

"The third head is dead?"

The Marauders were all stunned!

They never would have dreamed that this would be the ending!

After Chu Tian killed a True Spirit Cultivator, he had consumed quite a bit of spirit energy. He immediately took several pills to heal up and gave his orders, "Kill them all!"

The trolls did not even have time to react.

The Source Energy Weapons were raised and a storm of Source Energy Bullets filled the entire forest. The trolls did not have the ability to fight back at all against this dense and terrifying attack. When they received the power of the Source Energy Bullets, they finally realized Oldman Small Town's real power!

It was already too late.

These fellows were doomed to die here.

Chu Tian said, "The Marauders will react very quickly. Before they escape, we must destroy their stronghold in one fell swoop and completely exterminated these disgusting locusts!"

After experiencing the power of Chu Tian and his army, the Oldman Small Town's people did not hesitate at all.

Chapter 395: Heaven's Punishmen

Chapter 395: Heaven's Punishment

Chu Tian finished off these Marauders and did not stay any longer. He immediately led Nangong Yun, Yingying, and the others to quickly reconvene with the young miss.

This was a road that was only fifty miles away from the Marauder's hideout.

Meng Qingwu led the over thirty thousand army sent from the small town and entered the jungle. They carefully moved through the jungle, preparing for their attack.

"Elder sister, we did it!" Meng Yingying ran in front of Meng Qingwu with a face filled with happiness. She said in a small voice to her elder sister, "Chu Tian killed the chief in an instant, but a few of them escaped the net and perhaps they have already reported back. If we don't attack now, perhaps the Marauders will run away."

"Our support hasn't arrived yet." Nangong Yun found that the jungle ambush was the entirely the small town's army. Didn't the local tribes say that they would sent out their elites, "The Marauders have over seventy to eighty thousand people, all who are experienced in battle and they have their flying bat mounts. How will we win with just these people?"

"We don't have time to wait for them." Meng Qingwu was not surprised. These locals were suspicious of Miracle Commerce and although they said they would send support, they would actually move very slowly. It was clear they didn't want to go first, so they stayed back to wait and see.

If attacking became unfavourable, they would surely turn to run. They would not risk offending the Marauders to help Miracle Commerce. Of course, if this offense was smooth, they would perhaps help.

No matter what.

Chu Tian did not care at all.

If they depended on those fellows, this fight could not last. This fight to Miracle Commerce was not just beating a bunch of forest robbers, but also was a chance to demonstrate Miracle Commerce's strength. It was a good chance to kill some people as a warning.

There were countless robbers like the Marauders, so they would have to beat one after the other without end. The only way is to fight a beautiful battle and sweep through the other side, which will deter countless locals and countless robbers. It would most likely deter something like this from happening again.

Miracle Commerce did not just need to demonstrate their power to their enemies and potential enemies, they also needed to demonstrate this to their allies and potential allies. In the Forest of Chaos, power was everything. Whoever's fist was harder had the right to speak.

If Miracle Commerce had enough strength, who would dare refuse submitting to them?

Miracle Commerce only had a small patch of land on the edge of the forest and did not touch the giant powers yet. The forest giants did not need to come provoke Miracle Commerce and no one dared touch Miracle Commerce here, so they could develop safely and steadily.

"Whether if it's for a demonstration or a show, this fight must be beautiful." Chu Tian made confirmations before the attack, "How are your preparations?"

"We can confirm that the other side is hiding in the cave and the Heaven's Punishment is at the best attack position of five thousand meters!" Meng Qingwu then added, "The interference array you've formed has already been placed and it's hidden in the forest where it isn't easy to find."

"Since it's like this, just begin." Chu Tian gave a satisfied nod, "Have the elves be responsible for the rear and have the rest of the army charge in."

The elves were not truly a part of the small town.

Chu Tian did not want elves to die in the fight and then have those fellows come to him with trouble.

The several tens of thousands army had moved their way through the forest, stopping at a mountain peak several miles away. There were many Marauder bats that had flew over their head and it was clear this was their detection range.

The Marauders did not know Miracle Commerce could shield against the ultrasonic waves of the bats, but several tens of thousands of people was not a small number. If they were to approach, it was very likely they would be discovered.

"The preparations here are enough!" Chu Tian made a hand signal to Meng Qingwu, "Begin!" The berserkers will head in first and the others will climb down first."

The six thousand barbarian berserkers poured into the forest holding their Source Energy Weapons.

Meng Qingwu took out a communication device which was connected to the airship above them, "Heaven's Punishment, I am Meng Qingwu. Confirm the target and begin to attack. I repeat, begin to attack!"

"Heaven's Punishment has received the orders!"

A low and deep sound came from the communication device. The allied army in the forest all felt strange, they didn't know what Chu Tian was doing, having them lie in the forest like this. However, no one dared disobey Chu Tian, so they could only keep lying there.

The Heaven's Punishment airship was a giant airship that was covered in reflective mirrors. These mirrors were not normal mirrors, but rather image transfer mirrors that could display various images and could also display image received at the same time, so it would make the front and back seem transparent.

Looking at it from a short distance, one would only see a faint outline. If they looked at it from a distance, it would be hard to distinguish with the naked eye. This was the airship made from their current technology and could be considered a spirit in the air.

"Locked onto target!"

"Altitude of around five thousand meters!"

"Wind speed normal, environment normal."

"Activate a hundred bombs for high altitude bombing!"

The cabin of the airship opened to reveal the bomb bay. There were meter long bombs inserted inside that looked like black swords. The bombs were black all over and covered in large amount of ruins. One could vaguely see highly compressed crystal oil in the honeycomb shaped chambers.

The power of this bomb was equal to a hundred Source Energy Grenades.

This wave of bombs was equal to ten thousand Source Energy Grenades exploding at the same time.

"Activate!"

These long sword like bombs were activated and the runes on them began to glow. It was like energy began to flow through them and with a pu sound, they separated from the bombing bay, falling down towards the earth like meteors.

This speed was resoundingly fast.

This was the natural rate of falling!

This was because there was a weight increasing rune on the bombs, so once this rune was activated, the bomb would be several times heavier. Each bomb would become incomparably heavy and be dragged down by gravity, increasing their speed, so it could fall straight down and not be impaired by the wind.

A hundred bombs fell down from the vast skies and they weren't very visible, like one hundred stones falling on a mountain.

However, when these tiny black spots touched the mountain.

Hong~~~!

The entire forest trembled as large amounts of light and heat were released. A terrifying energy cloud filled the air as it seemed like the entire mountain was shaking from an earthquake. That rushing wave of air shredded apart the surrounding forests.

"The first wave of bombing is complete."

"The devastation rate is less than 5%!"

"Adjust our position. Prepare five hundred bombs for the second wave!"

This first wave of attacks was just testing the waters. The second wave had five hundred bombs, its might was several times that of before. When they simultaneously fell onto the mountain and exploded, the released light was as bright as the sun in the sky.

The small town's army and the locals watching from the distance were all stunned by this terrifying scene.

They finally understood what was cracking the earth itself!

The part that made them most terrified was that they could not understand how this had happened at all. It was like this incomparably strange explosion had suddenly appeared!

The third wave of explosions.

This time was one thousand bombs!

The entire mountain peak was covered in bombs and a large part of it cracked off. Flames filled the surrounding forests and the earth was burnt black. The shockwave spread for an entire ten miles and all the trees were blown away. Even the entire air was completely fried and filled with dust and charcoal, blurring one's view.

"Heaven's Punishment's task is complete!"

"Currently leaving current altitude!"

All the weapons in the Heaven's Punishment airship had been released.

So they evacuated and returned to a safe altitude.

The speed and force of the attack was too strong, it had come too sudden. If one was at the center of the bombing, even a high level True Spirit Cultivator would find it hard to escape. When the Marauders weren't prepared, they were suddenly bombed like this, perhaps their casualties would be 50-60% and that was already an optimistic estimation!

This large forest robber organization had not even begun to fight and did not even know what had happened before they were wiped out by Miracle Commerce.

"Everyone charge in! Kill the Marauders!" Chu Tian shouted into a loudspeaker, "This is the consequence of offending my Miracle Commerce!"

The several tens of thousands of soldiers saw Miracle Commerce's amazing method and they were filled with morale. They immediately raised their weapons and charged into the sea of flames.

The lucky Marauders turned over the burning mountain rocks and crawled out with great difficulty, only to see a large amount of berserkers in heavy armour charging at them.

Those fierce Source Energy Weapons began to fire.

The sounds of pitiful cries rang out.

Six thousand berserkers and several thousand Source Energy Weapons, under the pressure of this firepower, how many of the heavily injured Marauders still escape? This was basically a slaughter!

"The chairman has given orders!"

"Kill them all!"

The allied army searched for the Marauders, killing one as soon as they found one. They didn't say anything and definitely showed no mercy. To the Marauders, this was simply an unprecedented nightmare.

Eighty thousand Marauders!

An entire eighty thousand Marauders!

This was a highly mobile force with reconnaissance abilities. Although they couldn't form a regime, they had still run rampant in the forest for many years and had never been truly exterminated before.

Now they had been exterminated in just a couple of minutes!

When the leader of the Marauders crawled out from the wreckage, he looked at the sea of fire around them, revealing very ugly expressions on his fierce face. He said in a terrified and angry voice, "Just what happened? Just what happened here!"

A spatial fluctuation appeared in front of him.

An elven girl had created a spatial crack.

The face of the Marauders' leader changed, immediately sending out a punch which passed through Vivian, but couldn't actually hit her. The Marauders' leader's cultivation was around the same as Vivian's and he might be able to break the Void Escaping with his full strength, but the current him had been already injured. This attack had happened suddenly and he could not gather his strength at all.

When the Marauders' leader was a bit stunned.

Vivian waved her hand.

A slight spatial cut that was hard to see with the naked eye passed through the Marauders' leader and the leader's eyes immediately slightly contracted. He slowly looked down with a face of disbelief, seeing his body being sliced from the middle, currently slowly splitting apart. The cut had been very smooth, filling him with fear.

No!

This is not real!

This must be a dream, it must be a nightmare!

The Marauders' leader died not daring to believe what had happened, after all, he had just been inside the cave drinking with his brothers in celebration. This kind of earth shattering change happening in just an instant, no one would dare believe it!

"The leader is dead!"

"It's over, the Marauders are over!"

That Marauders' leader was killed by Vivian, the second leader had been killed by Miracle Commerce's bombing, and the third leader had been killed by Chu Tian. All the high level leaders had been killed, so naturally the survivors of the Marauders had instantly collapsed.

How could they dare keep fighting?

There was no suspense to this battle, it was just a pure slaughter!

An infamous robber gang had been removed from the forest just like this!

Chapter 396: Eternal Fores

Chapter 396: Eternal Forest

The bear tribe, the wolf tribe, the orcs, the ogres, and the other Oldman Small Town allies, when they rushed to the battlefield, the fight here had already been finished.

The various locals were all stunned.

The majestic mountain covered in lush forest had already been blown to pieces at this moment. All the trees had been evaporated and the center of the explosion was releasing a high temperature, turning the rocks into magma, forming a spider web on the ground. Several dozen miles was covered in dust and charcoal, turning it completely black. The air was already close to boiling.

This devastated scene, what part of it looked like a forest?

It was simply like an apocalyptic volcano erupting.

Eighty thousand Marauders, almost not a single one was left alive.

Most of their corpses couldn't even be found.

Several barbarians put together the two halves of the Marauders' leader's body and tied it high up on the Oldman Small Town's flag. They were currently showing it off in front of the locals.

This infamous forest robbers had now been completely burnt black. His eyes were round as his face was filled with a look of willingness and panic, not daring to believe this was real even in his moment of death.

The Marauders even dared rob the transport groups of the forest giants.

The Marauders have never been caught even when chased by the forest giants.

This resourceful and sly bandit group had finally been annihilated at the hands of a small town. Most of the Marauders did not even know what happened before they were wiped out in a state of ignorance. Even the lucky survivors were relentlessly wiped out by Miracle Commerce.

No mercy was shown at all.

No resistance could be formed.

It was so clean and so fierce.

Chu Tian led his people in front of the locals, "You truly came right on time. The battle was already finished by us, so we'll leave the matter of putting out the fire to you all."

The locals were all worried and fearful.

The most terrifying things was not exterminating the Marauders themselves, but rather they did not know what method Miracle Commerce used at all. How could they find the Marauders' temporary stronghold so quickly and how could they launch this terrifyingly powerful attack from out of thin air?

This destructive power could instantly level a mountain, even the top True Spirit Realm expert could not do that! So, the locals could already no longer imagine Miracle Commerce's methods. They could only feel lucky that they didn't provoke the other side, otherwise it would have been their tribes bombed to pieces.

The locals were all filled with fear, not daring to look forward and only sincerely bowing.

Chu Tian looked over these fellows and knew that they had already submitted themselves to Miracle Commerce's might. If Miracle Commerce wanted them to do something, would they dare not do it?

"Alright, we'll leave the clean up work to you all, you can also take a look to see if there are any spoils." Chu Tian had destroyed this large scale bandit organization, but he seemed like he had just destroyed a block of wood. It was like he did something not even worth mentioning, "We're done for the day!"

"Yes!"

The small town's allied army began to leave.

This only left the locals with looks of astonishment.

"What are you staring in a daze for?

"Why haven't you started clearing the battlefield!"

Someone among the locals shouted out and it was like they woke from a dream, slowly coming back to their senses. They might have already attracted Chu Tian's dissatisfaction and if they slowly cleaned the battlefield, attracting Miracle Commerce's anger, what would they do if they attacked their tribes?

Miracle Commerce could easily find the Marauders.

They could certainly easily find them.

Miracle Commerce could easily destroy the Marauders.

Then they could easily destroy them as well.

In the minds of these locals, Miracle Commerce was no longer a simple outer edge power, rather they were a super power that could be placed on the same level as the giants in the Forest of Chaos.

Actually these locals overestimated them.

The over a thousand bombs used by the Heaven's Punishment had already used all of Miracle Commerce's stored heavy bombs. These over a thousand bombs had been taken Miracle Commerce more than a month to make, so they could not launch another similar attack temporarily.

But it didn't matter.

Just this once was enough!

No matter who it was that experienced Heaven's Punishment's might, they would not dare go against Miracle Commerce. Even the giant powers in the forest would have to consider the consequences.

The allied army basically suffered no casualties.

This was a magnificent and shocking performance.

When the Oldman Small Town citizens saw their triumphant return, they were all filled with confidence. The Marauders were just a group of clowns, a bunch of stupid moths running into the flame!

Some people could already see a new forest city rising.

In the future, the population would definitely increase.

The times dealing with the spider clan proved Miracle Commerce's abilities. This time's slaughtering of the Marauders would spread Miracle Commerce's name through the forest and many locals would come for shelter soon.

Meng Qingwu began her plans to make shelters in the canyon.

At this time, the small town's spiritual pressure increased as a heaven shaking aura filled the air. Chen Bingyu came out of her closed door cultivation and she had smoothly broken through to the True Spirit Realm.

Chen Bingyu became Miracle Commerce's first True Spirit Cultivator. After a few days, Dongfang Haoran also bork through and reached the True Spirit Realm. Miracle Commerce had gained two True Spirit Realm experts in a short period of time, instantly making up for their lack of battle strength.

This could be considered a double happiness!

Chu Tian prepared for Miracle Commerce to have a celebration feast.

They would celebrate Miracle Commerce's break through progress!

......

The Marauders being exterminated caused waves of small stirs among the forest.

Some large powers in the forest's core began to fear Miracle Commerce. Although the Marauders were the public enemies of most of the powers in the forest, this fight from Miracle Commerce had attracted quite a few people's dissatisfaction.

A legendary hidden valley inside the Forest of Chaos – Refarius!

Refarius in the elven language meant sun and eternity, therefore people called it the Eternal Valley. Legends say that the elven city set up inside this Eternal Valley was called Eternal City.

Among the layered dense mountain forest and the natural springs, there was a white stone path covered in fluorescent moss. It was the only entrance through the ancient barrier, so if one knew the method of opening the barrier, they could enter the Eternal Valley.

The Eternal Forest in the Eternal Valley, always filled with vitality and a powerful ancient might. The warm and dazzling light from the sun drenched the entire Eternal Forest. Over a million elves lived in this forest and it was covered in elves' wood and stone houses. The beautiful sounds of elves came from every corner of the Eternal Forest.

The elven king's palace was above a waterfall, chiseled out from pure white jade. Each detail was filled with unimaginable artistic and cultural heritage.

That's right.

This was the Eternal Forest.

The capital city of the Forest of Chaos' wood elves!

The elves had long lives and when bathed under the powerful energy of the sun's rays, they did not suffer from any illnesses and would obtain great power, allowing them to live long lives.

The Elven Council.

Several dozen elven elders had arrived.

A white haired old elf sat at the speaker's position, "After several decades, many countries and races have been destroyed and they were destroyed by their radically pursuing strength, progress, and development. Strength will make people go crazy, progress will make people lost, and development will cause war. This is the root of all disasters. So, my clan has followed the same principal for tens of thousands of years, closing up and conserving our great civilization. The elves do not take the initiative to compete and what we have now is enough for our clan to develop….."

The elven speaker Augusta gave his speech in a slow and melodious voice.

It was unknown how many times the elven speaker had reiterated his own views and opinions.

The other elves listened wholly absorbed, nodding along with him.

The elves were a noble, righteous, conservative, and traditional race. They believed they were the strongest race on the continent. How could those violent spirit beasts and low class humans possible compare to the elves?

Countless times in history have told the elves that fighting resulted in destruction, so the elves did not start a war on their own. The elves would abide by their traditions passed down for several tens of thousands of years, remaining aloof to the world. Only by doing this could they ensure they were not corrupted by the turbulent continent filled with killing.

The elven king stood by Augusta's side. The elven king looked like a human that was around forty years old. He had the same beautiful jade like skin of any elven man, but his face was more sculpted, like it was carved by the most outstanding sculptor on the continent. Every inch of his skin was like jade and each pore seemed to be filled with essence. He was perfect from head to toe, like a natural piece of art.

He knew that Augusta was indirectly insulting him.

Recently the Elven King had passed by the Elven Council to seize a city which had caused great disapproval from the Elven Council.

The elves were a noble and graceful race.

How could they seize cities?

The elves were a conservative and peaceful race.

How could they attack others?

This matter had not been passed through the Elven Council and the Elven King's actions had seriously harmed the elven traditions. So, as for how to handle the newly seized city, the elves had very different opinions.

According to the elven regulations, once something they disagree on occurs, they would need to repeatedly discuss it. The shortest time would be one-two years and the longest would be ten-twenty years. Finally, once there was no questions with the debate, this matter would finally be considered settled.

After this long time.

If this city did not become barren, it would be seized by someone else.

The Elven King felt very helpless. He even made sure that this city would have strategic value to the elves. Not only would it consolidate the elves' status in the Forest of Chaos, it would also provide them a direct channel with the outside world.

The elves were too sealed up!

When the rules became shackles, the elves were still proud of themselves.

Helpless, the Elven King was only a king. The Elven King did not have absolute power.

"There is another matter that happened recently." The speaker said in an indignant voice, "It's that human you all let escape, he led people to cause a large stir in the forest. In order to exterminate a group of bandits, he burnt several dozen miles of forest!"

"What?"

"That is too hateful!"

"Plants and trees are alive and are innocent, how could he destroy nature just to kill a group of bandits! This truly despicable and unethical!"

The elves fell into discussion, being very discontent with Chu Tian's method.

Chapter 397: The Elven King's gif

Chapter 397: The Elven King's gift

The Elven Council members were all elected. One must meet a series of requirements to be voted in, for example, one must be over five hundred years old, have a cultivation above the 3rd True Spirit Layer, have great moral character, obey the ancient rules, be combination of talent and virtue...Because of this election system, the Elven Council was filled with stubborn old things that wouldn't bend from the ancient ways. Elves that surpassed the True Spirit Realm could live up to a thousand years. The current speaker was already a fossil of a thousand years and with his strength, he could live another three-four hundred years.

The elves' vitality was too strong.

This caused the newer generation's metabolism to be very slow. The new generation of elves would always be under the influence of the older generation and the Elven Council changed from old to new very slowly. With these old men in charge, even if there were new people with new thoughts, they would also turn into a stubborn old man after being with these old men for one-two hundred years.

The elves' etiquette, the elves' believes, the elves' morals, they were all tightly restrained!

It had locked the elves of the continent for close to ten thousand years!

Ten thousand years was not long for the elven culture, it was at most ten generations of leaders. However, to the spirit beasts and humans, it was enough to change their world!

A race that had overlooked tens of thousands of races on the continent before.

Had now declined to such a state.

Even in the Forest of Chaos, the elves' influence was also declining. The elves were not focused on how to revitalize their race, but rather how to maintain their image, how to protect the elves' noble appearance, and how to separate the noble elves from the other races of the continent.

As everyone knew, in the eyes of the humans, the elves were a strange race. Even the aggressive spirit beasts already disdainfully looked down on the elves.

"This human Chu Tian is so cruel." An council member righteously shouted out, "For a single victory, he actually destroyed a forest that had been growing for hundreds of years, not caring about the animal lives living inside. This kind of selfish behaviour will be limited and resisted by the elves."

"That's right, reconsideration!" Another council member stood up, "All beings are alive and the strong cannot disregard the lives of others at will."

"Such a crude method is simply corrupting the forest, this is blasphemy to forest and nature!"

If there were humans here, they would certainly break out in laughter by the elves' discussion.

In order to protect a small piece of the forest, one had to give up victory?

Only the elves would do something like this. To the humans, this was just stupid!

A council member suddenly pointed at the elder sitting beside the speaker, "Vice speaker Ulysses, you had a chance to execute this human, but you let him back leave the Tree of Life Tribe. So, everything that has happened, you are partly responsible for."

Ulysses said with a frown, "I have already investigated this matter and will submit the information regarding this to everyone. Chu Tian's matter is excusable, there was no malicious intention to kidnap an elf at all. Chu Tian is a human with ability rarely seen in ten thousand years and if the elves mishandles this matter, perhaps we'll be cursed for ten thousand years."

"Don't mention Chu Tian's matter." Another council member said, "Vivian is most serious offender of the elven rules in a hundred years, but not only did you not punish her, you even let Vivian go. Doing this kind of thing and not being punished, how does this conform to the elven laws? This will have an adverse effect on the young elves, have you ever considered this?"

"Yes!"

"The vice speaker has handled this matter improperly."

"No matter what happened with the human, Vivian has broken the clan's rules!"

Ulysses was a bit unhappy, "Vivian has mastered the spatial technology which is a great technology that can change the elves' lives. I allowed her to return with Chu Tian to learn more, so she could contribute to the elven race."

"The elves' lives are good now, there is no need for change!"

"What can the elves learn from the primitive humans? This is simply insulting the noble elves!"

"..."

While most of the elves were shouting, there were a few that didn't say a word who were the elven reformists. Only there were too many old fashioned members and according to the elven traditions and rules, there would be no results for several days once they started arguing.

The Elven King was a bit anxious in his seat, "We'll end today's discussions here. We'll discuss this matter later."

The speaker did not have any objections. The elves had a habit of dragging things out, after all, their lives were too long. A matter that could be done in a day could also be done in ten days, so they could just discuss more tomorrow.

After the Elven King dismissed the council, he walked into a corridor alone. The Elven King's Palace's corridors were built into the cliff, so there was a jade white waterfall falling down the side. When one glanced over at the view, they could see the entire Eternal Forest.

The sun was sending out its rays.

Every inch of the Eternal Forest was covered in this majestic and solemn might. The orange and red twilight sunlight drizzled over the forest filled with vitality, as the elves were singing and painting away. That peaceful and aloof atmosphere made even the most ambitious person lose themselves.

There was a faint helplessness on the Elven King's sculpted face.

For the elves current situation, he had the idea, but was helpless. The elves on the continent were in a state of disunity and all the elves were befuddled by immersing themselves in a life of peace. Would the flames of war in the forest finally wake them up? Perhaps it was already too late.

Ulysses arrived beside the Elven King, "News has come from Green City, there are plagues in the surroundings and there are foreign races rebelling, causing the city to be completely messed up. I'm afraid the situation is very bad. If we don't send soldiers soon, we'll lose this newly seized city."

"Send troops?" The Elven King shook his head, "Do you think the council will agree?"

Ulysses revealed a stunned expression, "We spent all that strength and finally seized a city, do we have to give it up just like this?"

"We have no choice but to give it up." The Elven King said this before spark appeared in his head. When the spark appeared, it was like it had fallen in oil and instantly created a fire, making a thought fill his mind, "Give it up doesn't mean throwing it away, it can be used for something else."

Ulysses was a bit surprised, "What are you saying?"

The Elven King turned to Ulysses, "I'm very interested in that human youth named Chu Tian. They did a good job with managing that small town, but a small town is only a small town, not to mention it is on the edge of the forest. They can't really achieve anything in that kind of environment."

Ulysses could already guess the Elven King's idea, "Your meaning is?"

"We can't use the elven army, but we can find a friend we can rely on to help. I think what Chu Tian needs the most right now is a city and only by having a city in the forest, could he display his full talent. I'll give him a city because since this city would fall into someone else's hands, we'll just use it to help a friend out."

"Chu Tian's power is too weak. This city's meaning is not normal, can he really control it?"

"There are risks, but we can only secretly help them control it." The Elven King said this before saying, "But, don't forget, humans are a race that like taking risks as long as there are enough benefits. They know it is dangerous, but they will not hesitate, this is the greatest difference between humans and elves."

Ulysses felt helpless and dejected.

It was indeed like this.

The Elven King waved his hand and said, "Go, this city will be under the name of the Eternal Forest and he will be the legitimate City Lord. As for whether he can control the city or not, it will depend on his own skills."

"Yes!"

Ulysses left the Eternal Forest.

When he rushed to Oldman Small Town on his dragon hawk after an entire day, Oldman Small Town was currently in a celebration of a major success. Different races and different powers were all having a friendly chat over wine in the small town.

Ulysses entered the underground city.

Although Oldman Small Town was not big, it was illuminated like it was daytime. All the buildings were organized and each street was like a blood vessel, with each merchant walking on it being the blood. This allowed the small town to be filled with vitality, one that couldn't be seen in the elven cities.

The small town had a theater, a restaurant, and a dojo, with each one being unique, attracting a lot of popularity. However, the most lively place was the Oldman Market.

Oldman Market was already very famous now. No matter how many materials there were in the forest, they would be digested as long as they were transported to the market. If the locals wanted to buy pills, talismans, or daily supplies, it didn't matter how much they wanted, the small town would be able to provide it. This strong supply and demand allowed the market was filled with vitality as many small merchants did business.

Goblins, mouse clans, and rabbit clans, these weak races were all around.

The ogres did not go robbing.

These big fellows understood that they needed resources to trade in the small town, so they sold their large strength in Oldman Small Town. They used the source stones they earned to enjoy their favourite canned food or even have a large meal in the restaurant.

Oldman Small Town had no discrimination.

Each race was treated equally and it was very harmonious here.

This prosperity was supported by the Space Warehouse. If this great technology was controlled by an elf, it could be used by the elves. The Elven Council old fogies would most likely look at it in disdain, which made Ulysses feel very aggrieved and helpless.

"What did you say?" Chu Tian was almost squashed by this pie that fell from the sky, "The Elven King wants to give me a city?"

"That's right!" Ulysses said in a certain voice, "This is a large city in the core of the Forest of Chaos, a place with several spirit veins gathered together. It is very hidden and is one of the main hubs of the Forest of Chaos, rich beyond your imagination. If you can control this city, you'll have the right to speak in the forest."

Miracle Commerce's people were all stunned.

Chapter 398: Accep

Chapter 398: Accept

Chu Tian was very clear on how hard it was to have a city in the Forest of Chaos.

First the cities of the forest were built on areas of high spiritual energy and transport centers. If there weren't enough resources, it wouldn't have any value no matter how luxurious it was built and it would be hard to attract people to settle there. Next, city owners had to have enough strength because without enough strength to defend the city, who would dare rely on you in this place filled with chaos?

Each forest City Lord was a peak power that could ignore the dark forest principle.

These forest cities were strategic points, resource collection points, and a way of survival for these giants.

Most of the citizens in the city were their own clansman, for example the elven cities, the spirit beast cities, the giants cities, or the sea race cities. These races had many people, so in their cities, 80% or even the entire city was filled with their people.

The Dragon Lord was a special existence.

Dragon were a rare race, not having a large population, but the giant dragon had a shocking wealth and incomparable strength, giving him many followers. He did not lose to the other large powers because of this.

What did Chu Tian have?

This kind of external small power did not have foundation in the Forest of Chaos and he did not have his own country or clan, nor did have have a strong deterrence like the giant dragon. Having a city for him would be no use at all.

This was nothing more than a hot potato.

This was an untimely bomb that could blow him up at any moment.

Not bad, this war with the Marauders had already displayed Miracle Commerce's strength, allowing Chu Tian to be held in high esteems by the large influences.

Heaven's Punishments earth shaking explosion in the forest had attracted the vigilance and fear of many giants, but it was just this. They would not attack Oldman Small Town, mainly because they weren't interested in Oldman Small Town. They had to weigh the pros and cons before attacking. The giants did not need a city at the edge of the forest and they would suffer losses from provoking them.

If Miracle Commerce forcefully occupied a city, the situation would be different.

Without influence, foundation, or the strength of a race behind them, it was impossible for them to have a city like this.

But the special part of this situation was that the Green City still belonged to the Eternal Forest!

The Eternal Forest was the core of the elves' power, the imperial capital of the elves. The elves have lived in the Forest of Chaos for over ten thousand years, so the name Eternal Forest was very easy to use.

Whoever wanted to attack the city, this meant declaring war on the Eternal Forest. In a situation where one avoids harming the innocent, large influences would avoid military conflict to the greatest extent. A lot of pressure would be relieved from Chu Tian and he would only need to be careful of tricks.

However, Chu Tian also knew the troubles the Elven King faced.

Green City's position was too special. The Elven Council was worried that if the city was in the hands of the elves, the peace loving elves who did not like fighting would be involved in a war they hated the most. So, they encourage the Elven King to give up this city.

So what if the Elven King was not willing to let go of the city?

If the council did not approve of sending troops, the Eternal Forest would not be able to send a force to protect it. A city that had a name, but no actual strength would not last long. When Green City did not have the Eternal Forest's forces in them for long, others would be able to know without guessing what situation the elves are in, so the city being taken was only a matter of time.

Now the Elven King was willing to make a bet.

He would stress that Green City was under the Eternal Forest's influence, letting those people afraid of involving the innocent unable to move. On the other side, he would not personally control it and give this chance to Chu Tian and his daughter Vivian.

This was a chance.

But it was a dangerous chance.

Green City's situation was like walking on a wire, surrounded in danger, making it very dangerous.

When they studied the map Ulysses gave them, Miracle Commerce concluded that this city was not bad, rather it was too good. Its position was in the core of the Forest of Chaos, this place was the battlefield of the major powers of the Forest of Chaos.

Dragon's Ridge, the Eternal Forest, the Titan's Mountain Range, the Savage Highlands…..These were all powers with symbolic influence in the Forest of Chaos, any single one of them could grind Miracle Commerce into dust. The Green City was the connecting point of these powers. Other than these giants that could compare to warring kingdoms, there were still many other strong forest powers. It had to be known, to be able to create a foothold deep in the Forest of Chaos, one had to be as strong as a large kingdom.

The Forest of Chaos was one of the oldest forests on the continent, the aggressive and savage beasts were enough to create a devastating disaster. There were ancient secret barriers and various unknown environments, being very dangerous. These things all need to be considered before being touched.

Miracle Commerce only had the Southern Summer Small Country behind them and they did not have the home court. With Miracle Commerce's current strength, they could settle themselves, but they couldn't compete with the large powers. If they mined in the depths of the Forest of Chaos and overestimated their abilities, it would not have a good ending.

There wasn't much time now.

Chu Tian needed to make a decision quickly.

This choice was a bit hard and the Miracle Commerce people all knit their brows.

Meng Qingwu did not approve of taking risks and no one was clearer on the current condition. Miracle Commerce's strength had been greatly overestimated.

The Heaven's Punishment used to deal with the Marauders, Miracle Commerce cannot use it again. As for Miracle Commerce's berserkers, even with the ones being trained in Southern State, at most they would have twenty thousand people which could not be moved temporarily.

The Oldman allied army needed to protect the small town, so they couldn't reassigned.

Chu Tian did not have an army to use and it was very difficult to protect oneself in this dangerous forest, how could he control a city? Before he can even stand up, he would be swallowed without leaving any bones!

The races of the Forest of Chaos were separated and their influences were complex.

The safest strategy was to manage the small town and slowly accumulate wealth and resource. They would slowly control more local tribes and small towns, controlling the surrounding area before slowly seeping into the forest. They would seek a chance to control a city and become a commercial center.

But thinking about it.

If they missed this chance, with their current development speed, they wouldn't be able to reach the forest's depths without two-three more years. Even if the time is ripe in the future, would they be able to obtain a good city? Each city had a major influence behind it and if Miracle Commerce wanted to obtain a city for themselves, they would inevitably go against one of these influences. Being given a city for free like this was like a pie falling from the sky.

As for abandoning the city and acting purely as a chamber of commerce? Definitely not! Perhaps they could do it in a complete country, but in a place like the Forest of Chaos where strength meant everything, they had to have strength to support themselves.

If they had no power, it would be no use no matter how much wealth and resources they had!

"I accept the Elven King's gift!" Chu Tian did not think much before accepting the map, "I ask the Elven King to be assured, this city will not fall to anyone's hands. This lowly one will make sure that it prospers!"

Ulysses was a bit filled with admiration hearing this.

Although the gift was attractive, a person without enough courage wouldn't dare accept it.

Ulysses thought that Chu Tian wouldn't dare take it and even if he did, he would take several days to weigh out the pros and cons. He never thought that Chu Tian would accept it so quickly without any consideration.

This kind of person was either someone brave or a reckless fool, or a combination of both.

Although he didn't know if Chu Tian was capable of holding this position, as long as Green City did not fall to anyone else, it was a good thing for the elves. As for whether they could control the city or not, it would not be important.

"I, in the name of the Eternal Forest appoint you Green City's City Lord." Ulysses gave Chu Tian the Elven King's token, "You have full control of Green City and Eternal Forest will not interfere at all, you just need to let go and do it."

Meng Yingying and Vivian revealed looks of joy.

This was great!

These simple minded girls did not think too much.

This Green City was a very good city, although it was in name it belonged to the Eternal Forest, there were no elves in Eternal City, there wouldn't be any interference by those old fogies. Miracle Commerce would have full control of this city, wasn't this what Miracle Commerce wanted?

Ulysses represented the Elven King and Eternal Forest to bestow Chu Tian the City Lord position and Meng Qingwu and Vivian the Vice City Lord position. There was no need to mention Chu Tian and Meng Qingwu, but Vivian being the Vice City Lord was planned by the Elven King.

Vivian was an elf and the Elven King's daughter. If she were to become the Vice City Lord, it would provide the city with an extra layer of protection because of her status.

Ulysses said to Chu Tian, "Green City was controlled by a large power, but they had declined over a hundred years. Green City was won by the Elven King through diplomacy, but the previous powers are still very serious, as well there are many other powers eyeing the city. There will be pressure coming from within and from outside. Other than that, there has been riots, famine, and plague lately. The situation is very complicated and can't be predicted easily. Remember not to reveal your identity too early and first observe the situation."

Although they already guessed Green City's situation was not good, they never thought it would be this messy.

Perhaps this wouldn't be a small challenge!

But Chu Tian had no fear, he did not have the time nor did he want to develop slowly. With this great chance in front of him, it wouldn't fit his personality if he didn't grasp it.

He just needed to find the right method!

There was nothing that couldn't be done in this world.

Chapter 399: Going to Green City

Ulysses rose up and looked at Chu Tian and Vivian. There was a complicated gaze that flashed in his eyes, "The Elven King has already taken care of this matter, so I hope everything will be smooth. Well, goodbye."

Vivian quickly asked, "You won't stay in the small town an extra two days? There are many unexpected things here, perhaps it will be able to move those people!"

Ulysses slightly shook his head, "We elves are not a race that easily accept new things, otherwise things wouldn't have developed to today's scenario. I still have matters in the Eternal Forest, so I won't stay."

Ulysses still left in the end.

Everyone was feeling a bit strange.

These words coming from the mouth of an elf would make people feel strange in the end.

Chu Tian opened the map Ulysses left on the table. Meng Yingying looked it over and couldn't help letting out a surprised gasp, "Wa, this map is so clear!"

That's right, this was a complete and current map of the Forest of Chaos, only the elves who have been in the Forest of Chaos for ten thousand years could make something like this. Each special region, each extreme region, each lake, each mountain range, each city was clearly written on the map.

The elves did not have any copying technology.

This map was written with just one's hands.

Each line and each detail was perfectly drawn and to make a map this large, it definitely took a lot of effort. This map could be considered an exquisite piece of art and its value was definitely not low.

"Copy it and make several copies….." Chu Tian knew the value of this map, so he had Meng Yingying make a few more copies. However, in the middle of his sentence, his eyes suddenly froze as he stared at the map with a bit of shock.

"What's wrong?" Everyone felt that Chu Tian's eyes were a bit strange. Meng Yingying immediately asked, "Is there something strange with this map?"

Chu Tian did not reply as he carefully observed something.

This terrain seemed very familiar. He consulted the map of the continent in his mind and finally overlapped a region with this place. Chu Tian was shocked to find that there was a 70-80% similarity.

After thirty thousand years, the forest here had basically been developed and there were many rich states developed here.

Chu Tian remembered a country that was very populated, one that was considered one of the ten richest countries on the continent. The reason why that country was so rich was because there was a great ancient era hidden ruins left behind in this area.

This was a true buried treasure.

This place was completely different from anywhere Chu Tian had gone before. This hidden ruins had been written in history and was left from the great ancient era. There were many rarely seen space and time rifts inside the hidden ruins. As for details pertaining to it, Chu Tian did not care, rather he did not want to remember it. So, he did not know its specific location, but he was certain that it was in the Forest of Chaos region.

"What are you thinking?"

Chu Tian came back to his senses and waved his hand. Although he knew the existence of the hidden treasure, was finding it that easy? There were many hidden treasures on the continent, but one needed something special to open a hidden treasure. There were some hidden treasures right beneath people, but they wouldn't be found even after they died of old age.

A hidden treasure from the great ancient era could be the hidden treasure of a demon god.

This undoubtedly had a great attraction on Chu Tian, but he didn't dare have too much hope. He could only pay more attention and if he could find some clues, there was no reason why he wouldn't go look for it.

Chu Tian waved his hand, "It's nothing. We should think about how to deal with Green City, that's the matter we need to solve right now."

This was a relatively dangerous decision, so Meng Qingwu was not happy about this. She was a good helper and a smart woman, she knew that her responsibility was to support Chu Tian with all her strength and not question him.

Large risks would mean large rewards.

This risk was definitely worth it.

But they had to plan everything first!

Meng Qingwu looked over the map again and again, reading through Ulysses' information again and again. Meng Qingwu immediately made several decisions.

First, she would prepare large amounts of food.

Miracle Commerce would increase the price of all kinds of demon beast meat by 20%, so they could obtain more demon beast meat from the locals. This food would be send to the Southern Summer factories to be made into canned food or other prepared food.

Oldman Small Town did not lack food.

From the situation in the report, the locals surrounding Green City were suffering from a famine and needed to be help, so preparing food was not wrong.

Second, they would increase the weapon reserves and weapon levels.

Oldman Small Town began to mine the silver crystal oil nearby and the energy within was much higher than the normal crystal oil, allowing them to make stronger Source Energy Weapons. This could not only arm their armies, if they marketed it with a proper method, it would especially be more advantageous for them.

For example, if there were two local tribes that were potential enemies, what would be the quickest way for Miracle Commerce to eliminate them?

Actually, it's very simple. They would first provoke them to fight each other and then sell weapons and equipment to them, making their fight even more intense. Finally when both sides were weakened, not only did they eliminate two potential enemies, they could also fill their own wallets.

Chu Tian had said before, the most profitable business in this world was firearms and Meng Qingwu had always remembered this. They had always kept the Source Energy Weapons for their own use, but now that they had more and more stocks and higher level weapons, being able to sell these weapons would be an important trump card for Miracle Commerce's diplomacy and for defending themselves.

Third, naturally it was to make preparations to create a communication network.

Green City was very chaotic and there were many unknown complications. The information the elves sent had been too one sided.

Oldman Small Town's army could not leave and the Southern Summer reinforcements could not come in time. The best method was to send a low key advanced team and allow them to integrate themselves in while collecting information before finding a way to win over Green City.

Meng Qingwu sent out the communication airships, which was the cheapest and fastest airship to make. The Southern Summer Country had already made ten of them and each communication airship could cover a range of ten thousand miles. These airships were enough to form a communication network to the depths of the forest.

Meng Qingwu also sent out the latest Heaven's Eye airship.

These two airships could help Miracle Commerce collect information and they were very easy to use in the chaotic and dark forest.

Over these few days, Chu Tian had done nothing.

He just made large amounts of various pills, giving each person a cultivation plan, and left large amounts of spiritual technology information for the Flower Fairies to study.

Just one person was enough for this trip and even thought Chu Tian had not reached the True Spirit Realm, he could still protect himself. Rather than wasting manpower, it was better to have everyone raise their cultivation and prepare for when Miracle Commerce truly entered Green City.

After a few days.

A hundred miles away from Oldman Small Town.

A Heaven's Net airship was parked in the air. The airship was covered in reflective optic mirrors and the surrounding area was being reflected. This neat and advanced design was something full of technology.

Meng Yingying asked, "How long are you going this time?"

"It should be at most ten-fifteen days." Chu Tian was not certain on this matter, "Do you remember the task I gave you?"

Meng Yingying nodded and said, "Relax, I will properly cultivate and help the Flower Fairies."

Chu Tian was going alone on this journey. Although Meng Yingying was worried, she wasn't as worried as before since she had confidence in Chu Tian. Not to mention that they had already set up the communication network, so any matter could be reported and they could talk face to face through the image transfer mirror if need be.

"It's best not to be late, I'm heading off!"

This Heaven's Net airship was deployed by Meng Qingwu and could give Chu Tian a ride. After all, the forest was dangerous and if he directly went through it, it would take him more than half a month to reach the city. Even riding on a flying demon beast was not too safe.

The airship was different.

This thing could reach thirty-forty thousand meters where there were rarely any demon beasts. The airship was also very hidden, so there would not be any extra worries.

Chu Tian brought his storage gourd, a sword, and a fox. This was already enough for him.

The gourd was an innate treasure, it was a living thing that could absorb spiritual energy to grow. Chu Tian had been slowly cultivating the gourd since he obtained it in Central State. With the growth of the gourd, the space inside became much larger, already reaching fifty cubic meters.

It was not common to see a portable storage item with such a large space.

Chu Tian could fill it with materials that could open the Space Warehouse several dozen times. If he really needed something, he could use the Space Warehouse to obtain it from the small town. It was very convenient and fast!

"Bye!"

Chu Tian waved his hand as he bid farewell to Yingying. The airship slowly lifted off and followed the air current as it rose in the sky. When the forest became further and further away, Chu Tian couldn't help sighing in his heart.

This was something Chu Tian had made on a whim.

He never expected that it would have so many uses, but the young miss and the Yun Sect kept researching this. This flying machine that Chu Tian made on a whim gained more and more uses, making Chu Tian feel very satisfied!

He trained the Yun Sect, he trained the young miss, and he trained several helpers.

Now he was beginning to gain his rewards.

Chu Tian dared bet that if he vanished, Miracle Commerce would still have the ability to create new things with its existing technology and their foundation. This was a great company that could change the continent!

A person's wisdom was limited in the end.

But the current Miracle Commerce was far from enough. It was only a company that could pull in money, resources, and influence, but it was far from the ultimate level Chu Tian wanted it to reach. So, the road in front of them was still very long.

This Green City, if Chu Tian had to win it. Miracle Commerce had to have a foothold!

Chapter 400: Monkey

Chu Tian sat in the airship at forty thousand meters, moving forward at a set speed. The entire trip was very uneventful, not even shaking once in the past two days. Her either looked at the scenery or called Yingying and the young miss to pass the time.

The airship's design was already very perfect.

The only thing to be dissatisfied with was.

It was too slow!

Of course, speed was perspective. It had to be known that the distance travelled by the airship in two days was equal to a horse travelling for ten days. The Forest of Chaos was not flat and had a complicated terrain, as well as many hidden dangers. If a normal horse, or even a wolf or leopard demon beast travelled through here, even riding a level two flying beast, it would take them a week to travel this distance.

With this comparison, could the airship still be called slow?

Not to mention that the airship had one superiority no mount could compare to which was absolute safety.

Because the airship safely cruised at thirty-forty thousand meters, the air here was very thin compared to the ground. Even if those demon beasts with wings used ten times their strength, they would not even be able to fly at half speed and perhaps they wouldn't even be able to fly.

But for the airship, because the air was less dense up here, there was less resistance and turbulence, allowing it to fly even faster.

Only a top class life form like a dragon relying on spirit energy or a special power could fly this high, but there weren't many of these legendary life forms on the continent. For this airship that was several tens of thousands of meters up to meet this kind of danger was minimal.

"Chairman, we're almost there!"

"This is the airspace close to Green City. Because we don't know the terrain down below, we can't safely land. We ask the chairman to fly down."

Several griffin knights in charge of the airship opened a cabin door for Chu Tian. This was the griffins' stable and behind them was the cabin. When looking through the transparent glass, the entire sky was filled with a blue and white colour.

This was not the dark blue sky scene from the ground.

This was because a plane had a circle or an ellipse covering their space and time. If one looked at it from a creator's angle, they would see a large bubble formed from space and time energy, but there were many materials inside of the bubble.

The turbid and heavy materials at the bottom formed the vast continent and the energy gathered above formed the sun, the air, and etc. Since ancient times, no one had measured this distance, of course a person couldn't measure the distance of the sky. This was because space and time was in a fourth dimension and people living in a three dimensional world could not perceive the fourth dimension, being unable to feel the space and time structure. It was like how a person in a picture could not understand the three dimensional world.

Light and thunder, these positive energies belonged to the peak of the heavens.

Darkness and death, these negative energies sunk to the bottom of the earth.

Wind, fire, water, and earth, these common elements filled the entire space. This was the fundamental world theory that Chu Tian understood. This world was incomparably vast and complicated, but in the end it was ruled by the same laws.

"I don't need a mount!"

"I'll directly go down!"

Chu Tian rejected riding on the griffin and he opened the door to the outside. Looking down at the vast earth beneath him, he directly jumped down. Several griffin knights called out in shock, but couldn't stop him in time. Chu Tian spread his limbs as he fell to the earth like a meteor.

Any kind of mount was just unnecessary.

He quickly hit the clouds and passed through the formess clouds, feeling a soft and smooth feeling running through his body. The large ground was quickly being enlarged in his eyes.

It's about time!

Chu Tian took out a talisman and put it on himself. It was like his weight was reduced as he fell to the ground like a leaf, finally falling into the sea of trees. He cracked several branches with his speed and finally fell to the ground. Although he had the Feather Fall Talisman to reduce his weight, jumping from so high up, he still created a large hole in the ground where he landed.

It was a safe landing.

Chu Tian fixed his clothes and came out of the hole.

80% of the Forest of the Chaos was covered in trees, but the trees growing here were different. The distance between trees was much larger and they were tall and straight, with solid and strong trunks, looking like there were made of steel.

The spiritual energy here was very abundant and even normal plants would experience not small changes.

Chu Tian judged his location, this should be the north west of Green City, it was at least one-two hundred kilometers away. However, Chu Tian didn't care because he never planned on entering Green City. This journey alone was mainly for collecting information.

When Chu Tian was prepared to leave.

The little fox drilled its head out and called out, "Zhi, zhi!"

Chu Tian immediately stopped. The little fox's senses were sharper than his and would always detect danger before Chu Tian.

Almost at the same time.

A sense of danger enveloped him.

With Chu Tian's strength, a normal level one or level two demon beast, or an Awakened Soul Cultivator could not threaten him. So for him to feel this kind of sense of danger, it had to be an existence with a decent amount of strength.

He pulled out his sword and turned around, sending out a sword glow.

Pa!

The sword qi flew out like a whip towards the person ambushing him.

This powerful energy tore several trees to pieces instantly, but the creature ambushing him only flew back with a cry. Turning in the air, it quickly ran away.

"What is it?"

Chu Tian did not see what the other side look like, so it could be imagined how fast it was.

The little fox waved its tail and made a gesture of scratching its head, which looked very strange. Chu Tian doubtfully asked, "Monkey?"

The little fox nodded.

This monkey that could block a slash from Chu Tian was not a simple monkey.

The little fox took out its eyeball. When the eyeball swept out around them, the little fox suddenly opened wide as it immediately shouted, telling Chu Tian to run.

Too late.

Angry sharp howls came from all around them.

Chu Tian's brows jumped up. Could it be he landed in the middle of a bunch of monkeys?

Countless white forms appeared as these monkeys moved faster than the speed of light. So when the monkeys' cries reached his ears, the figures had already disappeared as they charged out at him.

A white claw scratched through the air.

Chu Tian quickly used his Netherworld Sword to block in front of him. The four-five claw glows sent out an intense power that pushed Chu Tian back several steps, but Chu Tian reacted fast and immediately turned his hand to slash back.

The Netherworld Sword released stronger sword qi this time. The monkey was sent flying by the sword qi, shattering a tree to pieces. The monkey was covered in blood and there was Netherworld Flames on its fur. It did not immediately die and rolled around on the ground screaming, trying to put out the Netherworld Flame on its body.

Chu Tian's sword qi could easily tear apart iron.

This monkey had taken a slash head on, but not only was it not split in two, it was rolling around the ground struggling. This powerful defense and strong vitality made one very shocked.

These monkeys moved at around the speed of sound, but they didn't make a single sound when they moved, like they were using a high level movement technique. The claw glow they were using seemed to be some kind of technique.

It would be fine if there were one or two of these strong monkeys.

But once there were a lot of them, perhaps even a high level True Spirit Realm expert should not think of leaving. There were shadows constantly jumping out of the forest, so there must be several dozen of them.

It should have been Chu Tian's slash against these monkeys that caused the ones in the forest to turn aggressive. However, they did slowly approach, so Chu Tian could see the monkeys' real appearance.

The monkey was ash white and about a meter tall. Although it was not big, it was very nimble and its body was covered in a layer of white light.

Several of the monkeys spat out a white spiritual energy which grouped around the burning monkey screaming on the ground like clouds. The Netherworld Flames burning him were extinguished and it stood up in just a little while. Its skin was burned and it looked a little funny, but it bared its teeth and looked very energetic.

Chu Tian was a little surprised seeing this.

They could heal each other?

Chu Tian had not seen this kind of demon beast before, but from the skills they've displayed, the monkeys were not in the True Spirit Realm and were in Awakened Soul Realm. They also had unusual speed and were tough demon beasts, so it was naturally hard to deal with them.

Truly worthy of being the depths of the Forest of Chaos.

Even a random monkey's nest was this hard to deal with. If he met a super level beast, Chu Tian's life would be lost.

No other way.

He could only use a bit of strength!

The Demon God's Sword soared into the sky.

Chu Tian gave a low roar as flames surrounded his body, instantly releasing the Flame Demon Transformation. Chu Tian was only in the peak 9th Awakened Soul Layer, but he instantly reached a state that could compare with True Spirit Cultivators. These monkeys were fast, but after Chu Tian used the Flame Demon Transformation and used the powers of the Netherworld Sword Art, he did not fear them!

These Spiritual Monkeys sensed an aura of danger and their hairs jumped up as they roared out, like they were prepared to go all out against Chu Tian.

"Stop!"

A voice suddenly came from the forest.

When the monkey's heard this voice, their killing intents disappeared as they all moved back. Chu Tian was a but stunned seeing this. Could it be this wasn't a demon beast lair and these monkeys were raised by someone?

Several people came out of the woods and when they saw Chu Tian, there was a bit of vigilance in their eyes.

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