Chapter 484 - 50: Stocktaking Before the Stage Ends (Part 2)

Chapter 484: Chapter 50: Stocktaking Before the Stage Ends (Part 2)

With [Body Control], his command over his own body had risen significantly. The most obvious change was that he no longer needed to consciously hold back. His everyday movements now used only the appropriate amount of force, meaning he no longer accidentally broke things, nor would he lose control due to emotional fluctuations.

Furthermore, in battle, he could now perfectly exert the exact amount of force he desired, striking heavy or light at will.

There was just one downside: this [Body Control] didn’t include the ability for fine control.

Lin Yu tried to perform some fine manipulations, but just like before, he ended up damaging the object he was working on.

Just as Lin Yu was enthusiastically testing his control, a voice called out from outside the arena.

"Lord, do you need a sparring partner?"

Lin Yu followed the voice and saw Chenxi standing at the arena entrance, watching him intently. It seemed she had been there for quite some time.

"Why aren’t you still chatting with the others? Did you come looking for me?"

"Yes, Lord. I noticed you were gone, so I came to find you."

"Come on, spar with me. My control has greatly increased, so I shouldn’t hurt you this time."

「...」

The two began to fight in the arena. Just as expected, Lin Yu’s control had greatly improved, and his power output was stable.

He handled the various Magic skills Chenxi cast with ease. When he couldn’t dodge, he only needed to add a little force to shatter the spells. Unlike their previous sparring sessions, he no longer had to worry about accidentally injuring his partner.

「...」

The two of them trained for a long time. Because both consciously controlled the intensity of the fight, the battle lasted for quite a while.

They only stopped their sparring when the other heroes noticed they were missing and found them at the arena.

"Alright, practice is over. They’ve all come looking for us! Looks like the initial excitement has worn off."

The two then left the arena together. Lin Yu looked around and saw that all the heroes holding key positions were present.

"Since everyone’s here, I’ll go over the plan for what’s next."

"We need to withdraw to the main territory. I’ll be abandoning all the territories we’ve captured outside."

"For now, I’m giving you all three days to recall all our soldiers stationed in the outer regions."

"Three days from now, we will all return to the main territory and wait for this phase to end."

"Alright, you’re all dismissed. Go and recall the external troops as quickly as possible."

Lin Yu didn’t have many soldiers stationed outside. They were mainly Fierce Raptor Druids and Sharp Claw Druids from the ranks of the Shape-shifting Druids, whose primary duties were reconnaissance and intelligence gathering.

Additionally, Lin Yu had garrisoned some soldiers in the territories he had captured along key transportation routes.

After all, many lords had participated in the battle up to this point. If he didn’t guard these strategic locations, it was quite possible the Beastmen would recapture them. Then, when he wanted to retreat, he’d find his escape route blocked. Wouldn’t that be screwing himself over?

This withdrawal wasn’t part of the original plan, so most of these soldiers were still carrying out missions in the outside world. If Lin Yu waited for them to finish their tasks and return on their own, he feared the terrain might change drastically again, and he’d lose contact with them.

Moreover, these soldiers served under different heroes, so all the heroes needed to take action to recall their troops scattered across the outer lands.

「...」

While his heroes left the city to recall the soldiers on active duty, Lin Yu continued with his grand "Enlightenment" plan.

Lin Yu used his two remaining Enlightenments on the Reincarnation Hall and the World Tree, respectively.

There wasn’t much to say about the Reincarnation Hall. The four random options were all focused on improving its facilities.

Lin Yu chose the one that seemed to have the greatest impact among the four options—Fengdu City.

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[Fengdu City]: This is a city built in the Netherworld. Souls that enter the Netherworld can choose to live in this city if they do not wish to reincarnate.

Souls living in Fengdu City will not lose energy, their memories will not fade, and they will become corporeal.

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After choosing Fengdu City, the rules governing the Reincarnation Hall and the area where Fengdu City was located became even more distinctly different from the outside world.

Lin Yu switched his consciousness back to his avatar and then extended it into the "Netherworld." Sure enough, he saw the souls of some of his territory’s deceased residents stopping in Fengdu City.

Their illusory bodies became solid within Fengdu City, and then the souls cheerfully went off to build houses.

Watching these souls bustling about in Fengdu City, Lin Yu smiled happily. Although he didn’t know what changes a fully upgraded Reincarnation Hall would bring to his territory, the fact that its inhabitants could still smile happily after death was already incredibly precious.

After sorting out the Reincarnation Hall, Lin Yu used an Enlightenment on the World Tree.

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[Energy Storage Leaves]: For some reason, the World Tree is no longer expanding its territory, but it continues to absorb energy at every moment. To prevent this absorbed energy from going to waste, the World Tree has strived to grow and evolve, producing some special leaves.

These leaves incorporate many of the World Tree’s abilities. Each leaf is like a world unto itself and can store a vast amount of energy.

However, please note that these leaves can only store energy. Do not place miscellaneous items inside them.

Do not store different types of energy in the Energy Storage Leaves. They might undergo strange changes when you are not paying attention, leading to unknown consequences.

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[Cross-Spatial Chaos-Absorbing Root System]: The World Tree’s root system has undergone some changes, gaining a Spatial Attribute.

The World Tree’s roots will enter the Plane Sea from a higher dimension to absorb the ownerless Chaos Energy within it, converting it into energy it can use.