Chapter 399: Chapter 288: The Banquet and Challenge (4K)_3

Lord Shepherd entered the gateway of the Land of Challenge, which was glowing with a faint golden light.

In an instant, he found himself in a vast space.

The domain of the Orange Tower!

Compared to the hustle and bustle of his first entry into the Land of Challenge, the waiting area this time was quite deserted, with not a single soul in sight as far as the eyes could see.

The only sign of activity was the faint shimmer of two lights on the Orange Tower, signifying that two Lords were attempting to pass its challenges.

Mu Yuan was not surprised by the deserted environment.

The number of Lords who could enter the domain of the Orange Tower was naturally far fewer than those who could enter the domain of the Red Tower. Moreover, with disasters occurring frequently lately, or with the imminent integration of Lanxing, most Lords were busy with various affairs and naturally had no time to watch and enjoy the challenges in this area.

“This actually makes things easier for me,” he mused.

“Next, let’s just casually pass through the Orange Tower.”

To be fair, passing through the Orange Tower was not easy. Its rules were entirely different from those of the Red Tower, focusing more on guardianship and involving multiple areas.

To pass through the Orange Tower, a Lord needed to have several troops imbued with an Army Spirit.

In this regard, the Tianyuan Territory had its weaknesses.

However, where there is a lack of troops, the commander must make up the difference. He could field an exaggeratedly strong group of commanders, which made it not impossible for him to pass the seventh level of the Orange Tower.

Previously, either he was busy with the strife at Dragon Court, combating the Red Fog Disaster Moon, or shuttling his commanders back and forth to Lanxing, unable to form a lineup.

He did not deliberately put together a force either, using each level of the Orange Tower as a test for his main troops.

Under the tempering of these levels, his main troops improved significantly, especially in terms of experience in town defense.

After all,

‘Ding!’

‘Notice: You have activated the Orange Tower’s seventh level, please begin deploying your troops.’

‘Notice: You may deploy a total of 3000 units of combat power for this challenge.’

But in actuality, the Tianyuan Territory did not even have three thousand main combat troops.

There were only a few hundred Elite-level troops.

Adding up all the Professional level troops, there still weren’t three thousand. The majority of those were not part of an Army Soul Corps and in a battle of this scale, they would only play a minor role.

That was one of the reasons he felt it wouldn’t be easy to pass.

After all, the more troops a challenger could deploy, the stronger the guardians of the levels would be.

As his thoughts raced, the fog that shrouded the land before his eyes dissipated as if it had been swept away by great hands, revealing three towns standing on the vast land beneath the dense fog.

The three towns were very far apart, with mountains and rivers separating them, effectively cutting off any possibility of mutual support between the towns.

The challenge of the Orange Tower was to defend the towns. If the towns were breached, or if the number of civilian casualties exceeded a limit, defeat would be declared.

This meant that a Lord had to distribute troops relatively evenly among the towns.

The Orange Tower tested whether the combat power of a Lord’s troops was balanced. Even if a Lord had troops led by a legendary realm strongman, it would not be possible to pass through the Orange Tower if their forces were not strong enough.

After all, a Legendary Realm being could not defend three towns at once, unless capable of cloning oneself.

Mu Yuan did not have any legends under his command, but coincidentally, he had a good number of invincible fighters at the Peak Strongman level of the Ordinary Realm.

‘Ding!’

‘Notice: You have completed the deployment of your troops. The challenge of the Orange Tower’s seventh level officially begins now.’

On the vast land, figures began to appear on the walls of the three towns, one after another.

Inside the first town were the Undead, their Soul Flames flickering faintly. The Skeleton Morticians raised their Bone Swords and roared silently.

Inside the second town were the Human Race’s troops with the most extensive experience in defending towns. The God Archers quickly found their vantage points and gazed into the distance.

Outside the third town, the figures of Treemen appeared. On the walls, ice elementals like Han Shuang and Qing Shuang stepped forward, ready to serve as the ranged combat force stationed there.

Above the Azure Sky, facing Lord Mu, who existed in the form of consciousness, an old general with white hair and beard also emerged from the void.