In the Chaos Forest, Mu Yuan asked Xi Liu to land to rest, while keeping a watchful eye on the surroundings.
The enormous red dragon's body quickly shrank within a burst of scarlet brilliance, returning to its humanoid form. She scrutinized the surroundings with wide-open eyes, catching any small signs of movement and disturbance.
Only after confirming the safety of their surroundings did Mu Yuan trigger the Lord's Vision.
No matter where a lord is, they have a very close connection with their own territory. They can enter the Lord's Vision at any time and place to overlook their territory and control all sorts of miracle buildings within it.
Through the Lord's Vision, he could see the red fog wafting in the space between heaven and earth.
Thread by thread, so ominously vivid as blood, casting a bloody hue over the entire world.
In the depths of the wilderness that he could not see, there might already be a monster tide gathering and rushing forth at this moment.
These monster tides were different from those encountered during the Lord Trial.
During the Lord's trial, the territory would attract surrounding monsters, forming a horde of thousands, even tens of thousands. This monster tide was not only smaller in scale, but also had generally lower levels as the monsters were sourced from the vicinity.
A true monster tide comprised of creatures emerges from the depths of the wilderness, among it dwelled many terrifying beings.
"Of course, the Tai Xuan Alliance has set up various exploring strongholds on the front line. The strong from the Pioneer Group would lead the legions to defeat the monster tide. Official towns like Shiling Town would also attract a sizable number of monsters...But..."
Even if the monster tide is crushed, it would still transform into smaller waves, assaulting all directions.
These smaller waves then needed to be resisted by the lords themselves.
It was part and parcel of the responsibilities of the lords to defend their own territories.
Similar to the trial period, the higher the land rank, the larger the population, and the more buildings, the more naturally it will attract more monsters… This is what the lords present were worried about.
Indeed, they were far stronger than their contemporaries. They were the brightest stars, with unlimited potential for future.
However, their territories were also the brightest stars in the surrounding region, and they were bound to be focused on by the monster wave.
In the absence of the lord and the territory ministers, they couldn't help but worry.
The situation was the same for the lords from the great nations.
"My territory is already built like an impregnable fortress, and the main troop corps are stationed there. It won't be broken by a sudden monster wave, but…"
"When monsters attack the city, the whole territory will be headless, and chaos will easily ensue!"
A certain Lord Shen Yao murmured.
Through the Lord's Vision overlooking his territory, he could already see the citizens of his realm becoming flustered. The people were looking at the distant red clouds with a scared face, murmuring ill omens.
The most crucial issue was the troops of the territory.
The main forces were highly combat-capable, even possessing their own army souls. However… when the chief general was not around, the soldiers began to act clueless.
Only a few of them were at the nascent stages of developing wisdom, with their eyes full of cluelessness.
Asking them to patrol according to a predetermined routine or face enemies wasn't a problem, but asking these soldiers and junior officers to adapt on the spot based on sudden events, was asking for too much.
Not to mention they only possessed elementary or intermediate wisdom, even the officers who had just awakened their self-consciousness and were not trained and educated, would be just as clueless.
Moreover, officers with self-consciousness are by his side right now.
They assumed self-consciousness was easy to awaken.
Among his ten main troops, only seven had awakened self-consciousness.
The lord seemed to have foreseen that in his territory: the people's will-1-1-1, stability-1-1-1.
"There are two generals with self-consciousness who have been eliminated from the field. With them, the troops can encounter the enemy to a certain extent."
Lord Shen Yao surprisingly found that being eliminated was a stroke of luck.
Otherwise, they would not dare to withdraw casually.
A certain Shen Yao lord, who was defeated early in the morning by Tree Demon Granny and Hong Yi, suddenly had a strange sense of superiority, "Everyone else is worried about the red fog and the monster tide, and only I don't have to. I can return to my territory at any time and sit there."
He shook his head, this sense of superiority was indeed unearned.
After all, he has been eliminated, and having a "zero" battle record is truly shameful.
But if... if other Shen Yao representatives can't last until the last moment, and their battle records are also "zero", just like him, then he can completely indulge in his superiority?
Compared to other territories, the situation in the Tianyuan territory is far more dangerous due to its geographical location.
When the red fog came from the end of the horizon and wafted over Tianyuan territory, the Territory Citizens inevitably felt a little uneasy.
Isloa came out of the City Lord's Mansion.
After all, she is the highest official in the territory's city hall, often dealing with the Territory Citizens and commanding considerable prestige. Making several rounds of inspection quickly quelled the unease.
"But the most important thing is the defense of the territory."
In fact, whether it's visibility, prestige in the hearts of Territory Citizens, or the command of the territory's armies, Isloa does not compare to Lu Liu.
After all, Lu Liu was responsible for the defense of the territory, often patrolling, admitting refugees, maintaining public order, and he was also the commander of the Defensive Troops. Isloa, on the other hand, was an official.
With the instructions from the Lord, she won't be unable to command the various corps, but it certainly won't be as convenient as the command of the original corps commander.
Fortunately, the various corps of the territory don't need her command.
The task for the Undead Legion was left to Bone Two, Bone Three and Bone Four.
The Defensive Troops was given to 'Niu Si', the deputy commander, and a few other commanders from the Imperial Guard Series, Archer Series, Halberd Guard Series. These commanders had awakened their self-consciousness for several months, and had stood out from numerous small team leaders. Their command level and intelligence quotient, although not very high, were at least above average.