After all, no matter what era, what dynasty, or what force, being able to become a personal guard meant being an elite trusted by the leader.
They were definitely the commander's absolute confidants.
Entrusting his safety to these Holy Tree Knights, Shen Mu now felt a little more at ease.
Previously, because he often lived in castles or towns, surrounded by soldiers protecting him, he hadn't considered the issue of a personal guard.
But now, the sudden appearance of the Vampire Servant made Shen Mu realize that he really should establish a personal guard.
She had directly arrived at his side, at the main entrance of his castle hall.
She had bypassed the outer and inner walls, completely ignoring these two originally most important lines of defense, which indeed made Shen Mu feel a bit of lingering fear when he thought about it now.
It was much more reassuring for Shen Mu to let these Holy Tree Knights from the low-magic world help him secure his safety.
The Vagir Light Infantry had also prepared breakfast in the outer area during this time.
It was still the leftover porridge and mixed vegetable soup from last night.
They added some diced meat and bread to it.
Simple and haphazard, just enough to fill their stomachs a bit in the morning and prevent hunger.
As for it being as lavish as last night, that was certainly impossible, as the battle had already ended.
Now, their biggest goal was to simply eat breakfast, then sleep soundly.
To replenish the energy lost from not sleeping last night.
That would be enough.
As for a victory banquet, Shen Mu would need to give the word and arrange it separately.
Of course, for Shen Mu, the most important thing right now was to eat something first, then prepare to sleep.
Last night's battle had also left him mentally exhausted.
Even though he hadn't personally participated in the fighting, constantly thinking due to worries about the battle's progression had caused significant mental drain.
As everything calmed down, he decided to sleep first and recover his energy.
Even if there were post-battle rewards, Shen Mu didn't care.
“The rewards aren't going anywhere anyway, I'll just sleep first,” Shen Mu was truly exhausted.
So Shen Mu fell into a dazed sleep.
However, just as everything returned to normal for Shen Mu...
...
At the edge of Long City.
The eastern area of Bali River Street.
Inside that large Shopping Mall.
The Vampire Servant had also returned to the mysterious VIP viewing room on the top floor of the large Shopping Mall.
Before her now was a coffin.
And the voice of the Vampire Matriarch Isabelle, who was called Isabelle, came from within.
“Are you saying that the Hell Devil' rules that appeared there were an attack on Shen Mu by the Hell Devil' forces?”
Isabelle's tone was somewhat surprised.
Because she understood the creatures known as Hell Devil.
Especially now that the fantasy-side crystal wall system had completely shattered, and these Hell Devil, through some special means, were able to be active during the day, it could be said that the Hell Devil were truly a very powerful force now.
Even in the Astral Realm, she had heard of the might of these Hell Devil.
Especially the sudden battles initiated during the day, which had shocked countless forces.
After all, for other races, when daytime arrived, they could only remain confined to dark places where the sun's light could not reach; once they clashed with Hell Devil during the day and were ambushed by them, they would definitely suffer heavy losses.
Therefore, any Spiritual Realm race with a presence in the Blue Star World generally avoided conflict with the Hell Devil.
If a conflict did occur, they would use the Hell Devil' ability to negotiate as an advantage, resolving it through negotiation after paying some price.
Although it might come at some cost.
It was much better than being ambushed by the Hell Devil during the day.
The key was that even if they were ambushed, it would be worse if these Hell Devil colluded with other forces to launch a joint attack.
That's when their losses would truly mount.
And even though Isabelle had just arrived in the Blue Star World and had no prior presence there.
She still felt some apprehension about the Hell Devil' formidable reputation.
“Therefore, we cannot come into conflict with the Hell forces.” Isabelle's voice slowly emerged from the coffin.
“Please rest assured, Vampire Matriarch Isabelle, I always heed your teachings in my heart.” The Vampire Servant nodded earnestly, with no hint of contradiction in her tone.
Even though she detected Isabelle's concern about the Hell forces, it was the same.
There was no other way, it was a fact.
However, the Vampire Servant still said to Isabelle: “But Vampire Matriarch Isabelle, the fortunate Blue Star Human we encountered before, Shen Mu, who obtained the inheritance of a powerful human force in the spiritual realm, seems to have grown stronger.”
“Shen Mu, stronger again?” Isabelle asked, puzzled, “What do you mean?”
So the Vampire Servant reported everything she had seen in New Rivadin to Isabelle, meticulously.
Including the hundreds of Holy Tree Knights, and the news that both waves of attacks dispatched by the Hell rules were completely defeated and annihilated by Shen Mu and his troops.
“Shen Mu and his troops completely annihilated the Hell Devil' forces that attacked him, and he also gained hundreds of extremely strong knights wearing enchanted armor, wielding enchanted weapons, and who are suspected of practicing breathing techniques!?”
Isabelle's tone now was a little off.
“That's right.” The Vampire Servant answered seriously, “I saw all of this with my own eyes.”
“If I'm not mistaken, there should be two or three more Black Tides before the arrival of the End Black Tide, right?” Isabelle inquired.
“Yes.” The Vampire Servant replied.
“How could this be?” Isabelle lay in the coffin, quietly recovering the foundation she had lost from her hasty escape.
But in her mind, she truly hadn't expected it: “Before, I sensed the aura of the Natural Consciousness within Shen Mu, so I thought he was favored by the Natural Consciousness and had the potential to become a Druid or a Natural Punisher.”
At this point, Isabelle's tone grew even more emotional: “I just didn't expect that the greatest foundation he actually gained was the support given to him by a powerful human force.”
“Yes, respected Vampire Matriarch Isabelle, I feel the same way.”
The Vampire Servant also nodded in agreement, offering her own thoughts.
After all, it was easy to understand that hundreds of knights, clad in enchanted armor and wielding enchanted weapons, and also suspected of practicing breathing techniques, loyally surrounded Shen Mu, which was enough to show that Shen Mu could directly command these knights.
This indicated that Shen Mu had command over these knights.
And it should be known that Isabelle, as a Vampire Matriarch, with her high status, position, and knowledge, certainly understood that knights with breathing techniques pledging loyalty to someone meant that they themselves were loyal to that entity.
Especially when the Spiritual Realm still existed, knights with breathing techniques were all genuine professionals, in some respects no less significant than spellcasters.
Even if the knight profession was not as powerful as spellcasters.
However, as long as these knights were willing to join a certain sect, their profession would immediately convert to the Guardian Knights of that sect who used divine magic.
The most classic example is the Paladins within the Light faction.
With missions such as detecting evil, opposing corruption, and hunting down heretics.
When using divine magic, they were even stronger than ordinary knight professionals, and even those high-and-mighty deities, if they had wanted to wage war on the Prime Material Plane, would have relied on these Guardian Knight Orders as their absolute main force.
Therefore, Shen Mu possessing hundreds of powerful knights with breathing techniques, and also equipped with special enchanted armor and weapons, was enough to demonstrate how powerful the human force behind Shen Mu was.
Now, when Isabelle thought about it, she felt a stir in her heart.
“It's a good thing I maintained a relatively good friendly relationship with Shen Mu, this Blue Star Human; even if the Spiritual Realm fully descends upon the Blue Star World in the future and we meet again, we can still maintain a friendly attitude.”
Isabelle's voice also carried a hint of emotion.
Although she had also witnessed those human kingdoms, and even human empires, that once possessed powerful foundations in the Spiritual Realm.
However, their presence in the Blue Star World seemed rather mediocre.
This was likely because they were too deeply entangled in the Spiritual Realm, so when the crystal wall system collapsed, it inflicted the greatest damage upon them.
Just licking their wounds and recovering took too much time.
They weren't particularly focused on their presence in the Blue Star World, and it seemed very ordinary; compared to smaller forces that recovered quickly and recouped their losses fast, they clearly fell behind at the starting line.
It was Shen Mu, this Blue Star Human who had become a Spiritual Realm Lord, that truly surprised her.
After all, he was so young, developed so quickly, and already possessed such powerful elite human soldiers before the End Black Tide descended.
Then, after the End Black Tide descends and the Blue Star World is completely transformed into its own world by the Spiritual Realm crystal wall system.
To what extent Shen Mu's soldiers could be amplified by the surging magical tides and the emerging transcendent powers, even Isabelle, the Vampire Matriarch, felt a shiver of fear now.
After all, he had already displayed his strength at such a low level, so when the transcendent power that could push a pig to the crest of a wave began to emerge.
Perhaps Shen Mu would already possess enough power to converse with her in her prime.
“After I recover for a while, I will send Shen Mu an additional gift.” The Vampire Matriarch Isabelle's eyes flickered, “Is that Blue Star Human who mastered the Holy Relic still not far from us, as we observed?”
“Yes, my respected Matriarch, those fellows are still in that room,” the Vampire Servant replied.
“Hmm, that’s excellent,” Isabelle’s voice held a faint hint of a smile. “Those Blue Star Humans who possess the Holy Relic don’t understand its true purpose. It can be given as a gift to Shen Mu. Then, perhaps, when we meet again in the future, we can have a good foundation for our relationship.”
Isabelle had many thoughts, and her considerations were all about the future.
After all, for her, she was still fleeing in disarray.
She was no longer at her peak. However, if she could maintain a good relationship with this Blue Star Human of infinite potential, then perhaps when the spiritual realm massively descends upon the Blue Star World in the future, transforming this world into a thriving world level like the Prime Material Plane, she would no longer need to hide as she did now, and could have Shen Mu help shelter her.
After all, although Vampires are an undead race, they can still maintain good relations with the noble factions of some Human Kingdoms.
Sometimes, those noble factions of fallen Human Kingdoms would secretly protect these Vampire factions.
And most of the time, those righteous light forces would tacitly approve of the existence of these Vampires.
Except for those light forces who couldn't tolerate any impurity.
Most of the time, Vampires, as undead creatures of the lawful evil alignment who can maintain their appearance, achieve immortality, and uphold a hierarchical order, can also help those nobles maintain their hierarchical order, etiquette, and rule.
Within this VIP box, Isabelle and the Vampire Servant did not converse much. Instead, Isabelle gave a few more instructions to ensure the security and defense of this large Shopping Mall, then fell back into slumber.
She still needed to recover her strength as quickly as possible, and then leave the Blue Star World as soon as possible.
After all, in the current Blue Star World, the blue star rules are still in a strong position.
If she, an existence with powerful extraordinary strength, stayed in this Blue Star World for too long, not only would she not recover her strength, but her extraordinary power would automatically dissipate within this Blue Star World.
Therefore, the Vampire Matriarch Isabelle came to the Blue Star World to escape the pursuit of her enemies and to recover from her injuries as quickly as possible.
She had to leave quickly once her wounds had mostly healed.
Otherwise, her extraordinary power would truly dissipate within this Blue Star World, making her power similar to the power currently possessed by this Blue Star World.
And it must be known that the highest level in this male world is only a Lv.7 professional inheritance.
There wasn't much extraordinary power that could be used.
But even if the Black Tide descended and extraordinary power could be used, for an existence of her level, it was still an extremely barren land.
“Furthermore, even if this area completes its descent, it will be a desert, a borderland of the world and civilization,” Isabelle thought, recalling some information and intelligence she had seen before coming here, thinking of the area once known as the Nalun Desert.
A dim expression flashed in her eyes.
If it weren't for the pursuit, she wouldn't have come here.
After all, the Seven Kingdoms Federation she belonged to was a very rich place, many times more prosperous than the impoverished Nalun Desert.
...
While Isabelle was in slumber, north of the Su Family Village subway station’s subway tunnel, the projection of the High Devil stood expressionlessly in the subway tunnel.
In its eyes, dark red light shone with hateful glances, representing its current hateful mood and the hateful outcome of its previously confident victory turning into defeat.
“How could this be?! The army I sent out was completely annihilated!!! And it was annihilated twice!!! Even my most elite Medium Devils who formed my personal guard have been completely wiped out!?”
Its mood was still immersed in this news, unable to recover.
Or rather, at this moment, the High Devil known as the Fifth Governor, his entire mood had become somewhat hysterical due to hatred.
This was completely different from his usual calm and ruthless self.
But there was no way around it.
Because in the recent battle, his foundation had been completely exhausted.
Now, he basically only had the empty title of a High Devil, the Fifth Governor.
Truly just an empty title.
Even if he wanted to carry out some activities in the Blue Star World in the future, he no longer had any more cards to play.
All his Inferior Devils were annihilated.
All his Lowly Devils were annihilated.
All his Medium Devils, his truly dependable personal guards, were also completely annihilated.
Not to mention the Parasitic Monsters that had already been completely annihilated in the underground garage earlier.
They were also completely annihilated.
It should be known that those Parasitic Monsters were the foundation he had accumulated little by little over three years, an army that could have a significant impact on the entire Angang Street and even the surrounding streets.
Yet, unexpectedly, they were all completely eradicated by that Blue Star Human, leading his Human race army.
Coupled with the Devil Legion formed by those Inferior Devils, Lowly Devils, and Medium Devils, they were also completely annihilated.
Except for a small number of Inferior Devils, Lowly Devils, and a single-digit number of Medium Devils that remained for other reasons, this already meant that this High Devil had lost the possibility of continuing to contend for hegemony in this Blue Star World.
This High Devil could even imagine his pathetic fate.
After all, within the entire Angang Street, he was not the only dominant one; there were also several other High Devils planning and preparing for the upcoming descent.
Now that they saw his weakness, those other High Devils would not wait for him to develop again. They would definitely swarm him and tacitly tear him apart, then devour his foundation.
Even if he still held the rank of a High Devil, as time passed, they would all begin to establish themselves firmly in the Blue Star World.
And the Hell Plane in the Astral Realm was also gradually descending into this Blue Star World.
Only he remained, fighting alone.
How could he contend with the other High Devils who had already fully planned in the Blue Star World and possessed powerful foundations?
Now, the High Devil known as the Fifth Governor truly felt a bit uneasy in his heart.
And he felt some regret for his previous madness.
“Damn it, damn it, I shouldn’t have been so impetuous. I should have assembled most of my forces and launched a direct attack.”
This High Devil slowly clenched his fist.
His two waves of piecemeal tactics had, instead, buried all his foundations, turning all his forces into lost souls.
Even now, no matter how angry he was, he could no longer reverse this already destined failure.
“No, I absolutely will not allow myself to return to the Hell Plane in the Astral Realm in such a disgraceful manner.”
No matter what, he was still the Fifth Governor, holding a high position of power in the first layer of the Hell Plane.
Now, thinking about the news he received, and looking at the other High Devils from other Hell Planes who were outwardly friendly but inwardly at odds with him, he couldn’t help but grit his teeth.
He decided he had to find a way to make his current failure seem less humiliating.
And if he could rely on the news he had received—that the spiritual realm mark inherited by this Blue Star Human he had encountered was actually the inheritance of a powerful force—not only would there be abundant Faith Power, but also souls of extremely high quality, perhaps he could use this news to exchange for more benefits.
“I can no longer maintain the strongest position in Angang Street, but I absolutely cannot leave Angang Street so disgracefully.”
After all, he was the Fifth Governor.
The other High Devils did not have this title.
In the Astral Realm, he still had his independent Hell Plane as his foundation; as long as he was given a chance, he could still descend again.
Therefore, this was not a complete failure yet.
‘Click!’
Just as the Fifth Governor, the High Devil, was deep in thought, a faint, crisp sound, as if something was colliding, suddenly appeared in the subway tunnel.
However, even within the crisp sound, there was a strange dullness.
This made him frown slightly, and he subconsciously looked up at the tunnel extending deeper to the west of the subway tunnel.
In that darkness, faint blue lights were gradually appearing.
And the number of those faint blue lights was increasing.
In just a short time, they even formed a sea of faint blue, carrying a coldness that seemed to impact the soul, and began to surge towards the tunnel.
Making the High Devil known as the Fifth Governor even more furious: “Black Arrow Tower’s Skeleton Legion!”
He let out a low growl.
It was precisely because of fighting with these Skeleton Legions of the Black Arrow Tower Seventh Dynasty that the Blue Star Human was able to take advantage of the situation.
Ultimately leading to the current result.
If it weren't for these skeletons clashing with him, he wouldn't have fallen into his current state!
Therefore, the High Devil’s eyes at this moment were filled with even greater fury, and a bone-chilling hatred.
Then... he gritted his teeth and transformed into a dark red phantom, completely disappearing.
There was no other way.
Now, he no longer had the qualifications to continue blocking these Skeleton Legions.
He could only be forced to withdraw from the current competition for Angang Street!
