On the other side, the Eighth City of the Border.
At this moment, only Qi Lin stood alone, defending this empty, lifeless city.
This time, Yu Yang led the army to battle, almost drawing out all the Elite Forces from the city, leaving only a group of Refugees with no combat ability.
It was no exaggeration to say that if any weak force from within the border tried to attack the city now, as long as Qi Lin did not intervene personally and the enemies could accurately find the city’s location, they could easily take this defenseless city.
Normally, when a Yu General dies on the battlefield, what follows is often the annexation and devouring of their territory and influence by other Yu Generals.
The surviving Yu Generals will do everything they can to cultivate new Yu Generals to control more resources.
At this critical moment, a mass of black mist suddenly surged inside the grand hall.
As the black mist flickered, a frail, almost skeletal figure suddenly appeared before everyone.
Qi Lin stared and was shocked—
It turned out to be Yu Yang, who was on the verge of death!
Who could have imagined he had a way to survive and actually came back alive by a miracle.
“Lord City Master, how do you feel?”
She pretended to be surprised, hurried forward to express deep concern, and questioned Yu Yang.
Yu Yang collapsed weakly to the ground, his face as pale as paper, utterly exhausted and haggard, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.
In his trembling hand, he tightly gripped a mysterious mask.
His already wrinkled face was now devoid of any color, looking like a dying candle in the wind, about to extinguish at any moment.
“The battlefield…there was an accident. The others may…not come back,”
He breathed slowly, as if even speaking used up his last strength.
“A third force intervened…the Undead and Dragon clans…I suspect it was Yu Shu and Chicken Master…”
“Chicken Master?”
Qi Lin’s face showed confusion, but she understood the information being revealed.
It seemed this Chicken Master’s race was a dragon.
To think there really was a Dragon clan within the border.
“He should be at…the border of the Golden Continent…”
Yu Yang’s arm moved slightly, lifting the White Mask.
“I can’t…I’ve lived enough…from now on, you are the new Yu Yang…”
Qi Lin’s expression was calm as she reached out to take the mask from his hand.
At that moment, Yu Yang suddenly grabbed her hand.
“Don’t move…There’s nothing left in this city…this is all I can give you…”
He spoke weakly.
Then, Qi Lin saw a tiny magic circle appear on her palm.
Though she did not understand magic, she could feel that this magic posed no harm to her.
So she waited quietly.
Yu Yang muttered a spell, his voice weak.
With his chanting, a faint magic circle gradually took shape in her palm.
The magic circle slowly drew itself, completing in her hand.
As it completely merged into Qi Lin’s body, she finally understood what it was.
The information included the Control Method of the city, an analysis of the current situation, and various crucial intelligence.
Yu Yang knew that Qi Lin was clueless about everything, so he used this mysterious magic to pass all the key information he knew to her without holding back.
Qi Lin was somewhat shocked, trying to absorb all this information.
For her, who previously knew nothing, this was critical.
As for why he did it, perhaps it was out of trust.
Of course, he had no choice now.
Entrusting it to Qi Lin was better than letting it be taken by other Yu Generals.
However, at that moment, an astonishing change happened to Yu Yang’s body beside her.
His form became more and more transparent, finally turning into countless tiny points of light and scattering into the air.
A faint magical aura still lingered in the room, as if telling of everything that had just happened.
It turned out this was only the last breath he had forced to keep alive before death.
But Qi Lin felt no regret.
Whether it was the border or the continent, from beginning to end, they were always her enemies.
If the two sides had not gone to war at this moment, the one to die now would certainly have been her.
It was just right.
With this identity, she could perfectly blend into the border forces.
Qi Lin walked out of the grand hall.
A golden Holy Sword appeared in her hand in an instant.
Her gaze was calm as she looked ahead, taking in the city’s ruined and decaying state.
“Just as well, I no longer need to hide my strength.”
She took a deep breath, then threw the radiant golden Holy Sword forcefully upward.
The Holy Sword streaked across the sky like a meteor, falling straight to the center of the city.
In an instant, an extremely dazzling golden light exploded, like a sun suddenly rising.
The light was so intense that the thick black mist pervading the area instantly melted and vanished.
Then, a giant Angel Statue several dozen meters high began to slowly emerge from the center of the city.
The Angel Statue was pure white as jade, six pairs of magnificent, solemn wings spreading from its back, arms crossed before its chest, exuding an indescribable sacred aura.
Centering on it, a dense golden energy, almost solid, rapidly spread in all directions, forming a circular pool hundreds of meters in diameter.
The energy within the Golden Pool was supremely holy, as if capable of Purification.
At this moment, the endless black mist that had once shrouded the city was completely driven away.
Outside the city, an invisible golden shield quietly rose, firmly blocking all filth from entering.
Just then, countless Angels surged forth from the central Golden Pool, beating their wings as they flew up into the sky.
Though their power was somewhat suppressed after arriving here, they were still among the most powerful of the sacred races.
Even in this borderland, when facing dark races corrupted by evil forces, they remained unfazed and fearless.
After all, not every Yu General’s troops were top-tier races.
“Purification!”
Looking at the dozens of Angels before her, Qi Lin spoke softly.
Her voice was calm and resolute, carrying an unshakable conviction.
The Angels instantly spread out in all directions of the city, eradicating the polluted, powerless Refugees.
In this city, Qi Lin only allowed Angels to exist.
As for anything else, it was meaningless to her.
She did not need to subdue gifted criminals like Yu Yang.