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For upon the mountain, the might of the Legendary Realm was mist-laden, stirring unnerving palpitations in the heart.

Mu Yuan cast his gaze from afar, surveying briefly.

The familiar figure of Lord Shen Mao was nowhere to be found—after all, as the Lord of Tai Xuan, he could not possibly remain here indefinitely.

Yet, Mu Yuan did recognize several acquaintances.

Duke Gold, Gemstone Grand Duke, and a few of their legendary generals he had met once or twice.

"Another Lord has arrived?"

"Do not worry, today no one shall prevent this Lord from recruiting Master Xie Yi."

"A warrior as strong as Master Xie Yi should join a mighty domain such as ours. It is our destiny."

Mu Yuan did not approach the group on edge, ready for confrontation; he found his companions from the gunpowder group.

Seeing they were not injured, Mu Yuan relaxed.

Gunner Master said, "Master Xie Yi taught us a lot of skills, telling us that we will soon be ready to graduate."

Mu Yuan nodded, "I understand."

…

Iron Stone Mountain, Furnace District.

Xie Yi sighed softly and looked towards a Lord not far off, surrounded by swirling dust and pebbles, an unmatched figure of authority, "I've said, I have no intention of joining any domain."

The Lord replied, "No, you do. See, you've been here in Iron Stone Mountain for so long without being recruited. Isn't that awaiting my arrival, a fateful encounter?"

He paused before adding, "You might not yet grasp the true level of our Sand Kingdom; no matter, you will soon come to understand."

The Sand Lord glanced at Duke Gold, Gemstone Grand Duke, and a few other Lords, and spoke:

"Gentlemen, let's settle the recruitment rights of Master Xie Yi with the 'Battle Will' method, as per the universal laws of the Eternal World."

"So, who will take the field, and who will forfeit?"

"Oh, I'll give you a sliver of a chance. Wheel warfare is acceptable; just defeat this General by my side, and I, the Sand Lord, will immediately depart."

Duke Gold's expression turned slightly ugly.

The Battle Will is usually used to decide the ownership of a treasure or the recruitment rights of a type of soldier or building.

In cases like Master Xie Yi, mutual consent is required.

But...

Battle Will is also the most common form Lords use to resolve their conflicts.n/ô/vel/b//jn dot c//om

By invoking Battle Will, if they do not accept, they indeed have no standing to remain here.

But if they do accept...

By the Sand Lord's side, a sand elemental more than three meters tall, wearing a crown and holding a golden scepter, slowly floated forward.

—The Sand Elemental Lord!

This was the Sand Lord's signature mighty warrior, an epic hero who had reached the peak of Heavenly and Earthly Great Power.

It was precisely because of the Sand Lord's immense strength that his fame, even as a Lord from a neighboring Great Domain and of a modest country, was well-known even to those in the Shen Luo Domain.

Duke Gold considered that within his duchy, there was no one who could stand against the Sand Elemental Lord.

However...

They represented the face of the Western coastline.

One of his generals stepped forward from the crowd.

…

Defeated in three moves.

The heavens and the earth buzzed, and yellow sand filled the sky.

Endless sand elements filled the area, squeezing all other elements into the corners.

In such an environment, Legendary Realm fighters could exercise only a fraction of their Heavenly and Earthly Great Power.

Even beings of peak strength stood no chance, not to mention that they were unable to unleash their full power.

The Holy Knight, one of Gemstone Grand Duke's generals, lasted only four moves before falling.

Amongst the spectators, there were several Legendary Lords and Division Generals.

Yet no one dared to take to the field any longer.

The two mighty generals of Duke Gold and Gemstone Grand Duke couldn't even deplete the Sand Elemental Lord's power, so what difference would their generals make?

'Wait, we can't fall for the Sand Lord's trick. We could all go together; we have the numbers! The Sand Lord's approach is already unethical; we don't have to play by his rules. Even if this causes a scene, we won't be in the wrong!'

'But if all of us here took him on, I always feel that we wouldn't be a match for just a few people like the Sand Lord.'

'The Sand Elemental Lord is too powerful, and all the Legendary Realm fighters brought by the Sand Lord are masters of sand.'

'But if we don't fight, what do we do if the Sand Lord forcefully takes Master Xie Yi away?'

A few Lords exchanged glances, their expressions troubled.

At this moment, Gunner Master Xie Yi picked up his weapon.

His Domain started to unfurl.

Around him, flashes of red light appeared one after another, and in the blink of an eye, he had activated over a dozen Positron Hover Cannons.

The barrels, with their flickering red lights and dark muzzles, pointed towards the distant Sand Elemental Lord.

An intangible deterrence spread out.

Those around, whether it was the Sand Elemental Lord facing the barrels or other Legendary beings, all felt a chill in their hearts.

Gunner Master Xie Yi...

So powerful!

Unimaginably powerful!

Xie Yi's Domain, as everyone had predicted, extended just over a kilometer.

Not a newly minted legend, he, as a feral hero lacking in cultivation resources and environment, naturally found it hard to expand his Domain.

Before this, what the Lords valued was Xie Yi's potential.

Many of the strong ones present had Domains of three-thousand-meter level or even four-thousand-meter level.

They thought themselves stronger than Master Xie Yi in terms of combat power.

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Now, intuition was alerting them that they might not withstand a full-force barrage from Master Xie Yi.

"Is the Gunner Master this strong?"

"No, it's Master Xie Yi who is strong, a wandering hero who has broken through the Legendary Realm by his own strength—how could one underestimate him! We have underestimated him."

But even if he had extraordinary means, Xie Yi was ultimately just an 'ordinary legend.'

He and the Sand Elemental Lord, whose Domain covered more than eight thousand meters and resonated with heaven and earth, were separated by a gulf as vast as the heavens themselves.