Chapter 160: Blood Monarch
After finishing the second wave, the dimensional rifts began closing with crystalline chimes that echoed across the battlefield.
Ethan stood among the scattered remains of hundreds of territorial challenge entities, his Platinum-rank capabilities having turned what should have been desperate defense into systematic elimination. His subjects had performed admirably, but the bulk of enemy forces had fallen to individual transcendence rather than organized resistance.
The silence that followed carried weight beyond simple combat completion. Reality itself seemed to pause as invisible forces assessed their defensive performance against predetermined criteria.
Then the messages began.
[TERRITORIAL DEFENSE COMPLETED]
[FIRST SANCTUARY DEFENSE RECORD BROKEN]
[Previous Record: 20 minutes, 45 seconds]
[New Record: 2 minutes, 4 seconds]
[Record Holder: Lord Ethan Brandon]
Ethan’s eyebrows rose slightly as he processed the implications. Previous territorial lords had required nearly twenty minutes to complete similar defensive trials, while his combined forces had achieved victory in approximately One-tenth that time.
"Record-breaking performance," Vance observed with shock and happiness. After all, such a powerful thing had happened to the territory he was now part of. Suddenly, he realised that he was truly foolish to go against Ethan.