Elven cultivators

In Anton's memory, the Dragon Slaying War lasted for more than fifty years before it came to an end.

That was a catastrophe that swept across the entire Dawn Continent.

Countless races and factions were drawn into the conflict, and countless lives were lost in the flames of war.

Even legendary powerhouses were like candles in the wind during that war, their flames extinguished at any moment.

In short, this protracted war can be divided into three phases.

The first phase is a bloody battle.

It is also known as the "meat grinder battlefield".

Longting enjoys a uniquely advantageous geographical location.

It is located deep within the Holy Dragon Mountains, surrounded by the Storm Rift.

The so-called Storm Rift is a huge fissure left by the collision of crustal movement and elemental energy at the beginning of the continent's formation. It is bottomless and constantly surges with extremely violent elemental energy.

Those energies surged from the depths of the earth's crust, colliding with the air currents in the sky to form a never-ending magical storm.

Thunder, hail, fire, hurricane... all kinds of elemental energies intertwined in the sky above the Rift Abyss, forming a destructive canopy. Any creature that entered it would be torn to pieces in a very short time.

Even saints are not immune.

This is a natural forbidden zone of death, isolating the Dragon Court from the outside world.

There is only one safe passage through the Storm Rift.

Annihilation Fortress.

It was a colossal fortress built at the only entrance to the Rift.

It spans the two sides of the rift, like a giant iron lock, firmly locking the gate to the Dragon Court.

If the allied forces want to penetrate the Dragon Court deep in the Holy Dragon Mountains, they must take down the Annihilation Fortress; there is no other way.

In the original history, the Dragon Court and the Allied Forces of Ten Thousand Races deployed tens of millions of troops before and after the Annihilation Fortress, with the death toll reaching millions.

Even legendary warriors suffered double-digit casualties.

That was the most devastating phase of the entire dragon-slaying war.

It took the allied forces a full ten years to breach the Dark Fortress.

After that, the allied forces thought victory was just around the corner, but after leaving the Annihilation Fortress, what awaited them was not a smooth road to the Dragon Court, but chaos.

The Sacred Dragon Mountains have been the most sacred dragon burial grounds for the dragon race since ancient times.

Throughout history, whenever a dragon dies, the dragon race uses an ancient ritual to seal the dragon's soul, blood, and essence into the earth's veins.

Accumulated over thousands of years, layer upon layer.

The dragon essence contained within the ley lines of the Holy Dragon Mountains is unimaginably vast.

When the Dragon Court sensed the impending doom of its race, the dragons made a crazy decision.

They detonated the millennia-old accumulation sealed within the earth's veins, tearing apart and reshaping the area between the Dragon Court and the Dark Annihilation Fortress, transforming it into a semi-independent subspace.

That was not a spatial barrier in the ordinary sense, but a distorted space full of danger.

It lies between the material plane and the elemental plane, yet it exists independently of both.

To reach the Dragon Court, one must traverse this subspace.

It's just another fortress in ruins.

Therefore, the allied forces dispatched many powerful individuals into the subspace, where they engaged in a forty-year-long battle with the dragons in this strange space.

That was the second phase of the war to slay the dragon.

There is no unified name for this stage.

Some people call it "Ten Thousand Dragons' Nest Domain".

Some people call it the "meat grinder stage two".

But the most common name is the Battle of the Blood Domain.

Compared to the first phase of the bloody battle, the scale of the Blood Domain War is much smaller.

The unique structure of the warp determines that it cannot accommodate large-scale legions.

Furthermore, the entrance to the space is restricted, allowing only a small number of life forms to enter at a time.

The kind of large-scale battles involving hundreds of thousands or even millions of people are simply impossible here.

Instead, small-scale, high-frequency, high-intensity conflicts have taken place.

In this combat mode, the individual's bravery and the role of an elite squad are amplified to the extreme.

In order to break through the subspace, the Allied Forces invested a large number of elite forces in the War of Blood Domain, and it took them forty years to finally break through this last barrier in front of them.

After that, the allied forces finally arrived at Holy Dragon City.

The war has entered its final stage.

The top experts of the five races engaged in a decisive battle with the Lord of the Dragon Court and killed him. Subsequently, the allied forces of the five races invaded the Dragon Court, destroyed the Dragon Clan's sacred land, and the Dragon Clan, which had ruled the continent for ten thousand years, completely stepped down from the stage.

This war, which in the original history would not have truly begun until the year 9946 of the Dawn Calendar, has now been brought forward by nearly six hundred years.

The passage of time means that many details will change.

But Anton believed that the course of the war and the key moments should not deviate too much.

After all, the course of a war is not determined by the actions of any one person, but by the balance of power between the two sides and the limitations of the geopolitical landscape.

As long as these fundamental changes do not occur, the course of the war will not deviate significantly.

Knowing the future, Anton naturally wouldn't allow the Silvermoon Clan to participate in the first phase of the bloody war.

The clan's population is too small to withstand that level of consumption.

The Silvermoon Legion of six thousand men is a force to be reckoned with on the Eldron Plains, but if thrown into a meat grinder like the Dark Desolation Fortress with its millions of men, it wouldn't even make a splash.

For a small share of spoils, the cost is that the entire clan suffers a severe blow, even to the point of never recovering.

Anton wouldn't do a deal that loses money.

Supporting the coalition with supplies, including potions, talismans, and metals at below-market prices, was the greatest sincerity he could offer without harming the clan's foundation.

The Jade Court initially offered partial trading privileges in exchange for the Silvermoon Clan becoming their vassal clan.

That's enough.

Anton's goal from beginning to end has always been the second phase of the Blood Domain War.

In the Blood Domain War, the Allied Forces must rely on powerful individuals and small elite teams.

To incentivize more powerful individuals to enter the subspace, the Allied Forces offered extremely generous bounties.

Similarly, the Dragon Court will also send a large number of dragons into the warp to engage in a full-scale confrontation with the Allied Forces and prevent them from destroying the warp.

For Anton, this was undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

He can take this opportunity to obtain a large number of rare materials that are normally difficult to acquire.

The quality of sword pellets can be improved by hunting dragons.

On this special battlefield, his sword pellet is very likely to receive an epic upgrade.

Anton's plan was to avoid getting involved in the bloody battle phase of the dragon-slaying war and instead focus on developing his strength in peace.

Once the war enters the Blood Domain War phase, lead your clan's elite squad to join in and make a fortune.

In this way, the clan will not waste its development time, and will successfully avoid the most devastating phase of war, ensuring that any potential losses to the clan are kept within a certain range.

Kill two birds with one stone.

Although the three elders were unaware of the history, they agreed after only a brief consideration, out of trust in Anton.

Problems that can be solved with supplies should not be allowed to result in unnecessary casualties for the clan.

As for Eleanor, needless to say, she always followed Anton's lead.

"There's one more thing," Anton suddenly changed the subject, "I plan to hold a second aptitude test within the clan."

The three elders perked up immediately upon hearing this.

"That's wonderful." The Third Elder spoke first, his face beaming with smiles. "I've wanted to bring this up with you for a while, but I was afraid you'd be too busy, so I didn't have the heart to say it."

The First Elder and the Second Elder couldn't help but smile.

They have been closely monitoring the development of the twelve children they recruited previously.

Each of them is not even twenty years old, yet they already possess strength comparable to the upper-middle tier of Black Iron.

This would have been unimaginable in the past.

It should be noted that many underage elves of this age have only been practicing for a short time and have not even reached the level of a white-rank elf.

All I can say is that Anton's cultivation system is too powerful.

Of course, the qualification requirements are also very strict.

If Anton hadn't said that cultivating the Dao requires spiritual roots, and that not everyone possesses such a thing, they would have been more than happy for Anton to take all the eligible children in the clan under his tutelage.

"Chief, are the recruitment requirements still the same as before?" Eleanor asked.

Anton pondered for a moment and said, "This time, the conditions will be relaxed. Any elf in the clan who is underage can participate in the test."

Times have changed. The clan now possesses vast resources, more than enough to support hundreds of people cultivating the Dao simultaneously.

Of course, for those elves who have already come into contact with the cultivation system of the Dawn Continent and have condensed magic power, once they switch to cultivation, it means that most of their previous efforts will be wasted, and they may not be able to adapt to the new system. Their cultivation path will be more difficult than that of children who have never cultivated.

The choice is theirs to make.

In fact, the Silvermoon Clan's training system is now largely complete.

Those with spiritual roots should embark on the path of cultivation.

Those without spiritual roots, warriors follow the path of physical strength inheritance, while spellcasters follow the path of alchemy cultivation.

Everyone has a bright future.

"Eleanor, you'll be in charge of recruiting students. The testing method will be the same as last time," Anton said, turning to the elven girl beside him.

"Yes, Chieftain," Eleanor replied, though she was secretly making plans in her mind.

It seems the previous plan needs to be changed; the document management office will need to hire at least two or three times more staff.

The number of students to be enrolled next will definitely be far greater than the previous time, and Anton is busy with the construction of the Primordial City and has no time to teach, so she will have to take on most of the basic courses.

Fortunately, Ryan and his classmates have grown up and can help out by taking on some simple teaching tasks.

This would both lighten her burden and hone their skills, killing two birds with one stone.

As Eleanor was pondering, Anton's voice came through her ear again.

"Elves who follow the path of cultivation are different from warriors and spellcasters in the usual sense. From now on, they will all be called cultivators and listed as disciples of the Primordial City."

"From now on, all elves who meet the age requirements can apply for the aptitude test. As long as they meet the requirements, they will immediately obtain the status of a disciple of the Primordial City."