After a fierce battle, both the forces of the Dark Hall and the ancient fierce beasts had been slaughtered to the last.
Slaughter — it was truly a slaughter. The stone army led by Chu Feng had routed the Dark Hall's forces with a record of zero deaths and zero injuries.
"Guard!" Chu Feng commanded.
As soon as the words left his mouth, the stone monsters surrounded the territory like sentinels, standing guard over the area.
Seeing this, the ancient elves were all visibly shocked, and the gazes they directed at Chu Feng were filled with admiration.
By now, they were certain that this entire stone army answered only to Chu Feng's commands — and that was an utterly incredible feat.
"Chu Feng, where did you get these stone monsters? They're so powerful!"
At that moment, not only the other ancient elves, but even Xian Miaomiao, the little princess, was completely stunned.
"It's a long story. I deciphered the Secret Art, and the treasure within was this stone army," Chu Feng replied.
"You actually deciphered the Secret Art? Oh my, you're too amazing!" Upon hearing this, Xian Miaomiao's face was full of astonishment.
"Miaomiao, listen to me. Right now, these stone monsters all take orders from me. However, I've created seventeen command tokens. Once these tokens are blood-bound to a master, they can also command a portion of the stone army."
"Before I came here, I had already given some of these tokens to the lords of the territories."
"Here — give this token to the lord of this place. After blood-binding it, he'll be able to command these stone monsters just like I can. With the stone army guarding this place, even if the Dark Hall comes again, they won't need to be afraid." Chu Feng handed a command token to Xian Miaomiao.
"Something so magical?" Looking at the token Chu Feng had handed over, Xian Miaomiao's face was full of wonder, and she clutched it tightly, fiddling with it endlessly — like a playful child who had just received a beloved toy.
"Wait, Chu Feng — you said there are seventeen tokens in total. Does that mean this stone army isn't even all that you obtained? There's more?" Xian Miaomiao asked in surprise.
"Yes. Within the stone army, there are a total of one hundred thirty-eight thousand nine hundred eighty-one stone people. I divided them into sixteen battalions."
"The battalions have already been dispatched to guard the important territories of your ancient elves," Chu Feng nodded.
"Wow, that's incredible! So many powerful stone people — even if the Dark Hall launches another sneak attack, we won't have anything to fear!" At that moment, Xian Miaomiao was overjoyed.
After all, she had already witnessed the power of the stone people firsthand. And just thinking about how there were so many more of them — for the ancient elves, this was undoubtedly a tremendous boost.
Setting aside their cultivation levels, even the weakest among them numbered over a hundred thousand Martial Emperors. What did that even mean? It was simply an inconceivable number.
Perhaps the war between the ancient elves and the Dark Hall could be turned around by the addition of the stone army.
Even if the ancient elves remained on the defensive, their casualties would no longer be as devastating as before.
"But the two most powerful ones will be yours from now on." Chu Feng took out another token and handed it to Xian Miaomiao, glancing as he spoke at the two Eighth Grade Martial Emperor-level stone giants behind him.
These two stone giants were precisely what Chu Feng had prepared for Xian Miaomiao. On his way here, he had heard that Xian Miaomiao was stationed at this location. Worried for her safety, Chu Feng had come specifically to find her and escort her back to the Elven Kingdom.
To prepare for the worst, he had created this token so that Xian Miaomiao could command the two most powerful stone giants to protect her safety.
However, Chu Feng hadn't expected that Xian Miaomiao's cultivation had advanced further — she was already a Sixth Grade Martial Emperor. At this level, she could already hold her own against an Eighth Grade Martial Emperor.
But from the earlier fight between Xian Miaomiao and that Eighth Grade Martial Emperor ancient fierce beast, it was clear that her combat experience was still lacking. She could handle an ordinary Eighth Grade Martial Emperor, but against a stronger one, she would still fall short.
These two stone giants, however, could be considered among the strongest of the Eighth Grade Martial Emperor level — after all, even the World-Ending Immortal had been struck down by them.