Chapter 768 - Life

Hearing the Heavenly Tree’s words, everyone was stunned.

Only then did they understand the seriousness of the matter.

Furthermore, even if the City Lord Residence could hold on, they could not let the Spirit King wander around the City of the Great Emperor.

In that case, none of the soldiers in the city would survive!

They would all be slaughtered by the Spirit King!

At the thought of this, the Second Commander’s expression became even more solemn and he could not help but ask, “Madam, how long do you think this City Lord Residence can last? How long will it take for you to completely recover?”

The Heavenly Tree’s gentle voice sounded.

“The City Lord Residence can hold on for at most fifteen minutes. To me, it’s meaningless because it will take at least six hours for my main body to completely recover!”

“And this is under the condition that the spiritual substance is extremely sufficient.”

Hearing this, everyone’s expressions darkened.

It could only last for fifteen minutes and was useless.

Once the City Lord Residence was broken through, they would have no way to escape!

The Heavenly Tree had yet to fully recover. To the Spirit King, it was just a small problem.

And the most despairing thing was…

With their Lesser God’s strength, they could not even shake the Spirit King at all!

At this moment, it seemed like they had really reached a dead end!

Even Chu Feng frowned.

But at this moment, the Second Commander suddenly whispered, “The only way now might be to revive the commander…”

When the others heard this suggestion, their eyes lit up, but then they dimmed.

The Seventh Commander said in a deep voice, “Is this the only way?”

No one answered.

But everyone seemed to know what would happen after reviving the commander.

Only Chu Feng was puzzled.

As far as he knew, didn’t the commander die in battle long ago?

How could he be revived?

Could it be a fake death?!

But that’s not right!

Even the guy’s seventh-grade Spiritual Abode had been devoured by him!

He had grasped the innate supernatural power…

Speaking of innate supernatural power, Chu Feng was suddenly stunned.

It was as if he had figured something out.

He muttered to himself.

The Titan God talent?

A body-tempering expert?

The commander with the talent of Titan God was definitely a top-notch expert in body refinement!

There was no doubt about that.

Therefore, what if… what if the commander’s body was preserved after his death?

One had to know that most body-tempering warriors focused their strength on their bodies!

Their physical bodies were their strongest weapons!

As far as Chu Feng knew, the commander was a top-notch seventh-grade expert with four worlds when he was alive!

He was even about to establish the fifth world!

He was a genuine peak-level Greater God!

Even if it was only a remnant body, it should… have the strength of an ordinary Greater God, right?

At the thought of this, Chu Feng’s eyes instantly lit up.

No wonder during the meeting, the Second Commander had said that there was another powerful force in the City of the Great Emperor. So this was it!

It was indeed powerful!

Furthermore, it completely exceeded Chu Feng’s expectations!

However, what puzzled Chu Feng was that even though they clearly had such a powerful method, why did they never use it?

Even in the previous crises in the Great Emperor’s City, it had never been revealed.

Hidden trump card?

That was possible.

But why were these people so solemn when they heard that they were going to revive the commander?

As if she had seen through Chu Feng’s confusion, the Heavenly Tree’s gentle voice sounded in Chu Feng’s ears.

“Little friend Chu Feng, right? I’ve heard about you from the main control system. It’s all thanks to your help that I was able to revive this time. If you’re lucky enough to survive this tribulation, the Great Emperor’s City will definitely not forget your kindness.”

Chu Feng hurriedly responded respectfully.

“Madam, you’re welcome. By helping you, I’m saving myself. My relationship with the Great Emperor’s City has always been mutually beneficial. In terms of kindness, the Great Emperor’s City has given me quite a bit.”

The Heavenly Tree smiled in satisfaction.

In her opinion, although Chu Feng’s contributions were outstanding, he was still able to remain calm and did not take credit. Such a temperament was really rare.

Seeing that he had spoken to the Heavenly Tree, Chu Feng asked the question in his heart.

“Sir, there’s something I don’t understand. I hope you can enlighten me. Why hasn’t the Great Emperor’s City never deployed the army commander despite having a powerful warrior?”

When the Heavenly Tree heard this, her tone was a little down, but she still said gently, “Because… every time we activate the remains of a commander, it means the death of a commander… Now, there are only four commanders left in the Great Emperor’s City. We can’t afford the loss anymore.”

Chu Feng exclaimed.

“Why?!”

The Heavenly Tree took a deep breath and sighed.

“Back then, the Commander returned with serious injuries. He knew that he would definitely die, but he was unwilling to waste his cultivation. In order to protect the City of the Great Emperor forever, he asked Craftsman De Lu to temper his body into an extremely powerful weapon!”

“Do you know that the commander is an extremely rare body-refining expert? Even if such an expert dies, his body will still be powerful. Coupled with the refinement of De Lu, he can still maintain the realm of a Greater God!”

“But a pure physical body is only a dead thing after all. Without the control of a soul, the strength it can unleash in the end is less than ten percent. Therefore, it needs an external soul to unleash its greatest strength!”

Hearing those words, Chu Feng became even more confused.

“Isn’t that just nice?”

“The commanders only have their souls left. They can freely use the legion commander’s body!”

The Heavenly Tree smiled helplessly.

“That’s the problem.”

“On the surface, the two of them seem to be working together, but in reality, outsiders’ souls can’t perfectly fuse with new bodies!”

“If the soul can’t be nurtured by the shell, it will only slowly dissipate!”

“This is also why very few experts are willing to possess others. After all, outsiders are ultimately flawed!”

“That’s why Divine Blacksmith De Lu took the trouble to create all kinds of armor to accommodate the souls of the soldiers.”

“Similarly, the legion commander’s body is not a golden armor. It can’t perfectly carry the souls of the commanders. As a result, as long as the souls of the commanders leave the golden armor and enter the commander’s body, they will begin to dissipate!”

“The more intense the battle, the faster the soul will wear down until it completely dissipates!”

“Furthermore, they might not be able to return to the golden armor because Divine Blacksmith De Lu is no longer around, and I have yet to recover…”

“Therefore, every time we use the physical body of the legion commander, it’s equivalent to risking the life of a commander here!”

With that, the Heavenly Tree sounded quite sympathetic.

He knew that he would die, but he still did not hesitate. How great a test this was for the commanders!

The commanders had supported each other all the way to this day. No matter who was gone, it was not what the others wanted to see.

But the situation was critical now.

This seemed to be the only way.

However, which golden-armored commander would be sacrificed this time?

At a moment of life and death, it was hard to predict what they would do…

Chu Feng swept his gaze across the faces of all the commanders.

However, to Chu Feng’s surprise, there was helplessness, regret, and nervousness in the illusory eyes of the commanders, but there was no fear or hesitation…

Even the Third Commander, who had never gotten along with him, had a calm smile on his face. He was even the first to step forward and chuckle.

“This time, let me do it.”