The battle outside the valley ended quickly.
Boris’s Flying Tiger Cavalry was fully worthy of its status as a special unit.
As long as it was not compared with Toji Hisami’s shield guards, it dealt a crushing blow to other opponents.
Under his leadership, the other lords fought with great fervor as well.
The alliance’s reinforcements were cut off; they tried to fight back, but were ruthlessly suppressed.
In the end, they could only be eliminated by Toji Hisami amidst their wails.
In the Lord Trial, elimination meant only one thing: death.
No one found this unusual.
This was a test with an extremely low passing rate, where everyone pursued that single glimmer of hope.
After dealing with his opponents, Toji Hisami activated the alliance stone on the spot.
A ray of light fell from the sky, guiding the alliance stone as it rose slowly, radiating beautiful streams of colorful light.
Everyone watched the scene entranced, feeling immensely excited.
[You have activated the Alliance Stone]
[The maximum number of junior alliance members is 20]
[Please confirm the alliance name]
Seeing this notification, Toji Hisami could not help but reflect on many names in his mind.
In his previous life, people possessed wonderful, imaginative ideas and created many meaningful names.
Some were grounded in history and others were fictional, each capable of bringing a smile to Toji Hisami’s face.
At this moment, he inexplicably recalled a name—one that had once been popular before fading into the long river of time.
Yet that name represented the beginning of all Toji Hisami’s passion in the past.
Using it now felt like carrying forward a legacy from his previous life.
"Heaven Drive."
The gods are not dead, and the iron armor remains!
The armor was still here!
And he, Toji Hisami, was here as well!
[The name of the alliance has been determined]
[The first alliance of the Lord Trial has been successfully created. The Heaven Drive Alliance will make an announcement across the entire area]
The colorful light filling the sky instantly gathered into a palm-sized token, falling directly into Toji Hisami’s hand.
The Alliance Order.
The token was crafted from an unknown material, feeling like a blend of gold and wood.
On the front, two ancient characters reading Tianqi were engraved, while the back bore the design of Liuyunshanchuan.
Toji Hisami had not expected the power of the highest dimension to extract the characters directly from his mind.
It had been many years since he last saw that familiar script, and he stood stunned for a moment.
At this time, across all regions, every lord witnessed the sky blooming with light once again.
Another area-wide announcement echoed throughout the trial world.
[The Heaven Drive Alliance has been established, and the leader Toji Hisami hereby announces it to the world]
An uproar erupted.
At the break of dawn, the second district-wide announcement of this trial appeared.
The central figure remained Toji Hisami!
It seemed as though district announcements existed solely because of him.
Since the assessment began, there had been only two area-wide announcements, both belonging to him.
In the West District, Sardo slammed the golden wine bottle in his hand onto the ground.
In front of him, atop the magnificent pyramid, his troops had just broken through the light pillar, and countless surrounding lords were cheering for him.
However, with the arrival of the announcement, all of Sardo’s spotlight was stolen away.
Every lord stood frozen, looking up at the sky.
No one paid attention to the dissipating light at the top of the pyramid, nor did anyone care about the wailing mummies.
The culmination of Sardo’s efforts felt like nothing more than fireworks set off to celebrate Toji Hisami’s announcement.
How could someone as proud and arrogant as him endure this?
The nearby lords did not dare say a word, trying their best to avoid looking at Sardo.
After shattering the wine bottle, Sardo took a deep breath.
"Clear the pyramid and divide the loot from the fallen monsters among yourselves."
Leaving those words behind, Sardo turned around and stepped into a luxurious chariot without looking back, carried off by eight tall, muscular men.
As for the rewards dropped after breaking the S-class light beam, he had no interest in even looking at them.
He directly ordered the heroic soul responsible for the attack to collect them.
Sitting inside the carriage, Sardo rested his chin on one hand while his other hand tapped on the armrest.
"It seems I underestimated you, Toji Hisami. I will remember this name."
"I will treat you as my greatest opponent in this trial. This is both your honor and your nightmare," Sardo said to himself.
The first assessment was conducted across separate regions.
However, in the second and third assessments, three years later, they would eventually gather together.
At that time, he, Sardo, would launch the fiercest attack against Toji Hisami.
All to defend the honor of his Golden Family!
Before that, he would sweep across the entire Western District and consolidate all its power!
Any lord unwilling to surrender to him would be crushed under his iron hooves.
He would ascend the final throne as a king!
At this moment, the lords of the Western District were still immersed in Toji Hisami’s consecutive announcements, sighing at his strength.
Little did they know that because of Toji Hisami, the Western District had just birthed an iron-blooded overlord.
In other regions, Toji Hisami’s second announcement also brought tremendous pressure upon the elites.
Elara discovered that several members from the Holy Territory had begun messaging her privately.
They started asking her about cooperating and joining Toji Hisami, their attitudes shifting completely.
Elara chuckled, not surprised by this in the slightest.
The S-class light beam in the Southern District had been found as well, but due to Elara’s stance, she had been left behind to guard the main camp.
Elara did not fight over it.
To her, those matters were as fleeting as clouds.
Instead of fighting for the S-class light pillar, one could target other, smaller light pillars—after all, gathering 500 points was all it took to pass.
What truly mattered was developing the territory well and ideally bringing along a group of lords to join Toji Hisami.
By bringing the lords of the Holy Territory with her, she would hold a solid voice within Toji Hisami’s camp.
While it was great that Toji Hisami was growing stronger, she also needed to demonstrate her own value.
Organizing her thoughts, she began replying to the inquiring lords one by one.
Meanwhile, ten terrifying waves in the North District were slowly but surely sweeping across the region.
Many lords in the North District suffered disasters, with death notifications constantly popping up on public channels.
The entire North District was plunged into panic.
Amidst this chaos, the group chasing Renn realized something was wrong.
However, Renn’s team had already been broken up by them, leaving only about twenty people clinging on, just one final push away from being wiped out.
After giving chase for an entire day, letting him escape now was completely unacceptable to them.
And so, the pursuit continued...
On the other side, after Toji Hisami established the Heaven Drive Alliance, all the lords present swore to join on the spot.
Toji Hisami planned to reserve five of the twenty membership slots.
Before acquiring permissions or items to upgrade the alliance level, these spots were reserved for future arrangements.
Lyra divided the shield guards into teams of fifty, accompanying several lords back to relocate their territories.
Boris also dispatched his Flying Tiger Cavalry to protect the others during their migration.
As for himself, he remained in the valley to wait for the main force to arrive.
When the others learned that Boris had abandoned his original territory and migrated as soon as the assessment began, they were thoroughly shocked.
Even Toji Hisami was surprised.
When they had first met in the Hall of Knowledge, he had not spoken with Boris at all beyond a polite nod of respect.
Who could have guessed that this guy would be bold enough to place such a massive gamble?