Luo Fei submitted, and Xiao Mo naturally did not restrain her any longer.
He brought her back to the battlefield and handed her over to Xian Qing Er, who was tasked with persuading the Elven Kingdom's army and citizens to surrender.
As of now, the entire Elven Kingdom had lost nearly 100,000 elves, including elven warriors, high-ranking elves, and citizens who had resisted the territorial army.
The battlefield was a scene of devastation, but it was almost entirely filled with elven corpses. The casualties among the Immortal Demon troops and Natural Woodmen were negligible.
When Luo Fei reappeared, the elves became very excited. However, upon hearing Luo Fei's words about persuading them to surrender, almost all of them lowered their heads.
Yet, out of loyalty to their Queen and disgust for the war, these elves ultimately chose to surrender.
They understood that they had no chance of winning this war. If they continued to resist, they would all perish.
While death was not terrifying, who would willingly face it if they could live?
Therefore, choosing to surrender was perhaps the best outcome, especially since their Queen had already surrendered. What reason did they have to continue resisting?
The Goddess Your Grace?
The Elven Goddess Your Grace had not appeared for a very long time, let alone protected the Elven Kingdom.
Thus, under the persuasion of the Elven Queen Luo Fei, everyone in the Elven Kingdom finally laid down their weapons and surrendered.
Witnessing this, Xian Qing Er brandished her scepter. A radiant white light immediately permeated the entire battlefield, and specks of light fell upon each elf.
The vast white light illuminated the night sky, making the area within a hundred-kilometer radius of the Elven capital as bright as day.
This demonstrated that after ascending to the Saint Rank, Xian Qing Er's strength had clearly improved to an astonishing level.
Soon, the white light gradually dissipated. The elves knelt down with great piety and respectfully bowed to Xiao Mo and Luo Fei.
"Greetings, Holy Lord! Greetings, Your Majesty the Queen!"
It had to be said that Xian Qing Er's purification spell was always effective. It had somehow transformed these elves, who originally worshipped the Elven Goddess, into worshippers of Xiao Mo.
However, because it was a direct change of faith, unlike the previously subdued races who had no faith at all, these elves only had a loyalty value of around seventy-five.
Xiao Mo would have to find ways to increase their loyalty later.
The Elven Queen Luo Fei also underwent purification.
Although Xiao Mo was confident that he had subdued her, she was, after all, the queen of a kingdom. If he believed she had no hidden schemes or tricks, Xiao Mo would never believe it.
Only after accepting the purification ritual could Xiao Mo be completely at ease.
While loyalty value might be a moral issue, for Xiao Mo, it was not a problem at all.
This was because he possessed many methods to increase loyalty.
At worst, he could directly relocate the entire Elven Kingdom to the Immortal Demon Small City. With buildings like the Temple of Faith, their loyalty would surely increase.
With this in mind, Xiao Mo immediately ordered Mo Wu Xin and other Immortals and Demons to destroy the Elven Kingdom's Heart of the Kingdom.
The moment the Heart of the Kingdom was destroyed, Xiao Mo saw the familiar notification.
[Congratulations, Lord, your territorial army has destroyed the Elven Kingdom's Heart of the Kingdom, gaining an additional 20,000 Immortal Demon Stones!]
[Congratulations, Lord, you have completely defeated and subdued the Elven Kingdom. The fame and cohesion of the Immortal Demon Small City in the Primordial Continent have greatly increased!]
[Congratulations, Lord, you have obtained all the reserve supplies of the Elven Kingdom!]
[Congratulations, Lord, you have obtained the following blueprints: thirteen blueprints for siege crossbows, eight blueprints for defensive walls, six blueprints for medium-sized spirit cannons, twelve blueprints for elven giant cannons, three blueprints for furnaces, five blueprints for forging stones, five blueprints for watchtowers...]
[Congratulations, Lord, you have obtained two fragments of the Heart of the Kingdom!]
[Friendly Reminder One: The elves of the Primordial Continent consider the Immortal Demon Small City their mortal enemy and have classified it as an enemy faction, with hostility increasing twentyfold!]
[Friendly Reminder Two: The hostility of the Dragon race towards the Immortal Demon Small City has once again greatly increased, and they have classified the Immortal Demon Small City as their number one enemy!]
[Friendly Reminder Three: You have gained the attention of the ancient god, the Elven Goddess.]
[Friendly Reminder Four: ...]
A series of chain reactions followed, which Xiao Mo largely ignored.
However, upon seeing the third friendly reminder, Xiao Mo frowned.
Earlier, Xian Qing Er and other Immortal Demon troops had found the core of the protective formation, where an Elven Goddess statue stood.
Logically, if a god had completely fallen, all their remaining power would fade with time.
Yet, this formation remained strong with almost no loss of power, which puzzled Xiao Mo greatly.
Now, seeing this notification, Xiao Mo was certain that the Elven Goddess had not fallen, or perhaps had resurrected.
However, Xiao Mo preferred to believe that the Elven Goddess had never fallen.
Perhaps during the ancient god war, the Elven Goddess was severely wounded and fell into a deep slumber. She had now awakened but had not yet recovered her strength and was lying dormant somewhere, awaiting her return to the world.
Alternatively, the Elven Goddess might currently be in the central region. However, due to the world's rules, she could not descend outside the central region.
The reason for this speculation was that Xiao Mo believed the Elven Empire in the central region was extremely powerful, and the faith from that region would be the purest, greatly aiding the Elven Goddess in recovering her strength.
Since the Elven Goddess still existed, it was highly probable that other gods also existed.
This exposed a crucial issue: this war of the myriad races might not just be a struggle against the imperial powers and god-level powerhouses in the central region.
It was possible that when attacking the central region or other areas, they might encounter these slumbering ancient gods.
With this thought, Xiao Mo's heart trembled. He had to be mindful of this issue in future conquests.
Although the Immortal Demon Small City was now strong, without the Nine Heavens Nine Nether City, facing true gods would still make them utterly vulnerable.
Therefore, the immediate task was to unify the Endless Abyss region as quickly as possible and then utilize the resources of the Endless Abyss to rapidly develop the territory's strength and the strength of his subordinate troops.
Of course, the strength of the lord himself was also crucial.
Compared to all territorial forces, the Immortal Demon Small City had developed at an extremely fast pace, which had also attracted the attention of many local powers.
Now, it had also attracted the attention of an ancient god, which instilled a sense of urgency in Xiao Mo's heart.
Who knew what methods those ancient gods possessed? If he didn't come up with a foolproof plan now, it could become a huge problem if the Elven Goddess suddenly descended one day.
With this in mind, Xiao Mo raised his head and looked at the Nine Heavens Nine Nether City hidden behind the clouds. The spiritual power reserves of this war fortress had to be replenished faster!
ps: Tonight is the company's annual gala, so there will only be two updates. I will make up for it tomorrow. I apologize, esteemed readers!