[Ding, LV60 copy ¡°Guard The Energy Crystal¡± sessfully opened. Please select the copy difficulty (Normal, Elite, Rare, Hero, Lord Level).]
¡°Lord Level!¡±
[Ding, copy difficulty set to Lord Level! Please choose the number of team members and their names for entering the copy.]
¡°One person, Zi Liyuan!¡±
[Ding, number and personal details confirmed, teleportation beginning!]
The next instant, the dark green vortex portal emitted a burst of golden light, enveloping Zi Liyuan in a sh and pulling him into the copy.
The dozen or so people sitting not far from the portal were dumbfounded, especially when they saw the golden light erupting from the portal. Their eyes popped out, their faces filled with shock.
¡°Damn, is this guy insane? Not only did he enter a team copy solo, but he also picked the Lord Level difficulty?!¡±
¡°That¡¯s so brave. He probably won¡¯tst past the first wave of monsters, right?¡±
¡°Maybee midnight, this idiot¡¯s copy will spit out a corpse.¡±
¡°Which family¡¯s fool came out here? Dying isn¡¯t supposed to be sought out like this.¡±
¡°Should we hit the emergency button and have the Copy House staff deal with this?¡±
¡°Forget it, the fool chose it himself. If he dies, it¡¯s none of our business. If the staffe and forcibly close the copy, won¡¯t it dy us and our team for hours once the copy reopens?¡±
¡°Let him die; we might as well enjoy the show.¡±
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At this moment, Zi Liyuan found himself appearing in a vige, and in the center of the vige was a small square, upon which stood a purple crystal that was several timesrger than himself.
¡°Damn, are you sure this is a vige?¡±
The vige was actually a hundred-meter radius circle with the purple crystal as its center. Extending a hundred meters outwards was a tall wall, easily over ten meters high and seemingly indestructible.
To the east, south, west, and north, each direction had arge gate five meters wide and eight meters high cut into the wall, and beyond the walls was a disorderly wastnd.
Zi Liyuan¡¯s Spirit spread out while he simultaneously activated the Eye of Death and the Eye of Shadow to examine his surroundings.
Soon, the terrain within a kilometer wasid out in his mind. He also noted that in the four cardinal directions, there were four huge Array portals that were already glowing faintly.
¡°Lord Level difficulty, I wonder what kind of monster temtes will appear. I hope they are a bit higher, with more experience points.¡±
He casually took out his Magic Wand, and a huge summoning Array formed in front of him. The rhythmic sound of horse hooves echoed from the mist of death.
Chapter 139: Corpse Collecting Maniac
Chapter 139: Corpse Collecting Maniac
512 Skeleton Knights from the Nether realm, riding skeletal horses, neatly stepped out from the summoning array, their skeletal eyes flickering with strands of eerie green ghost fire, creating an incredibly sinister sight.
Changing direction, the summoning array appeared again, and this time from within the fog of death came the cking sound of ¡°ck ck,¡± reminiscent of the whispers of undead.
512 Nether Skeleton Mages, marching out in orderly ranks, with the Power of Death swirling around them, finally converging into a dark cloud of death that floated above the group of skeletons.
This was the first time Zi Liyuan had summoned Nether Skeleton Mages since he unlocked this skill.
[Nether Skeleton Mage, Level 10, Magic Damage 160, Physical 85, Magic Resistance 60, Health 900, Skills: Nether Fire Rocket, Nether Fire Scorch, Death Withering, Dead Spirit Resurgence]
Compared with Nether Skeleton Knights, the Nether Skeleton Mages had slightly weaker attributes, especially since the attack aura only increased physical damage, so it couldn¡¯t benefit them¡ªmeaning they missed out on an extra 55 points of damage boost.
However, these creatures also had their advantages, like the area-of-effect (AOE) spell¡ªDeath Withering!
Death Withering was a spell where the damage area increased with the level, adding 1 meter of range per level. With a starting coverage of 10 meters, at Level 10, it could now cover an area of 20 meters.
The damage dealt was decent too, 200% magic damage per second,sting for 15 seconds, with a 30-second cooldown.
Yet what surprised Zi Liyuan the most was thest skill¡ªDead Spirit Resurgence.
Dead Spirit Resurgence: Summons Skeleton Warriors equivalent to oneself on a corpse, with the number of summons equal to one¡¯s level, sharing the skill amplification boost of the summoner; cooldown 15 seconds. (Note: One corpse can only summon one Skeleton Warrior.)
Undead Army!
Sea of Skeletons!
One phrase after another leapt out from Zi Liyuan¡¯s mind.
¡°Damn, with Level 10 Nether Skeleton Mages, I can lead 10 Skeleton Cannon Fodder minions, which means the Skeleton Army¡¯s quantity is instantly multiplied by more than ten times!¡±
He now had 1078 Soul Points, meaning he could summon 1078 skeletons for battle. If he summoned all of them as Nether Skeleton Mages and there were enough corpses, he could effectively explode his army size by tenfold.
Tens of thousands in a Skeleton Army, even if they were just Skeleton Cannon Fodder Legion, it was still an army of one!
¡°Damn, this means I¡¯m going to be a professional corpse collector, doesn¡¯t it?¡±
The thought of people calling him a corpse-collecting maniac made Zi Liyuan¡¯s face twitch.
MMP! For his Sea of Skeletons, so what if he bes a corpse-collecting maniac? Let¡¯s do this!
Shaking his head, he raised his hand and summoned Lao Tie.
Even if the fragile skeletons obtained a temte breakthrough, they were still fragile skeletons, good at clearing out ordinary monsters, but against a BOSS, they were done for. He still had to rely on Lao Tie to conquer the battlefield.
Of course, in Zi Liyuan¡¯s eyes, the only creatures worthy of being called a BOSS were those with a hero temte or above; the rest didn¡¯t earn the title of BOSS!
¡°Position the Nether Knights outside the vige to exploit the cavalry¡¯s charging force, aiming to kill the minions.
The Nether Mages will go up on the wall,y Death Withering over the four gates to form a road of death.
The moment you see a corpse, immediately use the ¡®Dead Spirit Resurgence¡¯ skill to drag it inside the town to form a Skeleton Warrior Legion.
Once we have enough Skeleton Warriors, release them to charge at the monster army.¡±
Perfect!
Simple battle tactics. The only potential surprise might be the BOSS that might appear.
But with the super metallic leg of Lao Tie here, barring the emergence of a Third Order Legendary BOSS, he would absolutely be able to stride across the instance dungeon.
Just as he had finished deploying his units, the first wave of monsters began to respawn.
A troop of LV60 rare werewolves howled as they charged out from the monster summoning array, one hundred from each of four different directions, all heading straight for the vige.
[Werewolf (Rare)]
[Level]: LV60
[Attributes]: Physical Damage 290, Physical Defense 100, Magic Resistance 70, Health 10,000.
[Skills]: w Strike, Tear, Insane Rending
[Combat Power]: 450
In the mental map, information about the werewolves appeared, including level, attack, defense, magic resistance, health, and even skills, all in great detail.
Therefore, Zi Liyuan didn¡¯t continue to pay attention to this and instead took out four flesh and bone pirs, cing them beneath the gaping gateways.
The reason for not using corpses was the fear that a minor mistake from a Nether Mage might drag his BOSS materials up and turn them into Skeleton Cannon Fodder Warriors, which would be a severe loss for him.
The battle quickly broke out.
The 512 Skeleton Knights had already split into two, forming two cavalry units, each charging toward the werewolf teams from two summoning arrays.
As for the remaining two werewolf groups of a hundred each, they were let into the Road of Deathid by the Nether Mages, to experience the forlorn beauty of withering death.
Skeleton Knight VS Werewolf
Individually, the Skeleton Knights were a cut below, but each could inflict over 100 damage on the werewolves, and when using the Charge skill, their damage could double.
When the 256 Skeleton Knights banded together tounch a charge, they immediately caused the werewolf group to shatter into pieces.
Hoof by hoof, the Skeletal Horses trampled over, giving the werewolves, knocked to the ground, something akin to a cavalry-style massage.
By the time the Skeleton Knights punched through the werewolf group, thirty-six skeletons on the outskirts had shattered, but an equal number of werewolves had also been ttened into meat paste.
Almost a one-to-one casualty rate; given the big disadvantage in attributes, the Skeleton Knights were truly awesome!
After several rounds of charging, reducing the number of werewolves to just over a dozen, the Skeleton Knights immediately dispersed into squads of ten, surrounding and hunting down the remaining werewolves.
The Nether Skeletons perched on the city walls began their countdown to cast spells, with the Resurrection of the Dead Spirit skill making a shimmering entrance.
Those werewolves squashed into meat paste exploded with a squelch, and a skeleton framework assembled itself out of the flesh remnants, then slowly rose to its feet.
Two hundred Skeleton Warriors of varying heights and builds under the control of the Nether Mages slowly made their way into the vige.
The werewolves from the other two directions were now on the Road of Death that the Nether Mages had long prepared.
Above their heads, a dense flurry of blood-red numbers reading ¡°-250¡± floated about, with the daunting Power of Death withering their lives away.
The Roof of Withering covered inside the city gates, unknowablyyered, a single skill inflicting 250 magic damage per second, as the werewolves charged from the gate into the interior.
The result was that in just under four seconds, they fell to the ground, never rising again, turning into corpses, which were then dragged out by the group of Nether Mages, who extracted the bones and continued fighting.
Indeed, even in death, they had to beborers!
Andborers at the very bottom of the cannon fodder!
¡°Howe I feel that in this kind of defensive terrain, Nether Mages are more useful than Skeleton Knights?¡±
After the battle, over a hundred Skeleton Knights had perished, the Nether Mages had zero casualties, and they had even dragged out a cannon fodder group of four hundred Skeleton Warriors.
Chapter 140: Welfare Instance, Brushing Like Crazy
Chapter 140: Welfare Instance, Brushing Like Crazy
The undead army, the more they fight, the more they multiply!
Zi Liyuan had barely finished hisment when the second wave of monsters refreshed once again.
The minions that emerged from the monster teleportation gate were no longer werewolves but had turned into Cave People?!
[Cave People (Rare)]
[Level]: LV60
[Attributes]: Physical Damage 275, Physical Defense 90, Magic Resistance 80, Health 10K.
[Skills]: Headbutt, Tear, Bite
[Combat Power]: 420
Looking at the detection data that appeared in his mind, a strange light shed in Zi Liyuan¡¯s eyes.
¡°The second wave of minions is even weaker than the first, it seems that the refreshing of these minions is randomly drawn.¡±
After a quick review of the Cave People¡¯s data, Zi Liyuan pushed it aside; they were weaker than the werewolves and could be wiped out with ease.
Just then, the detection data in his mind changed once again, and another set of monster data shed up.
[Boarman Warlord (Heroic Boss)]
[Level]: LV60
[Attributes]: Physical Damage 2000, Physical Defense 520, Magic Resistance 500, Health 180K, Spiritual Energy 30K
[Skills]: Heavy Hammer Strike, Sweep Thousands Army, Furious Blood Combo, Battle All Directions, Blood Fury ughter, ???
[Combat Power]: 3400
The second wave of monsters refreshed right at the two-minute mark, so four LV60 mini-BOSSES appeared all at once.
¡°Lao Tie, time to get to work~¡±
Zi Liyuan patted Lao Tie, who was following by his side, and saw this massive iron hulk charge out like a speeding heavy truck, trailing a cloud of dust.
The attributes of the LV60 Heroic BOSS were okay; the Skeleton Cannon Fodder couldn¡¯t kill it, but in front of Lao Tie, it really wasn¡¯t much to look at.
Shaking his head, Zi Liyuan opened his own attribute panel to check the recent system messages.
[Ding, killed Werewolf (Rare), exceeding monster level by 13, experience bonus 100%, gained experience points +2000]
[Received materials: Werewolf Blood (Blue) x1, Werewolf Tooth (Blue) x4, Werewolf Skin (Blue) x1¡]
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A series of messages, a total of eight hundred, four hundred were for killing werewolves to gain experience, and the other four hundred were for obtaining materials from killing werewolves.
This wave of monster spawn added a total of 800K experience points, taking less than 1 minute. This rate of gaining experience was incredibly exhrating!
ncing at his own experience pool (190K/900Kx2), he had just leveled up to LV47; the next level needed 900K experience points, but since Lao Tie¡¯s experience was bound to his, they would need 1.8M experience points to level up again.
At 800K experience points per minute, it would take just over 22 minutes to umte the required experience for leveling up.
The second wave of minions, the Cave People, quickly sumbed to the onught of the Spectral Knights and Spectral Mages, entering the death sequence, and then turned into four hundred skeletons, sessfully joining the embrace of Zi Liyuan¡¯s Skeleton Army.
As for the four Boarman Warlords, they were gathered together by Lao Tie, who initiated a one-sided beatdown of 1VS4.
It was a true thrashing!
Lao Tie just stood there, without even moving his feet, his pair of iron fists equipped with spiked knuckles, in addition to the eight spurs on his back, were furiously puncturing holes and bleeding out the Boarman Warlords.
Four boarman barbarian kings, despite their thick skin and the Wolf Fang Clubs in their hands, couldn¡¯t break through Lao Tie¡¯s defenses. They kept striking with a thudding sound, but they could only asionally deal a mandatory ¡°-1¡± damage. Most of the time, it was a ¡°MISS¡± that floated by.
On one hand, there was a steady damage of 50,000+ per second, while on the other, the damage didn¡¯t even break past 1. The fate of the boarman barbarian kings was sealed¡ªthey were doomed to die.
After Lao Tie beat those four hero bosses to death, Zi Liyuan conveniently had him bring the corpses back.
With a total HP of 1.8 million, they made for excellent material for the Corpse Explosion Technique. These bodies were a catch!
In the third wave, the spawn was actually their own kind, but a notch above the elite skeletons, it was the rare temte, the skeleton warriors.
Under the iron hooves of the spectral knights, these bone scraps were quickly trampled into dust.
Then, the ribs were dragged up again, but this time their temte was downgraded a notch, turning them into mere grunts among the Skeleton Warrior cannon fodder group.
The Skeleton Army¡¯s numbers increased by 400~, breaking past the major milestone of 2,000 in total.
In the fourth wave, lesser demons appeared, a tad stronger than the Cave People but a bit weaker than the werewolves, and they too quickly became part of the Skeleton Army.
However, this wave also saw the appearance of four hero bosses, only their strength was even less than that of the boarman barbarian kings; Lao Tie easily stabbed them to death, and their corpses were collected once more.
It wasn¡¯t until the fifth wave of creatures emerged that the battlefield saw a change again.
[Boarman Overlord (Lord Boss)]
[Level]: LV60
[Attributes]: Physical Damage 4200, Physical Defense 750, Magic Resistance 650, HP 10 million, Spiritual Energy 2 million.
[Skills]: Mighty Axe Strike, Flying Axe Throw, Boar Charge, Earth Splitting sh, Bloodthirsty Frenzy, ???
[Combat Power]: 6500
Five minutes had passed, and this time a LV60 Lord Boss had spawned. Lao Tie very conscientiously charged at it.
Then, the puppet and the boarman began to exchange blow for blow in a brutal fistfight.
When Lao Tie threw a punch, the spikes on his knuckles would gouge a bloody hole into the fat pig¡¯s body.
When the boarman threw a punch, Lao Tie¡¯s body might rattle, but the only things floating above his head were either ¡°MISS¡± or a mandatory ¡°-1¡± HP damage.
There was no helping it, Lao Tie was just that tough. With a Physical Defense nearing 5000, the boarman overlord¡¯s Physical Damage of 4200 simply couldn¡¯t breach his defenses. Only when using skills could it cause a bit of damage.
But Lao Tie had a passive life-steal effect, so often just as a sliver of HP was knocked off, his health bar would be back to full with the next punch he swung.
It was clearly a one-sided fight. The only bothersome thing was the Lord Boss¡¯s 10 million HP¡ªit was just too bulky.
To take this guy down, Lao Tie had to fight for over three minutes, so Zi Liyuan sent a few spectral knights dragging the freshly collected hero boss corpses over.
They calcted the distance so as not to affect Lao Tie, and then it was time for the Corpse Explosion Technique!
The sound of ¡°boom¡± explosions began to slowly rise. Each explosion precisely reached the Lord Boss.
One explosion could deal over 1 million damage. With the first explosion, the aggro chain was instantly thrown into disarray. Zi Liyuan suddenly became the top target, a thorn in the boarman overlord¡¯s side.
Unfortunately for the fat pig, before it could make trouble for Zi Liyuan, Lao Tie firmly pinned it in ce, preventing it from going anywhere and forced it to eat the sts docilely.
The battlefield was rife with the aura of death, the Lord Boss¡¯s blood flew about, and in just a few seconds, the boarman overlord let out a mournful scream and copsed under Lao Tie¡¯s feet, leaving behind a huge pile of loot.
The eight hero boss corpses that had just been acquired had not even warmed up before they were blown to bits with no remains left. However, obtaining a Lord Boss with ten million HP, they didn¡¯t lose out after all.
Cleaning up the battlefield, and then returning to grinding the mobs, the process went on unerringly.
In a dungeon where the Corpse Explosion Technique could be used, with an ample supply of boss corpses for materials, and with Lao Tie being able to face off against a third-order LV60 Lord Boss, this LV60 dungeon ¡°Guard The Energy Crystal¡± was practically a benefit thrown his way!
Chapter 141: Madly Swipe 720 Million!
Chapter 141: Madly Swipe 720 Million!
The only tricky part about this dungeon instance, which was a massive giveaway of experience benefits, was the big BOSS that spawned every 5 minutes.
The Third Order LV60 Lord Boss had a health pool fluctuating between 8 million and 12 million, and the number of spawns also vacited between one and four.
Spawning three at once wasn¡¯t a big deal; Lao Tie just had to sprint around quickly, find the nearest route, and make sure to hold the aggro of two Lord Bosses to prevent them from entering the vige.
As for thest Lord Boss, Zi Liyuan himself would take care of it by kiting it around, and that was that.
But if four Lord Bosses appeared at once, the difficulty would increase exponentially, and Zi Liyuan would have to consider how to prevent them from entering the vige because if the Bosses managed to shatter the energy crystal with a casual strike, the dungeon run would end prematurely.
Hence, the only option was to rely on the Skeleton Army raised by the Necromancers to encircle and block, slowing down the Bosses¡¯ advance.
It was really just a matter of dying time slightly because when facing the Lord Bosses, Skeleton Warriors were nothing but brittle ribs, crumbling to ash with a single touch¡ªessentially just fodder for roadblocks.
Fortunately, with 512 Necromancers, a cannon fodder army of 5120 Skeleton Warriors could be raised.
With so many chickens to deal with all at once, it wouldn¡¯t be that easy, right? And we¡¯re talking about a Skeleton Army here.
Luckily, the expendable Skeleton Warrior squad only needed to slow down the Lord Bosses for a bit until Zi Liyuan had stabilized the aggro of another Boss, then immediately loop around from outside the vige and initiate an attack to pull them away.
Once they joined up with the other two Lord Bosses that Lao Tie was holding off, it was time for the Corpse Explosion Technique to st them to the heavens!
From 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., this farm feststed 12 hours, and the average experience gain was over 1 million per minute. Moreover, countless materials, equipment, items, and dungeon rewards were harvested!
When Zi Liyuan emerged from the dungeon, his eyes were gleaming withyers of golden light.
That grind was just too damn exhrating!
[yer]: Zi Liyuan LV47 (721.48 million/900 million x2)
720 million experience points, and that¡¯s just from 12 hours of farming. If he could keep it up indefinitely, wouldn¡¯t leveling up be even simpler than eating and drinking?
¡°It¡¯s a pity, this damn dungeon actually auto-kicks yers. You can only farm for a maximum of 12 hours before getting kicked out.¡±
If it weren¡¯t for the dungeon¡¯s forced ejection, Zi Liyuan would surely still be joyfully farming away, determined not to stop until hepletely broke the instance.
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Not long after Zi Liyuan left, an anomaly signal appeared in the monitoring room of the dungeon¡¯s headquarters.
The maintenance personnel didn¡¯t think much of it, since the more a dungeon was used, the more its source power would deplete, necessitating maintenance from time to time and sometimes special items to restore the dungeon¡¯s source power, or else the dungeon could degrade or even copse.
The dungeon that signaled an anomaly this time was the top-tier Third Order dungeon ¡°Guard The Energy Crystal.¡±
But when maintenance personnel went to inspect it, they were stunned.
Wearing special dungeon observation sses, they could clearly see that the source power of the dungeon had be incredibly weak and unstable, teetering on the brink of copse.
¡°What¡¯s going on here? Why is the dungeon showing signs of source power depletion?¡±
Dungeon Headquarters, being under official management, conducted routine checks for any anomalies in all dungeons on a daily basis.
Everything was fine yesterday, but today this dungeon was nearly doomed¡ªis it possible that someone deliberately sabotaged it?
Therefore, the maintenance worker reported the situation immediately and took out a pure golden stone, throwing it into the transfer portal of the ¡°Guard The Energy Crystal¡± dungeon.
Instantly, the already distorting portal, on the verge of copsing, froze in a stutter and then solidified as if paused.
¡°What¡¯s the matter, Old Qi? The dungeon was fine yesterday, how did it suddenly be on the verge of copse?¡±
¡°The source power of the dungeon has been overdrawn. If we don¡¯t replenish it in time, the dungeon could be downgraded by an entire order.¡±
The administrators of the Copyworld, along with several maintenance staff, rushed over and immediately began to ask questions.
¡°Everything was fine during yesterday¡¯s inspection, so something must have happened today. Xiao Liu, retrieve today¡¯s surveince footage and check the information of everyone who entered this room!¡±
The downgrade of a Third Order copy was not a small loss; if things went poorly, they might even be criticized by the leadership for ipetence, making any further career progression difficult.
So Wang Fu initiated an investigation right away.
As he investigated, Wang Fu, with a pained expression, took out a cracked Lord¡¯s Heart from his backpack space and chucked it into the copy¡¯s teleportation portal.
The Lord¡¯s Heart was a condensed essence of the copy¡¯s origin, and to replenish the source of the copy, it naturally needed to be charged with a Lord¡¯s Heart.
The Lord¡¯s Heart Wang Fu held, though wed, was still a treasure that could elerate the speed of his Cultivation Technique.
But when considering the future against the enhancement of his training, the future was obviously more important to him. After all, without this Lord¡¯s Heart, his training speed would only be a few times slower.
¡°Steward Wang, a total of four hundred and one professionals entered the ¡®Guard The Energy Crystal¡¯ copy today. The anomaly might have been caused by this extra person.¡±
Xiao Liu came running with the results in less than ten minutes and handed the information over to the leader.
¡°Zi Liyuan, Second Order LV47, Necromancer, entered the copy at nine ten in the morning and didn¡¯t leave until nine ten in the evening?¡±
Wang Fu looked at the information, confused.
A professional of just LV47 taking on a Third Order LV60 copy¡ªwas he that brave?
Especially after seeing that this individual had stayed in the copy for a full 12 hours, he became even more unsettled.
He had just specifically reviewed this copy; it was a tower defense-type guardianship copy, where monsters and bosses would continuously spawn, especially since this guy had chosen the difficulty of a Lord.
The BOSS could even be a LV60 Lord!
Was that something a Second Order LV47 professional could handle?
¡°Xiao Liu, use my authority to retrieve Zi Liyuan¡¯s copy records!¡±
Something was fishy! This kid definitely had a trick up his sleeve; the depletion of the copy¡¯s origin was surely his doing!
Daring to y tricks in the Copyworld was no joke!
They needed to investigate thoroughly!
¡°Yes, Steward Wang!¡±
Xiao Liu came in a flurry and left in a flurry as well.
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At this moment, Zi Liyuan, who had no idea he was in trouble after his intense copy grinding, wasfortably grilling skewers at a street stand.
Right now, he was enjoying his skewers and beginning to tap on the upgrade button.
LV47¡úLV48, needing 9 million experience points. Tied with Lao Tie, it needed 18 million, upgraded!
LV48¡úLV49, needing 20 million experience, keep upgrading!
LV49¡úLV50, needing 22 million experience, upgrade!
This guy wasn¡¯t short on such a small amount of experience, upgrade! Upgrade! Upgrade!
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Chapter 142 - 142 The Spider Queen’s Drop, Red Legend and Purple Epic!
Chapter 142: The Spider Queen¡¯s Drop, Red Legend and Purple Epic!
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In the time it took to grill a skewer, Zi Liyuan¡¯s level skyrocketed from Level 47 straight to the peak of Second Order Level 60.
If it weren¡¯t for the experience bar locking again, necessitating thepletion of a third advancement quest to break the level lock, he would surely continue to surge upward.
A whole 13 levels had been gained, and the 720 million experience points he had just earned, which had not even warmed up, were now 390 million short.
However, there were still more ces that required spending experience points.
Zi Liyuan then opened the skills menu, his eyes sparkling with excitement as he started selecting skills that needed immediate upgrading.
For every 5 levels a professional rose, they could raise the level of their skills by one.
Now that he was Level 60, he could elevate his skill levels to Level 13, whereas they were currently Level 10.
The improvement brought by three skill levels should not be underestimated.
At least for several often-used mutant skills, the enhancement was quite terrifying.
Shadow Arrow (Level 13): In 1.8 seconds, condense dark energy into an arrow to attack a target, dealing 20,480 + 120% magic damage of the dark attribute, consuming 130 energy points, with no cooldown period.
Shadow Arrow Rain (Level 13): In 1.8 seconds, condense arge amount of dark energy into 15 shadow arrows to attack 15 spirit-locked targets, dealing 20,480 + 120% magic damage of the dark attribute, consuming 390 energy points, with a skill cooldown of 15 seconds.
Death Shadow Arrow (Level 13): In 1.8 seconds, condense death¡¯s shadow energy into a death arrow, attacking a soul-locked target, dealing 409,600 + 185% magic damage of the aura of death, consuming 1,300 energy points, with a skill cooldown of 30 seconds.
Bone Spear (Level 13): In 1.8 seconds, condense the power of death into a three-meter-long Spear of Death, attacking a soul-locked target, dealing 204,800 + 165% magic damage of the aura of death and with a piercing effect, consuming 1,000 energy points, with a skill cooldown of 30 seconds.
Looking at his four frequently used offensive skills, Zi Liyuan was extremely satisfied, especially with ¡°Death Shadow Arrow¡± and ¡°Bone Spear,¡± one with 400k+ damage, the other with 200k+ damage, paired with the current effects of his equipped set, capable of one-shotting a boss with 1 million HP!
After that, he opened the ¡°Summon Skeleton¡± skill and upgraded it from Level 10 to Level 13.
The many skills derived and enhanced from this ability were also raised to Level 13 at this moment, further strengthening the legion of skeletons once again.
But that was not enough; ¡°Control Skeleton¡± and ¡°Skeleton Reinforcement,¡± as well as ¡°Attack Aura,¡± were also upgraded to Level 13.
It can be said that this round of enhancements increased the overall strength of the Skeleton Cannon Fodder Group by a third.
Then it was time for various curse skills and support skills.
Once this round of enhancements waspleted, tens of millions of experience points were used up, meaning this round of leveling and strengthening cost a total of 400 million experience points toplete.
However, seeing the remaining 320 million experience points, someone suddenly felt it might not be enough, so should he continue to grind the ¡°Guard The Energy Crystal¡± dungeon tomorrow to umte 1 billion experience points before attempting the third advancement task?
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Having decided to continue grinding for benefits in the instance dungeon the next day, Zi Liyuan focused on finishing his skewers, contentedly packed up arge portion, and then casually walked toward his new home.
However, his mind was on the items inside his Spatial Backpack, to be precise, three pieces of equipment.
Upon reaching Level 60, two more equipment slots were unlocked, this time for the hands and shoulders, along with two more essory slots, meaning he could now wear four additional pieces of equipment.
Among these three pieces of equipment was a pair of gloves, the other two were a set of essories.
¡°Spider Queen¡¯s Sinister Moon Gloves (Red Legendary): Casting speed +25%, Physical Defense +25%, Magic Resistance +25%, All attributes +25%, All mastered skills level +1, Attached skills: ¡®Evil Moon Aura¡¯, ¡®Summon Demon Spider¡¯; Equipment requirement: Level 60 magic ss users. (Note: Tainted by the Evil God¡¯s aura, using this equipment may attract the observation of the Evil God!)¡±
Evil Moon Aura: Upon activation, drains 10 points of Spiritual Energy per second, covers all friendly units within Soul Value range, granting Evil Moon Enhancement, increasing damage by 20%, Physical Defense by 15%, Magic Resistance by 10%, and speed by 5%.
Summon Demon Spider: Upon activation, summons a Demon Spider with the same level as the caster, possessing an Epic Boss temte, to fight for you until its death. After the Demon Spider dies, the skill enters cooldown with a duration of 1 hour.
A Red Legendary piece of equipment, one of the items dropped by the Spider Queen after her death.
This super piece of equipment, which can only be used at Level 60, increases attributes by percentages, increases casting speed, and skill levels!
The two attached skills, one an aura that significantly boosts attributes, could dramatically strengthen Zi Liyuan¡¯s army, especially for Lao Tie, making him even more formidable.
Thetter skill, summoning, brings a high-endbat force to Zi Liyuan. Although it might not be as strong as Lao Tie, it¡¯s still an Epic Boss!
It could be said that this piece of equipment alone provided an improvement to Zi Liyuan that could only be described as terrifying, especially in terms of attribute enhancement.
Moving beyond this equipment, there were another two Epic Quality essories in purple.
¡°Queen¡¯s Sinister Charm (Purple Epic, Set 1/2): All attributes +10%, Life value +10%, Spiritual Energy +10%, Attached skills: ¡®Sinister Charm¡¯, ¡®Queen¡¯s Shriek¡¯; Equipment requirement: Level 60 magic ss users. (Note: One of the Spider Queen¡¯s Sinister Seduction set pieces)¡±
¡°Queen¡¯s Temptation (Purple Epic, Set 1/2): All attributes +10%, Life value +10%, Spiritual Energy +10%, Attached skills: ¡®Temptation¡¯, ¡®Queen¡¯s Kiss¡¯; Equipment requirement: Level 60 magic ss users. (Note: One of the Spider Queen¡¯s Sinister Seduction set pieces)¡±
Spider Queen¡¯s Sinister Seduction set effects: All attributes +2%, Life value +2%, Spiritual Energy +2%, Attached skill ¡®Mind Control¡¯.
Sinister Charm: Uses the queen¡¯s visage to charm a target, rendering them infatuated for 15 seconds, unable to extricate themselves. Skill cooldown: 1 minute. (Note: Any damage will break the charm effect.)
Queen¡¯s Shriek: A shriek released by the Spider Queen, causing all enemy units within the range of the Soul Value to suffer 300% Magic Damage and stuns them for 3 seconds. Skill cooldown: 1 minute. (Note: The inflicted damage will not break the stun effect.)
Temptation: Uses the beauty of the queen to entice a target, making them fight for the queen for 15 seconds. Skill cooldown: 1 minute (Note: Only effective against Lord Boss temtes and below.)
Queen¡¯s Kiss: The Spider Queen¡¯s kiss plunges a target into an illusion for 1 minute. Skill cooldown: 10 minutes. (Note: Each time damage is dealt, the duration is reduced by 1 second.)
Mind Control: Enve and control a target until they die or control is lifted; Skill cooldown: 12 hours. (Note: Can only be used on those of the same or lower level than the user, can only enve Lord Boss temtes or below.)
Chapter 143: 143: New Choice LV80 Dungeon
Chapter 143: New Choice LV80 Dungeon
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These two essories, belonging to the statue type, are palm-sized and carved with the likeness of the Spider Queen. The former exudes a charmingly evil aura, while thetter emits a seductive andscivious temperament.
Especially the skills attached to these two pieces of equipment, with five active control abilities, they are simply outrageous!
As for the increased attributes, they are also enhanced by a percentage, but the degree of enhancement is a lot lesspared to legendary equipment.
However, the essories do increase health and Spiritual Power, which makes Zi Liyuan¡¯s life and endurance much more secure.
There¡¯s not much to say, he immediately equipped these three pieces of equipment, and watching his own attributes surge dramatically, along with all his abilities leveling up by one, his mood instantly became wonderfully delightful.
What he checked next were the rest of the equipment dropped by the Spider Queen.
Initially, dozens of light globes burst out, the most eye-catching being one red and two purples; in addition, there were eight golden light globes, more than a dozen silver ones, and the rest were blue and green light globes.
Among the eight golden light globes, there was a six-piece golden Lord set, and the other two golden items were materials.
The golden Lord set, designed for closebat, primarily increases physical constitution, followed by Spirit, with very little increase in Spiritual Power.
Therefore, even though the attributes increased more than the Weaver¡¯s Law set Zi Liyuan was currently using, he didn¡¯t switch sets. Instead, he put the golden set on Lao Tie.
After Lao Tie equipped two arm des, the effect of his Level 20 Chieftain set was gone, and now that he¡¯s reached Level 60, Level 20 equipment naturally couldn¡¯t keep up with the pace.
And after this gear swap, Lao Tie¡¯s attribute growth was even more substantial than Zi Liyuan¡¯s, with just his damage alone breaking 9000+. If you add various state enhancements, his damage could already exceed 10000.
If Lao Tie were to face off against the Spider Queen now, without her Evil God¡¯s will activated, aside from having less health, he could suppress her in all other attributes.
¡°Good, good, good, this wave can be called an epic enhancement. There¡¯s no problem at all with getting through the Third Order transfer task,¡± he said.
Looking at his and Lao Tie¡¯s attributes, Zi Liyuan happily closed the attribute panel, thinking about whether the Third Order task could go a step further and possibly summon an Epic Boss.
¡°No, no, no, I need to prepare a bit more, umte a huge amount of experience, and thenplete the Third Order task. So, tomorrow, I will continue to farm the welfare dungeons!¡±
Immersed in delightful thoughts, he quickened his pace towards his vi.
Unbeknownst to him at this moment, his background had been thoroughly investigated by the administrators of the dungeon home.
But when Wang Fu saw Zi Liyuan¡¯s detailed data, his face changed colors like a dyehouse, switching back and forth until he finally let out a frustrated grunt and started to draft a report, submitting Zi Liyuan¡¯s data along with it.
He had no choice; this guy had a special identity. Not only was he the top scorer of the national college entrance examination this year, but he had also passed the Dragon Academy examination and had joined the academy by shattering the records. He was not someone Wang Fu, a mere administrator, could afford to provoke.
So, he had to swallow this bitter pill. However, after submitting his report and Zi Liyuan¡¯s data, the higher-ups would surelypensate him. It was just a matter of losing some cultivation time.
¡°This kid, damn, he¡¯s a real talent. Soloing a hundred-man team dungeon, he must have racked up hundreds of millions of experience points in one go. By the time he officially enters Dragon Academy, he could break through to Third Order. That will be interesting,¡± Wang Fu mused.
When Wang Fu thought about his nephew, who was currently a sophomore at Dragon Academy, and especially his arrogant demeanor which showed no regard for Wang Fu, he couldn¡¯t help but feel a bit of malice at what was toe.
The annual wee ceremony at Dragon Academy was not so friendly, but with a monstrous talent like Zi Liyuan, someone else was going to have a bad time.
Thinking that his nephew would take a big hit, Wang Fu¡¯s depressed mood suddenly improved significantly.
¡°Xiao Liu, give the orders to elevate Zi Liyuan¡¯s status to special attention. If he continues farming these tower defense-type dungeons, we must impose limitations, preventing him from staying in the dungeon for more than six hours!¡±
This kind of scourge, milking the empire¡¯s wool, must be eradicated!
¡°`
Wang Fu felt somewhat relieved, grateful that the issue had been discovered early. If they had really damaged several instances, he couldn¡¯t have escaped responsibility, and might even have lost his job.
¡°Understood, Leader!¡±
The next day, bright and early, Zi Liyuan once again visited the Instance Home, not hesitating at all as he went straight to the second floor to buy a ticket.
¡°What? The Level 60 ¡®Guard The Energy Crystal¡¯ instance is undergoing maintenance and is temporarily closed to the public?¡±
¡°That¡¯s correct, you might want to check out the other instances.¡±
The service staff, seeing the special attention alert marked on the disy, said to Zi Liyuan with some nervousness.
Anyone marked for special attention was surely not an easy customer, which made the frontline service staff extra cautious.
¡°It was fine yesterday, so why is it suddenly under maintenance, and about how long will it take? Will it be open tomorrow?¡±
Zi Liyuan was extremely frustrated. A welfare instance that was good to farm had only been used once, and now they couldn¡¯t enjoy it anymore. How unreliable could the official game service be?
¡°The maintenance willst at least ten days, and could possibly go up to a month. The details have to wait for notification from above. Would you like to select another instance for now?¡±
¡°Forget it, I¡¯ll look around some more.¡±
F*ck! (¨s¨F¡õ¡ä)¨s¦à©ß©¥©ß
The frustrated person left the window and once again found a terminal to start searching.
But this time, he was searching for Third Order Level 80 instances.
By now, his level had reached 60, and he could try out the Level 80 instance to gauge its difficulty.
His standards for selecting instances were still ones with high quantity that ensured satisfaction.
Facing the search terminal, he keyed in Third Order Level 80 instances, then entered the requirement for high experience and high monster quantity, and hit search.
A few instances that met his criteria were listed.
There weren¡¯t many instances that matched the criteria, only two, Level 80 ¡°Battle of Survival¡± and Level 80 ¡°Orc Invasion¡±
Instance name: Level 80 ¡°Battle of Survival¡±, ticket price: 1M/game/person.
Instance description: Enter a world at the brink of apocalypse, facing an endless hunt by monsters, entry is limited to 1 person. The longer yers survive, the more experience they gain; if they choose to exit voluntarily or are killed by monsters, the instance closes and rewards are settled.
(Note: Solo survival instance. Avable difficulty levels: Rare, Heroic, Lord)
Instance name: Level 80 ¡°Orc Invasion¡±, ticket price: 200k/game/person.
Instance description: This is a tower defense-like guarding instance, suitable for team battles. Entry is limited to 1-100 people. yers must protect the city from being breached. Once the city is breached, the instance closes and rewards are settled.
(Note: There are two monster spawn points in the instance; every minute, 1,000 monsters spawn, every 5 minutes, 2 mini bosses spawn, and every 10 minutes, 1 major boss spawns. The spawning never stops until the city is breached or up to a maximum of 6 hours, at which point the instance automatically closes.)
(Instance difficulty levels avable: Elite, Rare, Heroic, Lord)
Chapter 144: 144: Wang Fus Recruitment
Chapter 144: Wang Fu¡¯s Recruitment
Both instances had their merits, but the single-yer survival instance had too many uncertainties, so Zi Liyuan turned his attention to the ¡°Orc Invasion¡± instance.
Like ¡°Guard The Energy Crystal,¡± it was a team-based defense instance of the tower-defense genre, but it spawned arger number of monsters at once, the only difference being the slower refresh rate of the Boss.
¡°Let¡¯s give it a try, if it doesn¡¯t work out, I can always quit and choose ¡®Battle of Survival¡¯ instead,¡± he said to himself.
As Zi Liyuan was about to join the queue at the window to buy a ticket, Wang Fu arrived with Xiao Liu in tow.
¡°I am the administrator of the Instance Home, Wang Fu. Would you, Zi Liyuan, spare a moment to talk?¡±
Zi Liyuan was surprised by Wang Fu¡¯s appearance, but since the other party had introduced himself, he was very willing to make an acquaintance.
¡°Hello, may I know what Mr. Wang is looking for me for?¡±
He nodded and followed the administrator to a reception room, his face full of curiosity.
This Instance Home manager was an official staff member. Finding him meant they certainly had checked his information, so he directly asked what the situation was.
¡°It is somewhat presumptuous to invite you for a talk so suddenly, but I find myself in a position where I must inform you of a matter,¡± Wang Fu exined.
Xiao Liu, very observant, brewed a cup of tea for each of them and then quietly exited the reception room. She closed the door behind her and stood guard outside to prevent anyone from approaching and eavesdropping.
¡°Young friend, when you were running the ¡®Guard The Energy Crystal¡¯ instance yesterday, you overtaxed the source of the instance, nearly causing it to copse. As a result, maintenance had to be performed, which is considered damaging to the interests of the Great Xia Empire. Therefore, we hope that when you are ying instances at the Instance Home in the future, you could be a bit more gentle. For this, we from the Instance Home can offer you certain privileges and benefits.¡±
Others buy tickets to y instances in a straightforward exchange of money for services, without any clear rules stated. Hence, it was not Zi Liyuan¡¯s fault that the instance was overtaxed to the point of nearly copsing.
However, to prevent the same issue from urring again, Wang Fu had no choice but to rify the matter with him and was willing to offer considerable privileges and benefits within his ability.
Of course, part of this was also due to the fact that they saw potential in him, for a national high-achiever who had broken the admission records of Dragon Academy, even if he belonged to a death-rted profession, was worth cultivating a rtionship with.
¡°I see, I deeply apologize for the trouble I¡¯ve caused to your side,¡± Zi Liyuan expressed his apologies.
The other party had been very fair not to trouble him, and they were even offeringpensation; naturally, Zi Liyuan wasn¡¯t foolish enough to refuse.
¡°If you understand, then that¡¯s good. Later, I¡¯ll have Xiao Liu enter your information into the official candidate list. Then, you will be able to directly ess various exclusive instances for officials. However, I hope you keep this matter confidential and not broadcast it,¡± Wang Fu requested.
Being in charge of the Instance Home, with an annual quota to grant a few candidates official status benefits, Wang Fu didn¡¯t hesitate to give one to him.
¡°Thank you, Manager Wang. I wonder if the Instance Home or yourself are involved in purchasing instance loot like materials, items, equipment, and rewards?¡± Zi Liyuan inquired further.
The mention of internal staff benefit instances immediately sounded like great opportunities to Zi Liyuan. His mind quickly understood that this was the other party giving him an advantage, with a strong vor of wooing him.
With this in mind, he could also reciprocate the favor, further closing the gap in their rtionship.
What could be a method where both sides cooperated for mutual gain and bound their interests together, thereby bridging their rtionship even faster?
¡°Oh, it seems that you¡¯ve had some good gain before. Yes, the spiritual energy crystal is indeed valuable. I assume the rewards from the instance for you are no less than tens of thousands. Are you looking to sell them?¡± Wang Fu asked.
Lingyuan crystals are treasures that can speed up the progress of cultivation techniques, and they¡¯re rarely sold. Wang Fu was somewhat interested.
¡°The Lingyuan crystal is just one of the items for trade. Manager Wang, you might want to take a look at this list of trade goods.¡±
Although his Spatial Backpack wasrge, it couldn¡¯t stand being cleared out after every dungeon, even packing up and taking away the corpses, especially after the ¡°Guard The Energy Crystal¡± dungeon, where he had picked clean even the minor monsters¡¯ corpses.
He was really like a freak obsessed with collecting corpses. The only constion was that the mechanism for minor monsters might be different from that of a BOSS; as long as they were of the same type, race, and level, and their bodies were not mutted or damaged, they could be stacked like item materials.
One storage slot could hold up to 200 as a set, so having collected tens of thousands of bodies from the dungeon, he only upied nearly a hundred storage slots. It was actually those BOSS corpses thrown into the Spatial Backpack that upied one slot each, giving him the impression that his backpack space was not enough.
Zi Liyuan directly sent Wang Fu a list of items.
Lingyuan crystals x 36,800 pieces, massive amounts of dungeon materials¡ several silver hero equipment¡ tens of thousands of blue rare equipment¡ tens of thousands of green equipment¡
Wang Fu looked at the list, his eyes twitching uncontrobly, and he was at a loss for words.
Damn, he had underestimated this kid; this youngster was far more formidable than the information he had seen!
The quantity of materials and equipment was absolutely sufficient to support a shop selling low-level equipment for a year.
At the same time, Wang Fu was also very tempted. His Wang family also ran a business, backed by the dungeon home, and they had private cooperations with multiple teams, so they could get their hands on some good merchandise.
But the low-end goods disyed by Zi Liyuan were of high quality in their category, considered superior or top-notch. If he could take them all, his family would definitely make arge profit and could even garner a good reputation.
¡°Young friend Zi Liyuan, I, Wang, am a few years older than you. If you don¡¯t mind, just call me Uncle Wang. For the items on this list, Uncle Wang is willing to purchase them at 80% of the market price. What do you think?¡±
Thosepanies that specialize in purchasing goods usually buy at only 50% to 70% of market value.
He was willing to offer 80% for two reasons: one was to build a rtionship, and the other was that the quantity wasrge and of decent quality, which could also bring a good reputation for his family¡¯s shop.
As for the massive amount of dungeon materials, they were even easier to sell, such as the tasks needing them posted by the mercenary guilds. Anyway, he had many connections and wasn¡¯t worried about not being able to dispose of them.
¡°Then, Uncle Wang, it¡¯s a pleasure to do business!¡±
Strike while the iron¡¯s hot; this immediately brought the two of them much closer.
¡°Liyuan, I see you¡¯ve also reached LV60 and are about to undertake the Third Order advancement quest.
But Uncle Wang must remind you, the Third Order is a watershed mark, and not just for practitioners, but for BOSSes as well.
Uncle Wang has seen your data before. For the first two advancements, you chose the hero difficulty and even faced a Lord Boss, didn¡¯t you?
If you want to continue challenging a Lord Boss for your Third Order advancement quest, you must be fully prepared.
The mechanics of the Third Order Lord Boss in the advancement dungeon havepletely changed; the most important being the removal of mental constraints on the BOSS.
This means the aggro list is virtually useless, causing many geniuses who didn¡¯t know the truth to be instantly killed by the BOSS upon entering.¡±
Chapter 145: 145: LV80 Dungeon "Beast Tide
Chapter 145: LV80 Dungeon ¡°Beast Tide
Before entering the Dragon Academy, Zi Liyuan was not at all familiar with the Third Order transfer tasks.
In high school, the curriculum covered only Second Order and lower content; after all, it was extremely rare for students to reach the pinnacle of Second Order by the college entrance exams, and schools naturally would not offer courses on this.
There were many books on the market, but very few were truly detailed.
At this moment, getting such crucial information from Wang Fu cooled down Zi Liyuan¡¯s initially inted confidence significantly.
Fortunately, being cautious, he had not rushed into undertaking a Third Order transfer task on impulse, which could have led to some mishap.
Thus, Zi Liyuan immediately began to humbly ask for guidance on what preparations were needed for the Third Order transfer task and what to be cautious about.
Seeing Zi Liyuan¡¯s prudent, steady and unarrogant attitude pleased Wang Fu even more, so he told him everything he knew, as well as his personal experiences, without holding back.
The conversationsted for over two hours, and reluctantly came to a stop when both still had more to say.
¡°Li Yuan, I truly feel a connection with you. This Skill Book is a gift from Uncle Wang as a token of our first meeting,¡± he said.
After two hours of conversation, their rtionship had further developed. Wang Fu opened the trading interface and ced a Skill Book he had obtained the night before through his connections.
Puppet Demonic Energy Barrier: Passive skill¡ªuses Demonic Energy to condense a transparent protective shield equal to 300% of the puppet¡¯s total life value. After the shield shatters, it enters a 10-minute cooldown period, after which it will automatically reform.
Seeing the Skill Book in the trade column, Zi Liyuan fell silent for a moment.
It was a Skill Book that couldpensate for Lao Tie¡¯sck of health, surely one of the things Zi Liyuan needed most at the moment!
Moreover, the thoughtfulness of the gift showed that the other party had specifically prepared it, and it made Zi Liyuan think that Wang Fu must have seen the detailed situation in yesterday¡¯s instance.
¡°Thank you for the generous gift, Uncle Wang. I ept it with thanks,¡± Li Yuan said.
After expressing his sincere thanks, Zi Liyuan epted the trade. He noted this favor in his mind.
¡°No need to be polite. Come and visit more often in the future. It would be good for you to get to know myddie. It¡¯s a pity, though, he seems not spirited enough to pass the Dragon Academy¡¯s assessment,¡± Wang Fu sighed slightly, feeling despondent about his son¡¯sck of ambition.
¡°Oh, is Uncle Wang¡¯s son also a candidate this year? May I ask what profession he pursues?¡± Zi Liyuan asked, thinking of a way to return the favor, though he still needed to gather some information first.
¡°Yes, my boy is also a candidate this year, a hidden profession Beast Tamer, currently at LV35. His strength is just average, mainly because he couldn¡¯t contract high-quality monsters,¡± Wang Fu continued.
¡°High-quality monsters are extremely rare drops from instances, and the beast younglings avable on the market are mostly from adventurers in the wild; they are generally of ordinary quality, with even the rare-quality young beasts being scarce. I¡¯ve managed to get two rare-quality young beasts for him through connections, but relying on two rare-quality monsters to pass the Dragon Academy¡¯s assessment is unrealistic.¡±
As Wang Fu spoke without much thought, Zi Liyuan listened with interest. For him, were rare drops from instances an issue?
Maybe he should introduce himself to Lady Luck, who he had more luck with?
¡°Uncle Wang, if you can trust me, just let Wang Fu focus on leveling up these days. He must reach at least LV40. Leave the rest to me. I guarantee he¡¯ll pass the Dragon Academy¡¯s assessment and earn admission,¡± Zi Liyuan said confidently.
A Beast Tamer? Contracting a few high-quality monsters would definitely raise his strength. If it wasn¡¯t enough to ensure safety, he could involve Shen Yurou and have her craft two sets of exoskeleton Mechas, fully stocked with ammunition. He didn¡¯t believe they wouldn¡¯t pass the assessment!
¡°Really?¡± At that moment, Wang Fu was somewhat startled.
Helping someone else pass the Dragon Academy¡¯s assessment was not something to be taken lightly; it was usually only within the reach of scions from Ancient Noble Families or the Four Great Imperial Houses, all with vast resources and ess to various super equipment, which made passing the assessments much easier.
¡°I wouldn¡¯t say I¡¯m 100 percent certain, but I¡¯m 90 percent sure. Uncle Wang, have hime to the Copy House tomorrow, and I¡¯ll talk to him.¡±
Patting his chest, he used this opportunity to repay the favor of the Skill Book, and by doing so, he got in line with the official channel of the Copy House, and also managed to get Shen Yurou into the official¡¯s field of vision.
By then, backed by Dragon Academy, the officials, and the military, they really wouldn¡¯t need to worry about other powers causing them trouble.
¡°Good, Uncle Wang trusts you. I¡¯ll send the brat over tomorrow, and if this works out, Uncle Wang will surely reward you handsomely!¡±
¡°Haha, no need for that, Uncle Wang, we¡¯re just helping each other out.¡±
After a brief talk, Wang Fu excused himself first, with plenty of official business at the Copy House already dying him.
Zi Liyuan, on the other hand, turned on the meeting room¡¯s search device and began to check the internal welfare copies avable to officials.
Same conditions as before: a Third Order LV80 copy, high experience value, high monster count, and click to search.
This time, the number of copies that appeared became four.
Solo copy: ¡°Battle of Survival¡±, ¡°Human Butcher¡± (Internal copy for officials)
Team copy: ¡°Orc Invasion¡±, ¡°Rampage of Exotic Beasts¡± (Internal copy for officials)
Zi Liyuan directly looked at the introductions for ¡°Human Butcher¡± and ¡°Rampage of Exotic Beasts¡±.
The former is a ughtering copy, like an arena. You must kill all the beings that spawn in the arena. The copy ends either when you exit voluntarily or get killed. Moreover, the difficulty levels of the copy are only Rare, Hero, and Lord.
Thetter is a team copy for 1~1000 people, situated on a in. You face exotic beasts surging from all directions. The longer you hold out, the more rewards you get from the copy, with difficulty levels ranging from Elite to Lord.
Originally, Zi Liyuan intended to enter the ¡°Human Butcher¡± copy first, but a note at the end of the ¡°Rampage of Exotic Beasts¡± made him change his mind.
There¡¯s a very small chance of dropping an Exotic Beast Egg!
Isn¡¯t that convenient?
It¡¯s exactly what I was thinking of. Why hesitate at all?
This one it is!
He headed to the ticket window, and when the ticket clerk, a youngdy, noticed Zi Liyuan¡¯s change of status to a prospective public servant of the Copy House, she became even more enthusiastic.
Buying a ticket, with a 20 percent discount, he took the staff passage straight to the copy space.
Privileges sure feel great!
[Ding, an LV80 ¡°Rampage of Exotic Beasts¡± entry voucher found. Do you wish to open the copy? Yes/No?]
¡°Yes!¡±
[Ding, LV80 ¡°Rampage of Exotic Beasts¡± copy sessfully opened. Please select the copy¡¯s difficulty level. (Elite, Rare, Hero, Lord)]
¡°Lord Level!¡±
[Ding, copy difficulty locked at Lord Level! Please choose the number of team members and the personnel list for entering the copy.]
¡°One person, Zi Liyuan!¡±
[Ding, the number of participants and personnel confirmed, teleportation starting!]
Chapter 146: 146: Strong as a Rock
Chapter 146: Strong as a Rock
On the boundless in, there was no lush green grass, only withered grass roots and various desated bones buried in the soil.
The sky was dim, as if covered by a thick mass of clouds, and the howling wind carried a stench of decay and corruption.
Zi Liyuan frowned, enduring the rotten smell in the air, and immediately initiated his Spirit probing and activated the Eye of Death.
The information in his mind left him somewhat astonished.
Within a range of more than fifteen hundred meters, there were no living creatures, but thend was rife with fragments of dense, matted bones.
¡°What a sinister environment, this wouldn¡¯t happen to be a battlefield, would it?¡±
Lao Tie¡¯s towering figure appeared beside him promptly, bringing a wave of reassuring security.
The next moment, a colossal Skeleton Summoning Array appeared, with vast death energy transforming into a deathly mist. Ghostly green mes flickered in and out of visibility within the mist.
The sound of horse hooves,bined with the ¡°click-ck¡± of rubbing bones, emanated from within the Array as the Nether Skeleton Knights stepped out slowly in rows and squadrons.
At LV14 Skeleton Summoning, it was possible to summon up to 8192 Skeletons at once, but limited by the Spirit capacity, he could only summon up to the maximum capacity of his Spirit at one time.
Right now, Zi Liyuan, fitted with one red and two purple pieces of equipment along with shoulder gear, saw his base attributes surge once again.
[yer]: Zi Liyuan LV60 (3.2 billion/22 million x2), Constitution 1108, Spirit 1612, Spiritual Power 1345
[Comprehensive Attributes]: Life 135176, Spiritual Energy 164090, Physical Damage +1312, Magic Damage +1923, Physical Defense +1440, Magical Resistance +2231, Movement Speed +120%, Casting Speed +25%
With the rise in level, not only Zi Liyuan, but also Lao Tie and various summoned creatures experienced a surge in attributes.
[Lao Tie, LV60, Hybrid Damage 12914, Physical Defense 9494, Magic Defense 7882, Life 1040000 (Shield Value 3120000)]
[Demon Spider, LV60, Physical Damage 6600, Physical Defense 1320, Magic Resistance 1200, Life 30000000, Spiritual Energy 12000000]
[Nether Skeleton Knight, LV15, Physical Damage 262, Physical Defense 130, Magic Resistance 76, Life 1870, Skills: Charge, Frenzied Rush]
This was still without triggering various aura enhancements.
However, looking at the Demon Spider he summoned with the new equipment, Zi Liyuan was momentarily at a loss for words.
Lao Tie was a mutated summon, but he used a temte of a silver hero BOSS, and except for life attribute, he absolutely dominated over the Epic BOSS, the Demon Spider.
¡°Lao Tie¡¯s attributes are definitely beyond those of a Legendary BOSS of the same order, and might even be on par with an Emperor BOSS from the tier above.¡±
At least in the aspect of dual resistance, Lao Tie was absolutely not inferior to an Emperor BOSS of the same order, and Zi Liyuan was confident about this.
As Zi Liyuan was analyzing the attributes of various summoned creatures, the earth began to tremble, followed by countless roarsing from all directions.
He had just scanned the surroundings and found no living creatures, but now countless monsters had appeared, swarming towards him from every direction.
¡°Damn, this spawn is way too terrifying, right? Filling the entire screen?!¡±
Numerous different kinds of monsters turned into a monstrous tide, charging en masse, causing the ground to shake unceasingly.
¡°Nether Knights, charge!¡±
Immediately, Zi Liyuan activated ¡°Attack Aura¡± and ¡°Evil Moon Aura,¡± then, controlling 1600 Skeleton Cavalry, he split them into two groups of 800 each, nking from the left and right, and charged at the iing tide of monsters.
The LV15 Attack Aura increased attack power by 80 points, and the Evil Moon Aura added 20% to damage, 15% to physical defense, 10% to magic resistance, and a 5% increase in speed.
With the boost from the auras, the Skeleton Cavalry¡¯s damage soared to 410 points, enough to break through the defenses of the LV80 minor monsters charging at them.
As the two forces shed, bones flew and fragments scattered; the two groups of Skeleton Cavalry didn¡¯t even make a ripple before being swallowed by the vast wave of monsters.
True to their name, the Skeleton Cannon Fodder Group was tragically frail.
Cr*p!
Swearing under his breath, he raised his hand to summon again, but this time the beings that emerged from the summoning array were no longer Skeleton Cavalry, but Skeleton Warriors wielding bone shields.
1600 Shield Combat Skeletons, under the control of Zi Liyuan, formed a circr defensive formation around him, standing firmly in ce like an iron pir driven into the in.
The relentless assaults of the monsters couldn¡¯t break through the Shield Combat Skeletons, who had adopted a defensive stance.
The Shield Warriors on the outermostyer were struck so hard they scattered in all directions, then were torn to shreds by the monsters, significantly slowing the momentum of the charge.
After shattering the outer threeyers of Shield Warriors, the monsters¡¯ assault finally slowed and ultimately turned into trench warfare.
At that moment, Zi Liyuan wasn¡¯t idle; as soon as the outer threeyers of Shield Warriors perished, he immediately summoned reinforcements.
However, the Skeletons he now summoned were no longer Shield Warriors, but Skeleton Mages instead!
With a slight adjustment to the formation, Shield Combat Skeletons slowly expanded outwards, erging the inner space for the Skeleton Mages to begin their performance.
First came the ¡°Death Withering¡± skill, nketing the area; as the monsters were densely packed, the Skeleton Mages simply had to cast it indiscriminately into the crowd.
The monsters, no longer charging, couldn¡¯t instantly kill the Shield Combat Skeletons, especially since these Skeletons had activated their defensive posture and were solely focused on defense, ignoring all attacks.
With Shield Combat Skeletons creating space, the Skeleton Magesmenced their barrage of attacks.
¡°Death Withering¡± remained the primary ability, and they kept throwing it into the monster pile, sticking to the cooldown. The rest of the time, they alternated between casting Nether Fire Rockets and Nether Fire Scorching. Lastly, whenever a corpse appeared on the ground, they would instantly drag it up to convert it into Skeleton Cannon Fodder.
As the battle progressed, the ranks of the Skeleton Cannon Fodder Group swelled, and their defensive territory expanded bit by bit.
Half an hourter¡
The perimeter was now entirely Skeleton Warriors, and all the Skeletons summoned by Zi Liyuan had evolved into Skeleton Mages.
With 1600 Skeleton Mages raising an army of 16000 Skeleton Warriors, they formed a massive circr formation in the midst of the monsters, standing resolutely like a divine needle set in a flood, unbreakable and as solid as rock.
¡°Half an hour and not a single BOSS in sight, this dungeon is a bit of a scam!¡±
Zi Liyuan didn¡¯t know how many monsters he had in, but when he checked the system prompts, he saw his experience had increased by 60 million, roughly 2.2 million XP per minute.
¡°The experience is decent, but I really want to encounter a Third Order LV80 Lord Boss and see how formidable it is.¡±
These ordinary monsters, despite all being of a rare temte,cked any form of intelligence, charging blindly to their deaths with no strategy.
Chapter 147: 147: The Lord Bosses Who Can Lure Away the Tiger and Launch Sneak Attacks
Chapter 147: The Lord Bosses Who Can Lure Away the Tiger and Launch Sneak Attacks
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¡°Rampage of Exotic Beasts¡± instance.
An hour had passed, and Zi Liyuan, yawning, roamed the battlefield with Lao Tie and the Human-faced Demon Spider, picking up the loot dropped by monsters.
Any monster that hindered him from collecting spoils was casually in by the doorkeeper-like Lao Tie and the Human-faced Demon Spider nking him on both sides.
So far, the fight had bored Zi Liyuan to death.
In the ¡°Guard The Energy Crystal¡± instance, he still needed to keep busy with Lao Tie, quickly ying the mini-bosses and the bosses.
But in this ¡°Beast Tide¡± instance, besides an overwhelming number of minor monsters, not a single boss had appeared even after an hour had passed.
The only thing that slightly uplifted Zi Liyuan¡¯s mood was the loot these monsters dropped.
He had chosen this instance solely because of one sentence in its description, ¡°A very small chance to drop an Exotic Beast Egg!¡±
But now, it seemed like it wasn¡¯t just a very small chance for Exotic Beast Eggs to drop¡ªit was practically raining monster eggs!
The eggs dropped roughly once for every ten monsters!
As for the quality of the monster eggs, there were only three types: trash, normal, and elite.
Out of roughly a hundred monster eggs, seventy would be trash quality, twenty-five normal quality, and five elite quality.
The value of these eggs was not low; even the trash and normal quality monster eggs could sell for a high price to those restaurants or monster-breeding organizations.
Rich in nutrients, once cooked by a master or Grandmaster chef, these eggs could be used to create various dishes that temporarily increased one¡¯s stats.
And for the regr professionals, the elite-quality monster eggs were a rare chance to enhance theirbat abilities.
Especially for adventurers, venturing out into the wild with a contracted exotic beast often led to unexpected gains and could avoid encroaching on the territories of higher-level monsters.
¡°With so many monster eggs, dumping them straight onto the market would probably crash the economy.¡±
ncing at the 52 stacks of eggs in his Spatial Backpack, Zi Liyuan was somewhat dazed.
Tens of thousands of monster eggs¡ªthough all of low quality, their sheer quantity was staggering!
¡°Once I¡¯m out, I¡¯ll just dump them on Uncle Wang to deal with. This way, I can use his connections to get some high-grade materials.¡±
Even if the vast majority of the 52 stacks of eggs were trash quality, selling them could still likely billions of Dragon Coins.
And this was just the haul from one hour; filling up all six hours without any issue, the earnings could exceed 5 billion Dragon Coins, not to mention the other materials dropped by the monsters.
¡°Ssss~!¡±
Zi Liyuan, who was cleaning up the battlefield, suddenly heard the hissing of the Human-faced Demon Spider and saw it transform into a heavy tank, charging at the monsters.
Watching the Human-faced Demon Spider plow a path over four meters wide through the horde, Zi Liyuan was speechless.
In the past trial instance, he had encountered a Lord Level Human-faced Demon Spider boss, nearly the size of a two-story building, but the Epic Boss temte of the Human-faced Demon Spider he had summoned was significantly smaller, yet still over eight meters tall.
The upper body no longer resembled that of a human male, but rather a voluptuous woman¡¯s figure, though covered in ayer of purplish-red chitin, with both arms as sharp scythes, while the lower body remained that of a blood-red spider.
So, when it charged forward, its massive spider rear crushed the ground, squashing a bunch of monsters or burying them into the earth.
¡°Finally, a boss has appeared, it wasn¡¯t a waste waiting for such a long time.¡±
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Picking up the spoils nearby, through the exploration of the Spirit and the Eye of Death, he quickly spotted the BOSS that had appeared.
¡°Damn it, if they don¡¯t show up they don¡¯t, but when they do, it¡¯s a whole bunch swarming at once.¡±
A total of six LV80 Lord Bosses were currently ganging up on the Human-faced Demon Spider.
¡°As expected of Third Order BOSSes, they¡¯re different, capable of cooperating and employing tactics like regr professionals.¡±
Just a casual observation allowed Zi Liyuan to spot the difference in these Lord Bosses.
They actually had tactics like professionals, understanding team cooperation and strategicbat.
Currently, two bulky Lord Bosses took positions on each side as tanks, attracting and leading the Human-faced Demon Spider¡¯s aggro, while the other four Lord Bosses were scattered around, lunging at it with force whenever they saw an opening.
While Zi Liyuan was intently watching how the BOSSes were surrounding and killing the Human-faced Demon Spider, a sudden mutation urred.
No more than ten meters away from Zi Liyuan, the ground violently shook and cracked open into a massive hole, from which a dark shadow burst forth, baring its gaping maw,shing out and attempting to bite him.
¡°Roar! Woo~~?!¡±
The snarl had barely risen when the shadow had just approached, only to be met by Lao Tie¡¯s huge iron fist, hitting its jaw with pinpoint uracy, rendering it to let out a ¡°woo woo¡± as its body was hammered back into the air.
The suddenly attacking shadownded in the heap of creatures, toppling many over, but quickly stood up again, a set of blood-red eyes staring intently at Lao Tie.
At that moment, from the cracks of the ground, three more figures leapt out, closing in on Lao Tie and Zi Liyuan in a semi-encirclement.
¡°Holy shit, a Lord Boss ambush!¡±
These four monsters consisted of a huge Sand Worm that burrows through the earth, while the other three were Triple-headed Demon Wolves, all LV80 Lord Bosses.
Zi Liyuan realized that in total, ten Lord Bosses had appeared; not only had these guys joined forces, but they also knew how to use cunning strategies.
They first used the tactic of luring the tiger away from the mountain, drawing away the Human-faced Demon Spider, who had the highest temte, and had six Lord Bosses surround and tie it down.
Then, the remaining four Lord Bosses burrowed underground, used Stealth to avoid Zi Liyuan¡¯s exploration and perception, andunched a sneak attack.
s, these Lord Bosses were unaware that a higher temte did not necessarily mean the strongestbat power.
Indeed, the Human-faced Demon Spider was an Epic Boss with the correct temte and truly formidable strength, butpared to Lao Tie, it was still merely a trifling presence.
¡°Lao Tie, kill the wolves first!¡±
A colossal Bone Prison appeared in an instant, locking the Sand Worm inside and confining it within a dimensional space.
The LV15 Bone Spatial Prison had spatial barriers of 12.8 million, and for an LV80 Sand Worm to break through this thing and escape, it wasn¡¯t going to be easy.
So essentially, the Sand Worm would be trapped inside the Bone Spatial Prison for one minute before being auto-released.
But that wasn¡¯t all; Zi Liyuan used an Epic new equipment on the outermost Demon Wolf Boss, the ¡°Queen¡¯s Temptation¡±.
¡°Queen¡¯s Kiss¡± activated, immediately dragging the Lord Boss into an illusion. If it wasn¡¯t harmed, it too would fall under control for a whole minute.
As for the other two Demon Wolf Bosses, Lao Tie pinned each by the head, one in each hand, mming them to the ground.
Might as well be passionately stroking their heads while holding them down.
Chapter 148: 148: The Bosses Who Run When They Cant Win
Chapter 148: The Bosses Who Run When They Can¡¯t Win
Watching Lao Tie brutally deliver his ¡°Iron Fist of Love,¡± Zi Liyuan felt a moment of silence for the two Demon Wolves, and then two ¡°Death Arrows,¡± one after the other, pierced straight into the mouth of the same Demon Wolf.
The LV15 ¡°Death Arrows,¡± dealing 1.64M+ damage, instantly killed the Demon Wolf with 3M+ HP, virtually annihting one-tenth of its total health in one go.
But that was merely the beginning; what followed was the Necromancer¡¯s signature high-damage single-target ability ¡°Bone Spear,¡± dealing over 800K+ damage, which was also considerably hefty.
These LV80 Lord Bosses had a total HP of around 20M, and Zi Liyuan¡¯s three abilities had obliterated about a fifth of that.
Lao Tie, not to be outdone, had spikes on his Iron Fists of Love, which tore and ripped through the flesh, punching out bloody holes.
Lao Tie¡¯s attack frequency was extremely fast, and the raw power behind each punch was equally terrifying. Combined with the spiked attacks on his back, his damage per second could reach over 90K+.
Damage per second wasn¡¯t the most frightening thing; rather, it was Lao Tie¡¯s overwhelming strength that had the two Demon Wolves pinned to the ground, hammering away. They couldn¡¯t manage to get up, let alone turn over.
In one minute of control time, Zi Liyuan¡¯s three waves of spell damage had taken nearly half the total HP of the same Lord Boss, while Lao Tie¡¯s one minute of output had also caused over 5.4M+ damage to the Demon Wolf.
One could say that from full health to barely anything left, a LV80 Lord Boss experienced nearly 16M+ of its health bar evaporate in just a minute, beaten into submission by Lao Tie andying on the ground without the will to struggle.
As for the other Demon Wolf, still pinned down with its head under control, it felt as if a mountain pressed down on its back, utterly powerless to struggle to its feet.
Before the controlled burrowing sandworm and Demon Wolf Boss could break free, walls of bones sprouted from the ground on all sides, containing the recently liberated sandworm within them again.
As for the Demon Wolf that had just broken free from the illusion, before it could recover, the alluring and bewitching visage of the Spider Queen filled its mind.
The Queen¡¯s charm, once again, plunged this Demon Wolf Boss into 15 seconds of intoxication.
Fifteen seconds flew by in the blink of an eye, but waiting for the controlled Demon Wolf Boss was another casting of ¡°Temptation.¡±
Another long 15 seconds of control, during which the Lord Boss turned on its own kind, began ferociously biting the Demon Wolf that was already worn down to a sliver of health.
Output, control, output, control; the pattern cycled methodically, and the first LV80 Demon Wolf Boss was ultimately hammered to death by Lao Tie.
The newly controlled and struggling Demon Wolf then took the ce of its fallenrade, with Lao Tie holding its head down, pushing it to the ground with the same loving caresses.
Meanwhile, the finally freed burrowing sandworm, whining and roaring, dared not approach and even showed signs of fleeing.
¡°Thinking of running? That won¡¯t do!¡±
Endless streams of Skeleton Warriors, like ants, swarmed towards the Lord Boss, primarily to dy.
Whenever the sandworm tried to burrow underground, the Skeleton Horde employed various tricks to drag it out, even if it meant being crushed to pieces, just to prevent it from escaping into the earth.
Without regard for casualties, the sandworm became overwhelmed; it was surrounded by a dense sea of Skeleton Warriors, effectively bing a white ocean of bones, unable to break free from the encirclement of the Skeleton Sea no matter how hard it struggled.
In the vast battlefield, 1,600 Soul Necromancers, relying on the ¡°Death Withering¡± spell, cleared the field of numerous minions and then dragged hordes of Skeleton Warriors to besiege the Bosses.
To hasten the pace of the battle, Zi Liyuan stopped experimenting with his newly acquired equipment abilities and went all out with his firepower.
All sorts of curses and support spells were cast, boosting Lao Tie¡¯s output capacity to the maximum.
What was originally just over 90k damage per second instantly doubled, reaching a terrifying 180k+.
The two Demon Wolves, powerless to resist, had no other fate but to be hammered to death by Lao Tie. It was just a matter of dying sooner orter by a few minutes.
As for the burrowing sand worm, the Lord Boss, from the moment it witnessed the first Demon Wolf¡¯s tragic demise, it was bent on fleeing the battlefield. However, it was blocked by the Skeleton Sea, which cut off its escape route, forcefully keeping it there.
In less than six minutes, the four Lord Bosses who desired to ¡®capture the king first to capture the thieves¡¯ met their unwilling end before Zi Liyuan. Their bodies, riddled with stab wounds, were also bagged and stowed into the Spatial Backpack.
¡°Not a bad haul.¡±
The loot from the level 80 Lord Boss seemed a bit meager, not even a single silver piece of equipment dropped, but a silver hero-quality monster egg did!
¡°So whatever monster dies, drops its eggs.¡±
Having collected three hero-quality Demon Wolf eggs and a sand worm egg, Zi Liyuan felt that the favor owed could not only be repaid in full but that the others would still be indebted to him.
¡°I wonder if there¡¯s a way to make monster eggs fuse and mutate. If I could get an Emperor-grade egg and contract it, wouldn¡¯t I be invincible?¡±
ncing at Lao Tie and then at his own talents, Zi Liyuan felt a surge of excitement. Since skills could fuse and mutate, why couldn¡¯t pet eggs do the same?
¡°First, I need to collect more high-quality eggs. When I get back, I¡¯ll ask Uncle Wang. If that doesn¡¯t work, once I join the Dragon Academy, I can ask the teachers there.¡±
With his mind made up, Zi Liyuan began leading the Skeleton Horde, bit by bit, to clear their way toward the battlefield of the Spider Queen.
In nearly ten minutes, the Spider Queen, facing six Lord Bosses alone, had shaved off 10 million of its 30 million health points, whilst the six Lord Bosses, though injured, were not in much trouble, each maintaining a healthy level of health.
Zi Liyuan discovered that if he used the Spirit to control the summoned Spider Queen, it would act as if devoid of any intelligence, a pure killing machine with only the concept of brute force in its mind.
The bosses with their intelligence onlinepletely outmaneuvered it.
As the Skeleton Army drew near, the frequency of the six Lord Bosses¡¯ attacks on the Spider Queen drastically increased.
But s, due to the disparity in temtes and strength, and despite their level advantage, it was unrealistic for them to kill the Spider Queen in a short amount of time.
So, when Zi Liyuan arrived nearby with Lao Tie, the four mobile attacking bosses, without a word, turned and fled.
As for the two Lord Bosses serving as meat shields, they too wanted to flee, but the Spider Queen stopped them.
With two scythe-like arms, it hooked the two bosses, one on each side, and then six long spider legs pierced into the bodies of the bosses, forcefully pinning them in ce, leaving them no chance to escape.
¡°Interesting, they run but don¡¯t leave. Instead, they linger around a kilometer away. Are they waiting for more Lord Bosses to refresh and then continue to gang up for a sneak attack?¡±
Under the perception of the Spirit, the four fleeing Lord Bosses, using the sea of surrounding monsters to camouge themselves, lurked a kilometer away from him.
Chapter 149 - 149 Nearly Had an Accident
Chapter 149: Nearly Had an ident
¡°If it takes one hour to spawn a BOSS, I can¡¯t afford to keep you guys waiting.¡±
After dealing with the two BOSSes left by the Demon Spider, Zi Liyuan immediately sent Lao Tie out.
With the speed of a Hell Demon Puppet, it was a lot faster than these LV80 Lord BOSSes.
Lao Tie bulldozed through the monster horde like a tank, and with Zi Liyuan providing the location, he soon caught up with a BOSS and dragged it back by force.
Afterward, the BOSS was pinned to the ground, its shoulders impaled by two of the Demon Spider¡¯s forelegs, and then the crazy DPS started.
Lao Tie continued to rush out to capture BOSSes, while the Demon Spider and Zi Liyuan started tormenting the adorable captures.
Having killed two more BOSSes, Zi Liyuan discovered that thest two had fled without a trace.
¡°They¡¯ve realized I have a scouting ability, so they¡¯ve hidden themselves over 1600 meters away.¡±
The Spirit¡¯s and Death¡¯s Eye¡¯s scanning no longer showed any trace of the BOSSes, but Zi Liyuan was not at all flustered; he calmly summoned eight Vulture Skeletons.
In this dungeon, there were no flying monsters, so the Vulture Skeletons flying in the air as scouts didn¡¯t have to worry about safety.
Zi Liyuan¡¯s current limit for Spirit scouting was 1612 meters; the Vulture Skeletons flying on the edge of this limit quickly spotted the fleeting figure of a BOSS two kilometers away from him.
There wasn¡¯t much to say after that. Lao Tie struck out again, guided by the Vulture Skeletons, and quickly located the BOSS again, then continued to drag it back for another gentle, considerate full-body massage.
Collect the corpses, pick up the loot, continue cleaning up the battlefield.
The ten respawned BOSSes were each tracked down and killed.
After six hours of continuous monster farming, when Zi Liyuan was kicked out of the dungeon, his face was extremely solemn, and there was even cold sweat on his back.
I was careless, almost flipped over in the gutter!
Thest wave of BOSSes wasn¡¯t ten, but a full twenty Lord BOSSes, including a whopping twelve LV80 magical Lord BOSSes.
Eight physical Lord BOSSes tied up Lao Tie and the Demon Spider, and then the twelve magical BOSSes joined forces for a massive area-of-effect spell.
The vast Skeleton Sea was smashed into bits by the overwhelming magic in less than three seconds!
And awaiting Zi Liyuan was a barrage of single-target offensive magic.
If not for thest moment, when Zi Liyuan used ¡°Bone Space Prison,¡± sending himself to dimensional space, he might have been instantly killed by the BOSS!
¡°Damn it, I need to get more various life-saving tools and items!¡±
If it weren¡¯t for using the Bone Prison and Bone Space Prison as defense skills this time, he might have really been taken out by the Third Order Lord BOSS.
Taking a deep breath, Zi Liyuan began to check his loot.
The quality of the equipment materials was average; not a single silver hero equipment had dropped, but the haul of monster eggs was terrifyinglyrge.
Over seventy thousand monster eggs, of which silver hero quality alone was up to sixty pieces, basically each BOSS would drop one.
Beyond the haul of monster eggs, the most delightful was the growth in experience points.
With six hours of uninterrupted monster farming at an average of 220W experience per minute, this dungeon runted a total of 8 billion, adding to the previous 3.2 billion, there were now 11.2 billion experience points lying in the experience pool.
¡°Farm the dungeon for a few more days, then goplete the Third Order quest, and then I¡¯ll rush to LV80 and level up my skills too!¡±
Closing the character panel, Zi Liyuan went straight through the employee passage to Wang Fu¡¯s office.
¡°Uncle Wang, mission aplished.¡±
He opened the trade panel and directly ced two silver hero-quality Demon Wolf eggs.
¡°This is from the ¡®Beast Tide¡¯ instance you farmed?!¡±
Wang Fu looked at the two Demon Wolf eggs with surprise all over his face.
He was of course aware of Zi Liyuan¡¯s movements, but he hadn¡¯t dared to hope to get his hands on high-quality pet eggs.
The surprise came so suddenly, just six hours, only one instance run, and he had obtained two!
¡°I took down dozens of Lord Bosses before these dropped; I¡¯ve got a bunch of lower quality monster eggs that I¡¯d trouble Uncle Wang to handle as well,¡± Zi Liyuan said with a slight smile, and then threw up ten sets of monster eggs in the trade window.
Among them, seven sets were junk, two sets were ordinary, and one set was of green quality.
¡°How many monsters did you farm to get so many monster eggs¡¡±
Wang Fu¡¯s eye twitched at the sight of the vast number of monster eggs.
¡°I didn¡¯t really count how many monsters I killed, but all in all, I gained over 800 million experience points.¡±
If not for the fear of scaring people off, and the hassle it would¡¯ve been to exin, he would¡¯ve emptied all the monster eggs from his Spatial Backpack.
One egg dropped for every ten monsters, and after a full six hours of farming, his Spatial Backpack was filled with dozens of egg sets!
If he were to pull them all out at once and dump them on the market, he would definitely flip the Capital¡¯s low-end pet egg market on its head.
¡°Alright, I¡¯ll handle them for you. As for these two silver-quality Demon Wolf eggs, Uncle Wang will brazenly ept them. Don¡¯t rush into your Third Order ss change task these days. Let Uncle Wang procure some good stuff for passing the Third Order advancement first, ensuring you advance without fail,¡± Wang Fu said affectionately as he patted Zi Liyuan on the shoulder and clicked the button to agree to the trade, taking all the items.
¡°Then thank you, Uncle Wang. I¡¯m a bit tired today, so I¡¯ll take my leave now.¡±
¡°Go ahead, rest up well. Come over tomorrow, and I¡¯ll have that rascal express his thanks to you.¡±
Zi Liyuan nodded, then left the Instance Home and didn¡¯t head back immediately but went to the official mall instead.
This instance run had given him a cold sweat, feeling his life still wasn¡¯t fully secure, so he prepared to spend money on some good life-saving stuff.
A Third Order protective scroll, buy!
A Third Order protective Array te, buy!
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Buying all the way down the line, he once again experienced the sensation of money running through his fingers like water.
By the time he returned to his vi, his wallet had significantly shrunk again, from the billions down to the tens of millions unit.
¡°Money¡¯s a bastard, spend it all and I¡¯ll earn it again. Once Uncle Wang has sold off those gears and pet eggs, won¡¯t the Dragon Coins just rise again?¡±
Back at the vi, Zi Liyuan was surprised to find Shen Yurou sitting in the living room, watching TV.
¡°Back already? What have you been up to these days?¡±
¡°Farming instances and leveling up, didn¡¯t you see I¡¯m already at LV60? Why weren¡¯t you at theb today?¡±
Sitting down next to Shen Yurou, Zi Liyuan was surprised to see a knee-high, round-shaped robot.
¡°What¡¯s this thing? Your new mechanical creation?¡±
Knocking on the head of the round robot, Zi Liyuan asked curiously.
¡°This is mytest work; your precious four sisters¡¯ leveling is relying on it,¡± said Shen Yurou.
Chapter 150: Firepower Coverage Robot - Type II (Silver)
Chapter 150: Firepower Coverage Robot ¨C Type II (Silver)
Shen Yurou, full of proud coquettishness, shared the robot¡¯s attribute information with Zi Liyuan.
[Firepower Coverage Robot ¨C Type II (Silver): Physical Damage 500, Durability 500, Twin Guns with a firing rate of 120 rounds/minute each, effective range of 100 meters, magazine capacity of 240 rounds, can only use gunpowder bullets, 20 points of Spirit needed to control one unit, control range equivalent to the spread distance of the Spirit (meters), usage requirement: Level 20 professionals.]
After sharing the information, Shen Yurou ¡°click-cked¡± twice, opened up two magazine slots on the bald robot¡¯s forehead, pulled out two thick magazines, and handed them to Zi Liyuan.
[Gunpowder Bullet ¨C Type II (Green): Modified intermediate gunpowder bullet, each bullet adds +20 damage, production requirement: Modified Intermediate Gunpowder x1, Copper Ingot x1, yields 100 Modified Intermediate Gunpowder Bullets.]
Lord have mercy, Zi Liyuan could only say lord have mercy.
In just a few days, they had created such a massive killing machine.
It could be said that just one of these things, if taken to grind levels in a dungeon instance, could sweep through it as long as there was enough ammunition. It would certainly wipe out all the minor monsters in the instance without any ambiguity!
With two firearms firing four bullets per second, the second damage could reach a terrifying 2080 points¡ªwho in the low-level instances, except the BOSS, could withstand it?
¡°Did you fully research that metallic lizard toy of silver quality? So, does this robot have an imbecile system for assistance?¡±
The detailed manual for the [Firepower Coverage Robot ¨C Type II (Silver)] indicated that it was capable of auto-recognition of friend or foe, auto-aiming, and auto-scanning, among other functions.
Isn¡¯t that essentially the manifestation of an artificial imbecile system?
¡°That metal lizard toy has a mid-grade imbecile system, which I¡¯ve analyzed and researched. For now, I can barely make a rudimentary version of the artificial imbecile system.¡±
Speaking of this gave Shen Yurou a headache. The knowledge umtion required for artificial intelligence was overwhelmingly vast. She couldn¡¯t even replicate the intermediate imbecile system of the golden lizard, so she had to simplify as much as possible, ending up with a rudimentary version (pseudo).
Yes, it didn¡¯t even reach the rudimentary level, but a robot produced this way already qualified as a mechanical construct of silver hero quality.
Shen Yurou dared not imagine what would happen if she coulde up with top-tier artificial imbecile systems and pair them with the exoskeleton Mechas she was researching. It¡¯s possible she would directly create a mechanical construct of golden Lord Grade quality.
¡°Wait, this robot is Type II, so where is Type I?¡±
If there was a Type II, it confirmed the existence of a Type I¡ªa series of products.
¡°Ah, that one. But Type I is only suitable for Level 1 professionals and has no imbecile system for assistance; it relies purely on manual operation.¡±
Speaking of which, Shen Yurou casually threw out from her Spatial Backpack a mechanical tform about half as tall as a person, looking like a toilet, and once again shared the information on this machine.
[Dual Gun Mechanical tform ¨C Type I (Blue): Physical Damage 100, Durability 100, Twin Guns with a firing rate of 60 rounds/minute each, effective range of 50 meters, covering a 180-degree frontal arc, magazine capacity of 120 rounds, can only load (basic gunpowder bullets), requires 5 points of Spirit and manual operation, the tform must be fixed before use, user requirement: Level 1 professionals.]
Damn!
Zi Liyuan couldn¡¯t help but curse in amazement.
If he had this thing when he was leveling up, why would he need to rely on trash Skeletons and cautiously push through the dungeon instance bit by bit?
For a Level 1 professional, this thing was absolutely a godsend for grinding levels in instances!
The only w was that without the imbecile system¡¯s assistance, aiming and attacking monsters would require the professional to lock on with their Spirit and manually operate the firearms.
There could be certain unforeseen situations, for instance:
Brain: I¡¯ve already targeted the aim.
Hand: I¡¯ve already pulled the trigger.
Brain: Are you freaking kidding me? You missed and hit the monster behind!
Hand: You aimed for a freaking Gill, did you see the size of my gun barrel? You didn¡¯t adjust it, aimed for a freaking Gill!
Not everyone has the talent for shooting, but fortunately, this thing is also considered a machine gun. With a firing rate of two bullets per second, although slow, it can still spray bullets all over the ce.
So if this thing were to hit the market, it would absolutely be snatched up fiercely by the lower-ss professionals!
¡°Speaking of which, since these robots have been made, there should also be fully automatic machine guns created, right?¡±
Before, Shen Yurou had only made pistols and sniper rifles, with the goal of enhancing single-target damage and had not made machine guns that rely on firepower to suppress and kill monsters with quantity.
¡°Based on what you previously described as the bigpassion of the Gatling Bodhisattva effect, andbining the principles of the pistols and sniper rifles I made, I deduced and developed the Machine Gun Type One. Then, upon this foundation, I optimized and upgraded it, sessively deducing the Machine Gun Type Two. However, the Gatling Bodhisattva you mentioned will probably take some more time to research before we can deduce it.¡±
When the first pistol was just made, he vividly described to her the terror of the Gatling Bodhisattva, which left her greatly longing for it.
Regrettably, at that time, she was just beginning to study these mechanical creations, knowing nothing, so she could only bury the idea of the Gatling Bodhisattva deep in her heart.
However, Shen Yurou swore that she would make the Great Compassion Gatling Bodhisattva, and even go further to create an upgraded version that emits blue mes!
At this moment, Zi Liyuan wanted to shout ¡°666¡±; this was like a cow climbing a tree, bullishly reaching for the sky!
¡°Since you¡¯ve developed the improved version of the intermediate gunpowder bullets, then the recipe for the basic gunpowder must have been upgraded too, right?¡±
Weapons made with gunpowder shouldn¡¯t be underestimated, and with an upgrade, all of Shen Yurou¡¯s mechanical props would be stronger, the most typical being various kinds of bombs!
¡°Of course, didn¡¯t you tell me to focus on researching the gunpowder recipe? I¡¯ve been continuously calcting and deducing from the beginning, and now the intermediate gunpowder recipe is four times more powerful than the basic one.¡±
The smile on Shen Yurou¡¯s lips was so obvious, she couldn¡¯t hide it even if she tried, and at the same time, she casually took out several fist-sized bombs from her Spatial Backpack.
¡°After the gunpowder recipe was improved and upgraded, I improved and upgraded the bombs as soon as possible. The power of these things now is more than 4 to 6 times stronger than those from before.¡±
Given that the user level remains the same, an increase of 4 to 6 times in power means that if someone hides a few bombs in their pants and detonates them, even a boss monster wouldn¡¯t be able to withstand it at close range!
¡°666, seems like you¡¯re on track to be the Queen of Explosives.¡±
Zi Liyuan gave her a thumbs up, admiration was simply unavoidable.
If this could be mass-produced, it would totally be the makings of a fledgling armspany.
¡°Are these Type Two robots difficult to make? And can the three types of firearms and various kinds of bombs be mass-produced?¡±
Compared to the Type One mechanical tform, the Type Two robot was obviously much more difficult to manufacture.
With Shen Yurou¡¯s research, plus his connection to the handler of the Dungeon-House, and his status as a student of Dragon Academy, if he truly started an armspany, there was no telling how big and strong it could be, creating a brilliant enterprise.
Chapter 151: 151 The idea of starting an arms company
Chapter 151: The idea of starting an armspany
¡°Model Two robot production is still rather difficult. Mass production is not viable for the time being, but I will craft eight units for the Fan Yuer sisters to use for leveling up,¡±
Shen Yurou shook her head. The production of Model Two robots isn¡¯t overlyplex except for the creation of the intellectual assistance program, which is quite troublesome with a sess rate of only 5%, requiring over two hours for a single production run.
¡°Three types of firearms and various bombs can be mass-produced as long as they are Silver quality or below. We just need to slightly modify the production lines, but there are only two small production lines in total, one of which is primarily for crafting various bullets.¡±
A small production line is worth more than sixty million Dragon Coins, and this doesn¡¯t even include the manualbor costs for the modifications that she needs to do herself.
Previously, Zi Liyuan didn¡¯t have enough liquid funds, so he only set up two lines.
¡°Given sufficient materials, around the clock, how much gunpowder bullets can one small production line produce in 24 hours? What about machine guns or bombs?¡±
Bullets are an absolute necessity for firearms and a major consumable. If you really start an armspany, once you¡¯ve made your mark, the bullets consumed could only be described by astronomical numbers.
The wear and tear on firearms isn¡¯t as extensive, but with a poption of over ten billion in the Great Xia Empire, there¡¯s a massive market demand.
Bombs are consumables, and since they inflict indiscriminate damage ¨C harming friend and foe alike save for the user ¨C they are only suitable for soloing dungeons or as ast resort for survival.
¡°With ample materials, basically, it takes 10 seconds to craft 100 bullets. With non-stop production for 24 hours, a small production line can craft up to 864,000 bullets.
Model One pistols can be manufactured and assembled in about one minute per piece. Thus, with non-stop production for 24 hours, a small production line can produce 1,440 Model One pistols.
Model One bombs can be manufactured and assembled in about two minutes per bomb. Therefore, with non-stop production for 24 hours, a small production line can produce 720 Model One bombs.¡±
The higher the quality of the item, the longer the production time. The Model One firearms and bombs are basically Green quality.
Shen Yurou had conducted research on these mechanical creations and had produced them using automatic production lines, so the data was fairly urate.
¡°How can there be such a big differencepared to handcrafting?¡±
Zi Liyuan could never have imagined that the production speed of small production lines for these standard equipment items would be so much slower than manualbor.
To think, when Shen Yurou first handcrafted basic gunpowder bullets, she could produce 6,000 per minute, a full 30 sets!
¡°What did you expect? Now you know why so many factories love to hire Mechanics who can turn screws,¡±
Shen Yurou gave him a disdainful nce as she spoke somewhat mockingly.
Mechanics can increase the production speed of mechanical creations and even powerful Mechanics are capable of modifying them to improve the finished products.
At the same time, Shen Yurou felt fortunate that by following Zi Liyuan, she was on the path to rise and would be a pioneering figure for all Mechanics!
¡°It seems that we need to recruit more Mechanics to join our ranks,¡±
Automatic production was not as fast as manual craftwork ¨C who could argue with that?
Li Yuan could only say that this is truly a world where the game invaded reality; normal rules were meant to be broken.
¡°Most Mechanics are now working in factories turning screws. If we want to recruit a batch, we¡¯ll just have to look at recent graduates like us,¡±
Any mechanic with a little bit of manual dexterity is basically in high demand by those groups that own factories, and the sry is above average among ordinary professionals.
¡°You should keep an eye out, especially try to see if there are any talents simr to your own. After all, once they¡¯ve signed the Boundary Sea Contract, they can¡¯t betray you.¡±
Zi Liyuan¡¯s principle was that if there¡¯s no servitude contract, there¡¯s nothing to discuss; he simply couldn¡¯t be bothered to spend the effort in nurturing them.
But once they¡¯d signed a servitude contract, they were his own people, and he would definitely take the time to cultivate them, even helping them be vassal lords in the future.
Don¡¯t take being a vassal lord lightly. After entering the Sea of Realms, any lord is countless times stronger than those adventurers who travel alone.
As for bing a lord, you need the Lord¡¯s Heart, and for Zi Liyuan, this was truly not a difficult task.
He had already nned to wait until he reached the Fourth Order Level 100 Peak, then he would go to the deep mountains and forests, targeting monsterirs to find wild instances.
Others might raid ten or a hundred wild instances and still not get a single Lord¡¯s Heart, but who is he?
Fortune¡¯s goddess might as well have N legs with him; he¡¯d ask her to wear ck stockings, ensuring a hundred percent chance of dropping the Lord¡¯s Heart. Wasn¡¯t that like controlling it at will?
¡°I will keep that in mind,¡± Yurou said, nodding her head. She was certainly happy to find someone to assist her, as she was currently overwhelmed with too much research to manage on her own.
Especially now that she had to take care of Zi Liyuan¡¯s concubines as well, this made her even more furious.
However, after learning about the detailed situation of Fan Yuer and her sisters, she understood the importance of these four sisters to Zi Liyuan; otherwise, she wouldn¡¯t bother to specially craft leveling gear for these four fox spirits!
¡°In a few days, I will get a fewrge-scale automatic production lines for you to modify. After we sessfully enroll, we¡¯ll open an armspany in the Capital under the identity of Dragon Academy students.¡±
An armspany capable of influencing the Blue Star¡¯s situation would inevitably be under official and military supervision, but with the backing of Dragon Academy, this supervision would certainly be rtively rxed.
Zi Liyuan nned to bring both the officials and the military into thepany.
Take the exoskeleton armor for example; from the beginning, he had no intention of selling it to civilian professionals but nned to sell it exclusively to city defense forces and the police bureau.
As for the military, he nned to wait until Yurou¡¯s technology became even more mature, then produce Gundam mechas or Zaku mechas, and then sell them exclusively to the military.
For civilian professionals, the basic products would be the gunman series, machine gun series, bomb series, and small-scale military robot series.
As for Yurou, if she were to research something like tanks, ¡°Dongfeng Express,¡± or nuclear peacemakers in the future, those were definitely not items that could be allowed into cirction.
So, from the beginning, he had nned to pull both the officials and the military into hispany, while also obtaining arge number of orders with their help.
They could also use these two channels to obtain countless high-quality resources and even umte vast Sea of Realms resources for entering the Sea of Realms.
¡°You handle these matters as you see fit. I¡¯m going to continue making the Type 2 robots. Oh, Fan Yuer is looking for you; please visit theirb. Apparently, they have concocted some new potion.¡±
After casually mentioning this, Yurou started packing all sorts of mechanical creations she had taken out into her Spatial Backpack.
Chapter 152: 152: Zombie Mutation Potion (Blue)
Chapter 152: Zombie Mutation Potion (Blue)
The undergroundboratory of the vi.
Since moving here, Zi Liyuan had only been here twice.
In the alchemyb, various bottles and jars were scattered all over, along with many restricted items.
For example, on one of the experiment tables, there was a dissected body of a certain creature torn to pieces, next to a white-haired, baby-faced person holding dissection tools?
Zi Liyuan¡¯s eyelid twitched slightly, especially at the sight of that expressionless face, which gave him a chill down his spine.
My god, if he ever offended her, would he one day find himself strapped to an experiment table?
Despite looking like a two-dimensional beauty, why does she appear so ferocious?
¡°Li Yuan, you¡¯re here; I was just about to find you. Come quickly, Runer has sessfully created the Zombie Evolution Potion!¡±
Fan Binger nced indifferently at Zi Liyuan and ignored him, her knife continuing to slice through the body of a certain creature on the experiment table.
Fan Yuer came out of another small room and ran over to him, dragging him into another workshop.
¡°Look, this is thetest potion that our sisters have improved on and optimized, and it will definitely increase your strength greatly.¡±
In the center of the workshop was arge workbench where Fan Runer and Fan Qinger were fussing with some concoction bottles and jars, while on the left side of the bench were five palm-sized dark green potions.
[Zombie Mutation Potion (Blue): Enhances the strength of zombies, all attributes +20%, with a 1% chance of causing a rare variant progression. (Note: Each zombie can only use one bottle, with the highest progression to a rare variant temte.)]
A potion that can increase all attributes by 20% is indeed not bad, but zombies themselves aren¡¯t that strong to begin with, and even among their peers, they are at the bottom, so a 20% boost to all attributes is just so-so.
What Zi Liyuan was more interested in, however, was thest piece of information about the 1% chance of temte mutation progression.
Death-ss professions can cultivate undead creatures, and it is actually quite simple for a regr zombie temte to evolve into an elite temte with proper nurturing.
With this potion, there was a slim hope of elite zombies mutating into rare zombies.
For Zi Liyuan, wasn¡¯t this faint hope his destiny?
¡°Excellent, excellent, this is really good stuff. You¡¯ve worked hard. How many bottles do we have now?¡±
¡°This potion isplicated to make and we can¡¯t mass-produce it for now; we have only made 25 bottles.¡±
¡°No problem, let¡¯s start using it. Oh, and Yuer, you four sisters go get the equipment from Xiao Yurou and head to the Dungeon Home to grind to LV40 and get ready for the Second Order Hero ss change quest.¡±
With Type II robots around, the ss change quest for life profession yers would be unimaginably easy.
Later, Zi Liyuan could buy Skill Fusion Mutation Scrolls from them.
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The next day, Zi Liyuan came to the Dungeon Home early in the morning again.
Upon seeing him arrive, Wang Fu came over with a plump boy.
¡°Xiao Yuan, this is my no-ount son, Wang Tie.¡±
Wang Fu grasped his son¡¯s nape as he presented Wang Tie to him, then looked sternly at his own child.
¡°Aren¡¯t you going to greet him?¡±
With a low growl and a p to the back of the head, Wang Fu made it sound crisp.
¡°Brother Zi, hello¡¡±
The plump boy managed a smile uglier than crying.
¡°Hey there, little bro¡¡±
Finding it a bit awkward yet not wanting to be rude, Zi Liyuan gave a reply, having figured out just how much Wang Tie feared his old man.
¡°Dear nephew, could you please straighten out this stinky brat for me? I need to take care of some things, Uncle Wang here. Someone will bring you your earnings from yesterday in the afternoon.¡±
After patting Zi Liyuan¡¯s shoulder, Wang Fu said with a harmonious smile on his face, but as soon as he turned to look at his own son, his expression copsed, sending a murderous re unhidden straight into Wang Tie¡¯s heart.
¡°Brother Zi, could I ask you a favor?¡±
As soon as his father left, Wang Tie¡¯s tense nerves instantly rxed, and he moved closer to Zi Liyuan to whisper.
¡°Are you that scared of Uncle Wang?¡±
¡°Ah, it¡¯s a long story. At home, the old man is an absolute authority; his word isw, and whoever dares to object gets beaten to a pulp. Last month, my third brother, Wang Tong, just got his legs broken for washing his feet at a clubhouse. Probably can¡¯t think about going there again for a couple more months.¡±
With a sigh, Wang Tie showed a look of utter despair.
¡°Your dad seems quite amiable. He¡¯s that violent at home?¡±
Having interacted a few times, Zi Liyuan felt that Wang Fu was quite gentle with people.
¡°Let¡¯s not talk about it anymore; more words would be nothing but tears. Brother Zi, please do me a favor. If my dad asks about my strength, please put in a good word for me.¡±
The fear of their father¡¯s beatings was deeply ingrained in the hearts of the four brothers, and he certainly did not want to be punished by his father after going back.
¡°Let¡¯s go, let¡¯s see your strength first, then I can advise you on how to improve.¡±
If he wanted to make sure this guy passed Dragon Academy¡¯s assessment sessfully, as a Beast Tamer, really all he needed was to get a powerful high-quality summoned beast.
¡°No problem, Brother Zi. Let¡¯s head to the training room at Copy Home. Follow me.¡±
Wang Tie took Zi Liyuan up on an employee elevator, then straight to the top floor into abat training room.
Wang Tie VS Zi Liyuan
At the start, he summoned ten rare-temte beasts, all uniformly at level LV35, with a variety of types: flying in the sky, walking on the ground, burrowing underground, you name it.
He then summoned two LV35 hero Demon Wolves ¨C that¡¯s right, the two eggs that Zi Liyuan had given to his dad Wang Fu yesterday.
He hadn¡¯t expected that in just one night, they had not only hatched but also leveled up to LV35.
¡°Brother Zi, be careful.¡±
Under the leadership of the two Demon Wolves, the other ten beasts charged forward all at once, unleashing a barrage of ranged abilities inherent to their species.
There was a 25 level difference between them, and since Zi Liyuan summoned ¡°Bone Shield¡± for protection, the beasts¡¯ abilities didn¡¯t even break through his defense.
However, he noticed that the creatures summoned by the Beast Tamer were different from the Skeletons he summoned.
The Beast Tamer had various skills to boost the state of his beasts, but it seemed the skills couldn¡¯t be stacked; for example, if he applied a speed boost, wanting to switch to increase damage would override the previous effect.
To test the strength of these beasts, Zi Liyuan waved his Magic Wand and immediately summoned arge number of armored Skeleton Warriors.
The appearance of 1600 Skeletons immediately encircled the 12 beasts, and the ranks of Skeletons, shields in hand,pletely blocked them inside the Skeleton Sea.
¡°Damn it! So many Elite Skeletons, there¡¯s no point in fighting now!¡±
His own beasts were directly blocked by shield after shield, with no room to even move, severely restricted and utterly unable to fight.
Wang Tie immediately surrendered and admitted defeat.
Chapter 153: 153: Crafting the Zombie BOSS
Chapter 153: Crafting the Zombie BOSS
¡°Is this the strength of the national academic champion?¡±
Wang Tie was struck again, but he quickly recovered and approached Zi Liyuan for advice.
¡°Brother Zi, your Necromancer is too ruthless, starting with a group attack. With thousands of Elite Skeletons, can your Spirit handle it?¡±
Contracting beasts upies Soul Value. A normal temte beast takes up 1 point, and the higher the quality, the more Soul Value it upies.
Currently, Wang Tie is only Level 35. His old man got him a Level 20 silver hero equipment, bringing his Soul Value up to 162 points.
However, after contracting nine rare temte beasts, one rare BOSS temte beast, and two hero BOSS temte beasts, he had used up a total of 108 Soul Value points.
¡°My Soul Value has now broken through 1600 points, and Elite Skeletons upy the same amount of Soul Value as ordinary Skeletons, which is 1 point each.¡±
¡°Damn, Skeleton abilities mutated? You¡¯re way too awesome, a one-man army with an Elite Skeleton Army, way better than those ordinary death ss practitioners outside.¡±
Wang Tie was filled with envy. The difficulty of skill mutation was unknown, but he hadn¡¯t expected Brother Zi to have mutated the summoning of Skeletons.
Others led a group of ordinary Skeletons, only to use them as cannon fodder, while Brother Zi could walk around with Elite Skeletons. Thinking of the huge gap, it was like the difference between the clouds and the mud.
¡°Stop being surprised, let¡¯s talk about your issue. Your coordination between beasts is too monotonous, and your tactics are very rudimentary. Plus, I¡¯ve noticed that from beginning to end, you didn¡¯t move at all. Aren¡¯t you afraid that the enemy will get past your beasts and take you down directly?¡±
The tactics were rudimentary, the teamposition was unreasonable, and there was also a big gap in strength between his beasts.
After using the Shield Combat Skeleton Warrior for experiments, Zi Liyuan discovered that out of Wang Tie¡¯s twelve beasts, except for two hero Demon Wolves, including that rare BOSS temte gori, the damage was not very high.
With such strength, passing the Dragon Academy¡¯s assessment would be as difficult as climbing to the heavens.
Without external assistance, this chubby kid shouldn¡¯t even think about passing the assessment.
¡°You go level up first. Get to Level 40 in the next few days, and don¡¯t do the Second Order transfer quest yet. I have ns for you.¡±
While speaking, Zi Liyuan took out various testing instruments and measured Wang Tie¡¯s body dimensions.
If he wanted this guy to seed in entering Dragon Academy, he would need Shen Yurou¡¯s help.
An exoskeleton sniper Mecha, worth owning. But some modifications were needed, such as increasing the running speed.
After sending Wang Tie away, Zi Liyuan re-entered the ¡°Rampage of Exotic Beasts¡± instance.
The Skeleton Army, Lao Tie, and the Demon Spider were all summoned in one go, and then he pulled out a bottle of ¡°Zombie Virus Potion (Blue)¡±
¡°Zombie Virus Potion (Blue)¡±: This is a type of infection virus that only affects corpses. It can cause corpse transformation, turning them into Second Order Undead soldiers¡ªZombies. (Note: The virus infection is strong, and the transformed Zombies will also be sources of infection!)
He casually opened the potion and dropped a droplet onto the body of a rare beast.
The beast, which had already be a corpse, stirred again after 3 seconds.
First its limbs started moving slowly, then its head lifted bit by bit from the ground, followed by its body rising stiffly and slowly to its feet.
¡°Hiss~¡±
A hoarse roar echoed from the body that had once again risen.
The corpse that had looked fresh just moments ago had be decayed and putrid, as if it had experienced over a month of fermentation and rot. Not only did a foul stench emanate from it, one could even see worms wriggling within the rotting flesh.
¡°Damn it, no wonder zombies are disliked. With such an appearance, even the most twisted of death-oriented professionals would definitely not want to see this every day.¡±
The risen zombie, aside from emitting a deep roar, made no other movements but swayed from side to side, its dull greenish eyes revealing a greedy craving for flesh and blood.
¡°An LV80 rare monster turns into an LV60 zombie, the temte directly downgraded to a green elite. I wonder if infecting a boss¡¯s corpse could possibly result in a boss zombie.¡±
Stroking his chin, Zi Liyuan decided to act and opened his Spatial Backpack, selecting from the stored corpse materials inside.
Then, he casually threw out the corpse of an LV60 hero boarman boss.
His powerful Spirit invaded the brain of the zombie, imprinted it with his own envement mark, and this freshly risen zombie became his possession.
He then controlled the zombie to walk slowly to the side of the boarman boss¡¯s corpse and reached out with a decaying arm, touching the chest of the body.
After the same 3 seconds, the boarman lying on the ground began to change gradually.
The flesh, which had been moderately fresh, visibly decayed and disintegrated, a foul stench emanating from the corpse little by little, and then the boarman slowly but resolutely stood up.
¡°Still an LV60, but the temte has regressed to the quality of a green elite, though it¡¯s still a boss temte.¡±
The Spirit infiltrated, imprinted the envement mark on the boarman boss¡¯s Soul, and then Zi Liyuan began examining the specific attributes of this boss zombie.
The boss temte¡¯s enhancement granted a 200% increase in all attributes for elite bosses, and unique to the zombies were two innate talents.
The first was the infectious virus that could infect any corpse into a new zombie.
The second was an increase in health, with an overall health increase of 100%, and the absence of pain and morale. However, the corresponding side effect was a 40% reduction in movement speed.
Once again, Zi Liyuan pulled a potion out of his Spatial Backpack¡ª[Zombie Mutation Potion (Blue)]
[Zombie Mutation Potion (Blue): Enhances the strength of zombies. All attributes +20%, with a 1% chance of causing temte mutation and advancement. (Note: Each zombie can only use one bottle, with the highest advancement being the rare temte.)]
He opened the bottle and poured it directly onto the boarman boss zombie.
The potion acted like sulfuric acid, causing thick smoke to rise when it touched the zombie¡¯s skin, and the stench of the rotting corpse became so overwhelming it almost carried Zi Liyuan away.
¡°Damn, is this a poison gas bomb or an evolution potion?¡±
Fighting back his nausea, Zi Liyuan retreated ten meters away, then with his Spirit coupled with the Eyes of Death, he watched the boarman zombie boss intently.
Amidst the thick smoke, the zombie underwent very strange changes.
It grew taller and its muscles were no longer rotting but transformed into tight, hard clumps. The originally murky eyes turned into a bloodthirsty red, exuding brutal ferocity.
At the same time, Zi Liyuan noticed that the boarman zombie boss¡¯s temte had evolved from a green elite boss temte to a blue rare boss temte.
¡°It¡¯s indeed possible, so the value of this kind of potion is really high!¡±
Chapter 154: 154: Zombie Legion!
Chapter 154: Zombie Legion!
[Wild Boar Zombie Lord (Rare BOSS)]
[Level]:LV60
[Attributes]:Physical Damage 400, Physical Defense 180, Magic Resistance 140, Health 250k.
[Skills]:Corpse Poison, Thick Skin and Flesh, Corpse Poison Infection, Potion Amplification, Rigor Mortis
Looking at this mutated BOSS, Zi Liyuan was not very satisfied. The attack was too low, and all five skills were passive ones, including one negative BUFF skill, which was just speechless.
Rigor Mortis: Passive skill, the zombie¡¯s body is stiff, resulting in a 40% reduction in speed.
This thing moves even slower than Skeletons, and its attack relies only on basic attacks, and that¡¯s only because it¡¯s a BOSS temte. Regr rare zombies have even lower attributes.
¡°It¡¯s better than nothing, at least we¡¯ve got some mid-tierbat power now,¡± he said.
The zombies summoned by zombie skills only upy 1 Soul Value point, but to summon those branded with a ve mark using the Soul Value, it takes up 2 points, and this guy, being a BOSS temte, needs a whopping 4 Soul Value points.
However, there are benefits. Summoning this thing can be done instantaneously, without the need to wait for the summoning Array to form.
If you don¡¯t want this thing to be an eyesore, you can dispel it back to the Netherworld and let them fend for themselves.
Indeed they fend for themselves, because the Undead in the Netherworld have their own conflicts, too. If they are killed in the Netherworld, the master¡¯s ve mark naturally disappears, and then you won¡¯t be able to summon this thing anymore.
Casually letting this Wild Boar Zombie BOSS stand aside, Zi Liyuan continued his research.
This time, he directly pulled out the corpse of a Lord BOSS and then controlled the Wild Boar Zombie to approach and infect it.
As the infection seeded and the corpse was corroded, the Lord BOSS¡¯s body slowly rose up.
Unfortunately, the corpse that originally had the Lord BOSS temte degraded after bing a zombie. It dropped two tiers, from the Lord temte right down to the Rare BOSS temte.
¡°Zombie resurrected, it depends on the corpse material. The higher the temte of the corpse material, the stronger the zombie obtained,¡± he noted.
Using a Hero BOSS¡¯s corpse, the zombies that rise are from the Elite BOSS temte, while using a Lord BOSS¡¯s corpse, you get the Rare BOSS temte.
By the same token, the better the corpse material, the stronger the zombie obtained.
Only, Zi Liyuan felt like he was at a loss, a huge loss!
After reaching the Third Order as a Necromancer, one can light up the ultimate skill on the skill tree¡ª ¡°Rebirth¡±!
Isn¡¯t this thing exactly a resurrection skill?
The strength a being had in life is basically what it will have after Resurrection unless there¡¯s a loss because the corpse is iplete during Resurrection, leading to reduced strength.
Of course, the Resurrection skill has its limitations as well. With each increase in skill level, you can resurrect one more target. With Zi Liyuan¡¯s current level LV60, and considering the equipment¡¯s bonus of all skill levels +1 effect, once hepletes the Third Order job change quest, he will be able to resurrect 15 targets!
¡°I need 4 Soul Value points tomand a Zombie BOSS, I will first gather 100 Zombie BOSSes, form a small team, and go from there,¡± he decided.
Having a n in mind, Zi Liyuan began to sort through the mountainous pile of BOSS corpses in his backpack space.
A bout in the martial trial instance had yielded several hundred Lord Boss corpses, but their levels were basically LV40 stuff.
To use them as material for the Corpse Explosion Technique, Zi Liyuan had begun to look down on them. After all, the lower the level, the less health they had, making these corpses unqualified for his current needs of hurling human flesh bombs.
He selected 98 Lord Boss corpses and then controlled two Zombie Bosses to start the infecting and converting process.
It took a good ten-plus minutes to infect them allpletely.
Observing the group of a hundred Zombie Bosses before him, Zi Liyuan nodded in satisfaction. An Undead Zombie Legion, at least in terms of imposing presence, was a cut above the Skeleton Cannon Fodder Group.
However, even if all LV40 Zombie Bosses were of a rare Boss temte, their strength was just so-so.
Moreover, having not used the Zombie Evolution Elixir, they hadn¡¯t received the full attribute +20% boost effect, making their overall strength weaker than that of the Wild Boar Man Zombie Boss.
¡°Netherworld Skeleton Mage, use ¡®Death Withering¡¯ to clear out the monsters. The Zombie Boss Legion can mop up and farm for experience points, which isn¡¯t bad either,¡± he said.
Controlling the hundred-strong Zombie Boss Legion, they slowly moved to the frontlines of the battlefield, standing on the edge of ¡®Death Withering¡¯ and waiting for half-dead rare monsters to charge at them before striking them down.
These LV40 Zombie Bosses could still deal hundreds of damage when facing LV80 ordinary rare monsters, especially since Zombiese with Corpse Poison.
Corpse Poison is a passive effect. Any monster scratched by a Zombie would be corroded by the Corpse Poison, then suffer toxin damage. Furthermore, this effect stackedyers, ignoring defense and Magic Resistance, with oneyer causing a loss of 50 health points every 3 seconds and stacking up to 10yers.
It could be said that, although Zombiescked active attack skills and could only deal damage with their regr attacks, the umted effect of Corpse Poison could still inflict substantial damage.
As for LV80 ordinary rare monsters, the damage they inflicted on these Zombies wasn¡¯t high, and with Zombies having over 150k health, killing them off was quite difficult.
After casually sending this group of Zombie Bosses to the frontline, Zi Liyuan didn¡¯t intend to bother with them any further, yet when these Zombies started infecting more corpses and amassing arge number of Zombies, he couldn¡¯t help but look again in surprise.
Because those Zombie Bosses could actually control the regr Zombies they had dragged over!
¡°My goodness, without having branded them with envement marks, these corpses that were infected and roused could be controlled by my Zombies?¡± he eximed.
The battlefield was littered with countless corpses, all infected with Zombie toxin and rising again, thenmanded by the Zombie Boss Legion to pounce upon the normal monsters.
To Zi Liyuan¡¯s surprise, these reanimated Zombies remained in the monster camp. When standing in the ¡®Death Withering¡¯ skill released by the Netherworld Skeleton Mage, they still lost health upon death and also added to Zi Liyuan¡¯s experience points.
¡°Killing monsters to earn experience, then infecting them to be Zombies, killing them again for another round of experience points? Holy smokes, is this a bug?¡± he wondered.
The joy of double experience points, could it be any more exhrating?
As the number of Zombies on the field continued to grow, significant changes urred in the battlefield.
Initially, there were 1600 Netherworld Skeleton Mages, who farmed monsters using ¡®Death Withering¡¯, then raised their corpses to form a massive 16,000-strong Skeleton Warrior Legion.
They used the frail Skeleton Cannon Fodder Group to withstand the monster onught, gradually grinding down the monster hordes.
But at this moment, all the corpses on the field had turned into Zombies. Once deceased, they would rise within a few seconds and, under themand of the Zombie Bosses, they started attacking their former kin.
In the end, the entire battlefield turned into a scene with Zi Liyuan at the center, Lao Tie and the Demon Spider acting as left and right guardians, surrounded by a group of Netherworld Skeleton Mages, with the Skeleton Warrior Legion on the outside and an enormous Zombie Legion on the very outskirts engaging with the monsters.
Chapter 155: 155 High-Level Meeting
Chapter 155: High-Level Meeting
The hundred Zombie Bosses bound by Zi Liyuan with ve marks, signing a ve contract.
At this moment, they were dispersing in groups, bing themanders and controllers within the Zombie army, remotely directing the relentless attack on the monsters.
However, it was a bit of a pity that once these fellows were infected and turned into ordinary Zombies, their level had dropped from LV80 to LV60, and against LV80 monsters, they were still somewhat weaker.
Fortunately, with the help of the Skeleton Mage¡¯s ¡°Death Withering,¡± the death rhythm of both sides was basically even.
And what was even more outrageous was that if a Zombie died, another dead creature¡¯s body would rise from within, equating to no loss at all; that was just preposterous.
¡°I finally understand why the officials and military would ban Undead potions from appearing on the market.¡±
Dammit, a single Zombie potion only needed one corpse to create a Zombie, so dropping it in a battlefield could immediately raise a vast Zombie army.
The Undead disaster was truly as terrifying as this!
Zi Liyuan, while taking a sharp intake of breath, had a gleam in his eyes, a crazy one!
¡°The Undead disaster is so terrifying, but there hasn¡¯t been widespread panic on Blue Star. There¡¯s definitely a problem here. I¡¯ll need to ask Uncle Wang after the dungeon is over.¡±
Suppressing some of those crazy thoughts, Zi Liyuan¡¯s mind whirred, and he immediately sensed an issue.
Throughout history, over such a long period, it was impossible for no death-associated professionals to rise to power. If they wanted to unleash an Undead disaster, it certainly wouldn¡¯t be too difficult; after all, they just needed to find an old battlefield and could easily conjure a vast wave of the Undead.
Yet in the history of Blue Star, there has never been any record of a death-associated professional instigating an Undead disaster, causing harm to the area, which was obviously odd.
After all, in a world where the game invades reality, power is supreme, and the strong are revered!
Death-associated professionals with immense strength would absolutely not stay obediently hidden in some corner, not making trouble; Zi Liyuan didn¡¯t believe it for a second.
In the end, those dealing with death as their profession would, more or less, be somewhat twisted in their psyche. How could such people be content with mediocrity?
¡°Damn it, could the powers on Blue Star be hunting down death-associated professionals?¡±
Death-associated professionals all belonged to hidden professions, but every year, there were hundreds of awakenings and job changes, if not a thousand.
Just like in their White Crane City, twenty or thirty death-associated professionals had emerged, and that was just one city. In the entirety of Jiangnan Province, there surely were hundreds; thus, across the nine provinces of the Great Xia Empire, there definitely would be several hundred more.
¡°Crap!¡±
After swearing under his breath, suppressing the unease in his heart, Zi Liyuan started farming monsters in earnest.
He pushed aside these messy thoughts for now, figuring he would understand everything once he entered Dragon Academy.
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At the Zi family vi.
Shen Yurou and the four Fan Yuer sisters, who rarely came out of their respectivebs, were chatting andughing on their way to the dungeon base.
¡°For the exoskeletonbat armor I gave you, I sacrificed some defensive attributes to increase mobility. It¡¯s meant for survival. Wear it as soon as you enter the dungeon, then just follow mymands, and don¡¯t mess around.¡±
Shen Yurou worked overtimest night, producing a total of eight Type-2 robots, plus arge stockpile of ammunition.
At this moment, her and the four sisters had their backpack spaces loaded with a tremendous amount of military resources.
¡°Don¡¯t worry, Sister Yurou, the four of us will follow your lead for sure. You point out the target, and we¡¯ll hit it,¡± Fan Yuer replied confidently, her look towards Shen Yurou unwittingly filled with a hint of admiration.
The other three, although silent, nodded simultaneously.
At first, they thought that Shen Yurou was simply capitalizing on her close rtionship with Zi Liyuan, using her looks to secure her position as his woman early on, so they also harbored thoughts of vying for favor.
But when Shen Yurou took out so many mechanical creations to help them level up, their thoughts changed.
Indeed, how could mere ornaments show up around a freak of nature?
Only perverts can stay by the side of such a monster!
Shen Yurou is certainly a pervert, and an extreme one at that!
As for her four sisters, the future potion masters, proper beauties, of course, they can¡¯t bepared with a pervert.
Therefore, the four of them started to proactively get closer to Shen Yurou.
When ites to powerful supporters, one must certainly hold on tight, right?
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Dragon Academy.
¡°Let¡¯s discuss whether we should enroll Death ss professionals this year, and whether to recruit a few more Mechanics.¡±
This was a small conference room, at the moment upied only by an old man with the appearance of a youthful elder, and in front of him was a human-head-sized transparent crystal ball, which currently projected an image that was divided into 24 segments, each containing a figure.
The headmasters of the Nine Great Divine States Academy, themanders of the nine state military districts, and six imposing leaders sat with solemn expressions.
¡°The national college entrance examination¡¯s top scorer is a Necromancer, now at Second Order LV60, and by the time of formal admission to Dragon Academy, should reach Third Order LV80, arguably the strongest neer in the academy¡¯s history, without parallel.¡±
The headmaster of Dragon Academy, stroking his beard, had an appreciative look on his face.
¡°Since ancient times on Blue Star, the development of Death ss professionals has been suppressed, especially in the Great Xia Empire, where basically every year Death ss professionals are recruited.
But this year, after the Nine Great Divine States Academy chose not to recruit, those organizations supported by the Coalition of Nations specifically targeted these individuals for abduction.¡±
The ambitious designs of the Coalition of Nations are clear to all. Do we really want to let these talents slip through our fingers?¡±
¡°How about this year we simply send all the Death ss professionals to the Shenzhou Military Academy?¡±
¡°What nonsense are you spouting! Our military academy doesn¡¯t have that many resources to train over a thousand Death ss professionals all at once!¡±
An irascible voice, not caring for the setting, burst out with an expletive.
¡°How about the military and official side step in to recruit them all into a thousand-man team? Everyone contributes some resources to train them together?¡±
¡°That idea seems reasonable; we could give it a try.¡±
¡°Agreed!¡±
¡°Concur!¡±
¡°Endorse!¡±
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¡°With the official and military side holding most of the resources for Death ss professionals, the Dragon Academy would need to train the national college entrance examination¡¯s top scorer at the very least, right?¡±
The headmaster of Dragon Academy said softly, his eyes aimed at the Shenglong State military districtmander and the other leaders.
¡°Our military district has no problem, but we¡¯d need Zi Liyuan¡¯s help to conquer the nests of wild creatures outside.¡±
¡°The official side also has no problem, but we¡¯ll need to set some limits on him; we wouldn¡¯t want any major trouble in Shenglong State.¡±
¡°Rest assured, if he can enter the Dragon Academy, I¡¯ll make sure to keep a tight leash on him.¡±
The headmaster of Dragon Academy nodded and then continued.
¡°What about the issue of recruiting Mechanics? These blueprints, the equipment series they predict, could allow the Great Xia Empire to soar rapidly and even change the entire situation on Blue Star.¡±
Chapter 156: 156 Clearly Arranged
Chapter 156: Clearly Arranged
¡°The special recruitment of mechanics can be postponed for now,¡± said a senior official. ¡°We had better take a good look at the caliber of this trainee, Shen Yurou. If we invest blindly, the loss may outweigh the gain.¡±
Ever since the Great Xia Empire nearly fell apart due to the blight of wild boar skins, several empires in the Sea of Realms had expended a lot of resources. They wanted to aid the newly born Great Xia Empire in developing some technology-side skills, but the results were negligible.
Moreover, because of the good deeds done by wild boar skins, it was unknown how many traitors were lurking within the nascent Great Xia Empire, leading to many technology-side items from the Sea of Realms being stolen by the Coalition of Nations.
As a result, the technological development of the Great Xia Empire had essentiallye to a standstill, and with the official and military coboration in consolidating the resources of the Sea of Realms and the wilderness, high-tech products were now rarely found outside.
While the Coalition of Nations was active on Blue Star, even daring to go head-to-head with the Great Xia Empire, in the Sea of Realms, these fellows could only huddle with the dynasty established by the wild boar skins at the beginning, struggling to survive with difficulty.
¡°No, this girl is quite remarkable,¡± another official interjected. ¡°It¡¯s not difficult to see her thought process from those blueprints she submitted.¡±
¡°Exactly, the approach is very straightforward: imitate, research, and then transform it into something created by the Human Race.¡±
¡°Right, the exoskeletonbat armor must have been meticulously researched from the Goblin Lumbering Machine and other primitive armors, hence the modified design.¡±
¡°The same goes for the bomb blueprints; goblin bombs are unstable, Mechanical Race self-destruction is controble. She must havebined the strengths of both races to produce a stable bomb!¡±
¡°Firearms blueprints are treasures that allow all civilian professionals to advance quickly. The pistols are good for single-target damage and for soloing dungeons with dual-wielding. Machine guns are suitable for team use, with structured suppressive fire that is just perfect for the military.¡±
The principal of Shenzhou Military Academy, pping his bald head, was full of approval of the machine gun as a weapon.
¡°There are two kinds of mechanics; one is Shen Yurou, and the other is just a screw-tightening mechanic. Are we really going to be able to recruit mechanics that can be like her?¡± asked a government leader skeptically.
¡°Ahem, about that issue, I think we¡¯d better wait until the girl enrolls andmunicate with each other properly.¡±
¡°How about we gather all the mechanic files for this year and let the girl choose her own assistants when the timees?¡±
¡°Not a bad idea, this girl certainly knows what kind of assistant she wants.¡±
¡°That¡¯s right, it¡¯s just impossible that this girl would choose a screw-tightening mechanic, isn¡¯t it?¡±
There was a moment of speechlessness among the group, followed by a period of silence, after which the principal of Dragon Academy spoke again.
¡°Zi Liyuan has a strong connection to Shen Yurou. Should we keep them apart temporarily after she enrolls? Those who deal with death in their careers, the deeper they are intertwined with death, the more likely it is that their spirits will be somewhat twisted over time.¡±
He was not keen on breaking up the couple, but the value that Shen Yurou had demonstrated, although not yet at the level of a national treasure, was not far from it.
Zi Liyuan was a Necromancer, ultimately one who consorts with death. If he were seduced and corrupted by the Evil God, he could potentially bring about a major disaster and even lead Shen Yurou astray.
¡°You know they have a strong connection and yet you want to separate them, aren¡¯t you afraid it might backfire?¡±
¡°From the information submitted by Ying Xueji, the young man is not simple at all, and the fact that he can withstand the stimtion of his bloodline shows he has a very firm mindset.¡±
Moreover, that Mutated Puppet, though just a hero BOSS temte, has attributes that could crush a Legendary BOSS of the same order, even the Emperor ¡¤ Pseudo temte BOSS.
Not to mention the several mutated skills the young man controls himself; they are incredibly powerful.
Among the materials sent from the Copycat¡¯s Haven, a skill inflicts hundreds of thousands of damage, even more powerful than a Third Order free Lord Boss.
The Evil God trying to tempt him won¡¯t be an easy task, and making him fall further to be a corrupted being is as tough as reaching for the heavens.¡±
Being tempted by the Evil God typically means enhanced strength for the tempted; Zi Liyuan is already frighteningly powerful, plus he has an even more terrifying Mutated Puppet enforcer.
Is the Evil God really going to risk his neck to tempt and entice him?
If not careful, this kid might just intentionally fleece the Evil God¡¯s wool, devour his sugar-coated shells clean, and return an empty husk back to him.
¡°That¡¯s right, this young fellow sure is lucky with women; take the Fan Family Four Sisters, identical quadruplets who¡¯ve directly signed the Boundary Sea Contract with him.¡±
¡°He really knows how to y the field, with such a quick move.¡±
Someone eximed, and the meeting room instantly became dead silent, every elder and leader turned their gaze towards the Shenzhou Military Academy Principal.
¡°Cough cough, why stare at me? Can¡¯t one make a remark? Every year our military school has a serious imbnce between males and females. Do you know how popr high-quality female students like these would be if they joined our school?¡±
¡°Pfft, a principal like you is a disgrace to the military academy!¡±
¡°No wonder your school churns out oddities year after year, always having people fight over a girl in the arena to the death. Seems like it¡¯s a case of ¡®like principal, like students¡¯!¡±
¡°Balls! A full man doesn¡¯t understand a hungry man¡¯s plight. Ever heard ¡®Three years in the army makes a sow as beautiful as Diaochan¡¯? Don¡¯t agree? Come on, let¡¯s have a sparring match on the arena!¡±
The Principal of Shenzhou Military Academy went on a tirade, rolling up his sleeves, ready to challenge someone to a fight, the epitome of arrogance.
¡°Damn it, you violent maniac, don¡¯t think just because you¡¯re the number onebatant of the Great Xia Empire that you¡¯re something special. You believe if I had a year, my students couldn¡¯t pin you down and rub you into the ground?!¡±
The Principal of Dragon Academy red with anger but wasn¡¯t about to really take up the fight unless he was out of his mind to sh with this bully.
¡°Cough cough, let¡¯s return to the main topic, there¡¯s no rush to separate the two. Let¡¯s see the situation after school starts before we decide.¡±
A leader at the center of the projection tapped on the table, forcefully steering the derailed conversation back on track.
Shenzhou Military Academy¡¯s Principal is a reckless character, always ready to fight at the drop of a hat. Who among us hasn¡¯t suffered a ck eye at his hands?
¡°If the littledy can indeed produce a series of blueprints, we might consider setting up a munitionspany, with protection from both the military and officials.¡±
The Commander of Shenglong State tapped on the table, looking at few official leaders, and suggested.
¡°This can be considered. Dragon Academy must ensure the absolute safety of the littledy, especially during her first year of school; it¡¯s best not to let her out of Fortunate Heaven and Earth.¡±
The leaders exchanged nces then nodded, before speaking to the Principal of Dragon Academy.
¡°Rest assured, ever since she passed the assessment, I¡¯ve had Old Wang from next door look after her. With Old Wang¡¯s strength, there¡¯s absolutely no danger within the Capital.¡±
Next door, Special Duty Department¡¯s talents mostly hail from Dragon Academy, especially Old Wang, a solid Fourth Order Level 100 Peakbatant; protecting a little girl is a piece of cake for him.
¡°Alright, we¡¯ll end this meeting for now. If there are any emergencies, we can be contacted immediately. I¡¯ll transfer the meeting materials to the leaders now, and if there are any directives, they will be issued directly.¡±
Chapter 157: 157: Third Order Advancement Quest!
Chapter 157: Third Order Advancement Quest!
Zi Liyuan and Shen Yurou were bothpletely oblivious to the arrangements being made above them.
At this moment, one was in the ¡°Beast Tide¡± instance, gaining experience while conducting all sorts of experiments, and leveling up with an army of Zombie Bosses.
The experience required for these Zombie Bosses, which were branded with the mark of envement, to level up was the same as that for normal monsters, so their advancement wasn¡¯t slow.
After all, they had entered an LV80 instance, and even the minor monsters were LV80 rare creatures with no shortage of experience points.
Therefore, after grinding the instance for six hours, the levels of these Zombie Bosses had generally increased by 9~11 levels, bringing their average level to LV50.
Once the instance was over, Zi Liyuan decided to use the experience from his own experience pool to boost the levels of these hundred rare Zombie Bosses all the way to LV60.
But when he saw the amount of experience required, he waspletely dumbfounded.
To raise a Zombie Boss from LV50 to LV60, for a 10-level increase, the required experience was a staggering 82.5 million!
This was equivalent to half the experience a professional would need from LV50 to LV60 and raising 98 Zombie Bosses to that level needed a total of 80.85 billion experience points.
He was banging his head against a wall trying to level them up!
Days of grinding instances to the point of nausea hadted him less than 20 billion experience points, still not enough for the cmity these hundred Zombie Bosses represented!
So, it was impossible to continue expanding the Zombie Boss army!
Damn it, their strength was just passable at best. The onlymendable things were their ¡°Corpse Poison¡± and ¡°Infection¡± skills, along with the BOSS¡¯s ability to control regr Zombies.
Their strength couldn¡¯t satisfy him, and since Fan Yuer and her sisters couldn¡¯t mass-produce the Zombie strengthening potion, with the limited supply, the n to build a Zombie Boss army had to be postponed indefinitely.
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Elsewhere.
Shen Yurou, apanied by Fan Yuer and her four sisters, chose a tower-defense-type LV40 Heroic instance.
With four monster-spawning points, each of the Fan sisters defended one, while Shen Yurou coordinated from the center, and provided timely assistance with ammunition replenishment.
With two Type II robots and one Type I mechanical tform per person, their defense was imprable.
No matter how the monsters charged, under the relentless firepower of the Type II robots and Type I mechanical tforms, all were decimated, riddled with so many holes that if they drank water, it would surely leak out.
As for the BOSSes, they were all sent to heaven by the new type of bombs Shen Yurou had nted, sted into bits and pieces, with blood and guts flying everywhere and bones scattering all over the ce.
The scene was gory and violent, but to these five iron-blooded sisters, it felt like nothing special.
Shen Yurou waspletely desensitized by someone¡¯s trickery, now ustomed to these restricted-level scenes as if she saw them every day.
As for Fan Yuer and her sisters, would a normal person research death-rted potions, casually drag monster corpses onto theb table, or use tools to dismember and shatter the corpses? Absolutely not!
Such a bloody and gory scene was nothing but a ssh of water to them, not even worth a second nce.
As the battle progressed, echoes of the sisters¡¯ inner voices grew louder, boasting to each other about how fast the leveling was, as if riding on an airship ¡ª too freaking awesome!
So, their gaze upon Shen Yurou transformed slowly from a hint of hostility to one of adoring worship.
This girl was too amazing, a true pir of support. They had to cling to her and never let go!
Shen Yurou looked at the four now-brazen sisters with a loss for words, but she was happy with the ease, even beginning to have different ideas for subsequent leveling.
It seems like leveling up with these four sisters as my henchmen is a pretty good deal. After all, I just need to lie back and pass them the ammo, right?
Isn¡¯t this way of leveling up both easy and enjoyable?
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Time flowed like a river, and as everyone kept grinding for experience to level up, more than ten days passed.
Zi Liyuan checked the various items he had prepared and then headed to the copy of the home where Uncle Wang directly sent him to the official internal staff room designated for Third Order job-change tasks.
Normally, a Third Order hero advancement task would consume 100 million Dragon Coins and 10 bottles of LV60 hero-grade monster blood.
However, there was a 20% discount when going through the official internal staff channel.
So, he spent only 80 million Dragon Coins to enter the room for the job-change task.
Inside the job-change room, there was nothing but the floor, where a certain special silver material was used to inscribe dense, circr rune patterns.
Zi Liyuan looked at the rune patterns; besides being moreplex and denser than during the Second Order task, there were no other changes.
From his Spatial Backpack, he took out the 10 bottles of LV60 Lord Boss monster blood he had prepared, opened them one by one, and poured them onto the rune patterns.
As the bright red blood stained all the rune patterns, a red vortex suddenly appeared and instantly sucked in Zi Liyuan.
With the blink of an eye, he had already entered the job-change copy space.
It was still a huge tform, but this time, the tform was asrge as five football fields, which was who knows how many timesrger than during the Second Order task.
In the center of the tform stood a skeleton wearing a crown on its head, wielding a bone staff, and dressed in a pitch-ck robe.
[Necromancer (Lord Boss)]
[Level]: LV61
[Attributes]: Magic Damage 8000, Physical Defense 1500, Magic Resistance 2000, Health 1200W, Magic Power 800W.
[Skills]: Skeleton Summoning, Skeleton Domination, Elemental Skeletons, y Stone Demon, Stone Demon Domination, Blood Stone Demon, Iron Stone Demon, me Stone Demon, Damage Amplification, Dark Vision, Weaken, Attack Rebound, Fear, Confusion, Life Steal, Attraction, Bone Teeth, Bone Spear, Envenomed Dagger, Poison Burst, Corpse Explosion Technique, Bone Shield, Bone Wall, Bone Prison, ???
[Combat Power]: 12000
The attributes weren¡¯t too terrifying, a notable gappared to Lao Tie, but the skills of this Boss gave Zi Liyuan a real headache.
Besides, unknown skills that couldn¡¯t be detected appeared!
What made Zi Liyuan even more disgruntled was that this Boss¡¯s skill level was as high as LV14, with a skill like Bone Spear capable of dealing a terrifying 400,000 damage, enough to instantly kill him!
Before Zi Liyuan could make a move, the Boss made its move first.
The bone staff in the Boss¡¯s hands was wielded, and the entire ground began to tremble. The next moment, withered arms tore through the ground and slowly squeezed out of the earth bit by bit.
Zi Liyuan watched in silence as one corpse after another crawled up.
Alright, the Necromancer Lord Boss showed him first the Zombie summoning spell, which he hadn¡¯t even learned yet.
And that wasn¡¯t all. Once a swath of Zombies crawled from the earth, a huge summoning array appeared.
Wave after wave of Skeleton Warriors, carrying small bone knives, rushed out in a tter, their numbers even greater than the horde of Zombies.
Chapter 158: 158: Forbidden Spirit Badge (Silver)
Chapter 158: Forbidden Spirit Badge (Silver)
Skeleton Warriors, Elemental Skeletons, Ordinary Zombies¡
Watching the Lord Boss summon the undead army, especially when the number broke through ten thousand, Zi Liyuan suddenly lost hisposure.
Especially when he summoned y Stone Demons, Blood Stone Demons, Iron Stone Demons, and me Stone Demons¡ª all four types of Stone Demons were elite boss temtes, which annoyed him even more.
Why the hell did he only summon amon temte Stone Demon in the past, while the Boss could directly summon elite boss temtes?
He hadn¡¯t even gotten over this frustration when the next moment, the Necromancer Lord gave him a new surprise.
He saw the bastard wave his magic wand and a ghastly wind howled through the sky, then ten soul spirits appeared as if from out of nowhere!
Ten soul spirits with rare boss temtes!
¡°MMP! Isn¡¯t there an end to this? You think you¡¯re amazing just because you can summon a variety of things? Trypeting in quality! *flips table*¡±
Unable to endure it any longer, he cursed out loud.
But the surprises hadn¡¯t ended yet; after the soul spirits appeared, new creatures materialized to the left, right, front, and back of the Lord Boss¡ª Vampires!
Four Vampires with hero boss temtes!
¡°666, ying with my mind, huh? Dare you, summon the Bone Dragon!¡±
Convex(ܳÃóܳ)!
Skeletons, Zombies, these undead creatures seem frightening in number, but they are all fragile things.
What truly makes this Lord Boss powerful are only the four different types of Stone Demons, the ten soul spirits, and the four Vampires.
But what Zi Liyuan never expected was that the Boss didn¡¯t attack after summoning all the monsters; instead, he formed a circr formation and surrounded himself with it.
The eerie greenish ghost fire in his eye sockets flickered with a certain light, sprinkling out curses and supportive spells en masse, enhancing his summons once again.
¡°Damn, I thought you were getting ready to summon an undead sea to overwhelm me with sheer numbers, but you¡¯re setting up a defensive formation, huh?¡±
Summoned creatures like Skeletons and Zombies are all expendable, easily summoned again after they die, and at a very low cost too.
On the other hand, the dozen or so creatures with boss temtes represent a significant force, but sending them out to attack could easily lead to them being crushed by the tide of undead.
This Boss, however, kept these mini bosses close by to ensure its own safety, leaving attacking tactics to itself.
At LV61, the Lord Boss possessed all the skills of a Necromancer, and even mastered many other death-rted profession skills, which inflicted high damage. Certainly, a few of his single-target skills could instant-kill Zi Liyuan.
So immediately, Zi Liyuan took out a piece from his Spatial Backpack!
Sealing Spell Charm (Silver): Can seal 4 specific spells in a dungeon. Once the designated spells are determined, neither friend nor foe can use them within the dungeon, a one-time-use item. (Note: Can only be used in Third Order LV80 and below dungeons; only one Sealing Spell Charm can be used per dungeon!)
It was a ck charm, but where there should have been engraved letters, there was a nk space. One only needed to fill in the spells they wanted to seal with their Spirit, and the charm would activate.
Without hesitation, Zi Liyuan released his Spirit, and the first skill he carved in was Corpse Explosion Technique!
¡°Corpse Explosion Technique,¡± ¡°Bone Spear,¡± ¡°Aging,¡± ¡°Bone Soul,¡± he listed all four skills, and then activated the spiritual power within him.
The forbidden spiritual badge flickered with ayer of gray-ck light, then suddenly shattered into pieces, transforming the entire badge into an ephemeral tombstone that suppressed the whole copy space.
At this moment, Zi Liyuan opened his own skill column, and the originally highlighted ¡°Corpse Explosion Technique¡± and ¡°Bone Spear¡± had turned grey, with the word ¡®banned¡¯ appearing on them.
As for the skills ¡°Aging¡± and ¡°Bone Soul,¡± which were supposed to light up after reaching the Third Order, they too were greyed out and stamped with the word ¡°banned.¡±
¡°You thought you¡¯d instantly kill me with spells, huh? I¡¯ve banned your powerful lethal spells!¡±
¡°Corpse Explosion Technique¡± is an AOE skill that can clear arge area.
¡°Bone Spear¡± and ¡°Bone Soul¡± are both single-target lethal skills, with the former being the Necromancer¡¯s strongest single-target lethal skill and thetter a tracking lethal skill that ignores defense and magic resistance, attacking the spirit directly.
¡°Aging¡± is a curse spell that reduces all attributes. This thing is quite perverse; even Lao Tie would have his attributes reduced by at least 20% if he were stacked with such curses. If an ordinary creature were stacked with this curse, it would rapidly lose a massive amount of vitality, leading to a substantial decrease in all attributes, up to a terrifying 80%!
With these four skills banned, it was as if the Lord Boss¡¯s advantages had been directly nullified, and the entire battle dynamics would also change ordingly.
Originally, the Necromancer Lord intended to protect himself with an Undead army and rely on powerful lethal spells to boldly crush his enemies.
Now that his strongest means of killing had been nulled from the very start, he had no choice but to rely on the Undead army for causing harm and to grind down his opponent with a sea of Undead.
But would Zi Liyuan agree to slowly waste time with him?
Of course not!
A silver-quality forbidden spiritual badge cost him 100 million Dragon Coins, and that was through Wang Fu¡¯s use of an official internal channel to acquire the item, which also involved calling in favors!
Of course, the other party certainly didn¡¯t know they had made it onto the Great Xia Empire¡¯s protection list and that most issues rted to them were fast-tracked.
Wang Fu¡¯s application for the silver-quality forbidden spiritual badge didn¡¯t take much time at all. In fact, as soon as it was submitted, it was approved, the high efficiency of which naturally revealed a lot to the manager of the House of Copies.
Therefore, Wang Fu was also secretly pleased with himself for courting this step in the rtionship so correctly.
As for the follow-up between the two parties, he would definitely have the Wang family open the door of convenience for Zi Liyuan and also instructed his own son to genuinely befriend him or else he¡¯d be cut down upon returning home!
Watching the Necromancer Lord begin his strategic nning, Zi Liyuan didn¡¯t hesitate at all to grab his magic wand and start his own performance.
In the next instant, a hundred Zombie Bosses were summoned to his side.
This upied 400 points of his Soul Value, but 100 level-60 rare Zombie Bosses were much more formidable than the high-end forces opposite them.
But that wasn¡¯t all; a huge summoning array took shape around him as the center, ripping through the channel to the Netherworld in the overflow of death energy, as countless Skeleton Mages from the Netherworld quickly passed through the channel to appear by his side.
1,200 Skeleton Mages encircled him at the center, forming arge circr array, but leaving a five-meter-wide path directly in front of the Lord Boss.
Next came Zi Liyuan¡¯s tricky operation.
Monster corpses had been prepared in the Spatial Backpack, 1 set of 200 identical ordinary monster corpses, which he threw out as if they cost him nothing.
What followed was the pleasing sight of Undead troop explosions!
Chapter 159: 159: You Cant Heal a Wounded Soul without Touching a Size E Basketball
Chapter 159: You Can¡¯t Heal a Wounded Soul without Touching a Size E Basketball
The Netherworld Necromancer and the Zombie Bosses began their performance.
With the ¡°ck ck¡± of skeletons rising and the ¡°ergh ergh¡± of growling zombies, monster corpses turned into Skeleton Warriors or became ordinary Zombies, all uniformly at level 60!
Zi Liyuan had been grinding ¡°Beast Tide¡± for more than ten days, and it wasn¡¯t just for experience points.
After obtaining specific information about the changes in the Third Order Hero¡¯s job transfer quest from Wang Fu, he started formting a battle n, signaling the true Necromancer¡¯s arrival.
Every time he cleared a ¡°Beast Tide¡± instance, it was a massacre, but with the Zombie Bosses legion, nearly all the corpses in the instance were raised to be a new zombie army, though ultimately they were all annihted.
In the beginning, each six-hour grind sessionted him around 8 to 9 billion experience points, but with the infection of the corpse poison, each instance run could an additional 2 billion, reaching around 10 billion experience points per session.
However, during thest few instance runs, Zi Liyuan didn¡¯t use the Zombie Boss legion but instead began the massive undertaking of collecting corpses.
The many dozens of types of monsters in the ¡°Beast Tide¡± instance were numerous, but due to the sheer volume of monsters, corpses of the same type ofmon rare temte monster, unless missing limbs or in a shattered state, could generally be stacked and ced into the Spatial Backpack.
To smoothly pass the Third Order Hero job transfer instance, Zi Liyuan directly collected forty thousand corpses of rare monsters, a full 200 sets into his Spatial Backpack.
Although touching a corpse allowed him to store it in the Spatial Backpack, touching forty thousand bizarre corpses wasn¡¯t just distasteful, it also cast a dark shadow over his heart. Only by touching a Type-E basketball and feeling its softness through his hands could he possibly heal his wounded soul.
Ahem, back to the main topic.
Forty thousand monster corpsesid the foundation in the Spatial Backpack, and the Zombie Boss legion, along with the Netherworld Skeleton Mage legion, raised a vast army of the undead.
Within just a short amount of time, Zi Liyuan had amassed a legion of 12,000 Skeleton Warriors and a 28,000-strong Zombie army, all at a uniform level of 60.
When Lao Tie and the Demon Spider took the stage, the bnce of power on the battlefield saw a drastic and earth-shattering shift.
The Necromancer Lord Boss,manding an undead army totaling between 10,000 and 12,000, had high-end forcesprised of 4 Stone Demons (Elite Bosses), 10 Ghosts (Rare Bosses), and 4 Vampires (Hero Bosses).
Zi Liyuan¡¯s undead army numbered over 41,000, with high-end forces including 1 Hell Demon Puppet (Mutant Hero Boss), 1 Demon Spider (Epic Boss), and 100 Zombie Bosses (Rare Bosses).
The sh between the two forces was imminent.
Necromancer vs. Zi Liyuan
The two undead legions collided, and then a vast array of various curses and spells appeared within the Necromancer¡¯s camp.
With the curses and support spells taking effect, the overall strength of the undead army controlled by the Necromancer surged by over 30%.
The only pity was that even with a significant increase in strength, the Skeleton Warriors summoned by the Necromancer were still justmon temte monsters. Even if they went up one level, from Second Order to Third Order monsters, they were still no match for the level 60 elite temte Skeleton Warriors.
Moreover, Zi Liyuan wasn¡¯t to be trifled with. After his attack aura and Sinister Moon Aura covered the entire field, the boost he gained was only slightly less than that of the Necromancer Lord Boss, and that was without him using any curses or support spells.
As for the high-end forces, both sides remained calm, not engaging in a direct melee at the outset. Instead, they protected their masters, each wary of the other making a sneaky move.
Even with some powerful skills sealed, Zi Liyuan remained vignt. After all, with the Necromancer Boss possessing skills from three branches and unknown abilities, who knew if he had a devastating damage skill hidden up his sleeve, that could result in an instant death, and wasn¡¯t that a game over?
He still had Xiao Yurou and the four sisters to train! He hadn¡¯t even personally touched the long, ck legs of his lucky goddess wife! And there were plenty more happy times he hadn¡¯t enjoyed enough!
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So how could I get caught in a ce like this?
Hold on! Don¡¯t recklessly charge in! Caution will make youst forever!
So, after summoning the Demon Spider, Zi Liyuan ced it in front of him to block the Necromancer Lord¡¯s line of sight.
A super meat shield with 3000W health points, isn¡¯t that what it¡¯s used for?
If it can¡¯t see, your targeted spells won¡¯t work well, and any ordinary spells will only hit the Demon Spider in front.
Perfect!
As for Lao Tie, Zi Liyuan dared not send him alone to face off against the boss; after all, Lao Tie didn¡¯t have enough health. Even though he now had a shield skill and could withstand a total of 400W in damage with his shield, Zi Liyuan still feared idents.
In this battle, Lao Tie was the main damage dealer for the boss, wasn¡¯t he!
However, before even dealing with the boss, the situation on the battlefield changed.
The Necromancer Lord began causing trouble.
Raising its bone staff, it condensed bone spikes and then, like a Heavenly Maiden scattering flowers, shot them into the battling undead army, causing arge number of ¡°-6000¡± magic damage numbers to appear.
Fourteen bone spikes a second, like a machine gun, continuously shot into the ranks of the undead, smashing skeleton warriors to pieces upon impact.
¡°Damn it!¡±
The base damage of the bone spike skill was extremely low, starting at 10 + 20% magic damage bonus, and with each level increase, the base damage would go up by 10 + 5% magic damage bonus, while the spiritual power cost would increase by 10 points.
For Zi Liyuan, this skill waspletely useless, with its damage being too low to be of any use.
But you can¡¯t ignore that the Necromancer is a Lord Boss, right?
At LV61, it had a massive 8000 points in magic damage, so when it used the bone spike skill, it could do over 6000 magic damage per spike, which was terrifying.
¡°Damn it, a trash skill in the hands of a boss suddenly bes a superb mob-clearing move?!¡±
ncing at his own 1923 magic damage, Zi Liyuan quickly calcted the damage, and his bone spikes could deal around 1500+ magic damage each.
However, looking at the skeletons and zombies summoned by the boss, he could instantly kill the skeleton warriors and elemental skeletons, but not the zombies, which had high defense and health.
And there was an even bigger problem, which was the consumption of spiritual power. The boss had a whopping 8000W in spiritual power, exponentially stronger in terms of endurance than him.
¡°Fine, you slowly grind down the minions, let¡¯s see who has the higher output! My Skeleton Mages, cast ¡®Death Withering¡¯ on the ground!¡±
1200 Skeleton Mages, under Zi Liyuan¡¯s control, mmed their spell down behind the undead army.
With Skeleton Summoning at LV15, the Skeleton Mages had 260 magic damage, and ¡®Death Withering¡¯ could cover an area of 25 meters, dealing 200% magic damage per second over 15 seconds, with a cooldown time of 30 seconds.
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Chapter 160: 160: The Power of Money Strikes, Arranging the BOSS Clearly and Explicitly!
Chapter 160: The Power of Money Strikes, Arranging the BOSS Clearly and Explicitly!
A Death Decay spell was cast, and within a 25-meter radius, it inflicted 400+ magic damage every second,sting for 15 seconds.
The total damage caused by this skill exceeded 6000+, which wasparable to the Bone Teethe spell the BOSS flung out.
In 15 seconds, the BOSS could kill 210 Skeleton Warriors with its Bone Teeth.
But on Zi Liyuan¡¯s side, there were a whopping 1200 Shadowy Skeleton Mages, each casting Death Decay; in the middle of the BOSS¡¯s Undead Army, countless areas became barren with white bones.
Zombies had high health and couldn¡¯t be insta-killed by the first wave of skills, but Skeleton Warriors were fragile, and even with elemental resistance skills boosting their Magical Resistance, they still could not escape their fate as cannon fodder.
So, as a round of Death Decay smashed down, innumerable gaps appeared in the BOSS¡¯s Undead Army, leaving behind mounds of bones on the ground, indicating that seconds before, the area had been crowded with skeletons.
As for the Elemental Skeleton Summoning, which Zi Liyuan had long abandoned¡ªthe skeletons that could only cast trivial spells like Shadowme, Ice Arrow, and Poison Arrow didn¡¯t even deserve to be called Skeleton Mages. In such a massive Undead Army battle, they didn¡¯t even have a ce as cannon fodder.
The Elemental Skeletons summoned by the BOSS were even less impressive than the Skeleton Warriors and died even sooner; what could they do, being even more fragile than the Skeleton Warriors?
¡°You want topete in Undead Armies? Let¡¯s see you put your head on the line!¡±
With a mocking gaze at the frenziedly flickering spectral fire in the Necromancer¡¯s eyes, Zi Liyuan quietly locked on with his Spirit, using Death¡¯s Gaze to scout, and fired two Shadow Arrows, one after the other.
The two arrows, like fiery meteors racing across the battlefield, carried a vast amount of death energy, and struck the paired Ghost Spirits from the left and right.
The violent surge of death energy immediately eroded the Ghost Spirits¡¯ ephemeral soul forms, tearing at their spirits.
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With a piercing shriek, the two rare Boss Ghost Spirits burst into countless soul fragments, and then, the next moment, vanished without a trace.
Insta-killed!
This stealth attack was unexpectedly profitable!
Zi Liyuan¡¯s Level 15 Shadow Arrow had an explosive damage of 1.63 million+, and with the set bonus replicating it, it was a powerful finishing move.
Originally, Zi Liyuan intended to stealth attack and kill a Vampire, but since the four Vampires were standing by the BOSS, and the BOSS was guarded by a Bone Shield, he was afraid that the Bone Shield would automatically defend during the stealth attack. Thus, he aimed at the two Ghost Spirits on the outer perimeter instead.
The attack was far from over, as Zi Liyuan targeted the BOSS¡¯s location once again, releasing the skill ¡°Shadow Arrow Rain¡± after a short countdown.
This somewhat tricky skill, upon reaching Level 15, could fire 18 Shadow Arrows at once, each dealing a staggering 80,000+ damage. The resulting targeted assault was incredibly dense.
And this time, the attack¡¯s targets weren¡¯t the BOSS, but rather the other eight Ghost Spirits and four Stone Demon Puppets it had summoned.
With this wave of attacks, both the Ghost Spirits and Stone Demons suffered injuries, with their health mostly depleted by a quarter.
Yet, this wasn¡¯t enough; apanied by Lao Tie and the Man-Faced Demon Spider, Zi Liyuan broke through the defenses of the skeletons and zombies, reaching the forefront of the battle and colliding head-on with the enemy Undead Army.
As Zi Liyuan advanced, the BOSS hesitated not a bit to lead the mini-bosses in retreat and started replenishing its Skeleton Cannon Fodder losses.
As one side continuously moved forward topress the space while the other rapidly retreated to replenish its cannon fodder troops, the confrontation between the two forces eventually forced the BOSS into a corner with nowhere to run, surrounded by the Undead Army controlled by Zi Liyuan with no room to spare.
¡°Without the depth of the battlefield, the summons you call forth won¡¯t even have a ce to stand. If you continue to summon, the summoned creatures will be rejected by the rule of force to the outside of the current battlefield.¡±
Without the sweeping spell Corpse Explosion Technique, the BOSS dreaming of quickly clearing Zi Liyuan¡¯s summoned Undead Army was nothing but wishful thinking.
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As for the same AOE skills ¡°Toxic Burst¡± and ¡°Toxic Nova,¡± these two Necromancer skills are useless against Skeletons and Zombies that are not afraid of poison.
If the BOSS were to use these two skills directly against Zi Liyuan himself, it wouldn¡¯t matter either, as he had prepared a full set of 200 antidote potions.
Let¡¯s see if they can make him overdose on potions!
After cornering the BOSS, Zi Liyuan once again took out a scroll from his Spatial Backpack and tore it open without hesitation.
A light yellow eggshell-shaped shield enclosed him.
A Third Order protective scroll, with a shield value as high as 300 million,sting for 5 minutes, worth 500 million apiece¡ªhe carried 20 of them on him!
It¡¯s just a small target of Dragon Coins, how could that be more important than his own life? Just a drop in the bucket.
Having the power of money, rtionshipworks, and urate intelligence, if he couldn¡¯t handle this BOSS neatly, he¡¯d be a fool!
Zi Liyuan waved his hand grandly, and Lao Tie and the Demon Spider, one on the left and one on the right, charged towards the cornered Necromancer Lord.
Forcefully facing off in a fierce kill!
As for his own safety, with the shield and 100 Zombie BOSSes surrounding him, what was there to fear?
Murky green light dots suddenly converged beneath Zi Liyuan¡¯s feet, and the next second, a ¡°boom¡± erupted, instantly contaminating a twenty-meter radius with a massive amount of toxins.
The light yellow eggshell became tinged with light green from the murky toxins, and numerous cracks appeared on the shield; 22 million of the shield¡¯s 300 million value were whittled away in an instant.
But that wasn¡¯t the end; the massive murky green brilliance appeared once again, and in an instant, the continuous booming explosions were deafening, causing Zi Liyuan¡¯s ears to throb with pain.
The recently turned light green eggshell flickered under the barrage of explosions, with even more cracks spreading across the shield.
The 300 million shield value, like a floodgate opened, began to deplete wildly, and when the explosion sounds ceased, only 157 million remained.
¡°I knew it, that guy definitely had a trump card up his sleeve, but I didn¡¯t expect ¡®Toxic Burst¡¯ and ¡®Toxic Nova¡¯ to be capable of causing such massive explosive damage.¡±
These two spells managed to knock off more than 140 million of the shield value; charging in recklessly would¡¯ve been suicidal.
While inwardlymenting the boss¡¯s cunning, Zi Liyuan took out another shield scroll from his Spatial Backpack, ready to shield himself again at any moment.
¡°Come on, keep hitting me, I want to see how Lao Tie and the Demon Spider crush you to death!¡±
Lao Tie has terrifying attributes, but not much health, virtually ignoring the damage from the monsters around him¡ªit¡¯s only when the Vampire uses a skill that it can break through his defense, causing a bit of damage, but not as fast as he regenerates from sucking blood.
The Demon Spider might not have Lao Tie¡¯s terrifying attributes, but you can¡¯t ignore the massive health boost from the Epic Boss temte¡ª30 million health, even longer than that of the Necromancer Lord.
The difficulty of killing the Demon Spider is not at all low.
Watching the Shadows and Vampires bypassing Lao Tie and the Demon Spider, Zi Liyuan took out an Array te calmly.
¡°Fly? Fly your freaking ass! Lie down and fight me hand-to-hand!¡±
Activated by the Spiritual Power, the Array te emitted a pale blue wave of light that swept across all directions.
Suddenly, a square blue space box, with Zi Liyuan at the center, descended from above and sealed off the airspace in a hundred-meter radius!
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Chapter 161: 161: A Wave of Fat, Strength of Five Heroic Bosses!
Chapter 161: A Wave of Fat, Strength of Five Heroic Bosses!
Forbidden Air Array te (Silver): Consumes one intermediate-level Spiritual Power crystal to activate the Forbidden Air Array Pattern, sealing the airspace within a radius of one hundred meters for 30 minutes. (Note: Only effective against heroes or lower BOSS temte monsters.)
Zi Liyuan always kept this handy device in his Spatial Backpack as a precaution against the significant threat of flying monsters, which are difficult to defend against due to the scarcity of countermeasures. Unexpectedly, it became useful at this very moment.
However, the device was not cheap; it cost him 200 Dragon Coins, but the biggest expense was the Spiritual Power crystals.
The item was purely consumable: each crystal could only power the array te for 30 minutes. Once the Spiritual Power within the crystal was depleted, it would shatter and need to be reced with a new one.
An intermediate-level Spiritual Power crystal cost 10 Dragon Coins each, and Zi Liyuan had purchased a hundred of them as a reserve.
Watching the spectre and vampire crash onto the ground with a ¡°smack¡± as if hitting an iron wall, Zi Liyuan¡¯s eyes gleamed with a yful malice.
¡°Thinking you could attack me directly by flying? Naive! Zombie bosses, it¡¯s feeding time~!¡±
Rare Zombie Bosses VS Spectres + Vampires
100 VS 12
If not now, when would be a better time to swarm them?
And how could Zi Liyuan simply watch the show unfold?
With a raise of his hand, he threw two Shadow Arrows, and under the guidance of the Spirit, a streak of gray-ck light shed by.
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Two frightening damage values burst forth in session; after letting out a mournful scream, a vampire exploded into a sky full of bat corpses, plunging to the ground like dumplings and dead beyond any doubt.
The level 61 Vampire, a hero BOSS temte with 3 million health points, was instantly killed under the attack of two Shadow Arrows.
¡°The base summons of Death-ss professionals are indeed weaklings. It just remains to be seen whether the Bone Dragon can take the hits or not.¡±
After annihting one vampire, Zi Liyuan aimed at the other three, and under the lock of the Spirit, he cast Shadow Arrow Rain.
Eighteen Shadow Arrows, dense as rain, shot out furiously.
The vampires, stripped of their ability to fly, were slowed down. Being besieged by a Zombie Boss, where could they find the space to dodge?
The dark energy within each Shadow Arrow continuously battered and eroded the vampires¡¯ lives.
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Damage values exceeding 80,000 kept bursting above the heads of the three vampires, their health plummeting, cumtively suffering 1.45 million damage.
But it didn¡¯t end there. Shadow ze, Shadow Burn, Shadow Sacrifice¡ a series of shadow fire spells rained down madly on the three vampires.
These spells were all shadow fire-based, belonging to universal skills that dealt slightly lower damage. However, Zi Liyuan had leveled them up to LV15.
Originally these skills were acquired to diversify his tactics a bit. Ultimately, he nned to use a Necromancer Profession Skill Fusion Scroll to merge and mutate the abilities.
Employing them at this moment, they still caused substantial damage.
Furthermore, the cooldown time for Shadow Arrow was only 30 seconds. By cycling this skill into the rotation, he could perfectlypensate for any insufficiency in the damage from other spells.
With the Zombie Boss legion swarming in, and Zi Liyuan casting various spells in rapid session, the lifeblood of the spectres and vampires began to plummet wildly.
Meanwhile, on another part of the battlefield, it was just as one-sided, an utter rout.
The Demon Spider, taking the fight head-on, shed out countless de shadows with its two arm-des, each strikending on the Necromancer.
Lao Tie went straight for the rear, the spikes on his iron fists, with their ferocious power, continuously piercing into the Lord Boss¡¯s body, crushing countless bones beneath its robe.
All eight of its leg spikes were also busy, transforming into eight residual shadows, frantically stabbing at the Boss¡¯s skeleton head.
A skill to split armor, a skill to bisect, frenzied slicing¡ one after another, skills burst forth unabated, leaving the Necromancer powerless to defend and only able to endure the brutal assault.
As for the four Stone Demons guarding by the Boss¡¯s side, they were standing like door gods, simply watching their master being abused without being able to do anything.
It could only be said that Lao Tie and the Demon Spider were too much for the four elite Boss-temte Stone Demons to shake.
The Necromancer was naturally not going to just wait for death; it threw out curses and other spells with negative effects as if they cost nothing.
Despite weakening Lao Tie and the Demon Spider¡¯s attributes by a full 30%, they could still only take hits.
They couldn¡¯tpete in high-endbat power, couldn¡¯tpete with the Undead army, had their field-clearing ultimate techniques sealed, and their high-power spells disabled. After failing to kill instantly, the only thing waiting for this Necromancer was a dead end.
[Killed Necromancer (LV61, Lord Boss), experience +200W]
[Congrattions to the yer forpleting the Third Order Silver Hero ss Change Dungeon, level lock resolved.]
[Congrattions to the yer for using Hero Boss blood to activate andplete the Third Order Silver Hero ss Change Dungeon, an additional +20% base attribute enhancement received (stackable with simr rewards).]
[Congrattions to the yer for sessfully advancing to the third ss, forpleting the Third Order Silver Hero ss Change Dungeon, and for receiving Necromancer Profession Skill Fusion Scroll x1, Zombie Heart (Silver) x1, Spectre Heart (Silver), Blood Race Heart (Silver) x1, Corpse Witch Heart (Silver) x1, Fear Heart (Silver) x1.]
A series of system prompt sounds kept ringing in Zi Liyuan¡¯s ears as he looked at the defeated Necromancer, feeling quite pleased.
And following the death of the Lord Boss, all the monsters it had summoned were swiftly enveloped by ayer of deathly energy and the next moment, sent back to theherworld.
¡°Very good, this advancement¡¯s rewards are finally not so stingy.¡±
He was toozy to check his level unlock; instead, he opened his Spatial Backpack right away to look at the rewards he had received.
He had already used a Skill Fusion Scroll once and, although it was a nice treasure for him, he skipped over it and looked at the other items instead.
Zombie Heart (Silver): When used on a zombie, it grants the zombie a Silver Hero Boss temte, evolving it into a Zombie King, with a level that stays consistent with the host.
Spectre Heart (Silver): When used on a spectre, it grants the spectre a Silver Hero Boss temte, evolving it into a Phantom King, with a level that stays consistent with the host.
Blood Race Heart (Silver): When used on a vampire, it grants the vampire a Silver Hero Boss temte, evolving it into a Blood Race Ghost King, with a level that stays consistent with the host.
Corpse Witch Heart (Silver): When used on a Corpse Witch, it grants the Corpse Witch a Silver Hero Boss temte, evolving it into a Wraith Mage King, with a level that stays consistent with the host.
Fear Heart (Silver): When used on a Dread Knight, it grants the Dread Knight a Silver Hero Boss temte, evolving it into a Dread Knight King, with a level that stays consistent with the host.
¡°Well done, really well done. Apart from the Bone Dragon, this is aplete set of standard summonables for the Death-ss upations. Suddenly gaining five Hero Boss powers is thrilling!¡±
With high-end powerhouses like Lao Tie and the Demon Spider, but ack of mid-tier power, as long as he could get the summoning skills for these types of summons, he would immediately have the strength of five Hero Bosses.
This was a temporary solution to the gap in mid-tier power; no longer would he have to make do with a mishmash of rare Zombie Boss legions.
Chapter 162: 162: Strength Surges, Level Soars to LV80, Fourth Order Job Change Quest News
Chapter 162: Strength Surges, Level Soars to LV80, Fourth Order Job Change Quest News
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: Zi Liyuan
: LV80 (920 million/4200X2, level cap in ce)
: Necromancer (Third Order, basic attributes enhanced by +60%)
: Star of Fortune (Orange)
: Physique 1479, Spirit 2149, Spiritual Power 1785
: Health 181658, Spiritual Energy 217770, Physical Damage +1639, Magic Damage +2469, Physical Resistance +1848, Magical Resistance +2686, Movement Speed +120%, Casting Speed +25%, level of all mastered skills +1
: Huaxia Empire¡¯s 9th Set of Broadcast Exercises (White) LV9 (MAX)
: Weaver¡¯s Mage Set (weapon, clothes, shoes, helmet, belt, trousers), essories (Totem Ne, Totem Ring, Queen¡¯s Seduction, Queen¡¯s Temptation), Spider Queen¡¯s Evil Moon Gloves (hands), Shadow Pauldrons (shoulders)
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: Nether Crystal Core (Multicolored), Blood Rune Evil Bags (Silver) X50, etc¡
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Over a billion experience points were poured in, shooting his level straight to LV80 and expanding his spatial backpack slot by 10 slots; he directly threw in 10 blood rune evil bags, adding another 1000 slots to his backpack space.
Satisfied, he nced over his attribute panel, then his gaze shifted to the skill bar.
With the 20-level increase, all skills could be upgraded by 4 levels, which also meant a significant boost in the power of his skills.
Watching the rapidly dwindling experience points in his experience pool drop from 920 million to 80 million, Zi Liyuan felt utterly screwed.
¡°Damn it! Just upgrading all the necromancer skills once, plus there are over a hundred general skills yet to be upgraded, and it¡¯s already consumed so much experience. No wonder the majority of practitioners focus on a few core skills and only supplementarily upgrade others as needed.¡±
The experience consumption was too great!
Every day, he worked tirelessly farming dungeons for experience, only for the Third Order job change quest to skyrocket his level, revertly entirely back to square one.
This was utterly frustrating.
¡°I still have to go buy skill fusion and variation scrolls, or else all those general skills are going to go to waste.¡±
Cursing the unreliable experience needed for skill upgrades, Zi Liyuan could only helplessly close the attribute panel. Out of sight, out of mind, he then left the job change instance.
¡°Brother Zi, congrattions on the sessful job change, this is something my father asked me to give you.¡±
Wang Tie had been waiting outside the job change room for a while, and as soon as he saw Zi Liyuane out, he immediately greeted him and handed him a document.
¡°Where¡¯s Uncle Wang? What¡¯s this thing?¡±
Taking the document casually, Zi Liyuan asked offhandedly and then pulled out the contents from the file.
It was a piece of intelligence on the Fourth Order job change mission.
¡°Old man¡¯s gone to a meeting. He said once you¡¯ve finished with this document, burn it. Don¡¯t let its contents leak out to the outside world.¡±
¡°Alright, thank my Uncle Wang for me.¡±
Looking at the document in hand, Zi Liyuan was momentarily stunned.
The job change missions from First to Third Order had a maximum difficulty of only silver hero level, but he hadn¡¯t expected that the Fourth Order job change mission offered the option to select up to a golden Lord Level difficulty.
Moreover, the information stated that you could use a vial of Epic Boss blood to induce a mutation and enhancement in the golden Lord Level difficulty, creating an epic job change BOSS, but with extreme difficulty.
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Even the direct descendants of the four royal families would need to pay a tremendous price to solo an Epic Boss for ss advancement, and the sess rate would not exceed 20%.
At the same time, this dossier also listed a long inventory of items that could help one pass the job advancement dungeon.
A mere dozen or so items amounted to a total value of up to 5 billion Dragon Coins, and acquiring them wasn¡¯t just a matter of money!
¡°It seems that I¡¯ll be stuck at LV80 for a short period.¡±
The harder the job advancement task, the greater the benefits obtained after passing, especially the final fourth-order job advancement task.
Zi Liyuan, of course, wouldn¡¯t give up the chance to strengthen his foundation, so challenging the Epic Boss for ss advancement was imperative.
¡°That¡¯s fine, I can first cultivate a batch of Undead Bosses, and then there¡¯s the Necro Realm outdoors. It¡¯s said that there are Bone Dragons within, and I should be able to acquire dragon bones and Dragon Souls.¡±
As for the items on the list, if I acquire several more Lord¡¯s Hearts, wouldn¡¯t I be able to trade for them?
Besides, for the transaction with No. 2, if I want her to sign a Boundary Sea Contract with me, it will cost quite a few Lord¡¯s Hearts.
And, helping Xiao Yurou recruit Mechanic subordinates can also be done using Lord¡¯s Hearts as bargaining chips.
¡°Brother Zi, do you think I have the strength to pass the Dragon Academy¡¯s assessment now?¡±
While Zi Liyuan was contemting, Wang Tie rubbed his plump face and asked hesitantly.
¡°Have youpletely mastered the custom-made exoskeleton closebat armor for you?¡±
In the course of ten days or so, the two of them had gotten along well. To incur Wang Fu¡¯s gratitude, Zi Liyuan had used Wang Tie¡¯s body measurements to have Shen Yurou make a suit of armor that increased movement speed by 200%.
Naturally, there was a trade-off, as this suit of armor was excellent in speed, but horriblycking in other attributes.
But, Wang Tie himself was a Beast Tamer and inherently a human support unit. His offensive power relied entirely on his pets, so the best equipment for him was whatever could ensure he wouldn¡¯t be caught and killed by monsters.
¡°Of course! I didn¡¯t expect Brother Zi to get such powerful equipment. Ever since I¡¯ve gotten used to it, my dad hasn¡¯t had the chance to catch and beat me anymore.¡±
As soon as this topic came up, Wang Tie wasn¡¯t sleepy anymore and immediately became energized, chattering nonstop.
¡°Good heavens, how scared are you four brothers of your dad, anyway?¡±
Wang Fu had four sons and four daughters, naming his sons after the metals: gold, silver, copper, and iron, whom Zi Liyuan had already met once. Every time they mentioned their father, all of them looked fearful.
The daughters were named after the four beauties of China: plum, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum. Conversely, these four daughters adored their father, and their faces only showed happiness when speaking of him.
The sons were strictly disciplined, beaten from childhood and left with psychological shadows.
The daughters, doted on to the skies, had all their wishes granted and could receive anything they asked for.
In Zi Liyuan¡¯s words, sons are like bonus gifts with a phone recharge, while daughters are darling little cotton-padded jackets, lovers from a past life.
¡°As long as you¡¯re skilled with the Mecha, and the 25 Hero Bosses you¡¯ve trained are wellmanded, passing the assessment won¡¯t be a problem. However, I suggest that you¡¯re not in a hurry. It¡¯s better toplete the Second Order Hero ss advancement task first, trying to level up as much as possible before going to Dragon Academy.¡±
Wang Tie, this fatty, had already reached LV40, but he hadn¡¯t attempted the Second Order ss advancement task and was thus stuck at that level.
Mostly, it was because he had managed to obtain a whopping 25 Hero Boss pet eggs from Zi Liyuan. Training these 25 pets to his level had consumed a significant amount of experience points.
¡°All right, with Brother Zi¡¯s word, now I have confidence.¡±
Admiration shone in Wang Tie¡¯s eyes.
His own father had tried everything, yet hadn¡¯t managed to get a single Hero Boss level monster egg. In contrast, Brother Zi had given him 25 in a matter of days.
That¡¯s just outrageous!
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Chapter 163: 163: The Despondent Panda Tuanzi
Chapter 163: The Despondent Panda Tuanzi
Capital¡¯s northern Transference Hall.
Compared to the Transference Halls of other districts, this ce did not seem as bustling. The reasony in its proximity to Dragon Academy; the majority of those living here were from estates established by elite families.
Common professional workers seldom came here, which led to the official Transference Hall experiencing less foot traffic.
In the Transference Hall with hardly a few people, five girls arrived, as beautiful as celestial beings.
Shen Yurou, leading the four Fan sisters, had brushed through numerous copies over these past several days, diligently transforming the four sisters, who usually spent most of their time in alchemybs, into copy-ying goddesses.
True copy-ying goddesses, with all sorts of firearms headshots and all kinds of blind sting, creating scenes of unparalleled gore.
¡°The resources you earned on your own barely got you through the elite difficulty for the First Order transference copy, making your foundation slightly inferior to those geniuses.
To make up for the gap in foundations, topete with the chosen sons of heaven, you mustplete the heroic difficulty transference next.
Over these days, I¡¯ve taught you everything I could, and Li Yuan has prepared plenty of life-saving items and tools necessary for passing.
You don¡¯t want to be a burden to Li Yuan and force him to give up on you, do you?¡±
Whether they show spirit or not is a matter of action. If these four didn¡¯t dare to attempt the heroic difficulty transference, then Shen Yurou would not bother with them anymore.
She helped once, giving them hope to catch up. If they did not show initiative and failed to keep up, she had no time for sideshows.
¡°Don¡¯t worry, Sister Yurou. We sisters won¡¯t be a burden to Li Yuan!¡±
Fan Yuer¡¯s eyes were filled with determination, especially after witnessing Shen Yurou¡¯s strength¡ªthey didn¡¯t want to be outdone.
They didn¡¯t want Zi Liyuan to abandon them outright after entering the Sea of Realms.
Having escaped the control of the Fan Family with difficulty, they also wanted to maximize their own value. Perhaps they couldn¡¯t match Shen Yurou individually, but collectively, the four sisters couldn¡¯t be that far off, right?
¡°Let¡¯s hope so.¡±
Shen Yurou then mumbled perfunctorily before heading toward the window by herself.
¡°Second Order transference task, selecting silver heroic difficulty. Here are my documents, ID card, and bank card.¡±
The staff member took the documents, quickly operated the machine, verified her identity, and deducted the fee to open the transference copy.
In less than a minute, the attendant handed back a list, ID card, and bank card to Shen Yurou.
¡°Room 001 on the third floor, there¡¯s a service person waiting upstairs, just go straight up.¡±
Shen Yurou nodded her head, took her things, and directly headed for the elevator to the third floor.
The four Fan sisters approached the window with solemn expressions, likewise handing over their documents, ID cards, and bank cards.
¡°Second Order transference task, selecting silver heroic difficulty.¡±
Taking a deep breath, the four received their own items and headed toward the elevator with grave expressions.
¡°Big sister, back then we identally entered a Secret Realm for resources, and we still made it out alive. Now with Li Yuan¡¯s and Yurou¡¯s help, we can certainly pass the heroic difficulty transference copy!¡±
¡°That¡¯s right, the training these days has made us strong too, and the Boss¡¯s strength for life profession transference is much weaker than that forbat professions.¡±
¡°Let¡¯s do it! We will definitely seed in passing!¡±
The four sisters encouraged each other through their mental link while also sharing how to use various items.
¡°In this world, where strength is revered, we may be living as vocational workers, but that doesn¡¯t make us weak, Xiao Yurou is the best example of that. So we will definitely seed in clearing the hero difficulty quest for ss change!¡±
Nodding her head, Fan Yuer¡¯s expression became determined as ever.
This was the path she chose, and she would walk it unwaveringly, even if it meant being shattered to pieces, she wouldn¡¯t give up!
As sisters who shared a deep psychic connection, the rest of the three naturally felt the eldest sister¡¯s resolve, and under the influence, they too firmed their own beliefs.
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Dragon Academy.
Zhu Wu¡¯s tyrannical hammer smashed the head of a LV60 Lord Boss, flicking off the blood beads clinging to his golden hammer, while casting an indifferent nce towards Li Fengwen who was grilling meat for Tuanzi on the side.
On the other side, Liu Shengnan held the Halberd with both hands, striking down a LV60 bear Lord Boss into the ground as if it were a mere stake.
The nearby minions and smaller bosses were all frozen into lifelike ice sculptures, struggling mightily to break free from the icy shackles.
Ying Xueji, holding the fate of the panda Tuanzi by the nape of its neck, continuously stroked its soft and plush fur with one hand.
¡°Sister Ying¡¯s control over ice is really meticulous, and she can even manipte the surrounding temperature; it seems like your talent has advanced, hasn¡¯t it?¡±
Li Fengwen, sitting next to the grill, skillfully handled various exquisite ingredients with both hands.
¡°It¡¯s useless, still can¡¯t beat that freak,¡± Ying Xueji said, itching with annoyance when she thought of how she was dominated during the trial quest, forced into signing a humiliating pact.
Unfortunately, even though she had reached Third Order LV60 and had advanced her own talent to a higher level, she still had no confidence in supressing that abnormality.
¡°That¡¯s a monster, a freak who broke Dragon Academy¡¯s records at LV45 once in a century. Why botherparing yourself to him? If you still can¡¯t swallow your pride, isn¡¯t there someone else who will trouble him?¡±
The meat Li Fengwen just finished cooking, not even having a chance to feed his own panda Tuanzi, ended up in Zhu Wu¡¯s hands in the blink of an eye.
¡°So, are you intentionally egging on those Ancient Noble Family descendants to give him trouble during the academy initiation?¡±
Having snatched Li Fengwen¡¯s grilled meat, Zhu Wu¡¯s eyes showed disdain, but his mouth was unapologetically rude.
¡°If we can¡¯t beat him, at least we can make life difficult for him. Besides, those second-year big six aren¡¯t easy targets. Let that freak give them a psychological shadow, it¡¯ll save us a lot of trouble, won¡¯t it?¡±
¡°This scheme of using someone else¡¯s knife to kill, you y it real smooth; just don¡¯t end up getting beaten up by that freak again.¡±
Liu Shengnan came over with a bear paw in hand, tossing it to Li Fengwen.
¡°I hear you¡¯re quite the cook, a promising talent for a chef. Help me out with these two bear paws, will you?¡±
¡°A man can be killed but cannot be humiliated! I, a noble prince of the royal blood¡ Sister, put down that Halberd, we¡¯re still friends. It¡¯s just preparing a pair of bear paws, right? Friends should help each other out, shouldn¡¯t they?¡±
Seeing the sharp point of the Halberd aimed right at his forehead, and especially the dry blood and flesh on it, Li Fengwen weed it with a very heartfelt smile.
¡°Sister Ying, didn¡¯t you say that Number Two woulde? We¡¯ve waited a whole day and not even a ghost of a shadow has been seen.¡±
Having put away the Halberd, Liu Shengnan unceremoniously sat down next to Ying Xueji, directly grabbing the despondent panda Tuanzi¡¯s face and started kneading it.
¡°For one stroke of this treasure of mine, one spiritual power crystal, cash on delivery. No stalling or welching on the deal, or this treasure of mine will goin to the animal protection association for the abuse of such a cute and adorable creature!¡±
With its face kneaded out of shape, the despondent panda Tuanzi stated its stroking terms as ity t, indicating that it had given up on this life altogether.
Chapter 164: 164: Number Two, who holds a grudge, vows to set the Yasukuni Divine Latrine on fire!
Chapter 164: Number Two, who holds a grudge, vows to set the Yasukuni Divine Latrine on fire!
In the deep mountains somewhere in Shenglong State.
Number Two sat, cross-legged, with a grim expression, in a cave by the edge of a cliff.
¡°Damn Wokou Onmyoji! They can actually locate me through bloodline tracking. I¡¯ve suffered a huge loss this time.¡±
Number Two looked at a puppet doll on the ground, broken into dozens of pieces, with anger on her face, but worry as well.
Since escaping from the martial trial instance, she had avoided the heretical sect¡¯s surveince by using more than a dozen puppet dolls crafted in her likeness to escape, leading her to Shenglong State.
Unexpectedly, within just a few days, over a dozen puppet dolls were lost, and her whereabouts were mysteriously exposed.
To shake off her pursuers, she kept creating new puppet dolls while fleeing into the wild and deep forests of the mountains.
However, if she stayed in one ce for more than an hour, she would definitely be detected by the trackers, who would quickly close in on her.
Being hunted down in Shenglong State for over ten days finally led her to deduce the method of her pursuers¡¯ tracking.
They were pinpointing her location through a blood magic curse, using her own blood.
To get rid of them, she had to either mask her bloodline aura or destroy the blood samples they had obtained from her.
The former was impossible for her; after awakening her Bloodline Power, she could control her own bloodline and even use it to help others awaken, but she just couldn¡¯t conceal her bloodline aura.
As for thetter, she was equally incapable; after all, her current strength resided in her auxiliary abilities, with weak offensive power. Unless she was given time to inscribe a formation, attempting to destroy her blood sample in enemy hands was akin to delivering herself to death¡¯s door.
¡°Escaping these past days, I¡¯ve noticed they¡¯veid many ambushes in the direction of the capital. If I want to enter the capital, I must avoid this area.¡±
But with just an hour before the enemy could locate her again, there wasn¡¯t enough time to take a detour.
¡°Damn it, looks like I¡¯ll have to deplete my Bloodline Power to create a bloodline puppet doll and lead the pursuers away. This really is a terrible loss!¡±
Grinding her teeth in secret, Number Two¡¯s eyes zed with fury as she pulled out a blood-red puppet doll from her Spatial Backpack.
¡°Ying Xueji, you better not screw me over. If thepensation isn¡¯t enough to make up for the depletion of my bloodline, I¡¯ll have no choice but to sell myself to Zi Liyuan.¡±
Just the thought of that alluring devil, and how he managed a 1V4, pinning Li Fengwen and his group to the ground for a beating, even forcing a Covenant Under the City, made the corners of Number Two¡¯s mouth twitch into an involuntary smirk.
What a big sap Devil, even daring to promise to cover all her Bloodline Advancement¡¯s Lord¡¯s Hearts in the future, as long as she signed the Boundary Sea Contract.
Given that a Lord¡¯s Heart is absolutely priceless on Blue Star, the number of Lord¡¯s Hearts she would need to advance her bloodline wasn¡¯t as simple as one or two¡ªit was dozens, perhaps hundreds!
¡°I¡¯ve finallye across such a foolhardy devil; if I get out of this, I¡¯m willing to be yours!¡±
Number Two mmed her palm on her chest, and with a fiery passionate pout, a mouthful of blood spurted out, sshing onto the blood-red puppet doll.
Then, holding the puppet doll with both hands, the Bloodline Power inside her surged, condensing into inscriptions that rapidly burrowed into the body of the doll.
The puppet doll, originally norger than a palm, began to elongate and grow as the inscriptions infused into it, slowly transforming into the likeness of Number Two.
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¡°With 99% of my Bloodline Power injected into this Bloodline Puppet, I refuse to believe that you can keep tracking my true self!¡±
Her Spirit surged, as she endured the excruciating pain caused by the soul-tearing secret technique, and manipted the Bloodline Puppet that had taken on her appearance. With a flip, she emerged from the cliffside cave.
¡°Thest tracking pinpoint was half an hour ago. I¡¯ll just wait here fearlessly, letting the Bloodline Puppet burrow deeper into the remote mountains and forests. Hopefully, it can lure out a few Fourth Order monster bosses to kill off the trackers!¡±
She took out an Array te, wincing at the thought of extracting a medium-grade Spiritual Power crystal and embedding it into the missing slot at the center of the te.
¡°10W Dragon Coins each! I¡¯ve ved away undercover, and my entire fortune isn¡¯t even 1000W Dragon Coins. The materials for a dozen puppet dolls and one Bloodline Puppet alone cost me 500W. I will have my revenge for this debt sooner orter!¡±
Grieving over her dwindling purse, she gritted her teeth, activated the Array te with her Spiritual Power, and a three-meter wave ripple immediately spread, enveloping her within.
The aura of Bloodline Power couldn¡¯t bepletely concealed, but through the cover of water elements, it could significantly dilute the aura of Bloodline Power.
Now that she had transferred 99% of her Bloodline Power into the Bloodline Puppet¡¯s body and with this Formation as cover, she was able to avoid the enemy¡¯s Bloodline tracking.
¡°Once I enter the Capital andplete the transaction with Ying Xueji and the others, I¡¯ll immediately go find Zi Liyuan. Even if I have to sell myself, I must ensure a high price¡ªat least 1 billion Dragon Coins for a settlement fee, and he also has to help me get revenge. Plus, all the Lord¡¯s Hearts I¡¯ll need for Bloodline advancement in the future must be covered!¡±
Thinking of Zi Liyuan¡¯s perverted ways, especially that puppet named Lao Tie, killing off the trackers would be a piece of cake. Even taking him to destroy a few Heretic Sect strongholds wouldn¡¯t be difficult at all.
¡°There¡¯s nothing worthwhile destroying in the Great Xia Empire, but when the timees, I¡¯ll coax Zi Liyuan into going to the Wokou¡¯s country, and set fire to the Yasukuni Divine Latrine!
Don¡¯t those Onmyoji from the Wokou country im to have sealed eight million spirits?
Then let Zi Liyuan, the Necromancer, cause an Undead catastrophe in the Wokou country!
It¡¯d be best if they could make Mount Fuji erupt, breaking the seals!
I want to witness the power of eight million rampaging spirits wreaking havoc throughout their country, letting the little sun nation enjoy a ghostly delight!¡±
Women are petty and vengeful creatures; cross them, and there are no good oues.
And here No. 2 had not even secured her escape, yet she had already figured out her ns of vengeance.
But, if she really did sell herself to Lord Zi, Zi Liyuan would not mind taking a trip to the little sun nation, to take a look at their special industry, and incidentally cause an Undead catastrophe for their enjoyment.
After all, when they traveled from Jiangnan Province to Shenglong State on the floating airship, they were ambushed by Onmyoji.
Ever since the Great Qin¡¯s Xu Fu defected, Onmyoji became a characteristic profession of the Wokou country.
Their attack on the airship was just a feint; their real intention was to kidnap him, so the feud had long been established.
It was just that Zi Liyuan¡¯s current strength wasn¡¯t sufficient; he hadn¡¯t even tamed and branded several Fourth Order ghosts that he had sealed.
But once his strength was ample, he would surely visit the little sun nation, to see what collectible items they had that could be legitimately packed up and brought back.
No. 2 waited a full half hour until she felt a faint tug on the weakening Bloodline Power within her body, and finally, a long-absent smile appeared on her face.
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Chapter 165: 165: Space Sealing Sphere
Chapter 165: Space Sealing Sphere
Upon reaching Third Order LV80, Zi Liyuan¡¯s previously taut nerves loosened a fraction.
From the moment he awakened his ss to now, it had only been half a month at most, and he had been under constant pressure,pelling himself to advance rapidly, especially after being targeted by the Evil Organization, he didn¡¯t dare to rx at all, fearing that any day might be hisst.
However, now that he had the strength of Third Order LV80, he was barely considered a strong contender, not to mention he had Lao Tie and the Demon Spider, these two over-specified summons, which meant he had no fear in facing a Fourth Order powerhouse head-on.
So, for once, after exiting the ss-change instance, he did not continue to grind instances but leisurely strolled around North City District.
Most of the North City District had been imed by noble families and ns, who had established their own manor areas, which is why there were very few tall buildings around; instead, there was an abundance of greenery, creating a lush and vibrant environment.
After leisurely touring around, he entered therge shopping mall established by the North City District officials.
Compared to other regions, therge shopping mall in North City District mainly sold mid to high-end goods, with fewer low-end products.
¡°Huh, you can even customize a versatilerge-scale automatic production line here. Interesting.¡±
Shen Yurou¡¯s research on ammunition, firearms, bombs, exoskeleton armor, and robots¡ªsave for thest item, which was slightly moreplex¡ªall could be mass-produced with a small automatic production line; it was just a matter of production time.
Zi Liyuan wanted to start an armspany, and when the time came, he would definitely need to purchase many suchrge-scale automatic production lines to meet the demands of arms production.
At least consumables like ammunition and bombs would certainly need to be produced on arge scale, and only arge-scale production line could satisfy the market consumption.
¡°I wonder if Xiao Yurou could modify such arge automatic production line. Should I buy one to let her try modifying it first?¡±
Acting upon his thought, he directly approached the store specializing in production lines and otherrge equipment.
A small automatic production line cost him over ten million Dragon Coins in Jiangnan Province, while arge one was priced at 10 billion Dragon Coins. If there were any special requirements needing modification, there would be additional charges for the changes¡
This was quite distressing; if he hadn¡¯t been crazily grinding instances for experience, gaining a massive output of materials and obtaining arge sum of Dragon Coins from the Wang family, he might have had to clear out his inventory in his Spatial Backpack and sell off a batch of silver hero-grade equipment right away.
¡°Damn, money really doesn¡¯tst. Ordinary civilian professionals toil for their daily bread, and they would be thrilled to earn tens of thousands of Dragon Coins a month. And here I am, earning billions a month, but spending even more¡¡±
After muttering aint, he indicated his willingness to purchase arge-scale automatic production line to the clerk, who immediately led him to the store¡¯s reception room.
¡°Customer, this kind ofrge-scale automatic production line can be used normally as long as you can provide the blueprints for the item you want to produce and have enough materials ready. However, if you are producing special items, then the production line might need special modifications, and for that, there will be additional charges.¡±
The attendant was the manager of the store, a Fourth Order LV90 powerhouse.
¡°No need for modifications; I¡¯m just producing some ordinary mechanical products. What I want to know is, when can the production line be delivered?¡±
Zi Liyuan inquired while sipping tea.
¡°If you only need onerge-scale automatic production line, we can deliver it right away.¡±
The manager said this with a slight smile and pulled a crystal ball the size of a human head out of his Spatial Backpack, cing it on the visitor¡¯s tea table.
¡°This is a Space Sealing Sphere. Therge-scale automatic production line you ordered is sealed inside. You can inspect it with your Spirit.¡±
After finishing his exnation, the manager gestured to Zi Liyuan, inviting him to check the condition of the goods.
Zi Liyuan did not hesitate; his Spirit delved into the Space Sealing Sphere, and instantly, a massive production line appeared in his mind, along with its various data parameters.
¡°Good, I¡¯ll take this production line. Swipe the card, please.¡±
He nodded, confirming that there were no issues with the production line, andid his bank card on the table.
¡°Ten billion Dragon Coins, a sincere bargain. It¡¯s been a pleasure doing business.¡±
If the manager had only worn a professional smile before, now he truly smiled with heartfelt glee.
Their family was a vast mechanical equipment manufacturing group, but the sales volume ofrge automatic production lines like this was very low, so the store had only one in stock.
Given that the item was worth 10 billion Dragon Coins, they couldn¡¯t afford to keep dozens of them gathering dust. To be able to sell three in a year was considered good.
¡°Manager Niu, how do I open this Space Sealing Sphere?¡±
Taking back his bank card that the manager passed to him, Zi Liyuan held the human-head-sized crystal ball and observed it before asking.
¡°To operate a Space Sealing Sphere, you need to imprint it with a Soul Imprint.
Each Space Sealing Sphere can only have three Soul Imprints.
If you need to change the master imprint, merely ovey the new Soul Imprint over the one you want to rece.¡±
Manager Niu briefly exined how to use it and taught Zi Liyuan how to imprint his Soul Imprint onto the Space Sealing Sphere. Once Zi Liyuan was able to control it freely, Manager Niu concluded the teaching.
The Space Sealing Sphere could only hold three Soul Imprints, and the first person to imprint it would receive the highest authority over it.
Thest two who imprinted could only use it but did not have the authority to erase, override, or change the Soul Imprints.
Therge automatic production line sealed inside the Space Sealing Sphere was bound to the sphere; if someone wanted to use spatial equipment to retrieve it, there were only two ways.
One would have to disassemble the production line before taking it or use a spatial tool of higher quality than the Space Sealing Sphere.
The Space Sealing Sphere itself was a silver hero-grade spatial essory, and unless you used a higher-quality spatial sealing tool, you couldn¡¯t break the rule binding it.
¡°Nice device; set up like this, it almost prevents theft.¡±
After all, arge automatic production line with an approximate length of five hundred meters, over a hundred meters in width, and more than ten meters in height was an enormous volume; it couldn¡¯t just be ced directly into a Spatial Backpack.
Each slot in the Spatial Backpack could only hold objects of a hundred cubic meters, and a single slot could hold up to 200 of the same kind and quality, that is, one set.
After bidding farewell to Manager Niu, Zi Liyuan continued to wander around the shopping mall.
However, what he mainly focused on were the Skill Book shops and the official auction house.
The Skill Book shops he was interested in were those set up by therge ns; he had already given up hope on finding Skill Books usable for death-ss professionals in shops established by the officials.
From White Crane City in Jiangnan Province to the capital of Great Xia in Shenglong State, you couldn¡¯t hope to find a Skill Book for death-ss professionals in any official store!
Chapter 166: 166: Number Two in a Coma with Serious Injuries
Chapter 166: Number Two in a Coma with Serious Injuries
This was definitely the Empire targeting or restricting death ss professionals, otherwise, why would there not be a single skill book?
Zi Liyuan was able to get his hands on ¡°Skeleton Reinforcement¡±, ¡°Miasma of Death,¡± and ¡°Dark Eye Vision¡±¡ªthree skill books used by death ss professionals¡ªsimply by a fluke, like a blind cat running into a dead mouse.
¡°Dark Eye Vision¡± was luckily obtained by a rookie who had just awakened and changed ss, who got extremely lucky in a dungeon and found it in a chest.
As for ¡°Skeleton Reinforcement¡± and ¡°Miasma of Death,¡± it was pure luck that he encountered a crafty merchant and bought them for a higher price in Dragon Coins than the market rate.
Given that slick merchant Ge Pangzi¡¯s slipperiness, it¡¯s highly likely that these two skill books were also acquired from rookies.
Therefore, Zi Liyuan didn¡¯t even bother to look in the skill book stores set up by the Empire; instead, he went straight to the privately-owned shops.
Unfortunately, after a full round of searching, he indeed saw some items rted to death ss professionals, but they were all low-tier items, only suitable for those unranked or First Order, so they were of no use to him any longer.
¡°It seems that if I want to collect a variety of regr summons, I¡¯ll have to wait until I¡¯ve entered the Dragon Academy.¡±
He sighed, purchased a lot of delicious foods and potions suitable for Level 80 that could temporarily enhance attributes, and returned to his new vi with a slightly sour mood.
But the moment he opened the vi gate, his eyebrows suddenly furrowed, his Spirit instantly emerged from his body, and enveloped the territory of his home.
¡°Huh~ How did she find her way here?¡±
In his mind, an unexpected woman appeared; however, her current condition wasn¡¯t great¡ªshe was still in an unconscious state.
He quickly closed the front door and darted into the vi like lightning, leaping up the stairs with the agility of a cheetah, and reached a room on the top floor of the third storey.
As soon as he opened the door, he saw Number Two copsed and unconscious on the sofa.
This strikingly beautiful woman with ming red lips, long legs, and a sexy figure, was currently bleeding profusely, almost staining the sofa red.
¡°Damn, she¡¯s covered in cracks and fissures; what the hell injured her?¡±
He approached to check Number Two¡¯s injuries, particrly puzzled by the numerous tiny wounds on her body; Zi Liyuan couldn¡¯t fathom what had caused them.
But that didn¡¯t stop him from feeling the continuous loss of her life force.
¡°Clearly she¡¯s not gravely hurt, so why is she unconscious? Could it be that her Spirit was also attacked, causing her to fall into this state?¡±
Number Two had at least one-third of her health remaining, but it was still draining; without replenishment, she would run out of blood and die in about two hours.
¡°This is Great Xia Dragon City, shrouded in a great sealing barrier. Skills and most damage-dealing items are banned and can¡¯t be used; how did she get injured like this?¡±
Seeing that Number Two wasn¡¯t going to die immediately, Lord Zi slowly removed her blood-soaked clothes to examine her injuries more closely.
But the next moment, he was startled by a blue ball that sprang free of its constraints, dazzling his eyes.
¡°What the¡ª?! This basketball¡¯s way out of regtion, it¡¯s supposed to be F-grade, how could it look like it¡¯s in C position once bound?¡±
Looking at the blood-stained blue ball, Lord Zi shamelessly scanned it back and forth, observing the damage on the ball, trying to figure out the dense cuts and fissures.
After studying it for several minutes, Lord Zi finally managed to pull his gaze away and began examining the other injuries on the body.
In this moment, Zi Liyuan truly appreciated the miraculous and beautiful creations of nature.
Mountains picturesque, waves majestic, a sight to soothe the eye and soul, one can only marvel at the greatness of nature.
However, setting aside the beautiful scenery, the sight of Number Two¡¯s injuries made Zi Liyuan¡¯s brows furrow deeply.
Not a single spot on her body was intact, truly every inch was wounded.
Her injuries were as numerous as cow hairs, extremely fine and horrifying, with blood seeping from each wound, almost turning her into a blood-soaked figure.
¡°Damn, even if one were entangled in a fine and sharp fishing, it wouldn¡¯t result in so many densely packed injuries, this is too terrifying.¡±
Zi Liyuan silently observed Number Two¡¯s injuries for a moment and even prodded some of the more heavily bleeding areas with his hand.
Only then did he take out several potions from his Spatial Backpack.
He pried open Number Two¡¯s tightly closed ming lips and poured down a Level 30 top-grade Health Recovery Potion, followed by Spiritual Energy Recovery Potion and Spirit Recovery Potion.
The first two could restore health bars and spiritual energy values, replenishing 75% of the total value for professionals not exceeding Level 40, while thetter could quickly alleviate negative states like dizziness from spirit overload.
But after gulping down three top-grade potions, the wounds on Number Two¡¯s body showed no sign of healing; in fact, the blood seeping out seemed to increase slightly.
¡°Her self-healing ability has been disabled, to heal these densely packed wounds, external intervention is necessary.¡±
A body governed by game rules grows stronger with three basic attributes continuously increasing.
For someone like Zi Liyuan, whose physique had broken through a thousand, if he were to cut a bone-deep, one-foot-long wound on his arm with a small knife, a little stitching would likely allow it to heal as good as new within an hour.
Number Two¡¯s current level was Level 37, and although her physique wasn¡¯t as monstrous as Zi Liyuan¡¯s, it was definitely beyond 100 points, indicating her healing ability was not weak.
Yet these wounds, as numerous as cow hairs, showed no sign of healing, clearly indicating that the injuries she suffered nullified the body¡¯s natural healing capabilities.
Frowning, Zi Liyuan took out arge purple bottle with a pained expression.
He also extracted arge pack of water-soft tissue papers and began to wipe off the blood that pervaded her body.
¡°Hopefully, the early investment won¡¯t be wasted, otherwise¡¡±
His gaze swept over the basketball, and he opened the cap of the big purple bottle ced to the side, covering the opening with his palm and pouring some purple liquid onto his hand.
¡°Whew, I¡¯m really not taking advantage of you here, this is the life-saving ¡®Purple Cloud Potion¡¯, specially reserved for myself. It¡¯s a level 60 potion that can eliminate any negative status on the body up to Level 80. This potion is worth tens of millions of Dragon Coins; you¡¯re getting quite a deal!¡±
Lord Zi muttered under his breath, grasping the basketball and feeling the warm and soft sensation in his hands.
Gently patting the basketball, each pat created a depression.
¡°These wounds are really soft¡ cough cough¡ no, the wounds are really smooth¡ uh, the wounds are really dense.
But no worries, after applying the Purple Cloud Potion evenly, there will definitely be no scars left.
Moreover, the wounds will heal immediately, and when you wake up, you should definitely thank me.¡±
While speaking, Lord Zi finally let go of the evenly smeared basketball with reluctance.
After a thorough examination, he confirmed that the wounds hadpletely healed, leaving no imperfections, and he couldn¡¯t help butud the powerful healing effects of the Purple Cloud Potion.
Chapter 167: 167: The Merged Realm
Chapter 167: The Merged Realm
The mountains were picturesque, the waves vast and magnificent, making thendscapes breathtakingly beautiful.
In the verdant valley, where the gentle orchids grew in serpentine twists and turns, the scenery of the lush grass was so enchanting it was almost too much to take in.
¡°Nature¡¯s sculpting is so intoxicating to behold.¡±
¡°But it¡¯s quite the chore, having to apply ointment to wounds and ensuring every inch of the injury is evenly covered. It¡¯s physically and mentally exhaustingbor.¡±
Moved by the passion of the moment, Zi Liyuan couldn¡¯t help but sigh deeply.
After bending over for just an hour or so, he felt he needed to roast some kidneys to replenish himself.
Such a big basketball, always rolling around in front of his eyes, sure fired up the blood.
If it happened a few more times, he might end up with nutritional imbnces.
¡°Ah, such a nice sofa smeared with blood. I just cleaned you up, so how did you manage to get bloodied again?¡±
A good deed done to the end, send the Buddha right to the west.
Lord Zi now took out arge bath towel, lifted Number Two so his front pressed against his chest, and ced the towel on the sofa.
Feeling the impact of the basketball against his chest, he reluctantly set Number Two on it, then took out a soft tissue again to wipe away the blood.
Busily scrubbing away and after much hard work, he finally looked at the perfectly cleaned masterpiece and nodded in satisfaction.
¡°Finally clean! Can¡¯t anyone get rid of this damn OCD?
¡°Now I¡¯ll carry you to bed, and once you wake up, we¡¯ll have a good talk.¡±
After admiring the beautifully wiped and clean ketone body, he picked up Number Two in a princess hold, cuddling him with utmost gentleness.
Watching the basketball continue to roll, his steps were like lead, moving towards therge bed slowly and with difficulty.
Arriving at the bedside, he lifted the covers with one hand and gently bent over toy Number Two down.
¡°They say that for saving a life, if the man is handsome and elegant, women usually say ¡®Thank you, young master, for saving my life. I have nothing to repay you with, so I offer myself in gratitude¡¯;
However, if the man is ugly, it bes ¡®Hero, thank you for saving my life. With nothing to repay you, I would only serve as your ox and horse in the next life as thanks.¡¯
Now, considering my face is just one notch handsomer than Zunlong¡¯s, shouldn¡¯t you be offering yourself to me¡ right???¡±
¡°Then I shall offer myself, but would you dare to take me?¡±
(¡Ño¡Ñ)¡
Zi Liyuan only felt his body sink as two soft, white snakes coiled around his neck, and then he saw Number Two¡¯s blood-red pupils suddenly open, as well as the blood-colored lotus tform that appeared within his eyes.
In a daze, Zi Liyuan felt the surrounding scene change abruptly, and then he was in a space dominated by a blood-colored lotus tform.
At this moment, Number Two, naked, sat squarely in the middle of the blood-colored lotus tform, while he himself was bound by numerous blood-red threads, hanging suspended in the air.
¡°You¡¯re not unconscious!?¡±
Feeling the pressure on his body as if being constrained by some force,pletely out of his own control, Zi Liyuan¡¯s face darkened as he watched Number Two, who sat on the blood-colored lotus tform.
¡°While I¡¯m suppressing the Bloodline Power and can¡¯t escape, you dare to defile me, causing me to be bacsh by the Bloodline Power again? I really want to kill you!¡±
Number Two¡¯s expression was ice-cold, the words spoken through gritted teeth. The blood-red threads that bound Zi Liyuan¡¯s limbs, however, pulled him directly into the lotus tform.
¡°Is this an illusion?¡±
¡°No, this is the Bloodline Space I¡¯ve created.¡±
¡°So why am I here?¡±
¡°Through the Bloodline Power, I¡¯ve forcibly drawn your spirit consciousness here.¡±
¡°What do you want to do?¡±
¡°Do it!¡±
(¡Ño¡Ñ)¡
¡°Is this really okay?¡±
¡°Weren¡¯t you enjoying yourself outside just now? Why are you chickening out all of a sudden?¡±
In No.2¡¯s eyes, there was a thick sense of disdain.
¡°I was saving your life, applying medicine to you, otherwise, you¡¯d have bled out.¡±
¡°And the second time?¡±
Listening to Lord Zi¡¯s shameless excuses, the disdain in No.2¡¯s eyes intensified.
¡°I have a bit of OCD, seeing you covered in blood made me ufortable, so I cleaned you up to avoid dirtying the bed when I carry you there to rest, which might have affected your recovery.¡±
Lord Zi¡¯s eyes showed a transparent silliness, giving off an impression of honest reliability and naivety.
¡°Do you believe that?¡±
No.2 grabbed Lord Zi¡¯s chin and pulled his face close to her own, while her other hand lingered on his neck.
¡°Whether you believe it or not, I¡¯ve convinced myself.¡±
Their eyes met, and Zi Liyuan saw wisps of red light in No.2¡¯s blood-colored eyes which caused an inexplicable panic to rise within him.
¡°Since that¡¯s the case, if you y with my body, then me ying with your Spirit is fair, isn¡¯t it?¡±
As the red light in No.2¡¯s eyes grew stronger, the blood-red threads wrapped around Zi Liyuan¡¯s limbs began to spread over his entire body.
¡°I saved you, and this is how you repay your savior?¡±
Encased by the blood-red threads, Zi Liyuan felt a growing heat enveloping his body, and his consciousness gradually began to blur.
¡°Didn¡¯t you say you wanted me to repay you with my body? If I take you, isn¡¯t that exactly what I¡¯m doing?¡±
¡°Are you serious?¡±
Feeling a delicate body pressing into his own, Zi Liyuan was momentarily stunned.
¡°I barely suppressed the curse trying to manifest within the bloodline, and because of you, I suffered a bacsh. The Bloodline Power within me became chaotic.
So, I had to transfer some of my Bloodline Power into you to quell the bacsh.
You¡¯re the only bastard here, so who else should I turn to?
Do you really want to watch me explode and die?¡±
No.2¡¯s tone was vicious as her smooth arms, like two agile snakes, tightly coiled around Zi Liyuan¡¯s neck.
With a bit of strength, they collided into a full embrace and tumbled together.
The blood-colored lotus tform blossomed with boundless blood light at that moment, and its enormous petals started to close, forming into a bud of a blood-colored lotus, enveloping the two of them within.
As their minds connected, they instantly entered the unity of their bodies and spirits.
No.2¡¯s initially chaotic Bloodline Power found an outlet at that moment and began to surge into Zi Liyuan¡¯s body through his meridian points ceaselessly.
Inside the external vi.
Zi Liyuan hadpletely lost consciousness, his entire body copsed atop No.2¡¯s delicate frame.
At some point, the clothes that had covered their bodies had vanished into thin air.
A nket slowly unfurled, covering the two naked figures.
Streams of Bloodline Power, under No.2¡¯s strained control, flowed out of her body, forming an invisible hand that slowly adjusted their positions.
At that moment, they embraced each other closely, clinging together indistinguishably.
As the Bloodline Power formed a circting flow within their bodies, a blood-colored glow began to bloom slowly from No.2¡¯s body.
Just like in the Spirit, the blood light shone through her body, gradually gathering into blood-colored petals, wrapping around their formsyer byyer, and finally forming a bud of a blood lotus.
Chapter 168: 168: Are You Born in the Year of the Dog?
Chapter 168: Are You Born in the Year of the Dog?
Within the Blood Lotus, crimson energy began to incessantly surge through the bodies of the two individuals, gradually improving their physical constitutions while also guiding the awakening of thetent power within their bloodlines.
As time passed, the spiritual power in Zi Liyuan¡¯s body was activated along with the bloodline power, continuously circting through his meridians and acupoints.
On his status panel, system prompt messages appeared one after another.
[Ding, yer Zi Liyuan¡¯s status abnormal, bloodline power awakening 0.01%, all attributes +1%]
[Ding, yer Zi Liyuan¡¯s status abnormal, bloodline power awakening 0.02%, all attributes +2%]
[Ding, yer Zi Liyuan¡¯s status abnormal¡]
[Ding, ¡]
The dual cultivation between the two persisted, and the system¡¯s prompt messages also kept appearing.
However, having only just recovered from severe injuries, Number Two had restored her body to a healthy state, but the damage to her spirit had not yet healed.
Moreover, she had endured an outburst of bacsh from the bloodline power, which further weakened her spirit.
Therefore, the dual cultivationsted only an hour before Number Two could no longer bear it and copsed weakly into Zi Liyuan¡¯s arms.
As the dual cultivation came to an end, the lotus petals that enveloped them opened one by one, and finally turned into wisps of blood light that burrowed into Number Two¡¯s body and vanished.
In Number Two¡¯s bloodline space, the blood-colored lotus tform blossomed with a blood light, turning into a massive force of bloodline power that vanished into the bloodline space.
Zi Liyuan¡¯s spiritual consciousness also came to in a daze, and before he could make any move, he was forcefully pushed on the chest by Number Two¡¯s jade hand.
What seemed like a gentle push was in fact aplete rejection by the entire bloodline space.
The next instant, his spiritual consciousness was kicked out of the bloodline space opened by Number Two.
The spiritual consciousness flowed back to the body through the meridians and acupoints, via the slightest gaps, guided to return to its original form.
Zi Liyuan suddenly opened his eyes to see Number Two pressing down on him.
As their gazes met, a flicker of light appeared in their eyes, but it was quickly covered by ayer of frost.
With a crisp ¡°snap¡±.
Zi Liyuan pped her shapely rear, creating ripples of waves.
¡°Hiss~!¡±
The next moment, Zi Liyuan sharply inhaled a breath of cold air as a surge of intense pain came from his shoulder, causing his whole body to tense up and subconsciously shrug.
¡°Mmm!¡±
Biting down on Zi Liyuan¡¯s shoulder, Number Two had just been about to tear off a piece of his flesh in retaliation for the p she had received.
But suddenly, she felt her body shake and an unusual sensation pierced through to her soul.
She unconsciously let out a low, muffled moan, and her jaws rxed involuntarily.
¡°Are you a dog?¡±
¡°Hmph, try to hit me again, and next time I¡¯ll go for your neck!¡±
Between her bared teeth and snarl, Number Two¡¯s slightly swollen lips still had a trail of blood on them.
Having just been through the exhaustingbors of spring plowing, she nowy there flushed, her beautiful face radiantly attractive.
¡°Spill it, how did you find this ce?¡±
His hands brushed over her smooth back, roaming and wandering freely.
Number Two didn¡¯t stop him; instead, shenguidlyy on his chest, letting him y his tricks.
This beast of a body was too strong¡ªduring their dual cultivation, he hadpletely worn her out with his unrelenting pace.
Nowpletely exhausted, she had barely mustered thest bit of her strength to bite him.
Currently, she had no desire to move at all. She just wanted to have a good sleep and recover her energy.
¡°In the martial trial instance, I used the bloodline emblem to temporarily increase your bloodline concentration.
¡°Didn¡¯t you say you were going to support me with the Lord¡¯s Heart?¡±
¡°So when I first used the bloodline insignia, I left a mark on you. The closer I get, the more I can sense your presence.¡±
¡°Within this vi, there¡¯s a strong scent of your bloodline. I guessed it was the new home you bought aftering to the Imperial Capital.¡±
¡°So after escaping to the Imperial Capital, I came straight here.¡±
Once she arrived at the Imperial Capital, especially after reaching the North City District, she naturally sensed Zi Liyuan¡¯s location.
But at that time, his presence was mingled with many others, clearly in a ce with a high volume of people.
Number Two was already at her wit¡¯s end and could fall into aa at any moment, so she directly sought out Zi Liyuan¡¯s home.
It¡¯s just that I didn¡¯t expect this bastard to take advantage of someone¡¯s vulnerability.
Thinking of these things, Number Two felt her teeth itch again, wishing she could bite him a few more times to teach this bastard a lesson.
¡°What¡¯s the maximum range of this bloodline insignia tracker?¡±
Last time, she was tracked by the Evil Organization and only escaped by using a Teleportation Scroll. Zi Liyuan was sensitive to tracking skills; they were truly hard to defend against.
¡°Within a ten-mile radius, I can pinpoint the location. Beyond ten miles, I can only sense the direction vaguely. The farther away, the hazier the sensation bes, and I can only track up to three people at most.¡±
This time, being plotted against, Number Two had almost lost everything before escaping the crisis.
This made her deeply understand that fighting alone, unless one has overwhelming martial power capable of crushing everything, one could face life-threatening danger at any moment.
After arriving in Shenglong State, she originally wanted to take refuge under Ying Xueji, with the other three royal family members as alternatives, and Zi Liyuan as thest resort among the alternatives.
However, aftering to the Imperial Capital, when she sensed Ying Xueji¡¯s position, she found that the other party had entered a Secret Realm and was impossible to locate.
So she had no choice but to look for Zi Liyuan first, not knowing that this bastard was an LSP and would take advantage of her vulnerability, almost causing her to explode and die from a bacsh of her Bloodline Power.
In a muddle, she rolled in the sheets with this guy and had a session of dual cultivation.
Given the circumstances, looking for a backer was naturally prioritized, with one certain LSP being ced at the forefront.
As long as he could offer a good price, Number Two wouldn¡¯t mind taking refuge under hismand, but if he couldn¡¯t meet her interests, she was also prepared to find another patron.
¡°What happened to your wounds? There should be a sealing formation in the Imperial Capital, making the city quite safe.¡±
Lord Zi moved slightly, which drew Number Two¡¯s dissatisfaction, forcing him to stop his movements helplessly and continue to inquire.
¡°I was ambushed with a bloodline curse.¡±
Speaking of this, Number Two¡¯s face turned ugly, and there was a hint of embarrassment, but she did not conceal it and exined at a slower pace.
¡°The organization behind me contacted the Wokou, who dispatched an Onmyoji to assassinate me.
They had a sample of my blood and located me with a bloodline curse using Yin-Yang Technique.
They followed me all the way from Xiangyang State to Shenglong State, and finally set an ambush near the Imperial Capital in the wilderness.
In order to escape from the assassination, I sacrificed a bloodline puppet doll.
I transferred ny-nine percent of my Bloodline Power into the bloodline puppet doll.
This diversion led the pursuers astray, allowing me to escape and sessfully enter the Imperial Capital.
Only I hadn¡¯t expected that they would be furious from embarrassment.
When I was at my weakest, they used a Blood Sacrifice tounch a bloodline curse in an attempt to erase me.
You see that every inch of my skin has cracked wounds; that¡¯s the result of the bloodline curse.
This vicious curse can also assault and wear down the Spirit.
If I hadn¡¯t created a Bloodline Space, with the Blood Lotus guarding my Spirit,
I certainly wouldn¡¯t have survived the aftermath of the curse.¡±
As she spoke, Number Two also felt a lingering fear.
Chapter 169: 169: The Asura Field
Chapter 169: The Asura Field
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When I first made the Bloodline Puppet Doll, I was only focused on escaping the assassins and thought I¡¯d be safe once I got to the Imperial Capital.
So, I squandered ny-nine percent of my Bloodline Power without reservation, which led to aplete disaster, and I barely survived being killed by the Wokou¡¯s Onmyoji.
I truly had not anticipated that they would seize the opportunity tounch such a high-cost Bloodline Curse to erase me.
Had I kept just ten percent of my Bloodline Power at the time,bined with the Bloodline Seal and Bloodline Lotus tform, I could havepletely suppressed the power of this curse.
¡°The Onmyoji of the Wokou has reached the vicinity of the Imperial Capital?¡±
Zi Liyuan was full of question marks, his face turning into an expression of irond confusion.
Is the defense of the Imperial Capital so poor that an enemy can approach its doorstep undetected?
¡°There¡¯s nothing surprising about it; if someone helps cover up their identity and tracks, as long as they don¡¯t get within a hundred miles of the Imperial Capital, it¡¯s hard to detect.¡±
Number Two rolled her bright, blood-colored eyes attractively.
Shezily snuggled up against Lord Zi¡¯s chest, finding afortable position to lie down and promptly closed her eyes.
¡°So, the Imperial Capital¡¯s defenses are focused within a hundred miles outside, and beyond that range is just a rough inspection. It feels somewhat intentional.¡±
He muttered to himself and was about to ask more questions when he noticed Number Two¡¯s breathing had be smooth and even, and shey limp against him.
Zi Liyuan looked down at Number Two¡¯s extraordinarily beautiful face, all the beautyid bare before him, and he felt a surge of blood rushing to his head.
At the age of eighteen, there was a vague urge to lift heavy burdens.
¡°Mmm, stop it, let me rest and sleep for a while.¡±
Number Two¡¯s voice was soft and murmuring.
Her arms opened naturally to embrace his bear-like waist, rubbing her face on his chest before bing still again.
¡°Sleep then.¡±
Zi Liyuan stopped talking as well, he held her with both hands and, after settling into afortable position, quickly drifted off into slumber.
The jade rabbit set, and the golden crow rose in the east.
A ray of sunlight pierced through the window, illuminating the room.
The two who were open with each other fluttered their eyelids and slowly awakened, yawningzily and pulling on the nket, yet they did not immediately rise.
¡°It¡¯s been a long time since I¡¯ve woken up naturally. You keep resting; I¡¯ll go make breakfast.¡±
Zi Liyuan stretchedzily, reluctantly got out of bed, casually took a bathrobe from the Spatial Backpack, secured the belt around his waist, and leisurely left the room to prepare breakfast.
¡°Ah, after running for half a month, we finally get a break. I hope the little wolf cub won¡¯t disappoint me.¡±
Still lying in bed, Number Two nced at Zi Liyuan¡¯s robust figure and suddenly felt a rush of fear of gaining and losing.
She shook her head, closed her eyes, and pulled the nket over her bare body, forcibly dismissing the unreliable emotions.
Descending the stairs, Zi Liyuan was about to head to the kitchen to prepare several breakfasts when he noticed in the hall five pairs of beautiful eyes fixated on him.
One by one, the charming and enchanting beauties red as if their eyes were knives, not bothering to hide their feelings at all.
¡°Congrattions, my husband, on acquiring a fairdy.¡±
Fan Runer¡¯s face bore a sweet smile, but her eyes were sharp as she spoke in a tone filled with mixed feelings.
¡°Hopefully, my husband hasn¡¯t forgotten the old for the new.¡±
Fan Qinger¡¯s eyes were equally sharp, but her expression was cool and detached.
¡°We are merely life professionals and can only offer limited help to my husband. As long as my husband can find sisters to share his burdens and ease his troubles, Binger will wholeheartedly support my husband¡¯s endeavours to take a concubine.¡±
Fan Binger had the demeanor of an ice beauty, yet now she spoke wordsced with undertones of sarcasm.
¡°`
¡°Li Yuan might just be acting on impulse when he sees a pretty face, right? Don¡¯t overthink it, let¡¯s all head back to theb and continue with our work.¡±
Fan Yuer¡¯s eyes were sharp as knives as she nced at Lord Zi, then pped her hands signaling for the sisters to leave.
¡°Zi Liyuan, you¡¯re bringing home any vixen you see, that¡¯s not good, is it?¡±
Shen Yurou asked through gritted teeth, her eyes brimming with a sense of grievance.
It was her who had been with this guy the longest, yet this POS was always messing around with others.
Bringing back a set of quadruplet vixens wasn¡¯t enough; this time it was worse, he had shamelessly brought a wild woman back to the vi and openly engaged in some physical activity!
This infuriated Shen Yurou.
Could you bring just anyone home?
If you wanted to mess around, why didn¡¯t you get a hotel room instead?
Did breaking through to Third Order LV80 suddenly make you think you¡¯re too good for this world, and you started floating?
Shen Yurou was holding back a lot of anger, but didn¡¯t know how to let it out.
After all, although they were close, they hadn¡¯t officially defined their rtionship, so she had no nominal right to control him.
That made her feel even more aggrieved.
¡°Don¡¯t jump to conclusions; this was an ident. The woman upstairs, she¡¯s ¡®Number Two¡¯.¡±
Seeing the sadness in Shen Yurou¡¯s eyes, even a hint of tears, Zi Liyuan walked over and gently stroked her smooth hair as he softly exined.
Shen Yurou naturally had seen ¡®Number Two¡¯ before, and knew he once intended to recruit her.
¡°Number Two? How is it her? Has she agreed to your offer?¡±
Shen Yurou certainly understood what ¡®Number Two¡¯ was capable of; she had just felt wronged, but now she tossed that feeling aside and thought of many issues instead.
The identity of ¡®Number Two¡¯ was a major issue; her showing up at their home could likely bring endless trouble.
¡°Something unexpected happened; she was being pursued and escaped to our ce. As for my involvement with her, that too was idental, a result of a curse.¡±
Lord Zi wouldn¡¯t dream of telling the whole truth; taking advantage of someone¡¯s vulnerability was something he could never admit!
He didn¡¯t want to p himself in the face and ruin the image they had of him.
Moreover, what he said was the truth, albeit leaving out some details.
Lu Xun once said that the process isn¡¯t important; what matters is the result, right?
¡°Since that happened, ¡®Number Two¡¯ will definitely agree to your offer. There are two breakfasts kept warm in the kitchen; go get them.¡±
Shen Yurou nodded, the grievance in her heart eased a little, and then she signaled for him to fetch the breakfast while she turned and headed to the basementb.
¡°Don¡¯t overthink it. I¡¯lle and find youter.¡±
After ruffling Shen Yurou¡¯s hair, Lord Zi looked toward the four girls with their odd expressions.
¡°Fan Yuer, you four have cleared the hero ss transfer dungeon, right?¡±
¡°Wow, grateful for the husband¡¯s concern! Thanks to Sister Yurou¡¯s guidance, we didn¡¯t perish in the hero ss transfer dungeon.¡±
¡°The husband merely waved us away to Sister Yurou, thankfully she took pity on us and made special equipment; otherwise, how could we have improved so much?¡±
¡°s, Sister Yurou has done so much for her husband, yet he doesn¡¯t cherish her. Indeed, all men are pigs, loving anyone they see, just lusting after their bodies.¡±
¡°It¡¯s Yurou Sister who suffers, finding such a big scumbag. That¡¯s just too sad.¡±
The four sisters chattered nonstop, each adding their bit, their gossip tinged with sarcasm flying out.
Chapter 171: 171 Terms of Indenture
Chapter 171: Terms of Indenture
At the Zi family vi, in the living room on the first floor.
Zi Liyuan sat across from Number Two, separated by a coffee table, beginning a new round of sparring.
¡°My bloodline talent has been promoted, and I need to consume a huge number of Lord¡¯s Hearts. Are you sure you can provide them to me?¡±
¡°Of course, for me, obtaining Lord¡¯s Hearts is very simple. Several dozens or even a hundred a year is not difficult, and even if you want thousands, it will just take a bit more time.¡±
He had already prepared to use Lord¡¯s Hearts to recruit subordinates; to him, they were merely a tool to lure talents.
Although Number Two¡¯s needs were great, it was worth it!
Not to mention how much strengthening the awakening of Bloodline Power could enhance his strength, the mere possibility ofprehending a more powerful cultivation technique was something he couldn¡¯t pass up!
You see, there is no limit to the number of cultivation techniques a practitioner can learn. If your perception is incredible and you have enough techniques to study, you can learn as many as you want.
Of course, the more advanced the cultivation technique, the higher the difficulty ofprehension, and each upgrade requires special conditions for understanding and study.
Even some techniques may conflict with the practitioner¡¯s innate characteristics, which naturally means those techniques can¡¯t be learned.
It¡¯s just that cultivation techniques are so precious, even in the Sea of Realms, they are extremely difficult to obtain.
Moreover, in Blue Star, the practice of cultivation techniques is basically monopolized and controlled by great families, the four royal families, the official empire, the military, the Nine Great Divine States Academy, and the upper echelons of the Coalition of Nations, with very few spreading out.
¡°I also need a hundred million Dragon Coins. I¡¯ve been hunted down this time, and my savings have been cleaned out, and I don¡¯t even have the money to buy and make puppet dolls and Array tes.¡±
Number Two¡¯s tone was somewhat low. A small goal of Dragon Coins was difficult for Zi Liyuan, a civilian practitioner.
She had been an undercover agent for over five years, deceiving and maneuvering for funds, yet even at her peak, she never umted more than thirty million.
¡°A hundred million in settling-in funds isn¡¯t much. I agree.
As for whatever materials you need to buy, send me a list each month, and I¡¯ll make sure they¡¯re ready for you.
In addition, I¡¯ll give you ten million Dragon Coins monthly as spending money.¡±
With Zi Liyuan¡¯s earning speed, hitting a small goal each day was a daily urrence. However, as easy as it was to earn money, expenses were also high.
That¡¯s why all the women following him had been given a card, with ten million Dragon Coins deposited into their ounts every month as spending money.
As for the consumption of research and experimental materials, he footed the bill for everything.
¡°You¡¯re so bold. Could it be that you¡¯re the illegitimate child of a great family?¡±
Number Two was somewhat surprised. She had thought asking for a hundred million Dragon Coins was already shooting high, but he agreed without hesitation and even offered more than expected.
¡°Enough with the nonsense. If you have any more conditions,y them all out at once. Don¡¯t waste my time.¡±
Did the illegitimate child of a great family have his capabilities, to treat Lord¡¯s Hearts so casually?
And as for Dragon Coins, to those true great families, they were indeed just numbers; a small goal in their eyes was just a drop in the ocean.
¡°Since you¡¯re so straightforward, I won¡¯t beat around the bush either, help me with my revenge!¡±
(¥Î_;£Ü(£à¥í¡ä)£¯Revenge!
Thinking back on how she was tormented these past days to the point of nearly losing her life, Number Two felt extremely aggrieved.
Zi Liyuan had already reached Third Order Level 80, had many tricks up his sleeve, and had once forced the heirs of the four royal families to sign a Covenant in Duress with a 1V4 standoff.
With such strength and potential, once he broke through to Fourth Order, within the same realm, without iming invincibility, he would certainly be among the top tier of powerful fighters.
When the time came to take revenge on her behalf, the difficulty would not be great.
¡°Now that you have be my person, naturally you can¡¯t be bullied by outsiders. Wait till I reach Fourth Order Level 100, and we¡¯ll start knocking on their doors.¡±
An Evil Organization, huh? Once I have the strength, it¡¯s definitely best to wipe them all out.
¡°Exactly, let¡¯s knock on their doors. When the timees, this olddy will take you to the Little Sun Nation and fight the Wokou.¡±
¡°Damn it! They even dare to send Wokou Onmyoji to plot against me. This vendetta must be avenged!¡±
¡°We¡¯ll light up the Yasukuni Divine Latrine and break the demon seals on Mount Fuji.¡±
¡°Let those Wokou taste the great terror of eight million rampaging spirits!¡±
When it came to revenge, Number Two was uncontrobly excited.
This big loss had struck her hard, and for a woman of petty mind, she would definitely be thinking all the time about how to get her revenge.
¡°Wow, are you trying to get me to wreak havoc in Little Sun? Is there such a big grudge?¡±
Watching Number Two suddenly as fired up as if she¡¯d had a shot of adrenaline, Zi Liyuan didn¡¯t know what to say for a moment.
But to stir up a storm in the Wokou¡¯s den¡ it was indeed a good idea.
Lord Zi certainly hadn¡¯t forgotten the matter of others trying to kidnap him.
Since the grudge was already established, going to seek revenge was quite reasonable, right?
¡°Most of the Evil Organizations within the country are backed by the Coalition of Nations. This time, with the participation of Wokou Onmyoji in the action to hunt me down, instead of picking off some small fry, I¡¯d rather go directly to their homnd and turn their world upside down!¡±
In Number Two¡¯s ruby-like blood pupils, a crazed hatred shimmered.
¡°Alright, we can settle both the new and old debts. When the timees, we¡¯ll make a visit to Little Sun Nation and collect some local specialties along the way.¡±
The specialty industries of Little Sun aren¡¯t too bad. Might as well take the opportunity to experience them, right?
¡°That¡¯s all the conditions. As long as you satisfy them all, I will sell myself to you.¡±
ncing sideways at a certain someone, Number Two could guess what was on his mind.
¡°Come, sign the Boundary Sea Contract, and from now on, you¡¯ll be my person.¡±
Within the Spirit, a Boundary Sea Contract was inscribed, and after modifying some content, all the recent conditions were added.
Once both parties confirmed everything was correct, the contract was signed. From then on, one could say they were bound in both glory and defeat.
¡°Since the contract is signed,e with me to theb to find Xiao Yurou. I will have her make some things for you.
There are still a few days left before Dragon Academy¡¯s selection exams, so you need to familiarize yourself with the new equipment quickly and level up to at least Second Order Level 40.
Then you can pass the exams directly and join us in attending the academy.
As for the sensitive issue of your identity, I¡¯ll find someone to solve it for you.¡±
Number Two participated in the high school exams, and by mixing into Ying Xueji¡¯s team, managed to achieve not too shabby results, barely qualifying for the academy¡¯s entrance assessment.
So, Zi Liyuan, guided by the principle of not wasting any resource, nned to have Shen Yurou help out by making a set of exoskeleton sniper Mechas, then sessfully pass the academy¡¯s entrance assessment, and join Dragon Academy as a new cadet.
Leading Number Two, Zi Liyuan arrived at theboratory established beneath the vi.
Fan Yuer and her three sisters were currently adjusting some alchemical potion form. The four sisters coborated seamlessly, without any issues of misunderstanding.
In another researchb, Shen Yurou was holding that silver-quality metal lizard, probing it with various experimental tools, trying topletely analyze the technical information possessed by the toy lizard.
Chapter 171: 171 Terms of Indenture
Chapter 171: Terms of Indenture
At the Zi family vi, in the living room on the first floor.
Zi Liyuan sat across from Number Two, separated by a coffee table, beginning a new round of sparring.
¡°My bloodline talent has been promoted, and I need to consume a huge number of Lord¡¯s Hearts. Are you sure you can provide them to me?¡±
¡°Of course, for me, obtaining Lord¡¯s Hearts is very simple. Several dozens or even a hundred a year is not difficult, and even if you want thousands, it will just take a bit more time.¡±
He had already prepared to use Lord¡¯s Hearts to recruit subordinates; to him, they were merely a tool to lure talents.
Although Number Two¡¯s needs were great, it was worth it!
Not to mention how much strengthening the awakening of Bloodline Power could enhance his strength, the mere possibility ofprehending a more powerful cultivation technique was something he couldn¡¯t pass up!
You see, there is no limit to the number of cultivation techniques a practitioner can learn. If your perception is incredible and you have enough techniques to study, you can learn as many as you want.
Of course, the more advanced the cultivation technique, the higher the difficulty ofprehension, and each upgrade requires special conditions for understanding and study.
Even some techniques may conflict with the practitioner¡¯s innate characteristics, which naturally means those techniques can¡¯t be learned.
It¡¯s just that cultivation techniques are so precious, even in the Sea of Realms, they are extremely difficult to obtain.
Moreover, in Blue Star, the practice of cultivation techniques is basically monopolized and controlled by great families, the four royal families, the official empire, the military, the Nine Great Divine States Academy, and the upper echelons of the Coalition of Nations, with very few spreading out.
¡°I also need a hundred million Dragon Coins. I¡¯ve been hunted down this time, and my savings have been cleaned out, and I don¡¯t even have the money to buy and make puppet dolls and Array tes.¡±
Number Two¡¯s tone was somewhat low. A small goal of Dragon Coins was difficult for Zi Liyuan, a civilian practitioner.
She had been an undercover agent for over five years, deceiving and maneuvering for funds, yet even at her peak, she never umted more than thirty million.
¡°A hundred million in settling-in funds isn¡¯t much. I agree.
As for whatever materials you need to buy, send me a list each month, and I¡¯ll make sure they¡¯re ready for you.
In addition, I¡¯ll give you ten million Dragon Coins monthly as spending money.¡±
With Zi Liyuan¡¯s earning speed, hitting a small goal each day was a daily urrence. However, as easy as it was to earn money, expenses were also high.
That¡¯s why all the women following him had been given a card, with ten million Dragon Coins deposited into their ounts every month as spending money.
As for the consumption of research and experimental materials, he footed the bill for everything.
¡°You¡¯re so bold. Could it be that you¡¯re the illegitimate child of a great family?¡±
Number Two was somewhat surprised. She had thought asking for a hundred million Dragon Coins was already shooting high, but he agreed without hesitation and even offered more than expected.
¡°Enough with the nonsense. If you have any more conditions,y them all out at once. Don¡¯t waste my time.¡±
Did the illegitimate child of a great family have his capabilities, to treat Lord¡¯s Hearts so casually?
And as for Dragon Coins, to those true great families, they were indeed just numbers; a small goal in their eyes was just a drop in the ocean.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
¡°Since you¡¯re so straightforward, I won¡¯t beat around the bush either, help me with my revenge!¡±
(¥Î_;£Ü(£à¥í¡ä)£¯Revenge!
Thinking back on how she was tormented these past days to the point of nearly losing her life, Number Two felt extremely aggrieved.
Zi Liyuan had already reached Third Order Level 80, had many tricks up his sleeve, and had once forced the heirs of the four royal families to sign a Covenant in Duress with a 1V4 standoff.
With such strength and potential, once he broke through to Fourth Order, within the same realm, without iming invincibility, he would certainly be among the top tier of powerful fighters.
When the time came to take revenge on her behalf, the difficulty would not be great.
¡°Now that you have be my person, naturally you can¡¯t be bullied by outsiders. Wait till I reach Fourth Order Level 100, and we¡¯ll start knocking on their doors.¡±
An Evil Organization, huh? Once I have the strength, it¡¯s definitely best to wipe them all out.
¡°Exactly, let¡¯s knock on their doors. When the timees, this olddy will take you to the Little Sun Nation and fight the Wokou.¡±
¡°Damn it! They even dare to send Wokou Onmyoji to plot against me. This vendetta must be avenged!¡±
¡°We¡¯ll light up the Yasukuni Divine Latrine and break the demon seals on Mount Fuji.¡±
¡°Let those Wokou taste the great terror of eight million rampaging spirits!¡±
When it came to revenge, Number Two was uncontrobly excited.
This big loss had struck her hard, and for a woman of petty mind, she would definitely be thinking all the time about how to get her revenge.
¡°Wow, are you trying to get me to wreak havoc in Little Sun? Is there such a big grudge?¡±
Watching Number Two suddenly as fired up as if she¡¯d had a shot of adrenaline, Zi Liyuan didn¡¯t know what to say for a moment.
But to stir up a storm in the Wokou¡¯s den¡ it was indeed a good idea.
Lord Zi certainly hadn¡¯t forgotten the matter of others trying to kidnap him.
Since the grudge was already established, going to seek revenge was quite reasonable, right?
¡°Most of the Evil Organizations within the country are backed by the Coalition of Nations. This time, with the participation of Wokou Onmyoji in the action to hunt me down, instead of picking off some small fry, I¡¯d rather go directly to their homnd and turn their world upside down!¡±
In Number Two¡¯s ruby-like blood pupils, a crazed hatred shimmered.
¡°Alright, we can settle both the new and old debts. When the timees, we¡¯ll make a visit to Little Sun Nation and collect some local specialties along the way.¡±
The specialty industries of Little Sun aren¡¯t too bad. Might as well take the opportunity to experience them, right?
¡°That¡¯s all the conditions. As long as you satisfy them all, I will sell myself to you.¡±
ncing sideways at a certain someone, Number Two could guess what was on his mind.
¡°Come, sign the Boundary Sea Contract, and from now on, you¡¯ll be my person.¡±
Within the Spirit, a Boundary Sea Contract was inscribed, and after modifying some content, all the recent conditions were added.
Once both parties confirmed everything was correct, the contract was signed. From then on, one could say they were bound in both glory and defeat.
¡°Since the contract is signed,e with me to theb to find Xiao Yurou. I will have her make some things for you.
There are still a few days left before Dragon Academy¡¯s selection exams, so you need to familiarize yourself with the new equipment quickly and level up to at least Second Order Level 40.
Then you can pass the exams directly and join us in attending the academy.
As for the sensitive issue of your identity, I¡¯ll find someone to solve it for you.¡±
Number Two participated in the high school exams, and by mixing into Ying Xueji¡¯s team, managed to achieve not too shabby results, barely qualifying for the academy¡¯s entrance assessment.
So, Zi Liyuan, guided by the principle of not wasting any resource, nned to have Shen Yurou help out by making a set of exoskeleton sniper Mechas, then sessfully pass the academy¡¯s entrance assessment, and join Dragon Academy as a new cadet.
Leading Number Two, Zi Liyuan arrived at theboratory established beneath the vi.
Fan Yuer and her three sisters were currently adjusting some alchemical potion form. The four sisters coborated seamlessly, without any issues of misunderstanding.
In another researchb, Shen Yurou was holding that silver-quality metal lizard, probing it with various experimental tools, trying topletely analyze the technical information possessed by the toy lizard.
Chapter 173: 173: Reincarnation is a skillful endeavor, can I send you to be reborn?
Chapter 173: Reincarnation is a skillful endeavor, can I send you to be reborn?
¡°It seems that there are quite a few secrets within the Dragon Academy. It looks like on this first day of admission, there will be an evaluation targeted at new students. You two stick close to me and be careful,¡± he advised.
After giving instructions, Zi Liyuan took the lead, opening his attribute panel and immediately looked at the skill slot.
Especially when he saw the ¡°Summon Skeleton¡± skill could be directly activated, a yful smile appeared on his face.
This vige, too, contained Formation restrictions that suppressed some of the physical attributes of professionals but did not ban the use of skills.
That was quite thought-provoking.
Regardless, while Dragon Academy might be setting traps for new students, they wouldn¡¯t go so far as to kill anyone.
Thus, the trio merely increased their vignce and were not over-concerned about other matters.
After arriving at the central gathering ce in the vige, there were already several thousand people assembled.
The neers were grouped in small clusters, getting to know each other, or deepening exchanges with acquaintances they found.
But when Zi Liyuan and his twopanions arrived, a somewhat familiar figure approached them.
¡°Lord Zi Liyuan, the youngdy invites you to join her for a chat.¡±
¡°Lead the way.¡±
It wasn¡¯t difficult to guess who would have such grandeur.
Hence the trio didn¡¯t waste words and directly followed.
Before long, they came to a circle surrounded by people, who didn¡¯t block the way but instead made an opening to let the three enter.
¡°Members of the royal family are indeed surrounded by attendants wherever they go.¡±
After murmuring to himself, Zi Liyuan entered the central circle and saw Ying Xueji, Liu Shengnan, Zhu Wu, and Li Fengwen leisurely eating honey zed bear paws?
¡°I don¡¯t want this either, but who asked for our exceptional birth skills? That¡¯s something you won¡¯t be able to envy,¡± said one.
The only person who could speak so shamelessly was, of course, Li Fengwen,
¡°Being reborn is indeed a skillful task. Although I haven¡¯t learned it, I can help you study this skill a few more times,¡± Zi Liyuan said with a full-faced smile, but the words that came out were chilling, making Li Fengwen inexplicably feel a chill down his spine.
Truly a brute who thinks of solving problems with violence at the drop of a hat.
ording to the records, his literature exam broke the historical record for the highest score and he is the only one to achieve full marks as the top schr. Could he be the legendary book devourer?
Ever since games invaded reality, cultural scores were sort of important, but also not important; it mainly depended on one¡¯s own future development.
In a world of the extraordinary, the strong are still revered, but literacy can make one wise. When conquering dungeons, perhaps knowledge would be key to clearing them, right?
After all, those who can bulldoze through dungeons are still few and far between.
¡°Alright, Zi Liyuan, the reason we called you here is to see if you have made any progress.
¡°Furthermore, I¡¯m to tell you that the Ancient Noble Families have great disdain for you, and half of the students in the Dragon Academy belong to noble families.
¡°Lastly, it¡¯s to evaluate you. Perhaps in the future, we might have many opportunities for cooperation,¡± Ying Xueji said, cutting through the brimming bromance between the two men to state her purpose directly.
¡°Cooperation, of course, there will be some. Who doesn¡¯t want more powerful teammates? Thanks for the heads-up this time,¡± he responded.
He nodded in agreement, tacitly epting the other party¡¯s friendly overture.
In the current Great Xia Empire, though the imperial top brass held the four major royal families in check, one must not underestimate their power within the Sea of Realms.
To put it bluntly, the Great Xia Empire of today even relies on the four great dynasties within the Sea of Realms to get by.
Being able to connect with a direct descendant of the four major royal families was nothing short of an opportunity for his own development.
As for the many Ancient Noble Families, Zi Liyuan chuckled, actually looking forward to them causing trouble for him.
They were all students of the Dragon Academy, subjected to the academy¡¯s rules. Why would he fear them?
Just fight and be done with it!
He¡¯d utterly defeat them all, creating a psychological shadow in their minds, making them take a detour whenever they saw him!
Suppressing his fellow students no longer satisfied Zi Liyuan¡¯s twisted psychological goals.
Especially during these days when he was idle and bored, after gathering a lot of internal information about the Dragon Academy through Uncle Wang¡¯s channels, he was even more looking forward to students from the second, third, or even fourth yearing to trouble him.
Despite possessing a whopping 111,510 Contribution Value, it was far from enough for his expenses!
Given that, of course, he had to rake in more Contribution Value. The new students from his year just weren¡¯t enough¡ªhis gaze naturally turned towards the senior students from the second, third, and fourth years.
So, after joining the Dragon Academy, his first order of business was to collect protection money?
Zi Liyuan didn¡¯t stay long, especially after he noticed the four guys eyeing Number Two and Shen Yurou with a certain hungry anticipation in their eyes, he promptly took his leave with his group.
That look of hunger, Zi Liyuan was all too familiar with it¡ªit was the urgent gaze of spotting a rare talent and wanting to recruit them immediately.
What puzzled Zi Liyuan was that it made sense for them to show such expressions towards Number Two, but why towards Shen Yurou as well?
Moreover, he noticed that their gazes towards Xiao Yurou were even more intense, which didn¡¯t make sense.
Could it be that during Xiao Yurou¡¯s assessment at the Dragon Academy, the series of blueprints she submitted had been overheard by the higher authorities, thusing to their attention?
Zi Liyuan could only think of this exnation because anyone who had seen those series of blueprints, unless they were willfully creating trouble or pretending to be blind, knew how valuable they were.
Without any exaggeration, within the small group that Zi Liyuan had formed, the ones with the greatest potential for development were only himself and Xiao Yurou.
He himself had clung tightly to the ck silk legs of the goddess of fortune, his wife, as well as the shards of a certain divine crystal, relying on these two cheats to rise step by step on his own.
Meanwhile, Shen Yurou relied purely on her own talent, along with a little inspiration he had provided, to grow rapidly and even possess infinite potential for development.
¡°Brother Zi, Brother Zi, haha, I¡¯ve finally found you.¡±
As Lord Zi was pondering some issues, a raspy shouting voice nearby broke his train of thought.
An overweight figure was seen squeezing through the crowd and quickly jogged over. If it wasn¡¯t Wang Tie, who else could it be?
¡°Brother Zi, sis-inws, hello, haha, if it wasn¡¯t for Brother Zi¡¯s help, I could never have passed the Dragon Academy assessment. I am so grateful.
Oh right, Brother Zi, this is a thank-you gift from my dad.¡±
Wang Tie¡¯s face was full of gratitude, and when he smiled, his chubby cheeks only allowed a crescent slit for his eyes.
[Ding, Wang Tie has sent you a trade request. Do you ept? Yes/No?]
Zi Liyuan did not think too much and clicked ept. Then, in the trade panel, there appeared the dried-up bones of a fierce monster.
Chapter 174: 174: Admission Test, Resolving the Abyssal Rift!
Chapter 174: Admission Test, Resolving the Abyssal Rift!
[Ding, obtained aplete set of Behemoth war beast bones and one Behemoth soul fragment.]
This was a Lord Level skeleton and soul fragment, remnants of a Behemoth that had fallen and whose bones had been dug up by grave robbers, along with a condensed soul fragment.
For those professions dealing with death, this was an excellent casting material, capable of bringing them the power of a Lord Level BOSS.
Of course, the prerequisite was that you had to have the ability to imprint an envement mark and thus sign an envement contract to properlymand it.
Although Zi Liyuan had high standards, favoring entities of epic presence or above, that didn¡¯t prevent Wang Fu from putting in the effort.
For a practitioner of death-rted professions, this indeed was very rare.
¡°Please thank Uncle Wang for me, I am very satisfied with this gift.¡±
As a Beast Tamer, the more high-quality monsters you contract, the stronger your power bes, but prior to reaching Fourth Order Level 100, one¡¯s ownbat power isn¡¯t significant, at most acting as support solely for their contracted monsters.
However, once reaching Fourth Order Level 100 and mastering the skill ¡°Shared Fortunes and Misfortunes,¡± one could share the attributes and skills of their contracted pets!
Therefore, a Level 99 Beast Tamer and a Level 100 Beast Tamer arepletely different species, all thanks to the qualitative change triggered by a single skill!