“Moo—”
Freke led the way, followed by a full one hundred and eighty Cracked Earth Rhinoceroses, slowly approaching Lin Yi’s territory.
As far as the eye could see,
this group of massive creatures had heavy footsteps, each step leaving a huge imprint on the wet ground.
Their scattered formation resembled a steel torrent, a moving war fortress.
Among them, the old and young accounted for half.
But it was no exaggeration to say,
this monster group, at this stage, could sweep across all Blue Star Lords.
Of course, except for Lin Yi.
“Moo—”
Freke raised his head; outside the seemingly fragile wooden wall ahead, hundreds of human warriors holding long spears were lined up.
The human lord he had contacted in his dream was clearly standing among them.
Beside him stood a race Freke had never seen before.
A humanoid female with wings on her back.
She looked somewhat similar to a Harpy, but the unintentional oppressive feeling she emitted made Freke dare not act rashly.
It wasn't just the mysterious woman.
Even the human warriors, who looked like they could be easily crushed, showed no fear in their eyes when looking at his kin.
Aside from curiosity, there was only pure battle intent.
He had a feeling.
If he acted recklessly now, what awaited his tribe would not be submission, but being served on a dinner table.
“Moo…”
Freke stepped forward first, as he gradually approached Lin Yi.
Swish swish—
Chilling spear blades rested at the edge of his body.
“Moo…”
Freke knelt on his two front hooves, his body prostrate, and a complex contract pattern appeared above his head.
【Cracked Earth Rhinoceros Freke requests to become your subject. Do you agree?】
The Lord’s prompt appeared, and Lin Yi did not hesitate.
“Yes.”
As soon as his voice fell,
the contract pattern transformed into specks of light, drifting like wind towards the Lord’s Hall, merging into it and disappearing.
Immediately after,
Freke’s kin, who followed him, successively performed the same action.
【A Cracked Earth Rhinoceros tribe requests to become your subject. Do you agree?】
“Yes!”
A large number of light specks entered the Lord’s Hall.
Along with the change in territory population information, this group of monsters completely submitted to Lin Yi.
They also enjoyed the enhancement effects brought by the Pure Land.
“Moo?”
Freke was the first to react.
His large eyes gradually widened, and his body, eroded by time, was recovering its vitality.
Not only did he become decades younger, but his four-dimensional attributes also showed a slight increase.
Freke understood that it was the protection granted by the Lord before him, and he turned around, wanting to share the good news with his kin.
Who would have thought?
The Cracked Earth Rhinoceroses behind him also felt their own changes, becoming even more excited.
They rubbed their skins together, and joyful low roars echoed through the sky!
What shocked Freke the most was a female rhinoceros that had just conceived.
He saw with his own eyes that in just a few seconds,
her belly swelled up like it was bloated, and then, four lively little rhinoceroses, lining up, dropped into a muddy puddle.
It was simply a miracle!
“Alright.”
Lin Yi pointed to the newly built beast enclosure beside them, “That’s where you will live. Aside from sleeping and training, you are not restricted in your activities for the rest of the time. Settle your kin.
Then, lead us deep into the Monster Mountain Range.”
Freke could not speak, but he understood human language.
He immediately snapped out of his fantasy, returned to the rhinoceros herd, and implemented Lin Yi’s arrangements.
“Their intelligence isn’t low. I imagine it won’t be long before a cavalry legion can be formed.”
Seeing the Cracked Earth Rhinoceroses enter the beast enclosure, Lin Yi began to consider how to improve their aptitude.
Directly soaking them in the Cleansing Pool was definitely not an option.
The beast enclosure’s effect could not apply to monsters above Mythical grade.
“Let the old man dilute the spring water and see the effect.”
“It’s about time…”
Lin Yi looked up; the dawn sun slowly rose from the eastern Monster Mountain Range.
“Prepare to depart.”
Seeing a Spearman bring a wooden box, Lin Yi opened his arms.
Ailina gently helped him remove his outer coat, revealing the legendary inner lining he wore close to his body.
Then, she took out a set of exquisitely crafted full body armor, adorned with flame patterns, from the box.
Following the sequence, she personally fixed each component onto Lin Yi’s body.
To follow the expedition.
This was Lin Yi’s plan after a night of careful deliberation.
For this hunt, there was no cavalry legion, and Lü Xiaoyou was responsible for guarding the home.
The expedition team consisted of Xiang Yi, Ailina, Wang Tiezhu, along with 200 Scarlet Tassel Spearmen, and 2000 Niu Ma slaves.
This was almost the peak strength of his territory at present.
And with Li Dachui working through the night to forge a set of equipment from the materials of a Tier 3 Fiery Magic Leopard,
as long as he didn't court death, there was no need to worry about safety.
He… wanted to level up!
…
“Move it!”
Long Tao wiped the sweat flowing from his forehead, glaring fiercely at the blacksmith wielding a large hammer before him.
“Is a Level 18 equipment that difficult?
An entire night has passed, and only 60% of the progress is complete. You’re like an old woman pulling down her pants, so slow and hesitant!”
The blacksmith was expressionless, put down his hammer, and was about to leave.
“Where are you going?” Long Tao frowned.
“Lord, it’s mealtime. It’s time to eat,” the blacksmith replied.
“Get out, get out!”
Long Tao felt like he was about to have a brain hemorrhage from anger.
If his territory’s characteristic hadn’t changed, he would have wanted to hack this stupid blacksmith to death with a single strike.
Now it was different.
All the villagers he recruited were farmer professions.
The data paper figures that had been stored before had now become hot commodities.
“A rare weapon takes at least half a day.”
“Four in two days…”
Long Tao was somewhat annoyed.
Since his rebirth, he had done everything he was supposed to do.
Yet, events unfolded completely differently from his expectations.
The plot had completely spiraled out of control, and he didn't even know what would happen next.
“I must reach a Level 4 territory before the trial ends…”
“The light twin flowers will bloom this afternoon. I hope an Immortal-grade support elf appears.”
Long Tao sighed.
He and the Seventh Prince hadn’t been in contact for a long time.
He didn’t want to fulfill his promise, and the other party probably guessed as much.
If he only had a Level 3 territory, he would be randomly teleported to an unrecovered territory on Blue Star occupied by foreign races.
Without rapid population growth, the danger factor was too high.
“Where am I going to find 100 Tier 3 monster cores?”
“Damn it!”
Thinking of the difficulty of the material requirements, Long Tao was furious, kicking open the blacksmith shop door.
With a loud bang,
the door panel, along with Liu Yi, who had come to report, flew out.
“Lord…”
Liu Yi lay on the ground in a sorry state, clutching his sore backside, wincing in pain.
Long Tao hadn’t expected the other party to be so unlucky, so he quickly went forward, helped him up, and asked,
“What’s the rush? What happened?”
Now, he only had this one named villager, and he treasured him greatly.
“Foreign merchant caravan!”
Liu Yi quickly said, “A foreign merchant caravan has come to our territory!”
Hearing this,
Long Tao immediately perked up, his face flushed as he looked at the few warehouses filled with teaching materials in the distance!
That was more than half of his net worth.
“Lin Yi, oh Lin Yi, between the changes in the world line and our relationship, it’s a good thing I trusted the latter!”
“I didn’t expect there really would be a foreign merchant caravan!”
These mysterious merchants who traveled through the myriad races’ star domains always carried many valuable items that were priceless elsewhere.
However, their personalities were strange, and they had different trading rules.
Without knowing their preferences for acquiring items,
it was difficult to prepare the corresponding items in advance.
“Luck is also part of strength!”
Seeing a foreign merchant carriage parked and resting in the distance,
Long Tao’s lips curled into a smile, and he walked towards it with an arrogant stride.