Chapter 188: Chapter 179: Third Level Territory and Power
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Mu Yuan scrutinized himself, his main insights were into the lightning and spear, both at the beginner level. Yet, after numerous improvements and sparring matches with Rakshasa, he felt that he had reached the summit, only a step away from entering the realm of ‘Minor Success’.
Furthermore, he possessed insights into ‘sword’, ‘blade’, ‘fire’, and so on.
This was the result of Mr. Mu, in his spare time, based on his mastery of the pinnacle of swordsmanship and swordplay, exploring these insights.
It wasn’t too difficult.
Under the premise of having already stepped into the Artistic Conception Level, it was as easy as eating and drinking to explore other insights.
He felt it was this way.
It was not something to be proud of.
At the Festival Grounds, he had witnessed the clash of insights between Lords Wuji and Yongxing. Wuji’s Sword Intent had reached the state of ‘Great Success’, and his sword intent was splendid, extreme in swordsmanship, all- encompassing and confident.
Wuji Sword Intent!
It was among the finest in Sword Intent.
Naturally, Sword Intent has different levels, just as the ‘Withered Bone Realm’ and ‘Realm of the Dead’ are areas with a huge gap between them, even though they belong to the same category.
It was precisely because he created a top-tier Sword Intent that Wuji was assessed as ‘Legendary Expectation’. If it was not for his apparent weaknesses, and the lack of powerful units, along with his less remarkable territory development, he could be the undeniably leading figure of this generation of Tai Xuan.
“Wuji likely possesses a top-tier innate talent dealing with ‘Sword’. However, to reach where he is today, this talent probably only plays a role of 1%, and the rest 99% completely depended on his own dilligence.”
Just like the Undead and ‘Bone Two’.
When the General Dead Bone was at the stage of ‘Skeleton General’, he only had two talents ‘Heart of Darkness’ and ‘Death Extraction’. His innate configurations were not much different from ‘Bone Two’, but the power he extended and created from them was far beyond ‘Bone Two’.
This was the Undead’s talent and charisma.
Wuji’s talent and charisma in swordplay were also top-tier.
“At the Festival Grounds, upon my recommendation, Wuji recruited the toptier hero ‘Knight of Dawn’, a hero who had the inheritance of the Ancient Bright Empire and was capable in both literary and martial arts. By now, his weaknesses must have been greatly improved. He was undoubtedly one of the most powerful candidates in the Tai Xuan delegation participating in the Dragon Court competition.”
If Mr. Mu wanted to represent Tai Xuan in the competition, to glorify his nation and also strive for reward of large amount of luxurious resources, Wuji would be his competitive opponent.
It seemed he has powered up his competitive opponent.
However,
“If the hope of advancing is based on the fact that opponent isn’t strong enough, such qualification is not needed in the first place.”
Without the confident to face, and defeat all powerful opponents, how could he talk about reaching the top! The Dragon Court competition was just a minor scenic spot on this road.
“But my development period is relatively short, in terms of completely overwhelming all the enemies in the competition, I couldn’t pull it off. Many opponents must possess Artistic Conception of Great Success, with multiple Third-order subordinates, their complete troop legions have very likely condensed into the Army Soul Embryo…”
His goal was not reckless killing, but to qualify in the selection and become a member representing Tai Xuan.
Because, as long as he qualifies, Tai Xuan would pour in a large amount of resources to aid him in power enhancement.
He heard that one of those resources was called ‘Pure Soul Source Pool1, which could quickly enhance one’s own level without side effects.
How much one can absorb, how much one can improve, all depended on the individual’s talent and potential.
But he heard that even in the case of a Warlord Level Strongman who entered, they could at least improve by three or four levels, and in more cases, six or seven levels.
This was the resource he wanted most, without equal.
However, the ‘Dragon Nest recruitment chance’ rewarded to excellent performers after the Dragon Court competition seemed ordinary to Mu Yuan. The Dragon Nest doesn’t necessarily recruit real Giant Dragons, most of the time it can only recruit Sub-Dragon Species or Dragon Descendants.
Of course, the Sub-Dragon Species and Dragon Descendants that come out from Dragon Nests are certainly the top-tier among the elites, with extraordinary combat capabilities and extremely high potential.
Nevertheless, fine… having a free Dragon Descendant or Giant Dragon is still pretty good.
After all, it’s free.
Perhaps he could also become a Dragon Knight.
He thought of the Dragon Blood Martial Maiden from the Festival Grounds, guessed she must be wandering somewhere.
“To increase the winning rate, the Army Soul Embryo needs to be formed, Isloa, Rakshasa and others need to evolve, and the average level of the main force in the territory needs to be increased. As for myself…”
As a strength ranking in the top three, or even top two, in Tianyuan, he must exert his 99% diligence and perseverance.
He took out the information he had downloaded and printed from the real world, which was put on special paper.
Sitting in the City Lord’s Mansion, with his legs on the table, the bound volume of information floated on front of him, and with a rustling sound page after page was automatically turned over.
‘The mainstream battle system in the Eternal World can be divided into two types, one is based on the army, condenses the Army Soul Embryo, and continues to hone and strengthen this army soul, providing vast power to the entire Legion. The top Legions can incarnate into a giant towering man that can slaughter gods and demons.’
‘Second, it is a combat system composed of numerous units and buildings to assist, with top-notch individual combatants as the core.’
‘The famous Lord of Han Yue City possesses a guard legion primarily made up of Cold Ice Sword Samurai. The function of this legion is not to defend her, but to provide her with vast support of homogeneous power when necessary.’
‘Lord Han Yue, already a top-tier strongman, has a limit to her individual strength, however, the way she builds her combat team around herself almost has no limit.’
Tn addition to Lord Han Yue, Sword Lord Liushi, a leading character from two generations ago, is also a representative figure of ‘Devoted to Individual Might’.
‘The two paths do not conflict and can be merged.’
Mr. Mu was no stranger to the path of ‘Devoted to Individual Might’.
His General Dead Bone was already on this path.
Many of the abilities he possessed, such as ‘Wraith Sacred Mountain’, ‘Strategic Talent Undead Control’, etc., had advantages in this aspect.
Thanks to the ‘Lord’s Power’, a Lord naturally holds the advantage in terms of utilizing external forces. If he could also awaken some special and unique strategic talents, his advantage would be even stronger.
“However, I don’t need to charge deep into enemy lines, I spend most of my time at home in my territory, so apart from having suitable abilities to integrate, having enough strength and being handsome enough, my battle system has to be practical enough.”
His goal was to have long-range combat capability.
It can either be supportive or offensive.
By then, you can cooperate with your ‘Spiritual Link’ talent, the ‘Field of Vision Sharing’ ability of the Battle Falcon, and my refined micro-operation ability to defeat the enemy from thousands of miles away.
The difficulty lies in how to convey power.
He had some ideas, originated from the gift of the ability to evolve.
After he stepped into the Professional level, he could remotely grant troops the baptism of evolution. How exactly does this mysterious power get transmitted? As long as he can figure out a bit of it, he could instantly solidify the system.
The other path is to upgrade the territory.
As long as the level of the territory increases, the Lord’s Power will also increase accordingly. By then, more tricks can be played.
As for the Tianyuan Territory, it met the conditions for promotion to the third level a few days ago, but he just delayed some time for the sake of maximizing benefits.
Mu Yuan opens the panel and pulls out the troops list.
‘Tree Demon Granny: Second Order, Level 1’
‘Bone Little Six: First Order, Level 7’
‘Zero Order 9 Great Perfection Troops: 233’
Just like when he upgraded last time, Mu Yuan arranged for 120 of the most suitable Apprentice Level troops to enter the two Breakthrough Dojos and asked the troops out there to return one after another.
When everyone was ready, Mu Yuan murmured softly.
“Upgrade.”
‘Notice: Soul Crystal -too, Tianyuan Territory (Level Two Territory) is being upgraded…’
In the overlooking view, the fog outside the territory receded once again, signifying that the king’s land, representing power and authority, was expanding inch by inch.
Cross the river, cross the forest.
This expansion continued for half an hour before gradually ending.
‘Notice: Your territory has been upgraded to Level Three.’
‘Notice: You’ve unlocked the permanent blueprint ‘Wall (Ordinary)’, and received the blueprint ‘Guiding Landmark (Ordinary3/3)’.’
‘Notice: You’ve received Level Three Territory gain’.
Mu Yuan quickly scans the information.
Now that the territory is sufficient, the biggest benefit of territory upgrading is that all buildings can be upgraded as well.
If the Breakthrough Dojo is upgraded to Level Three, there will be no increase in quota, but it can provide a breakthrough for ‘Professional Level Peak’. As for the Tianyuan Territory at present, elite soldiers like Bone Little Six and others who rank in the first echelon are not far from the Great Perfection of Professional Level Nine.
Also, although the ‘wall’ blueprint is only of ordinary level, it is still valuable.
“This wall appears to be four meters high when built, the solidity is also decent, but it’ s far from the wall of Shiling Town.”
Mu Yuan hesitates whether to build it or not.
He naturally wants to build more robust and reliable high-level walls, but high-level wall blueprints are extremely rare, and one-time wall blueprints are useless. Only permanent blueprints can build a real, towering wall around the entire territory.
“The season of monster waves hasn’t arrived yet, if appropriate blueprints are still not available by then, just build ordinary walls.”
While pondering, the daylight had fallen.
Mu Yuan felt as if he was bathing in a hot spring, and all his cells were rejoicing.
However, it’s a pity that he is already an elite-level strongman. The reward from upgrading from Level Two to Level Three is not significant. It’s just a slight rise half a level.
He is more interested in the change of the Lord’s Power.
So he closed his eyes and felt it carefully.
‘Lord’s Power: The Lord can borrow the power of his troops, and according to the degree of trust of the troops, can exert 30%~80% of their ability. Currently, up to three templates can be pre-loaded.’
“So this is how it is.”
“The upper limit has not changed, but the operability has increased a lot.”
For example, he can borrow the power of three generals at the same time- – (Z.0%+30%+30%) x80%- – and use this as the basis for skill combination.
For example, in the next second after using the Dead Bone template, he can seamlessly switch to the Duo Lai template, unlike the previous template conversion that had an interval time.
At this moment, Mu Yuan was using two completely different forces.
One from Dead Bone, the power of Undead Shadows, the other from Lainey, the power of Holy Light.
The mist of black swirling around, the light of pale gold shining brightly, they complemented each other on his left and right hands. At a glance, the power of Holy Light is not much weaker than that of the Undead.
That’s natural.
Lainey is a first-tier mid-level, Lord Shepherd is a second-tier powerhouse with extremely powerful energy, and he has entered the Dead Bone template. His basic qualities even surpassed many third-tier existences when added on top of each other.
Lord Shepherd’s healing ability is stronger than Lainey’s (proud face).
However, after loading most of the Dead Bone template, his body and energy became more inclined towards darkness, and when he tried to activate the power of Holy Light, there was a noticeable lack of coordination and blocking sensation.
It’s as if an ice man is holding a blazing blade that keeps giving off flames.
After experimenting for a while, Mu Yuan somewhat understood how to construct the personal combat system of a Great Lord.
He could continue along this path.
However, if he wanted to increase his combat power in the short term, he would have to start from the three template slots that could be pre-loaded and make a breakthrough.
“Wait, why should I be constrained by the proportion of power borrowed, rather than pulling a certain aspect of a certain template to the extreme?”