Chapter 221: Chapter 203: Winter Snow Maiden (3K)_1
Translator: 549690339
Troop buildings, the first order corresponds to ordinary one-star troops, the second order corresponds to ordinary three-star troops, and the third order corresponds to rare one-star troops.
The highest seems to be seventh-order.
However, there is no record of seventh-order buildings. Even in Dragon Courtyard, an area where several major countries jointly station troops with intense disputes, there are only sixth-order Dragon Nests.
In the sixth-order area, basic recruitment can obtain excellent three-star troops, and there is a chance to trigger an epic life form.
And such sixth-order troop buildings can recruit batches repeatedly after a period of time, so it’s no wonder that all major countries strive to commandeer them.
This is already related to the foundation of the country.
For Mu Yuan, he values more the ‘environmental transformation’ and ‘cultivation gain’ of the troop buildings. Because of the existence of the Skeleton Cemetery, he doesn’t need to invest in soul sand, and batches of little skeletons are gradually promoted to level 6, level 7, and level 8. The amount of soul sand saved is not small.
The increase in the cultivation speed is also very significant, almost doubled.
In contrast, the basic skeleton recruitment function is mundane.
“But with third-order troop buildings, it’s different. The rare soldiers recruited are at least quite valuable, like nuns, ten remnant souls cost hundreds of soul crystals.”
Mu Yuan only hopes that no trash troops will be made.
The azure brilliance gradually receded, revealing to him a frozen land, with an unfrozen pool in the middle of the land, which was filled with white fog above.
Despite being in an unbuilt state, there was a chill emanating from this troop building model, and the surrounding temperature seemed to drop a few degrees in an instant.
“This is…”
‘Prompt: You have obtained the third-order troop building ‘Ice Spirit Cold Pool’.’
‘Effect One: After a period of time, a certain number of ‘Ice Spirit (Rare*)’ can be recruited, and there is a small chance to recruit ‘Snow Girl (Rare***)’, and there is a very small chance to recruit ‘Winter Snow Woman (Superior *)’.’ It’s a rare element series troop!
Though rare, they are extremely well-known and pursued by numerous Lords. Elemental series troops are born mage towers, and unlike human mages, they are not frail and have a high affinity for elements. They also have advantages such as immunity to physical attacks, and ease of combining spells.
In the market, rare rank elemental troops and dragon troops are equally priced.
Within the elemental types, the light spirit and dark spirit stand out the most.
The Brilliant Radiant Spirit he had seen before can awaken the powerful teleportation skill ‘Light Flash’, which is a godlike, bug-level skill when used for assassination or self-preservation.
But the Ice Spirit is not bad either.
“A few peak-developed Winter Snow Women, as long as the environment is suitable, can trigger a terrifying snowfall-like ice tide.”
Although it’s not the rare troop that Mu Yuan is most longing for, it is quite suitable for the current Tianyuan Territory.
He can form a main artillery regiment from this.
Moreover, with a large number of slimes serving as ‘Evolution Point Providers’, it will be not difficult to evolve the Ice Spirits.
‘Effect Two: The Ice Spirit Cold Pool will continue to transform the surrounding environment to form a more suitable home for Ice Spirit babies. At the same time, low-grade material ‘Cold Pool Ice Crystal’ will be continuously produced in the pool. The Cold Pool Ice Crystal contains a moderate amount of ice elemental energy and can be used to manufacture equipment, recovery items or as an energy source.’
‘Effect Three: Within the influence range of the Ice Spirit Cold Pool, the level of Ice Spirit troops can be slowly increased. At the same time, the power of Ice Magic cast by Ice Spirits can be amplified.’
‘Effect Four: The cultivation speed of elemental species within the influence range of the Ice Spirit Cold Pool can be increased, and the chance of breakthrough can be slightly increased, except for fire elemental species.’
‘Note: When certain conditions are met, ‘Ice Spirit Cold Pool’ can be upgraded to a fourth-order troop building ‘Snow Girl Crystal Palace’.’
Mu Yuan started to wander around his territory looking for the right location for his Ice Spirit Cold Pool after leaving the Land of Challenge.
Previously, the Skeletal Cemetery was located in the west and the Treeman Forest was in the east, occupying the left and right of Tianyuan Territory, but with the upgrade and expansion of the territory, more vacant land emerged.
In the end, he chooses the northwestern position for the Ice Spirit Cold Pool.
He considered that the southern area was continuously expanding. Isloa had already made future plans for each piece of land there, so it was inappropriate to occupy it.
Ice Spirit Cold Pool possesses the ability to ‘amplify ice magic’, it can serve as a great barrier the resist monster waves in the future.
And the waves are coming from the north.
In Mu Yuan’s hand, the troop building representing ‘Ice Spirit Cold Pool’ slowly drifted out and fell into the ground as he made his decision. Like a seed falling, it started to take root and sprout. The next moment,
Rumble
The earth shook slightly, and the entire landscape in front of Mu Yuan began to change rapidly like clay. The low-lying terrain rose, the pits were filled in, the mountains flowed out like melted ice, and small jittering stones sank into the ground.
In the blink of an eye, the entire land became smooth and shiny, reflecting the sunlight.
Imperceptibly, the land had completely changed, turning into a thick ice. The entire frozen land spread out hundreds of meters, freezing everything.
The coldness hit his face.
Standing here, Mu Yuan felt as if he had entered a frozen land, but once he stepped out of the influence range of the Ice Spirit Cold Pool, it was just a slightly cool autumn.
One line of ice, two different worlds.
This is the magic of troop buildings.
The farther inside the frozen land, the lower the temperature. At the very center is a small pool with a diameter of only seven or eight meters. It is filled with white fog above but is miraculously not frozen.
“Notice: The current number of recruitable troops is 30. Thereafter, 10 units can be recruited every month, with a maximum storage capacity of too units for recruitment.”
“Notice: Do you wish to carry out recruitment 30 times? The total recruitment cost will be 1500g of Soul Sand.”
“Yes!”
A half Soul Crystal stored in the territory’s warehouse is quietly consumed in the process.
At the same time, one after another apparition in the depths of the icy pool, under the influence of some great power, become solid and slowly emerge.
The first to appear is the Ice Spirit.
At first glance, it looks like a massive hovering ice crystal. There is a chilly mist swirling around, intertwining and forming an outline that bears some resemblance to a human figure.
Compared to the Spring Spirit next door with its graceful silhouette, it is quite a bit lacking.
The next to appear is the rare three-star contender, the ‘Snow Girl’.
Compared to the Ice Spirit, the Snow Girl’s human figure is significantly more noticeable. She wears a light blue dress, has light blue long hair, and a light blue palm beneath her wide sleeves. Her eyebrows are light blue, her eyes are light blue, and her entire face is light blue.
She looks like a snowman intricately carved out of snow.
Or rather, she is a snowman.
The last to appear is the star player who was lucky enough to be recruited into the SR ranks during the first recruitment phase, the superior one-star contender ‘Winter Snow Woman’.
Her features are a bit more delicate, and her entire body has a more diverse color scheme: a light blue dress, and milk white hair. That’s about it.
“Winter Snow Woman”
“Level: Zero-order Level 1”
“Gift: Power of Winter”
“Skills: Snowstorm, Ice Edge, Ice Blade, Ice Tornado, Ice Armor”
She has more skills than expected. Although the extra ones are basic skills that she could learn in the future, it shows how talented this Winter Snow Maiden is. Not bad.
The future looks promising.
Thinking for a moment, evolving from a Superior One-Star to a Superior Three-star only requires 625 Evolution Points, and his current inventory of Elemental Evolution Points is quite substantial—he couldn’t evolve Duo Lai, and there wasn’t much need to evolve anything else—so he pointed it out.
This Snow Girl, blessed with a privileged background and a confused consciousness, enjoyed a treatment that many of her predecessors sought yet never obtained.
“Notice: Your troop ‘Winter Snow Maiden’ has bathed in the Miracle Light and transformed, evolving into ‘Winter Woman (Superior***)’. She has awakened the gift ‘Ice-Cold Heart’, and has acquired an advanced awakened skill ‘Cold Tide Funeral’.”
“Notice: Your troop ‘Winter Woman’ has had some insights during the evolution process and has learned the venue-based skill ‘Snowfall’.”
When they say “start full load configuration,” they are talking about her.
As the light of evolution receded, the form of the Winter Woman appeared before Mu Yuan. Compared to her previous snowman-like form, her change was quite drastic. She wore a light blue dress that draped down to the ground, had a curvaceous figure, and hair like a waterfall. The hands that extended from her sleeves and the collarbone visible from the collar of her dress were delicate and fair, looking no different from human skin.
However,
The Winter Woman is still a creature of ice, not a human.
Theoretically, newly born elemental beings do not have genders. But why do their advanced forms tend to show clear differences?
The advanced forms of the Spring Spirit and Ice Spirit both have clearly female forms.
The advanced form of the Melting Spirit, also known as the ‘Fire Man’, as the name suggests, only has a male form.
The advanced form of the Earth Spirit also only has a male form.
But both the Radiant Spirit and the Dark Spirit have advanced forms of both genders. Moreover, the skills awakened by Male Radiant Spirits and Female Radiant Spirits often have some differences.
An expert in theological studies once put forward a point of view.
He claimed that the evolution of elemental beings is influenced by the deity that wields the power of their element.
However, this view is too fanciful and cannot be verified.
As soon as she left the Land of Ice, Isloa was already rushing to meet her.
“My Lord, I heard you’ve recruited some Ice Spirits and Snow Girls,” she said.
Her eyes brimmed with excitement, akin to… well, one might say she looked eager to get her hands on some new research material.
Back in the Eagle Kingdom, Isloa had been known for her willingness to experiment and modify herself, despite being the most accomplished worker in Tianyuan.
Mu Yuan wanted to protect the newborn Snow Girls so that their young hearts wouldn’t be hurt too soon, so he asked,
“Have you finished all your work?”
“87% has already been completed. My three Starlight Avatars are currently in charge, and we expect to have all the new district planning arranged by 2:30 tomorrow morning.”
She reported rapidly yet clearly.
What could Boss Mu do? He could only wish the Snow Girls the best of luck.
At most, he would build an Intermediate Mage Tower to provide a relatively safe research environment. However, now that they had the Intermediate Mage Tower and valuable materials, Isloa should be able to produce some impressive results, right?