Lingxi, having reached Tier Five, saw a direct surge in attributes, nearly doubling those of Tier Four.
This confirmed Lin You's speculation that as the species progresses, attributes increase geometrically, making the power significantly stronger.
As expected.
With the addition of Tier Five Lingxi, defending the territory became much easier.
With just a casual wave of the magic staff, countless spikes erupted, piercing the bodies of the demons, followed by leaves falling that transformed into arrows, striking demons and tearing their flesh.
It turns out she has comprehended the application of other natural magic!
With the support of these spells, the plant legion within the territory immediately surged with vigor, launching a frenzied counterattack.
Demons fell under their onslaught, and Lin You's mind constantly echoed with prompts.
[Killed Tier Three Tusked Beast, gained 10 points of Magic Energy.]
[Killed Tier Three Corpse Python, gained 11 points of Magic Energy.]
[Killed Tier Three Flying Scythe Mantis, gained 9 points of Magic Energy.]
[Killed Tier Four Cyclops, gained 24 points of Magic Energy.]
...
Gradually.
The demons outside the territory grew fewer and more sparse.
By late afternoon, the last demon fell under Lingxi's attack, and the area outside the territory suddenly fell silent.
"Phew... Finally got through it."
Lin You let out a deep breath, his tense expression relaxing, and he collapsed to the ground.
One could say he bore the brunt of the most intense wave at the start of the Beast Tide this time, a slight carelessness could have cost him his life, keeping his spirit intensely tight, with no room for relaxation.
Luckily.
The worst-case scenario did not occur, and he managed to gain a lot of resources, not to mention nurturing a Tier Five species, yielding plentiful gains.
Just uncertain about the situation on other Lords' sides.
Most of their territories are relatively far from the forest, and as the demons have already spread out, the impact they face is surely less intense than here.
However, mixed among the Beast Tide are many Tier Four demons, dealing with them is not an easy task.
"Forget it, it's not my problem anyway."
Lin You quickly cast these thoughts aside, circled the border to confirm safety, and then began inspecting the gains from this Beast Tide.
First is Magic Energy, which soared from just over a thousand points to nearly five thousand, multiplying four to five times!
Then there's the demons' bodies, almost piled into a mountain outside the territory, Tier Four demons are even commonly seen, the plants' future nourishment needs won't be a worry.
But what thrilled Lin You most was his plant species.
Because of continuous replacement, a variant similar to Lingxi successfully mutated, a Tier Four Highly Poisonous Demoness.
[Name: Highly Poisonous Demoness (Royal Family)]
[Race: Plant]
[Level: Tier Four (3/100)]
[Power: 87]
[Constitution: 100]
[Agility: 0]
[Spirit: 85]
[Skills: Devouring, Poison Mist, Thorn Forest (spreads countless vines, forming a terrifying thorn domain around, range expands with level.)]
[Introduction: The monarch among Highly Poisonous Demonesses, massive vines naturally create a domain, guarding a realm.]
The mutated Highly Poisonous Demoness rooted in place, its size growing dramatically.
Transforming from a height of over one meter into a vine plant over ten meters tall, topped with a bizarre flower that seemed to be absorbing Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi as it opened and closed.
As a trade-off for losing mobility, its vines thickened several times, becoming thicker than a thigh, extending from underground to the territory's perimeter, forming a vast forest filled with thorns along the walls and outside the territory!
Lin You tried walking into the forest, and the giant vines spontaneously cleared a path for him.
Meanwhile, the vines could also emit poison mist to the surroundings, obscuring vision and forming a poison mist area.
This is simply a perfect plant combining offense and defense!
Lin You could already imagine the terrifying scene of the vines spreading out and covering several miles around once the Highly Poisonous Demoness's level increases.
With such a plant, he finally didn't have to worry about defending his territory.
"Not bad, from now on, when I'm not around, defending the territory will be your task."
Lin You reached out and patted the vine entwining above him, expressing satisfaction.
The Highly Poisonous Demoness comprehended his intent through their connection, and extended thin vines danced around him, seemingly expressing joy.
Lin You thought for a moment and said, "Since you resemble Lingxi, from now on, you'll be called 'Cyan Rattan'."
Upon hearing this, Cyan Rattan swayed again.
Then, under Lin You's instructions, Cyan Rattan utilized its broad range advantage, collaborating with other plants to handle the bodies outside the territory.
As for Lin You, he recalled the prompts from this morning regarding the world channel and territory buildings.
He first opened the chat channel for a look, discovering the regional channel had expanded from its previous small area to a larger region, merging with other areas.
With an added suffix of "Endless Wasteland."
At a glance, it was full of countless messages, mostly discussing the Beast Tide.
Apparently, many have only just begun encountering the Beast Tide, unlike him, who was hit hard early in the morning, finally recovering now.
If he guessed correctly, the regional channel should adjust based on the area he is located.
As for the world channel, Lin You tried opening it but was prompted with being currently locked and inaccessible.
It seems some conditions are still unmet.
After examining the chat channels.
Lin You then proceeded to the Tree of Life, checking territory information, and indeed found a new option of [Territory Buildings].
Upon opening it, there were three types of buildings listed.
Providing residence: [Lord's Castle], developing species: [Tower of Species], and producing equipment: [Production Workshop].
The Lord's Castle and Production Workshop are easily understood, but Lin You was more interested in the Tower of Species, as it relates to species.
Looking at the construction materials required, 25 wood, 25 stone, 50 Magic Energy, all of which he had.
Without much thought, he chose to construct it.
In the next second, a towering structure rose from the ground, built at the designated spot.
Once the dust settled and it prompted construction success, Lin You immediately went forward to check the tower's information.
[Building Name: Tower of Species]
[Building Level: Tier One]
[Building Introduction: Can research advanced forms of existing species, making them recruitable, requires consumption of Magic Energy, species level cannot exceed building level.]
[Research Speed: 1 species/day]
[Upgrade Requirements: 50 wood, 50 stone, 100 Magic Energy]
"...!!!"
Research species?
Lin You's eyes instantly lit up.
He hadn't expected the Tower of Species to possess such a powerful function; it could research new species!
Though it could only study advanced forms of his existing species, this is undoubtedly great news for him.
This way.
The variety of recruitable species would greatly increase, rather than having only one option like the Cannibal Flower King for Tier Four species.
Excited, he immediately opened the page for researching species, checking the specific details.