"You all know the drill. But this time, you close combaters would have to survive as long as you can in a monster ranch of your choice."
"And just like yesterday, suppress your level to the black iron-tier intermediate grade."
He said to Lu Chong, Hui Teng, Bai Yung, Qin We and Man Nao.
"My lord, but there are Green bronze-tier elementary grade fog monsters in the ranch. I don't think we'll last a minute in front of them with our levels 2 grades lower."
With a frightened expression on his face, Qin We said to Zhou Zhou.
Glancing at Qin We for a moment, Zhou Zhou turned towards Lu Chong.
"Demonstrate for us."
"Yes, my lord."
Lu Chong said before walking into the monster ranch containing the sandmen.
His level reducing with every step he took.
After Mu Gu removed his taming effect from the sandmen, the previously docile fog monsters immediately became salvage as they rushed towards Lu Chong.
The Green bronze-tier sandmen placed their hands on the ground as they summoned 26 black iron-tier advance grade sandmen.
Performing every stance of the spear he knew of, Lu Chong created an impenetrable perimeter 2 feet around him as he moved towards the Green bronze-tier sandmen.
Slashing their swords, thrusting their spear, smashing their hammers, hacking their axes, slamming their clubs, the sandmen sent all manner of attacks at Lu Chong only to be stopped by his spear 2 feet away from his body.
Lu Chong used his advance tier skills freely as he inputted every insight he got from the Hall of Truth.
After becoming familiar with his advance skills and exhausting every insight he comprehended in the 7 minutes he battled against the Green bronze-tier sandmen, he took a risk by decreasing his level once again.
"He actually dared to decrease his level to the black iron-tier elementary grade! Does he think the pressure isn't enough?!"
Man Nao exclaimed in shock.
Impossible!
Is this the strength of an advance grade skill?
Qin We was speechless as he watched Lu Chong battling against 13 opponents an entire tier above him while also defending against the sneak attacks of other fog monsters.
"What do you think?"
Looking at Qin We, Zhou Zhou asked him.
"I- H-He's very powerful.."
Struggling to answer knowing why he the one the lord asked, Qin We stuttered.
"Do you still think that having a lower strength grade makes you weaker than one with a higher grade than you?"
Zhou Zhou continued questioning his soldier.
"No, my lord."
Dropping his head, Qin We responded.
His voice barely a whisper.
"Everything can be accomplished when you're strong enough. Remember that."
Zhou Zhou schooled his soldier.
"I will, my lord." Qin We said before focusing back in the battle.
After surviving the attacks of the sandmen for 15 minutes, Lu Chong retreated from the monster ranch.
Going up next, Bai Yung chose the monster ranch (desert fog lizards), Hui Teng chose the monster ranch (sandmen), and Man Nao chose the monster ranch (black-tailed fog scorpions).
Qin We's choice was the monster ranch (desert fog lizards), so he would be going in after Bai Yung.
Lu Chong being their forerunner, the soldiers all made a choice to move towards the position of the Green bronze-tier fog monsters.
Having 2 intermediate skills among his skill sets, Bai Yung was able to last for a period of 11 minutes before getting flung away by the tail of one of his opponents.
Hui Teng held on for 4 minutes before being rescued by Mu Gu.
Man Nao was done away in less than a minute, confirming Qin We's words.
As for Qin We, he used the pressure from the continuous attacks of the desert fog lizards to arrive at the final destination of Hui Teng's path.
He comprehended the beginner sword shield combination skill, surpassing the limit of the sword shield soldier class and his past survival record.
The Hall of Truth aid my soldiers in comprehending a higher tier of their skills, while the monster ranch aid them in familiarizing and exhausting the insights gotten from the hall.
Zhou Zhou thought as the combo between the Hall of Truth and the monster ranch gave his soldiers a pleasant effect.
'Same time as Hui Teng.'
Bai Yung was surprised.
Especially at Qin We's breakthrough in the course of battle.
"It's time for the main event."
Zhou Zhou said before looking at Sun Can.
"Retrieve the promotion energy of the Black iron-tier fog monsters; leave the Green bronze-tier fog monsters to Hui Teng."
"It's time to truly reach the limit of your potential."
'Yes, my lord."
Sun Can and Hui Teng said as they entered the monster ranch (desert fog lizards).
Applying his taming skill on the fog monster once again, Mu Gu made them docile and defenseless against the ruthless attacks of Sun Can and Hui Teng.
Halting his attack after claiming the lives of 7 Green bronze-tier desert fog monsters, Hui Teng reached his limit.
[Promotion Energy Storage: 121 / 3,000,000]
'He's reached the limit of his potential.'
Zhou Zhou thought after the addition of 14 promotion energy to his phantom storage.
I will test out the promotion energy growth effect on Bai Yung after the monster ranches are cleared out.
He took note before bringing his attention back to the slaughter.
After taking the entire Black iron-tier elementary and intermediate grade desert fog lizards, 619 in total, Sun Can took out another 18 Black iron-tier advance grade desert fog lizards before advancing to the White silver-tier elementary grade.
I'm now at the upper limit of strength among the subjects under the lord.
Sun Can thought as he enjoyed the feeling of strength circulating in his body.
'The White silver-tier soldiers in my territory have reached 7. A few of them can even increase further.'
'I hope the phantom storage is capable of doing what I want.'
Zhou Zhou thought before ordering.
"Lu Chong, Hui Teng, Qin We, Man Nao, the 4 of you should take out remaining the fog monsters except the 3 marked ones."
"Yes, my lord!" the 4 soldiers who have reached the limit of their potentials answered before clearing the fog monsters from the 3 monster ranches.
I don't think my lord is trying to waste the promotion energy, right?
Bai Yung couldn't quite understand why his lord would get the soldiers who can no longer absorb promotion energy to kill the fog monsters.
After 5 minutes, only 3 fog monsters were left in the 3 monster ranches, the remaining 2,247 were transformed into promotion energy.
[Promotion Energy Storage: 33,363 / 3,000,000 (1,000,000)]
So far from a million.
Zhou Zhou thought as he stared at the storage notification in front of him.
"Bai Yung, come over."
He called.
"My lord."
Bai Yung looked a bit confused as he arrived in front of Zhou Zhou.
With the appearance of a white orb on his palm, Zhou Zhou said to Bai Yung.
"Place your hand on the orb."
Even though he was confused, Bai Yung still did as Zhou Zhou said.
"It's amazing."
Zhou Zhou muttered as he felt the connection formed between him and Bai Yung.
Seeing through the data of his promotion energy, he began sending him the required promotion energy.
[Promotion Energy: 12,005 / 42,192 (Potential Limit)]
[Promotion Energy: 12,89... / 42,192 (Potential Limit)]
[Promotion Energy: 35,27... / 42,192 (Potential Limit)]
[Promotion Energy: 42,192 / 42,192 (Potential Limit)]
"This is my limit... I... It feels so satisfying and repulsive at the same time."
Bai Yung muttered as he sensed the changes in his body.
It's really doesn't reduce the amount of promotion energy absorbed by a White silver-tier elementary grade life form.
This lord talent is really the best!
Zhou Zhou had a smile on his face as he looked at the remaining promotion energy in the phantom storage.
[Promotion Energy Storage: 3,176 / 3,000,000 (1,000,000)]
The only shortcoming is that I don't receive 10% of the promotion energy that they absorb.
He thought before using 680 promotion energy to breakthrough to the White silver-tier elementary grade.
Seeing the amount of promotion energy I'll need to attain the next grade is depressing.
I hope I get to face high number of high tier fog demons and opponents soon.
Facing his soldiers, he said to them.
"We'll head towards the territory of the regional scarlet lord in 2 hours."
"Lu Chong, Bai Yung, Hui Teng, Qin We and Man Nao, go prepare yourselves, you 5 would be in charge of taking down the regional scarlet lord and his soldiers."
"Make your preparations within the next 1 hour and 30 minutes."
"Yes, my lord!"
The limit soldiers acknowledged.
"Huang Sai, come with me."
Zhou Zhou called.
"Yes, my lord."
Huang Sai trailed behind Zhou Zhou as they headed towards the blacksmith building.
"Nikolaos, where is Carter?"
Coming across one of the blacksmiths he used the professional class change certificate on, Zhou Zhou asked.
"My lord, Senior Carter is in the forging room. Requesting permission to call him."
The Black iron-tier elementary grade blacksmith replied.
"Go ahead."
Zhou Zhou gave his consent.
Coming out after 2 minutes, the gnome bowed to Zhou Zhou.
"My lord."
"Carter, how are the equipment?"
Zhou Zhou asked.
"In the past two days, I've forged a total of 7 White silver-tier elementary grade armors and 1 White silver-tier intermediate grade armor."
"By the end of today, I'd forged one more White silver-tier intermediate grade armor and 3 White silver-tier elementary grade armors."
Carter Jim said respectfully to Zhou Zhou.
"That's amazing. Hand them over to Huang Sai. "
Zhou Zhou smiled at Carter Jim.
"Yes, my lord."
Carter said before sending one of his assistants to go get the equipment.
Leaving the building, Zhou Zhou left Huang Sai to take the armors to the other soldiers while he retrieved the loots of the 2,247 fog monsters in his bedroom.
He obtained monster flesh, water bags, sand stealth skill books, sand trap skill books, sand form skill books, sand summoning series skill books, black-tailed fog scorpion's poison sacs, antidotes, antidote formulas, blood cleansing pills, blood cleansing pill formulas, and black scorpion poison crossbows.
Other than that, there were still 8,635 black iron-tier mist cores!
84 Green bronze-tier mist cores!
981 sword shield soldier class change certificates!
344 sword shield soldier recruitment books!
756 poison crossbowmen class change certificates!
454 poison crossbowmen recruitment books!
1,827kg of sand crystal!
Looking at the loots in his spatial ring, Zhou Zhou contemplated on what he should do with the excess.
I would take care of the other lords soon enough, so I shouldn't place much hope on them.
Maybe I should sell the excess to the local territories of the High Continent.
Fish Spring Town would be the best choice at the moment.
I should be able to gain more detailed information from Wu Tu tomorrow.
Chuckling, he muttered.
"That's if everything goes smoothly today."
Leaving the courtyard, he found Elder Zhao before handing the 1,827kg of sand crystals and the required basic materials to him.
"A wall around the territory won't be possible to build in 2 days with our population, so build one around my courtyard using the sand crystals and the other materials."
"My lord, the wall would be a bit too high and thick. Using the sand crystals and the other materials might be a waste."
Elder Zhao tried changing Zhou Zhou's mind.
"For what's coming the day after tomorrow, I would like the wall to be as high and thick as a mountain."
Zhou Zhou said with a laugh.
"I understand."
Elder Zhao said solemnly.
He knew that the day after tomorrow might determine whether or not the Blazing Sun Territory continue to exist.
"That's good."
Zhou Zhou nodded before leaving.
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