Pulling in the spoils of war into his spatial ring, Zhou Zhou immediately set sail for fish spring town.
Sitting behind his soldiers while atop Nezario, he spent the entire journey to fish spring town in examining his loots.
Having killed over 1,200 Pudao soldiers and 1,900 Purple Scale Murderfishes, he obtained the following loots with the aid of his lord talent.
12,030 mist cores! (9,658 Black iron-tier, 2,352 Green bronze-tier, 20 White silver-tier)
75,344kg of water bags!
81,140 units of meat! (Black iron-tier, Green bronze-tier, White silver-tier)
5,060 skill books! (Black iron-tier, Green bronze-tier, White silver-tier)
2,334 pudao soldier class change certificates!
920 pudao soldier recruitment books!
1 wind sand staff! (White silver-tier elementary grade)
1 Yellow gold-tier scarlet lord talent sphere!
2 origin crystals!
8 lord talent crystal fragments! (5 Black iron-tier, 3 Yellow gold-tier)
Zix Pcao and Wind Howler's corpses were what gave the last four loots.
Other than these gains, he obtained a total of 113,000 materials, 1,668 Black iron-tier mist cores, 144 Green bronze-tier mist cores, 2 White silver-tier mist cores, and 2 territory tokens! (Green bronze-tier elementary and intermediate grade).
"Today is freaking awesome!"
Zhou Zhou cried out in excitement, drawing the attention of his soldiers.
A f8cking Yellow gold-tier scarlet lord talent sphere!
This fish guy actually had a Yellow gold-tier scarlet lord talent?!
Moreover, there are three Yellow gold-tier lord talent crystal fragments?!
Holding himself back from speaking out after seeing his soldiers all staring at him, he thought as only his smile revealed his excitement.
"I will purify it when I return to the city."
He checked out the Yellow gold-tier lord talent crystal fragments he was seeing for the first time.
[Treasure Ability One: Gather 10 Yellow gold-tier lord talent crystal fragments and fuse them into a complete Yellow gold-tier lord talent origin divine crystal. It can awaken an unknown Yellow gold-tier lord talent!]
[Treasure Ability Two: Gather 10 Yellow gold-tier lord talent origin divine crystals and fuse them into a complete White platinum-tier lord talent origin divine crystal. It can allow a lord with a Yellow gold-tier lord talent upgrade their lord talent to a White platinum-tier lord talent. The subsequent fusion effects, and so on!]
"Just like those of the Black iron-tier. A pity I can't reverse the effect of its upgrade, I would've gotten like 3 White platinum-tier lord talent origin divine crystals."
He muttered before ticking the upgrade list of his territory.
With 4 Green bronze-tier territory tokens in his hand, he's exceeded the requirements to upgrade his territory to the advance grade of green bronze-tier.
Bringing his attention to the skill books, Zhou Zhou ignored the swimming mastery skill of the purple scale murderfishes.
"There's no difference between what it gives and what the deep stealth skill gives."
He muttered.
As for their second skill, the water spear technique, he was interested in the idea of using it as a sneak attack.
"Having a water spear exiting from the mouth of my soldiers can take my enemies by surprise at a close range."
He mumbled.
The summoning wind sand skill gotten from Wind Howler caught his interest after glimpsing the battle between the worshiped scarlet lord and his soldiers.
A skill that can both attack and defend, it might cause an unexpected effect if paired together by the sand emperor's scepter.
Zhou Zhou thought as he held on to that idea.
And he did so because of the effects of the wild sand staff of the scarlet lord.
[Equipment Grade: White silver-tier elementary grade]
[Equipment Effect One: Wild Sand Territory— Continue to inject energy into the staff and you can cast the wild sand territory at a specific location. Enemies in the wild sand territory will continue to suffer damage from the attack of wild sand of white silver-tier elementary grade.]
[Note: The location, range, strength, and duration of the wild sand territory depend on the strength of the energy in the user's body and the amount of energy output.]
[Equipment Effect Two: Wild Sand Blessing— Using it on the wild sand territory repeatedly can increase the strength and purity of the energy in the user's body. This blessing is only effective on Professionals below the Yellow gold-tier.]
The second effect aside, the thought of making use of the strengthened sand created by wind sand territory to conjure a swordsman was definitely alluring.
"Hui Teng would be perfect to try it out."
Mumbling to himself, Zhou Zhou glanced at Hui Teng before directing his attention to the wind sand believer caught by Bai Yung's team.
It's certain that I will rear it in order to acquire pudao soldier's change class certificate and recruitment book, 'when' is the issue.
He thought as he stared at the clouds.
"So beautiful.."
..
Fish Spring Town
In the administrative hall of the Mayor's office
Zhang Boen sat at his desk.
The table in front of him was piled with documents that needed to be dealt with but his eyes were wandering and he kept looking at the door from time to time. Clearly, his mind was no longer on the pile of documents.
At this moment
Thump, thump, thump!
There was a knock on the door.
"Come in!"
He immediately said.
Soon, the door was pushed open.
A young man with a mustache walked in quickly.
"Mayor, here's the latest Intel."
"Our people went to the purple scale lake after Blazing Sun left with his troops."
"We found that the purple scale lake has heavily reduced and all the purple scale murderfishes killed."
"The same can be said of the water demon lake and Wind Howler's territory."
"The three scarlet lords have all been killed!"
The mustached man said excitedly.
Zhang Boen looked at him in a daze.
"So fast… The scarlet lords have been killed by him already?"
He muttered, unable to believe what he heard.
"Yes!"
"Blazing Sun is indeed one of the most famous top-notch lords in our Aurora Kingdom!"
"He is already so strong in just seven days."
"In another year or two, I think he can challenge a Crimson Kingdom."
The mustached man laughed. He was excited at the bright future ahead of the town.
"You're exaggerating. I don't think he can challenge the Crimson Kingdom without maybe half a decade of growth."
Zhang Boen refuted.
No matter how amazing the feat of taking out three Green bronze-tier territories is, it can't compare with owning an Extraordinary-tier hero.
Shifting the topic, he said.
"Prepare the banquet!"
"I guess it won't be long before our hero arrives."
"Yes, mayor!"
The mustached man immediately left.
Looking at the scrolls on his desk, he quickly picked one that is blank before writing to the king.
"Fulfilling my side of the deal will be the best way to show respect to Blazing Sun."
Fourteen minutes later, Zhang Boen rose from his seat in bewilderment.
How fast does he travel?
..
Standing with 40 to 50 men and women in the official uniforms of the Aurora Kingdom, Zhang Boen welcomed the young men walking towards him.
"Congratulations for returning victorious!"
"From now on, our Fish Spring Town won't have to worry about the monsters of the three scarlet lords harming our people!"
Zhang Boen held Zhou Zhou's hand and said happily.
The forty or so subjects of Fish Spring Town bowed their heads as they also thanked Zhou Zhou and his soldiers.
"Mayor Zhang, you don't have to do this."
"We had an agreement to destroy the three Scarlet Lords."
"I just did what I promised to do."
Zhou Zhou could not stand Zhang Boen's enthusiasm. He quietly took a step back and said.
"Blazing Sun, you're too humble."
When Zhang Ben heard his words, his impression of Zhou Zhou became even better.
After that, he invited Zhou Zhou to the banquet.
Sensing the interest of his soldiers, Zhou Zhou accepted his invitation.
Coming to the largest restaurant in Fish Spring Town, the banquet was filled with the best dishes of the town.
After drinking and eating his fill, Zhang Boen, sitting opposite Zhou Zhou smiled while handing him a spatial ring.
"Your rewards are here."
"The 200 subjects will be sent to Blazing Sun City in about a few hours."
"I've already written the document requesting credit for you, Blazing Sun."
"Very soon, his Majesty will know how powerful you are."
When the subjects of Fish Spring Town heard this, they looked at Zhou Zhou with envy and satisfaction..
They knew Blazing Sun would probably soon become a popular person in the eyes of the King and the entire Aurora Kingdom.
And although they were envious, they also knew he truly deserved it.
Only someone that can handle three powerful scarlet lords in less than an hour would be honored by the king.
I should try to befriend him.
The thought echoed in the minds of the subjects of Fish Spring Town, Zhang Boen included.
"Thank you."
Zhou Zhou said to Zhang Boen as he took the spatial ring.
"I should be the one doing that."
Zhang Boen smiled as he said.
Half an hour later, the banquet ended.
"How about I take you around the town."
Zhang Boen said, wanting Zhou Zhou to stay a little longer.
"I have something very important I have to take care of, I can't stay any longer."
Zhou Zhou said, refusing Mayor Zhang's request.
"…Alright."
Zhang Boen relented regretfully.
He knew that tomorrow was an important day for Blazing Sun and the other lords of the myriad races through some channels so he did not persuade them further.
"Good luck!"
He blessed him.
"Thank you very much."
Zhou Zhou acknowledged.
Then, he bade farewell to the other officials of Fish Spring Town and left with his soldiers.
The officials of the Fish Spring Town could only watch them leave, having no opportunity to cozy up to Zhou Zhou.
About 8 minutes later, the thirty meters dragon returned back to Blazing Sun City.
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