Advanced! Legendary Phantom Assassin!

A look of satisfaction appeared on Cao Xing's face.

Then, he came to the side of the two giant beasts, Dabai and Volibear.

As the first two pets to accompany him, they were finally able to advance toward the Commander rank.

Cao Xing did not hesitate and pressed the remaining two Commander-grade Souls into their bodies.

In an instant, the beastly eyes of these two behemoths widened, and they couldn't help but let out a roar of exhilaration.

"Moo!" "Roar!"

Then, peculiar changes appeared on their bodies as well.

Behind Dabai, a large number of phantom images of Mammoth spirits appeared.

These phantom images were tall and massive, their bodies exuding a blue aura, like giant beasts from ancient times, filled with a sense of majesty!

They all widened their copper bell-like eyes, staring at the figure in front, their eyes filled with expectation.

It was as if they were looking at the king of their own tribe.

As for Volibear, he was surrounded by dark purple thunder orbs.

"Zzz zzz—" The sound of electric currents rang out continuously.

Each thunder orb exuded destructive power. Then, two consecutive system notifications appeared.

[Your pet: Dabai has successfully transformed into a Commander-grade creature, base attributes increased by 30%, activated Commander-grade skill: Endless Mammoth Stampede]

[Endless Mammoth Stampede: This skill requires the Leader-grade skill 'Mammoth Stampede' as a prerequisite to summon a large number of Mammoth spirits, which will follow Dabai's unified command to launch up to 10 consecutive charges against enemies. Cooldown: 1 hour]

[Your pet: Volibear has successfully transformed into a Commander-grade creature, base attributes increased by 30%, activated Commander-grade skill: Heavenly Destruction Thunder Orb (Passive)]

[Heavenly Destruction Thunder Orb (Passive Skill): Each time an attack hits an enemy, there is a 35% chance to generate a thunder orb that circles around the side. When more than 5 thunder orbs are circling, they can all be released, dealing 5 * 259% Thunder attribute damage to the enemy, and each thunder orb has a 25% chance to paralyze the enemy.]

"Very good, Dabai and Volibear have also succeeded!"

"Counting it this way, all three Souls have succeeded!"

"This success rate is truly unrivaled!"

Cao Xing appeared very happy. With this, he had added two more Commander-grade powerhouses.

In addition to the attribute increase, the new skills activated by Dabai and Volibear after their breakthrough were also quite good, and both were very distinctive.

This way, when Dabai fights in the future, he can directly lead hundreds or thousands of Mammoth spirits to charge together.

Just thinking about that scene makes one excited and shocked!

This Commander-grade skill of Volibear is even more powerful; not only does it increase his damage output, but it also carries a crowd control effect.

More importantly, it is a passive skill with no cooldown.

The two giant beasts were also very satisfied with their transformation.

"Next, it's time to start digesting these Hero's Hearts!"

Cao Xing continued to press the communication device by his ear and said.

"Renice, Andrew, Hilda, the three of you come to the territory buffer zone to find me."

The responses of the three reached his ears.

"Yes, My Lord."

"This Queen has heard you."

Before long, an archer, a druid, and the Blood Spider Queen walked over gracefully.

Cao Xing didn't waste words and directly took out the other five [Hero's Hearts] from his backpack.

He first distributed three of them to these three people.

Then he pressed the other two onto Dabai and Volibear.

"Alright, everyone start your breakthrough."

Renice, Andrew, and the others nodded solemnly and crushed the crystals in their hands.

"Crack! Crack!"

The crystals shattered one after another, and the power contained within the Hero's Hearts was completely absorbed.

In no time, the three people and two beasts all entered the breakthrough state.

"Hum!"

Waves of powerful energy erupted, as if a storm had been stirred up on the spot, causing the buildings in the entire territory to shake continuously.

The momentum was not even inferior to the time Isabelle broke through to Legendary.

After all, these were five creatures with at least Commander-grade potential breaking through to Hero-grade; it was quite terrifying.

Before long, several system notifications appeared in succession.

[Your territory member: Renice Eagle-Eye has successfully transformed into a Hero-grade creature (Commander potential), base attributes increased by 100%, attack range increased by 200%, Prosperity +100]

[Your territory member: Andrew has successfully transformed into a Hero-grade creature (Commander potential), base attributes increased by 100%, attack range increased by 200%, Prosperity +100]

[Your territory member: Hilda Bloodkiss has successfully transformed into a Hero-grade creature (Dominator potential), base attributes increased by 100%, attack range increased by 200%, Prosperity +150]

[Your pet: Dabai has successfully transformed into a Hero-grade creature (Commander potential), base attributes increased by 100%…]

A full four system notifications meant that Cao Xing now had four more Hero-grade powerhouses!

This was also the time he had increased the number of Hero-grade powerhouses the most at once in his history!

He felt deeply moved in his heart.

There were more and more heroes in the territory.

In time, once he obtained enough Hearts of Legend and Relics, these powerhouses might even all break through to Legendary!

However, this time, four out of the five Hearts of Strength succeeded.

Volibear's breakthrough failed.

Cao Xing didn't mind.

After all, he had already succeeded with three Souls in a row earlier.

Failing only one Hero's Heart this time was already far beyond the normal probability.

And it just happened to serve as a cushion for Sarah's breakthrough later.

The three people and one elephant, having broken through, felt the surging power within their bodies, and their faces all wore expressions of excitement.

Then, Cao Xing began to continue digesting the other rewards.

Next was the 18 drops of Blood of the Strong.

Cao Xing distributed them to Renice, Hilda, Assam, Liu Muxue, Andrew, and himself.

Exactly six people, three drops each.

Then he said, "Alright, everyone absorb these drops of blood together."

Since the Blood of the Strong has a 100% success rate with no chance of failure, these were solid improvements.

Everyone knew how to use this type of blood, so they directly released their aura and absorbed it. Cao Xing also directly released the Frost Magic within his body to fuse with the blood drop.

Instantly, he felt an strange power added to his body, his blood began to flow faster, and a wave of heat washed over him!

[Successfully absorbed Blood of the Strong, base attack power increased by 10%, remaining uses: 2]

[Successfully absorbed—]

More than a dozen consecutive notifications caused the attack power of the six people on the field to surge significantly once again.

This wave of improvement alone greatly increased the strength of Cao Xing's territory!

If they were to fight a Legendary-grade creature again, with Isabelle helping with damage output, two rounds of crowd control would be enough to take it down.

Even without Isabelle, three rounds of crowd control would be enough for them to take down a Legendary creature.

Of course, this was not the biggest gain from this operation!

His biggest gain this time was the two Hearts of Legend, as well as another Relic!

Cao Xing said excitedly, "Now, it's time to let Sarah advance to Legendary!"

And this time, the success rate was also 100%.

After all, he now had 3 Hearts of Legend on hand, plus over thirty Divine Power Shards.

Even if his luck was terrible, it was impossible to fail three times in a row!

Thus, Cao Xing took out the [Nightingale Corsage] and [Heart of Legend] and handed them to Sarah.

Feeling the power contained within these two items, the Dark Elf seemed to understand something.

Her gaze instantly sharpened, and even her breathing became somewhat rapid.

She asked with some disbelief, "My Lord, I—"

Cao Xing waved his hand, directly interrupting, "No need to say more, start absorbing."

"I hope you can successfully break through to Legendary."

Hearing this, the hesitation on the Dark Elf's face disappeared, and it gradually became firm.

She said solemnly, "Thank you, My Lord, Sarah will certainly not fail your expectations!"

After speaking, she took these two items.

Then, following the steps Isabelle had used to break through to Legendary before, she began the first step.

First was to absorb the power contained within the Heart of Legend!

"Crack!"

As the black crystal shattered, a vast power overflowed from it, which was then drawn in by the Shadow power on Sarah's body and completely fused.

"Whoosh!"

At this moment, the Shadow power on Sarah's body instantly surged significantly!

When the power contained in the Heart of Legend was fully absorbed, Sarah continued to take out the black corsage…

Endless Shadow power enveloped it.

"Hum—"

The Shadow divine power contained within was rapidly absorbed by her, and this corsage seemed to lose some kind of spiritual essence,

Even the petals withered away.

Meanwhile, the surrounding dark environment changed once again.

Those powers of shadow seemed to possess a physical form, transforming into a vast black ocean that flowed throughout the entire territory.

Reaching out, one could even feel a trace of chill slipping through their fingers.

An absolute darkness appeared before everyone, so thick that one could not even see their own hand.

Of course, this was not because they had lost their sight, but because the darkness was so dense that it devoured all light.

However, amidst this absolute darkness, the auras of three figures remained clearly discernible.

They were the red-haired Valkyrie Malenina,

the sage exuding holy light, Isabelle,

and the middle-aged man in black robes wreathed in wisps of electricity, King Velen.

This time, Sarah's breakthrough lasted for several minutes.

There was still no sign of it ending.

Until, after seven or eight minutes had passed, the ocean of shadows shrouding the entire territory began to stir.

These powers of shadow, as if having found a vent, surged frantically toward where Sarah was located!

And this Dark Elf seemed like an incarnation of darkness, devouring all the power of shadow.

Seeing this scene, a look of uncertainty and surprise appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"Is this—a success?"

Meanwhile, as all the darkness receded, a system notification appeared.

[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance has successfully broken through to become a Legendary creature. Her class, Phantom Assassin, has changed to Phantom Dancer, and her level cap has increased to 150.]

[This breakthrough has increased base stats by 1000%, attack range by 200%, and territory prosperity by +500. No Legendary skill activated.]

[Sarah Blade Dance's "Divine Power" feature has been unlocked.]

At this moment, a brilliant smile appeared on Cao Xing's face.

"Success on the first try again; this luck is truly unrivaled!"

"With this, not only have I added a new Legendary combatant, but I also have two Hearts of Legend remaining to help others break through."

Thinking of this, he was in a great mood.

Meanwhile, King Velen, who was hiding behind a blacksmith shop and peeking, had a look of utter disbelief on his face!

He had witnessed Andrew, Hilda, and the others break through to the eighth rank, watched the potential transformation of Braum and Dabai, and now, someone had even broken through to Legendary!

How long had he been in this territory? Not even half an hour!

Yet, in this short amount of time, he had experienced more shock than in the better part of his life!

At this moment, King Velen took a deep breath.

Previously, the Ice Crystal King Eldon had said that in just a year or two, his Legendary combat power would no longer be seen as anything by Cao Xing.

Now it seemed he wouldn't even need to wait a month or two; he would become dispensable to him immediately!

Thinking of this, King Velen suddenly felt a sense of crisis!

He was terrified that if Cao Xing was in a bad mood, he would just send two Legendary combatants over to slaughter him.

Cao Xing was unaware of this fellow's thoughts and was currently still immersed in the joy of Sarah breaking through to Legendary.

With excitement, he glanced at the stats of this Dark Elf after her breakthrough.

[Phantom Assassin: Sarah Blade Dance]

[Race: Dark Elf]

[Level: 100 0/200 million (Legendary creature)]

[Potential: Dominator]

[Divine Power: 0/100 (Currently recovers 1 point per day)]

[Detailed Stats: Click to view]

"Over a million in attack power, 160,000 in agility, and a 100% critical hit rate—this is just too broken!?"

At this moment, Cao Xing couldn't help but be stunned by Sarah's terrifying stat panel!

However, that was not the most broken thing about Sarah.

The most broken part was her 100% critical hit rate and her critical damage of over 250%.

In other words, when she slashed at those squishy targets now, a single blow would deal at least five or six million damage!

Plus, with her Legendary-level attack speed, damn it, even a level 100 hero would be instantly killed!

"Hiss…"

Cao Xing took another deep breath of cold air.

An assassin with such strong burst damage and broken stealth abilities could be considered one of the most troublesome enemies.

Even Cao Xing, when facing such a terrifying assassin, would be too worried to sleep at night.

Just like when he encountered the Dark Crow Elder last time; even if he had to use the Ancient Lizard Emperor's Fury, he had to take him down.

But fortunately, such a powerful existence belonged to his own combat force!

Thinking of this, Cao Xing was even happier.

However, the only slightly regrettable thing was that Sarah, unlike Isabelle, did not activate a Legendary skill when breaking through to Legendary.

This might be related to her previous experiences.

After all, Isabelle had completely inherited the legacy of a Light-element Legendary.

Whereas Sarah had never encountered the Legendary realm before, let alone Legendary combat techniques!

"However, I happen to have a Legendary-level skill book in my hand, which is exactly prepared for Sarah."

Meanwhile, after her breakthrough, Sarah came to Cao Xing's side silently, without making a sound.

She said respectfully, "Thank you, Lord, I have successfully stepped into the Legendary realm!"

"Very good, you truly did not disappoint me."

After saying this, Cao Xing took the [Shadow Thousand Kills · Fatal Slash] skill book from his backpack and handed it to Sarah.

The Dark Elf took the black skill book, quickly flipped through it, and her pupils became serious once again.

"Is this actually a Legendary skill for assassins?"

"I will need some time to comprehend it, but it will not take too long."

As mentioned before, these natives could not learn skills just by tapping on the skill book like Cao Xing and his people.

They still needed to learn and practice slowly.

"It doesn't matter, take your time."

Cao Xing chuckled, feeling no regret in his heart.

After all, Sarah's combat power was already strong enough!

According to his estimates, if she and Isabelle joined forces, dealing with four Legendary combatants simultaneously would not be an issue.

Then, by applying a blessing to this fellow, King Velen, even if he were weak, dealing with one Legendary combatant shouldn't be a problem.

That would be at least five Legendary combat forces.

Next, as long as Braum could reach level 100, he could also be made to break through to Legendary.

Relying on this big guy's defense and the Shield of Origin, he could even withstand the attacks of seven or eight Legendary combatants!

Then, he would save up a few dozen more points of Divine Power to let Malenina also possess Legendary combat power!

In other words, when Cao Xing deployed everyone at that time, he would be able to deal with at least ten Legendary combatants simultaneously, or even more!

After reaching this conclusion, he grinned from ear to ear.

"Damn! The Watchers surely wouldn't expect that in such a short time, I have gained two more Legendary combat forces."

"If you dare to come and deal with me at this time, I'll just pull out four or five Legendary combatants and scare you to death, hahaha!"

Of course, Cao Xing was not arrogant!

After all, while the imagination was beautiful, there was still a distance to go before achieving the goal.

Before that, he still needed some time to develop.

Moreover, the enemy had more Demigod-level powerhouses than they did.

Cao Xing did not yet have the means to deal with such powerful enemies.

But regardless, in the Blood expansion pack, he already possessed stronger self-preservation capabilities.

Then, Cao Xing's gaze turned toward the figure behind him, wearing a black robe and acting sneakily.

It was none other than King Velen.

This fellow had been acting very low-key ever since he arrived at the territory, seemingly trying his best to hide his presence.

But clearly, Cao Xing would not ignore him.

"Zevelin."

Upon hearing the voice, King Velen immediately stopped in his tracks and slowly turned around, his face showing a bit of embarrassment and uneasiness.

"Lo—Lord—"

King Velen's tone was somewhat stiff; clearly, he was still not used to it.

Think about it, he was a majestic king of a nation, and now he had to call a young man 'Lord'; it was inevitably a bit uncomfortable for him.

Cao Xing's expression was indifferent as he said straightforwardly, "Back in the palace, there were some questions I found inconvenient to ask you."

"Now, tell me, where is the treasury of your Kingdom of Velen?"

Hearing this, King Velen's expression changed, and his eyes flickered.

A moment later, he said hesitantly, "The treasures in the palace… have already been taken away by the Watchers…"

Cao Xing frowned, his gaze locking onto King Velen.

His sharp gaze seemed capable of seeing through his heart.