Blood Altar and new resource point in Blood Crystal Tower. (5200)

Chapter 638: Blood Crystal Tower, Blood Altar, and New Resource Points. (5200)

Thinking of this, Cao Xing directly opened the blueprint interface.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he exchanged all the blueprints he was interested in.

[Do you wish to consume 1 million military exploits to redeem the Blood Crystal Amplification Tower Blueprint?]

[Do you wish to consume 5 million military exploits to redeem the Blood Demon Incubation Lair Blueprint?]

[Do you wish to consume 10 million military exploits to redeem the Blood Altar Blueprint?]

[Do you wish to consume 10 million military exploits to redeem the Blood Great Cannon Manufacturing Blueprint?]

Facing four consecutive prompts, Cao Xing clicked 'Confirm' on all of them.

In a short time, 26 million military exploits were consumed.

However, compared to the speed at which he acquired military exploits, this bit of consumption was nothing.

"Now, let's take a look at the attributes of these blueprints."

With a feeling of anticipation, Cao Xing unfolded the attributes of each blueprint.

[Blood Crystal Amplification Tower Construction Blueprint (High)]

[Quality: Rare]

[Building Area: 54 square meters]

[Building Height: 21 meters]

[Building Effect: Can increase the attack power of all defensive arrow towers in the territory by 20%, and make their attacks carry the 'Bleeding' effect]

[Bleeding: After an attack hits, causes the target to enter a bleeding state, reducing HP by 20% of the arrow tower's attack power every second, stackable up to 5 layers]

[Materials Required for Construction: Blood Crystal Stone * 200, Stone * 50,000, Iron * 20,000, Mithril * 1,000]

[Blood Demon Incubation Lair Blueprint]

[Quality: Epic]

[Blueprint Introduction: A lair can be built in the territory. After investing a large amount of blood, it can incubate Blood Demons with Tier 6 combat power.]

[Blood Demons possess skills such as 'Blood Prohibition', 'Blood Sacrifice Ritual', 'Siphon Slash', etc.—————]

[Building Area: 472 square meters]

[Armor: 5,000]

[Durability: 100,000 / 100,000]

[Incubation Speed: 2 / 1 day]

[Consumption: 500 liters of blood / 1 hour]

[Materials Required for Construction: Blood Crystal Stone * 1,000, Wood * 50,000, Stone * 50,000, Refined Iron * 10,000, Mithril * 1,000]

(Note: This building has no requirements for the strength or race of the blood invested, but if blood from stronger individuals is invested, it will increase the probability of elite Blood Demons and boss-level Blood Demons appearing.)

[Blood Altar Construction Blueprint]

[Quality: Epic]

[Blueprint Introduction: A Blood Altar can be built in the territory. By sacrificing a large number of corpses of powerful beings, summon powerful Blood Clan Counts, Blood Clan Banshees, Blood Clan Princes, etc…]

[Building Area: 145 square meters]

[Armor: 10,000]

[Durability: 100,000 / 100,000]

[Sacrifice Effect:

Sacrifice ordinary corpses: A certain probability of summoning inferior Blood Clan creatures of the same level (such as Blood Servants, Blood Bats, etc.)

Sacrifice elite or boss corpses: A certain probability of summoning low-level Blood Clan creatures of the same level (such as Blood Knights,

Blood Mages, etc.)

Sacrifice chieftain or Commander-level corpses: A small probability of summoning medium-level Blood Clan creatures of the same level (such as Blood Clan Counts,

Banshees, etc.)

Sacrifice overlord-level corpses: A small probability of summoning high-level Blood Clan creatures of the same level (such as Blood Clan Princes, Blood Clan Overlords, etc.)]

[Materials Required for Construction: Blood Crystal Stone * 500, Wood * 20,000, Stone * 30,000, Refined Iron * 5,000, Magic Pattern Stone * 500]

[Blood Great Cannon Manufacturing Blueprint]

[Quality: Epic]

[Blueprint Introduction: Can manufacture powerful Blood Great Cannons in the territory's Blacksmith Shop]

[Attack Power: 89,452 ~ 91,432 (When attacking, it carries a Blood Burst effect, dealing 100% splash damage to all enemies within a 30-meter radius, and randomly attaching 1 to 3 types of Blood Curses)]

[Maximum Range: 4,500 meters]

[Conditions Required for Manufacturing: Master-level Forging Mastery, Blood Crystal Stone * 20, Refined Iron * 20,000, Mithril * 1,000, master-level elemental crystal * 200]

After reading the attributes of these four blueprints, a look of surprise appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"? The attributes of these four blueprints all seem pretty good!"

"Although this Blood Crystal Amplification Tower is the cheapest, it is the most important building among these four blueprints for me."

"Being able to increase the attack power of all arrow towers by 20% and attach a bleeding effect can elevate the territory's defense capabilities by a tier!"

Besides this, the other [Blood Demon Incubation Lair] and [Blood Altar] are also very interesting.

The former even only requires investing blood to mass-produce a large number of Tier 6 Blood Demons, and there are no requirements for the race of the blood.

The latter [Blood Altar] can summon Blood Clan creatures of different grades based on the strength of the sacrificed corpses, and can even summon existences like Blood Clan Archdukes!

"However—the functions of the Blood Altar and Hilda's abilities seem to overlap somewhat."

"After all, Hilda also needs a large number of powerful corpses to incubate Blood Spiders."

"I can only wait until there are surplus corpses later to sacrifice them to the 'Blood Altar'."

Cao Xing silently made up his mind.

As for the last blueprint: [Blood Great Cannon] is equally powerful. In terms of attack power, it is completely not inferior to the Neros Cannon, and it also comes with abnormal effects.

Most importantly, this thing doesn't need to be loaded with ammunition!

Just this point alone completely slaughters the Neros Cannon!

Cao Xing nodded in satisfaction, saying: "Very good, my territory's resources are already sufficient, building these structures is more than enough."

Thinking of this, he directly clicked to learn all four blueprints.

After doing this, Cao Xing quickly finished breakfast.

Then he pushed open the gates of the Lords Castle.

Just as he was preparing to call Du An over to have him build those new structures, he saw a figure standing right at the entrance.

She was dressed in a set of black tight-fitting clothes that outlined her slender and graceful figure, and her entire person exuded a cold aura.

The other party seemed to have been waiting here for a long time.

However, seeing this figure, Cao Xing felt somewhat unfamiliar with her for a moment.

"Who are you?"

When she slowly raised her head, Cao Xing recognized the other party.

With a hint of surprise on his face, he asked: "Uh—are you Sabina?"

"Yes, my Lord."

Her voice was low and soft as she respectfully said: "After I changed my class to Shadow Assassin, I became like this…"

Cao Xing nodded slightly, then smiled and said: "Not bad, it suits you quite well."

Hearing this, Sabina couldn't help lowering her head, appearing somewhat embarrassed.

Just at this moment, as if she remembered something, she quickly said: "Right, my Lord, I came to report something to you."

"The place you sent me to yesterday, I have finished exploring."

"That place is a special forest. In the center of the forest, I discovered a large patch of Red Gold Oak Trees, easily dozens of them!" Sabina's tone carried excitement.

"Oh? What is a Red Gold Oak Tree?"

The Shining Throne would randomly search for those precious resource points. Besides mineral resources, timber resources were naturally included among them.

Therefore, it was not surprising to find such a novel resource.

Sabina explained: "The Red Gold Oak Tree is an extremely precious magical plant."

"It presents an overall red-gold color, and its appearance is very beautiful."

"Moreover, the timber processed from the Red Gold Oak Tree is incomparably hard. Used for forging weapons and armor, it not only enhances portability but also improves hardness and durability."

"If used to build houses, it can even greatly enhance the sturdiness of the house."

"Legend has it that buildings crafted from Red Gold Oak Trees will not decay even after ten thousand years."

"In addition, from the bark and leaves of this oak tree, one can extract something called [Red Gold Essence]. Combined with certain materials, it can be used to make epic-quality potions."

"It can greatly increase the damage dealt by weapons!"

A look of realization appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

As a physician and possessing [Expert-level Poison Mastery], Sabina had a good understanding of certain plants.

According to her explanation, the value of this 'Red Gold Oak Tree' was truly very high!

Almost every part of it is a treasure!

If they could all be transplanted into his own territory to be cultivated, even if not processed into timber, using them as landscape trees would also be a good choice.

Cao Xing mused: "However, wanting to dig out these Red Gold Oak Trees and transplant them into my territory is also a major project."

"After all, my 'Giant Strength Vines' can only be used within my own territory."

"Those plants outside can only be excavated manually."

"This task—can actually be handed over to Da Zhuang to do, having him lead a few large mining robots should get it done very quickly."

"However, the round-trip transportation of over six hundred kilometers is also a problem."

"Therefore, besides those mining robots, a fleet of vehicles also needs to be called."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing silently made a decision in his heart.

At this moment, Sabina before him continued: "My Lord, there is one more matter."

Cao Xing raised his head, "Speak."

Sabina: "Beside precious magical plants like the Red Gold Oak Tree, there are generally some powerful monsters guarding them."

"I encountered this kind of guardian beast this time too; it was an ancient treant."

"After a fierce battle, I successfully slew it. Please take a look at the dropped items."

As her words fell, a deep red crystal and a green heart appeared in her hand.

Especially the heart at the back; it was still beating heavily at this moment, as if containing powerful vitality!

A look of surprise appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

Because this heart looked similar to the hundred-year treant heart he had previously obtained from drawing the 'Points Roulette'.

He solemnly took all the items from Sabina's hands.

[Obtained: Hero's Heart * 1]

[Obtained: Blood of the Strong * 1]

[Obtained: Treant's Heart (Orange)]

[Obtained: Wraith Crystal * 75]

[Obtained: master-level elemental crystal * 169]

"Good heavens! Not only is there an Epic-quality heart, but also a Hero's Heart?"

"What level was the treant that Sabina killed?"

With a puzzled look, Cao Xing quickly scrolled through the combat information.

[Your territory member: Sabina killed the Wraith Treant Lv84 (Boss-level creature), killing monsters across levels, gained EXP 672000 * 4500% = 3326400]

[Combat personnel gained EXP: 346000]

"What the—it's actually an 84th-level Boss treant? That's outrageous!"

You must know that Sabina was only a Level 30 elite creature. Against this kind of enemy, she would normally die in a single exchange.

As a result, under the amplification of a series of powerful blessings, she directly killed monsters across nearly fifty levels, and the EXP amplification multiplier also reached an exaggerated forty-five times!

Even Cao Xing sighed a little; it was simply too abnormal!

And after sighing, a look of joy gradually appeared on his face.

"Just right, I was wondering where to get a Hero's Heart, and Sabina turned around and found one for me!"

"This woman has performed well; I can spend some resources to nurture her."

Glancing at Sabina's level, after wiping out that powerful treant, it directly soared her level to the maxed-out Level 40.

With a wave of Cao Xing's hand, he exchanged for an [Expert-level Heart of Strength] in the Dragon Shop and handed it to her.

"Sabina, this is your reward."

Looking at the Heart of Strength in his hand, a look of desire gradually emerged in the woman's eyes.

She solemnly took it and then respectfully said, "Thank you, Lord Lord!"

As her words fell, Sabina directly crushed the crystal and entered a breakthrough state.

Having contributed a [Hero's Heart] in exchange for only an [Expert-level Heart of Strength], she had no complaints in her heart.

After all, Sabina clearly knew that everything she possessed was bestowed by the man before her.

If Cao Xing hadn't taken her in and given her power…

Not to mention crushing Tier 9 bosses, she would still be a displaced fugitive wanted by the nobles.

Taking advantage of Sabina's breakthrough, Cao Xing glanced at the attributes of the other Treant's Heart he had just obtained.

[Treant's Heart (Orange)]

[Quality: Epic]

[Item Effect 1: The heart of a treant that has survived for over a thousand years, containing extremely strong vitality, can accelerate the growth of any magical plant by 100 years.]

[Item Effect 2: After consumption, it can immediately increase the maximum health by 100,000 points and increase lifespan by 20 years.]

?

"20 years of lifespan? This effect is even comparable to a Legendary Blood Core; it's still quite good."

Cao Xing decided to keep this 'Treant's Heart' for the time being.

After all, the Ice Crystal King and the Lizardman Chieftain had already absorbed 5 "Legendary Blood Core"s, increasing their lifespan by over a hundred years, which should be almost enough to cope with the upcoming battles.

And he also had to find a way to accelerate the growth of the territory's Pale Tree as soon as possible.

"After the Pale Tree grows to a thousand years, not only will it increase monster-killing EXP by 100%, but it may also awaken the Holy Tree Spirit."

"And once the Holy Tree Spirit awakens, this Pale Tree can even regrow into the omniscient and omnipotent Pale Holy Tree."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing couldn't help but feel a bit of anticipation in his heart.

While he was thinking about these things, Sabina's breakthrough was nearing its end.

Her breakthrough was equally smooth.

As an aura of shadow diffused, a system prompt appeared.

[Your territory member: Sabina has successfully broken through to a Tier 5 elite-level creature, basic attributes increased by 100%, health points additionally +50%…]

"Hoo…—"

Sabina took a deep breath, seemingly adapting to the surging power within her body.

Looking at Cao Xing, a look of gratitude appeared in her eyes once again.

"I have smoothly broken through to Tier 5. Thank you, Lord Lord, for taking care of me."

Cao Xing waved his hand and chuckled, "It's nothing. Go take a rest first; I'll assign other tasks to you later."

"Yes!"

Finished speaking, Sabina entered the 'Shadow Stealth' state, disappearing silently in place.

At the same time, Cao Xing called Du An and Da Zhuang over together.

These two Arctic People walked over side by side, their faces beaming with happy smiles as they chatted from time to time.

Privately, their relationship was also very good.

The two came to Cao Xing's side and respectfully saluted, "Lord Lord, may you be well."

Cao Xing nodded slightly, first looking at Du An beside him, and instructed: "Recently, I have obtained another batch of new blueprints that I need you to build."

"Prioritize building the Blood Crystal Amplification Tower, then build the Blood Fiend Incubation Lair and the Blood Altar."

"Of course, the progress of the Lords Castle cannot fall behind either. If manpower is insufficient, you can call back a batch of Arctic People who are gathering resources outside."

Du An noted down the tasks he assigned one by one and respectfully said, "Guaranteed to complete the mission, Lord Lord!"

As his words fell, he quickly turned around and went to arrange the personnel.

As for Cao Xing, he looked at the Arctic People Da Zhuang in front of him.

"Next, your side has a task as well."

"You will take twenty transport vehicles and two large excavation robots to a forest area outside the Gale Snowfield."

"Deep within that forest, there are many Red Gold Oak trees. I need all of these oak trees transported back to the territory."

"Try to avoid any damage on the road. Is there any problem?"

Hearing this, Da Zhuang scratched his head and said awkwardly, "Lord Lord… with these iron lumps around, digging up the Red Gold Oak trees is not a problem."

"However… if we use transport vehicles to transport these oak trees, some unexpected situations might occur."

"The terrain of the Gale Snowfield is too complicated, and there are many deep pit areas covered by snow. If we aren't careful, the transport vehicles will sink in."

Cao Xing frowned slightly.

What Da Zhuang said made sense indeed.

After all, this was a transportation spanning over six hundred kilometers, coupled with hauling massive plants like the Red Gold Oak trees, unexpected situations on the road were inevitable.

At this time, the Arctic People Da Zhuang seemed to have seen through Cao Xing's concerns and tentatively proposed: "Why don't you transfer a few Goblin Airships to me?"

"As long as we dig out the Red Gold Oak trees, we can use those 'tough tree vines' to tie both ends tightly, and then lift them up using two Goblin Airships."

"That way, we can ensure that these oak trees are transported back to the territory without any mistakes."

Hearing this, Cao Xing's eyes gradually lit up. This wasn't a bad idea.

With a trace of a smile at the corner of his mouth, he said: "Not bad, Da Zhuang, you've actually learned to use your brain. It seems you've made quite a lot of progress recently."

The Arctic People scratched his head embarrassedly and said: "It's all thanks to Lord Lord's usual cultivation and guidance that I could think of these methods."

"Ever since you helped us improve our tiers, I feel like my brain has also become more useful."

Cao Xing nodded, understanding inwardly.

Every advancement of creatures in this world is a transformation of their life level.

After all, a 100% increase in all attributes includes an enhancement of mental power in addition to strength, agility, and physique.

Therefore, it's no wonder that Da Zhuang could transform from an Arctic People who only knew how to work into someone with normal human thinking logic like now.

Cao Xing said approvingly: "Very good. Next, all thirty-two Goblin Airships in the territory will be handed over for you to take away."

"As for how many people you need, just go find Cao Yi to arrange it."

"Start acting now."

"Yes! Lord Lord!" Da Zhuang responded solemnly.

Then he turned around and began to execute the task issued by Cao Xing.

"Rumble—"

Shortly after, accompanied by a roar, the energy cores of the Goblin Airships started, and dozens of Goblin Airships slowly flew up into the high sky.

Watching them leave, Cao Xing thought to himself: "Very good, the things that need to be done in the territory have almost all been arranged."

"Next, I can directly let Francesca break through to a Hero!"