Chapter 120: The heart is the most powerful muscle!

Chapter 120: The heart is the most powerful muscle!

Through last night's transaction, Cao Xing received six [Ice Archer Training Manuals], which could allow six territory residents to train into combatants.

Besides Elisa, he needed to find five more people.

Then, Cao Xing came to the side of the Tree Spirit Race, and cast his gaze upon one of the mature-looking female tree spirits.

"Valerie."

Hearing Cao Xing call her, the female tree spirit walked over quickly and bowed respectfully.

"Lord, please give your instructions."

Cao Xing nodded and said, "I have five quotas for training Ice Archers here. See who among the Tree Spirit Race is willing to become a combatant, and have them sign up."

Hearing this, before Valerie could speak,

one of the male Tree Spirit Race members immediately said excitedly, "Lord! I am willing to become an Ice Archer, and I also want to possess the power to protect the territory!"

"I am willing too! I want to become an archer to protect the safety of the territory!"

"And me!"

Voices of sign-ups rose one after another.

Except for some weak female tree spirits, almost at least eighty percent of the Tree Spirit Race raised their hands.

Seeing this scene, a faint smile also appeared on Valerie's face, "Lord, why don't you pick them yourself."

"Our Tree Spirit Race are all willing to contribute our own strength to protect the territory."

Cao Xing nodded, then casually pointed at five people and said, "Very well, the five of you come with me."

The five selected Tree Spirit Race members, both male and female, simultaneously showed expressions of joy on their faces.

As for the other Tree Spirit Race members, they appeared very envious.

Following Cao Xing, they traversed the territory and stopped in front of a building that covered an area of over two hundred square meters, was entirely aquamarine, and had a bow and arrow carved on its walls.

This was the training barracks.

Then, Cao Xing directly said, "Go on in."

The five Tree Spirit Race members as well as Elisa entered the barracks one after another.

Then, Cao Xing directly clicked open the training interface of the barracks.

A system prompt appeared.

[Whether to use Ice Archer Training Manual * 6 to train territory members: Elisa, Yulian, Besk… into Ice Archers?]

[Simultaneous training number: 6 / 6]

[Time required for this training: 6 hours 42 minutes…]

Cao Xing directly clicked "Yes".

At the same time.

The doors of the training barracks instantly closed, and then bursts of blue magical fluctuations emerged from inside.

Cao Xing nodded, "Next, we just need to wait 7 hours, and we will have 6 Ice Archers."

At the same time.

Arctic People Da Zhuang and territory resident Cao Yi saw that Cao Xing had finished his business over there, and also brought people over.

They said full of drive, "Lord! Please arrange today's work for us!"

Cao Xing glanced at these residents, then shook his head and said, "No need. I promised you yesterday to let you rest for a day."

"Go back everyone. Today's work will be taken over by that batch of new members."

However, hearing these words, a look of dilemma appeared in the eyes of the crowd of residents.

Territory resident Cao Yi said with a worried face, "Lord, why don't you still not give us a holiday."

"If you don't let us work, we won't even be able to eat in peace…"

Da Zhuang also chimed in, "That's right, that's right. Every day Lord goes out and provides us with sumptuous food."

"If you let us lie at home and reap without sowing, wouldn't we become useless people?"

"Arctic People do not want to rest, we want to work!"

Hearing this, the other Arctic People also spoke one after another, "That's right, Lord."

"Arctic People do not want to rest!"

Cao Xing chuckled. These fellows refused to rest even when told to.

Moreover, judging by this posture, leaving them idle was indeed quite boring.

Pondering for a moment, Cao Xing said, "Since that's the case, if you really have nothing to do and are bored, go upgrade all the city walls to Intermediate City Walls."

Upgrading all Primary City Walls to Intermediate City Walls was a major project.

Furthermore, the materials required were also an astronomical figure.

If it weren't for Cao Xing collecting a massive amount of resources through market transactions, he wouldn't be able to put up Intermediate City Walls right now.

Hearing that Cao Xing finally gave them a task, this group of residents looked at each other, and joy appeared on each other's faces.

"Great! We'll go work right now!"

"Thank you, Lord!"

Da Zhuang and territory resident Cao Yi both withdrew with excited expressions, and then started going to upgrade the city walls.

At this time, Cao Xing called another Arctic Person, Du An, over.

Arctic Person Du An said respectfully, "Lord, please give your instructions."

Cao Xing nodded, "That batch of Arctic People I brought back yesterday will be handed over to you for command today."

"Your task is to build another 7 Basic Elemental Arrow Towers and 3 Primary Ice Arrow Towers. If time permits, pave the ground of our territory with a layer of brick flooring."

Du An immediately said respectfully, "No problem, respected Lord."

"I will do my utmost to complete the task you assigned."

After speaking, he immediately led more than twenty Arctic People to build new arrow towers.

For a time, everyone had work and started a busy day.

Cao Xing looked at the countdown timer above his head.

[Time until nightfall: 10 hours 54 minutes…]

[Weather Forecast: In the afternoon, parts of the Gale Snowfield will welcome freezing rain. Please pay attention to keeping warm and avoiding the rain.]

Cao Xing nodded and said, "It's getting late. We should go find Ji Xinyue to see if we can complete that quest."

Then, Cao Xing came to the center of the territory and shouted.

"Assemble!"

The next moment.

Assam, Andrew, Blot and other combatants rushed over one after another.

They all looked at Cao Xing with firm gazes, seemingly waiting for him to issue today's tasks.

Blood Spider Queen Hilda arrived fashionably late, her face still carrying a hazy sleepiness, as if she hadn't woken up yet.

After everyone had gathered, Cao Xing spoke, "Today, the place we are going is quite far. If the territory encounters some situations, we won't be able to rush back immediately."

"Therefore, we need to leave a few powerful members behind to guard our territory."

Cao Xing's gaze swept across everyone, and then lingered on the Black Smoke Shaman.

"Blot, you stay behind."

Hearing this, Blot bowed devoutly and said, "Lord, although Blot wants to fight alongside you more, if it is your command, I am willing to obey."

Cao Xing nodded.

Letting Blot stay behind was naturally something he had considered.

As a powerful boss-class creature, and also a Black Smoke Shaman, he was especially good at handling defensive battles where fewer defeated more.

Moreover, because his Resonance Totem provided bonuses to everyone, even if Blot stayed behind, he could still share in Cao Xing and the others' combat experience.

Coupled with two Centaurs, several robots, and Snake Person Ilena,

the territory's defensive capability could be considered quite formidable.

Everyone else was already fully prepared and geared up,

but before setting off, Cao Xing still had a recruitment scroll unused.

That was Liu Muxue's second place reward.

Although it could only recruit ordinary creatures, after Cao Xing's BUFF amplification, it could also possess extremely powerful combat strength.

Thus, Cao Xing pulled out this blue scroll in his hand.

[Whether to use Tier 2 Creature Recruitment Scroll?]

"Yes."

With Cao Xing's confirmation,

at the same time, a hexagram formation emanating a chill appeared before everyone.

Bursts of ice and snow aura surged from the hexagram formation.

Through the wind and snow, everyone saw a huge humanoid creature standing at least two meters tall faintly appearing inside.

Then, a rough voice rang out.

"The heart is the most powerful muscle!"

"Even in the coldest hell, I will show the world my strongest physique!"

As the words fell, the ice and snow aura dissipated.

In front of everyone appeared a bald man with a bare upper body, exaggeratedly bulging muscles all over, and a pair of handlebar mustaches!

The blue tattoos on his body covered him from head to toe like pythons, and those terrifying muscle lines were distinct.

Even more exaggerated was the weapon in his hand.

That was a giant shield that was a full 1.8 meters tall, entirely aquamarine, and looked like a door panel.

Cao Xing was stunned, "This is… another new special class? It seems to be of the defensive type?"

At the same time, that bare-chested bald man spoke, "For the glory of my hometown, Ice Shield Guard: Braum Ironwall reporting to you!"

Cao Xing reached out his hand and said as usual, "Welcome, Braum Ironwall. Let us build a territory full of glory together!"

Bald man Braum wore a brilliant smile on his face. Although his upper body was not wearing clothes, he seemed completely unable to feel the cold.

Braum's gaze began to scan the surrounding territory buildings.

At the same time, he also noticed that the aura of the companions around him were one by one incomparably formidable, and each person possessed strength even greater than his.

An expression of approval appeared in Braum's eyes.

"This Lord, you possess a prosperous territory and a batch of powerful subordinates!"

Hearing this, Cao Xing chuckled instantly.

He had been dealt a blow by Hilda yesterday; the bald man recruited today seemed to have quite a discerning eye!

Cao Xing glanced at Hilda nonchalantly, seemingly wanting to see her reaction.

"Tch!"

That arrogant queen made a disdainful sound, and then averted her gaze.

And Cao Xing smiled, not minding it either.

Then, he looked at the stats of this bald Braum again.

[Frost Shield Guardian: Braum Ironwall]

[Level: Level 11 3364/20000 (Tier 2 Ordinary Creature)]

[Health Points: 2740/2740]

[Attack Power: 207 ~ 233]

[Armor: 143 ~ 155 (Shield-holding State)]

[Attributes: Strength 97, Agility 84, Spirit 88, Constitution 114]

[Skills: Winter's Bite (Drives the ice blocks in the shield, dealing 88% damage to hit enemies and reducing their movement speed by 70% within 2 seconds, cooldown 20 seconds), Leap Guard (Braum quickly leaps towards a friendly unit, boosting their armor by 20% of his own, blocking the next 1 instance of damage, maximum jump distance is Agility * 0.2 meters, cooldown 60 seconds)]

[Talent ①: Arctic Constitution]

[Talent ②: Glacial Bloodline (Every time he is attacked, the glacial bloodline within his body activates. When he has accumulated 10 attacks, he bursts out a burst of frost breath, freezing the enemy for 2 ~ 3 seconds)]

[Satiety: 73]

[Loyalty: 70]

…

Seeing Braum's skills, Cao Xing's eyes suddenly lit up.

Obviously, this was a front-line shield warrior role in the team.

The second skill, Leap Guard, was simply a divine skill for saving lives!

"Not bad, not bad."

Cao Xing felt quite satisfied with this new hero.

Although Braum was only an ordinary creature, he had already shown full potential.

And with Cao Xing around, he believed he could quickly raise his tier.

"Braum, you have a strong body. I believe with your protection, our team will be much safer."

Hearing Cao Xing's praise, Braum twitched his handlebar mustache and said smugly, "Lord, what you said is correct. I am the most powerful warrior in our hometown. With me here, no one can hurt you!"

Cao Xing also smiled, "Then now, let us cast blessings on you to make you even stronger!"

"Blessings?"

Bald-headed Braum looked puzzled.

Cao Xing nodded.

At the same time, he and Liu Muxue, along with Ilena, Blot, Xia Yanni, Tong Chuchu, and others, all began casting spells.

[Ice Healing Art], [Ice Armor Technique], [Frost Magic Shield], [Blessing of Courage], Aurora Blessing, Aurora Holy Shield, [Snake-man Berserk], [Queens Will]…

Puffs of energy, a dozen buffs consecutively hit Braum's body.

Braum only felt that his whole body was instantly filled with various terrifying powers!

His defense power, attack power, and speed skyrocketed in all directions!

These buffs allowed Braum to instantly contend with elite monsters of the same level and emerge victorious!

You must know that he was a shield warrior and was not specialized in combat.

And based solely on Braum's current defense, he could even fiercely resist boss-level creatures of the same level!

This was the terror of [Eternal Power].

It could allow an ordinary creature to directly cross two tiers to fight.

Moreover, as Cao Xing and Liu Muxue obtained more and more buffs in the future,

in the future, buffing an ordinary creature to the strength of a chieftain level would no longer be a dream!

By then, everyone would be a chieftain!

Cao Xing even thought about the future, when he raised an army.

They looked like ordinary [Imperial Soldier]s, yet when these soldiers fought, each and every one of them was fiercer than those chieftains.

That scene must be very exhilarating and refreshing!

Cao Xing couldn't help smiling foolishly.

At this time, Braum interrupted his thoughts.

"Respected Lord, your power is as vast as the sea. Braum loves this powerful feeling!"

[Your territory member: Braum Ironwall has received a powerful power boost, your loyalty has increased, current loyalty: 81]

Cao Xing nodded, loyalty increasing by 11 points all at once.

He sighed once again at how useful the talent [Eternal Power] was.

Almost any arrogant existence, after being recruited by him, would marvel at this powerful talent and then increase their loyalty.

After doing this, Cao Xing looked at Xia Yanni beside him again.

"Yanni, the place we are going today is rather far. If anything happens in the territory, remember to contact me promptly."

Although he hadn't crafted a [Small Communication Device] yet,

Xia Yanni was also a [Survivor], so she could communicate remotely with Cao Xing using the chat function built into the system.

In this way, even when outside, Cao Xing could know the condition within the territory.

Xia Yanni held Tong Chuchu's hand, her entire person carrying a moving charm, "Alright, Lord… I will contact you at the first moment."

Cao Xing nodded, then directly ordered, "Now everyone, set out with me!"

The team began walking towards the territory gate.

However, before setting off, Cao Xing saw something placed next to the territory gate.

Those were five vehicles spliced together entirely from wood and iron sheets, about two meters long and one meter wide—sleds.

There were also four seats on top, which could accommodate four people at the same time.

He glanced at the stats.

[Primary Sled]

[Durability: 200]

[Maximum Carrying Capacity: 4]

"Not bad, it seems Du An has already crafted five sleds according to my instructions."

Then, Cao Xing put these sleds into his backpack.

Yes, sleds were crafting-type items, which could be put into the backpack just like mine carts.

When they needed to be used, they could be taken out, which was very convenient.

And this way, he wouldn't encounter the situation from yesterday where newcomers in the team slowed down the marching speed.

[Obtained Primary Sled * 4]

Then.

The gate opened, under the watchful eyes of everyone.

Including Cao Xing and Liu Muxue,

eight figures along with a Mammoth and a [Frost Wolf] marched grandly out of the territory and into the snow outside.

Thud! Thud-thud!

The team began to accelerate forward.

Bald-headed Braum felt the surging power within his body and said excitedly, "Aha! This is awesome!"

"The power of this Blood Spider lady is so powerful that it increases my running speed by a huge margin!"

Looking at the bald man's excited appearance, a smile also appeared on Cao Xing's face.

The team's atmosphere appeared very lively.

Everyone hurried along all the way. Cao Xing and Liu Muxue sat on the back of the Mammoth, watching the scenery around them recede rapidly without any bumping at all.

Twenty-plus minutes later.

They had advanced for nearly 30 kilometers.

Right at this moment, Sarah appeared silently once again.

Ever since the events of last night, this [Dark Elf] assassin seemed to have rediscovered her assassin's heart.

In the gaze she directed towards Cao Xing, the previous fiery passion was gone, but it carried some other complex emotions instead.

"Lord, a battle is taking place one kilometer ahead. It seems to be another lord."

Hearing this, Cao Xing's expression startled, and then he pondered, "Another lord, huh…"

Cao Xing instinctively didn't want to have too much contact with other lords.

And if they went over now, the other party might think you wanted to snatch monsters or had other purposes.

Thus, Cao Xing prepared to order a detour.

And right at this moment, Sarah added, "That territory is being besieged by a large number of [Ice Nest Monster]s, and the humans inside seem unable to hold on much longer."

Hearing this, Cao Xing pondered for a moment once again.

[Ice Nest Monster]s?

He just happened to need a large number of [Ice Dragon Mark]s to exchange for rewards. With their strength, solving an [Ice Nest] wouldn't take long either.

Rescuing this group of [Survivor]s along the way was nothing much.

Of course, the premise was that there were no members of the [Three Heroes Association] in this territory.

If there were, Cao Xing definitely wouldn't rescue them, and would even kick them while they were down to flatten this territory.

Therefore, Cao Xing said, "Let's go, we'll take a look on the way."

Thud! Thud-thud!

The team changed direction and sprinted all the way forward!

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