Chapter 211: Ice Nest Evil Beast, Ranking First!

"Haha, Cao Yi's talent actually advanced?"

Cao Xing looked at Cao Yi, who was currently brainwashing the group of newcomers, with pleasant surprise, a look of admiration flashing in his eyes.

"Not bad, not bad. This Cao Yi is truly a talent!"

Meanwhile, Cao Yi continued his speech.

"The reason those soldiers are able to display such powerful combat strength and nearly immortal abilities is also because of the blessing from the Lord."

"This is a miraculous territory."

"As long as you contribute to the territory, you will shed your past status as slaves, no longer be bullied, no longer worry about your personal safety, and live with dignity."

"Furthermore, you will also be able to enjoy the same blessings as those soldiers."

Upon hearing this, different expressions appeared in the eyes of the slaves bought by Cao Xing.

Especially at Cao Yi's last sentence.

"Being able to enjoy the same blessings as those soldiers!"

There was longing in everyone's eyes, while some were filled with uncertainty.

Even that simple-minded peasant woman's gaze was no longer cloudy.

It was evident that they were all very eager to possess the same blessings as those soldiers.

After all, that was the ability of immortality!

This was a method that only gods could possess!

These slaves bowed respectfully, seemingly acknowledging Cao Yi's words.

Cao Xing also heard the system notification.

[Because you have displayed powerful strength, your territory member: Sabina's loyalty has increased. Current loyalty: 58]

[Because you have displayed powerful strength, your territory member: Victoria St. Lukes's loyalty has increased. Current loyalty: 51]

[Because you…]

…Ten consecutive system notifications appeared.

The loyalty of all the newcomers increased by a notch, all reaching above 50!

A look of wild joy appeared in Cao Xing's heart.

"Good, good, good. The loyalty of these newcomers has also increased significantly."

"Although there is still a risk of rebellion, at least they won't be thinking of running away at any moment."

"Next, I can let them stay in the territory for a while to cultivate a sense of belonging, and then further increase their loyalty."

"Then, it will be time to unveil the mystery of that Commander-level Queen!"

Cao Xing was in a great mood and continued to cast his gaze onto the battlefield below.

After that group of Ascalon Warriors retreated.

The pressure on the combatants on the field increased significantly.

However, they had no fear at all; their eyes burned with surging fighting spirit!

Especially those Wild Boar Warriors, each one like a battle maniac.

They held dual blades, continuously hacking and slashing at these Ice Nest Monsters.

"Crack! Crack!"

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…A long string of damage numbers appeared, and lifesteal numbers also popped up above the heads of the Wild Boar Warriors.

And the Ice Nest Monsters they attacked only needed two or three slashes to be instantly killed on the spot.

These Tier 2 Wild Boar Warriors had over 300 attack power themselves, plus the over 400 attack power added by Liu Muxue's [Blessing of Courage].

This made their lethality more than double!

Combined with the attack speed of the Wild Boar Warriors, the Ice Nest Monsters fell in droves like harvested wheat.

"Wahayaya! I slash! I slash!"

"By the Beast God, the power granted by the Lord is truly too formidable; I feel like the blood in my whole body is boiling!"

"For the Lord! Charge!"

These Wild Boar Warriors used [Boar Rush], turning into sharp blades, charging forward crazily.

Not only that, but they also relied on their formidable recovery and lifesteal abilities to rampage through the monster horde.

Under the various permanent status buffs from Cao Xing.

All the Wild Boar Warriors transformed into battlefield harvesters!

Wherever they passed, all Ice Nest Monsters shattered at a touch.

And the territory residents watching the battle from the city wall swallowed their saliva.

The combat power displayed by these Wild Boar Warriors was truly too formidable.

It could be said that if you picked out any random Wild Boar Warrior, they could easily deal with a 50-person team of the same level.

Therefore, although the number of Ice Nest Monsters was numerous, they didn't feel any pressure at all.

Not only that, but as they crazily killed, these Wild Boar Warriors were also constantly leveling up!

Including Isabelle, Braun, Hilda, and others, their levels were all about to reach the Tier 3 level cap!

"So fierce!"

Cao Xing's eyes held an excited look.

This leveling speed is truly unrivaled!

However, although the leveling speed was fast, a new problem was placed in front of Cao Xing.

That is, their levels had hit a bottleneck again.

And this time, if they wanted to break through, it would be a bit troublesome.

Among his subordinates—Hilda, Braun, Isabelle, and others—there were at least a dozen Tier 3 existences.

And these Tier 3 existences, including Cao Xing and Liu Muxue, all needed to use [Advanced Heart of Strength] to break through to Tier 4.

But this item only had a low probability of dropping from some Tier 4 or higher monsters.

Up to now, Cao Xing only had two in his hands.

And for those Tier 2 warriors to break through to Tier 3, they also needed a large amount of Intermediate Hearts of Strength.

Although they could be exchanged in the [Dragon Shop], it was too expensive!

Calculating based on 1 Intermediate Heart of Strength = 10,000 Ice Dragon Marks.

To let all the Ascalon Warriors and Wild Boar Warriors break through to Tier 3, at least over two million Ice Dragon Marks were needed!

This was a terrifying number.

Thinking of this made Cao Xing have a bit of a headache.

Cao Xing knew that if he wanted to obtain so many Ice Dragon Marks in a short time, relying on himself alone would definitely not work.

He still had to start with other Survivors.

Only by relying on all 200,000+ people in District 17 could he collect so many Ice Dragon Marks in a short time.

Of course, the premise was to be able to bring out things that would tempt them.

Cao Xing shook his head, "Forget it, let's take it one step at a time."

"Anyway, when this Ice Dragon Horn challenge ends, I should be able to obtain quite a few Ice Dragon Marks."

Just at this moment, a Wild Boar Warrior shouted: "Lord, there is an Ice Nest over here that isn't right; it seems like some powerful monster is about to appear!"

Hearing this, Cao Xing cast his gaze over.

He discovered that one of the Ice Nests began to tremble violently.

Like a heart of ice, it continuously contracted, released, and emitted a dull heartbeat sound.

"Thump! Thump!"

Then, the Ice Nest, like the maw of a monster, slowly opened.

From it crawled out a humanoid creature three meters tall, composed entirely of frost!

Its left hand was a huge ice ball covered in spikes.

And its right hand was gripping a mace that was also made of ice!

Ferocious, fierce, with ghostly blue light emitting from its pupils.

As soon as it appeared, it let out a beast-like roar.

"Roar!!!"

At this moment, all the Ice Nest Monsters on the field seemed to sense some kind of call.

Their speed instantly skyrocketed, and like a pack of running wolves, they crazily rushed toward Cao Xing's territory!

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing quickly scanned the attributes of this monster.

[Ice Nest Evil Beast Lv15]

[Race: Ice Nest Monster]

[Tier: Tier 2 Boss-level Creature]

[HP: 6214/6530]

[Attack Power: 732~791]

[Armor: 197~231]

[Skills: Crushing Ice Hammer (Raises the giant hammer in its right hand to smash at enemies in front, dealing 247% shock damage to enemies within 10 meters and causing them to fall into a 1~5 second stun state, skill cooldown: 80 seconds); Sweep (Raises the ice mace in its left hand to deal Attack Power * 175% sweeping damage to enemies in front, and causes a knockback effect on units with lower strength than itself, skill cooldown: 60 seconds); Destruction (Suddenly leaps 5~20 meters forward to deal Attack Power * 177% heavy strike damage to enemies within 10 meters, cooldown: 120 seconds); Evil Beast's Roar (Emits a terrifying roar, increasing the movement speed of all surrounding Ice Nest Monsters by 30% and attack speed by 30%, lasting 60 seconds, cooldown: 3 minutes); Ice Explosion (Condenses a large amount of ice power and a faint amount of Dragon Power to gather a huge ice ball in front, then detonates it, dealing 500% blast damage to all enemies within 50 meters, cooldown: 1 hour)]

[Talent: Condensing Corruption (When attacking enemies, adds a corruption effect, reducing their maximum HP by 10%, attack power by 10%, and causing a loss of 150 HP per second, stacking up to 5 times)]

[Description: An Evil Beast stained with a trace of Dragon Power, possessing extremely powerful destructive force!]

Cao Xing's eyes showed a thoughtful look.

"A Boss-level Ice Nest Monster? These skills are truly formidable!"

"Especially that [Condensing Corruption] talent; it's exceptionally troublesome."

"If I encountered a Tier 4 Ice Nest Evil Beast, even I would have to expend some effort!"

"However, its level is too low."

Thus, Cao Xing said casually.

"Sarah, deal with it."

After receiving Cao Xing's order.

Sarah instantly appeared behind this Ice Nest Evil Beast like a ghost.

Then she slashed down directly.

"Crack!"

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This slash directly chopped away more than half of the Ice Nest Evil Beast's HP.

It is worth mentioning that Sarah's level has now reached the level cap of 30, and she is equipped with that golden dual blade: [Silent Blade].

Her attack power has once again received a huge increase.

The Ice Nest Evil Beast was suddenly heavily damaged and also sensed Sarah's presence.

It instantly wanted to turn around and launch a counterattack.

However, Sarah's second slash had already struck silently.

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At this moment.

This Ice Nest Evil Beast's HP directly dropped to zero, turning into a pile of ice shards that shattered with a clatter.

The poor Ice Nest Evil Beast should have been an invincible existence of the same tier.

However, due to level suppression, it hadn't even had time to show its Boss-level might before it was killed in two strikes by Sarah.

System notification appeared.

[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance killed the Ice Nest Evil Beast Lv15, a Tier 2 Boss-level creature. Gained EXP: 0]

[Combatants gained EXP: 80]

[You obtained Points +5]

It looks like very little EXP, but this is because Cao Xing chose the drop rate bonus, so there is only 20% EXP.

Also, EXP isn't the key; the key lies in Cao Xing increasing 5 points.

The rules of the [Points Ranking] are that only destroying Ice Nests or killing elite and Boss-level creatures will grant points.

This was already the eleventh Boss-level Ice Nest Monster that Cao Xing had killed.

Plus the hundreds of elite monsters killed before.

His points had just reached 185.

This number just barely entered the top 20; he hadn't even squeezed into the top 10.

At this time, the chat channel was also confused.

Survivors discussed one after another: "What's the situation? It's been four hours, why does Great Lord Cao Xing only have so few points?"

"Yeah, Wu Xinghu, Zhou Bo, and the others who used the Ice Dragon Horn with him already have over 200 points and are about to rush into the top 10."

"Could it be that no Ice Nests fell in Great Lord Cao Xing's territory?"

"That's impossible, right? How could there be no Ice Nests falling after using the Ice Dragon Horn?"

At this time, the Survivors from Wangjiang Pavilion jumped out immediately and said: "I think this Cao Xing knew his strength wasn't enough, so after using the Ice Dragon Horn, he just took his people and ran."

"Haha! That's very likely. To show off, Cao Xing didn't even want his own territory!"

The chat channel was silent.

Obviously, such a stupid theory wouldn't gain the approval of others.

At this moment, one of the Survivors named Yin Zexing said, "Tell me, is there a possibility of this?"

"It's not that Great Lord Cao Xing ran away, but rather he is farming the Ice Nests. He didn't destroy those Ice Nests after they descended, but instead waited for the Ice Nest Monsters inside to hatch, and now he is killing those monsters."

"Wait until the monsters have mostly hatched, then destroy all those Ice Nests in one fell swoop?"

Hearing this theory, the Survivors in the chat channel suddenly realized something.

"This… that's unlikely, right? Great Lord Cao Xing is using an Intermediate Ice Dragon Horn. According to what those major guild leaders said, at least one hundred Ice Nests crash down every hour…"

"It's been such a long time; there must be at least several hundred Ice Nests in Great Lord Cao Xing's territory. Can it be that he really hasn't destroyed a single one?"

"That's thousands of monsters attacking at the same time every minute. How could anyone's territory possibly withstand that?"

On the scene, all the Survivors gasped in unison.

They found it somewhat difficult to accept this shocking fact!

After all, this was truly too shocking!

Withstanding monsters hatching from hundreds of Ice Nests simultaneously—what kind of concept is that?

This is equivalent to Cao Xing killing thousands of Ice Nest Monsters every minute!

Everyone's eyes held a look of disbelief.

"Then tell me, is there any other explanation? You don't actually believe what those people from Wangjiang Pavilion said, that Great Lord Cao Xing ran off with his people, do you?"

Hearing this, a look of contemplation flashed across everyone's minds.

However, apart from this theory, they couldn't think of any other explanation.

Why Cao Xing's points had only increased by such a small amount after so long.

Meanwhile, news of this theory quickly reached the ears of those major guild leaders.

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Cao Xing did not know about the discussion regarding him in the chat channel.

He was currently paying close attention to the situation on the battlefield below.

At this moment, Sarah appeared silently and then handed a few items in her hand to Cao Xing.

"These are the items dropped by that boss monster. Please take a look."

Cao Xing said approvingly, "Not bad, Sarah."

After speaking, Cao Xing took the items from Sarah's hand.

[Obtained: Ice Dragon Mark * 34]

[Obtained: glacier shard * 15]

[Obtained: Small Anti-Corruption Potion (Green) * 1]

[Obtained: dragon rock ore (Gold) * 7]

[Obtained: Medium Book of Chaos * 1]

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"Oh? Do boss-level Ice Nest Monsters drop different things?"

"This time, it even dropped a gold-tier material like dragon rock ore."

You have to know, in the [Dragon Shop], one dragon rock ore is worth 1000 Ice Dragon Marks.

Just these 7 dragon rock ores alone are worth 7000 Ice Dragon Marks.

Cao Xing then took another look at the attributes of the other bottle, the anti-corruption potion.

[Small Anti-Corruption Potion (Green)]

[Potion Effect: After consumption, reduces the effects of 'Cold Corrosion' by 30% for the next 30 minutes.]

…

Cao Xing exclaimed in admiration, "Not bad. The effect of this potion should also be enhanced by the [Eternal Power] talent, becoming a permanent status. In other words, as long as I give each of my subordinates a bottle to drink, they can permanently weaken the impact of this negative status."

After all, that [Cold Corrosion] negative status is still quite terrifying.

Although it currently only appears on boss-level monsters, there's no guarantee that those elite or even normal monsters won't have this effect later on.

It's always right to be prepared.

Cao Xing had a smile on his face as he thought, "The loot from the boss monsters killed earlier hasn't been collected yet."

"It looks like there will be some unexpected surprises after this battle ends!"

It was already eleven o'clock at night, the fifth hour since the battle began.

At this time, the number of Ice Nest Monsters in each wave of attacks was also over four thousand.

Because the previous hundreds of Ice Nests had already reached their limit for hatching monsters.

So Cao Xing didn't feel much pressure.

However, the movements of the Wild Boar Warriors below had become a bit sluggish.

The high-intensity battle had caused them to expend a great deal of stamina.

Quite a few Ice Nest Monsters had already broken through the defensive line and reached the vicinity of the territory walls.

Then, these monsters would be shot dead on the spot by archers like Elisa, as well as those Elemental Arrow Towers and Ice Arrow Towers.

While attacking, Elisa coquettishly shouted, "Hmph, hmph! Elisa is truly the strongest!"

"Come on over, you Ice Nest Monsters!"

"Once I become stronger than Lord Commander, I'll go spank his butt, hahaha!"

Hearing this, Cao Xing's face immediately darkened.

It was clear that Elisa still remembered Cao Xing spanking her butt.

Sensing Cao Xing's gaze, Elisa's face instantly turned pale, and then she looked at him with a fawning smile.

"Lord Commander… I… I was just talking nonsense…"

"I… I was wrong…"

Cao Xing looked at the little girl's perky butt with an unkind expression, a strange smile on his face, "I'll deal with you after the battle ends!"

Hearing this, little Elisa's face turned even paler…

Cao Xing stopped paying attention to the archers and looked towards the new members in his territory.

Those few War Ancient Trees.

What interested Cao Xing was their method of attack.

These ancient trees would first extend a few branches, then condense a cluster of fruit from their crowns, and violently smash it outside the territory.

Bang! Bang, bang!

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Damage numbers burst forth one after another.

The damage of these War Ancient Trees was still quite strong after being enhanced by [Blessing of Courage].

Cao Xing thought happily, "Not bad. Although these War Ancient Trees were only level 15 elites—no, wait, they are already level 20 elites now."

"But their damage is still very high, and they also come with small-area explosive damage, which is much more powerful than the Intermediate Elemental Arrow Towers."

"I'll see if I can get some souls later to let them advance into bosses."

Because Cao Xing's territory was powerful, the situation remained stable.

Looking at the time, it was already 23:12 at night.

Cao Xing pondered, "The duration of the Ice Dragon Horn is almost over; I can destroy a batch of Ice Nests first."

Therefore, he gave the order directly.

"Dabai, Volibear, and Sarah, form an assault squad and go destroy those Ice Nests in the back that will no longer continue to hatch monsters."

After receiving Cao Xing's order.

Two loud roars rang out in the territory!

"Moo—"

"Roar!!"

Two pure white giant beasts rushed out from the territory violently.

Then, they began to sprint wildly through the snow!

Rumble! Rumble!

The momentum of the two giant beasts running was quite astonishing!

Especially Volibear; as soon as it rushed out, it immediately leaped violently into the air.

At this moment, everyone looked up and saw a violent bear suddenly appear in the air, with the power of lightning radiating from its body.

"Zzz… zzz…"

The sound of electric current rang out.

Then, Volibear, covered in electric light, slammed violently into the most densely packed area of Ice Nest Monsters.

Boom!!!

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A large area of lightning power slammed down!

Instantly, a dense patch of damage numbers appeared.

A large number of Ice Nest Monsters were instantly killed on the spot!

This was Volibear's skill: Thundering Slam!

A full 274% damage coefficient!

Although Volibear was only a level 20 boss now, it still exerted terrifying lethality.

And Dabai's momentum on the other side was no less impressive.

It raised its elephant trunk and directly activated [Berserk Charge], rushing at extreme speed like a charging train!

It rushed out over a hundred meters in an instant!

All the Ice Nest Monsters along the way were shattered instantly upon contact with Dabai's massive body.

Bang! Bang, bang!

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It looked less damaging than Volibear's.

But you have to know, this was just Dabai's normal charge.

If it used [Mammoth Trample], Dabai's damage would also be very terrifying.

The two giant beasts ignored the large swaths of Ice Nest Monsters and rushed directly to the side of those standing Ice Nests.

Bang! Bang, bang!

Huge damage numbers kept floating up.

One Ice Nest after another was destroyed by them in succession.

System prompts appeared.

[Your pet: Dabai successfully destroyed a Tier 2 Ice Nest, obtained EXP: 200 points]

[Combatants obtained EXP: 100 points]

[Points + 1]

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[Your pet: Volibear successfully destroyed a Tier 2 Ice Nest, obtained EXP: 200 points]

[Combatants obtained EXP: 100]

[Points + 1]

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[Your…]

The attack power of the two giant beasts was terrifying.

Almost every three or four seconds, they could destroy an Ice Nest.

And on the side, there was also an even more powerful Sarah!

Swish! Swish!

The Silent Blades began to slash through continuously.

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Every second, an Ice Nest was destroyed by Sarah.

This was Sarah's terrifying combat power.

A dozen minutes later.

They had already destroyed over two hundred Ice Nests.

The subsequent battle no longer had any suspense.

At midnight.

No new Ice Nests were descending from the sky.

Basically all the monsters had also finished hatching.

Cao Xing began to give orders for everyone to destroy the Ice Nests with full force.

One Ice Nest after another was leveled by everyone.

And his points also began to skyrocket at a terrifying speed.

[231 points]

[357 points]

[462 points]

[522 points]

In the blink of an eye, Cao Xing's points broke through five hundred, directly surpassing Jiang Qingyun and taking first place!

Moreover, he was still maintaining a terrifying rate of increase!

Throughout the deep night, who knows how many pairs of eyes were staring at the points leaderboard.

Seeing Cao Xing's soaring ranking, a chorus of exclamations erupted from the Survivors!

"Look! Great Lord Cao Xing's points have started to skyrocket, so fast!"

"Holy crap! It's already broken through six hundred, and it's still rising!"

"Seven hundred! This is just too terrifying!"

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