Chapter 274: Crazy Leveling Up, Battle Ends! (6000)

"Sarah is truly formidable after transforming into a Commander!"

"The most important thing is, I still have three Expert-level Heart of Strength in my backpack. Once this battle ends, Sarah will likely be able to level up directly to the level 40 cap."

"By then, she can directly transform into a Tier 5 Commander!"

Thinking of this, Cao Xing was incredibly excited.

Although the [Expert-level Heart of Strength] only has a 70% success rate, Cao Xing is a man who possesses 20 points of Luck.

With such high Luck, he didn't believe he could fail consecutively!

"Wild Boar Warriors! Charge!"

"Soldiers of Ascalon, charge with me!"

"Minions of Zhuoma, feel the fury of the Dragon Blood Warrior!"

The warriors charged forward frantically, killing a large number of Ice Nest Monsters, and simultaneously reaping a massive amount of experience points!

Beams of white light rose one after another above the heads of those soldiers and warriors.

They had all reached the level 30 cap, and everyone's combat power increased significantly!

Wild Boar Warrior Rabb shouted from the side: "Kantor, Kandaer, brothers, let us cooperate again and form Wild Boar Centaur warriors!"

The Centaurs heard this, "Alright, brother Rabb, let us become the strongest combination!"

As he spoke, Rabb directly took another Wild Boar Warrior and jumped onto their backs.

The scene that followed was somewhat comical.

Two Centaurs charged with Wild Boar Warriors.

The Centaurs kept waving the scythes in their hands, cutting down Ice Nest Monsters one by one in front of them.

Meanwhile, the Wild Boar Warriors on their backs were attacking the Ice Nest Monsters on the left and right sides frantically, howling all the way as they rushed into the deepest part of the monster swarm.

"Haha! The cooperation between Centaurs and Wild Boar Warriors is truly perfect!"

"That's right! We are all the strongest jungle warriors, and even fighting in the snow, we are just as powerful!"

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing felt it was funny, but he was also pleased with the combat power generated by the cooperation of these two unit types.

"The Centaur unit type is actually quite good; they can be used as cavalry. Unfortunately, there are few sources for them."

"After this battle ends, let's see if I can go to the trading market and exchange for a hundred of them to form a Centaur legion and see how it goes."

Of course, to unlock the [Mount] function for the Centaurs, they need to have 100 loyalty.

That was a rather troublesome matter.

However, it didn't matter even if they couldn't be mounted.

For Cao Xing, the more unit types in his territory, the better.

With his food reserves, he didn't worry at all about not being able to support so many unit types.

If there wasn't enough food, he would just go and loot some.

Time passed slowly.

Soon, it was ten o'clock at night.

This was the fourth hour since the Ice Dragon Horn challenge began.

And Cao Xing and Liu Muxue's levels had already increased to the level 40 cap.

Feeling the surging power within their bodies!

Cao Xing said pleasantly: "This leveling speed, describing it as soaring like a rocket isn't even enough!"

"Sarah and Assam have already reached level 38. In the next two hours, letting them reach level 40 will be easy!"

Liu Muxue, who was beside him, was also overjoyed.

However, the harvest from this battle was not just a massive amount of experience.

More importantly, it was the materials covering the ground.

After all, for this challenge, Cao Xing had chosen the material bonus.

He had already seen the Ice Dragon Mark and glacier shard dropped by those ordinary monsters upon death, as well as precious materials like dragon rock ore dropped by the leader-level monsters!

While feeling happy, Cao Xing silently calculated in his heart: "The last medium-sized Ice Dragon Horn challenge allowed me to obtain nearly 200,000 Ice Dragon Mark!"

"This time, although it wasn't the 11 times the number of Ice Nest as expected, there were at least 8 times the Ice Nest descent!"

"In other words, I have a high probability of obtaining over one million Ice Dragon Mark!"

After arriving at this number, a smile appeared on the corner of Cao Xing's mouth again.

With this, the cost spent on redeeming the intermediate Strength Crystal earlier was instantly earned back.

"Really nice!"

Meanwhile, four hours of high-intensity combat had also consumed a lot of stamina from the warriors below.

Although almost all the warriors on the field were at least Tier 3 entities with amazing stamina.

However, this was not like the previous few times.

Facing the massive amount of monsters, they couldn't relax for even a second.

Four hours, without a moment of breathing room.

Even an iron man would struggle to hold on.

Therefore, they naturally started to let many monsters slip through, rushing towards the territory.

Those warriors still wanted to run back to intercept them.

Seeing this situation, Cao Xing said directly: "Let them come over; warriors who can't hold on can return to the territory to rest for ten minutes."

After receiving the order, those warriors gave up the interception.

In an instant, it was like a floodgate opening!

At least several thousand Ice Nest Monsters were rushing towards the territory.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing did not panic and quickly ordered: "All archers, prepare to fire!"

Upon receiving the order, more than thirty Nightmare Archer, plus a few Frost Archers, all drew their longbows!

"Da Zhuang, Cao Yi, wait for my command to fire the Destroyer Crossbows. Pay attention to the firing angle; this thing has too long a range and will hurt our soldiers."

"War Tree, condense fruit to attack."

The Arctic People and staff members who were operating dozens of crossbows below responded one after another.

"As you command, Lord!"

Including those three War Trees, they had also condensed fruit above their heads.

Meanwhile, the monster swarm was getting closer and closer.

Cao Xing looked at his magic-wielding ladies.

"Hilda, Isabelle, Aili, Sylvia, prepare to use area-of-effect magic!"

Upon receiving the order, the ladies all raised their staves.

Including Hilda, who was also ready to spray Blood Poison.

When the monster swarm reached a distance of two hundred meters from the territory.

Cao Xing said directly: "Attack!"

Instantly!

Those intermediate Elemental Arrow Tower, Ancient Guardians, and a large number of Nightmare Court archers were all unleashing terrifying attacks!

"Whoosh! Whoosh, whoosh!"

The sound of piercing the air came, and a large number of arrows were shot out, instantly sniping the Ice Nest Monsters one by one midway!

And the Ancient Guardians' fruit slammed down, causing area-of-effect damage in patches.

[ – 3721 ] [ – 3386 ] [ – 5562! ] [ – 5423! ] [ – 3523 ] …

Dense numbers of damage appeared.

The first wave of attacks killed at least hundreds of Ice Nest Monsters on the spot!

However, more Ice Nest Monsters were rushing in like a tide from behind!

"Mages, area-of-effect!"

Sylvia and Aili chanted simultaneously.

"Let the breath of flowing water wash away your sins!"

Instantly, two rain clouds covering dozens of meters appeared.

A large amount of rain fell from the rain clouds, and this rain instantly turned into icicles, shooting down.

"Puff! Puff, puff!"

[ – 2953 ] [ – 2943 ] [ – 3015 ] [ – 3086 ] …

As level 30 bosses, the damage of the two mages was still very high.

Almost one wave of attacks could kill these Ice Nest Monsters instantly.

And this skill had four waves of attacks.

Therefore, in the area where the rain clouds were, those Ice Nest Monsters that rushed over died immediately on the spot.

And the most terrifying ones were naturally Hilda and Isabelle.

Both women were Tier 4 leaders, and all their attacks were area-of-effect.

Wherever the Blood Poison touched, those Ice Nest Monsters that entered were as good as dead.

And Isabelle's holy light balls fell one by one.

"Bang! Bang, bang!"

A large number of Ice Nest Monsters shattered almost upon contact!

Including Da Bai, Woli, and Tong Chuchu, they were all launching a one-sided crushing attack on those Ice Nest Monsters that were about to rush to the bottom of the city wall.

Soon, this wave of leaked Ice Nest Monsters was all killed.

This scene could only be described as easy.

Cao Xing said happily: "Comforting, I didn't even have to use my demon form."

After the crisis was resolved, Cao Xing continued to order.

"Warriors, let another batch of Ice Nest Monsters come over!"

Following Cao Xing's order, the Ice Nest Monsters surged in like a torrent again.

Then they were killed in an orderly fashion by his archers and mages.

Soon, the battlefield rhythm stabilized again.

Because of the support from the rear, the pressure on the frontline warriors was greatly reduced, and fighting became much easier.

Cao Xing continued to observe the battlefield, and then his gaze landed on Assam.

At this moment, he held high the [lady of the lake sword – Arondight], constantly attacking the enemy!

Terrifying damage numbers rose one after another.

[ – 5321 ] [ – 5532 ] [ – 8291! ] [ – 8179! ] …

Cao Xing noticed that the longsword in Assam's hand absorbed some kind of energy to attach to the sword body with every attack.

Making this longsword look as if it were constantly awakening.

This also caused his critical hit rate to constantly increase.

When it reached 100 points, every sword strike was a critical damage.

Cao Xing thought of the Legendary skill on his weapon and immediately said: "Assam, stop killing the Ice Nest Monsters, gather them together."

After receiving the order, Assam directly controlled the Frost Wolf Winter and stopped attacking.

Then he rampaged through the monster swarm, attracting a large number of Ice Nest Monsters to follow behind him.

After a dozen seconds, the number of Ice Nest Monsters following behind him had exceeded three hundred!

Therefore, Cao Xing instantly ordered: "Assam, swing the Divine Light Sword Qi!"

Assam immediately understood his meaning.

He held his lady of the lake sword high, and then turned around abruptly!

"The path to the Legendary is surely filled with the thorns of hell, but I go gladly!"

"In the name of the Goddess Kemir, slash!!"

As he spoke, an extremely dazzling divine light burst forth from Assam's sword tip!

The terrifying divine power fluctuation even made the soldiers on the entire battlefield look sideways.

Including the staff members who were watching the battle in the territory, they all stared at this sword strike of Assam's.

And after that group of Goblin laborers felt this trace of divine power fluctuation, they knelt down directly!

"This knight actually possesses the power of a god!"

"He is a knight recognized by the gods!"

"My god, what kind of territory have we come to?"

The Goblin laborers exclaimed incessantly!

And at this moment, Assam's sword strike had already slashed down!

"Swish!"

A sword aura nearly a hundred meters long swept down, and at least two hundred Ice Nest Monsters were wiped out after being covered by this sword aura!

In an instant!

[ – 27531! ] [ – 26532! ] [ – 28531! ] [ – 28231! ] [ – 28913! ] …

Hundreds of terrifying damage numbers floated up!

Its terrifying sword aura plowed a trench about a dozen meters deep on the ground!

As for those Ice Nest Monsters, they had disappeared without even leaving a trace.

This scene made everyone on the field gasp!

This is Assam's current strength.

Tier 4 level-capped leader!

Coupled with this complete Legendary weapon in his hand, the ultimate strike he unleashed was enough to make people feel fear!

Meanwhile, Cao Xing also noticed that the Ice Nest Monsters killed by Assam all produced energy light spots, which were absorbed by Arondight.

[Your territory member Assam, successfully used the Divine Light Sword, killing 236 enemies, Arondight weapon attack power increased by 236 points…]

Cao Xing laughed, "Really nice, this wave directly increased the weapon attack power by over two hundred!"

"It's equivalent to the attack power increase brought by half a Gold-tier weapon."

"If it hits a few more times, the damage will directly double. It's too powerful!"

However, it's a pity that this sword energy can only be used once a day.

But thinking about it, that's normal.

If there weren't this restriction, I reckon Cao Xing could grind the attack power of [Yalondigit] to 100,000 in a single day.

By then, wouldn't he be able to cut down any god or Buddha in his path?

Besides Assam, there was another person whose performance was equally eye-catching.

Sarah, having switched to her [Moon Dance] form, was equally terrifying.

She leaped continuously among the monster horde without restraint, like an agile elf.

After landing, the short blade in her hand slashed down.

Every slash triggered a large area of splash damage.

Even after a 30% damage reduction, it was enough to instantly kill a portion of the Ice Nest Monsters!

[ -8732! ]

– 2619 – 2619

[ -10754! ]

– 3226 – 3226

…

With one slash, Sarah killed at least four or five Ice Nest Monsters!

As a Commander-level creature, Sarah's attack power was terrifyingly strong!

The [Moon Dance] form transformed her into a Berserker.

At this moment, Francesca, who had changed into a red gown, walked gracefully to Cao Xing's side.

She also noticed the massive horde of Ice Nest Monsters below and frowned slightly.

"Do you need my help?"

Cao Xing was stunned for a moment.

As a Tier 5 Commander-level creature, Francesca could be said to be the strongest existence in the territory.

This was also one of Cao Xing's sources of confidence; with this powerful witch holding the fort, he didn't worry at all that the territory would be breached.

Moreover, Francesca herself was extremely powerful, and after a series of status buffs from Cao Xing, her actual combat power could already rival a Tier 6 Commander.

And the most insane thing was that she could fly…

On such a large-scale battlefield, Francesca was like a bomber.

"Weren't you concocting medicine during the day? If you're tired, you don't need to intervene; we can still hold the line here."

Hearing Cao Xing's concerned tone, Francesca curled her lips into a smile. "Thank you for your concern, but with my mental power, I wouldn't feel tired even if I concocted medicine for half a month straight."

Hearing this, Cao Xing felt relieved.

He nodded and said: "Alright, then go ahead."

Francesca nodded slightly.

Then, waves of nearly terrifying aura burst forth from her!

At this moment, green forest energy erupted within her body!

An oppressive feeling from the depths of the soul appeared!

The Goblin laborers behind her trembled all over in fear.

Including the peasant woman 'Mubo' beside her, whose pupils suddenly dilated!

This was the third time she had felt shocked today.

From when Assam unleashed that divine sword energy, which made her feel a threat to her life.

Plus Sarah in her Moon Dance form, which once again made her feel a deadly sense of crisis.

And now, an even more terrifying witch had appeared!

Before, she thought that given her strength, no one in this territory could threaten her?

Yet now, only a few days had passed?

Strong individuals in this territory kept popping up one after another.

The development speed of this territory was too fast!

Changing almost every day!

This had completely exceeded the imagination of the peasant woman Mubo.

She looked at the figure standing on the city wall, a look of struggle flashing in her eyes again.

At this moment, Francesca's dark hair fluttered as she flew directly into the sky.

Like a red elf.

Wherever she passed, as she raised her hands, a gust of airflow was stirred up.

"Hum!"

Within a hundred meters around her, all the Ice Nest Monsters seemed to be attacked by a terrifying air pressure, instantly shattering into ice dregs!

[ -14783 ]

[ -15321 ]

[ -16231 ]

[ -15231 ]

…

Damage numbers breaking ten thousand floated up one after another.

It seemed less exaggerated than Assam and Sarah.

But one had to know, this was just an ordinary area-of-effect skill of Francesca.

And it hadn't even triggered a critical hit.

As a Level 50 Commander, her attack power towered over everyone else.

Then, Francesca flew directly above the monster horde and extended her slender, jade-like hand.

"Puff! Puff puff!"

Each strike that fell resulted in the death of at least hundreds of Ice Nest Monsters!

Seeing where they couldn't hold on, with the arrival of this beautiful witch, all the Ice Nest Monsters were like glaciers meeting the scorching sun, easily disintegrated.

The soldiers all watched this red silhouette.

She had truly transformed into a bomber in the literal sense.

The sky-filling Ice Nest Monsters seemed to have lost all threat with the addition of these powerful beings.

The battlefield became their show.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing also felt an itch in his hands.

"How about I go down and show off a bit too?"

One had to know, he still had an Epic-level skill that he hadn't released yet.

Thinking of this, Cao Xing jumped directly under the city wall.

Then he instantly rushed in front of a group of Ice Nest Monsters.

He didn't even raise his staff, just pressed both hands onto the ground!

"Breath of Frost, freeze everything!"

In an instant, a terrifying cold air extended rapidly in front of Cao Xing.

"Crack! Cracking!"

This cold air froze the ground, and all monsters within it had their mobility greatly reduced!

In the blink of an eye, it broke through to five hundred meters, one thousand meters, and continued to extend!

It didn't stop until it reached a full two thousand meters, almost reaching the limit of the Arctic People's vision.

Looking from above, one would find that around the territory, a white runway seemed to have appeared out of thin air, with a large number of monsters shrouded within it!

However, this was not over yet.

From within this ice fog, which was about one hundred meters wide and two thousand meters long, a large number of ice spikes suddenly burst forth!

Instantly, terrifying damage numbers appeared above the heads of the thousands of Ice Nest Monsters covered by it.

[ -7864! ]

[ -8125! ]

[ -7634! ]

[ -7764! ]

[ -7963! ]

…

The 50% critical hit rate bonus from the Land of Glory title, plus Cao Xing's base critical hit, directly reached the maximum value!

Thousands of terrifying damage numbers appeared, and all the Ice Nest Monsters died instantly!

This was the terror of the Epic-level skill—Frozen Thousand Miles!

Such a large range, even Francesca couldn't help but look sideways in surprise.

Because even she couldn't unleash such a terrifying area-of-effect magic!

This burst from Cao Xing directly shocked everyone.

Those Goblin laborers knelt on the ground.

"Oh! Great God of the Underworld above, this Lord's power is too terrifying!"

"That's right! I originally thought those soldiers were already strong enough, but it turns out Lord's power is even more terrifying!"

"Lord is simply majestic and powerful!"

Including that down-and-out painter Edward, a look of excitement also appeared in his eyes.

Previously he had only seen a few people around Cao Xing unleash powerful strength!

Now it seems that this was just the tip of the iceberg of his territory's strength.

Now with Cao Xing unleashing his full power, it made everyone understand that he himself also possessed terrifying strength that made people tremble!

At this moment, a sense of security actually appeared in Edward's heart.

Since getting that illness, this was the first time a sense of security had welled up in his heart…

[Because you displayed powerful strength, your territory member: Edward Degas's loyalty has increased. Current loyalty: 81]

[Because you displayed powerful strength…]

…

At this moment, hundreds of system notifications about loyalty increases appeared.

Cao Xing said happily: "Haha, this Frozen Thousand Miles skill is really powerful, it directly farmed a wave of loyalty!"

"And Francesca, she is worthy of being a Tier 5 Commander-level creature; relying on her alone is enough to resist ten thousand troops!"

Meanwhile, Cao Xing looked at the Shire Shaman beside him: "Blot, summon the Black Mist Lord Igovar!"

Anyway, this skill can be used once a day, it's a waste not to use it!

After receiving the order, Blot executed it without hesitation!

"Powerful Black Mist Lord, Igovar, I summon you here!"

Whoosh!

When the black mist dissipated.

A powerful existence wearing a black cloak and emitting black smoke from its whole body appeared again!

This was the third Commander-level creature!

As soon as Igovar came out, it also displayed terrifying strength.

Its greatsword swung out, creating a thick black smoke storm.

With that Tier 4 Commander-level strength, dealing with these Ice Nest Monsters was a dimensionality reduction strike!

Under the attack of three Commander-level creatures, plus Assam holding a Legendary weapon, and a large group of other powerful existences.

The tide-like Ice Nest Monsters were all pressed to death under the city wall!

Without any accident.

Time passed slowly.

Until twelve o'clock at night.

This Ice Dragon Horn challenge officially ended.

Cao Xing returned to the city wall, looking at the ravaged battlefield, he also felt moved.

"These guys, their strength is getting stronger and stronger, and the destruction they cause is also getting stronger."

"If they advance a few more times later, it's probably normal for a sword energy to split a thousand-meter-long gully, or a spell to blast out a big crater."

Of course, Cao Xing wasn't worried that their power was too strong.

The stronger his subordinates were, the happier he was.

He wished that everyone of these guys had the power of a dragon, then he could sit back and relax, and live a fairy-like life.

Seeing the thousands of Ice Nests around the territory, which looked like magnified white ant eggs.

"All combat personnel, start destroying the Ice Nests."

After receiving the order,

The combat personnel rushed out one after another.

They started to slash crazily at those Ice Nests that had exhausted their energy!

"Bang! Crack!"

One Ice Nest after another collapsed, and the system prompts for point increases started flooding the screen like crazy.

And on the level leaderboard.

Cao Xing's points were also skyrocketing at a terrifying speed!

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