Chapter 366: Point Shop Opened, The Embryo of Legion Mode (5800)

Since the system rule was that whoever first discovered the location of Zhuo Mas Claw and was willing to publish it on the map would receive a reward of 100 points,

therefore, at the very first moment of the challenge, a large number of Survivors rushed out.

But still, more Survivors were not impulsive; they prepared to observe the situation first.

Including Cao Xing, who was the same and did not act hastily.

Liu Muxue beside him said softly, "Axing, do we have a specific action plan?"

The scale of their territory was growing day by day, and for large-scale challenge events like this, naturally, there had to be corresponding planning.

As the saying goes, forethought leads to success.

Especially for challenges with a limited number of monsters that required competition, a reasonable plan was even more necessary.

Cao Xing shook his head, "Not yet. We don't yet know the strength of 'Zhuo Mas Claw' and the dragon legion it leads, so it's not easy to allocate combat power."

"For now, let's look at the exchange items in the Point Shop first."

Liu Muxue nodded gently.

Then, Cao Xing opened the shop interface.

Seeing that besides the Dragon Shop, two more shops had appeared above.

[Point Shop: Open]

[Gold Point Shop: Not Open]

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Cao Xing directly clicked on [Point Shop].

In an instant, a dazzling array of exchange items appeared inside.

[Point Shop Exchange List]

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[Primary Troop Recruitment Scroll]

[Tier 3 Trained Militiamen Recruitment Scroll]: 100 points (can exchange for 1,000 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Orc Grunts Recruitment Scroll]: 100 points (can exchange for 1,000 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Goblin Grunts Recruitment Scroll]: 100 points (can exchange for 1,000 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Imperial Soldier Recruitment Scroll]: 100 points (can exchange for 1,000 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Imperial Archer Recruitment Scroll]: 150 points (can exchange for 500 scrolls)

[Tier 3…]

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[Intermediate Troops]

[Tier 3 Kobold Poacher Recruitment Scroll]: 300 points (can exchange for 1,000 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Ascalon Warriors Recruitment Scroll]: 300 points (can exchange for 1,000 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Wild Boar Warrior Recruitment Scroll]: 300 points (can exchange for 1,000 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Centaur Warriors, Archers, Spear and Shield Cavalry]: 300 points (can exchange for 1,000 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Orc Vanguard Scroll]: 400 points (can exchange for 500 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Mercenary Recruitment Scroll]: 400 points (can exchange for 500 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Shadow Assassin Recruitment Scroll]: 500 points (can exchange for up to 300 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Werewolf…]

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[Advanced Troops]

[Tier 3 Silver Hand Knights Recruitment Scroll (Mount Not Included)]: 1,000 points (can exchange for up to 100 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Star Country Swordsman Recruitment Scroll]: 1,000 points (can exchange for up to 100 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Earth, Water, Wind, and Lightning Mage Apprentice Recruitment Scroll]: 1,000 points (can exchange for up to 100 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Cloud Country Assassin Recruitment Scroll]: 1,000 points (can exchange for 100 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Tribal Witch Doctor Recruitment Scroll]: 1,000 points (can exchange for 100 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Royal Gunner Recruitment Scroll]: 1,300 points (can exchange for 100 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Dwarf Warrior Recruitment Scroll]: 1,000 points (can exchange for 100 scrolls)

[Tier 3 Barbarian…]

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"Good grief! So many troops, and we can exchange for so many at once?"

Cao Xing was instantly stunned!

This time's Point Shop introduced nearly 38 types of troops, ranging from primary troops to advanced troops.

Among them were primary militiamen and Orc grunts, to intermediate Centaurs and Ascalon Warriors.

Even advanced recruitment scrolls like Silver Hand Knights, barbarians, and royal gunners…

If all of them could be exchanged…

This territory would directly gain tens of thousands of combatants!

"Hiss! Too terrifying!"

The exchangeable items in this Point Shop far exceeded everyone's expectations.

In the chat channel, exclamations also continued endlessly.

And Cao Xing quickly understood the reason.

After seven days of construction weeks, most current Survivors continuously extracted resources and carried out infrastructure work.

The foundation of the territory was almost laid.

At the same time, nurtured by various resources, everyone had one or two, or two or three loyal elite-level or even leader-level subordinates!

What comes next?

Of course, it was troop explosion, expanding territory, and following the legion stream!

And with the current progress of these Survivors, wanting to explode troops was a very difficult thing.

Unless they were Survivors situated in war-torn regions.

The troop accumulation speed of others was actually very slow.

Including Cao Xing himself, not many combatants were actually recruited from the aborigines.

Most of them were summoned from the summoning space through recruitment scrolls.

Therefore, unless they encountered some large-scale war between kingdoms next, it would take a very long time to gather even a squadron.

"Interesting… There are even so many advanced troops."

"Among these advanced troops, I have only recruited water-type and earth-type mage apprentices; I haven't seen the others yet."

"But being classified as advanced troops by the system must have its unique aspects."

This classification by the system also made Cao Xing roughly understand the difference between primary troops, intermediate troops, and advanced troops.

Primary troops were those with relatively simple skills and a single evolutionary path.

Intermediate troops were slightly stronger, with stronger combat awareness and possibly one or two talents, such as Wild Boar Warrior and Ascalon Warriors.

As for advanced troops, they should be troops with more functions and more evolutionary paths.

"However, this time there are no Nightmare Court Archers and Dragon Blood Warriors among them."

Cao Xing felt somewhat disappointed.

He had been thinking that this time he could directly gather a hundred-man squadron of Dragon Blood Warriors or a Nightmare Court Archer squadron to activate the legion's bond.

"But it's fine. Among these advanced troops, there are still many worth exchanging."

"For example, the Silver Hand Knights; I am preparing to catch a batch of griffins back."

"If these knights tame griffins, they will surely be able to unleash even stronger combat power."

"There is also the recruitment scroll for Wind Mage Apprentices; I have a copy of Genadi's Mage Manual in my backpack, and I've been worrying about where to poach a wind mage!"

"At that time, I'll recruit a batch of wind apprentices, pick one with good talent, and smash him to leader-level with my resources."

"Next, he can learn the skills in that manual."

Cao Xing thought happily.

Then he continued to look at the roulette system below the Point Shop.

[Lucky Turntable]

[Usage Rules: Survivors consume 200, 500, 1,000, 5,000, 50,000, or 100,000 points to randomly draw an item. The higher the consumed point tier, the higher the quality of the drawn reward.]

[Possible items from the turntable: Recruitment scrolls, magical plant seeds, crop seed bags, special items, etc…]

(Note: At the 50,000-point tier, a golden-quality item is guaranteed, with a 20% chance to obtain an epic-quality item; at the 100,000-point tier, 1 epic-quality item is guaranteed.)

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After reading the rule introduction, an interested smile appeared on the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

"This turntable is quite interesting; it can even spin out epic-quality items."

"However, the premise is having sufficient points and already exchanging for the troops you want before going to draw, otherwise it's a huge loss!"

At this moment, the chat channel was also engaged in a fierce discussion about the exchangeable items in the Point Shop.

"F*ck! The things that can be exchanged in this Point Shop this time are so terrifying!"

"Yeah, even the lowest are Tier 3 recruitment scrolls, which are creatures above level 20. Changing for just one scroll is a huge profit!"

"I saw an advanced troop: Shield Maiden. My territory happens to have an elite-level Shield Maiden who can just lead them, haha!"

"Not bad, my territory also has an elite-level Royal Gunner, newly recruited, who can command them."

"Upstairs, stop daydreaming. One advanced troop costs a thousand points; they aren't that easy to get."

Hearing this, those Survivors who were still thinking about exchanging for an advanced troop squadron were directly pulled back to reality.

"Brothers, discovering the location of one Zhuo Mas Claw gives 100 points, which is equivalent to a Tier 3 primary troop. That's really great."

"Indeed, I've already rushed out of my territory. Today I'm ready to get rich by finding these 'Zhuo Mas Claws'!"

And other Survivors naturally discovered this point as well.

After all, as long as they discovered the opponent's location and were given points without having to fight, such a good thing had plenty of people fighting to do it!

In an instant, countless people poured out of their territories to search for Zhuo Mas Claw and the Ice Nest Monster legion.

And needless to say, with hundreds of thousands of Survivors, counting their territory residents, reaching at least tens of millions of people,

Even though the entire Ice Crystal Kingdom's territory was extremely vast, it couldn't stop everyone's carpet search.

Soon, quite a few people discovered the locations of Zhuo Mas Claws!

On Cao Xing's map, three white dragon heads had already been marked.

This represented that three 'Zhuo Mas Claws' and their legions had been discovered.

A large number of Survivors surged toward the areas marked on the map.

But Cao Xing was not in a hurry.

He pondered, "Next, I need to see the strength of Zhuo Mas Claw and the points obtained from killing these monsters before deciding on the combat tactics."

Meanwhile, Cao Xing opened the world forum and saw posts made by those Survivors who had discovered Zhuo Mas Claw.

"Brothers! I found Zhuo Mas Claw!"

"F*ck! This Zhuo Mas Claw is actually a kind of Ice Crystal Dragon, so huge! It's over a dozen meters wide!"

"The Ice Nest Monster legion under it has at least over ten,000 monsters. I saw many elite-level monsters like Ice Nest Evil Beasts and Ice Nest Trolls, and their levels are between level 30 and level 40!"

"The HP of these monsters is so high, each has at least over 200,000 HP. This is at least a tenfold HP bonus or more!"

"That Zhuo Mas Claw is even more terrifying, a level 40 commander-grade creature, and its HP has even reached over twenty million!"

As this Survivor made public the intelligence he discovered one by one.

It also caused a gasp of amazement among the Survivors!

Especially when hearing that the "Zhuo Mas Claw" had a full twenty million plus HP, they gasped a breath of cold air even more!

"What the heck, is this so outrageous? Monsters over level 30 right off the bat, this directly exceeds our level by 10!"

"It really is terrifying, plus a tenfold HP bonus. This is simply not something we can fight, right?"

"It's very normal. Didn't the brother above say that? There are only over ten thousand monsters under the "Zhuo Mas Claw". Although it sounds like a lot, if the Survivors near us unite, we can definitely exceed this group of monsters many times over!"

"Indeed, but we definitely need to advance carefully. These monsters are of such high levels that a single mistake will lead to heavy losses. Let's hope we don't end up losing more points than we earn."

Hearing this, everyone's lips twitched.

Because what the other party said indeed made sense.

At this time, some bold Survivors had already led their legions and rushed over.

They immediately exclaimed, "Holy crap! Killing an ordinary Ice Nest Monster gives 1 point, and 1 elite monster gives 5 points. It feels like if we can monopolize a legion led by a Zhuo Mas Claw and wipe out all these monsters, we can get around ten thousand plus points!"

Hearing this, the Survivors successively asked, "Brother, what about bosses? How many points for killing a boss?"

"I don't know! I can't even beat these Tier 4 bosses. Damn it! My archers were shot to death by ice arrows. Fuck, a bloody loss!"

Everyone was stunned one after another.

Just as they were chatting, the locations of quite a few more Ice Nest Monster armies were discovered.

Everyone also roughly understood the mode of this challenge.

Gather the power of more people, fight against the Ice Nest Monster legion, and then kill the monsters inside to obtain points,

One by one, they began to rub their fists and wipe their palms, seeking teams.

"Brothers, is anyone near the coordinates? Come and gather."

"I'm nearby. Give me a coordinate, and I'll bring my subordinates to find you."

"The Ice Tiger Legion has currently assembled near… and is preparing to make a move on the Ice Nest Monster army below. Brothers who are interested can come and join us."

"…"

In an instant, a large number of Survivors began to form teams to jointly crusade against those Zhuo Mas Claws!

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Meanwhile, Cao Xing and Liu Muxue were still standing in the territory, beginning to ponder, "The place where a Zhuoma is located has over ten thousand monsters."

"Moreover, the HP of these monsters has all been increased. That little Ice Dragon, which is the Zhuo Mas Claw, as a Tier 4 commander, even has twenty million HP!"

"With the strength of my troops, I could directly push in forcefully, but it would also take quite a bit of time."

Liu Muxue beside him softly said, "A-Xing, looking at it this way, whether it is the monsters killed by the territory residents or the monsters killed by subordinate lords, the points are all counted toward the lord."

"Shall we split up and act separately?"

"I will lead a team of soldiers, and you lead another team."

Cao Xing pondered for a moment. Liu Muxue's suggestion was feasible.

This was also the plan that maximized profits.

Under the circumstance that other Survivors were trying their best to group up and gather more people before daring to attack the Zhuo Mas Claw legion.

Cao Xing and the others were already prepared to split their forces now.

In terms of territory combat power, how could he exceed other Survivors by just a notch?

However, he shook his head and said, "We won't split up today. I need to transfer a portion of my troops to do something else."

"Then concentrate the remaining combat power to deal with a Zhuo Mas Claw and test the waters."

"Let's see how strong these monsters are before making corresponding plans!"

Caution had always been his code of conduct.

Even though the power Cao Xing currently possessed had reached a quite formidable level, he still did not act arrogantly.

Instead, he still chose to steady every step and strike surely.

Liu Muxue also nodded gently.

As a subordinate lord, she could put forward suggestions, but she could not question the lord's decision.

At the same time, Cao Xing quickly shouted.

"Everyone, gather!"

Soon, everyone in the entire territory was mobilized.

Those Arctic People, including more than one hundred villagers from Puteng Village and the goblin peons, all gathered over.

They successively saluted and said:

"Lord, good day."

"Beautiful Lady Lord, the brilliance of the Holy Goddess still shines upon you."

Cao Xing was speechless; these guys' greetings to him were getting increasingly concise.

But their greetings to Liu Muxue changed patterns every day.

However, he didn't mind either.

Cao Xing did not rush to issue tasks; instead, he first looked at the villagers of Puteng Village.

"Have you eaten breakfast?"

Hearing this, Village Zelko was stunned for a moment.

Then he slowly shook his head, "No, respected Lord."

Cao Xing frowned, "Why didn't you eat?"

Zelko said sheepishly, "Lord, our entire village doesn't have the habit of eating breakfast…"

"We only need to eat one or two meals a day, let's save some food for the territory…"

Including the other villagers, they all nodded one after another.

But Cao Xing shook his head and said, "No, your bodies are too weak right now. Working with bodies this weak will not yield high efficiency."

"Remember to go to the cafeteria to finish breakfast later before starting work."

"This is an order."

As Cao Xing's final sentence was spoken, Old Village Head Zelko straightened his body.

He respectfully said, "As you command, thank you, benevolent Lord!"

This old village head naturally knew that this was Cao Xing taking care of them.

An expression of being moved had already appeared in his eyes.

Cao Xing nodded slightly, and then began to assign today's tasks.

"Cao Yi."

This elderly man, whose physique was becoming increasingly robust, stood out at the first moment.

"Lord, please give your instructions."

Cao Xing said, "Last night I already collected a large amount of supplies."

"Now, you can upgrade intermediate city walls and arrow towers on a large scale."

"Today's task is to upgrade all arrow towers to intermediate, and then begin upgrading them toward advanced."

"As for the other city wall construction work, let the villagers of Puteng Village do it."

Accepting the order, after listening carefully to Cao Xing's instructions, Cao Yi said respectfully, "Obeying your command, Lord."

After arranging the tasks for Cao Yi, Cao Xing continued.

"Du An."

This Arctic Person stepped forward respectfully, looking at his lord with firm eyes.

"Last night, I obtained many more blueprints."

"These include the intermediate bakery, brewery workshop, warrior camp, knight hall, archer training ground, and so on."

"You don't need to worry about the others. Your main task is to prioritize upgrading the brewery workshop to intermediate, and then upgrade it to advanced."

"Then, arrange for someone to upgrade the mechanical factory to advanced."

"In addition, upgrade the warrior camp, knight hall, and archer training ground to intermediate."

Pausing for a moment, Cao Xing said, "This time, there are many buildings to be upgraded. Pay more attention."

Du An wrote down Cao Xing's instructions one by one.

Then he said firmly, "I have remembered them well, Lord, please rest assured."

Cao Xing nodded, and then continued to shout.

"Da Zhuang!"

"Lord, I am here!"

The Arctic Person Da Zhuang held a hammer and jumped out excitedly.

This guy had been mining for the past few days, his skin had become darker, and of course, he had also become stronger.

Cao Xing glanced over and found that Da Zhuang's level had also reached level 14.

A trace of a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

Workers like them, if they didn't fight normally, could only gain experience in the training ground.

The speed naturally wasn't as fast as them combat personnel going out to fight monsters.

But for Da Zhuang to be able to reach level 14 so quickly was already quite good.

"Da Zhuang, the manpower in the territory is already enough now. Those goblins do not need to go build city walls anymore."

"Next, you will lead all the goblin peons to go outside the territory and fully mine the nearby ore deposits."

"I have already found a large-scale ore deposit on my side. After clearing the danger inside, I will send you guys over."

Due to last night's update, the resource points had been refreshed.

Therefore, Cao Xing could mine extensively again next!

Hearing this, Da Zhuang immediately raised his hammer high and said excitedly, "That's great, we have even more ore deposits to mine!"

The surrounding goblins also echoed, "Mine! Mine!"

Cao Xing: "Then, let's all start moving!"

With these words falling, hundreds of workers swarmed away in a bustling crowd.

On the field, there were still hundreds of combat personnel remaining.

Cao Xing scanned his gaze around.

These combat personnel similarly looked back with firm gazes, their weapons tightly gripped in hand, ready at any time to plunge into battle!

That group of Wild Boar Warriors loudly said, "Lord, please lead us to continue going out to fight!"

"The Wild Boar Warrior's twin blades are already thirsting for battle!"

Cao Xing shook his head, "No hurry yet, wait until I summon two more people out."

In his backpack, there were still two powerful recruitment scrolls that had not been used yet.

One was a Tier 5 boss swordsman, and the other was a Tier 5 commander-grade Centaur archer.

Regarding these two recruitment scrolls and what creatures could be recruited from them, Cao Xing was still quite looking forward to it.

However, he decided to summon them one by one.

For such precious scrolls, they naturally had to be given the treatment they deserved.

Thus, Cao Xing took out one of them first.

The system prompt appeared.

[Whether to use the Tier 5 boss-grade swordsman recruitment scroll?]

"Yes."

At the same time.

A glowing hexagram array appeared in front of everyone!

Then, they saw long swords of various shapes falling down from the sky!

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