Last day, preparations for war! (5200)

Chapter 423: The Final Day, Pre-Battle Preparation! (5200)

Sarah explained, "In fact, there is not much difference between Ancient Elves and ordinary Elves."

"The reason they are called this is because this batch of Elves has been passed down from tens of thousands of years ago."

"Ten thousand years ago, the Human Race had not yet grown strong."

"The continent was dominated by the three major ethnic groups: Elves, Dwarves, and the Giant Clan, as the overlords of this world."

"Like the Human Race, during their peak period, the traces of their people spread to every corner of all continents."

A thoughtful look appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

He didn't know much about the history of this world.

Come to think of it, the gradual rise of the Human Race was also a matter of these past ten thousand years?

And what happened during this ten thousand years?

Sarah's voice interrupted Cao Xing's train of thought.

"Later, because of that invasion war, it swept every corner of the world."

"Even these three major powerful clans could not escape."

"The enemy's strength was too powerful, and the Elf Clan suffered heavy casualties as well, forcing them to shrink their forces and concentrate in the Southern Continent, which is the place of origin of the three major clans."

"That was where the capitals of the three major clans were located. Relying on ****, the three major clans managed to stubbornly survive that war in the Southern Continent."

"However, even after the war ended, some pure-blooded Elves still survived on other continents."

"Later, it was the era of the rise of the Human Race."

"More and more humans sprang up like bamboo shoots after a rain on the continent; they formed tribes, and their civilization developed rapidly."

"As one magnificent Giant City after another was built, the living space of other races was also compressed."

"And these surviving Elves found some hidden places to form tribes and live a secluded life."

"As time passed, they gradually became out of touch with the world, and thus became what people call Ancient Elves."

"But it is precisely this batch of Ancient Elves that preserves the purest bloodline of the Elf Clan…"

Cao Xing nodded in sudden realization.

This time, although Sarah's narration had a tiny bit of information blocked by the system, it didn't have much impact.

At least Cao Xing confirmed one thing.

That was, the Human Race only rose during these past ten thousand years.

This was somewhat intriguing.

However, Cao Xing also remembered this location in his heart, deciding to investigate it if there was a chance in the future.

With a hint of doubt, Cao Xing said, "Sarah, there is nothing else here, go train."

"Properly adapt to the power in your body."

"As you command, Lord."

This Dark Elf nodded gently, and then disappeared on the spot.

After Sarah left,

Cao Xing carefully sorted through the information in his mind.

Next, according to his usual practice,

he first went to the Mage Tower to absorb a magic crystal stone, and then returned to the territory cabin to sleep peacefully.

The next day…

As the Zhuoma challenge on the ninth day officially began,

Cao Xing and Liu Muxue still split into three routes and began frantically farming points!

After a whole day, they once again wildly amassed 300,000 points, breaking the previous record!

When the Zorma Behemoth was besieged and killed by everyone,

the Survivors in the chat channel, watching with their own eyes as Cao Xing's cumulative points jumped from 1.25 million to 1.55 million, were almost going numb.

As for Cao Xing himself, he looked at the cumulative points on the leaderboard with satisfaction.

"Not bad, this speed is actually a lot more than I expected."

"In this way, when the challenge ends tomorrow, I estimate I can reach 1.85 million points?"

Thinking of this, he instantly felt even better in his heart.

Right at this moment, a different system prompt appeared in front of him.

[Warning! Because your unused points have broken through one million, you are the only Survivor in the entire server to reach one million points.]

[Now opening the hidden turntable for you — Legendary Turntable!]

[Legendary Turntable: Consume 1 million points to draw from the turntable once. There is a 50% probability of drawing Legendary weapons, props, equipment, herbs, etc…

there is a 30% probability of drawing 2 Epic props, a 15% probability of drawing 3 Epic props, and a 5% probability of drawing a full set of Epic gear…]

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"Holy shit! Legendary Turntable!?"

"Not only can I draw Legendary equipment, but I can also get a full set of Epic gear!"

"Isn't this too fierce?"

Cao Xing was instantly dumbfounded!

But on second thought, he also understood the reason.

Because today was already the ninth day of the Zhuo Mas Claw challenge.

And when the ten-day challenge ended, after 00:00 at night, the point shop would close.

Like Cao Xing who had too many points, it was impossible to use them all to exchange for recruitment scrolls.

First, because of population limits.

Second, because each type of scroll had a purchase limit.

Therefore, the system launched this hidden Legendary Turntable.

Cao Xing chuckled, "This is not bad. If I'm lucky enough to draw a Legendary piece of equipment, I'll make a huge profit!"

Of course, this thing required 1 million points for a single draw.

With so many points, he could even draw 10 times from the Epic Turntable, guaranteed to obtain 10 Epic pieces of equipment or props.

But no matter how good Epic equipment was, it still couldn't compare to Legendary-grade equipment.

So how to choose remained to be considered…

Tonight was uneventful.

Cao Xing continued to meditate in the Mage Tower for a while, and after absorbing a magic crystal stone, comfortably burrowed back into his Lords Manor.

Time passed in a hurry…

One night passed quickly.

The next day, the system prompt appeared on time.

[All Survivors, please note that the tenth day's 'Zhuo Mas Claw' challenge has begun.]

[Please note! Today is the last day of the challenge. At 22:00 at night, the point leaderboard will be locked, and at 00:00 midnight, the point shop exchange will be closed. Please consume all points within the specified time to avoid unnecessary losses.]

[At 00:00 midnight, a protective shield will be raised for the territories in the top 10,000 of the point leaderboards in each major region, and all lords will be teleported to a special plane. All Survivors, please hurry back to your territories within the specified time.]

[Weather Forecast: Breeze today, temperature is -47℃ ~ -53℃, suitable for going out.]

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The system prompt for the final day was completely different from the previous ones.

The Survivors of the four major regions immediately sparked heated discussions.

"Woohoo! It's finally the last day! Nine days have expanded my legion's strength by a huge margin, and I can't wait to show off my skills now."

"Holy crap, is it already the last day so soon? I'm still short 3,000 points to put together a Wild Boar Warrior legion!"

"I'm also short a few thousand points to form the Silver Hand Recruit Legion. I hope it's still not too late today."

"Hahaha! My Hyena Poacher Legion has finally been built! Brothers of the four major regions, pray. You'd better not run into me, otherwise remember to protect your asses!"

"Brother upstairs, might you need a proctologist?"

"…"

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Meanwhile, Cao Xing and Liu Muxue woke up from the Lords Manor at the same time.

Glancing at the system prompt,

Cao Xing took a deep breath and said, "Muxue, today is the last day. There are a bit too many things to do, so I won't go out."

"It's still up to you, Bjorn, and Assam to split into three routes and take action."

"Before the challenge ends, earn as many points as possible."

Hearing this, the beauty by his pillow clenched her fists and then said solemnly, "Mm-hmm! Don't worry, Ah Xing, we will farm a lot of points!"

Cao Xing also smiled gently.

The two got up together and quickly washed up.

A few minutes later, they walked out of the Lords Manor together.

Just as arranged moments ago,

Liu Muxue, Bjorn, and Assam each led a team and left the territory in a grand procession.

In the territory, only the guarding Wild Boar Warriors and those staff members were left.

Cao Xing first glanced at the system prompt above his head.

[Zhuo Mas Claw challenge end time: 17:32…]

Cao Xing pondered, "Tonight at midnight, the system will lock the quotas and open teleportation."

"I will take most of those combat personnel away, and leave a portion to protect those staff members."

"And the remaining staff members must also seize the time to build the territory during the period we are away."

"In other words, I have to arrange the work for the next month before midnight."

Therefore, Cao Xing pressed the communication device on his ear and asked, "Kandaer, how is the situation over at the Lampri Grotto?"

Kandaer respectfully reported, "Strong Lord, the work at the grotto is proceeding very smoothly."

"Now the passage of the entire mine cave has been cleared, reducing the risk of workers getting lost inside."

Cao Xing continued to ask, "Has mining started yet?"

"It has started."

Kandaer replied, "Our Arctic People and Goblins work very hard. I told them working eight hours a day was enough, but they insisted on working twelve hours."

"Over the past few days, they have already collected a large amount of Frost-White Spar ore, as well as some other ores."

"Currently, out of the twelve transport vehicles, six are already fully loaded."

Hearing this, a satisfied expression appeared on Cao Xing's face.

"Very well. After twelve o'clock this noon, have the Arctic People transport a batch of all the ores back first."

"Then I will have someone prepare two months' worth of supplies for you."

"You should also return to the territory, and I will send others to go over and protect their safety."

Although after Cao Xing and the others left, a protective shield would rise to protect the territory.

However, the creatures inside the territory could still enter and leave freely.

Just like the novice protection period.

And Kandaer also knew about Cao Xing going to a new battlefield.

"I understand, mighty Lord! I will notify everyone right away!"

After arranging the matters at the Lampuri Grotto.

The communication device beside Cao Xing's ear emitted a 'bzz-bzz' static sound.

Harati's slightly solemn voice came through.

"Respected Lord, there is good news."

Cao Xing was stunned for a moment, then replied: "Harati, go ahead."

"At a high mountain cliff about 80 kilometers away from our territory, we found the location of a Griffin nest."

"This is a fairly huge Griffin nest, and the Griffins inside, big and small, add up to more than 130…"

Hearing this, Cao Xing's eyes instantly lit up.

Good heavens, there were actually this many?

If he could wipe them all out in one go, his Griffin Knights would finally have a place to land.

He even wanted to take people right now and raid this Griffin nest!

Harati continued: "However, there is a bit of trouble. The location of the nest is beside a cliff thousands of meters high, where there is a strange airflow all year round, making it not easy to enter the interior of the nest."

"Besides that, there is also a fairly powerful aura inside the Griffin nest…"

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

Looking at it this way, it would be too late to tame those Griffins today.

Therefore, he replied: "I know. Harati, lead the other Centaur back first."

"As you command."

After cutting off the communication with Harati's side.

Cao Xing originally intended to call Fitz Walker, but was prompted by the system.

[The contact you are trying to reach has exceeded the maximum communication distance…]

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Cao Xing was stunned for a moment, then seemed to remember something.

"I almost forgot, what I'm using now is just a small communication device, and the maximum communication distance is only 500 kilometers."

"It seems that if I have the chance in the future, I must look for more advanced communication equipment."

Cao Xing stroked his chin and continued to ponder.

"Looking at it this way, this kid Fitz Walker has likely arrived at Eternal Frost Main City. I wonder how things are going on his end."

"Did he capture those black-robed priests according to what I said?"

He shook his head and cast these thoughts to the back of his mind.

After all, Fitz Walker's side was just a chess piece casually arranged by Cao Xing.

It would be best if it succeeded.

Even if it failed, it wouldn't have much of an impact on him.

Meanwhile.

A system prompt appeared.

[Your Lords Manor has successfully upgraded to Level 9, Population +1000…]

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Cao Xing's eyes instantly lit up, "The Lords Manor has finally successfully upgraded!"

His gaze looked toward the center of the territory.

After upgrading to Level 9, the height of the Lords Manor increased by another meter. Now, the height of the entire building was almost exceeding ten meters.

It looked full of a magnificent momentum.

Of course, the most important thing was not the height, but the population increased after the upgrade.

"Very well, I can redeem 1,000 Ascalon Warriors before midnight and make up a thousand-person bond!"

"By then, combat power can still be enhanced by a large margin!"

You must know that Cao Xing's current combat personnel added together hadn't even broken through a thousand yet!

If they could be redeemed, the overall strength of the legion would be greatly enhanced.

However, he was not in a hurry to redeem them.

Instead, he was prepared to wait until Liu Muxue and the others finished their challenge before talking about it.

Let's first see how many points can be obtained today before allocating them.

In the following time, Cao Xing did other preparatory work in the territory.

Among them, the first thing to do was to collect something like the [Square Stone Engraved Seal].

This gadget was one of the main materials for making the [Statue of the God of Craftsmen].

Cao Xing hoped to see this statue built after he returned from the Battle of the Oracle.

"I hope I can find this kind of thing in the market."

Therefore, he opened the [Market] interface.

In an instant, a massive amount of consignment information emerged again.

Cao Xing directly entered the keywords in the search interface.

Then clicked search.

The system filtered through hundreds of thousands of consignment information across the four major districts at an extremely fast speed.

Moments later, two pieces of information appeared above!

"Eh? There really is some!"

Cao Xing instantly perked up.

He glanced at the consignment information above.

One was posted by a person named Zhou Chenyu, and what was needed was an Epic piece of equipment.

Cao Xing frowned.

Although this kind of material was indeed precious, exchanging a single piece of material for an Epic-grade weapon was asking for too much.

Cao Xing looked at the second piece of consignment information.

[Consignment Item: Square Stone Engraved Seal]

[Required Item: Advanced Construction Blueprint, Skill Book, Gold-grade or above weapons or equipment.]

[Consigner: Bai Zhi]

[Seller's Note: A high-level material, those who need it can check it themselves.]

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"Oh? It's actually this woman."

As the second place on the four major districts' leaderboard, Bai Zhi's name might not have had as much influence as Cao Xing's, but it was still widely known.

Moreover, previously, she had also sold Cao Xing an Epic-level skill book—Angel's Descent.

Therefore, Cao Xing still had some impression of this woman.

With her strength, it was not surprising that she could acquire a material like the Square Stone Engraved Seal.

And Bai Zhi's asking price was also much fairer, only requiring Gold-quality equipment or weapons.

In Cao Xing's backpack, there really were one or two obsolete Gold-quality equipment items.

It was just that the level was a bit low, and he didn't know if this woman would be willing to accept it.

He happened to have her added as a friend, so Cao Xing opened the private chat interface to inquire about it.

Cao Xing: "I want the Square Stone Engraved Seal you consigned. What type of Gold-quality equipment do you need?"

Bai Zhi seemed to be seizing the time to farm monsters at this moment.

She replied to the message after a few minutes.

Bai Zhi: "Preferably sword-type, or shield-type is fine too."

Cao Xing thought about it again in his heart, then replied.

"I don't have a Gold-quality longsword here, only a Level 10 Gold-quality shield. Do you want it?"

Bai Zhi: "The level is too low…"

"Then do you want other Gold-quality equipment?"

Moments later, the woman said: "Forget it, I'll just give it to you directly."

"Huh? Give it to me?"

"Yeah, anyway, it's not a very important thing. I'll notify the people left behind in the territory to trade with you on the market."

It could be seen that this woman was also a decisive person.

A few minutes later, someone indeed sent Cao Xing a trade request.

And on the trade bar, they placed a hexagonal stone.

It was precisely the Square Stone Engraved Seal he needed.

After pondering for a moment, Cao Xing also placed a whole piece of [Lizard Overlord's Meat (Orange)] on it.

Both sides quickly completed a wave of trades.

After getting the item, Cao Xing chuckled: "Very well, I've finally prepared almost everything that should be prepared."

Next, he carried out other matters in the territory.

On Bai Zhi's side, after hearing the news from her subordinates,

when she heard that Cao Xing didn't take her material for free, but instead placed an extremely powerful beast meat, a slight surprise also appeared in her eyes.

When she saw the attributes of this lizard meat, she was even shocked on the spot.

As the commander of a legion, Bai Zhi naturally knew the importance of this kind of lizard meat.

Moments later, the corners of her mouth curved into an arc.

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Time flew by rapidly.

Soon, it was around half-past six in the afternoon.

Da Zhuang had already driven the transport fleet back into the territory.

Just as Kandaer had said, the truck beds of all six transport vehicles were crammed full of a large amount of ore.

Among them were white [Frost-White Spar Ore], [Gold Ore] containing gold, and a small amount of [Mithril Ore].

Sorting out all these ores would also be a huge gain.

Meanwhile, the official challenge against the Zorma Behemoth on the other side ended.

[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance successfully killed the Zorma Behemoth Lv50, Tier 5 Commander-level creature…]

[Your damage ranking is: 1. In this battle, you and your territory residents dealt a total of 241 million damage, obtaining point rewards: 24,100]

[Obtained leaderboard reward Zhuo Mas Scale Fragment * 1, gold point + 5]

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