Legendary blacksmith, 30 million military merits!

The Survivors were all filled with excitement.

The City Lord was still in a daze at this moment, but upon hearing the shouts around him, he muttered to himself: "Lord Cao Xing? A Legendary subordinate?"

"Did I hear that right?"

Meanwhile, after arriving at the location, Isabelle did not hesitate in the slightest. She directly raised her staff and condensed massive amounts of divine power from the God of Light!

"Hum! Humming!"

Orbs of holy light, carrying an aura of destruction, descended, and the bodies of the Blood Legion besieging Lake Doron City rapidly dissolved.

In an instant, tens of thousands of Blood Legion soldiers were instantly killed!

Within the crowd, a captain of the Blood Legion shouted in terror: "It's a Legendary powerhouse! Let's retreat!"

Upon hearing the warning, the other Blood Legion soldiers reacted quickly, frantically retreating toward the rear!

Just kidding! A Legendary-level existence, and a Holy Light Mage at that—there was simply no way to fight this! However, Isabelle certainly wouldn't give them a chance to escape.

As her red lips parted slightly, ancient incantations appeared, and vast light elements were mobilized by her.

In the blink of an eye, a river of light, reaching over ten kilometers in length and two to three kilometers in width, appeared abruptly!

It was her Forbidden Spell: Torrent of Blazing Light!

Moreover, after she broke through to the Legendary rank, this skill underwent new changes.

Not only did the attack range increase significantly, but it could also adjust its flow direction according to Isabelle's will.

This river of light even began to circle Lake Doron City, surrounding it completely.

At the same time, hundreds of thousands of the Blood Legion were engulfed by the river of light.

"Swish!"

As a strange flowing water sound rang out, those Blood Legion soldiers all felt a fatal crisis descending upon them!

Before they could even react, the intense divine light power began to flow, taking away their lives.

"Boom!!"

Continuous explosions echoed, accompanied by dense, overlapping damage numbers.

The hundreds of thousands of the Blood Legion besieging Lake Doron City were wiped out in one wave.

Everyone stared blankly at this scene.

Looking at Isabelle in the sky, their eyes were filled with fanaticism and awe!

On the other side.

Ice Orchid flew toward the center of the great lake at extreme speed, arriving at her destination in no time.

Upon seeing the hundreds of thousands of troops stationed near the Blood Teleportation Pillar, she didn't hesitate to slash three times toward the front!

"Swish! Whoosh!"

Three spatial rifts were slashed open, and from within them fell a dense swarm of phantom dragon swords.

The thick ice was struck by these dragon swords; like missiles falling, they triggered heaven-shaking explosions!

The ice surface trembled incessantly, and a large number of the Blood Legion were instantly killed on the spot!

Only then did that group of Blood Legion soldiers react!

They adjusted their formations one by one, wanting to attack Ice Orchid.

But clearly, their resistance was of no use.

This Dragon-Riding Empress was still overwhelming these Blood Legion troops with ease.

In less than three minutes, she wiped out this army of hundreds of thousands of the Blood Legion.

Then, with a few more sword strikes, she destroyed the Blood Teleportation Pillar.

Including the situation at Lake Doron City, the crisis was completely resolved due to Isabelle's arrival.

A series of system notifications arrived.

[You led your legion to win a large-scale battle. 'Master-level Commandership' proficiency +428]

[Your territory member: Isabelle Gospel annihilated 514,562 members of the Blood Legion. Experience gained: 754 million (Pale Lead)]

[Your territory member: Dragon Speaker Bing Lan annihilated 571,852 members of the Blood Legion. Experience gained: 895 million (Pale Lead)]

[You gained Battle Merit: 2,819,431]

[You gained Battle Merit: 3,121,767]

[You destroyed a Blood Teleportation Pillar. Gained Battle Merit * 2 million, gained divine power shard * 2]

Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction. "Not bad, another nearly eight million Battle Merit in the bag."

"As of now, the Battle Merit harvested today is even more than yesterday!"

One must know that most current Survivors only gain a few thousand Battle Merit at most in a day.

For someone like Cao Xing to gain tens of millions in a day is simply beyond their imagination.

Then, he checked the time again.

It was already past four o'clock in the afternoon.

"Today's battles are almost over."

"A total of three Blood Teleportation Pillars have been destroyed, and all legions combined have wiped out approximately six million of the Blood Legion, gaining a massive amount of Battle Merit."

"Besides that, everyone's levels have also seen significant improvements."

Cao Xing opened the battle information list and checked the leveling progress of his territory residents.

Currently, Isabelle's level has reached 115.

Ice Orchid followed closely behind, having risen to level 108.

The increase in levels also gave their attributes a significant boost.

As for the other territory members, there is no need to mention them; they had long since reached their current level caps.

Even Braum, who lacked offensive means, had reached the level cap of 100.

Especially after seeing Braum's level, a smile appeared on Cao Xing's face.

"Very good, this guy has reached the level cap too."

"I currently have two hearts of legend on hand, plus a Relic for a shield-type class to break through to Legendary."

"It looks like I can add another Legendary tonight!"

Thinking of this, Cao Xing's mood became somewhat excited!

Then, he took another look at his Battle Merit.

[Battle Merit: 34.4239 million]

Compared to the cumulative 18 million Battle Merit gained yesterday.

Today alone, he harvested over thirty million, which can be said to be quite terrifying!

However, a new problem now lay before Cao Xing.

"With so much Battle Merit, what should I use it for?"

"Currently in the Battle Merit Shop, there is only one Relic chest left to exchange, and that only requires 10 million Battle Merit."

"What should I use the remaining 20 million Battle Merit for?"

After pondering for a moment, Cao Xing made a decision.

That was to first exchange the thirty-plus million Battle Merit for one Relic chest, and use the rest to exchange for 120 master-level heart of strength!

Currently, many combat personnel in the territory are stuck at level 50, without enough master-level heart of strength to allow them to advance.

The battles during this period have wasted quite a bit of experience.

And this time in the Battle Merit Shop, it is possible to exchange for 1000 master-level heart of strength.

That would be enough to break through almost all the special units in the territory, such as the Dragon Blood Warrior, Nightmare Archers, and Silver Hand Knights, to the Master rank.

Of course, the amount of Battle Merit required is quite terrifying—a full 300 million.

But it is worth it!

One thousand master-level heart of strength could at least allow Cao Xing to produce over 800 Tier 6 powerhouses!

Thus, Cao Xing clicked to exchange on the spot.

[Consume 10 million Battle Merit to exchange for Random Relic Chest * 1?]

[Consume 24 million Battle Merit to exchange for master-level heart of strength * 120?]

"Yes."

[Exchange successful: Battle Merit – 34,000,000…]

The thirty-plus million Battle Merit he spent left him with only a little over one hundred thousand again.

His backpack now had many heart of strength and Relic chests.

However, Cao Xing did not open this Relic chest immediately.

Because no matter who the Relic pulled is for, he had to let Braum break through to Legendary first tonight.

Therefore, he decided to check Braum's breakthrough situation before making a decision.

After finishing all this, it was almost dark.

Cao Xing pressed the communication device on his ear and switched to the team channel: "All combat personnel, after the battle ends tonight, find a place to camp on the spot and wait for tomorrow's battle."

"During the recent Blood Chaos, everyone will have to work hard."

According to his plan, the warriors had only cleared the Blood Legion from two map areas today.

Tomorrow, they would continue heading north, fight all the way to the Eternal Frost Main City, and then slaughter their way to the border region.

If they returned to the territory at night, the back-and-forth travel would be too much of a waste of time.

From the communication device in his ear, the captains of those hundred-man legions responded one after another.

"Understood! Lord!"

"Camping in the wild is all in a day's work for us."

"That's right, this little thing is nothing!"

For this group of warriors, the experiences of their previous life had long since made sleeping in the open a part of their lives.

After instructing the warriors, Cao Xing pressed the communication device on his ear again and asked: "Commander Bo Jie, tell me your location."

A moment later, Commander Bo Jie quickly replied: "Lord, I am currently in the Broken Forest, preparing to camp. The coordinates are ****."

Cao Xing opened the mini-map and looked at the coordinates mentioned by Commander Bo Jie.

It was about six hundred kilometers away from him.

This distance wasn't too far; according to Seraphis's movement speed, he could arrive in a few minutes.

"I understand. You lead the other Dragon Blood Warrior first and wait for me there."

"Yes, my Lord!"

After hanging up the communication, two beautiful figures flew over from ahead.

They were Isabelle and Dragon Speaker Bing Lan, who had finished the battle.

Everyone returned to the back of Seraphis.

Then, following Cao Xing's instructions, the giant dragon carried them and flew rapidly in the direction they had come from.

Ten minutes later, Seraphis hovered in the sky above a forest.

Through the dense forest, a group of Dragon Blood Warriors could be seen making camp and had already lit a bonfire.

"Crackling—"

The roaring bonfire dispelled the chill in the forest.

Cao Xing jumped directly off Seraphis's back and arrived beside the camp of these Dragon Blood Warriors.

Seeing the Lord arrive, the warriors stood up one after another to salute.

"Good evening, my Lord."

Cao Xing nodded slightly, then swept his gaze across the camp.

There were a total of 101 Dragon Blood Warriors here, all at level 50.

Except for Commander Bo Jie, the potential of the other Dragon Blood Warriors ranged from Elite to Boss, with not a single ordinary creature among them.

Currently, the number of Dragon Blood Warriors in his territory had already exceeded two hundred, so they were divided into two teams.

Cao Xing didn't waste any words; he directly took out one hundred master-level heart of strength and said, "Everyone come over to receive a master-level heart of strength, and then begin your breakthrough."

On the field, when these warriors saw the crimson crystals in his hands, a flash of excitement and longing immediately appeared in their eyes!

Although their strength was already very high, they still yearned extremely for the master-level realm!

"Thank you, my Lord!"

These Dragon Blood Warriors thanked him respectfully, then followed their team, coming to Cao Xing's side in an orderly fashion to receive these master-level heart of strength.

"Click! Click!"

As the sound of crystals shattering rang out, all these Dragon Blood Warriors entered a breakthrough state.

Their breakthrough time was not long.

Two or three minutes later, powerful auras emerged from their bodies.

System notifications kept flashing by.

[Your territory member: Fenis has successfully transformed into a Tier 6 creature, level cap increased to 70, base attributes +100%, HP +100]

[Your territory member—]

When the scrolling notifications ended.

Cao Xing counted the number of people.

There were 100 Dragon Blood Warriors who attempted the breakthrough this time, but only 87 succeeded, while the other 13 failed.

An 87% success rate could be said to be very good, far exceeding the success rate of the master-level heart of strength itself.

Then, he used another 20 master-level heart of strength to help the remaining 13 people all break through to the master realm.

At this point, Cao Xing's territory had 100 more Tier 6 powerhouses.

Moreover, during the Blood Legion war, they would soon be able to reach the level cap of 70.

Cao Xing watched this scene with satisfaction, "Very good—one step closer to having all members of the territory break through to Tier 7!"

"Next, it's time to let that guy Braum attempt to break through to Legendary!"

Just as Cao Xing was preparing to go find that big guy, a special notification suddenly appeared before his eyes.

[Your territory member: Harold Iceberg has devoted himself to practice and finally broken through his limits; Forging Mastery has been upgraded to Legendary level!]

[Congratulations! You have gained a Legendary Blacksmith, Territory Prosperity +500.]

At this moment, a look of surprise and joy instantly appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"Holy crap! Harold has successfully broken through to Legendary Forging Mastery!"

"I have a Legendary Blacksmith now, hahaha!"

For him, this was a huge surprise.

After all, the significance of a Legendary Blacksmith was too great!

Not only was the forging efficiency greatly improved, but he could also craft higher-level equipment.

Besides that, he had a special material in his hands—seven-colored crystal.

This crystal could be used to increase the attributes and level of Legendary weapons by 30%, while also randomly strengthening one piece of equipment's special effects!

Cao Xing had originally planned to let Braum break through to Legendary directly in the wild, but at this moment, he changed his mind.

After pressing the communication device on his ear, he said directly, "Braum, Assam, you two return to the territory right now."

Hearing the voice in their ears, the two were slightly puzzled, but neither asked any questions.

"Yes, my Lord."

"We will be back immediately!"

Braum and Assam were both level 100 creatures, and with the bonus of Wind Wings, it wouldn't take much time to travel hundreds of kilometers back to the territory.

Cao Xing gave a few instructions to Bo Jie, then with a flap of Wind Wings, he flew directly onto Seraphis's back.

"Ice Orchid, take us back to the territory."

"Mm." The woman nodded faintly.

Then, Seraphis turned into a streak of dark blue lightning cutting through the night sky, carrying everyone all the way back to the territory.

In less than twenty minutes, Cao Xing saw his territory.

Seraphis landed in the buffer zone of the territory.

Everyone also quickly jumped off its back.

"Mu Xue, Isabelle, Ice Orchid, you three go back and rest first."

"There are new combat missions tomorrow morning."

Upon hearing this, the three women nodded one after another and then returned to their respective rooms.

Only Cao Xing remained on the spot.

However, he did not go to find Harold immediately; instead, he headed straight for the area where the Crystal People lived.

As soon as he arrived at the residential area of the territory, a row of ancient stone houses appeared ahead.

Near the stone houses, a group of sparkling figures were constantly going in and out.

Under the illumination of the lighthouse, the bodies of these Crystal People emitted a soft light, like moving gemstones.

After seeing Cao Xing, a look of surprise and joy immediately appeared on the faces of this group of Crystal People.

"The Lord has returned, everyone come quickly to welcome him!"

A large number of Crystal People heard the call and rushed out of the stone houses one after another.

Their crystal footsteps stepped on the ground, making 'Click! Click!' sounds.

"Good evening, my Lord."

Cao Xing nodded slightly, his gaze sweeping over this group of Crystal People.

Compared to some time ago, there seemed to be two more little Crystal People in the group.

These two little Crystal People were only half a meter tall, staring with wide eyes, curiously watching Cao Xing.

Beside them, there were a few Crystal People whose bellies also showed signs of slight swelling.

A curve appeared at the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

It seems that in two months, his territory will have new members again.

Cao Xing looked at Sanyeshi in the crowd and said straightforwardly: "Recently, how many crystals has everyone produced?"

Sanyeshi, as before, took off the bag at his waist and respectfully handed it over.

"My Lord, all the crystals are here, please take a look."

Cao Xing took the bag and poured out all the crystals inside.

[Obtained: Dark Crystal (Purple) * 75]

[Obtained: Shining Crystal (Gold) * 8]

[Obtained: seven-colored crystal (Orange) * 2]

When he saw the last system notification, Cao Xing felt happy again.

"Good, good, good! There are actually two more seven-colored crystal, plus the one in my hand, that makes three!"

"This means I can upgrade the attributes of three Legendary pieces of equipment!"

In his heart, he had already decided which three pieces of equipment to upgrade.

The Demon Codex he was currently using, Assam's lady of the lake sword, and Sarah's death gods dagger.

As for Liu Muxue's ancient treasure sword, Isabelle's Bright Holy Scripture, and Braum's shield of genesis, he would have to wait until next time.

"Besides the seven-colored crystal, the attributes of these Shining Crystals are also not bad."

"They can be used to upgrade the level of the Tyrant Set on Assam and the Song of Light Set on Liu Muxue."

"In this way, it can increase their combat power quite a bit."

Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction and said, "Alright, you all go back and rest now."

"Yes."

The Crystal People responded softly and quickly returned to their respective rooms.

Leaving the residential area of the territory, Cao Xing headed to the Blacksmith Shop area.

He pushed open the door of a Blacksmith Shop directly, and two figures were standing inside.

Harold seemed to know that Cao Xing would come to find him and was already waiting here with his wife.

After becoming a Legendary Blacksmith, his whole person radiated a special charm.

Like a piece of divine iron tempered a thousand times, just standing there gave people an unshakable aura!

Seeing Cao Xing come in, the dwarf blacksmith immediately raised his head, a look of excitement and admiration appearing in his eyes!

He took his wife and quickly walked up to greet him.