Legendary set——Frostsoul Robe of the Archlich!

"Blood Source Divine Fire—so that's how it is—"

Cao Xing's eyes flashed with realization, "So these divine fires are also classified by attributes."

"If a Legendary of the same attribute absorbs this divine fire, the probability of breaking through to Demigod-level will increase significantly, jumping to 60%~70%."

"If it is a Legendary of a different attribute, the probability of absorbing this divine fire will drop to 20%~30%——"

Currently, there is only one existence in his territory that controls the power of blood.

That is the Blood Spider Queen—Hilda Bloodkiss.

"However, that woman Hilda is only a level 100 hero right now, she hasn't even broken through to Legendary."

"It's still a long way to go before she reaches level 150 and breaks through to Demigod-level—"

He shook his head and put the divine fire back into his backpack.

Cao Xing continued to check his other gains.

The remainder were the 5 Hearts of Legend.

"Come to think of it, I haven't finished using the Hearts of Legend I obtained last time when I killed 9 Myriarchs."

"Adding the 5 obtained this time, there are 10 in total."

"For a long time to come, I shouldn't have to worry about Hearts of Legend."

"As long as I find the corresponding Relic, I can make the number of Legendaries in the territory explode once again!"

Cao Xing's mouth curled into an arc, as if he could already imagine the scene of himself possessing over a dozen Legendaries in the near future.

"Next, are those three souls."

These three souls were all dropped by those Blood Myriarchs; in other words, even a Legendary can use them.

And among the Legendaries in Cao Xing's territory, only Francesca has the potential of a commander.

As for the other two souls, they remain to be considered.

After thinking for a moment, Cao Xing decided to set them aside for now.

Wait and see whose Relic he obtains later.

If that subordinate's potential is insufficient, he would use these two souls on them.

In this way, he could significantly increase their probability of breaking through to Legendary.

So, Cao Xing continued to hold the communication device by his ear.

"Francesca, come to the center of the territory to find me."

A lazy voice came from the ear.

"Understood."

A moment later, Francesca, dressed in a simple robe, walked over gracefully.

Today she didn't dress up deliberately, and her face even looked a bit tired.

But even so, it was hard to hide her stunning beauty and unique temperament.

"Is something the matter?"

Francesca rubbed her eyes, a hint of fatigue in her tone: "I've been refining medicine for the past few days, and I accompanied you to fight last night, which overdrawn my mental strength."

"I need to sleep a while longer to recover my energy."

Cao Xing chuckled, knowing she had indeed worked hard.

"Use this soul, then go back to sleep."

The witch looked at the soul in his hand, a flash of surprise in her eyes.

Subsequently, the corners of her mouth lifted slightly, curving into a stunningly beautiful smile.

She stretched out her fair right hand and took the soul from Cao Xing's hand.

She said softly: "Thank you."

After speaking, she unhesitatingly patted it into her own body.

"Hum—!"

A familiar soul fluctuation emerged, accompanied by waves of intense spiritual energy, as if the entire territory was shrouded by this power.

Faint green light emerged around Francesca's body, as if she had merged with nature, like the incarnation of a forest goddess.

Subsequently, a system prompt appeared.

[Your territory member: Francesca has successfully evolved into a Dominator-level creature, base attributes increased by 30%, and additionally activated the Dominator Domain: Ten Thousand Wood Domain]

[Ten Thousand Wood Domain: When using spiritual energy to attack enemies, deal an additional 20% damage, and can inject spiritual energy into trees in the forest, turning them into treants with offensive capabilities.]

(Note: The existence time and quantity of treants depend on the Forest Witch's spiritual energy intensity. Currently, up to ten thousand treants can be transformed simultaneously, and the existence time of the treants is: 1 day – 30 days)

(Note 2: The maximum level of treants is level 70, the potential is Elite, and they possess skills such as 'Root Entanglement', 'Nature's Power', 'Thousand Vine Dance', etc.)

"Oh? This domain effect is not bad!"

"It can actually transform those ordinary big trees into Elite treants. If this is combined with her Legendary skill [Eternal Forest], wouldn't it be possible to transform a large number of treants anytime and anywhere to help fight?"

Obviously, this is feasible!

In this way, if he could create a forest near the territory and transform some treants, it would be equivalent to having a group of natural guardians.

Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction, then looked at the witch in front of him and said: "Nothing else here, go back and rest, Francesca."

Francesca nodded slightly. Just as she was about to turn and leave, she seemed to have suddenly remembered something.

She stopped in her tracks and said: "By the way, when will you find me some more difficult secret medicine recipes?"

Cao Xing was stunned and couldn't help but repeat: "More difficult recipes?"

"Yes, for example, those Legendary potion recipes."

Francesca crossed her arms and said softly: "After all, no matter what, I am a Legendary-level pharmacist now, yet I haven't even mastered a single Legendary-level secret medicine."

"Wouldn't it be a bit of a loss of face for you if word got out?"

Cao Xing rolled his eyes helplessly: "Recipes of this grade are not that easy to get. I haven't even come into contact with them until now."

"Do you have any clues or leads on your end?"

"If you do, I can try to find them."

Francesca shook her head and said: "I don't have any either. Recipes of this grade are indeed very difficult to obtain."

"However, I can try to research them."

"Oh? How to research?" Cao Xing's interest was piqued.

The witch said slowly: "I have seen relevant records in some books before."

"Extracting essence from the blood of those Legendary monsters, combined with some precious medicinal herbs, such as Yara Flowers, Life Tree leaves, etc."

"Perhaps we can develop a Life Secret Medicine that contains powerful vitality and can even bring a dead person back to life."

"Besides that, we can also look for materials on some powerful beings, such as blood and bones, and use them as the core materials for the potion, then supplement them with some other materials."

"It is possible to develop a secret medicine that contains extremely powerful strength and can briefly grant the user special abilities."

Cao Xing listened, a look of thought appearing in his eyes.

"Blood from Legendary monsters… does that mean Legendary-level beasts or monsters?"

"With my current strength, dealing with Legendaries is not difficult, but I have to find a suitable target first."

"After all, this level of ferocious beast is not something you can see everywhere."

And just at this moment, he thought of a figure.

The white giant ape that was previously sealed in the headquarters of the Church of Light and chased away by the old king!

"Perhaps, I can target this white ape."

"However, I don't know where this guy hid. It's a bit difficult to find it."

Cao Xing fell into thought.

At this time, he thought of another creature, and he clearly knew the other party's location.

Legendary monster—Extreme Cold Demonic Insect.

"According to the mission description, the location of the Extreme Cold Demonic Insect is in Vortex Mountain, which is also the first ring of the SS-level mission I accepted."

"With my current strength, I can already easily crush Legendaries, and I will soon have Demigod-level combat power."

"This mission can be tried now."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing replied: "I understand, Francesca. Later, I will search in this direction to see if I can collect the materials you need."

The witch smiled slightly, then bowed elegantly: "Thank you."

After speaking, she turned and walked gracefully toward the residential area.

After Francesca left.

Cao Xing thought to himself: "The loot dropped by one Demigod and eight Legendaries has been checked."

"Next, let's look at the things rewarded by the system."

After speaking, a rhombic crystal appeared in his hand.

This crystal looked plain and unremarkable, but under the sunlight, it emitted an extremely pure radiance.

He checked the attributes.

[Purest Shard (Orange)]

[Quality: Epic]

[Item Type: Special Material]

[Item Effect 1: Contains the power of purity, can be used for forging some high-level materials.]

[Item Effect 2: After collecting 100 Purest Shards, they can be synthesized into 1 Purest Star.]

Cao Xing recalled for a moment and said: "I heard Harold mention this thing. It is one of the materials needed to forge Legendary equipment, and it is very useful."

"But the second effect mentioned above says that 100 shards can be synthesized into 1 Pure Star?"

"And what exactly is this Pure Star?"

A hint of curiosity arose in his heart, and he even wanted to synthesize one right away to see it.

However, he only had 10 [Pure Shards] in his hand, which was still a long way from synthesizing a [Pure Star].

He had no choice but to put it into his backpack first.

After checking this material, the next reward was—Divine Power Shards!

This time, for the first kill of a Demigod, the system rewarded a full 100 "Divine Power Shards," equivalent to 1000 Divine Power points.

It could be said that, as long as he wasn't preparing to break through to Demigod, he had now achieved freedom in Divine Power points.

He could throw out a few Legendary skills in a battle without feeling any heartache.

"Besides these 100 Divine Power Shards, I also obtained quite a few from destroying those Blood Teleportation Pillars earlier."

"I wonder how many shards I have in reserve now."

Cao Xing opened his backpack and checked the attributes.

[Divine Power Shard * 159]

Cao Xing was immediately startled: "Good heavens, there are actually over a hundred of them."

"According to what the old patriarch said, breaking through to Demigod requires 100 to 200 Divine Power Shards, and the specific consumption depends on one's own Divinity strength."

"The stronger the Divinity, the fewer Divine Power Shards are consumed."

"The weaker the Divinity, the more shards are needed."

"If I'm lucky, the Divine Power Shards I have on hand might be enough for a Demigod to break through!"

Thinking of this, Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction again.

The rewards for the first kill were as generous as ever.

After looking at these two materials, there were still five items in his backpack that he hadn't checked yet.

One [Random Legendary Equipment Box], one [Random Demigod-level Skill Book].

And [Dream Library (Legendary)].

Besides these, there were also two things that Luo left for him!

These items were more precious than the last, making Cao Xing feel impatient.

He took a deep breath and said calmly: "One by one. Before that, let's open this Legendary Equipment Box first."

After saying this, he took a large black box directly from his backpack.

"Clang!"

The surface of this box looked plain and unremarkable, with an appearance not even as good as a Silver Treasure Chest.

If not for the system introduction, no one would dare believe that this thing could yield a piece of Legendary equipment.

As he stepped closer, a system prompt appeared.

[Unlocked Legendary Equipment Box discovered. Open it?]

Cao Xing couldn't help rubbing his hands, praying in his heart: "I hope it gives me a piece of Legendary equipment that I can use, preferably a staff!"

"Open it for me!"

The next moment, he clicked to open it without hesitation.

"Creak—!"

As the treasure chest slowly opened, a brilliant light burst forth from the gap!

This light began to change colors constantly, turning cyan one moment and green the next, looking colorful.

When the treasure chest was fully opened, the light gradually converged, finally turning into a pale, cold glow.

Immediately after, Cao Xing suddenly sensed a strong chill rushing towards his face, as if even the surrounding air was about to be frozen!

"Good heavens, an ice-attribute piece of equipment?"

"Could it really be something I can use?"

Cao Xing immediately stared intently.

When the light completely dissipated, a pure white robe lay quietly in the box.

The surface of the robe was flowing with faint frost patterns, as if it contained endless coldness.

"It's actually—a garment?"

Cao Xing was a bit surprised.

You must know that although he had obtained many Legendary pieces of equipment, most of them were weapons.

This was his first time opening a piece of Legendary-level armor.

With a look of slight confusion, he quickly picked up the robe.

[Obtained: Great Lichs Frost Soul Robe (Legendary)]

"Great Lich? Is it the kind I imagine?"

Cao Xing was curious in his heart, so he checked the robe's attributes.

[Great Lichs Frost Soul Robe (Legendary)]

[Quality: Legendary]

[Equipment Level: Level 70 or higher]

[Armor: 2175 ~ 2292]

[Attached Effect ①: Spirit + 1200, Constitution + 900, Casting Speed + 30%]

[Attached Effect ②: Lich Soul (All skill cooldowns reduced by 30%, skill damage increased by 30%)]

[Attached Effect ③: Great Lichs Frost Soul Curse (Legendary-level effect, can designate one skill below Legendary-level to grant it the 'Frost Soul' effect. Becomes inactive after taking off the equipment.

Frost Soul: Skill damage increased by 100%, and each time an attack hits an enemy, it will cause them to enter 1 stack of 'Soul Freeze' status, which can stack up to 10 times, lasting for 30 seconds.

Soul Freeze: Each stack can reduce the enemy's casting/attack speed by 5%. Furthermore, targets afflicted with 'Soul Freeze' will suffer from Soul Backlash every time they cast magic or perform an attack, taking damage equal to 10% of the caster's attack power.)]

(Extra Effect: Ice Crystal Trail (The wearer is surrounded by a faint aura of frost, leaving an ice crystal trail when moving))

[Note: Great Lich Set 1/3, can be combined with Great Lichs Ice Bone Leg Guards and Great Lichs Frost Soul Boots to form a set effect]

[After collecting the three-piece set, you can activate the Legendary set effect: "Great Lichs Wrath!"]

(Equipment Note: "Ice is my soul, and death is my destination." —Great Lich Asland whispers on the throne.)

At this moment, Cao Xing's heart rate suddenly accelerated, and a look of shock flashed in his eyes!

This thing was not just a simple piece of Legendary equipment.

It was actually part of a Legendary set!

"Whoa—is it that exaggerated?"

"Even Legendary equipment has sets?"

Besides this, he was even more shocked by the power of this Legendary set!

Especially that Legendary-level effect at the end, which could actually designate a skill to grant it the 'Frost Soul' effect.

Not only could it increase the damage caused by this skill, but at the same time, every time it attacked, it would also inflict terrifying negative effects on the enemy.

"And more importantly, I have the skill 'Ice Spirit Soul,' which can make all my small skills have no cooldown time."

"Besides that, my [Eternal Power] talent makes [Ice Spirit Soul] last permanently."

"Combining the two triggers a kind of qualitative change."

"In other words, I can completely select small skills like 'Ice Cone,' 'Ice Ball,' or 'Ice Wall' and grant them the Frost Soul effect."

"And with my current casting speed, casting five or six 'Ice Balls' in a second is simple."

"At the start of the battle, I can instantly stack 10 layers of Soul Freeze effect on the enemy."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing felt even more excited.

This was the effect of Eternal Power + Ice Spirit Soul + Great Lichs Frost Soul Curse, three abilities stacked together.

Even without any other extra effects, just the skill damage + 100% alone could directly increase the attack power of Cao Xing's small skills by a large margin.

His damage per second would also be significantly improved.

By then, what the enemy would face would be a Frost Mage who had no CD on small skills, with damage comparable to those big skills, like a bomber!

It's truly exciting just to think about it!

"Very good, this equipment is level 70, which is just right for me to equip now." Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction.

Without hesitation, he clicked to bind it and equipped it.

[Binding successful! Title: star picker has been upgraded, Luck + 10]

After putting it on, Cao Xing immediately felt a strong surge of ice-attribute magic power, boosting his spell power significantly!

Besides the increase in strength, the appearance of this equipment was also very good.

Just like the extra effect mentioned in the equipment note.

After Cao Xing put it on, a layer of faint frost mist surrounded his body.

When walking, pieces of crystal-clear ice crystals would be left under his feet, as if every step was freezing the earth.

"Not bad, this is maximum style." Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction again, a smile curling on his lips.

Of course, this equipment effect could be turned off at any time, and even those ice crystals would disappear after a few minutes; otherwise, if he were outside, turning on this effect would be equivalent to telling the enemy his location.

At the same time, a second prompt appeared.

[You have equipped Legendary equipment: Great Lichs Frost Soul Robe, please select a skill to grant it the 'Frost Soul' effect.]