Return to the territory and count the harvest! (5000)

Chapter 539: Returning to the Territory and Tallying the Spoils! (5000)

Cao Xing thought to himself, "Just in time, Hilda seems to have captured a lot of blacksmiths this time."

"We can have them take over Harold's equipment forging work, and Harold can focus on crafting these Neros Cannons."

Then, he took another look at the attributes of the blueprint.

[Third-Generation Steel Colossus Crafting Blueprint (Boss-level)]

[Level: Level 70]

[Blueprint Effect: Can batch-produce boss-level Steel Colossuses in the Mechanical Factory. Possesses skills like 'Steel Bones and Iron Muscles', "Colossus Trample", "Destructive Charge" —————— etc.]

(Note: Each Steel Colossus will occupy 5 population slots)

[Materials Required for Crafting: Advanced Mechanical Factory, Frost White Crystal * 1000, starfall ingot * 100, Fine Iron * 10,000, Copper * 2000, Mithril * 500]

"Tsk, as expected of a Level 70 boss-level war tool. The materials needed to craft just one are way more than those for the Predator Robot."

"And it even requires a material called starfall ingot, which I've never heard of before."

"It seems we are still some distance away from being able to batch-produce Steel Colossuses!" Cao Xing sighed.

But overall, these two blueprints were still quite good.

With sufficient resources, Cao Xing could rely solely on these two blueprints to mass-produce a large number of war tools,

crushing enemies with overwhelming firepower.

Satisfied, he put them away into his backpack.

At this moment, the communication device by Cao Xing's ear emitted a crackling static sound.

It was sent from Bjorn and Hilda's side.

Bjorn's voice sounded, "Lord, we have cleared out all the resources in the stronghold and are currently ready to return to the territory."

Cao Xing replied, "Very well, safe travels on the way back."

"Understood!" Bjorn hung up the communication on the other end.

Cao Xing sighed, "Next, I must also return to the territory to digest this harvest."

Then, he came to the teleportation array in the corner of the palace's east gate.

Assam, Dragon Speaker, and the others were all waiting here.

"Let's go, we're heading back."

"Understood!"

With those words, everyone stepped into the teleportation array together.

[Do you wish to activate the teleportation array and return to your territory?]

Cao Xing directly clicked confirm.

"Hum!"

As the familiar light enveloped everyone once again,

the scene before their eyes flashed, and everyone vanished from their spot.

When they reappeared, they instantly felt the surrounding temperature grow warm.

It was just like returning to a warm sanctuary from the freezing snowfields.

Even the Eternal Frost Main City was not as warm as Cao Xing's territory.

At this moment, looking at the familiar buildings before them, relaxed smiles appeared on everyone's faces.

For some reason, returning to the territory always gave people a relaxed feeling.

Cao Xing smiled and said, "Alright, everyone has worked hard in last night's battle. You can all return to rest."

"Understood."

With those words, Assam and the others dispersed.

Liu Muxue also walked toward the Lords Castle.

Meanwhile, Cao Xing walked while conducting a post-battle review in his mind.

This trip's operation could be said to have been extremely smooth.

Not only did they eliminate the major enemy Church of Light, but the quest progress for [Rooting Out] had also reached over 80%. That old punk, the God of Light, shouldn't be able to come out for a short while.

However, another rather tricky problem was that besides the God of Light, he had another enemy.

Through a conversation with the God of Light, Cao Xing learned that when the Blood Legion descended, there would be a period of rule disorder.

During this period, deities in the Abyssal Land would seize the opportunity to break out amidst the chaos.

Among them… was the Nightmare God Démǔ.

"This Nightmare God seems to be a vengeful deity."

"Last time I ruined his plan in the Witch Forest, this fellow will probably come after me once he gets out—"

"This is a bit troublesome."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing furrowed his brows slightly.

Although when negotiating with the God of Light, Cao Xing had blurted harsh words—they were merely a group of deities who had lost their divine godheads,

not worth fearing.

But that was to project a strong image at the time. If he were to actually go up against these deities, it would still be quite difficult.

After all, no matter what, they used to be deities.

Even if they lost their divine godheads, they still possessed at least demigod strength. And just how powerful demigods were, Cao Xing had already witnessed on the Lizardman Statue—they could severely injure or even instantly kill Legendary creatures.

Clearly, with Cao Xing's current strength, he could not deal with Demigod-level creatures.

Cao Xing couldn't help cursing, "Damn it, if these deities who violate the rules run out, won't those orthodox deities manage them?"

"What about the Six True Gods?"

After cursing for a bit, Cao Xing shook his head.

After all, up until now, apart from the God of Light, he hadn't truly come into contact with any other deity.

He also didn't know what attitude these deities held toward deities like the God of Light and the Nightmare God.

A moment later, Cao Xing shook his head and said, "Forget it, I won't think about that much anymore."

"There is still some time before the Blood Legion completely emerges."

"During this time, I can figure out a way to deal with this Nightmare God."

As mentioned before, Cao Xing had always upheld the principle that relying on others is worse than relying on oneself.

As long as those demigods didn't come out immediately, he still had hope.

"Next, let's first check out this trip's harvest."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing looked at the pile of resources in his backpack, and a smile instantly appeared on his face.

The harvest this time was plenty, extremely plenty!

If he could digest all of it, it would definitely cause his territory's strength to skyrocket by a large margin!

Among the most important ones was naturally the [Dominator-level Soul] dropped by that Archprelate.

This was a Tier 10 soul!

In other words, even the Dragon Speaker could use it.

Besides that, the blade-wielding Watcher also dropped a Hero's Heart after death.

Archprelate Sullivan dropped a Tier 8 Dominator-level soul.

After that, the five red-robed prelates dropped a total of three Commander-level souls and two Master-level Hearts of Power!

As for the items dropped by the other white-robed priests and black-robed priests, Cao Xing hadn't looked at them closely yet.

He planned to wait for Bjorn and the others to return before organizing them uniformly.

Aside from these things,

he also obtained the settlement reward—a full five equipment pieces of the Song of Light.

Right now, he already had six pieces of the [Song of Light] in his hands, enough to gather a complete set!

Of course, the biggest harvest was naturally those two Legendary-quality scriptures!

Cao Xing sighed, "There are too many things, we have to take them one by one."

"Before that, let's first check out the attributes of those two Legendary scriptures!"

Carrying an excited mood, Cao Xing first took out a scripture exuding the aura of dawn.

"Rustle~!"

A powerful aura of light instantly erupted!

This scripture began to turn its pages automatically, trembling constantly in Cao Xing's hand as if it appeared somewhat frightened.

Cao Xing slapped it across, making the scripture quiet down.

Then he glanced at its attributes.

[Holy Scripture of Light: Dawn Chapter]

[Quality: Legendary]

[Equipment Type: Off-hand Weapon]

[divine power value: 15/100]

[Equipment Special Effect ①: Spirit +2000, Physique +1500, Magic Damage +30%]

[Attached Special Effect ②: Star of Dawn (After binding, gain the amplification of the Power of Dawn, additionally increasing light-attribute attack range and attack intensity by 50%)]

[Attached Special Effect ③: Dawn Teleportation (Consumes 3 points of divine power, causing self or a friendly unit to instantly teleport to the side of a friendly target, Cooldown: 1 hour)]

[Attached Special Effect ④: Dawn Chapter (Can release various powerful dawn magic through this scripture: including 'Dawn Retribution', 'Dawn Redemption', 'Forbidden Curse · Descent of the Light Prison', etc.——————)]

(Note: The Dawn Chapter contains a total of 11 skills, 3 advanced spells, and 1 forbidden curse.)

[Attached Special Effect 5: Rebirth (Legendary-grade special effect, consumes 10 points of divine power to permanently increase a single friendly unit's all attributes by 30% (can only be used once per friendly unit), Cooldown: 24 hours)]

(Item Description: One of the three Holy Scriptures of Light, can be combined with the "Radiance Chapter" and "Yaoyang Chapter" to form the complete Holy Scripture of Light…)

(Note: This scripture has been bound to the will of the God of Light. Aside from its maker, no one else can use it.)

After reading the attributes of this Legendary scripture, a look of amazement appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"Good lord, this Dawn Chapter looks like it provides an even greater enhancement to me than the Radiance Chapter obtained previously!"

"Star of Dawn once again massively increases the damage and range of light-type skills."

"This Legendary special effect is even more perverted—permanently increasing attributes by 30%."

"If combined with the [Blessing Ring of Goddess Nessa], it's equivalent to only needing 5 points of divine power to give everyone a 30% attribute boost, making everyone equivalent to a mutant-grade creature!"

Thinking of this, Cao Xing could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart.

Clearly, compared to the Radiant Chapter, the Dawn Chapter leans more towards the support category, and it is truly powerful!

In Cao Xing's hands, it could usher in a qualitative change!

However, it was somewhat regrettable that this Dawn Scripture had also already been bound to a user, making it unusable for Cao Xing.

Unless he could obtain another [Corrupted Otherworld Insect Crystal] right now.

But clearly, this probability was very small.

Creatures like that Soul-Eating Nether Worm belonged to another plane and simply couldn't be found.

However, this also gave Cao Xing a different idea.

"Now, I already have two of the three scriptures—"

"The last one should be in the hands of the God of Light—"

"If I can take down the God of Light, not only will the Uproot quest reach 100%, but I will also acquire the final scripture."

"By then, the fusion of the three scriptures will become a demigod artifact-level treasure!"

As for how strong a demigod artifact was, Cao Xing had already witnessed it.

The Old King's Kingdom Holy Sword was coveted by countless people!

By then, he could also own one!

Of course, the premise was that he could take down the God of Light.

Then, Cao Xing took out another black Demon Codex exuding an evil aura.

"Hum!"

The moment the Demon Codex appeared, the black demonic qi instantly swept outward, colliding with the Dawn Scripture in his left hand!

"Clang…—"

The demonic power and the power of light collided with each other, producing a series of boiling sounds.

The two forces refused to give way to each other.

However, as Cao Xing put the Dawn Scripture back into his backpack, this Demon Codex also calmed down.

He glanced at its attributes.

[Demon Codex]

[Quality: Legendary]

[Equipment Level: Level 70]

[Equipment Type: Off-hand Weapon]

[Attached Special Effect 1: All Attributes +2000, Casting Speed +30%]

[Attached Special Effect 2: Demon Spokesperson (After binding this codex, casting demon-type skills or attacks will increase damage and area of effect by 50%)]

[Attached Special Effect 3: Demon Authority (After binding, all demon race creatures will be unable to inflict damage on you.)]

(Note: Although demon race creatures cannot inflict damage on you, they can refuse to obey your commands.)

[Attached Special Effect 4: Demon Codex (It records many demon-type abilities, such as "Magic Flame Burning", "Demon Fire Rain", "Heroic Combat Skill: Great Extinction", etc.——)]

(Note: The Demon Codex records 21 ordinary skills, 4 advanced skills, and 2 Hero-level combat skills. Using them will consume a large amount of mental power.)

[Attached Special Effect 5: Demon Gate (Legendary-level Special Effect: Opens the Demon Gate, randomly summoning a demon above Level 100 with Legendary-level combat power to assist in battle. Duration: 100 seconds. Cooldown: 24 hours)]

(Note: The monsters appearing from the Demon Gate vary, including: Demon Quinn, Demon Elder, Demon Warden, etc.)

(Equipment Description: A codex containing a portion of the Demon Lord's authority, possessing extremely evil abilities and destructive power.)

"Goodness, this Demon Codex is just as overpowered!"

"Not only can it greatly increase the damage of demon-type skills, but it can also randomly summon a Legendary demon to help fight!" Cao Xing exclaimed in amazement once again.

In a certain sense, this [Demon Codex] was even more powerful than the [Radiant Chapter].

After all, that was a Legendary-level creature!

Just pulling one out casually was a strategic-level power.

If it could be bound, combined with his [Advanced Demon Transformation] state, it would boost his strength by a huge margin!

Of course, just like the Holy Scripture of Light, this thing already had a user.

At this moment, looking at two such powerful scriptures that he couldn't use, Cao Xing felt somewhat depressed.

"Damn it, what's the difference between this and having two beauties lying naked in front of you where you can only look but not touch?"

Shaking his head, Cao Xing sighed: "Forget it——we'll figure out a way to take down the God of Light and the so-called Demon Lord later; once this thing loses its bound user, it can be used."

With a slight expression of regret, he put both Legendary codices into his backpack together.

Then, he took out the pieces of equipment exuding a strong aura of light from his backpack one by one.

From the helmet to the armor, then to the belt and boots, and so on…

Finally, a total of six exquisitely crafted and gorgeous pieces of equipment with light seeming to flow across their surfaces were displayed together, resembling a set of exquisite artwork.

This set of equipment was precisely none other than the Ode to Light Set!

Cao Xing scanned over each piece of equipment.

Except for the previously obtained [Helmet of the Ode to Light], the attributes of the other five pieces of equipment were all very powerful, capable of increasing quite a few attributes.

Even when equipped by a Frost Mage like Cao Xing, it could still provide about a 20% attribute boost!

And this was merely the attribute boost.

You must know that the most powerful aspect of Epic equipment was still the special effects they came with.

The six-piece Ode to Light Set, even as individual pieces, had very powerful attributes.

This included the [Echo of Light] special effect on the cuirass, which had a 30% probability of simultaneously releasing two light-type skills when casting them, and even forbidden spells had a probability of being triggered.

The [Wheel of Light] special effect on the boots could condense two light wheels after being attacked, allowing the wearer to step on them and carry you away to escape.

And so on, the special effects of each piece of equipment were different, greatly increasing the user's attack power and survivability.

Of course, the most powerful part was still the activated six-piece set effect.

He glanced at its attributes.

[Overture of Light: After activation, makes all attacks inflict an additional 40% Light attribute damage, and increases all friendly units' Light attribute resistance by 20%.]

A full 40% Light attribute damage addition, combined with Eternal Power, was a permanent 40% damage bonus!

This was an extremely terrifying boost.

After reviewing the set's attributes, Cao Xing nodded with satisfaction once again.

"As expected of an Epic set, this effect is really good!"

Clearly, whether given to Liu Muxue or Isabelle, the six-piece Ode to Light Set was very good.

After all, both of them possessed light-type abilities.

But by comparison, this [Ode to Light] set was actually more suitable for Liu Muxue.

First, because she was a melee class, having a higher probability of triggering various special effects on the equipment.

Second, because she had an angel transformation form.

And under her angel form, her passive skill [Darkness Bane] could additionally inflict 30% damage to dark creatures.

Moreover, the equipment Liu Muxue was wearing was still Level 40 Gold equipment, and it was time to replace it.

After deciding on the allocation candidates for the set.

Cao Xing continued to browse the harvest in his backpack.

Next were those 15 Expert-level Emblems, which were also a good resource.

Calculated at 5,000 proficiency points per piece, this would be an increase of a full 75,000 points right here.

His [Expert-level Command Arts] was still lacking a "Heart of Command".

Otherwise, relying on these emblems, he could directly push this skill to Master-level.

Of course, handing all the emblems over to the blacksmith Harold to greatly boost a section of his forging skill proficiency was also very good.

Cao Xing pondered: "I'll ask Harold later to see if there is any way to break his forging technology through to above Master-level."

He put it into his backpack with satisfaction.

Currently, the harvests from the first seven rounds of the [Uproot] quest had almost all been counted.

Next was the reward for the eighth round.

In addition to 3 Divine Power Shards, this time a new item was also given.

He took it out from his backpack and examined it in his hand for a moment.

This was a palm-sized special item that seemed to be condensed from pure light elements, exuding a strong glow.

But when touched in the hand, it had the weight of a stone.

He glanced at its attributes.

[Relic – Mark of Light]

[Quality: Unknown]

[Item Effect: It contains a portion of the divine power of light, and is one of the main materials needed for a light-type mage to break through to the Legendary realm]

[Item Effect 2: Can directly absorb the divine power contained within to gain 100 points of divine power, but the Relic will disappear due to the exhaustion of divine power—.—]