Small profits but quick turnover, large-scale promotion! (5800)

Chapter 408: Small Profits and Quick Turnover, Massive Upgrades! (5800)

Right now, the mounts in Cao Xing's territory, including the Mammoth and Frost Moose, were all living in cow sheds.

Although they were called cow sheds, as long as the partitions inside were dismantled, they could be turned into spacious detached villas.

Furthermore, because the [Smelting Furnace] in the territory worked 24 hours a day, the temperature inside the cow sheds was also very warm.

After receiving the order, Du An immediately led a few Arctic People to begin construction.

Cao Xing looked at the griffins beside him and said, "You should just stay obediently in the territory. You can walk around for activities, but don't fly around everywhere, understand?"

The four griffins gently flapped their wings, seemingly responding to Cao Xing's order.

Afterwards, Cao Xing headed to the Alchemy Workshop.

He handed the [Keda Flower] he bought from the black market to Francesca.

Looking at the flower in her hand that resembled blue crystal, a hint of surprise appeared in the beautiful witch's eyes.

Then, a smile gradually surfaced on those beautiful lips.

"I knew you would have a way."

Cao Xing smiled, "Of course."

"I am your lord, after all."

Hearing the last sentence, this witch seemed somewhat noncommittal.

Cao Xing changed the subject and asked, "That's right, how many bottles of our holy water have been made?"

Francesca said softly, "These past few days I've been concentrating fully on making Advanced Life Secret Potions. As for the holy water, there are probably only about 110 bottles…"

Hearing this number, Cao Xing felt somewhat disappointed in his heart.

Because next, he had plans to lead a team to explore that ancient battlefield.

And these 110 bottles could only allow a squadron of warriors to possess the power to suppress the undead.

The undead in the ancient battlefield must be unimaginably numerous, and this bit of military force was clearly still not enough.

Cao Xing said, "Alright, then next you should make these 10 bottles of Unicorn Secret Potion first, and also help me make about 200 bottles of holy water."

"Then concentrate fully on making Advanced Life Secret Potions."

"Hard work for you."

Hearing these words, the witch before him glanced at him and gave a soft hum.

"This is my duty."

Cao Xing also smiled and nodded.

In his backpack, there was actually still a pretty good recipe, which was [Swamp Witch's Frog Potion].

It could be handed over to Sabina to make.

However, the two materials required for it had not been collected yet, so he could only think of a way next time.

After leaving the Alchemy Workshop.

Cao Xing glanced at the time.

It was currently one-thirty in the afternoon.

Liu Muxue and Assam were still outside leading the army in battle.

The military forces in the territory had basically all been sent out.

Therefore, Cao Xing right now was quite happy to enjoy some leisure.

Although he still had several quests in his hands that needed to be done, these quests didn't have a specified time limit, so he wasn't in a rush.

"Next, it's just waiting for them to return, and then starting to let all those warriors break through."

Afterwards, Cao Xing began strolling around the territory a few times.

Time flashed by, and it arrived at five o'clock in the afternoon.

World BOSS —— Zorma Behemoth's challenge arrived as scheduled.

Liu Muxue brought Hilda along with the Star Country Swordsman Legion and appeared near the red dragon head.

Assam also brought the Ascalon legion and converged with her.

Then, the battle began very quickly.

It was still Hilda acting as the main force, beginning continuous output against the 'Zorma Behemoth'.

However, lacking Sarah, a Tier 6 damage dealer, the damage was a lot less.

But it still dealt roughly 220 million damage.

At 18:17 in the afternoon, the battle ended.

A system prompt appeared before Cao Xing's eyes.

['Zorma Behemoth' crusade successful. In this battle, you and your territory residents dealt a total of 221 million damage, ranking first on the output leaderboard.]

[Obtained Leaderboard Reward: Zhuoma Scale Fragment (Orange) * 1, Ice Dragon Core (Orange) * 5, gold point + 5]

[According to the damage you dealt, this time you additionally obtained point rewards: 22,100…]

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Following the system prompt.

This also represented that the fifth day's Zorma Behemoth challenge had officially ended.

At this moment, Cao Xing saw that his cumulative points had already reached 760,000…

And the points he could currently use had already reached 500,000…

Looking at this number, Cao Xing only wanted to say!

"So comfortable…"

"With so many points, even if I take all of them to spin the Points Lucky Wheel, I can guaranteedly obtain 5 Epic quality items."

"Exchanged for Advanced Troop Recruitment Scrolls, I can even redeem 500 of them out!"

At this time, Cao Xing began planning in his heart how to consume these points and strive to maximize his returns.

"From the current perspective, the greatest return is directly exchanging for 1,000 Ascalon Warriors Recruitment Scrolls, or 1,000 Centaur Recruitment Scrolls, to put together the thousand-person bond effect."

"But in this case, there is a problem."

That is the issue of the population cap…

"During this period of time, I summoned a total of two hundred high-tier troops, taking up 600 of my population."

"Currently the population has reached 2,041, with over 900 population remaining…"

"And upgrading the Lord's Manor to Level 9 will increase the population by another 1,000.

"However, based on the current progress estimate, I'm afraid it will take until the last day of the challenge to successfully upgrade the Lord's Manor."

"Therefore, I can currently exchange for at most two more high-tier troop legions, leaving the remaining three hundred odd population in reserve…"

Cao Xing sighed with some emotion for a moment, not expecting that he would actually worry about insufficient population limits.

At the present stage, probably no one expected that a Survivor lord's population limit would actually not be enough to use.

Thus, Cao Xing placed his gaze on the troop exchange interface.

He began to ponder which two types of troops should be exchanged.

"From the current perspective, the Silver Hand Knights are something I must exchange for."

"I plan to use this stuff to train into a griffin knight order."

"The other type of troop… either Earth Mages, to piece together a hundred-person bond."

"Or else trade for the Tribal Witch Doctors that those Survivors often discuss in the chat channel now…"

"It is said that this troop has continuous healing skills, especially after being upgraded to a chieftain, it will also awaken a powerful group toxin skill."

"Besides this, there are also the Royal Gunners they talked about; it's said this is a group of pure output-type classes…"

There were too many powerful troops, and they all had their own characteristics.

For a moment, it was really somewhat difficult to consider.

After taking various aspects into consideration.

Cao Xing finally decided to use his points to exchange for 100 Silver Hand Knights, 100 Earth Mages, plus 10 Tribal Witch Doctors.

His healing-per-second data was already very high now.

If the Tribal Witch Doctor's skill was continuous healing, then he didn't need to exchange for that many.

After all, under the effect of [Eternal Power], a single witch doctor could be used as a witch doctor legion.

The reason for exchanging 10 was because he wanted to put together a 10-person bond.

Thus, he directly clicked on exchange.

[Whether to consume points * 100,000 to exchange for Tier 3 Earth Mage Recruitment Scroll * 100?]

[Whether to consume points * 100,000 to exchange for Tier 3 Silver Hand Knights Recruitment Scroll * 100?]

[Whether to consume points * 10,000 to exchange for Tier 3 Tribal Witch Doctor Recruitment Scroll * 10?]

"Yes."

Instantly, 210,000 points were consumed.

There were also 210 more advanced scrolls in the backpack.

A hint of a smile appeared on the corners of his mouth once more.

Such a large number of recruitment scrolls, given to any Survivor lord, could make their strength soar by a large margin.

Not to mention that Cao Xing also possessed an SSS-grade talent, allowing a single troop to be used as ten.

However, he did not summon them immediately; instead, he prepared to wait for Liu Muxue to return and let the warriors get a wave of upgrades first.

Through these past few days of battles, most combat personnel in the territory had already reached the maximum level of the current stage.

And this also made Cao Xing think of another problem.

"In my territory, those warrior-class occupations can use the God of War Altar to break through."

"As for those wind mage apprentices and Star Country Swordsmen, they are non-warrior class occupations."

"If they want to break through to Tier 4, they can only use the Advanced Heart of Power."

"The two troops add up to a total of 200 people. According to the price in the exchange shop, 50,000 Ice Dragon Marks can exchange for one."

"In other words, I currently need more than ten million Ice Dragon Marks."

Cao Xing looked at his backpack.

[Ice Dragon Mark * 3,523,612]

"It's lacking a bit too much…"

"It seems I need to sell some things and trade for some Advanced Hearts of Power."

Cao Xing thought of the large amount of white-tier and green-tier weapons he had obtained during this period of time at the very first moment.

The specific quantity hadn't been counted, but it must be a lot.

Selling all these weapons off could also yield quite a bit of resources.

Thus, he quickly ran into the Lord's Manor and opened the territory's storage box.

In an instant, a large number of weapons and some battle armor popped up before him.

There were everything from level 10 to level 40, and the quantity was extremely astonishing.

Calculating slightly, the number of weapons he owned had already broken through ten thousand!

"Good fellow, without realizing it, I actually hoarded so many white-tier and green-tier equipments."

Cao Xing exclaimed in amazement.

Among them, half were contributed by the Church of Light.

The other half were dropped from wiping out that goblin camp.

After all, he had wiped out nearly six thousand goblins in one breath.

Although the weapons used by these goblins were all very crappy.

Most of them were white-tier stone spears around level 10, and level 10 wooden longbows.

Being able to sell a weapon for dozens of Ice Dragon Marks would be thanking the heavens and earth.

But fortunately, the quality of that batch of weapons contributed by the Church of Light was pretty good.

Thus, Cao Xing brought this batch of weapons and quickly came next to the [Market], opening the trading interface.

Then he began setting up the trading information.

[Consigned Items: Various levels of white-tier and green-tier weapons and equipment]

[Inventory Reserve: Massive]

[Demanded Item: Ice Dragon Mark]

[Consignor: Cao Xing]

[Seller's Remarks: Level 10 white-tier weapon = 50 Ice Dragon Marks, Level 20 white-tier weapon = 200 Ice Dragon Marks, Level 30 white-tier weapon = 300 Ice Dragon Marks, green-tier doubles, blue-tier doubles again, and so on.]

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After the trading information was set up, Cao Xing clapped his hands.

"Although the attributes of these weapons are not high, we focus on small profits and quick turnover, so quite a few people should buy them."

"Furthermore, this time's 'Zhuo Mas Claw' challenge has greatly increased the drop rate of Ice Dragon Marks."

"Right now, everyone basically has a reserve of a few thousand Ice Dragon Marks on hand, and the wealthier ones even have tens of thousands of Ice Dragon Marks. There should be a lot of people buying them."

You must know that not everyone's territory has such an adequate supply of weapons.

Aside from those creatures summoned by recruitment scrolls, which came with some basic weapons of their own,

other warriors trained using training books or combat slaves purchased from slave merchants required the lord to prepare weapons for them.

Without weapons, they could only go bare-handed, and their combat effectiveness would drop significantly.

Even if they were just given a level 10 white-tier weapon, it could still play a significant role.

Therefore, the batch of weapons Cao Xing put up just caught the eyes of a large number of Survivor lords the moment they were listed.

After all, his reserves were too massive, and the prices were very affordable.

Thus, a strange scene appeared in the market.

Survivors saw that Cao Xing was selling a large quantity of weapons, and the selling prices were very cheap.

As the current number one on both rankings, it was hard not to attract attention.

Therefore, following everyone's discussions, more and more people opened the market to take a look.

Then, just like buying groceries, they casually bought one or two to keep as spares.

One person bought two, and another person bought two more.

In the blink of an eye, Cao Xing received a massive number of system prompts.

[Transaction Successful: You lost [Standard Soldier Short Sword (White)] * 1, you obtained [Ice Dragon Mark] * 200]

[Transaction Successful: You lost [Goblin Longbow (White)] * 1, you obtained [Ice Dragon Mark] * 300]

[Transaction Successful…]

…

Following the massive wave of system prompts,

within 30 minutes, the more than 12,000 weapons he listed were all sold out.

Accumulated gains:

[Ice Dragon Mark] * 6.7874 million…

Counting the over 3 million Ice Dragon Marks in his own backpack, the total had already broken through 10 million.

That was enough to exchange for 200 advanced Hearts of Power.

Seeing this number, a curve appeared at the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

"Not bad, not bad. I didn't expect these weapons to bring me so much revenue."

"Although it's still not enough for so many people to break through, Muxue should have also acquired quite a few Ice Dragon Marks over these past few days."

"Counting her reserves, it should be more than enough for two hundred people to break through."

Thinking of this, his mood became even better.

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A dozen minutes later,

Liu Muxue and Assam each led over a hundred combatants back to the territory, looking travel-worn.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing also led all the Wild Boar Warriors and walked over.

Head-on, Liu Muxue rode a Frost Moose, walking forward gracefully like a triumphant female knight.

Behind her were more than three hundred combatants.

Two consecutive days of combat caused these warriors, including those mage apprentices, to exude an aura of slaughter.

From afar, the female knight riding the Frost Moose saw the waiting figure ahead, and a joyous smile appeared on her face.

Right behind her, several hundred combatants saluted simultaneously and said,

"Greetings, Lord!"

The uniform voice revealed respect and adoration!

As well as the joy of seeing their lord once again.

Although Cao Xing had not appeared on the battlefield over the past two days,

everyone knew who the soul figure of this territory was.

Even if he were to disappear for a few years, no one could shake his prestige.

Cao Xing nodded slightly, then said, "Everyone, you've worked hard in the battles over the past two days."

"I am proud of you!"

Hearing this, a look of emotion emerged in the eyes of all the warriors, and they shouted excitedly,

"Lord, we are also honored to receive your recognition!"

"We are willing to shed our last drop of blood for the territory!"

Cao Xing waved his hand, calming down the fanatical warriors.

At the same time, Liu Muxue came to his side, first pulling out a large pile of materials from her backpack.

Then she said softly, "Axing, these are our spoils of war from the past few days. I'll give them to you first."

Cao Xing glanced at them and put all these things into his backpack.

[Obtained: Ice Dragon Core (Orange) * 39]

[Obtained: dragon rock ore (Gold) * 19982]

[Obtained: Ice Dragon Mark * 3.17 million…]

[Obtained: Glacier Shard * 870,000…]

[Obtained…]

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Just as he thought, Liu Muxue had indeed acquired a large amount of materials over the past few days.

The materials currently in his backpack:

Ice Dragon Marks reached 13.23 million…

There were also 75 Ice Dragon Cores.

Both of these materials were very important.

Needless to say, Ice Dragon Marks were used to exchange for a large number of advanced Hearts of Power.

As for the latter material, it could be used to exchange for Bright Moon Treasure Chests to open epic equipment!

Cao Xing patted her head. "You've worked hard, Muxue. This batch of materials is of great help to our territory."

The beauty in front of him shook her head gently. "It's nothing. As long as it can help you."

At this moment, Liu Muxue seemed to remember something, looked behind her, and said,

"That's right, Axing, Buoyancy has also reached level 40 max level."

"Because you said you wanted to raise its level, I gave it some special treatment and let it take quite a few kills."

Cao Xing glanced at the side, at the Light Feather Chicken leisurely strolling around.

Compared to a few days ago, its size hadn't changed at all, still looking about half a meter tall.

It was just that the feathers on its body had become more vibrant and glossy.

And from time to time, it would emit auras of holy light.

"Alright, I know. I'll deal with this little fellow later."

"Right now, I'm going to start elevating everyone's strength."

Hearing this, Liu Muxue seemed to realize something.

Then, she sensibly stepped back.

At the same time, Cao Xing took out the [Divine Warrior Altar] from his backpack.

Clang!

This nearly five-meter-tall, entirely red statue heavily smashed onto the ground!

And it instantly attracted the gazes of the surrounding warriors!

Prior to this, they had already experienced the exact same scene once.

After taking out this altar, their lord allowed all of them to complete a transformation in strength!

For a moment, the warriors were all guessing in their hearts: could it be that this time, Lord was going to let them break through again?

A trace of anticipation couldn't help but rise in everyone's hearts!

After taking out the altar, Cao Xing didn't immediately let them break through.

Instead, he first glanced at the attributes.

[Balthazar's Divine Warrior Altar (Orange): Special Building]

[Quality: Epic]

[Item Effect: Same as before]

[Details of Offerings Required for Advancement]

[Tier 2 Breakthrough to Tier 3: Same as before (Remaining Uses: 4623/5000)]

[Tier 3 Breakthrough to Tier 4: Same as before (Remaining Uses: 1934/2500)]

[Tier 4 Breakthrough to Tier 5: crowns * 200,000, food * 5,000, Mithril * 500, Expert-grade Elemental Crystal * 10 (Remaining Uses: 2000/2000)]

[Tier 5 Breakthrough to Tier 6: Altar divine power is insufficient, this function is currently unavailable (Can be activated by replenishing divine power)]

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"Very good, the number of tier 5 breakthrough attempts remaining is two thousand, which is completely enough!"

At the same time, Cao Xing also noticed the gazes of those warriors.

He directly shouted, "All Ascalon Warriors and Wild Boar Warriors, step out of the ranks."

Receiving the order,

over two hundred warriors walked out with eager expressions.

They had all already reached level 40 max level.

Including the other Centaur warriors, who had also reached level 40 max level.

However, those Centaurs were currently exploring the grotto, so they could only wait for the next time to let them break through.

Next was the need to hand over the offerings.

Cao Xing ordered, "All Arctic People, go to the warehouse and move our food out."

There were 216 warriors here needing to break through, requiring 1.08 million units of food, which was 216,000 kilograms.

In addition, tens of thousands of Mithril and over two thousand Expert-grade Elemental Crystals were needed.

Of course, what was needed the most was still money.

A full 40-plus million…

In other words, after this large-scale enhancement, Cao Xing had basically poured all the resources he had accumulated for quite a while back into it.

Hearing the lord's order, the Arctic People on the other side all began to take action.

As bags of food were moved out of the warehouse by them and piled together,

calculated at 40 kilograms per bag,

216,000 kilograms meant more than 5,400 bags were needed.

One could imagine what kind of concept this was!

On the open space in front of everyone, a mountain of food even appeared!

Those newly recruited Star Country swordsmen and wind mages felt a bit strange seeing this scene,

seemingly not understanding why their lord suddenly moved so much food out.

While the veterans of the territory had looks of anticipation.

Because they all knew they were about to become stronger!

A moment later, Da Zhuang of the Arctic People wiped the sweat from his forehead and respectfully said, "Lord, everything is ready."

Cao Xing nodded slightly, then stepped forward to take out all the 40-plus million crowns, along with tens of thousands of Mithril and a large amount of elemental crystals.

Piling so many materials together was visually shocking!

When all materials were ready,

Cao Xing smiled and said, "Everyone, we are now going to begin letting you break through. Are you ready to possess even more powerful strength?"

Hearing this, the warriors on the field excitedly replied,

"We are ready, Lord!"

"Beast God above, I can't wait to possess even more powerful strength!"

Cao Xing didn't speak, nodded in acknowledgment once more, and then opened the altar interface.

A system prompt appeared.

[Do you wish to consume 43.20 million coins, food… to make 216 Tier 4 max-level warriors break through to Tier 5?]

"Yes!"

As Cao Xing clicked confirm, a mist of blood instantly permeated the air!

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