The attribute of Qinong is to choose the relic by yourself.

Cao Xing looked at Qinong and asked, "Mr. Qinong, I heard from that Myriarch that your wife is still in the hands of the Watchers?"

The old man nodded and replied, "I think you can guess the general sequence of events."

"My wife was afflicted with the Watchers' Blood Withering Curse. They invited me to join the Watchers on the condition that they would remove the curse."

"I agreed—later, a series of events occurred—"

Cao Xing frowned slightly. "Then what about your wife now—"

Qinong knew what he wanted to ask, so he replied, "Her situation is fine."

"They placed my wife at the Watchers' headquarters, along with the families of some other Watchers."

Hearing this, a look of worry appeared on Cao Xing's face. "This time, we have completely broken ties with the Watchers."

"I killed so many Myriarchs of the Blood Legion, and I even rescued you."

"Will they be so angry that they take it out on your wife directly?"

Qinong fell into thought, his brows furrowed, clearly also worried about this issue.

Cao Xing continued, "If the situation is urgent, I can call all the Legendary back. Since you know the location of the Watchers' headquarters, we can rush over directly, wipe them all out, and then rescue your wife."

Qinong was silent for a moment, then shook his head. "This time, the Blood Legion suffered heavy losses, and your strength has also been exposed."

"The leader of the Watchers also knows that I would tell you the location of the headquarters, so he must have already moved the headquarters by now."

Hearing this, a look of regret also appeared on Cao Xing's face.

What Qinong said certainly made sense.

The leader of the Watchers was no fool; what he could think of, they would certainly be able to think of too.

Qinong continued, "Besides, according to the rules of the Watchers and the character of their leader, it is highly probable that he will not involve my wife."

Cao Xing thought about it and did not continue to press on this issue.

He turned the topic to the leader of the Watchers.

"How much do you know about the leader of the Watchers?"

Qinong gathered his thoughts, then replied, "The leader of the Watchers goes by the single name 'Luo'."

"No one knows his past, nor does anyone know where he came from; only that he inherited an ancient legacy."

"This person—is a bit elusive, and it is very difficult to define him purely by good or evil."

"He is not purely evil. In some aspects, he is even more persistent about redemption and promises than anyone else. At least during the time I stayed with the Watchers, he did fulfill his promises; one could even say he never violated his own philosophy."

"However—his style of doing things is extremely extreme, and his convictions are so firm that they are almost cold."

"At the same time, this person is also very contradictory."

Pausing, Qinong continued, "You should know his philosophy: he believes that everything the Watchers do is for the future of humanity."

"Overthrowing the old order of the entire continent and liberating all of humanity is his ultimate goal, which no one can shake."

"In this process, he will try his best to avoid harming civilians and ordinary people, and at certain times, he will even show a kind of near-benevolent restraint."

"But if he encounters some kind of obstacle, he will become cold and ruthless."

"If sacrificing a portion of people can save more people, he will choose to sacrifice them without hesitation."

"Even to achieve his goal, the entire Watchers organization, including himself, can become the price."

Cao Xing secretly thought, "An extreme idealist, huh?"

"That's indeed a bit hard to deal with—"

His brows furrowed slightly, and his thoughts surged.

"If he only had the philosophy without the power, it would be fine."

"But unfortunately, he also possesses Demigod-level power, a powerful force, and that unscrupulous, terrifying Blood Legion."

"If he could really succeed, that would indeed be a good thing."

"Even I would be willing to support him."

"But the problem is, he seems to have never considered the consequences of failure, nor has he ever truly cared about the life and death of those ordinary people."

Since the descent of the Blood Legion to this day, countless towns within the territories of the major kingdoms have been razed to the ground, with lives devastated and rivers of blood flowing.

It just confirms what King Velen said: 'Under the kingdom's thousands of years of corrupt system, the number of civilians who died is not even a fraction of the civilians who died miserably during the Blood Chaos.'

Of course, Cao Xing does not approve of what these filthy nobles did; these guys also deserve to be killed, they deserve to die.

But the problem is, the method of the Watchers' leader is wrong.

"He thinks he can control everything, that everything can proceed according to his plan."

"But he took the completely wrong step when he chose to summon the Blood Legion—"

"He never considered the consequences of failure, including the Blood Legion going out of control, the gods of the Abyssal Land breaking free from their cages, and the existence of other planes pouring into the Main Plane."

"By then… that will be a disaster even more terrifying than the Blood Chaos."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing couldn't help but sigh. "The philosophy is noble, but if it comes at the cost of destruction, then what is the meaning of that so-called salvation?"

Shaking his head, he turned to the old man beside him and said:

"I understand, Mr. Qinong. For now, just continue staying in the territory."

"We will continue to deal with the Watchers, and at the same time, find a way to rescue your wife."

Qinong was stunned for a moment, then nodded silently.

At this moment, he seemed to remember something and hurriedly said, "By the way, I still haven't thanked Lord Cao Xing for saving my life today."

Cao Xing waved his hand and chuckled. "Why be so formal with me?"

"I'll have someone come over and arrange a place for you to rest."

So, he reached out and beckoned.

The Arctic Person Liuzhuang, who was carrying wood nearby, saw this and quickly walked over.

"My Lord, please give your orders."

Cao Xing said, "Take Mr. Qinong to the residential area and arrange a room for him. From now on, he is a new member of our territory."

The Arctic Person Liuzhuang carefully sized up Qinong, then respectfully said, "Yes, My Lord."

"Mr. Qinong, please follow me."

Under Liuzhuang's guidance, the old man followed behind him, walking firmly towards the center of the territory.

Looking at his back, Cao Xing seemed to have thought of something.

"Come to think of it, although I have recruited Qinong into the territory, I haven't checked his attributes yet!"

"Let's see how strong this fisherman is!"

So, Cao Xing opened the other party's panel.

[Champion Fighter: Qinong Dutra]

[Affiliated Force: Cao Xing Territory]

[Level: 96]

[Potential: Dominator]

[Health: 32.4356 Million / 32.4345 Million (Pale Tree Bonus)]

[Attack: 81632 ~ 82347 (Master-level Command)]

[Armor: 5312 ~ 5575]

[Attributes: Strength 12175, Agility 12384, Spirit 10547, Constitution 11279]

[Skills: Hero-grade Spear Mastery, Piercing Assault, Whirlwind Spear Dance, Spear Shadow Combo, Spear Formation Guard]

[Commander-grade Skill: Spear Soul · Awakening (Basic attack speed increased by 100%, attack power increased by 100%, and each attack will carry 'Spear Qi Impact'.)]

Spear Qi Impact: Deals 100% impact damage to enemies in front (Agility * 0.1 meters).]

[Dominator Domain: Spear Soul Domain (When using a spear, the range of all attacks is increased by 100%, and it comes with a 30% armor penetration effect)]

[Heroic Combat Skill: Ethereal Shadow Invisible Kill (Condenses all strength to burst instantly, in a very short time, deals continuous 5 * 756% piercing damage to a single enemy, and reduces the enemy's armor by 5%, lasting 30 seconds, Cooldown: 5 hours)]

[Heroic Combat Skill: Long Rainbow Piercing the Sun (Condenses all strength, throws the weapon in hand, deals 1378% explosive damage to enemies in a 1000-meter target area, and stuns them for 2-5 seconds. Also causes friendly units in the area to receive Spear Qi amplification, basic attack power increased by 20%, lasting 60 seconds, Cooldown: 3 hours)]

[Loyalty: 84]

[Satiety: 65]

"Good guy! Qinong's attributes are a bit strong!" Cao Xing couldn't help but exclaim.

As a Tier 10 Dominator, his attributes naturally cannot compare to a mutated Dominator like Malenia.

But his set of skills is also very fierce, and he even possesses two [Heroic Combat Skills]!

The values of these two combat skills are both insane. The former has super high coefficient single-target damage and can also reduce enemy armor.

The latter, as a large-scale group attack and control skill, also has an attack power bonus effect!

Especially this 20% base attack power bonus for everyone; it can be said to be extremely powerful.

"However—this base attack power bonus is quite different from my Master-level Command."

"Base attack power, as the name implies, increases one's own attack power, excluding bonuses from weapons and other status skills."

"Whereas Master-level Command adds 20% attack power directly to your total stats panel."

But all in all, Qinong's attributes are still very good.

Nodding in satisfaction, Cao Xing withdrew his thoughts.

"This great battle has basically forced me to reveal all my trump cards."

"Of course, the harvest is also terrifying. Besides six Hearts of Legend, there are two Sovereign-level souls and one Commander-level soul."

"And the Watchers and the Blood Legion have not been completely routed by me, so I still need even greater strength."

The biggest harvest of this battle was the six Hearts of Legend; at least for the foreseeable future, he wouldn't have to worry about this kind of breakthrough item.

However, it was a pity that corresponding Relics were needed to allow other heroes in the territory to rush to the Legendary realm.

"However, this time, having killed nine Myriarchs, the system rewarded me with a self-select relic box."

"I can add another Legendary combatant."

Thinking of this, he took this self-select relic box out from his inventory.

"Clang—"

An ancient box with a silvery-white luster appeared at his feet.

[Do you want to open the self-select relic box?]

[After opening, you will choose one Relic from 108 types of breakthrough Relics.]

Seeing this prompt, a thoughtful look appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"108 types? That means 108 major categories?"

In reality, the total number of all classes combined is far more than 108.

For example, like [Relic: Ancient Beast Shield], besides being able to allow Ice Shield Guards like Braum to break through, there are other Shield Maiden and Heavy Armor Guards.

Once the level requirement is met, it can also be used for breakthroughs.

After figuring this out, Cao Xing directly clicked 'Confirm' to open it.

Before his eyes, a dense list of options immediately appeared.

A large number of Relic phantoms presented themselves before him.

Besides the Relics he had encountered before: Nightingale Corsage, Deep Ice Thorn, and Forest Seed.

Cao Xing also saw many more, such as: Holy War Broken Blade, Beast Heart, Dark Origin Stone, and so on…

There was even a Relic that could allow him to break through to a Legendary Frost Mage.

"There really are a lot—"

Cao Xing fell into deep thought.

"Currently, there are quite a few people in my territory who meet the conditions for breakthrough."

"Besides myself, Assam, Andrew, Hilda, and others, even Renice and Green Snake Lana can all advance toward the Legendary realm."

"These people are all quite powerful; it's really hard to choose—"

Cao Xing became tangled in indecision.

A moment later, he made his decision.

That is—first let Liu Muxue break through to Legendary!

As the strongest support in his territory, if she can break through to Legendary, the amplification values of her various status skills will increase significantly!

Aurora Blessing and Blessing of Courage will add at least 200,000 attack power!

More importantly, Cao Xing has a Legendary skill book in his hand—Aurora World Brilliance: Skyfall!

This skill can be said to be quite overpowered, directly increasing friendly four-dimensional attributes by 50%.

Plus the 20% from Strength Blessing, and the 20% bonus from Thunder Dragon Possession, that's a 70% attribute increase.

It can be said to be a nearly twofold increase!

By then, perhaps these hero-level powerhouses will all have the hope of defeating Legendary enemies.

Cao Xing immediately made his decision and, among the pile of Relics, found the breakthrough material belonging to Liu Muxue.

[Selection successful, obtained: Relic: Aurora Core]

At this moment, looking at this energy ball in his hand, which was emitting magnificent Aurora power, Cao Xing scanned its attributes.

[Relic: Aurora Core]

[Quality: Special]

[Item Effect 1: A Relic for the Blue Star Survivor exclusive class "Aurora Knight" to advance to the Legendary realm.]

(Note: Because Survivors cannot raise their potential, the fixed success rate of this Relic is 50%.)

[Item Effect 2: Can be directly absorbed to replenish 150 points of Divine Power, but the Relic will disappear completely once the Divine Power is exhausted.]

"So that's how it is—a 50% success rate isn't actually low."

Cao Xing had been thinking before about the potential requirements for the natives of this world to advance to Legendary.

Those below Leader-level don't even have the possibility of breaking through.

And for them, the Survivors, apart from attribute enhancements, they cannot raise their potential.

It couldn't be that they are limited to stopping at level 100, right?

Now it seems the system naturally knew about this and prepared exclusive Relics for them.

Cao Xing nodded in satisfaction: "Very good, this way, the territory can add another Legendary."

However, he did not call Liu Muxue over immediately.

After all, they had killed a full nine Legendary enemies this time!

Besides the self-select relic box reward, there were other rewards that needed to be checked and digested.

Then, a drop of flowing blood appeared in his hand.

This drop of blood was dark blue, with eerie patterns appearing on its surface from time to time, carrying a certain ominous aura.

It was exactly the [Tainted Blood] rewarded together with the [self-select relic box].

He glanced at its attributes.

[Tainted Blood]

[Quality: Special]

[Item Description: A drop of blood left behind by some deceased ancient existence, possessing extremely powerful tainting power.]

[According to records: Thousands of years ago, a certain creature found half a corpse left by this ancient existence; after research, it was discovered that the tainting power contained within had a very strong restraining effect on the blood of the Blood Legion, and could even taint the blood of gods.]

[Item Effect 1: If this drop of Tainted Blood is used on a creature from the Blood Plane, it can permanently reduce their attributes by 30%.]

[Item Effect 2: When a creature from the Blood Plane enters a rebirth state, mixing in this drop of Tainted Blood can taint their blood, preventing them from gathering blood to perform rebirth.]

Cao Xing frowned slightly and pondered for a moment.

"Targeting the blood of the Blood Legion? It is somewhat useful."

However, for the current Cao Xing, those Legendary-level Myriarchs no longer pose any threat.

Even if they possess the ability of Blood Rebirth, it just means they get killed by him again after resurrecting.

However, this [Tainted Blood] does not specify the level of the target it can taint.

In other words, even a Demigod-level Blood Commander would be affected by this drop of blood and have their attributes reduced by 30%.

Or lose their resurrection ability. "Let's see if it can come in handy later."

Cao Xing put it into his inventory and continued to check the other rewards.

Next were the three souls obtained after killing those Myriarchs.

Two Sovereign-level, one Commander-level.

If they could be digested, it would increase his strength quite a bit.

Pondering for a moment, Cao Xing quickly had candidates in mind.

"These two Sovereign souls can be given to Renice and Andrew."

"The two of them, one has already reached level 100, and the other is at level 95."

"They already meet the conditions for breaking through to Legendary."

"As for the last Commander-level soul—"

This actually left Cao Xing a bit undecided for a moment.

Currently, there are quite a lot of Commander-level creatures in his territory.

Besides members like the Wind Mage Alan and Earth Mage Tyren who joined later and are still of Leader-level potential.

The earliest batch of people with him, including pets, have basically been upgraded as much as they should be.

Pondering for a moment, Cao Xing decided to give this Commander soul to the Dragon Shaman Weinmne.

"Previously, I heard this Shaman say that if he can break through to Commander-level, there is a probability of awakening a powerful blessing skill—Thunder Dragon Descent."

"And it is said that this 'Thunder Dragon Descent' is also a status skill that fits our magic-type classes very well!"

"Since that's the case, let him give it a try."

Then, Cao Xing pressed the communication device on his ear and said: "Andrew, Renice, Weinmne, The three of you return to the territory now; I have something to discuss with you."

Not long after, responses from the three of them came through.

"Yes/Understood, Lord!"

These three powerhouses were still fighting the Blood Legion outside.

After receiving Cao Xing's order at this moment, they also quickly ended the battle and then returned in the direction of the territory.