The first week of development is over, welcome to the challenge! (7000)

Chapter 479: End of the First Week of Development, Embrace the Challenge! (7000)

With that, the woman knelt down on the spot again.

The collar of her chest was open, revealing a large expanse of snow-white skin.

Due to her emotional agitation, even the bright red blood vessels on that plump soft flesh were visible.

Cao Xing said expressionlessly, "I told you, he's fine."

"I'll have someone come over soon, and he'll wake up quickly."

Hearing this, the woman also breathed a sigh of relief. ———

Then, after getting up from the ground, she stood quietly to the side.

After calming down, she looked at the young man before her with curiosity in her eyes.

Obviously ———— his age was about the same as her son's, yet he possessed that kind of commanding aura.

Moreover, her son seemed to respect him greatly.

This also made this lady even more curious about the young man.

Noticing her gaze, Cao Xing turned his head and asked, "What are you looking at me for?"

The woman immediately lowered her head.

"I'm so sorry, my lord —"

At this moment, after pondering for a moment, Cao Xing understood the reason.

With all his equipment combined, his charm had already exceeded 70 points.

In addition, Cao often dealt with people like Xia Yanni and Marita.

So, he had a fatal attraction for mature and lonely women like her.

In other words, he was a **heartbreaker. ———

Cao Xing took a good look at this woman.

She was not tall, about 1.6 meters.

But beneath this frame, there was a fiery figure hidden.

Her posture was plump and graceful, with exquisite curves. A tight-fitting pajama tightly wrapped her full body,

Highlighting her proud chest and rounded buttocks.

The plump curve even made people suspect if she had padded something.

Noticing Cao Xing's gaze, the woman quietly lowered her head, but secretly glanced at him from the corner of her eye.

When she lowered her head, her profile carried a charm, and every move exuded the allure of a mature woman.

Cao Xing had no extra thoughts. After a few glances, he shifted his gaze elsewhere.

After a moment.

Assam came in to report: "Lord, the battlefield has been cleaned up. All the bodies of the Church of Light have been incubated into Blood Spiders by Hilda."

"However, we encountered a small accident while moving the prisoners."

"A white flame suddenly ignited on their bodies, and no matter what method we used, we couldn't extinguish it."

"Now, all three prisoners are dead ————"

Hearing the news of the prisoners' deaths, Cao Xing frowned slightly.

But after thinking about it, he immediately understood that this should be the work of the Seed of Light.

When it sensed that three of the people in this operation were still alive, it surely knew that Cao Xing wanted to take them back for interrogation.

So, it directly silenced these assassins.

Cao Xing nodded slightly, "I understand."

Assam continued reporting: "Also, some knights are not dead; they are in critical condition."

"Do you want… to eliminate everyone who knows about today's events —"

Assam didn't finish, but a chill had already appeared in his tone.

This directly scared the mature woman beside him pale!

She knew who 'everyone' included, according to Assam.

Besides these knights, she herself was also among the targets.

Cao Xing shook his head, "No need."

For him, the next step was about the time for a direct confrontation with the Church of Light.

Although the other side had detected his identity first,

Cao Xing still felt no pressure.

If that Seed of Light really dared to send people to retaliate against his territory,

Then they would face the counterattack of dozens of Master-level creatures in Cao Xing's territory.

And once their operation failed and Cao Xing caught their weakness!

Then, it would be the moment of the Church of Light's downfall!

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on Cao Xing's lips.

He was even somewhat eager for the Church of Light to send people to retaliate against him!

Assam replied, "Yes."

After speaking, he respectfully withdrew again.

And the mature woman beside him gradually breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, the atmosphere in the room became somewhat silent.

Cao Xing drank hot water while waiting for Rabb to arrive.

Seeing that he had finished the hot water in his cup, the woman immediately walked over.

Picked up the kettle and refilled it for him.

Cao Xing didn't say much.

A few minutes later.

A huge shadow descended into the courtyard at great speed.

The Wild Boar Warrior Rabb, holding a Light Feather Chicken, said loudly,

"Lord, the chicken is here!"

Cao Xing said speechlessly, "I'm in the room, come in."

"Okay!"

With that, Rabb directly pushed open the door.

In his arms, he held a Light Feather Chicken covered entirely in white feathers.

Then he trotted all the way to Cao Xing and set 'Buoyancy' down.

Cao Xing directly said, "Buoyancy, use Purifying Light on this person next to me."

"Cluck cluck cluck~"

The Light Feather Chicken received Cao Xing's command, flapped its wings directly, and flew up.

From its body, waves of soft light emanated.

After a moment, the white light directly fell into the body of Fizz Walker.

In an instant, the poisoning status on this young baron disappeared without a trace!

The wound on his shoulder, which had worsened due to toxin invasion,

had now returned to normal.

It must be said, the Light Feather Chicken's [Purifying Light] is really overpowered!

It can dispel almost any poison or curse.

And even more absurdly, after Cao Xing upgraded its rank to the sixth-tier Master level, this [Purify Skill] was further enhanced.

From being able to remove all negative statuses below Legendary rank, now it can even remove Legendary-level negative statuses!

It can be said to be a true bane of curses.

Seeing that Fizz Walker's condition had improved somewhat,

Cao Xing took a bottle of high-grade life potion from his backpack and had Rabb feed it to him.

This Wild Boar Warrior obeyed the order, directly opened his mouth, and fed it to him.

"Gulp — gulp —"

As a bottle of life potion went down, his pale, paper-like face gradually regained some color.

After a moment, Fizz Walker slowly opened his eyes.

He saw Cao Xing at a glance, with surprise in his eyes.

"Master — Lord! Did you save me?"

Cao Xing nodded.

Fizz Walker immediately felt grateful: "Thank you, Lord!"

The noble lady beside him was also very happy to see her son awake.

She thanked him profusely.

Cao Xing waved his hand, indicating not to mind.

Then he looked at Fizz Walker beside him and continued,

"Since you're awake."

"Now, let's talk about the Church of Light."

He understood Cao Xing's meaning, looked at the noble lady beside him, and said, "Mother, please leave for a moment."

"Lord Cao Xing and I have some matters to discuss."

Although the mature woman's eyes showed some worry, she knew she couldn't participate in this matter.

She stood up from the chair and walked toward the door.

As she walked gently, her waist swayed like a willow in the breeze, graceful and charming.

After a moment, only he and Fizz Walker remained.

Cao Xing spoke again, "Fizz, you did very well this time. If you encounter such a situation again, remember to contact me immediately."

This young viscount said respectfully, "Understood, master."

"But, I guess next time they'll just kill me directly."

"Also, master was exposed this time, will it ———"

At this point, his tone became somewhat dejected.

Cao Xing shook his head with a smile, "Don't worry, the Church of Light is nothing to fear."

"If they dare to come, it will be the moment of this church's downfall!"

Fizz Walker's eyes lit up!

Although it sounded a bit exaggerated!

After all, that was a huge force that had existed for who knows how many years!

Even the Ice Crystal King couldn't do anything about them, and could only mobilize troops to confront them at the border.

And now, Cao Xing said he wanted to destroy this force.

It was really hard to believe.

However, under the soul contract scroll, Fizz Walker had 100% trust in Cao Xing!

Even if he said he wanted to kill the God of Light, he would believe it without hesitation.

"I also believe that master can deal with this cult!"

"But ——— during this time, the Church of Light may continue to send people to attack me."

"So, I want to ask master for a favor."

Cao Xing looked at him and asked, "What favor?"

Fizz Walker said, "Next time the Church of Light attacks me, I can make some preparations in advance."

"However, I'm worried that if my mother gets involved in such matters again, it will be troublesome."

"So, I want to ask master to take my mother away ———"

Hearing this, Cao Xing's eyes showed a strange expression again.

And Fizz Walker beside him said seriously,

"My mother is also my only relative ———"

"I know that master's territory is the safest place in the entire Gale Snowfield, so I'll feel at ease with her there."

Cao Xing looked at this young man with a strange expression, seemingly not expecting him to have such a side.

However, this kid performed quite well.

Helping him with this small favor was no big deal.

"I understand."

"Until the Church of Light disappears from this world, I can guarantee your mother's safety."

Fizz Walker immediately said respectfully, "Thank you, master!"

"Your kindness, Fizz Walker will always remember!"

Cao Xing waved his hand, "Let's go, we're going out."

Soon, the two left the baron's mansion together.

Pushing open the large door, they came outside the courtyard. The traces of battle had been cleared.

Those bodies had also disappeared without a trace.

Outside, Cao Xing's combat personnel were all waiting respectfully, including the noble lady beside them.

And Fizz Walker quickly explained the situation to the noble lady beside him.

Upon hearing this, the baron's mother showed a slightly worried expression.

"Fizz, aren't you coming along?"

Fizz Walker shook his head, "The baron's mansion still needs someone to take charge, and the townspeople of Red Rock Town need to be appeased."

"You go to Lord Cao Xing's territory; it's the safest place."

"If such a situation occurs again, I won't have to worry about your safety."

Hearing this, the mature woman seemed to want to say something but stopped.

But she also knew that her son was considering her.

After a moment, she gently nodded, "Okay, I'll listen to you."

"Fizz — Mom is proud of you —"

This viscount said embarrassedly in front of so many people,

"Don't say that in front of Lord Cao Xing. Just remember to go with him later."

"Your luggage, I'll have someone send it to his territory tomorrow."

"Mm." The baron's mother replied softly.

At the same time.

A shadow leaped over the wall of the baron's mansion and quickly returned.

Appearing beside Cao Xing, he reported, "Lord, I have scouted the entire Red Rock Town."

"There are no other assassins from the Church of Light around."

Cao Xing thought, "It seems that this group in the baron's mansion was the full force sent by the Church of Light."

He nodded and said, "I understand. Let's go back now."

"Muxue, take Fizz's mother with you."

"Okay." Liu Muxue replied softly.

Soon, everyone stepped onto the backs of griffins one by one.

And this noble lady, with Liu Muxue's help, carefully stepped up.

However, once on the griffin's back, her legs went weak, and she sat down nervously astride.

Her plump legs straddled the griffin's back, looking even somewhat appetizing.

Cao Xing glanced at her and directly said, "Old Wang, take us back."

"Caw —"

The griffin king beneath his feet received the command, immediately flapped its wings, and instantly soared to a height of several hundred meters.

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The other griffins immediately followed, all soaring into the sky.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh?"

The whistling cold wind rushed past her ears, and the scenery around them receded at lightning speed!

It was deep into the night, and the world was shrouded in darkness, as if they could be blown away by the gale at any moment.

The Baron's mother, riding a griffin for the first time, was terrified, her face pale with fright.

She gripped the corner of Liu Muxue's armor tightly, not daring to let go at all.

The airflow rushing past at high altitude made her face sting with pain!

However, this situation did not last long.

The griffins moved very quickly.

A few minutes later, they all returned to the territory.

As the griffins slowly landed on the floor of the territory's buffer zone, everyone jumped down from them.

Liu Muxue extended a jade-white hand, looked at the noblewoman on the griffin's back, and said,

"We have arrived. Madam, please come down."

Only then did the woman snap out of her daze.

She then grasped Liu Muxue's arm and carefully slid down.

Cao Xing looked at the woman and asked, "By the way, what is your name?"

She raised her head and said softly, "My name is Gracie, Gracie Walker—"

Cao Xing nodded slightly. "Gracie, just stay in the territory for the time being. We will arrange a room for you and provide your daily meals."

"Once I have dealt with the threat over there, you can return safely."

The woman bowed slightly and said respectfully, "Yes, thank you, my Lord."

Then, Liu Muxue took Gracie away to arrange her room.

As for Cao Xing himself, he quickly returned to the lord's castle to continue resting.

Meanwhile.

At the headquarters of the Church of Light.

A look of anger appeared in the eyes of the Seed of Light.

He looked at the church members beside him and said in an icy voice.

"Count how many personnel we have available for deployment. Immediately head to the Gale Snowfield at maximum speed and destroy this Cao Xing's territory!"

"I want to capture this guy and make him wish he were dead!"

Beside him, a yellow-robed bishop reported, "Child of Light, we do not have many personnel left to deploy."

"The church's main forces are all stationed at the border. Coupled with the old King's suppression, the church's influence throughout the Ice Crystal Kingdom is dwindling."

"And according to you, this Otherworld Lord possesses at least four Master-level experts. We currently do not have enough bishops to deal with so many powerful individuals."

Hearing this person's reply, the Seed of Light's expression turned grave.

"This Cao Xing… I truly didn't expect this."

"To think that, without me realizing it, you have already grown to such an extent!"

"With at least four Master-level combatants, I must dispatch one yellow-robed archbishop and two red-robed bishops to be certain of taking him down!"

"And all the combat power I have on hand is basically being used at the border to resist the King's army."

"Damn it!"

Thinking of this, the Seed of Light became even more furious!

Although the Church of Light was vast.

Its reach was spread too thin.

So much so that now he had no one available to use.

Taking a few deep breaths, he calmed himself down and said.

"Forget it, it seems there is no way to deal with this Cao Xing in the near future."

"I can only wait until the God of Light awakens, and then ask him if there is a way."

"Come to think of it, after nearly a month of slumber, he should be waking up soon."

Thinking of this, the Seed of Light held the holy scripture in his hand, gradually regaining his composure.

The night world was shrouded in extreme cold.

And on this night.

In a magnificent Giant City far away from Cao Xing's territory, a black shadow suddenly rushed out.

The black shadow was extremely fast, covering several kilometers in an instant.

On the back of the black shadow stood an extremely powerful presence, looking somewhat aged.

He gazed toward the border and muttered, "Based on the previous clues, I have a rough idea of the Church of Light's headquarters location."

"Now, I shall go and confirm it."

As he finished speaking, the black shadow beneath him flapped its wings again, carrying him straight toward the border.

On the other side.

Outside the territory of the Ice Crystal Kingdom.

There was an extremely desolate area here.

Within a thousand miles, there was no trace of any humans.

Yet in this desolate area, there was a mountain range covered in snow all year round.

In the mountains, a woman with eyes like cold stars and a frigid expression was walking step by step.

Beside her followed a griffin.

This woman was none other than the Dragon Speaker.

A few days after leaving Cao Xing's territory, she followed a vague intuition and arrived here.

However, because the temperature here was so low, it was somewhat unbearable even for a Hero-level expert like her.

Consequently, Bing Lan gave up advancing through the high air and chose to take the griffin and proceed on foot into the depths of the mountain range.

"Seraphis… I can sense you!"

"Wait for me to come find you."

After speaking, she took the griffin and walked firmly forward.

On the other side.

A griffin was also circling high in the sky.

Two petite figures were sitting on its back.

Elisa was drinking milk while pointing downward and saying.

"Sister Herlie, it's right below."

"In that forest, I feel some unusual aura."

In front of her, Herlie, wrapped in a fur coat, nodded gently, her beast ears twitching slightly.

Then she said, "Alright, I understand."

"I'll go investigate first. If I encounter any danger, remember to come down and help me."

"Okay, Sister Herlie."

Having said that, a dark aura surged from the beast-eared girl, and she merged directly into the darkness.

Then she disappeared from the back of the griffin.

On another side, Renice was currently hugging her longbow, resting in an abandoned village.

Her current location was not far from the place Cao Xing had instructed.

A night passed quickly.

The next day.

A system notification appeared.

[Attention all Survivors! Today is the seventh day of the development period. After midnight tonight, the first Monster Siege will occur.]

[The Monster Siege consists of 10 waves, and the number and level of monsters in each wave will increase significantly.]

[Each time you pass a Monster Siege challenge, you will receive corresponding treasure chest rewards!]

(Note: Depending on the different strength of the lords, the number and level of monsters appearing in the Monster Siege will vary.)

Seeing the notification.

The chat channel instantly erupted in heated discussion!

"Woohoo! After waiting a week, the Monster Siege is finally coming!"

"Haha, there are treasure chest rewards after clearing it, that's pretty good."

"The difficulty of this Monster Siege is actually different for every lord? Interesting!"

"Indeed, if that's the case, maybe we can challenge a few more waves."

Cao Xing also saw the system notification, a look of contemplation appearing in his eyes.

"It's actually based on the strength of the territory to determine the number and difficulty of monsters appearing during the Monster Siege?"

"This shouldn't count the undead army from that ancient battlefield, right?"

If that hundred thousand undead from the ancient battlefield were counted, that would be a huge problem!

By then, Cao Xing's first wave of the Monster Siege would probably be more difficult than others' tenth wave!

But after thinking about it, it shouldn't be possible.

After all, those undead just turned into Ascalon undead, and they didn't join Cao Xing's territory.

They didn't even count as his population, so naturally, they wouldn't be included.

Thinking of this, Cao Xing felt relieved.

Liu Muxue beside him rubbed her sleepy eyes and said.

"A-Xing, shall I continue going out to deal with those enhanced Ice Nest Monsters today?"

"My level has reached 60. Now, every level up adds a lot of attributes, and I have over forty thousand HP!"

Cao Xing was slightly stunned; he hadn't expected Liu Muxue's level to rise so quickly.

His own level was currently only 58, yet she had already rushed to level 60.

Of course, this was related to her battles over the past few days.

After all, she was fighting outside, and the experience she gained from killing those monsters was 100%.

While Cao Xing, being in the territory, could only receive 50% of the experience, so his leveling speed was naturally not as fast as hers.

However, a difference of one or two levels didn't matter. If the number of monsters in this Monster Siege was large enough, everyone's level would quickly shoot up.

Cao Xing smiled and replied, "Alright, continue leading people out to fight today, but remember to be careful."

"Mm-hmm." The beauty nodded gently.

Soon, they both got up from the bed, quickly washed up, and left the lord's castle.

At this moment, in the territory's central plaza area.

Over a thousand combat personnel were still waiting in place for the lord's orders.

Cao Xing said, "Just like before, all Dragon Blood Warriors and Star Country swordsmen, continue going out to deal with the enhanced Ice Nests."

"Mage units, return to the Mage Tower for meditation and cultivation."

"By the way, Dragon Shaman Weinmne, as well as Jode Ironfrost and Braum Ironwall."

Hearing Cao Xing call their names.

These three people stepped forward one after another.

Cao Xing said, "Weinmne, Jode, remember to kill more enemies today and raise your levels to the Tier 5 limit."

"Then, at night, I will let you break through to Master."

"Braum, it's the same for you. Kill more enemies and raise your level to 70 as soon as possible."

"At that time, I will give you a gift."

The three looked at each other, expressions of anticipation appearing in their eyes.

They replied simultaneously, "As you command, Lord, we will work hard!"

"Braum as well!"

Soon, the group left the territory.

Because the Monster Siege would not appear until midnight, there was nothing much to do during the day.

Cao Xing continued to add various status effects to some of the newly produced robots in the territory.

Time flew by, and it was afternoon.

At sunset, Bjorn, Liu Muxue, and the others ended their day of battle and led the legion back to the territory.

Through the day's battles, Cao Xing's level rose by another 1, directly reaching level 59.

The highest-level Sarah and Liu Muxue had both rushed to level 61, officially becoming Tier 7 creatures.

However, because there is no bottleneck from Tier 6 to Tier 7.

After they broke through to Tier 7, they would not gain any extra attribute boosts.

The biggest benefit is that after level 60, the attributes gained from each level up are much higher than before level 60.

Accumulated over ten levels, the attribute increase is quite considerable.

Besides that, in these six days, they had destroyed over forty Ice Nests, earning themselves over four hundred gold points.

Now, the gold points Cao Xing possessed were almost enough to redeem another Commander-level recruitment scroll.

However… he opened the point shop and took a look.

Currently, there were already many combat-type personnel in the territory, and what was missing now were support-type creatures like "Dragon Shaman Weinmne."

Among them was a scroll [Priestess Farnaz], which made Cao Xing somewhat tempted.

But to redeem this scroll, it required a full one thousand gold points.

After contemplating for a moment, Cao Xing shook his head and said.

"I should keep saving up."

"Wait another week or two, and I will be able to gather one thousand gold points."

"By then, I will directly redeem this Priestess scroll."

Meanwhile.

Dragon Shaman Weinmne and the Giant Clan boxer came to Cao Xing one after another.

"Lord, we have not failed your expectations!"

"We have already raised our levels to the Tier 5 limit!"

Cao Xing scanned their levels and praised, "Very good."

"Now, prepare to possess even greater power."