The Watcher’s Plan, Four-winged Angel! (5000)

Chapter 543: The Watchers' Plan, Four-Winged Angel! (5000)

After a moment, he let out a soft sigh.

"I didn't expect this old guy to move so fast. The Mist Disaster has only just ended, and he's already launched an operation against the Church of Light."

"It seems that the God of Light is finished over there. During the next period of rule turbulence, this guy will most likely not be able to come out, and this organization has lost its usefulness."

Hearing this, the Watchers elder beside him also frowned.

At this moment, the Watchers Leader seemed to remember something, and his furrowed brow instantly smoothed out.

"Elder Hanjian, notify everyone immediately. Have all Watchers across various locations return to the headquarters, and say it's my command."

The elder named Hanjian had a look of uncertainty in his eyes. "Leader, you are planning to—"

On the main seat, a strange smile hung on his face.

"The destruction of the Church of Light is not necessarily a bad thing for us."

"What the Old King doesn't know is that his move this time will not only fail to stop us, but will actually bring forward the time for blood to descend!"

"Our goal is about to be realized!"

Hearing this, the Watchers Legendary became even more excited.

He quickly stood up and respectfully said, "Yes, great leader, I will go notify the other members right away." But the Watchers Leader called out to him again,

"Wait a moment, Elder Hanjian."

The Watchers Legendary respectfully said, "Leader, please give your orders."

"Go notify Elder Dark Crow and have him head to Gale Snowfield to finish off this Otherworld Lord."

"His development speed is too fast. If we continue to let him be, he might pose a threat to us. We must strangle him in the cradle as soon as possible!"

The Watchers elder was slightly startled and asked again, "What about the Old King? Won't he definitely help that Otherworld Lord deal with us?"

A smile gradually appeared on the other's face, and he slowly said, "It doesn't matter. While Elder Dark Crow takes action, I will have two more elders attack the Eternal Frost Main City to stall the Old King."

"No matter how strong the Old King is, he is only one person after all. He cannot attend to two battlefields at the same time."

Hearing this, the Watchers elder's face also showed a trace of surprise.

He hadn't expected that the Leader would attach such great importance to that Otherworld Lord.

In order to deal with Cao Xing, they actually dispatched three Legendary-level powerhouses!

And a smile gradually emerged on this elder's face.

In his view, a Tier-7 Otherworld Lord, no matter how strong, had limits. Being targeted by three Legendary powerhouses meant certain death!

"Yes, I will go notify the elders immediately."

With that, the Watchers elder vanished from the grand hall.

Around the grand hall, there were still many Watchers wearing grey robes waiting quietly in the shadows.

At this moment, the expression of one of the Watchers members flickered slightly.

Then he left the place silently.

Time flew by.

In the blink of an eye, two days had passed.

Nothing much had happened during this period.

Lord Cao was still spending his days leisurely in the territory, and he had dispatched two legions out to search for the enhanced Ice Nest to earn gold points for him.

Assam and Renice had both sent word that they were about to arrive at the Lloyd Tomb and that primeval forest with elves.

Even Hilda sent word that she had already arrived at the Briss Barren Field and was about to return to the territory.

Seeing the messages from everyone, a smile appeared on Cao Xing's face once again.

"Very good, things are going smoothly on Assam's end, and Hilda and the others are coming back soon."

"Once these warriors return, I will harvest a large batch of resources again, enough to skyrocket the territory's strength by a huge margin!"

"However, before that, I need to prepare other supplies. When those warriors return, I'll see if I can let them break through to Tier 6 all at once."

Although the Deity Altar was unlocked now, it still required sacrificing a large amount of materials to allow those warriors to break through to Tier 6.

Among them, mithril and master-level elemental crystals were needed the most, requiring at least over two hundred thousand.

This was a rather astonishing number.

If he relied on Cao Xing collecting them himself, heaven knows when it would happen.

Therefore, he could only rely on the power of the Survivors once again.

Thus, he first headed to the [Market] and opened the trading interface.

Then he directly listed a batch of Overlord-level lizard meat and set up the trading information.

[Consigned Item: Fresh Lizard Meat (Orange)]

[Inventory Reserve: Large]

[Required Items: Mithril, master-level elemental crystal, skill book]

[Consignor: Cao Xing]

[Seller's Remarks: Epic-quality lizard meat, 1 portion = 10 mithril = 2 master-level elemental crystals, or skill books for Frost Mage, Aurora Knight, Frost Iron Mechanic, equipment blueprints, architectural blueprints, etc.—]

During the last trade, Cao Xing had priced it at 1 portion of lizard meat = 10 expert-level elemental crystals.

Now he didn't need expert-level elemental crystals; what he needed were higher-grade master-level elemental crystals.

However, this kind of high-grade material only had a probability of dropping from monsters above Tier 6.

Given the current strength of the Survivors, asking them to kill monsters of this level was obviously impossible.

However, master-level elemental crystals had more than one acquisition path.

Besides killing monsters, opening certain treasure chests in the wild or finding them in certain special areas gave a probability of acquiring them.

Under the base of hundreds of thousands of Survivors across the Four Districts, he should still be able to collect quite a lot.

As for the skill books and blueprints later on, it was naturally because Cao Xing hadn't conducted large-scale trades for a while.

After so many days, the Survivors might have gotten their hands on some good things again.

So he figured he might as well collect another batch.

Just like last time, as soon as Cao Xing's lizard meat was listed, it immediately attracted the attention of a large number of Survivors.

They shared it in the chat channel at the first instance.

"Good news! Good news! Great Lord Cao Xing has listed Epic-quality lizard meat again. Brothers who missed out last time are in luck!"

"Holy crap! It's finally up. I've been eyeing this Epic-quality beast meat for a long time. A full 5% armor boost is just too overpowered!"

"Yeah, the attributes of this beast meat are so overpowered. My Shield-Armored Maidens already have astonishing defense. If each of them can eat another portion, their armor can be boosted by another notch."

"Brothers, charge!"

Soon, the news of Cao Xing listing lizard meat again spread like wildfire, and a large number of Survivors learned of it.

Although the Survivors' strength had greatly improved at this stage and they could now obtain attribute-adding meat by hunting elite beasts,

and some had even killed boss-level beasts to obtain gold-quality beast meat,

still, epic-grade beast meat like Cao Xing's was unique in the entire market, and no one had ever listed it so far.

After all, his was dropped from a Tier-7 Overlord-level creature.

Across all Four Districts, there were hardly any powerhouses capable of killing creatures of this level, or rather, not a single one.

And those Survivor lords also knew how sought-after this beast meat was.

Basically, those who were fast got it, and those who were slow missed out!

So no matter what they were doing right now, they directly dropped what was in their hands, frantically rushed to the market, and began snapping up this lizard meat.

In no time, Cao Xing's vision started getting flooded with massive trading notifications!

[Trade successful: You obtained [Mithril] * 500, you lost [Fresh Lizard Meat (Orange)] * 1000g…]

[Trade successful: You obtained [master-level elemental crystal] * 35, you lost [Fresh Lizard Meat (Orange)] * 700g…]

[Trade successful: You obtained [Tier-5 Empire Soldier Armor Blueprint (Blue)] * 1, you lost [Fresh Lizard Meat (Orange)] * 1000g…]

[Trade successful: You obtained [Tier-5 Empire Knight Longsword Blueprint (Purple)] * 1, you lost [Fresh Lizard Meat (Orange)] * 3000g…]

[Trade successful: You obtained [Lightning Magazine Skill Book (Purple)] * 1, you lost [Fresh Lizard Meat (Orange)] * 2000g…]

[Trade successful: You obtained [Ice Spirit Soul Skill Book (Orange)] * 1, you lost [Fresh Lizard Meat (Orange)] * 8000g…]

[Trade successful]

Trading notifications kept coming in.

This terrifying trading extravaganza lasted for nearly half an hour.

It directly consumed about thirty-five thousand portions of beast meat for him, which was around 3,500 pieces of lizard meat!

It sounded like a lot.

But in his backpack, there were still nearly 10,000 pieces left!

Just by relying on these lizard meat, Cao Xing could trade for a massive amount of resources!

"It's really nice. Killing an Overlord-tier lizard allowed me to trade for so many resources, and I even had a surplus after completing two waves of trades.."

"If I could one day take down a Legendary beast, wouldn't I make a bloody fortune?"

Cao Xing thought with yearning, and a bit of anticipation welled up in his heart.

Of course, the strength of a Legendary beast must be terrifying, and he didn't have much confidence in dealing with such a powerhouse right now.

When the trade ended, Cao Xing also tallied up his gains this time.

First were the two types of resources he needed the most right now.

[Mithril] * 218620

[master-level elemental crystal] * 23647

Nearly 220,000 Mithril and over 20,000 master-level elemental crystals.

Added to the reserves in his territory, it was already enough for over a thousand soldiers to all break through to Tier 6!

A trace of a smile gradually appeared at the corner of Cao Xing's mouth.

"Very well, the materials for the breakthrough are settled now."

Besides that, he also obtained a few skill books, equipment, and weapon blueprints this time.

During the previous few trades, Cao Xing had basically collected all the skill books for Frost Mages and Aurora Knights on the market.

So this time, he only received two skill books.

One was for the Frost Mage, and one was for the Frost Iron Mechanic.

As for the Aurora Knights, there wasn't a single one.

Perhaps there were still some powerful skill books on the market.

But these skill books were either extremely powerful, and those Survivors were unwilling to trade them, or they had already learned them themselves.

But it didn't matter; for now, his skills were pretty much enough.

He glanced over the attributes of these two skill books.

[Soul of Ice Spirit: Frost Magic Exclusive Skill Book]

[Quality: Epic]

[Learning Requirement: Level 50 and above]

[Skill Effect: Summon the Soul of Ice Spirit to possess the body. For the next 30 seconds, all minor skills of the Frost Mage enter a cooldown-free state, such as Ice Ball Technique, Ice Arrow, Ice Wall, Ice Spear, etc.]

[However, when using magic, the mental consumption will be doubled. Skill cooldown: 10 minutes]

Cao Xing exclaimed in admiration, "This skill is quite formidable!"

After all, all minor skills entering a zero-CD state within 30 seconds, combined with Cao Xing's terrifying casting speed, would allow him to throw out hundreds of spells.

Even a Tier 8 Commander-level could not withstand this level of bombardment.

In other words, this skill elevated Cao Xing's burst capability by another huge margin!

But this skill also had a fatal flaw, which was that mental consumption would be doubled.

At the current stage, most mages' mental attributes were not high, and they didn't have many items to restore mental power on them either. They would have to rest for a while after casting just a few spells.

Therefore, even if the [Soul of Ice Spirit] state was activated, it was very likely that their mental power would be completely depleted before the 30 seconds were up.

However, Cao Xing was an exception.

He had several thousand drops of top-grade tree sap on him, which could be used to replenish his mental power.

Coupled with the amplification of the Eternal Power.

In other words, as long as his mental power was replenished in a timely manner, he could completely enter an infinite bombardment state.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared at the corner of Cao Xing's mouth, and then he slapped the skill book with both hands.

Instantly, a large amount of memories flooded into his mind.

Two minutes later, a system prompt appeared.

[Successfully learned skill: Soul of Ice Spirit——]

Next was the other skill book.

[Lightning Magazine: Frost Iron Mechanic Skill Book]

[Quality: Rare]

[Learning Requirement: Level 30 and above]

[Skill Effect: Causes the next 50 bullet shots to carry a current effect, dealing 120% lightning attribute damage to enemies and having a chance to paralyze them, but each shot consumes 2 ammunitions. Cooldown: 3 minutes]

Cao Xing nodded slightly. "Although this skill is only of rare quality, its attributes are quite good."

"It will not only enhance Tong Chuchu's basic attack capability, but also come with a certain control effect."

"Combined with the Eternal Power, it will usher in a qualitative change."

Of course, this thing had the same drawback as the Soul of Ice Spirit, which was that it would consume double the ammunition.

"But it doesn't matter. Anyway, my machinery factory can already mass-produce ammunition, it's nothing more than consuming a few more resources."

Cao Xing contentedly put it into his backpack. Next were the three equipment blueprints.

He glanced over the attributes.

[Tier 5 Empire Soldier Armor Blueprint (Green)]

[Blueprint Introduction: This blueprint can be used to mass-produce this armor in the Blacksmith Shop.]

[Quality: Fine]

[Equipment Level: Level 40]

[Materials Required for Crafting: Intermediate Blacksmith Shop, Iron * 30, Refined Iron * 10, Expert-level Elemental Crystal * 5]

[Tier 5 Empire Knight Longsword Blueprint (Purple)]

[Quality: Rare]

[Equipment Level: Level 40]

[Materials Required for Crafting: Advanced Blacksmith Shop, Refined Iron * 100, Mithril * 10, Expert-level Elemental Crystal * 10]

[Tier 5 Tribal Longbow Blueprint (Purple)]

[Quality: Rare]

[Equipment Level: Level 40]

[Materials Required for Crafting: Advanced Blacksmith Shop, Wood * 10, Refined Iron * 20, Mithril * 10, Tendon * 1, Expert-level Elemental Crystal * 10]

The three equipment blueprints were mediocre and did not have anything too eye-catching.

The quality of the equipment ranged from fine to rare.

These blueprints were naturally prepared for those warriors.

"Next, under the condition of sufficient materials, I can indeed replace the weapons and armor for the warriors and archers in the territory."

Besides that, there were also two architectural blueprints.

He looked at the attributes as usual.

[Advanced Farmland Blueprint (Gold)]

[Durability: 10]

[Area: 60 cm * 60 cm]

[Effect: Accelerate crop growth speed by 20%, increase crop yield by 10%]

[Fountain Construction Blueprint (Gold)]

[Quality: Precious]

[Blueprint Introduction: A fountain can be built in the territory, increasing territory prosperity by 100 points.]

The two architectural blueprints were also quite good, and they were both buildings needed in Cao Xing's territory.

Cao Xing thought to himself, "During this trade, I originally wanted to see if there were architectural blueprints like [Advanced Mage Tower] and [Advanced Knight Hall] to upgrade these buildings in the territory."

"But it seems there isn't a single one currently."

"I suppose it's because the level of such buildings is too high, and most Survivors cannot get in touch with such advanced architectural blueprints yet."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing closed the market interface.

At this point, this trade could be considered officially concluded.

Although there weren't any overly stunning items, overall, it was already considered pretty good.

"Next, I'll let Du An go build the fountain, and then have people reclaim all the primary farmland in the territory into advanced farmland."

Just as Cao Xing was about to leave the market, he suddenly saw a friend message appear on the private chat column.

The sender was Bai Zhi.

He clicked open the message and took a look.

Bai Zhi: "Cao Xing, I have some things I want to trade with you, I wonder if you're interested?"

Seeing this message, a look of surprise appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

However, as a powerhouse of the Four Major Regions, this woman should have quite a few good things in her hands.

Thus, he replied with a message asking, "What kind of thing is it?"

A few seconds later, Bai Zhi replied with a message.

"Do you remember the 'Angel Transformation' skill book I traded with you last time?"

Cao Xing replied, "I remember, what's wrong?"

He of course remembered, because this skill book was extremely powerful, raising Liu Muxue's combat power by a tier.

Bai Zhi said on the other end: "This time, I found an advanced version of the 'Four-Winged Angel Skill Book', do you want it?"

Hearing the words "advanced version", Cao Xing felt a slight shock in his heart.

Perhaps other people might not understand what an advanced version represented, but he couldn't be clearer about it.

Just like his [Demon Transformation] skill, after devouring a Commander-level demon, it turned into [Advanced Demon Transformation]. This kind belonged to advanced skills.

Presumably, this Angel Descent should be about the same as his Demon Transformation.

And Cao Xing quickly reacted.

He didn't answer this question, but instead tentatively asked, "Did you find a special area related to angels?"

Angel Descent and Four-Winged Angel Descent were clearly skill books of the same series.

Although it was said that opening Bright Moon Treasure Chests could also yield Epic quality skill books,

given the rarity and randomness of Bright Moon Treasure Chests, no matter how good Bai Zhi's luck was, it was impossible for her to consecutively open two skill books of the same series.

In other words, they most likely came from the same area!