Chapter 112: Recruit the City’s People! Open the Treasure Chest!
Hang Yu leveled up twice.
He was now at level 15.
The Crimson Follower had defeated the Abyss Demonized Pei Yuanshao, the indigenous master Zhou Ji, more than ten of the top players, and over a hundred soldiers led by Feng Yi, but now its losses were immense, with only a third of its health remaining.
It was impossible for it to fight against Hang Yu in full condition.
After kicking it off the altar, Hang Yu immediately activated Windstep and Shadowstep, flashing in front of it like teleportation.
This beast was quick to react. Although it couldn't keep up with Hang Yu's speed, it immediately let out a Crimson Howl, a powerful wide-area stun skill. Even a second-tier commander would be affected to some degree.
However.
It had no effect.
The Huangtian Commander Set increased mental resistance to abnormal states by 100 points.
Hang Yu only found the howl unpleasant to the ears, but his mental state was as firm as steel, unaffected in the slightest. He immediately thrust his spear into the Crimson Follower's heart.
612 (Critical Hit!)
Hang Yu's attack power was already extremely high!
One of the attributes of the Huangtian Dual-Edged Spear was a 20% increase in critical hit damage!
The Crimson Follower let out a shrill scream as it was heavily struck, and two blood spears materialized in its arms. It then launched a frenzied counterattack.
Hang Yu parried several attacks targeting vital points with his spear, allowing the two spears to pierce his chest and shoulder, in exchange for an opportunity to strike again. Sparks flew, and the sound of metal clashing echoed.
20!
19!
With the additional protection from his iron armor, terrifying physical constitution, and the impressive damage reduction effect of the Huangtian Commander Battle Armor, the damage from the Crimson Follower was practically negligible.
He stood unmoving, only two scratches appearing on his armor. With a swift counter, he drove his spear through the Crimson Follower's main head, piercing its eye.
604 (Critical Hit!)
The Crimson Follower once again let out a heartbreaking scream and staggered backward.
Hang Yu casually used a Rejuvenation Charm, keeping his health at full.
The Crimson Follower’s health had fallen below twenty percent and had now entered a near-death state.
Killing it was easy.
But it would be a waste.
There was still a player on the scene.
The player's accumulated output from the battle had reached about fifty percent, especially since Pei Yuanshao, summoned by the player, also dealt damage, counting as the player’s contribution.
If the final blow was given to the player, it should trigger the Heavenly Dao’s Blessing, resulting in ten times the loot drop!
As Hang Yu pondered this.
The Crimson Follower took a brief moment to catch its breath.
This crazy monster wasn’t completely brainless. At the very least, it had an almost beast-like instinct for danger. It had realized that it could not defeat this terrifying human before it.
Escape!
The Crimson Follower released a dozen blood spikes and quickly turned to flee in the opposite direction.
“It wants to escape!”
Chimera Wraith immediately warned.
Hang Yu quickly deflected the attacks coming his way.
By this time, the Crimson Follower had already fled several hundred meters.
Hang Yu leaped into the air, activating the Demon Steed Ring, and rode a magnificent fiery warhorse.
With a loud whinny.
The magic steed flew through the air and quickly overtook the Crimson Follower. The latter saw Hang Yu's spear horizontally blocking its path and could only let out an angry roar as it lunged at him.
Whoosh!
A Qi-Slash was unleashed.
A massive air blade, nearly thirty to forty meters long, struck the Crimson Follower.
The Crimson Follower let out a blood-curdling scream and was sent crashing back to the altar.
With a whoosh.
A long spear flew down.
The Follower was pinned to the altar.
"Lord!"
Chimera Wraith looked at the bloodied big BOSS, feeling a moment of disbelief, uncertain of what to think.
Hang Yu: "What are you waiting for?"
Chimera Wraith immediately rejoiced: "Thank you, Lord!"
She quickly cast a Thunderstrike Talisman and hurled it at the Crimson Follower.
92!
She then cast a Flame Arrow!
56!
After repeating this process with several skills.
The Crimson Follower's health bar was completely depleted.
Finally, with a pitiful wail, it collapsed.
Its body rapidly began to evaporate, leaving only a green light sphere and a piece of red bone fragment.
"Kill successful!"
Chimera Wraith jumped up in excitement.
She quickly rushed forward to collect the loot.
[You have picked up the loot: Essence +42000, Magic Crystal +200, Forging Stone +10, Crimson Ruby ×15, Crimson Snake Spear ×1, Crimson Ring ×1!]
Such rich loot!
Although due to the team contract,
The items were temporarily sealed in the backpack and couldn't be used.
But that didn’t stop her from checking the information in advance.
[Forging Stone], tier-two material, green quality, has a chance to upgrade a tier-one equipment of no higher than green grade to tier-two equipment.
[Crimson Ruby], tier-two material, green quality, has a high chance to upgrade a tier-two white quality equipment to green quality, and a certain chance to improve tier-two green equipment’s quality.
Chimera Wraith was stunned!
Forget the dropped equipment!
Just the value of these twenty-five materials was incredibly high!
Forging Stone is a tier-enhancement material, with a certain chance to upgrade tier-one equipment to tier-two!
Crimson Ruby is a quality-enhancement material, capable of turning tier-two white equipment into green equipment, or even upgrading lower-tier green equipment to middle or high green quality.
Tier-two materials!
Unprecedented!
And to obtain so many at once!
Since even the materials dropped by the Crimson Follower were tier-two, the equipment it dropped surely couldn't be anything less than tier-two!
Chimera Wraith quickly checked.
[Crimson Snake Spear], tier-two equipment, green inferior, Attack +40, Strength +15, Agility +8, Attack Speed +5, with a 10% chance to trigger bleeding effect on each effective damage dealt, Durability 50/50.
[Crimson Ring], tier-two equipment, green inferior, Spirit +10, Willpower +10, with the skill: Explosive Blood Spear!
As expected.
All were tier-two green equipment.
Green equipment at this stage was extremely rare!
And tier-two green equipment? Its value and rarity were unimaginable.
From an attribute standpoint, the Crimson Snake Spear had higher attack than the Thousand-Skull Hammer and added bleeding effects, making it especially suited for group combat.
The Crimson Ring not only greatly increased Spirit and Willpower, enhancing the power of magic classes, but also included a strong skill of green quality, thus improving output potential!
Both pieces of equipment were incredibly useful!
Apart from the rich loot collected,
The twelve players who participated in the action also received massive amounts of Essence and Contribution Points as rewards. The gains from this mission were truly unprecedented!
"Lord, the monster left this after it died!"
Chimera Wraith not only collected the loot on the spot, but also found a red skull fragment.
This item was none other than.
It seemed to be the item held by Wang Zhi.
[Crimson Son’s Skull Fragment]… Description: A special Abyssal Pollutant Source, the holder will be continuously polluted, please submit it to the Lord for processing immediately.
Chimera Wraith had never seen such a strange item.
This item not only had no attributes or abilities, but it also seemed to threaten the holder, so Chimera Wraith, based on the description, immediately took it to Hang Yu.
Hang Yu nodded slightly and said: "This is a very dangerous Abyssal pollutant. Wang Zhi’s current state is entirely due to the influence of this pollutant."
Pollutant?
Is this also a kind of pollutant source?
How is it different from the pollution caused by the Abyssal Dreamworld?
Chimera Wraith, being one of the players most interested in studying the story and setting, immediately realized that the appearance of this item could be an important setting in the game.
However, the timing was not right.
So Chimera Wraith did not press further.
After Hang Yu took the skull fragment, he received a prompt from the Will of the Stars.
[You have discovered a special Abyssal Pollutant Source. Would you like to absorb it immediately?]
This pollutant, being a special type of pollutant source,
Could be absorbed.
If Hang Yu chose to absorb this pollutant source, he could gain a small amount of Talent Points as a reward, just like devouring ordinary Nightmare Fragments.
Of course, this pollutant wasn’t very strong.
Even if absorbed, it would likely only grant one or two tier-two Talent Points, which wouldn’t be enough to activate a Talent.
Hang Yu had heard that some special methods or buildings could unlock the potential of pollutants, but such things were beyond the reach of low-tier Lords, only high-tier, top Lords could manage it.
This item in Hang Yu’s hands felt a bit awkward.
Keep it, there's no use for it, and it might even pose a hidden danger to the territory. Absorbing it for one or two tier-two Contribution Points feels like a waste, and since this Abyssal pollutant can't be listed in the Trading Hall, it would be difficult to sell.
It’s best to take it back to the Land of the Stars.
Then, there will be a way to deal with it.
For example, give it as a gift to Dragon Principal.
Because Dragon Principal has helped Hang Yu.
Hang Yu had been thinking of bringing some Abyssal specialties back as gifts during visits.
But the things he’s encountered so far aren’t much to give away, and this skull fragment is actually a good option.
Hang Yu quickly healed Zhou Ji and Feng Yi, along with others. Nearly half of the over a hundred soldiers Feng Yi brought had died at the hands of the Crimson Follower, which clearly showed how terrifying the Crimson Follower was.
However, these people were all contributors.
As the new lord of Shansang City, Hang Yu would reward the soldiers who fought, and give compensation to the families of those who died to honor their contributions.
Although Hang Yu had already lit the core of Shansang City,
He had not yet fully conquered it.
Lighting the core only meant completing the occupation.
Recruited population was true conquest!
He needed the loyalty of all the city’s residents. Only then would the city’s people be converted into effective population, increasing the number of people affiliated with the territory, and thereby expanding the territory.
Hang Yu asked, "How many people and soldiers are there in Shansang City?"
"Reporting to the Lord, the total population is around 9200, and the city defense soldiers are about 1000!"
Feng Yi, knowing Hang Yu's identity and witnessing his strength, now had an extremely respectful attitude. He understood clearly that the person before him could not only change the city’s future but also change his own fate!
The living conditions in the Abyssal Era were extremely harsh, and the average life expectancy was very short, with common people lucky to live to thirty or forty years old.
The 1000 soldiers mentioned by Feng Yi were all trained and at least level 6 warriors.
If the emergency conscription of militia was counted,
One-third of this city’s population was made up of soldiers.
Hang Yu was satisfied with this.
Although this city was insignificant among the Abyss Three Kingdoms, and could even be considered a mini-town,
As the first city occupied by the territory, and in a state of war between lords where a base in Wo Niu Mountain was urgently needed, controlling this city was of great significance.
Hang Yu said, "From today, this city will become part of the territory. I need to obtain an oath of loyalty from every city resident and soldier!"
Zhou Ji immediately said, "The people of Shansang are fortunate to follow the Lord. Leave this matter to me and Feng Yi. Give us a day, and we can convince everyone!"
Hang Yu nodded, "Alright, then I leave it to you. You've already earned considerable merit, and if you can accomplish this in one day, your merit will increase!"
"Thank you, Lord!"
Zhou Ji was a famous hero with great renown.
Feng Yi, as the city’s commander, also had considerable authority.
It was very appropriate for them to go gather the people's hearts and recruit the troops.
Actually, Hang Yu hadn’t expected this operation to succeed all at once. Now, not only did he possess a city, but he had also unexpectedly gained nearly ten thousand people and over a thousand soldiers.
It was truly exhilarating!
This conquest was of great significance!
It could be considered a milestone!
Chimera Wraith couldn’t help but ask, "Lord, after the Blessing Point of Shansang City is activated, will the Calamity Legion be able to teleport here like you?"
This was very important!
If the Calamity Legion soldiers could teleport directly to Shansang City, it would make future operations in Wo Niu Mountain much easier.
Hang Yu shook his head, "Although this Blessing Point is much higher level than a regular village-level Blessing Point, it still doesn't support the teleportation of ordinary soldiers across regions."
Can’t teleport?
Chimera Wraith was somewhat disappointed.
But why can the Lord teleport?
Perhaps it was because the Lord was directly chosen by the Will of the Stars as a high-level Blessing Recipient, so he had higher privileges to use the Blessing, while the territory's people are just ordinary Starborn.
"Although the Calamity Legion can’t teleport directly from the Luoshui Base Camp here, you can choose to activate a resurrection point in the Wo Niu Mountain area," Hang Yu continued. "Of course, the resurrection point must be activated in advance."
Upon hearing this,
Chimera Wraith’s eyes lit up again.
Although it couldn't be used for cross-region teleportation, it could serve as a resurrection point for this area? In other words, once a player successfully reaches Shansang City, they can revive here from then on.
If they die in any place in the Wo Niu Mountain area, they can choose to revive at the base camp or revive at Shansang City. The latter provides enormous convenience.
This convenience wasn’t just about saving time.
It would also give Shansang City a high strategic value.
If the Dragon-Lizard People came to attack the city, they would find that no matter how many times they killed, a portion of the humans would always revive and join the fight again, leading to endless attrition.
Territory’s people cannot teleport across regions to the Wo Niu Mountain area.
This was determined by the level of the Blessing Point.
Hang Yu couldn't do anything about it.
As for the player’s resurrection point, as long as players die in the Wo Niu Mountain area, Xiao Ba could make them revive in Shansang City.
The reason Hang Yu set it so that players must first visit Shansang City to light the resurrection point before they could revive was mainly to encourage players to explore more.
Not only could this help them grind more monsters,
But it would also create more deaths.
Hang Yu anticipated that once Shansang City was successfully recruited, the territory's population cap would increase significantly, and the Essence needed for training troops and players would continue to grow.
In this situation, it was necessary for players to die more!
Not only was it contributing to the territory, but it was also contributing to themselves!
Hang Yu settled in the Lord’s Mansion of Shansang City,
To facilitate the upcoming recruitment work.
Of course,
Before the official recruitment,
Hang Yu still had one thing to do.
That was to quickly open the treasure chest obtained this time.
Each time a Qi Fortune Divine Stone is devoured, it grants a Qi Fortune Treasure Chest. The higher the quality of the devoured Qi Fortune Divine Stone, the greater the treasure chest rewards.
A city with a population of nearly ten thousand.
The combined populations of Hexi Village, Shangyang Hamlet, and Heting Hamlet couldn’t even compare!
[You have opened the Qi Fortune Treasure Chest, you have received "Magic Crystal" +5000, "Forging Stone" +100, "Skill Stone: Wind’s Protection" +1, "Skill Stone: Shadowstep" +1, "Construction Blueprint: Shansang City Elite Barracks" +1!]
As expected.
Very rich!
It was Monday, please vote, the monthly vote expires tomorrow! I originally planned to go home on Sunday, but something came up and delayed until today, Monday. Since I need to take the train, today's update will be later than usual.