Chapter 81: Breakthrough to Tier Two! A Bountiful Harvest!
The Day of Ultimate Darkness.
Finally came to an end.
Most players chose to log off and rest afterward.
Twisted Three Kingdoms could to some extent replace sleep, so players generally stayed online for very long periods.
However, if players died frequently within a short period, it could cause some mental fatigue, and their in-game bodies would also experience tiredness and energy drain.
Many players died four or five times during this great battle.
Thus, both the players themselves and their game bodies needed rest and recovery.
Hang Yu decided to wait until all players had rested, and a new batch of players joined in, before using the Abyss Key to open a new map; it was not urgent by a day or two.
After returning home.
He also began sorting through his harvest.
The first thing to do was, of course, to activate his talent skills.
【You are activating ‘Pioneer’s Heart’, this activation will consume 5 talent points, do you wish to confirm activation? Yes/No!】
There were only two Tier-One Lord talents.
They were: Lord’s Aura and Pioneer’s Heart.
Hang Yu had already activated Lord’s Aura, so only Pioneer’s Heart remained, and he activated it without hesitation.
【Pioneer’s Heart】, a Tier-One Lord talent, during the expansion of your territory, for each additional Blessing Point you occupy, you gain an extra +1.5% to all attributes, up to a maximum of 150%!
Unlike the Lord’s Aura.
The Lord’s Aura could increase the attributes of all units in the territory by 20%, whereas Pioneer’s Heart could only enhance Hang Yu's own attributes, but the maximum boost was an astonishing 150%.
However, the boost from Pioneer’s Heart depended on the number of Blessing Points owned; for every additional Blessing Point Hang Yu obtained, all his attributes would increase by 1.5%!
Currently, the territory had only activated two Blessing Points.
One was Hexi Village, the other was He Ting Village, resulting in just a 3% boost.
It could only be described as somewhat insignificant at this stage, but from a long-term perspective, its potential was immense and extremely useful!
From this talent, it was not difficult to see that a Lord’s strength was often tied to the number or scale of their territories; the more areas controlled, the stronger they became, and the harder they were to defeat.
Precisely because of this.
When two Lords broke out into war.
They would usually first try all means to seize each other's territories.
This could both weaken the opponent and strengthen themselves.
Hang Yu’s Tier-One talents were now all activated, and he had been waiting for this moment for a long time, so he did not hesitate to invest 20,000 Essence to level up.
【Ding, you have leveled up to Level 11, HP +50, Mana +50, Strength +5, Agility +5, Spirit +5, Will +5!】
At the moment of leveling up.
He felt every cell in his body become lively.
As if the energy accumulated over a long period had finally exploded.
Hang Yu felt that every inch of flesh and blood, every bone, and every organ had been reshaped, experiencing a feeling of being reborn and completely refreshed, with his strength greatly enhanced during the process.
【Ding, you have broken through to Tier Two, HP +500, Mana +500, Strength +50, Agility +50, Spirit +50, Will +50!】
A burst of explosive growth in attributes!
This was the change brought by advancement!
Each level of a Tier-One Lord increased HP and Mana by +50, and each of the four core attributes by +5.
Each level of a Tier-Two Lord would increase HP and Mana by +100, and each core attribute by +10.
Before Level 11.
Hang Yu was a Tier-One Lord.
Starting from Level 11.
Hang Yu became a Tier-Two Lord.
Naturally, attribute growth followed Tier-Two standards.
This attribute boost not only applied to future levels but also retroactively to previous levels.
That was why Level 10 to 11 was regarded as a huge bottleneck; the moment a Tier-One broke through to Tier-Two, it was a qualitative leap, not an exaggeration to call it rebirth.
He opened his personal panel.
Current basic attributes were as follows: ————
Name: Hang Yu.
Level: 11.
Race: Human.
Tier: Tier Two.
Basic Attributes: HP 1000, Mana 1000, Strength 120, Agility 125, Spirit 125, Will 110.
Lord Talents: Master of Calamity (Hidden Talent), Lord’s Aura, Pioneer’s Heart, Soul of the King (Unactivated), Overlord of the Stars (Unactivated).
Other Skills: Iron Armor Technique, Gale Steps, Flame Arrow Curse, Healing Spell, Qi Slash, Shadow Step, Taiping Thunder Talisman.
Remaining Talent Points: 10
Essence: 0/10000.
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These were net attributes excluding equipment, temporary skill effects, or talent and state bonuses.
Hang Yu's four attributes directly surpassed one hundred; due to seven skills being cultivated to maximum level, he gained considerable additional boosts, making his current strength vastly different from before.
If before.
Ma Yuanyi still qualified to duel Hang Yu.
Then now, Hang Yu could utterly crush him without suspense.
After all, when Hang Yu was Level 10 and Ma Yuanyi was Level 7, although they differed by several levels, they were still within the same overall tier, and the gap could be compensated for.
Tier-Two Hang Yu versus Tier-One Ma Yuanyi.
No longer on the same level.
The gap in strength.
Was like a chasm.
After Hang Yu broke through to Tier Two, two more talent abilities appeared; activating Tier-Two talents also required consuming talent points, but these needed Tier-Two Talent Points, which could only be obtained by assimilating Tier-Two Nightmare Sources.
One Tier-Two Talent Point could be exchanged for ten Tier-One Talent Points.
But Tier-One Talent Points could not be exchanged for Tier-Two Talent Points.
Hang Yu had 10 Tier-One Talent Points left; although they could not be used to unlock higher-tier talents, they could still be used to upgrade existing Tier-One talents.
Without hesitation.
He used them directly!
【You are upgrading the talent ‘Pioneer’s Heart’, this upgrade will consume 10 Tier-One Talent Points, do you want to upgrade immediately? Yes/No!】
"Yes!"
Hang Yu chose to upgrade.
【Pioneer’s Heart】, a Tier-One Lord Talent, current talent level 2, during the expansion of your territory, for each additional Blessing Point you occupy, you gain an extra +3% to all attributes, up to a maximum of 300%!
After the talent upgrade.
The effects improved significantly.
Hang Yu’s two Blessing Points now brought him a 6% boost, and the maximum boost was immediately raised to 300%.
As Hang Yu felt his continually strengthening power, he was very satisfied with his current state and development progress.
After all, according to available records, few human Lords managed to advance within five years; those who did it within three years were considered geniuses.
Hang Yu had become a Tier-Two Lord in just ten days!
Even in the Land of the Stars where Lords clustered, a Tier-Two Lord was a highly respected elite!
Hang Yu’s gains from this battle did not end here; besides obtaining the Abyss Key for opening new maps and the talent points needed for advancement, he also had a high-quality treasure chest in his possession.
Without hesitation!
Hang Yu opened the treasure chest.
【You opened “Abyss Treasure Chest (Green)”, and obtained “Abyssal Magic Crystal” +10000, “Skill Stone: Earth Shock Wave” +1, “Skill Stone: Lightning Chain” +1, and “Yellow Heaven Commander’s Set” +1】
Even though he was mentally prepared for a windfall.
Hang Yu still felt his heart fiercely thump.
Ten thousand Magic Crystals!
A whole ten thousand!
This was absolutely an unimaginable amount for Hang Yu in the past!
Besides the wealth from the treasure chest, this battle along with the previous burning of the deserted village was expected to yield about a million Abyssal Magic Stone Fragments recovered from players.
Even without counting other conversions.
The financial gains from this operation were astonishing.
At least 11,000 Magic Crystals would be credited.
The treasure chest not only yielded a huge number of Magic Crystals, but also two Skill Stones and a complete set of green-grade equipment!
【Skill Stone: Earth Shock Wave】, Green-quality skill, learning requirement: Strength 40!
【Skill Stone: Lightning Chain】, Green-quality skill, learning requirement: Spirit 35!
Excellent skills!
These two skills shared a common trait: both were area-of-effect attack skills.
Hang Yu was very pleased with this.
What surprised Hang Yu even more.
Was that the treasure chest also contained a complete green set.
【Yellow Heaven Double-Edged Spear】, Tier-One Equipment, Green Top Grade, Attack +35, Strength +10, Agility +10, Attack Speed +5, Critical Damage +20%, Durability 50/50.
【Yellow Heaven Commander’s Armor】, Tier-One Equipment, Green Top Grade, Physical Damage Mitigation +20, Magic Damage Mitigation +10, Independent Defense +50, Strength +5, Agility +5, Durability 20/20.
【Yellow Heaven Commander’s Helmet】, Tier-One Equipment, Green Top Grade, Physical Damage Mitigation +20, Magic Damage Mitigation +10, Independent Defense +50, Strength +5, Agility +5, Durability 20/20.
【Yellow Heaven Commander’s Cloak】, Tier-One Equipment, Green Top Grade, Physical Damage Mitigation +10, Magic Damage Mitigation +20, Independent Defense +10, Strength +5, Agility +5, Durability 20/20.
【……】
【Yellow Heaven Commander’s Seven-Piece Set Effect】, All attributes +15, Weapon Attack +15, Abnormal State Resistance +80!
What god-tier equipment!
Absolutely godly gear for this stage!
Any single piece shown to players.
Would cause a sensation among them!
The rewards from opening the chest were truly beyond expectations.
Of course, if there was a regret.
It would be not drawing a construction blueprint.
Hang Yu was already fully satisfied; after all, it was impossible for everything to be absolutely perfect, and the harvest could be considered concluded here.
After calming down.
Hang Yu began planning anew.
The most urgent task now was to start the second beta test to recruit more players.
However, the territory's population had already reached its limit; to recruit more players, he needed to first expand the population.
When Hang Yu first descended onto the territory, the territory came with four population buildings, their properties were as follows:
【Crude Abyss Barracks】×4, Non-tier Building, Territory Population Limit +25, a place where territory citizens could rest and recover in the Abyss.
The initial buildings were all non-tier.
They could be upgraded by spending resources and Magic Crystals.
Thus, they could be turned into Tier-One Barracks, thereby increasing the population capacity limit.
The number of barracks allowed depended on the territory’s size and the number of occupied areas.
After conquering Hexi Village, Hang Yu gained one more barrack construction slot; if he wanted to create more population buildings, he needed to expand his territory and conquer more towns.
Opening the construction information.
The construction cost for Abyss Barracks was as follows.
【Abyss Barracks】, construction cost 500 Magic Crystals, 2000 units of Tier-One Material Essence, currently buildable quantity 4/5.
If all four existing Abyss Barracks were upgraded, and one more newly built, it would cost a total of 1700 Magic Crystals plus 5000 Material Essence.
Currently, there were sufficient Magic Crystals, but a shortage of Material Essence; fortunately, the shortfall was not large, and it could be quickly made up through market trades for food.
Hang Yu immediately sprang into action.
First upgrading the old barracks.
Then building a new barrack.
【Abyss Barracks】, Tier-One Building, Territory Population Limit +100, a place where territory citizens could rest and recover in the Abyss.
【Current Territory Population 100/500!】
Population limit greatly increased.
Recruiting to full capacity in one go would cost 8000 Magic Crystals.
The more players, the more resources produced.
Hang Yu’s Magic Crystal reserve was more than sufficient, and given that, there was no need to batch the recruitment; the more players there were, the faster the territory would expand, and the faster resources would be obtained.
New map expansion was imminent!
Unlike the beginner map.
The new map would surely be much larger.
With a vast number of lands and areas available for occupation.
Hang Yu urgently needed manpower at this time, so without hesitation, he recruited to full capacity at once, thus allowing him to train more players to help him seize territory; when the territory’s map and population cap expanded, he could continue recruiting new players and keep conquering new land.
Ultimately, growing bigger and bigger like a snowball!