Chapter 213

【Chapter 207, A Million-Strong Army! Territory Upgrade! Bronze Two-Star!】

After Qin Luo made a plan for future development, he arrived at the Undead Barracks, preparing to carry out a new round of recruitment!

Before this, Qin Luo felt that the number of 500,000 Undead Skeleton Soldiers was completely sufficient!

But after taking down the Goblin City and occupying the Underground World, his territory had increased dozens of times over; such vast territory naturally required a large amount of troops to garrison.

Especially since the Goblin Race had a population of around 300,000; with that number sitting there, they remained a force that could not be ignored, and if they were not supervised and managed, it would be very easy for problems to arise!

Therefore, an Undead Legion must be dispatched to the Underground World to be stationed there long-term, in order to maintain the peace and stability of the Underground World!

Of course, the most important thing was that the Goblin Race's Equipment had all been confiscated by Qin Luo, making them very susceptible to invasion by external enemies.

This territory of the Underground World was coveted by many factions.

Previously, there was the deterrence of the Goblin King, which kept some petty people from acting rashly.

Now that the Goblin King was dead, it was inevitable that surrounding factions would develop some ideas!

"How about I just round it up to a million-strong army!"

After some thought, Qin Luo prepared to recruit another 550,000 Undead Skeleton Soldiers, just enough to reach the scale of a million-strong army!

And after conquering the Underground World, he had obtained a large amount of spoils of war, the value of which exceeded a small goal of Energy Points!

However, the cost required for recruitment was not high.

The strength of the Undead Skeleton Soldiers was the weakest, their quality was only Ordinary Stage, and their realm was only Ordinary One-Star.

And 550,000 Undead Skeleton Soldiers consumed less than 1.4 million Energy Points, yet added combat power equivalent to 550,000 Black Iron Realm units to the Territory!

Therefore, no matter which aspect one considered it from, recruiting Undead Skeleton Soldiers was very cost-effective and would never be a loss.

Especially in the battle against the Goblin King, although tens of thousands of Undead were killed in action, among them even a few Undead Bone Dragons had died.

Up until now, there was not a single Bronze Two-Star Undead.

After all, the Energy Points in his hands alone amounted to as many as six million!

Although their starting point was relatively low, their experiences were very rich, and they still walked in the first sequence, their strength not being left behind by other Undead!

Among them, the war with the Goblin Race accounted for a huge part, and there were also Undead who underwent a 'baptism' in the God and Demon Burial Ground, suffering attacks from White-Eyed Guardians, thereby losing a batch of Skeleton Soldiers.

Among them, the number of Bronze Realm Undead was 30 before the battle, and after the battle ended, it became 36!

Due to the dispersion of Undead Power, which was absorbed by multiple Undead, this also led to these Undead only being Bronze One-Star in realm, despite breaking through to the Bronze Realm.

Additionally, there were some casualties that appeared when other Undead armies were expanding the territory and conducting sweeps.

But after the battle ended, the number of powerful Undead had increased rather than decreased.

Before this, Qin Luo had an army of 500,000 under his command, but due to battles and various other reasons, he lost about 50,000 Skeleton Soldiers.

If it were before, losing 50,000 Undead Skeleton Soldiers would definitely have made Qin Luo ache so much he couldn't sleep.

The average price to recruit one Undead Skeleton Soldier was 2.5 Energy Points!

But the Undead Skeleton Soldiers recruited with these 2.5 Energy Points, under various attribute buffs, had combat power comparable to the Black Iron Realm, equivalent to combat troops that other lords spent millions of energy to recruit.

Therefore, sometimes Qin Luo hoped that more Undead Skeletons would die, so that some more powerful Undead could be cultivated.

But now, Qin Luo felt no heartache over this at all.

Once Qin Luo had decided, he opened the Trading Market and wantonly swept up various supplies.

It took nearly half an hour before he stopped and began the recruitment of troops!

Consuming 550,000 Ordinary Stage skeletons, 550,000 Energy Points, 550,000 units of Wood, and 550,000 units of Stone, he recruited 550,000 Undead Skeleton Soldiers!

"Recruit!"

However, 'veteran' Undead like Wang Yi and Wang San had reached the peak of Bronze One-Star; it was estimated that after experiencing one or two more wars, or absorbing some Undead Power, they could complete a breakthrough!

Moreover, these Undead Skeleton Soldiers could also head to the God and Demon Burial Ground to undergo a 'baptism' and evolve into Mutated Elite Undead Skeleton Spearmen!

Subsequently, Qin Luo carried out the second wave of recruitment!

Consuming 10,000 Black Iron Realm skeletons, 10,000 Black Iron Grade Magic Crystals, 100,000 Ordinary Grade Magic Crystals, 100,000 units of Red Iron, 1 million Energy Points, 1 million units of Wood, and 1 million units of Stone, he recruited 10,000 Black Iron One-Star Elite Troop Undead Liches!

Compared to the 500,000 Undead Skeleton Soldiers recruited, this wave of recruiting 10,000 Undead Liches could be called a major expenditure.

After all, the resources consumed to recruit Undead Liches were far higher than those for Skeleton Soldiers.

The resources and materials required for recruitment added up to a value of nearly six million Energy Points!

Recruiting one Undead Lich required an average of 600 Energy Points, more than two hundred times that of a Skeleton Soldier!

But Qin Luo felt this investment was worth it, because the combat power and utility of Undead Liches were very great; they could release Dark Magic attack skills, acting as mobile artillery in war, and could cause huge damage to enemies.

There were also skills with special effects like Corpse Explosion Technique, Undead Transformation, Undead Song, and Life-Bound Witch Gu!

Corpse Explosion Technique had immense power.

Although the Undead transformed by Undead Transformation could not exist permanently, they could provide a large amount of combat power for his side during war, and after these transformed Undead died, the Undead Power they emitted could also enhance the strength of other Undead!

There was no need to say much about Undead Song; it was a buffing skill that could make the combat power of surrounding Undead stronger while simultaneously weakening the enemy's combat power.

As for Life-Bound Witch Gu, it could not only control the dead but also control the living, making them obey orders.

And the existence of Undead Liches could greatly enhance the combat power of the Undead army!

After the Undead Skeleton Soldiers and Undead Liches were recruited, it was the turn of the Rare Troop, the Undead Bone Dragon!

Compared to the resources and materials costing hundreds of energy points to recruit an Undead Lich, recruiting an Undead Bone Dragon, measured by the prices of various resources currently on the market, would cost tens of thousands of energy points for a single Undead Bone Dragon!

Of course, the biggest chunk lay in Bronze Grade Magic Crystals; there were hardly even a few people selling them on the market.

One Bronze Grade Magic Crystal was worth twenty or thirty thousand Energy Points, or even more!

If lords became stronger in the future and were able to kill large numbers of Bronze Realm monsters and fierce beasts, then perhaps the price of Bronze Grade Magic Crystals would drop and not be as high as it was now!

The main reason why Bronze Grade Magic Crystals were so valuable now was that they were too rare, supply could not meet demand, and they were severely overpriced, just like metal resources!

Fortunately, Qin Luo had 211 Bronze Grade Magic Crystals in his hands at this time, so he didn't need to buy them from outside at a high price, and furthermore, he had a large stock of resources like Red Iron and Bronze himself!

He only needed to buy Bronze Realm and Black Iron Realm skeletons from the market; Qin Luo could satisfy the remaining materials himself.

Finally, Qin Luo kept 100 Bronze Grade Magic Crystals, preparing to use them for the Territory upgrade.

As for the remaining one hundred and eleven Bronze Grade Magic Crystals, they were all used to recruit Undead Bone Dragons!

Qin Luo consumed 111 Bronze Realm skeletons, 1,110 Black Iron Realm skeletons, 111 Bronze Grade Magic Crystals, 1,110 Black Iron Realm Magic Crystals, 55,500 units of Red Iron, 11,100 units of Bronze, and 111,000 points of energy, successfully recruiting 111 Bronze Realm Undead Bone Dragons!

At this moment, the troops under Qin Luo's command were as follows:

One Undead Monarch!

One hundred and fifty Undead Bone Dragons!

Eleven thousand Undead Liches (eleven of which were Necromancer Liches)

One million Undead Skeleton Soldiers (including Skeleton Spearmen, among which were nine Death Knights and two Wraith Generals)

A million-strong army had been formed!

Looking at the troop count panel, Qin Luo could not help but feel a surge of grand ambition!

In just these few short days, Qin Luo had come to possess an undead army of over one million, something he had never even dreamed of!

Even yesterday, Qin Luo had not expected that he could possess so many undead!

Of course, this was not the limit of what Qin Luo could recruit; if he used all his resources for recruitment, he estimated he could recruit several tens of millions of undead, but there was no need for that.

Although the undead did not need to consume food and fodder, they still needed to be "maintained"; as long as they were recruited, they would consume a certain amount of energy regardless of whether they participated in battle!

Given Qin Luo's current sphere of influence, an undead army of one million was completely sufficient!

After the troop recruitment was completed, Qin Luo made a plan for these undead.

He expanded the original five legions into ten legions!

Of course, these ten legions all fell under the army group of Wang Yi.

However, these newly recruited undead were not directly dispatched to sweep and expand around the Territory; instead, they first headed south to the God and Demon Burial Ground to receive a baptism.

Although the God and Demon Burial Ground was very dangerous, the risk of receiving the baptism was very high.

But the higher the risk, the greater the reward!

After all, that was something that could allow ordinary Undead Skeleton Soldiers to promote into Mutated Elite Units!

Even if the number of undead was reduced by nine-tenths during this process, it would still be worth it.

What's more, looking at the success rate of the previous undead baptisms, it hadn't even reached a loss rate of one-tenth!

So, what reason did Qin Luo have not to let the undead undergo a baptism in the God and Demon Burial Ground?

"It's time to upgrade the Territory!"

After finishing with the troop matters, Qin Luo opened the Territory interface!

The current level of the Territory was Bronze One-Star!

And the requirements to upgrade to Bronze Two-Star were 100 Territory Cores, 100 Bronze Grade Magic Crystals, 1,000 Black Iron Grade Magic Crystals, 10,000 Ordinary Grade Magic Crystals, 10,000 points of energy, 10,000 units of food, 10,000 units of Wood, 10,000 units of Stone, 10,000 units of Red Iron, and 10,000 units of Bronze!

Except for the Territory Cores, all other conditions had been met!

"Still missing 70 Territory Cores!"

Qin Luo murmured.

However, this was not a difficult problem for him.

Although the Territory Core was an essential item for upgrading the Territory.

Its acquisition channels were relatively numerous; it could be obtained from Treasure Chests, destroying villages and tribes, and other such methods.

Moreover, the Territory Core was not like Bronze Grade Magic Crystals or Silver Grade Magic Crystals, which were items that most lords could not yet come into contact with.

Even an Ordinary Lord could obtain them from the outside world.

Precisely because of this, although the Territory Core was valuable, its market price was not high because every lord had them and the supply was large!

Currently on the market, the price of one Territory Core was around 1,500 points of energy!

Qin Luo spent less than three minutes and 100,000 points of energy to buy seventy Territory Cores!

【Ding, you have met the conditions to upgrade the Territory. Do you wish to upgrade immediately?】

"Upgrade!"

Qin Luo did not have the slightest hesitation and immediately proceeded with the upgrade!

Rumble!

The earth was trembling, as if a Dragon were roaring!

The Castle before Qin Luo rose from the ground, continuously increasing in height and expanding in area, until its height reached nearly thirty meters before it gradually stopped.

The entire Castle presented a bright Bronze luster, possessing a sense of nobility that made people feel awe!

Qin Luo looked around, wanting to see what changes there were in the Territory.

He looked into the distance, and the white light curtain that he could previously see was now no longer visible!

Crack!

But at this moment, Qin Luo could no longer spare the attention to observe the situation of the Territory; a massive force was surging out from within his body, filling his limbs and bones.

Qin Luo's body was undergoing tremendous changes; his aura was extraordinary, and he himself had become much more majestic, feeling like an emperor.

Because he had experienced several improvements in strength before, this time, Qin Luo reacted quickly, punching and kicking to rapidly adapt to the surging power.

At the same time, Qin Luo opened his attribute panel!

【Lord: Qin Luo 131415】

【Territory: Undead Divine Kingdom】

【Rank: Bronze Two-Star】

【Talent: Undead Scourge (Mythical)】

【Special Ability: Magic Flame, Source of Life】

【Lord Skill: Defense Technique (Passive), Attack Technique (Passive), Essence of Wisdom (Passive), Speed Dash (Passive), Glory of the Dead (Passive), Magic Source Shield, Gathering Technique, Unity of the Wolves】

【Regular Skill: Perception Sharing (Active), Detection Technique (Active), Berserk Dash (Active), Flame Demon Flame (Active), Flame Demon Nine Slashes (Active), Light of Life (Active), Earth Dragon Charge (Active), Wrath of the Earth Dragon (Active), Meteor Fall, Thousand-Mile Sound Transmission】

【Strategic Skill: Thirty-Six Stratagems: Deceiving the Heavens!】

【Lord Equipment: Tear of the Werewolf, Dwarf Holy Sword】

【Standard Equipment: Demon-Suppressing Demon Armor (Silver Grade), Ring of Luck (Silver Grade), Meditation Magic Chain (Silver Grade), Sancha Mojie (Bronze Grade).】

【Strength: 266】 (Base value, does not include equipment bonuses)

【Constitution: 279】

【Agility: 244】

【Spirit: 265】

"All attribute points have exceeded two hundred!"

"If I ascend to Bronze Three-Star, I fear all four-dimensional attributes will break three hundred!"

"Judging by this rate of increase, when my realm reaches Silver One-Star, my four-dimensional attributes will likely be even higher than those of the Transcendental Soldier, the Undead Monarch!"

"It seems the growth potential of a Lord is not the least bit inferior to these soldier types."

"This is also normal; after all, compared to the leveling of soldier types, the difficulty of leveling a Territory is far too great!"

Qin Luo looked at his development panel and could not help but sigh with emotion.

Compared to when he was Bronze One-Star, Qin Luo's four-dimensional attributes had all increased uniformly by eighty points; it could be called balanced development with no shortcomings.

Unlike combat soldier types, where the difference between the highest and lowest attributes is very large.

However, what made Qin Luo feel somewhat regretful was that this time, unlike the previous upgrade, he did not awaken a Lord Skill.

But the attributes of the Lord Skill 'Glory of the Dead' increased by one point, from the original 2% increase to all four-dimensional attributes of Undead soldiers, to the current 3%.

(End of this chapter)