Chapter 51

After agreeing on the strategy, Chen Ping immediately left the territory with Milan and the guard team.

The primary target was not the three territories behind the low mountains to the west, but the wilderness to the north.

For the three territories to the west, Chen Ping had scouts left on the low mountains.

They could just happen to serve as a warning line; once someone wanted to come from the west, they would inevitably alarm the three territories.

This distance was enough for the territory to be prepared.

And the north was all wilderness; when Li Xu explored initially, he found no less than ten light pillars.

Compared to the south, there were many more; Chen Ping suspected that the location of his territory might be further south.

As for forces like Wang Ke who were always plotting against Chen Ping, Chen Ping didn't take them seriously.

What he said back then was aimed at the Wang family, not a mere Wang Ke.

If he met them, he would wipe them out along the way.

If he didn't meet them, he would explore for rewards first.

Anyway, as long as they continued to pass the tests, all territories would eventually gather together; there was no running away.

Milan equipped this elite force with warhorses, so their speed of action could be considered quite fast.

It had to be said that the Heaven Rewards Diligence talent was indeed powerful.

The originally purchased packhorses, under Milan's conscious training, actually began to evolve towards warhorses.

Now their endurance, sprinting speed, and load-bearing capacity had all improved.

When ridden, traveling two hundred kilometers a day was not a problem.

After the dwarf Polo arrived, he introduced dwarf forging technology.

The weight of the latest batch of armor in the territory had been reduced significantly, while the defensive power had increased by 50%.

This batch of one hundred guards were all transferred shield-guard warriors.

Each carried a long spear, a slashing blade, a large shield, a small shield, and a package of food and medicine.

Riding on horses in the wilderness, kicking up clouds of dust, the momentum was intimidating.

Ferocious beasts in the wilderness saw them and avoided them from afar, not daring to provoke them.

62: The road ahead is forbidden, don't say you weren't warned

For the survival and development of humanity.

The content of each Lord Trial would be summarized and then reviewed and guided by the Holy Academy.

When Chen Ping was at the academy, he had received no less than two dozen reviews.

For this Lord Trial, the rules were very clear: develop your own territory and explore the light pillars in the wilderness.

Depending on what each person was good at, they could take different development paths.

It was just that developing the territory would be a bit harder.

The growth of points was not as fast as wilderness exploration.

What's more, Max had almost explicitly told him that some precious materials would refresh in the wilderness this time.

Those things were also precious and hard-to-find treasures in the outside world.

To obtain one, one would need to pay a certain price.

In comparison, the difficulty of obtaining them in the Lord Trial was much lower.

During the time Chen Ping set off, three light pillars in the distance within his field of vision had already extinguished.

Clearly, some lords were close by and had already successfully explored them first.

But Chen Ping was not impatient; he was still constantly adjusting the team.

【Shield Guard, Level 3 Profession Unit】

【When fighting with a large shield, defense +100%, characteristic: dual-wielding】

【If shield guards can form a formation, their defense will be able to stack continuously.】

Chen Ping glanced at his elites; the Shield Guard profession was really not bad.

After all soldiers transferred to Shield Guards, the skills they were good at before were not washed away.

They were still well continued in the Shield Guard, and the combination was quite good.

So in his guard team, everyone carried multiple weapons.

At this time, Chen Ping nodded to Milan.

Milan waved her hand, and all the shield guards immediately scattered and surrounded the light pillar in the distance.

It didn't feel like much when looking from afar, but once they got close, Chen Ping discovered that this light pillar was truly huge.

A blurry shadow of light was constantly twisting within the light pillar.

Without clearing the light pillar, no one knew what would be inside.

Such a large light pillar, the points it contained would definitely not be low.

At this time, dust was also rising in other directions; clearly, other lords had also discovered the large light pillar and were rushing here.

Chen Ping sat calmly on his warhorse, letting his subordinates raise his flag.

Nine Provinces!

The large flag unfurled in the wind, clearly displayed in the eyes of others.

At the same time, shield guards shouted towards the distance:

"This place is occupied by Nine Provinces, please do not approach!"

There were five territorial forces that discovered this light pillar.

Three of them stopped in their tracks after seeing the Nine Provinces flag.

But the other two had merged halfway and were still heading towards the light pillar.

Chen Ping glanced at them indifferently.

He could clearly see that the opponent's soldiers' equipment was quite good, clearly also having a decent family background.

Either they were from a major family, or they had family sponsorship.

These people were not those Chen Ping wanted to recruit, and he was too lazy to talk nonsense with them.

"Chen Ping, even if you are first in points, you can't be this overbearing, right?"

"The light pillar is in front; whoever sees it has a share. Why don't we take it down together first, and then choose according to need?"

Chen Ping was too lazy to talk to the other party, but the other party was unceremoniously preemptive.

The three territories in the distance were also observing quietly, wanting to know what Chen Ping's attitude would be.

At this time, Chen Ping's shield guards had already approached within five hundred meters of the light pillar.

The ground suddenly vibrated, and cracks appeared in the soil one after another.

Scorpions the size of cows crawled out from underground.

"Guardian beast group; it seems the points contained are not low."

Chen Ping saw the scorpions, but there were no ripples on his face.

He used his mental sense to cast a detection spell to scan the scorpions and immediately obtained the corresponding information.

【Earth-Splitting Magic Scorpion, LV15, Poison and Earth dual attributes】

【Life 1500, Attack 1000, Defense 1500, Magic Energy 800】

【Skills: Poison Needle Stab, Earth Escape Break】

【A mutated scorpion inhabiting underground; if poisoned without a corresponding antidote, organs will soon wither and die】

The various attributes of this scorpion were average, only the scorpion poison was a bit difficult to deal with.

But in front of Chen Ping's shield guards, mere scorpions were nothing to be afraid of.

His shield guards had a minimum defense of 1500; for the scorpions to break their defense, they would need to gather and attack in groups.

But the shield guards also had shield assistance, directly placing them in an invincible position.

The troops from the two territories that arrived later saw the Earth-Splitting Magic Scorpions appear and immediately slowed their pace.

Chen Ping knew at a glance what the other party was planning.

Clearly, they wanted Chen Ping to go and consume the poison scorpions first, and then they would come up to pick up the bargain.

"Heh, you really are asking for it."

Chen Ping hated this kind of behavior the most.

He immediately snapped his fingers at Milan.

Milan looked at the opponent; the two territories combined had less than one hundred troops.