Chapter 25

"Roar!"

The Earth-Walking Dragon King let out another roar.

A patch of earth spikes erupted from the ground, piercing the Thousand-Year Blood Tree Demon through!

"Ah!!"

The Thousand-Year Blood Tree Demon screamed in agony once more.

Then, its entire trunk exploded, breaking into piece after piece.

Whoosh—

A massive amount of light condensed within the corpse of the Thousand-Year Blood Tree Demon.

It formed a bronze treasure chest, standing quietly on the ground.

"A bronze treasure chest."

Li Li Yue revealed a look of pleasant surprise.

Clearly,

this was a monster colony one level higher than ordinary ones.

Without hesitation,

he walked forward and opened the bronze treasure chest.

[Congratulations, you have obtained 400 Energy, Ratman Camp Building Blueprint, Primary Time Scroll*1, Primary Teleportation Scroll*1, Thousand-Year Blood Tree Demon Heart*1, Altar Upgrade Stone*2, Hero's Fruit*1]

[Primary Time Scroll: Can open a barrier possessing ten days of time; one month inside is one hour outside, can accommodate one person]

[Primary Teleportation Scroll: After activation, can instantly teleport 100 meters; will not appear in a place of certain death]

[Thousand-Year Blood Tree Demon Heart: The core of a Thousand-Year Blood Tree Demon, a material for forging magical equipment]

[Hero's Fruit: After a unit consumes it, it can sublimate into a hero; heroes possess commander talents]

"What a bountiful reward!"

Li Li Yue's eyes shone.

Aside from the Ratman Camp Building Blueprint being of little use, and the Thousand-Year Blood Tree Demon Heart being hard to judge for value at the moment,

the other three items—

were treasures worthy of the name!

The Primary Time Scroll could allow him to master Wizard and Knight abilities in the shortest time.

The Primary Teleportation Scroll was a life-saving item.

The Hero's Fruit was clearly quite powerful just by looking at its effects.

"A great start."

His face was full of smiles.

To find such a boss-level tree demon just by going out today—

it seems the Goddess of Luck still thinks those flashy, cheap things aren't as handsome as him.

"But this Thousand-Year Blood Tree Demon was also strong enough."

"If not for the Earth-Walking Dragon King, I fear it would have been difficult to take down."

He calmed down and whispered softly.

No matter how many Great Goblins there were, it would likely be hard to block the lashing of those five thick tree roots.

A Goblin Hero definitely couldn't beat this Thousand-Year Blood Tree Demon.

As for the bodyguard Goblin King, he might not be able to win either.

After all, when it comes to being thick-skinned and sturdy, the Goblin King couldn't catch up to the Earth-Walking Dragon King even with a whip.

The Earth-Walking Dragon King could withstand the Thousand-Year Blood Tree Demon's lashing while charging.

The Goblin King would likely not be able to hold up.

He picked up the spoils.

Seeing that there was nothing left in this place, he led his people away.

For an entire day,

Li Li Yue had been wandering the west side of his territory with his main force.

He had cleared out almost twenty miles of land entirely.

Among them were two monster colonies.

One was a spider monster colony, the other a black bear monster colony.

Both were Black Iron-tier monster colonies.

"The roads in this forest are too difficult to walk."

"I had planned to go to the north side of the territory this afternoon, but now I can only go tomorrow."

Looking up at the sun about to set behind the mountains, Li Li Yue ordered Aor to gather the scattered team and prepare for the return journey.

"Lord! About five miles to the northwest, a monster colony has been discovered!"

However, just at this moment,

a Great Goblin rushed out of the forest, knelt on one knee before Li Li Yue, and said loudly.

This Great Goblin was thinner and weaker than the average Great Goblin, but his speed was faster.

Thus, he had become the scout for the First Battalion.

To Li Li Yue, all Great Goblins looked about the same.

But he could distinguish this thin Great Goblin before him.

"A monster colony?"

"What kind of monster?"

Li Li Yue's eyes brightened.

A monster colony—

even if it were only a Black Iron-tier monster colony, it represented no small harvest.

At the spider monster colony,

he had obtained an Altar Upgrade Stone, two Arrow Tower Building Blueprints, a blue magic dagger with poison attributes, and two bottles of primary antidote.

At the black bear monster colony,

he had even obtained an Altar Upgrade Stone and a piece of territorial equipment, the 'Black Bear Drum'!

Territorial equipment.

It is different from personal equipment.

Territorial equipment all has various peculiar effects.

Ya Li Ke the Black Bear Drum—

as long as it is beaten, all territorial units that hear the drum sound gain +10% strength!

Territorial equipment is purely strategic-level.

It can be said that

any piece of territorial equipment is extremely precious.

In any case, after he obtained the Black Bear Drum, he searched the trading interface.

There wasn't a shadow of any territorial equipment on it.

Therefore—

he was quite keen on monster colonies.

These treasures

are things you can't buy even with energy!

Not to mention—

the Altar Upgrade Stones needed to raise the territory's tier can only be obtained from treasure chests after a monster colony is wiped out.

"It's Blood Vultures!"

The Goblin scout said hurriedly.

"Blood Vultures? Avian creatures?"

Li Li Yue's brows furrowed instantly.

His current team had no aerial power.

"Lord, I saw that in the Blood Vulture camp, there is a very large Griffin!"

The Goblin scout added immediately.

"A Griffin?"

"This Blood Vulture camp has a boss?"

Li Li Yue's eyes brightened.

That Thousand-Year Blood Tree Demon had given him a great harvest.

Monster camps with bosses Ya Li Ke this one would certainly be more bountiful than those without!

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