Chapter 601: Good News After Good News

"As expected, plundering is the fastest way to earn energy."

This energy of over a billion included items sold on the trading channel, the extermination of those millions of magical beasts, and the army of the Lola Kingdom.

Besides that, there was also what the Lord Chenxi Legion had seized when clearing Saint Na Ze Er Forest.

A billion energy, ten Legendary Extremes.

However, such opportunities for a sudden surge in energy were truly too rare; just this single time had consumed sixty percent of Saint Na Ze Er Forest's forces.

Although the three great organizations' vaults still held many good things, the time it would take for those millions of magical beasts to grow back was considerable.

Li Yue was no saint; since these magical beasts had raised their weapons against his Lord Chenxi territory,

they were doomed to perish!

Regardless, he now had over a billion extra energy. Once things here were settled, he would definitely use an Intermediate Time Magic Scroll to raise Lord Chenxi's strength another notch.

Night slowly fell, and no more bad news arrived for the entire afternoon.

All the garrison units returned to their daily duties, while three Shi Shi Black Dragons took on Lord Chenxi's vigilance.

Because—

Li Yue planned to properly practice his skills tonight.

"Carol, Zhu Li Ya, Angela, the three of you come in for a moment, teach me combat techniques!"

Practicing until the small hours of the night, Li Yue decided to rest properly before stopping.

The sun was high in the sky; looking at the time he had already adjusted in the magic tower, it was already past eleven.

Elves had long since prepared breakfast.

Having skipped breakfast and burned a great deal of energy through exercise, Li Yue ate this breakfast ravenously.

Over three hundred and fifty Purple Thorn Flowers went down his belly, and slowly a feeling of fullness crept over him.

At this point, even one more flower would have been too much.

Today was fairly lucky, directly granting four free Talent Points.

Adding the two from last night, he now had six free Talent Points.

He opened his personal attribute panel.

【Name: Li Yue】

【Race: Human】

【Identity: Lord】

【Tier: Gold ★★★】

【Combat Talents: Speed lv20 (Agility +40%), Offense lv20 (Strength +70%), Defense lv20 (Constitution +40%), Casting lv19 (Spirit +40%)】 (Territory Tier granted 25 points, Thorn Flowers granted 53 points)

【Production Talents: Farming lv3 (Increases territory grain output 30%), Logging lv2, Mining lv2, Herbalism lv3, Alchemy lv5, Forging lv5, Tailoring lv0, Metallurgy lv3, Enchanting lv2……】

【Skills: High-Grade Aura……】

【Strength: 45.8】

【Constitution: 47.6】

【Agility: 49.3】

【Spirit: 52.4】

【Talent Points: 6 points】

【Fire Affinity: 2 (Fire spell casting speed +40%, Fire spell power +20%)】

【Introduction: You are a powerful lord. Your growth can truly be called monstrous. As the number one on the Territory Leaderboard and number one to three on the Combat Power Leaderboard, you are the object of envy for all lords.】

Looking at the many levels on the attribute panel, Li Yue used one free Talent Point to add to Casting.

Raising Casting to lv20 directly increased Spirit to 45%.

From then on, Li Yue's Combat Talents had been maxed out for the time being.

He did not save the remaining five free Talent Points either; he used three to raise Forging to lv8.

Afterwards, he added the last two free Talent Points to Enchanting, raising it to lv4.

With a treasure like the Purple Thorn Flower that could infinitely farm Talent Points, how could Li Yue possibly be stupid enough to save up Talent Points?

However, upon seeing that he had already accumulated 53 Talent Points through Purple Thorn Flowers, the corners of his mouth gradually curved upward.

After finishing all this, he picked fifteen Thorn Flowers and directly listed them on the trading platform.

Compared to Li Yue's happiness, someone else was endlessly troubled.

Looking at Gailos kneeling in the hall, his face haggard, the King of Lola was full of worry and sorrow.

He had never imagined that his invincible Laozu Sect ancestor would die at the hands of a Shi Shi.

Was this laughable, or tragic?

And even his most trusted and reliable eldest son was now like a cripple.

Let alone the hundreds of thousands of elite troops of his Lola Kingdom—only twenty had returned!

Upon receiving this news, the King of Lola was completely dumbfounded.

Originally, they could have avoided offending the extremely powerful Lord Chenxi territory, but they had been greedy.

The Lola Kingdom had already anticipated all the consequences when they went to invite the Laozu Sect ancestor.

At this point, the Lola Kingdom's destruction was certain.

An old minister spoke up, breaking the extremely oppressive atmosphere in the room.

"Your Majesty, at this point we can only flee!"

Hearing this, Wang Jue, who had previously opposed this plan, stepped forward and said sharply:

"Flee! Flee where!"

"The entire kingdom's foundation is here—where could we possibly flee to!"

"Now that we have thoroughly offended Lord Chenxi's domain, in my view there is only one way to save the Lola Kingdom!"

"That is, just like the other two kingdoms, to submit to Lord Chenxi's domain!"

"Perhaps we can offer double the energy, so that Lord Chenxi's domain will accept us!"

With this Wang Jue's words falling, the council hall was filled with ministers whispering among themselves.

"I think what Wang Jue Charles Bonner said makes a great deal of sense — it's worth a try!"

"What bloody sense is that? Setting aside whether Lord Chenxi's domain can even accept our surrender, just that daily energy income of four hundred million alone is already more than we can bear."

"What are we supposed to use to gather energy? Tell me that!"

"Every lord in the Saint Na Ze Er forest was killed and destroyed by Lord Chenxi's domain's army, and now our kingdom's elite forces are utterly wiped out!"

"The number of Wang Jue has shrunk by more than half, and our own survival is already a problem — how could we still have the energy to offer this daily forty thousand energy to Lord Chenxi's domain?"

"Even if at first we can sell off our national assets, in the long run there will come a day when we cannot bear the burden."

"And on that day, the Lola Kingdom will perish just the same."

"Therefore, rather than dying in such a wretched way, we might as well fight one glorious battle, even if we cannot win!"

"At least we won't lose face for the ancestors of our Lola Kingdom!"

The moment the Minister of Military Affairs said this, the entire hall fell silent.

That's right! Even if they could eke out a temporary survival, they could not eke it out forever!

And so, the few remaining high-ranking officials of the Lola Kingdom in the hall all turned their gazes toward the King of Lola, entrusting this final decision to him!