Chapter 671: Darkness God of Slaughter

This time, the energy required had skyrocketed to five hundred million, making him want to curse his luck.

But then he thought that once the territory broke through, the other territorial units could break through together, so he held back that thought.

However, when he saw that the altar upgrade stones required were six thousand five hundred, he cursed outright.

"Isn't this fucking screwing me over?"

"Not a single one more or less—upgrading to Epic tier requires exactly six thousand five hundred altar upgrade stones."

"And I happen to have only six thousand four hundred and sixty, just forty short!"

"This is fucking ridiculous!"

But cursing was useless now; once the time scroll was activated, it couldn't be interrupted.

He could only wait ten months, until the intermediate time scroll's time was used up, before earning altar upgrade stones again to raise his territory to Epic★.

Leaving this Thorn Wall and returning to the Tower of the Sky, Li Yue, still unable to figure it out, gathered all the women for a meeting.

Two hours later, having vented the pent-up frustration in his heart, he summoned the baby-faced, bust… utterly adorable Witch Wang Hou Ka Luoer.

He wanted to try it out—see whether holding a meeting for a Holy Domain-level girl felt as comfortable as that warm current during an upgrade.

The instant he went in, Li Yue had his conclusion in his heart.

Passive acceptance is never as satisfying as taking the initiative yourself.

So much so that Li Yue held an all-night meeting with the baby-faced, bust… utterly adorable Witch Wang Hou Ka Luoer.

He didn't stop the meeting until morning, when the 123 sunlight spilled into the room.

But just half an hour later, looking at the baby-faced, bust… utterly adorable Witch Wang Hou Ka Luoer lying beside him.

He started today's morning practice once again.

Another two hours.

Two hours later, Li Yue's figure appeared before the purple Thorn Wall.

He began eating today's breakfast.

An all-night meeting had consumed too much.

He started off by downing over two hundred purple thorn flowers as a baseline, then only after that did he slowly eat.

Whether it was good luck today or a good mood, he actually obtained a free talent point for the first time in his life.

Sensing this, he immediately checked his attributes.

【Name: Li Yue】

【Race: Human】

【Identity: Lord】

【Tier: Diamond★★★】

【Combat Talents: Speed lv20 (Agility +40%), Offense lv20 (Strength +70%), Defense lv20 (Constitution +40%), Spellcasting lv20 (Spirit +45%)】 (Territory Tier grants 25 points, eating thorn flowers grants 53 points)

【Production Talents: Farming lv10 (Increases territory grain output by 100%), Lumbering lv2, Mining lv2, Herbalism lv5, Alchemy lv5, Forging lv10 (Increases territory unit weapon forging success rate by 50%), Tailoring lv0, Metallurgy lv3, Enchanting lv4…】

【Skills: High-Ability Field…】

【Strength: 86.7】

【Constitution: 86.6】

【Agility: 85.3】

【Spirit: 91.4】

【Talent Points: 8 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 the number one-three on the Combat Power Leaderboard, you are the object of envy for all lords】

【Note: You have advanced to Diamond★★★, combat talent level cap raised to lv30, production talent cap raised to lv50】

Seeing the information behind, Li Yue's brow furrowed slightly.

As expected, the further you go, the slower the improvement.

Then, he put his only eight free talent points into Speed, Offense, Defense, and Spellcasting, two points each.

All raised to lv22.

The familiar comfortable feeling surged in his heart again; he genuinely felt his own strength grow once more.

He calculated: just his own Spirit attribute alone had already reached 91.

With the stack of amplification equipment on him, it could easily double again, reaching a level of around two hundred.

After calculating, his face lit up with joy.

Before he knew it, he already had the strength to rival the Epic limit.

An ordinary Epic limit was merely each attribute exceeding two hundred points, in the range approaching three hundred.

And he had clearly already reached it.

Moreover, he was a Blazing Sun Wizard.

Among the human race, wizards were already a relatively powerful class.

And the Blazing Sun Wizard was an even more special and powerful existence among wizards.

Therefore, he was far more formidable than an ordinary Epic.

Just as he was feeling pleased, a golden light wave spread out from the camp on the north side of Lord Chenxi's territory in the distance.

No need to think—this was definitely Angel testing her newly mastered power.

The gusts of hunting wind nearly blew him away.

If the Apocalypse Cloak behind him hadn't activated its auto-protect-master function at the last moment, probably…

Thinking of this, tonight he must call for Angel's plaque.

Also, give her a good lesson—stop releasing energy all over the territory.

However, just as he had steadied himself—

In Lord Chenxi, without any warning, it plunged into darkness all at once.

The kind of darkness where you can't see your own fingers even if you stretch out your hand.

This made even his steady heart somewhat flustered. Flustered as he was, he did not forget to crush a shielding stone.

If this kind of terrifying anomaly were to spread, the trouble would be enormous.

After last night's whole affair, he held his hand up and waved it in front of his eyes.

However—

He could feel his own hand waving in front of his eyes, but he simply could not see it.

Even after he unleashed the power of Blazing Sun, it was no use.

Under the double crushing weight of the anomaly and the realm, his strength—comparable to the absolute limit of Shi Shi—seemed utterly insignificant.

This was absolute darkness, black and silent enough to terrify the soul.

Fortunately, this black silence lasted only ten minutes. After ten minutes, Li Yue finally saw his familiar palm,

only to find his palm was already drenched in sweat.

Just as he was wondering who had broken through this time, a colossal black dagger abruptly appeared in the sky above Chenxi Territory.

On the dagger, waves of baleful light flickered, sending chills down the spine of anyone who looked at it.

In an instant, this colossal dagger vanished as well.

It gave one the feeling that everything just now had been an illusion. However, the cold sweat in Li Yue's palm proved it was no hallucination.

It was a genuine, unmistakable breakthrough anomaly!

The next moment, a faint light flickered beneath Li Yue's feet.

When he reappeared, he was already at the very center of that anomaly from before.

That colossal dagger—no thinking required—had to be a weapon used exclusively by assassins.

So, he headed straight for the Dark Assassin God Palace.

More than a month had passed since Mo Yi had gone in to awaken back then.

A few days ago, Li Yue had even thought that this Dark Assassin God Palace would also be affected by the intermediate time scroll, and had felt somewhat discouraged.

After all, if that were the case, it wouldn't be so easy for him to cultivate a true Dark Assassin God—after all, only one Dark Assassin God could awaken per month.

How much time would that take?