Chapter 2469: Title Shop

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The bright moon hung high. Because it had just rained, the area around Segona City was exceptionally lively. Puddles reflected the bright white moonlight, and the sound of frogs croaked one after another.

Fighting all the way here, capturing Segona City meant breaking out of the desert and arriving at an oasis. The summer night was slightly cool. Several figures sped past; these were scouts of the dwarf troops.

Just before 7:00 tonight, 140,000 Sand Flame soldiers were stationed in Segona City, which let Spring Tieyang know that this battle was unavoidable. The Divine Maiden couldn't be retrieved, and right now, recapturing Segona City was the key.

Spring Tieyang had deployed 250,000 dwarf troops to be stationed in the surrounding area during the day. By 8:00 that night, another 50,000 dwarf troops arrived. As for assembling a 450,000-strong army to attack Segona City, that was just a threat.

The border between the Sand Flame and Peru nations was very long. Both sides had deployed heavy troops in various war zones along the border. Even for Spring Tieyang, he couldn't transfer too many soldiers from these defense lines. Assembling 300,000 dwarf troops was already the limit; other war zones also needed soldiers to guard them, and he couldn't tear down the east wall to repair the west wall.

Spring Tieyang had 300,000 dwarf troops here, among which the 50,000 Ram Cavalry were very difficult to deal with. It could be said that this was Spring Tieyang's trump card.

Su Xiao had over 200,000 soldiers here. Under the blessing of the War Lord, even if Spring Tieyang had 50,000 Ram Cavalry, he had the strength to fight. The Black Dragon Midis was the trump card in this battle.

In a battle involving a combined 450,000-strong army, and one that concerned border territory issues, before this battle even started, calls for a ceasefire arose from the high levels of both nations. Once this battle started, it might trigger a chaotic war along the entire border. That was a war on the scale of millions, which could involve the survival of both nations.

Su Xiao and Spring Tieyang hadn't started fighting yet, but the high levels of both nations broke into a cold sweat first. Sand Flame hadn't had a major victory for too long, and territory was being continuously swallowed. Right now, they urgently needed a major victory.

At this moment in the Luo Sai Palace in Sand City, inside the council hall, the Sand Emperor sat upright. Below were high-level officials of Sand Flame. Carola was so sleepy she kept yawning, and Uno was also drooping his head, after all, he was old, and even a fierce dog couldn't hold up.

At this moment in the Peru Kingdom's Holy Capital, Kesadesa, because the pronunciation of the Holy Capital's name was strange, locals called this place "Green Capital" or "Holy Capital," and more people were accustomed to calling it Gaoshan City.

The Peru Holy Capital was located below a high mountain. This mountain was several hundred meters high, and the front part of the mountain range had been razed.

From the mountain wall excavated behind the Holy Capital, one could see the stubbornness and tenacity of the dwarves. As long as it was a place they took a fancy to, even a towering mountain range had to be razed to establish their Holy Capital.

Inside a palace, firelight rose. The Peru King, Spring Steel Sheep, on the throne looked around below. He wore iron-black scale armor, on which slash marks and unerasable scorch marks could still be seen. As the King of Peru, he had also once been a warrior.

Below the throne knelt a large group of dwarf officials. Strangely, there was actually a small portion of Sand Flame race among them. They were actually Peruvians, just not of the dwarf race.

"Has Tieyang not sent back news yet?"

The Peru King spoke. Although he was not tall, his voice was loud and carried an unprovoked majesty.

"King, Lord Tieyang is still in a standoff with Kuku Lin Bai Ye. His message in the evening was that he expects to start the war tomorrow morning. The enemy army only has 200,000, and with the Ram Legion, we are bound to win..."

Before the dwarf official below could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the Peru King raising his hand.

"Kuku Lin Bai Ye being able to capture the Segona border fortress shows he is not easy to deal with. Has Red Ji already set off?"

The Red Ji mentioned by the Peru King was an alien race on another continent. That continent was a remnant of an ancient civilization and was no longer suitable for biological survival; only a few alien races still lived there.

Regarding that continent, both Sand Flame and Peru held an attitude of absolutely not provoking it, and there was no need to provoke it. There were no resources there, and one had to cross the sea to reach it, so the gains wouldn't make up for the losses.

To a certain extent, the power controlled by the alien race was the origin of the cultivation method of the Holy Soul.

"Red Ji has already set off and will be able to reach Segona City tomorrow night."

"Hmm, you may all withdraw."

The dwarf officials withdrew one after another, leaving only the Peru King alone in the great hall.

"Spring Steel Sheep, you must kill that human at all costs."

A voice appeared in the great hall. The Peru King didn't even lift his eyes, nor did he answer.

"Retrieve my Divine Maiden. Only she can find me."

"Are you afraid? You are a god, don't act like a coward."

The Peru King smiled rarely; teasing a god was very interesting.

"Spring Steel Sheep, do you know what you are facing?"

The voice of the God of Lush Growth was a bit angry, and vines hung down from above.

"A Sand Flame person? Or something similar to you?"

The Peru King gently stroked the armrest of the throne, inside which was his sword. To tell the truth, he didn't like the gods very much. If it weren't for various problems, the first thing he would have eliminated after taking the throne would have been the gods of Peru.

"Human? No, do you know what an Old God is?"

"Old God!"

The Peru King's pupils shrank. He knew a piece of secret history: that continent with ancient civilization ended up in its current state because it fought an Old God to the death. Although the Old God was eliminated, that ancient civilization was also destroyed.

"He is an Old God?!"

"If he were, that would be fine. That human—no, that monster—has killed many Old Gods, so many that I cannot perceive clearly, at least... five or more."

"..."

The Peru King was silent.

"Consider it yourself. If that monster goes crazy, let alone the front-line battlefield, both Sand Flame and Peru might cease to exist. Don't forget that continent to the west of the ocean; that will be your fate. Before you provoke him, use every method to kill him. He is the one who destroys everything."

The aura of the God of Lush Growth dissipated, leaving only the Peru King in the great hall.

"Being afraid to this extent, it's truly disappointing."

The Peru King sighed low. Regarding the words of the God of Lush Growth, the Peru King only believed a part of them. According to his deduction, the God of Lush Growth must have been humiliated in some matter, which was why he was exaggerating, but some things still needed to be guarded against.

No one noticed that in the cat bed in the corner of the great hall, a cat was stretching. After it looked around "ignorantly," it curled up into a ball again.

Segona City, inside a stone building.

At this time, the "one who destroys everything" mentioned by the God of Lush Growth was holding a tablet computer, eyes filled with killing intent, tackling a puzzle game with inhuman difficulty.

Su Xiao calmly put away the tablet computer, his desire to meet the game developer, Pi Pang, very strong.

Su Xiao had made appointments many times, but Pi Pang had always used having things to do as an excuse. In Bahar's words: "Does that guy know the game development is too difficult, which is why he doesn't show his face?"

Su Xiao wanted to see Pi Pang, of course, not because he couldn't clear the game and was prepared to have an offline real-life PK with the other party, but because the game developed by Pi Pang was truly interesting. Right now, this game was about to be cleared, and he was prepared to find the other party to buy another game to pass the time in his leisure.

As the saying goes, every trade has its master. It was very rare for someone to reach Pi Pang's level in making games. It was said that the income from selling games was even higher than the gains from fighting in the world, and now the other party mainly operated in high-tech worlds, usually dressing like a tech geek, and many large adventure groups hired the other party at high prices.

Su Xiao lay on the bed, closing his eyes to perceive the situation in his body. During the day, he had devoured a god's incarnation, and the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying ability had improved by a significant margin, and now it had stabilized.

Checking the hint records, several hints appeared before Su Xiao's eyes.

【Due to absorbing the energy converted by the Devourer Core, the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying ability has been improved.】

【Green Qing Qing Gang Ying has been improved to lv. 57.】

【Green Qing Qing Gang Ying has been improved to lv. 58.】

【Green Qing Qing Gang Ying has been improved to lv. 59.】

【Green Qing Qing Gang Ying: lv. 59 (Active/Passive Skill)】

Usage condition: Activate Green Qing Qing Gang Ying, consuming 180 mana points per minute (increased by 15 points).

Active effect: Each melee attack will burn 627 mana points of the enemy (increased by 30 points) and cause true damage 1.6 times the burned mana (1003 points of true damage + 25% increase from Zhan Long Shan = 1254 points). The enemy will suffer intense pain after mana burning.

Passive effect: When the enemy suffers mana burning, there is a 21% chance to trigger one of three abnormal states: paralysis, immobilization, or dizziness. The abnormal state duration is 0.2~3 seconds.

Defensive form: Aoge (Active)...

External form: Energy Interruption (Active)...

The Green Qing Qing Gang Ying ability was stuck at lv. 59. To improve to lv. 60 required a very massive amount of energy. Generally, this situation meant there would be significant changes after completing the improvement.

As one of Su Xiao's core abilities, after reaching a certain level, it could only be improved by opportunity. The disadvantage was that it was difficult to improve, and the advantage was that each improvement didn't require consuming resources, and the improvement margin was very large.

It was also fortunate that the Green Qing Qing Gang Ying ability had this characteristic. The resources consumed by another core ability, sword technique, were exaggerated. If both core abilities required consuming large amounts of resources, Su Xiao wouldn't even be able to feed Zhan Long Shan.

Closing the skill list, Su Xiao began to flip through the title shop. All the titles that could be obtained in this world were inside. The content was as follows:

【Ancient Monarch (★★★★)】