Chapter 146

Once Zhao Xing left, many other lords appeared around the territory of Lord Lord Lord Pulan.

They usually wandered in this vicinity; after all, when the volcanic cluster erupted, quite a few primal crystals would leak out.

The lords were simply scavenging for scraps around the treasure land.

Such days had been going on for many days.

Lord Lord Lord Pulan couldn't be bothered to manage them, as long as they didn't enter the range he had marked out.

But today, this group of lords was all looking up at the sky.

When Lord Lord Lord Pulan conceded defeat, he had used a world projection to amplify his voice and transmit it out, fearing that Zhao Xing wouldn't hear him.

And the transcendent lords in the surrounding area naturally heard it as well.

"Did I hear that right? Is that Lord Lord Lord Pulan's voice?"

"Damn, who is this Zhao Xing? Lord Lord Lord Pulan actually surrendered and conceded defeat to him?"

"Is the Tanas treasure land finally about to welcome a new master?"

"For over two years, no one has ever defeated Lord Lord Lord Pulan, yet when facing this Zhao Xing, his tone was so humble?"

"Let's go, let's go, hurry over and take a look."

"The new master of the treasure land might be a bit negligent; we might be able to scavenge quite a few primal crystals."

However, when these scavenging lords arrived, they happened to run into Lord Lord Pulan, who had nowhere to vent his frustration.

Breaking into the territory, they were naturally given a sound beating.

Inside the patrol base, Lord Lord Mang Dang suddenly received two messages.

One message was the result of the challenge.

Zhao Xing deployed four King-level Thousand-Sound Bamboo and defeated Lord Lord Pulan.

The entire combat process was completely recorded.

Regarding this, Lord Lord Mang Dang was not surprised.

He knew of Zhao Xing's talent.

Even now, a year later, among the new batch of students in the Beihe Star System.

There was no one who could break into the top 100, and only one person had broken into the top 1,000.

But the second message was somewhat intriguing.

"Zhao Xing succeeded in the challenge, but did not occupy the Tanas volcanic cluster treasure land."

"The master of the territory is still Lord Lord Lord Pulan?"

Lord Lord Mang Dang was somewhat surprised. "What is this Zhao Xing trying to do?"

Just as he was puzzled.

A third message was transmitted over.

It was still sent by Zhao Xing.

He was initiating a challenge against the holder of the treasure land ranked 364.

"He's going to hit another treasure land again. Could it be that he felt the previous one wasn't suitable?"

"That makes sense; the environments of treasure lands vary, and the mining efficiency and hunting efficiency of the lords occupying them are also different."

Lord Lord Mang Dang didn't think much of it and approved Zhao Xing's request to challenge the master of the 364th treasure land, 'Zhang Yang'.

…………

Treasure land number 364 was a vast desert.

The desert was scorching, high temperatures shrouded every part of it, and in some places, the sand even burned eerily, with clusters of flames floating in the sky.

In this desert that felt like a human purgatory, there was an oasis.

Above the oasis.

At this moment, Zhao Xing was looking at the short and thin Transcendent-late-stage lord, 'Zhang Yang'.

At this time, Zhang Yang was completely wrapped layer by layer by a vine tentacle.

His battle saber was discarded to the side.

Zhao Xing stood on the tentacles of the Cloud-Touching Vine, staring at the other party.

"Zhang Yang, you are a Martial Dao lord."

"It is not easy for a Martial Dao lord to hold such a large area, and this Golden Oasis is just right for you."

"I only need you to hand over 4 billion primary primal crystals, which is just your mining output for three months, and this treasure land will remain yours."

"How about it, do you agree?"

Zhang Yang struggled continuously, his face turning red.

"You won't even agree to such good terms?"

"Master," Zero whispered a reminder, "even if he wants to agree, you have to let the Cloud-Touching Vine loosen its grip first; he's about to be strangled to death."

"..."

Zhao Xing suddenly realized and hurriedly let the Cloud-Touching Vine loosen its grip.

"Cough, cough... cough, cough!" Zhang Yang began to cough violently.

After waiting for a long while, he finally regained his senses.

He moved a bit further away from the Cloud-Touching Vine with some fear.

"Is this a King-level peak Cloud-Touching Vine?" Zhang Yang asked.

"Yes," Zhao Xing nodded.

"What is its base amplification coefficient?"

"80," Zhao Xing said casually.

In reality, the Cloud-Touching Vine's current permanent amplification multiplier was over 200 times!

"I didn't lose unjustly," Zhang Yang nodded. He was quite carefree and didn't mind showing his disheveled side in front of others.

"I agree to your terms."

"Here are 4 billion primary primal crystals."

Zhang Yang waved his hand, and piles of primal crystals immediately floated out from his internal world.

"Many thanks."

Zhao Xing waved his hand, collected the primal crystals, and immediately flew away.

……

After several consecutive matches, Lord Lord Mang Dang couldn't help but ask.

"Zhao Xing, what are you planning to do?"

"You succeed in the challenge, but you don't occupy the treasure land."

"Lord Lord Mang Dang," Zhao Xing said, "I want to use these challenges to temper myself."

"Oh, I see," Lord Lord Mang Dang nodded; he had seen many such cases.

However, for Zhao Xing, a Transcendent-early-stage, to dare to use Transcendent-mid-to-late-stage lords as whetstones was terrifying enough.

"Then you had better come up with a codename and change your appearance," Lord Lord Mang Dang said. "This will avoid people figuring out your strength and background after you've challenged too many."

"If you can delay being exposed, your chances of success in challenges will be higher."

"Then... what about those public records?" Zhao Xing asked, puzzled.

"The military department won't leak them; those are all revealed by the lords themselves, or summarized by witnesses on the virtual world forum. The official records only store a codename and a category."

"The lords you challenged have occupied their lands for a long time, so they were naturally exposed after coming into contact with many people," Lord Mang Dang smiled. "But being exposed later is beneficial to your challenges."

"Thank you for the reminder, Lord Lord Mang Dang," Zhao Xing nodded. "In that case, I will use the codename 'Demon King'."

A year ago, when he planted Water Demon Mushrooms in the ocean, he had that title, so Zhao Xing just used it conveniently.

"'Demon King'?" Lord Lord Mang Dang smiled and nodded. "That works."

And from this day on.

Zhao Xing began challenging one after another under the codename 'Demon King'.

At the same time, after every match, he would propose exchange conditions.

"Lord Dennis, this territory still belongs to you; you only need to give me your three-month mining output of 5.5 billion primary primal crystals."

"Lord Huang Chen, I've heard you have enemies. If you are unwilling to agree to this condition, then the next time I find you, I won't let you off so easily. How long can your troop types last under my hands?"

"If you are killed by your enemies then, wouldn't that be a bargain for them?"

"Lord Dawn..."