Chapter 225

"Lord Xiong Tao..."

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Challenge after challenge, whether through intimidation or earnest persuasion.

Many Extraordinary lords had no choice but to grit their teeth and accept it.

In most cases, as soon as Zhao Xing proposed this condition, the lords would agree.

The main reason was that Zhao Xing himself was strong enough.

It is only natural for the strong to occupy resources!

Even if there were no such thing as a treasure land, having been defeated by Zhao Xing, it was only right to offer up a portion of resources as a sign of respect!

Otherwise, with Zhao Xing's strength, he could completely kill off more than half of their troops; the terrifying combat power of those plant-type troops proved that the other party could easily do so.

Showing mercy was a sign of giving face!

Those powerhouses who occupied treasure lands naturally had to know how to give Zhao Xing this face.

For those who couldn't wrap their heads around it, Zhao Xing would offer a slight 'hint'.

Once the other party heard that they would continue to face trouble in the future, they immediately and obediently offered a sum of Primary Origin Crystals.

Of course, there were also those who were stubborn and unwilling, reluctant to part with their resources.

Zhao Xing did not stand on ceremony with them.

He simply drove them away and occupied that piece of territory himself.

After a month.

Zhao Xing had challenged over eighty second-tier treasure lands!

Among them, he occupied 3 territories himself.

"Master, these three treasure lands can be mined using the 'destructive' method!"

"It only takes ten days and a cost of 1 billion Primary Origin Crystals to purchase a batch of exclusive mechanical troops from the space base, and you can mine a batch of Origin Crystals."

"If Master guards these three treasure lands and mines for 10 days at full capacity, you can obtain the normal three-month mining efficiency."

"However, for the next half year, this treasure land will enter a dormant state and will only recover after half a year."

Zero reported.

"Let's do that then," Zhao Xing said. "Wait for ten days."

The three treasure lands were all within the top one hundred of the second-tier treasure lands!

The annual output exceeded 50 billion.

But Zhao Xing didn't have the energy to split his troops to guard multiple places.

What he wanted was to quickly obtain Origin Crystals to improve his troops and his own strength!

"Over 80 treasure lands, and every challenge was a success."

"The original owners of these treasure lands each contributed about 5 billion Primary Origin Crystals on average."

"In one month, I have obtained over 400 billion Primary Origin Crystals!"

Zhao Xing looked at his internal world with a smile.

With so many Origin Crystals, he naturally couldn't let them sit idle.

Of course, he would use them to massively evolve his troops and increase their combat power index.

Origin Crystals can permanently increase a troop's combat power and also raise their growth limit.

From Extraordinary to King Stage requires at least 10,000 Primary Origin Crystals.

From King Stage to Emperor Stage requires at least 1 million Intermediate Origin Crystals.

From Emperor Stage to Imperial Stage requires at least 100 million Advanced Origin Crystals.

100 Primary Origin Crystals can be exchanged for one Intermediate one.

100 Intermediate Origin Crystals can be exchanged for one Advanced one.

"400 billion Primary Origin Crystals seems like a lot, but it's not enough to break the growth limits of my existing Emperor Stage troops," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Raising the growth limit to Imperial Stage requires 1 trillion Primary Origin Crystals!

Note, this doesn't mean they immediately grow to the Imperial Stage; it just means the troops will have no shackles in the future.

For example, the Deep Sea Banshee is originally Emperor Stage; if she absorbs 100 million Advanced Origin Crystals.

She won't immediately become an Imperial Stage troop, but it means she can grow up to the Imperial Stage at most, with no bottlenecks in between, eliminating the shackles of growth rules!

"First, let the Cloud-Touching Vine, Thousand-Sound Bamboo, Water Demon Mushroom, and Colossus Tree absorb them."

"Break their growth shackles."

"Cultivating one costs only 10 billion Primary Origin Crystals."

"Afterward, accelerate their growth in the internal world to shorten the time they need to reach the early Emperor Stage."

Zhao Xing returned to the space city base once.

First, to exchange Primary Origin Crystals for Advanced Origin Crystals, which are easier to absorb.

Second, to purchase a batch of auxiliary robots responsible for mining Origin Crystals in the treasure lands.

"Ten days later, continue the challenges."

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Zhao Xing challenged one after another, but the lords in the Extraordinary area were in an uproar!

In one month, the owners of over eighty treasure lands were successfully challenged by a mysterious lord with the codename 'Demon King'.

And they were all second-tier treasure lands!

Never before had owners changed so frequently, but in this month alone, over eighty such incidents occurred!

The strange thing was that these treasure lands returned to the hands of their original owners.

These eighty treasure lands had all briefly possessed the codename of the same owner—'Demon King'.

But he only stayed for about half an hour before giving them up, and they were re-occupied by the original owners.

And the owners of the treasure lands were all tight-lipped about the details.

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As if it were a deep taboo.

Even Pu Lan and Zhang Yang, who first knew Zhao Xing's name, dared not say much.

Only when pressed by close friends did they reveal that the 'Demon King' was a plant-type lord!

Although there were many lords in the Extraordinary area.

There were only so many treasure lands, especially the second-tier ones, of which there were over eight hundred.

When they learned that the owners of these eighty treasure lands had all lost to a plant-type lord named 'Demon King', it caused a sensation!

"Damn, have you heard?!"

"Heard what?"

"There's a guy with the codename 'Demon King' who challenged over eighty Extraordinary lords in one month!"

"And they were all owners of second-tier treasure lands!"

"However, he succeeded in his challenges but didn't occupy those treasure lands. I suspect he just wants to increase his combat skills."

"What, such a thing actually happened?! That's too wasteful!"

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"The Demon King specifically picks lords who have occupied second-tier treasure lands for a long time, but turns a blind eye to those who have just occupied them. Why is that?"

"I don't know, this Demon King is very mysterious. We only know he is a plant-type lord and his codename, and he was photographed with a troop suspected to be a Cloud-Touching Vine; everything else is unknown."

"I know, it's rumored he's only an early Extraordinary lord!"

"Early Extraordinary, plant-type lord? And a Cloud-Touching Vine?" Mo Luo was in a tavern, listening to the discussions of those lords, muttering: "Could it be Zhao Xing?"

"Mo Luo, what did you say?" asked a square-faced man at the peak of the Extraordinary stage beside him.

"Nothing." Mo Luo shook his head. "Hearing them talk about the 'Demon King' reminded me of a friend. That friend of mine is also a plant-type lord, but we haven't been in touch for a long time."

Having been here for over a year, the original forty-six geniuses each had their own encounters.

They were in less frequent contact, and Zhao Xing had been in seclusion in Guluohe's internal world for over a year, basically never participating in gatherings in the virtual world.

"I've heard of the Demon King too," the square-faced man said solemnly. "This person's combat power amplification is at least 100, because his challenges to those treasure land owners were completely leap-frogging!"

"Not long ago, he defeated an Extraordinary beast-type lord with a combat power amplification of 97."

"So terrifying? Then it probably isn't my friend," Mo Luo shook his head. "But this Demon King is really strange, challenging them but not occupying the treasure lands."

"The strong all have some special quirks," the square-faced man laughed. "I'd actually like to meet this Demon King. A combat power amplification of over a hundred! He must have been immersed in rule comprehension for over a hundred years."

"How would you meet him?" a female martial artist beside him shook her head. "It's just a codename; you can't even find him."