Chapter 1167: Demigod Ruins (First update, requesting all)

Time passed without him noticing, and by the time Li Zhangsheng returned to the Underdark, more than a month had already gone by.

During this month, Li Zhangsheng's Mental Power had made further progress, and he could be considered to have initially entered the late stage of the King rank.

As the price for this, one Top-Grade Soul Crystal had been completely consumed.

Li Zhangsheng did not use the remaining half of the Top-Grade Soul Crystal, preparing to keep it for emergencies; after all, the speed at which a Top-Grade Soul Crystal restored Mental Power far exceeded that of a Superior Soul Crystal, and it was of no small help whether for combat or for refining tools and setting up Forbidden Arrays.

The strength of his Demon Pets had improved to varying degrees, and the first batch of Demon Pets that had failed their breakthrough attempts could try again.

However, Li Zhangsheng did not do so, because after failing a breakthrough once, the probability of their next breakthrough would inevitably decline.

Li Zhangsheng planned to wait until the cooldown of the Sun Moon Shuttle Heavy Light Wheel had passed before attempting a breakthrough; ever since he had collected the complete Sun Moon Shuttle Heavy Light Wheel, he had not yet tried it with the Emperor Flowing Plasma.

If nothing went wrong, the effect would certainly be much better than using the Taiyin Token alone, perhaps even ten times better.

"If I were to use the Exotic Treasure Burial Technique, the effect of the Emperor Flowing Plasma would likely be quite exaggerated."

Such a thought suddenly appeared in Li Zhangsheng's mind, but he immediately cut it off; he simply could not bear to do such a thing.

I am afraid that even a Ninth-Rank Demon Tamer would not be willing to do so, as even they could not possibly possess too many Zifu Qizhen-level treasures.

Besides these, progress in creating new species was not significant; they were still in the embryonic development stage, and whether it could succeed remained an unknown.

On the contrary, the plan for the Sublimation Imitation Demon Controlling Pot had advanced a step further, having been significantly optimized compared to the original plan; Li Zhangsheng estimated that the success rate was already approaching fifty percent.

He decided to continue optimizing it, at the very least until the success rate exceeded half.

It must be mentioned here that the Spirit Essence extracted from Deathwing had finished being purified, allowing him to obtain more than a jar of Ancestral Black Dragon Essence Blood.

With this endless "tool dragon" for blood production, the secondary Ancestral Black Dragon would evolve into a Divine Beast within a few years, and that was not even counting other channels.

After more than a month, the situation in the Death Swamp had initially stabilized, which was also the reason why Li Zhangsheng had not left.

With such a great commotion occurring in the Death Swamp, the surrounding countries naturally heard the rumors, but instead of acting rashly, they were filled with caution.

The kings of these countries did not know the background of the new master of the Death Swamp, but since even Deathwing had fallen, the strength of the new master of the Death Swamp was certainly above that of Deathwing.

They believed that this was likely a Demigod, as after all, only a Demigod could contend with or even defeat Deathwing, who was an Ancestral Black Dragon; before figuring out Li Zhangsheng's background, they dared not act rashly.

Additionally, Li Zhangsheng was also collecting information related to the God of the Underdark, but from the data collected so far, he did not yet know the Human Emperor's purpose.

He also did not ban the God of the Underdark from proselytizing in the Death Swamp, though some restrictions were inevitable.

Apart from this, the proselytizing of other gods was also subject to certain restrictions, and the more believers a church had, the greater the restrictions.

Li Zhangsheng did not offend these churches completely; he grasped a certain degree of balance to avoid offending them too severely and having these churches send Demigods, Saints, or God Descents to finish him off.

Before becoming a Double-Character King, he did not want to offend these churches too deeply.

Once he became a Double-Character King, even if a god performed a God Descent, he would have the confidence to defeat them.

As for the gods' true bodies or avatars taking action, that was out of the question; due to the restrictions of the rules, they could almost never enter the Dawn World.

Taking a step back, even if a god or an avatar really entered the Dawn World, their strength would inevitably be greatly weakened; this was also a restriction on the gods.

On the contrary, Demon Tamers, even if they reached the Ninth Rank, could still move freely across all major planes.

Since occupying the Death Swamp, the passage to and from the Underdark was naturally also controlled by Li Zhangsheng, allowing the Underdark and the Surface World to trade and exchange goods.

Li Zhangsheng decided to monopolize this business, as only a monopoly could maximize his profits, and with his current strength, he was capable of controlling this source of wealth.

After returning to the capital of the Yasi City-State, Li Zhangsheng immediately received Ge Liedi.

Li Zhangsheng naturally had some understanding of the recent situation in the Yasi City-State; after all, the capital of the Yasi City-State was not very far from the Death Swamp, and they could fully communicate through the Golden Conch.

During this month, under Ge Liedi's "calling for friends and companions," two more Lower Legend Stronger individuals chose to join the Yasi City-State; in this aspect, it was no longer inferior to the Laina City-State in its prime, and even without Li Zhangsheng presiding, it was enough to operate smoothly.

After the several city-states surrounding the Yasi City-State formed an offensive and defensive alliance, there had been no movement for the time being; judging from the situation, these city-states were likely uniting for self-preservation rather than invading the Yasi City-State.

"Ge Liedi, is there any news about that guy?"

The "guy" Li Zhangsheng referred to was the person who had traded the Blood Phoenix Black Gold to Livingston.

This was also a Legendary Powerhouse, who was at the Middle Legend realm at the time of the trade, and his current strength was unknown.

"There is no news of him for the moment, but I estimate he is in the Surface World, otherwise there wouldn't be a complete lack of news!"

The current Yasi City-State had already established a comprehensive intelligence system and cooperated with some forces such as the Thieves Guild, initially radiating throughout the entire Underdark.

"Then continue to investigate, and report to me as soon as there is any news of him!"

Li Zhangsheng could not help but feel it was a pity; if that guy had really gone to the Surface World, it would be troublesome.

The area of the Surface World far exceeded that of the Underdark, with numerous countries and complex power dynamics; the key was that the Death Swamp controlled by Li Zhangsheng was still an evil force, making it very difficult to obtain information.

The best method was to lure them with profit; the world is driven by profit, and for this reason, Li Zhangsheng specifically issued a regulation: anyone who obtained the whereabouts of that guy, once verified, could establish a channel with the Underdark and the Death Swamp; he believed many chambers of commerce and forces would flock to this.

After instructing Ge Liedi to continue presiding over the capital, Li Zhangsheng rode Aixi toward the Roaring Stone Forest.

He held the token in his hand, preparing to open the Ruins of the Demigod Eric Robertson.

As for those two Thunder Ancestral Titans, even if he could not kill them, he had to at least drive them away; after all, since occupying the Laina City-State, the Roaring Stone Forest had become the biggest destabilizing factor for the Yasi City-State.

Without spending much time, Li Zhangsheng entered the Roaring Stone Forest once again.

Compared to last time, the Roaring Stone Forest was clearly much more vigilant; some Giants had already formed patrol teams and were patrolling everywhere in the Roaring Stone Forest.

(End of chapter)