Chapter 228

Couldn't help letting out a very embarrassing scream, Leinorz immediately clenched his teeth.

Although I had no idea what was happening, I suddenly felt sore all over, my stomach churning.

Wait, this feeling is!

No matter how I say it, I'm still a mighty dragon; my strong body is unmatched in close combat and can resist various influences, including curses.

Damn, if I get out now, my dragon god career will be over…

Hold it in, I must hold it in!

Looking up at the dragon constantly trembling in the air, Ji Ming roughly gauged the limits of those two spells.

Indeed, if it could work perfectly ignoring any level gap and talent, wouldn't the whole world turn into a sea of feces and maggots?

But if all thirteen free skill points were poured into this skill…

I copied, I can't say!

The big boss's sudden mysterious silence also made the battlefield atmosphere extremely awkward for a moment, with players staring at each other.

"No, this bat-lizard suddenly popped out chirping a bunch, then suddenly started airborne dance?"

"And looking at its demeanor…… it seems there's also a feeling of almost bursting, could it be a super celestial dragon?"

"Don't act cool, that's called a naga!"

Unfortunately their chatter didn't reach Leinorz's ears, because he had clenched his claws and turned red in the face.

While struggling to maintain his divine dignity, he could only whisper a sentence.

"Damn, don't think you've won just like that…"

"Just controlling definitely won't win; we still need to pour in some damage."

The mask is merely an accessory; as long as Ji Ming wants, no one can tell his face.

So he took off the mask; under the hood, in the utter darkness of a very cryptic person, two glimmers gradually lit up.

Leinorz had no time to dodge, or rather no space to dodge, and was harshly struck by two searing holy light beams.

As a legendary creature, even if just a young dragon, its scales should already have considerable magic resistance.

But in the face of high-concentration holy light sourced from divine power, this resistance is nothing but foam on water.

——【I step on horse social security】just for fun; if you really want to see damage, it's still my【Holy One's Judgment】!

Leinorz, with two extra hearts, completely lost flight ability and fell like a bird with broken wings.

But due to another reason, his fall wasn't simple free fall, but like a deflating balloon.

puff puff puff puff puff…

"Hah hah hah, ah!!!"

In his sorry state, he could only close his eyes and roar loudly, trying to mask the bleak reality with madness.

However, one can only say it's no wonder it's a dragon—everything is huge, even the volume and stench of its excrement are deadly.

The players all covered their mouths and noses with various things, fleeing the battlefield without looking back, even the challengers' members were the same.

Unfortunately, no matter how strong the methane power, it couldn't stop Leinorz from crashing hard to the ground.

Although even after such heavy damage he didn't die, lying among the rock giant's remains he could only cling to life.

"That's it, I thought you were fiercer."

As fellow legendary creatures, Lao Yang Tou not only has his own small group but also many faithful followers; how come you're so weak?

He dripped two drops of SpiritGathering Liquid into his nostrils, and Ji Ming blinked to a relatively clean spot near Leinorz.

Seeing their boss beaten up like this, the naive earth elements were almost crying.

Although they had lost their magic supply, they still emerged from the soil in droves, gathering around Leinorz.

……Alright alright, I take back my last words; you still have a bunch of good people.

Before, from afar, the earth elements seemed like nothing but hopping balls of light.

But now, getting closer, I discovered that on top of those light balls there were——

Two downward slashes intersecting, a triangle missing a horizontal line at the bottom, plus delicate dots dotted between them……

These simple symbols, though abstract, still formed an angry face on the earth elements with striking likeness.

Even now, though they can't inflict any harm, they still strive to bump Ji Ming with their bodies, like a hen protecting her chicks.

"Damn, it's clearly you lot coming to wreck my place, yet it seems like I'm bullying you."

I've seen dragons and such before; they're just a bunch of trash, so Ji Ming is actually very interested in these earth elements.

Since under magical supply and command they can form a lizard rock giant, could they also form other things?

For example, some precise mechanical parts, or even theoretical devices that modern materials science cannot support……

Thinking this, Ji Ming casually grabbed a clump and kneaded it in his hand.

By the way……

Could this be the feeling? I don't know.

Still pondering, I suddenly noticed an inexplicable extra interactive option with the earth elements.

Wait.

Aren't earth elements living things? What does it mean that this can be put into the game backpack?

According to the boss's settings, the 'backpack' itself has a certain cleaning function.

Besides battle stains and wear, even if something is branded, as long as it can go into the backpack, it will be restored to ownerless state.

So when it puts this lump of earth element into storage via the backpack function and then takes it out again, it becomes a face without expression.

This feeling of severed allegiance is unusually clear; even if Leinorz is at death's door, he will turn his huge head to stare at Li Jimming.

"You!"

Ji Ming ignored him and instead glanced at the surrounding earth elements.

One, two, three, four…… If we also add the ones left guarding in the castle……

It looks like the amount of these soil elements is just enough to hand out as player rewards.

Heh, how should we use the properties of these soil elements? Why do I have to think so hard?

As for climbing and localizing the tech tree, we'll leave that to the players who love to mess around and cause trouble!

So Ji Ming edited a notice and changed its recipients to everyone.

The next moment.

"Holy shit, awesome!"

【Stop working, eat and drink your fill, go online!】

【Hey buddy, get online quick, they're giving out pets in the city!】

"No, don't, you're not allowed to grab them!"

Seeing the players all rushing over, drawn by the smell, to loot the soil elements, Leinorz grew anxious.

He struggled to rise, but the black-clad figure punched him in the face.

"War criminal, shut up!"

"Ugh…… that's my favorite soil element!"

Bang!

"Damn it, how did the soil elements in my house go missing too?"

Bang!

With Sylvia's help, the soil elements that had fused into the Inverted Hanging Castle were also all seized.

As for the reduced structural strength, she repaired and reinforced it with angelic magic.

Thus, after the players happily went their separate ways, all that remained in the ruins was Leinorz, too beaten to speak.

Activating the transfer, Ji Ming brought him along to the rarely visited north of the logistics center,

Since the founding of the Spirit Throne Holy Seat, Leinorz has been the biggest war criminal of all.

Highest level—reaching thirty-two; even in Sunshine City he's a top-tier existence.

Lost the fastest—right after the opening CG ended, Ji Ming took control, chained his attacks, and instantly killed him.

Gave the most—not only using the productive population of a large Tribe to free players from tedious mechanical labor, but also handing out a cute pet to each.

Even after being separated from the soil elements, the entire Inverted Hanging Castle was successfully preserved intact, adding a wonder to the Holy Seat's domain.

Given all this, he's made huge contributions, deserving the title of Transport Corps Captain, and naturally deserves the highest level of treatment.

So when Leinorz painfully turned his head to look around, he nearly got scared into cardiac arrest.

If we speak of dwarves, snow leopard folk, and strange werewolves, they are still fairly conventional species.

Then angels, silver dragons, and the giant tree spirits that already possess some divinity are beings he absolutely cannot touch.

Moreover, unlike when he was just revived at level thirty or forty, after a month of recovery the three founding powerhouses have returned to fifty or sixty level combat strength.

So when Ji Ming pulled back his hood, revealed his true face, and mocked Leinorz for looking like a dog, Leinorz immediately replied.

"Damn, what's the difference between me and a dog now!?"

This rather sharp question made Ji Ming suck in a cold breath, think carefully for a moment, then speak seriously.

"Dogs are cuter than you."

"You…"

Consumed by rage, the rock dragon collapsed completely motionless on the ground.

Ji Ming had wanted to personally join the interrogation, but seeing that it was already late,

If he were late for afternoon training, he'd likely be violently beaten by the super old-timer, so he waved his hand.

"Interrogate him harshly for me, dig out all his treasure sites, and treat them as war reparations!"

In an instant, it was as if a switch had been flipped; Leinorz, who had been dead for a moment, sprang up from the ground.

"No, you wish, I will absolutely not hand over my treasure—you…… ah!"

It must be said, the dragon god's wail is also tremendous.

And Sylvia did not disappoint, using a series of enhanced mind spells to successfully extract a large amount of information from Leinorz.

"Uuuu, my treasure……"

So when Ji Ming returned to the underground city limping in the evening, all he saw was a small rock dragon curled up in the corner, sniffling.

"What's going on, the kid's brain's been messed with?"

"No, my lord, our angel race's mind techniques have no side effects."

"That's good, otherwise even if he were the king of earth and mountain, we wouldn't have a Little Dragon Girl to feed him for fusion summoning…"

After throwing Leinorz into the big jail to sober up, Ji Ming went to the storage hold on the warship.

"Have you inspected them? These aren't brass or spray paint, are they?"

"My lord, these are absolutely genuine gold; please don't doubt the dragon race's craving for treasure."

He truly deserves the title of hidden Soil Emperor of the underground plains and biggest charlatan; Leinorz, with over ten thousand followers, possesses wealth beyond imagination.

Besides the gold, silver, and jewels he piled beneath him as a bed, almost every room in the castle was filled with various luxury treasures.

Besides that, although he hadn't received guidance from elders, relying on the innate astonishing wisdom in his bloodline, he also knew not to put all his eggs in one basket.

Thus, in the underground of each subordinate Tribe, and even in extremely remote wilderness, he assigned soil elements to secretly hide treasures.

Originally intended as escape funds in case of mishap, but there wasn't even a bit of operational space before Ji Ming harshly subdued him.

He wore five rings on each of his ten fingers, and loaded his wrists with bracelets and his neck with necklaces.

Ji Ming shook it like a hand rattle for a long while, finally sighing.

"Eh, actually I have no interest in money; these are external things, you can't bring them when you're born or take them when you die, meaningless……"

After speaking, he dragged away wealth that no ordinary person could lift and left the storage cabin.

Thus, the two unstable points from the Scale Armor Tribe to the Upside-down Castle were resolved at once, and the underground plain returned to a rare tranquility.

Ji Ming also enjoyed two days of peace... well, there was no peaceful life; what came was Lao Nv Shi's intensified training.

Even if Ji Ming had killed monsters as much as possible, his free attribute points couldn't withstand such rapid consumption.

On the panel, his stats had become:

【Name: Ji Ming】

【Level: 23 (320/480)】

【Vitality: 35】

【Agility: 35】

【Intelligence: 46】

【Charm: 46】

【Free Attribute Points: 5】

【Free Skill Points: 14】

「All right, young man, stop pretending to be dead on the ground; from now on you'll have plenty of time to sleep。」

After cleaning up the three standard training guns completely destroyed in the high-intensity collision, Buluowa sat down on a chair nearby.

「Your potential is gradually being tapped, but your growth speed has slowed considerably; still, any progress is good。」

「Today's training is over; go home。」

「Ah？」

Ji Ming raised his head and let out a hum.

「But it's only noon now; do we not have training this afternoon? 」

「Aren't you supposed to go to some banquet tonight? Are you planning to go reeking of sweat and limping? 」

Damn it, I was busy leading players in fights the past two days, and these two days I've been busy getting beaten up, so I forgot about this matter.

However...

However, the players have now formed considerable combat strength, and I will eventually have to bring them to Sunlight City.

By then, regardless of whether the three factions of Inner City are willing, they must accept a reshuffling of power.

This banquet comes at just the right time, letting me see who has potential and who should forever stay silent...

Thinking it over, Ji Ming forced himself to cheer up and climbed up from the ground.

Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly turned back.

Earlier, my strange luck had reacted to the banquet; tonight who knows what mishap might occur.

Although combat strength is now sufficient, who would complain about having more of this?

「Ms. Buluowa, if I take that laurel crown, there shouldn't be any problem, right? 」

「Young man, be steadier; don't want to take every good thing out to show others! 」

After habitually criticizing, Buluowa changed her tone.

「It doesn't matter; I've already had Tenisi report to the Holy See. That laurel crown is a reward for your selfless donation of ten thousand gold coins and for crafting the talisman armor—feel free to wear it。」

「Then that's settled; farewell, see you tomorrow! 」

After saying goodbye to Lao Nv Shi, Ji Ming walked out of the church and glanced at the overcast sky of Sunlight City.

「I've tolerated you long enough; let's see how you all perform tonight……」