[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac":3,"chapter-universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-21":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Universal Lord: The Zero-Troop Building Maniac",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1942003,2690,"Chapter 21: Enchantment Upgrade! Elevating the Defense Tower's Rank","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-21",21,"\u003Cp>Back on his territory,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu stood on the ground with a dazed look in his eyes,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The solid feel of the ground beneath his legs gradually brought him back to his senses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This experience of flying\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>couldn't be described as good; it was simply terrible!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wind made it impossible to open his eyes, and his body shivered from the cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Su Yu's dazed expression,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elodie frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had already tried her best to slow down her flying speed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but an ordinary person without any cultivation was truly weak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm sorry, I'll take you flying again once you get stronger,\" Elodie apologized, though her tone lacked any trace of regret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh, no need, no need,\" Su Yu quickly waved his hand,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then perked up and instructed Li Li Huahua to deal with the corpse of the Dark Flame Demon Dragon.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Clean the valuable items and put them away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't need to go hunting today. Stay home and rest well.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Consider it as guarding the territory.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu said, looking at Silvia and Elodie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that Silvia was a laid-back person at heart,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and she had been quite busy these days, even engaging in a major battle with an epic leader today. It was time for her to rest properly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One must balance work and rest,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>not to mention the issue of loyalty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If a laid-back person gets too tired, she might just give up completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\" Silvia smiled, very happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her favorite thing to do was to do nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The amusement house built in the territory was only suitable for farmers to relax,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>but not for mythical figures like them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Silvia's happy smile, Su Yu pondered how to help them relax in the future,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>build a hot spring? Get a TV?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both seemed pretty good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Elodie remained silent, casually using a Holy Light spell to clean Su Yu's body,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>then let Silvia take her hand and leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Silvia found an excellent spot to lie down,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>on a protruding rock in the middle of the wasteland in the territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhang San, tell everyone that there's no need to build new defense towers today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu inspected the territory, walked to the foot of the mountain, and found Zhang San.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, my lord. What should we do then?\" Zhang San asked respectfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu took out the special items dropped by the Dark Flame Dragon,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ice Flame Enchantment · Defense Tower\" and \"Flame Modification · Defense Tower\".\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He handed the two scrolls to Zhang San:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go to the Enchantment Processing Factory and make these two items to upgrade the arrow defense towers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, my lord!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang San started calling out to the other farmers to stop building the defense towers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, the territory and the wild already had 230 defense towers,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>which was enough in quantity, so it was time to upgrade their quality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It just so happened that the Dark Flame Dragon dropped items that could help with the upgrades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides the level cap of 100 for arrow defense towers,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>they could also be modified and enchanted through other means to strengthen them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ordinary arrow defense towers, through enchantment and modification, could reach higher grades.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, since they were defensive structures, it usually required several units of the same level to breach them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, getting the chance to modify and enchant them was very rare.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even a 15th-level epic leader only dropped high-level scrolls.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they did not reach the rare grade, it did not mean they were useless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Multiverse Battlefield, defending a city is often much easier than attacking one,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>mainly due to the defensive buildings in the territory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Buildings are counted by number.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if you get a rare-grade defense tower construction card, you can only build one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But obtaining high-level scrolls for modification and enchantment means,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all the arrow defense towers unlocked from the Lord Crystal by Su Yu,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>will become high-grade defense towers!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the materials, the territory energy can fill in the gaps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, killing the Dark Flame Dragon gave him 75,000 territory energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu's primary goal was to achieve a higher ranking reward in the monster wave after tomorrow,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>the rewards for the monster wave rankings were very generous,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and this was a crucial opportunity for him, as a commoner, to rise, and he would seize it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dark Flame · Spell Comprehension Scroll, Dark Dragon Heart · Power Source, Dark Energy Crystal Core · Energy Source…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu looked at the loot and murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Spell Comprehension Scroll allows one to learn a spell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It can be used by a hero or by oneself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There's no need to use it on mythical heroes like Silvia and Elodie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Epic spells would only lower their level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He would use it after clearing the monster wave, once he became a formal lord!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A formal lord can cultivate and has combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A formal lord can cultivate and also possesses combat strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are also countless cultivation systems from the multiverse for one to choose from.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is also one of the captivating aspects of the Multiverse Battlefield.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It draws people in, one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It is said that a lord who reaches level 100\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>can even attain immortality!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Reaching level 100 to become a god, reaching level 100 for immortality,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>these sayings have been passed down by word of mouth and are widely discussed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the battlefield of myriad worlds is full of dangers, and even troops and heroes find it extremely difficult to reach level 100.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a lord, it is even more challenging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu placed the Dark Energy Crystal Core into the storage space of the lord crystal for the lord crystal to use.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As an epic energy source, it is more than enough to cover the energy consumption of his territory and maintain its operation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, things like lighting,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>all facilities that require energy,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>no longer need to consume the territory's energy; they can use dark energy instead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What should the Dark Dragon Heart be used for?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yu frowned slightly; there were no powerful buildings in his territory that required an epic power source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A day passed,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>and fifty arrow defense towers in the territory were upgraded to advanced defense towers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ice Arrow Defense Tower\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rank: Advanced\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Level 1:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Health: 290 (Base health 20 + \"Mordi's Curse\" + \"Santi's Blessing\")\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Attack: 29 (Base attack 2 + \"Mordi's Curse\" + \"Santi's Blessing\")\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Defense: 29 (Base defense 2 + \"Mordi's Curse\" + \"Santi's Blessing\")\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Range: 1500 meters (10x effectiveness!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Enchantment: \"Ice Flame\" reduces target's movement speed by 40% (10x effectiveness!)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A level 1 Ice Arrow Defense Tower has base attributes twice those of the original arrow defense tower.\u003C\u002Fp>",1117,"2026-06-15T03:53:46.766Z","2026-06-15T04:25:06.961Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","74cfc18b30c699c1b5c0f29faa837014a9431e54f536823cadd630162f9872fc","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-22","universal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-chapter-20",312,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Funiversal-lord-the-zero-troop-building-maniac-cover.jpg"]