Standing on a section of the unfinished walls of the city, Zhou Zhou stared at the endless distance covered in desert sand.
"A day would come when you would be tourist attraction, rather than a deserted land."
He muttered as he looked forward to the future.
Flying out of the city, Nezario hovered in front of Zhou Zhou with Aegon on his back.
"Show me everything you've got."
Interested in seeing the limit of the divine-tier knighted dragon, Zhou Zhou activated the 50,010 Abyss contract books.
Rising from the dark swamp, 50,010 fire demons stared ominously at the dragon and his knight.
Surprisingly, the stares of the White platinum-tier fire demons weren't as frightening as Artena's.
"A kingdom-tier soldier is indeed powerful."
Zhou Zhou muttered as he watched Nezario roaring at the multitude of fire demons under Aegon's command.
Immediately, the effect of dragon might was activated as every fire demon froze in horror.
"A divine-tier skill is indeed horrifying."
Zhou Zhou mumbled after seeing the effect of Nezario's roar.
"Dracarys!!"
At the sound of Aegon's voice, Nezario spat out burning lava from his mouth, incinerating dozens of fire demons in an instant.
Boom!!
The desert sand beneath the feet of the White platinum-tier fire demons exploded outwards as they leaped towards Nezario.
Roar!!
Turning to face the leaping fire demons, Nezario burnt them to death.
The massacre continued until there was nothing but burnt corpses scattered on the ground.
"In large scale massacres, not even the giants can compare."
Zhou Zhou muttered while waiting for Aegon to bring the burnt corpses.
...
Staring outside her room, Suzanne wasn't looking too good about the ongoing situation.
"He expects me to pledge an allegiance to a sect I have no idea about?!"
"And for what? A chance to build the temple quicker?"
"Rubbish!"
'I will keep waiting."
She said while looking forward to a new wyvern tomorrow.
...
[Except for having the Imperial temple earlier than expected, you don't seem to promise anything else.]
[You can't own me, Xiang Xueba, with just some building construct!]
[So, what else are you offering?]
Dropping messages to Mystic Heaven, Xiang Xueba asked him.
[You don't seem to get it, do you?]
[With each temple being built by other lords, you lose your chance of getting picked by the Gods.]
[The reason I requested for the top lords alone is because they have a higher chance of receiving the favors of the Gods due to their strengths and potentials.]
[But that doesn't mean the other lords outside the top 25 won't do.]
[Don't test my sect's patience.]
[Accept now or begin your path to nothingness.]
Mystic Heaven responded to the Overlord.
[You really underestimate me, Mystic Heaven.]
[Tell your sect I said 'Hi']
After saying that, Xiang Xueba logged off.
"And here I thought he was impressive."
"Every second that goes by diminishes his chances to acquire the legacy of a God."
Mystic Heaven said as he watched thousands of disciples building a large flying ship.
"I shall revive Mother Nuwa's name once again."
He vowed.
...
Done with the burnt corpses, Zhou Zhou arrived at the summoning gate.
"Good morning, my lord."
Hui Teng, Caitlyn, Tatia and Halle bowed as they greeted.
"Good morning to you all."
Zhou Zhou replied before focusing on the gate of summoning.
[Prompt: Do you want to summon immediately?]
"Yes."
He said.
The next second
The gate of summoning suddenly lit up with a bright white light, and 66 people walked out.
"Welcome, everyone. My name is Hui Teng, and I'm the vice city lord of Blazing Sun City."
"This is Zhou Zhou, the lord of the city."
"Greetings, my lord."
They bowed as they greeted the young man.
Acknowledging the greeting with a nod and a smile, Zhou Zhou began inspecting them.
And as usual, Hui Teng began the interview on the newly acquired citizens.
In total, there were a total of 23 male subjects and 43 female subjects among the 66 people.
6 of them had notes in their abilities overview about how they were once the lords of cerulean planet.
They had lost their memories now and had become the subjects of Blazing Sun.
And among the 66 subjects, there were 12 Professionals!
Among them were 1 Green bronze-tier advance grade spearmen, 1 Green bronze-tier advance grade medicine cultivator, 3 Green bronze-tier intermediate grade doctors, 2 Green bronze-tier elementary grade architects, 4 Black iron-tier advance grade chefs, and 1 Black iron-tier intermediate cartographer.
'Medicine cultivator?'
Zhou Zhou had heard of this profession from Ling'er.
This was a life style professional that specialized in cultivating medicinal herbs. Their corresponding lifestyle structures were medicinal gardens.
He looked at the skinny middle-aged man who was answering the questions asked by Halle, one of Hui Teng's assistants.
He opened the other party's interface.
[Subject: Oman Pyius]
[Territory: Blazing Sun City]
[Life Profession Name: Medicine Cultivator]
[Class: Green bronze-tier advance grade]
[Ability Overview: He was once a human lord of the cerulean planet. In reality, he was a veteran herb planter. Later, he died in battle during the novice lord test. Now that he has reincarnated, he has lost his past memories and has become the subject of Blazing Sun.]
[Skills: Green bronze-tier advance grade (herb identification, herb cultivation, herb processing)]
[Loyalty: 77]
[Potential: Yellow gold-tier advance grade]
Listening in on the question and answer between Oman and Halle, Zhou Zhou was surprised that he knew nothing about his past life except being a medicine cultivator and a lord before his death.
'Must've been done to prevent the ex-lords from rebelling.'
He thought as Hui Teng's assistants took the new citizens away.
The new cartographer would be placed in Wu Tu's scout team.
"Here."
Speaking to Hui Teng, Zhou Zhou handed the lifestyle professionals recruitment books to Hui Teng, 66 of them in total.
"Arrange them into the city after summoning them."
He said to Hui Teng before leaving to the Time Ruin.
Throwing the recruitment books into the white glowing portal, Hui Teng welcomed 30 Green bronze-tier lifestyle professionals, 18 White silver-tier lifestyle professionals, and 18 Yellow gold-tier lifestyle professionals.
After introducing them to the city, he led them to their respect organizations.
Arriving in front of the Time Ruin, Zhou Zhou saw Bai Yung, Qin We, Huang Sai and Sun Can.
Lu Chong wasn't present because he's making his transformation to a hero.
And Hui Teng was busy with the lifestyle professionals.
"Let's go."
...
Exiting the Time Ruin 4 minutes later than they did yesterday, the soldiers and their lord made their way to the monster ranches.
Having no changes to them, 4 ranches from the original 6 were occupied by the soldiers present.
Bai Yung kept to his previous partners while Qin We replaced Lu Chong in facing the sandmen.
As for the archers, their worst possible opponent would be the sandmen.
Due to their form which is generally sand, their arrows won't be able pin them to the ground.
Only by killing them would they be able to survive.
So, they went up against the black-tailed scorpions this time.
Man Nuo was leading the subjects of the city who has beneficial connections before their arrival to reconnect with their past mutual, so he wasn't present for today's training section.
Aside Bai Yung, the soldiers retained yesterday's level, which was at the elementary grade of green bronze-tier.
Bai Yung has already completed the required 15 minutes combat duration, so he had to reduce his strength level to properly absorb the insights he received from the Hall of Truth.
So, he kept his level at the advance grade of black iron-tier.
Having already completed the 15 minutes time frame set by the lord, he wasn't interested in doing it again with a lower strength level.
Rather, after fully absorbing the insights gained in today's section from the Hall of Truth, he reduced his strength level further in order to pressure himself into advancing.
And with that, he was ousted from the monster ranch after 8 minutes and 2 seconds.
Experiencing the intense battle of yesterday and today's skill comprehension from the Hall of Truth, Qin We advanced his sword-shield technique to the intermediate-tier.
He lasted 10 minutes and 53 seconds in the monster ranch before getting injured and forced out.
With the archers' improvements, they finished their arrows in 59 seconds, pinning the claws of 786 black-tailed scorpions to the ground.
Carrying out the next phase, the soldiers took out every fog monster save for the only ones needed to continue their lineage.
[Phantom Storage: 7,110,776 / 3,000,000 (1,000,000)]
"Over 300,000 promotion energy added."
"Sweet."
Zhou Zhou smiled as he stared at the notification displaying his hidden power.
'I can have an Extraordinary-tier soldier any time I so wish.'
'That's the power of the Phantom Cage lord talent.'
He thought as he pulled the corpses of the fog monster into his spatial ring.
Looting them together with the corpses of the flame demon fog wolves from the Time Ruin, he obtained the following perfect loots:
38,536 Mist cores! (36,402 Green bronze-tier and 2,134 White silver-tier)
9,432 Class change certificates! (3,773 Sword shield soldier, 3,773 Poison crossbowman, and 1,886 Pudao soldier)
4,230 Recruitment books! (2,115 Sword shield soldier, 2,115 Poison crossbowman, 1,057 Pudao soldier, and 873 Elemental archer)
3,526kg of Light drawing crystals!
The loots also contained fire demon fog wolf armors, meat, skill books, potion formulas, poison sacs, and black scorpion poison crossbows.
Their grades had all increased by a level under the influence of the perfect loots!
"This perfect loot is too awesome!"
Zhou Zhou could not help but smile when he saw the loots.
The effect on the mist cores alone increased his daily income from the monster ranch by 10 times!
Not to mention that the grade of the recruitment books had also increased by a notch!
From now on, the lowest potential of military professionals he would recruit through the recruitment books every day would no longer Black iron-tier intermediate grade, but Green bronze-tier intermediate grade!
As for the sand crystals, after their grade increased by a point, they became the Green bronze-tier material, the Light drawing crystals!
This was a crystal that emitted a faint white light.
It was very different from the sand crystal in the past.
[Material Name: Light Drawing Crystal]
[Material Grade: Green bronze-tier]
[Material Effect One: It increases the defense of buildings by 300%, earthquake resistance by 200%, Green bronze-tier elemental energy defense effect +1, Winter warm - Summer cool building effect +1!]
[Material Effect Two: Light drawing crystal has the effect of absorbing light element energy, increasing its own strength and strengthening the defense of buildings.]
[When the light drawing crystal is filled with light element energy, it will advance to White silver-tier construction material— The Light Origin Stone!]
[Material Description: After being exposed to the sun for a long time, the Black iron-tier sand crystal will gradually develop the ability to absorb light-element energy. In the end, it can evolve into the Green bronze-tier light drawing crystal].
[It also has the defensive effect of reducing the damage of elemental skills while retaining the strength of the original sand crystal ability.]
"Amazing! It can boost the infrastructure of the city."
Zhou Zhou was very impressed by the light drawing crystals.
'It's just that the buildings already built would have to be rebuilt for a faster effect.'
'No matter how fast my wealth grows, I doubt I could sustain such development.'
'I should focus on the new infrastructures being built.'
Blazing Sun thought before leading Qin We and Sun Can to the summoning gate.
Throwing the entire 4,230 Recruitment books into the portal, he stepped back, leaving the two soldiers to deal with the summoned soldiers.
This time, he decided to kill off the entire 12 Elves from Nadia's group.
Monica and Bianca were enough for now.
Shriek!!
Qin We and Sun Can made use of their shrieking howl skill as a loud howl knocked the entire summoned soldiers unconscious.
Still shrieking, they both watched as veins popped out on the faces of the unconscious summons before exploding.
The moment the veins of the summons exploded, they all died.
"That's a new one."
Zhou Zhou muttered before pulling the corpses into his spatial ring.
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