《Everyone Became Lords: I Became A Base-Building Fanatic》 Chapter 1 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios [Welcome to the Myriad Races Battlefield.] [This is where all the races in the world fight. The winners will become immortals and saints, while the souls of the losers will dissipate. Every being has their own fate.] Fang Ping was awakened by the sudden sound. He opened his eyes and saw the familiar yet unfamiliar world around him, feeling extremely puzzled. A grayish-white Chaos Cloud confined an area of a hundred meters. After 18 years of revision and preparation for war, this scene had already been simulated countless times in his mind. He was originally moved and excited, but now, he was used to it. He looked at everything around him silently. ¡°How can the initial territory allocated to me be so bad?¡± The terrain and resources of the initial territory made Fang Ping¡¯s expression turn ugly in an instant. Graves, bones, and withered trees were everywhere. There were no signs of life. The entire initial territory simply looked like a mass grave. It was a dead land without any value. On such a terrain, even finding the food and water resources necessary for survival were a problem, let alone scarce resources. Could it be that he had found a good burial place for himself from the beginning? ¡°I¡¯ve simulated such a beginning in my mind for 18 years, but I¡¯ve never encountered it in reality!¡± Fang Ping looked at the geomorphology that he was allocated to at the start, fretting for a moment. He began to think about how he should develop and become stronger with such a worthless geomorphology. This world was a world where everyone was an Overlord. Everyone would be equipped with an initial territory when they reached adulthood. If one wanted to transcend the mortal world, transcend time, and achieve eternity, they had to strengthen the initial territory under their jurisdiction, as well as invade and annex the territory of others. Otherwise, the weak could only walk the path of self-destruction. In the face of such a beginning, the calmness on Fang Ping¡¯s face began to show signs of panic. At this moment, a thought flashed through his mind. Fang Ping suddenly remembered that every Overlord who was matched with a territory would have a chance to be matched with a troop of soldiers. Thinking of this, Fang Ping quickly wanted to open the soldier-pulling interface to see if he could pull for a troop that could help him break free of his current predicament. After all, if he matched up with a powerful troop, he had a chance of turning the tables even though he started off like this. Then, he looked at the interface where he could pull for soldiers in the Myriad Race Battlefield. He looked at the summoning interface and saw thousands of soldiers of various races and professions. At the lower levels were the Gnomes, Dwarfs, and Farmers, while the higher levels included Angels, Demons, and Cultivators. The paleness on Fang Ping¡¯s face eased slightly. He did not need to be extremely lucky and pull for those top mythical soldiers. Even if the troops he obtained simply had the ability to improve the terrain here or were able to bring him some resources, it was fine! Fang Ping¡¯s hands trembled as he tapped on the button to begin pulling for a soldier. Then, a countless number of soldiers started to shine crazily on the interface like stars. Fang Ping looked at the shining soldier type nervously. His heart was also in turmoil as the soldier type changed. After an indeterminate amount of time had passed, when the change in the soldier type became slower and slower, Fang Ping¡¯s heart beat slowly as well. The sound of his heart beating became clear in this extremely tense moment. Amidst the beating of his heart, the troop type gradually stopped changing and slowly stopped above a high-leveled Druid. When Fang Ping saw that the soldier-pulling interface had stopped at a Druid, the paleness and nervousness on his face instantly turned into incomparable excitement. However, fate was playing tricks on him. Just as Fang Ping¡¯s face was filled with excitement, thinking that his prayers had worked and that a miracle had occurred, the Druid soldier displayed on the interface suddenly flickered and turned into an Undead. When he saw that the Druid who was about to get his hands on and change his fate had suddenly become an Undead summoned creature, Fang Ping¡¯s face turned even paler than when he started pulling for the soldiers. His eyes were filled with despair. Fang Ping¡¯s face was filled with disbelief as he repeatedly checked the troop he drew. After confirming that his troop was indeed of the Undead type, he immediately fell into despair. It had to be known that Undead-type summoned creatures were the trashiest in the history of the Myriad Race Battlefield on Planet Earth. Not only did they consume several times more resources than soldiers of the same level, but they were also very weak. In history, the Overlords who were matched with Undead soldiers either had powerful families supporting them or relied on money to buy various resources for them to cheat. Meanwhile, Overlords like him, who had no background or resources, would be invaded and annexed by others after surviving for a few days without exception. They would turn into ashes and dissipate under the ladder of victory that others climbed. Fang Ping slumped to the ground with a lifeless expression. He looked at everything around him, as well as the Undead troops he was matched with. His face was filled with despair. There was no fatal beginning that was more trash than having the combination of a mass grave and Undead summoned creatures. Faced with this combination of extreme trash, Fang Ping recalled the situation just now. The unwillingness and anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed. Driven by the anger in his heart, he stood up and pointed at the Chaos Cloud above with his finger. Then, he roared angrily at the sky. ¡°F*ck you, the Myriad Race Battlefield. You¡¯re playing me to death!¡± ¡°Such a useless combination has never appeared in the history of the Myriad Race Battlefield on Planet Earth in the past 10,000 years. Could it be that you couldn¡¯t afford to play?¡± ¡°Did you observe that I¡¯m not from this world and specially allocated me such a combination? Do you have to kill me here?!¡± Just as Fang Ping raised his head to the sky and cursed, venting the dissatisfaction in his heart, an emotionless sound of elevation resounded through the small world within a hundred-meter radius. ¡°All new Overlords, please take note. As you have just arrived at the Myriad Race Battlefield, you are specially given seven days of novice protection and some time to develop.¡± ¡°Once the seven-day novice protection period is over, the Chaos Cloud surrounding the territory will dissipate. At that time, the nearby Chaos Ominous Beasts will discover your existence.¡± ¡°Your territory will also experience its first test.¡± ¡°Surviving the tide of Chaos Ominous Beasts is the first step to transcendence. After that, everything will be possible in the future.¡± ¡°Overlords who fail to survive will have their soul dispersed and turn into ashes. All resurrection tools and spells will have no effect on you.¡± When Fang Ping heard the notification from the Myriad Race Battlefield, the look of despair on his face became even more awkward. He collapsed weakly on the ground of the mass grave again. His face was so pale that it was comparable to someone who had died for a few days. It could be seen how heavy the blow of this absolutely trash matching and the sound of the notification from the Myriad Race Battlefield was to Fang Ping. Just when Fang Ping felt that he had lost all hope and could only wait for others to invade and annex him in this hundred-meter world¡­ A mechanical notification suddenly appeared in his mind, causing Fang Ping, who was already in despair, to look hopeful again. ¡°Crazy Demon Infrastructure System has been successfully activated.¡± ¡°Host, please accept the Crazy Demon Infrastructure System and use the instruction manual.¡± Chapter 2 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Hearing the sound of the system activating in his mind, Fang Ping¡¯s expression instantly became incomparably excited. When faced with his last life-saving straw, Fang Ping¡¯s voice trembled as he issued the order to accept the instruction manual from the system. Immediately, a virtual screen appeared before Fang Ping¡¯s eyes. On it was written the specific usage method of the system. ¡°The Crazy Demon Infrastructure System has the ability to build buildings indefinitely.¡± ¡°As long as the required materials and manpower as stated on the construction blueprint are gathered, buildings with various functions can be built.¡± ¡°While building various buildings, a construction progress bar will be produced. As long as the construction progress bar reaches 100%, the host¡¯s strength will increase.¡± ¡°As the number of buildings increases, the host¡¯s strength will gradually become greater. Moreover, there is no limit to the increase in the host¡¯s strength. As long as there are enough buildings, the host can simply reach the top of the world.¡± Looking at the lines of words on the system instruction manual that represented his hope and the possibility that he could reach the peak, Fang Ping could no longer suppress the excitement and joy in his heart. He threw his head back and roared. ¡°Hahaha, there¡¯s always a way out. Even if you match me with such a trashy combination in the Myriad Race Battlefield, I have a chance to turn the tables.¡± ¡°Just watch. Not only will I not die, but I will also continue to grow stronger until I become a top-notch Overlord who can stand shoulder to shoulder with you!!¡± He let out a long howl to vent the depression and despair brought about by his combination of extreme trash. Then, he could not wait to control the system and open the System Mall to begin on his crazy construction path. With Fang Ping¡¯s mind control, the virtual screen in front of him began to change. The original instruction manual became a System Mall with all kinds of construction items. The system¡¯s slogan was written at the top of the System Mall. It said, ¡°Crazy Devil Infrastructure, Quality Preservation¡±. Below the slogan were construction items that were divided into three categories, namely defense, attack, and support. The three categories of construction items included everything from fences, floors, arrow towers, blacksmith shops, and various low-level buildings to all kinds of shrines, rainbow bridges, eternal furnaces, and other legendary buildings. They could all be found in the System Mall. Initially, Fang Ping was still hoping for a fluke. After taking a look at the resources and manpower needed for the various mythical buildings in the System Mall, he was so frightened that he immediately gave up on the wishful thinking in his heart. Even the cheapest sacred hall was not something he could afford. [Sacred Hall] [Materials required for construction: 90 million units of stone, 100 million units of wood, 10 million units of mithrila€|] [Manpower required for construction: 300 million] Among the resources needed to build the Sacred Hall, he couldn¡¯t even find the ordinary and common resources, let alone the cold iron, star steel, mithril, star sand, and the other construction materials that he had never heard of. The most ridiculous thing was that the last construction material needed was actually the core of a dead star. Wasn¡¯t this ridiculous? With his current strength, not to mention obtaining the core of a star, even if he stood far away around a dead star, he would probably be torn apart by its huge gravitational force and residual temperature. Fortunately, Fang Ping did not continue to look at the mythical buildings that he could not touch with his current strength. He focused his attention on the ordinary buildings that he could afford with his current strength. When Fang Ping saw the resources and manpower required for ordinary buildings, the expression on his face gradually recovered. [Wall (10 meters)] [Materials required for construction: 3 units of wood, 10 units of stone] [Manpower required for construction: 5 people] [Arrow Tower (Wood)] [Materials required for construction: 10 units of wood, 3 units of stone] [Manpower required for construction: 10 people] Fang Ping smiled from the bottom of his heart as he looked at the cheap, ordinary construction items. He was short of everything in his territory, but he was not short of manpower. With the Undead-type troops as his summoned creature, their attack and defense might not be very good, but in terms of numbers, he was not afraid of losing to anyone, with the exception of insects that he was evenly matched with. Then, he closed the System Mall. After that, he prepared to use the Undead Summoning Spell to summon Skeleton Soldiers to help him gather materials and build buildings. Fang Ping stretched out his left hand and pointed at the territories littered with corpses and graves. He chanted the incantation attached to the Undead Summoning Spell. ¡°The souls of the endless abyss and hell!¡± ¡°In the name of the Undead Overlord, I summon you to return and listen to my commands!¡± As Fang Ping recited the Undead Summoning Spell, the eyes of all the skeletons within a 100-meter radius began to ignite with a wisp of dark blue Soul Fire. They broke the coffins, pushed away the soil that buried them, picked up bones to repair their bodies, and slowly walked to Fang Ping with all kinds of weapons transformed from bones to report. To Fang Ping, the terrifying scene of the Skeleton Soldiers breaking out of the ground and repairing themselves was wonderful. These trash Skeleton Soldiers were created from the numerous skeletons that were seen everywhere. They were a burden among burdens to others and were completely useless. However, to him, they were the best cheap labor. They didn¡¯t need to rest, they didn¡¯t need food, and they wouldn¡¯t complain. The Skeleton Soldiers that were always loyal to him, combined with his Crazy Demon Infrastructure System, were a perfect match. A moment later, no more Skeleton Soldiers crawled out of the territory. After knowing that there were no complete skeletons within 100 meters that could be used to summon Skeleton Soldiers, Fang Ping dispersed the summoning array in his palm. Looking at the 20 or so Skeleton Soldiers in front of him, an excited expression appeared on his face. Then, he ordered the Skeleton Soldiers to collect the wood and stones in the territory and bring them back. Upon receiving the order, the Skeleton Soldiers quickly began to use the broken bone blades in their hands to cut down dead wood, crush boulders, and carry them back to the empty space beside Fang Ping without stopping. Looking at the ever-increasing amount of wood and stone on the interface, Fang Ping¡¯s heart grew more and more excited with the increase in resources. Under the relentless chopping and crushing of the Skeleton Soldiers, they quickly collected ten units of stone and wood respectively. Looking at the resources that had reached the required amount, Fang Ping could no longer suppress the excitement in his heart. He quickly got ten Skeleton Soldiers to stop collecting resources and began to build a wall at the designated place. As Fang Ping clicked on the icon to construct the wall, the speed of five Skeleton Soldiers seemed to have accelerated. At a speed that was difficult to see with the naked eye, they began to build the wall with the pile of wood and stone at the side. With the rapid consumption of stone and wood, in just dozens of seconds, a sturdy wall that was five meters tall, one meter long, and half a meter wide was completed by the Skeleton Soldiers. Fang Ping was shocked by this speed of construction. However, the construction speed was not what surprised Fang Ping the most. What surprised him the most was the system notification that appeared after the wall was built. ¡°The wall has been successfully built. Attributes will be givena€|¡± [Wall obtained. Sturdiness +5.] [Wall: Level 0 (Can be upgraded)] [Defense: 5] [Sturdiness +5: Can defend against all foreign invasions and attacks of the same level.] Chapter 3 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Seeing the attributes given by the system on the interface, Fang Ping¡¯s heart was filled with excitement. The expression on his face became extremely smug. ¡°I didn¡¯t expect the attributes given by the system to be so powerful. This is only the attributes given by ordinary buildings. If those mythical buildings were given attributes by the system, wouldn¡¯t they be invincible?¡± The excited Fang Ping quickly sent out all the Skeleton Soldiers to gather all the materials that could be used to build construction items and build a house for himself. After all, the only places where he could sleep in the mass grave were the rotten coffins buried in the ground. He could not possibly let himself eat and sleep in there. Moreover, after seeing the power of the wall after being given attributes by the system, he began to look forward to what magical attributes the system would give after he built the house. Meanwhile, the Skeleton Soldiers under Fang Ping¡¯s command immediately began their own search. When a few Skeleton Soldiers saw that there were not many dead trees and boulders left in the hundred-meter territory, they plunged into the Chaos Cloud and went outside the territory to gather construction resources for Fang Ping. Fang Ping was not surprised at all when he saw the Skeleton Soldiers walk outside of the Chaos Cloud. After all, the Chaos Cloud was only a shield to protect the people who had just become Overlords from being killed by wild beasts outside the territory. Its function was only to prohibit creatures outside the territory from entering. The soldiers and Overlord in the territory were not restricted and could go out freely. However, they would not be protected by the Chaos Cloud outside. If they were killed, they could only blame their lack of strength. Regardless of what other people did, Fang Ping would not leave the territory within the seven-day novice protection period before he had enough strength to protect himself in the wilderness. After all, he could improve his strength by constructing buildings in the territory. Why would he go to the wilderness and fight desperately with wild creatures for some resources? Taking advantage of the time when the Skeleton Soldiers were out collecting construction resources, Fang Ping opened the World Announcement in the Myriad Race Battlefield to check if there were any fools showing off their troops and strength. After all, knowing both oneself and the enemy was the key to victory. Even though humans were harmless, wolves had the intention to kill. Under the rules of the Myriad Races Battlefield, alliances between Overlords were useless. As long as they were faced with huge benefits, the alliance could be torn apart at will. After switching out from the virtual interface and opening the World Announcement chat panel, the information on it began to appear crazily. ¡°Big sale! I¡¯m offering resources in exchange for meat. As long as you have one unit of meat, you can exchange it for three units of wood or stone. Resources are limited and on a first-come-first-serve basis.¡± ¡°A cute girl is requesting protection. I¡¯m in a desert. As long as an almighty being wants to protect me, I¡¯m willing to do anything.¡± ¡°The user above is a big man with a graceful figure and chest hair. He¡¯s completely determined.¡± ¡°My territory is an ocean, but I¡¯ve been matched with a Yellow Sand Warrior. Please take pity on me and teach me how to break out of this situation. ¡°(Attached is a photo of the user.)¡± Looking at the various transactions and requests for help on the World Announcement panel, Fang Ping¡¯s face was filled with joy. He had completely forgotten that he was in a worse state than these people just now. While Fang Ping was lurking through the panel, a fool engaged in self-destruction. He actually revealed his troops and strength in the World Announcement chat panel. ¡°I¡¯m Ouyang Jing from the Ouyang family of the Dragon Kingdom on Planet Earth. I have a high-leveled Griffin Knight. I¡¯ve now formed the Soaring Heavens Guild. If you¡¯re interested, you can contact me. ¡°After you pass the first test, you will receive a sponsorship from the Soaring Heavens Guild. If Overlords with high-leveled soldiers are willing to join my guild, you will be able to obtain resources to help you quickly increase the strength of your territory.¡± ¡°After the first test, if your territory is severely damaged and you don¡¯t have the ability to recover, you can also contact me and merge with my territory. I can guarantee that you won¡¯t have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of your lives.¡± ¡°My coordinates are 312-368-29.¡± Fang Ping looked at this self-destructing fool with a disdainful expression. He had revealed his coordinates during the seven-day novice period and even established a guild. He was either a fool or an idiot. Before the first test, it was meaningless to do anything. At the same time, exposing one¡¯s coordinates on the World Announcement platform was practically courting death. If he was intercepted by an enemy faction and handed over to the alien races, when the Myriad Races Battlefield truly opened up, he would be surrounded by the alien races. Even if he could rely on his family to resist the invasion of the foreign races, he would definitely suffer heavy losses. Just as Fang Ping had expected, not long after Ouyang Jing sent the message, he deleted it and took back his words. His family probably saw him being silly and ordered him to delete the post. However, this was undoubtedly deceiving himself. Those who wanted him dead had probably remembered his coordinates in this short minute. It was useless to delete it now. However, to Fang Ping, this was just an interesting conversation. It had nothing to do with him. He just wanted to have some fun. It was just that Fang Ping¡¯s actions of quickly recording Ouyang Jing¡¯s coordinates on a piece of paper after seeing the post was quite effective in consoling himself. Time flew by as Fang Ping lurked on the chat panel. Soon, it was dusk. The wood and stones collected by the Skeleton Soldiers had piled up to the size of a small mountain. The number of wood and stone units displayed on the virtual interface had reached more than 100 units respectively. At the same time, there were also a few additional wolf skins, as well as five units of meat and water respectively. While Fang Ping was checking the resources displayed on the virtual interface, the army of Skeleton Soldiers that had lost a few members walked in from the Chaos Cloud with the wood and many skeletons in their hands. Fang Ping took a look at the wolf skins on the interface, as well as the skull in the Skeleton Soldier¡¯s hand that was burning with a dark blue Soul Fire. He immediately understood where the wolf skins and meat came from. Then, he gave the order for the remaining Skeleton Soldiers to help the Skeleton Soldier, who only had a skull left, fix its body and limbs. After giving them the order to collect construction materials outside the territory again, he ignored them. Instead, he opened the System Mall and searched for construction items that could be built with his current resources. Chapter 4 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After the incident where the Skeleton Soldiers were attacked by wild beasts, causing their bones to be separated, Fang Ping immediately understood that he lacked means of attack. He could not provide protection to the Skeleton Soldiers when they went out. After opening the System Mall, he immediately opened the attack building panel, wanting to find a construction item that could provide protection for the skeletons. [Arrow and Crossbow Tower] [Materials required for construction: 50 units of wood, 20 units of stone, 10 units of refined iron] [Manpower required for construction: 5 people] [Weapon Forging Shop] [Materials required for construction: 100 units of wood, 30 units of stone, 50 units of refined iron, 30 units of coal] [Manpower required for construction: 10 people] Looking at the attack building page, the construction items that required the least resources needed materials like refined iron that he had never seen before. Thus, he immediately gave up on the idea of building an attack building now. After all, he lacked half the construction materials required to build even an ore refinement furnace that could be built with only wood and stone. If he wanted to obtain refined iron, not only did he have to find iron ore, but he also had to accumulate wood and stone for a period of time. In that case, he might as well build a house where he could rest first. Thinking of this, Fang Ping immediately opened the defense building interface and searched for houses that he could build with the resources he had. Looking at the houses of different styles on the screen, Fang Ping¡¯s eyes were almost dazzled. He could not find a house with a reasonable price that he liked. Initially, Fang Ping was extremely excited. However, in the end, he was extremely bored. After hundreds of houses flashed before his eyes, Fang Ping began to think about not choosing a house that looked passable. After all, it was just a temporary residence. He would definitely have to build another house in the future. With this thought in mind, Fang Ping began to quickly scroll through the pictures of the houses, looking for houses that looked acceptable and had a suitable price. At this moment, a simple and elegant house appeared before Fang Ping¡¯s eyes. [Shadow Dragon Villa] [Materials required for construction: 110 units of wood, 30 units of stone] [Manpower required for construction: 10 people] Not only was the price of Shadow Dragon Villa suitable, but it also suited his aesthetic taste. The houses he had seen before were either castles or manors. How could they compare to Shadow Dragon Villa, which was not only a domineering, but also very elegant, three-story villa? Previously, he was wondering why there were so many houses and buildings, but there were no smaller ones. It turned out that they were at the back. As expected, good things would be left till the end. After choosing the style of the house, Fang Ping immediately gave the order to the Skeleton Soldiers to return to the territory quickly with the resources they had collected. He was full of smiles and kept scrolling through the construction blueprints and drawings of the Shadow Dragon Villa in satisfaction. He was looking forward to what a gorgeous scene it would be when the Shadow Dragon Villa was completed. After Fang Ping gave the order, all the Skeleton Soldiers who had gone out immediately carried the materials they had gathered and flew towards the territory at high speed. Under the full speed of the Skeleton Soldiers, they returned to the territory in a moment. After all, they had not gone too far from the territory. When Fang Ping saw the returning Skeleton Soldiers, he immediately asked them to put down the wood and stone materials in their hands at the side. Then, he excitedly pressed the construction button of the Shadow Dragon Villa with his left hand. In order to speed up the construction of the villa, he simply chose to let 20 Skeleton Soldiers participate in the construction of the villa. After the construction began, the 20 Skeleton Soldiers immediately began to work. They dug the foundation and repaired the wood. The entire process was as smooth as flowing water. Moreover, the construction speed was very fast. Their work almost reached a point where it was difficult to catch with the naked eye. Initially, Fang Ping sat on a square stone and watched the Skeleton Soldiers build the villa with interest. However, as the Skeleton Soldiers moved in the same manner, Fang Ping was so bored that he seemed to have been hypnotized. After watching for more than ten minutes, he yawned drowsily. After an unknown amount of time, Fang Ping was awakened by the system notification. He rubbed his sleepy eyes and slowly woke up from his sleep. ¡°The Shadow Dragon Villa has been successfully built. Host, please check.¡± Upon hearing that the Shadow Dragon Villa had been completed, Fang Ping instantly perked up. He hurriedly looked at the location where the Shadow Dragon Villa had been built. However, when Fang Ping looked at the Shadow Dragon Villa, he realized that the scene in front of him was very dark. He could only vaguely see the approximate size of the villa. This sudden situation scared Fang Ping so much that he rubbed his eyes hard and looked in the direction of the villa again. However, the area in front of him was still dark. Just as Fang Ping thought his eyes were broken, his watch suddenly rang. Fang Ping subconsciously glanced at his watch, only to realize that there was nothing wrong with his eyes. With the faint light from his watch, he could clearly see the tiny numbers on it. Fang Ping stared at his watch in a daze for a few seconds before realization dawned on him. It wasn¡¯t that his eyes were damaged, but it was already 10 pm. Moreover, because the moon and stars in the sky were covered by dark clouds, he could only roughly see the outside of the Shadow Dragon Villa. Fang Ping, who was embarrassed by his actions just now, revealed a very embarrassed expression. He subconsciously looked around and patted his chest guiltily. ¡°Fortunately, this is my territory. There¡¯s no one else. There are only more than twenty Skeleton Soldiers without any consciousness.¡± ¡°Otherwise, if others saw the awkward scene just now, it would really be a scene of social death.¡± Then, he hurriedly opened the System Mall and got the Skeleton Soldiers with night vision to build several Coiling Dragon Torches around the Shadow Dragon Villa ten meters away to light up the villa. With the help of the acceleration from the system, in just two minutes, four half-meter-thick and five-meter-tall torches with four lifelike carvings of purgatory dragons appeared around the Shadow Dragon Villa. As the torch illuminated a ten-meter radius around the Shadow Dragon Villa, Fang Ping was instantly shocked by the scene before him. He did not expect that in just two hours, the Skeleton Soldiers could build such a beautiful house with the support of the system. The outermost part of the villa was surrounded by a wall that was one meter tall and carved with various mythical creatures. There were even vines and green plants on the wall. Meanwhile, two three-headed hellhounds were carved on two wooden doors. Inside the villa was a green lawn and a path paved with flat tiles that connected from the door to the front of the villa. The entire Shadow Dragon Villa was a three-story villa with a pure wooden structure. Everything in front of him was like a dream house in a myth. It emitted a domineering and resplendent aura that did not belong to the mortal world. Even without looking at the interior decorations, Fang Ping was already very satisfied with the exterior. Filled with excitement, he walked quickly through the door of the villa, his hands trembling as he caressed his own house. At this moment, a notification from the system rang in Fang Ping¡¯s ears, ruining the mood. ¡°The construction of the Shadow Dragon Villa has been completed. Beginning to assign building attributes¡­¡± Chapter 5 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios ¡°The construction of the Shadow Dragon Villa has been completed. Beginning to assign building attributes¡­¡± [Assigned All Attributes +1 to the Shadow Dragon Villa.] [Shadow Dragon Villa Level-0 (Can be upgraded)] [Defense: 1] [All Attributes +1: Level-0 items and beings can have Level-1 attributes, Level-1 items and beings can have Level-2 attributes, and so on.] Looking at the attributes given to the Shadow Dragon Villa by the system, Fang Ping was incomparably excited. Adding an additional point to all attributes meant that the starting point of his buildings in the future would be at Level-1, which was a whole street ahead of the other feudal lords. Moreover, the Shadow Dragon Villa could continue to level up. At that time, if the ¡°All Attributes +1¡± attribute also leveled up, the attributes of his construction items might not increase only by one point. They could increase by two points, three points, or even nine points. At that time, even the simplest and least resource-consuming wall and arrow towers could directly resist the attacks of top experts. Fang Ping was just thinking about the ugly expression on the faces of the top powerhouses when they needed to use all their strength to break a wall that was only made of rocks after attacking it. He found it very funny. Moreover, even if the ¡°All Attributes +1¡± attribute did not level up after the Shadow Dragon Villa was upgraded in the future and the system gave other magical attributes instead, it would still be very good. After all, it was all for free and he did not have to pay anything. What was there to be picky about? Fang Ping was so happy that he wanted to rush into the Shadow Dragon Villa and see how beautiful and elegant the interior was. However, just as Fang Ping took off, he realized that his speed had increased by several times. While he was still in a daze, he bumped into the door of Shadow Dragon Villa and was rebounded onto the exquisite rock path by the sturdy door of the villa. Fang Ping, who was dizzy from the collision, swayed as he pulled on the railing that extended out from the staircase at the door and slowly stood up. He was puzzled as to why his physique had suddenly become several times stronger without doing anything. After Fang Ping leaned against the railing and gradually regained consciousness, he began to think about what he had just done to cause his physical fitness to double. However, after thinking for a moment, he could not figure out what he had just done. When he was awake, he did not do anything. He only waited for the Skeleton Soldiers to collect building materials and build buildings. When he lost consciousness, he only slept on the huge rock. There was nothing special. Just as Fang Ping was at his wit¡¯s end, unable to come up with an idea, the gorgeous and domineering Shadow Dragon Villa in front of him suddenly made Fang Ping realize something. The attribute given by the system from the Shadow Dragon Villa was the ¡°All Attributes +1¡± attribute. Could it be that not only did this increase the attributes of the construction items, but also his attributes? With this thought in mind, Fang Ping quickly opened the physical status interface attached to the Crazy Demon Infrastructure System. [Name: Fang Ping] [Overlord Level: Level-0] [Owned Construction Items: Wall, Shadow Dragon Villa] [Construction Progress Bar: 58%] [Strength: Level-0 (All attributes +1)] Seeing his strength displayed on the interface, Fang Ping was extremely excited. His face was filled with surprise. ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that the ability to increase the attributes of construction items by one point would actually increase my own strength by one point, allowing me to have the strength of a Level-1 at Level-0. It¡¯s really unbelievable.¡± ¡°No, the system¡¯s ability is really too powerful. Just the Shadow Dragon Villa that was build with the simplest materials can provide such a powerful attribute. In that case, how powerful and magical will those mythical buildings be when they are given attributes?¡± As he lamented the power of the system, an incomparably terrifying thought suddenly appeared in Fang Ping¡¯s mind. In order to verify his thoughts, Fang Ping quickly ran out of the Shadow Dragon Villa and ran toward the Skeleton Soldiers who were standing idly beside the wood and stone. Driven by the thoughts in his mind, Fang Ping unleashed an extreme speed that was three times faster than before. In an instant, Fang Ping rushed to the Skeleton Soldiers. With a nervous heart, he opened the Skeleton Soldier interface excitedly. [Undead Summoned Creature: Skeleton Soldier] [Strength: Level-0 (All attributes +1)] [Note: They are useless. They are the weakest ants of the Undead race. They can be bullied by any race.] [However, due to unknown reasons, its strength has reached Level-1.] Looking at the Skeleton Soldiers¡¯ attribute interface, Fang Ping suppressed the excitement in his heart and opened each Skeleton Soldier¡¯s attribute interface one by one. After opening the attribute interface of all the Skeleton Soldiers, the excitement on his face could no longer be suppressed. ¡°This attribute of the Shadow Dragon Villa is really amazing. Not only did it increase the attributes of the building, but even my attributes and the attributes of the soldiers under me have increased by one point. ¡°It allowed the Level-0 Skeleton Soldiers, which could only be used as cheap labor, to have decent combat strength. If the leveling up of the Shadow Dragon Villa also increases all attributes by another point, I can dominate an area with just the trashiest Skeleton Soldiers.¡± The increase brought about by the Shadow Dragon Villa caused the problem of his soldiers not being strong enough to invade the territory of others to instantly disappear. After experiencing the powerful attributes bestowed by the system, Fang Ping looked at the 20 Skeleton Soldiers under him with shining eyes, revealing the exclusive expression that only a black-hearted boss would show. Then, he ordered the Skeleton Soldiers to go out of the territory and crazily collect all the resources used to build buildings before piling them up on the ground. The Skeleton Soldiers who received the order instantly took action and ran out of the territory without holding back to collect resources. Looking at the untiring Skeleton Soldiers who worked all night, Fang Ping revealed a treacherous smile. ¡°Undead summoned creatures are really good. Not only do they not have to sleep or eat, but I also don¡¯t have to worry that they will go on strike because of the Overlord¡¯s inappropriate decision, causing the soldiers to rebel.¡± After Fang Ping lamented the merits of the Undead summoned creatures, he looked up at the sky covered by dark clouds. He felt very tired. After stretching his back, he returned to the Shadow Dragon Villa to rest and sleep. Fortunately, the Undead skeleton soldiers could not speak and didn¡¯t have a consciousness. They only knew how to mechanically carry out the orders given by their summoner. Otherwise, Fang Ping¡¯s actions would have forced the Skeleton Soldiers to rebel long ago. Furthermore, they would have roared at him furiously. ¡°Even if we don¡¯t need to rest or eat, can you really sleep in peace by squeezing your labor force like this?! ¡°Should we be treated like this just because we don¡¯t have consciousness?!¡± Then, they would smash Fang Ping¡¯s head with all his might. After that, it would be the end of the show. Chapter 6 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The night passed in the blink of an eye. As the gentle light of dawn shone through the windows on the top floor of Shadow Dragon Villa and onto the soft bed, it woke Fang Ping up from his slumber. The precious second day of the novice protection period officially began. Fang Ping rubbed his sleepy eyes and broke free from the comfortable blanket. After putting on his clothes, he walked out of the Shadow Dragon Villa where he had rested for the night. He went to the place where wood and stone materials were piled up to check the results of the Skeleton Soldiers¡¯ overnight labor. When he reached the place where the materials were piled up, Fang Ping was instantly shocked by the mountain of construction materials. All kinds of construction materials were piled up neatly, occupying a quarter of the entire territory. Looking at the four Skeleton Soldiers who were quickly climbing up the mountain of materials and arranging wood and stone, Fang Ping instantly felt the pain of a huge loss. There were five Skeleton Soldiers during the day yesterday. However, when a Skeleton Soldier was destroyed by a wild wolf yesterday, it had not reached the time when Fang Ping could resummon a soldier. Thus, the damaged Skeleton Soldier had not been repaired. This delay simply cost him a quarter of his resources. If that Skeleton Soldier was not damaged, these construction resources might have occupied half of his territory. The appearance of this situation made Fang Ping think of increasing the number of soldiers. Then, he opened the virtual interface and found the option to increase the number of soldiers. However, when he saw that upgrading the number of soldiers required a precious mineral called Spirit Stones, Fang Ping immediately fell into depression. With his current strength, it was already very difficult for him to obtain the resources he usually used. Not only did he have to guard against wild beasts destroying the Skeleton Soldiers outside, but he also had to constantly collect wood and stone to build buildings. As a result, the possibility of him obtaining Spirit Stones was almost zero. However, after seeing the effects of upgrading the Undead-type Skeleton Soldiers, Fang Ping suddenly felt that he had to find Spirit Stones no matter what to upgrade his soldiers. [Undead Summoning Spell] [Strength: Level-0 (All attributes +1)] [Materials needed for upgrade: Spirit Stone (0/10)] [Post-Upgrade: Five additional summoned Skeleton Soldiers, Strength +1, and 20% chance of summoning a Skeleton Dog.] It had to be known that after other soldiers were leveled up, the number of soldiers would only increase by three, while the number of high-leveled or top-notch soldiers would only increase by one. Compared to his Undead Skeleton Soldiers, the difference was simply too great. This was also to make up for the lack of strength that the Skeleton Soldiers possessed. Thus, after the special modification from the Myriad Race Battlefield, the number of Skeleton Soldiers summoned was double that of other troop types of the same level. At the thought of so many benefits, Fang Ping completely let go of his envy of the high-leveled and top-notch troop types. After all, the troop type that suited him was the best. When the potential to create a large army of Undead Skeleton Soldiers was combined with the characteristic of the Crazy Demon Infrastructure System to crazily build construction items and increase Fang Ping¡¯s strength, it was a perfect combination. However, where did the Spirit Stones needed for the upgrade come from? Fang Ping fell into deep thought. Fang Ping, who was deep in thought for a moment without any thoughts, suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind. Since he did not have a way to obtain Spirit Stones, he would go to the World Announcement Trading Area to search for them. If he could find Spirit Stones, he might be able to increase the strength of his Skeleton Soldiers today. After thinking of a solution that could not quite be considered a solution, Fang Ping quickly began to move. He summoned the World Announcement interface with his mind, found the resource trading button, and pressed it. Immediately, a stream of messages asking for trades simply popped up in the Trading Area. ¡°I¡¯m willing to exchange five units of stone and wood for meat. I hope a god can help this poor child.¡± ¡°Big Brothers, Big Sisters, please do me a favor. I haven¡¯t eaten a grain of rice or drunk a mouthful of water for a day. As long as someone exchanges meat with me now, I¡¯m willing to exchange ten units of wood and stone, or three units of iron ore.¡± ¡°I¡¯m currently in a desolate desert. Other than sand and cacti, I don¡¯t have any other resources. ¡°As long as someone offers two units of meat or clean water, you can exchange it for one unit of sand gold.¡± When Fang Ping saw that the Trading Area was filled with requests for high-priced meat and clean water, he immediately understood that the most precious things at this stage were not the various construction resources, but food and clean water. Since most novice Overlords did not dare to leave their territories, if the soldiers they pulled also had shocking appetites, in these seven days, the Overlords could only rely on the limited resources in their territories to exchange for the food needed to support the soldiers and maintain the loyalty of the soldiers. Otherwise, if the soldiers betrayed them because of prolonged hunger and wanted to kill their Overlord for food, it would be very tragic. Just as Fang Ping was browsing through the various trading posts to see if there were any posts offering Spirit Stones for trade, a fleeting trading post caught Fang Ping¡¯s attention. ¡°I have ten units of meat and clean water respectively. If you need these materials, you can exchange them yourself.¡± When Fang Ping saw the post about meat and clean water, his curiosity got the better of him. He casually opened the materials shop owned by this Overlord, who requested completely different materials from the other Overlords in the Trading Area. [Meat] [Units: 10] [Trading Conditions: One unit to be exchanged for ten units of any material.] [Clean Water] [Units: 10] [Trading Conditions: One unit to be exchanged for 15 units of any material.] Seeing such a high exchange condition, Fang Ping subconsciously knew that no one would exchange anything. However, reality was like a slap in Fang Ping¡¯s face. The post had only been up for three seconds. Fang Ping only took a glance at the shop, and all the units displayed on it were instantly cleared to zero. Furthermore, in the shop interface of the Trading Area, posts requesting for trades continued to be crazily refreshed. The Overlords in the Trading Area snapped up the goods so quickly that Fang Ping saw an unlimited business opportunity. For the other novice Overlords, what they lacked the most was food and clean water. However, to Fang Ping, these were the things he needed least. Since that was the case, why not take advantage of the seven-day novice protection period to make good use of this difference and earn a huge sum of resources to build other powerful buildings? At this thought, Fang Ping was enlightened. He did not have the means to obtain Spirit Stones, but that did not mean that the new Overlords in the Myriad Races Battlefield could not obtain Spirit Stones either. Moreover, even if he could not exchange for Spirit Stones, he could still exchange items that were completely useless to him for the resources needed to build construction items. Fang Ping immediately gave up on the idea of building a defense facility. In any case, during the seven-day novice protection period, no wild beasts would attack the territory, and he would not take half a step out of the territory. After thinking it through, Fang Ping ordered the Skeleton Soldiers to collect some branches, vines, and other materials outside the territory. He also ordered them to build a few traps and increase the speed at which the Skeleton Soldiers killed their prey. At the same time, he asked them to try their best to hunt down small beasts and decompose them into fur and meat while collecting materials. As for the large beasts, after they made the traps, the Skeleton Soldiers would hunt them with the traps. Chapter 7 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After receiving the order, the Skeleton Soldiers quickly gathered a large number of vines and branches. Then, they returned to Fang Ping¡¯s side, along with three wolf skins and five units of meat. Looking at the Skeleton Soldiers who brought back the wolf skins and meat, Fang Ping almost wondered if there was a wolf den around his territory, or if these wild wolves were unlucky and would always encounter Skeleton Soldiers who went out to collect construction materials. Such doubts that had nothing to do with what he wanted to do. Thus, they only flashed across Fang Ping¡¯s mind. After all, he still had important things to do that concerned whether he could exchange for Spiritual Stones. He did not have the time to ask such boring questions. After all, no matter what the situation was, after the Skeleton Soldiers took the traps they had prepared and set them up outside, all the beasts would be obediently dragged back by the Skeleton Soldiers and decomposed into various supplies and materials. Fang Ping opened the auxiliary interface in the System Mall and looked for a few traps that could be built with his current materials. After choosing a trap that was most suitable for his situation, he clicked on the construction button. Then, under the control of the system, the Skeleton Soldiers began to build and weave beast traps. Under the system¡¯s accelerated construction, the two traps were completed in a short while. [Beast Trap] [Level: Level-0 (All Attributes +1)] [Attraction +1: Greatly increases the attraction of traps to wild beasts. It can allow wild beasts to take the bait faster.] Looking at the attributes that the system seemed to have specially given to traps, Fang Ping smiled. ¡°Is the system helping me catch wild beasts?¡± ¡°It actually gave the trap such a good attribute. This is such a good system that shares the burden of its host!¡± Just as Fang Ping was lamenting that the attributes given by the system were very compatible with the trap, a thought suddenly appeared in his mind, causing Fang Ping¡¯s smile on his face to freeze. Could the consciousness of the Skeleton Soldiers that could only listen to rigid orders be used to set up traps? With this doubt in mind, Fang Ping immediately asked the Skeleton Soldiers to follow the steps he had transmitted into their Soul Fires and set up the beast traps. However, after receiving the order, not only did the skeleton soldiers not pick up the traps that were placed on the ground, they did not even move. They just stood there in a daze, looking at Fang Ping without any movement. Looking at the motionless Skeleton Soldiers, Fang Ping slapped his left hand on their foreheads and spoke to the four Skeleton Soldiers in shock. ¡°What is this!¡± ¡°I painstakingly chose this beast trap, but the four of you don¡¯t know how to use it. This has occupied me for half a day. What was all their effort for!¡± However, the four Skeleton Soldiers did not have any intelligence. They could only stand rooted to the ground in a daze. Their Soul Fires looked at Fang Ping without any movement. Fang Ping, who was being stared at by the unperturbed Skeleton Soldiers, advised himself softly. ¡°Don¡¯t be angry, don¡¯t be angry. I am strong and nothing can defeat me.¡± ¡°They¡¯re just Skeleton Soldiers with no consciousness. They only know how to follow orders mechanically. It¡¯s normal for them not to understand. Don¡¯t be angry. If you anger yourself, no one will take your place.¡± After Fang Ping¡¯s repeated persuasion, the inexplicable anger in his heart gradually subsided. After taking a few deep breaths, Fang Ping walked up to the four Skeleton Soldiers. After issuing them a beast trap, he took the other trap and stood in front of them. He began to demonstrate step by step in front of them, teaching them how to use the trap to hunt large beasts. Even the simple act of opening the beast trap took Fang Ping more than ten minutes to teach. Only then did the four Skeleton Soldiers know how to open the beast trap. After teaching the four Skeleton Soldiers a series of movements involved in using the beast trap until they completely understood how to do so, three hours had passed. Fang Ping would definitely remember the experience of teaching the Skeleton Soldiers how to use traps. From what he knew, only the tragic experience of teaching his neighbor¡¯s child to do homework in his previous life could compare to teaching the Skeleton Soldiers this skill. This difficult experience made Fang Ping even more determined to upgrade the Undead Summoning Spell. Even if it was just to summon a high-leveled Undead soldier with intelligence that could replace him and teach the Skeleton Soldiers various skills, he had to continue improving the Undead Summoning Spell! In order to prevent the four Skeleton Soldiers from wandering in front of him and annoying him, he immediately got the Skeleton Soldiers to take the traps and quickly set them up outside the territory. Moreover, while waiting for the wild beasts to fall into the trap, the Skeleton Soldiers would gather all kinds of building materials and transport them to another empty space on the other side of the territory. In short, as long as he did not see these four smooth and round skeleton heads, they could go anywhere and do anything they wanted before he recalled them. Then, he walked angrily to the stone pile at the side and found a square boulder. He lay on it and closed his eyes to rest for a while. Time flew by. Fang Ping, who was resting on the boulder with his eyes closed, suddenly felt a warm current appear in his body out of nowhere. At the same time, his physical fitness was slowly increasing. This strange feeling immediately woke Fang Ping up. He immediately got up to check what was going on. However, when Fang Ping stood up, he realized that there were all kinds of wild beast corpses beside the tombstone on the grave mound not far from him. Meanwhile, the four Skeleton Soldiers were 30 meters away from him, quickly dissecting the fur and flesh of the beasts and stacking them neatly on the ground behind him. However, due to the slow movements of the Skeleton Soldiers, it took an unknown amount of time for them to decompose less than one-tenth of the beast corpses. The scene was extremely disgusting, so Fang Ping decided to use the decomposition function attached to the Myriad Races Battlefield to clean up all the wild beast corpses on the ground at once. Fang Ping opened the virtual interface and pressed the button to decompose the beast carcasses. After selecting the area where all the carcasses were located, he pressed the decomposition button. As Fang Ping pressed the decomposition button, the carcasses of the wild beasts all over the ground were instantly enveloped by a white light. When the white light dissipated, only pieces of meat, fur, wolf teeth, bear gallbladder, tiger bones, deer antlers, and a piece of Spirit Stone needed to upgrade the Undead Summoning Spell were left on the ground. One had to know that this Spirit Stone had been broken down at the cost of the lives of hundreds of wild beasts. One could imagine how low the probability of obtaining a Spirit Stone was. The probability of obtaining it after decomposing beast corpses was extremely low, at only 1%. Chapter 8 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios What was the warm current that gradually strengthened his physical fitness? His physical status interface on the virtual interface explained what it was. [Name: Fang Ping] [Overlord Level: Level-0] [Level: Level-1 (All Attributes +1)] [Territory Soldiers: Undead Skeleton Soldiers (4/9)] [Territory Buildings: Unknown House (Characteristics: All Attributes +1)] [One-Meter Wall (Characteristic: Sturdiness +5)] Seeing the Level-1 strength displayed on the physical status interface attached to the Myriad Races Battlefield, Fang Ping understood that he had leveled up just now, which was why the warm current that strengthened his body appeared. As Fang Ping looked at the virtual interface, a new doubt appeared in his mind. What did the line ¡°Undead Skeleton Soldiers (4/9)¡± mean? Fang Ping, who did not know what this meant, immediately controlled his thoughts and tapped on the numbers behind the words. He wanted to see if there would be any instructions. As Fang Ping¡¯s thoughts moved to the numbers, a window popped up on the virtual interface. Just as Fang Ping had thought, it explained what the numbers meant. [Undead Skeleton Soldier] [Number of soldiers that can be summoned: 9] [Number of soldiers summoned: 4] Looking at the information in the window, Fang Ping was suddenly enlightened. Previously, he had only been focused on ordering the Skeleton Soldiers to collect building materials, building buildings, and lurking on the online forums. As a result, he forgot that the number of summons would refresh the next day. Instantly, Fang Ping felt as if hundreds of millions of dollars had slipped away from his grasp. His heart ached. After Fang Ping knew that he still had five Skeleton Soldiers on reserve duty, he quickly walked to the other side of the territory where he had summoned the Skeleton Soldiers yesterday. Then, he began to summon the reserve-duty members that he had forgotten about. Fang Ping, who was standing on top of a huge rock, pointed at several graves on the ground in front of him with one hand. He recited another incantation attached to the Undead Summoning Spell, experimenting with the difference between the Skeleton Soldiers summoned by different incantations. ¡°A Dry Bone Fighting Soul wandering in the depths of hell!¡± ¡°Please listen to my call and cross the gap between life and death to reach this world to fight for me!!¡± As Fang Ping chanted the incantation to summon the Skeleton Soldiers, a black-red cloud in the shape of a vortex suddenly appeared in the sky, covering the sky above the territory. Black-brown lightning bolts shuttled through the dark clouds, emitting terrifying power. The moment Fang Ping finished the incantation, five black-red thunderbolts descended from the sky and bombarded the five graves in front of Fang Ping, causing the soil covering the coffin to explode in all directions. Stunned by this terrifying scene, Fang Ping stood on the huge rock in a panic, staring blankly at everything in front of him. The coffins that had been split open by the black-red lightning had only been exposed for a few seconds before they were pierced by skeleton arms. After the arms of the Skeleton Soldiers in the coffins pierced through the lids, they returned to the coffins as if they were waiting for something. There was no movement. After the coffin lids were pierced by the Skeleton Soldiers, a violent wind blew in the sky. A black-green ink rain seemed to have a locator. It was accurately divided into five parts and landed on the five graves with coffin lids that had been pierced through. Moreover, the ink rain only fell for three minutes before dissipating. Similarly, the black and red clouds in the sky also dissipated. When the sun appeared again and the scorching sunlight descended on the ground, all the phenomena caused by Fang Ping reciting the incantation dissipated. The area turned to its previous calm state. At this moment, the Skeleton Soldiers in the five coffins suddenly shattered the coffins that imprisoned their bodies. They leaped out of the graves and ran quickly to the huge rock where Fang Ping was standing. They knelt on one knee and hammered their ribcage with their right fist. They lowered their skulls as an expression of their submission to Fang Ping. Before Fang Ping could recover from the phenomenon just now, the five skeletons in front of him made him fall silent again. The scene of those phenomena just now was not something that could be caused by a Level-0 Undead Summoning Spell. Why was it summoned by him? Moreover, these five two-meter-tall Skeleton Soldiers with jade-white bones and powerful strength did not look like Level-0 Skeleton Soldiers at all. With these two questions in mind, Fang Ping opened one of the Skeleton Soldiers¡¯ attribute interface to see if the Myriad Races Battlefield knew anything about this situation. [Undead Summoned Creature: Skeleton Soldier] [Strength: Level-0 (All attributes +1)] [Note: This is a top-notch Skeleton Soldier that belongs exclusively to the Purgatory. Every one of them was born from fighting countless Skeleton Soldiers.] [Since a lucky Overlord used the Infinite Worlds Summoning Spell, he summoned the strongest warrior from the Purgatory. The probability of this happening is one in a trillion.] Looking at the introduction on the interface, Fang Ping fell into a daze. ¡°I actually succeeded in pulling for a soldier with a one in a trillion chance of obtaining.¡± ¡°Did I just sacrifice all of my good luck from the next hundred lifetimes?¡± ¡°Otherwise, how would this strange thing that¡¯s comparable to being hit by a meteorite on the streets but only receiving a little damage actually happen to me?¡± Fang Ping, who could not figure out the reason, gave up on thinking. He had already summoned it anyway, and he could not return it. Since this Skeleton Soldier was here, he would take it as it came. He did not want to waste his brain cells anymore. He was tired. Then, he gave the order for the five Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers to follow him and walked towards the place where the materials were piled up. After arriving at the place where the materials were piled up, Fang Ping sat next to the materials used to make the traps. He opened the System Mall, chose the beast trap, locked onto the nine Skeleton Soldiers, and began to let them make the traps. He was prepared to hunt wild beasts and exchange their fur and meat for Spirit Stones or other construction materials. With the addition of the five Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers, they constructed five beast traps in the same time it took to construct two traps previously. After handing the trap to the four Skeleton Soldiers and letting them place them outside the territory, he began to instruct the five Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers to continue building traps. During the construction of the traps, Fang Ping discovered that all the buildings of the same type did not give the same attributes. Among the five traps, a few were endowed with Sturdiness +1 and Sharpness +1. These two were different from the attributes given by the first trap. Just as Fang Ping directed the Skeleton Soldiers to build the eighth trap, a warm current suddenly surged out of his body, strengthening his body. Fang Ping, who was making the traps, immediately knew that he had leveled up. The traps that he had ordered the Skeleton Soldiers to set up must have killed wild beasts again. Chapter 9 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Sensing that the strength in his body was constantly increasing, Fang Ping immediately asked the Skeleton Soldiers who were collecting construction materials outside the territory to bring back the wild beasts that had fallen into the traps. Moreover, if they saw that the traps were damaged, they should directly abandon them and replace them with new traps. After giving the order, Fang Ping felt the powerful strength in his body. He immediately ordered the Skeleton Soldiers to build traps and hunt more wild beasts. Fortunately, he could exchange for the construction materials and spirit stones he needed at the Trading Area. With the speed and strength of the Level-1 Skeleton Soldiers, they quickly dragged the wood, stone, and beast corpses back to the territory. After placing the wood and stone at the designated location, the Skeleton Soldiers dragged the beast corpses and placed them beside Fang Ping for him to decompose. After putting down the beast corpses, the four Skeleton Soldiers turned around again and quickly walked out of the territory. They continued to gather building materials outside the territory and place traps. In the territory, Fang Ping was instructing the five Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers to build traps while dissecting the wild beasts brought back by the other Skeleton Soldiers. However, this time, only 13 units of meat and nine pieces of fur were decomposed from ten wolves. He didn¡¯t have the overwhelming luck to obtain a Spirit Stone from this. However, after summoning the Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers just now, Fang Ping was very calm about his bad luck now. After all, he had obtained the Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers, whose probability of appearing was one in a trillion. He would not be surprised at all about what bad luck would follow. On the contrary, it would be the most terrifying thing if his luck kept exploding. Since ancient times, luck could not suddenly increase for no reason. It must have been exchanged with something one had. As for the 10 Spirit Stones needed to upgrade his soldiers, even if they could not be decomposed from wild beasts, as long as he had enough resources and materials that others urgently needed, they could exchange them for Spirit Stones. Moreover, he had just started hunting wild beasts. The traps set outside his territory had only been activated for the first time. He had yet to officially start hunting. Therefore, Fang Ping was not in a hurry. After sitting down again, he began to continuously make traps and decompose wild beasts. On the other hand, the Skeleton Soldiers began to move non-stop. They kept going back and forth to the place where the traps were set up and designated Fang Ping¡¯s position as the location to place the wild beast corpses. As the traps were not one-time use traps, as long as their durability and damage did not exceed the critical point, they could be used repeatedly. However, as more and more wild beast corpses were brought back by the Skeleton Soldiers, although Fang Ping quickly dissected the wild beast corpses so that no wild beast blood would be left behind, the entire territory began to reek of blood. Smelling the blood, Fang Ping looked at the meat that was about to pile up into a small mountain of meat behind him. He immediately snapped out of mechanically decomposing the corpses. Fang Ping looked at the mountain of meat in front of him in distress. It was at least five meters tall. He did not know where to temporarily pile it up. Otherwise, there would always be a bloody smell surrounding him. It would not smell good. After thinking for a long time, Fang Ping could only think of building a storage warehouse to temporarily store these wild beast meat. Fang Ping, who had not thought of any other way, could only open the System Mall and go to the support construction item interface. He wanted to look for a storage warehouse that was cheap and cost less resources to store the wild beast meat. After flipping through the interface for a while, Fang Ping found the storage warehouse that he wanted. [Food Storage Warehouse] [Materials required for construction: 50 units of wood, 10 units of stone] [Manpower required for construction: 2 people] Fang Ping nodded in satisfaction as he looked at the inexpensive food storage that could store 100 tons of food. He then instructed the two Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers who were building traps to put down the traps they were building and come to his side to build the food storage first. After clicking on the construction button, the two Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers began to quickly build a food storage warehouse. Under the acceleration of the system, in just five minutes, a three-story food storage warehouse covering an area of 100 square meters was completed. The moment the food storage was completed, the system notification sounded. ¡°Food storage warehouse has been completed. Beginning to assign attributes¡­¡± ¡°Assigning food storage warehouse with Internal Space +3.¡± [Food Storage Warehouse] [Level: Level-0 (All Attributes +1)] [Attributes: Internal Space +3] [Internal Space +3: Increase the internal space of the food storage by three times. The appearance and space occupied remain the same.] Initially, Fang Ping thought that one food storage warehouse might not be enough. He was prepared to build a few more, but he was instantly overjoyed by the attribute given to the food storage warehouse by the system. ¡°With such a big space, I don¡¯t think we¡¯ll need to change storage units for a long time. This is the real deal.¡± After saying that, Fang Ping asked the two Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers who had just finished building the food storage warehouse to move the meat mountain that stood beside the wood into the food storage warehouse. On the other hand, Fang Ping sat directly in front of the food storage warehouse. While decomposing the carcasses of wild beasts, he handed the meat and fur that had been decomposed to the Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers, who were constantly moving the meat mountain into the food storage warehouse, so that they would store the items together. Time passed quickly as Fang Ping continued to decompose and build. By the time Fang Ping had finished dissecting the corpse of the last beast, the sun was almost setting. The beautiful evening scenery dispelled Fang Ping¡¯s fatigue from the day. Looking at the Spirit Stones that he had obtained from decomposing the corpse of the last beast and the nine Spirit Stones piled up beside him, a brilliant smile involuntarily appeared on his face. ¡°I thought there was no hope. I didn¡¯t expect to obtain the last Spirit Stone from decomposing the corpse of the last beast. Fate really knows how to regulate itself.¡± Looking at the ten Spirit Stones beside him, Fang Ping was incomparably excited. He hurriedly opened the virtual interface, found the upgrade interface for the Undead Summoning Spell, and clicked on the upgrade button. As the interface representing the Undead Summoning Spell changed, the introduction of the Level-1 Undead Summoning Spell covered the previous interface and appeared in front of Fang Ping. [Undead Summoning Spell] [Strength: Level-1] [Upgrade Requirement: Spirit Stones (0/100)] [Post-Upgrade: Ten additional Skeleton Soldiers, Strength +1¡­] Chapter 10 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Night fell. Fang Ping sat in the living room of the Shadow Dragon Villa. After having a delicious barbecue dinner, he lay on the sofa comfortably. He opened the Trading Area in the World Announcement panel and browsed through the information of various Overlords hawking their wares. ¡°Everyone seeing this, you can¡¯t miss it. You¡¯ll find the lowest prices here. For one unit of meat or clean water, you can obtain 20 units of wood and ten units of stone.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t miss out on the opportunity to trade for a good profit!¡± ¡°From the south to the north, whether you need it or not, come and take a look! ¡°High-quality iron ore, coal mines, and gem mines are on sale. One unit of meat or clean water can be exchanged for any five units of minerals.¡± ¡°Brothers passing by, take note. You can obtain meat in exchange for resources!¡± ¡°You can obtain one unit of meat by exchanging 50 units of any material. There are only 200 units. First come, first served!¡± After Fang Ping quickly scanned the entire Trading Area, he roughly understood the situation of the living creatures in the Trading Area. In the entire Trading Area, food and water were the most popular goods that made up the first tier. Meanwhile, the second tier consisted of rare minerals such as Spirit Stones, refined iron, or processed minerals. The third tier consisted of the most worthless sand, wood, and stone. These were materials that could be found everywhere and could be mined with a little ability. Food and water, which others thought were scarce, were not a problem for Fang Ping at all. After all, they were undead Skeleton Soldiers. They would not be tired and did not need to eat. As for himself, a unit of meat was enough to feed him for two to three days. In addition, the number of Skeleton Soldiers would increase every day. Moreover, they would take the built traps and go out to hunt. With this snowball movement, the amount of food would increase in the future. There would not be a lack of food. Therefore, Fang Ping simply placed more than half of the meat in the food storage warehouse and clean water in his shop within the Trading Area. After setting the exchange conditions that were three to four times higher than the market rate, he sent an advertisement in the message board of the Trading Area with a sinister smile. ¡°Big brothers and big sisters, little sisters and little brothers, lolis and boys, pay attention. ¡°My food store has opened. Although I supply a lot of goods every day, I definitely can¡¯t withstand the crazy rush of customers.¡± ¡°Therefore, it¡¯s first come, first served. I¡¯ll stop after everything sells out.¡± After Fang Ping sent this message, the message board of the Trading Area, which was originally bustling with activity, actually stopped for a few seconds. Then, the entire message board exploded. It was filled with all kinds of doubts, questions, and surprise toward Fang Ping. ¡°Is it true?¡± ¡°Is there really a lot of meat and water in your shop?¡± ¡°Is this person stupid? It hasn¡¯t even been two days, and he¡¯s already saying that he can provide a large amount of meat for everyone to trade. In that case, after you pass the seven-day novice period, won¡¯t you directly ascend to the heavens and become a god?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right, that¡¯s right. Don¡¯t you have any bottom line when it comes to bragging and advertising now?¡± ¡°Can you say whatever you want and brag as much as you want?¡± ¡°Wow, his shop really has a lot of meat and clean water. I¡¯ve already exchanged for ten units of meat and clean water. ¡°P.S.: I¡¯ve attached a picture to prove my innocence.¡± Everyone looked at the attached picture. It was a blanket on the ground in a desert. There was a pile of meat on it and ten five-liter buckets of water on the ground. Therefore, all the doubts and questions disappeared. The entire message board was cleared, and a large number of new Overlords rushed into Fang Ping¡¯s shop. When they saw the amount of meat and clean water on sale in Fang Ping¡¯s shop, there was an uproar. ¡°Which god is this? He actually has so much food and water on the second day. How powerful is he?¡± ¡°God, please guide me. I have all kinds of knowledge. As long as you can protect me, I will do anything you want.¡± ¡°The user above is a dead demon. Please don¡¯t be fooled.¡± ¡°For a god to be able to obtain so much food and water, what level is his army?¡± ¡°According to the classification of the six types of soldiers in the Myriad Races Battlefield ¡ª Cannon Fodder, Extraordinary, Elite, King, Epic, and Mythical ¡ª this God should at least be an Epic. They might even be the strongest Mythical Overlord.¡± ¡°Wow, doesn¡¯t that mean that he¡¯s miles ahead of us? This God will definitely be able to easily pass the first test of the Myriad Races Battlefield. I¡¯m really envious of this God¡¯s good luck. He simply started off with an advantage¡­¡± In the face of the frenzied private messages from the new Overlords who were discussing what level of soldiers he had, Fang Ping only smiled and did not respond to them. Even his private messages were set such that only the people he added as friends could send him messages. Since most of these new Overlords could not even eat at this stage, they could forget about an extremely rare resource like Spirit Stones. The only resources he requested for exchange were wood, stone, refined iron, and some other construction materials. He did not mention those very rare mineral resources. After an exhausting day, Fang Ping checked the time on his watch and saw that it was already past 10pm. He took the opportunity to stretch his back and close the virtual interface while yawning. He no longer paid attention to those people who were constantly harassing him. Instead, he put on earmuffs and covered his eyes before slowly falling asleep. After Fang Ping fell asleep, the message board of his shop in the Trading Area did not stop even for a moment. However, when the new Overlords saw the required materials for exchange that Fang Ping had indicated, they were instantly silent. [Meat] [Stock: 989] [Materials required for exchange: Two units in exchange for any of the following.] [Two hundred units of wood, 200 units of stone, 200 units of iron ore, 100 units of refined iron, 100 units of mithril, or 100 units of refined coal.] [Water] [Stock: 989] [Materials required for exchange: Two units in exchange for any of the following.] [Two hundred units of wood, 200 units of stone, 200 units of iron ore, 100 units of refined iron, 100 units of mithril, or 100 units of refined coal.] By the time everyone reacted, the message board was in an uproar. It was filled with dissatisfaction and reprimands aimed at Fang Ping. ¡°This is almost three times the market rate. How can I feel at ease with such a high exchange price! ¡°Aren¡¯t you worried about making a fortune out of your compatriots!?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. If it¡¯s only double the market rate, we can still accept it with gritted teeth. However, if it¡¯s three or four times the market rate, how can we afford it?!¡± ¡°Who is this new Overlord!?¡± ¡°In the future, don¡¯t expose your coordinates. Otherwise, after I pass the first test and the territory war starts, I will definitely find your location and let you know what it means to use virtue to convince people.¡± However, even though they kept condemning Fang Ping¡¯s actions on the message board, they were not slow in exchanging resources at all. From the moment the first person started to buy the items until the shop showed that all the items were sold out, only a minute had passed. Those who did not manage to snatch it began to lurk in Fang Ping¡¯s shop. While waiting for Fang Ping to put up items for trade again, they urged the soldiers under their command to mine all the resources inside and outside their territory. It was best to prepare for the next purchase. On the other hand, the people who managed to snatch the resources were very satisfied. After bringing their troops for a meal, they began to mine the resources in their territory crazily, hoping that the next time Fang Ping¡¯s shop sold food and water, they would have more materials to buy food and water. Chapter 11 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The sun and moon rotated, and the moon retreated. The light of the sun shone on the ground again. It was already the third day of the novice protection period. In the living room of the Shadow Dragon Villa, Fang Ping, who had just finished his breakfast, lay comfortably on the sofa. He opened the Trading Area in the World Announcement panel and opened his shop. He wanted to see how many stupid rich people would come to buy his goods after he set a high price. However, when Fang Ping opened his shop, he was surprised to find that the meat and clean water that he had put up for sale, which were several times higher than the market price, had long been sold out. Moreover, judging from the last sales record of the shop, it had only taken him about ten minutes to sell everything out. If the advertising time was deducted, the resources had probably been snatched up by the novice Overlords in five minutes. In particular, when Fang Ping saw that there were still people urging him to replenish the stock in the message board of the shop, he laughed happily. ¡°Looks like there are still many stupid Overlords among the novice Overlords.¡± ¡°There was so much meat and clean water. Even after the price was increased several times, everything was actually sold out in just a few minutes. It¡¯s really too satisfying!¡± ¡°It seems that in the remaining few days, I have to make the Skeleton Soldiers work harder to hunt wild beasts. I have to strive to earn a lot of money before the novice protection period ends and make sufficient preparations for the first territory test.¡± Then, he opened the virtual interface that displayed his resources and checked how much he had earned in one night. However, just as he opened the virtual materials interface, Fang Ping was shocked by the amount of resources. [Wood: 30,200 units] [Stone: 30,306 units] [Iron Ore: 4,000 units] [Coal: 4,000 units] [Refined Iron: 2,000 units] The quantity of materials shocked Fang Ping on the spot. Not only was the quantity of stone and wood astonishing, he even had 4,000 units of coal mine and refined iron respectively, despite not finding them before this. Furthermore, after the iron ore had been refined, there would be an additional 2,000 units of refined iron. The amount of goods he had collected in one night was much more than what he had collected in two days. Looking at the huge amount of materials on the materials interface, Fang Ping sighed emotionally. ¡°In my previous life, people always said that as long as one stood at the center of the storm, even a pig could take off. Indeed, they weren¡¯t lying.¡± ¡°I can exchange for such a huge amount of resources with the meat and clean water that are useless to me. What a joke.¡± ¡°If I had known this would happen, I would have started hunting wild beasts on the first day to decompose meat and clean water. Why would I need to spend so much effort to get the Skeleton Soldiers to collect wood and stone?¡± The huge quantity of resources not only made Fang Ping¡¯s mood surge, but it also gave him the capital to squander and build various buildings. The excited Fang Ping immediately stopped enjoying his leisure time. He quickly put on his clothes and ran to the place where the supplies were placed. He was prepared to command the Skeleton Soldiers to build his territory wantonly. He had to make his territory impregnable. However, when Fang Ping ran to the place where the building materials were placed, he realized that there were only five Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers left. They were making traps non-stop. Meanwhile, the other four ordinary Skeleton Soldiers had already been separated and killed by the wild beasts last night due to the strong bloody smell on their bodies after collecting materials and hunting wild beasts. The death of the four Skeleton Soldiers immediately made Fang Ping decide that he had to build offensive buildings like arrow towers and set them up at the edge of his territory, or even build them outside the territory. This way, not only could he prevent the weak and ordinary Skeleton Soldiers from being killed, but he could also ensure that after the novice protection period, the safe range of his territory would be much larger. It was beneficial to deal with the first test of his territory. After all, although the strength of ordinary Skeleton Soldiers could be increased by leveling them up, the strength of ordinary Skeleton Soldiers was trash. Even after the enhancement of the Shadow Dragon Villa and reaching Level-1, their strength was still a little less trash. They were fine when facing small beasts, but once they were targeted by large beasts, they would be useless. Unless they formed a skeleton army or a sea of skeletons, they were basically useless in battle. Moreover, he still needed them to do manual labor. How could he let them find and fight large wild beasts? Wouldn¡¯t it be better to leave the Skeleton Soldiers to do construction manual labor and build offensive buildings outside the territory to hunt wild beasts? Then, Fang Ping made up his mind to build offensive buildings like arrow towers today. He could not let wild beasts kill his Skeleton Soldiers anymore. However, before that, he had to summon the ten Skeleton Soldiers today. This way, he would have enough manpower to build buildings. Moreover, it would not affect the units of meat and clean water used for the trade at night. After all, if all the Skeleton Soldiers built buildings, there would be no manpower to hunt wild beasts. Then, there would be no goods to be put on sale on the Trading Area at night. Fang Ping decided that he would not waste any manpower. He walked briskly into the territory, to another graveyard, and began to summon today¡¯s Skeleton Soldiers. It was just that after yesterday¡¯s lesson, Fang Ping did not dare to randomly recite other unknown incantations from the Undead Summoning Spell. He could only obediently recite the incantation he used the first time he summoned ordinary Skeleton Soldiers. After all, before knowing the use of other incantations, if he casually recited other incantations, who knew what he would summon? If he summoned something that would kill his summoned creatures, wouldn¡¯t that be courting death? ¡°The souls of the endless abyss and hell!¡± ¡°In the name of the Undead Overlord, I summon you to return and listen to my commands!¡± As Fang Ping recited the incantation, skeleton claws stretched out from the graves in front of him. They pushed away the soil and coffin above their bodies. After piecing together the bones on their bodies, their eyes burned with dark blue Soul Fire. They walked slowly to Fang Ping, waiting for his instructions. However, looking at the ordinary Skeleton Soldiers in front of him, Fang Ping felt that something was not right. He stroked the stubble on his chin and thought for a moment before suddenly realizing what was wrong. He only had nine Skeleton Soldiers in front of him, but couldn¡¯t he summon ten after leveling up? Where did the tenth Skeleton Soldier go? Did he say something wrong and not summon it? Just as Fang Ping was wondering if he had recited the incantation wrongly, a magic array shining with grayish-white light and emitting the aura of the dead suddenly appeared in front of the nine Skeleton Soldiers who were standing in a row. After the magic array appeared, a one-meter tall Skeleton Dog with a bone tail about one and a half meters long appeared. The moment he saw the Skeleton Dog, Fang Ping instantly understood. It was not that he did not recite the correct summoning incantation. Instead, he had encountered his first guaranteed summon and summoned a Skeleton Dog that had a lower probability of appearing. However, after the magic array disappeared, this terrifying-looking Skeleton Dog suddenly darted in front of Fang Ping. It wagged its tail and rubbed against his trouser leg, circling around Fang Ping non-stop. It was simply like a pet dog, completely different from its appearance. After staring at the Skeleton Dog¡¯s coquettish appearance for a moment, Fang Ping opened the Skeleton Dog¡¯s interface to check if its attributes matched its appearance. [Undead Summoned Creature: Skeleton Dog] [Level: Level-1 (All Attributes +1)] [It will be the first pet to be summoned after leveling up. It has a sharp sense of smell and runs extremely fast. It is the best choice to be a lazy person¡¯s pet dog.] Chapter 12 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Fang Ping read the comments on the Skeleton Dog from the Myriad Tribe Battlefield. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and countless alpacas galloped through his heart. Then, he looked at the Skeleton Dog wagging its tail at his feet and comforted himself. ¡°It¡¯s fine, it¡¯s fine. It¡¯s just a freebie anyway. It¡¯s only right that it¡¯s not very strong.¡± ¡°Moreover, it has a keen sense of smell and can run quickly. It¡¯s not too trashy. Anyway, I¡¯m a little bored being alone. It¡¯s not bad to take this Skeleton Dog with me as a pet. In either case, it doesn¡¯t have to eat or sleep. I¡¯ll play with it during the day and ask it to hunt wild beasts at night. It¡¯s good to have one dog with two uses.¡± After consoling himself, he immediately felt much better when he saw the Skeleton Dog acting cute. He touched the Skeleton Dog¡¯s smooth skull and told it to sit down obediently and not move around. Then, he clicked on the conditions to upgrade the Undead Summoning Spell to see how many resources were needed to upgrade it again. [Undead Summoning Spell] [Strength: Level-1] [Materials needed for upgrade: Spirit Stone (0/20)] [Post-Upgrade: Twenty additional Skeleton Soldiers, 50% chance of summoning a Skeleton Dog, and a small chance of summoning other races.] Looking at the conditions for upgrading the Undead Summoning Spell, as well as the number of additional skeletons that could be summoned after the upgrade, Fang Ping nodded in satisfaction. Furthermore, when he saw the information that there was a chance of summoning other races, he became extremely excited. ¡°There¡¯s finally hope of summoning other Undead races. If I¡¯m lucky, I might even be able to summon an Undead race with a commander. At that time, I¡¯ll be able to break free from the abyss of misery from teaching these Skeleton Soldiers. Ahhh!¡± After Fang Ping shouted happily, his heart was filled with motivation. Then, he brought the Skeleton Dog, who was sitting quietly by his feet, and the nine ordinary Skeleton Soldiers, who stood rooted to the ground in a daze. He quickly returned to the place where the construction materials were placed, preparing to build his absolute fortress. Fang Ping stood at the place where the building materials were placed. Seeing the 14 Skeleton Soldiers and the skeleton dog at his feet, he immediately distributed the missions happily. ¡°Two Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers will take the lead. Take the traps. Then, each of you will lead two ordinary Skeleton Soldiers to set up traps outside the territory and hunt wild beasts.¡± ¡°The remaining three Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers and five Skeleton Soldiers will stay behind and assist me in building the buildings.¡± As Fang Ping issued the missions, two Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers and four ordinary Skeleton Soldiers separated from the team. They walked to the traps that were piled up into a small mountain at the side. They each picked up several traps and quickly walked out of the territory. Looking at the Skeleton Soldiers that had already gone out to hunt, Fang Ping did not delay any further. He immediately opened the System Mall and began choosing various offensive and defensive buildings. Looking at the attack buildings that shone with cold light, Fang Ping wished he could build them all. However, due to the limited resources and manpower, he could only choose some buildings that were suitable for his current situation. After thinking about the various buildings in the System Mall, Fang Ping quickly selected the buildings he needed. [Fence (One meter)] [Materials required for construction: 4 units of stone, 10 units of wood] [Manpower required for construction: 5 people] [Note: After the fence is built, you can move it freely through the system interface.] [Intermediate-Leveled Arrow Tower] [Materials required for construction: 200 units of stone, 300 units of wood, 100 units of refined iron, 1 unit of manpower] [Manpower required for construction: 5 people] [Note: After the arrow towers are built, arrows are needed. A small number of arrows (1,000 arrows) can be produced by placing refined iron and wood in the arrow towers.] Looking at these two buildings, Fang Ping smiled and nodded. These two types were very suitable for his current situation. After the fences were built, he was not afraid that when the territory expanded in the future, he would not be able to move them around. Meanwhile, when he could not build arrows in the early stages, the arrow tower could use its own resources to build a small number of arrows to fight the enemy. Since he had already chosen the construction items, Fang Ping immediately began instructing the Skeleton Soldiers to start frantically building the arrow towers and fences. The shape of the territory could be changed by the Overlord. As long as it was 100 meters in radius, be it circular, square, or triangular, any shape was acceptable. Therefore, Fang Ping changed the territory area to a polygonal shape. This way, he could effectively defend against enemy climbing. He divided the remaining Skeleton Soldiers into two groups. One group of five soldiers built the fence according to his instructions, while the other one pair of three soldiers installed an arrow tower at each end of the fence. Following Fang Ping¡¯s orders, the eight Skeleton Soldiers were arranged clearly. Under the acceleration of the system, they picked up the materials needed for the construction and began to build fences and arrow towers at lightning speed. Under the acceleration of the system, fences were quickly built one after another. On average, one fence could be built in ten minutes. Half an hour later, looking at the three Skeleton Soldiers who had finished building the two arrow towers, Fang Ping smirked. He immediately ordered the three Skeleton Soldiers to join the construction of the fences, not leaving a moment for the three Skeleton Soldiers to rest. In the hands of the eight Skeleton Soldiers, it only took five hours to complete the fences that surrounded the entire territory. Just as the two-layered fences connected with the arrow towers, a system notification sounded. ¡°Fences and arrow towers completed. Assigning attributes¡­¡± ¡°Assigned Sturdiness +5 to the two-layered fence.¡± ¡°Assigned Speed +3 to the arrow tower.¡± [Fence (Can be upgraded and expanded)] [Level: Level-0 (All Attributes +1)] [Attributes: Sturdiness +1, can withstand all Level-1 attacks] [Intermediate-Leveled Arrow Tower (Can be upgraded)] [Level: Level-0 (All Attributes +1)] [Materials for Arrow (One unit): 0.2 units of refined iron and 1 unit of wood] [Attributes: Speed +3, tripled arrow crafting speed ] Looking at the attributes given by the system to the double-layered fence and arrow tower, Fang Ping was overjoyed. With such powerful attributes, as long as the first territory test was not too heaven-defying, he would definitely pass. However, looking at the shabby Skeleton Soldiers who were constantly moving through the built fences and collecting resources, Fang Ping¡¯s heart immediately ignited with the idea of giving them powerful equipment. After all, these Skeleton Soldiers who only relied on their own broken equipment were just human-shaped teething sticks in the eyes of large wild beasts. However, after taking a look at the materials needed for the arrows in the arrow tower, he immediately sighed that the quantity of refined iron was insufficient. Furthermore, he instinctively craved for more firepower. Thus, he decided to use the existing refined iron to build arrows first. Someone in the Trading Area had been trading refined iron yesterday. Furthermore, at this stage, those who could trade with large amounts of refined iron definitely had refined iron mines or soldiers that were good at forging iron. As long as he found these people, he would definitely be able to exchange for enough refined iron. Thinking up to this point, Fang Ping immediately gave the order for the Skeleton Soldiers who had just completed the construction mission to pick up the traps and set off outside the territory. They would strive to hunt more wild beasts and allow their equipment to be updated. Chapter 13 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios As Fang Ping squeezed the Skeleton Soldier to the limit, time passed quickly. Soon, the sun set in the west and dusk fell. Under the orange-red sunlight, Fang Ping, who was sitting in the Shadow Dragon Villa, suddenly felt a warm current suddenly appear in his body, slowly strengthening it. However, Fang Ping was already used to it. He knew that he had leveled up again, so he opened the attribute panel given to him by the Myriad Races Battlefield. [Fang Ping] [Overlord Level: Level-0 (Can be upgraded)] [Materials: Spirit Stones 20/20] [Strength Level: Level-2 (All Attributes +1)] [Territory Buildings: Unknown House (All Attributes +1)] [Two Arrow Towers (Speed +3)] [Fence (Sturdiness +1)] After looking at the words ¡°can be upgraded¡± written at the back of the Overlord Level, as well as the 20 Spirit Stones required to upgrade, Fang Ping understood why the words ¡°can be upgraded¡± had not appeared before. Previously, he did not have 20 Spirit Stones at all. Now, after a day of crazy hunting, not only had his strength increased, but he had also obtained 20 Spirit Stones from decomposing beast corpses. However, upgrading the Undead Summoning Spell also required 20 Spirit Stones. Which one should he upgrade first? Fang Ping thought about it for a while but could not come up with anything. He decided to open up and see the changes that would occur after upgrading his Overlord Level. He would observe what effect it had before making a decision. [Overlord Level: Level-0 (Can be upgraded)] [Materials needed for upgrade: Spirit Stone (20/20)] [Post-Upgrade: The area of the territory will double, and the defense of the buildings will increase by 20% of their current level.] Looking at the effect of upgrading his Overlord Level, Fang Ping stroked his stubble and thought for a moment. He had an answer in his heart and decided to upgrade the Undead Summoning Spell first. After all, what he needed the most at this stage was manpower. The increase in the size of his territory was useless to him. He would only waste 20 Spirit Stones for nothing. Moreover, the increase in defense was simply too low compared to that of the attributes given by the system. It only increased the defense of the buildings by 20% of their current level. However, 20% of Level-0 was useless to increase the defense of his current buildings. If he had the Spirit Stones to increase his Overlord Level, it was better to use them to increase the level of the wall. After Fang Ping made up his mind to upgrade the Undead Summoning Spell, he opened the upgrade interface of the Undead Summoning Spell and clicked to upgrade it. A few seconds later, the interface changed. It showed that the Undead Summoning Spell had been successfully upgraded. [Undead Summoning Spell] [Level: Level-2] [Upgrade Requirements: Spirit Stone 0/30, Unknown Fruit 0/1] [Post-Upgrade: Thirty additional Skeleton Soldiers, summoning probability of Skeleton Dog increased, summoning probability of other races increased¡­] In the upgrade requirements, not only did the number of Spirit Stones increase, but an Unknown Fruit also appeared. Fang Ping¡¯s mentality collapsed immediately. ¡°F*ck you, f*cking Myriad Races Battlefield. Even you called it an Unknown Fruit. Where do you want me to find it so that I can upgrade the spell? Are you kidding me? F*ck!¡± Infuriated, Fang Ping closed the Undead Summoning Spell upgrade interface and stopped looking at the annoying upgrade conditions. Then, he opened his shop in the Trading Area and put all the meat and clean water he had obtained today to trade. For half of the materials, he set it such that people could only trade refined iron for them. As for the rest of the materials, others could continue to trade wood, stone, coal, and mithril for them. When the people who were lurking in the shop¡¯s message board saw Fang Ping put up meat and clean water again, they exploded instantly like hot oil meeting cold water. ¡°F*ck, the big shot has put up meat and clean water. Furthermore, the quantity is about the same as yesterday. ¡°Is this a newbie Overlord or not? It¡¯s only been two days and they¡¯re already so strong. Do you want us useless people to live?!¡± ¡°That¡¯s right, that¡¯s right. Such a powerful new Overlord is about the strong as those Overlord who have passed the territory test three times, right? ¡°Is he the reincarnation of a god? Is he that powerful?¡± ¡°Such a powerful Overlord. In that case, his troops must be at the Mythical-level without a doubt. He will definitely be able to pass the first territory test.¡± With a few words of flattery from these people, the meat and clean water that could be exchanged with ordinary resources like wood in the shop were sold out in half a minute. Even half of the meat and clean water that could only be exchanged with refined iron were sold out. However, among these people who were trading with refined iron, none of them was the person from yesterday who only used refined iron to trade. All of them only used a small amount of refined iron to trade. Furthermore, they only traded one or two units of refined iron for meat and clean water. They had probably obtained this refined iron from others. They didn¡¯t have refined iron or soldiers that could produce refined iron. Faced with such a situation, Fang Ping was not in the mood to pay attention to those novice Overlords who kept sending him private messages, wanting to cozy up to him and seek protection. Instead, he was thinking about where he could get so much refined iron if he could not find that person. After all, he wanted to build a small arsenal and update his hardworking and capable Skeleton Soldiers with powerful equipment. He could not possibly go out of his territory to find iron ore and let the Skeleton Soldiers mine iron ore for their own equipment. In that case, a portion of the Skeleton Soldiers would have to work in mining and forging every day. This would consume manpower for him, who lacked manpower at the current stage, and it would also reduce the number of goods he received from his transactions. It was not worth it. Chapter 14 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Just as Fang Ping was at his wits¡¯ end, constantly checking to see who had traded a large amount of refined iron yesterday, a person began to send him private messages continuously. The number of private messages made him very annoyed. However, just as he was about to close the private message and search for that person in peace, he accidentally opened the private message. The content of the private message immediately attracted Fang Ping¡¯s attention. ¡°Greetings, respected and powerful Overlord. Looking at your sales requirements, you should need refined iron very much. I have a lot of refined iron and want to exchange it for food and water. Please contact me if you see this private message.¡± Upon seeing this message, Fang Ping instantly perked up. He opened the other party¡¯s private message channel and began sending messages to the other party. ¡°Hello, I can¡¯t say that I need refined iron very much, but if you have a large amount of refined iron to exchange, I won¡¯t be stingy with meat and clean water. I¡¯ll exchange a large amount of meat and clean water.¡± After sending the message, Fang Ping was immersed in waiting for the other party¡¯s reply while continuing to search for the person who had exchanged a large amount of refined iron for food yesterday. Not long after the message was sent, the other party sent a friend notification. After Fang Ping pressed ¡®agree¡¯, the other party asked a question. ¡°Hello, are you the powerful novice Overlord who puts up a lot of food and clean water every day?¡± Upon seeing this, Fang Ping wanted to say, ¡°None of your business.¡± However, since the other party had the refined iron he needed, he endured the urge to curse and replied to them. ¡°That¡¯s right. I¡¯m the novice Overlord who sells a lot of meat every day, so as long as you have a lot of refined iron, I can exchange a large amount of meat and clean water with you.¡± The other party would reply to Fang Ping¡¯s message instantly. It was as if they had kept the chat interface open to look out for his message. ¡°I do have a lot of refined iron, but if you want to obtain it, you have to agree to one condition.¡± Upon seeing the other party¡¯s reply, Fang Ping wished that he could follow the network cable of the virtual interface and find out where the other party¡¯s home was so that he could grab the other party¡¯s collar ruthlessly. It was hard to say if this person had refined iron, but they actually dared to propose a condition to Fang Ping. Moreover, Fang Ping had to agree to it. This was really not a joke. However, he could only shout these words in his heart. After all, the other party had the refined iron he needed. He could only trade for the refined iron first. After the novice protection period ended, he would think of a way to obtain the other party¡¯s territory address and teach him a good lesson. He would let them know what the rules were. ¡°Tell me what your request is first. After all, I can¡¯t agree with your condition if you don¡¯t tell me what it is.¡± ¡°If you ask me for the address of my territory or do something else, I won¡¯t agree.¡± When the other party saw Fang Ping¡¯s message, he immediately replied. ¡°It¡¯ll be fine. Don¡¯t worry, it¡¯s just a small request. It won¡¯t go against your personality or will, or endanger your safety.¡± At this point, Fang Ping did not take it seriously. In any case, he would first see what the other party¡¯s condition was. If he really could not complete it, he would give up on this transaction. After all, there were countless feudal Overlords in this world. There would always be people who could trade for a large amount of refined iron. ¡°Then tell me what kind of request you have.¡± After sending this message, the other party immediately replied. ¡°My request is that if you want to obtain refined iron, reduce the exchange price of your meat and clean water by half and give them all to me.¡± Looking at this request, Fang Ping¡¯s heart was suddenly filled with tens of thousands of alpacas. Did the other party ask Fang Ping to reduce his prices by half and exchange his resources for refined iron? Had their brain been kicked by a donkey? It was very normal to bargain, but wasn¡¯t it too much to cut the price by half? Hey! The enraged Fang Ping was about to reply that it was impossible when he suddenly realized that he was not exchanging at the market price, but at three to four times the market price. Even if the price was cut in half by the other party, there was still a lot of room for profit. Why was he so angry? Fang Ping, who had come to his senses, immediately eliminated this impossibility and stopped scolding the other party¡¯s ancestors. He re-edited his message and sent it over. ¡°It¡¯s normal to bargain, but it¡¯s too much to cut the price in half. Can you raise the price a little more?¡± When the other party saw Fang Ping¡¯s message, he immediately replied to Fang Ping firmly. ¡°That¡¯s impossible. If you want to trade refined iron, you have to give me meat and clean water at half the price.¡± Fang Ping saw the other party¡¯s firm attitude and gave up struggling. He no longer wanted the other party to raise the price and replied directly. ¡°Then let¡¯s do it this way. I don¡¯t mind losing money. Let¡¯s consider it a friendship and make a deal.¡± Seeing that Fang Ping had relented, the other party immediately replied. ¡°Sure. I don¡¯t have much refined iron now, but I have Dwarf troops and a refined iron mine that has reached the Rich Ore-Level.¡± ¡°The Dwarves don¡¯t have much food now, so they can¡¯t work hard to mine refined iron ore. Therefore, I hope you can trade meat and clean water to me first. When I gather enough refined iron ore, I¡¯ll send it to you or pay you in installments.¡± ¡°(There are two photos attached. One is a picture of a refined iron mine, and the other is a picture of a Dwarf.)¡± Fang Ping looked at the other party¡¯s reply and the two accompanying photos. He suddenly felt that his intelligence had been insulted. The other party sent him two photos, whose authenticity could not be determined, and wanted to gain something without risking any of their own goods. Did they think that Fang Ping was stupid and rich? What a fraud. This person had lied to him. How f*cking infuriating! ¡°You idiot, do you really think everyone is as stupid as you?!¡± ¡°Who would believe such a clumsy scam? If you¡¯re so stupid, don¡¯t come out and lie to others. You f*cking bastard.¡± After sending the message, Fang Ping was no longer in the mood to search for the person who had traded large amounts of refined iron for meat and clean water. He immediately closed the Trading Area interface. After cursing angrily a few times, he went upstairs to sleep angrily. The sun and moon rotated, and time flew by. Soon, it was the fifth day of the novice protection period. There were still two days until the end of the novice protection period. During this period, Fang Ping exchanged all the meat and clean water for various building materials. The fence had also been upgraded. It had gone beyond the levels of a double-layered fence and an earth wall to reach the level of a stone wall. It could almost defend against the attacks of Level-3 Chaos Ominous Beasts. Coupled with the attributes given by the system and the enhancement of other buildings, it had reached the level where it could resist Level-4 Chaos Ominous Beasts. Moreover, the attack power of the arrow towers had reached the level where they could hurt Level-3 Chaos Ominous Beasts. Now, everything was ready. Only the first territory test was left. However, in the past few days, he had not found the person who had exchanged a large amount of refined iron for food and water. He did not know if that person already had enough food and water, but after that day, that person had not gone to his shop to exchange for meat and clean water. As a result, the equipment of all his Skeleton Soldiers were the same as before. He also had not found any iron ore around his territory. It seemed that there was no iron ore around his territory. Even if he wanted to mine iron ore, it was impossible for him to forge refined iron. He could only trade for refined iron in the Trading Area. However, if he relied on the refined iron from the individual customers, it was impossible to keep up with his consumption of refined iron. Thus, he had to find that novice Overlord with a large amount of refined iron. Otherwise, his development speed would be suppressed. Despite that, after searching for a long time in the Trading Area, he still could not find the Overlord with a large amount of refined iron. This made him wonder if that Overlord had already been killed. That was why he could not find any traces of this Overlord in the Trading Area. Fang Ping had been in a dilemma over this matter for a few days. He watched as the amount of refined iron decreased continuously due to the production of arrows. As a result, he, who had a phobia of insufficient firepower, felt very anxious. Chapter 15 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios However, no matter how anxious Fang Ping was, he had to continue building various buildings, summon Skeleton Soldiers, and hunt wild beasts to exchange for the refined iron in the hands of the individual investors. Otherwise, after today, he would not even be able to produce much refined iron to make arrows. Fang Ping let out a long breath, then walked to the bathroom. After washing his face with cold water, he walked out of the Shadow Dragon Villa with a clear mind that had been stimulated by the cold water. He started his daily routine of mechanically storing the resources with great boredom. He came to the bone deposit area at the southeast corner of the territory, which had been formed to make it easier to collect all the bones in the entire territory. Then, he began today¡¯s Undead summoning. Fang Ping recited the ordinary Undead Summoning Spell that he was so familiar with that could almost recite backward. From the pile of bones, a wisp of blue Soul Fire immediately ignited in the eye sockets of 18 skulls. After Fang Ping recited the spell, the skulls began to pick through the pile of bones. After finding a suitable skeleton, they installed the bones on their broken bodies and walked to Fang Ping to report. Looking at the number of Skeleton Soldiers that did not match the number he summoned, Fang Ping suddenly understood that he would probably have two more Skeleton Dogs. The truth was just as Fang Ping had expected. After the Skeleton Soldiers lined up neatly and stood in front of him, two magic arrays were immediately outlined in the two empty spots in the line. Then, two Skeleton Dogs appeared from the arrays. Seeing the Skeleton Dogs appear, Fang Ping was no longer as excited as before. After all, these were the fifth and sixth Skeleton Dog in the past few days. Then, he brought the 18 Skeleton Soldiers and two Skeleton Dogs to the place where the construction materials were placed. He instructed them and the five Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers to do their best to create traps and kill more wild beasts. After collecting the construction materials, they turned around and left, not paying attention to the matters here. Back in the Shadow Dragon Villa, Fang Ping, who was sitting on a recliner, began to process the meat and clean water reserves that had skyrocketed overnight. However, Fang Ping, who had just opened the Trading Area and had yet to open his shop, was immediately attracted by a piece of news. ¡°Meat on sale! Everyone seeing this, you can¡¯t miss it.¡± ¡°This pure-bred buffalo meat is guaranteed to be delicious. You will definitely not be short-changed.¡± ¡°Furthermore, one unit only costs 20 units of wood and stone respectively, or five units of various ores and refined ores.¡± ¡°There¡¯s a limited number of them. First come, first served!¡± Looking at the buffalo meat that was sold at cost price, Fang Ping scoffed at it. He was even less concerned about this Overlord¡¯s meat reserves. Fang Ping only took a quick glance at this piece of news before opening his shop. He began to put up the loot from last night¡¯s Skeleton Soldier hunt at their original location. The price did not change because someone was selling buffalo meat at cost price. His goods were still set at four times the original price. After all, no matter how much meat the person selling buffalo meat had stored, it was impossible to supply the food needs of all the new Overlords. It had to be known that in this world, there were more than a billion novice Overlords. Even if the person selling buffalo meat died of exhaustion, it was impossible to satisfy one in ten million novice Overlords. It was just as Fang Ping had expected. One minute after the goods were put on the shelves, all the meat and clean water were sold out. Looking at the empty store that needed restocking, Fang Ping chuckled and closed the virtual interface. Then, he began to think about how to collect more high-quality ores to accelerate his development. At the same time, the novice protection period that was about to end, as well as the merchants who gradually appeared to sell the basic necessities of life ¡ªmeat and clean water ¡ª at an affordable price, made Fang Ping realize that the period of profits from selling meat and clean water had passed. It was time for him to consider the next path. When the novice protection period ended, as long as they could survive the first territory test, most of them would no longer be restricted by the need for food. As for the reason why a small number of people would still be restricted by their food reserves, it was basically because the soldiers they summoned were all gluttons. It was not feasible for them to collect food alone. They could only exchange materials for food in the Trading Area to support their own soldiers. Fang Ping was deep in thought with various thoughts running wild in his mind. He thought about how he should develop after the novice protection period and what kind of goods he should use to continue earning huge profits in the Trading Area and supporting his powerful territory. After thinking about it for a while, Fang Ping decided to focus on refined iron first. There were still two days before the novice protection period. Meanwhile, all the buildings he wanted to build more or less required refined iron. If he wanted to develop, he had to find a stable novice Overlord supplier who could supply a large amount of refined iron. Only then could he enter the fast lane of development and quickly strengthen his territory and his strength. However, in the Trading Area, the individual refined iron investors he saw had already been bought over by him. There was no additional refined iron to be collected in the past few days. Fang Ping, who had been troubled for a while, opened the friend request list, wanting to try his luck. He wanted to see if there were any novice Overlords who could provide a large amount of refined iron among the people who requested to be his friend. Looking at the thousands of friend requests, Fang Ping suddenly felt a headache. However, for the sake of his own development, he could only be patient and check the reasons for the requests one by one to see if anyone had a large amount of refined iron. Time flew by as Fang Ping checked the requests. As he was about to fall asleep, he finally saw a reliable request. ¡°Greetings, God. My troops are Dwarves. My territory is in the underground mine.¡± ¡°I have a lot of refined iron. I hope you can contact me when you see this request.¡± Fang Ping¡¯s interest was piqued as he looked at this girl who was about to buy him over just from this friend request. If this person really had a large amount of refined iron to supply, he could find a long-term supplier. If not, he would just treat it as him staring blankly into the air for a few minutes. Fang Ping immediately agreed to this girl¡¯s friend request, preparing to ask if she had a large amount of refined iron to offer. Fang Ping had thought that after agreeing to the other party¡¯s friend request, he would have to wait for a while before she replied. After all, the novice protection period was approaching its end. Everyone was working hard, striving to strengthen their territory as much as possible before the first territory test. However, what Fang Ping did not expect was that the moment he accepted her friend request, she immediately sent him a message. It was as if she had been staying in front of the virtual interface, waiting for him to accept her friend request. Moreover, after seeing that he had agreed to her friend request, her tone was very surprised and filled with disbelief. It was as if she had never thought that he would agree to her friend request. Chapter 16 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios ¡°Wow!¡± ¡°God, you actually accepted my friend request!¡± ¡°Is this real? Am I dreaming?¡± Looking at how she did not believe that he would agree to her friend request and the content of the request, Fang Ping suddenly felt that this girl was either naturally dumb or really easy to fool. ¡°You don¡¯t have to be surprised. I only contacted you after seeing that you had a large amount of refined iron to supply.¡± ¡°If I find out that you lied to me, I¡¯ll blacklist you immediately.¡± After sending the message, the other party immediately replied. ¡°No, no, I really have a lot of refined iron to supply.¡± ¡°(Attached are photos of several Dwarves mining and forging iron, as well as several mines filled with refined iron.)¡± ¡°Look, I¡¯m not lying to you. It¡¯s just that my dwarves haven¡¯t been able to get enough food and water, so they¡¯ve been working listlessly. However, as long as they¡¯re full, they can work hard.¡± ¡°My territory is in a mine. The water and food I have can¡¯t keep up with their appetite at all, so when I saw that you could sell a large amount of food and water every day, I hurriedly contacted you.¡± Looking at the series of pictures and the naivety in the other party¡¯s words, Fang Ping could immediately confirm that as long as the other party was not acting, it was very likely that they were a natural fool who did not have any thoughts. ¡°Since you really have a lot of refined iron, we can trade. However, what¡¯s your price?¡± As Fang Ping sent out the message, the other party replied instantly. It was as if she was really in a hurry and did not waste any time. ¡°God, my refined iron is very cheap. I only need one unit of meat or clean water to exchange for ten units of refined iron. It¡¯s 50% cheaper than the market rate. Isn¡¯t it worth it?¡± Seeing the other party¡¯s low price, Fang Ping was simply stunned. What was going on? He had seen people bargaining, but he had never seen anyone raise the price of his goods. What was the background of this person? Could it be that he had robbed a rich family filled with refined iron? Otherwise, why would she exchange her refined iron at such a low price for food and water? ¡°Why is your price so low? Did you pick up the refined iron or is there a problem with the quality?¡± The girl who was flustered by Fang Ping¡¯s message quickly replied. ¡°I guarantee that there¡¯s no problem with the quality of my refined iron. Moreover, all of it was obtained by my Dwarves mining bit by bit. It¡¯s impossible for them to have picked it up.¡± ¡°As for why I offered such a low price to sell my refined iron in exchange for food and water, it¡¯s mainly because I want you to agree to one of my requests.¡± When Fang Ping saw the girl¡¯s reply this time, he immediately thought that he had met another swindler. He asked cautiously. ¡°A request?¡± ¡°What request?¡± ¡°If it¡¯s like delivering refined iron in installments or giving you food and water first, then the matter of exchanging refined iron will be out of the question.¡± When the other party saw Fang Ping¡¯s message, she immediately understood that Fang Ping had probably thought that she was a swindler who was tricking him of his food and water on the spot. In order not to deepen the misunderstanding, she quickly explained. ¡°I won¡¯t make those requests. I¡¯m not a liar. Don¡¯t worry.¡± ¡°My request is that I¡¯m preparing to upgrade my soldiers, so I¡¯m short of Spirit Stones.¡± ¡°I want to ask if you have 20 Spirit Stones. If you do, I¡¯ll exchange each Spirit Stone for 200 units of refined iron.¡± Seeing the other party¡¯s explanation, Fang Ping heaved a sigh of relief. It was fine as long as she was not a swindler. If he encountered a swindler, it didn¡¯t matter if he wasted some time or lost some resources. However, if his development speed was delayed, no matter where the other party was, he would definitely think of a way to find them and make them understand the price of lying to him. Seeing that the other party¡¯s request was only to exchange Spirit Stones with him, Fang Ping agreed without thinking. After all, although he did not have a lot of Spirit Stones on hand, he still had a lot of them in his hands as the Skeleton Soldiers hunted wild beasts and collected resources. ¡°If it¡¯s just Spirit Stones, of course it¡¯s not a problem. I don¡¯t dare to say that I have many Spirit Stones, but I still have 20 of them.¡± ¡°Furthermore, seeing that you gave me such a low price for the refined iron, I can exchange materials with you at a rate of one Spirit Stone for 100 units of refined iron.¡± Seeing that Fang Ping had agreed to her request and had even taken the initiative to lower the price to 100 units of refined iron in exchange for the price of one Spirit Stone, the young lady was shocked and in disbelief. It had to be known that Spirit Stones were a must for upgrading soldiers and upgrading one¡¯s Overlord Level. No matter how high one¡¯s level increased, Spirit Stones would always exist. Furthermore, the number needed would increase. At this stage, the only way to obtain Spirit Stones was to hunt wild beasts and decompose their corpses. Only then would there be a chance to obtain a Spirit Stone. However, the probability of obtaining Spirit Stones from decomposing the corpses of wild beasts was below 1%. Some people might not even be able to obtain one even if they decomposed a thousand wild beasts. Most importantly, at this stage, about half of the people did not even have enough to eat. How would they obtain beast corpses to decompose and obtain Spirit Stones from? Even if a portion of people had already begun to hunt wild beasts in large numbers, the Spirit Stones they decomposed would still be used to increase the strength of their territory. Almost no one would trade Spirit Stones with others. Moreover, judging from Fang Ping¡¯s tone, he probably still had a lot of Spirit Stones left after the transaction. The young girl was instantly shocked by Fang Ping¡¯s powerful strength. At the same time, she was determined to cling onto Fang Ping. ¡°Thank you, God. I¡¯m willing to trade with you at the price you mentioned. I¡¯ll continue to provide you with refined iron at the current price.¡± Looking at the excited girl, Fang Ping smiled. ¡°Okay, how many units of refined iron do you have now?¡± Seeing Fang Ping¡¯s question, the girl immediately replied. ¡°After the hard work of the Dwarves over the past few days, I now have 5,000 units of refined iron that I can trade with you.¡± ¡°Furthermore, this is the amount dug and forged by the Dwarves while they were starving.¡± ¡°When they are all full in the future, the production will definitely increase by a lot.¡± The two huge rocks that had been weighing on Fang Ping¡¯s heart were simply blown away by the girl¡¯s affirmative reply. ¡°In that case, I¡¯ll give you 20 Spirit Stones, as well as 1,500 units of meat and clean water respectively. How about it?¡± The girl approved of Fang Ping¡¯s fair distribution decision. ¡°I don¡¯t have a problem. God, your distribution is very even.¡± ¡°I¡¯ll give you the refined iron now.¡± After the message was sent, 5,000 units of refined iron were also sent over. Meanwhile, Fang Ping was already shocked by the other party¡¯s naive actions. There was something wrong with this girl¡¯s brain. She had sent 5,000 units of refined iron to him after a short conversation without even seeing the goods. If he did not give her Spirit Stones and food, wouldn¡¯t it be over? However, her straightforwardness, adorable personality, and the tone of her conversation made Fang Ping feel extremely comfortable. After the girl sent him the refined iron, he sent her the Spirit Stones and food directly before clicking to receive the refined iron. At the same time, he sent a message. Chapter 17 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios ¡°Big Sister, you have to be careful in the future. Fortunately, I was the one you met. If it were anyone else, they would have blocked and deleted you the moment you sent the refined iron over.¡± When the young girl saw Fang Ping¡¯s message, she replied with a reply that made him rack his brains. ¡°You¡¯re the Big Sister. Your entire family is made of Big Sisters. I¡¯m still an 18-year-old girl who is young and beautiful. Remember this. You have to call me little sister or little fairy.¡± Looking at the girl¡¯s reply, Fang Ping suddenly felt as if 10,000 alpacas were scurrying around in joy in his heart. Moreover, every alpaca spat at him. He felt as if he was about to collapse. Was this the main point?! The last sentence was the main point! Then, Fang Ping suppressed the thoughts of ridicule in his heart and sent a message helplessly. ¡°Alright, little fairy, I¡¯m going to get busy. Hurry up and upgrade your Dwarf troops. We¡¯ll talk again when we have time next time.¡± When the young girl saw how Fang Ping addressed her, there was a hint of smugness in her tone. She replied proudly. ¡°I¡¯ll forgive you this time. Remember not to call me the wrong name again.¡± ¡°I¡¯m going to upgrade my Dwarf soldiers. Bye.¡± After saying goodbye, the name on the other side of the chat turned grey, indicating that the girl opposite him had left with the Spirit Stones she had exchanged with him to upgrade her Dwarf army. Fang Ping was the only one left staring blankly at the name that had turned gray. He fell into self-doubt. ¡°Could it be that my brain is abnormal?¡± ¡°Why do I have so many different thoughts from her?¡± However, as soon as this sentence came out of Fang Ping¡¯s mouth, it was immediately rejected. ¡°I¡¯m normal. It¡¯s just that her focus is wrong. Her brain is too jumpy. There¡¯s definitely nothing wrong with me.¡± As Fang Ping spoke, he shook his head violently, forcing this dangerous thought out of his mind. After breaking free from that dangerous thought, Fang Ping immediately began to think about another question in his heart. ¡°What precious resources do I have to sell now to exchange for the resources I need?¡± Fang Ping was deep in thought for a moment before he suddenly recalled what the young lady had said earlier. At this stage, the novice Overlords could obtain their own food and clean water, which were basic living necessities. However, Spirit Stones were a rare yet necessary resource. It was impossible for the novice Overlords not to want them. Moreover, at this stage, there were definitely very few people who were willing to exchange Spirit Stones. Now that the first Overlord test was approaching, many novice Overlords would definitely try their best to obtain Spirit Stones to increase the strength of their territory. Under such a rare condition, Spirit Stones would definitely be incomparably popular. Although he did not have many Spirit Stones in his inventory, he could still exchange them for a lot of resources and materials he needed. With this thought in mind, Fang Ping immediately opened his own shop in the Trading Area. He put up the Spirit Stones in the empty space of the merchandise and sent a message to the Trading Area of the World Announcement panel. [Spirit Stone] [Quantity: To be negotiated] [Trade Price: To be negotiated (Novice Overlords with Mysterious Fruits have priority)] [Note: The number of Spirit Stones is limited. The shop owner will determine the value of the item he wants. If the shop owner likes the item, he will exchange it for at least one Spirit Stone. The Mysterious Fruit is worth ten Spirit Stones.] When everyone saw the advertisement Fang Ping sent to the message board, the message board of the entire Trading Area exploded. The countless scrolling messages were almost squeezed out of the message board. ¡°Everyone, come and take a look. The God has sent another shocking message!¡± ¡°Wow, is this God already so arrogant?¡± ¡°He¡¯s using extremely rare Spirit stones to trade for items. Is he letting us Overlords, who feel that we are very useless, live!¡± ¡°Shouldn¡¯t we be paying attention to the mysterious fruit that the God is looking to exchange for?¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. The God is exchanging Spirit Stones for the Mysterious Fruit. Could it be a material needed to level up?¡± ¡°That¡¯s impossible, right?¡± ¡°I¡¯ve already leveled up a few times, but I¡¯ve never seen that a Mysterious Fruit is needed to level up.¡± Just as everyone was discussing and guessing what the Mysterious Fruit was for¡­ The shop owner who previously sold a large amount of buffalo meat and was the Overlord of an ocean was extremely shocked. It had to be known that the Mysterious Fruit was indeed used to level up. However, even as the Overlord of an ocean, she had only just finished leveling up and knew the existence of the Mysterious Fruit. Now, Fang Ping had already begun to purchase the mysterious fruit with Spirit Stones. This also meant that Fang Ping had already collected the Spiritual Stones he needed, and he still had quite a lot in stock to purchase the Mysterious Fruit and other rare items. When she thought of this, she was instantly shocked by Fang Ping¡¯s development speed. At the same time, she began to wonder who Fang Ping was and where he had found so many Spirit Stones. Could it be that he was the heir of some family or had some kind of mythical army, allowing him to develop so quickly and have such powerful strength? After all, if he had the support of his family, it would not be unacceptable for him to develop at such a speed. However, if he was a lone wolf and could defeat most of the family descendants who brought resources into the Myriad Races Battlefield with them just by relying on himself and his soldiers, he would be too terrifying. This kind of expert who had no worries and no considerations was the most dangerous. Once others touched his bottom line, he would definitely drag them into hell. Therefore, you could only befriend such a person and not easily become enemies with him. Just as she was shocked by Fang Ping¡¯s speed of development, Fang Ping was indeed very excited. Ever since he sent the message about trading Spirit Stones, countless new Overlords began to send him private messages crazily, requesting to add him as a friend. Meanwhile, Fang Ping did not panic at all when faced with the crazy new Overlords. He sat on the sofa in the Shadow Dragon Villa and began to slowly flip through his friend requests to see if he could find the construction materials, scarce minerals, and the Mysterious Fruits needed to upgrade the Undead Summoning Spell. Chapter 18 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios When Fang Ping was quickly browsing through the friend requests, as long as he saw minerals or strange items that were useful to him and were not too rare, he would not communicate with them directly. After raising his price, he would directly ask if they wanted to trade. Once the other party chose to trade, the two parties would directly distribute the goods to each other without saying anything else. Meanwhile, Fang Ping would directly interact with the other party if he felt that the materials they had were especially valuable or rare. After a series of extreme struggles with the other party, he would rely on the fact that he was the only merchant who exchanged Spirit Stones for items and exchange them for the items in the other party¡¯s hands at an extremely low price. Some of the new Overlords who had traded with Fang Ping chose to celebrate a fortune in silence after completing their trade with him. They quietly collected scarce and rare resources and prepared to exchange Spirit Stones with Fang Ping again, hoping to strengthen the strength of their territory as much as possible during the last two days of the novice protection period. On the other hand, some of them knew that they would not be able to get any rare or scarce resources in the last two days. They simply gave up trying and became shit stirrers who kept giving Fang Ping good reviews in the message board. ¡°He really has a lot of Spirit Stones stored. Everyone, come and snatch them!¡± ¡°There are still two days before the end of the novice protection period. The resources that you have but can¡¯t use and can only look at are useless. Why not exchange them for Spirit Stones to increase the strength of your territory?¡± ¡°Even though he has a lot of stock, there are many new Overlords. If you¡¯re late, you won¡¯t be able to snatch them!¡± Words like these kept appearing on the message board. ¡°Since I¡¯m not having a good time, the others better not think about having a good time. Hand over all the good things. No matter who benefits in the end, I won¡¯t be able to see the future anyway. Every moment I can enjoy is good enough.¡± With such dark thoughts in mind, a small number of novice leaders who felt that they had no hope of passing the first territory test joined in one after another. They tried their best to fool the other novice Overlords into exchanging the resources with long-term development potential for the temporary glory when the first territory test took place. The words from this group of novice Overlords kept stimulating the families with rare and scarce materials. After a moment of contemplation, the rich people looked longingly at the rare and scarce resources in their hands. One after another, they attached pictures, as well as the detailed usage and functions of their resources in their friend requests before sending the request to Fang Ping. After all, no matter how rare or scarce resources with great potential were, these resources could not quench their thirst. Faced with the first territory test, most Overlords did not have the confidence to win. Therefore, they could only take out their trump cards and exchange them with Fang Ping for Spirit Stones and various materials. Although there were a lot of people who were just messing around and causing trouble, among the requests sent, there were also a lot of people who looked useless but were extremely precious in Fang Ping¡¯s opinion. For example, there was a novice Overlord who was actually a hidden handicraft expert. He took the initiative and experimented with his environment to make cement. One had to know that this was an item he needed to upgrade the stone wall. However, Fang Ping was a hermit in his previous life and had no way to borrow this material in this life. Thus, even though Fang Ping knew that cement was made of limestone, sandstone, iron slag, and slag, he had no way of matching them together. Furthermore, he could not obtain these raw materials. Under this circumstance where he lacked the technology and raw materials he wanted, Fang Ping¡¯s cement manufacturing plan failed even before it began. After seeing the novice Overlord who wanted to exchange cement for his supplies, Fang Ping excitedly agreed to the other party¡¯s friend request. However, what surprised him even more was that this handicraft expert who had developed cement himself was only exchanging it for food and water. He did not even mention the matter of Spirit Stones, which puzzled Fang Ping. What was the background of the handicraft expert on the other side? Could it be that their soldiers were already very advanced and did not feel that there was a need to upgrade them? However, that was not right. If the soldiers were strong, they should exchange for Spirit Stones to increase their strength, right? Under the other party¡¯s urging, Fang Ping could only put aside the doubts in his heart. He exchanged food and water for enough cement to upgrade the stone wall with the handicraft expert on the other side. The handicraft expert who got the food did not give Fang Ping a chance to ask. They went offline the moment they got the food. Fang Ping looked at the name that had turned gray in an instant, feeling very puzzled. Why was this handicraft expert so anxious? Was their food running out? Or was there something wrong with his cement? The moment this thought appeared in his mind, Fang Ping immediately ran to the empty space outside the villa. He took out a bag of cement and poured it on the ground. After pouring water on it, he began to verify the authenticity of the cement. However, after some labor and waiting, looking at the sturdy concrete block in front of him, Fang Ping¡¯s face was instantly filled with confusion. ¡°Could this be what people used to say, that geniuses are only one step away from lunatics?¡± ¡°Since he didn¡¯t give me fake cement and obtained all the food he needed, it should be fine to chat over the virtual interface. However, why is this person so anxious, as if there are several wolf dogs chasing him?¡± Fang Ping, who could not understand the other party¡¯s thoughts, gave up struggling. He admitted that he was just an ordinary person and could not understand the other party¡¯s thoughts. Then, he walked to the stone wall and began to upgrade it with the cement he had just exchanged for. As Fang Ping pressed the confirmation button, the 65 Skeleton Soldiers quickly received the order. They picked up their respective building materials and started upgrading the stone walls with cement. Under the rapid construction of almost a hundred Skeleton Soldiers, the entire wall of the territory was upgraded in just ten minutes. It reached Level-5 and had the defense of other buildings that could resist the attacks of Level 5 creatures. After looking at the tall and sturdy wall in front of him in satisfaction, Fang Ping¡¯s heart surged with passion. With the current defense of his territory, he should be able to easily pass the first territory test. Just as Fang Ping¡¯s eyes were filled with joy as he looked at the upgraded wall, a Skeleton Soldier in tattered armor and holding a broken bone weapon entered his sight. ¡°Such shabby equipment is indeed lowering my value. Now that I¡¯ve found a long-term partner to supply refined iron, I¡¯ll make a weapon and armor for each of you.¡± As Fang Ping spoke, he walked toward a weapon forging shop with several furnaces and anvils. After placing all the refined iron he had traded today into the shop, he found armor and various domineering weapons that he was satisfied with from the forging blueprints. Then, he called out five Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers and ten ordinary Skeleton Soldiers from the Skeleton Soldiers behind him. After the 15 skeleton soldiers entered the weapon forging shop, he directly flipped the forging switch to begin. The moment the switch was activated, under the command of the five Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers and the extreme acceleration of the system, the ten Skeleton Soldiers forged various combat weapons and farming tools that shone with a cold light from their hands. Then, they piled the completed goods neatly on the empty space beside the weapon forging shop. Chapter 19 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Time flew by as the Skeleton Soldiers forged crazily. In just five hours, sabers, longswords, axes, bows, arrows, and thousands of different weapons and agricultural tools were all forged. They were piled up in an empty space at the side, waiting for Fang Ping to assign them to their places. Looking at the gleaming weapons, Fang Ping did not doubt the sharpness of these weapons at all. Although he knew that the Skeleton Soldiers did not have their own consciousness, Fang Ping still wanted to hand over the right to choose their own weapon to the Skeleton Soldiers. He would allow them to pick up the weapons and armor themselves. He wanted to see if they would still have the instincts, which were engraved in their bones when they were born as humans, after they became Skeleton Soldiers and lost their consciousness. He wanted to see if they would be driven to pick up the killing weapons from the instincts engraved in their bones and genes. However, the reality was completely different from what Fang Ping had expected. After he gave the order, the Skeleton Soldiers walked straight to the armor. After putting on the armor that fitted their white bones, they stood beside the pile of weapons in a daze. They looked at the various weapons blankly, but they did not move at all. Seeing this scene, Fang Ping immediately lost hope in the Skeleton Soldiers. It seemed that their past had completely disappeared after they turned into Skeleton Soldiers and had nothing to do with them anymore. Then, Fang Ping let them pick up weapons similar to their original bone weapons and continue hunting wild beasts outside the territory to gather resources to deal with the upcoming first territory assessment. He was not idle either. He knew that he was just an empty shell with powerful strength. His actual combat experience was almost zero. He wanted to ensure that he would not become a weakling who only dared to hide in his territory in the future. For the past few days, Fang Ping had been holding wooden weapons and practicing actual combat with the Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers who had rich combat experience. Although he had suffered some superficial injuries during the process, due to the enhancement of his physical fitness, the self-healing ability that came along with it ensured that he did not take long to recover. In exchange for this physical pain, Fang Ping could already deal with the Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers freely. He could even seize the opportunity to counterattack and repel the Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers. This was the result of Fang Ping¡¯s countless injuries during the seven-day novice protection period. The sun set and the moon rose. A day passed in the blink of an eye as Fang Ping fought the Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers. Although he had a self-healing ability that far exceeded that of ordinary people, his mental fatigue could not be healed by this ability. Dressed in clothes covered in sword scars, Fang Ping walked slowly back to the Shadow Dragon Villa. After taking a hot shower, he was so exhausted that he did not have the mood to look at the message board in the Trading Area. After putting up the meat and clean water he had hunted today, he closed the virtual interface and lay down on the warm bedding to fall asleep. However, not long after he fell asleep, when the clock on the wall had just struck midnight, the notification of the Myriad Races Battlefield that had spread throughout the novice territories suddenly rang out. It was especially loud, waking Fang Ping up from his sleep. ¡°Attention, all new Overlords in the Myriad Races Battlefield.¡± ¡°Today is the seventh and last day of the novice protection period.¡± ¡°Due to the arrival of the Chaos Ominous Beasts tonight, the entire world will be filled with hostility. As a result, the strength of the beasts outside your territory will increase by 30% from this hostility. They will become extremely powerful and bloodthirsty.¡± ¡°Therefore, the situation tonight will be several times more dangerous than usual. All novice Overlords, please don¡¯t go out tonight and prepare for defense.¡± A loud notification sounded in the territory of all the novice Overlords. Originally, many novice Overlords wanted to rely on the last day to work all night, hunt wild beasts, and gather resources. However, all their thoughts were now gone. They immediately fell asleep. The novice Overlords who worked all night to gather resources instantly woke up and let out despairing cries. Meanwhile, Fang Ping was not surprised at all. After all, he had seen this routine many times in online games. In his previous life, almost all tower defense and construction-type games had this routine. On the other hand, he was infuriated by the loud notification which woke him up from his slumber. After cursing toward the roof, he turned around and fell asleep again. However, what Fang Ping did not know was that the girl who was working with him to trade for refined iron was also feeling extremely flustered and afraid because of the sudden notification from the Myriad Races Battlefield. She kept sending Fang Ping private messages, but Fang Ping had already fallen asleep. He even turned off the notifications, causing all the private messages sent by the young girl to sink into the sea. It was only after Fang Ping woke up and opened the virtual interface to check on the situation of the new Overlords last night that he saw her private messages. The warm morning sun shone on the ground. Unlike the other novice Overlords who wailed and had been troubled for the entire night, Fang Ping was enjoying his breakfast at the moment. He did not care about the crisis that the Myriad Races Battlefield had hinted at yesterday. After eating and drinking to his heart¡¯s content, Fang Ping lay on the sofa and opened the virtual interface. He was ready to see if anyone had sent him a friend request after yesterday¡¯s night. He wanted to see if anyone wanted to sell items with long-term development potential in exchange for Spirit Stones. This was to increase the strength of their territory and deal with the upcoming first territory test. However, before Fang Ping could open the virtual interface to check if there were any deals he could take advantage of, the private messages sent by the young girl blocked the entire virtual interface. Fang Ping thought that something had happened to the girl, so he immediately opened the message board and sent an inquiry message. ¡°What¡¯s wrong? Is something the matter?¡± ¡°Is there a problem with the supply of refined iron?¡± Meanwhile, the pessimistic girl who had been waiting in front of the virtual interface was extremely anxious. When she saw Fang Ping¡¯s reply, she immediately replied. ¡°God, there¡¯s nothing wrong with the refined iron. It¡¯s me.¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t you hear the notification from the Myriad Races Battlefield?¡± ¡°The strength of the wild beasts will increase by 30% tonight. Furthermore, this is only the beginning of the test. It¡¯s caused by the gradual spread of hostility.¡± When Fang Ping saw the girl¡¯s message, he felt extremely confused. He did not know what the girl wanted to say. ¡°I heard the notification, but so what?¡± The young girl looked at Fang Ping¡¯s reply as if she had seen something unbelievable. She hurriedly replied. ¡°God, just the slight leakage of hostility from the test can increase the strength by 30%. Thirty percent!¡± ¡°When the test really begins, how terrifying will the Chaos Ominous Beasts that assess us be?!¡± Looking at the girl¡¯s reply, Fang Ping¡¯s heart did not waver. Under the enhancement of the powerful construction attributes, if he could not pass the first territory test, he would be trash. Instead of embarrassing himself in the future and being mocked by others, it was better to kill himself directly. This way, he would still have some dignity. Chapter 20 - Materials Depleted Chapter 20 Materials Depleted ¡°The strength of the beasts will only increase by 30%. What¡¯s there to be afraid of? ¡°The reason why wild beasts are called wild beasts is because humans know how to use tools and weapons, but beasts don¡¯t. They can only bite mindlessly and master attacks that are only useful in close combat.¡± ¡°In the face of tools and weapons, beasts with increased strength are only beasts with greater speed and power.¡± Faced with Fang Ping¡¯s self-confidence, the girl¡¯s eyes turned into little stars. She quickly asked Fang Ping how she should deal with the attack of the wild beasts. ¡°God, since you already have a way to deal with the beasts, can you think of a way for me to deal with the beasts after my strength increases?¡± Looking at the girl¡¯s reply, the corners of Fang Ping¡¯s mouth twitched a few times. Then, he replied in an extremely helpless tone. ¡°Um, have you forgotten why your Dwarf troops went hungry?¡± ¡°It was precisely because there are no wild beasts in your territory and you couldn¡¯t hunt enough for your Dwarves to eat that you went to the Trading Area to exchange for food and water.¡± ¡°Thus, even if others are so worried about being attacked by wild beasts, you shouldn¡¯t be so worried, right?¡± When the young girl saw Fang Ping¡¯s reply, both sides of her cheeks immediately felt extremely hot. An extremely awkward expression appeared on her face. At the same time, she cursed herself crazily in her heart. It was because there were almost no wild beasts around her territory that she went to the Trading Area to exchange for food and water. Why was she worried that the wild beasts would attack her territory? Wouldn¡¯t it be better if wild beasts attacked her? It would be a good meal for the Dwarves. When she thought of this, the pessimism in her heart immediately disappeared and she returned to her previous lively and cute appearance. ¡°Thank you, God. I was frightened by the notification earlier, so I was anxious. I¡¯ve taken up your time. I¡¯m really sorry.¡± Fang Ping looked at the young lady whose tone had returned to the same as before and felt a little happy. ¡°It¡¯s fine. We¡¯re just helping each other. If you die, I¡¯ll have to find another refined iron supplier. It¡¯ll be too troublesome then.¡± The young girl, who had been slightly moved by Fang Ping¡¯s words, immediately extinguished the emotions she had stirred up. After replying hastily, she went offline and continued to supervise the Dwarves. She did not want to continue communicating with this straight man. ¡°I¡¯ll supervise the Dwarves in their forging. Goodbye.¡± Seeing the girl¡¯s name turn gray, Fang Ping was puzzled. Wasn¡¯t she here to solve her problem? Why did she run away first? Did he not make himself clear enough? However, with Fang Ping¡¯s low EQ, he would probably never understand the reason for the girl¡¯s actions. Fang Ping, who could not figure it out no matter how hard he thought about it, immediately threw it to the back of his mind. He put up the results of his Skeleton Soldiers hunting for the entire night in the shop that was exclusive to him in the Trading Area. After raising the price to five times the original price, he did not even look at the novice Overlords who were complaining in the message board and began to prepare for the first territory test tomorrow. S After closing the virtual interface, he walked to the pile of bones in the territory. After summoning the 20 Skeleton Soldiers today, he instructed them to go out with the Skeleton Soldiers he had summoned previously to hunt wild beasts and gather resources. At the same time, he told them that they had to return before sunset. After dark, all operations would stop. They would stand in their respective defensive positions and prepare for battle. It was just that his luck today was not very good. He had only summoned 19 ordinary Skeleton Soldiers and a Skeleton Dog. As for the chance to summon other races after leveling up, Fang Ping had not triggered this probability for the past few days. He had only been summoning Skeleton Soldiers and Skeleton Dogs. As the novice Overlords nervously prepared for battle, time quickly passed. Soon, night fell and time began to slowly approach midnight. At this moment, in the World Announcement board, countless people were pretending to be pitiful and asking for help. The closer it was to midnight, the more panic and despair spread among most new Overlords who were not strong enough. ¡°Gods, if anyone has extra resources, please help me. After the first territory test, when we can freely travel back and forth between the territories, you can do whatever you want.¡± ¡°It¡¯s the last day of the sale. Don¡¯t miss out on all kinds of basic resources. There are rare minerals here.¡± ¡°Brothers, Gods, can someone teach me how to set up a defense! ¡°I only have 14 melee Spellblades. How am I supposed to defend my territory?!¡± ¡°I¡¯m selling minerals, I¡¯m selling minerals. I¡¯m selling all kinds of mineral resources at a low price. The test is approaching, so I¡¯m selling them at a low price. The sale is only limited to today. If you miss today¡¯s sale, there won¡¯t be such cheap ores in the future. Come and buy!¡± Initially, Fang Ping wanted to see if there were any idiots who would pop out at this time to show off their strength. However, after looking at the World Announcement board for a long time, he did not see any. Instead, they pretended to be pitiful and asked for help. It seemed that after that idiot Ouyang Jing appeared, all the novice Overlords with families and forces supporting them had received a warning and would not easily reveal their strength. As for the ordinary novice Overlords, those with strength knew how to keep a low profile. Therefore, almost all the people active in the message board were ordinary novice Overlords with ordinary strength. However, even excluding those with powerful backgrounds, there was still an extremely large number of novice Overlords like Fang Ping who came from ordinary backgrounds. After all, compared to a cheat Overlord like Fang Ping, most new Overlords were just ordinary people. A new Overlord who had developed in seven days was like ink dripping into the sea in face of the huge number of new Overlords. It could not cause any ripples at all. However, although most of them pretended to be pitiful and asked for help, there were also many messages from merchants who sold minerals and resources at a low price in order to exchange for more resources to increase the strength of their territory before the test began. When he saw such messages, Fang Ping would definitely click on it to see if the merchant had the resources he needed. Once Fang Ping discovered that they had the resources he needed, he would quickly sweep the goods and continue looking for the next merchant. As Fang Ping swept through the goods crazily, time passed quickly. When the materials that Fang Ping could exchange for construction resources were exhausted, the hands on his watch slowly merged. It was midnight. Chapter 21 - Undead Summoning Spell Chapter 21 Undead Summoning Spell When midnight arrived, the seven-day novice protection period officially ended. Fang Ping closed the virtual interface as he had exhausted the resources he could exchange for. He stood on the wall and looked up at the sky. The Chaos Clouds in the sky began to disintegrate as the hands of the clock struck midnight. In just a few seconds, they dissipated completely, exposing the entire territory to the world. Fang Ping looked at the deathly dark world in front of him. There were no ripples in his heart. From the pungent smell brought by the breeze, he knew that this was only the calm before the storm. After arranging the positions of the Skeleton Soldiers, he stared into the distance with a serious expression, waiting for the arrival of the Chaos Ominous Beasts. The territories of the other novice Overlords also dissipated as the Chaos Clouds protecting their territories dissipated, exposing themselves to the world. Various types of Chaos Ominous Beasts began to gradually appear near their territories. The ocean Overlord, who had been selling buffalo meat wantonly, looked at the turbulent sea around her in horror. It was as if a terrifying battle was about to happen, making the sea feel fear. Just as she had expected, a huge black shadow was slowly wandering towards her territory in the sea not far away. When it appeared in front of the ocean Overlord, she was stunned on the spot by the size of the huge black shadow. Meanwhile, the girl who was trading refined iron with Fang Ping was also in a state of extreme panic. The ground of the underground mine, which originally had no wild beasts, began to collapse on a large scale as the Chaos Clouds disappeared. Countless earthworms and mudskipper-like Chaos Ominous Beasts crawled out of the cracks and approached the underground city where the girl was. The Chaos Ominous Beasts that appeared during the first novice Overlord test revealed their true forms one after another. Meanwhile, the Chaos Ominous Beasts that Fang Ping¡¯s territory was about to face also appeared not far away. He looked at the appearance of the Chaos Ominous Beasts that were rushing towards him not far away, as well as the descriptions of the Chaos Ominous Beasts attacking their respective territories that kept appearing on the World Announcement board in real time. Instantly, Fang Ping understood that the Chaos Ominous Beasts that appeared in the territory test were determined by the basic territory obtained at the beginning. If he obtained a basic territory like the mass grave at the beginning, he would face Chaos Ominous Beasts like zombies. A large number of zombies and ghouls rushed toward the wall where Fang Ping was at an extremely fast speed. With their extremely fast speed, it only took them a few seconds to get close to the wall where Fang Ping was. Meanwhile, the ghouls, with their muscular bodies and fastest speed, acted as meat shields. They endured the rain of arrows from the wall and approached the wall, creating an opportunity for the zombies behind them. If it were any other novice Overlord, they would definitely be shocked by this attack pattern and the endless number of Chaos Ominous Beasts. They would not be able to unleash their combat strength. However, when it came to Fang Ping, these Chaos Ominous Beasts were nothing. What if the arrows in the Skeleton Soldiers¡¯ hands could not cause much damage to the ghouls? In that case, he would switch to ballistas. If it still didn¡¯t work, he would throw huge rocks at the ghoul. If these physical attacks were not enough, he would use the gasoline bombs he had traded to attack the ghouls below. Facing the indestructible strong wall and all kinds of fancy city defense weapons, the strength of the Chaos Ominous Beasts assigned to the first territory test could not support them in their attack of the wall. They could not even reach the edge of the wall and climb it. They could only allow Fang Ping¡¯s Skeleton Soldiers who were standing on the wall to attack from above and engage in various suppressing attacks. Under such a crushing battle, the Chaos Ominous Beasts assigned to Fang Ping in the first territory test were simply not strong enough. It only took an hour to end the battle and complete the first territory test. In this hour, the number of Chaos Ominous Beasts attacking the city was too large, and Fang Ping was afraid that the Chaos Ominous Beasts would pretend to be dead outside the wall and launch a surprise attack when he stepped out. Therefore, for the sake of his own life, he spent half an hour to let the Skeleton Soldiers leave the city and cut off all the heads of the Chaos Ominous Beasts. Only then did he leave the city to check his spoils of war. Otherwise, with his sturdy wall and enhanced troop strength, he would have long gone out of the city to collect the spoils of war and returned to the Shadow Dragon Villa to sleep. Under the rapid plundering of nearly a hundred Skeleton Soldiers, all the loot dropped was quickly collected. Looking at the number of various resources that kept rising in the virtual interface, Fang Ping could no longer hide the joy on his face. ¡°Not only did I kill all the Chaos Ominous Beasts and emerge unscathed in this territory test, but I also obtained so many resources. This is really comfortable!¡± ¡°However, after killing so many Chaos Ominous Beasts and obtaining a lot of resources, there were no Mysterious Fruits needed to upgrade the Undead Summoning Spell. This is a little annoying.¡± The depressed Fang Ping opened the virtual interface after failing to find the Mysterious Fruit among the spoils of war. He was prepared to put up a message in the Trading Area to see if he could exchange for the Mysterious Fruit from other novice Overlords who had passed the test. However, when Fang Ping opened the World Announcement board, he realized that there were very few people who spoke. Most of them were complaining about the difficulty of the test, their own heavy losses, and so on. Looking at the bustling messages, Fang Ping was worried about whether he could exchange for the Mysterious Fruit. This wave of attacks on the Myriad Races Battlefield simply crippled most of the novice Overlords. Their seven days of development were all wasted. There were probably not many novice Overlords left who could rely on their spoils of war to quickly develop. After daybreak, the beasts would discover that the novice Overlords were much weaker. At that time, who knew how many novice Overlords would die in the mouths of the beasts. Just as Fang Ping was lamenting that the novice Overlords had just experienced a crisis and was about to experience another wild beast attack, he suddenly realized that the 20 Spirit Stones he had just put up for trade had already been exchanged. A Mysterious Fruit had already appeared in his inventory. Looking at the Mysterious Fruit lying quietly in the resource column, Fang Ping was overjoyed. He originally thought that the chance of exchanging for the Mysterious Fruit was extremely slim, but reality gave him a solid slap. However, this slap from reality did not make Fang Ping feel sad or angry. Instead, he was very happy. He even wanted reality to give him a few more slaps according to the strength of this model. Seeing that he had collected all the materials for upgrading the Undead Summoning Spell, Fang Ping immediately opened the interface for upgrading the Undead Summoning Spell and clicked on the upgrade button. Chapter 22 - Sleepwalking Chapter 22 Sleepwalking After Fang Ping clicked on the upgrade button, the Undead Summoning Spell on the interface began to flash rapidly. A few seconds later, a brand new Undead Summoning Spell interface appeared in front of Fang Ping [Undead Summoning Spell] (Level: Level-3] (Upgrade Requirements: Spirit Stone 0/40, Mysterious Fruit 0/2] [Post-Upgrade: Forty Skeleton Soldiers, three Skeleton Dogs, and an additional 20% chance to summon other races.) Looking at the conditions for the upgraded Undead Summoning Skill, Fang Ping smiled and nodded. Although he still needed Mysterious Fruits, after leveling up, there were more Skeleton Soldiers, the number of Skeleton Dogs had stabilized, and the summoning rate of other races had increased by 20%. When he added the 10% rate of summoning other races from the previous upgrade, the total probability was 30%. There was roughly a one in three chance of summoning other races. Thus, Fang Ping didn¡¯t believe that he could not summon intelligent summoned creatures. At this thought, Fang Ping walked toward the pile of bones in the city. After solemnly reciting the Undead Summoning Spell, he looked at the piles of bones in front of him with anticipation, hoping that his luck would be slightly better and he could summon intelligent Undead creatures at once. As Fang Ping recited the spell, under his expectant gaze, 29 Skeleton Soldiers slowly walked out of the pile of bones and stood uniformly in front of Fang Ping. Looking at the 29 Skeleton Soldiers in front of him, Fang Ping¡¯s heart immediately turned cold. There was only one creature left to be summoned. Between the Skeleton Dog and the other races, he did not think that his luck would allow him to obtain the latter. Disappointed, Fang Ping did not even have the patience to look at the magic array that had appeared beside the Skeleton Soldiers. If not for the fact that he still had to assign missions to all the summoned creatures, Fang Ping would have long returned to the Shadow Dragon Villa to sleep. Just as Fang Ping was about to lose his patience and the magic array dissipated, a creature covered in armor suddenly appeared, standing where the magic array had been. When Fang Ping saw this creature that was completely different from the Skeleton Dogsappear in the team of Skeleton Soldiers, the disappointment on his face immediately turned into joy. His eyes were filled with anticipation as he opened the unknown creature¡¯s attribute list. (Undead Summoned Creature: Elite Skeleton] (Strength: Level-3] [Intelligence: Level-2] (Note: This is a low-leveled commander in the Undead army. It has the intelligence of an ordinary person and can command 300 Skeleton Soldiers to carry out a group battle.) Looking at the Elite Skeleton¡¯s attribute interface, the excitement in Fang Ping¡¯s heart exploded. ¡°I just said that I was the most unlucky. I didn¡¯t expect that I would actually strike gold at some point in time. Oh yeah!!¡± Excited, Fang Ping ran up to the Elite Skeleton and kept fumbling with the hideous bone armor that covered its entire body. He was strikingly similar to a boorish pervert who would act like this when he saw beautiful women. §Ö Fortunately, the Elite Skeleton did not have a gender. Its loyalty toward Fang Ping was also maxed out. Otherwise, if it was a different type of soldier, their bottom line of loyalty would have been broken by now. They would have picked up his personal weapon or rebelled and killed their master with their fists. Fang Ping, who had been excitedly exploring the Elite Skeleton for quite some time, finally calmed down. At the same time, he felt that his actions were indeed a little perverted. He pretended to cough and quietly moved back to his previous position. Then, he spoke in a strong and calm tone. ¡°Elite Skeleton, when you were summoned, you should have been instilled with the situation of our territory.¡± ¡°Although we had already passed the first territory test, the Chaos Clouds that protected us had already dissipated. The surrounding territories, wild beasts, and other races will definitely discover our location.¡± ¡°Therefore, I need you to lead three Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers and 50 ordinary Skeleton Soldiers to explore the surroundings of the territory. When you discover other powers, don¡¯t alert them. After recording the location, quickly come back and report to me. Do you understand?¡± Receiving Fang Ping¡¯s order, the Elite Skeleton walked up to Fang Ping from the Skeleton formation and hammered their chest armor with their left hand, replying to Fang Ping in an extremely hoarse voice. ¡°Honorable Undead Lord, I understand. I promise to complete the mission you assigned.¡± Although its voice was unpleasant to the ears, its intelligent reaction made Fang Ping feel extremely relaxed. He finally did not have to spend so much effort to teach the ordinary Skeleton Soldiers basic knowledge. The situation when he was teaching the Skeleton Soldiers during this period of time had almost driven him crazy. However, now that the Elite Skeleton had arrived, he would let the Elite Skeleton teach his stupid clansmen. ¡°Alright, since you understand, bring the Skeleton Soldiers behind you to the weapon forging shop and collect the corresponding weapons. Then, set off to explore the surroundings of the territory.¡± ¡°Yes, Honorable Undead Lord. I¡¯ll take my leave.¡± As soon as the Elite Skeleton finished speaking, it led the 29 ordinary Skeleton Soldiers Fang Ping had summoned with it towards the weapon forging shop and advanced quickly. Fang Ping looked at the ordinary Skeleton Soldiers following behind the Elite Skeleton in an orderly manner. A heartfelt smile appeared on his face. This made Fang Ping even more curious about the intelligent species that could be summoned at the next level of the Undead Summoning Spell. He immediately opened the Trading Area and put up 20 Spirit Stones in his shop, hoping that someone could trade a Mysterious Fruit with him again. Just as Fang Ping was about to exit the message board of the Trading Area, he suddenly saw his private message display more than 999 messages. It was almost overflowing with private messages, making Fang Ping extremely curious. If someone in the private message had Mysterious Fruits and was willing to exchange it with him, he might not have to wait for the Spirit Stones in his shop to be exchanged. He could quickly obtain the Mysterious Fruits needed and upgrade the Undead Summoning Spell. When Fang Ping opened his private messages, all he saw were private messages exchanging various resources for Spirit Stones. None of them were about the Mysterious Fruit. Therefore, Fang Ping could only exchange the excess Spirit Stones in his hands for a large amount of building materials he needed, as well as materials that could only be used after secondary forging. After closing the private message window, Fang Ping looked at the building materials displayed on the interface, as well as various rare minerals. He opened the System Mall excitedly to check which buildings met his requirements and resource standards. Due to Fang Ping¡¯s clear purpose, he quickly found various furnaces and forging-type buildings suitable for his current stage in the support building category. After finding the appropriate blueprints, Fang Ping immediately gathered the remaining Skeleton Soldiers in the territory and began to let them build the construction items crazily according to the blueprints he had chosen. Fang Ping, who had been busy all night, finally finished all the preparations. Exhausted, Fang Ping¡¯s eyelids immediately began to droop after he relaxed. He could no longer suppress the drowsiness in his mind. After returning to the Shadow Dragon Villa as if he had been sleepwalking, he lay on the bedding and fell into a deep sleep. Chapter 23 - Complete Slaughter Chapter 23 Complete Slaughter The next morning, the first rays of sunlight shone through the bright window and shone on Fang Ping¡¯s entire bedroom, illuminating his face and waking him up. Fang Ping, who had been awakened, had a physique that was several times stronger than an ordinary person¡¯s. Although he had only slept for a short three hours, the fatigue and tiredness all over his body had dissipated like smoke. His entire body exuded a vigorous vitality. After quickly washing his face and putting on his clothes, he walked out of the Shadow Dragon Villa to check the results of his construction last night. Fang Ping walked out of the Shadow Dragon Villa and went straight to the construction area. He looked at the multiple furnaces that had appeared overnight, as well as the various forging shops with different appearances and uses. Fang Ping¡¯s face revealed a silly smile. ¡°With a sufficient supply of construction materials, these buildings are finally complete. I can start my journey of expanding my territory without restraint!!¡± In particular, after Fang Ping checked the attributes of the buildings given by the system, he felt extremely satisfied. All furnaces and forging shops had building attributes that either increased the speed of forging or gave various additional attributes to forged items. None of them were a burden and were not suitable for forging buildings. Fang Ping was just about to call for the Skeleton Soldiers to enter the furnaces and the forging shops to start forging various items in excitement. At this moment, the Elite Skeleton he had sent out to explore the surrounding forces and environment returned to the territory. Furthermore, after returning to the territory, the Elite Soldier seemed to have some important information and ran straight to where Fang Ping was. With the Elite Skeleton running at top speed, it soon arrived at the forging construction area where Fang Ping was. Fang Ping looked at the Elite Skeleton that was rushing toward him. A puzzled expression appeared on his face. He asked the Elite Skeleton that was rushing toward him. ¡°What¡¯s wrong with you? Are you in such a hurry to report something important?¡± ¡°Where did the Skeleton Soldiers who went with you to explore outside the territory go?¡± After the Elite Skeleton stood still and heard Fang Ping¡¯s questions, it immediately lowered its head respectfully and said to Fang Ping. ¡°Honorable Undead Lord, when I was exploring the surroundings of the territory, I discovered a Goblin tribe not far from the territory. There is a mineral vein around their tribe.¡± ¡°Moreover, according to my investigation, I discovered that the reserves of that mineral vein are very abundant. It¡¯s enough to provide for your needs in the early stages, Undead Lord.¡± ¡°As for the strength of the Goblin tribe, I¡¯ve already investigated it. Their strength is at most comparable to ours, or even inferior to ours.¡± ¡°As long as we kill the leader of the Goblin tribe, the timid Goblins will immediately scatter and not dare to engage with us.¡± ¡°As for the Skeleton Soldiers led by me, they are not as strong as me. Thus, I ordered them to stay in the Goblin tribe and monitor them while I sprint back to the territory with all my might. Lord, please go and destroy those dirty and timid Goblins.¡± Upon hearing Elite Skeleton¡¯s report, money symbols appeared in Fang Ping¡¯s eyes. ¡°I didn¡¯t expect that the heavens would fulfill my wish. Originally, with so many furnaces and forging shops operating at the same time, the amount of ores consumed must be very high. Relying on the ores I have stored and exchanging for them in the Trading Area is definitely not a long-term solution.¡± ¡°However, the situation now is great. Not only has a mineral vein that has enough mineral reserves for the early stages appeared not far from the territory, even the miners needed for mining are ready.¡± ¡°This feeling of being able to do whatever I want and getting rich is really too satisfying!¡± After his excitement, Fang Ping immediately ran to the pile of skeletons and summoned today¡¯s quota of Skeleton Soldiers. Unfortunately, he only summoned 30 ordinary Skeleton Soldiers today. He did not even summon a Skeleton Dog. However, this regret only lasted for a moment in Fang Ping¡¯s heart. Then, he gathered the Skeleton Soldiers that he had just summoned, as well as the Skeleton Soldiers that were originally idle in his territory, in front of the city gate. Fang Ping, who was sitting on a Skeleton Dog, looked down at all the combat strength he had accumulated over the past seven days. There were nearly a hundred Skeleton Soldiers, five Skeleton Dogs, and one elite Skeleton. His heart was filled with passion. However, just as he was about to declare that they were going on an expedition, after seeing that there was no intelligent creature other than the Elite Skeleton, he gave up on this meaningless plan. Then, he sat on the back of the Skeleton Dog as the Elite Skeleton led the way in front. Behind him, nearly a hundred Skeleton Soldiers wearing excellent armor and holding cold weapons rushed towards the Goblin tribe at high speed. With the Skeleton Soldiers running at full speed tirelessly, they arrived at the Goblin tribe that the Elite Skeleton had mentioned in just over ten minutes. Looking at the defenseless Goblin tribe and the scattered Goblins, Fang Ping¡¯s excitement from his first expedition grew. This was especially when he saw the ores piled up like a small mountain beside the mine behind the Goblin tribe, as well as a mining cart that was about to enter the mine. Then, he immediately ordered the Elite Skeleton excitedly. ¡°Charge into the Goblin tribe and snatch the ores. Kill all those who resist. Break all the limbs of those who surrender. We¡¯ll deal with them after we take down the Goblin tribe.¡± After receiving Fang Ping¡¯s order, the Elite Skeleton led the fully armed Skeleton Soldiers and charged toward the Goblin tribe. The spot where the Elite Skeleton had been observing the Goblin tribe was a small hill that was connected to the interior of the Goblin tribe. Fang Ping gave the order. Then, the Elite Skeleton and more than a hundred Skeleton Soldiers that were charging at full speed only took a few seconds to charge into the Goblin tribe that had no defense facilities. Before the Goblins could react to the fact that their tribe had been attacked, the Elite Skeleton began to kill. All the Goblins who attacked the Skeleton Soldiers with their weapons were blocked by the excellent armor covering their bodies. Then, they were casually killed by the Skeleton Soldiers. When they saw the Elite Skeleton leading 100 Skeleton Soldiers to attack the tribe, they immediately put down the weapons in their hands and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy. They followed Fang Ping¡¯s orders faithfully. Anyone who surrendered would have their limbs broken. After taking down the tribe, they would be handed over to Fang Ping. In an instant, the Goblin tribe was filled with the cries of despair and surrender. When faced with the suppressing combat power of the Elite Skeleton and the fully armed Skeleton Soldiers it led, the Goblin tribe could not fight back at all. In just ten minutes, all those who resisted were slaughtered. Those who did not participate in the resistance had their limbs broken and thrown to the ground. Chapter 24 - Firearm Forging Technique Chapter 24 Firearm Forging Technique On the hill, Fang Ping, who was riding the Skeleton Dog and looking down, saw that the battle with the Goblin tribe had ended. He then directed the Skeleton Dog to head toward the Goblin camp. A few seconds later, Fang Ping arrived at the Goblin camp that was filled with wails and green blood. However, was it because the color of the blood on the ground was wrong? Or was it that his heart still yearned to conquer? In any case, Fang Ping didn¡¯t feel any discomfort facing such a place filled with the smell of blood and wails. Instead, he enjoyed it all. By the time Fang Ping was patrolling the mine, the Elite Soldier and Skeleton Soldiers had already completed their massacre of the Goblin miners in the mine. They were also pushing several mining carts. Meanwhile, the mined ores in the mine were taken out from the mine and piled up where the ores were originally placed. Looking at the small pile of ores on the ground, the corners of Fang Ping¡¯s mouth curled up to his ears. He could not stop laughing as he looked at the ores. ¡°My ancestors didn¡¯t lie to me. Indeed, those who do evil things enjoy all of the riches. I actually obtained so many ores in just one invasion. If not for the fact that I only have so many Skeleton Soldiers, I would really want to occupy this place and rely on the characteristics of the Skeleton Soldiers to mine ores crazily.¡± ¡°However, these gains are enough for me to use for a long time. Leave a few Skeleton Soldiers to guard this mine. We¡¯ll talk about it in the future.¡± Then, he gave an order to the Elite Skeleton beside him. Other than the five Skeleton Soldiers guarding the mine, the remaining Skeleton Soldiers drove the mining cart back to the territory. After giving the order, Fang Ping began to search the various tents in the tribe to see if there was anything he could use. After a round of searching, Fang Ping found quite a number of construction blueprints. Not only were there blueprints for mining carts, but there were also various mining equipment, cold weapon blueprints, and firearm blueprints. Fang Ping looked at the firearm blueprints and instantly imagined what the firepower storm would look like when the army of Skeleton Soldiers, which had reached a healthy number, faced the enemy. Just thinking about the scene at that moment made Fang Ping extremely excited. Originally, he had only come to rob a wave of minerals. He did not expect to obtain such an unexpected harvest. He did not know if these were the guaranteed gains from the first invasion or if he was lucky. Fang Ping took the various blueprints. He left the Elite Skeleton to lead the ordinary Skeleton Soldiers to continue transporting the mined ores to the territory. Then, he rode the skeleton dog and quickly returned to the territory. Under the full speed of the Skeleton Dog, it only took ten minutes to return to his territory. After that, Fang Ping carried the various blueprints back to the forging construction area and let the Skeleton Soldiers forge firearms according to the blueprints. However, after a few experiments, they still could not forge a firearm. This made Fang Ping very frustrated. He kept thinking about what went wrong. After stroking the stubble on his chin and pondering for a while, a thought flashed across Fang Ping¡¯s mind. He suddenly remembered that he only had the resources to forge firearms and the blueprints, but he did not have the necessary skills for forging. Moreover, the Skeleton Soldiers did not have self-awareness. They could not determine the correct method to forge a firearm after countless experiments just with a blueprint. They could only mechanically build useless and empty shells of firearms according to the blueprints through Fang Ping¡¯s instructions. Fang Ping, who had figured out what the problem was, was very upset that he had forgotten about the most important technical problem of forging firearms. He wasted time and resources here, creating a few empty shells of firearms that could only be looked at but not used. Since he did not have the technology to make firearms, Fang Ping opened the message board in the Trading Area to see if anyone had obtained the technology for firearms or knew how to forge firearms. However, when he saw the silent message board, Fang Ping¡¯s heart immediately turned cold. After the first territory test, there were still some novice Overlords who pretended to be pitiful, asked for help, or posted various messages to exchange for Spirit Stones. Now, there was silence on the message board. There was not even one novice Overlord who sent messages. However, out of his inner expectations, Fang Ping still put up the message that he wanted to exchange for firearm forging techniques in his shop. At the same time, a message was sent in the silent message board, requesting to purchase firearm forging technology. ¡°I would like to purchase firearm forging techniques. If you have the skills, you can send me a private message.¡± ¡°I can exchange 50 Spirit Stones for a firearm forging technique. If multiple people have the same technique, I will choose the best candidate and give the eliminated parties a Spirit Stone as a consolation prize.¡± After sending the message, Fang Ping waited in front of the message board for someone to send him a private message in exchange for Spirit Stones. However, after Fang Ping waited for an hour, there were only a few people who sent some exclamations. No one sent Fang Ping a private message, wanting to exchange firearm forging techniques for Spirit Stones. Just as Fang Ping thought that there was something wrong with the message he sent, a message from a novice Overlord made Fang Ping instantly understand what was wrong with his message. ¡°Which God is showing off their wealth here?¡± ¡°At this stage, the novice Overlords are either in the Stone Age or the cold weapon era.¡± ¡°However, this God has already far surpassed us and is about to forge firearms. Isn¡¯t he a little too much of a bully?¡± Fang Ping looked embarrassed as he read this message. It was not that no one wanted to find him, but that he was much faster than the others. While others were still fighting with cold weapons, he actually used firearms. Wasn¡¯t this purely a dimensional reduction attack? Even if someone had firearm forging techniques, they would probably not exchange it with him in case an extremely powerful opponent arrived and annexed their territory. At the thought of this, Fang Ping was like a frosted eggplant. He became extremely dispirited. Fang Ping had come in high spirits, but returned in low spirits. This was what Fang Ping was like now. Fang Ping, who had no way of obtaining firearm forging technology, kept the information about the high-leveled firearm forging technology in the shop. Then, he closed the virtual interface of the Trading Area. After closing the virtual interface of the Trading Area, Fang Ping looked around at the Skeleton Soldiers who were continuously engaging in construction and forging according to his previous instructions. He shook his head helplessly. He found a Purgatory Skeleton Soldier standing guard at the city gate and began today¡¯s actual combat training. A day passed as Fang Ping engaged in actual combat training with the Purgatory Skeleton Soldier. After a day of actual combat with the Purgatory Skeleton Soldier, Fang Ping vented his frustration. He was no longer troubled by the lack of firearm forging techniques. After all, he was too far ahead and not too far behind. If he was depressed, it should be the other novice Overlords who were depressed. Why was he disturbing himself here? Chapter 25 - Maxed Out Loyalty Chapter 25 Maxed Out Loyalty Since they did not have the technology to forge firearms, it would be a waste of resources to let the Skeleton Soldiers make firearms according to the firearm blueprints. Moreover, not only did Fang Ping not have the technology to forge firearms, but he also did not have the technology to make gunpowder. In particular, the only materials he had that could be used to make gunpowder were the ones he had snatched from the Goblin mine. Thus, he should not waste them. After obtaining the firearm forging technology and gunpowder manufacturing technology, he would equip his skeleton army. At the thought of this, Fang Ping immediately put the matter of making firearms to the back of his mind and let the Skeleton Soldiers place the minerals needed to make firearms and gunpowder in a warehouse. After he obtained these two technologies in the future, he would extract the stored minerals he had been storing. Then, he would directly mass-produce firearms and ammunition to arm his skeleton army. Fang Ping saw that after taking away a lot of materials for forging firearms and piling them up in the forging construction area, there were still hundreds of units of iron ore left. After pondering for a moment, he felt that he could not do anything with these ores anyway. Instead of letting these ores collect dust in the warehouse, it was better to use them to forge weapons and arm his own skeleton army. He immediately ordered the Skeleton Soldiers to smith various equipment and weapons from the hundreds of units of iron ore. Upon receiving Fang Ping¡¯s order, the Skeleton Soldiers quickly began to smelt hundreds of units of iron ore, forging them into various excellent weapons and armor. Looking at the Skeleton Soldiers who were in full swing and working extremely hard, a gratified smile appeared on Fang Ping¡¯s face. At the same time, he felt fortunate that the troop type he had drawn was the Undead summoned creature. If other troop types were ordered around like this by him, they would probably have rebelled long ago from the oppression and stabbed Fang Ping in the back. After giving such an order that made even unscrupulous merchants feel inferior to, the exhausted Fang Ping looked at his watch and saw that it was already past 11pm. He then returned to the Shadow Dragon Villa. After washing up, he returned to his warm bed and fell asleep. Time flew, and soon, a night had passed. Due to his biological clock, Fang Ping woke up early. He was currently standing in the forging construction area, inspecting the results of the Skeleton Soldiers¡¯ overnight work. However, when Fang Ping saw that the number of fully equipped Skeleton Soldiers was only two-thirds of the total number of Skeleton Soldiers, he immediately felt extremely puzzled. According to the smithing speed of the Skeleton Soldiers, one night should be enough to smith weapons and armors that were sufficient to equip all the Skeleton Soldiers. However, why was it that only a majority of the Skeleton Soldiers were fully equipped, while the others were still using their extremely broken bone weapons? With this doubt in mind, Fang Ping began to enter the forging construction area to search for the reason. After Fang Ping searched the forging building area, he immediately discovered the problem. The ores used for forging were all used up. Without ores, no matter how fast the Skeleton Soldiers were forging, it was useless. After all, it was like cooking a meal without rice. The depletion of his ores could still happen before. However, now that he had just snatched a mine, how could such a situation happen? At this thought, Fang Ping had a vague sense of foreboding. He immediately asked the Skeleton Soldiers to inform the Elite Skeleton, who was guarding the gate of the territory, that he had something important to discuss with it. Upon hearing the Skeleton Soldiers say that Fang Ping had something important to discuss with him, the Elite Skeleton, who was guarding the territory gate, immediately arranged for someone to take over its defensive position. Then, it hurriedly rushed towards Fang Ping¡¯s location. After a short while, the Elite Skeleton arrived in front of Fang Ping and spoke respectfully ¡°Honorable Undead Lord, may I know what instructions you have for me?¡± Looking at the respectful Elite Skeleton in front of him, Fang Ping asked directly. ¡°Do you know when the last mining convoy went out?¡± Upon hearing Fang Ping¡¯s question, the Elite Skeleton was stunned for a moment before speaking hesitantly. ¡°If I remember correctly, the last time the mining convoy left was about two hours ago.¡± The Elite Skeleton¡¯s reply simply gave Fang Ping a bad feeling. It had to be known that with the distance between the territory and the mine, a trip would take at most ten minutes. With the Skeleton Soldiers traveling tirelessly, a round trip would take at most half an hour. Now that two hours had passed and the mining convoy had not returned, something must have happened. It would be fine if an accident happened and delayed their return, but if the Goblin tribe found out that he had snatched the mineral vein last night and came to snatch it back, it would be troublesome. With this thought in mind, Fang Ping did not dare to waste any more time. He immediately asked the Elite Skeleton to gather all the idle Skeleton Soldiers other than those necessary to guard the territory and follow him to the mine to check on the situation. Fang Ping led all the idle Skeleton Soldiers in the territory and ran at top speed. In just a few minutes, they arrived at the small hill where he had observed the Goblin tribe yesterday. Along the way, Fang Ping did not see any traces of the Skeleton Soldiers. The premonition in his heart grew stronger. When he saw the situation in the Goblin tribe, Fang Ping did not have any other expectations. In the Goblin tribe, the Skeleton Soldiers who had been guarding the mine and the ten Skeleton Soldiers of the mining team had been captured and imprisoned in cages. They were guarded by dozens of fully-equipped Goblins. Among them, more than ten Goblins were equipped with muskets. Moreover, a Goblin kept pulling out the Skeleton Soldiers from the cage. Judging from the behavior of the Skeleton Soldiers in the cage, it should be the captain of the Goblin firearms team in the mine. It wanted to interrogate the mastermind who had instructed the Skeleton Soldiers to snatch the mine. Currently, the situation in the Goblin tribe was just as Fang Ping had guessed. A well-built Goblin who looked like the captain of the Goblins was commanding his subordinates to interrogate the Skeleton Soldiers. ¡°There are only two paths in front of you now.¡± ¡°For the first path, tell me who is the mastermind who instructed you to seize the mine. In that case, I will let you go and let you join our tribe. You will become part of the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe and not continue to suffer here.¡± ¡°For the second path, you can continue to resist until the end. After angering me, I¡¯ll get my subordinates to extinguish your Soul Fire and throw your body into the wilderness to feed the wild beasts.¡± ¡°You can choose which path you want to take. However, you have to think carefully. Even if you die, there are still more than ten Skeleton Soldiers in the cage behind you.¡± ¡°Someone among them will definitely be unable to withstand my methods and reveal the mastermind.¡± ¡°At that time, you will be fed to the beasts.¡± However, what surprised the Goblin captain was that these ordinary Skeleton Soldiers did not have any consciousness at all. Moreover, their loyalty toward Fang Ping had been maxed out. Putting aside the fact that they couldn¡¯t speak, even if they could, they would not betray Fang Ping. Chapter 26 - Mysterious Fruit (1) Chapter 26 Mysterious Fruit (1) After threatening the Skeleton Soldiers, the Goblin captain sat on a chair and let his subordinates continuously extract the Soul Fire in the Skeleton Soldier¡¯s eyes. He was waiting for the moment when Skeleton Soldier could not take it anymore. Then, they would obediently tell the captain who was behind them. However, to the Goblin captain¡¯s surprise, even though his subordinates had extracted all the Soul Flames in the Skeleton Soldier¡¯s eyes, the Skeleton Soldier did not say a word. Looking at the loyal Skeleton Soldiers in front of him, the Goblin captain was instantly interested. He did not believe that anyone could really make his subordinates so loyal. Even if some of these Skeleton Soldiers were absolutely loyal to the person behind the scenes, a small number of these subordinates would definitely betray him under pressure. Thus, the Goblin captain began to excitedly extract the Soul Fire that represented the lives of the Skeleton Soldiers one after another. However, the dozen or so Skeleton Soldiers that he had captured were as loyal as the first Skeleton Soldier. They would rather die than betray Fang Ping. The Goblin captain¡¯s interest was ignited. He was destined to not get an answer. After all, the Skeleton Soldier without its own will was a creature similar to a high-leveled puppet. Facing such a creature, no matter what the Goblin captain did, he would not get the answer he wanted. The Goblin captain started off excited, but towards the end, it was flustered and exasperated. In the short span of just a few minutes, the Goblin captain felt a trace of fear. Then, he stopped torturing the Skeleton Soldiers and directly ordered his subordinates to deal with the remaining Skeleton Soldiers. Meanwhile, it sat on a chair and looked at the corpses of the dozen or so Goblins who had died in the beginning. It fell into deep thought. ¡°Such a loyal and powerful force actually appeared quietly near our tribe¡¯s territory. It¡¯s really creepy.¡± ¡°If not for the fact that it¡¯s coincidentally time for the monthly collection of ores, we would not have known when the tribe would discover this terrifying force that had quietly appeared nearby.¡± ¡°If we let this force grow, it will definitely cause huge losses to the tribe. For the safety of the tribe, we have to find its location and kill it in the cradle.¡± With this thought in mind, the Goblin captain immediately ordered his subordinates. ¡°An unknown force has appeared around our tribe, and they even attacked our mine.¡± ¡°In order to prevent them from causing us any more damage, we have to find them.¡± ¡°I order the firearms team to stay here with me and guard this mine.¡± ¡°As for the others, split into four teams, each with ten members. Then, spread out in the four directions. You must find the other party¡¯s territory before noon.¡± After the Goblin captain gave the order, the Goblins under its command quickly formed ten-man teams. After each of them chose a direction, they began to search the surroundings. They had to find the territory of the force that posed a threat to the tribe. However, the Goblin captain did not expect that Fang Ping, who was on a hill not far from him, had already known his intentions through his actions. Then, Fang Ping led the Elite Skeleton and the four Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers to quickly get up and rush back to a suitable place not far from the territory to wait for the Goblin team to arrive. A few minutes later, a ten-man Goblin team with spears in their hands carefully headed in the direction of Fang Ping and the others. Seeing the ten-man Goblin team appear in his field of vision, Fang Ping nervously gripped the longbow in his hand. He slowly took out an arrow with a fine iron arrowhead from his quiver, aimed at the head of a spear-wielding Goblin, and released the bowstring the moment the Goblin was within 100 meters of Fang Ping In an instant, the arrow was like a bolt of lightning as it pierced through the speared Goblin¡¯s forehead. It then pierced through a hundred-year-old tree before losing its momentum and piercing deep into the tree branch. Fang Ping¡¯s arrow was like a signal. As he shot out the arrow, the Elite Soldier and Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers lying in ambush around him instantly darted out from their respective hiding spots. In the blink of an eye, they killed all eight speared Goblins, who were still immersed in the shock of their companions being killed in an instant. If Fang Ping had not shot a second arrow immediately after the first, he might not have had a chance to kill the last speared Goblin. After first eliminating this ten-man Goblin team that was searching in the direction of his territory, Fang Ping immediately turned to the other three directions and followed the Goblins that were searching in the other three directions. Using the trails left behind by the Goblins, he quickly caught up with the three ten-man Goblin teams. With his superb archery skills and the perfect cooperation of the Skeleton Soldiers, the four Goblin teams sent by the Goblin captain to search Fang Ping¡¯s territory were wiped out in just an hour. Only the captain and his firearms team were left waiting for Fang Ping¡¯s arrival in the Goblin tribe. After eliminating the four Goblin teams, Fang Ping quickly returned to the hill he had been observing earlier to check on the situation in the Goblin tribe. Seeing that the Goblin tribe was still the same as when he left, Fang Ping felt a huge weight lifted off his shoulders. He was not afraid of the Goblin firearms team, but he was worried that the Goblin teams that he had eliminated would have a communication method that he did not know about. They might inform the firearms captain in the Goblin tribe that their team had been destroyed. Then, the captain might fire the firearm that was on hand. Chapter 27 - Mysterious Fruit (2) Chapter 27 Mysterious Fruit (2) However, after seeing that there was no movement from the Goblin tribe, Fang Ping immediately ordered all his Skeleton Soldiers to hide in the Goblin camp. When they were within 30 meters of the Goblin tribe, they would charge into the Goblin tribe at their maximum speed, capture the Goblin captain alive, and eliminate the other Goblins from the firearms team who dared to resist. While the Skeleton Soldiers began to slowly sneak towards the Goblin tribe, the Goblin captain had been waiting in the tribe for more than an hour. However, not a single Goblin who had gone out to explore returned. Thus, it also sensed that something was wrong. He quickly gathered all the members of the firearms team, wanting to go out and find the Goblin teams that had scattered. However, just as he finished gathering his subordinates and was about to set off, he saw an incomparably terrifying scene. Hundreds of Skeleton Soldiers wearing ferocious full-body armor and holding weapons that flickered with a bone-chilling light appeared less than a hundred meters away from them without any warning. After they appeared, they instantly began to charge at them. As more than a hundred fully armed Skeleton Soldiers with dark blue Soul Flames burning in their eyes charged forward, the ground began to tremble. All the plants in the path of the Skeleton Soldiers were affected by the huge undead aura. As a result, the plants quickly withered and died. Under the influence of the undead aura emitted by the Skeleton Soldiers, the Goblin captain felt as if he was being held by the scythe of the Grim Reaper at the neck. He was instantly frightened to the point where he limped on the ground. He kept shouting and urging his subordinates to shoot. Under the urging of the Goblin captain, the Goblin firearms team suppressed the fear in their hearts and fired at the Skeleton Soldiers charging at them. However, the bullets fired by the firearms were useless against the Skeleton Soldiers, who were Undead creatures. Putting aside the fact that the Skeleton Soldiers were not afraid of pain and would not retreat even half a step without Fang Ping¡¯s order, the Skeleton Soldiers did not have any flesh on their bodies at all. They only had a set of bone armor. They were also equipped with full-body armor. Thus, the bullets of the firearms team would at most leave a hole in the armor before losing their momentum and falling to the ground. Under the suppression of equipment and soldiers, even if the Goblin firearms team used up all their ammunition, they could not stop the Skeleton Soldiers from charging forward for even a moment. Most of them were killed by the Skeleton Soldiers. As a result, only three Goblins from the firearms team and the Goblin captain, who was a little stunned by the Skeleton Soldiers¡¯ terrifying posture, were left. The Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers carried them as if they were children and walked in front of Fang Ping. ¡°Honorable Undead Lord, these four Goblins are the last survivors. The Goblin in my hands is their captain.¡± After Fang Ping heard the report from the Elite Skeleton, he turned his gaze to the slightly dazed Goblin captain in its hands. ¡°The only reason you will be able to survive is because I have a condition for you. If you agree, you can return to the place you came from alive. However, if you don¡¯t, I¡¯ll torture you to death and turn your corpses into sky lanterns before sending them back to your tribe.¡± ¡°Therefore, whether you want to return alive, or turn into a sky lantern and be sent back to your tribe, will depend on your choice.¡± Upon hearing Fang Ping¡¯s threat, the faces of the three Goblins from the firearms team immediately turned pale. Even their green skin could not stop the paleness from their extreme fright. The three Goblins from the firearms team looked at each other and then at the Goblin captain in unison. There was a hint of hope and hope in their eyes as they begged the Goblin captain to agree to Fang Ping¡¯s request. Meanwhile, under Fang Ping¡¯s intimidation, the Goblin captain, who was being watched by the three Goblins, had no way out. He could only agree to Fang Ping¡¯s condition first. ¡°Honorable Undead Lord, please state your conditions. I¡¯ll get my subordinates to return to the tribe immediately and let our leader prepare.¡± Seeing that the three Goblins from the firearms team still had to ask the Goblin captain for permission despite facing the threat of death, and the fact that the Goblin captain allowed Fang Ping to raise any conditions, the identity of the Goblin captain was definitely not ordinary. ¡°Alright, since you¡¯re so straightforward, I won¡¯t waste my breath.¡± ¡°My condition is for your tribe to prepare 100 firearms and 100,000 bullets. Then, after I get the goods, I will definitely send you back to your tribe safely.¡± Hearing that Fang Ping¡¯s condition was so simple, the Goblin captain immediately agreed to Fang Ping¡¯s condition. ¡°Honorable Undead Lord, I agree to your conditions. As long as you guarantee our safety, I can get someone to send anything you want.¡± ¡°However, I need a Goblin from the firearms team to deliver the message. Is that possible?¡± The Goblin captain agreed to his conditions so casually. This made Fang Ping even more curious about the Goblin captain¡¯s identity in his tribe. He was actually not worried that he would be abandoned after he sent back the required ransom. ¡°You can send a Goblin from the firearms team back to report.¡± Seeing that Fang Ping had agreed to his request, the Goblin captain immediately had a Goblin from the firearms team to bring back the message that they had been kidnapped, and the ransom included 100 firearms and 100,000 bullets. Then, the Goblin headed towards the location of the tribe at full speed. Looking at the Goblin from the firearms team who had disappeared without a trace and the Goblin captain who was not worried at all, Fang Ping¡¯s interest was instantly piqued. He checked the captain¡¯s attribute ability. Chapter 28 - Mysterious Fruit (3) Chapter 28 Mysterious Fruit (3) (Goblin] [Strength: Level-1] [Intelligence: Level-1] [Note: This is the son of the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe leader. It is the first choice for the next leader of the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe.] Looking at the interface of the Goblin captain, Fang Ping felt a burst of joy in his heart. He did not expect this Goblin captain to not only be the son of the tribe leader, but also the top successor to the next leader. Originally, Fang Ping had been worried that if he proposed a ransom that was too expensive, the Goblin tribe would give up on providing the ransom. Now, not only did he not have to worry about asking for too much ransom, but he also had the guarantee of the ransom. ¡°I was wondering why you weren¡¯t at all worried about whether your tribe would hand over the ransom in exchange for you guys.¡± ¡°So you¡¯re the son of your tribe¡¯s leader. This is really beyond my expectations.¡± After hearing that Fang Ping actually knew his identity, the Goblin captain¡¯s pupils constricted instantly. He looked at the smiling Fang Ping in disbelief. ¡°How do you know my identity?¡± ¡°Did my younger brother send you to kill me?¡± When Fang Ping heard the Goblin captain¡¯s doubts, a million-word melodramatic novel about brothers fighting for the family business and scheming against each other instantly appeared in his mind. The corners of Fang Ping¡¯s mouth twitched slightly before he spoke to the captain. ¡°You¡¯re thinking too much. I just wanted to rob you and ask for a ransom.¡± ¡°No one sent me here to kill you.¡± Although the Goblin captain did not know where Fang Ping found out about his identity, it was fine as long as he was just a simple robber and not an assassin sent by his younger brother. After all, his younger brother really hoped that after he died outside, he would successfully replace him and legitimately inherit the position of the next leader to rule the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe. Just as Fang Ping and the Goblin captain were rejoicing with each other that their current situation was still developing in a good direction¡­ Under the leadership of the Goblin captain¡¯s father, thousands of Goblins pushed the ransom Fang Ping needed outside the tribe. ¡°I¡¯m the leader of the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe.¡± ¡°I have brought 100 firearms and 100,000 bullets in exchange for my people.¡± Upon hearing that the leader of the Goblin tribe had arrived, Fang Ping donned the same full-body armor as the Skeleton Soldiers and hid among the hundreds of Skeleton Soldiers. He had the Elite Skeleton bring the Goblin captain and two Goblins from the firearms team outside the tribe to exchange for ransom with the leader of the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe. After the Elite Skeleton received Fang Ping¡¯s order, it immediately took out its personal weapon and placed it on the Goblin captain¡¯s neck, threatening him to slowly walk out of the tribe step by step. When the leader of the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe saw the Skeleton Soldier holding his son¡¯s neck and slowly walking out of the camp, his expression instantly became incomparably gloomy. The anger in his heart burned crazily. He wished he could rush to the Skeleton Soldier holding his son hostage and smash it into pieces before throwing it into the wilderness to feed the wild beasts. However, the situation was pressing. With his son in the hands of the other party, his son¡¯s safety was the priority. After exchanging for his son, he would have plenty of time to settle the score with these skeletons. The most important thing at this stage was to not let the other party know about his son¡¯s identity in case the other party made excessive conditions that would cause the negotiation to break down and endanger his son¡¯s safety. Thinking of this, the Goblin leader immediately suppressed his anger and shouted at the Elite Skeleton with a dark expression. ¡°I brought 100 firearms and 100,000 bullets according to your request.¡± ¡°Now, you can return my clansmen to me. Then, take these firearms and bullets, and go.¡± Hearing the Goblin leader¡¯s words, Fang Ping immediately felt that it was ridiculous. Then, he used his spiritual power to connect to the Elite Skeleton¡¯s spiritual power and let it follow what he instructed it to say. ¡°Leader, if you say that, then our deal can¡¯t be completed.¡± The Goblin leader¡¯s face turned even darker after hearing what the Elite Skeleton said. Under his dark green skin, he looked even uglier and more ferocious. ¡°Kid, what are you talking about? I don¡¯t understand at all. Do you still want to make a deal?¡± ¡°Hurry up and release my clansmen. Take these things and scram.¡± Looking at the Goblin leader who was still pretending to be stupid, Fang Ping¡¯s expression became a little angry. With the help of the Elite Skeleton, he waved his saber around the Goblin leader¡¯s neck a few times and spoke sarcastically to the Goblin leader. ¡°You should know very well what I¡¯m saying.¡± ¡°As soon as I hand over your clansmen, you¡¯ll probably have your firearms team shoot at us until we¡¯re full of holes.¡± ¡°Moreover, the Goblin in my hand should be your son, the next leader and first heir of your tribe.¡± ¡°With such a good bargaining chip in hand, it¡¯s already very good that I didn¡¯t increase the ransom amount.¡± ¡°But now, you¡¯re playing me like a fool. Do you really think I don¡¯t dare to touch him?!¡± As he spoke, Fang Ping controlled the Elite Skeleton to wave the weapon in its hand and cut the thigh of the Goblin leader¡¯s son. Seeing his son being slashed by the Elite Skeleton, the anger in the Goblin leader¡¯s heart almost shot out of his eyes. If his eyes could hurt people, the Elite Skeleton would have been crushed by the Goblin leader¡¯s eyes dozens or hundreds of times. However, his weakness had already been grasped by the other party. In this situation, he was like a piece of meat on the chopping block. He could only hand the knife over to the Elite Skeleton and let it do what it wanted. Chapter 29 - Mysterious Fruit (4) Chapter 29 Mysterious Fruit (4) ¡°I admit that the Goblin in your hand is my son. You can mention whatever you want now. As long as it¡¯s not too ridiculous, I¡¯ll agree to anything. Please don¡¯t hurt my son.¡± Seeing that the Goblin leader¡¯s attitude was much more sincere than before, Fang Ping¡¯s lips curled into a satisfied smile. ¡°That¡¯s good. Since I¡¯ve already grasped your weakness, don¡¯t be too arrogant. You have to learn to give in. Otherwise, not even I can guarantee what I¡¯ll do to your son.¡± Listening to Fang Ping¡¯s teasing, the Goblin leader could only suppress his anger for the sake of his son and agree. ¡°You¡¯re right. I promise I won¡¯t be arrogant anymore.¡± ¡°If there are no problems, can we start trading?¡± Fang Ping looked at the eager Goblin leader and spoke unhurriedly. ¡°Of course, but I must have my men retrieve the firearms and bullets before I release your son.¡± At this moment, the Goblin leader no longer had any rebellious thoughts. He only wanted to quickly complete the transaction and exchange the goods for his son. Therefore, he did whatever Fang Ping said. The Goblin leader did not dare to refute at all, afraid that his slip of the tongue would cause his son to be stabbed again. ¡°Sure, no problem. I¡¯ll get someone to bring you the firearms and bullets.¡± With that, the Goblin leader instructed his subordinates to inform the transport team to transport the firearms and bullets to the empty space between him and the Elite Skeleton. After the Goblin transportation team left, Fang Ping quickly commanded the Skeleton Soldiers to move all the firearms, bullets, and transportation vehicles behind him. After seeing Fang Ping take away the firearms and bullets, the Goblin leader hurriedly asked Fang Ping to let his son go. ¡°You already have the firearms and bullets. Can you release my son?¡± Fang Ping did not immediately reply to the Goblin leader¡¯s question. Instead, he had all his Skeleton Soldiers equipped with firearms. After familiarizing himself with them, he spoke to the Goblin leader. ¡°Of course. He¡¯s yours now.¡± After saying that, Fang Ping got the Elite Skeleton to release the Goblin captain and the two Goblins from the firearms team. The two Goblins from the firearms team who were released immediately supported the Goblin captain, whose thigh had been slashed by Fang Ping, and quickly went behind the Goblin leader. Looking at his limping son, the Goblin leader felt like a knife was twisting in his heart. He immediately prepared to give the order for his subordinates to surround and kill Fang Ping and the others. However, Fang Ping had already seen through his intentions. After commanding all the Skeleton Soldiers to fire at the feet of the Goblin leader and its subordinates, he spoke to the Goblin leader in a playful tone. ¡°Leader, you have to consider the consequences before you take action.¡± ¡°Don¡¯t do something stupid like injuring yourself 3,000 times and only attacking the enemy 200 times just because of a small matter.¡± Looking at the crater under his feet, the angry Goblin leader immediately calmed down. Not only did the other party have accurate shooting abilities, but they were also not afraid of pain and did not know how to retreat. The Goblins he brought had no chance of winning at all. Moreover, they might be captured again, causing even greater losses. Hence, he gave the order to retreat and turned around, preparing to leave this place where he had been repeatedly defeated. He wanted to leave, but Fang Ping had no intention of letting him go just like that. ¡°Hey, this mineral vein belongs to me from now on. If you dare to come here again in the future, it means that our two sides are officially at war.¡± After saying that, Fang Ping did not look at the Goblin leader¡¯s extremely gloomy expression. He let the Skeleton Soldiers carry their firearms and bullets before walking towards their territory. The Goblin leader looked at the back of Fang Ping¡¯s Skeleton army. Although he really wanted to destroy all these Skeleton Soldiers now, under the condition that he did not know what trump cards the other party had, he suppressed the urge in his heart. Then, he forced himself to turn his head and continue galloping rapidly in the direction of the tribe. The sun hung high in the sky, emitting endless light and heat. It illuminated the entire world. After suppressing his anger and running at top speed for a period of time, the Goblin leader finally returned to the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe. The Bone Strength Goblin Tribe was a large Goblin tribe with a population of more than 100,000. The mineral resources in its territory were extremely abundant. To the Goblin leader, the little bit of ransom Fang Ping wanted was just a drop in the ocean. It was not worth mentioning at all. That was why he did not even blink and gathered it in an extremely short period of time to exchange for the hostages with Fang Ping. However, this did not mean that the Goblin leader could submissively hand over the firearms and bullets. The Goblin leader, who had been teased by Fang Ping until his blood boiled with anger, returned to the tribe and summoned all the elders in the tribe to the leader¡¯s tent for a meeting. Under the urgent call of the Goblin leader, all the Goblin elders quickly gathered in the Goblin leader¡¯s tent. All the Goblin elders looked at the Goblin leader, who had a gloomy expression and had obviously suffered a great loss. They did not dare to speak first, afraid that they would be implicated by the furious Goblin leader and be killed. The Goblin leader sat on a tiger leather chair. His eyes were filled with anger as he glanced at the five Goblin elders below and spoke in a low voice. ¡°Everyone, I want you to know why exactly I went out just now.¡± Chapter 30 - Mysterious Fruit (5) Chapter 30 Mysterious Fruit (5) ¡°Therefore, I won¡¯t tell you much about the process. I¡¯ll simply tell you why I gathered you here.¡± Observing the Goblin leader¡¯s solemn expression and tone, the five Goblin elders sitting below him were instantly filled with confusion and had several guesses. Didn¡¯t they say that someone had kidnapped the leader¡¯s son? Why was the leader¡¯s expression so ugly? Could it be that the kidnapper had run away, or that something had happened to the leader¡¯s son? However, they could only make these guesses in their hearts. The Goblin elders did not dare to say it in front of the Goblin leader. If they offended the leader and the angry leader killed them, they would be too unlucky. ¡°When I went to save my son just now, I discovered that the ones who kidnapped him were a group of powerful Skeleton Soldiers with astonishing potential. Moreover, they even snatched one of our mineral veins and declared that if we dared to enter that mineral vein again, it would be a declaration of war with them.¡± ¡°I called you here to see what you think.¡± ¡°Should we declare war on the other party and take back the mineral vein that belonged to us, tackling the problem at its source?¡± ¡°Or is it better to simply give up on that mineral vein and not be in a hurry to pay attention to it, allowing them to grow and develop?¡± For some reason, the Goblin elders who did not dare to speak were furious when they found out about this. ¡°What kind of trash dares to provoke us? Do you think we can¡¯t fight after not starting a large-scale war for a few years?!¡± ¡°That¡¯s right. Do you really think we¡¯re still the weak Bone Strength Goblin Tribe that was bullied hundreds of years ago? ¡°They¡¯re just some skeletons, yet they actually dared to be so arrogant. Isn¡¯t this just declaring war?¡± ¡°Since they wanted war, we will give it to them.¡± ¡°Leader, if you give me 5,000 warriors, I can kill them all and feed them to the wild dogs.¡± ¡°We¡¯ve only recuperated for so many years, but there¡¯s already a force that dares to tease us. They¡¯re really too arrogant.¡± ¡°Since they want to snatch our mineral vein, let them be miners for the rest of their lives. Let them stay in the dark mine forever and mine until they die! ¡°Leader, just give me 3,000 soldiers. I promise to capture all the Skeleton Soldiers and get them to mine ores for us until we die.¡± Looking at the three hot-tempered and boorish elders, the Goblin leader did not expect them to be of much help in terms of strategy. Gathering them was only a side effect. The elders who would really participate in the plan were the First Elder and Second Elder. Then, the Goblin leader patted the table with his fan-sized palm, indicating for the three elders to be silent. ¡°The three of you should stop spouting nonsense. Listen to what the First and Second Elders have to say.¡± After the Goblin leader finished speaking, he looked at the First Elder and Second Elder, who were different from the three furious elders. They had been standing there while thinking silently. Seeing the Goblin leader look at them, the First and Second Elders looked at each other. The Second Elder spoke first. ¡°Leader, according to the information you mentioned, these Skeleton Soldiers are powerful. Furthermore, we don¡¯t know the other party¡¯s specific trump card. Considering the situation of our military strength, it¡¯s really unwise to rashly start a war¡­¡± Before the Second Elder could finish, the Fourth Elder, who had the most violent temper, exploded on the spot and cursed at the Second Elder. on ¡°Second Elder, you must have become stupid after recuperating for the past few years.¡± ¡°They¡¯re already bullying us at our doorstep, yet you actually said that we shouldn¡¯t start a war. Have your guts been taken away and eaten by the boar beasts?!¡± However, before the Fourth Elder could finish his scolding, he was frightened by the Goblin leader¡¯s murderous gaze. Meanwhile, the Second Elder, who knew the Fourth Elder¡¯s temperament, shook his head helplessly and did not argue with him. Instead, he continued to speak his thoughts. ¡°The specialty of the Skeleton Soldiers is that they won¡¯t die unless their Soul Fires are destroyed. Furthermore, they aren¡¯t afraid of pain, and without the command of their commander, they will never retreat. Furthermore, they have great potential for development. Once they form a sea of skeletons and produce an Undead Calamity, it will be a disaster for our tribe. Therefore, we can¡¯t let them grow no matter what. We have to nip them in the bud.¡± After hearing the Second Elder¡¯s words, the three elders and the Goblin leader fell silent. The Second Elder was right. However, when faced with the powerful Skeleton Soldiers who were difficult to kill in an instant and were not afraid of anything except their commander, it was almost impossible for the Goblin tribe to kill them in the cradle with their current strength. They might even risk losing their entire tribe. After pondering for a moment, the Goblin leader saw that no one had a good idea. Thus, he looked at the First Elder, who was the strongest and had first-rate intelligence among the five elders, hoping that he could give some good suggestions. The First Elder, who was being watched by the Goblin leader, thought for a moment and talked about his idea. ¡°Leader, since we can¡¯t do anything about the Skeleton Soldiers, why don¡¯t we find another race and work with them? After explaining the dangers, as well as the pros and cons, we can definitely cooperate with them. At that time, we can definitely kill the Skeleton Soldiers before they develop.¡± After the First Elder finished speaking, he returned to his original position and waited for the Goblin leader to consider the pros and cons before making a decision that he felt was effective for the tribe. Chapter 31 - Mysterious Fruit (6) Chapter 31 Mysterious Fruit (6) After thinking for a moment, the Goblin leader made a decision. Since his tribe could not deal with the Skeleton Soldiers alone, he would find someone to cooperate and completely kill the Skeleton Soldiers in the cradle. Having made up his mind, the Goblin leader immediately ordered the Goblins to bring the Great Elder and some valuable items to another tribe, requesting to cooperate to fight against Fang Ping¡¯s Skeleton army whose strength was unknown. Just as the Goblin tribe was actively contacting the other tribes and preparing to fight Fang Ping together, Fang Ping had already returned to the territory with 100 firearms and 100,000 bullets. Looking at the firearms and bullets piled up at the side, Fang Ping sighed at his current attack power. His defense was sufficient, but his manpower was much weaker. Although he could summon a lot of Skeleton Soldiers every day, as he constructed his territory, he needed manpower everywhere. Just the acts of guarding the walls, building construction items, patrolling, and hunting required more than a hundred Skeleton Soldiers to execute. Excluding these basic Skeleton Soldiers, there were not even forty Skeleton Soldiers left. He could not take all the Skeleton Soldiers, who were guarding the city gates, with him every time he went out. Fang Ping immediately opened the virtual interface to see if he had obtained any Mysterious Fruits from his shop so that he could upgrade the level of the Undead Summoning Spell again and summon more Skeleton Soldiers. After Fang Ping opened the interface, he saw two Mysterious Fruits lying quietly in his resource column. The moment he saw the two Mysterious Fruits, Fang Ping¡¯s heart was filled with excitement. He quickly opened the upgrade interface of the Undead Summoning Spell and clicked on the upgrade button. The upgrade screen was still the same as before. After flashing a few times on the old interface, it was replaced with a new interface. [Undead Summoning Spell] [Level: Level-4) (Upgrade Requirements: Spirit Stone 0/50, Mysterious Fruit 0/4) [Post-Upgrade: Fifty Skeleton Soldiers, five Skeleton Dogs, and an additional 20% chance to summon other races.] Looking at the upgraded Undead Summoning Spell interface, Fang Ping still felt that the number of Skeleton Soldiers he summoned was still too low. It was not enough for him to use at all. However, without the Mysterious Fruit, it was useless no matter how many Spirit Stones he had. He could not upgrade the Undead Summoning Spell. He walked to the place in his territory where the bones were piled up. After summoning today¡¯s Skeleton Soldiers, he brought the 40 Skeleton Soldiers and the three Skeleton Dogs, all of which were guaranteed, and handed them to the Elite Skeleton. He asked the Elite Skeleton to lead all the Skeleton Soldiers involved in construction to expand the territory and strive to include the mineral vein in their territory. During this period of time when the Skeleton Soldiers were expanding the territory, Fang Ping, who was extremely bored, opened the message board in the trading area from time to time. He searched for traces of the Mysterious Fruit and checked if anyone was trading the mysterious fruit. In his shop, there was still the message that he would exchange 20 Spirit Stones for a Mysterious Fruit. Unfortunately, there were many people who came to look for him to exchange for Spirit Stones, but none of them could produce anything that interested or satisfied him. He needed the Mysterious Fruit to upgrade, and others naturally needed the Mysterious Fruit to upgrade their troops. This way, the Mysterious Fruit would be even more precious. Thus, after obtaining the Mysterious Fruit, no one would trade it. Just as Fang Ping was vexed by the sight, the girl who often traded him iron ore suddenly sent him a message. As Fang Ping had not mastered the technique of forging refined iron, he had recently traded a lot of refined iron with this young girl. The two of them had become much more familiar with each other. During the time he was trading refined iron, Fang Ping had asked the young girl if she had any skills in forging refined iron. However, the girl¡¯s reply was that she did not have the skills to forge refined iron. The ones who had the skills were her soldiers, the Dwarves. Although the Dwarves knew how to forge refined iron, it was something that came with them. They could not tell or teach others about the skills in any form. Fang Ping immediately opened the private message, wanting to see why the girl was looking for him before the delivery day. ¡°It¡¯s not the delivery day yet. What can I do for you?¡± When the girl saw Fang Ping¡¯s reply, she immediately replied. ¡°God, I¡¯ve sent my Dwarves to investigate the situation around the territory these few days ¡°Not far from my territory, I discovered a Goblin camp. There was also a mineral vein with considerable reserves.¡± ¡°However, the Goblins in the Goblin camp had been wiped out by a team of Skeleton Soldiers from somewhere. Now, the team of Skeleton Soldiers have occupied the mineral vein.¡± ¡°It makes me so depressed. I originally thought that I could have a new mineral vein and mine other types of ores to sell, but my hopes were dashed.¡± Fang Ping looked at the girl¡¯s message and instantly knew that the girl¡¯s territory must be not far from the mine that once belonged to the Goblin tribe, which was also very close to him. Although he knew that the girl was near his territory, Fang Ping did not tell her this news. After all, one could not have evil intentions towards others, but one also had to be cautious of others. No ally could be relied on. As long as the benefits were large enough, no matter what contract it was, the terms were useless. ¡°It¡¯s fine. Don¡¯t be discouraged. Perhaps if we explore in another direction, we might be able to find a mine without an owner.¡± ¡°I still have something on here, so I won¡¯t talk about this for now. Remember not to be discouraged. If you really can¡¯t do it, change directions.¡± Without waiting for the girl¡¯s reply, he closed the virtual interface. After closing the virtual interface, he summoned all the Skeleton Dogs and had them search the surroundings with his territory as the center. They searched for the girl¡¯s territory and if there were any other Overlords around his territory. Even if he did not have the intention to invade others now, it was possible that other Overlords would have the intention to invade him. It was better to take precautions and find all the Overlords around his territory so that he would not panic when others invaded. At the same time, he asked the Skeleton Dogs to pay attention to whether there were any Mysterious Fruits outside the territory. He really needed a large number of Mysterious Fruits now. Since he couldn¡¯t find any in the Trading Area, he could only search in reality. If he found a Mysterious Fruit near the territory, he wouldn¡¯t need to be troubled over not being able to exchange for Mysterious Fruits. Upon receiving Fang Ping¡¯s order, the Skeleton Dogs were like wild horses that had run away from their reins. They ran out of the gate and scattered around the territory. Chapter 32 - Selected and Nurtured Chapter 32 Selected and Nurtured The bright moon fell, and the sun rose from the east. Under the crazy construction of the Skeleton Soldiers, the next day quickly arrived. In the garden of the Shadow Dragon Villa, Fang Ping and the two Elite Skeleton Soldiers were each holding a wooden one-meter shield and a standard wooden longsword, engaged in intense combat practice. Under the intense battles with the two Elite Skeleton Soldiers or the Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers every day, Fang Ping could already block their attacks with ease. He could also seize the opportunity to counterattack and defeat them. Now, the strength of the two Elite Skeletons was no longer difficult for Fang Ping. After completing his actual combat training, Fang Ping returned to the Shadow Dragon Villa to wash up and prepare to go to the forging construction area to inspect. When Fang Ping finished washing up and walked out of the Shadow Dragon Villa, an Elite Skeleton guarding the door quickly rushed in his direction. When the Elite Skeleton arrived in front of Fang Ping, it immediately told him the purpose of its actions. ¡°Honorable Undead Lord, the Skeleton Dog just sent back a message.¡± ¡°It already found the territory of the girl you are looking for.¡± ¡°It¡¯s located in an underground city ruled by Dwarves not far from us.¡± ¡°The Skeleton Dog asked if we should feint an attack on them to test their strength.¡± Listening to the report of the Elite Skeleton and the suggestion of the Skeleton Dog, Fang Ping thought about it for a moment. He let the Skeleton Dog hide around the underground city and monitor it. He did not want to alert the girl. If he caused the girl to be on guard, their future operations would not be as smooth as this time. After receiving the order, the Elite Skeleton bade farewell to Fang Ping and returned to the gate at the wall to convey Fang Ping¡¯s order. While Fang Ping discovered the location of the girl¡¯s territory, the Great Elder of the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe also arrived at the territory of the Dark Zero Race, the Shadow Feather Forest, after a day of traveling. ¡°Who are you? This is the territory of the Dark Zero Race. No other races are allowed to pass through. Otherwise, I will kill you without mercy.¡± With a shout, a few dark blue-skinned two-meter-tall warriors of the Dark Zero Race jumped down from a few hundred-year-old trees that looked like dead trees and evil spirits. They drew their swords and confronted the Goblin Great Elder. When the Goblin Great Elder saw this, he calmly took out a dark token with the word ¡°Zero¡± engraved on it. When the Dark Zero Race warrior saw the token in the Goblin Great Elder¡¯s hand, his attitude instantly changed. He walked to the Goblin Great Elder and took the token. After carefully examining it and confirming that it was the token of the Dark Zero Race, he handed the token back to the Goblin Great Elder and asked respectfully. ¡°Hello, guest of the Dark Zero Race. May I ask where you are from and why you are looking for us?¡± The Goblin Great Elder put away the token and explained the purpose of his trip. ¡°I¡¯m the Grand Elder of the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe. I came to the Dark Zero Race this time because I want to discuss something beneficial to both of us with your tribe leader. Please help me inform him.¡± After the Dark Zero Race warrior heard this, he asked the Goblin Great Elder to wait for a moment. Then, he sent a warrior to quickly go to the Shadow Feather Forest to find the Dark Zero Race leader and tell him about this. A moment later, the Dark Zero Race warrior who had gone back to report rushed back and respectfully walked in front of the Goblin Great Elder. ¡°The leader invites you to the clan to discuss in detail.¡± After the Goblin Grand Elder heard the warrior¡¯s words, he followed behind the warrior and quickly passed through the Ghost Wood Forest outside the Shadow Feather Forest. Then, he saw the leader of the Dark Zero Race, who was training the reserve warriors. ¡°Leader An Li, how have you been?¡± ¡°Did you gain any advantage in the battle against the Light Zero Race?¡± However, the leader of the Dark Zero Race, who was called An Li, did not have a good expression on his face when he greeted the Goblin Great Elder warmly. ¡°Gu La, don¡¯t say such sarcastic words here.¡± ¡°Your shameful behavior is no longer a secret among the myriad races in this 10,000-mile area.¡± ¡°Based on your personality of not doing anything if there are no benefits, if there¡¯s anything good, just say it. Everyone will be more relaxed.¡± ¡°If you continue to dawdle, I¡¯ll have to send you off.¡± Although Gu La was angry at An Li¡¯s mocking tone, he could only put away the enthusiasm on his face and reveal the purpose of his trip in order to cooperate with the Dark Zero Race. ¡°Since you¡¯ve said so, I¡¯ll be straightforward.¡± ¡°Recently, a group of decently powerful and well-trained elite Skeleton Soldiers appeared around our territory. We suspected that a powerful Lich had appeared around our tribe. We want to prevent the Lich from creating an Undead Calamity.¡± ¡°Therefore, I would like to ask the Dark Zero Race¡¯s Priests, who specialize in countering Skeleton Soldiers and Liches, to help us eliminate that Lich and nip it in the bud.¡± ¡°After eliminating those Undead creatures and the Lich, the Bone Strength Tribe can help your Dark Zero Race complete one thing.¡± After listening to Gu La¡¯s story, An Li was a little touched, but in order to wait for a good offer, he revealed a disdainful expression and said to Gu La. ¡°Gu La, it¡¯s not like you don¡¯t know how precious every single Priest is to the Dark Zero Race.¡± ¡°Their Spirit Power does indeed have the effect of following the origin of and completely exterminating Undead creatures like Liches, who rely on Soul Fire and mental strength.¡± ¡°However, the difficulty of nurturing them is almost 1%. They were selected from hundreds of elite Dark Zero Race members and nurtured.¡± ¡°You didn¡¯t mention any benefits, so why should I send them to help you?¡± ¡°In any case, those Undead creatures and the Lich don¡¯t dare to attack us. Why should I provoke those lunatics because of your empty words?¡± Hearing An Li¡¯s words, Gu La knew that he was taking the opportunity to ask for benefits, but Gu La had to admit defeat. After all, within this 10,000-kilometer area, the Dark Zero Race was the only race that could restrain Undead creatures like Skeletons and Liches. ¡°After destroying the Undead creatures and the Lich, the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe will fully support you in attacking the Light Zero Race for a year. During this year, we will give you manpower and resources. I wonder if this condition is acceptable.¡± After hearing Gu La¡¯s condition, An Li instantly smiled and said to Gu La enthusiastically. ¡°Of course, there¡¯s no problem. As long as your support is in place, I¡¯ll immediately send out 100 Priests to help you eliminate all the Undead creatures around your tribe.¡± ¡°So when will your support be delivered?¡± Seeing the sudden change in An Li¡¯s attitude, Gu La¡¯s heart was filled with anger, but now that the cooperation had just been achieved, he could only force a smile and reply. ¡°As long as you¡¯re prepared, our tribe will immediately transport the support to your race.¡± After hearing Gu La¡¯s affirmative answer, the smile on An Li¡¯s face widened. He enthusiastically invited Gu La to the clan to rest. Meanwhile, Gu La was smiling on the surface while cursing in his heart. Under An Li¡¯s warm greeting, he entered the Dark Zero Race¡¯s territory. wa Just like that, the Goblin Tribe and the Dark Zero Race reached an agreement. They were about to start an extermination war in the other party¡¯s territory. Chapter 33 - Boom Chapter 33 Boom Although Fang Ping did not know that the Goblin Tribe had looked for the Dark Zero Tribe, which specialized in restraining his Skeleton Soldiers, to attack him, he knew that the Goblin Tribe would not let the matter rest. They would definitely gather their forces to attack him. Therefore, Fang Ping did not feel relaxed at all. Every day, he summoned Undead creatures to create all kinds of weapons and buildings. He wanted to turn the entire territory into an impregnable fortress. As Fang Ping nervously prepared for battle, the ninth day arrived. Fang Ping stood on top of the city wall and looked down at his continuously built and expanded territory. His heart was filled with emotions. Then, he opened the virtual interface to check his wealth. He also wanted to see how strong he was and whether he was strong enough to deal with the invasion of the Goblin Tribe. [Fang Ping] [Overlord Level: Level-3] (Strength: Level-5] (Territory Buildings: Unknown Villa, Wall (Level-5), Arrow Tower, Weapon Forging Shop, Steel Furnace¡­] (Territory Area: 30,000 square meters] (Troops: Normal Skeleton Soldiers (280), Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers (5), Elite Skeletons (10), Skeleton Dogs (15)] [Requirements for upgrade: Spirit Stone 0/100, Mysterious Fruit o/10, Mithril 0/10) Looking at his assets on the virtual interface, Fang Ping felt extremely proud. This was the family assets he had built up in nine days. There were more than 300 fully armed Undead creatures, with the lowest-leveled creature at Level-3. Coupled with his Level-5 defense and the various facilities in his territory, as long as he did not go out to fight the Goblin Tribe, he would be invincible. As long as their level did not exceed the defense of his buildings by too much, no creature could break through the defense of his territory. Although foreign enemies could not invade Fang Ping¡¯s territory, Fang Ping did not like to be passive and not retaliate. Therefore, for the past few days, Fang Ping had been searching for Mysterious Fruits and forging techniques for firearms and ammunition. However, the outcome was not ideal. Although the Skeleton Dogs had found a few Mysterious Fruits around the territory, he was still a few steps away from upgrading the Undead Summoning Spell. Furthermore, no one cared about the message he had posted in the Trading Area. No one came to his shop in the Trading Area to exchange Mysterious Fruits and forging techniques of firearms and ammunition for Spirit Stones. As time passed, Fang Ping¡¯s heart grew heavier. After all, he did not know when the Goblin Tribe would invade his territory. As per his daily routine, Fang Ping opened the message board in the Trading Area and posted a message regarding the exchange of mysterious fruits and forging techniques again. He hoped that someone would send him a private message after reading it. ¡°I need to exchange for Mysterious Fruits, and forging techniques for firearms and ammunition.¡± ¡°If you have the above items, you can send me a private message. I can exchange the resources you need for them.¡± However, after Fang Ping¡¯s message was posted, no one replied or sent him private messages. Only a few clowns teased and mocked him on the message board. ¡°Anyone can boast. I even said that as long as I have the Mysterious Fruit and forging techniques, I can exaggerate his territory several times and join him.¡± ¡°Anyway, bragging doesn¡¯t cost money. You don¡¯t have to bear the responsibility. Just brag.¡± ¡°Hmph, anything?¡± ¡°I do have forging techniques and Mysterious Fruits, but you will never have the resources to exchange with me.¡± Looking at the novice Overlords who were spouting nonsense and ridiculing him, Fang Ping¡¯s heart did not waver at all. He only memorized the usernames of the people who had sent the messages. Once he encountered them in future battles, he would definitely let him know that there was a price to pay for spouting nonsense and mocking him. Looking at the silent private message board, Fang Ping sighed dejectedly and was prepared to close the virtual interface. However, just as Fang Ping was about to close the virtual interface, a private message suddenly appeared, stopping Fang Ping from closing the virtual interface. ¡°I have the forging techniques for firearms and ammunition. Are you really willing to exchange any resources?¡± Seeing this message, Fang Ping immediately replied. ¡°That¡¯s right. As long as you really have the techniques, I can offer whatever resources you need in exchange.¡± Seeing how determined Fang Ping was, the other party immediately stated his conditions. ¡°I need 200 Spirit Stones now. As long as you have them, I¡¯ll sell the techniques to you.¡± Originally, he was prepared to be scammed for the techniques, but he did not expect the other party to ask for Spirit Stones. One had to know that he lacked all kinds of resources, but he did not lack Spirit Stones. The spoils of war he had obtained during the first territory test and the Spirit Stones he had obtained from hunting wild beasts in the past two days added up to almost five to six hundred. Now, he only needed 200 Spirit Stones to solve one of his problems. Thus, Fang Ping immediately agreed to the other party¡¯s request. ¡°Sure. As long as your techniques are real, I can give you 200 Spirit Stones.¡± Seeing that Fang Ping had agreed to his request without hesitation, the person on the other side immediately sent the firearm forging technique to Fang Ping. ¡°This is the technique for forging firearms. You can experiment with it first. When you¡¯re sure that there¡¯s no problem, give me the Spirit Stones and I¡¯ll send you the ammunition forging technique.¡± Looking at the other party¡¯s message, Fang Ping immediately rushed to the forging construction area. After handing the firearm forging technique to a few Elite Skeletons, he immediately let them forge. As Fang Ping waited anxiously, a firearm was quickly forged. Fang Ping hurriedly urged the Elite Skeletons to test if the firearm could be used. The Elite Skeleton picked up its firearm. After firing a few shots at the test target not far away, it happily told Fang Ping the results of the experiment. ¡°Honorable Undead Lord, be it in terms of performance or accuracy, this firearm is not something the Goblins¡¯ firearms can compare to.¡± ¡°Moreover, when I experimented with this firearm, I discovered that its structure was slightly different from the firearms we extorted from the Goblins.¡± ¡°Many of the parts in their batch of firearms do not meet the requirements. During continuous firing, there might be explosions, jamming, and various other situations.¡± Listening to the report of the Elite Skeleton, Fang Ping was instantly filled with joy. Not only did he solve the problem of the firearm and ammunition forging techniques, but he also discovered in advance the hidden dangers of the Goblins¡¯ firearms. If these hidden dangers were only discovered during a battle, it would simply be a fatal problem. Fang Ping immediately traded the Spirit Stones to the other party, and the other party readily traded the ammunition technique to Fang Ping. Looking at the ammunition forging technique in his hand, Fang Ping¡¯s heart was filled with excitement. He immediately taught it to the Skeleton Soldiers and asked them to start working with all its might. They would forge all the materials for forging in the warehouse into firearms and ammunition. He wanted to rely on these firearms to let those from the Goblin Tribe who dared to invade him be buried under his wall. He wanted to let them know that he was not a pushover. If they dared to invade his territory, he would let all the invaders die. Chapter 34 - Spirit Power Chapter 34 Spirit Power Just as Fang Ping was mass-producing firearms and ammunition to change the equipment of his skeleton army, the joint army of the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe and the Dark Zero Race had already gathered together and were charging toward Fang Ping¡¯s territory. However, as soon as the joint army of the two races walked out of the Goblin Tribe, they were discovered by the Skeleton Soldiers that Fang Ping had arranged to monitor nearby. When the alliance army was far away, the Skeleton Soldiers that were hiding quickly got up. After circumventing the route of the alliance army, they began to rush towards Fang Ping¡¯s territory at high speed. They hoped that after Fang Ping learned about the alliance army, he could make preparations in advance to resist the attack of the alliance army. With the Skeleton Soldiers running at full speed, they forcefully overtook the alliance army and arrived at Fang Ping¡¯s territory before the alliance army. When the Skeleton Soldiers saw the tightly shut gate of the territory in the distance, they immediately shouted at the Skeleton Soldiers guarding the city gate. ¡°Quickly open the city gate. I have something to report to the Lord!¡± The Elite Skeleton at the city gate heard this shout. After confirming that there was only one Skeleton Soldier, he immediately opened the city gate and let him enter the territory. Coincidentally, Fang Ping was at the pile of bones not far to the east of the city gate. He had just summoned today¡¯s Undead creatures and was assigning missions to the Skeleton Soldiers. When Fang Ping saw the Elite Skeleton rushing toward him, he immediately knew that the invasion of the Goblin tribe had begun. The Elite Skeleton ran to Fang Ping at top speed and immediately spoke respectfully to Fang Ping ¡°Honorable Undead Lord, the Goblin Tribe and an unknown race are rapidly attacking our territory. According to their traveling speed, they will reach the periphery of our territory in at most half an hour.¡± The Elite Skeleton¡¯s report confirmed Fang Ping¡¯s guess. The Goblin Tribe, which was not good at dealing with Undead creatures, would definitely look for external help. However, it was unknown how strong the external help was and if it was effective against Undead creatures. Although he did not know the situation of the other race, as long as he defended his territory, no matter what race it was, he could exhaust them to death. Fang Ping¡¯s face was brimming with confidence as he began to give orders. He mobilized the Skeleton Soldiers and set up traps outside the territory. Then, he moved all the forged arrows and ammunition to the wall and prepared to face the enemy. At this moment, Gu La and An Li were in high spirits, discussing how to kill the Lich who dared to invade their tribe¡¯s territory. They did not know that they had already lost the initiative before the war began. If they were so arrogant and conceited, what awaited them would be a complete annihilation. ¡°Gu La, what did this Lich do to make you hate him so much that you would kill him even if it cost you so much?¡± ¡°Don¡¯t say that you¡¯re afraid of an Undead Calamity. The Dark Zero Race knows a lot more about Liches than your Goblin Race. As long as it¡¯s not a life-and-death grudge, Liches won¡¯t easily cause an Undead Calamity.¡± ¡°It has to be known that even the weakest Undead Calamity takes more than ten years to accumulate. If it¡¯s just because of a mine, with your personality that resembles a sly old fox, you definitely won¡¯t pay a huge price to ask us to kill the Lich.¡± An Li, who was riding on a dark Unicorn, teased Gu La, who was riding on a mount that looked like a cow or a horse. Since both sides were cooperating, Gu La couldn¡¯t ignore An Li¡¯s question. Even if he didn¡¯t say anything, An Li would definitely know the reason after destroying the Lich, so Gu La told An Li the reason. ¡°If it was just because of a mineral vein, we wouldn¡¯t have fought a Lich so seriously.¡± ¡°However, besides snatching our mineral vein, they injured our leader¡¯s son. They also extorted 100 firearms and 100,000 bullets from us.¡± ¡°Although these things are nothing to us, this matter has brought shame to our tribe. Therefore, the leader and the five elders have unanimously decided that we must kill this Lich to restore the dignity of our tribe.¡± Initially, when An Li heard Gu La¡¯s story, he felt that it was a little ridiculous. However, when Gu La told him that they had been extorted by the Lich for 100 muskets and 100,000 rounds of ammunition, he immediately stopped his Unicorn and questioned Gu La angrily. ¡°Gu La, are you sending my warriors to their deaths!?¡± ¡°Although the Priests of the Dark Zero Race are powerful and specialize in restraining Undead creatures, their physical bodies are only equivalent to Level-2 creatures. We can still rely on our agile movement techniques to dodge in the wild when facing a fully formed firearms team.¡± OV ¡°But we¡¯re going to attack a city, you bastard!¡± However, Gu La did not feel angry at An Li¡¯s question. Instead, he put on an evil smile and explained in a sinister tone. ¡°Don¡¯t you already know what kind of person I am?¡± ¡°Would I be so willing to be blackmailed?¡± ¡°I¡¯ve already tampered with that batch of firearms. As long as the Lich dares to use that batch of firearms, we won¡¯t have to do anything. More than half of their defending forces will be injured.¡± Under Gu La¡¯s comforting explanation, the anger in An Li¡¯s heart calmed down a little, but it was not completely extinguished. He snorted coldly at Gu La. ¡°The truth had better be as you say. Otherwise, your Bone Strength Goblin Tribe can only wait for our endless assassination.¡± After An Li finished speaking, he urged his Unicorn forward, not giving Gu La any chance to explain himself. ce At 12.10pm, the allied army of Goblins and the Dark Zero Race arrived at the tall forest 100 meters away from Fang Ping¡¯s territory amidst a tense and suspicious atmosphere. In the forest, when An Li and Gu La saw the sturdy and tall wall surrounding Fang Ping¡¯s territory, as well as the hundreds of Skeleton Soldiers standing on it, they did not feel that Fang Ping could pose a threat to them by relying on these. Hence, they had their subordinates, a portion of the Goblin Giants, lead the Goblin Warriors and charge forward. The Dark Priests followed closely behind, charging toward Fang Ping¡¯s territory. Meanwhile, when Fang Ping saw the alliance army charging at him, he did not panic at all. He arranged for the Skeleton Soldiers to attack the alliance army with arrows and boulders first to make them let down their guard. At the same time, he used the system¡¯s innate detection function to check what power the other race in the alliance army had to restrain Undead creatures. [Strength: Level-4) [Race: Dark Zero Race) (Class: Dark Priest] [Note: A rare class of the Dark Zero Race. They possess Spirit Power and have an extremely strong restraining ability against Undead creatures. However, their weakness is obvious. Their physical strength will be half of their own strength. Moreover, the range of use of their Spirit Power is limited by their strength.] (Level-1 Dark Priests have a range of one meter. The range will double with every subsequent level. Level-4 Dark Priests have a range of eight meters.] Chapter 35 - Goblin Warrior Chapter 35 Goblin Warrior When Fang Ping saw the introduction of Dark Zero Priest¡¯s strength, he immediately felt a lingering fear in his heart. Fortunately, he had chosen to rely on buildings to defend his territory. If he had encountered Dark Zero Priest in the wild, the Undead creatures under his command would have suffered heavy losses. Furthermore, when Fang Ping saw that the strength of the Goblin Tribe Warriors was limited by the distance, he glanced at his wall and immediately felt relieved. At the same time, he understood the Goblin Tribe Warriors¡¯ intention for charging first. The wall alone was more than ten meters tall. As long as he killed those Goblin Warriors and prevented the Dark Zero Priests from climbing up the wall, he would not have to fear the Spirit Power that specialized in dealing with his Undead creatures. Understanding what to do, Fang Ping immediately ordered a small number of Skeleton Soldiers to shoot arrows at the speed at which Dark Zero Priests were advancing. The majority of the Skeleton Soldiers first attacked the Goblin Warriors who acted as physical shields for Dark Zero Priests with arrows, boulders, and kerosene. Meanwhile, An Li watched the alliance army attack the city for more than ten minutes, but they did not get within ten meters of Fang Ping¡¯s territory. Then, he spoke to Gu La calmly. ¡°The defense of this Lich¡¯s territory is indeed powerful. Our alliance army has been attacking for so long, but we haven¡¯t been able to get within ten meters of the other party¡¯s territory. It seems that this is a prolonged siege. I wonder if the Goblin Warriors you brought can last until we break through the city wall of the other party¡¯s territory?¡± Gu La looked at the Goblin Warriors that were continuously charging forward. There was no change in his eyes, as if the ones who died were not Goblin Warriors, but ants on the roadside. ¡°Don¡¯t worry, I brought more than a thousand Goblin Warriors and twenty Goblin Giants. With the current consumption of troops, even if we slowly grind them to death, we can still kill all the Lich¡¯s warriors.¡± ¡°However, I don¡¯t have that much time to waste on this ignorant Lich.¡± ¡°Inform all Goblin Warriors to charge. I want to see the Lich¡¯s head in front of me within half an hour.¡± When An Li saw that Gu La had ordered all the Goblin Warriors to charge, he also ordered nearly a hundred Dark Zero Priests to follow closely behind them. In any case, with the Goblin Warriors at the front, the Undead creatures could not attack his subordinates. When they approached the range of the Ghost Power, it would be the end of these Skeleton Soldiers. Meanwhile, Fang Ping watched as An Li and Gu La, who were riding on exotic beasts, appeared in his field of vision and commanded all the warriors to start charging. Immediately, he knew that the best time to counterattack was coming. He signaled his subordinates to show weakness first and let them attack within five meters of the territory. When Gu La saw that they had advanced a few meters in a few minutes under his lead, he was overjoyed. He commanded his subordinates to continue charging forward to create an opportunity for the Dark Zero Race. Fang Ping looked at the enemies who had all rushed under his wall and saw that no more enemies rushed out from the forest. Then, he ordered all the Skeleton Soldiers to stop hiding. After changing their bows and arrows to firearms, he began to aim their ammunition at the alliance army below. When An Li saw the Skeleton Soldiers on the wall suddenly take out their firearms, he felt that it was ridiculous. However, when he saw that more than half of the Dark Zero Priests had fallen in just a minute, the smile on his face disappeared. He shouted for his subordinates to retreat while scolding Gu La angrily. ¡°Is this what you meant when you said that the weapons were incomplete?!¡± Then, without waiting for Gu La to recover from his shock, he directly slashed Gu La to death with his sword. Ignoring the obstruction of the Goblin Warriors, he led his subordinates, half of which had died, and quickly fled into the depths of the forest. Without Gu La¡¯s command, the Goblin Warriors had no power to resist at all. They could only run backward, but how could their legs be faster than bullets? Soon, other than a few Goblin Giants who relied on their strong health to escape, all the remaining Goblin Warriors and Dark Zero Priests who did not manage to escape in time were shot dead by the Skeleton Soldiers. Standing on the wall, Fang Ping looked at the fleeing Goblin Giants and the Dark Zero Race. He immediately arranged for a few Elite Skeletons to follow and monitor them. They would try their best to transmit information about the two tribes without exposing themselves. After the several Elite Skeletons who received the order left, Fang Ping looked at the many corpses under the wall and the various items that had dropped. The joy in his heart could no longer be suppressed. As he laughed smugly on the wall, he asked his Skeleton Soldiers to quickly go down and collect the spoils of war to see if there were any Mysterious Fruits that he urgently needed. Amidst Fang Ping¡¯s complacent laughter, the Skeleton Soldiers, who were packing up the spoils of war, returned to Fang Ping with a large number of Mysterious Fruits and presented them to him. Fang Ping looked at the Mysterious Fruits in front of him. Even after leveling up the Undead Summoning Spell twice, there would still be many Mysterious Fruits left. The joy on his face became even more brilliant. Then, he was all smiles. He opened the virtual interface of the Undead Summoning Spell and pressed the upgrade button twice in a row. His face was filled with excitement as he stared at the virtual interface that kept flashing. He was looking forward to what kind of powerful soldiers would appear from the Undead Summoning Spell after leveling it up twice in a row. After the virtual interface flickered for a few seconds, a brand new Undead Summoning Spell interface appeared in front of him. (Undead Summoning Spell] [Level: Level-6) (Current Summoning Number: 300 Skeleton Soldiers, 20 Skeleton Dogs, 1 Elite Skeleton, 1 Necromancer] (Troops: Normal Skeleton Soldiers (280), Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers (5), Elite Skeletons (10), Skeleton Dogs (15)] [Materials required for upgrade: Spirit Stone 0/300, Mysterious Fruit o/15, Dead Spirit Crystal Core 0/1] [Post-Upgrade: 15 Elite Skeletons, 30 Skeleton Dogs, 2 Necromancers] [Necromancer: Possesses the ability to resurrect bones and corpses indefinitely and turn them into Skeleton Soldiers. This is the most basic and important member of the Undead Calamity. Their intelligence far exceeds that of ordinary people.) Looking at the introduction of the new Undead summoned creature, the Necromancer, Fang Ping¡¯s face was instantly filled with shock. The appearance of the Necromancer meant that the number of Skeleton Soldiers under Fang Ping¡¯s command would no longer be limited by the Undead Summoning Spell. As long as he used the skeletons of living creatures, he would be able to grow his army rapidly and form an Undead Calamity Army that would make the world tremble in fear. At this moment, Fang Ping suddenly thought about the corpses of the thousands of Goblin Warriors and the Dark Zero Race Priests that he had just killed outside the territory. They were still untouched and had not been disposed of by the Skeleton Soldiers. At the thought of the Necromancer¡¯s ability, Fang Ping¡¯s heart was instantly filled with excitement. He quickly summoned today¡¯s Necromancer and had it convert all the corpses outside the territory into Skeleton Soldiers for him to command. As Fang Ping recited the Undead Summoning Spell, a grayish-white magic array immediately appeared beside him. Then, a person wearing a grayish-black worn-out hooded cloak slowly emerged from it, holding a short magic staff in his bony palm. Chapter 36 - Resources of War After the grayish-black magic array Spell dissipated, the Necromancer walked up to Fang Ping, put down the magic staff in his hand, and lowered his head respectfully. ¡°Great Undead Lord, the Necromancer greets you.¡± Looking at the polite Necromancer, Fang Ping immediately gave his first order. ¡°There are nearly a thousand Goblin and Dark Zero Priest corpses below. Transform all of them into Skeleton Soldiers and let me see how powerful you are.¡± The Necromancer bowed his head respectfully. ¡°Great Undead Lord, I will obey your will.¡± As soon as he finished speaking, the Necromancer appeared in front of the territory gate as if he had teleported. Looking at the corpses all over the ground, the Necromancer raised the magic staff in his hand and chanted a hymn to revive the Skeleton Soldiers with a fanatical tone. ¡°The supreme Undead dominator who controls death.¡± ¡°Please let me borrow your authority to give these corpses the ability to fight again and allow these wandering souls to revive.¡± ¡°With the art of eternal slaughter and destruction, please us.¡± ¡°Revive! Skeletal undead!¡± As the Necromancer fantanically chanted the hymn to revive the undead, the corpses of the Goblins and Dark Zero Race gradually began to tremble. When the Necromancer¡¯s hymn reached its end, all the corpses in front of him moved their bodies that had long lost their vital signs. They slowly stood up and walked towards the empty space in front of the Necromancer. As they walked, their flesh and blood began to gradually melt into their bones, turning into the foundation of the Skeleton Soldiers¡¯ future advancement and increasing the hardness of their white bone bodies. When nearly a thousand Goblins and Dark Zero Race corpses walked in front of the Undead Necromancer, they were all transformed into ordinary Skeleton Soldiers of the lowest level. Moreover, every Skeleton Soldier was exactly the same as the ones that Fang Ping had previously summoned. It was impossible to tell what race they were. The Necromancer looked at the nearly 1,000 Skeleton Soldiers that formed a phalanx in front of him. He retracted the short staff in his hand and bowed to Fang Ping. ¡°Great Undead Lord, as you wish, nearly a thousand Skeleton Soldiers have been transformed. Please inspect them.¡± Fang Ping looked at the army of nearly a thousand Skeleton Soldiers lined up neatly outside the territory. He jumped down from the wall excitedly and walked quickly to the Necromancer¡¯s side to inspect his army. ¡°How strong are these Skeleton Soldiers?¡± ¡°Are they comparable to the Skeleton Soldiers I summoned?¡± When the Necromancer heard Fang Ping¡¯s question, he explained proudly. ¡°Great Undead Lord, these Skeleton Soldiers transformed from corpses have the strength of ordinary Skeleton Soldiers. Among them, the Skeleton Soldiers transformed from the Goblin Giants and the Dark Zero Priests have already reached Level-2.¡± ¡°The strength of the Skeleton Soldiers transformed by us Necromancers depends on the race and strength of the corpses before transformation. If the transformed corpses are strong enough, the transformed Skeleton Soldiers will be stronger.¡± The Necromancer¡¯s explanation instantly surprised Fang Ping. Originally, he had thought that the Skeleton Soldiers summoned by the Necromancers could only be used as cannon fodder and construction soldiers. He had never thought that the strength of the Skeleton Soldiers could increase according to the strength of the transformed corpses. As expected of the most basic and important member of the Undead Calamity, the abilities of the Necromancer were indeed unbelievably powerful. While Fang Ping was still shocked by the power of the Necromancer, An Li had already brought all his subordinates back to Shadow Feather Forest. He gathered all the warriors of the Dark Zero Race and announced that he was going to start a war with the Goblin Tribe. An Li looked at the few Priests of the Dark Zero Race who had returned with him and roared at the Dark Zero Race warriors in front of him with an angry expression. ¡°Those lowly and despicable Goblins actually dared to deceive us like this, causing the precious Dark Zero Priests of our race to suffer such a heavy blow. This is truly a great humiliation. I must make them pay the price!¡± The Dark Zero Race soldiers looked at An Li, who was covered in blood and was in a very sorry state. All of them instantly roared with a ferocious expression. ¡°We have to make those damned lowly Goblins pay a painful price. We have to destroy them all and make them the lowest-level slaves of our race!¡± Looking at the furious Dark Zero Race warriors, An Li immediately shouted. ¡°I hereby announce that the Dark Zero Race has officially declared war on the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe. We will fight to the death!¡± Following An Li¡¯s angry roar, the entire Dark Zero Race started to operate like a war machine, preparing to start the war to destroy the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe. On Fang Ping¡¯s side, due to the report from the Elite Skeletons sent to monitor them, he also learned that the Dark Zero Race was going to declare war on the Bone Strength Goblin Tribe. After receiving the news that the two races were about to start a war, Fang Ping immediately began to think about how to obtain the greatest benefits from the war between the two races. According to the current situation, other than the Goblins and the Dark Zero Race, there was only the novice Overlord, the young girl who controlled Dwarves, around him. Although he could sit back and reap the benefits, he had to think carefully about how to obtain the greatest benefits. Then, he asked the Elite Skeletons to continue monitoring. Once they discovered that the two sides had started to move, they should immediately report back to him. After that, he fell into deep thought. Due to the absolute restraint of the Dark Zero Race against Undead creatures, he could not let his soldiers go out and participate in the war between the two races. If they were in his territory, he could still rely on the buildings in his territory to deal with them and destroy them all. However, if he went out into the wilderness, his Undead subordinates would be courting death when facing the Dark Zero Race. However, Fang Ping was not willing to give up on this opportunity. After all, he could reap the benefits and could even seize the opportunity to annex the Goblin tribe. Therefore, Fang Ping began to think if he should contact the girl with Dwarves to participate in this gluttonous feast. After hesitating a few times and closing the virtual interface, Fang Ping gave up on the idea of teaming up with the girl. He decided to wait until the war between the two races had begun and see which party was strong enough and had a high chance of winning before making plans. However, before that, he could not sit still and wait for death. He had to be prepared for war. Otherwise, even if he wanted to start a war, he would not have enough backup resources to annex their territory, plunder their resources, and turn the enemy into slaves. Thus, Fang Ping did as he thought. He immediately opened the trading interface and offered the remaining Mysterious Fruits and Spirit Stones in exchange for refined iron, iron ore, forging firearms, armor, sharp weapons, and ammunition with all the new Overlords in the Trading Area. He also armed the army of nearly a thousand new Skeleton Soldiers. Although Fang Ping did not want to exchange the Mysterious Fruit and Spirit Stones for refined iron, the iron ore that was steadily produced in the mine of the Goblin Tribe could not keep up with his daily consumption. Furthermore, besides the Spirit Stones and Mysterious Fruits, the novice Overlords who had developed for so long no longer needed other resources. Therefore, he could only use the Mysterious Fruit and Spirit Stones to trade for enough resources to support all the Skeleton Soldiers across several wars in a short period of time. Chapter 37 - Deception After Fang Ping put up the Mysterious Fruits and Spirit Stones, the message board in the Trading Area, where only a few people had sent messages to attract business, was instantly ignited by Fang Ping¡¯s message. All the new Overlords who were slacking and lurking instantly appeared. ¡°I want to exchange Spirit Stones and Mysterious Fruits for a large amount of refined iron, coal, and various ores for forging firearms and ammunition.¡± ¡°Those who are interested can enter my shop to exchange for these resources.¡± As soon as this message was sent, countless new Overlords immediately guessed what Fang Ping had encountered and how many Mysterious Fruits he had obtained that he would actually trade them away. ¡°This God is as explosive as ever. He far exceeds us every time. I wonder what kind of soldier he has to be so crazy and powerful.¡± ¡°What exactly did he experience? There are so many Mysterious Fruits for trade. Could it be that he found a forest of Mysterious Fruits?¡± ¡°After obtaining so many Mysterious Fruits, he must have raised his soldier level to a very high level!¡± ¡°This God is desperate for ores to forge weapons. He must be preparing to launch an invasion war.¡± ¡°It¡¯s just that I don¡¯t know which novice Overlord or local faction will be unlucky.¡± Amidst the various suspicions and speculations about Fang Ping, the Spirit Stones and Mysterious Fruits that Fang Ping had put up were all sold out in exchange for various ores and resources that could probably support Fang Ping¡¯s large-scale war. Due to the fact that the girl with Dwarves also needed the Mysterious Fruits to upgrade her troops, she also participated in the bidding for the Mysterious Fruits and Spirit Stones. However, because very few Mysterious Fruits and Spirit Stones were left when she discovered them, she only managed to buy one Mysterious Fruit and a few Spirit Stones. The Mysterious Fruits and Spirit Stones that she had bought in a hurry were not even a fraction of the resources needed to upgrade her soldiers. Although the girl had developed steadily over the past few days and already had a Dwarven Underground City that was beginning to take shape, she could not be compared to Fang Ping at all. The most powerful thing about the Dwarves was their incredible technology and a large number of powerful weapons and equipment. However, because there were too few Dwarves, the development speed in the early stages was very slow. Even with powerful technology and the design blueprints of various powerful weapons, there was no way to turn them into physical objects. The weapons and technologies that could be manufactured could only be piled up in the warehouse to collect dust because there was no one to use them. In the face of such a situation, the young girl had been rushing to buy the Mysterious Fruits and Spirit Stones after seeing that Fang Ping had put them up. However, the result was the complete opposite of what she had expected. Due to the urgent need to upgrade her soldiers, after a moment of hesitation, he sent a private message to Fang Ping, wanting to exchange a large number of minerals that Fang Ping needed for the Mysterious Fruits and Spirit Stones. ¡°God, are there any more Mysterious Fruits and Spirit Stones?¡± ¡°I can exchange a large amount of various ores for them.¡± When Fang Ping saw that the girl had sent him a private message, a faint smile appeared on his face. He still had many Spirit Stones and Mysterious Fruits in his hands, waiting for the girl to take the bait herself. He knew that the girl¡¯s Dwarven troops had countless technologies, but because there were too few Dwarves, she would definitely come to him to exchange for Mysterious Fruits and Spirit Stones. When the girl came to find him, he could take the opportunity to ask for an exchange of Dwarven technology. Therefore, after a while, he opened the private message interface and replied to the girl. ¡°I do have a lot of Mysterious Fruits and Spirit Stones in my hands, but after the transaction just now, my demand for ores is not high.¡± Looking at Fang Ping¡¯s reply, the girl¡¯s heart instantly turned cold. She quickly replied. ¡°Then I wonder if there¡¯s anything else you need, God?¡± ¡°I¡¯ll see if I have it. If I do, please exchange it with me.¡± Looking at the young girl who desperately needed the Mysterious Fruits and Spirit Stones, a devilish smile appeared on Fang Ping¡¯s face. He thought, ¡°Since you¡¯ve already taken the bait, don¡¯t blame me for being greedy.¡± Then, he replied to the girl and mentioned the Dwarven technology that he needed. ¡°I need technology that can increase the defense of individual soldiers to increase the defense of my troops. Do your Dwarves have any?¡± When the young girl saw that Fang Ping actually wanted Dwarven technology, she was instantly conflicted, not knowing if she should make a deal with Fang Ping. However, after some consideration, the girl finally decided to exchange Dwarven technology for the Spirit Stones and Mysterious Fruit with Fang Ping. After all, no matter how powerful the technology was, it was just a pile of blueprints stored in the Dwarves¡¯ minds. Since she could not increase the strength of her territory, she might as well use it to exchange for Fang Ping¡¯s Mysterious Fruits and Spirit Stones to increase the level of her troops. Moreover, according to the information she had recently received from the Dwarves, there were two local races near her. Moreover, the two races were already on the verge of war. It was impossible for her to stay out of it. In order not to be affected by the war between the two native races, exchanging for Mysterious Fruits and Spirit Stones was the best thing she could do now. With this thought in mind, the girl summoned a Dwarf and asked him if he was powerful enough to use his current resources to forge defensive technology. Upon receiving the girl¡¯s order, the Dwarf immediately began to recall the Dwarven technology that they had that was in line with the girl¡¯s requirements. After thinking for a moment, the Dwarf¡¯s eyes suddenly lit up and he said to the girl. ¡°My Lord, there are several types of individual defensive technology suitable for forging.¡± ¡°However, the most suitable one is the A4 Runic Shield.¡± ¡°Not only are the materials used for this shield ordinary and common minerals, but the forging difficulty is also extremely low.¡± ¡°It¡¯s just that it requires a lot of manpower, so we didn¡¯t forge it for you.¡± Hearing the Dwarf¡¯s words, a smile instantly appeared on the girl¡¯s face. Then, she asked the dwarf to directly hand this technology to her. After receiving the order, the Dwarf directly recorded the technology of the A4 Runic Shield into a rune stone and handed it to the girl. The young girl, who received the technology, immediately traded it to Fang Ping. Looking at the technology that the girl had traded, he readily paid her the Mysterious Fruits and Spirit Stones that could allow her Dwarves to level up. As for whether the young girl would lie to him, Fang Ping did not care about that at all. In any case, he already knew the location of the girl¡¯s territory. If the girl dared to lie to him, tonight would be the day the girl¡¯s territory was destroyed. Fang Ping, who had obtained the Dwarven technology, immediately went to the forging construction area in the territory. After ordering the Skeleton Soldiers to forge, he waited on the spot with a face full of anticipation. He waited for the decisive trump card against the Dark Zero Race to be forged. Chapter 38 - War Between Two Races Under Fang Ping¡¯s expectant gaze, the A4 Runic Shield that he had exchanged with the girl was finally forged by the Skeleton Soldiers and presented to Fang Ping. Looking at the palm-sized wristband with all kinds of patterns engraved on it in his hand, Fang Ping handed it to the Elite Skeleton beside him to test its defense. The Elite Skeleton that had obtained the wristband simply placed it on its skeleton bone claw and prepared to activate the shield to test its defense. However, just as the Elite Skeleton put the wristband on its wrist, the wristband suddenly shrank to the size of the Elite Skeleton¡¯s wrist. Moreover, it automatically turned into the same color as the Elite Skeleton¡¯s wrist. If one did not look carefully, they would not be able to see anything unusual. Looking at the wristband that had its own shrinking and invisibility function, Fang Ping immediately felt the power of Dwarven technology. Moreover, he looked forward even more to the super defense of the A4 Runic Shield. Then, he summoned the only Necromancer he had and asked if he had a death spell that could damage and destroy the spirit of others to help test the defense of the shield. The Necromancer¡¯s answer did not disappoint Fang Ping. ¡°Great Undead Lord, other than the basic skill of resurrecting Skeleton Soldiers, we Necromancers have to learn and experiment with all other spells.¡± ¡°I happened to learn the spell for a Bone Corroding Snake that can damage and destroy the spirit of the target. It can help you experiment with the power of the shield.¡± After Fang Ping heard the Necromancer¡¯s answer, he immediately asked him to release it on the Elite Skeleton to see if the shield could withstand the attack of the Bone Corroding Snake. The Necromancer, who received the order, immediately used the Bone Corroding Snake on the Elite Skeleton. As the Necromancer chanted an incantation, a small white bone snake appeared in his palm. Then, it shot towards the Elite Skeleton to bite it. However, in order to prevent any accidents, the Necromancer used less than half of his strength. Just as the Bone Corroding Snake was about to touch the Elite Skeleton, a nearly transparent shield suddenly appeared and protected the Elite Skeleton. Moreover, it relied on the recoil to directly shatter the Bone Corroding Snake. When the Necromancer saw that the shield had shattered his Bone Corroding Snake so easily, he looked at Fang Ping and asked if he should continue the experiment. Fang Ping also wanted to test the limit of the shield. He nodded and let the Necromancer continue attacking. After receiving Fang Ping¡¯s order, the Necromancer immediately attacked with all his might, using the Bone Corroding Snake to attack the Elite Skeleton. However, to everyone¡¯s surprise, even the Bone Corroding Snake that the Necromancer unleashed with all his might only caused some ripples in the shield before the snake shattered. Seeing that the defensive power of the shield was so outstanding, Fang Ping was overjoyed and immediately gave the Skeleton Soldiers, who were in the midst of forging, to put down all the forging in their hands and go all out to forge the A4 Runic Shield. He had to have all the Skeleton Soldiers fully equipped before the war. Just as Fang Ping was mass-producing shields in preparation for the war, the girl who had obtained the upgrade resources from him hurriedly upgraded the level of her Dwarves by one level. The young girl looked at the powerful attribute interface of the Dwarven soldiers after leveling them up by one level. She immediately sighed at Fang Ping¡¯s strength. At the same time, she wondered what level Fang Ping had leveled up his own soldiers to, such that he could exchange such a rare resource like the Mysterious Fruit at will. However, this doubt only lasted for a moment in the girl¡¯s heart. Then, she happily summoned the Dwarves and began to build all kinds of defense and offensive technology to prevent her from being affected when the two nearby races started fighting. However, before the girl could experience this joy for long, she was informed by her Dwarves the next day that the two nearby races had actually started a war not far from her underground city territory. At the same time, Fang Ping had also received news of the war between the two races. He immediately picked up the A4 Runic Shield that had just been completed yesterday. Leading the Necromancer, Elite Skeletons, and the Purgatory Skeletons, they rushed to the place where the war between the two races was taking place. Fang Ping wanted to check the situation between the two races before deciding how to maximize his benefits. When Fang Ping arrived at the battlefield between the two races, he was instantly shocked by the lineup of the two races. Not only did the Goblins bring more than a thousand Goblin Elites with firearms, but they also brought tens of thousands of Goblin Warriors and hundreds of rare Goblin Giants. On the other hand, the Dark Zero Race¡¯s lineup seemed to be three times stronger than the Goblin Tribe¡¯s army. In the front was the Dark Zero Tribe¡¯s Strongmen, who were each holding a huge steel enchanted shield. Meanwhile, at the back was the Dark Zero Race¡¯s Shadow Killer Squad formed by the elite archers of the Dark Zero Race. Above their heads were the Flying Horse Cavalry that could travel in the air and fly. There were also many Dark Zero Assassins shuttling in the shadows, ready to deal a fatal blow to the Goblin army at any time. After the two armies arrived at the battlefield, there was no declaration of war or provocation. As the leaders of the two armies waved the sharp blades in their hands, the two armies started fighting. The Goblin Giants were the first to rely on their huge bodies to charge at the Dark Zero Strongmen. They wanted to destroy the enchanted shield that could defend against firearms first. Once the defense of the Dark Zero Strongman was broken by the Goblin Giants, the weak body of the Dark Zero Race would not be able to withstand the firearms of the Goblins. The moment they saw the Goblin Giants charge forward, the Dark Zero Race knew what it meant. The Dark Zero Racea€TMs Shadow Killer Squad immediately attacked. While the Assassins fired arrows at the Goblin Giants who were charing at the Dark Zero Race, they also relied on their talent for hiding in the shadows and their extreme speed to quickly attack the Goblin Firearms Team. Although the Goblin Giants were strong and had a lot of health, when faced with the arrows of the Assassin Team that rained down on it, with their physique, they could only withstand a few steps before they were killed. They did not even get close to the ten-meter radius of the strongmen. What made the Goblin leader even angrier was the assassination by the Dark Zero Assassins. They had sacrificed all their other attributes in exchange for extreme speed. Coupled with their talent of hiding in the shadows, they could dodge right after assassinating their target and would not be entangled in combat. In just a few minutes, more than a hundred Goblins who were equipped with firearms had lost their lives. If not for the other Goblins who had reacted and hurriedly gathered together, it would not have been possible to lose so few Goblins. Even so, there were still Goblins who were being killed by the Dark Zero Assassins. Facing the situation of being suppressed by the Dark Zero Race at the beginning, the Goblin leader knew that if he allowed the Dark Zero Assassins to continue killing, their morale would definitely collapse. Thus, the Goblin leader stopped probing the Dark Zero Race and directly ordered the entire army to charge towards the peak. Meanwhile, An Li looked at the 10,000-strong Goblin army charging forward and knew that relying on the Dark Zero Assassins would no longer be of much use. He allowed them to hunt freely among the Goblin army. The Dark Zero Strongmen charged forward, while the Shadow Killer Squad shot at the back. Meanwhile, the Flying Horse Cavalry was in the sky, ready to support the battlefield at any time. The moment the commanders of both sides gave the order, the war between the two races officially started. Fang Ping, who was monitoring the battle not far from the battlefield, was overjoyed to see such a tragic war between the two races. He kept praying that after this war between the two races, both sides would suffer heavy losses. That would be the time for him to seize the opportunity to obtain the greatest benefit. The distance of less than 100 meters between the two armies was crossed in an instant. The soldiers of the various races fought each other with a flick of their fingers. Every minute and every second, two warriors of the two races fell to the ground. Regardless of whether they died or not, they would be killed until their eyes turned red and their enemies trampled them into minced meat. Chapter 39 - Excitement The strength of the elites of the Dark Zero Race was not something that the Goblins could rely on their large numbers to contend against. A short half an hour after the battle began, the Goblin army was at a slight disadvantage against the Dark Zero Assassins and the Flying Horse Cavalry. The Goblin leader didn¡¯t have a good way to deal with this situation either. The speed of the firearms was indeed very fast, but if they couldn¡¯t hit anyone, they were like broken sticks that were despised by fire. The Goblin leader knew that he definitely would not have a high chance of winning if he relied on the army alone. He immediately put on his armor and went into battle. He waved a huge spiked club and led the charge towards An Li. He wanted to capture the leader and capture An Li first. Seeing the Goblin leader charging at him, An Li was not afraid at all. He waved the weapon in his hand and charged at the Goblin leader under the protection of the Dark Zero Guards. Fang Ping, who was watching the battle from afar, knew that the Goblin army was at the end of its rope. They would be annihilated by the Dark Zero Race in at most an hour. At that time, even if the strength of the Dark Zero Race¡¯s army was greatly reduced, just the Dark Zero Priests could still pose a huge threat to his Undead army that was not fully equipped with shields. Fang Ping looked at the battlefield. After his expression changed several times, his eyes suddenly became determined. It was difficult to change his character. Regardless of the situation after the battle, he had to send his troops over first. No matter which side won, he had to obtain some benefits. Upon receiving Fang Ping¡¯s order, the Elite Skeletons immediately got up and sped toward the territory, summoning the army to help Fang Ping seize the greatest benefit. An hour after the war began, even with the Goblin leader leading the charge, it could not change the outcome of the war. The battle between the Goblin leader and An Li had been in a stalemate since the war started two days ago. The Goblin army was already on the verge of defeat. The Dark Zero army had also suffered a lot because of the Goblin army¡¯s reckless counterattack, and their attack momentum had begun to weaken. Just as Fang Ping¡¯s army arrived and saw that the Dark Zero Race¡¯s victory was set in stone, a third force that he had never expected joined the battle between the two races. The girl with Dwarves actually led her Dwarven warriors to attack from the side and ambushed the Dark Zero army. Moreover, as if she knew the threat of the Dark Zero Priest¡¯s ability, she directly used an unknown powerful firearm to kill all the Dark Zero Priests first. However, even though the Dark Zero Race army had been fighting the Goblin army for an hour, it was still not something the girl¡¯s army could contend against. Not long after the Dwarves ambushed and killed the Priests, they were surrounded by the Dark Zero Strongmen. Fang Ping watched as the girl¡¯s Dwarves suddenly appeared and killed most of the Priests. He was so excited that he clenched his fists and waved them around. When the Dwarven army was besieged by the Dark Zero Strongmen, Fang Ping immediately ordered all the Elite Skeletons to attack the Dark Zero Race warriors. Most of the Skeleton Soldiers held firearms and attacked the Dark Zero Race warriors. Meanwhile, a small number of Skeleton Soldiers and Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers freely hunted down the remaining army of the Goblin Tribe. As for the Necromancer, he did his usual job. They revived all the corpses of the two races who had died in battle and made them Fang Ping¡¯s most loyal subordinates. As for Fang Ping himself, he hid in the distance and continued to watch the situation on the battlefield. He would not join the battle at all. After all, it was very easy to be injured on the battlefield. His path of conquest had just begun. How could he seek death in a chaotic battlefield? At this moment, the two races who were fighting on the battlefield saw the Skeleton Soldiers, who had caused the war between the two races, appear on the battlefield. An Li and the Goblin leader, who had been in a stalemate, seemed to have found a source of venting. Without any communication, they led their armies towards the Skeleton Soldiers that had appeared on the battlefield. After entering the battlefield, the Skeleton Soldiers followed Fang Ping¡¯s orders. After entering the battlefield, the Skeleton Soldiers armed with firearms and wearing shields immediately attacked the Dark Zero Race warriors who posed the greatest threat. They continuously shot down the Dark Zero Assassins, the Flying Horse Cavalry, and the remaining Dark Zero Priests under the sneak attack of the Dwarves. As for the remaining Goblin Warriors, the fully armed Purgatory Skeleton Soldiers led a portion of the ordinary Skeleton Soldiers with the same equipment to engage in close combat with them. With the powerful firepower of the Skeleton Soldiers and the Necromancer constantly reviving corpses to increase the number of Skeleton Soldiers, the remaining soldiers of the Dark Zero Race and the Goblin Tribe could not resist at all. In just ten minutes, they were all destroyed by the skeleton army. As for the girl who led the Dwarves, when she saw the Skeleton Soldiers charge into the battlefield and effortlessly kill all the warriors of the Dark Zero Race and the Goblin Tribe, she was instantly terrified. She hurriedly led her Dwarven army, which had not suffered many losses, to escape the battlefield and return to the underground city not far away. However, under the continuous increase in the number of Skeleton Soldiers, the girl was blocked by the Skeleton Soldiers before she could run out of the battlefield. Looking at the hundreds of Skeleton Soldiers covered in tattered clothes blocking her way back to her territory, the girl¡¯s heart instantly turned cold. She did not know what her fate would be. With the disparity in strength between the two parties, the girl could only surrender obediently. Under the guard of the Skeleton Soldiers, she was escorted to the side of the battlefield and waited for Fang Ping to deal with her afterward. At this moment, Fang Ping¡¯s face was filled with excitement as he looked at the soaring number of Skeleton Soldiers on the interface. He was so excited that he kept jumping on the spot. After the Skeleton Soldiers finished cleaning up the battlefield and all the corpses were resurrected into Skeleton Soldiers, the number of Skeleton Soldiers in the virtual interface in front of Fang Ping reached 15,600. Such a large number of Skeleton Soldiers made Fang Ping extremely excited. He kept shaking the Elite Skeletons beside him to release the excitement in his heart. Chapter 40 - Dominating the Entire World The extremely excited Fang Ping crazily vented on the surrounding trees and the ground. After a while, the excitement in his heart eased slightly. At this moment, an Elite Skeleton suddenly ran over from the battlefield. The excited Fang Ping looked at the Elite Skeleton running toward him, thinking that something had happened. He immediately suppressed the excitement and joy in his heart. After the Elite Skeleton stood still, it immediately informed Fang Ping of the news that they had captured the Dwarven army. It asked him to instruct them if they should kill them all, in case the fact that the Skeleton Soldiers participated in the war between the two races was revealed to others. The report from the Elite Skeleton made Fang Ping fall into deep thought. He could not kill the girl who led the Dwarves. However, if he just let her go after capturing her like this, since it did not match the behavior of the Undead, he was not willing to let the girl go just like that. Just as Fang Ping was thinking about how to deal with the girl, her face was filled with panic at this moment. She did not think that these Skeleton Soldiers who had participated in the war between the two races would belong to an Overlord like her. After all, it was impossible for a new Overlord to have them at this stage. The number of Skeleton Soldiers was comparable to that of a tribe. At this moment, she was squatting on the spot, praying that the leader of these Skeleton Soldiers would not use them to do any crazy experiments or kill her and her Dwarven army, turning them into Skeleton Soldiers with only a set of bone armor and tattered clothes. Amidst the girl¡¯s anxiety and panic, Fang Ping finally thought of a way to deal with her. Then, he arranged for the Elite Skeleton to convey his orders to the girl. The girl, who was anxiously waiting for her fate, was so scared that her heart almost jumped out of her chest when she saw a Skeleton Soldier walking towards her. She was very afraid that the Skeleton Soldier would give the order to kill them all. The Elite Skeleton held a firearm in his hand. After passing through the Skeleton Soldiers surrounding the dwarven girl, he told her Fang Ping¡¯s order. ¡°Our Undead Lord said¡­¡± However, before the Elite Skeleton could say how they would deal with the girl and her Dwarves, she began to beg for mercy at the speed of a machine gun. ¡°Brother Skeleton, I¡¯m lazy. I don¡¯t know how to do anything and I¡¯m especially ugly. It¡¯s useless for you to capture me. Please let me go. I promise I won¡¯t invade your territory. In the future, I promise to take a detour when I see you. I won¡¯t go against you. Let me go.¡± Fang Ping, who was hiding not far away, saw the girl¡¯s performance and was instantly speechless. He knew that the girl was definitely not smart, but he did not expect her to say such a thing. The Skeleton Soldiers were Undead creatures. The creatures they brought back were either corpses that were about to be transformed into Skeleton Soldiers, or actual Skeleton Soldiers and all kinds of Undead creatures. Their appearances and personality were useless in the eyes of the Skeleton Soldiers. In any case, after they became Skeleton Soldiers, they would only be ordinary Skeleton Soldiers who only knew how to follow the orders of others. Then, Fang Ping controlled the Elite Skeleton and berated the girl. ¡°Stop talking. If you continue, I¡¯ll kill you and turn you into a Skeleton Soldier!¡± The girl immediately shut her mouth after being scolded by the Elite Skeleton. She stared timidly at the Elite Skeleton with her big watery eyes, as if she wanted to use her pitiful appearance to get the Elite Skeleton to let her go. However, apart from knowing to listen to orders and Fang Ping, nothing else could cause the Elite Skeleton to have any emotional fluctuations. ¡°On account of the fact that you guys helped us deal with Dark Zero Priests just now, our honorable Undead Lord decided not to kill you guys. We¡¯ll let you leave this place safely¡­¡± Hearing that the Elite Skeleton would not kill them and would let them leave safely, the girl was pleasantly surprised. However, the Elite Skeleton¡¯s next words made her extremely angry. Her cheeks were puffed up like a pufferfish. ¡°However, since you¡¯ve been captured by us, it¡¯s really unreasonable not to pay some ransom.¡± ¡°Therefore, our honorable Undead Lord has decided that as long as you pay one-fifth of the resources that you gather everyday from now on, we will let you leave safely.¡± ¡°If you don¡¯t hand the ransom over, we¡¯ll kill you immediately and turn you into mining Skeleton Soldiers. You¡¯ll go to the dark mine and mine for us for the rest of your lives.¡± ¡°Alright, I¡¯ve already stated the conditions. It depends on what you choose.¡± After the girl heard the conditions of the Elite Skeleton, she looked at the Skeleton Soldiers who were pointing at them and preparing to shoot them into corpses at any time. Without even thinking, she immediately agreed to the conditions of the Elite Skeleton. ¡°Alright, I promise you. From now on, I¡¯ll give you one-fifth of the resources I gather every day.¡± When the Elite Skeleton heard the girl agree, he immediately asked the Skeleton Soldiers surrounding the girl to put away the guns pointed at them. Seeing the Skeleton Soldiers put away their guns, the girl raised her hand slightly and wiped the cold sweat on her forehead. ¡°Since you agreed to our terms, you can take your Dwarven army and leave now.¡± Upon hearing that she could leave, the girl immediately stood up and led her Dwarven army towards the underground city in a frenzy. However, before she could run far, the Elite Skeleton shouted at her again. ¡°Remember not to try your luck and lie about the amount of resources you gathered. Once we discover you, you¡¯ll be waiting for the Undead Calamity to descend upon your underground city!¡± The words of the Elite Skeleton directly extinguished the thought that had just appeared in the girl¡¯s mind. Then, she rushed towards her territory at an even faster speed. After the girl left, Fang Ping walked out of the forest at the side. It was not that he could not kill the girl, but he felt that it was not worth it. Killing the girl would not get him anything except a few Skeleton Soldiers. Meanwhile, after keeping her, he could continuously take all kinds of Dwarven technology from her. Although the attack power of Dwarven technology in the early stages was not very strong, in the later stages, the Dwarves had all kinds of war fortresses, giant mechas, various heaven-defying individual weapons, and shields. Once he obtained these technologies from them, his huge skeleton army, various war fortresses, and huge mechas would be able to kill any enemy he encountered on the battlefield in the later stages. Thinking of that scene, Fang Ping could not help but feel excited. He could not wait to exchange for those technologies from the young girl and create them to dominate the entire world.