103: Chapter 103 Level 4 Territory, Second Source Sea

“It's almost ready.”

Looking at his territory panel, Lin Xiao showed a satisfied expression.

The preparations that needed to be made were almost all complete.

As for other things, like constructing Epic Grade buildings, he would wait until they reached the Second Source Sea.

Anyway, he had already prepared the Materials needed for construction, as well as the rapid construction scrolls.

“It's a pity I can't farm the slaughter points to the absolute limit.”

Lin Xiao felt a trace of regret.

Not long ago, someone had even asked him if he wanted to continue farming Void Monsters...

Lin Xiao had reversed the situation single-handedly, indirectly saving the lives of those veteran lords and top-tier lords who were being besieged. Everyone owed him a favor.

If he cleared out all the Void Lands outside their territories, Lin Xiao would obtain an astronomical number of slaughter points.

Unfortunately, it would take too much time.

Not only did connecting to the Void Lands take time, but farming the monsters also took quite a while. There were only twenty-four hours in a day.

Who knew how long it would take to clear tens of thousands of Void Lands.

Shaking his head, Lin Xiao stopped letting his mind wander.

Compared to the System rewards from the first month's rankings, slaughter points were not even worth mentioning.

“Everything is ready.”

“Then let's upgrade to a Rank 4 territory.”

With a thought, Lin Xiao immediately pressed the upgrade button on the territory panel.

The next moment, the upgrade began.

*Boom~*

A magnificent golden light cascaded down from the sky, enveloping the Lords Mansion and the surrounding ten thousand square meters.

The Lords Mansion began its transformation towards Rank 4.

The surrounding ten thousand square meters also underwent changes simultaneously.

Before long, the Lords Mansion completed its transformation, becoming increasingly magnificent, just like a real imperial palace.

Once the Lords Mansion finished upgrading, the golden light surged wildly toward the other areas of the territory, slowly strengthening the spatial structure of the territory and raising the concentration of chaos source qi within.

Up until now, the process of upgrading to a Rank 4 territory was no different from the previous upgrades.

But soon, Lin Xiao sensed a difference.

“Hmm?”

A look of surprise appeared on his face.

Lin Xiao had synchronized over two hundred thousand of Jiang Yao's attributes; how keen was his perception?

He could vaguely sense the changes in the outside world.

“This feeling...”

Lin Xiao's brow furrowed slightly; he found it somewhat difficult to describe his current feelings.

It was as if the Chaos Source Sea outside was a small stream, and his territory was a stone floating and sinking within it.

Now, with the rise of the territory's Rank, his territory underwent an unprecedented and astonishing transformation. That stone grew larger and larger, gradually exceeding the stream's capacity.

Thus, it broke free from the original stream and began to head toward wider rivers and lakes.

“Have we already left the First Source Sea?”

Lin Xiao was lost in thought.

Not only Lin Xiao, but everyone else in the territory also felt the changes in the outside world, their faces showing expressions of shock.

This territory strengthening was exceptionally long.

Endless golden light continuously surged into Lin Xiao's territory, seemingly bringing a more fundamental transformation to his land.

An unknown amount of time passed.

The territory's strengthening was finally complete. Lin Xiao also felt the vast and boundless sensation outside the territory, as if entering a broad river from a narrow stream.

They had arrived at the Second Source Sea.

*Boom~*

Countless powerful auras rose from all over the territory.

With a stir of his mind, Lin Xiao instantly soared into the air, looking down from above.

He saw buildings all over the territory undergoing changes.

Some became even more massive, some became more menacing, some had lightning spreading across their surfaces, and others were covered in a thick layer of rock from head to toe...

The most astonishing changes occurred in the three Epic Grade barracks.

To the west, flames soared into the sky from the Blazing Dragon Nest. Amidst the terrifying high temperatures, the volcano slowly rose, becoming increasingly massive, eventually occupying a full ten square kilometers, with endless heat spewing from the volcanic crater.

To the north, the Frost Fortress, and to the south, the Storm Camp, also became increasingly towering and magnificent.

Their actual sizes did not suddenly increase too much, but their range of influence suddenly skyrocketed tenfold.

The endless cold wave and violent wind currents affected an area of ten square kilometers.

“Their upper limits have been unsealed.”

Seeing this, Lin Xiao came to a sudden realization.

These high-quality buildings were all under Seals in the First Source Sea, but upon reaching the Second Source Sea, which could fully bear their power and essence, they were immediately unsealed, restoring them to their true forms.

Not only the perfect-grade and Epic Grade ones, but even the rare grade buildings became much stronger.

The upper limit for rare grade buildings was Rank 4, so they had actually been somewhat suppressed in the First Source Sea, unable to exert their full power.

Besides buildings, the upper limits on equipment, items, and other things were also lifted.

Not only did they become more powerful, but they also became much sturdier.

It was just that their changes didn't cause as much of a commotion as the buildings.

Back in the First Source Sea, if they took too many powerful attacks, let alone rare grade, even perfect-grade equipment and buildings would be shattered.

But now, while rare grade was one thing, trying to shatter perfect-grade equipment and buildings would be incredibly difficult.

“Hmm, what is that?”

Lin Xiao's eyes suddenly narrowed. The next moment, he vanished from mid-air and reappeared inside the Lords Mansion.

A crystal that existed somewhere between illusion and reality slowly emerged.

“territory core.”

Upon entering the Second Source Sea, as the territory became more complete and real, a territory core would condense.

It was also the lifeblood of a territory.

Once the territory core shattered, the territory would directly collapse, and all living beings within the territory—including the lord, heroes, Troop Types, and subjects—would die instantly.

Of course, destroying it was not that easy.

Simply destroying the Lords Mansion would not make the territory core manifest. Only when the territory was 50% destroyed, or when 70% of the territory's living beings were killed, would the territory core leave its illusory state and become vulnerable to attack.

In addition, if the lord died, they could resurrect with the help of the territory core.

As long as the territory core remained intact, the lord would not truly die.

Of course, the cost of resurrection was immense, and it could not be used casually. Even so, the existence of the territory core provided a massive guarantee for the lord's safety.

For Lin Xiao, such a change was definitely disadvantageous.

Because his previously foolproof decapitation tactics could no longer be used.

However, such a development was quite normal; a territory shouldn't have been so fragile in the first place.

Lin Xiao didn't care too much.

After all, even without decapitation tactics, his army was still incredibly powerful. It would just take a bit longer to eliminate enemy lords.

Compared to the astonishing changes in equipment, buildings, and items, the changes to heroes and Troop Types were not as significant.

They hadn't been suppressed much to begin with.

After the territory upgraded to Rank 4, they naturally promoted to Tier 4.