104: Chapter 104 Wrath

[You have entered the Second Source Sea. Territory coordinates have been regenerated.]

[Congratulations, your territory has been upgraded to Rank 4. You are the first lord to complete the upgrade. Reward: 100 million Source Crystals, one Epic Grade Treasure Chest.]

[You have obtained one opportunity for territory adjustment. Would you like to use it?]

[Congratulations, your tier has been upgraded to Tier 4. You are the first lord to promote to Tier 4. Reward: 100 million Source Crystals, one Epic Grade Treasure Chest.]

The System prompts rang out continuously.

Lin Xiao ignored them. After his heroes and Troop Types promoted to Tier 4, he also advanced to Tier 4 at the same time, and his life essence immediately underwent a transformation.

The wonderful feeling of life transformation was incredibly intoxicating.

Once the transformation was finally complete, Lin Xiao's upper limit immediately became higher, his Cultivate Aptitude also became stronger, and at the same time, his Lifespan increased to 1,500 years.

If placed in his past life, he would have been a thousand-year-old monster...

Shaking his head, Lin Xiao began to adjust his territory.

The current territory size had reached 7,500 square kilometers, which was 75 times larger than before. The terrain and topography were extremely complex, but fortunately, he had already planned out the layout of his territory beforehand, so it didn't take him too long.

After some adjustments, Lin Xiao's territory became orderly and well-structured.

The west was dominated by mountains, with the Epic Grade barracks, the Blazing Dragon Nest, at its core. The south was mainly forest, with the Storm Camp as the core stronghold there. The east was mostly plains, while the north consisted mainly of hills and plateaus, where the Frost Fortress stood tall.

A great river surged down from the western side of the territory, flowing toward the east.

All three barracks were Epic Grade structures, incredibly sturdy.

At least during the Tier 4 and Tier 5 stages, Lin Xiao didn't have to worry at all about them being destroyed by enemies. Once he upgraded them to Legendary Grade in the future, they would be even more indestructible. Therefore, placing them outside the central area was not a problem at all.

With the help of their influence on the surrounding environment, a massive barrier could be formed in every direction.

If the invading enemies were not strong enough, just passing through these harsh areas would cost them dearly, or they would have to take a detour.

Under Lin Xiao's adjustments, defensive structures were placed in the central area, forming a defensive System.

Some large open spaces were left between them, which were prepared for placing Epic Grade defensive structures.

As for the city walls, Lin Xiao dismantled them.

After all, the current layout was not set in stone once and for all. If there were important buildings that needed to be placed in the central area in the future, it would inevitably tear the walls apart, wasting the construction effort for nothing.

In fact, once the gravity magic well was built, whether there were city walls in the central area would be of little consequence.

As for surrounding the entire territory with city walls, it was even more unnecessary.

That was only something worth doing when the territory was very small.

Lin Xiao's territory would be among the largest of any lord of the same tier, so he naturally wouldn't bother with such meaningless mega-projects.

Once the territory adjustment was completed, his territory immediately stabilized, and the concentration of chaos source qi was maintained at Rank 4 level.

Breathing in the rich chaos source qi in the air, which was far denser than before, a look of delight appeared on Lin Xiao's face.

Wealth, methods, companions, and land—the concentration of chaos source qi was crucial for Cultivate and growth.

The concentration of chaos source qi in a Rank 3 territory actually could not keep up with the growth speed of the heroes and Troop Types within the territory, holding them back a bit.

Especially for Jiang Yao; her Cultivate speed was too fast, making the original concentration of chaos source qi seem far too sparse.

Now that it had been upgraded to Rank 4, it should be much better.

“Let's begin.”

Lin Xiao quickly got busy. Now that the territory had upgraded to Rank 4, he had also entered the Second Source Sea.

Summoning new heroes, constructing new barracks, building new structures, upgrading existing building levels... and so on, there was a whole host of things he needed to do.

...

Just as Lin Xiao was busy with territory affairs, the outside world was already in an uproar.

First Source Sea.

“Everyone, look at the prodigy ranking!”

“Lin Xiao, he actually...”

A piece of news attracted the attention of countless people, and many immediately opened the prodigy ranking.

To their disbelief, behind Lin Xiao, who was first on the prodigy ranking, his territory Rank had shockingly changed to a Rank 4 territory.

The prodigy ranking recorded the status of all lords on the list within one year of descending into the Chaos Source Sea, regardless of whether they were in the First Source Sea or not.

Therefore, although Lin Xiao was no longer in the First Source Sea, he was not removed from the ranking.

Lin Xiao upgraded to a Rank 4 territory?

Not only the ordinary lords, but even the Prodigies of those major forces and big Families were dumbfounded.

At the previous victory banquet, they hadn't noticed any sign of this.

Although Lin Xiao had given a two-day deadline back then, no one thought he would upgrade his territory, as it was simply too bizarre.

“I don't understand.”

“Why is Lin Xiao in such a hurry to upgrade his territory? It was like this at Rank 3, and now at Rank 4 as well, as if something is chasing him from behind.”

“Is he really in that much of a rush?”

“Isn't it good to just stay in the First Source Sea? Even if he wants to go to the Second Source Sea, he should accumulate more strength for a while. There's no need to rush, right?”

“Right now, the Four Great Races hate him to the bone, and their hatred is at its peak. Going to the Second Source Sea so quickly, isn't he just giving them a target to vent their anger on?”

Not many people could understand Lin Xiao's actions.

“What do you know?”

“If you could understand him, would Lin Xiao still be an Super-spec Lord?”

“Based on my understanding of Lin Xiao, he must have great confidence to enter the Second Source Sea. It won't be that easy for the Purgatory Race and the Sin Race to kill him. Besides, our Human Race is not just for show in the Second Source Sea, would we just let the Purgatory Race and Sin Race do whatever they want?”

Of course, many people also strongly supported Lin Xiao, whether out of gratitude toward him or because they truly had full confidence in him.

The changes on the Human Race's prodigy ranking quickly reached the high-level officials of the Four Great Races.

“Bastard!”

The high-level officials of the Four Great Races were instantly dumbfounded.

In particular, Isaac and the others who had proposed withdrawing from the First Source Sea had extremely unsightly expressions.

If they had known earlier that Lin Xiao would upgrade to a Rank 4 territory so quickly, they would never have proposed giving up the First Source Sea.

It was only a matter of a few days. Even if they let Lin Xiao kill freely, how many people could he have killed?

The situation wouldn't have completely collapsed.

Their losses wouldn't have been so devastating either.

But now, it was too late for anything. They couldn't shift the blame anymore. Their political rivals would definitely take this opportunity to attack them and hold them accountable.

Yet, they had no way to defend themselves.

Originally, they could still excuse themselves by claiming that Lin Xiao's threat was too great and they had to cut their losses in time, but now even this excuse was gone.

“Damn that Lin Xiao.”

“Since you're in such a hurry to seek death in the Second Source Sea, I will fulfill your wish.”

Isaac gnashed his teeth in anger.

No matter the reason, Lin Xiao had to die, and as quickly as possible, to appease the hatred in his heart.