105: Chapter 105 Rock Fortress

Lin Xiao was well aware of the commotion and uproar in the outside world.

He didn't waste any time. To counter danger, the best way was to enhance the strength of his army and territory.

First, maximize the quality of everyone.

Lin Xiao immediately summoned the Troop Types in his territory that were still perfect-grade.

The territory had a total of 320 troop units, but due to the limited population, he hadn't been able to maximize them.

Now, after upgrading to a Tier 4 territory, the territory's population had reached 1 million. Even if he upgraded all Troop Types to Epic Grade, it would be more than enough.

Naturally, Lin Xiao would not delay any further.

Wind Shadow Archers, Frost Giants, Black Armor Soldiers, and Dragon Cavalry.

The 275 troop units that were still perfect-grade quickly appeared before Lin Xiao. Their eyes were filled with anticipation, clearly guessing his purpose in summoning them.

To be honest, they had felt the greatest psychological gap.

They were of the same Troop Types, and not long ago they were all the same. Yet in the blink of an eye, a world of difference had appeared. Who could easily accept that?

Fortunately, their opportunity had now arrived.

[Target detected as a perfect-grade Troop Type. Spend 1 million slaughter points to upgrade their quality?]

It was only 275 million slaughter points.

Lin Xiao didn't waste words. He directly used his authority to begin upgrading their quality.

Beams of dense, blood-red light merged into their bodies, turning them into blood cocoons.

The transformation began.

Lin Xiao didn't concern himself with the rest of the process.

With this, all the heroes and Troop Types in the territory had become Epic Grade. The quality upgrades were temporarily concluded.

Although Lin Xiao still had enough slaughter points to upgrade heroes to legendary grade,

However, legendary grade required a Tier 5 territory.

It was definitely impossible right now.

Afterward, Lin Xiao went to the plains on the eastern side of the territory.

After upgrading to a Tier 4 territory, a new barracks could be built.

As for which new barracks he was going to build, Lin Xiao had already decided. With a thought, a barracks blueprint appeared in his hand.

[Rock Fortress]

[Quality: Epic]

[Type: barracks]

[Requirements: Nine Peaks Essence Stone, Earth Spirit Crystal Essence, Black Gold Heavy Iron, etc.]

[Once constructed, a certain amount of resources can be spent to recruit the Human Race Epic Grade Troop Type—Black Armor Soldiers.]

The Rock Fortress was a barracks that could recruit the Epic Grade Troop Type, Black Armor Soldiers.

This barracks blueprint was naturally not obtained by Lin Xiao from the Jinshi Chamber of Commerce or the Lord Association.

In the Chaos Source Sea, there were countless Troop Types, and correspondingly, countless barracks.

Most Troop Types summoned through troop talismans were highly random. How could it be such a coincidence that the corresponding barracks blueprints could be found at the Jinshi Chamber of Commerce or the Lord Association?

The Rock Fortress barracks blueprint in Lin Xiao's hand was converted from the [Blank Barracks Blueprint] item he had purchased from the points shop during the Seven-Day Assessment.

Its quality was Epic Grade, which was perfect for use.

He had used another [Blank Barracks Blueprint] on the Dragon Cavalry.

However, a Tier 4 territory only had one slot for a new barracks. Lin Xiao definitely had to use it on the Black Armor Soldiers. After all, their Legion Skill, Shared Fate, was far more important.

Lin Xiao had already prepared the Materials required to build the Rock Fortress and recruit the Troop Types.

Arriving at a plain he had specially reserved, he slapped down the barracks blueprint.

The construction time for the Rock Fortress was also twenty-four hours.

Naturally, Lin Xiao wouldn't wait that long. He immediately slapped down several Speed-Up Construction Scrolls, reducing the construction time to zero instantly.

A blackish-yellow fortress, seemingly forged from steel, slowly emerged before him.

*Hum—*

A dazzling, earthy-yellow light radiated from the Rock Fortress. Wherever the light reached, the surrounding plains instantly began to transform.

Countless thick layers of rock covered the ground, giving off an indestructible feeling.

Not only that, as the earthy-yellow light slowly faded,

Lin Xiao suddenly felt an extremely heavy force enveloping the nearby area. Any living being entering this region would feel a sudden weight on their body, as if carrying a massive mountain on their back.

Clearly, this was the influence of the Epic Grade barracks, the Rock Fortress, on the surrounding environment.

Lin Xiao was naturally unaffected. He swiped his finger to open the barracks panel.

One by one, Materials and Speed-Up Construction Scrolls vanished as he upgraded the Rock Fortress's Rank to Rank 4 in one go.

The upgrade in Rank was simultaneously reflected on the barracks.

The Rock Fortress grew larger and larger. Once it finally stabilized, at Rank 4, it occupied a staggering area of one hundred thousand square meters, and the range influenced by its earth spiritual energy expanded to twenty square kilometers.

The plains within this range had all turned into thick, solid layers of rock.

'I wonder if the Rock Fortress can still recruit Black Armor Soldiers,' Lin Xiao thought to himself as he looked at the majestic barracks before him.

A Rank 4 Epic Grade Human Race barracks could only recruit a maximum of 100 units.

However, there were already 100 Black Armor Soldiers in his territory.

In other words, he could no longer recruit any new Black Armor Soldiers.

Of course, Lin Xiao had built the Rock Fortress mainly to unlock barracks technology and strengthen the Black Armor Soldiers. Even if he couldn't recruit new ones, it wasn't a big deal.

“Wait, I can actually still recruit them?”

Lin Xiao's eyes widened suddenly.

He saw that the recruitment count of the Rock Fortress was actually zero.

The 100 Black Armor Soldiers already in the territory were not counted.

“Could it be because I had the Black Armor Soldiers first, and then the barracks?”

Lin Xiao fell into deep thought.

Generally, one had to have a barracks first to recruit the corresponding Troop Type, but Lin Xiao's situation was clearly very special.

Not a single Black Armor Soldier had been recruited from the barracks.

“This is a good thing.”

Lin Xiao looked delighted. This meant he could recruit another 100 Black Armor Soldiers.

However, he only thought about it and did not recruit them immediately.

The population of a Tier 4 territory was 1 million, and each Epic Grade Tier 4 troop unit occupied 2,000 population. This meant he could only have a maximum of 500 Epic Grade troop units.

Two hundred Black Armor Soldiers would definitely be too many.

After all, they were a Defensive Troop Type. Although they had some offensive capability, it was negligible compared to their defensive prowess.

It would be better to increase the number of Offensive Troop Types.

“Let's look at the barracks technology.”

Lin Xiao opened the barracks technology panel and began to unlock the projects one by one.

He had prepared more than enough Advanced resources, so he quickly unlocked all the barracks technologies that could be activated.

To Lin Xiao's relief, these barracks technologies were effective on the Black Armor Soldiers within the territory.

With the bonuses from these barracks technologies, the overall strength of the Black Armor Soldiers skyrocketed. Whether it was attack, defense, spiritual energy, speed, or recovery, everything increased significantly, with the defense bonus being the highest.

It increased by a full 150%.

In addition to these basic attributes, the Rank 4 Rock Fortress also introduced barracks technologies for the five skills of the Black Armor Soldiers.

After maximizing them, the effects of the five skills also increased by 50%.