119: Chapter 119 Gao Mu, Protection Method

Purchasing territory coordinates directly—this was Lin Xiao's method of breaking the deadlock.

The Human Race's Fourth-order Lords numbered in the hundreds of millions, and the number of Fourth-order Lords among the Four Great Races would only be higher; ordinary lords made up the vast majority.

No matter how heaven-defying the abilities of those targeting him were, it was impossible for them to set traps among so many ordinary lords.

The risk was infinitely close to zero.

Those weak, ordinary lords were not difficult to flatten.

Regardless, as long as he killed a lord of the same rank, he could obtain a Lords Heart; there was absolutely no need for Lin Xiao to abandon the easy path for a difficult one.

"Purchasing a Lords Heart?"

On the other side, seeing Lin Xiao's message, Jin Huan's heart gave a violent jolt.

"Could it be..."

A look of disbelief appeared in his eyes.

For a Super-spec Lord like Lin Xiao, the gains from invading ordinary lords were negligible.

Without merit, the gains from killing the opponent were extremely low.

At the very least, he should be invading a veteran lord to be worthy of Lin Xiao's status.

If things were abnormal, there was only one possibility: Lin Xiao's goal was the Lords Heart.

Of course, the fact that he wanted a Lords Heart didn't actually prove much.

After all, just because the conditions for upgrading a territory were met didn't mean he had to upgrade immediately; it could also be preparation for a rainy day, so he wouldn't have to wait until he needed to upgrade to start preparing.

Others might not think so, but Jin Huan couldn't help but overthink it.

When his own descendant, Jin Ruxuan, recommended Lin Xiao to him, he had praised him to the heavens, sparing no words of admiration.

Lin Xiao's past battle records were also there for all to see.

If he really were upgrading his territory, it was by no means impossible.

Speculation aside, Jin Huan's actions were not slow. Even without Jin Ruxuan's recommendation, Lin Xiao was undoubtedly treated as a VIP-level distinguished guest at the Jinshi Chamber of Commerce. He sent over the coordinates of three ordinary Fourth-order Lords at the fastest speed possible.

Both parties completed the transaction quickly.

The price of ordinary lord coordinates was not expensive; given Lin Xiao's wealth, it was nothing at all.

Not to mention anything else, just the dozens of Golden-grade War Chests he had just obtained contained a quite substantial fortune.

After returning to his territory, Lin Xiao immediately assembled his army and began arranging the invasions.

To save time, he prepared to conduct three invasions simultaneously.

In the Second Source Sea, multi-line combat was clearly a reality.

It was impossible to launch another invasion against the same territory while the previous one had not yet ended, but there was no problem with invading multiple territories at the same time.

Of course, although multi-line combat existed, those who dared to do so were all extremely powerful lords.

After all, there was a cap on the territory's population, and before the invasion settlement, lost troops could not even be replenished.

Unless one's strength truly far exceeded other lords, multi-line combat was simply courting death.

Lin Xiao naturally had no such concerns.

He quickly completed the deployment.

Of the five heroes, Jiang Yao led one path alone, while the other four heroes split into two paths.

Most of the Troop Types were assigned to the three armies.

This time, Lin Xiao did not accompany them. After most of his troops were sent out, his territory was unprecedentedly empty, and he did not know when an enemy invasion might arrive.

Therefore, he had to guard the territory.

"Remember, bring everyone back."

Before they set out, Lin Xiao once again exhorted the five.

Having maintained zero casualties until now, he did not want to fall short at the final hurdle.

"Lord, rest assured, I will definitely bring everyone back safely."

"Unless I die, no one will fall in battle."

"Leave it to me."

The five heroes all expressed their commitment.

Lin Xiao nodded, not overly worried.

The ones being invaded were only ordinary lords; no matter how strong their territory defenses were, they couldn't be that strong.

His side, however, consisted entirely of Epic Grade units, with attributes all exceeding the Fourth-order limit, and with the Black Armor Soldiers' Shared Fate to absorb damage, as long as they were careful during combat, it would be difficult to have any casualties.

[Do you wish to spend 10 million Source Crystals to initiate the invasion?]

[Do you wish to spend 10 million Source Crystals to initiate the invasion?]

...

As Lin Xiao confirmed his selection, three space-time channels appeared one after another, and Jiang Yao and the others led their armies into them without hesitation.

After arranging the invasion matters, Lin Xiao opened the regional channel again.

This time, he opened the conversation with Hu Wei.

As soon as he opened it, quite a few messages popped up.

After Lin Xiao returned from the Main World, he was invaded, and his territory fell into a space-time tremor, cutting off contact with the outside world, which had only just been restored.

Hu Wei was very clear about this.

Although she could not reach Lin Xiao, she still sent quite a bit of important information so that Lin Xiao could see it as soon as he came online.

Among them, the most important message was the contact information for that Seventh-order dao protector.

Lin Xiao had already added the two Sixth-order dao protectors, Xu Jun and Yao Fengjiao, as friends while he was in the Main World, but the Seventh-order dao protector required time to screen and contact.

Lord Gao Mu.

This was the other party's name.

Lin Xiao did not delay and immediately sent a friend request.

The other party quickly approved the request.

This made Lin Xiao breathe a sigh of relief; he had truly been worried that the other party might be in the midst of a war and unable to be contacted.

However, after thinking about it, he felt he was overthinking.

The Lord Association would not make such a mistake.

If he really couldn't be contacted, they would definitely have changed him to another Seventh-order dao protector.

"President Gu has already notified me; once you upgrade to a Level 5 territory, you can request support from me if you encounter danger."

Lord Gao Mu's message was sent over quickly.

"Which protection method do you choose?"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xiao's heart stirred slightly.

Lord Gao Mu was a dao protector. Generally speaking, there were two ways to provide protection. One was conventional rescue: after being invaded by an enemy, one would first face the enemy's attack alone, and only after the conditions for requesting support were met would one request support from the dao protector.

The other party would dispatch troops, resolve the crisis, and then return to their own territory.

The other was garrisoning.

The preceding process was the same, but after dispatching troops, they would not completely resolve Lin Xiao's crisis; instead, they would leave a loose end—it could be an invader, or it could be a Void Monster.

This allowed the dao protector's army to remain in Lin Xiao's territory, providing all-around protection.

Of the two protection methods, there was no doubt that the latter was safer.

With a Seventh-order Lord's army stationed in the territory, although one couldn't say it guaranteed Lin Xiao's safety one hundred percent, it maximized the level of protection.

The other protection method was not as safe; one had to wait until the conditions were met to request support.

The pressure during this period had to be borne by oneself.

A Level 5 Lord was one thing, but a Sixth-order Lord's strength was far superior to the former. Although they would trigger a request for support soon after descending, even the fastest response would still take some time. If the opponent's strength was too great, one bad move could potentially bring about a catastrophic disaster.

Lin Xiao did not hesitate much; after all, he had already considered this issue.

"Lord Gao, conventional rescue will suffice."

Lin Xiao sent the message over.