123: Chapter 123 Thunder Cavalry Camp, Explanation of the Formation

As the territory's size reached 30,000 square kilometers, Lin Xiao's territory also underwent a massive transformation.

The barren territory outside occupied two-thirds of the entire territory, with the furthest point from the original territory's edge stretching eighty to ninety kilometers away.

Next, as long as Lin Xiao's disadvantage was not too great, and they weren't beaten into a steady retreat by the opponent...

Then, using these barren territories as a battlefield was clearly more than enough.

Lin Xiao did not stop; he still had many things to do to prepare for the impending massive invasion.

After undergoing the territory upgrade, the territory could now support legendary grade heroes and Troop Types.

Lin Xiao opened his attribute panel and looked at the line for slaughter points.

slaughter points: 4.95 billion

"Enough."

With a great war imminent, the priority for quality upgrades was naturally still the heroes.

Currently, there were five Epic Heroes in the territory, and Lin Xiao already had the answer in his heart as to which ones had the highest priority.

"Jiang Yao, Ares."

Lin Xiao's voice rang in the ears of Jiang Yao and Ares.

At this moment, the territory upgrade finished, and Jiang Yao also slowly emerged from that miraculous, Epiphany-like state, her aura stabilizing.

Hearing Lin Xiao's words, her figure flashed like a sudden glimpse of a graceful swan, and she appeared before Lin Xiao.

Ares, on the other hand, soared into the air from near the volcano and arrived quickly as well.

Lin Xiao's gaze fell upon the two heroes.

Jiang Yao was the hero who best matched his talent, so in Lin Xiao's mind, she had the highest priority for a quality upgrade.

Next was Ares, who possessed the strongest individual strength.

"Lord."

"Greetings, Lord."

Jiang Yao bowed respectfully, while Ares prostrated himself on the ground.

"Prepare yourselves to have your quality upgraded."

Lin Xiao didn't waste words, explaining the purpose of calling them over in a single sentence. Then, with a slight thought, he activated his Killing Authority.

[Target detected as an Epic Hero. Do you wish to spend 2 billion slaughter points to upgrade their quality?]

[Target detected as an Epic Hero. Do you wish to spend 2 billion slaughter points to upgrade their quality?]

"Confirm, confirm."

Lin Xiao muttered in his mind.

Four billion slaughter points were deducted. An endless, dense blood-red light enveloped Jiang Yao and Ares layer by layer, forming two massive blood cocoons, with Ares's being particularly enormous.

The two heroes fell asleep inside the blood cocoons, beginning an unprecedented, massive transformation.

The transformation had only just begun, yet the aura escaping from the blood cocoons was already terrifying to the extreme, as if two horrifying creatures that existed only in legends were lurking inside.

The transformation from Epic Grade to legendary grade would take much longer.

Lin Xiao paid it no more attention.

He did not use the remaining slaughter points.

After all, the increase in territory strength brought by heroes was far greater than that of Troop Types. With a succession of major battles ahead, there would be a continuous stream of slaughter points harvested, so there was no need to worry about these slaughter points sitting idle and being wasted.

Lin Xiao came to the eastern side of the territory, where he prepared to build the fifth barracks.

The barracks blueprint had also been prepared long ago.

[Thunder Cavalry Camp]

[Quality: Epic]

[Type: barracks]

[Requirements: Thunder Essence, Abyssal Ocean Dark Iron, Azure Source Soil, etc.]

[After construction, you can spend a certain amount of resources to recruit the Human Race Epic Grade Troop Type — Dragon Cavalry.]

Lin Xiao planned to build this Thunder Cavalry Camp on the plains on the eastern side of the territory as well.

He had also determined the location long ago.

Flanking the left and right with the Rock Fortress, it would block most of the road from the eastern side to the central area.

Soon, Lin Xiao arrived at the chosen location, slapped down the blueprint for the Thunder Cavalry Camp, and then used a Quick Construction Scroll, instantly shortening its construction process.

A massive camp slowly emerged.

As a cavalry camp, the Thunder Cavalry Camp occupied a much larger area than the Rock Fortress, containing vast stretches of pastureland.

*Rumble~*

As soon as the Thunder Cavalry Camp was built, it began to affect the surrounding environment.

Vast thunder spiritual energy radiated from the Thunder Cavalry Camp, dispersing into the air. Soon, bolts of thunder exploded in the nearby areas, and clouds gradually piled up high in the sky.

Within the thick clouds, a terrifying power was brewing.

Countless lightning bolts flashed between heaven and earth.

Clearly, the area near the Thunder Cavalry Camp was much more dangerous than the area near the Rock Fortress.

The destructive power of the heavenly thunder's might was no joke.

After building the Thunder Cavalry Camp, Lin Xiao began to upgrade its level, raising it to Level 5 in one go. Instantly, the cavalry camp before him became even more massive, and the range of the thunder spiritual energy's influence also increased significantly, affecting a vast area of fifty square kilometers.

At Level 5, the Thunder Cavalry Camp could recruit a maximum of 300 Epic Grade Dragon Cavalry.

Since the barracks was newly built, these 300 slots were fully available, but Lin Xiao was in no hurry to start recruiting. Instead, he opened the barracks technology panel.

Indeed, recruiting Troop Types was secondary; the most important thing was to unlock the barracks technology for the Dragon Cavalry so they wouldn't end up as the weakest Troop Type in the territory.

Aside from that, the most crucial part was the new project unlocked after upgrading to Level 5.

As Lin Xiao unlocked the prerequisite barracks technologies one by one, that project finally revealed itself.

[Principles of Formations]

After unlocking this barracks technology, the Dragon Cavalry would be able to learn Formations and master the Military Formation Technique.

Without hesitation, Lin Xiao immediately unlocked this barracks technology project and upgraded it to the maximum level, while also unlocking some basic Formations.

Lin Xiao, however, had little interest in these basic Formations.

The bonuses were simply too small.

The value of an Advanced Military Formation Technique was not inferior to a legendary grade Hero Token in the slightest, and the difficulty of obtaining one was comparable.

For anyone else, unless their Luck was Heaven-Defying and they opened it from a regional treasure chest, there was basically no possibility of obtaining it.

However, Lin Xiao still had a channel to acquire one.

Namely, the upcoming first-month ranking settlement.

This was also the reason why Lin Xiao prioritized unlocking the [Principles of Formations] barracks technology project; without it, even if he obtained an Advanced Military Formation Technique, he wouldn't be able to use it.

Next, Lin Xiao also upgraded the Storm Camp and the Rock Fortress to Level 5.

These two Epic Grade barracks also grew quite a bit larger, with their range of influence likewise reaching fifty square kilometers.

The [Principles of Formations] for both the Storm Camp and the Rock Fortress were also unlocked by Lin Xiao.

Finally, the Blazing Dragon Nest and the Frost Fortress were also upgraded to Level 5.

Their range of influence also surged, being no worse than the other three barracks, but Lin Xiao did not unlock their newly unlocked barracks technology.

Resources were tight at the moment, so they had to be spent where they mattered most.

The population cap of a Level 5 territory became 10 million, while a Tier 5 Epic Grade Troop Type occupied a population share of 5,000, meaning he could recruit a maximum of only 2,000 people.

Lin Xiao immediately began recruiting Troop Types.

At Level 5, the Blazing Dragon Nest and the Frost Fortress had a recruitment cap of 100 people, while the three Human Race barracks had a recruitment cap of 300 people.

The Blazing Dragon Nest and the Frost Fortress could still recruit fifty Troop Types each, the Storm Camp could still recruit 200 people, and the current recruitment numbers for the Rock Fortress and the Thunder Cavalry Camp were both zero, meaning they could still recruit 300 people.

Even if the recruitment slots for all five barracks were completely filled, it would only be 1,400 people.

The further along they went, the higher the territory's population cap would become. Trying to fill the territory's population cap solely through barracks recruitment would only grow increasingly difficult.

Although those ordinary lords did not have such high-quality barracks and could recruit a greater number of Troop Types, their Troop Types also occupied a smaller share of the population.

The remaining population would have to be filled up either by recruiting subjects, using targeted recruitment items, or employing troop talismans.

In fact, lords who took the route of turning their entire population into soldiers were also rare among War Lords.

For high-tier lords, their territory was like a nation; besides heroes and Troop Types, there were also countless subjects living within the territory.