153: Chapter 153 The Passage of Time

"Boom~"

On the west side of the territory, a terrifying flame soared into the sky, and the volcano where the Blazing Dragon Nest was located began a violent eruption, ejecting endless magma high into the air. Instead of being scattered across the entire territory, it fell into a much wider area around the volcano under the constraint of an invisible force.

At the same time, the entire volcano slowly bulged upward, becoming larger and larger.

On the north side of the territory, an endless cold wave overwhelmed the sky and earth, and the Frost Fortress turned into a majestic fortress seemingly cast from frost, standing tall on the cold plateau.

On the south side, violent air currents swept across heaven and earth, forming tornadoes one after another.

On the east side, countless thunderbolts flashed between heaven and earth, and earth-yellow light spread in all directions. Wherever it passed, the plains were completely covered with a thick layer of rock.

The five barracks were undergoing drastic changes simultaneously.

Their respective sizes swelled crazily, and every barracks became extremely massive.

By the time they finally stabilized, the size of each of the five barracks was no less than one square kilometer.

Even the Blazing Dragon Nest was no exception. The volcano where it was located also underwent considerable changes. The height of the entire volcano was not too high, only one thousand meters, but the slope of the mountain skyrocketed.

The original crater was expanded countless times, resembling a vast magma lake.

The Blazing Dragon Nest was located in the center of the magma lake.

Not only the size of the barracks themselves, but their area of influence also skyrocketed, completely shrouding a region of one hundred square kilometers in radius.

Within this range, either the temperature soared, cold waves surged, or it was filled with violent winds, thunder, and heavy forces.

"As expected of a legendary grade barracks."

Lin Xiao stood in mid-air, taking in all the changes of the five barracks at a glance.

It was fortunate that he had the foresight.

Most of the previously acquired territory fragments had been used to expand the area near these barracks.

Otherwise, other directions would have been fine, but on the east side of the territory, the areas of influence of the Rock Fortress and the Thunder Cavalry Camp would have intertwined.

That way, although the place where the two intertwined would become even more terrifying, the affected range would be smaller.

"In the future, the distance between the barracks and the central area will still need to be pushed further apart."

Lin Xiao thought to himself.

As the Rank increased, the area of influence of the legendary grade barracks would definitely become larger and larger, so the distance had to be extended.

This was still due to the fact that they were suppressed.

If it were in the Third Source Sea and the legendary grade barracks restored their true forms, the affected range would be far more than one hundred square kilometers.

"In the future, there's no need to worry about the barracks being destroyed."

Lin Xiao revealed a look of satisfaction.

Epic Grade barracks still had the risk of being destroyed when encountering those powerful Seventh-order Lords, but for legendary grade ones, even if the strongest Seventh-order Lord came, they couldn't damage them in the slightest.

Lin Xiao could completely feel free to continue throwing them outside to act as obstacles to the advancing enemy forces.

Afterwards, Lin Xiao landed near the five barracks and began checking their changes after the upgrade.

First, the recruitment quantity of the barracks was cleared, and he could continue recruiting new Troop Types.

Under the same Rank, the higher the quality of the barracks, the fewer Troop Types that could be recruited naturally.

After advancing to legendary grade, the recruitment limits of the Blazing Dragon Nest and the Frost Fortress became fifty, while the recruitment limit of the three Human Race barracks was one hundred.

Added together, a total of 400 legendary grade Troop Types could be recruited.

A Level 5 territory could recruit at most 200 legendary grade Troop Types, but Lin Xiao's territory couldn't recruit that many. After all, he already had 1,400 Troop Types, and the remaining population quota was not much.

At most, he could recruit another 55 legendary grade Troop Types, which, adding the existing five, made 60.

If he chose to upgrade Epic Grade Troop Types to legendary grade, the final number of legendary grade Troop Types he could possess could increase by a few more.

But Lin Xiao was not prepared to do so.

Upgrading quality would not change the total number of people; what he wanted was a greater quantity of Troop Types.

Of course, doing so would come at a very high cost.

Opening the recruitment page of the barracks and looking at the Materials required to recruit legendary grade Troop Types, even though Lin Xiao was mentally prepared, he couldn't help but twitch the corner of his eyes.

It was too expensive.

Although the strength of legendary grade Troop Types was definitely worth more than its price,

it was still too expensive.

"As expected, as long as it carries the two words 'legendary', it's impossible for it to be cheap."

Lin Xiao was somewhat helpless; it seemed he could only recruit them slowly.

Wanting to fill up the population all at once was not very realistic.

Fortunately, legendary grade ones started at Level 5 right out of the gate, and they grew much faster than Epic Grade Troop Types, so recruiting them a bit later wouldn't have much impact.

"It's a pity I can't upgrade the quality of the Hero Token and troop talisman and take them out to sell."

Lin Xiao said with some regret.

His Killing Authority could only take effect on the heroes and Troop Types within his own territory. The reason he could upgrade the barracks was still because of the strong association with the Troop Types.

As for the unused Hero Token, troop talisman, and barracks blueprints, they had nothing to do with his territory anymore.

It was impossible for it to take effect on them.

Otherwise, Lin Xiao would no longer lack any resources, and the entire Human Race would elevate him to the heavens.

Shaking his head with some regret, Lin Xiao looked at the barracks technology again.

After upgrading to legendary grade, the five major barracks gained quite a few new barracks technology projects.

These new barracks technology projects were all very powerful. If they were maxed out, the strength of the corresponding legendary grade Troop Types would be enhanced by a large margin.

The only drawback was that they were too expensive.

He could only take it slow, just like recruiting Troop Types.

The original barracks technology projects had also been strengthened after improving the quality.

This point was reflected in the five legendary grade Troop Types.

The auras on Xue Ying, Wang Wu, and Zhang Yu skyrocketed, while the bodies of Thales and Gunn experienced expansion once again.

In the end, Thales grew to 320 meters, and Gunn grew to 250 meters.

The magnitude of the enhancement was not too large.

It was mainly because the legendary grade was suppressed in the Second Source Sea.

Otherwise, their body sizes would have become even larger.

The other Epic Grade Troop Types did not undergo any changes. They were only Epic Grade and could not enjoy the enhancements corresponding to the legendary grade.

"Continue to consolidate."

...

Time passed, and Lin Xiao's territory still maintained a growth rate unimaginable to others, constantly growing stronger.

If the resources were used up, he would just go out and plunder a wave.

At the level of Level 5 Lords, Lin Xiao had no rivals whatsoever.

Once targeted by him, the opponent only had the fate of defeat and destruction.

Whether purchasing territory coordinates or conducting random searches, it was a guaranteed profit with no loss.

When other lords invaded others, there was still a possibility of suffering heavy losses, but for Lin Xiao, the only difference was whether he earned more or less.

His actions now were not that big anymore.

Striking occasionally, he would only wipe out a dozen or at most a few dozen Level 5 Lords.

The Four Great Races in the Second Source Sea were already conquering and invading each other, fighting fiercely.

From time to time, some Level 5 Lords would perish.

Such casualties would at most cause small-scale panic, and the impact wasn't too big.

The higher-ups of the Four Great Races naturally knew that Lin Xiao was the one making a move, but they could only endure it temporarily and chose to turn a blind eye.

However, the anger points in their hearts kept accumulating, and when it erupted, it would be the time to launch a fatal blow against Lin Xiao.