22: Chapter 22 The Seventh Layer of the Void

"That is enough."

Lin Xiao signaled Xue Ying to stop, and the latter immediately ceased, neither flushed nor out of breath.

Lin Xiao's eyes lit up as he watched.

Without a doubt, as ranged units, the Wind Shadow Archer and Frost Giant had completely different roles.

The Frost Burst Star of the Frost Giant was more powerful, combining ranged strikes, burst damage, and crowd control into one; in these aspects, there were no flaws to be found.

However, their biggest problem was that the attack frequency of the Frost Burst Star was not high.

Nowadays, the Void Land they faced was getting larger and larger, the number of Void Monster inside was increasing, and their strength was growing, surging forward like a tide.

Given the attack frequency of the Frost Burst Star, it was gradually becoming insufficient.

Although the Black Armor Soldiers and Dragon Cavalry were strong, in the face of tens or hundreds of thousands of monster groups, their numbers were too few. If they could not kill the Void Monster in time, they would be overwhelmed by the tidal wave of monsters, potentially suffering casualties.

Relying entirely on heroes to save the situation would not work either, as their consumption would also increase significantly.

To avoid casualties, they could only engage in a war of attrition with the Void Monster; that way, the time to clear the Void Land would be significantly prolonged, which was very disadvantageous for Lin Xiao.

The 6th Layer Void Land was fine, but in the later Void Lands, he would sooner or later have to face this dilemma.

Now that the Wind Shadow Archer had arrived, with their astonishing firing speed, they should be able to solve the problem of having too many monsters.

Not only was the firing speed fast, but Lin Xiao also noticed that when Xue Ying stopped attacking, he seemed to merge into the shadows, concealing his figure.

If one did not focus completely, it would be very difficult to detect his presence.

This was clearly the skill, Child of Shadow.

Unlike the Frost Giant, the Wind Shadow Archer did not have strong melee capabilities and feared being engaged in close quarters, but they had their own way of surviving, possessing strong survivability on the battlefield.

Lin Xiao was undoubtedly very satisfied with the Wind Shadow Archer.

He quickly upgraded the Storm Camp to level 2 and recruited 20 Wind Shadow Archer units.

At the same time, he unlocked the corresponding barracks technology.

[Gale Power (Sealed) (Level 2): Wind Shadow Archer attack speed increased by 20%]

The enhancement projects for the Wind Shadow Archer were different from those of the Frost Giant; Lin Xiao's idea was to push their attack speed advantage to the extreme.

"The territory population has reached 6000, with 4000 vacancies remaining."

With the addition of the 20 Wind Shadow Archer units, the territory population increased by a segment, but it was still far from full capacity.

"Sigh, let's leave them empty for now."

Lin Xiao shook his head helplessly.

Now that both barracks were full, if he wanted to increase the population, he would only be able to use military talismans to recruit.

His idea was to continue supplementing the numbers of Black Armor Soldiers and Dragon Cavalry; only when the numbers were up could they be strong enough.

The problem was, he was out of money.

Perfect-grade barracks and units were not that easy to build. The Storm Camp did not have the flaws of the Frost Fortress; its price was extremely expensive, not to mention that to increase the Cultivate speed of heroes and units, Lin Xiao had purchased two more low-level Spirit Gathering Array from Jin Ruxuan.

Among the ten million new lords, Jin Ruxuan was not the only commercial lord.

However, Lin Xiao had not considered looking for anyone else.

What he wanted was not tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of Source Crystals, but tens of millions to start with, the more the better.

He could only look for commercial lords with large forces like Jin Ruxuan.

These commercial lords of large forces were all connected to each other; they would know his situation just by asking.

Jin Ruxuan had issued loans of tens of millions and even allowed Lin Xiao to owe money. He did not collect any substantial collateral from Lin Xiao, but in fact, what was mortgaged was intangible credit.

Upon learning of this situation, other commercial lords of large forces naturally would not lend money to Lin Xiao again.

Returning to the Lords Mansion.

The four Spirit Gathering Array stood tall, constantly absorbing the Spiritual Qi within the territory and maintaining the operation of the Formation.

Lin Xiao quickly arranged the Cultivate matters for the Wind Shadow Archer; their Cultivate priority was higher, second only to the three heroes.

Next was to fully Cultivate, improving strength as much as possible before the 7th Layer Void Land bordered the territory.

Sometimes Lin Xiao would open the regional channel to sign contracts with lords who contacted Jin Ruxuan, and the protection fees collected were all exchanged for items that assisted in Cultivate.

Time quickly reached the fourth day.

"The 7th Layer Void Land has bordered the territory."

Upon receiving the intelligence transmitted by the Frost Giant, Lin Xiao immediately gathered his army.

During this period, the strength of the heroes and units had changed significantly. Tu Lie's attributes had grown to over 4000; although Jiang Yao and Zhong Yue were not as strong, they had both broken through to the third-tier level, with attributes around one or two thousand.

As for the units, the Wind Shadow Archer had the highest attributes, all reaching over 900, approaching the second-tier limit. The growth speed of the Black Armor Soldiers and Dragon Cavalry was not as astonishing, but they also had attributes of four or five hundred.

Compared to before, their strength had improved quite a bit.

Lin Xiao led the army to the east side of the territory.

In the previous round of the Void Land, monsters appeared in the Void Land in this direction, which was the one with the highest intensity among the four Void Lands.

Subsequent Void Lands had a certain probability of continuing this intensity, so he prepared to attack here first.

At this moment, some Void Monster had already discovered the territory, constantly beating their chests and roaring at the edge of the territory.

"Four-armed Demon Ape?"

Lin Xiao glanced at those Void Monster; they were exuding Devilish Qi all over, resembling black apes with four arms.

The types of Void Monster were endless, so it was naturally impossible for him to recognize them all.

Lin Xiao had never seen these Four-armed Demon Ape before.

However, he knew the intensity of the monsters in the 7th Layer Void Land, so it did not matter whether he recognized them or not.

"Zhong Yue, you lead the vanguard." Lin Xiao said.

Upon receiving Lin Xiao's order, Zhong Yue did not delay at all, taking his refined steel great shield and that exaggeratedly shaped long-handled giant hammer, and walked towards the Void Land.

The Black Armor Soldiers followed silently behind him.

After summoning Zhong Yue, Lin Xiao assigned the Black Armor Soldiers to his command. The compatibility between the two was extremely high; with Zhong Yue in command, the Black Armor Soldiers could exert even stronger combat capabilities.

"Roar~"

As soon as Zhong Yue passed through the invisible barrier, the surrounding Four-armed Demon Ape immediately pounced over. They were huge in size and had surprisingly great strength; ordinary units could be beaten to death by them raw.

However, in front of Zhong Yue, they were all nothing.

He did not even raise the refined steel great shield in his hand, only lifting the long-handled giant hammer and swinging it towards the surroundings.

A terrifying scene appeared.

The Four-armed Demon Ape hit by the long-handled giant hammer were all blasted into shreds of flesh and blood. The terrifying hammer wind swept through the surroundings, crushing all the Four-armed Demon Ape to death.

He strolled leisurely among the monster group; that horrifying long-handled giant hammer truly meant death upon contact, and wherever he went, the Four-armed Demon Ape suffered countless casualties instantly.

The Black Armor Soldiers followed behind Zhong Yue, quickly gaining a firm foothold.

Lin Xiao nodded repeatedly as he watched.

Before Zhong Yue was summoned, as the intensity of the monsters continued to increase, it became increasingly difficult for the Black Armor Soldiers to take the lead and open up the situation.

Now that Zhong Yue had arrived, the Black Armor Soldiers also had their own backbone.