43: Chapter 43 Shocks All Sides

It wasn't just Jiang Yao and the other Rare-grade ones who were overjoyed.

Tu Lie and the other Perfect-grade ones were not much better off.

Even the two Epic-grade ones, Qian Ying and Taylor, were visibly moved.

Although they were currently the existences with the highest quality and highest level caps in the territory, anyone with half a brain could understand that as the territory developed, even stronger heroes and troops would definitely join.

After all, above Epic-grade, there were still Legendary-grade and Mythical-grade.

"Alright, calm down first. Although your quality can be upgraded, it's not that simple."

Lin Xiao poured a bucket of cold water on their excitement, telling them not to celebrate too early.

Of course, this was also the truth.

Without wasting any more words, Lin Xiao began to experiment.

It was actually very simple. The authority was like an instinct; he could use it with just a single thought.

Now that he had slaughter points, it could be put to use.

"[Target detected as a Rare-grade troop. Spend 10,000 slaughter points to upgrade their quality?]"

"No."

Lin Xiao sucked in a breath of cold air. It actually required 10,000 slaughter points just to upgrade the quality of the Black Armor Soldiers, Wang Wu.

The harvest from a single battle was far from enough.

Ten thousand slaughter points was a bit shocking.

"Could it be that it's calculated based on the maximum quality limit?"

After thinking it over, Lin Xiao could only come up with this possibility.

Quality determined not just Aptitude and strength, but also the level cap.

Rare-grade could only reach Tier Four at most.

Once a hero or troop reached Tier Four, their tier could no longer be increased.

Even though Lin Xiao's talent allowed his heroes and troops to continue increasing their strength, their tier would remain stagnant.

The cap for Perfect-grade was Tier Six.

According to his previous calculations, killing a Tier Six creature would yield between 10,000 and 100,000 slaughter points.

Thinking about it this way, 10,000 slaughter points was just the lower limit.

Did he actually make a profit?

"Let's check the others."

Lin Xiao didn't speak, continuing to test the others.

"[Target detected as a Rare-grade hero. Spend 200,000 slaughter points to upgrade their quality?]"

"The cost for a hero is twenty times that of a troop."

Lin Xiao could accept this cost. After all, heroes were far stronger than troops, and their numbers were much smaller.

"[Target detected as a Perfect-grade troop. Spend 1,000,000 slaughter points to upgrade their quality?]"

"[Corresponding barracks detected in the territory. Spend 100,000,000 slaughter points to upgrade the barracks' quality?]"

Having already been shocked before, Lin Xiao was no longer surprised by the cost to upgrade from Perfect-grade to Epic-grade.

After all, the cap for Epic-grade was Tier Eight.

However, another System prompt was quite unexpected.

"barracks can also have their quality upgraded?"

Lin Xiao was greatly surprised. He hadn't expected the Authority of Slaughter to even work on barracks.

Thinking about it carefully, it was actually understandable. After all, barracks could recruit troops, so they could be considered the source of the latter?

The value of a unique authority was still rising.

Although upgrading a barracks required a hundred times more slaughter points than a troop, it was undoubtedly an incredibly worthwhile deal.

"[Target detected as an Epic-grade troop. Spend 100,000,000 slaughter points to upgrade their quality?]"

"[Corresponding barracks detected in the territory. Spend 10,000,000,000 slaughter points to upgrade the barracks' quality?]"

"[Target detected as an Epic-grade hero. Spend 2,000,000,000 slaughter points to upgrade their quality?]"

The final checks on Qian Ying and Taylor were also completed.

Strictly speaking, the slaughter points required to upgrade quality weren't a rip-off.

With just 10,000 slaughter points, a Rare-grade troop could be upgraded to Perfect-grade.

The strength and level cap of Perfect-grade were far higher than those of Rare-grade.

At most, it was just a matter of engaging in more slaughter.

Conveniently, hostile alien lords were everywhere in the First Source Sea.

A common Tier Two lord could provide nearly two thousand slaughter points. If it were a Third-Tier Lord, wouldn't it start at over ten thousand?

Thinking of this, Lin Xiao's face instantly became filled with Killing Intent.

"Oh right, I wonder if killing Void Monsters yields slaughter points?"

Suddenly, Lin Xiao's heart stirred.

The number of Void Monsters was incredibly massive.

The four Void Lands on the eighth layer added up to over a million of them.

If it worked, wouldn't it provide Lin Xiao with millions of slaughter points?

"Once the ninth layer's Void Land connects to the territory, I'll go try it out immediately." Lin Xiao felt a surge of excitement.

It wasn't far from when the ninth layer's Void Land would connect with the territory.

Of course, if he really wanted to test it, he could do so immediately.

In the First Source Sea, there were plenty of lords plagued by Void Monsters.

However, Lin Xiao quickly calmed down.

There was no need to rush.

Right now was a period of rapid strength growth; he knew what was most important. It wouldn't be too late to engage in slaughter once his strength growth slowed down.

Waving his hand, Lin Xiao had Jiang Yao and the others go back to continue cultivating.

This attempt to upgrade quality did not succeed.

But Jiang Yao and the others weren't disappointed. Instead, they took it for granted. This was not only because they trusted Lin Xiao, but also because they all knew how mind-boggling upgrading quality was; it was only normal for the difficulty to be high.

...

While Lin Xiao was busy in his territory, the outside world had already boiled over.

In the regional channel.

"Everyone, look at the prodigy ranking."

"Holy crap, someone upgraded to a Level 3 territory."

"It's only been this long and someone has already upgraded to a Level 3 territory? That's too ridiculous."

Everyone was in an uproar.

Not only this year's batch of new lords, but even the veteran lords who had entered the Chaos Source Sea earlier were deeply shocked. One had to know that most of them were not yet Third-Tier Lords.

The 5084th Prodigy Group.

It was very lively here as well.

The topic they were discussing was originally related to the invasions.

First, a Prodigy popped up, saying their territory had been invaded.

Then more Prodigies appeared, one after another stating that their territories had also been invaded.

Someone did a quick count, and surprisingly, as many as one-third of the Prodigies had been attacked by the Purgatory Race and the Sin Race in this short period of time since the Seven-Day Assessment had ended.

"I'm afraid it's more than a third. Some people haven't joined the Prodigy Group yet, and maybe they've been invaded as well."

"Exactly, others in the group might have been invaded too, but they just haven't dealt with the enemy yet, so they can't speak."

Soon, someone began to mention those Prodigies who hadn't spoken.

The top ten on the prodigy ranking, including Lin Xiao, were all tagged.

The ones tagged the most were, naturally, the top three.

The online big shots showed up one after another.

"Wei Xuanqi: Thanks for the tag. I'm in my territory. Just got back from wiping out a Purgatory Race lord and have already obtained a Lords Heart. I can upgrade at any time."

"Yun Zhiyue: Wei, would it kill you not to show off? You talk as if you're the only one in this group who got a Lords Heart."

"Yun Zhiyue: Is this trivial matter even worth bragging about? Let me ask you, do you dare to upgrade?"

"Wei Xuanqi: That... that's different... If the current situation weren't so special, I would have upgraded to a Level 3 territory long ago."

"Yun Zhiyue: Heh."

Watching the two top-tier big shots bicker, the others in the group found it amusing but also felt a sense of melancholy.

They were all Prodigies; dealing with ordinary invasions was child's play for them. In fact, as long as the opponent wasn't of the same caliber, counter-attacking and wiping them out wouldn't be difficult at all.

What did a single Lords Heart even matter?

What made them feel frustrated and powerless was the precarious overall situation of the Human Race within the First Source Sea.

"@Wei Xuanqi, Boss, when do you think we should upgrade to a Level 3 territory?" someone asked in the group.

Quite a few people also had doubts and wanted to hear the opinion of this number one on the prodigy ranking.

Wei Xuanqi didn't hide anything either, sharing his thoughts in the group.

"Upgrading to a Level 3 territory concerns our survival. Right now, the situation is unclear, so we shouldn't act rashly. I suggest we wait a bit, slow down, and first see how the situation develops."

"In the meantime, we should diligently train our Internal Skills, accumulate our foundation, and wait for a good opportunity."

This time, even Yun Zhiyue didn't come out to refute him, presumably agreeing with Wei Xuanqi's view.

"I'll add one thing. Regardless of whether the Third-Tier Lords above can hold out, we should ideally agree on a time to upgrade our territories together, uniting as much strength as possible to resist the danger together."

"Don't go up one by one to throw away your lives like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandpa."

Wei Xuanqi added.

Just as he finished speaking, a new message popped up in the Prodigy Group.

"Lin Xiao has upgraded to a Level 3 territory."