76: Chapter 76 Wei Xuanqi's Territory

"Lin Xiao, these are the building blueprints you wanted."

Qin Yiyi sent a trade request containing several building blueprints.

Lin Xiao's gaze fell upon them.

Spirit Light Valley, a rare grade building.

Heaven's Grace Peak, a rare grade building.

...

The lingyun terrace already in his territory was also among them.

These buildings were all auxiliary in nature, with effects similar to the lingyun terrace; they could induce frequent bursts of inspiration and had miraculous effects in helping heroes and Troop Types break through barriers in their Cultivation.

In Lin Xiao's territory, all kinds of Cultivation resources had already been maxed out.

Even investing more would be useless.

If he wanted to continue increasing the speed of Cultivation, he would have to focus on breaking through Bottlenecks.

After all, it was inevitable to encounter Bottlenecks and barriers during Cultivation.

This was especially true when it involved Cultivation at higher Realms.

It was like asking a Cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage to perform Cultivation at the Golden Core level; even with all the necessary resources and strong Aptitude, it would be fraught with difficulties.

Once they broke through to the Golden Core, looking back, they would realize it was nothing special.

But while at the Foundation Establishment Stage, it was simply incomprehensible.

Lin Xiao believed this was the real reason why his heroes and Troop Types faced extra resistance after exceeding their ranks.

Talent had opened up a path of ascension for them, but it could not grant them the higher-level perspective and life essence required.

At this time, auxiliary buildings like the lingyun terrace and Heaven's Grace Peak became extremely important.

They couldn't grant the Cultivator a higher-level perspective or life essence, but they could provide a flash of inspiration, allowing them to find a different path to solve problems and achieve a Breakthrough.

"The blueprints are correct."

After completing the trade, the five building blueprints entered Lin Xiao's inventory.

Without delay, after returning to his territory, he immediately built these five buildings and then upgraded them to level 3.

Counting the original lingyun terrace, there were a total of six auxiliary buildings.

For Lin Xiao's territory, this was sufficient for the time being.

Heroes and Troop Types only needed to Cultivate normally, and only when they encountered Bottlenecks and barriers in their Cultivation would they need to use these buildings to attempt a Breakthrough.

Level 3 auxiliary buildings had the best effect on Cultivation at the third-tier stage.

For Cultivation at the fourth-tier stage, the effect was minimal.

But no matter how small the effect was, it was still an effect, and it was better than racking one's own brains.

"It's a pity that the Burning Sky Flame Dragon and the Frost Giant can't use them." Lin Xiao felt a bit regretful.

Auxiliary buildings like the lingyun terrace and Heaven's Grace Peak were only effective for Cultivators; the Burning Sky Flame Dragon and the Frost Giant followed a different path of growth and thus could not use them.

However, by pouring in all sorts of growth resources, their growth speed wouldn't be too slow.

Especially the Burning Sky Flame Dragon; once the Red Lotus Domain was activated, its growth speed would take off directly.

"That's enough."

Lin Xiao relaxed.

In terms of Cultivation, he had already achieved the ultimate.

Next, he just needed to continuously invest new Cultivation resources and growth resources to ensure the heroes and Troop Types continued to grow stronger.

[Human Race lord Wei Xuanqi is sending you a request for reinforcement. Do you wish to go?]

Suddenly, a System notification sound rang out.

"It's here."

Lin Xiao's spirits lifted.

He had already agreed with the people in the Prodigy Group; both sides had set a time and would proceed one by one in order.

The other Prodigies had just finished opening their regional treasure chests; it would take at least a day or two for the ninth level of the Void Land to connect with their territories.

Only a very small number of people already had their territories connected to the ninth level of the Void Land.

They could start farming right away.

Wei Xuanqi was one of them.

Unlike other requests for reinforcement he had received, Wei Xuanqi's request was not mandatory; he could choose to go or not.

Lin Xiao did not hesitate and immediately chose to accept.

A space-time tunnel appeared.

To head to Wei Xuanqi's territory, Lin Xiao still only brought the Burning Sky Flame Dragon.

To farm Void Monsters, these Burning Sky Flame Dragons were enough.

There was no need to expose other Troop Types.

Although the possibility of these Prodigies being spies for the Sin Race was extremely low, Lin Xiao instinctively chose to play it safe.

After all, hidden trump cards were the true trump cards.

...

Passing through the space-time tunnel, Lin Xiao entered Wei Xuanqi's territory.

"Take off."

The moment he entered, Lin Xiao had the Burning Sky Flame Dragon fly up to avoid appearing directly in the middle of a monster horde.

Fortunately, this situation did not occur.

The location where Lin Xiao entered was not in the same direction as the Void Land where the barrier had been lifted.

As they climbed higher, Wei Xuanqi's territory came fully into view.

Wei Xuanqi's territory was not very large, only about a hundred square kilometers.

Regarding this, Lin Xiao was not too surprised.

Territories were not necessarily better the larger they were; after all, if the number of heroes and Troop Types was too small, they simply couldn't defend it.

Wei Xuanqi had a level 2 territory with only a population of ten thousand.

If they were all Epic Grade Troop Types, that meant he only had 20 Troop Types???

Counting the heroes and the lord himself, that was only 24 units in total; even if every single one was super strong, how much territory could they defend...

"In the early stages, one still has to rely on the territory's defenses."

Lin Xiao looked over and saw an incomparably massive steel city standing on the ground.

This steel city was much larger than the one in Lin Xiao's territory, occupying a full fifty square kilometers, which was about one-third of Wei Xuanqi's territory.

"What a magnificent steel giant city." Lin Xiao exclaimed.

This city could be said to be armed to the teeth, with walls standing tall and countless defensive buildings erected inside, turning the entire city into a steel fortress with no defensive blind spots.

Lin Xiao believed that the defensive buildings inside were definitely primarily perfect-grade, and there might even be a small number of Epic Grade ones.

"Are there even dedicated anti-air defensive buildings?"

Suddenly, Lin Xiao's gaze fell upon some special defensive buildings; they looked like huge arrows, with their tips pointing straight at the sky.

Without a doubt, these were dedicated anti-air buildings.

General defensive buildings could attack both air and ground targets, appearing versatile, but when it came to anti-air capabilities, they were far inferior to dedicated anti-air defensive buildings.

These anti-air buildings had long range and great power.

The sky above the territory was not infinitely high; if the Burning Sky Flame Dragon wanted to attack the city below, it would inevitably enter their range.

Those veteran lords that Lin Xiao had finished off had absolutely no anti-air buildings in their territories; they could only focus their fire on the Meteorites falling from the sky but could not attack the Burning Sky Flame Dragon circling high above.

"Is this the territory of a top-tier lord?"

Lin Xiao was also having his eyes opened.

The defensive strength of Wei Xuanqi's territory was likely far higher than that of those logistics-focused lords who took the logistics route and spent countless funds to build a defensive System.

If the number of invading lords was small, they probably wouldn't even be able to touch the city walls.

It was conceivable that the Yager whom Lin Xiao had finished off likely had a territory of the same level.

To be finished off just like that, he could imagine the other party's frustration...

Without thinking further, Lin Xiao looked toward the east side of the territory, where countless Void Monsters were surging out like a tide from the Void Land in that direction, dense and packed, as if they were endless.

After sending a message to Wei Xuanqi to inform him of his arrival, Lin Xiao quickly flew over with the Burning Sky Flame Dragon.