81: Chapter 81 The God of Slaughter Descends, Undying in a Hundred Battles

"One by one." Facing the enthusiastic Prodigies, Lin Xiao felt a bit of a headache. This was truly a happy problem.

He no longer had the time to focus on killing the veteran lords of the Four Great Races; instead, he entered the territories of the Prodigies and began frantically farming slaughter points.

As Meteorite after Meteorite exploded within the territories of the Prodigies, his slaughter points skyrocketed as if gone mad.

Once he had gathered 20 million slaughter points, Lin Xiao immediately chose to use them.

Both Tu Lie and Zhong Yue were pure combat-type heroes, so it didn't matter who he upgraded first. Considering the order of arrival, Lin Xiao called Tu Lie over.

"Get ready." Hearing this, Tu Lie was immediately filled with wild joy and couldn't help but grin broadly: "Hahaha, it's finally my turn."

Watching the heroes and Troop Types in the territory upgrade their quality one by one, not only increasing their strength significantly but also greatly improving their Cultivation Aptitude, he had been itching with impatience for a long time.

Now, it was finally his turn. Especially since he had beaten Zhong Yue to it, he held his head high and chest out, as if he had won a great battle.

Lin Xiao couldn't be bothered with Tu Lie's petty thoughts; with a flicker of his mind, he activated his authority.

[Target detected as a perfect-grade hero. Do you wish to spend 20 million slaughter points to upgrade their quality?]

"Confirm."

As the 20 million slaughter points vanished, streams of blood-colored light surged forth, enveloping the expectant Tu Lie and forming a massive blood cocoon.

As both were perfect-grade heroes, the time required for Tu Lie's transformation was about the same as Jiang Yao's. One hour later.

An incredibly intense blood-red light burst through the cocoon, and Tu Lie radiated a sky-piercing Killing Intent that made one feel as if they were seeing a boundless sea of blood.

"Thank you, Lord, for the grace of rebirth." He fell to his knees with a thud.

Lin Xiao calmly offered a few words of comfort and then opened his attribute panel.

[Tu Lie]

[Quality: Epic Grade]

[Rank: Tier 3]

[Physique: 63,000]

[Spirit: 61,000]

[Cultivation Technique: Desolate Ancient Dragon Elephant Technique (S Grade)]

[Skills: Courage Over the Army (S Grade), Man and Horse as One (S Grade), Mountain Splitting (S Grade), Blood Shadow Slash (S Grade), Descent of the God of Slaughter (S Grade)]

"Desolate Ancient Dragon Elephant Technique?" Lin Xiao raised an eyebrow. Whether it was a Wild Elephant or a Dragon Elephant, both were symbols of strength.

This new S Grade Cultivation Technique was likely an advanced version of the Wild Elephant Art and was also the most compatible technique for Tu Lie.

Next was the new S Grade skill, Descent of the God of Slaughter. He quickly checked it.

Descent of the God of Slaughter was undoubtedly an explosive skill. Once Tu Lie chose to activate it, he would be like the God of Slaughter descending into the world; his attack power would increase significantly, and at the same time, boundless Killing Intent would shroud his entire body, killing even the attacks directed at him.

"This skill is a bit terrifying." Lin Xiao's pupils constricted as he read it.

Not only was its explosive power terrifying, but it could even kill attacks directed at Tu Lie. This solved the weakness of Tu Lie's insufficient defense.

Extreme lethality and offense were very much in line with his style. Lin Xiao waved his hand, telling Tu Lie to hurry off and Cultivate.

After upgrading to Epic Grade, his Cultivation speed increased dramatically, and he could continue to improve his strength rapidly.

After Tu Lie, it was Zhong Yue's turn. 20 million slaughter points seemed like a lot, but with the generous assistance of the endless Void Monsters, he gathered them quickly.

"Get ready." Lin Xiao didn't waste words.

Unlike Tu Lie, Zhong Yue had a calm and steady personality, with a Heart-Nature that remained unmoved even if Mount Tai collapsed before him. Even so, facing a quality upgrade that could change his destiny, his heart could not remain calm.

One hour later, Zhong Yue completed his transformation. At this moment, he looked like a towering, continuous mountain range, as if nothing in the world could destroy him.

Lin Xiao opened his attribute panel.

[Zhong Yue]

[Quality: Epic Grade]

[Rank: Tier 3]

[Physique: 65,000]

[Spirit: 62,000]

[Cultivation Technique: Mountain-Moving Giant Spirit Technique (S Grade)]

[Skills: Unmoving as a Mountain (S Grade), Strength to Pull Mountains (S Grade), Thunderous Roar (S Grade), Ground-Pounding Hammer (S Grade), Undying in a Hundred Battles (S Grade)]

"Undying in a Hundred Battles?" There was nothing else to say; just like with Tu Lie, the Cultivation Technique was an advanced version of the original, and all the original A Grade skills had become S Grade.

What caught Lin Xiao's attention was the new S Grade skill. This skill was very special.

It was not an explosive skill, but a passive skill that consumed stamina. Under normal circumstances, Undying in a Hundred Battles would not trigger. Only after Zhong Yue was injured would it begin to take effect, causing Zhong Yue's combat power to skyrocket, including both attack and defense; the more severe the injury, the greater the boost.

One could truly say he became braver the more he fought, undying in a hundred battles. Lin Xiao looked amazed; with the skill Undying in a Hundred Battles, it would likely be incredibly difficult for enemies to kill Zhong Yue.

Unless there was an absolute gap in strength between the two sides, or they managed to exhaust Zhong Yue's stamina. Although Undying in a Hundred Battles was not an explosive skill, its stamina consumption was not small, so it could not be sustained indefinitely.

It is worth mentioning that many heroes and Troop Types would possess an explosive skill upon reaching Epic Grade. However, the skill levels of heroes were higher; not only was the power greater, and the duration longer, but even the side effects after using the explosive skill were not as severe as those of the Troop Types.

... The four heroes in the territory had all become Epic Grade. In the First Source Sea, this was considered the limit. Legend Grade could only be supported once the territory reached level 5.

Next was to upgrade the quality of the Troop Types. Lin Xiao pondered in his heart.

Currently, the territory had 320 Troop Types, 20 of which were Burning Sky Flame Dragons that didn't need upgrading, leaving 300 Troop Types.

The population of a level 3 territory was 100,000, and each Epic Grade Troop Type occupied 1,000 population slots. Therefore, it was impossible to upgrade all Troop Types to Epic Grade; at most, he could only upgrade 25 of them. He had to make some trade-offs.

Lin Xiao now somewhat regretted recruiting too many Troop Types initially, which led to insufficient population. If he weren't pursuing zero casualties, he would have wanted to disband some of the Troop Types.

Among the four main Troop Types, the highest priority naturally went to the Frost Giant and Wind Shadow Archer. The reason was very simple: they both had barracks. Troop Types with barracks technology bonuses were simply stronger than those without.

If he farmed enough slaughter points, he could even upgrade their barracks to Epic Grade, further strengthening the power of the Frost Giant and Wind Shadow Archer.

By the way, barracks were barracks, and Troop Types were Troop Types. There was no such thing as upgrading the barracks and simultaneously upgrading the existing Troop Types.

If their qualities were different, the perfect-grade Troop Types could only receive a portion of the barracks technology bonus.

"Forget it, let's upgrade one of each first and see what changes they have after becoming Epic Grade."

Lin Xiao thought for a moment and didn't immediately rule out the Black Armor Soldiers and Dragon Cavalry. What if they developed very important skills after upgrading to Epic Grade? In that case, even without the barracks technology bonus, it wouldn't be impossible to upgrade a few of them.

Upgrading a Troop Type only required 1 million slaughter points. Once Lin Xiao went to a Prodigy's territory and unleashed a barrage, he would have farmed enough slaughter points.