36: Chapter 36 The size of the Candle Dragon explodes! Its aura is overwhelming!

Seeing the number 34 million square kilometers, Lin Feng's eyelids twitched wildly in shock.

After eating all the hundreds of alien fragments, the total area of his territory had expanded to an exaggerated extent.

It was all thanks to the Taotie's newly awakened Plane Devour skill; it was simply a super bug.

However, although the area was large, only a little over one million square kilometers were truly under Lin Feng's control.

"System, how do I completely convert these wild fragments outside into my legal territory?" Lin Feng hurriedly asked.

"Replying to the host, neutral fragments can be forcibly assimilated, but it requires deducting the corresponding divine power reserves!"

"Fine, start the assimilation immediately!"

"Understood."

"Ding! Successfully fused 1.76 million square kilometers (50% forest, 30% grassland, 20% mountains, 14 primary spirit herb gardens, two intermediate spirit veins...)"

"Ding! Successfully fused 2.8 million square kilometers (88% ocean, 12% wasteland, six deep-sea crystal mines...)"

"Ding! Successfully fused 5.2 million square kilometers (50% ice plains, 47% glaciers, 3% abyss rifts, three ten-thousand-year cold iron mines, eight intermediate herb gardens...)"

...

Lin Feng could clearly feel the divine power in his account evaporating crazily.

Correspondingly, his territory area was skyrocketing like it was on a rocket.

Countless rare resources and special terrains were being continuously merged into his Chaos Territory.

"Ding! Warning: Divine power balance is 0, forced assimilation process has been terminated."

Don't know how much time had passed, the system suddenly issued a prompt.

Lin Feng hurriedly pulled up the panel to take a look.

The divine power assets column had been completely cleared to zero.

Damn! Annexing territory actually burns so much money?

A huge sum of over seven million was completely squandered in the blink of an eye!

"System, report the current total area."

"Ding! Current total area: 34 million square kilometers (32 million square kilometers actually controlled)."

There were still two million left uneaten because the money ran out.

Lin Feng carefully investigated and found that the land plots with spirit veins and rare resources had all been completely fused.

The remaining two million square kilometers were all barren wastelands where not a blade of grass grew.

Whether to assimilate or not, it actually didn't matter anymore.

"System, what will be the consequence for the land plots that haven't been assimilated?"

"Wild fragments that lose the protection of a deity will be rapidly eroded by void turbulence until they are completely annihilated."

Lin Feng extended his divine sense toward the edge area.

Sure enough, the spatial boundaries without the protection of laws were constantly collapsing, and the endless void was slowly gnawing away at this wasteland.

Watching the land gradually dissipate, a question suddenly popped into Lin Feng's mind.

Since neutral fragments would be automatically erased by the void, why were there still so many massive masterless continents floating in the vast Outer Realm Battlefield?

There must be some earth-shattering secret hidden in this.

After pondering for a long time, Lin Feng couldn't figure out the reason.

Forget it, better to improve his current strength first.

"System, check the status of the Taotie."

"Ding! The Taotie has refined a massive amount of vitality, its foundation has skyrocketed, and the sub-population has expanded to 24,122 heads."

The comprehensive combat power of over four million was largely supported by the Taotie clan.

It was a pity that after eating so many alien lands, the mother beast was still stuck at the peak of the fifth rank and couldn't break through to the sixth rank.

The higher the rank, the more outrageous the threshold for leveling up became.

If he wanted to continue climbing up, he had to find an opportunity to eat to his heart's content.

"Ding! Zhulong's foundation is full, requesting to breakthrough! Requires consuming chaos purple qi."

Just as Lin Feng was calculating his future plans, the system's prompt popped up again.

Lin Feng scanned with his divine sense.

Zhulong was coiled on the top-grade spirit stone vein, its aura fluctuating high and low.

Obviously, it had already touched the threshold of leveling up and was just one step away.

However, without chaos purple qi, no matter how deep the foundation was, it was useless.

As it happened, this treasure was entirely in Lin Feng's hands.

"You fought beautifully today, this is your reward."

Lin Feng, as usual, condensed a giant face in the sky and casually waved down a cluster of purple mist.

"Thank you for the Sovereign's great grace!"

Zhulong hurriedly lowered its arrogant head, its tone incomparably devout.

Immediately after, the crimson dragon body erupted with a strong light, greedily absorbing the purple qi into its body.

Must admit, this thing called purple qi is truly a god-tier tool for controlling subordinates.

Just leaking a little bit is enough to train these unruly fierce beasts into submission.

However, the stock was already bottoming out, at most it could support two more upgrades.

If he wanted to get new stock, he could only go to the Outer Realm Battlefield to try his luck.

After absorbing the purple qi, Zhulong's aura instantly became violent.

Its size was visibly shooting up, and its strength was also skyrocketing crazily.

Crossing ranks for a fierce beast was a major project and very time-consuming.

Lin Feng couldn't just stare and watch over it.

He directly cut off the connection and casually adjusted the time flow rate between the two worlds to 1:200.

By the time he slept, it would definitely be done by tomorrow morning.

...

Early the next morning.

Lin Feng climbed out of bed and checked the territory at the first opportunity.

Sure enough, it didn't disappoint him; Zhulong successfully crossed into the fourth rank!

"Ding! Zhulong has broken through to the fourth rank, all attributes have skyrocketed significantly!"

"Ding! Divine beast exclusive skills have been strengthened!"

"Ding! Congratulations to the host for comprehending a brand new Divine Privilege!"

A series of crisp mechanical sounds flooded the screen crazily.

Lin Feng suppressed his excitement and plunged his divine sense directly into the Chaos Territory.

The Zhulong before his eyes had its body length skyrocket from a few thousand meters to tens of thousands of meters!

The massive crimson dragon body was like an endless mountain ridge, coiled above the ore vein.

Besides its monstrous size, its skills had also undergone a qualitative change.

"Ding! Zhulong's [Time Slow] coverage area expanded to 100 square kilometers! Deceleration effect increased to 40%!"

"Ding! The host can currently adjust the time ratio up to a maximum of 1:300!"

The time slow field covered 100 square kilometers directly!

As long as Zhulong activated the skill, the time flow rate in this area would be forcibly cut by nearly half.

It was simply a god-tier support skill.

Baize was responsible for clearing negative statuses.

Zhulong was responsible for applying deceleration to enemies.

With the two great supports joining forces, fighting would definitely yield twice the result with half the effort.

As for the 1:300 time flow rate, it was even more heaven-defying.

This meant that the development speed on Lin Feng's territory was three times faster than his peers!

Of course, the highlight was still the brand-new Divine Privilege unlocked at the fourth rank.

"System, check the new Divine Privilege." Lin Feng rubbed his hands together.

"[Time Stop (Rank 1)]: Can forcibly freeze the passage of time within a maximum of 10 square kilometers, lasting for five seconds! Consumes 100,000 drops of divine power per use!"

It was actually Time Stop!

Lin Feng couldn't help but gasp.

This move directly touched the supreme law of time, forcibly pressing the pause button on time.

This could no longer be described as awesome.

It was a completely unsolvable finishing move.

Taotie was responsible for absolute instant kills.

Baize provided group invincibility.

Zhulong came with Time Stop.

Truly worthy of being a great fierce beast from the classic of mountains and seas; not only was its individual combat power off the charts, but the Divine Privileges it brought were each more monstrous than the last.

After marveling, Lin Feng prepared to do some serious work.

Yesterday, he swallowed tens of millions of square kilometers of land in one go, and the resources attached to it were all scattered in various corners.

They must all be concentrated for unified management.

"System, knead all the spirit stone veins in the territory together for me." Lin Feng issued the command.

"Ding! Executing integration program..."

"Integration complete! A total of 14,520 low-grade spirit veins, 4,475 intermediate-grade spirit veins, 320 high-grade spirit veins, and 9 top-grade spirit veins were extracted."

This was an immeasurable amount of huge wealth.

Lin Feng directly chose a continuous mountain range and buried all these ore veins into the ground in one go.

As soon as the ten thousand plus spirit veins entered the soil, the entire barren mountain instantly underwent an earth-shaking change.

The concentration of spiritual energy in the air went off the charts; taking a breath made one feel refreshed and relaxed.

"Zhulong, from now on, this will be your exclusive dojo."

"The territory within a radius of one million square kilometers is all under your management."

After settling the spirit veins, Lin Feng spoke with dignity.

"Understood! Thank you for the Sovereign's generous gift!"

Watching the creation-like feat of moving ten thousand spirit veins out of thin air, Zhulong was completely convinced; its huge dragon head lay on the ground, its attitude as humble as it could be.

"Alright, go cultivate on your own." Lin Feng nodded.

Next was the turn of the vegetation.

"System, take inventory of the number of herb fields."

"Ding! Scanning complete!"

"A total of 42,411 low-grade herb gardens, 14,721 intermediate-grade herb gardens, 2,525 high-grade herb gardens, and 47 top-grade herb gardens were discovered."

The number of herbs was even more exaggerated than the ore veins.

"Concentrate all these herb fields and also designate a special area of one million square kilometers."

Spirit herbs cannot be piled up randomly like stones; they must be planted in a place with a suitable environment.