108: Chapter 108 I Can't Hold It In Anymore

Xu Qin currently held three cards in his hand.

The first, the Dragon Bone leveling up underground.

He couldn't yet imagine how terrifying its stats on the command panel would become once it reached several dozen levels.

The second, the tunnel leading directly to the relic.

When the time was ripe, he would break through the final meter and crawl in himself to retrieve it.

The entire process would be completed underground; even if the Angel Race and Demon Hunter Race could detect it, they wouldn't be able to react in time.

The third, the home-field advantage.

His Floating City was nearby, while the Angel Race and Demon Hunter Race had separate territories.

As long as the two of them didn't move all their main forces over, they wouldn't dare act rashly.

"They will most likely choose to drag this out. As long as I don't touch the relic, they won't rashly provoke me."

Xu Qin analyzed with his arms crossed,

"That's perfect, I want to drag this out too."

"The things I lack the least are time and patience."

Thinking of this, he opened the Human Race channel.

The channel was still discussing his fight with James.

However, the buzz had died down quite a bit, and new topics were starting to emerge.

Lord Lin Yi · Human Race: What's the situation at the ruins right now? Is anyone still there?

Fang Che · Human Race: The Angel Race and Demon Hunter Race haven't left yet.

Fang Che · Human Race: Xu Qin is there too. The three parties are just standing there, neither side making a move.

Zhao Ming · Human Race: Stuck in a stalemate again?

Fang Che · Human Race: Yes. The Angel Race and Demon Hunter Race haven't really developed the territory near the ruins; they still have to teleport back to their main territories frequently.

Fang Che · Human Race: But Xu Qin's Floating City digs wherever it goes; he doesn't have any consumption, he's purely developing.

Li Wei · Human Race: Doesn't that mean the Angel Race and Demon Hunter Race are taking a huge loss?

Lord Lin Yi · Human Race: Indeed. For every day they stand off, their main territories lose a day of development. But it looks like they aren't willing to leave.

Barton · Dwarf Race: If they leave, the relic will just go to Xu Qin.

Han Yu · Dwarf Race: It's a dilemma; I'd feel terrible too if it were me.

Xu Qin looked at these analyses and sneered inwardly.

Right, that's exactly the effect he wanted.

It wasn't the time to become enemies with the entire Human Race yet; there was no point in doing that.

I won't attack you, I'll just watch you.

If you leave, I'll take it.

If you don't leave, you can just keep dragging it out here.

Anyway, I'm farming, leveling up, and digging tunnels all at the same time—none are neglected.

And what about you guys?

You have to consider supply issues and territory upgrade problems.

Two hours later.

Tian Ming sent a communication.

"Master, the test is complete."

"Speak."

"The Dragon Bone is currently level 32. The limit for a single round of kills is 120 Mineral Vein Guardians."

"After exceeding 120, the cooldown interval of the Dragon King's Breath will give the guardians a window to counterattack, and the accumulated damage will start to cause pressure."

"120 per round?"

Xu Qin was somewhat surprised. He spoke to the command panel,

"Then keep farming at 120. As the level continues to rise, the limit should be able to increase further."

"Yes. For every level gained, the maximum kill count is expected to increase by 8 to 10."

"Good. Keep watching it."

"Yes, Master."

South side of the ruins. Angel Race camp.

Chen Wei sat inside the tent, looking at the command panel in front of him.

The Angel units could only hold out for three more days.

After three days, they would need to return to the Pool of Holy Light to replenish their Holy Light energy.

That's right, Angels look fierce, but they need the support of Holy Light energy.

And the Pool of Holy Light could only be provided by the temple in the main territory.

His main territory was 6,000 kilometers away.

Chen Wei sighed and walked to the tent entrance with his hands behind his back.

Outside, twelve Angels were hovering in the air patrolling.

But for every second they acted, they were consuming their own Holy Light energy.

"Three days..."

If the situation didn't change within three days, he would have to withdraw half of the Angels to return to the Pool of Holy Light.

North side of the ruins.

Demon Hunter Race camp.

Samuel returned here via the teleportation array again.

He had just obtained five Dark Energy Cores from his main territory.

Demon Hunters needed this to replenish their Dark Energy after every battle.

Demon Hunters without energy were not even as good as ordinary soldiers.

"Only enough to replenish five times."

Samuel turned to look in the direction of the Floating City.

There were three days until the next replenishment.

But that Undead Lord didn't look like he had any intention of attacking at all.

He was just staying there, developing.

"Fuck."

Samuel cursed under his breath.

He returned to the tent, sat down, and opened the Human Race chat channel.

After reading Fang Che's analysis, he felt even more annoyed.

The other party was right.

Xu Qin could afford to drag this out, but he couldn't.

But just give up like this?

The Legendary-grade relic was right in front of him.

If he obtained it, the entire army's defense would permanently increase by 10%.

Although the bonus wasn't high right now.

But giving up on something like this would definitely lead to regret later.

"I can't leave! I haven't truly experienced his methods yet, I'm not reconciled."

Samuel frowned and thought for a while, then opened the private message interface.

Recipient: Chen Wei · Angel Race.

He stared at the blank input box, hesitated for half a minute, and then started typing.

"Interested in talking? About that Undead Lord."

Send.

Two days later.

The upgrade resources for the various functional zones of the Floating City were gradually gathered.

Xu Qin began to upgrade them one by one.

On the command panel's upgrade progress bar, it showed that the upgrade time required five days.

Xu Qin didn't care about this at all.

What he cared about most now was that tunnel underground.

Early morning.

Xu Qin opened the command panel and pulled up the real-time progress of the underground tunnel.

The Troglodytes' excavation position was less than one kilometer away from directly beneath the relic monument.

At the current speed, the mission could be completed by tonight at the latest.

Xu Qin swiped through the interface and began to ponder the layout of the ambush side tunnels.

Defensive measures still had to be prepared.

He had already figured out the terrain over at the monument; the surface was a circle of stone ruins, and there were no defensive forces on it.

The only trouble was the Angels and the Demon Hunters.

But as long as he broke through from underground, he would crawl up, grab it, and run.

By the time they reacted, the monument would have long been moved back to the Floating City.

Just as Xu Qin was calculating how many side tunnels to dig,

Ding! Ding!

A dozen or so Sand Rats simultaneously sent back anomaly reports.

Xu Qin hurriedly switched to the reconnaissance screen.

On the screen, he saw two troops advancing at full speed toward the Floating City from the north and south.

In the south, twelve golden Angels were moving through the air.

In the north, there were forty black shadows of Demon Hunters.

Both troops were heading straight for the Floating City.

After seeing this, Xu Qin chuckled.

"Can't hold it in anymore, huh?"

It must be that the lords of the Angel Race and Demon Hunter Race thought that dragging it out would only lead to more trouble.

Rather than sitting and waiting for death, it was better to take a gamble.

This was a very normal choice.

It was also within Xu Qin's expectations.

He opened the command panel and issued an order to Tian Ming.

"Tian Ming. After clearing out the last batch of guardians, stop farming monsters."

"Yes, the last batch is being cleared, it will end within ten minutes."

Xu Qin opened the command panel and looked at the Dragon Bone.

"Level 70, huh? Very good!"