153: Chapter 153 Discovery of a Large Landmass Approaching the Boundless Realm!

Over thirty million soul energy was poured in.

A look of agonizing pain crossed Xu Qin's face.

This was soul energy he had saved up for a long time.

But not upgrading it would be an even greater loss.

The map of the high-tier plane had just opened.

He had to raise the level of the main city as soon as possible.

"Once the grand hall finishes upgrading, I'll unlock the new functions first."

"Then modify the Floating City."

"Things also need to be built in the Boundless Domain."

Xu Qin planned out his subsequent resources.

This wasn't like the old days of hitting a wave and moving to a new spot to harvest.

Everything from now on would unfold around land merging.

Of course, the Floating City could still fly out to roam around.

But the premise was that he truly had the ability to do so without taking damage.

Just as he was pondering how to improve the efficiency of land merging,

the floating bone whistle suddenly issued a prompt.

[Warning! A large landmass has been detected approaching the Boundless Domain!]

A large landmass?

Xu Qin directly opened the regional map.

He saw that in the northeast direction of the Boundless Domain,

a floating landmass with an area far exceeding the surrounding rubble entered the detection range.

[Unknown Floating Land]

[Estimated Area: 100.37 square kilometers.]

[Distance: 18 kilometers.]

[Movement Status: Approaching.]

Xu Qin's eyes widened instantly.

How much?

One hundred square kilometers?

A difference in area of a full fifty times?

He looked at the image sent back by the floating bone whistle and began to study it carefully.

Dilapidated stone walls stood on the edge of that floating landmass.

Behind the walls were rows of black buildings.

Flags were still planted on the ground.

The pattern on them was a demonic claw clutching a chain.

"Good grief, they certainly aren't coming with good intentions," Xu Qin analyzed.

Being able to have a land of one hundred square kilometers

was enough to prove that this fellow had defeated many opponents.

Xu Qin swiped back and forth across the mini-map,

and after confirming the terrain, he directly issued commands on the command panel:

"All troops, pull back!"

"Chuan Yun, Tietang, bring the Ranged Troops back to the city!"

"Manniu, Blade Guard, Jackal Hunter, all withdraw to the Combat Readiness Platform!"

"Troglodytes, stop mining and return to the city immediately!"

The commands spread out.

The undead troops scattered across various parts of the Boundless Domain began to gather rapidly.

The Troglodytes escorted the Bone Transport Cart as they ran back.

The Ranged Troops withdrew from the high ground.

The herd of Bone Beasts abandoned their patrol and surged toward the direction of the Floating City.

Standing on the Watchtower, Xu Qin watched that huge landmass getting closer and closer.

In the blink of an eye, the distance compressed to within 10 kilometers.

And the speed was still increasing.

"Damn it, does this thing even have acceleration?"

Xu Qin looked toward the control console of the Floating City.

He tried to raise the altitude.

After the Floating City slowly rose by thirty meters, a prompt popped up on the control console.

[Warning: Currently in a territory-bound state; the Floating City cannot detach from the affiliated territory.]

[To unbind, please operate in the territory panel.]

Xu Qin clicked open the territory panel.

[Unbinding requires: 120 seconds.]

He looked at the distance on the mini-map.

Eight kilometers.

Judging by the approaching speed of that continent...

It's not enough.

"Fine then."

Xu Qin closed the panel.

He originally wanted to pull off a sneak attack,

but he didn't expect this idea to be directly banned.

Three minutes later.

Boom!!!

The entire Boundless Domain shook violently.

Standing on the Watchtower, Xu Qin watched the mainland violently sway.

His small land of a few square kilometers collided with that landmass.

Rocks shattered and squeezed against each other,

and then they merged with each other at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In less than a minute,

the eastern side of the Boundless Domain directly synthesized into one body with the opponent's landmass.

Ding!

A red full-screen prompt popped up on the command panel.

[Territory War Triggered!]

[Rules:]

[1. Both territories have merged; continental functions are temporarily disabled.]

[2. Both parties cannot evacuate the battlefield through portals.]

[3. The state of war can only be lifted when the lord of one side dies in battle.]

[4. The winner obtains all territory area and resources of the loser.]

After reading the rules, Xu Qin couldn't help but laugh and said:

"Can't portals be used?"

He patted the bone railing of the Floating City.

"But this is a Floating City of mine; how could I possibly run away using a portal?"

If he really couldn't beat them, he could just raise his altitude and fly away.

Defeat was always better than dying in battle.

Besides, the opponent didn't have wings.

He could completely utilize the mobility of the Floating City to stir up trouble back and forth across this landmass.

In this way, it seemed he could run back and forth again.

Xu Qin took another look at the rules.

Continental functions temporarily disabled.

"In other words, there's no way to absorb the floating stones in the void right now?"

That was fine too; without the disturbance of those fragments, his operating space would be even greater.

Just as he was pondering the attacking route,

beep!

the floating bone whistle transmitted back the latest detection data.

After the two landmasses merged,

one thousand bone whistles dispersed,

continuously transmitting the detected information back to the command panel.

Xu Qin clicked open the first group of detection reports.

[Detected Enemy Troop: Iron-Spine Lizard Warrior]

[Attack Power: 1420 (Physical - Slash/Pierce)]

[Defense: 660]

[Health Points: 5600 / 5600]

[Trait 1: Iron-Spine Armor (Passive) Physical damage received from the back is reduced by 40%.]

[Trait 2: Pack Hunting Synergy (Passive) For every 1 fellow clansman nearby, Attack Power +3%, stacking up to 15 layers.]

Xu Qin continued to scroll down.

[Detected Enemy Troop: Iron-Spine Lizard Stonethrower]

[Attack Power: 1380 (Physical - Throwing/Ranged)]

[Defense: 280]

[Health Points: 3800 / 3800]

[Range: 40 meters]

[Detected Enemy Troop: Iron-Spine Lizard Heavy Armor Guard]

[Attack Power: 2520 (Physical - Heavy Strike)]

[Defense: 1380]

[Health Points: 18200 / 18200]

[Trait: Iron-Spine Rampart (Active) Raise shield to block, frontal damage reduced by 70%, duration 5 seconds, cooldown 12 seconds.]

Xu Qin's eyes lit up.

Iron-Spine Lizardmen?

The opponent turned out to be a pure living race?

In this high-tier world, there really are living races that have survived!

After a brief thought, he guessed the reason.

These iron lizardmen must have become thick-skinned and tough after being enhanced by the environment of the high-tier plane,

otherwise, an ordinary race without any highlights like this could never gain a foothold in this world.

"Quantity is one aspect, but more importantly... are the lord's talent and other unknown abilities," Xu Qin analyzed inwardly.

He continued to review the report,

and as the detection range of the floating bone whistle continued to expand,

red dots densely spread across the mini-map.

Looking at the statistical numbers on the side, Xu Qin's mood grew increasingly solemn.

The currently known military strength was around twelve thousand.

"Twelve thousand? To be honest, it's fewer than expected."

Xu Qin touched his chin.

If they were completely annihilated, doubling it would only be a little over two hundred thousand bones.

However, the combat troops in his hands right now, excluding Troglodytes and vultures, could fight numbering around twenty thousand plus.

But all of these twenty thousand had been enhanced by Ore Spirit, so he wasn't afraid of them in terms of quantity at all.

Even if the opponent's individual stats were high, having passives like "Pack Hunting Synergy" that provided attack power posed no threat either.

"This is somewhat interesting. I didn't expect to encounter a living race in the high-tier plane."

"That's fine too, as long as they aren't endless demons that can't be killed."

Xu Qin unconsciously grew excited and began arranging formations in his mind.