166: Chapter 166 Expanding the Army!

Xu Qin looked at the remaining skeletons in the treasury.

The skeletons of the Storm Wingguards numbered ninety-six thousand,

and the skeletons of the Thunderers numbered forty-one thousand.

Coupled with various previous inventories,

the total amount of skeletons still exceeded two million.

Although the combat power of these skeletons was relatively low,

their advantage lay in their sufficient and endless quantity.

Furthermore, there was no need to consider the issue of provisions.

Thinking this, Xu Qin came to the Resurrection Platform in front of the Combat Readiness Platform.

He decided to resurrect all these flying skeletons into Skeletal Storm Wingguards.

The Resurrection Platform lit up with a dim green light.

The first batch of skeletons was sent into the conveyor belt, and their skeletons were reorganized in the soul fire.

Ten seconds later, the first Skeletal Storm Wingguard stood up from the platform.

Its wing bones spread open, and dark green soul fires burned between its bone wings.

Xu Qin looked at its panel.

[Skeletal Storm Wingguard]

[Attack Power: 1860 (Physical - Dive/Piercing)]

[Defense: 420]

[Health Points: 4200/4200]

[Loyalty: 100/100 (Eternal Diehard)]

[Morale: None]

The attributes were exactly the same as when it was alive.

"Ninety-six thousand Wingguard skeletons, convert all of them."

The Resurrection Platform began to operate at full speed, and the green light flickered continuously.

One Skeletal Wingguard after another walked down from the platform and flew into the sky with flapping wings.

Xu Qin looked up and saw more and more bone wings shielding the void, his expression solemn.

"Still not enough."

A Level 3 Star Lord had a million troops.

He hadn't even touched the threshold of Level 2 yet.

Moreover, although these flying units had decent attack and defense, their health points were only four thousand two hundred.

In high-tier planes, four thousand two hundred was just paper-thin.

But Xu Qin did not plan to take the elite route.

What he wanted now was quantity.

Because he had Wraith Fury.

If one Wingguard died, it could deal 29,400 points of area damage.

If five thousand died, the Wraith Will would be maxed out, and the entire army's attack power would increase by 50%.

Coupled with the newly acquired Wraith Sprint, accelerating the dive by 80%...

The damage value caused would be unimaginable.

"The dragon bones need a shield."

Xu Qin looked at the forming Wingguard swarm,

"These Wingguards are the dragon bones' meat shields."

"Let them rush to the front to attract firepower, and when they die, they can use self-destruction to clear the way, covering the dragon bones to reap in the back."

Xu Qin figured this out and looked at the command panel.

Right now, his total military force was around three hundred and fifty thousand.

It looked like a lot.

But a Level 3 Star Lord started with a million.

The gap was still too big.

"The source of troops is severely insufficient; those cannon fodder skeletons don't count, and only high-tier troops can be considered effective combat power."

Xu Qin rubbed his temples and opened the communication panel.

Found Tie Ge.

"Master!" Tie Ge's voice came immediately, carrying a flattering tone.

"Tell me about the situation on your side."

"Yes, reporting to Master, everything is currently progressing according to plan! Ever since you left, this subordinate has been continuously expanding the territory. Currently, we have annexed six surrounding small alien territories, and the military force has expanded from the initial forty-seven War Rhino to three hundred and twenty. In addition, we have also incorporated a neutral Orc infantry force, numbering a full thousand."

Xu Qin nodded.

Three hundred and twenty War Rhino.

This number was already considered pretty good in a low-tier plane.

But for his current needs, it was a drop in the bucket.

"Tie Ge, I need a large number of troops right now. You must recruit as many War Rhino on your side as possible."

The other end of the communication was silent for a few seconds before asking, "Master... how many should I send?"

"Send as many as there are, recruit as many as you can."

"... All of them?"

"Yes, just leave fifty to watch the house, and send the rest over."

"As you command, Master. This subordinate will arrange it immediately."

Xu Qin knew what Tie Ge was hesitating about.

War Rhino were his core combat power and consumed a lot of resources.

"In addition, send the senior Orc infantry together as well; don't want the primary ones, I only want the senior ones."

"... Yes."

"If resources are insufficient, directly coordinate with the Winter Sovereign of Yongyuan City and transfer them from the teleportation platform."

"Understood! This subordinate will go handle it right away!"

"Develop your auxiliary troops more; as long as they are high-tier troops, I want them all."

"Yes!"

The communication hung up.

Xu Qin started to calculate.

Two hundred and seventy War Rhino could burst out more than 5,600 skeletons under the blessing of talent.

After conversion, they would be 5,600 Skeletal Iron-Horned Battle Rhinos.

1,200 Orc infantrymen would double to 2,400 skeletons.

Adding them up, it was 8,000 units.

"Not enough, far from enough."

Xu Qin sighed.

The output efficiency of the low-tier plane was too low.

Even if Tie Ge expanded desperately, the troops he could send in a month would only be this much.

Unless... he found a few more "Tie Ges".

But Xu Qin temporarily suppressed this thought.

He turned to open the sub-city management interface and clicked on the Winter Sovereign's status.

[Current Status: Normal]

[Stationed Location: Winter City]

Xu Qin switched to Winter City's management panel and scrolled down.

Then he was stunned.

During the time he left, the Winter Sovereign did not just guard Winter City.

Taking Winter City as the core, it radiated outward and actually captured another fourteen small relic strongholds.

Good grief, every single one had basic defense facilities and resource collection points built.

The collected resources continuously flowed into the main warehouse of Yongyuan City through the teleportation network.

Xu Qin looked through the resource log.

In just this period of time, the area governed by the Winter Sovereign cumulatively produced 500,000 fine iron ores, 620,000 stones, and 550,000 timbers.

"Impressive..."

Xu Qin couldn't help praising.

"Although this fellow is also undead, he's actually better at farming than me?"

He clicked on the Winter Sovereign's schedule briefing again.

[Day 7: Captured Northeast Stronghold No. 3, built a collection station.]

[Day 12: Captured Southern Stronghold No. 5, discovered an iron ore vein, and arranged for Troglodytes to mine it.]

[Day 18: Cleared out fleeing alien remnants, harvested Skeletons × 4200.]

[Day 25: Completed the defense fortifications of Stronghold No. 14.]

Not bad, not bad, the efficiency was ridiculously high.

Moreover, the Winter Sovereign's purpose was very clear.

Attack it first, start investing resources in construction, and after building it, go find the next relic, advancing in a cycle like this.

"City Lord-tier units are truly different; they can accomplish great things."

Xu Qin closed the panel with satisfaction.

With the Winter Sovereign in the rear, there was no need to worry at all.

"With these resources, Tie Ge can also develop boldly."

Therefore, the current problem was only the speed of military expansion.

Of course, this could only be left to time; being anxious wouldn't help.

Or...

Relying on the next land contention battle.

Just as Xu Qin was pondering, a red prompt suddenly popped up in the upper right corner of the command panel.

It was sent from the [Human Communication Channel].

Xu Qin raised an eyebrow.

Human channel?

How long had it been since he paid attention to this thing?

Opening the communication channel,

he looked at the latest chat history.

Li Wei · Human: @Xu Qin Are you there?