163: Island development

“This kid is really strange. He clearly awakened an SSS-grade talent, yet his initial Troops are Beedrill. Isn't this a joke?”

Waterman Bengka stared at the screen showing Li Feng, dumbfounded.

Even Fireman Laka couldn't help but twitch his lips.

Basically, any Lord who could pass the third round of assessment had initial Troops that were at least Tier 6.

Some even managed to elevate their initial Troops to Tier 7 or even Tier 8 due to unique awakened Troops or powerful backgrounds.

In such a situation, starting with no resources was a hellish start.

Because in the True God's setup, even intrinsic Troops needed to be summoned at their original price.

That is to say, if the intrinsic Troops were Tier 6, it would require 200 gold coins.

If they were Tier 7, it would require an astonishing 2000 gold coins.

In the novice assessment, the higher the tier of the initial Troops, the more advantageous it was for the Lord, and the easier it was to develop.

But in the third round of assessment, the higher the quality of the Troops, the harder the start!

If one were to raise their initial Troops to Tier 7 or even Tier 8, they might as well just wait for death.

“This is practically cheating, a hack!” Waterman Bengka couldn't help but complain.

Fireman Laka also shook his head.

His master had calculated everything, but he never accounted for this.

A Tier 1 initial Troops, plus that legendary talent, what hellish start? This was a heavenly start.

“Leave his problem aside for now. Why did you lie to them, saying that failing the assessment would result in death?” Fireman Laka turned to his companion.

“Who said I was lying to them?” Waterman Bengka blinked.

“Bangka, what exactly are you trying to do!?” Fireman Laka snapped.

“Our little master will certainly inherit our master's legacy. Since that's the case, I naturally need to clear some obstacles for him.”

“The other three little fellows are backed by True God-level forces. Once their backing forces learn that our little master has obtained our master's legacy, they will stop at nothing to deal with him.”

Waterman Bengka said it as a matter of course.

“But you shouldn't have…”

“Shouldn't have what? You should understand the power of a True God. They possess top-tier items from the starry sky. Even if our little master hides on the Endless Continent, he might not be able to escape their pursuit.”

“I'm still hoping our little master grows up and fulfills our master's dying wish, which he yearned for so deeply.”

Hearing this, Fireman Laka fell silent, simply watching the screen that belonged to Li Feng.

On the screen, Li Feng was still checking the information panel.

Unlike the information panel on the Endless Continent, this one had three additional panels on the right side.

[Building Technology]

[Weapons and Equipment]

[Island Achievements]

Li Feng first opened Weapons and Equipment.

[Level 1 Workbench]

[Stone Axe: wood * 1, stone * 1]

[Stone Shovel: wood * 3, stone * 2]

[Stone Hoe: wood * 3, stone * 2]

The items before the colon were weapons and equipment, and after it were the materials needed for crafting.

“Interesting. It's a bit like the Lord-type games I used to play.”

Li Feng glanced around and noticed a large stone, weighing dozens of pounds, not far away. He exerted a lot of effort to lift it.

An ordinary person's physique was simply too weak.

Before, he could even send a bull flying with a single punch, but now, just lifting a stone weighing dozens of pounds was so strenuous.

The next moment, Li Feng suddenly felt his hand lighten, and the stone in his hand disappeared.

[You obtained stone * 1]

“It really works.”

Li Feng then saw a piece of rotten wood and went to pick it up.

[You obtained wood * 1]

He opened Weapons and Equipment, selected the newly acquired wood and stone, and placed them on the Level 1 Workbench.

“Ding, ding, ding…”

A series of hammering sounds rang out, accompanied by a progress bar below.

After 5 seconds, the progress bar filled, and a Stone Axe appeared in Li Feng's backpack.

With a thought, he took it out, feeling its weight in his hand.

“Do I still have to cut down trees myself?”

Li Feng walked up to a tree, rubbing his hands in the sand to act as anti-slip powder.

“Hmph!” With a loud shout, he forcefully swung the axe at the tree.

“Bang!” A huge sound echoed across the Island.

After ten axe swings, the tree fell with a crash.

[You obtained wood * 10]

Li Feng tried another tree, and it also took ten axe swings.

“It's not about my strength; it's about the axe.” Li Feng looked at the Stone Axe in his hand, coming to a conclusion.

At the same time, he noticed that after cutting down two trees in one go, a health bar-like indicator appeared on the stone, having decreased slightly.

“It must be durability. That's quite interesting.”

Li Feng smiled faintly.

Afterward, he began to furiously chop wood.

On the Island Achievements panel, chopping over 100 trees would grant a reward of 1 gold coin.

With this gold coin reward, he could summon Troops, which should make things much easier.

Thinking of this, Li Feng was full of motivation.

“Bang, bang, bang…”

On the Island, loud thuds reverberated, also causing small localized earthquakes.

After all, a tree over ten meters tall falling due to gravity acceleration packed a powerful force.

[You unlocked Island Achievement “Logging,” rewarding 1 gold coin!]

“Gold coin in hand, I can summon Troops now.” Li Feng wiped the sweat from his forehead.

Since becoming a Lord, he hadn't sweated in a long time.

As for the Stone Axe, after cutting down the hundredth tree, its durability completely ran out and it disappeared.

Li Feng didn't care. He took the hard-earned 1 gold coin and went to the Troops Altar.

“2000 gold coins?” Li Feng looked at the Hercules Vajra Ant Altar, slightly surprised.

Without gold coins before, he hadn't paid attention to the Troops Altar.

“Summon at original price?” Li Feng raised an eyebrow and immediately went to the Beedrill Altar.

Sure enough, summoning Beedrill only required 1 gold coin.

“Then those three are in for a rough time.” Li Feng stroked his chin, thinking of Akayera and the other two, a mischievous smile appearing on his face.

These three were all his competitors.

Setting aside whether the four of them could pass the third round of assessment.

If they all managed to pass, there would definitely be three losers, and losers meant death.

Given this, Li Feng naturally hoped his three competitors would die.

“Hehe, good, summoning at original price is great, I love it.” Li Feng chuckled, putting the gold coin into the Troops Altar.

The next moment, a Beedrill flew out from it.

Immediately after, space twisted.

Ten Beedrill stood before Li Feng.

Looking at the Beedrill in front of him, Li Feng felt a bit emotional.

Since acquiring Tier 7 Troops, he had gradually forgotten about Beedrill.

He never expected that he would rely on Beedrill again one day.

“Indeed, life is full of uncertainties.” Li Feng sighed…