17: Stud Poker is a kind of life wisdom

Li Feng put away the Flying Mantis blueprint and strode to the Ironclad Ant Troops altar.

Killing the BOSS and being the first to build a castle earned him a total of 20,000 gold coins.

He only thought for a moment before investing all his gold coins into the Ironclad Ant altar.

All-in is a form of life wisdom!

Gold coins won't reproduce if kept on him.

But deploying all his Troops could significantly boost Li Feng's strength, allowing him to acquire more gold coins and resources.

A short while later, 2,000 Ironclad Ants appeared before him.

Looking at the vast swarm of Ironclad Ants in front of him, a smile spread across his face.

This is exactly the visual effect he wanted!

He led all the Ironclad Ants out of the castle and rendezvoused with the Troops guarding outside.

"Advance!"

Li Feng waved his hand, leading a mighty force of over 3,000 Troops forward.

He was once again extremely satisfied with Skarner.

He rode on Skarner's back the entire time, carried by Skarner, feeling very relaxed and comfortable.

This time, Li Feng did not follow yesterday's path.

All the monsters along that route had been cleared, and they wouldn't "respawn" anytime soon.

"Yesterday, we went due east. This time, we'll head southeast."

With that thought, Li Feng directed his army to turn and advance to the front-right.

A few minutes later, he saw dense green figures.

They were over a hundred Goblins, guarding a Tier 1 gold mine behind them.

"This path is good; a gold mine right from the start."

Li Feng smiled faintly and ordered all his Beedrills to charge at the group of Goblins.

Currently, all the Beedrills under his command were Level 10 Troops, with a base attack power of 17.

Coupled with the triple buffs from the ghost blood blade, Skarner, and the castle, their attack power reached a staggering 51 points, far higher than that of conventional Tier 3 Troops.

Dealing with this group of Goblins was incredibly easy.

As expected, the moment the two sides clashed, the Goblins' forces collapsed like a mountain.

[Your Troops killed a Goblin. Your Troops gained a small amount of experience. You gained Gold Coin * 1!]

[Your Troops killed a Goblin. Your Troops gained a small amount of experience. You gained Gold Coin * 1!]

[Your Troops...]

In just a few minutes, all hundred-plus Goblins were annihilated.

Immediately after, Li Feng sent the Self-Destructing Fireflies to mine the Tier 1 gold mine.

Tier 4 Troops have a mining speed of 20 units per minute.

Dozens of Self-Destructing Fireflies mining simultaneously cleared this Tier 1 gold mine in just a few seconds.

Li Feng didn't even stop the army's advance; the Self-Destructing Fireflies had already flown back to theTeam.

As for the Goblin corpses, the Beedrills carried them, flying to Li Feng's front.

Don't let the Beedrill's small size fool you; as max-level Tier 1 Troops, they are very strong.

Working in pairs, they could easily lift the Goblin corpses.

[Collection successful, you obtained: Goblin Meat * 5, Goblin Bone * 1]

[Collection successful, you obtained: Goblin Meat * 5, Goblin Bone * 1]

[...]

Although Li Feng was a bit squeamish about the flesh of these humanoid monsters, fortunately, the insects weren't picky eaters and could be kept for the Troops.

As for the Goblin bones, like the bear hides and claws collected yesterday, they were used for forging equipment.

In the Endless Continent, not only War Treasures could enhance the strength of Troops.

Equipment forged by oneself could also enhance the strength of Troops.

However!

Each piece of equipment could only be used by one Troop.

During the Novice Lord period, when a Lord's Troops numbers were not many, playing this way was not an issue.

Once the number of Troops increased, how much equipment would be needed?

Moreover, if Troops died in the wild, their equipment could potentially be confiscated by enemies.

Therefore, War Treasures were considered ultimate treasures.

Li Feng put away the Goblin bones, intending to sell them later along with the monster materials collected yesterday to other Lords.

He had too many Troops, and their numbers would only grow, so no amount of materials would be enough.

Therefore, selling materials for resources was the right path.

Next, his Troop contingent became an utterly ruthless bulldozer, pushing forward relentlessly along this path.

Any monsters encountered were easily swept aside.

In contrast, his Troops, even the weakest Beedrills, had not suffered any casualties so far.

Compared to yesterday, his strength had increased by more than just a little.

It wasn't until near the end of the second day that he led his Troops back to his territory.

The second day was still full ofHarvest.

Upon returning to the castle, Li Feng began to tally his gains as usual.

First, gold coins: by killing monsters and mining gold, he acquired a total of 12,000 gold coins, comparable to killing a BOSS.

Then, wood, stone, and iron ore.

This time he did not encounter rich mining areas, so the three resources he collected were not abundant.

Adding to what he had left, his current reserves for the three resources were: 9750 units, 9020 units, and 6500 units, respectively.

After counting, Li Feng frowned slightly.

He had originally planned to gather enough resources today to build the Flying Mantis altar.

Now, wood and stone were sufficient.

However, there was still a considerable shortfall in iron ore.

"I'll check the trading market then."

After muttering, he began to count the food.

This area had the most monsters, and Li Feng collected the most food.

Including what he had before, his current food reserves were 21,080 units.

Even with 3,000 Troops, such a large amount of food was more than they could consume.

Finally, there were miscellaneous monster materials.

These materials were all used for forging equipment.

Materials like bones and claws could be used to forge weapons.

Materials like fur and scales were used to forge armor.

Of course, there were also special materials similar to Slime mucus.

Li Feng had returned late, and now with the resource tally, the second day quickly passed.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, a desolate horn sounded.

At the same time, a notification rang in the minds of all Novice Lords.

[Monster siege begins. Monster count: 100]

A mechanical voice echoed in the minds of all Novice Lords.

The count for the second day was 100, more than double the difficulty of yesterday!

The number of monsters had exactly doubled, so logically the difficulty should also double.

But any Lord who had studied carefully knew that.

The monsters on the first day were just ordinary Goblins.

The monsters on the second day were still Goblins, but they were half Goblins and half Goblin Throwers.

Goblin Throwers were still Tier 1 monsters, but their attributes had a slight increase.

Furthermore, Goblin Throwers were ranged Troops.

Compared to the monster siege on the first day, the difficulty of the second day was significantly higher.

The expressions of most Lords became solemn...