31: Troll Potato

Zhang Qiang originally thought he had experienced enough for one night, his heart already numb, no longer capable of feeling shock.

But when he arrived at Li Feng's castle, he was still stunned.

It turned out that the four life particles he had previously detected were not four Lords.

Instead, it was Li Feng and his three heroes.

Three heroes, plus a castle, and terrifyingly powerful strength.

In just an instant, Zhang Qiang realized Li Feng's true identity.

“Boss, you… you wouldn’t happen to be that Li Feng boss, the number one on the leaderboard, would you?”

Zhang Qiang asked nervously.

Li Feng didn't speak, he just stood on the watchtower, calmly looking at the night ahead.

The less Li Feng spoke, the more mysterious and imposing he appeared in Zhang Qiang's eyes, who was too scared to even breathe.

“You said earlier that you detected life particles in three directions near your territory, a total of 19 people?”

After a long while, Li Feng finally spoke, asking.

“Yes, Boss.”

Zhang Qiang nodded repeatedly.

“Go rest; find any room on the second floor of the castle. By the way, you’d best not try any tricks with me. If I find anything amiss, I will immediately order the destruction of your Lord Altar.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Qiang trembled and waved his hands repeatedly, indicating he wouldn't dare.

“Don’t worry, following me will naturally have its benefits for you. As long as you work diligently for me, I guarantee you will receive plenty of rewards. Fifth-tier Troops blueprints, and even sixth-tier Troops blueprints, are not a dream.”

After a stick, a carrot should follow.

The way to manage people is not to suppress them all the time.

You also have to give them some incentives and paint a grand vision.

As expected, upon hearing Li Feng's words, Zhang Qiang became excited and quickly pledged his loyalty.

Afterward, Li Feng sent him away.

Of course, he didn't completely trust Zhang Qiang.

Beside Zhang Qiang, there were two Flying Mantis following him closely.

One was to protect his safety, and the other was to monitor his every move.

Li Feng gave the order that Zhang Qiang could move freely on the first and second floors of the castle.

But without his command, if the latter dared to leave this area, he would be immediately killed, and Li Feng would destroy Zhang Qiang's Lord Altar at the first opportunity.

Afterward, Li Feng consumed resources to build ten arrow towers around the castle.

These were all blueprints obtained after destroying the arrow towers of Chen Hu and other Lords.

All ten arrow towers were 8 meters tall and more than 3 meters in diameter.

At the top of each arrow tower, there was a giant iron crossbow.

With just a thought, a Lord could attack enemies within range.

Arrow towers of common quality could attack once per second, dealing 100 points of armor-piercing damage that ignored defense, with a range of 100 meters.

For ordinary Novice Lords, the damage provided by arrow towers was quite substantial, significantly enhancing their territory's defensive capabilities.

But for Li Feng, the damage from these arrow towers was negligible.

They mainly served a decorative purpose.

A majestic sixth-tier castle with no offensive defensive structures would only be a laughingstock.

Looking at the ten arrow towers rising from the ground, Li Feng nodded with satisfaction.

After the arrow towers were built, he went to the second basement level again.

This time, he went straight to the spirit field.

After destroying the Lord Altars of Chen Hu and others, Li Feng obtained all their resources.

Among them, one Lord's resources included many vegetable seeds.

These were vegetable seeds called giant troll potato.

giant troll potato are relatively common vegetables on the Endless Continent, and they are also recorded in books.

“giant troll potato: One seed can grow 100 units of giant troll potato, usually harvested once a month. They have a dense, sweet taste, and long-term consumption by Troops can also increase their strength.”

The content recorded in the book was recited silently in Li Feng's mind.

“I used to always hear my uncle say that the vegetables on the Endless Continent are much tastier than those on Earth. I want to see if it’s really true.”

Li Feng immediately summoned all the Beedrill and planted the giant troll potato seeds.

Currently, he had a total of 200 giant troll potato seeds in his hand.

The spirit field had a total of 10,000 grids, and one seed could be planted in each grid.

This was an underground space, with no sunlight and no moisture.

However, this was not ordinary farmland, but a spirit field.

Even without sunlight or moisture, seeds could grow vigorously within it, and there was no need to worry about insect plagues.

Epic-grade spirit fields could accelerate crop growth, with a growth rate five times faster than normal.

The giant troll potato, which originally took one month to mature, would only need 6 days to mature in a sixth-tier spirit field.

What's more, the spirit field was also a building, benefiting from the castle's buffs.

Ultimately, it would only take 3 days for the giant troll potato to grow to an edible state.

Moreover, epic-grade spirit fields could also increase crop yield.

Originally, 1 seed could grow 100 units of giant troll potato.

In an epic-grade spirit field, 1 seed could grow 500 units of giant troll potato, increasing the harvest by 5 times.

“If I could get some spirit spring water, I could further accelerate the maturation of the giant troll potato.”

Li Feng muttered after planting the giant troll potato.

Spirit spring water is a special kind of spring water on the Endless Continent.

It has no other purpose than to accelerate the growth rate of crops.

Withdrawing his gaze, Li Feng took out several Troops blueprints.

Those were the blueprints dropped after destroying the Troops altars of Chen Hu and other Lords.

The probability of a blueprint dropping after destroying a Troops altar was about 50%.

Li Feng dropped a total of 7 blueprints, and what's more, one of them was a fifth-tier Troops blueprint, so his luck was really good.

He looked at the Troops blueprints in his hand, a thoughtful expression on his face.

The second- and third-tier Troops blueprints were directly put away by him.

He did not plan to create altars for first-, second-, and third-tier Troops unless they were very special Troops.

During the Novice assessment phase, having more Troops was not necessarily better.

He now needed to focus his limited resources on high-tier Troops, summoning enough high-tier Troops.

As for low-tier Troops, it wouldn't be too late to create altars after the Novice assessment ended and he became an official Lord.

Li Feng still had two Troops blueprints left, one fourth-tier and one fifth-tier.

He activated his talent and transformed both blueprints into Zerg Troops.

【You have obtained Steel Armor Beetle Troops blueprint * 1!】

【You have obtained Water Spider Troops blueprint * 1!】

The fourth-tier Troops, Steel Armor Beetle, had overlapping attributes with Buzzwole; both were front-line tanks.

Because of this, Li Feng simply put it away and had no plans to build a Troops altar for it now.

Of course, even if he wanted to build one, he couldn't, as he didn't have any fourth-tier gems...