17: Chapter 17 Divine General, War God Chi You, Master of Weapons!

After those japanese people had run far enough away, Xu Xuan gave a grand wave of his hand, ordering a portion of the savages to descend via ropes and begin occupying the entire territory of the Tokugawa Alliance.

A progress bar for the occupation could be seen scrolling.

[Occupation: 1%]

[Occupation: 35%]

[Occupation...]

When the occupation bar reached 100%, a line of text appeared before his eyes.

[You have successfully occupied the core of the Tokugawa Tribe Alliance, totaling 22 Lord Cores.]

[Your Floating Island has expanded from 130 meters in diameter to 350 meters in diameter!]

The originally tiny Floating Island began to frantically extend new land, with a large number of trees and resources growing on its periphery.

The expansion of the island wasn't just about land area; various new resources and even animals appeared on the surface!

Trees pulled themselves up from the ground, and some exposed mineral deposits appeared in the soil.

When Xu Xuan looked over, several lines of text appeared over these metal deposits exposed on the surface of the soil.

[Copper Ore] [Tin Ore] [Silver Ore]

He hadn't expected resources to appear directly on the island after the expansion. Although the quantity of these minerals wasn't huge, it was enough for him to forge some tools and prepare for a more convenient entry into the Bronze Age.

Before Xu Xuan even had time to celebrate, a system voice resounded across the globe.

[Global Announcement: Xia Country Lord Xu Xuan has successfully defeated the Tokugawa Tribe Alliance, occupying the territories of 22 lords including Tokugawa Ieyasu, Tokugawa Yoshiko, Ashikaga Hide, Takeshita Asuka... and will receive a mysterious reward (unknown to others).]

In an instant, the global channel completely exploded.

[Global Chat Channel (Restricted speech; participating lords must be ranked first at the municipal level, limited to one message per person per day.)]

[Li Feiyu (Xia Country): Whose subordinate is this? How can he be so valiant?]

[Jack (USA): Damn war maniac! Everyone else is developing, yet this Xia Country person is out conquering territory. He's simply a cancer to human civilization!]

[John (United Kingdom): On the Lord Continent, countries with large populations are just tyrannical, bullying us countries with small populations. We should join forces to boycott Xia Country!]

[Hawk (Australia): I agree! Relying on their numbers to bully the weak, we should unite to resist Xia Country's aggression!]

[Zhou Wu (Xia Country): Why are some naturally aggressive places bringing their dogs along to bark? This is a Lord War, not some farming game for you to play, you idiots!]

The world chat channel was already embroiled in an irreconcilable argument, with lords from the USA and its various vassal states frantically bashing Xu Xuan.

As for the person involved, Xu Xuan, he was completely indifferent and couldn't be bothered to say anything to them on the chat channel.

With a wave of his hand, he swiped away the chat channel screen. He was now more focused on the reward he was about to receive.

Occupying 22 Lord Cores in one go—the system was likely going to give him something big!

A pop-up window appeared.

[Your Mysterious Grand Gift Pack has arrived. Please sign for it.]

With an excited heart and trembling hands, he tapped on the virtual screen.

[You have opened the Mysterious Grand Gift Pack and obtained one Prehistoric Divine General character and two Floating Island weapons!]

A Prehistoric Divine General?

A Divine General Voucher appeared in front of Xu Xuan, which read: [Tear this voucher to randomly summon a Huaxia Divine General.]

Seeing this, Xu Xuan hesitated for a moment before directly tearing the summoning voucher.

The next moment, a clap of thunder resounded in his mind.

[Congratulations, you have summoned the Prehistoric Divine General—War God Chi You, the God of Weaponry! (Currently the mortal version; different abilities will unlock as eras progress.)]

A muscular man with ox horns on his head, disheveled hair, a bare torso, and a tiger-skin skirt appeared, holding a massive axe.

When this person appeared before Xu Xuan, the terrifying aura radiating from his entire body made everyone feel uneasy.

Even those who didn't know history would find the name Chi You familiar.

This man was not just a war god; according to records, he was also extremely skilled at forging bronze ware.

Some said the earliest bronze ware was invented by the Chi You Tribe, though those were events from so long ago that they were impossible to verify.

But being associated with bronze ware itself indicated that Chi You and his tribe could certainly create bronze weapons.

Having such a divine person join his tribe gave Xu Xuan a jolt of excitement.

Furthermore, there was a line of text stating that Chi You's abilities would evolve with the changes of the era, giving the impression that this kind of war god-level figure would only get more powerful later on.

Additionally, it was written: [This Divine General is the only one in the world; no one else can summon him unless Chi You dies in battle.]

It was conceivable that since Xu Xuan was the first to summon this divine general, he held exclusive possession; other lords of the Xia civilization would never be able to recruit the great Chi You.

At this moment, the newly summoned Chi You slowly opened his eyes, appearing before Xu Xuan in the image of a tribal war god in his thirties.

He was also carefully sizing up the person he was about to pledge his loyalty to.

"I am Chi You. Greetings, My Lord!"

Shouldering his giant axe, he gave a slight nod of acknowledgment.

As Xu Xuan's gaze fell upon him, various pieces of information immediately surfaced.

[Chi You]

[Type: Divine General]

[Lifespan: 10,000 years (can be extended through other means)]

[Loyalty: Will never betray, until death in battle.]

[Title: Ancient War God, God of Weaponry (Bronze).]

Reading this information, Xu Xuan swallowed hard.

He was beginning to understand more and more that this Lord Continent encouraged everyone to fight, to invade, and to expand.

Only by constantly plundering other lords, like he was doing, could one continuously unlock technology and obtain rewards.

And with the great Chi You, he could directly lead his people into the Bronze Age!

Thinking of this, Xu Xuan spoke up: "We are currently in a world surrounded by wolves. We need to smelt bronze weapons to enhance our combat power and lead the entire tribe to survive on this Lord Continent!"

"My Lord, you can leave it to me with full confidence! I will surely train this group of undisciplined savages into capable warriors skilled in forging bronze weapons!"

It was evident that Chi You possessed an innate pride; he didn't like to kneel, and he spoke with a neither humble nor arrogant tone.

But considering what kind of figure he was, this was only natural.

As long as his loyalty was one hundred percent reliable, Xu Xuan wouldn't force him to do anything.

It was normal for a character like this to have his own pride.

"I'll leave it to you then; I'm at ease! The matter of smelting bronze ware is fully entrusted to your responsibility."

"Good!"

Watching the brawny Chi You begin to rush into the tribe, pulling out those savages who were used to being lazy and undisciplined to mine copper and Tin Ore.

With things over there left to Chi You, Xu Xuan was relieved.

He turned his attention to the other rewards. Floating Island weapons—what were those?

When Xu Xuan opened it to look, a prompt appeared before his eyes.

[ballista, two units.]