84: Chapter 84: Battle, awesome!

Seeing that soaring pillar of light, Skull-Cracker's heart bled.

He had almost finished building the Orc Totem, yet those damn humans had beaten them to the next era.

Knowing death was certain, Skull-Cracker roared, "Damn it, let's take them down with us!!"

Driven by their orcish frenzy genes in the face of despair, Skull-Cracker howled and raised his twin axes, leading a large group of subordinates in a charge.

He thought that before he died, he had to drag someone down with him!

However, just as Skull-Cracker charged toward Nvba with a strange cry, the corners of Nvba's lips curled up. With a hook of her finger, blood gushed visibly from Skull-Cracker's wounds!

In just a single encounter, Skull-Cracker was drained into a dried corpse and collapsed to the ground.

The closer they were, the larger the wounds became, and the easier it was for Nvba to drain them dry.

Skull-Cracker was instantly killed, yet his subordinates continued their desperate charge.

But?

It was meaningless!

Before a Divine General who was an entire era ahead, these flesh-and-blood orcs were nothing but cannon fodder sent to their deaths.

Seeing herself surrounded, Nvba calmly controlled the mass of blood in her hand, splashing it in all directions as blood arrows!

At this moment, Xu Xuan saw a scene reminiscent of mowing down grass in Dynasty Warriors.

With a single splash of blood from Nvba, it transformed into countless blood arrows that pierced through the orcs' armor.

The hundreds of orcs surrounding her all fell like puppets with their strings cut, their momentum slamming them heavily at Nvba's feet.

Looking around Nvba, the ground was covered with fallen corpses, circling her as if performing some mysterious sacrificial ritual.

Seeing this scene of slaughter, Xu Xuan couldn't help but marvel inwardly; this technique of turning blood into arrows was too cool.

On the other side, Nezha's manic laughter rang out.

"Wind and Fire Wheels, activate!! Hahahaha, fun! Fun!!"

With the shackles on his body removed, Nezha stepped on the Wind and Fire Wheels and held a flaming fire-tipped spear, sweeping through the siege troops in the area.

Chi You was even more unrestrained; he swung the battle-axe in his hand and leaped off the Floating Island with a roar!

A single axe strike to the earth sent over a hundred orc soldiers flying from the shockwave!

Countless corpses were shattered, spraying a mist of blood into the air.

Bathed in orc blood, the bronze-skinned Chi You roared toward the sky: "Power! Satisfying!"

At this moment, the Divine Generals finally began to show their true forms.

Though they were still far from their peak strength, they could finally trample these flesh-and-blood mortals with ease.

Their divine power was no longer frustratingly imprisoned within their bodies.

They only knew one thing: it was refreshing!

Watching this, the remaining Orc Chieftains roared, "Charge! We must seize a portion of the spirit mines; only then do we have hope for a comeback!"

Another Orc Chieftain, Wind-Chaser, shouted, "At all costs, use your lives to fill the gap! We must snatch some spirit mines!"

Their eyes were bloodshot; they had to fight to reach the next era, or they would face total annihilation.

However, by this time, Xu Xuan's people had occupied nearly the entire mine, hauling large quantities of lower-grade spirit mines onto the Floating Island.

Looking at the growing pile of spirit mines before him, he couldn't help but wonder if these could be used to upgrade to the next era.

He summoned the Floating Island's construction page and clicked on building upgrade.

[Basic Spirit Gathering Array: To upgrade to Intermediate Spirit Gathering Array, 1,000 Intermediate Spirit Mines are required.]

[Basic Spirit Gathering Array: Allows the territory to enter the early stage of Spiritual Qi Recovery.]

[Effect: Plants grow faster, high probability of wild spirit herbs appearing, more citizens with supernatural power will emerge in the territory, average lifespan increased to 150 years.]

Seeing these effects, Xu Xuan marveled at how massive the benefits were.

However, to upgrade to the next era, he would have to find Intermediate Spirit Mines.

In that case, there was no need to hoard the lower-grade spirit mines; he would use them directly to build the city.

Thinking of this, Xu Xuan issued an order: "Nvba, Guda, you two hold the spirit mine at all costs. Other generals, kill as many enemies as possible. We are going to hollow out this mine, taking every single stone without leaving one behind."

The voices of the generals echoed in his mind: "Yes!"

At this stage, he had to ensure that not a single spirit mine slipped away from under his nose; he wanted to monopolize this entire mine.

Meanwhile, Xu Xuan was also checking and researching new buildings.

[Floating Island Ascending Structure], [Satellite Island].

These two items were not yet unlocked, but Xu Xuan clicked on them curiously to take a look.

[Floating Island Ascending Structure: By installing spirit mines at the bottom of the Floating Island, the island can rise and fall within a range of 5 to 100 meters.]

[Cost: 600 units of lower-grade spirit mines.]

It seemed to be just as Xu Xuan imagined; it added a function that allowed the Floating Island to float freely!

In the past, the Floating Island was fixed at a height of about 15 meters from the ground.

Enemies could climb up with some effort using siege ladders.

If the Floating Island could rise to a height of 100 meters, it would be nearly impossible for ordinary people to reach. Even being launched by a catapult would be a stretch.

100 meters was roughly the height of a 30-story building, which would guarantee the Floating Island's safety.

This way, even large-scale enemy legions would be unable to threaten the Floating Island.

This thing was a must-build!

Since Xu Xuan happened to have over a thousand units of spirit mines piled up, he waved his hand and installed the ascending structure on the Floating Island.

As Xu Xuan clicked confirm, the spirit mines before him rose into the air and quickly flew toward the bottom of the Floating Island.

Clang, clang, clang! These 600 units of lower-grade spirit mines were embedded directly into the island's base, glowing with a faint blue light and providing a sort of anti-gravity lift.

In the control interface, where there were previously only controls for flying forward, backward, left, and right, there was now a button to control the altitude of the Floating Island.

How comfortable!

If he encountered an unbeatable enemy, he could just raise the Floating Island to a height of 100 meters and play the turtle.

Even if enemies could make it up, they would only be elite units. Xu Xuan would only need to concentrate the island's entire power to deal with them, making the battle truly effortless.

However, since they were currently mining, Xu Xuan tentatively pressed [Descend to 5 meters above ground] for easier transport.

The entire Floating Island began to sink slowly, getting closer and closer to the ground.

At this height, the lethality of the ballistae actually increased!

Previously at 15 meters high, the ballistae fired from a steep downward angle, only managing to pin a few people at most.

But after descending to 5 meters, the ballistae fired horizontally, capable of piercing through a dozen orcs at once and causing even more horrific tearing damage.

"I didn't expect this to indirectly unlock a new way to use the ballistae. Interesting."

He watched as the surging orcs were slaughtered like vegetables by the Divine Generals and harvested by ballistae and arrows.

His Servant Army of over a hundred thousand was also engaged in a fierce battle with the orcs.

Right then, a line of text appeared before Xu Xuan's eyes.

[Spirit Gathering Array charge has reached 100%. Your territory has officially entered the early stage of Spiritual Qi Recovery.]

[Global Announcement: Great Xia Lord Xu Xuan has become the first human lord in the world to enter the era of Spiritual Qi Recovery!]