“To become a powerful lord, you must first build a powerful army, stockpile ample supplies, then expand your territory and occupy various resource fields.”
“The higher the level of a territory, the stronger its military strength.”
“It is said that after developing a territory to a certain stage, you can even expand it into a town, build a city, and establish a new nation!”
Yang Ming recalled the lord survival knowledge he had learned in class.
At the same time, he had also decided on the direction in which to develop his territory from now on.
That was—
to sustain war through warfare!
Yang Ming’s talent was the SSS-grade Supreme Overlord. It automatically increased his troops by one every second, so the thing he feared least was war.
“Summon five thousand warriors.” Yang Ming silently recited the command in his mind.
A flash of light appeared.
Five thousand warriors appeared within Yang Ming’s territory.
“Greetings, lord!” The warriors knelt before Yang Ming.
Yang Ming nodded, then shouted, “Chen Jian, I order you to lead three thousand warriors and attack the demon wolf lair south of the territory.”
The demon wolf lair was a level-two resource field. Without paying a heavy price, it truly could not be conquered.
“I guarantee the mission will be completed,” Chen Jian said.
Chen Jian led three thousand warriors away with murderous intent.
Afterward, Yang Ming continued assigning tasks to the others and said loudly,
“The remaining people may form teams freely. You can go out to gather resources, or stay in the barracks territory and construct buildings.
Also, send another two hundred people to occupy the mining site to the west, then mine the ore!”
“Yes, lord!” After receiving their orders, the warriors immediately departed to carry them out.
The newly summoned warriors had a loyalty of at least 90. Their work efficiency was extremely high, and they built things very quickly.
“Bang, bang, bang…”
“Crack, crack…”
“Duang~ Duang~”
Throughout the territory, all kinds of hammering, brick-moving, and metal-grinding sounds rose and fell incessantly.
The warriors had already begun constructing buildings such as the granary, barracks, blacksmith shop, dormitories, and training grounds.
“There really are advantages to having more people.” Yang Ming sighed. After some more time, his territory would be completely transformed.
An SSS-grade talent really was exhilarating to use!
“Oh, right. Open the Golden Resource Chest and see what treasure is inside.”
Yang Ming took out the Golden Resource Chest he had obtained earlier and opened it.
Golden light blossomed from within the chest.
There was only one thing inside.
A golden pill.
“A Marrow-Cleansing Pill?” Yang Ming picked up the pill and immediately scanned its information.
【Name】: Marrow-Cleansing Pill.
【Quality tier】: excellent grade.
【Effect】: Greatly enhances lord-level power.
“What a good thing. Once I eat this, I won’t have to fear being ambushed by assassins.”
Without further ado, Yang Ming grabbed the Marrow-Cleansing Pill and swallowed it.
In an instant, a wave of heat surged into Yang Ming’s body.
He closed his eyes and began digesting the medicinal power of the Marrow-Cleansing Pill.
An hour later.
“Hoo…”
Yang Ming took a deep breath and suddenly opened his eyes, which gleamed with vitality.
“As expected of an Excellent-Grade treasure, its effects are truly remarkable. I’ve become stronger!”
Yang Ming discovered that his combat power had astonishingly soared to 125 points.
His personal combat power was now even higher than Chen Jian’s.
As everyone knew, there were only two ways to conquer another person’s territory on the Myriad Races Battlefield.
One: kill the lord of that territory;
Two: if the enemy lord was away, capture the lord’s Manor of that territory and station troops there for twelve hours.
Many lords on the battlefield had their Territories fall because their own strength was too weak and they were assassinated by killers.
Therefore, to survive longer on the Myriad Races Battlefield, one had to ensure that one’s own strength was sufficient.
【Ding-dong!】
【The blacksmith shop has been completed.】
【The barracks has been completed.】
【Your subordinate, Chen Jian, successfully exterminated a fine-grade demon wolf Lair and occupied the area. Your territory has expanded by five thousand square meters, and you have obtained 5 national fortune points.】
【Your soldiers Under One’s Command have occupied a Common-Grade mining area. Your territory has expanded by two thousand square meters.】
At that moment, Yang Ming heard the system’s notification in his mind.
The tasks Yang Ming had assigned an hour earlier had all been completed.
The Supreme Overlord SSS-grade talent truly was incredible. Every summoned warrior could fight one against 3.4 opponents.
Not long afterward, Chen Jian returned with seven hundred warriors, his entire body covered in blood.
Chen Jian knelt on the ground and reported the battle situation to Yang Ming:
“Reporting to you, lord, I have fortunately completed the mission. The demon wolf lair has been successfully exterminated, and the corpses of fifteen demon Wolves have also been brought back.”
Yang Ming swept his gaze around and discovered that the combat power of these seven hundred warriors had generally increased, rising from 17 to around 20 points.
Three thousand warriors had set out, but only seven hundred had returned alive. This showed how difficult it was to attack a level-two resource field.
（Let me explain the difference between common grade and fine grade here. It is roughly equivalent to the difference between the Qi Refining Realm and the foundation Establishment Realm in cultivation—roughly speaking.）
“Well done. Go down and rest,” Yang Ming said with a nod.
“Yes.” Chen Jian withdrew.
Watching Chen Jian’s departing back, Yang Ming pondered. “So fighting can make the warriors stronger.”
For the sake of long-term benefits, Yang Ming felt that he could not treat the summoned warriors as expendable items. Instead, he should cultivate them as much as possible.
After all, once a territory developed to a certain stage, numbers would no longer be an advantage.
Thus, Yang Ming decided to purchase a batch of weapons and supplies to equip the warriors.
He opened the 【Trading Market】 function.
At a glance, the Trading Market had quite a few items listed, such as food, ore, pig iron, firewood…
Almost all of them were very ordinary things.
High-grade items such as spiritual crops, demon Beast Meat, and enchanted weapons were currently unavailable for purchase.
“Huh? No weapons for sale?” Yang Ming searched for over ten minutes but did not find a single weapon listed.
Weapons had to be purchased.
Because three days later, Yang Ming planned to lead an expedition and conquer the territory of the nearby Dongying person.
If not for the three-day protection period for Novices, Yang Ming would already be carrying a broadsword and chopping people down.
Since there were no weapons for sale in the Trading Market, Yang Ming had no choice but to open the 【chat channel】 in the novice zone and see whether he could find anything unexpected.
At that moment, the 【chat channel】 was bustling with activity.
“Hahaha, I recruited a warrior with fine-grade quality and 58 combat power. Brothers, come congratulate me!”
“Damn, that lucky?”
“I’m jealous. I only have ten militia right now, and none of their combat power has even exceeded 10.”
“Sigh, don’t get me started. I descended near a snow mountain and am practically freezing to death. I haven’t even had time to build the barracks.”
“Heh, I’m having a hard time too. There’s an active volcano not far from my territory, and it’s still erupting. Two of my farmers were killed by falling volcanic rocks.”
“Are the two above really that miserable? I descended into a beautiful forest with clear streams and lush mountains. Resources are everywhere, there are no demon Beasts, and I even picked up a weapon forging blueprint earlier.”
“What the hell?”
“Are you kidding me?”
“You’d better go home and take a look. Smoke is rising from your ancestors’ graves.”
“…”
After seeing this message, Yang Ming’s eyes flickered, and he immediately contacted the person who had picked up the weapon forging blueprint.
“Would you be interested in trading the weapon forging blueprint you found?” Yang Ming sent him a message anonymously.
“Sorry, that’s impossible to trade.” The other party was clearly no fool and immediately refused.
After all, a weapon forging blueprint was an extremely precious item. As long as there were sufficient raw materials, a single one could be used to forge countless weapons.
Yang Ming stopped wasting words and directly sent over the demon wolf meat he had just hunted.
【Name】: demon wolf meat.
【Quality tier】: fine grade.
【Effect】: demon Beast Meat rich in spiritual energy. After consumption, it has a certain chance of increasing one’s combat power and quality tier, and increases combat power by at least 1 point.
“I’ll trade five hundred kilograms of demon wolf meat for your weapon forging blueprint. How about it?” Yang Ming said.
A demon wolf could weigh between 200 and 300 kilograms.
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