Chapter 440 - 32: New Talent, Soul Mushroom

Chapter 440: Chapter 32: New Talent, Soul Mushroom

Just like receiving a random special territory trait when his domain reached Level 5, leveling up to Lord Level 5 also came with a grand gift pack from the tournament organizers.

[Please select one of the following three rewards as your level-up bonus:]

[1. Special Lord Talent: Warrior]

[2. Special Lord Talent: Tank]

[3. Special Lord Talent: Summoner]

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[Warrior]: The Attack Power of territory units, whether they are subjects or buildings, is increased by 20%, and they gain a chance to deal double damage.

The Lord’s Attack Power +20%, learning speed for attack-type skills +50%, and effect of attack-type skills +20%.

[Tank]: The Defense Power of territory defense buildings +20%, and they can reflect 0.1% of damage back to the attacker.

The Lord’s Defense Power +20%, learning speed for defense-type skills +50%, and effect of defense-type skills +20%.

[Summoner]: Territory heroes gain the Summoning Technique skill. Each hero can summon two territory heroes of a lower grade than themselves, or ten territory soldiers.

The Lord gains the Summoning Technique skill, allowing them to summon a number of heroes equal to 0.1% of the territory’s total hero count, or a number of soldiers equal to 0.01% of the territory’s total soldier count.

(If the calculated number is less than one, you summon one.)

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Though called special talents, they were essentially exclusive classes for the Lord, providing buffs to the territory and also enhancing the Lord’s personal combat prowess.

All three special talents were very useful, being highly effective at both amplifying the territory’s strength and strengthening the Lord’s own combat ability.

After comprehensively considering the abilities of the three talents, as well as his own strength and situation, Lin Yu chose the [Summoner] talent.

This way, no matter where he went in the future, it would be like he was bringing a powerful Guard with him.

His territory already had 100,000 heroes. Being able to summon 100 of them to his side at any time and any place would give him an unparalleled sense of security.

With over eight million soldiers, he could summon 800 at a moment’s notice. If he worked hard to increase his territory’s soldier count to over ten million before the end of this phase, he’d be able to summon over a thousand.

If he ever again encountered a situation like the last rest period, when the Eye Demons were causing chaos back at his base, he would only need to summon some Death Devourers to completely suppress them.

After choosing the Summoner talent, Lin Yu tried using his newly acquired Summoning Technique.

The moment he did, a summoning list popped up in his mind, densely packed with the names of his territory’s heroes and soldiers.

Fortunately, the list responded to his thoughts. The moment Lin Yu thought of the name of a hero or soldier he was familiar with, it would automatically jump to that name and thoughtfully display their corresponding attributes and skill information.

Lin Yu summoned a swarm of Highly Poisonous Bees and was pleasantly surprised to find that some of them were carrying spiritual honey.

This meant that summoned heroes and soldiers could not only be used for combat but could also bring items out from the territory.

’This skill is pretty good for cross-spatial transport, too!’

’My personal storage space is a little too small. It’s useless once the number of items I need to carry gets too large.’

Lin Yu was quite satisfied with this level-up. Next up was the extra use of "Enlightenment" he had gained.

He had originally planned to strengthen the Slimes again, but they had already mutated into Super Gravity Slimes during the Titan Race’s attack. As such, there was no longer a rush to use Enlightenment on them.

The other denizens of his territory were all fulfilling their roles, and he couldn’t see any areas that needed immediate strengthening.

Therefore, he decided to entrust this use of Enlightenment to the World Tree, letting it choose the target.

After emptying his mind, Lin Yu used "Enlightenment."

Perhaps because his avatar had been merged with the World Tree for so long, the degree of fusion had deepened once more. This time, his avatar, in its state of deep fusion with the World Tree, felt the tree’s gaze shift.

It looked toward the Reincarnation Hall, located deep underground.

’Is it going to use Enlightenment on the Reincarnation Hall? That’s fine, too. After all, it’s also a Mythical Building.’

However, the World Tree’s gaze did not linger on the Reincarnation Hall for long before it moved on.

Finally, it focused on the Charming Mushrooms.

The light of the Enlightenment effect began to shine upon all the Charming Mushrooms in the territory.

’The Charming Mushrooms?’

Relatively few mushroom-type defensive plants evolved into plant-folk because their life cycles were much shorter than other plants.

Moreover, mushrooms like the Charming Mushroom would erupt with a massive amount of spores upon full maturation, after which the main body would wither away, making it even more difficult for them to mature into plant-folk.

Thus, among all the plant-folk, the various types of Mushroom-men were the least numerous, followed by single-use plants like the Potato Mine and Cherry Bomb.

This was because the most important way for defensive plants to gain experience was by killing enemies. For these single-use plants, killing an enemy was a suicidal act; they never survived long enough to receive the experience points and level up.

Amidst the light of Enlightenment, three new entries appeared in Lin Yu’s mind:

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[Spore Mist]: As a Charming Mushroom grows, it will continuously release spores, forming a large cloud of Spore Mist around itself.

The Spore Mist will drift away on the wind. For as long as the spores remain viable, any creature that comes into contact with them will be affected.

The Charming Mushroom will no longer die after releasing its spores.

Spore Lifespan x200%

[Frenzy Spores]: The Charming Mushroom’s spores have gained the frenzy trait.

Creatures infected by the spores will be driven into a frenzy, their attack speed and attack power increasing dramatically while their health is continuously drained.

After a charmed creature dies, a Charming Spore will develop from within its body, growing into a new Charming Mushroom.