Chapter 256 : Annexing the Inheritance

Chapter 256: Annexing the Inheritance! Reclaiming the Territory! Getting Rich Overnight!

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“You ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍now possess seven territories: Luoshui, Wan City (New Wan), Woniu Mountain, White Tiger Mountain, Xian Mountain, Heyin, and Xiping County.”

Xiao ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Ba reported to Hang Yu, “Among the Luoshui, Wan City, Woniu Mountain, and White Tiger Mountain regions, there are a total of 56 Blessing Points. The Xian Mountain, Heyin, and Xiping regions contain a total of 42 Blessing Points. In total, you now control 98 Blessed Lands.”

Hang ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍Yu's lord talent, Pioneer's Heart, had already reached its maximum level.

Every ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍additional Blessing Point...

Increased ‍​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‍the four primary attributes by 4.5% based on the core base value!

Ninety-eight Blessing Points.

That amounted to a 441% increase!

In terms of base attribute strength, Hang Yu was now infinitely close to the limit of the Overlord rank. If he could learn another purple-quality cultivation technique, he would absolutely be able to break through to the Authority Level of an Abyss Monarch!

“Although we've completely taken control of the Corpse Lich Territory, we're still a long way from fully digesting it. There's also plenty of work left to do.”

Hang Yu said calmly, “Strictly speaking, I haven't even fully rebuilt and developed the Woniu Mountain region, let alone the Luoshui region.”

“For me, conquering territory is easy. Managing it, however, is a far more complicated, difficult, and lengthy task.”

“This battle was fought beautifully.”

“And the rewards were more than satisfactory.”

“The only regret is that we didn't gain any additional population.”

“Across the three regions of the Corpse Lich Territory, there were six cities and thirty-six towns, yet not a single inhabitant was left behind.”

Without population...

Blessed Lands could not operate.

And if Blessed Lands were not activated...

They would not continuously generate income for the territory.

This income included direct fiscal revenue. If all forty-two Blessed Lands in the Corpse Lich Territory were rebuilt, they would generate at least 30,000 to 40,000 Abyssal Magic Crystals in fixed monthly income.

It didn't sound like much.

But it was unconditional.

It was equivalent to an operational subsidy from the Will of the Stars.

If all ninety-eight Blessings throughout the territory could generate benefits...

Then the basic monthly fiscal income alone would approach 100,000.

And this number wasn't fixed.

As the territory advanced in rank, as its population grew, and as its strength increased, the income multiplying tenfold or even twentyfold would not be surprising.

Of course...

To Hang Yu...

This little subsidy wasn't much.

He had never depended on subsidies for survival.

Hang Yu's primary goal in developing the territory was to expand the population cap of his Offspring. Secondly, he wanted to increase the territory's resource development capacity.

Every ordinary Blessed Land that was activated and rebuilt increased the lord's recruitment capacity for Offspring.

Taking a human territory as an example...

Every additional town-level Blessing increased the construction limit by one Abyss Barracks.

Every additional city-level Blessing increased the construction limit by five Abyss Barracks.

If the territory could be fully developed...

And all abandoned Blessed Lands restored to operation...

The Corpse Lich Territory alone could increase the territory's capacity by sixty-six Abyss Barracks.

If these Abyss Barracks were then upgraded to Tier 2, matching the current standard throughout the territory, that would mean an additional 13,200 new population.

In other words...

Another 13,200 Player slots could be distributed.

And that was only based on Tier 2 Barracks.

Hang Yu already met the requirements to upgrade to Tier 3 Barracks. If every Barracks throughout the territory were upgraded to Tier 3, the future Player population would at least double again.

The boost to the territory was self-evident!

However, accomplishing this would not be easy.

First of all, Hang Yu's territory currently had only a little over 400,000 people. Asking this population to develop and manage ninety-eight territories—including more than ten cities—was an enormous challenge no matter how one looked at it.

Besides that, whether it was rebuilding Blessed Lands, upgrading Tier 3 Barracks, or recruiting tens of thousands of new members into the Calamity Army, every step consumed tremendous resources.

Although they had won a great victory...

Such massive construction was still quite taxing.

Of course, after the territory expanded, not only would the Offspring population increase, but the limits of territorial infrastructure—such as Skill Towers, Alchemy Workshops, Forging Workshops, Territory Canteens, and other facilities—would also increase.

Furthermore, the maximum limits for various other facilities, along with the total Spirit Field area, would expand. Fully developing the territory would also unlock many new buildings and facilities that had never been available before, including the Abyssal Workshop.

Every territory contained abundant resources.

These resources included not only respawning monsters...

But also extraordinary minerals and wild spiritual herbs nurtured by the Abyssal environment, all of which possessed astonishing value and potential.

It could be said...

Hang Yu had developed less than ten percent of his territory's potential.

One of his most important tasks moving forward would be rebuilding the Blessed Lands as efficiently as possible while integrating the development of monsters, mineral deposits, spiritual plants, and other resources.

Once fully absorbed and digested...

They would all generate enormous benefits.

Substantially strengthening the territory's foundation.

At that point, both the population and production capacity would rise to an entirely new level.

However...

No one became fat in a single bite.

All development followed a gradual process.

This would be a medium- to long-term task over the coming period.

Hang Yu had no intention of accomplishing everything at once. He would advance steadily and methodically until every gain from this war had been completely absorbed.

“Xiao Ba, report the remaining buildings in the Corpse Lich Territory.”

“Yes, Master!”

Xiao Ba immediately reported, “There are 762 remaining extraordinary buildings and facilities within the Corpse Lich Territory. Among them, 640 are territory-exclusive buildings unique to the Corpse Lich Territory, while the remaining 122 are Starsea extraordinary facilities built using undead race blueprints or universal construction blueprints.”

Hang Yu said, “I've already reclaimed Shaxian, the most important city in the Xian Mountain region. I didn't expect the Corpse Lich Territory to still have so many buildings. This lord really had quite a solid foundation. Looks like we're about to make another fortune.”

Next...

He reviewed the extraordinary facilities of the Corpse Lich Territory.

The 640 territory-exclusive facilities could not be retained because they had originally been created using the Corpse Lich Territory Core. Once the Territory Core was gone...

They were effectively scrap.

The only option...

Was recycling them.

As for the remaining hundred-plus facilities...

In theory, nearly half of them were universal buildings that weren't exclusive to the Corpse Lich race. After modification, they could be used by the human territory.

However, modifications required a Builder.

The human territory did not yet have its own Builder.

Moreover, modifications also incurred costs, so whether to retain a building depended on its value after a comprehensive evaluation.

Xiao Ba suggested, “Master, I have already evaluated their market value and estimated the cost of modifying them.”

“The Corpse Lich Territory has three recruitment facilities and sixteen resource facilities that possess considerable retention value.”

“I recommend keeping them.”

“After modification...”

“They can serve our own territory.”

Hang Yu nodded.

The sixteen resource facilities consisted of:

Four Starsea Mines and twelve Spirit Fields.

There was little to say about the Spirit Fields. They were the most common and also the most valuable resource facilities. Especially for Hang Yu, who was committed to building a complete territorial industrial chain, the more the better.

The only issue was that Spirit Fields in an undead territory were unsuitable for cultivating most medicinal herbs commonly used by humans, so a Builder would need to modify the formations within them.

Fortunately, the modification cost was very low.

Spirit Fields continuously generated value.

Therefore, while other facilities might not be worth keeping...

The Spirit Fields definitely all had to be retained.

There was no question about that.

Among the twelve Spirit Fields in the Corpse Lich Territory...

Nine were Tier 1 ordinary Spirit Fields.

Three were Tier 2 advanced Spirit Fields.

The value of the blueprints alone saved Hang Yu 300,000 Abyssal Magic Crystals.

“As expected of an undead lord—they really don't like farming.”

“A lord with over a decade of experience...”

“And this is all the farmland he has?”

Hang Yu felt it was rather lacking.

However...

Besides the twelve Spirit Fields...

The Corpse Lich Territory had also constructed four Starsea Mines.

Three were Tier 1 ordinary mines.

One was a Tier 2 advanced mine.

Like farmland, mines were facilities that produced resources.

Mine blueprints were even rarer than Spirit Field blueprints and were extremely difficult to purchase. Even at the same tier, they were five to eight times more expensive.

Up until now...

Hang Yu hadn't owned a single mine.

This wasn't only because mine blueprints were rare and construction costs were higher.

It was also because mining required a much larger workforce.

Before annexing the New Wan region...

The territory had only possessed several tens of thousands of people.

Although annexing New Wan had significantly increased the population...

Not much time had passed since then, and the territory had yet to fully integrate its manpower resources.

As extraordinary buildings...

Mines naturally possessed extraordinary abilities.

Once a Starsea Mine was built within a region...

It could extract resources from the entire area.

Every map had limits on both the number and tier of mines that could be constructed.

The larger the map and the richer its resources...

The more mines it allowed and the higher their maximum tier.

Theoretically, ores within Starsea Mines could never be completely exhausted.

This was because extraordinary ores were formed from Abyssal energy and Essence, just like monsters, and would respawn during every Nightmare cycle.

In other words...

As long as a mine remained operational...

The territory would continuously receive resource supplies.

Mines not only produced extraordinary ores corresponding to their tier...

They also directly yielded Abyssal Magic Crystals, as well as much rarer and more valuable Forging Stones, gem materials, and even Blessing Sand.

There were now more and more Players.

Demand for all kinds of materials was increasing every day.

There was especially a huge shortage of forging materials such as gems and Forging Stones.

Gem materials generally only dropped from Boss-level monsters.

Even combining every map together...

There were only so many Bosses.

How could that possibly satisfy the needs of the tens of thousands of Players who would soon emerge?

As for Forging Stones and Blessing Sand...

They were even rarer.

Ordinary monster hunting rarely dropped them.

Currently, the Forging Stones circulating throughout the territory mainly came from treasure chests opened by Hang Yu before being distributed to Players through quests.

As for Blessing Sand?

That was even rarer!

The former was used to upgrade equipment tiers.

The latter increased equipment enhancement success rates.

Both were indispensable materials for Player growth.

Without Forging Stones...

Players would struggle to continuously develop their equipment.

Without Blessing Sand...

Players would find it extremely difficult to create highly enhanced equipment, while the consumption of Material Essence during enhancement would also increase dramatically.

Treasure chests yielded far too little.

The territory's stockpile was nearly exhausted.

Purchasing them from the market was also prohibitively expensive.

After becoming financially well-off recently, Hang Yu had already planned to construct several mines himself.

Being able to inherit them directly from the Corpse Lich Territory...

Could not have been better.

The blueprints for these four mines alone...

Were worth 500,000 Abyssal Magic Crystals.

And that didn't even include construction costs!

As long as Hang Yu recruited a Builder to modify them, he could immediately integrate the three ordinary mines and one advanced mine into the territory.

From then on, they would become human territorial resource facilities, continuously producing all kinds of resources.

“So now I have the mines.”

“But mining requires a huge workforce.”

“The current population isn't even enough for construction work.”

Hang Yu felt it had become imperative to expand the territory's population as quickly as possible.

At this moment...

His attention shifted to the other three facilities Xiao Ba had mentioned.

These three facilities...

Were all recruitment facilities.

They were located in Buried Bones City.

According to his investigation, the core facilities of Buried Bones City within the Corpse Lich Territory consisted of:

Three Buried Bone Grounds.

One Great Altar of Dead Bones.

One Skeleton Giant Altar.

Buried Bone Grounds were not exclusive buildings of the Corpse Fiend race.

They were extremely common universal facilities.

Together with Corpse Vaults and Mass Graves, Buried Bone Grounds were the most common and ordinary barracks-type buildings used by the undead race. They could be found in nearly every undead lord's territory.

Buried Bone Grounds summoned skeleton units.

Corpse Vaults summoned zombie units.

Mass Graves summoned wraith units.

Since these buildings themselves could be upgraded...

The summoned units also improved accordingly.

Combined with their excellent cost-performance ratio...

Many lords of foreign races also built these facilities.

Xie Ming had combined Buried Bone Grounds with the Great Altar of Dead Bones.

This gave the Buried Bone Grounds an entirely new function, ultimately turning them into breeding grounds for converting native inhabitants into upgradeable Offspring.

Hang Yu could not use the Great Altar of Dead Bones.

Therefore...

He could only use the Buried Bone Grounds as recruitment facilities.

The Corpse Lich Territory possessed three Buried Bone Grounds.

Two were Tier 2.

One was Tier 3.

A Tier 2 Buried Bone Ground could summon either 1,000 Level 11 Bronze Bone Skeletons or 5,000 Level 10 Iron Bone Skeletons.

A Tier 3 Buried Bone Ground could summon 1,000 Level 21 Silver Bone Skeletons, or 3,000 Level 15 Bronze Bone Skeleton units, or 20,000 Level 10 Iron Bone Skeletons.

As the most common and ordinary undead barracks...

The skeletons summoned by Buried Bone Grounds could not be cultivated.

They could not level up.

Their skills were completely unremarkable.

Their overall combat ability barely qualified as entry-level elite monsters.

They were practically the weakest elite monsters imaginable.

However...

Their advantage was...

Compared to other special unit types...

Recruitment costs for Buried Bone Grounds were much lower.

Hang Yu nodded.

“The territory is expanding rapidly, but the population can't keep up. Perhaps we should construct more Bone Grounds or Corpse Vaults and use these low-tier units to fill the population gap.”

It truly was a good option.

Hang Yu had no intention of relying on these inferior troops from Bone Grounds or Corpse Vaults for combat.

That would simply be throwing money away.

However...

He could certainly summon large numbers of Iron Bone Skeletons and powerful zombies to work in the mines.

Their combat ability was poor.

And they had no growth potential.

But they were hardworking.

Never complained.

And possessed tremendous strength.

Besides that...

Hang Yu could also launch a rental service.

Just as Players rented Spirit Horses from the stables...

Lower-level Players could pay to rent skeletons or zombies to assist with leveling.

This would provide considerable help to low-level Players.

Not only would surplus skeleton and zombie labor become useful...

It would also allow the territory to recover Contribution Points from Players while accelerating the leveling speed of lower-tier members of the Calamity Army.

Thinking about it carefully...

They had quite a few uses.

Sixteen resource facilities.

Three recruitment facilities.

These buildings alone represented an enormous gain for the territory.

Hang Yu was extremely satisfied.

As for the remaining buildings in the Corpse Lich Territory...

Most had little retention value.

It would be better to recycle them as soon as possible.

【You are initiating reverse summoning on the buildings of the Corpse Lich Territory. During the recycling process, you will obtain materials or items. Continue? Yes/No!】

“Yes!”

Hang Yu had already examined every building.

Other than those nineteen...

The rest were either unusable, too low in value, or too expensive to modify.

Recycling them was far more worthwhile.

The moment he made his decision...

Every Blessing Point throughout the Corpse Lich Territory lit up simultaneously.

Every Starsea building within those regions became enveloped by a mysterious energy.

A vast Starsea formation then appeared beneath every structure.

A few seconds later...

Hundreds of undead buildings...

Sank into the endless Starsea within the formation.

Finally...

They were disintegrated into nothingness by an invisible force.

The cities and towns instantly became empty.

The lingering presence left behind by the undead race upon this land...

Rapidly dissipated together with those buildings.

During the process...

Hang Yu received a notification from the Will of the Stars.

【You have recycled the building facilities of the Corpse Lich Territory. Tier-One Material Essence +3,040,000, Tier-Two Material Essence +1,950,000, Tier-Three Material Essence +560,000, Skill Stones +4, Construction Blueprints +3!】

Just as expected!

A massive quantity of materials had been recovered!

Especially the 560,000 units of Tier-Three Material Essence.

Nearly every Tier 3 building required Tier-Three Material Essence for construction.

Recovering this batch of materials would greatly accelerate the territory's development over the coming period.

In addition...

There were four Skill Stones and three blueprints.

【Skill Stone: Shadow Assassination】, Blue-quality skill... Learning Requirements: Agility 210!

【Skill Stone: Golden Skin Iron Bones】, Blue-quality skill... Learning Requirements: Strength 250, Total Attributes 600!

【Skill Stone: Shrinking the Earth into an Inch】, Blue-quality secret art... Learning Requirements: Spirit 280, Willpower 150!

【Skill Stone: Hundred-Eyed Corpse Demon Transformation Art】, Blue-quality secret art... Learning Requirements: Willpower 320, Spirit 200, Total Attributes 800!

Hang Yu was inwardly astonished.

All four Skill Stones were Blue-quality!

Although the territory already possessed quite a few Blue-quality skills...

Very few could actually become widespread.

The main reason...

Was the lack of Skill Stones.

The Blue-quality skills currently mastered by Players were generally synthesized through the Enlightenment Tower.

The only Blue-quality skills directly learnable from the Skill Tower were Simple · The Martial Saint’s Three Strikes and Hundred Birds Shadow Assault.

These four skills were different.

Not only were they all exceptionally powerful...

Once their Skill Stones were embedded into the Skill Tower, any qualified Player or native citizen would be able to learn them at any time.

That gave them the foundation—and the possibility—for widespread dissemination.

“Very good!”

After examining the information on the four Blue-quality skills...

Hang Yu found that not only Players...

But even he himself considered each one highly valuable.

Shadow Assassination was a stealth skill.

Its invisibility far surpassed any existing stealth technique.

Not only that...

It also dramatically enhanced the power of the next skill attack.

Greatly increasing burst damage.

Golden Skin Iron Bones was a defensive skill.

It was essentially a deluxe version of the Iron Armor Technique.

Once activated...

It massively increased defensive capability.

Shrinking the Earth into an Inch was a secret spell.

It granted instantaneous teleportation.

Greatly improving the mobility and survivability of Warlock Players.

As for the Hundred-Eyed Corpse Demon Transformation Art...

It was the transformation technique Xie Ming had used before his death.

Hang Yu had personally experienced how troublesome and powerful it was.

In terms of value...

This skill surpassed the other three.

If cultivation techniques were excluded from comparison...

Then throughout the entire territory...

The only skill that might surpass it was probably Simple · The Martial Saint’s Three Strikes, left behind by Guan Yu.

Abyss Monks would probably become significantly stronger in the near future.

Hang Yu could already foresee it.

Once these skills were announced...

Players would undoubtedly become tremendously excited.

The Calamity Army's strength would rise yet again.

Hang Yu then looked at the blueprints.

This time...

There were three.

They were:

【Construction Blueprint: Corpse King Temple】, Tier 3 Blueprint. Construction Cost: 160,000 Abyssal Magic Crystals + 80,000 Tier-Three Material Essence.

【Construction Blueprint: Necromancer Skill Tower】, Tier 3 Blueprint. Construction Cost: 80,000 Abyssal Magic Crystals + 35,000 Tier-Three Material Essence.

【Construction Blueprint: Starsea Library】, Tier 3 Rare Blueprint. Construction Cost: 240,000 Abyssal Magic Crystals + 100,000 Tier-Three Material Essence.

Without question...

Blueprints obtained from a Tier 3 territory like the Corpse Lich Territory were all Tier 3.

Since the territory itself had been of excellent quality...

The blueprints it dropped were equally impressive.

The Corpse King Temple was a recruitment facility.

It unlocked the recruitment authority for three Myriad Evil Corpse Kings and 3,000 Tier 3 Evil Corpse Fiends.

The Myriad Evil Corpse Kings were Level 30 Commander units.

The Evil Corpse Fiends were Level 30 top-tier elites.

Moreover...

They were spellcasting units with formidable combat power.

Up until now...

Hang Yu had never seen a facility capable of recruiting Commander units.

This was unquestionably an outstanding barracks-type building.

Among facilities of the same category and tier...

Tier 3 Buried Bone Grounds were no different from piles of garbage in comparison.

It could even be said...

If Xie Ming had possessed this blueprint...

And had enough Abyssal Magic Crystals...

The war's difficulty would have risen by an entire level.

However...

Hang Yu had no intention of constructing the Corpse King Temple.

Its construction cost was simply too expensive.

Recruiting Corpse Fiends was even more outrageously costly.

What was the point of having excellent units...

If they couldn't be cultivated...

Couldn't level up...

And cost so much?

For Hang Yu, who commanded the Calamity Army...

It simply wasn't worthwhile.

Of course...

The main reason was that this blueprint was incredibly valuable.

Even more valuable than the Blood Spear Demon Barracks blueprint he still hadn't sold.

Rather than keeping it...

It would be better to exchange it for a massive amount of needed resources.

Or trade it for other blueprints of equal value that the territory needed more.

The Day of the Stars' Return was fast approaching.

There would inevitably be opportunities to trade these blueprints away.

When that time came...

They would be extremely useful to Hang Yu.

The other two blueprints might not be as valuable as the Corpse King Temple.

But they were even more useful for the territory.

The Necromancer Skill Tower was a skill-type building.

As the name implied...

It belonged to the same category as the territory's Skill Tower and the Taiping Talisman Tower.

The Necromancer Skill Tower came with its own integrated skill system.

Once successfully constructed...

Players and native citizens would gain access to an entire structured skill set.

Its construction cost was relatively affordable.

Its practicality was also quite high.

Hang Yu decided to build it.

As for the final blueprint...

The Starsea Library...

It was an extremely special and rare building.

It randomly generated consumable books with all kinds of effects.

For example...

Skill Books that granted new skills.

Experience Books that increased skill levels.

Cultivation Books that accelerated training.

Attribute Books that permanently increased attributes.

As well as even rarer books.

Although construction costs were relatively expensive...

This facility could bring countless fortunate encounters to the territory.

From the Players' perspective...

Having a Starsea Library also added another enjoyable lottery-like feature.

It was another way to improve the game's overall experience.

Hang Yu planned to construct it.

These...

Were all the rewards from this Lord War.

From territories and buildings...

To vast quantities of materials, Skill Stones, and blueprints...

Both the quality and the scale of the rewards were astonishing.

Combined with everything obtained from the treasure chests...

The results were more than satisfying.

Hang Yu estimated it would take quite some time for the territory to fully absorb all these resources and benefits.

Fortunately...

That wasn't a problem.

For quite a while to come...

No threats would appear near the territory.

And Hang Yu happened to be planning a trip back to the Land of the Stars.

During that time...

He would have ample opportunity to carefully plan and manage the territory.

Allowing it to completely absorb every gain from this war.