Chapter 69: Rewards Beyond the Limit
Creating one Apollo required 500 mana points. Fortunately, Su Xiao had ample time.
During this period, aside from manufacturing Apollos, he also planned to further evolve the Flame Demons. He intended to use the Flame Demons' characteristics to produce elite individuals.
The structure of a Flame Demon was actually quite simple: magma + lava + flame energy formed the body, then a Grey Orc soul was injected inside, activated through a special method, and after sleeping in magma for about a year, a Flame Demon would awaken.
The reason Agamemnon chose the souls of Grey Orcs was that he understood them better, which helped him control the Flame Demon army.
How Flame Demons were constructed was something Su Xiao, with his level of Alchemy, could decipher with just a preliminary scan.
What was truly remarkable was not Agamemnon's method of awakening the Flame Demons, but the flame energy of the Blazing Land. This flame energy had a 'life' characteristic, but to some extent, the traits of withering and burning were even more pronounced.
After mastering this powerful flame energy, there were roughly two development paths. One was vast vitality combined with flames that incinerated everything, which was the life + ultra-high temperature development method.
The other development method was more traditional: withering + burning. First, wither the enemy's body, then burn it.
Not long ago, Su Xiao had obtained an equipment called [Withered Misfortune], whose effect was withering + burning.
There were two known individuals who controlled this flame power: King Duoyin and Agamemnon. Su Xiao believed King Duoyin had mastered this flame power because the first impression he gave was too strong—that feeling of being able to burn everything was incredibly intense.
That old bastard King Duoyin had likely lived for who knows how many years. His ability should be vast vitality + incinerating everything. Such immense vitality would make his life extremely long. While it might not reach the level of immortality, his lifespan would still be astonishing.
Su Xiao even suspected that the Duoyin Empire had never changed its king, that it had always been that old bastard. If that were true, then King Duoyin would be far more troublesome to deal with than Agamemnon.
Agamemnon's rise was a recent event. His ability was withering + burning. Given Su Xiao's position in the Chaos Legion, this was no secret to him.
As for King Duoyin, who knew how many years that old bastard had lived. Earlier, Bubu Wang had seen a message on the World Contact Platform. Gray Gentleman had clashed with King Duoyin, and the result was that Gray Gentleman withdrew from Duoyin and had already gone to harass the Lizard Clan. One could only say, poor Lizard Clan.
Many clues indicated that it was uncertain who was truly the strongest in this world between King Duoyin and Agamemnon. But regardless, at this moment, Agamemnon was sealed away, living in darkness every day, while King Duoyin ruled over the central continent. This was a fact that could not be ignored.
Su Xiao set these thoughts aside for now. Enhancing the combat power of the Flame Demons was the key at hand. His idea was to use a large amount of magma, combined with alchemical formation diagrams, to fuse hundreds of Flame Demons into one, creating massive Giant Flame Demons or Flame Giants.
The reason Blackmelt City was currently extracting magma from underground was precisely to achieve this. With only three days left, how many Flame Giants could be produced would depend on the situation.
Su Xiao stood up and walked to the temporary workbench, beginning to process materials. Before long, a fireball about two meters in diameter appeared. This fireball floated in midair, its color dazzlingly bright.
The fireball rapidly compressed, soon becoming the size of a fist. This thing floated in midair, like a miniature sun.
Bubu Wang and Baha, who were sound asleep, suddenly bounced up from the bed and cabinet. Their expressions were innocent yet bewildered.
Soon, Bubu Wang and Baha slipped into the next room to continue sleeping, leaving only Amu snoring loudly. This guy was carefree. Even if someone made an Apollo nearby or kicked him, he wouldn't wake up, unless a strange aura approached.
In the blink of an eye, two days passed. These two days were quite lively. Three new kings and two lords had emerged in the Northern Territory, fighting fiercely among themselves for more territory. The most intense struggle was over Frostwinter City.
Besides the new kings and lords, a bunch of 'wild royalty' had appeared in the Northern Territory, all claiming to be direct descendants of the Ice Lord. In layman's terms, the Ice Lord was their wild father.
These wild royalty had many supporters. Such puppets were naturally easy to win over.
Even more interesting was that the Barbarian Tribe, which had always been getting beaten, actually intended to meddle in the Northern Territory's internal strife.
Upon hearing this news, the Dwarf Clan was furious. Yes, the Dwarf Clan, which had little to do with the Northern Territory, stepped forward, angrily denouncing the Barbarian Tribe's shameless actions.
The Barbarian Tribe was very angry, which led to the Barbarian Tribe and the Dwarf Clan about to go to war. It was said they were about to have a decisive battle, but it was all thunder and no rain.
Before the Barbarian Tribe vs. Dwarf Clan war could fully erupt, the Elf Clan, which had already been crippled and was leaning on a crutch, couldn't sit still.
The Elf Queen angrily denounced the actions of the Northern Territory, the Barbarian Tribe, and the Dwarf Clan. Then, she mobilized all her remaining troops to attack her neighbor, the Lizard Clan.
Yes, don't laugh. She was indeed attacking the Lizard Clan. The Lizard Clan, who had been hit while lying down, was nearly pissed off. They immediately gathered their forces to counterattack the Elf Clan.
Barbarian Tribe vs. Dwarf Clan, Elf Clan vs. Lizard Clan. Absurd? No, these were all smart people. They knew the world was about to change. The two overlords of the Canglong Continent were about to engage in a decisive battle.
As medium-sized forces like the Elf Clan and Lizard Clan, they had each found 'opponents.' In reality, they were worried about one thing: whether Duoyin and the Chaos Legion would, before the war began, eliminate all forces except the Northern Territory, then have their decisive battle, to avoid being devoured by other forces during their post-war period of weakness.
Rather than waiting to be eliminated, they chose to find an 'opponent' first. In reality, this was about finding allies, banding together to avoid being wiped out.
The Barbarian Tribe, Dwarf Clan, Elf Clan, and Lizard Clan had already formed a bloc. Their mutual 'wars' were actually displays of strength, signaling that they were not to be trifled with either.
Aside from this external intelligence, Su Xiao also received a lot of good news. At this moment, within Blackmelt City, the number of Flame Giants had reached 3,400.
Don't underestimate these Flame Giants. They were over 12 meters tall. Every hundred Flame Demons + a large amount of magma, reshaped through alchemical formation diagrams, could produce one Flame Giant.
To have 3,400 Flame Giants, 340,000 Flame Demons had to be reshaped. The Grey Orc souls within these Flame Giants had dissipated. Each Flame Giant was controlled by three Snake People at the back of its neck, so there was no longer a need for Grey Orc souls to maintain them.
These Flame Giants were thorough war weapons. The Snake People were stepping onto the frontlines for the first time, which held extraordinary significance for them. Their status would greatly improve.
The early sun rose over the horizon. At six in the morning, Su Xiao received a notification from Reincarnation Paradise. His second main mission was complete.
[Main Mission: War Demon (Completed).]
[Checking the territory conquered by the Hunter...]
[Check complete. Conquered: Western Territory (100%), Southern Territory (72.592%), Northern Territory (2.15%).]
[Total territory conquered on Canglong Continent: 34.6715%.]
[Because the territory conquered by the Hunter is too vast, it has severely exceeded the reward limit for this mission.]
[Rewards being finalized...]
[Some Eighth Rank permissions have been unlocked.]
[You have received an Immortal Chest.]
[Note: Within this chest, the Hunter has a chance to obtain Immortal Rank equipment, items, gems, etc., or obtain growth-type equipment, aura-type equipment, aura-type scrolls, etc.]
[Note: All Immortal Rank equipment possesses 'uniqueness,' is extremely rare, and each piece of Immortal Rank equipment has a unique 'core enhancement' effect.]