The territory was not strong, not even having city walls, and its level was at most thirty. Not to mention anything else. As the horns of attack sounded, everyone began to attack the territory. Soon, they conquered the city and defeated the lord within.
After breaking through three lords consecutively, the sky gradually darkened. There was no moonlight, making it impossible to spot monsters. There was no need to march at night, so Zhou Yan ordered the troops to set up camp.
They set up their tents in a safe location and dispatched guards to keep watch, preventing the enemy from setting fire to the camp. Although the probability of such an event was small, he was always cautious, believing that preparation prevented disaster.
The next day, they continued their journey. As they advanced, they noticed an increase in the number of monsters. Yin Lihua also updated Zhou Yan on the previous map, and new monsters had respawned, much to Zhou Yan's surprise. He hadn't expected monsters to refresh daily.
This meant they could earn more Soul Coins. Since the event only lasted three days, and this was the second day, the number of monsters on this map was limited daily. The competition for monsters among various territories would become even more intense.
Zhou Yan did not want to fall behind and needed to hurry to hunt monsters and the Mid-Autumn Rabbits to gain more Soul Coin rewards and points.
"Everyone, focus on killing monsters and try to avoid conflicts with others. If the opponent attacks first, then eliminate them. We will attack territories only after all monsters have been hunted," Zhou Yan commanded his soldiers.
This was a great opportunity to earn Soul Coins. Just yesterday, he had acquired over a hundred billion Soul Coins. The territories they had eliminated yesterday added up to about twenty.
Zhou Yan aimed to acquire as many Soul Coins as possible within these three days to give his soldiers a significant leveling advantage.
Moreover, Soul Coins could be used to summon top-tier talents, whether they were military commanders, internal affairs officials, or those in vocational professions. For any territory, the more talents, the better.
Soul Coins were always a crucial limiting factor in a territory's development.
Money was the same. If not for the Myriad Realms Virtual Mall, Zhou Yan would have faced a massive deficit in Spirit Coins.
He had already resolved the issue of Spirit Coins; now, he needed to acquire a large number of Soul Coins.
Fortunately, his territory had many dungeons, which provided his soldiers with substantial Soul Coin experience daily. Otherwise, his soldiers' current levels would be impossible to achieve.
He currently had as many as 140,000 soldiers.
Even territories belonging to major conglomerates could only afford around 200,000 soldiers, with cavalry rarely exceeding 10,000.
However, Zhou Yan had achieved this in just over two months since establishing his territory, with the majority being cavalry, which was hard to believe.
What Zhou Yan lacked was powerful mounts, but this required time. Currently, only fifty to sixty thousand soldiers had mounts, and these were not ordinary ones.
These mounts consumed a significant amount of meat daily, a huge expense that ordinary people could not afford. Only Zhou Yan dared to form such a large cavalry force.
As the map refreshed, the soldiers once again launched attacks on the surrounding monsters. The quantity and level of these monsters were significantly higher than on the previous day. Zhou Yan's wave encountered over ten thousand level 65 monsters.
"What are the levels of monsters in other directions?" Zhou Yan asked Yin Lihua.
Shortly after, Yin Lihua compiled information from various sources and replied, "We've tallied the data. Today's monsters are mostly above level 60."
"Even General Li Xin's division encountered level 80 elite monsters. Today, many monsters are of elite quality or higher, and there are quite a few with boss-level strength."
"In particular, several generals have discovered Silver-quality Mid-Autumn Rabbits. As for Gold-quality Mid-Autumn Rabbits, none have been seen yet."
"Oh, Silver-quality Mid-Autumn Rabbits have appeared?" Zhou Yan was somewhat surprised. Yesterday, the highest quality encountered was only Bronze-quality Mid-Autumn Rabbits, each yielding 10 points upon defeat.
Yin Lihua stated that Silver-quality Mid-Autumn Rabbits yielded 20 points upon defeat, and she was unsure if Gold-quality ones would appear.
The higher the level of the monsters, the more Soul Coins earned after hunting them. With over a hundred thousand soldiers hunting monsters, despite encountering different types, it did not hinder the speed of his Soul Coin accumulation.
Zhou Yan had not used many Soul Coins yesterday. He still had around 350 billion Soul Coins and decided to raise all his soldiers' levels to 50.
Approximately 100,000 soldiers and other residents in the territory had not yet reached level 50. After raising all of them to level 50, he found that he had consumed about 90 billion Soul Coins.
Even so, he still had over 260 billion left. He decided to save the remaining Soul Coins for now.
Today, he would earn a lot of Soul Coins because the monsters were more numerous and of higher levels than yesterday, promising a richer harvest.
Zhou Yan used his large-scale attack skills to eliminate tens of thousands of monsters. These monsters were numerous, with half of them being elite, and even several Bosses of leader level or higher. Thus, they provided him with abundant Soul Coin rewards, far exceeding yesterday's haul.
He did not encounter any Silver-quality Mid-Autumn Rabbits. Following the scouts' guidance, he rushed to the next location with monsters.
As they continued to hunt monsters, Yin Lihua informed Zhou Yan that soldiers from several divisions had clashed with soldiers from other territories due to disputes over monsters. Bai Qi had directly ordered the elimination of the opposing forces.
Zhou Yan did not intervene. Since he had handed over the command of the other soldiers to Bai Qi, he would not interfere with Bai Qi's arrangements.
He only concerned himself with the deployment of his own approximately 50,000 soldiers.
Furthermore, he agreed with Bai Qi's actions. Not retaliating when attacked was not their territory's style; he was a person who always repaid debts.
Bai Qi's stats had increased significantly recently, which was normal considering the number of monsters he had slain.
This was also why Zhou Yan had appointed Bai Qi as the Grand Marshal. Only by holding the position of Grand Marshal and issuing orders to other soldiers would the monsters killed by those soldiers be counted towards his own kill count.
After all, his skills were too powerful, and it would be a waste not to allow Bai Qi to accumulate more stats.
He had only summoned one of the Four Great Generals of the Warring States period. He was eager to see the astonishing strength of the other three when he summoned them.
He was looking forward to this.
This required him to have enough Soul Coins for summoning. The rewards from the three days of the Mid-Autumn Festival were indeed abundant. After the event concluded, Zhou Yan had no idea how many Soul Coins he would ultimately acquire. At that time, he would definitely summon more top-tier heroes.
As the reconnaissance planes discovered more and more monsters, Zhou Yan led his soldiers, rapidly eliminating these monsters. Finally, amidst a horde of monsters, they discovered a Mid-Autumn Rabbit emitting a silvery-white glow.
"This Mid-Autumn Rabbit is quite cute, unfortunately, it's a monster for this event," Cai Yan said, looking at the rabbit ahead.
"Let's see. If I get the chance, I'll find a pet for you," Zhou Yan replied.
There were indeed many pets on the Lord Continent, but not many powerful ones. Zhou Yan naturally disdained low-level pets.
High-level pets, once grown, would possess formidable combat power, not much weaker than a high-level military commander.
Many things he would possess; it was only a matter of time.