"I'll go check the flanks," Zhou Yan said to Diao Chan.
"Okay," Diao Chan nodded.
Zhou Yan arrived at Zhen Mi's defensive tower. After various building bonuses, the power of the [Blazing Tower] had become very formidable.
Although the [Blazing Tower] was a single-target attack tower with immense power, its overall effectiveness was still considerable.
Facing the vast tide of monsters, its killing efficiency naturally appeared lower than other defensive towers.
However, when facing powerful individual monsters, its might far surpassed other towers.
"Lord, everything is fine here. The monsters have been intercepted in the front, and they haven't breached the defensive towers' coverage yet."
Upon seeing Zhou Yan, Zhen Mi quickly reported the situation.
The monsters here were not as dense as at the front. With two defensive towers attacking them, they could be effectively defended against.
However, the offensive had just begun, and the monsters behind would surely attack with even greater ferocity.
For the time being, the monsters posed no immediate threat to the territory's safety.
Coupled with Diao Chan and Zhen Mi guarding the flanks, he had no immediate worries.
"Mmm, don't let your guard down." After giving instructions, he left.
He went into the [Mysterious Shop] to see if there were any good items today.
There were five items. The first was a scroll. Curious, he checked its attributes.
[Item: Lightning Five Strikes Painting]
[Quality: Silver]
[Description: The renowned masterpiece by Master Ma Xiaoguo from three hundred years ago.]
[Price: 100,000 Spirit Coins]
An antique.
This item was also useful to him. It could activate hidden attributes of the [Treasure Chamber]. Although he had few treasures now, as he collected more, these attributes would eventually be triggered.
100,000 Spirit Coins was a mere trifle for him at the moment.
The second item was a gold-grade equipment.
[Equipment: Fengyang Bow]
[Quality: Gold]
[Durability: 180/180]
[Attribute 1: Strength +25]
[Attribute 2: Increases attack range by ten meters]
[Attribute 3: Deals a certain amount of armor-piercing damage]
[Attribute 4: Fengyang (Infuses attacks with spiritual energy, capable of releasing a phantom Fengyang arrow, with a cooldown of thirty minutes.)]
[Equipment Requirement: Strength 30]
[Description: With this bow in hand, the world is yours! When Fengyang appears, enemy generals retreat.]
[Price: 300,000 Spirit Coins]
This equipment had four attributes, yet its price was only 300,000 Spirit Coins, which was incredibly cheap.
If sold outside, this equipment would fetch at least 600,000 Spirit Coins.
Furthermore, it was a ranged equipment, and its design was quite handsome.
Without hesitation, he purchased it.
Upon taking it out, it was indeed beautiful, predominantly red, which he quite liked.
The [Mysterious Shop] was truly a great place.
The third item was a cultivation speed card.
[Item: Cultivation Card]
[Quality: Bronze]
[Description: Doubles cultivation speed for one hour.]
[Price: 50,000]
This was something he definitely couldn't pass up; it would greatly aid his cultivation.
After purchasing it, he looked at the fourth item, a bronze weapon, which he also bought.
He activated the [Mysterious Shop]'s refresh function.
With a flash of light, five new items appeared on the counter.
This time, all the items were materials.
He quickly examined the first material.
One hundred three-star Black Rock wood, priced at 8,000 Spirit Coins.
He was in need of high-grade wood, and it appeared just when he needed it. And at only 8,000 Spirit Coins, the price was 20% lower than the market price in the Lord's World. It was an absolute bargain.
The second material: One hundred pieces of four-star Black Gold Stone, priced at 1,000,000 Spirit Coins.
"Four-star ore!"
He was indeed surprised. Both for forging equipment and upgrading buildings, high-grade ores were extremely valuable. To have one hundred pieces appear at once, there was no reason to let it pass.
After purchasing it, he looked at the third material.
Ten two-star wood attribute crystal cores, priced at 50,000 Spirit Coins.
Two-star wood crystal cores at only 5,000 Spirit Coins each, this was also far below the market price.
High-grade crystal cores were rare, with only monsters of leader rank or higher having a chance to drop them. Their utility was also significant.
In the market, crystal cores below five-star could be bought with money, but five-star and above crystal cores were not so easily obtained.
"These wood attribute crystal cores come at the perfect time. They can be used to upgrade the [Thorn Fence]."
After purchasing them, Zhou Yan immediately upgraded the quality of the [Thorn Fence].
Territory Notification: "Consumed 10 two-star wood attribute crystal cores. [Thorn Fence] quality upgraded to SS."
[Building: Thorn Fence]
[Level: 20]
[Upgrade Required: 30,000 Spirit Coins, 10 one-star wood attribute cores]
[Quality: SS (0/5)]
[Upgrade Required: 5 three-star wood element crystal cores]
[Defense: 20,000/20,000]
[Special Attribute 1: Can regenerate and repair damaged vines.]
[Special Attribute 2: Enemies touching the vines will suffer poison damage.]
[Description: A fence formed from thorny vines, possessing strong vitality and the ability to self-repair damaged sections, along with poison. Unless they are uprooted entirely, even a single root can continue to grow.]
After the quality of the [Thorn Fence] was upgraded, its defense increased by 10,000. He believed the power of the vines and the poison had also significantly increased, which was a great benefit to the territory.
He noticed that the upgrade conditions for the [Thorn Fence] had changed. 30,000 Spirit Coins was a minor issue, but now it required wood attribute crystal cores to upgrade.
At the current stage, wood attribute crystal cores couldn't be bought, so he would have to deal with it later.
He then looked at the fourth material.
Ten three-star fire element crystal cores, priced at 100,000 Spirit Coins.
He bought them immediately.
And then, he used them without delay to upgrade the quality of the [Blazing Tower].
Territory Notification: "Consumed 3 three-star fire attribute crystal cores. [Blazing Tower] quality upgraded to SSS."
Territory Notification: "Consumed 3 three-star fire attribute crystal cores. [Blazing Tower] quality upgraded to SSS."
[Building: Blazing Tower]
[Level: 20]
[Upgrade Required: 30,000 Spirit Coins, 100 three-star wood, 50 three-star copper ore]
[Quality: SSS (0/10)]
[Upgrade Required: 5 four-star fire element crystal cores]
[Defense: 30,000/30,000]
[Special Attribute 1: Unleashes a fireball to deal area-of-effect damage to enemies.]
[Special Attribute 2: Every half hour, unleashes a sea of fire, covering a range of 100 meters.]
[Attack Range: 300 meters]
[Description: A flame elemental tower with powerful attack capabilities.]
Both [Blazing Towers] had their quality upgraded to SSS. He kept the remaining one three-star fire attribute crystal core in his [Treasure Chamber].
Next was the last material.
One hundred five-star Purple Gold Ore, priced at 1,000,000 Spirit Coins.
More high-grade ore. This was material that could forge dark gold equipment. He was sure Jerry would love it.
However, he couldn't give it to him so quickly, as he was only a silver-grade blacksmith for now.
The items in the [Mysterious Shop] were good, but there were too few of them.
He walked towards the main gate to observe how the monster offensive was progressing.
A series of explosions echoed throughout the territory. Outside the territory, monsters let out various roars. These monsters charged forward with great effort, but facing the terrifying defensive towers, they had no opportunity to get too close.