Territory prompt: "Consume 300 Spirit Coins, [White Robe Ghost Soldier] Lv. 2."
Territory prompt: "Consume 600 Spirit Coins, [White Robe Ghost Soldier] Lv. 3."
Territory prompt: "Consume 900 Spirit Coins, [White Robe Ghost Soldier] Lv. 4."
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Upgrading building levels definitely had many benefits.
The most basic was increasing the base attributes of summoned soldiers and improving the probability of summoning heroes.
[Building: White Robe Ghost Soldier]
[Level: 20]
[Upgrade Cost: 100,000 Spirit Coins, 100 3-star Wood, 100 3-star Stone]
[Quality: SSS (0/3)]
[Quality Upgrade Cost: 3 SS-quality Barracks]
[Defense: 30,000/30,000]
[Attributes: For every 1,000 Soul Coins consumed, one White Robe Ghost Soldier can be summoned. Current Capacity (0/200)]
[Special Attribute: Training Experience +10%]
[Description: Famous generals do not hold back, a thousand troops fear the white robe. If led by the peerless general Chen Qingzhi, this army will be unstoppable!]
After leveling up, the maximum number of soldiers that could be summoned had also increased significantly.
A special attribute, Training Experience +10%, was added. He wasn't sure if this training experience increased the soldiers' combat experience or something else, but it was a good thing.
However, he didn't have enough Soul Coins to summon so many soldiers, which was a pain.
After the [White Robe Ghost Soldier] Barracks' level increased, the entire building had expanded several times. In the center, there was a training ground that could be used for drilling troops.
The entire training ground could accommodate hundreds of soldiers, which should be related to the building's level and capacity.
In the future, [Barracks] buildings would occupy a large portion of the territory's area.
For other lords, territory area would be severely insufficient, but for his territory, this was not a problem.
The larger the territory area, the more buildings could be constructed.
If your territory area was insufficient, even if you had many buildings, you couldn't build them. Moreover, insufficient territory area would also bottleneck building upgrades.
This was because many buildings would significantly increase in size after upgrading, requiring ample space to ensure these upgrades.
He didn't know how many times he was ahead of other lords in this regard.
He walked into the barracks and stood before the summoning altar on the command platform.
Territory prompt: "Consume 1,000 Soul Coins to summon one [White Robe Ghost Soldier]."
Above the [White Robe Ghost Soldier] Barracks, on the command platform, the summoning altar emitted a dazzling light.
In an instant, a beam of light shot out from the altar and landed on the training ground, where a man in a white robe materialized.
The man's expression was stern, his build was robust, and every movement exuded a killing aura.
Upon seeing Zhou Yan, he knelt on one knee and said, "Soldier Zhang San, pays respects to the Lord!"
"Zhang San... Lawless Outlaw? That name is awesome!"
"Rise!" Zhou Yan commanded.
"Thank you, my Lord!"
Zhang San stood up and remained still in place, like a wooden stake, awaiting orders.
He looked like a battle-hardened soldier, which made Zhou Yan very excited.
With such soldiers, he was full of confidence in his territory's future.
He checked Zhang San's attributes.
[Soldier: Zhang San]
[Gender: Male]
[Age: 18]
[Race: Human]
[Lord: Zhou Yan]
[Quality: SSS (Same as building)]
[Loyalty: 100]
[Troop Type: White Robe Ghost Soldier]
[Level: 0]
[Upgrade Cost: 40 Soul Coins]
[Charisma: 2 (Base 0.2)]
[Luck: 2 (Base 0.2)]
[Strength: 7 (Base 0.7)]
[Constitution: 6 (Base 0.6)]
[Agility: 2 (Base 0.2)]
[Spirit: 5 (Base 0.5)]
[Talent: White Robe Ghost Soldier (Constitution +10%)]
[Skill: White Robe Ghost Formation (Requires at least 10 Ghost Soldiers to cast together. Strength +50%, Defense +50%)]
[Description: Underwent special evolution, base attributes increased tenfold. If led by a general and combined with a formation, they will unleash even greater power!]
Zhou Yan hadn't expected that even the soldiers' base attributes would increase tenfold.
But soldiers were soldiers, and their combat power could not match that of heroes.
As their levels increased, their attribute growth varied with their quality.
Based on the information he had, most soldier heroes gained attribute points upon leveling up:
F, E, D quality soldier heroes gained two attribute points per level.
C, B, A quality soldier heroes gained three attribute points per level.
As for soldier heroes above A quality, for every increase in quality, they would gain an additional attribute point upon leveling up.
Going by this, SSS quality soldiers should gain six attribute points.
Heroes and soldiers gained the same number of attribute points upon leveling up.
The fundamental difference was that heroes possessed additional talents, skills, and special attributes, which made heroes stronger than soldiers and significantly increased their combat power.
The more powerful the hero, the greater the increase in strength.
For example, Diao Chan and Zhen Mi had similar base attributes to Zhang San, but due to their quality, talents, skills, and special attribute bonuses, they could easily defeat Zhang San.
The higher the quality of a hero, the more special attributes they could unlock upon leveling up.
The leveling up of soldiers also required Soul Coins, so Soul Coins were forever something that all lords loved and hated.
Without Soul Coins, no matter how many soldiers you had, their strength could not be improved.
Fortunately, soldiers' levels were significantly lower than heroes'.
This was also because the soldiers' quality was SSS. If it were below A, it would only cost 10 Soul Coins to upgrade their level.
Thinking about how his soldiers would become huge drains on Soul Coins in the future, he felt a headache coming on.
The key was that every lord needed this, and it had to be acquired according to the rules.
[Soul Coins -40, Soldier Zhang San, Level increased from 0 to 1.]
[Soul Coins -50, Soldier Zhang San, Level increased from 1 to 2.]
[Soul Coins -60, Soldier Zhang San, Level increased from 2 to 3.]
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[Soldier: Zhang San]
[Gender: Male]
[Age: 18]
[Race: Human]
[Lord: Zhou Yan]
[Quality: SSS (Same as building)]
[Loyalty: 100]
[Troop Type: White Robe Ghost Soldier]
[Level: 10]
[Upgrade Cost: 150 Soul Coins]
[Charisma: 12 (Base 0.2)]
[Luck: 12 (Base 0.2)]
[Strength: 27 (Base 0.7)]
[Constitution: 26 (Base 0.6)]
[Agility: 12 (Base 0.2)]
[Spirit: 15 (Base 0.5)]
[Talent: White Robe Ghost Soldier (Constitution +10%)]
[Skill: White Robe Ghost Formation (Requires at least 10 Ghost Soldiers to cast together. Strength +50%, Defense +50%)]
[Description: Underwent special evolution, base attributes increased tenfold. If led by a general and combined with a formation, they will unleash even greater power!]
From this, it could be seen that leveling up the [White Robe Ghost Soldier] resulted in Charisma +1, Luck +1, Strength +2, Constitution +2, Agility +1, and Spirit +1.
Each level-up increased attributes by 8 points, which was two more than he had known, surprising Zhou Yan.