Chapter 91

After leaving the military camp, Cheng Yang led Liu Xiyue into the jungle to hunt the demonized beasts.

As the number of battles increased, Liu Xiyue's grasp of the rhythm became better. However, her skill had a weakness: she couldn't face the encirclement of multi-headed monsters, as her skill had a two-second cooldown.

Cheng Yang planned to find a better staff for Liu Xiyue, at least a bronze-level one, and pair it with ordinary necklaces and earrings. This would give her the ability to instantly kill mid-stage demonized beasts. If converted to single-target damage, this was already on par with a high-level apprentice warrior without any equipment.

A night of hard work earned Cheng Yang about 1,500 spirit points, slightly less than the previous two days, as he was burdened by a liability. However, Liu Xiyue's gains were substantial, and by the time they returned to Luofeng Village, her spirit points had reached over 500.

This number was not much compared to Cheng Yang's, but relative to other warriors who could only earn about 60 spirit points per day, it was astronomical.

Cheng Yang's spirit point earnings for the day reached 15,000, with nearly 5,000 from completing the dungeon, another 5,000 from killing demonized beasts around Dongshan Village, and the rest from killing ordinary demonized beasts.

Cheng Yang was indeed too powerful now, as most demonized beasts couldn't break his defenses, allowing him to kill them without any worries. Each ice spike he cast would surely earn him a few spirit points.

Cheng Yang lent 10,000 spirit points to Liu Xiyue, allowing her to activate a sixfold training speed. With her ability to earn spirit points, she could sustain this sixfold speed.

Since Yu Kai and the others were not back in the courtyard, Cheng Yang had Liu Xiyue train in the small courtyard, which provided a 30% training speed boost. Not utilizing this would be a waste.

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While Cheng Yang was training, Liu Hao, who managed Xianghe Village, had completed the upgrade to a Level 2 occupation statue. He immediately selected 120 ordinary villagers from the territory and led them to Xianghe Village under the cover of darkness.

Of course, Liu Hao couldn't do this alone. He brought his entire team, including Yu Kai and Li Wanshan. Liu Hao originally wanted to wait for Niu Bing to return before setting out, but since he hadn't shown up, Liu Hao decided not to wait.

Liu Hao and his team were no longer the same as before. After today's training, they had become genuine mid-level apprentice warriors, with significantly improved combat capabilities.

"Old Li, don't you think we should find a time to deal with the lord, to get him to find more territory altars? That way, each of us can become a village chief. Even if we don't talk about other things, just the boost in strength is something ordinary warriors can't compare to," Liu Hao said, thinking about how he would soon use Xianghe Village's altar to advance to a high-level apprentice. The thought made him excited. But thinking of Li Wanshan, who had shared hardships with them, he suggested it to him.

Li Wanshan remained calm and smiled, "Captain Liu, the lord has his own plans. We shouldn't disrupt his arrangements. I think if the lord can find more territory altars, he will try to occupy them. If we don't have more subordinate territories to occupy, even if we ask the lord, it won't help."

Liu Hao smiled bitterly, "You are quite broad-minded!"

Li Wanshan's lips curled into a bitter smile, "What can I do if I'm not broad-minded? In this damned apocalypse, our current situation is already very favorable, thanks to the lord. Now that my family is reunited, I have no regrets. The rest of my life, I will dedicate to the lord."

Yu Kai and Liu Hao understood Li Wanshan's feelings. Cheng Yang had rescued his family from the ruins without any reward, and this gratitude was not something that could be expressed in a few words. However, as Cheng Yang's brother, Yu Kai didn't want Li Wanshan to have such thoughts. He smiled and said, "Old Li, don't talk about selling your life. The lord probably wouldn't want to hear that. By the way, don't call me Captain Yu anymore. You are older than us, so just call me Xiaoyu."

Li Wanshan was slightly stunned, then smiled, "Alright, I think that's better too."

Liu Hao turned and laughed, "Hehe, after tonight, I will be a high-level apprentice warrior. I'll go to the difficult-level dungeon and get some good equipment for you guys."

Yu Kai looked at Liu Hao with disdain and said, "Don't brag. Whether you can pass the difficult-level dungeon is still uncertain. Besides, the lord has already passed the nightmare-level dungeon, and the good equipment the territory guards obtained has already been distributed to us. Do you think you can get better equipment?"

Liu Hao's face fell, "Can't you let me be proud for a moment? I won't compare myself to those monsters. Those guys are simply not human."

To be honest, Liu Hao was very frustrated that the territory guards could level up with Cheng Yang. He knew very well that no matter how fast he trained, he could never catch up to Cheng Yang, and thus, he could never catch up to the territory guards.

Yu Kai ignored him and suddenly asked, "Hao, do you think the lord knows the locations of other dungeon entrances? Now we only have the Blood Church dungeon entrance in our territory, and the number of daily entries is limited, so we can't get much benefit from the dungeon."

Liu Hao stopped joking and said directly, "There might be other dungeons. Isn't there a Necropolis Canyon in Xiangcheng City? The benefits from that dungeon are even higher than the Blood Church."

Yu Kai said, "The benefits are indeed high, but without the lord, we would probably not return if we entered."

Liu Hao laughed, "Don't worry about that. After tomorrow, you and I will both be high-level apprentice warriors. With Old Niu and Old Li, passing that dungeon shouldn't be difficult. Besides, the first batch of job changers will probably all advance to mid-level apprentice warriors in two to three days. By then, our strength will increase, and we can divide into several teams to farm the Necropolis Canyon without any problems."

Yu Kai said, "Whether this will succeed is uncertain, but one thing is certain: it won't be long before the main city of Xiangcheng City extends its influence to the Necropolis Canyon dungeon entrance. There will likely be many conflicts between us."

"Conflicts are fine, who's afraid of who!" Liu Hao said disdainfully, "The main city of Xiangcheng City probably doesn't even have a mid-level apprentice warrior. We can easily crush them."

Li Wanshan said, "Xiao Liu, you don't need to bring us. If the lord really wants to crush the main city of Xiangcheng City, he can do it alone."

Liu Hao was slightly stunned but had to agree with Li Wanshan.

As they walked and talked, their speed was quite fast. Although the night road was not particularly safe, and occasionally a demonized beast would appear, Liu Hao and his team managed to kill them without much trouble.

After more than an hour, they arrived at Xianghe Village.

At this moment, Xianghe Village was quiet, with the occasional sound of bowstrings or magic missiles breaking the wind, reminding everyone that the night in the apocalypse was not peaceful.

Most of the other warriors were training in the civilian houses. When Liu Hao and his team entered, the deputy village chief Cai Chengtian came out to greet them.

Cai Chengtian was not surprised by Liu Hao's arrival, as Liu Hao had already mentioned that he would bring some ordinary villagers to Xianghe Village after its successful upgrade to supplement the territory's personnel shortage.

After a brief inquiry about the day's situation in Xianghe Village, Liu Hao had Cai Chengtian lead the villagers to change their occupations.

Liu Hao went to the territory altar, calmed his mind, and opened the territory attribute panel, choosing to use the opportunity of Divine Favor (pseudo).

After a few breaths, Liu Hao smoothly advanced from a mid-level apprentice warrior to a high-level apprentice warrior, becoming the second strongest person in Luofeng Village, after the guards who couldn't leave the territory.

Liu Hao swung his weapon a few times, feeling full of energy, and couldn't help but grin. He felt that even if a tiger stood in front of him, he could split it in half with one strike. Of course, this tiger had to be from before the apocalypse; who knew what kind of monster it had become now?

"Old Yu, since it's still dark, why don't I take you to Dongshan Village to level up?" Liu Hao, who had just advanced to a high-level apprentice warrior, was brimming with confidence.

Yu Kai, however, was more calm, "Let's not. Although you have advanced to a high-level apprentice, you won't be as calm as the lord when facing a large group of demonized beasts. More importantly, many unexpected situations can happen at night, and it's hard to deal with them when our vision is limited. For safety, let's go during the day tomorrow. It's not urgent."

Liu Hao didn't insist, "If you're not in a hurry, neither am I. Let's wait until tomorrow."

In the meantime, the 120 new ordinary villagers had all completed their occupation changes.

Since ordinary people could now have spirit points, the occupation changes for the villagers were much easier, at least not completely dependent on the territory's spirit points. For example, Cai Chengtian just had the already changed warriors lend out some of their spirit points, and with the part they returned, everyone was able to complete their occupation changes smoothly.

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