Lord of the Myriad Worlds

Chapter 539: Grinding the Great Frost Title

That day, Li Wei didn't lead the Guard Legion back to Liwei Keep, but stayed at Fierzway Fortress, even though there was almost nothing here.

Even the thick fortress walls had long been frozen through by the Great Frost.

The previously built magic power mine had also been moved away.

Even with all the entrances and exits blocked, they could still feel waves of coldness hitting them. Even worse, because Frost Mana permeated the air, ordinary campfires and ordinary firewood could no longer be ignited. Even red-hot charcoal fires would be covered with a thin layer of blue frost in the blink of an eye. If they accidentally touched it, their fingers would immediately be frozen to the point of severe pain.

This was even with 70% Magic Immunity. In fact, this beautiful blue frost was a magical crystal formed when the concentration of Frost Mana reached a certain level.

If a Cryomancer saw this scene, who knew how overjoyed they would be.

But this also caused Li Wei and the others to not even be able to have a sip of hot soup for dinner, which was very bad.

"Not having a war mage is still too terrible."

Li Wei complained in his heart, but his hands didn't stop moving. The other soldiers of the Guard Legion were also busy. A large group of people specifically had to use fire crystals to make circular fireplaces and put charcoal inside. Soon, it would ignite and burn red-hot. Of course, there was still no way to boil a pot of soup.

Because the heat generated by the combustion of this Three-Star Charcoal would be absorbed by the surrounding fire crystals in an instant.How to describe it specifically... it was like charging a battery.

Precious magic items like fire crystals were not omnipotent either. It was impossible for them to resist such a terrifying Great Frost indefinitely. After being taken out and used for about a hundred hours, they had to be recharged once.

The heat contained in about one hundred kilograms of Three-Star Charcoal could fully charge a thousand fire crystals.

And the temperature when this Three-Star Charcoal burned to its extreme could even soar to around 3000 degrees.

"My Lord, I don't quite understand. Is this us finding joy in hardship? Or experiencing doomsday survival in the Great Frost?"

A burly Centurion of the Guard Legion asked curiously. His name was Hunt. Originally a Half-Minotaur, he had followed Li Wei from the establishment of the Flame Territory until now, which was nearly ten years, so he was considered a diehard follower. Moreover, because his experiences in the first half of his life were somewhat similar to Li Wei's experiences back in his old home on Earth, their philosophies were also quite similar.

For example, if it were another Centurion like Chris, he absolutely wouldn't ask this question.

"I'm grinding a title for you all, and also for myself—a title suitable for surviving in the Great Frost. You didn't think I was just simply taking you out hunting, did you? To hunt those magical creatures that had to go into hibernation because of the Great Frost?"

"Then you guys think too highly of yourselves."

"So we must first get used to living in the Great Frost, challenge ourselves, and try to survive in Fierzway Fortress for a hundred days first."

"Listen clearly, everyone. I am a Scout. As my Guard Legion, you must keep up with my pace. If you can't keep up and instead require me to protect and take care of you, then what use do I have for you?"

"On the frontline battlefield, there's the Blazing Legion, the Ice Legion, and the Ranger Legion. But as my Guard Legion, you must learn more skills and be able to adapt to more complex and ever-changing environments. Come on, boys and ladies, hurry up and get to work!"

After Li Wei finished speaking, he took a piece of charcoal covered in blue frost from the large tongs in Chris's hands.

In just those few short seconds, the large tongs in Chris's hands were covered with blue frost, which almost spread to his hands, making him bare his teeth in shock.

"Careful, this blue crystal is extremely dangerous. Be quick, and keep your hands steady!"

Li Wei warned, but the dagger in his hand was flying up and down. In a short while, he scraped off the blue frost on the charcoal. However, he himself wasn't affected at all. This was because his Five-Star Enchanted Dagger had a certain effect of suppressing magic. Additionally, it was also because as long as he held a melee weapon, the suppression on mana was very obvious. Lastly, and the most important reason, was that as long as he was fast enough, the mana couldn't catch up to him.

The scraped-off frost would be immediately sent by him into a Six-Star Pet Card, where Adai was inside.

These blue frost crystals were extremely dangerous substances even for Third-Tier Transcendents, but for Adai, they were truly highly nutritious supplements.

This method could absolutely speed up Adai's upgrade.

Because Li Wei could even sense Adai's feeling of fullness and joyful mood.

He really saw a ghost.

Additionally, perhaps because of this soul-like connection with Adai, Li Wei actually felt as if his understanding of ice magic was becoming increasingly profound.

An indescribable feeling... how to put it... it was like a poor student who, thirty years after graduation, suddenly found his junior high school textbook one day, looked at the questions on it, and suddenly felt, 'Holy crap, it's actually so simple.'

Of course, he also had to admit that Li Wei's current Inspiration +7 was also playing a huge role.

Yes, just an hour ago, this Inspiration was still +6, and as a result, it jumped to +7 without any warning. Who could he complain to?

Fortunately, these two hidden attributes, Inspiration and Perception, didn't directly counter or clash with each other, otherwise Li Wei would still have a headache.

Just like that, they busied themselves until midnight. Adai in the Six-Star Pet Card finally transmitted a feeling of being full, and Li Wei also felt that his understanding of Sequence Two ice magic had reached a state of peak mastery.

But there was still an unbridgeable chasm lying before him to break through to Sequence Three ice magic.

However, come to think of it, the moment Adai successfully upgraded, all this wouldn't be a problem.

"My Lord, all the fire crystals have been fully charged."

At this time, Centurion Hunt reported to Li Wei.

"Good, everyone has worked hard. Let me add a late-night snack for you first."

Li Wei stood up. As he walked, blue frost mist seemed to vibrate and condense around his body, making him look a bit like a little blue man.

But actually, this was just the logical principle of Frost Mana automatically seeking out heat sources to condense and transform into crystals.

It was just that he currently had two fire crystals built into his armor, which could provide him with a continuous supply of heat.

And the other Guard Legion soldiers were also trying to avoid moving their bodies.

But this wouldn't do. It might be beneficial for survival, but it wasn't conducive to generating the title.

At this moment, Li Wei took out small breads, only half the size of a fist, from his resource card. He walked up to everyone and, without needing them to take it, stuffed it directly into their mouths, because they couldn't linger outside for too long, or frost would rapidly condense.

And this kind of small bread was baked by his own hands, made from flour ground from two-thirds Three-Star Winter Wheat and one-third Four-Star Winter Wheat. The quality was four-star.

This was considered excellent food. Normally, Li Wei couldn't even bear to eat it himself, but this kind of precious food was exactly suitable for this kind of environment.

After everyone ate it, they immediately felt their whole body become hot. A strange warm current spread throughout their entire body. In just a few seconds, their whole body was warm and extremely comfortable.

Even the chill they felt before could be faced without fear, and their stamina was surging wildly.

"The effect is very good, right? This is my exclusive secret recipe."

Li Wei laughed heartily, "Now, Hunt, Chris, Bai Yin, the squads of you three will be responsible for guard duty!"

"Shelt, Capone, Lu Dajiao, the squads of you three are on standby."

"Kyle, Jonathan, Athena, Cheng Laowu, the squads of you four prepare for combat drills."

Following Li Wei's command, the five hundred Guard Legion rapidly dispersed, leaving an area in the center empty. Four squads, totaling two hundred Guard Legion soldiers, quickly took the stage.

The Guard Legion now also had ten Centurions, and each Centurion commanded a unit of fifty people. In their daily training, over eighty percent was practicing team combat and cooperation.

Today was no exception.

Among the two hundred people in the four squads, there were melee, ranged, heavy shields, spears, greatblades, swordsmen who excelled in assaults, axemen who excelled at breaking stalemates, and also... oh wait, they still lacked powerful ranger units.

But this kind of thing couldn't be achieved in one step.

These were five hundred living people, not dough that could be kneaded together just by rubbing it.

So Li Wei had always been strengthening the team's cooperation.

Only when every squad, regardless of veterans or recruits, could form a tacit understanding and cooperation, could accept each other's friendship, living habits, and personalities, could they ultimately increase their loyalty.

Really, what Li Wei wanted was loyalty!

Other aspects could be strengthened through training, through battles, and through various methods, but only loyalty was the hardest to obtain.

It is worth mentioning that this loyalty was not that loyalty.

From the perspective of team building, the future development of the territory, and the cultivation of the legions, Li Wei treated the Blazing Legion, the Ice Legion, and the Guard Legion equally.

He never demanded such loyalty too harshly. There was no difference between 80 points of loyalty and 90 points of loyalty. Normally speaking, as long as the entire legion had an average loyalty of 80 points, he didn't need to worry about betrayal, nor would there be too many other messy issues.

But the loyalty he wanted to obtain from the Guard Legion was linked to Collective Sanity.

He wanted this kind of loyalty, and what he cultivated was also this kind of loyalty.

If the two were confused into one, of course one would feel that various actions were illogical.

But in reality, it wasn't.

At this moment, without Li Wei needing to set rules or act as an invigilator, the four squads were already fighting skillfully together. The scene instantly became a chaotic mess!

Because there was no such thing as a neat, uniform training or sparring that had a performative nature. This was a situation where the opposing sides understood each other very well, and the members of both squads had a very tacit understanding. Both sides were confronting each other at a speed beyond the perception of normal people.

In every instant, there were hundreds of clashes. The two teams were like two giant organisms biting crazily at each other. This was the extreme that collective tacit understanding could reach, and it was also the pinnacle of trust in the teammates beside them.

Yes, before their loyalty to Li Wei could reach 98 points, their loyalty to themselves and to each other could also reach 98 points.

It was impossible for them to all have high loyalty to Li Wei but be cold and ignore each other.

That would degrade into low-level loyalty.