novelraw Chapter 544
Chapter 544
Yes!
At this instant, sunlight even shone down, and one could even see a patch of blue sky.
All the Blue Frost Mist had dissipated, and all the Frost Mana had disappeared.
The entire area within a two-thousand-mile radius was clear and clean!
This should have been something that Arcane Giant Zombie could not have imagined. The brief sanity it gained from devouring dozens of Neans wasn't enough for it to think of this point.
Including Li Wei, he also hadn't thought of it.
The two immensely powerful magics would absorb all the surrounding Frost Mana.
At the instant he leaped up, the Frost Ranger Bow was already drawn to a full moon, and a 5-Star Magic-Bane Arrow rested on the bowstring, radiating boundless light!
Because, this time Li Wei utilized the Five-Fate Resonance!
Behind him, phantoms formed one after another, radiating for several kilometers. The phantoms within flowed, forming a self-contained system—the earth, the forest, the river, wild beasts, farmers, hunters...All of this was unhurried and unhurried, like a deity looking down upon the earth, looking down upon that Arcane Giant Zombie that was rapidly blinking away to escape!
Previously, with the obstruction of the Blue Frost Mist, Li Wei couldn't sense it at all. But now that there was no Blue Frost Mist, so what if you blinked twice in succession within three seconds and escaped over a dozen miles away!
Li Wei even allowed it to run!
He was just continuously gathering power and resonating. By the third second, he even invested one Slaughter Particle and one Truth Particle in a single breath. That Frost Ranger Bow was resonating intensely, as if it could hardly bear it.
Only then did Li Wei shoot this terrifying, unprecedentedly powerful arrow!
That 5-Star Magic-Bane Arrow even turned to ashes the instant it left the bowstring. It couldn't withstand such power, but this didn't affect the result in the slightest because this was a 4th-Tier Legend, a rank beyond the transcendent!
That Slaughter Particle and Truth Particle replaced that Magic-Bane Arrow. The origin power they represented formed a more terrifying, faster, and more deadly fletched arrow!
It was like triggering a terrifying switch.
Some kind of power was activated, released, like the fission of an atomic nucleus.
Origin Particles were very formidable, but this kind of activated fission, this kind of released power, was what was truly terrifying.
So even though that Arcane Giant Zombie had already escaped eighteen miles away, death had already descended!
Its blinking body cracked apart first, the blink magic interrupted. From afar, it looked like a firework abruptly bursting, and then vanishing into smoke and clouds.
Instant kill!
Moreover, it used the origin kill method of a Primal Assassin, making it utterly annihilated.
If this were a Class Holder, a Samsara Traveler, or a Contractor, they would have absolutely no chance of resurrecting.
Of course, for Li Wei himself, this was also a massive consumption and loss.
For example, all his destinies suffered -10, and for example, he directly entered a Half-Weakened State.
To tell the truth, if it weren't for the fact that the Frost Mana in this area had been temporarily cleared out, Li Wei really wouldn't have dared to use this method.
Afterwards, he even lay paralyzed on top of the fortress, taking a full thirty seconds to recover. And this was the result of him crazily repairing his body and restoring his condition with a Seven-Star Universal Gold Card.
In the end, one Seven-Star Universal Gold Card was consumed before he barely recovered seventy or eighty percent.
And the battle below also drew to a close.
At this time, Li Wei barely transformed into a Giant Eagle to retrieve that Eight-Star Universal Gold Card and one Purple Card.
No matter what, this was a profit!
When he returned to Fierzway Fortress again, lines of information finally emerged.
[Faction Notification!]
[Falcon Karl has killed two Ancient Magic Zombies of the Orson Empire outside the Falcon Capital. He has gained 50 points of World Reputation. His current World Reputation is 590.]
[Faction Notification!]
[Porcupine Allovell has killed two Ancient Magic Zombies of the Orson Empire outside Kahndorf Fortress. Because he is a retainer of Falcon Karl, he has gained 10 points of World Reputation, and Falcon Karl has gained 40 points of World Reputation, currently 630 points.]
[Faction Notification!]
[You have killed two Ancient Magic Zombies of the Orson Empire outside Fierzway Fortress. You have gained 50 points of World Reputation. Due to faction rules, you only gained 25 points of World Reputation, currently 350 points.]
[Explanation: Due to the outbreak of the Great Frost, many Ancient Magic Zombies of the Orson Empire that were once sealed deep underground have been artificially awakened. They will prioritize attacking fortress cities that look relatively weak or have larger populations.]
[Warning: In the wave of sneak attacks by Ancient Magic Zombies just now, fifty-eight fortress cities successfully completed the kills, seventeen fortress cities were destroyed and occupied, and a large number of fortress cities were also fortunately not sneak-attacked.]
[Friendly Reminder: As the Ancient Magic Zombies of the Orson Empire appear, more ruins of the Orson Empire might be discovered.]
Good heavens, so it wasn't just him who encountered the Ancient Magic Zombies. It was due to the outbreak of the Great Frost and under the manipulation of those with ulterior motives that these things were sent roaming out.
Li Wei felt a shock in his heart, and for some reason, he thought of Tyrant William. This king had been too quiet over the past year.
This was definitely the rhythm of stirring up trouble.
But so what? It seemed he didn't have any other way either.
At this time, he first went to check on the Guard Legion. Although they were all very exhausted and their weapon durability was depleted, it wasn't a big problem. At least nobody died. They performed excellently in these two battles and were rapidly growing.
However, they had to withdraw back to Liwei Fort now, because whether it was the Three-Star Charcoal or the durability of their weapons and equipment, everything was depleted and they had to go back to resupply.
Taking advantage of the surrounding Frost Mana being cleared out and diluted, Li Wei led the team and set out rapidly, quickly returning to the spring-like warmth of Liwei Fort.
The advantages of two Tier-2 Mage Towers were truly immense, and their defenses were airtight. No wonder those Ancient Magic Zombies didn't want to come and attack.
At this time, Li Wei simply greeted Hathaway, Li Yue, and the others, and only then began processing the spoils of war.
Deducting the consumption from this battle, he obtained a total of one Eight-Star Universal Gold Card, one Seven-Star Universal Gold Card, two Eight-Star Special Purple Cards, two Seven-Star Purple Cards, as well as 124 Six-Star Gold Cards, and 532 Four-Star or Five-Star Drop Purple Cards. There were no Six-Star Purple Cards because those Magic Zombies upgraded mid-battle; Gold Cards could accumulate in quality, but Purple Cards could not.
The Four-Star and Five-Star Drop Purple Cards would not have any traps and were opened normally, so Li Wei directly followed the territory rules established not long ago and handed these 532 normal Purple Cards and 94 Six-Star Gold Cards to the Strategic Readiness Department. This was partly to assess merits and partly to distribute the spoils of war.
According to the rules, the Guard Legion had the greatest merit in this battle and could enjoy 50% of the spoils from their kills, while the remaining 50% had to be handed over to the Strategic Readiness Department for comprehensive distribution.
Because prior to this, the Blazing Legion, Ice Legion, and Ranger Legion were also basically distributed according to this plan. Especially in the battle against Mountain Eagle Parker, the Blazing Legion and Ice Legion exerted the most effort and received the most spoils, but in reality, they only received 30% of the spoils distribution, because another 10% had to be given to the Spellcaster Association, 5% to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Logistics Department, and the final 5% to the Department of Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry, Sidelines, and Fisheries Resources.
After all, everyone was contributing in that battle, whether on the front lines or in the rear.
And this time, the Guard Legion had no friendly forces supporting them from the rear, so they could exclusively claim 50%. However, for subsequent resupplies and equipment repairs, they also had to pay out of their own pockets.
Including eating three-star quality meals, they had to pay out of their own pockets. All things considered, they would actually end up with 30%.
However, the spoils obtained from Li Wei's kills entirely belonged to Li Wei himself; he could give them to whoever he wanted.
The Lord and the territory no longer shared the same warehouse and the same private stash, nor could he just take whatever he wanted. Everything had to go through the ledger.
Li Wei tossed the Guard Legion's ledger to Hunt, Chris, and the other ten Centurions. They would handle it themselves, including subsequent upgrades; he didn't have to worry about any of that.
At this time, he had to process his own spoils of war.
First was that Seven-Star Universal Gold Card, prioritizing the exchange for two Gold Quality Clearance Tokens.
Next were thirty Six-Star Universal Gold Cards. He kept five for himself and exchanged for five Gold Clearance Tokens; these were hard currency, necessary for upgrading.
Subsequently, in the name of the Lord, he distributed ten cards to the Blazing Legion, to be used by the Blazing Legion to continue enhancing the Five-Star Warhorses. This was very important. Right now, in order to convert Frost Mana in the territory, the regular mana stored in the Mage Towers was always very plentiful. This was an excellent opportunity to enhance Five-Star Warhorses, and the success rate would be very high.
Thus, in the future, it was possible they would ultimately have 52 Five-Star Warhorses.
Subsequently, he distributed five cards each to the Ice Legion, Ranger Legion, and Guard Legion in the name of the Lord.
This kind of distribution fell under the ruler's profound benevolence, which required displaying notifications in front of everyone in the territory.
What he paid out was Six-Star Gold Cards, and what the others needed to give was loyalty. Over months and years, there was an account of it all.
As for that Eight-Star Universal Gold Card, Li Wei took the initiative to trade it with the Nine-Star Council.
This was undoubtedly an extremely valuable Universal Gold Card, but they had no way to use it effectively right now and could only exchange it.
There was a large pile of exchange options.
For example, two Violet Gold Quality Clearance Tokens.
For example, 3000 points of Faction Reputation exclusive to the Nine-Star Council.
For example, two Five-Star Quality Magic Cores.
Or for example, a Six-Star Quality Magic Crest with two built-in Sequence Five Warding Magics...
There was no need to look at the rest. Li Wei could only choose this one, although he felt he was being squeezed for at least five times the profit, he had no other choice.
Who told him he didn't have a 4th-Tier Mage? And even if he had a 4th-Tier Mage, Li Yue would still need to upgrade to a Six-Star Tailor, and Zhao Xuanxuan to a Six-Star Blacksmith.
Speaking of which, he had to start making deployments in this area as well. Within ten or twenty years, he had to find a way to upgrade Li Yue to a 4th-Tier Legend.
Yes, no one else was qualified enough. Hathaway's path to becoming a 4th-Tier Mage had another route and couldn't help, and compared to Zhao Xuanxuan, Thomas, and even Second Aunt, they were not as capable as Li Yue in accumulating steadily before bursting forth.
Other than her, he couldn't think of anyone else?
After the exchange was completed, Li Wei didn't rush to open those two Eight-Star Purple Cards and Seven-Star Purple Cards. He needed a good sleep.
He was too exhausted.