Capture Town

Baron Kirov climbed onto the city wall and bowed deeply to Yang Feng below. Respectfully, he said, "I am Baron Kirov, lord of Black Rock Town. Honored Warlock, may I ask why you are attacking my Black Rock Town? If Black Rock Town has inadvertently offended you in any way, I hope to pay Gold Coins to soothe your anger."

As a noble, Baron Kirov knew full well just how powerful and exalted Warlocks were. On the Durando Subcontinent, every nation had to have the support of an official Warlock behind it. Any nation that lost a Warlock's support would perish, giving birth to a new nation or being annexed by another.

"Baron Kirov, do you still recognize me?" Yang Feng removed the mask from his face, revealing Zhao Jiang's features, and smiled faintly at Baron Kirov.

Baron Kirov's expression changed drastically. A thread of foreboding surged in his heart as he blurted out, "Baron Zhao Jiang!!"

Baron Kirov's thoughts raced, and he quickly said, "Baron Zhao Jiang, attacking another baron's territory without cause is a grave crime! If the Upper Council finds out, your title and territory will be stripped from you outright. It is not too late for you to leave now! I can pretend this never happened!"

Within the Fein Deluo Principality, attacking another noble's territory was an absolutely grave crime. Once discovered, even a great figure like Viscount Helu would be stripped of his title and lands. Baron Kirov had always wanted to seize Zhao Jiang's title and territory, yet he still had to resort to all sorts of underhanded methods. He absolutely did not dare attack Zhao Jiang's territory directly.

Yang Feng gave a cold smile, his gaze turning icy. "Baron Kirov, you actually dared send people to assassinate me! Today, I'll send you on your way. Go repent properly in hell! Attack! Kill everyone who resists!"

Yang Feng's development in Red Leaf Town had already reached a bottleneck. Black Rock Town possessed abundant ore deposits and was his target. Only by taking Black Rock Town could Yang Feng develop rapidly and manufacture more and stronger robots. Only with more and stronger robots could he survive better in this world.

No matter what Baron Kirov said, Yang Feng would never abandon his plan to seize Black Rock Town.

Thirty Spearmen immediately aimed their Heavy Machine Guns at the city wall and pulled the triggers.

Flames spat forth. In the blink of an eye, the entire city wall was engulfed in blood. Under the Heavy Machine Gun bullets' sweeping barrage, nearly every warrior who showed his head was blown apart.

Baron Kirov, too, was torn to pieces by countless Heavy Machine Gun bullets in a single exchange, transformed into chunks of flesh that fell to the ground.

Five Artillery units aimed 120-millimeter heavy cannons directly at the entrance to Black Rock Stronghold. With a flash of fire, the gates of Black Rock Stronghold were blasted into powder.

Thirty Blade Soldiers, each possessing combat strength comparable to Knight-level warriors, flashed forward and charged directly into Black Rock Stronghold.

Waves of screams and mournful cries immediately rang out from within Black Rock Stronghold.

Before long, the resistance inside Black Rock Stronghold was easily suppressed, and the blood-reeking Black Rock Stronghold fell directly under Yang Feng's control.

Without extraordinary powerhouses such as Knights and Warlocks holding the line, ordinary humans simply could not withstand Yang Feng's Mechanical Legion.

Once Black Rock Stronghold fell, all of Black Rock Town fell into Yang Feng's hands.

At the first opportunity, Yang Feng dispatched large numbers of Blade Soldiers and Mining Robots to seize every mine directly, restore production, and excavate ore.

At the same time, vast numbers of Energy Absorbing Sunshades continuously bloomed across the mountains and wastelands around Black Rock Town.

Engineering Robots bustled about like worker ants across a vast stretch of wasteland, beginning the construction of a large Arsenal.

The roar of machinery rang without end through all the mines of Black Rock Town, while the Engineering Robots manufactured all kinds of large-scale iron-smelting and steelmaking equipment.

The Ore-Mining Robots entered the mine shafts carrying mining tools far beyond this era, excavating ore day and night without rest. After all sorts of mining equipment had been upgraded, the ore produced by Black Rock Town each day was more than a hundred times what it had been in the past.

After obtaining the vast quantities of ore produced by Black Rock Town, the Arsenal in Red Leaf Town also went full throttle. Every day, large numbers of Mining Robots, Engineering Robots, and Combat Robots were manufactured and sent to Black Rock Town.

Because Yang Feng had killed Baron Kirov, a massive tide of flight also arose in Black Rock Town. Large numbers of miners, townsfolk, minor nobles, and Free People fled Black Rock Town, mainly heading in the direction of Giant Stone City.

For ordinary noble lords, the escape of so many subjects would have been a tremendous headache. After all, every subject paid taxes and was part of a lord's wealth. But to Yang Feng, if those subjects fled, then they fled. To him, his Mechanical Legion was the most loyal populace and created the greatest wealth.

After thoroughly ransacking Black Rock Stronghold, Yang Feng seized a total of thirty thousand Gold Coins in cash, as well as a large number of antiques, artworks, and title deeds and property deeds for various real estate holdings in Giant Stone City.

Black Rock Town was a small town rich in all kinds of ores. Although Baron Kirov had to spend a large sum every year greasing palms above and below, the wealth he possessed still exceeded two hundred thousand Gold Coins. However, most of that wealth had been used to purchase various properties, artworks, and antiques in Giant Stone City. The cash in his hands was quite limited, amounting to only thirty thousand Gold Coins.

From Baron Kirov's brain, Yang Feng read a great deal of information and obtained a cultivation method that could be trained to Knight-level. However, that Knight cultivation method could only reach Knight-level and was far inferior to the Zhao Family's Thunder Ox Skill. Yang Feng had no interest in cultivating it.

One Micro Reconnaissance Satellite after another flew into the sky, scouting the movements of Giant Stone City.

The intelligence obtained from Baron Kirov's head showed that Giant Stone City had a population as high as six hundred thousand. Within Giant Stone City alone, there were more than a hundred Knights. Viscount Helu alone had more than thirty Knights and three Grand Knights under his command. In addition, more than thirty Wizard Apprentices lived within Giant Stone City.

An Earth Knight was comparable in rank to a Level-3 Warlock Apprentice, while a Sky Knight possessed combat strength comparable to a Level-1 Warlock. However, powerhouses capable of cultivating to the Earth Knight or Sky Knight realm were exceedingly rare. Only followers at the side of Warlocks powerful to the extreme could possibly become such powerhouses as Earth Knights and Sky Knights.

The Fein Deluo Principality had more than ten thousand Knight-level powerhouses, yet there was only a single Sky Knight-level powerhouse. One could well imagine how rare Sky Knights were.

Yang Feng was confident that he could destroy Giant Stone City's forces with his Mechanical Legion. However, Giant Stone City was backed by a Warlock faction called the Black Hut. Within the Black Hut was an incomparably powerful Level-1 Warlock.

On the Durando Subcontinent, Warlocks stood at the very pinnacle of power. If a Level-1 Warlock took part in a mortal battle, and the other side had no means to restrain them, that single Level-1 Warlock could easily take an enemy general's head amid an army of ten thousand and shatter the enemy's will to resist.

The main force of Yang Feng's Mechanical Legion was currently a Level-4 Mechanical Legion. Only after its main force had been replaced with a Level-6 Mechanical Legion would he have absolute confidence in defeating a Level-1 Warlock.

After occupying Black Rock Town, Yang Feng's power expanded by geometric progression every day. With each passing day, his strength surged another measure. Time stood on his side.