Building a Village

When Zhang Yang cast the Imprisonment Spell, the Deer-Headed Demon opposite him was equally startled. Then its gaze immediately burned with heat. Yet it did not counterattack with magic—or perhaps it had no such spell at all. It merely retreated a short distance, continued circling, and unleashed its ultimate move.

This abnormal reaction instead made Zhang Yang even more certain of its intentions. He calculated the state of his soul, then launched the Imprisonment Spell again without hesitation.

Smack!

Imprisonment failed. Mental Shock.

Again.

Imprisonment failed. Mental Shock.

After interrupting the Deer-Headed Demon's circling four times in a row, Zhang Yang finally discovered with delight that the creature had become extremely frantic and furious. Moreover, it ate another blue fruit hanging from the branching antlers—but it had already eaten one of those fruits before.

"Holy shit, did I somehow teach myself a god-tier interruption skill?"

Zhang Yang laughed wildly, as if he had lost his mind. Blood gushed from his nostrils, ears, and mouth—this was the price of repeatedly casting the Imprisonment Spell at high speed.

But it was all worth it. Besides, the Wood Demon Tower stood behind him, constantly restoring his Soul Power. Outside the protective barrier, the battle had already stabilized. Spearman Captain Wu Yuan led the elite soldiers and forcibly withstood the charge of twelve wild oxen, at the cost of three Elite Spearmen and one Elite Sword and Shield Soldier killed in battle.

Yet the Level 2 Protection barrier had held, because level-one Azure Wolf Demons could not break through it. The Wild Ox Demons, having lost the momentum of their charge, were even less capable of doing so. They could only be slaughtered in vain.

So now, it was a question of who could outlast whom.

"Again!"

Smack!

Imprisonment failed. Mental Shock.

Smack!

Imprisonment failed. Mental Shock.

Again and again, the Deer-Headed Demon grew increasingly violent, while Zhang Yang could barely remain standing. His head churned like a river overturning the sea, and blood covered his head and face. Yet he still acted utterly arrogant, shouting that he would see this through to the bitter end.

Perhaps because it could not gauge Zhang Yang's true strength, or perhaps for some other reason, the Deer-Headed Demon finally hesitated after being interrupted for the ninth time. Just then, Spearman Captain Wu Yuan, having slain the last Wild Ox Demon, gave a thunderous shout and suddenly hurled the spear in his hand at the Deer-Headed Demon.

The spear's shadow flashed like a startled swan, trailing a sonic boom cloud as it arrived in an instant. But just as it was about to strike the Deer-Headed Demon, an even more dazzling white light flashed and knocked the spear flying.

At that moment, Zhang Yang, nearly unconscious, felt his eyes bulge out of their sockets. What had he seen?

He had seen a Level 3 Protection barrier.

It was the Level 3 Protection barrier that came with the Fantasy Village Building Order!

The Deer-Headed Demon then gave Zhang Yang a meaningful glance. No longer hesitating, it shut down the Level 3 Protection and, before Spearman Captain Wu Yuan could lead the soldiers in a charge to surround it, turned and vanished into the depths of the forest in a few leaps.

"It will come back. It and I are competitors."

After saying this in sudden realization, Zhang Yang collapsed with a thud.

The sunset blazed like fire, and the sky above the entire forest seemed to have become a golden sea, its waves glittering and shimmering.

Zhang Yang sat atop a hill, staring into the distance without purpose. He was like a lost voyager drifting upon that golden sea, left all alone—melancholy and helpless.

This was no longer the previous battlefield.

He had awakened three hours earlier. He immediately upgraded all the remaining ordinary soldiers, then ordered everyone to carry the Wood Demon Tower, which weighed tens of thousands of catties, and relocate to this hill three kilometers away.

And now, he was making an incomparably difficult decision.

The threat posed by that Deer-Headed Demon—especially the fact that it possessed a higher-grade Village Building Order—had severely provoked him.

But the Wood Demon Tower was far too heavy.

Either he abandoned the Wood Demon Tower and traveled light. He now had one Captain-Level Soldier, twelve Elite Sword and Shield Soldiers, six Elite Archers, and seven Elite Spearmen. Including himself, there were twenty-six people in total. With such strength, they could survive freely in this Primeval Forest until they left it. Surely the Deer-Headed Demon would not be able to catch them.

If he did not wish to abandon the Wood Demon Tower, he could not escape pursuit by the Deer-Headed Demon with its higher-grade Village Building Order. Even if he had erased their tracks, even if the Wood Demon Tower possessed camouflage abilities, since the Deer-Headed Demon had already seen it, finding them again was only a matter of time.

"So, I need a village. I need the other functions of the Village Building Order, even if I only have nine recruitment slots left."

With a bitter smile, Zhang Yang made his decision. The Wood Demon Tower was simply too important.

Not to mention that he had exhausted his Soul Power twice in a single day, yet both times recovered completely within three hours—such a miraculous effect.

Just considering the twelve soldiers wounded in the previous battle, even Spearman Captain Wu Yuan had suffered serious injuries. Without doctors or medicine, how could they recover in this Primeval Forest filled with danger at every turn?

But now that they had the Wood Demon Tower, even the most severely injured soldier would likely recover completely by tomorrow morning.

Such an important special item—asking Zhang Yang to abandon it, especially to abandon it after being threatened by that Deer-Headed Demon—would be asking him to die before he complied.

"Fine, then I'll build a village. Just pretend everything I said before was bullshit!"

"I want to see exactly what ability that bastard has to snatch the Wood Demon Tower from my hands!"

After making his decision, Zhang Yang did not deliberate further. He had no other choice. Building a village anywhere was the same. Farming was out of the question; all he wanted was to protect the Wood Demon Tower.

He tossed down the Village Building Order and spent 500 Energy, entering the village-building process. At first, Zhang Yang thought it would merely be a formality, but things turned out to be rather mysterious.

First, the Village Building Order automatically melted into white threads. With several swishes, horizontal and vertical lines divided the entire hill into two thousand squares, each exactly one square meter. This meant a village area of two thousand square meters had been marked out.

Then a message appeared before Zhang Yang's eyes.

Establishing village. Because your Village Building Order is white quality, the initial village area will expand to 2,000 square meters. At the same time, the village may possess two completed buildings, which will be constructed along with the village. Please spend 500 Energy to select them. (Click Select/Reject.)

"Huh? Now this is getting interesting."

Zhang Yang's eyes lit up. If this message had appeared yesterday, he would definitely have cursed his head off. Of course, back then he had not even wanted to build a village. But now, he was looking forward to it, for no other reason than that his pockets were deep.

In the previous battle, although he had been completely helpless against that Deer-Headed Demon, he had still effectively killed five level-five Red Eagle Demons, fifty-seven level-one Azure Wolf Demons, and twelve level-three Wild Ox Demons.

Of those, one Red Eagle Demon had been imprisoned by Zhang Yang throughout the entire battle, so it had become a special item similar to the Wood Demon Tower.

Another Red Eagle Demon had been personally killed by Zhang Yang, so he obtained one complete demon soul.

All the rest were incomplete demon souls.

After upgrading all eighteen ordinary soldiers, he still had fifty-four incomplete demon souls left. He kept three Red Eagle Demon souls and sold all the rest, gaining a total of 3,290 Energy.

He also had four Red Eagle hearts, which brought him another 200 Energy.

Therefore, Zhang Yang was not lacking Energy at all. He directly clicked Select.

Level 1 Training Ground, includes one instructor.

Level 1 Blacksmith Shop, includes one blacksmith.

Level 1 Arrow Tower, includes ten archers.

Level 1 Warehouse, includes one hundred units of wood, one hundred units of iron ingots, and one hundred units of food.

Level 1 Farmland, includes five farmers.

Level 1 Residential House, includes four households.

Level 1 Barracks, includes fifty recruits.

Level 1 Artisan Camp, includes one artisan.

Level 1 Military Armory, includes equipment for one hundred soldiers (ordinary).

Level 1 Herbal Medicine Shop, includes one medical artisan.

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