"Defeated 30 level-15 Jackalman Infantry Captains."
"Obtained 30 complete Captain-Level Monster Souls."
"Obtained 30 Fragments of Hope (Gray)."
"Obtained 15,000 energy."
"Obtained 30 Captain-grade Jackalman Longsabers (White)."
"Obtained 30 complete half-body iron armors (Gray)."
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"Defeated 25 level-15 Jackalman Infantry Captains."
"Obtained 25 incomplete Captain-Level Monster Souls."
"Obtained 25 Fragments of Hope (Gray)."
"Obtained 12,500 energy."
"Obtained 25 incomplete Captain-grade Longsabers."
"Obtained 20 incomplete half-body iron armors."
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"Defeated 12 level-15 Jackalman Archer Captains."
"Obtained 12 incomplete Captain-Level Monster Souls."
"Obtained 6,000 energy."
"Obtained 9 Captain-grade Great Bows (White)."
"Obtained 128 Golden Eagle Armor-Piercing Arrows (White)."
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"Defeated 9 Soul Reaper Ghosts."
"Obtained 9 incomplete ghost souls."
"Obtained 900 energy."
"Obtained 50 units of yin energy."
One piece of information after another flashed before Zhang Yang's eyes, and his heart was truly surging with emotion. He even felt a little shaken by lingering fear.
In truth, the Jackalman Village Chief's army was extremely powerful.
Damn, the feeling of sixty or seventy Captain-Level Soldiers charging at them had really been like a tidal wave. Neither Wu Yuan nor the Four Berserker Bears could have withstood it.
If the Jackalman Village Chief had not trusted its imps far too much, allowing Zhang Yang to deliberately trick it, who knew what the outcome of this battle would have been?
"So soldiers certainly need to be developed, but without heroes, it really won't do. And I must also have the village chief's ultimate skill. That deer demon and the Jackalman Village Chief both went a little too far in one direction. But after this battle, the Jackalman Village Chief will probably realize its mistake immediately. Once it returns in full force—no, how could I possibly give it the chance to return in full force?"
"And now, it's time for me to improve myself a little."
With that thought, Zhang Yang opened the Golden Scales, intending to use the complete Captain-Level Monster Souls to improve himself. But in the next moment, he froze. The thing placed on one side of the scales was not one complete Captain-Level Monster Soul, but thirty of them. On the other side of the scales, there were no longer energy points, but a white die.
"Description: Obtaining more than 10 complete white souls at once will automatically activate the second trading mode. Note: Valid only for this transaction."
"Huh?"
Zhang Yang was astonished. It can do this too?
After thinking it over, he cautiously investigated. At that moment, the face of the white die showing upward had nine pips—the maximum value. When he removed five Captain-Level Monster Souls, the die immediately turned over and became six pips.
But what the hell was this thing?
Zhang Yang removed another five Captain-Level Monster Souls, and the die changed to three pips again.
He removed five more, and the die became one pip.
When only ten Monster Souls remained on the scales, the die vanished, replaced by 20,000 energy. It seemed to have returned to the first trading mode.
"The price changes are really willful."
Zhang Yang thought for a moment, then placed all the complete Monster Souls back on the scales. The white die instantly showed nine pips.
"To hell with it. I'm gambling!"
After hesitating for only a few seconds, Zhang Yang made his decision.
The main reason was that he was wealthy enough now to afford the gamble. Besides, obtaining complete Monster Souls was simple: the Village Building Order's bound owner merely had to kill the target personally.
That condition was practically impossible for the Jackalman Village Chief, but it posed no problem for Zhang Yang.
"I choose to trade!"
Whoosh!
A flash of light swept across the Golden Scales. The thirty complete Captain-Level Monster Souls vanished completely, and a white die appeared in Zhang Yang's hand. Only then could he finally inspect the item's attributes.
Name: Resurrection Dice Quality: Gold Durability: 20/20 Use: Using the Resurrection Dice can resurrect one allied soldier who has been dead for no more than 12 hours with each roll. Note: Heroes and lords cannot be resurrected.
"Damn!"
Zhang Yang became so excited that his blood surged. He did not know where he found the strength, but he sprang up in one swift motion and shouted hysterically, "Someone! Get over here! Bring me all our fallen brothers! Hurry, hurry!"
He was truly overwhelmed with excitement. Being able to resurrect twenty soldiers was tremendously significant to him. And it was worth it—very, very worth it!
The battle had just ended, and the soldiers who had died in battle had been laid to one side, awaiting burial. When they heard Zhang Yang shouting, they were puzzled, but they still did as he said.
There were twelve corpses in total, laid out one after another.
Zhang Yang took a deep breath, forcing himself to calm down. Only then did he carefully take out the Resurrection Dice and gently toss it over the first corpse. A white light instantly enveloped the body, like some kind of resurrection spell. But that was not important. What mattered was that beneath the white radiance, the wounds on the dead soldier's body began to heal, and he came back to life!
At the instant he revived, the Resurrection Dice's durability also decreased by 1 point.
This miraculous sight left everyone dumbstruck. After a long while, tremendous cheers erupted. Damn, it was a miracle!
Zhang Yang hurriedly checked the revived soldier's attributes and status. Good—the Village Building Order truly had his attributes again. His current condition was merely critical and gravely wounded, so he still could not jump around full of life. But as long as he had come back alive, the rest was all secondary.
Zhang Yang continued using the Resurrection Dice, reviving one dead soldier after another. His joy was impossible to describe.
It was just a pity that the Resurrection Dice had only 20 points of durability.
After sighing over it, Zhang Yang solemnly put away the Resurrection Dice. At this point, the number of soldiers under his command had returned to what it had been before the battle.
In total, there was one quasi-hero.
Four Captain-Level Infantrymen.
Fourteen Captain-Level Archers.
Six Elite Spearmen.
Five Elite Sword and Shield Soldiers.
Fifty recruits currently undergoing training.
One junior craftsman.
One Village Imp.
One instructor.
And then there was Zhang Yang himself. Oh, after the Village Building Order was upgraded tomorrow, there would be even more farmers as well.
"It wasn't easy. I finally managed to build up a little family fortune."
Zhang Yang was smug yet constantly reminding himself to stay alert. Then he immediately brought out the nine incomplete ghost souls. He wanted to recruit more Village Imps. These things were not useful for fighting, but they were truly excellent for reconnaissance and spying on enemy movements.
But Zhang Yang was disappointed by what happened next. The ghosts he had captured were too low-level and could not be converted into Village Imps for recruitment. They could, however, be used to upgrade the original imp.
That was fine too. Zhang Yang immediately consumed three incomplete ghost souls, directly upgrading the Village Imp into a Soul Reaper Ghost.
"I see. The imps under the Jackalman Village Chief had all evolved into Soul Reaper Ghosts. That's why they scared my imp so badly that it didn't dare go out."
But when Zhang Yang chose to continue upgrading, the Soul Reaper Ghost's subsequent evolution unexpectedly split into branches.
"Consume six incomplete ghost souls, 50 units of yin energy, 10 ordinary monster souls, and 50 units of ordinary monster blood to upgrade the Soul Reaper Ghost into a Ghost Assassin?"
"Consume six incomplete ghost souls, 50 units of yin energy, 10 ordinary monster souls, and 50 units of ordinary monster blood to upgrade the Soul Reaper Ghost into a Ghost Priest?"
This was interesting. The Ghost Assassin was undoubtedly an extremely powerful offensive profession, while the latter—
Zhang Yang raised his head and glanced at the Wood Demon Tower, and he immediately made his decision. The Ghost Priest would certainly be of enormous benefit to the Wood Demon Tower. The magnitude of its usefulness could be seen from the seriously wounded soldiers lying all around them.
"Upgrade to Ghost Priest!"
In an instant, black energy flashed. A mass of black smoke appeared out of thin air before Zhang Yang, startling the surrounding soldiers. The temperature in the area seemed to drop by more than ten degrees as well.
But the black smoke bowed toward Zhang Yang, then whooshed into the Wood Demon Tower. At that moment, everyone instead felt cool and comfortable, and even the air seemed much sweeter.
When Zhang Yang checked the Ghost Priest's attributes in the Village Building Order, they were indeed very different.
Ghost Priest Race: Abyssal Ghost Tribe Faction: Human Affiliation: Village of Village Chief Zhang Yang Level: 15 Ghost Soul: White Talent: Yin Energy Generates Itself Skill: Ghost Wall Lv. 5 Skill: Ghost Possession Lv. 5 Skill: Ghost Evasion Lv. 5 Passive Skill: Ghost Eye. Automatically generates two Ghost Eyes every day, which can be randomly placed within five kilometers of the main body.
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Looking at the Wood Demon Tower again, its attributes had changed as well.
Wood Demon Tower: Level 2 Quality: White Durability: 9,580/10,000 Effect: Continuously restores the health of up to 100 allied units within a 100-meter radius, at 10 points per hour. Effect: Continuously restores the spirit of up to 100 allied units within a 100-meter radius, at 10 points per hour. Effect: Releases Fog of War, reducing the vision of enemy units within a 100-meter radius by 30%. Obtained Passive Effect: Restores 1 durability every day.
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