Werewolf Territory, Blue Mountain Workshop Reaches Tier Two!

"Dilios, how many Spartan Warriors do you think it would take to wipe out that Werewolf Territory?"

"I alone would be enough!"

Dilios confidently thumped his chest and said to Huang Yu,

"Though they are nimble in the forest and possess considerable strength, they are still no match for us!"

"We circled their village once, and not a single gnoll dared step outside!"

Huang Yu nodded, not believing Dilios was merely boasting.

As a Hero Unit with Saint Domain potential, Dilios absolutely possessed that level of combat power.

However, Huang Yu did not intend to send Dilios against the Werewolf Territory.

The protection period had not yet ended.

No matter how powerful they were, they could not wipe out the gnoll race during the protection period.

Sending Dilios there now would be a pure waste of time.

At the very least, they had to wait until the gnolls' protection period ended.

"Xiu En, Xiu Zuo, Rudo, Mo En!"

Huang Yu called out four Spartan Warriors.

Xiu En and Xiu Zuo were Spartan Infantry Warriors.

Among the fourteen Spartan Warriors, they were currently the highest-level and were about to break through to LV5.

Rudo and Mo En were a Spartan Longbowman and a Spartan Javelin Thrower.

They were Huang Yu's only two ranged attackers at present.

Working together, the four of them could unleash formidable strength.

"You four will be responsible for monitoring the Werewolf Territory!"

Huang Yu stroked his chin and said coldly,

"I want you to nail the gnolls inside their territory and make sure they do not take a single step beyond it!"

"Understood, my lord!"

The four stepped out of formation and accepted the order together.

Turning back, Huang Yu said to Dilios,

"From now on, your combat range should be concentrated near the Werewolf Territory."

"You must cut off their ability to obtain resources from outside their territory, and launch an attack the moment their protection period ends!"

"Understood, my lord!"

Dilios's expression turned grave.

He could see how seriously Huang Yu regarded the Werewolf Territory.

Though the gnolls were not yet a match for Huanyu Territory at this stage,

their ability to move through the forest far surpassed that of ordinary humans.

Combined with the uncertainty brought by their daily check-in,

if the gnoll lord happened to strike it lucky and obtain some high-grade item,

they would not be nearly as easy to deal with as they were now.

Since they had discovered them, they needed to suppress their development and eliminate the threat in its cradle.

Huang Yu watched Dilios lead the Spartan Warriors away.

He then listed the food gathered by the collectors in the Universe Shop one item at a time.

There were forty-two units of Excellent Food and over a hundred units of ordinary food in total.

At this stage, meat had become a very common trade commodity.

Yet many people still chose Huanyu Mall.

Compared with rabbit meat and wild chicken meat, the meat of ferocious wild beasts from the Universe Shop was more popular.

Especially the excellent Red-armored Crocodile meat, which granted experience after consumption.

It had become a favorite among many top-tier lords.

The lord of Xuanji Shop had already exchanged for more than thirty units of Excellent Food.

They were the biggest customer for food products in the Universe Shop.

Before long, more than half the food had disappeared, and Huang Yu had traded for quite a few Soul Crystals and materials.

The Spartan Warriors' hard work that morning had brought him over two hundred Soul Crystals.

The shop's profits were even more considerable.

It brought in over three hundred Soul Crystals, along with a large amount of basic materials.

Huang Yu's total Soul Crystals reached 730, while his reserves of wood and stone both exceeded two thousand units.

Some of that came from his inhabitants' labor, but most of it came from the Universe Shop.

Fine Iron, however, was still far too scarce. He had only traded for eighty units.

Upgrade the Blue Mountain Workshop to Tier Two?

Yes or no?

"Yes!"

Huang Yu had been preparing to upgrade the Blue Mountain Workshop all along.

A shortage of raw materials could be solved with money.

But technological advancement was something that could never come too early.

Fifty Soul Crystals, seven hundred units of wood, two hundred units of stone, and fifty units of Fine Iron vanished all at once.

The golden light cast by the Fire Seed enveloped the Blue Mountain Workshop.

Huang Yu waited for nearly an hour before the Blue Mountain Workshop successfully upgraded.

Blue Mountain Workshop (Perfect Grade Building)

Level: Tier Two

Note: Upgrading to Tier Three requires a Tier Three Fire Seed, 550 Soul Crystals, 4,000 units of wood, 5,000 units of stone, and 450 units of Fine Iron.

Functions: Adds ten Apprentice Level Blacksmiths. Apprentices have a 100% chance of advancing to Expert, an approximately 15% chance of advancing to Master Level, and an approximately 0.2% chance of advancing to Saint Blacksmith.

Blacksmiths' Equipment Forging success rate and production efficiency are doubled!

For every fifteen Soul Crystals paid, one inhabitant could be transformed into a blacksmith!

There were now ten more Apprentice Level Blacksmiths.

The Blue Mountain Workshop's production efficiency had also risen substantially.

More importantly, the chances of blacksmiths advancing to Master Level and Saint Level had increased as well.

The only thing that embarrassed Huang Yu

was that his resource acquisition efficiency was already struggling to keep up with the territory's rapid development.

At this stage, many lords had not even surpassed a total population of twenty.

Yet Huang Yu already had fifteen Spartan Warriors and twenty blacksmiths.

The number of territory inhabitants had also reached 131.

His daily expenses and income were astonishing figures to other lords.

In fact, Huang Yu had also realized that his energy was limited.

At present, his attention was focused mainly on the Spartan Training Camp, the Blue Mountain Workshop, and the Universe Shop.

The Ordinary Territory Inhabitants, who made up the largest number of people, were practically left to fend for themselves.

This portion of productivity had not been put to effective use.

Ordinary Territory Inhabitants should not be underestimated.

Under normal circumstances, a territory's operations still depended on them to function.

Among his inhabitants were basic professionals such as tailors, carpenters, and cooks.

They covered every aspect of food, clothing, shelter, and transportation.

It was simply because Huang Yu had expanded too quickly.

He had not brought out the value of the Ordinary Territory Inhabitants at all.

As Huang Yu considered how to make use of them, he casually glanced at the warehouse.

The amount of equipment in storage was rapidly climbing at twice the morning's rate.

By now, there were already 156 sets in reserve.

Among them were two sets of Fine Grade Leather Armor and three Fine Grade longswords.

Each of these five pieces of equipment would sell for more than a hundred Soul Crystals.

Huang Yu could already picture the frenzied rush to buy them once the equipment was listed in the Universe Shop.

The shops' rankings on the trading platform had gradually stabilized, forming a situation where one stood above many strong competitors.

Village Mountain and Zijinghua had already been pushed out of the top twenty.

The shop currently in second place was Jiashide.

The lord of this shop had been quite lucky, discovering a patch of Snake Tongue Grass at the edge of their territory.

They had now listed more than a hundred units of Snake Tongue Grass one after another.

Selling it for one Soul Crystal less than Chaos Mall, they had made a fortune.

The shop ranked third was called Galo.

Like the current Universe Shop,

it primarily traded in meat.

Its quantity was no less than Huang Yu's, mainly Flower Wolf meat and Feather Deer meat.

Besides meat, Lord Galo had also listed materials related to the two wild beasts, Flower Wolves and Feather Deer.

Huang Yu had looked into these two wild beasts.

Flower Wolves and Feather Deer were both creatures that lived on the grasslands.

Their evaluations were roughly comparable to the Red-armored Crocodile.

It seemed Lord Galo's territory should be located on the grasslands, and he possessed considerable strength.

Otherwise, at this stage, he would not have been able to kill so many wild beasts.