Our Spears Are Already Thirsting for Battle!

Five Soul Crystals bought the discounted spears.

Huang Yu spent another 1.5 Soul Crystals to purchase a round shield for Dilios.

The five spears were all Normal Quality, with an original price of 10 Soul Crystals each.

Dilios's round shield was Excellent Quality.

Huang Yu searched for a long time before finding this round shield among the discounted items at 10% of its original price.

He spent the remaining Soul Crystals on a bag of discounted flour, leaving him with almost nothing.

Fortunately, there was a cook among the territory inhabitants.

There was also a well within the territory.

A bag of flour could make 25 units of food, enough to feed eleven people for two days.

For the time being, Huang Yu and his territory inhabitants did not need to worry about food or water.

"It's time to head out and explore!"

Although he was temporarily free from the pressure of survival, Huang Yu would not indulge in such fragile comfort that could be shattered with a single poke.

He had Dilios lead four Spartan Warriors in familiarizing themselves with their equipment and preparing for battle.

Huang Yu walked up to the Fire Seed, intending to gather some information.

His source was the World Channel.

There was no activity in either the friends list or the trading platform.

But the red dot at the bottom right of the World Channel had displayed 999+ for quite some time.

With billions of humans around, even if everyone could only send one free message a day, the World Channel was still incredibly active.

Huang Yu entered the World Channel. Several messages flashed past every second:

I just left my village to chop some wood, but I ran into a Gray Wolf as big as a buffalo... Boohoo, the Chaotic Continent is too dangerous! I want to go back to Blue Star!

Hahaha, I checked in and got a warrior right from the start. I really do have the bearing of an emperor!

My son upstairs, you're showing off just because you checked in and got one warrior? I checked in and got a mount with Extraordinary Potential! Hahaha, in this battle for supremacy among all races, I'm the true chosen one!

Wasn't this supposed to be fair competition? Why did I only check in and get one unit of food?

I sympathize with the guy upstairs for one second. At least I checked in and got a longsword.

I checked in and got a Gold Potential troop of twenty people.

Holy shit!

Amazing, boss! Is this what it means to be invincible from the start?

Huang Yu glanced at the Spartan Warriors outside the wooden house.

Though there were only five of them, their potential and strength absolutely surpassed that twenty-man Gold Potential troop.

Checking in was a matter of luck to begin with.

After all, among billions of humans, there would always be some capable people—or freaks...

Who might stumble upon that tiny chance and obtain something good.

But among the messages Huang Yu had seen so far, no one had checked in and received anything more overpowered than the discount artifact.

At that moment, a newly refreshed message caught Huang Yu's attention.

Level 1 Ordinary Territory Inhabitants are complete trash. I ordered them to search for food, but they ran into a wild boar as big as a car. It killed six of them, and the remaining four were seriously injured.

You'd better not go out. I just saw a crocodile over ten meters long pass outside my village.

I saw a dragon! The kind of giant dragon from games that can breathe fire!

Can ordinary people really deal with these monsters?

Find a way to chop trees, mine stone, and farm. The experience might be low, but at least it's safe.

No way, my damn village is in the desert...

Fuck, I ran into enemies from another race! Four trolls are blocking the entrance to my village right now. Someone, save me!

After reading those messages, Huang Yu felt the pressure.

The creatures of the Chaotic Continent were not only enormous, but also extremely dangerous.

There were even intelligent beings from other races, as well as legendary creatures like dragons.

Looking at the fully armed Spartan Warriors outside, Huang Yu's expression turned grave.

"At this stage, there is no point thinking about conquest. Even just staying alive will require every ounce of our strength!"

"Although it's dangerous outside the village, we still have to go out."

Not to mention the assessment seven days from now.

Simply chopping trees, mining stone, and farming to raise territory inhabitants with only Black Iron Potential by a few levels...

Would be utterly meaningless for their future survival.

Perhaps any random beast could wipe out such a village.

Huang Yu walked out of the wooden house. When Dilios saw him, he immediately stepped forward.

Leading the other four Spartan Warriors, Dilios gave a respectful salute:

"My lord, our spears are already thirsting for battle!"

"Your warriors were born for battle. Please allow us to offer you victory!"

"Roar!"

The Spartan Warriors let out fervent battle cries.

Their violent aura sent the five Ordinary Territory Inhabitants nearby fleeing into the thatched huts in panic.

Huang Yu shook his head at the sight.

Tomorrow, the Fire Seed would summon another territory inhabitant.

When that happened, he would leave behind one collector and convert all the other territory inhabitants into Spartan Warriors.

He turned his gaze back to the Spartan Warriors.

Though he worried that their levels were too low, the surging battle intent he felt from them made Huang Yu agree to their request.

"Go, my heroes and warriors!"

"I await your victory!"

"Yes, wise lord!"

A fervent look appeared on Dilios's face. After respectfully saluting Huang Yu, he led the four Spartan Warriors in a charge toward the forest outside the village.

Huang Yu followed behind them, remaining within the village territory as he watched the five men fight.

Meanwhile, Dilios led the four Spartan Warriors into the forest.

Their spears pushed aside the undergrowth.

Suddenly, a venomous snake as thick as a bowl shot out.

The snake was incredibly fast, even leaving a green afterimage in the air.

Its slender fangs glinted with an eerie purple, clearly carrying potent venom.

Thud!

Under Huang Yu's tense gaze, Dilios casually thrust his spear and nailed the venomous snake to a nearby tree.

The snake writhed a few times before its body finally drooped limply.

The lord gained 28 experience and 1 Soul Crystal!

A tingling sensation spread through his body.

Only then did Huang Yu realize that the lord could share the experience gained by territory inhabitants.

Smack!

Dilios flung the corpse of the five-meter-long venomous snake into the village territory.

Huang Yu waved over the two collectors and had them harvest resources from the snake's body.

Though the two collectors were frightened, their instinctive loyalty to their lord made them steel themselves and step forward to deal with the snake.

In the blink of an eye, the harvesting was complete.

Obtained Snake Meat (Normal Food) x5!

Obtained Snake Skin (Normal Material) x1!

Obtained Venomous Fangs (Normal Material) x1 pair!

The useful parts were taken to the wooden house for storage, while the remaining snake carcass was buried on the spot.

Their first battle had gone well, and Huang Yu felt invigorated as he looked toward the five Spartan Warriors.

Oink!

Three wild boars burst out from the undergrowth.

With harsh squeals and bloodshot eyes, they charged at the five Spartan Warriors.

Seeing the lead boar, whose body was comparable to a small car...

Huang Yu could not help but grow tense.

"Sparta!"

Seeing the charging boars.

Dilios roared, and a crimson blaze suddenly erupted around his body.

This was his class skill—Spartan Rage!

Shield in his left hand and spear in his right.

Dilios met the wild boar head-on with overwhelming force.

Bang!

Just as they were about to collide, Dilios violently raised his shield and knocked the boar's head upward.

Then, with a powerful thrust of his right hand, he drove the spear into the boar's heart.

Squeal—

The wild boar let out a piercing shriek, convulsed on the ground for a moment, then went still.