In the past, even the most expensive ordinary materials cost only two or three Soul Crystals.
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Fine Grade materials were a little more expensive, but they still would not exceed 50 Soul Crystals.
He had not expected the price difference to become so enormous once they reached Rare Grade.
But when he thought of the exaggerated abilities displayed by the Scale Fang Set,
Huang Yu felt relieved.
A single Scale Fang Set was absolutely worth more than ten sets of Crimson Crocodile Armor!
No wonder Baili had said that the limit of an Apprentice Level Blacksmith was Fine Grade equipment, the limit of an Expert Level Blacksmith was Perfect Grade equipment, and the limit of a Master Level Blacksmith was Epic Grade equipment.
Starting from Rare Grade and Extraordinary Grade,
the effects of equipment would undergo a qualitative change!
After agreeing so readily just now,
Huang Yu could only suffer in silence to save face.
He gritted his teeth and bought two Fanged Fangs of the Demonized Mountain Viper and two Black Back Tortoise Shells.
The total cost was 2,800 Soul Crystals!
Huang Yu naturally did not expect four Rare Grade materials to let Baili and Cang Yun advance to Master Level Blacksmiths.
He merely wanted his two subordinates to know that he truly had the means—and was willing—to support them.
As a lord, he had to make his subordinates confident in him!
When Cang Yun and Baili saw the four Rare Grade materials Huang Yu had suddenly taken out,
their eyes went wide.
Looking at the moved expressions on their faces,
Huang Yu smiled calmly and said,
"Take these four Rare Grade materials and use them for practice first!"
"Thank you, Lord!"
The two of them were instantly overjoyed.
Baili looked sincerely at Huang Yu and bowed as he declared,
"Lord, rest assured. We will study hard and strive to become Master Level Blacksmiths as soon as possible, so that your investment in us will bear fruit!"
Beside him, Cang Yun stroked the Black Back Tortoise Shell and said with a chuckle,
"Indeed. Moreover, forging Rare Grade equipment is still within our abilities. Although we will use these materials for research, we absolutely will not let them go to waste!"
Naturally, not wasting them would be best.
However, judging by the situation, Rare Grade materials seemed to be close to no longer satisfying the needs of the two Expert Level Blacksmiths.
"I can also help with the materials!"
Dilios had already returned to the group.
After hearing the blacksmiths mention their need for materials, he immediately said to Huang Yu,
"Lord, our strength has increased considerably. I think we should fight farther away."
"Not only can we level up quickly, but we will also have a greater chance of encountering high-level monsters."
Waving the Fangblade in his hand, Dilios said proudly,
"Next time we encounter a monster like the Demonized Giant Lizard, I can easily deal with it alone!"
Huang Yu pondered for a moment before deciding to agree to Dilios's request.
"Dilios, I agree to your request, but I have one condition!"
When he heard Huang Yu's words, Dilios was ecstatic.
The monsters near the territory had almost all been killed by them.
The remaining ones held no joy of battle for him at all.
Now, he could finally travel farther and fight stronger creatures!
As for Huang Yu's condition, he would agree to anything.
Dilios obediently lowered his head and said,
"Please give your orders, Lord!"
"Each time, you may take only 20 Spartan Warriors with you, and you must not lose a single warrior. Can you do that?"
"Yes!"
Dilios replied with absolute certainty.
Huang Yu nodded and said no more, letting Dilios choose his men.
He also ordered the Spartan Singer Musa to temporarily lead the remaining twenty Spartan Warriors in fighting and leveling up near the territory.
Perhaps it was due to the special nature of the Spartan Singer profession.
Muto's level was rising quickly and was about to break through to LV5.
Huang Yu had reason to suspect that this fellow's skill, "Spartan Battle Song," possessed the ability to share experience.
The two groups of Spartan Warriors left the territory separately.
Baili and Cang Yun also impatiently took the materials and returned to the Blue Mountain Workshop.
Huang Yu looked at the scorched earth halfway up the mountain.
The flames there had already gone out, but billowing gray smoke still rose from it.
Quite a bit of ash drifted into the sky with the breeze.
"One fire on the mountain, and everyone in the village suffers!"
"How could you not know to put it out?"
With nothing else to do, Huang Yu drew Frost Wave and swung it with all his might.
"Frost Slash!"
A pale-blue slash was sent flying by Huang Yu and landed halfway up the mountain.
Immediately afterward, that scorched earth was sealed in ice by frost energy.
At the edge of the northeastern forest.
A bloody battle was taking place.
Dozens of burly orcs with bluish-gray skin made harsh, grating noises as they slaughtered wild monsters resembling bison with crude weapons.
Although the wild monsters were enormous and had seemingly extremely tough hides,
under the orcs' assault, they could only flee and did not dare resist in the slightest.
Two orcs smashed the joints of a young wild monster, sending it crashing to the ground.
Before it could even raise its head,
a thick pillar came crashing down on it.
Bang!
The top of the wild monster's skull visibly caved inward.
The pillar killed it with a single blow.
"Ugh!"
Among the herd of wild monsters fleeing ahead, an adult suddenly stopped and let out a mournful roar before charging at the orc that had killed the young one.
Whether from grief or some other mental strain,
the wild monster's eyes were bloodshot.
As it ran, copious amounts of blood poured from its mouth and nose.
It looked extremely ferocious.
"As prey of the great Orc Tribe, how dare you resist our will!"
The orc that had smashed the young wild monster to death rose to his feet.
He stood over three meters tall, and his muscles were so swollen they looked as though they had been pumped with hormones, bulging to a deformed degree.
Bang!
He planted a four-meter-tall metal pillar, roughly twenty centimeters in diameter, into the ground.
The pillar had a texture somewhat like metal, with strange runes carved into it. Blood and flesh from the young beast still stained its tip.
"Feel the fear of Ougma, weak creature!"
Ougma, the Orc Lord and also a Shaman Priest, struck the Totem Pole in his hand with force.
This was his Lord's Authority.
It was also his casting tool.
Clang!
Accompanied by a crisp metallic ring,
a rune on the Totem Pole immediately released grayish-purple ripples.
The ripples spread in all directions and touched the charging wild monster.
Then, intense fear enveloped it.
The wild monster's charge slowed at once.
Its limbs trembled as though they no longer obeyed it, almost forcing it to kneel on the ground.
"Offer your flesh and blood to the destined great Ougma!"
Clang!
Ougma struck the Totem Pole again.
This time, a different rune lit up.
The wild monster was still struggling against the fear in its heart.
It failed to notice the faint tremors coming from the ground beneath its feet.
Pfft!
A jagged stone spike abruptly burst from the earth.
Before the wild monster could react, the spike pierced through its lower jaw.
The gushing blood dyed the stone spike crimson.
Ougma walked to the dead wild monster and used a palm as large as a cattail fan to catch a handful of blood, then brought it to his mouth and drank it.
His already ugly face became even more ferocious!
Looking at the wild monsters that had mostly escaped into the forest, Ougma's expression turned somewhat ugly.
If he had enough hands, all the wild monsters would become his resources!
Hm?
He raised his gaze above the treetops.
Ougma spotted a plume of thick smoke rising into the sky, and a smile slowly appeared on his savage face.
"Could it be an interesting prey?"
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