This was a desolate desert.
The scalding yellow sand seemed to stretch all the way to the horizon.
The dunes rose and fell, extending endlessly.
In an inconspicuous place stood a small human town.
That was Zhongtian Territory.
Lord Zhongtian, Jiang Qingtian, sat on a stone bench, drenched in sweat.
He looked only a little over twenty, but he carried an unruly, devil-may-care air.
Standing before him were fifty burly, imposing warriors.
The most striking was the bearded man at the head.
Although he wore only crude Leather Armor sewn from Beast Hide,
his eyes were sharp, darting about like those of a hawk or wolf.
He clearly wasn't ordinary.
"Hahaha, Jun Huai, our equipment is finally secured from now on!"
When he saw Huang Yu accept his friend request,
Jiang Qingtian sprang up from the stone bench.
He leaped in front of Jun Huai and tried to give him a hug.
"My lord, watch your image."
Jun Huai pushed his lord away with a look of disgust and complained:
"If you'd had even a little more luck and been a little faster with your fingers, how would we have ended up in such dire straits?"
Hearing his subordinate's words, Jiang Qingtian recalled what had happened over the past two days, and instantly grew furious.
"What kind of reaction speed do those bastards have?! The moment equipment goes on sale, they rush it like mad dogs. No matter how I try, I can't beat them to it!"
"I have Soul Crystals and materials, but I just can't buy equipment from Huanyu Mall!"
However, when he thought of Huang Yu accepting his friend request,
and of having an "inside" supply route, Jiang Qingtian grew excited again.
His Excellent Grade elite unit, the halberdiers, desperately lacked equipment.
But he didn't know whether it was a matter of luck or reaction speed.
Every time equipment went on sale in Huanyu Mall, he lost out to others.
Last night, he had even paid a hefty price to buy a batch of equipment from Chaos Mall.
Now that he thought about it, Jiang Qingtian still felt the pain.
"Fortunately, I won't have to compete in speed with those monsters who've been single for thousands of years anymore."
"From now on, Lord Zhongtian is taking the high-end custom route!"
"With Lord Huanyu's support, I'll never lack equipment again!"
Jiang Qingtian strutted around smugly for a while, then his eyes gleamed cunningly as he sent Huang Yu a message.
Huanyu bro, you actually accepted my friend request!
I'm so excited!
I never thought I'd have a day when I could appear on your friends list!
I've always worshipped you!
Please take good care of me from now on!
Seeing the message from Lord Zhongtian,
Huang Yu fell silent.
"Is there something wrong with this guy's head?"
"His territory has such an imposing name, so why does he talk like..."
He hovered over the block button for a long time.
In the end, Huang Yu decided to give him a chance.
"Speak normally. And don't message me when there's nothing going on."
Is Huanyu bro really this heartless? I'm all alone and lonely...
Block warning!
Big bro, I was wrong!
Seeing that Lord Zhongtian was no longer bothering him,
Huang Yu contentedly closed his friends list.
He stood on the castle balcony.
Huang Yu watched a hundred Spartan Warriors slowly enter the forest.
He had already distributed Communication Crystals to Dilios, Musa, and Gannix.
He kept one for himself.
Only after getting it did Huang Yu discover
that Communication Crystals could transmit not only speech and text, but also video footage of a certain duration!
As long as both parties were within a hundred kilometers,
he could contact the Spartan Warriors at any time.
If another orc attack like the previous one occurred,
he could even work with the Spartan Warriors to wipe out the entire group of orcs!
The warriors went out to fight.
The smiths busied themselves forging equipment and studying magic patterns.
The ordinary territory inhabitants planted Earth Melon Seedlings, raised Horned Sheep, and cleared the messy trees and stones from the territory.
The entire Huanyu Town was bustling and harmonious.
Huang Yu remembered that he still had Skill Books he hadn't learned.
He took them out.
He had placed the Charge Skill Book in Universe Shop and sold it for more than three hundred Soul Crystals.
The three Skill Books he currently had were Phantom Sound and Vortex,
as well as the discounted Perfect Grade skill he had bought from Chaos Mall—True Sight!
True Sight Grade: Perfect Grade Description: An ocular technique that gathers energy in the eyes, allowing the user to see the fluctuations and circulation of energy. It can be used both to detect the surrounding environment and to inspect an enemy's energy expenditure... Activating True Sight will continuously consume energy... Under the gaze of True Sight, nothing below the Extraordinary Grade can remain hidden!
This was the highest-grade Skill Book Huang Yu had obtained so far!
It could see through the disguises and strength of enemies below the Extraordinary Grade.
Whether for scouting or combat, True Sight could provide Huang Yu with tremendous assistance.
Huang Yu chose to learn it.
The Skill Book transformed into white light and merged into Huang Yu's body.
"True Sight!"
Following the method in his memories, Huang Yu released True Sight.
In his eyes, the world before him turned into a black-and-white film.
Within the territory were countless faint, pale-yellow points of light.
Those were ordinary territory inhabitants working.
In the warehouse and Magic Pattern Research Institute, orange points of light formed a continuous, dazzling expanse.
Those were the materials needed to forge equipment.
In the distant forest, a patch of red light was slowly moving away.
Those were the Spartan Warriors heading out on campaign!
Huang Yu's vision was no longer obstructed by matter.
As long as the other party possessed energy within their body,
he could locate them with True Sight!
If Gannix were still here,
his Shadow Doctrine and Shadow Walk, both merely Excellent Grade, would be useless before Huang Yu!
However... the skill's consumption was truly a little too high.
Huang Yu estimated that the energy in his body was only enough to maintain True Sight for around ten minutes.
After deactivating True Sight, Huang Yu learned the remaining two skills as well.
The first was the magic Vortex, which could control enemies and protect himself.
Its damage was simply not very high.
However, if it were combined with the Frost Scale on the Frost Wave Sword,
the Vortex's power would increase greatly.
The ice crystals mixed into the Vortex could scrape the flesh from wild monsters.
The cold poison carried by the Frost Scale would dissolve into the Vortex. As long as it touched water, the cold poison would invade the body, leaving the opponent completely defenseless.
Huang Yu waved his hand and dispelled the ice-crystal Vortex before the castle.
He assessed his current strength.
"I can attack and defend, control enemies, scout, charm, and deal sustained damage."
"I guess I count as a well-rounded Spellcaster now!"
Although he wasn't skilled in close combat,
with Huang Yu's current strength, it was hard to say who would win against that Orc Shaman.
If he advanced to the second rank and awakened a powerful talent,
Huang Yu was even confident he could kill it alone!
Unfortunately... Huang Yu still hadn't found a suitable Awakening Medium.
He looked down on those of too low a grade.
He couldn't afford those of too high a grade.
Perhaps the Heart of Thunder Element was highly coveted in the eyes of other lords,
but in Huang Yu's heart, unless he reached the point of having no other choice, he wouldn't use an Awakening Medium below the Extraordinary Grade!
"My lord level can't be delayed any longer!"
"One more day."
"If I still can't find a suitable Awakening Medium tomorrow,"
"then I'll have to make do with Perfect Grade materials..."
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