After staying in the Fifth Abyss for three days and thoroughly sweeping up all the minerals that had been acceleratedly mined there over the past year or so, Lin Qi assigned several tasks to Long Ennan and the other evil ghost grand lords, then returned to the surface world with nearly a hundred abyss blood elves.
Abyss blood elves differed from ordinary blood elves. Their appearance was not much different from that of their surface-dwelling kin—the common grassland elves and forest elves. Their skin was merely a little dimmer and less lustrous, and their bearing somewhat different.
But they were blood elves nonetheless. Cruel by nature and mad for slaughter, they were first-rate warriors whether it came to assassination from behind or a frontal assault. Moreover, abyss blood elves were masters of archery; any ranged weapon in their hands could unleash its greatest power. They also commanded inscrutable dark magic, making them exceedingly troublesome opponents.
There was such a tribe of abyss blood elves in the Fifth Abyss. Sheltered by an evil ghost grand lord, their entire tribe numbered fewer than three thousand. These ninety-odd blood elves were the strongest batch of adult warriors in the tribe.
Even the weakest among them possessed mid-Heaven Rank strength, while their leaders were, astonishingly, three Saint-level blood elves. Lin Qi placed them all under Elysian Heaven's command. These blood elves scattered among the villages of varying sizes around Berely. Under the cover of those villages, they became another force in Lin Qi's hands—summonable at a call, ready to fight upon arrival, and able to muddy the waters and deceive prying eyes.
Over the following days, everything proceeded in an orderly fashion.
Using the identity of Wan En Longshan, Lin Qi purchased several shops in Berely City. In particular, within Berely's commercial district, he