Light of Technology, Igniting the Flame of Civilization!

Su Ye looked at the Level 3 Supreme Protocol and began examining the purpose of the Halo it had produced.

Light of Technology: Ignites the flame of civilization. Research speed increased by 100%; technological production speed increased by 100%!!

"Not bad." As Su Ye looked at this Halo, he found it practically a God Level Halo for Technology Side troops. Research speed increased, and technological production speed increased as well.

"Let's go." Su Ye spoke to Thalys and walked straight into the Supreme Protocol.

Su Ye looked at the massive orb before him, where streams of 0s and 1s continuously swirled.

[Ding: Consume 30 Gold Coins for daily recruitment?]

"Recruit." Su Ye looked at the massive orb with anticipation in his eyes.

White light rose, enveloping the great hall as figures appeared one after another within it.

When the light faded, thirty Gene Praetorians dressed in combat uniforms stood before Su Ye.

"We pay our respects to the Emperor." The thirty Gene Praetorians spoke to Su Ye in unison.

"Rise." Su Ye said with a smile. Although he had not recruited a Hero Unit, thirty Gene Praetorians were still quite good.

"Thalys, I'll leave them to you."

"Yes, Emperor." Thalys nodded expressionlessly.

Su Ye left the Supreme Protocol and headed to the Holy Temple, where Keisha was already waiting.

"Lord!" Keisha looked at Su Ye with fanatical faith in her eyes.

"Let's go." Su Ye smiled and led Keisha into the Holy Temple.

As he looked at the Angel statue before him, the system prompt sounded.

[Ding: Consume 20 Gold Coins for daily recruitment?]

"Recruit." Su Ye looked at the Angel statue and spoke solemnly.

Holy light descended, hymns echoed through the hall, and amid countless divine rays, Holy Angels appeared one after another.

"We pay our respects to the Heavenly Lord!!" Twenty Holy Angels knelt on one knee, looking at Su Ye with fanaticism in their eyes.

Su Ye nodded. "Rise."

"Keisha, I'll leave them to you."

Keisha nodded.

It was the duty of Hero Units like them. Every newly recruited troop would be taught the territory's rules and everything related to it by them.

When Su Ye left the Holy Temple, he checked his remaining resources.

Origin Crystals: 3,600. Gold Coins: 15,690!

I'm running out of money. Su Ye looked at his Origin Crystals. This was only because he had been frugal and had not crazily raised the level of his Lord's Heart.

Otherwise, he would have even less.

I hope today's Void Trial brings in enough Gold Coins and Origin Crystals. If it did not, he would have no choice but to sell off the Resource Cards in his possession.

Su Ye did not want to sell his Resource Cards cheaply.

The number of troops in the territory had also risen noticeably.

Fallen Angels: 260. Gene Praetorians: 70. Dragons: 40. Holy Angels: 40.

It still looked far too small. Forget forming a true legion—even forming an ordinary legion remained a distant prospect.

A proper, genuine legion was usually made up of several ordinary legions, and an ordinary legion required at least ten thousand troop units.

Some ordinary legions could even contain hundreds of thousands of troop units.

Su Ye was still far from forming a legion of his own.

After finishing the daily recruitment, Su Ye headed straight to the Wine Pool and Meat Forest. After breakfast, he waited until the other troops had eaten and drunk their fill before appearing in front of the Lord Manor.

Lilith, Thalys, Istar, Pangilia, and Keisha—his five Hero Units had all gathered, with the troops under each of their command standing behind them.

"The Void Trial is about to begin. Prepare for battle." Su Ye's voice rang out.

Lilith led the Original Sin Fallen Angels directly to the front. Thalys's Gene Praetorians stood on the left, while Istar's Pureblood Fallen Angels stood on the right.

At the rear were Pangilia's Black Gold Dragons and Keisha's Holy Angel Legion.

The main concern was still the Black Gold Dragons and Holy Angels. They were currently only at the Black Iron Rank. Although they had improved over the past day through the Spirit Source Lake and Black Iron Grade food and wine,

most of them were only around Black Iron Three-Star.

That was why Pangilia and Keisha were stationed together on one side.

Lilith, Istar, and Thalys were all Bronze Rank. Today's main objective was to raise the troops recruited today to the Bronze Rank first.

Raising the other troops to the Bronze Rank was the task of Lilith, Istar, Thalys, and the other troops that had already reached the Bronze Rank yesterday.

[Ding: Begin the Void Trial?]

"Begin the Void Trial. Difficulty: Abyss!" Su Ye looked over his territory and spoke in a deep voice.

At the edge of Su Ye's territory,

countless dark red lights churned like rolling clouds and mist. Hideous creatures emerged one after another from the dark red fog.

Aberrants, Deep Ones!!

They were basically all Bronze Three-Star to Bronze Five-Star.

Su Ye sat cross-legged on the grass outside the Lord Manor, completely unconcerned that anything might go wrong. To him, Bronze Rank monsters posed no threat.

Even Pangilia and Keisha, whom Su Ye had worried about, displayed enough strength to hold their respective positions.

Pangilia spread her eight wings, her enormous Dragon body soaring through the sky. Destructive light gathered in her mouth before descending.

Destructive Dragon Breath!!

Under Pangilia's lead, the other Black Gold Dragons also unleashed terrifying Dragon Breaths one after another, sweeping through the entire monster horde.

Holy light intertwined around the Holy Angels as they continuously judged the Aberrants and Deep Ones.

The levels of the Black Gold Dragons and Holy Angels began to rise rapidly, while endless holy radiance and the Power of Destruction blossomed throughout Su Ye's territory.

The territory should be upgraded as well. Su Ye looked over his territory.

It was still at its original level. Some Lords who had developed quickly had already raised their territory levels by more than two levels.

Su Ye's territory had not been upgraded even once.

Previously, he had not upgraded it because he had too few troop units. But now, Su Ye had at least several hundred troops.

On top of that, he had enormous troop types like Dragons. The territory's current area was clearly no longer sufficient.

Upgrading it was inevitable.

Still, I should wait until this Void Trial is over before upgrading it. After this Void Trial, it should be about time.

It was not too late to upgrade now. The main reason he had not done so earlier was that a territory that was too large was not necessarily a good thing for Su Ye. There was only one reason: the larger the territory, the more places needed to be defended during the Void Trial.

The number of troops Su Ye had was always a huge issue. If the territory became too large, there would always be gaps in its defenses. This was the main reason Su Ye had not upgraded the territory.