New Resources!

"Fifth Rank troops, with strength ranging from Bronze Five-Star to Eight-Star." Watching the scene, Su Ye made a quick estimate. He could upgrade his Lord's Heart one more level at most.

Until Lilith and the others all reached Bronze Nine-Star, he could only upgrade his Lord's Heart once more. Otherwise, Silver Rank monsters would start appearing.

The invading monsters couldn't be judged by level alone; their ranks mattered too. They had gone from Third Rank at the start to Fifth Rank now, and the difference was considerable.

At the same level, Fifth Rank creatures could crush Third and Fourth Rank creatures.

For the troops under Su Ye's command, however, there was no difference between Fifth Rank and demigod rank troops. Everything below god level was an ant. The only issue was their levels.

Su Ye had already seen the effects of rank reduction caused by level differences. As always, steady progress was everything to him. There was no need to rush.

Building up resources mattered, but not at the cost of sacrificing everything. A lord's journey was long, and Su Ye hadn't even truly taken his first step yet. Steady development was what mattered most.

Getting one SSS-Rank Abyss Difficulty Rating Chest every day was enough.

The battle began!!

For Lilith and the others, fighting creatures of the same rank was a one-sided massacre. If they hadn't been feeding kills to the newly recruited troops, they would have slaughtered the enemies even faster.

Su Ye sat cross-legged on the grass, with the bloody slaughter unfolding not far away. It was as though they were in two different worlds.

"System, open the Daily Combat Power Gift Pack," Su Ye said to the system. He hadn't opened today's pack yet.

[Ding: You received Gold Coin ×1,000.]

[Ding: You received Origin Crystal ×100.]

[Ding: You received Barracks Upgrade Card ×1.]

"Not bad." Su Ye looked at what he had received from today's Combat Power Gift Pack.

There were only three types of items, but all of them were necessities. The Barracks Upgrade Card, in particular, was crucial to him.

"I have three Barracks Upgrade Cards now." A glint appeared in Su Ye's eyes. Then he opened his private messages and took a look.

[Little Merchant: Boss, do you want a Troop Recruitment Refresh Card? I found the Seed of Chaos you wanted, but I haven't found the other materials yet.]

The message had been sent that morning.

After some thought, Su Ye decided not to reply yet. He didn't have much money on hand, so he would wait until this Void Trial was over.

Hopefully, I'll get plenty of Gold Coins and Origin Crystals. Otherwise, I'll be screwed and have to sell my supplies for cheap.

Su Ye closed his private messages and took a bottle of Black Iron Grade Wheat Fruit from the Wine Pool and Meat Forest. It was a juice that could slightly improve mental power, and he sipped it idly.

Time passed, and an hour went by.

The Void Trial ended, and all of Su Ye's troops had reached Bronze One-Star.

Lilith and the others had even reached Bronze Two-Star.

Seeing this, Su Ye could only call it absurd. The resources needed to level up god-tier troops were truly ridiculous.

[Ding: The Void Trial has ended. Evaluating...]

[Ding: Evaluation complete. Battle losses: 0. Enemies killed: 10,000. Rating: SSS.]

[Ding: You received an SSS-Rank Abyss Difficulty Rating Chest!]

There are more and more monsters, Su Ye couldn't help thinking as he read the results log.

Ten thousand Fifth Rank Bronze Rank monsters, all of them Bronze Five-Star or higher. It was absurd.

"Decomposition!" Su Ye took a sip of Wheat Juice and directly exercised his authority as a lord.

[Ding: You decomposed 10,000 Bronze Tier corpses and received Origin Crystal ×3,000.]

"Three thousand Origin Crystals? All right. Pretty average." Looking at the three thousand Origin Crystals he had obtained through decomposition, Su Ye could only call the haul average.

For ten thousand Bronze Tier monsters, all of them Fifth Rank, three thousand Origin Crystals really wasn't much.

Then Su Ye used his authority to gather all the dropped treasure chests together. There were three thousand in total.

[Ding: Open 3,000 Bronze Rank Abyss Treasure Chests?]

"Open them all." Looking at the treasure chests before him, Su Ye chose to open every one.

[Ding: You received Advanced Meat Resource Card ×10.]

[Ding: You received Advanced Iron Ore Resource Card ×10.]

[Ding: You received Advanced Copper Ore Resource Card ×10.]

[Ding: You received Primary Fire Element Crystal Resource Card ×10.]

[Ding: You received Primary Water Element Crystal Resource Card ×10.]

[Ding: You received Primary Mithril Resource Card ×10.]

"Something new?" Su Ye looked at the items he had received from the chests this time.

Meat, iron ore, and copper ore needed no explanation.

Fire element crystals contained fire-aspected power and were basic resources used for forging, alchemy, and enchanting. Each primary card contained only one hundred units.

Water element crystals were much the same as fire element crystals.

Mithril was a high-grade metal. Likewise, each Primary Resource Card contained one hundred units of mithril.

Su Ye put everything away. These resources were probably things novice lords could only obtain in the middle or later stages of the novice period. He hadn't expected to get them on his fifth day.

Of the six types of resources he had received, there were five thousand cards of each.

"My resource stockpile really surged this time." Su Ye looked at his accumulated supplies and nodded in satisfaction.

These resources weren't simply free for the taking. There were two reasons Su Ye could obtain so many at once. First, he was still in the novice period and benefiting from the novice buff.

Second, this was Abyss difficulty. It was hard to say how many people would be able to clear Abyss difficulty later on, but right now, absolutely no one else could. That was why Su Ye could get so many resources in one go.

Judging other novice lords from Su Ye's perspective would be completely unfair and utterly meaningless.

Su Ye turned his attention to the rating chest.

[Ding: Open the SSS-Rank Abyss Difficulty Rating Chest?]

"Open it." Su Ye looked expectantly at the treasure chest before him, hoping it would contain something he could use right now.

[Ding: You received a Rare Treasure Rank treasure: dark seed.]

[Ding: You received a Rare Treasure Rank treasure: seed of chaos.]

[Ding: You received a Rare Treasure Rank treasure: Holy Seed.]

[Ding: You received a Rare Treasure Rank treasure: Technology Seed.]

[Ding: You received a Rare Treasure Rank treasure: Element Seed.]

[Ding: You received Barracks Upgrade Card ×1.]

[Ding: You received Troop Refresh Recruitment Card ×1.]

[Ding: You received a unique wonder: the Dimensional Gate!]

"Huh?" Listening to the string of system notifications, Su Ye was stunned. He had gotten so many things this time.

And a unique wonder, too?

With that thought, Su Ye began inspecting them one by one. First were the five Rare Treasure Rank treasures. They were all things he needed, with an extra Element Seed to boot.

"Now I can upgrade both the Origin Dragon Nest and the Holy Temple." Su Ye put away all five Rare Treasure Rank treasures.