The Cycle's Trajectory I [Please Subscribe]
Under these circumstances, the first stage of the Defense Challenge—the battle against the Dark Orc vanguard—ended very quickly.
When Little Blackie returned to the Lord's Courtyard with Zong Shen astride its back, carrying half the corpse of a [Dark Giant Bat] in its jaws, the countdown in the sky read [22:03:19]. The timeline had advanced considerably once again.
During the battle against the Dark Orc vanguard aerial cavalry, he had deliberately taken the initiative. Little Blackie first bit down on the target, then he activated [Levitation] and wielded the [Dragon-Slaying Greatsword (Gold)] and [Azzinoth Demon-Slaying Warblade (Gold)] to finish them off.
This earned him quite a bit of experience and Strength Extraction Value. Combined with the experience he had saved before, his level rose to LV37.
His experience progress became [379872/886875]. In other words, he had gained nearly seven hundred thousand experience points in that battle.
At the same time, his Strength attribute had increased by as much as 8 points due to [Strength Extraction].
Strength was harder to obtain than experience, which was only natural. The experience mechanism meant that enemies killed within range would still grant him a certain amount of experience, even if the killing blow had been dealt by Warriors under his command.
But [Strength Extraction] was different.
One of the prerequisites for obtaining Extraction Value was that Zong Shen had to personally land the finishing blow. There was also a distance restriction—it could not exceed one kilometer. This eliminated the possibility of Zong Shen killing targets from thousands of miles away with items and still gaining Extraction Value.
Thus, the efficiency of the two could not be compared.
No matter what, the increase in experience and Strength was an extra gain for him.
His Strength had become 291, and