"The big one's coming."
Beside the spring, the Deer-Headed Giant sighed and scattered a handful of seeds into the water.
The seeds fell toward the battlefield, growing wildly in midair until they formed a forest that blocked the barrage of flaming arrows.
Then, when the seeds hit the ground, they grew into wooden figures that stood before the monsters with shields raised.
The Blood Mist Creatures' assault was intensifying. No one wanted to see that, Xu Lang included.
The steadier things remained outside, the happier Xu Lang was.
"But even if things keep going this way, I can still stay in bed for several more days."
Xu Lang might have been sleeping, but he still checked on the outside world now and then.
He simply didn't devote much attention to it. Sleep and developing the Nightmare Lord Sequence remained his two main priorities.
Cao Yaxuan and the other women's charm was rising by leaps and bounds, but it still wasn't enough for Xu Lang.
With no limit on the number of Fusions, Xu Lang had gone a little wild. He had all sorts of strange ideas for Fusion and couldn't wait to try them.
The most important was a whole line of charm-training skills.
Raise charm through training!
The difficulty was considerable, though. Even after spending Nightmare Coins on upgrades, Xu Lang had failed to produce what he wanted.
Xu Lang had a gut feeling the idea could work. He just had too few materials and too little Fusion experience to make the finished product he wanted.
"The eye-technique, blade-technique, and body-technique lines can all wait."
"Charm-training skills are top priority. Charm-based Blood Pacts come next. There's no need to start on charm items yet; the payoff is too low."
"Improving my own strength isn't all that important anymore."
Xu