The Era of Gods

Chapter 500: Chapter 500: The First Lord Template Subordinate (Vote for Monthly Tickets)

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After using up the other Bloodline Essences, Lin Xiao took out the one that came from the Rank 9 Asura’s Naga Great Lord. This…

He thought for a moment and decided it would still be best to use it on a warrior.

His eyes scanned over the many elite warriors who had already reached Level 70, finally settling on one lucky individual.

Well, truth be told, they were all more or less the same.

The integration of the Bloodline Essence, far more intense than any previous transformation, caused the warrior’s skin to turn bright red from top to toe, blood seeping out from the swelling pores until his entire body was dyed like a blood man, leaving Lin Xiao anxiously holding his breath, fearing he might suddenly explode with a ‘bang’.

In fact, under normal circumstances, without the complete Purification by the Creation Magic Cube and the buffering of Creation Energy, this warrior would have had a great chance of not surviving the impact of the legendary bloodline, resulting in a bodily collapse.

Integrating Bloodline Essences is far from as easy as one might imagine; if it were, the world would be overrun with dragon-blooded magicians, giant-blooded beings, and other powerful bloodlines.

Four minutes later, accompanied by a deafening roar, a colossal Naga, standing about ten meters tall with a tail stretching over ten meters and covered in Golden Dragon Scales radiating an immensely powerful aura appeared in front of Lin Xiao.

Lin Xiao immediately checked its stats, and with a beaming smile, he punched the air:

“YES!”

Sven: Human (Bloodline Awakened)

Level: 71.

Life: 1.7 million.

Mana: 300,000.

Talent: Asura Overlord Body, Lord Template.

Natural Expertise: Asura’s Fury.

Skills: Asura’s Breath, Asura’s Naga Scales, Bloodline of Asura’s Naga.

“Worthy of the Lord Template, with a life value of a whopping 1.7 million, twice that of a Demon Overlord!”

Lin Xiao had already taken out the map, checking the locations of several big Bosses he had marked to see which was closest.

At the same time, he sent a message to his girlfriend to tell her the good news and to get ready.

A month ago, Shen Yuexin had already returned to the Expeditionary Army Fortress with some of the easily transportable goods they had gathered.

After sharing the good news with her, Lin Xiao led his troops back to the Expeditionary Army Fortress, where they sold off the surplus goods. With that gold, he purchased various powerful skills only available to leaders and lords for his newly promoted subordinates. Then, after reuniting with his girlfriend, they set off for the Silverwing Post to the east, where, about twenty kilometers away, there was a Demon Camp.

As the months passed, players continuously improved their strength, and teams and individuals had begun daringly farming monsters and leveling up near the Demon Camp.

Two months ago, Lin Xiao saw a big team in the world channel calling together a large amount of players to attack this Demon Camp, but they underestimated the strength of the demons inside and the military force of the Demon Overlord. When the Demon Overlord’s life dropped below thirty percent, he entered into a Bersek State, ignoring controls and wiping out the main Tank with a single powered swing, leading to a total collapse of their effort.

That was when Lin Xiao learned that the Demon Overlord would only cast his Berserk Hellfire when his life was reduced to under thirty percent, not before.

A massive group of over five hundred players was a rare sight. As they marched, other players grinding monsters on the way stopped and gathered around; many approached them to say hello and ask questions.

Lin Xiao did not hide his intentions and openly admitted they were preparing to assault the Demon Camp, and while this left them in awe, it also filled them with curiosity, and they followed behind.

He paid no attention to them, and his troops quickly arrived in front of the Demon Camp.

This Demon Camp, located near Silverwing Post, was slightly larger than the one near Hawk Hill, but only by a small margin. However, Lin Xiao’s strength had since more than doubled compared to before, and he even had a Lord among his subordinates, so there was no need to weaken the enemy as they had in the past; a direct clash right at the entrance of the Demon Camp would suffice.

This provocative tactic was universal for all races, and especially for the short-tempered demons. In less than five minutes, more than two thousand demons charged out, hurtling towards the battle formations.

A group of about fifteen players were standing on a crimson stone pillar in the distance, watching as over two thousand demons, including three towering Centurions, swarmed out. One of the players chuckled and said:

“Guess who will win?”

A warrior clad in thick plate armor pulled down his face guard for a clearer view and shouted:

“Anyone daring enough to attack a Demon Camp must be confident in their strength. The only questions are what tactics they’ll use and how much they’ll lose.”

The other players nodded in agreement, and one of the women clutching a fine longbow said:

“This guy has the guts to attack a Demon Camp; he must be no ordinary player. I wonder where he’s from. If he wins, we could make a good impression later on. Assuming he gets to build his own fortress, it could be an option for us if we decide to expand outwards.”

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“Sure, I’ll go in a moment…damn it!”

The man’s words were cut short as he choked on his saliva. Like the others, his eyes were wide with shock as he stared into the distance and exchanged looks of disbelief with his companions.

Transformed into a Supreme Naga, Sven clutched a ten-meter-long greatsword and leaped a hundred meters into the air before plummeting into the ranks of the incoming Demon army. The impact was explosive, sending stones flying and a damage number over fifty thousand soaring into the air. With a generic swipe of his sword, he dealt around twenty thousand damage, knocking down no less than a dozen Demons—even elite Demons couldn’t block his casual strike.

Following close behind were four Leader warriors. They couldn’t afford to act as recklessly as Sven; they had to hold the front line against the Demon advance.

But with them holding the front, the Shooters and Mages in the rear could attack at ease.

Blizzard and Meteoric Fire Rain alternated, washing down with dense damage numbers nearly filling the screen, and with each second more Demons fell to the icy flames.

Whenever a Demon Magician summoned Hellfire, Priests would cast fear to drive it away, and two Leader Shooters could shoot it down with just a couple of arrows each.

If Demon Wizards united to disrupt and suppress, they would be vetoed by Star Month’s denying accessory or directly sniped and eliminated by the two Leader Shooters.

Even if some damage was taken, there were two boss-like Priests waiting in the rear—two Leader Divine Shepherds were more than enough to take care of the entire battlefield.

Since entering the battle, Lin Xiao had only one feeling in his heart:

“No pressure at all!”

In less than ten minutes, the front-line crushed this batch of Demons, or rather, when half of the army was defeated, the Demon Overlord inside the camp gave the order to retreat.

Then they launched a direct assault on the Demon camp. The tactics were the same as before, the only difference being that many players followed behind this time.

Seeing his powerful performance, the players watching from behind grew restless; how could they miss out on scavenging for easy loot? They followed eagerly.

Lin Xiao didn’t mind, in fact, he was pleased. Although these players weren’t very helpful, they could at least take some pressure off, and even a little was enough.

The rhythm of attacking the Demon camp was the same as before; the main forces pushed forward and Sven rushed into the camp to suppress the Demon Overlord.

Even with a five-level difference, the huge advantage of his template and Talent not only bridged the gap but also allowed him to dominate the Demon Overlord.

Ordinary, elite, enhanced elite, Leader, and Lord—these are the five templates for NPCs from low to high, with an increasing gap in strength towards the end, especially from enhanced elite to Leader, and from Leader to Lord. That’s a qualitative difference.

Pushing forward, again and again, all Lin Xiao had to do behind the front lines was follow his bravely fighting subordinates, stepping over Demon corpses, until they reached the Demon Statue in the center of the camp.

Even when the Demon Statue released negative BUFFs and mental suggestions, it couldn’t slow their advance. They continued on until Hills shot an arrow at the statue to activate its defenses.

The furious Demon Overlord tried several times to rush back, but was firmly suppressed by Sven and couldn’t break free.

Only when its health dropped below thirty percent and it went into a Berserk State covered in blood flames was it able to shake off Sven’s suppression. But by then, Lin Xiao had already dispatched two Leader warriors to intercept it, and the battle was essentially decided.

In the end, as Rogue Dark Moon took advantage of the Demon Overlord’s struggle against Sven’s power to prepare a strike and suddenly backstabbed from behind, a critical hit ignoring defenses landed, dealing nearly 110,000 damage and ending the Overlord’s life.

Dark Moon had exchanged a Purple Demon Mark for a Leader Rogue. Although his direct combat power might only be equivalent to an Enhanced Elite warrior’s, his burst damage in a surprise attack was terrifying, more frightening than the Blue Ice God’s Spear.

While the Blue Ice God’s Spear could deal 170,000 damage, this was with a 200% bonus from the Star Spirit Talent—normally, it wouldn’t exceed 80,000, not as high as Dark Moon’s defense-ignoring backstab critical hit.

The battle ended and they collected the spoils. This time, although they also obtained three Purple items, there were neither Purple Demon Marks nor Demon Cores to open instances; the overall value was far less than the last haul.

While gathering the spoils, several player teams took the initiative to approach him, exchanging friend contacts. When he built his Fortress, he could send them the location, and they might come to take a look.

This victory over a Demon camp greatly bolstered Lin Xiao’s confidence. Thereafter, he began striking in all directions, eliminating large groups of Demons and Demon camps, accumulating a lot of merits, reputation, and most importantly, Demon Marks.

After crossing the most difficult phase of power accumulation, he was already preparing for the final preparations to leave the Expeditionary Army Fortress and establish his own Fortress deep in the Outland.

It wasn’t necessary to save money at this point; he continued sweeping outside while his girlfriend stayed in the auction house at the Expeditionary Army Fortress, specifically buying various Demon Marks—whether Green or Blue—as long as the price wasn’t too outrageous.

Once they left the Expeditionary Army Fortress and went deeper into the Outland, there would be no easy way to return.

The Fortress core must be upgraded to Rank 1 to unlock the function of exchanging Demon Marks for NPC subordinates, and establishing a transport system with the Expeditionary Army required at least a Rank 3 Fortress—this was bound to take a very long time.

Keep in mind that many players who follow the legion flow were already establishing Fortresses deep in the Outland, those who survived are mostly at Rank 1, with not a single one reaching Rank 2, let alone Rank 3.

This accumulation lasted for half a year, but since he will be in this world for a hundred years, there’s plenty of time, so the more prepared, the better.

PS: Five hundred chapters! Looking for monthly votes, rewards, and so on…