Chapter 1249: Chapter 1249

Regardless of the plan, they first needed to see the site themselves. Thus, a few people hopped on the Platform Floating Cloud and flew towards Mirror Lake. Perhaps to distance themselves from the Elves’ main camp, this place was remote.

The Platform Floating Cloud, at its current speed, had flown for a whole day before arriving.

"Is this Mirror Lake? It looks like an inland sea," said Du You, gazing at the vast body of water below—endless to the eye, a sight seen from the sky.

"It is an inland sea, but it’s a freshwater sea, drinkable directly. The world’s oceans are at the edges, flowing circularly, so the seawater doesn’t affect the ecological structure here." The source of this content ɪs 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭•𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮•𝘯𝘦𝘵

"So, how do we do this?" Du You asked, not keen on contemplating such matters.

Li Mengyao spoke up, "I’ve thought about it—the goal of fulfilling the Elves elder’s vision mainly lies in cultivation and breeding. As long as we excel in these two aspects, the task will be accomplished. However, we lack manpower. For planting and breeding over such a vast territory, too few people just won’t do."

"Not enough manpower? How come? Are there Magical Beasts around here?" Du You exchanged a glance and smile with the two sisters. To others, manpower was an issue; for Du You, it was hardly a concern.

"Do you perhaps intend to tame Magical Beasts? But would Magical Beasts do such things?"

"Leave it to me," Du You said confidently. Recently, his strength had improved, along with acquiring various abilities—something the two were unaware of. Their impression of Du You was still based on the old criteria.

"In that case, let’s see—there’s a tribe of Single-horned Apes in this Dense Forest area, more than 20,000 in number. These Magical Beasts, when matured, can reach the second tier. Do they fit the criteria?" After all, apes are closest to humans, with hands and feet. If really taming, these primates might be a better choice.

As for the matter of the territory, if the construction failed, although the two would be disappointed, it was no big deal. After all, Du You’s territory supported them, and it wouldn’t slow down the pace of advancement much.

In the future, they were to be with Du You. Using some resources now was inconsequential.

"Let’s start with these then. Although slightly insufficient, it won’t be a problem giving you a taste."

"Hold on, maybe these will be enough. The task doesn’t require clearing around Mirror Lake entirely—we just need to clear a small area around it. If we cleared everything, meeting the task requirements would become difficult. Our current goal is to establish a territory, so a small area should suffice." Lin Yucha suddenly interjected.

Du You and the others paused, then nodded. "Yucha is the smartest of us; I hadn’t thought of that."

Du You tousled Lin Yucha’s hair and she slightly embarrassedly stuck out her tongue. Her cute demeanor almost turned Du You into a wolf right there, luckily he remembered where he was.

"Let’s go, let’s tackle those Single-horned Apes."

Du You led the puzzled Li Mengyao and Xi Qianxue to that area. "Yushi, it’s your turn now."

Lin Yushi nodded, waved her hand to release a thousand large Demon Extermination Spirits, and then drew her bow, unleashing a series of broad attacks, either Demon-breaking Scatter Shots or Thunderstorm Arrows.

Before long, the Demon Extermination Spirits rose. "Are these what you mentioned? They’re supposed to farm?"

"They couldn’t before, but under the command of these large Demon Extermination Spirits, there won’t be a problem."

Xi Qianxue was hesitant, "I remember these Demon Extermination Sprits have a duration limit, right?"

Du You slightly nodded, "That’s right, they last a maximum of three days. However, the labor force we are using isn’t them." Du You left them hanging, earning an eyeroll from the two who understood his peculiar sense of humor.

A moment later, all the Single-horned Apes had been eradicated, the number exceeding their expectations—close to 30,000 to 40,000 Demon Extermination Spirits rose. Du You then unleashed the King of Skeletons. Soon, almost 40,000 corpses rose, turned into Demonic Flame Skeletons. The forest was filled with dark and golden hues, an eerie sight.

"Is this your solution? We’ve seen these skeletons before, aren’t they brainless?"

"They are, but as long as there is a Bone Dragon, they can be controlled. Bone Dragons are high-tier intelligent Undeads. Good thing I sealed two." Indeed, Du You carried two special sealed scrolls containing two Bone Dragons.

When needed, he would bring them out for use, as each Bone Dragon required the sacrifice of 100,000 Demonic Flame Skeletons. Du You couldn’t just casually massacre everywhere to produce a large number of Demonic Flame Skeletons.

He tore open a scroll—an alert Bone Dragon appeared. Controlling these, a single Bone Dragon was enough.

"You call this a Bone Dragon? It doesn’t look like it."

"Feel carefully; the Undead Aura is genuine, albeit obscured by the darkness. Well, you’ll see soon enough." Du You led the group back to the outskirts of Mirror Lake.

"About here then, what area should we clear?"

Xi Qianxue gestured, "Let’s base it on the area of a tier-three territory—100 square kilometers. We can expand it later if needed." This area would perfectly accommodate these undead laborers.

"Ten kilometers square? Not too big." Before Du You could act, he was stopped.

"Master wait, don’t use the large-scale Magic—it makes the soil difficult to cultivate." Du You paused, having indeed forgotten this. Had Lin Yucha not reminded him, he would have hindered their efforts.

After contemplating, Du You summoned the Heavenly Disaster Demonic Dogs, "Let’s have the Heavenly Disaster Demonic Dogs handle it then."

At Du You’s command, the clouds of Heavenly Disaster expanded, controlling an area roughly within 100 square kilometers. This time it wasn’t a drought calamity but a Flowing Fire disaster. Gradually, Fire Elements in the air became visible.

With a crackle, flames spontaneously appeared on the bark of a tree, then extinguished, leaving black marks indelible. More and more flames appeared out of nowhere, gradually consuming the forest.

In mere moments, under this unique environmental stress, the forest succumbed, ablaze. The residing animals, realizing a forest fire had broken out, swiftly evacuated, leaving the area barren. Under the flames, the trees were gradually incinerated. The fire didn’t spread too far, nor did it ruin the ground; instead, it added quite a lot of a nutrient known as wood ash.