Chapter 1280: Chapter 1280

With the tremor, the Plague Orb directly integrated into the Lord’s Mansion, and the original Plague Orb disappeared. At the same time, beneath the territory characteristics, a new trait appeared.

Plague Orb: Bury the Plague Orb underground and infuse it with Magic Power; the Plague Orb will gradually corrupt the surrounding land, turning it into a Plague Land. The more Magic Power infused, the larger the area of corruption and the stronger the effect.

Compared to the original description of the Plague Orb, the trait had now become Plague Land.

Plague Land: Creatures within the territory will slowly transform into zombies as their time of stay increases, zombie type military production increases by 50%, and 3000 tier-two zombies are generated every day.

"What a special treasure, such powerful characteristics," Du You said to himself. Not to mention the three thousand tier-two zombies a day, he wasn’t particularly concerned about that. However, an increase by half in zombie type military production was quite terrifying.

The key was that the creatures would turn into zombies over time, and Du You discovered these zombies were derived from the territory’s civilian population, meaning he could fully control them. Later, Du You found he could control this phenomenon, which was a relief. Thankfully, he could actively set the Plague Land to be ineffective against incoming Professionals.

Otherwise, no Professionals would be able to come to his territory in the future.

After all, once the territory construction was successful and he had enough strength, he would still need Professionals to help him manage it. Even if he could find undead to assist with the management, the territory was ultimately meant to be open.

Of course, these were all matters for the future. Right now, what needed to be done was to continue construction. Because he had long prepared many blueprints, the construction speed was very fast. In less than three days, all the buildings that could be constructed were completed.

Skeleton Swamp (Tier Four): A swamp formed of bone dust, containing undead plague.

Function: Slows down enemy speed, causes death once trapped within. Dead creatures automatically transform into undead, and the swamp extends bone claws to grab enemies. Undead creatures can be hidden inside the Skeleton Swamp, ally bone-type creatures can freely move beneath the swamp.

The tier-four defensive structure, Skeleton Swamp, was constructed by Du You on the edge of his territory, but not too extensively. As the territory was upgraded, he would continue to expand the construction to the outer areas. These Skeleton Swamps provided some defense for the time being. If they become unsuitable later, they would still need to be cleared.

Inside the Lord’s Mansion, Lin Yucha hung up a massive blueprint right in the center, which was the entire territorial planning map. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹•𝑓𝑖𝑟𝑒•𝙣𝙚𝙩

Du You had learned from past mistakes. Initially, his first territory was built within a canyon, which later proved to be a disadvantage as many things could only be expanded outward. Even Central City, due to a lack of proper planning, ended up with very poor land utilization and haphazard roads. Later, Li Minglu had to demolish many non-essential buildings to maintain clear traffic.

So before arriving here, Lin Yucha studied territorial planning and designed many blueprints. Now the construction area was a plain, so various plans could use the simplest blueprints.

Bones Sea (Tier Three):

Automatically produces 10,000 tier-one skeletons, 1,000 tier-two skeletons, and 100 tier-three skeletons daily.

Bones Sea, a tier-three blueprint, was the first structure established by Du You after constructing his territory, marking his land as fundamentally based on undead creatures. Although not high-level, the key was that this building’s military forces didn’t cost money.

Indeed, without any consumption, it could produce large quantities of skeletons every day. Even though they weren’t high-level, they were suitable for menial tasks or as cannon fodder. The Bones Sea tactic could be formed just by relying on this building.

From the surface, it appeared as a vast lake composed of white bone, but inside, it would automatically produce many skeletons that constantly crawled out. However, the levels weren’t guaranteed; a tier-one skeleton could be level 1 or level 10, completely random. Therefore, the building description didn’t specify exact levels.

Aside from this, all the remaining blueprints in Du You’s hands were above tier-four, temporarily unbuildable. Fortunately, his territory was already close to tier-five. As long as he increased his influence a bit more, he would be able to upgrade his territory.

A large number of zombies and skeletons began to be born, but these could only be used as cannon fodder. The real combat power of the territory was still Du You’s Demonic Flame Skeletons and Bone Dragons. At least, his Bone Dragon was also tier-four.

"It seems we could use a few more tricks," Du You murmured to himself.

"We have a lot of Crystal Coins, and keeping them would be a waste since they are exclusive. After all, our skills aren’t that many. Why not create new skills? I remember you have a tier-five Dark Element Stone, master," said Lin Yucha.

Lin Yucha’s words served as a reminder for Du You. Indeed, they had an excess of exclusive blue Crystal Coins from previous battles. If not used now, they’d only serve as regular coins once he advanced.

They lacked Lin Yushi’s and his skills here, but he had a Dark Element Stone. As long as they created an appropriate Summoned Beast, that would directly be a tier-five skill. But which Summoned Beast should he use? He already had plenty of Summoned Creatures.

Lin Yushi was right; their skills were indeed fewer than many others, but those they possessed were advanced, improving all the way to the peak of tier-five. If compared to the advanced skills of other experts at the same level, theirs might not be the most numerous, but they were certainly amongst the most. Plus, they didn’t have a single unadvanced skill on them, which was their advantage.

After thinking for a moment, Du You said, "That tier-five undead next door seems to be a Lich. Let’s choose it." A Lich could also be made into a summoning skill, provided all the prerequisites were met.

If Du You wished, even humans could be turned into Summoned Creatures, albeit with no particular use.

Only Professionals couldn’t be made into Summoned Creatures, perhaps as a form of protection by Earth’s skills. The sisters nodded in agreement; it was just a Lich after all. They had already thoroughly scoped it out, and there was no powerful enemy there.

Even if the other side had hidden forces, they would absolutely not be a match for the three of them. Once decided, without a second thought, the trio flew directly towards the neighboring territory. Since creating a skill required Du You to personally fight and kill the target, Lin Yucha refrained from attacking in advance. As they flew over the enemy’s territory, the other side didn’t even realize the presence of the invaders.

"Excellent, you’ll do. You’re also not bad in strength, it’s a pity," Du You said as he began concentrating the Energy Gathering Magic Cannon. While Du You focused his Magic Power, the enemy finally reacted.