Chapter 244: Chapter 244

Opening the treasure box, Du You cheered, for this time there were notably many crystal coins, a whole thousand of them.

"Great, I can finally strengthen my abilities." Du You quickly began to absorb these Crystal Coins, and after reaching level 8, he upgraded all his skills to the peak of the 8th level, ready to ascend to the 9th level at any moment.

Feeling the explosive power surging within him, a glint of brilliance flashed in Du You’s eyes. His abilities had once again been elevated.

Just then, he felt his magic power beginning to boil. As all his spells were upgraded simultaneously, his Sea of Consciousness trembled incessantly. The initially surging magic power was now boiling even more fiercely.

Suddenly, Du You astonishingly discovered that his Magic Power Boiling skill had been stimulated and leveled up.

Unconsciously, Magic Power Boiling had ascended to level 4. At this skill level, he had seen a 50% increase in his magic power recovery speed; he was becoming a formidable battlement.

This was truly exhilarating. Moreover, his base magic power was on the verge of leveling up. Maybe it would happen in a few days, or perhaps a little longer, but he was certain it would happen during this journey to the Outer World.

The treasure box did not disappear, so Du You continued to reach in. This time, what he pulled out was a blueprint.

Griffin Nest Blueprint: Allows the holder to set up a Griffin nest in their territory.

Function: Nurture Battle Griffins, Griffin Mounts.

Yet another new blueprint, Du You was amassing quite a collection. However, obtaining blueprints was also a formidable task, demanding the completion of challenges exorbitantly beyond his level.

Du You was unsure of the specifics, but reflecting upon past experiences, the tasks that awarded him blueprints were way beyond his level. If not for him, even teamed up, others would have had a hard time accomplishing them.

Moreover, the more people there were, the lower the reward from completing tasks would be, and this lower reward would have to be shared among all team members. Under such circumstances, blueprints would be even more unlikely to be awarded.

Well, the blueprint is unnecessary for now, best to stow it away.

Du You stored the blueprint. However, the rewards from this assignment were somewhat underwhelming; it seemed the bulk of it was in the blueprint.

Seeing that it was already late, he decided to rest for the night. The next day, Du You set off on his journey. He noticed that many others had also joined in on this task, most of them being members from the army.

There were new recruits that had recently joined the army, veterans, and even some members from White Stone City’s elite Flying Knight Corps. Du You knew of these details because of his status as a noble, accompanied by which he had gained access to a lot of information.

He could access all this not-so-highly classified information, which ordinary soldiers had no chance of accessing.

With winter looming, cities had started to activate their defensive mechanisms. Giant airborne crossbows emitting a cold glint were buried halfway inside the city walls, rendering their presence indistinguishable from the outside.

Given that, these crossbows’ power source surmised it to be something a crossbow couldn’t provide. Even though Du You was a noble now, he didn’t have the privilege to take off or land within the city. Only the Flying Knight Corps were allowed to fly over the city, trespassers were shot down.

So, Du You had to walk all the way to the outskirts of the city before he could mount Xiaozi and take off.

After a day’s rest, Xiaozi’s wounds had completely healed, and it returned to its previous vivacious self.

And judging by Xiaozi’s demeanor, it seemed pretty enthusiastic about griffins as it was urging Du You to revisit Black Stone Canyon. This creature had genuinely developed a Craze for battling with Griffins.

"Calm down. Last time we managed due to sheer luck. If we try it again, we might not be able to defeat them."

Although Du You was calm. He knew that they could only defeat that white griffin due to an array of reasons combined. If they encountered another, they would probably lose, and the stakes would be even higher. His force in the skies was lacking, with only Xiaozi as the chief combatant, while the Cursed Crow King, really wasn’t a formidable opponent.

Perhaps, it was time for him to find another strong flying creature to transform into a Summoned Beast, Du You mulled over this thought silently.

Flying was quite fast, the region assigned to Du You was not very far from the outskirts of the city. Given Xiaozi’s current speed, it didn’t even take an hour to reach the location.

Just when they were about to reach their destination, Du You suddenly was taken aback. Because from afar, several black spots were rapidly flying towards him.

"Flying Magical Beasts? No, the wingspan of these four meters, the khaki color, and their appearance - these are Sand Sculptures. Are these wild, or bred by humans? Seems like I hit the jackpot."

Du You spotted knights riding on the backs of these Sand Sculptures. The Sandpeople had no archers, so these Sand Sculpture Knights engaged in close combat. They frantically brandished their large swords and swiftly approached their enemies. Meanwhile, the knight and the Sand Sculpture launched attacks simultaneously. They used Dou Qi Slash type skills. These were the tactics of the Sand Sculpture Knights.

However, typical small settlements wouldn’t have access to creatures like Sand Sculptures.

Breeding Sand Sculptures incurred towering costs. Du You quickly counted - he saw two at first, but when they noticed him, four more ascended to the sky, making six in total.

These six grouped together, and if they charged directly, typical Pegasus Knights wouldn’t be able to put up much of a fight. Thɪs chapter is updated by 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵⟡𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⟡𝓷𝓮𝓽

However, they seemed to mistake him for a Pegasus Knight. Pegasus Knights are usually not very strong at long-range attacks, not like him at all; he was a Spellcaster.

While he pondered, the two parties quickly approached each other. The speed of the Sand Sculptures was no match for Xiaozi’s but was substantially faster than that of Pegasus Knights.

No wonder White Stone City wanted to gather a bunch of Griffin eggs to train Griffin Knights. They were probably fed up with the speed of the Sand Sculptures. They didn’t have them before because they lacked the method to tame Griffins and train Griffin Knights. But now that they had seemingly found a way, they were eager to start the training right away.

Both parties were on the verge of a clash. As they closed in, Du You could now clearly see the ferocious expressions on the faces of these Sandpeople. They were brandishing their large swords and emanating a force field reminiscent of Quicksand.

However, they were no match for him. When the gap reduced to a hundred meters, the Sandpeople got ready for attack. By that time, Du You had already launched his. With a flick of his wrist, a white spell was cast.

Then, dozens of points of light emerged in the air, and strings of Light Attribute arrows appeared out of thin air. The occurrence was so abrupt that the Sandpeople didn’t know what had happened; they couldn’t understand what caused the simultaneous appearance of so many arrows in front of their eyes.