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Necromancer Sovereign: Rise of the Dead Spirit Overlord (Web Novel) - Chapter 830: Chaotic Battle 2
Chapter 830: Chaotic Battle 2
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```Therefore, Kang Mazi and Yongzheng could only rely on their own small territories to unearth talent.
However, the ministers under their command were also undermining their foundations, with most of the talent they unearthed being absorbed into these ministers' families.
As a result, despite accumulating for over a hundred years, the high-end forces completely under their control were not as many as imagined.
The fifth-tier Epics were manageable, but the sixth-tier Legendaries were truly very difficult to cultivate.
The "Heart of the Lord" in Kang Mazi and Yongzheng's hands was not as abundant as imagined, so they needed to calculate carefully as well.
One could say that the sixth-tier Legendaries they controlled combined did not even reach fifty.
Although it seemed a lot, in reality, the number of hidden sixth-tier Legendaries in the lands of the Wild Boar Skin dynasty was even greater.
Those centuries-old noble clans, which family didn't have a few hidden sixth-tier Legendaries?
Moreover, these guys were most cunning; their families directly relocated to the edges of their controlled territories and further developed separate branches.
They definitely didn't put all their eggs in one basket.
Therefore, Kang Mazi and Yongzheng, in dealing with these old noble families, dared not act rashly.
If they acted, it would stir up a chain of issues.
Of course, the number of such old noble families wasn't too many, and this campaign against the Wild Boar Skin dynasty also had actions targeting these old noble families.
Take Zi Liyuan, for instance...
Indeed, Zi Liyuan, Mo Yi, and Liu Yiqing had no such concerns.
They aimed at those noble families guilty of heinous crimes, believing that only wiping them out completely was the best course of action!
So what if you were an old noble family that existed for centuries?
So what if your family had several sixth-tier Legendaries?
If it was said you'd be eliminated, you'd be eliminated, no room for negotiation!
Zi Liyuan slaughtered them, extracted their souls, refined their corpses for his use.
Mo Yi slaughtered them, drew their blood, refined their souls for her use.
Liu Yiqing slaughtered them as if killing chickens and ducks, stomped on them like smelly insects, brought their bodies and souls back to exchange for resources.
If not for the need to pause their invasion due to a lack of lords to manage and digest two newly acquired territories, Zi Liyuan might have already attacked the old witch's Heavenly Phoenix City.
And at this moment, though Zi Liyuan and others had not continued to expand their territories, they were by no means idle.
In the two acquired territories, especially the region of Tianxiang City, which was ravaged by orcs to the point of desolation, they truly slaughtered all the inhabitants.
In the area where Zi Liyuan and the others acted, they also engaged in city-wide slaughters, but every lord and alien race in the cities were captured and transferred to the Land of the Dead.
Thus, the Tianxiang City region could be said to be practically deserted.
Most lords and alien races were sent to the Land of the Dead.
Therefore, to restore the Tianxiang City region, a large influx of population would be needed.
As for the Pan Shi City region, they massacred the city's noble families but did not carry out a massacre upon the lords and alien races.
Consequently, the loss of population wasn't significant.
Zi Liyuan dispatched lords from the Land of the Dead to take over, aided by various mechanical creations provided by Shen Yurou, enabling rapid resource recovery.
The Pan Shi City region had an abundance of rare mineral deposits, which were essential materials for upgrading the Lord's Mansion beyond level 60.
Such mineral deposits were extremely rare in the first layer of the Sea of Realms, which was why generally in the first layer one had no further advancement after reaching the sixth-tier Legendary status.
To continue upgrading the Lord's Mansion, resources from the second layer of the Sea of Realms were needed.
Unfortunately, the Divine Demonic Tower was controlled by the Wild Boar Skin dynasty; access to it required being extorted of nearly half one's family fortune first.
Failing the trial of the Divine Demonic Tower left a family severely weakened.
Passing the trial yet required being stripped of most of the tower's rewards to take the family along for ascension.
As for ascending solo, should one dare such an attempt, Kang Mazi and Yongzheng would surely have your family wiped out in a nine-generation sweep.
They did not care about making enemies because ascension was not in their plans.
Having offended the Four Ancient Empires severely, ascending would be worse than death—thus, they held firm control over the first layer of the Sea of Realms, extracting others' oil and water.
This was why those families that ascended found life difficult, taking at least a dozen years to regain stability.
After all, during ascension, they bled from Wild Boar Skin dynasty's extortion, leaving the family's accumulated heritage significantly diminished.
Upon ascension to the Upper Realm, they would also be suspected by the Four Ancient Empires, receiving no important appointments, facing an even more challenging survival environment, making the entire family's advancement exceedingly difficult.
The most frustrating part was, for a lord to ascend with their territory, consent from the Grand Lord of the region was necessary.
After the Grand Lord's consent, the region's dynasty rulers also needed to agree before possible ascension.
If any one party disagreed, one could only ascend to the Upper Realm alone.
For Zi Liyuan, he was certain to climb the Divine Demonic Tower, heading to higher layers of the Sea of Realms.
And in terms of ascension, he would undoubtedly take his territory along.
This was why when Ying Xueji aimed to attack the Wild Boar Skin dynasty, he supported with all his might.
There was no choice, it involved his direct interests, and having the ability to contribute while gaining tremendous benefits, why not?
As for the Wild Boar Skin dynasty, it was already teetering to collapse; the sooner it perished, the better.
Just like now, clearing out two territories, Tianxiang City and Pan Shi City, had yielded great rewards.
However, the far greater harvest lay in the noble families they exterminated.
Centuries of accumulated heritage, amid the end times of a dynasty rife with corrupt officials, slaughtering these noble families yielded enormous benefits far surpassing the short-term gains from acquiring two territories!
With the capture of two territories, Zi Liyuan's true core team, namely members of his harem, had their Lord's Mansion upgraded in one sweep, all reaching level 60.
Each had reached a minimum tier of fifth-degree LV120 Peak, as for breaking into the sixth-tier Legendary, that couldn't be done just by accumulating experience.
Comprehending cultivation techniques, understanding laws, were personal, unless one acquired some treasures assisting in understanding laws.
Such treasures could only be obtained from at least red legendary quality chests.
Zi Liyuan could indeed rely on his wife, the Goddess of Luck, to obtain them, yet red quality chests were rare opportunities.
In the first layer of the Sea of Realms, purple epic chests were basically the pinnacle.
As for the red legendary quality chests, only one or two might appear every several years.
Otherwise, legendary quality equipment would have already been widespread in the first layer of the Sea of Realms.
But the fact was, in the first layer, purple epic equipment topped the hierarchy, while legendary equipment remained exceedingly rare.
Even among the noble families that contributed greatly during the establishment of the Wild Boar Skin dynasty, possessing one or two pieces of legendary equipment was already prestigious.
Only those noble families over five hundred years old had the background and capability to assemble a full set of legendary equipment.
Of course, this didn't include low-level legendary equipment.
Zi Liyuan himself possessed seven or eight pieces of low-level legendary equipment.
If not for wearing the epic set crafted specifically for him by the Goddess of Luck through opened chests, he might still be wearing those low-level legendary equipments.
However, he had retained these low-level legendary equipments.
From Li Fengwen's group, he had acquired considerable intelligence about the upper layers of the Sea of Realms, including methods to enhance and strengthen low-level legendary equipment.
The legendary equipments in Zi Liyuan's possession came with top-grade skills, though their attribute amplification was slightly lesser, they rivaled current epic equipment pieces.
Overall, this harvest, especially the resources acquired from massacring noble families, provided resources several times greater than the direct resources from securing the two territories.
Such gains naturally inspired Zi Liyuan and his team to have some different ideas.
For instance, specifically targeting and hunting the noble families.
The eight Lord United Army invasions didn't bulldoze through as they expected; instead, they were in a stalemate with the old witch.
And with their drag and hold, the old witch had enough elite forces and top-tier battle strength to guard Heavenly Phoenix City and nearby areas, but the rest of her forces had been reduced to the bare minimum.
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