Chapter 22: High-Level Mana Spring
After the Mana Spring was drained once again.
Lin Yi once again consumed 10,000 Energy Crystals to upgrade the Mana Spring.
The High-Level Mana Spring can condense high-purity Elf Spring Water.
Its effects are more than ten times stronger than Low-Level Elf Spring Water.
As usual, Lin Yi instructed the elves to drain the Elf Spring Water that had “refreshed” in the Mana Spring, as a full Mana Spring would not condense any more Elf Spring Water.
After draining it, Elf Spring Water would continuously condense.
In a short while, hundreds of oversized wooden barrels piled up in the plaza.
Each barrel was filled to the brim with Elf Spring Water.
“With this much Elf Spring Water, it’s enough for 100,000 elves, let alone 10,000, to use for a long time.”
Lin Yi turned to the Elf Huntresses and said, “Remember to seal these barrels carefully to prevent the Life and Nature Magic contained within the Elf Spring Water from dissipating.”
“Rest assured, Your Majesty, we will seal them meticulously.”
The Elf Huntresses respectfully accepted the order.
Lin Yi then checked the building information of the Mana Spring.
【Mana Spring】
【Building Information: Special Territory Building of the Elf Faction.】
【Level: High-Level】
【Currently produces High-Level Elf Spring Water, with an overflow period of seven days.】
【Upgrade Requirements: 100,000 Energy Crystals】
【Special Note: Upgrading the Mana Spring yields higher purity Elf Spring Water. When the building reaches max level, it can condense Holy Water of Life.】
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“The overflow period has been extended, which is normal. After all, the scale of the Mana Spring has expanded many times and can hold more Elf Spring Water.”
“Also, Territory Buildings only have four levels.”
“Low-Level, Mid-Level, High-Level, and Top-Level.”
“Just one more upgrade, and the Mana Spring will be maxed out.”
“It’s just that the consumption is a bit high, requiring a full 100,000 Energy Crystals.”
“And even if I had 100,000 Energy Crystals, I would prioritize upgrading the Tree of Life to max level first…”
Although the Holy Water of Life could revive the Old Tree’s main body, giving Lin Yi two Trees of Life that could give birth to Wisps, the cost-effectiveness was clearly not as good as upgrading the Tree of Life in his territory.
Because once the Tree of Life reached max level, it could give birth to a full 10,000 Wisps every day.
Even if both Trees of Life reached High-Level, they could only give birth to 2,000 Wisps combined.
Naturally, upgrading the Tree of Life was more cost-effective.
“One step at a time.”
“It’s just a matter of sooner or later, no need to rush.”
Lin Yi then went to the War Treant and used all the remaining 7,000+ Energy Crystals to train Elf Troops, obtaining a total of over 100 Elf Archers and Elf Swordsmen.
At this point, the number of Elf Troops under his command reached nearly 2,500.
Seeing that it was still early.
Lin Yi left his territory and entered the ruins.
Now that he had been promoted to King Rank, there were almost no monsters in the ruins that could threaten him.
At least not within the Inner City.
Even the Zombie King from last night, he could send it to the Underworld with a single Fire Dragon Roar.
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Lin Yi walked along the overgrown streets.
On both sides of the road were dilapidated building ruins, some completely collapsed.
Along the way, he didn’t encounter any Magical Beasts or monsters because this area had been cleared by the Elf Legion under his command.
After continuing for several thousand meters, Lin Yi finally heard the sounds of battle.
As he approached, he found that it was a squad of elves fighting.
The entire squad consisted of nearly a hundred elves, including Swordsmen, Archers, Mages, and Huntresses, with all four Elf professions present.
Their formation was very strict and orderly.
Elf Swordsmen were at the front.
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Elf Archers and Elf Mages were at the back.
Elf Huntresses, riding Gale Leopards, patrolled the perimeter of the squad, occasionally interspersing into the enemy ranks to disrupt their formation.
If a large number of enemies managed to get behind the squad, the Elf Huntresses would retreat immediately and protect the Elf Archers and Elf Mages at the back of the formation alongside the Elf Swordsmen.
Lin Yi watched for a long time and didn’t see any enemies able to break through the Elf squad’s line.
“The elves trained by the system do have rich combat experience.”
“However, there is still one flaw.”
“That is, their defense is not strong enough.”
“Among these four Elf professions, only Elf Swordsmen are considered melee troops. They bear most of the pressure from the enemy. Once the line is broken, the Elf Archers and Elf Mages at the back will be in trouble.”
“Of course, this problem can be easily solved.”
“One is to unlock the Ancient Tree and train Treant Warriors and Forest Giants.”
“The second is to upgrade the War Treant and unlock new Elf professions…”
Lin Yi watched for a while, then bypassed the battlefield and continued deeper into the ruins.
The enemies fighting the Elf squad were a large group of Swamp Rats.
Hundreds of them, a considerable scale.
However, they weren’t very strong, generally Low-Level Magical Beasts, posing no threat to his elves, so naturally, he didn’t need to intervene.
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After advancing another few hundred meters into the ruins…
A sharp screech suddenly sounded overhead.
It was a grayish-black owl, circling high in the sky.
The screech was a warning.
It was reporting to Lin Yi that enemies had appeared nearby.
Sure enough, not long after, a faint rustling sound came from a building ruin in the distance.
Despite being over two hundred meters away, it still couldn’t escape Lin Yi’s mental perception.
The sound drew closer.
Soon, a group of plump Swamp Rats appeared in Lin Yi’s vision.
There were about thirty of them, generally Level 2 and Level 3.
Magical Beasts and monsters of this level were obviously not something Lin Yi cared about. He casually threw out a fireball several meters in diameter, instantly killing the Swamp Rats.
Only three or five Swamp Rats managed to escape the scorching flames, immediately fleeing in panic.
After collecting the dropped Energy Crystals, Lin Yi continued deeper.
About an hour later, Lin Yi smoothly arrived at the area where the City Lord’s Mansion was located.
The original City Lord’s Mansion was no longer visible, only broken walls and rubble remained.
He knew the City Lord’s Mansion was located here because the Old Tree had told him about it when recounting the history of the Ancient City. A shocking battle had taken place here.
“There’s a B*ne Palace?”
At this moment, Lin Yi discovered that a palace made of white bones stood atop the ruins of the City Lord’s Mansion.
The B*ne Palace was constructed from the bones of various creatures and was quite large in scale.
“This B*ne Palace must have been built by that Zombie King.”
“But now it’s deserted.”
Lin Yi looked around, and not only were the Zombie King and those High-Level Undead nowhere to be seen, but even ordinary Undead were gone.
“That’s a pretty decisive escape.”
“Even abandoning their newly built base.”
Lin Yi was somewhat impressed by the Zombie King’s decisiveness, or perhaps its cautiousness.
Not only did it not participate in last night’s battle, but it even abandoned its lair and fled to who knows where.
This guy was way too cautious!
“Let’s go check if there’s anything left in the treasury.”
