Chapter 130 : New Relic! Talent Stone! All Kinds of Gains Overflowing!
Chapter 130: New Relic! Talent Stone! All Kinds of Gains Overflowing!
Dragon-Lizard Base Camp.
The Calamity Legion paid a heavy price to finally breach the city.
When the last Dragon-Lizard soldier fell, this grueling battle at last came to an end.
“Damn!”
“That was not easy!”
“These damned lizards sure know how to mess with people.”
“They actually set up so many traps around their lair!”
“Good thing the remaining soldiers weren’t too strong—otherwise, we’d have suffered a real tragedy this time.”
“Cut the chatter!”
“Hurry up and occupy this place!”
Dozens of Calamity Legion soldiers walked through the Dragon-Lizard Base Camp. It was their first time seeing another Lord’s territory, and intense curiosity filled them.
In truth, the Dragon-Lizard Base Camp wasn’t very large—only about one-fifth the size of the Ancient City of Sanxiang. The architecture was strange and exotic, filled with the distinctive aesthetics of a foreign race.
There were Skill Towers, Forging Workshops, and Alchemy Workshops here as well.
However, all of them were designed and built according to the Dragon-Lizard Tribe’s standards.
Besides these, there were also exclusive racial buildings unique to the Dragon-Lizard Tribe—structures that could never be found in a human territory.
The Players soon arrived at the Dragon-Lizard Lord’s Hall.
At the center of the hall hovered a shining core.
This was the Territory Core of the Dragon-Lizard Lord. Once activated, it would officially mark the occupation of this territory.
“Wow!”
“This is so exciting!”
“This is a historic moment!”
“The Calamity Legion has defeated the Starsea Demons for the first time!”
“Say no more—I brought several Photography Crystals. How could we not take pictures at such an important moment?”
“Anyone got an extra crystal? I’ll pay triple! I want to take a solo selfie with the Dragon-Lizard Core!”
“Me too! Me too!”
“……”
After all the hardships and casualties, when they finally arrived, the Players treated this solemn occasion like a tourist attraction.
For a full half-hour—
They didn’t activate the core.
Instead, they struck goofy poses and took endless photos.
It was like climbing a mountain after great hardship—if you didn’t post pictures online, did you even go? These snapshots would be priceless later, perhaps even becoming a lasting memory in the history of Twisted Three Kingdoms.
“All right!”
“That’s enough!”
“Everyone, activate the core together!”
After using up all their Photography Crystals, the Players reluctantly activated the Dragon-Lizard Core.
【Blessing Point successfully activated!】
【You have successfully occupied the Dragon-Lizard Territory!】
【Ding! Quest complete. Your team has received 200,000 Essence and 200,000 Contribution Points as rewards!】
The Dragon-Lizard Core vanished.
In its place appeared a massive Blessing Point.
Soon, the Players noticed something different—this Blessing Point was larger than normal, and its interactive functions displayed unique properties.
It had two functions.
First, Resurrection Activation.
Like the Blessing Point in the Ancient City of Sanxiang, this point could serve as a resurrection node for Players.
Second, Teleportation Activation.
Ordinary Blessing Points allowed teleportation only within the same region. Cross-regional teleportation had never existed before.
However—
When the Players opened the teleportation interface, they discovered something shocking.
This Blessing Point, transformed from the Dragon-Lizard Core, not only allowed teleportation within the White Tiger Mountain map—it could directly teleport to the Luoshui Base Camp!
Although the teleport cost was extremely high—500 Contribution Points per trip—it was, without a doubt, the only cross-regional teleportation point ever discovered so far.
“Holy crap!”
“That’s insane!”
“Traveling to White Tiger Mountain will be so much easier from now on!”
Currently, the territory spanned three map regions—Luoshui, Woniu Mountain, and White Tiger Mountain.
Luoshui lay south of Woniu Mountain, and White Tiger Mountain to its east, forming a right-angled triangle.
Without cross-regional teleportation, traveling to White Tiger Mountain required passing through Woniu Mountain first. While some Blessing Points could save time, it still wasted plenty of travel and carried many risks.
Now everything changed.
Direct teleportation—
Saving both time and effort.
Aside from the costly fee, it had no drawbacks.
For high-level Players and elites, time saved meant more value earned—just like buying a business-class ticket for comfort and efficiency.
At that moment—
The Blessing Point suddenly emitted radiant light.
A figure appeared in the center of the grand hall out of thin air.
When everyone saw who it was, surprise and excitement flooded their faces.
Clad in dark-golden battle armor, riding a fiery warhorse with wings on its back—such might and majesty could belong to no one but Lord Hang Yu himself.
“It’s the Lord!”
“God Yu is here!”
“Greetings, Lord!”
“We have successfully taken the Dragon-Lizard territory without fail!”
Hang Yu nodded in satisfaction at the Players’ efficiency and performance.
To receive their Lord’s personal commendation filled every Player with genuine pride and joy.
Hang Yu glanced at his information panel.
A new notification appeared before him.
【You have occupied the territory of a rival Lord!】
【This round of Lord’s War has ended. You have achieved victory and obtained +1 “Fate Treasure Chest (Green)”!】
Once the Territory Core was activated, the war was officially concluded.
Just as conquering Fate Stones yielded Fate Treasure Chests,
devouring another Starsea Lord’s Territory Core granted chest rewards as well.
Without hesitation, Hang Yu opened the chest.
【You have opened a Fate Treasure Chest (Green): “Abyssal Magic Crystal” +10,000, “Relic: Treasure Gathering Spirit Pearl” +1, “Talent Stone: Self-Healing” +1, Forging Crystal +500!】
Compared with Fate Treasure Chests and Abyss Chests, the Fate Chest from the Stars was special—
It had a chance to contain Relics, or even Talent Stones.
What were Relics?
Hang Yu’s Heavenly Dao Cube is one.
Only a few Lords ever obtained Relics, and most were rather useless—but a rare few possessed extraordinary value.
To Hang Yu’s surprise, this victory had actually yielded one.
[Treasure Gathering Spirit Pearl]: A special Relic. When the Lord possesses this pearl, they can remotely collect all valid loot drops within the range of their Lord’s Vision.
The effect was simple—
In one phrase: Remote Loot Pickup!
With this Relic, the Lord no longer needed soldiers or himself to collect loot.
He could simply sit in the Base Camp and watch the show. Any loot within visual range—no matter how far—could be instantly retrieved.
Although most Relics were mediocre, this one was quite useful.
While Hang Yu had already developed the “Essence Contract” feature through the Heavenly Dao Cube’s Xiao Ba, the contract wasn’t true remote collection—it merely recorded loot and Essence obtained during battle to ensure fair distribution.
It didn’t create an actual spatial storage.
Thus, even the Heavenly Dao Cube couldn’t help Hang Yu automatically collect loot.
For most Lords, the Treasure Gathering Spirit Pearl would be an incredible convenience for loot recovery.
But Hang Yu never touched Player loot.
Allowing Players to retain 100% of their drops not only showed his generosity and compassion, but also served as a powerful feedback mechanism—
Reward followed effort.
Those who dared to take risks deserved high returns.
Such instant gratification best stimulated the Players’ passion and greed, pushing them to create even greater value.
From that perspective—
The Relic might seem a bit redundant.
Yet in truth, it was far from useless.
After obtaining the Treasure Gathering Spirit Pearl, Hang Yu theoretically gained the ability to secretly siphon a portion of the Players’ dropped Essence—or even embezzle part of the dropped materials—without being discovered.
Of course, under normal circumstances, he would never engage in such underhanded behavior.
But possessing the ability and choosing to use it were two entirely different matters!
Putting aside any “backstabbing” possibilities, this item had an obvious and substantial advantage—
it could prevent massive and unnecessary losses within the territory!
For instance, whenever loot dropped, the contained Abyssal Essence could only remain stable for about five to ten minutes. If it wasn’t collected within that time, it would rapidly dissipate until vanishing completely.
That wasn’t a problem in small-scale hunts.
But in large-scale wars, it was almost inevitable that much of the loot couldn’t be retrieved in time due to various battlefield conditions.
Such cases always led to Essence loss.
Take the recent territory war as an example—although the Players gained a massive amount of Essence from fighting the Dragon-Lizard Tribe, around eighteen to nineteen percent of the total was lost because it couldn’t be collected in time.
The larger the battle,
the more chaotic the battlefield,
and the higher the loss ratio became.
The resulting loss was staggering.
Now, with the Treasure Gathering Spirit Pearl and Xiao Ba’s powerful monitoring and computational abilities, Hang Yu could automatically retrieve every bit of Essence that was about to expire—ensuring that not a single drop was wasted.
Excellent. Truly excellent!
Even if he had gained nothing else,
just obtaining this Relic alone was enough to make Hang Yu completely satisfied!
Moreover, this chest had also yielded ten thousand Abyssal Magic Crystals, five hundred Forging Crystals for equipment advancement, and—most notably—
a Talent Stone, a hundred times rarer than any Skill Stone!
【Talent Stone: Self-Healing】, White-quality Talent. When fused with the Territory Core, it grants all citizens within the territory the innate talent of Light Wound Regeneration!
Though it was only White-quality,
its value far surpassed that of any Green-quality Skill Stone—tenfold, even a hundredfold!
At first glance, Talent Stones and Skill Stones seemed similar, but they were fundamentally different items.
Skill Stones were embedded into Skill Towers, allowing citizens to consume Abyssal Essence to learn the corresponding abilities.
Talent Stones, on the other hand, were fused with the Territory Core, directly granting the corresponding innate ability to all citizens.
One was acquired, requiring learning and training.
The other was innate, permanently covering all citizens.
After acquiring this Talent Stone, all of Hang Yu’s existing citizens would gain the ability to self-heal from light injuries—and so would any citizens he summoned in the future.
Skill Stones could be obtained through many channels—most commonly through various treasure chests.
Talent Stones, however, could only drop as rare rewards in Lord’s Wars, and the talents obtained were usually the racial talents of the defeated opponent.
The higher the race’s rank,
the stronger and more numerous their racial talents.
Why were humans placed at the bottom of the Starsea hierarchy of races?
The main reason was simple—
humans were inherently weak, lacking any significant innate racial talent!
Hang Yu had once studied racial talents of various species at the Academy of Lords Across the Multiverse. According to his knowledge, the Dragon-Lizard Tribe possessed two racial talents: Poison Immunity and Self-Healing.
The former was a Green-quality talent.
The Dragon-Lizard People relied on their powerful toxin resistance to design their entire territory like a massive poison swamp.
The latter was the very Self-Healing ability that had dropped this time.
Although the higher-quality Poison Immunity hadn’t appeared, the Self-Healing ability was by no means inferior—it had a broader range of uses and applications.
From now on, Hang Yu’s citizens would gain powerful regenerative capabilities.
As long as the injury wasn’t crippling or involved organ loss,
they would recover swiftly—greatly enhancing their overall combat endurance and strength!
And this was just the beginning!
Hang Yu firmly believed that as he defeated more Lords and plundered more racial talents, his human citizens would eventually transform—becoming a race no weaker than the high-ranking ones!
Before long, other Players arrived at White Tiger Mountain, all eager to explore the newly acquired territory.
However, they soon discovered certain issues.
Black-Eyed Rui Ge approached Hang Yu to report, “Lord, we seem unable to use most of the Dragon-Lizard buildings!”
Hang Yu replied calmly, “That’s not surprising. Each race’s structures are crafted exclusively for their physiology and energy patterns. The formations within Dragon-Lizard buildings aren’t compatible with humans.”
“I see!”
The Players suddenly understood. It was just like when they looted Dragon-Lizard equipment—human soldiers couldn’t directly use it. Territory buildings followed the same principle.
For example, the Dragon-Lizard Arrow Towers were designed specifically for Dragon-Lizard anatomy—their dimensions, structure, and form seemed completely alien, even inhuman.
Their inner formations were bound to the Dragon-Lizard race, so a human standing atop the tower wouldn’t receive any attack bonuses.
“What do we do with all these buildings then?”
“They’re useless anyway.”
“Might as well tear them down!”
“Yeah, maybe we can recycle some materials!”
Being practical-minded, the Players quickly agreed that demolishing and recycling was the best option.
Even a wrecked ship still had three pounds of nails—
better than leaving it there taking up space.
Hang Yu said, “Leave it to your Lord.”
Just like Dragon-Lizard equipment could be refitted for human use, so too could Dragon-Lizard buildings—though the process was complex and the territory currently lacked such modification capabilities.
Thus, Hang Yu’s thoughts matched the Players’: if most of the buildings were useless, he might as well recycle them.
As a Lord, he has his own method of reclamation.
Hang Yu activated the Blessing Point Core.
A notification from the Will of the Stars echoed in his mind:
【You are initiating Reverse Summoning on the Dragon-Lizard Territory’s buildings. During this process, you will recover materials or items. Continue? Yes/No.】
“Yes!”
The entire city began to tremble violently.
The Players watched in shock as one by one, the Starsea buildings began to change.
At their bases appeared profound circular arrays, and as they activated, they opened gateways into a radiant void.
With thunderous rumbling, the connected buildings sank slowly into the arrays as though pulled into the depths of the void—
within less than a minute, they completely vanished without a trace.
In an instant, over eighty percent of the Dragon-Lizard Tribe’s base—including the Barracks, Skill Towers, Forging Workshops, and Alchemy Workshops—was swallowed by the void, leaving nothing behind.
The Players were astounded.
They realized that extraordinary buildings could not only be summoned—but also reverse-summoned.
By dismantling the Dragon-Lizard territory this way, Hang Yu retrieved all stored materials from their warehouses, gaining a substantial amount of resources.
【You have reclaimed the Dragon-Lizard Territory: Tier-One Material Essence +640,000, Tier-Two Material Essence +90,000, Skill Stone +4, Construction Blueprint +1.】
The entire territory was practically disassembled.
Hang Yu had secured a massive haul of materials.
It was just enough to meet the needs of his own territory’s construction.
In addition, during the process of deconstruction, Hang Yu obtained four Skill Stones and one Construction Blueprint.
【Skill Stone: Wind Blade Technique】 — White-quality skill. Learning requirement: 18 points in Spirit.
【Skill Stone: Explosive Flame Spell】 — Green-quality skill. Learning requirement: 35 points in Spirit.
【Skill Stone: Savage Charge】 — White-quality skill. Learning requirement: 18 points in Strength.
【Skill Stone: Dragon-Lizard Transformation Secret Art】 — Green-quality skill. Learning requirement: 20 points in Strength, 45 points in Willpower.
“Not bad at all.”
Hang Yu nodded in satisfaction.
In one go, he had acquired four highly practical skills.
Among them, the Dragon-Lizard Transformation Secret Art stood out the most. It was a transformation-type skill—rare and valuable, comparable even to summoning skills.
The threshold for learning it was very high; only Tier-Two Abyss Monks might be capable of learning it.
Its effect likely allowed the user to temporarily transform into a Dragon-Lizard, gaining part of their racial attributes and abilities, thus obtaining impressive combat power.
It was both useful and fun—
Hang Yu believed that Players would be thrilled once they saw this skill.
As for the other three, they were all excellent in their own right.
Especially the Green-quality Explosive Flame Spell, which could let Abyss Warlock Players unleash devastating damage—turning them into powerful damage-dealing machines.
Aside from the Skill Stones, the reclamation also yielded a Blueprint.
【Construction Blueprint: Tomb of the Dragon-Lizard Tribe】 — Tier-Two Blueprint. Construction Cost: 12,000 Abyssal Magic Crystals + 15,000 Tier-Two Material Essence.
Hang Yu was slightly surprised. “Another barracks-type building?”
This Tomb of the Dragon-Lizard Tribe was similar to the previously obtained Construction Blueprint: Sanxiang City Elite Barracks, but this one was higher-tier—stronger and more powerful.
Although its construction cost was steep, once completed, the territory would gain a population of 880 Dragon-Lizard Spirits. These could be summoned as Warriors, Priests, or Mages—
800 as Level 10 elite units, and 80 as Level 11 second-tier elites!
Such barracks were incredibly useful for any race short of the top-tier ones. For humans, a lower-ranked race, it was practically a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
However, there was a catch—
the summoned soldiers were spiritual entities.
They couldn’t level up or be trained.
Given that Hang Yu already commanded the Calamity Legion and a Personal Guard Battalion, it wasn’t worth spending so many resources on a non-growth army.
One man’s poison is another man’s honey.
The best solution was to sell it.
……
With that, the cleanup was complete!
Hang Yu stepped out of the Dragon-Lizard Castle Hall.
Because most of the buildings had already been reclaimed, the Dragon-Lizard Base Camp now looked vast and empty.
Of course, Hang Yu hadn’t reclaimed everything.
He left several buildings intact, including three Spirit Fields, two Barrier Towers, and various non-racially bound structures such as the city walls, warehouse, and kennels.
These facilities could continue serving useful functions in the future.
Next, Hang Yu made an official announcement:
From this day forward, the Dragon-Lizard Base Camp would be renamed White Tiger City.
As for his Luoshui Base Camp—it would now be known as Luoshui City.
That meant Hang Yu now possessed three cities—Luoshui City, White Tiger City, and the Ancient City of Sanxiang—as well as over a dozen village strongholds.
It was undeniable that compared to the Great Lords, his domain was still small. But considering that he had been in the Abyss World for less than a month, developing such a large-scale territory already was more than satisfying.
After this battle, Hang Yu fully realized just how profitable a Lord’s War could be.
From tens of thousands of Abyssal Magic Crystals to millions of Material Essence, from foreign-race barracks to rare Talent Stones, and not to mention the millions of Essence Points—this war against the Dragon-Lizard Tribe had rocketed his territory’s development forward.
Most Lords dreaded triggering a Lord’s War, not only because of the risks but also because the rewards often didn’t justify the cost.
But Hang Yu was different.
This small-scale Lord’s War had barely ended, and he was already eager for the next one.
For him, the profit from Lord’s Wars far surpassed that of ordinary territorial expansion—and they could even yield treasures like Talent Stones, which strengthened his race’s very foundation.
Unfortunately, Lord’s Wars couldn’t be triggered at will.
Some Lords explored ten or more maps without encountering a single one, while others triggered them after only a few expansions.
“Lord’s Wars are completely random—you can’t seek them out; only stumble upon them.”
“Forget it. Thinking about it won’t help. Since the Dragon-Lizard matter is done, I should start arranging my next move.”
Hang Yu knew well that the best way to challenge other Lords was to expand territory relentlessly.
The faster he opened new maps, the higher the chance of encountering rival Lords.
The larger his domain, the higher the risk of being invaded—but also the greater the opportunities.
Hang Yu began drafting his next major quest.
【Quest Name: Explore Woniu Mountain!】
【Quest Description: As the core of the Abyssal Nightmare in this region, Woniu Mountain’s corruption has been dormant for over a decade. Players are to venture deep into the mountain to investigate the source.】
【Quest Objective: Locate the Core Corruption Zone!】
【Quest Rewards: 50,000 Essence, 100,000 Contribution Points!】
The update was a little late this time, so he decided to write more—to wrap up this entire arc in one go.