Chapter 597
Battle Merit Shop, Generous Rewards
Chapter 597 Battle Merit Shop, Generous Rewards
On the other side, a group of mercenaries dressed in leather armor also sprang into action.
"Brothers of the Cold Branch Mercenary Group, hurry up and seize more supplies!"
"This place is about to descend into chaos. We should prepare ourselves and move to another city."
Seeing this, the other civilians also realized what was going on.
Now that the main city of Velen has been destroyed, all the nobles and soldiers have been sacrificed and beheaded, and the entire city has fallen into chaos.
The towering pillars of blood near the kingdom foreshadow an even greater catastrophe that is about to erupt.
They need more supplies to cope with the impending crisis.
"Quick! Go to those stores and grab food!"
"Damn it! Get out of my way!"
"This is mine, get out of my way!"
Large numbers of civilians rushed into shops and ruins to loot!
The owners of the grain stores and some merchants were doing their best to stop it, shouting themselves hoarse!
"Stop it, you crazy bastards!"
"You despicable thieves, the goddess will punish you!"
"Give me back the grain."
But clearly, their attempts to dissuade them had no effect.
Because the looting was so intense, many civilians even got into fights on the spot.
Some people even picked up the broken blades on the ground and stabbed other civilians, resulting in numerous bloodshed incidents.
The entire city instantly descended into chaos!
The once-prosperous capital city of Velen is now nothing but ruins and rampant looting.
Human greed and fear are amplified to an extreme at this moment, and the price of the collapse of order is being played out in every corner of the city.
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Half an hour later.
The Insightful Eagle King had already led them across the border of the Kingdom of Velen and back to the territory of the Ice Crystal Kingdom.
While on the road, Cao Xing also began to check the series of system notifications.
……
After a moment, he looked away, a look of emotion appearing in his eyes.
"There's quite a lot of new content in this update."
"And they've also added a battle merit shop. What can you exchange for there?"
Cao Xing did not click to view immediately.
He noticed that in addition to the notification for all survivors on the server, he also received two separate system notifications.
[Attention, survivor Cao Xing! Because you killed a large number of Watchers and activated the teleportation array ahead of time, changing the world situation, you have gained 5 reputation points.]
[Your accumulated reputation points have exceeded 200,000, reaching a new stage: Widely Renowned!]
[You have opened the Blood Portal, completed the launch of the new expansion, and gained 500 million battle merits...]
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"Huh? There's a reward for opening the portal early?"
The battle had been so intense that Cao Xing was prepared to go all out, so he didn't even notice the notification.
This was an unexpected surprise.
"Not bad, not bad. Including the Blood Legion Legend I just killed and the first kill reward, I have a total of over 11 million battle merits."
"I wonder what all these battle merits can be exchanged for!"
With an expectant look on his face, Cao Xing quickly opened the Battle Merit Shop.
Four main categories appeared before us.
These are: [Equipment], [Recruitment Scroll], [Blueprint], and [Item].
"There are so many categories! It seems like there are a lot of things to exchange for in the War Merit Shop this time!"
Cao Xing planned to take a quick look at it first.
I first glanced at the [Equipment] section.
After clicking, a large amount of redemption information immediately appeared.
[Bloodthirsty Thorns 5-Piece Set: Armor, Helmet, Bracers, Lower Body Armor, Boots (Green)]: 500 Battle Points are required to exchange for a single piece, and 2000 Battle Points are required to exchange for the complete set (unlimited).
[Crimson Fang Four-Piece Set: Armor, Armguards, Lower Body Armor, Boots (Blue)]: 3000 Battle Points are required to exchange for a single piece, and 10000 Battle Points are required to exchange for the complete set (unlimited).
[Bloodflame Falcon Four-Piece Set (Purple)]: 20000 battle points are required to exchange for a single piece, and 70000 battle points are required to exchange for the whole set (limited to 5000 sets).
[Blood Rock Barrier Five-Piece Set (Gold)]: Each piece requires 10 battle merits to exchange, and the complete set requires 45 battle merits to exchange (limited to 100 sets).
[Molten Titan 5-Piece Set (Orange)]: 500,000 battle points are required to redeem a single piece, and 2,200,000 battle points are required to redeem the complete set (limited to 10 sets).
[Doomsday Blood Scythe...]
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"Holy crap! There's so much equipment to exchange for?" Cao Xing was immediately stunned!
There are so many items here, from sets to individual pieces, and the quality ranges from green to orange.
Moreover, each quality is further divided into light armor, leather armor, heavy armor, and plate armor, making it a wide variety of types.
With so many varieties, a wide variety of combinations have naturally emerged.
In addition to armor, there are over a hundred different weapons!
Sickles, chains, maces, and even crosses—basically all kinds of weapons are available.
Cao Xing glanced at the attributes; all of these equipment items were related to the Blood Legion.
For example, wearing a full set of equipment can reduce the damage dealt to you by the Blood Legion and suppress the effects of curses.
The weapons can also inflict additional damage on the Blood Legion.
The increase is roughly between 5% and 40%.
Of course, even without the special features, the base stats of these items are still quite good!
Cao Xing nodded secretly, "It's alright, but it's not very useful to me."
His territory has over a hundred blacksmiths who dedicate themselves to forging more equipment for him every day.
For equipment of the same quality, the attributes of the equipment crafted by these blacksmiths are also better than those in the exchange shop.
There's no need to use [Battle Merit] to exchange for these things.
Then, Cao Xing clicked on the [Recruitment Scroll] section.
This time, only three types of redemption information appeared.
[Corrupted Blood Barbarian Soldier Recruitment Scroll]: Requires 1000 Battle Points to exchange (Limited to 10000 scrolls)
[Curse Blood Mage Recruitment Scroll]: Requires 3000 Battle Points to exchange (limited to 5000 scrolls)
[Bloodwing Rider Recruitment Scroll]: Requires 1 Battle Points to exchange (limited to 1000 scrolls)
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"Good heavens, although there aren't many types of troops available for exchange, the sheer number of them is terrifying!" Cao Xing was surprised again.
"Tens of thousands of them, which means it would take nearly ten million battle merits to build a ten-thousand-strong army?"
Speaking of which... the Blood Legion expansion has now been released, and these crazy guys will start wars all over the world.
Not only the Ice Crystal Kingdom and the Orchid Kingdom, but also many other kingdoms will be affected.
At that time, it will definitely be a very chaotic scene.
The chaos also presents the best opportunity for the various lords to expand their military strength.
After all, after a war, there will be a large number of soldiers fleeing.
They can easily accept thousands, or even tens of thousands, of orders.
As long as you have a sufficient population, you can confidently recruit them into your territory.
Cao Xing pondered for a moment, "Although my population is not large, I have now established the Starfire Legion."
"Once we get back, we can immediately upgrade the legion to level 7 and then recruit more survivor lords."
"At that time, these soldiers can be assigned to other territories."
Unfortunately, all the soldiers in the capital city of the Kingdom of Velen have disappeared.
As for where they went, it's obvious they were sacrificed as offerings.
"But it doesn't matter, since King Velen is already in my hands."
“Besides the main city of Velen, there are large numbers of soldiers stationed on the border and in major cities.”
"Next, all I need to do is wait for the situation to calm down, and I can even take over the entire foundation of this kingdom."
"The thought of using the resources of an entire kingdom to support my territory is truly exciting!"
Of course, this is on the premise that the Kingdom of Velen was not destroyed by the Blood Legion during the Blood Rebellion.
Shaking his head, Cao Xing continued to examine the next item in the shop.
This time, it's [blueprints].
[Corrupted Blood Barbarian Training Camp]: Requires 30 Battle Points to exchange.
[Blood Rage Training Ground]: Requires 60 Battle Points to exchange
[Blood Crystal Amplification Tower Blueprint]: Requires 100 million Battle Points to exchange.
[Blood Demon Hatching Nest]: Requires 500 million battle merits to exchange.
[Blood Altar Blueprint (Orange)]: Requires 1000 million battle merits to exchange.
[Blood Cannon Crafting Blueprint (Orange)]: Requires 1000 million battle merits to exchange.
[Blood Destroyer Tower (Legendary)]: Requires 2 million battle merits to exchange (1 card can be exchanged for based on server-wide sales).
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"Holy crap! Legendary blueprints? Is this some kind of outrageous blueprint?"
Cao Xing was instantly stunned.
This was the first time he had ever encountered a legendary blueprint!
This [Blood Destroyer Tower] must be incredibly terrifying!
However, the required points are also terrifying, a full two hundred million.
Even Cao Xing wasn't confident he could gather that much.
"Besides this legendary blueprint, there are two other blueprints of epic quality inside." "If we could exchange for them all, that would be quite good."
Cao Xing glanced at his battle achievements.
[Battle Merit* 1120]
With over ten million battle merits, one could exchange for a blueprint.
But he certainly won't redeem it right away, since he hasn't finished looking at everything in the battle merit shop yet.
"Next, let's take a look at the items section!"
He had already heard a lot of discussions among the survivors through the chat channels.
There are many great items to exchange for in this battle merit shop, especially in the item interface.
With anticipation, he opened the interface, and a large number of redemption information popped up in front of him.
[Advanced Blood Curse Removal Elixir]: Exchange Requirement: 100 Battle Points (Unlimited)
[Expert-Level Curse Removal Elixir]: Requires 1000 Battle Points to exchange (unlimited).
[Advanced Heart of Power]: Requires 10000 Battle Points to exchange (unlimited).
[Expert-level Heart of Power]: Requires 50000 Battle Points to exchange (unlimited).
[Master-level Heart of Power]: Requires 20 Battle Points to exchange (limited to 1000 pieces)
[Expert-level Proficiency Emblem]: Requires 20 Battle Points to exchange (limited to 20 emblems)
[Master-level Proficiency Emblem]: Requires 300 million battle merits to exchange (limited to 5 emblems)
[Blood Crystal Stone]: Requires 10000 Battle Points to exchange (unlimited).
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[Random Relic Box]: Requires 1000 million battle merits to exchange (limited to 3).
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Just like the survivors said, there are many powerful items inside.
This includes items such as Master-level Heart of Power and Proficiency Emblems.
When Cao Xing saw the last item, his pupils shrank dramatically and his eyes widened sharply!
"Holy crap! This time, the War Merit Shop actually lets you exchange for Relic Boxes!"
"And you can exchange for three at once!"
For Cao Xing, the most scarce resource right now is undoubtedly his relics.
This time he killed two legendaries and obtained two [Legendary Hearts]. Including the one he had obtained before, he now has a total of three Legendary Hearts.
At this point, if he could have two or three relics corresponding to his profession, he could immediately gain two more legendary combat powers!
"Damn... there are three whole boxes of relics."
"If I can exchange them all, even with the worst luck, I should be able to get one or two relics that I can use, right?" Cao Xing thought to himself.
Of course, the amount of battle merits required to exchange for the relic box is also quite terrifying!
Cao Xing killed a legendary Blood Legion warrior, and with the first kill reward and the rewards from unlocking the expansion, he has only just surpassed ten million.
That's about enough to redeem one.
"Very good, other things are also important."
"But what I need most right now is a box containing my belongings."
"Let's get another one!"
After making his decision, he clicked to redeem the coupon.
[Spend 1000 million battle merits to exchange for 1 random relic box?]
"Yes."
[Exchange successful, battle merits -1000 million...]
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In an instant, his battle merits dwindled to just over a million.
But that's alright, because Cao Xing believes he will soon earn even more merits.
"According to the system introduction, a blood teleportation pillar will contain an army of 500 million blood soldiers."
"If we can wipe them all out, we can earn at least 20 million merit points."
"In other words, if I take over the entire blood army near the teleportation pillar, I can gain ten to twenty million battle merits in a single day!"
With Cao Xing's abilities, he is fully capable of doing this!
After all, most of these five million blood soldiers are ordinary creatures of the fifth or sixth rank, though some of them may be masters or heroes.
But for Cao Xing, without a legend, they are all ants!
Thinking of this, he became even more eager to return to his territory and start frantically grinding for battle merits.
"call--"
The Spirit Vision Eagle King seemed to sense his urgency and increased its speed again.
Along the way, Cao Xing also saw towering pillars of blood appearing all over the world.
Those are the teleportation channels of the Blood Legion.
He suddenly asked, "Your Majesty, why don't we just take action and destroy these blood teleportation pillars directly?"
The old king glanced at it, then shook his head and said, "You can, but we can't."
Cao Xing looked puzzled.
The old king continued, “If we destroy the Blood Teleportation Pillar, the Watchers and the Blood Legion will also unleash legendary creatures to launch a massive attack on our major cities, including the capital.”
"Unless a full-scale battle breaks out, the legendary powerhouses on both sides rarely make a move."
"Moreover, the legends of the Blood Legion can use teleportation pillars to move quickly. If they sense that a teleportation pillar is under attack, they will arrive very soon."
"A legendary battle will erupt once again at that time."
Cao Xing nodded in realization.
The legends of the Old King and the Watchers are essentially equivalent to nuclear weapons between major world powers, creating a state of mutual deterrence.
Under normal circumstances, they try not to take action and leave the battlefield to beings below the legendary level.
However, Cao Xing is not bound by such constraints.
After all, he was a lord from another world.
Moreover, after returning this time, he will definitely be able to gain two or three more legendary combat powers.
Even if another legendary battle were to break out, they would be no match for the Watchers!
Thinking of this, a smile appeared on his lips.
For him, this was an excellent opportunity to gain experience and battle merits!
The Gray Mist King added, "After we return, everyone should stay in touch and then, at some cost, activate the ancient formation."
"In this way, if a legendary figure or demigod enters our territory, we can sense it immediately."
"If you encounter a demigod attack over there, remember to call for help immediately. We will activate the teleportation array to go and provide support as soon as possible."
On the field, the leaders of the other kingdoms also nodded in agreement.
I could see it last time in the main city of Everfrost; all four major allied nations' main cities have several ancient teleportation arrays.
It allows these legendary powerhouses to move quickly in a short period of time and provide support.
This is one of the reasons why the Watchers leader, despite possessing demigod-level combat power, could not defeat them one by one.
If one side is attacked, the other three countries will immediately provide support, forming a powerful joint defense system.
In addition, these ancient kingdoms all possess certain historical and cultural heritages, as well as the Ice Crystal King's trump card—the Nine Swords of Holy Judgment.
Even the Watchers' leader dared not risk his life.
But the Kingdom of Velen is different.
As a kingdom that had been established for less than a thousand years, it not only did not join the allied forces, but instead went to collude with the God of Light, attempting to strengthen itself with the help of the church.
With the Church of Light destroyed, the Kingdom of Velen had no one left to rely on.
That's why the Watchers targeted them.
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A few minutes later, the Spirit Vision Eagle King advanced another one or two thousand kilometers.
In the distance, we can already see the main city of Everfrost.
Moreover, in an area about a thousand kilometers away from the main city, there is also a towering pillar of blood.
This means that a large number of bloody troops are already wreaking havoc in the vicinity.
However, the main city of Everfrost was not attacked by the Blood Legion.
A dozen seconds later, the Spirit Vision Eagle King led them to land in the central square of the palace.
The group of powerful figures jumped off the back of the eagle.
Queen Yulan, King Graymist, and War King Kunard all wore solemn expressions.
During their journey, they heard various battle reports from within the kingdom regarding the Blood Legion.
The situation looks very pessimistic.
Queen Youlan spoke first: "Within the territory of our Youlan Kingdom, a total of eight blood teleportation arrays have appeared, and tens of millions of blood armies are rampaging and destroying everywhere."
"I need to get back as soon as possible to command the army and fight these disgusting monsters."
The other kings also nodded in agreement.
King Ice Crystal, aware of the current situation, quickly said, "Everyone, you should go back now. Contact us immediately if anything happens."
"it is good!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the six figures vanished simultaneously.
The six legendary powerhouses vanished from the spot.
A few seconds later, three beams of light burst forth from the depths of the palace.
Clearly, those must be the ancient teleportation arrays the old king spoke of.
It was specifically designed for communication between these major kingdoms.
Only Cao Xing, the Ice Crystal King, and the Lizardman Chieftain remained in the same spot.
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(End of this chapter)