133. To take him in as a dog, a former goal.

After wiping out the Tidefowl tribe, Azathoth rushed towards the Broken Reef tribe.

Meanwhile, Nereia, who was on guard in the distance, quickly arrived to clean up the battlefield.

The Tidefoam tribe was littered with the corpses of merfolk, but Nereia was not particularly affected by it; she simply followed Luo Xuan's orders to clean up the battlefield.

Nereia manipulated the water flow to sweep away useless things like debris and corpses, and then began searching for resources within the tribe.

Meanwhile, Azathoth had already quickly arrived at the Broken Reef Murloc tribe.

Compared to the Tidefoam tribe, Azathoth could not possibly swagger into the Shattered Reef tribe.

However, at this point, Azathoth no longer cared about revealing his strength.

At the entrance to the Shattered Reef tribe, Azathoth transformed into a surging torrent of water and charged rapidly toward the tribe.

The two murloc guards at the entrance noticed something amiss, but before they could react and raise an alarm, Azathoth had already swiftly passed by them.

The two fishmen froze instantly, having no further chance to warn.

Upon entering the Broken Reef tribe, Azathoth first looked around.

Compared to the Chaomo tribe, the Suijiao tribe is much larger.

However, the internal architecture of the fishman tribes is largely the same.

With the experience gained from the Tidefoam tribe, Azathoth quickly located the residence of the high-ranking murlocs in the Shattered Reef tribe.

Without the slightest hesitation, Azathoth went straight to their door and launched an attack.

Although it was a surprise attack, the murloc leaders still managed to make noise before they died, which led to Azathoth being discovered.

Immediately, alarms sounded within the Shattered Reef tribe, and the remaining murlocs who could still fight began to converge on Azathoth's location.

However, Azathoth was not afraid.

At this point, the Shattered Reef tribe was already at its last gasp, and there were very few murlocs left who could truly be called murloc warriors.

Faced with the encirclement of the old, weak, sick, and disabled, Azathoth remained calm and launched an attack directly.

Azathoth could take down a murloc in just a few attacks, which caused a slight commotion among the surrounding murlocs.

If it weren't for the murloc elders directing them, these murlocs might have scattered and fled.

Azathoth glanced at the murloc elder who was directing operations from a distance, a distance within its range.

If it so chooses, a wave-like pattern can bring it close to the opponent and easily take down the Murloc Elder.

However, Azathoth did not choose to do so.

Clearly, the nearby murlocs only dared to attack it under the command of the murloc elder.

Once Azathoth kills the Murloc Elder, the nearby Murlocs will undoubtedly scatter and flee.

This is not good news for Azathoth.

Compared to chasing the murlocs, it's much easier to let them come to it one by one and kill them.

The piercing warnings and the murloc elders' constant summons drew all the remaining murlocs in the tribe who were still capable of fighting to the scene.

However, as time went on, the fishmen who came were no longer limited to young and middle-aged fishmen.

Old and young murlocs have already appeared on the battlefield.

Azathoth scanned the area and found that there were almost no young or middle-aged merfolk left alive nearby.

The nearby fishmen instinctively retreated under its watchful gaze.

With this in mind, Azathoth did not directly carry out Luo Xuan's orders, but instead used his intimidation ability to deter the elderly, weak, sick and disabled around him.

Then, Azathoth appeared in a wave-like form next to the Murloc Elder.

"To submit or to die?!"

Azathoth conveyed his message to the murloc elder.

"Wow!"

Upon hearing this, the merman elder immediately knelt down and kowtowed, indicating his submission.

Upon seeing this, the remaining merfolk around them also knelt down.

Seeing this, Azathoth nodded in satisfaction.

Soon after, Nerea arrived at the Broken Reef tribe and joined Azathoth.

After speaking with Azathoth, Nerea gave him a strange look before swimming towards the surface of the sea.

Nereia had to go back to report, while Azathoth stayed behind to guard the seabed.

Soon, Luo Xuan learned about the situation at the bottom of the sea.

Upon hearing that the Tidefoam tribe had been wiped out, Luo Xuan nodded in satisfaction and then asked, "What about the Broken Reef tribe? Is Azathoth still fighting?"

Upon hearing this, Nerea recounted how Azathoth had subdued the Broken Reef tribe.

Upon hearing this, Luo Xuan was somewhat surprised.

He had always known that the intelligence of his troops would be greatly enhanced after their evolution.

However, Luo Xuan did not expect that Azathoth's intelligence had reached such a level after its second evolution.

However, this is actually a good thing for Luo Xuan.

From now on, he will no longer need to remotely control things underwater from the seashore; he can entrust all matters in the ocean to Azathoth.

Luo Xuan had great trust in Azathoth, his first unit.

"In that case, you should have Azathoth organize the remaining murlocs to transport all the supplies, equipment, and tools from the Tidefoam tribe up here, and then destroy the Tidefoam tribe. As for the rest, let Azathoth decide for himself."

Luo Xuan gave the instructions to Nereia.

Upon receiving Luo Xuan's instructions, Nereia dared not delay and immediately went back into the sea.

Watching Nereia disappear before his eyes, Luo Xuan opened his lord panel, where his leadership value and troop type remained unchanged.

In other words, the merfolk that Azathoth subdued were not considered Luo Xuan's troops.

Luo Xuan didn't know how it was determined, but this undoubtedly allowed him to bypass the leadership value and command more types of troops.

Unfortunately, Luo Xuan couldn't use those fishmen as material for evolution.

Shaking his head with some regret, Luo Xuan thought he had found a loophole, but it turned out he hadn't.

But this is fine, at least it means that he has his first force in the ocean.

However, this means that the extermination of the lobster people must be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

Once the nearshore waters are cleared, Luo Xuan will be able to rapidly develop the fishman tribe.

With the fishmen's powerful reproductive ability, Luo Xuan was confident that he could soon restore the Shattered Reef tribe to its heyday.

Before long, under Azathoth's organization, the wealth and resources of the two tribes began to converge on Luo Xuan's Tianxuan Territory.

According to statistics, this underwater expedition not only yielded a large amount of resources, greatly replenishing the territory's inventory, but also found a considerable number of valuable underwater supplies.

Among the finds were five Moonlight Coral, one Cold Moon Fruit, and several high-level resources such as Magic Crystal, Mithril, and Mystic Jade.

This windfall has basically provided all the resources needed to upgrade Luo Xuan's territory; the only thing lacking is gold coins.

However, if Luo Xuan really wants to upgrade, he can trade with nearby Luoyue Territory or Blackstone Ridge to sell some resources, and he should be able to gather enough supplies quickly.

However, Luo Xuan was not in a hurry to upgrade his territory.

Although Luo Xuan's leadership value will immediately double after advancing to the next rank, this will also consume Luo Xuan's development potential.

There is no pressing external pressure at the moment, so Luo Xuan is not in a hurry.

Moreover, Luo Xuan had previously participated in the provincial selection process and was successfully selected.

Luo Xuan participated in the selection as a first-tier lord. What if he suddenly advances to a second-tier lord and gets his spot taken?

Although the probability of such a situation occurring is very small, it is still a special case. If it really wanted to be done, it could be done, but Luo Xuan dared not take such a risk.

You have to understand that Luo Xuan was the only one selected in the entire city of Suzhou. If he loses his spot because of this, he will have no one to blame but himself.

After clarifying his thoughts, Luo Xuan made a decision.

However, not upgrading doesn't mean not preparing. Luo Xuan still plans to trade some of his surplus resources to get enough gold coins.

In that case, whether or not to upgrade is entirely up to Luo Xuan.

In the past, Luo Xuan would have found it difficult to negotiate a deal, since Tianxuan Territory didn't have any particularly noteworthy specialties.

However, things are different now. After this sudden windfall, Luo Xuan now possesses six Moonlight Corals, all of which are available for trade.

Compared to Luo Xuan's isolated territory, once he had consumed three Moonlight Coral, he no longer needed them.

However, it is still very necessary for large territories that have been developed for a long time and passed down through many generations.

Whether for personal use, for future generations, or stored away for posterity, it's a sure-fire way to make money.

Therefore, if Luo Xuan were to exchange his "precious" moonlight coral for gold coins, they would simply take as many as they could, without any difficulty whatsoever.

Thinking of this, Luo Xuan thought of the skeleton soldiers working hard on the mudflats.

Several days have passed since the last discovery of moon coral, and Luo Xuan is looking forward to them creating new surprises.

Actually, if Azathoth hadn't unexpectedly subdued a group of merfolk, Luo Xuan had originally planned to have the skeleton soldiers go to sea to work.

That's right, they're skeleton soldiers.

Although skeletons are not naval units and cannot move freely in the ocean, they do not need to breathe. Their movement on the seabed is just a bit slower, but they can still get the job done.

This is also why Luo Xuan chose the skeleton soldier unit building in the first place, simply because the skeleton soldiers are so useful.

It is not afraid of corrosion or poison, not afraid of water or living, not afraid of cold or high temperature, and does not need to eat or drink, sleep or rest, or even breathe.

It's practically a 24k titanium alloy nuclear-powered bull and horse!

Luo Xuan initially chose the Skeleton Soldier because he recognized its excellent potential as an "ox or horse".

Ultimately, it was proven that Luo Xuan's choice was correct. The skeleton soldiers did a lot of dirty and tiring work in the territory, freeing up Azathoth and other main units.

However, now that there are more suitable fishmen, there is no need for the skeleton soldiers to go into the sea. Luo Xuan still lets them work obediently on land.

The efficiency of the fishmen working underwater, like "oxen and horses," is only "slightly inferior" to that of the skeleton soldiers.

Even in terms of work efficiency alone, the fishmen are much more efficient.

With this in mind, Luo Xuan began to consider the arrangements for the fishman tribe.

Once the last remaining lobster people were dealt with, the nearshore area was completely cleared out, leaving the Broken Reef tribe with a huge space for development.

Once the Reeffish people have developed, Luo Xuan can send them to explore further afield, so that Azathoth and Nereia will no longer need to do it themselves.

However, before that, there is another problem to solve: the coral crabs in the distant coral reefs.

Although the other party currently appears harmless, Luo Xuan will not forget the fact that it is a ferocious deep-sea behemoth.

As the saying goes, one cannot tolerate another snoring beside one's bed.

Previously, Luo Xuan lacked the strength and had no other choice. But once Luo Xuan's forces have grown stronger, he will definitely target the Coral Crab first.

Firstly, it was to test the strength of the merfolk tribe, and secondly, it was an exercise to train troops for war.

After all, Azathoth and Nereia had always fought alone and had no experience in cooperating with a large number of weak friendly forces.

These things can only be worked out gradually.

Fortunately, Luo Xuan had the advantage of his talent; otherwise, the leadership penalty after the troops were mixed would have been a real problem for him.

Having roughly figured out his future development plan, Luo Xuan began to handle the transaction matters.

However, both Luoyue Territory and Blackstone Territory are quite a distance from Luo Xuan's location, so Luo Xuan needs to find some time to go there in person.

However, Luo Xuan has just recruited the fish-men from the sea and needs to plan a battle against the lobster-men immediately, so he definitely cannot leave in the short term.

Putting this matter aside for the time being, Luo Xuan logged off to prepare for rest.

Luo Xuan first cooked himself some instant noodles, and then, as usual, he opened the forum to see if there was any news worth paying attention to.

As a result, he saw a message that he had never expected.

[Shocking! Undead forces have breached King Saint Lorne's defenses, and large numbers of high-ranking undead troops are spreading towards Falling Moon Canyon!]

Upon seeing this title, Luo Xuan forgot all about the instant noodles he had just cooked and quickly clicked to read more.

The post was published not long ago, but it already has tens of thousands of comments, and it is still increasing at a rate of hundreds per second.

Luo Xuan read the post's description, and many other players also confirmed the reliability of the disappearance.

Below the post, in addition to normal discussion threads, there were also a large number of posts expressing schadenfreude and mockery.

Luo Xuan glanced at it briefly and knew roughly what the situation was.

It was the previous "beggar-thy-neighbor" approach that caused this trouble, and now the backlash is coming.

However, looking at the heated arguments between the two sides in the post, Luo Xuan really wanted to say, "I'm suffering inside."

You can argue all you want. I, Luo Xuan, haven't offended anyone. How did I suddenly encounter such an unexpected disaster?

However, there's no way around it; many things are beyond one's control.

Even if Luo Xuan was unwilling, he had to prepare for war now.

Thinking of this, Luo Xuan immediately logged on and recruited the skeleton soldiers for today. He could no longer save his leadership points and needed to maximize the replenishment of his troops.

Once the undead army arrives at Falling Moon Canyon, these nearby territories will likely be forcibly conscripted.

Moreover, Luo Xuan had not forgotten that the first undead stronghold he encountered in the north seemed to have been targeting Falling Moon Canyon.