Chapter 114: Sixth-Level Dragon Vein Snake Man
Half a day later, Li Qing saw the troops who had just retreated from the battlefield.
This group of 1,000 subordinates and 100 Dragon Vein Snake People fought for a whole day and night. When they retreated, there were only 944 subordinates and 100 Dragon Vein Snake People left.
No matter how good your equipment is, if you are in the front row facing the undead army, some damage is inevitable.
The Dragon Vein Snake People had been in the rear, protected by their own troops and the city-state's troops, and with their own strong defense, none of them died after so many days of fighting.
One hundred dragon vein snakes formed a small square in the square. Li Qing walked up to them with a smile on his face, patted their shoulders from time to time, and praised with a smile on his face:
"My children, I have been watching your performance these days. You are very brave. You have proved your strength and courage to me, to our friends, and to the enemy. I am very satisfied!"
To these dragon vein snake people, Li Qing is their creator and reborn parent. His praise, a very normal and ordinary compliment, means more to them than any reward.
As soon as he finished praising them, he could clearly see them looking at him with excited expressions.
Li Qing had a friendly expression, as if he was looking at his own child, and waved to one of the dragon vein snake people who had been promoted to the sixth level and was obviously stronger than his companions.
The dragon vein snake man who had been promoted to the sixth level and whose rank was higher than Li Qing walked up to him excitedly. Li Qing patted his strong body, felt the dragon scales emerging from his body, and said:
"Show me your newfound strength, kid!"
The dragon-vein snake man nodded repeatedly with excitement and trepidation, took a deep breath, and with a thought, the dragon wings behind him spread out, and he flapped them gently and flew up. When he was more than 30 meters in the air, he aimed at the open space not far away and breathed out a breath of dragon.
The range of dragon breath spray is the same as that of LV1 dragon breath, less than ten meters wide and less than twenty meters long, but for a type of soldier, this range is already considerable.
The dragon's breath lasted for more than ten seconds and then disappeared. The dragon vein snake man slowly landed in front of Li Qing and waited for his praise.
Of course Li Qing was not stingy and praised him very seriously.
After this dragon-vein snake man was promoted to the sixth level, the dragon blood in his body was further developed, and his appearance was quite different from before.
First of all, its body has become much stronger. The scales on its tail originally looked like snake scales, but now they have all turned into large dragon scales, and the surface of its body is also covered with a layer of fine scales.
In addition, after being promoted to the sixth level, his physique and strength were greatly enhanced, his spellcasting ability was also enhanced, and two new bloodline spells were added - Rain of Fire and Pyroblast.
These dragon vein snakemen follow the pure bloodline route, which is equivalent to a comprehensive weakened version of the dragon vein fighter and the dragon vein warlock.
That is, he has a strong physique and can engage in close combat and cast spells, but he is no match for the Dragon Vein Fighter or Dragon Vein Warlock alone.
I don't know many spells, just a few, and they are basically fire spells.
Magic missile, heat ray, fireball, fire wall, fire shield, rain of fire, pyroblast.
Rain of Fire is a sixth-level spell that can continuously rain fire within an area with a diameter of 15 meters. It needs to be guided and cast, lasts for 15 seconds, and can be interrupted at any time.
The rain of fire summoned by this thing is not very lethal, but it is very effective in clearing minions.
Pyroblast is also a sixth-ring spell that can summon an enhanced fireball to kill the enemy. It has extremely strong destructive power and is specifically used to deal with powerful targets.
With three talents plus fire rain and flame explosion, the combat effectiveness of the Dragon Vein Snake Man has undergone a qualitative change after being promoted to the sixth level.
It is a bit difficult to fight against a sixth-order extraordinary hero as the means are too simple, but this is a type of soldier. It is a powerful weapon on the battlefield. It is probably the top type even among the sixth-order soldiers.
Moreover, this guy is not without threat to the heroes. He certainly cannot be defeated in a one-on-one fight, but if a dozen level six dragon vein snakemen unite, the average level six hero will have to run away immediately.
"very good, very powerful!"
After being raised for so long, this group of dragon vein snake people are finally about to come to the fore.
These sixteen sixth-level Dragon Vein Snakemen are just among the current batch. There are four batches in total. Each batch has many Dragon Vein Snakemen who were promoted to the fifth level early on. The battles have been very fierce these days, and with endless accumulation of killings, it won’t take long for them to complete the promotion.
Li Qing is very much looking forward to this.
A group of sixth-level dragon-vein snakemen and twenty-six steel golems. At this time, the sixth-level troops accumulated by Li Qing have begun to grow in scale.
In addition, Long Shou and Long Fa have actually accumulated enough experience to be promoted to the sixth level, but Li Qing asked them to wait and not be promoted so early.
They have not maxed out the three major dragon talents yet, and the highest dragon technique has only maxed out dragon breath, while dragon scales and dragon wings are not maxed out yet.
He planned to wait for a while to see if he could get more hero skill points.
Both of them now have super five-star talents. If they can accumulate enough before being promoted to the extraordinary level, and then prepare enough dragon blood, plus a little light of origin, at the moment of being promoted to the extraordinary level, it is highly likely that their hero level will surpass five stars and reach the legendary level.
“The demand is so great!”
The more Li Qing thought about it, the more he felt that his hero skill points were not enough.
In addition to the three of them, An Erqiu and Xie Zhu also need to prepare some hero skill points for them. They don't ask for all of their hero skills to reach level five, but at least they need to give them some to enhance their potential.
The two of them are using it quite smoothly. If they don't strengthen it, when they are promoted to extraordinary level in the future, they will lack potential and will gradually fail to keep up with their pace.
The ability is there, but the strength is not, and that will be embarrassing.
The following days were no different from the previous ones, and the Dragon Vein Snakes continued to fight and gain experience.
It is worth mentioning that with the participation of the Dragon Vein Snakes, this group of powerful wizards performed very well on the battlefield and achieved amazing results, which attracted the attention of the wizard city-state.
One day, Li Qing, who was practicing, suddenly received news that a high-ranking official from the Mage Tower was coming to visit him.
He opened the door with great surprise and saw an old wizard with a strength of up to the eighth level surrounded by several extraordinary wizards of the sixth level.
The old wizard looked very old, with a heavy look about him. His exposed wrists were thin and dry, and his skin had many age spots. What made Li Qing most uncomfortable was that the way he looked at him was strange, and he felt uncomfortable all over.
But he did not show it, because just by looking at his rank, Li Qing could guess that he was definitely a real high-ranking boss in the Mage City-State.
After his men served the tea and left, Li Qing extended his hand to invite the old master to drink tea and asked:
"I wonder who you are?"
Immediately, a younger middle-aged master introduced him:
"This is Speaker Canovino, one of the three speakers of the city-state!"
Li Qing said quickly:
"It's Speaker Canovino. It's an honor to meet you. I wonder if you came to see me?"
To Li Qing's surprise, the old wizard looked at his men behind him and suddenly waved his hand to signal them to go out.
This made Li Qing both surprised and somewhat alert.
However, he did not make any move. This was his territory, and he had maxed out all four divine talents. He would definitely not be able to defeat this eighth-level wizard, but the wizard could not do anything to him for a while either.
As long as he is not killed instantly, he has the ability to escape.
Of course, this is the worst case scenario. In fact, it is impossible for the Speaker of the House to go to his house specifically to assassinate him. There must be other things going on.
As he expected, after the mages left, the old speaker said to Li Qing:
"We have observed you and some of your companions and know that you come from a powerful foreign plane. Your goal is to conquer our plane."
Li Qing's heart was slightly moved, but his face remained normal and he did not explain.
The old wizard continued:
"Don't worry, I have no ill intentions. I just want to make a deal with you."
Li Qing smiled and said:
"I wonder what kind of deal Mr. Speaker wants to make?"
"I think Lord Li Qing should have a lot of dragon blood in his hands. I want to buy some from you."
"Well……"
This surprised Li Qing, but not too much.
He looked up at the Speaker's old and haggard appearance, and seemed to be thinking about something.
He pinched his chin and thought for a while, then asked:
"I wonder how much you want to buy and what you can afford to buy it."
"It depends on how much dragon blood you have. You have already seen the items we can trade, which is the exchange slip. Everything on it can be traded."
"specific price?"
The old Speaker was prepared and took out a piece of parchment and handed it over.
Li Qing reached out to take it. It was the trading item list he had seen before, but in addition to the original exchange conditions, a series of new exchange conditions had been added.
He first glanced at the exchange conditions of the floating city at the top, and then was speechless.
The floating city requires a full ten thousand standard dragon veins that are sufficient to awaken the dragon bloodline.
Li Qing now only has 676 dragon veins in his hands, not even a fraction of that.
Under the floating city are many magic pattern construction designs, which include all one-star basic magic pattern constructions, several two-star magic pattern constructions, a three-star rune construction, and a second-level magic pattern construction set composed of several magic patterns.
The cheapest of them are a few basic magic patterns, and one only requires 10 magic patterns to construct.
The most expensive one is the second-level magic pattern set, which requires 500 dragon veins.
Further down is a complete set of magic rune packages, including more than 300 basic runes, nearly 100 rare runes, 13 super rare runes, and an exchange price of 1,500 Dragon Bloodlines.
And then……
Li Qing didn't look at the back. He put down the sheepskin, handed it back, and shook his head.
"Sorry, your price is too high."
This is bullshit . There are hundreds of dragon bloodlines. Even if they do exist, they would not trade like this.
The old speaker was not angry, but asked kindly:
"So what price do you think is fair?"
"one tenth!"
Li Qing raised a finger and said firmly:
"I'll change it for one-tenth of your price."
The old speaker shook his head directly:
"That's impossible. You have to know that the magic knowledge you exchanged has been passed down from generation to generation. After you buy it, you can pass it on and keep using it."
Li Qing chuckled and said:
"But you won't need it."
"You don't seem to be using these inheritances in your current situation, and you don't seem to be using the magic pattern construct either."
Li Qing continued to attack mercilessly:
"You have the blueprints for building a floating city, but can you build it? What use is it other than just storing it in a warehouse and gathering dust?"
"Now that the natural disaster has invaded, I believe that with your abilities you should have a rough understanding of the situation outside the plane and know what is wrapped outside the plane. At this time, you need to accumulate all the power you can accumulate and transform these useless powers into useful powers."
“Besides…”
Li Qing glanced at him and said:
"You are selling knowledge. Selling it doesn't mean you no longer have it. Is it appropriate to sell knowledge that can be sold repeatedly at such a high price?"
"If I were you, I would definitely lower the price and sell it multiple times. The overall profit would not be lower than the original price."
“But your price is too low.”
The old speaker pondered for a moment and then said:
"Maybe we can lower the price a bit, how about half of the original price?"
Li Qing shook his head directly:
"I'm only willing to pay one-tenth of the original price."
The old speaker's eyelids, which were covered with age spots, drooped and his eyes narrowed, and a sense of danger arose.
But Li Qing was not afraid at all, and said calmly:
"Are you sure about what you want to do? You should know that I am not alone. I have powerful forces behind me. Can you bear the consequences of doing these things when we are fighting against the invasion of the Scourge together?"
This is not a threat, this is real.
As long as they dare to take action, the other war lord apprentices will become alert and will definitely leave and change their strategy instead.
Originally I wanted to take the route of peaceful trade, but if there is no peace, then there is only war.
At the critical moment of the Scourge invasion, the apprentices of the war lords turned from friendly forces into enemy forces. The wizard city-states, which were already struggling to resist the Scourge's attack, were certainly unable to stop it.
The old speaker could also think of this. The danger in his eyes only lasted for three seconds before disappearing. He smiled and said:
"In that case, I won't bother you anymore."
As he spoke, he folded the parchment scroll, turned around and waved his sleeves. A portal opened, and he stepped into it and disappeared.
Watching him leave, Li Qing narrowed his eyes and did not move for a long time.
There was nothing unusual in the next few days.
There was no unusual movement on the Mage City-State side, everything remained the same as before.
The men he sent out were the same as before, and were not deliberately sent to the front lines to die.
There are no restrictions on going out, and there is no feeling of being under surveillance, as if what happened before never happened.
But Li Qing's powerful perception somehow made him feel that things were not over yet. They would definitely still covet the dragon bloodline in his hands. However, the current situation did not allow them to do anything, so they could only endure it.
Even without perception, one can be sure of the current situation of the Mage City-State by analyzing it.
As the plane was shattered and its origin was lost, the energy level of this plane is no longer what it used to be.
The plane that could give birth to a miraculous magic fortress like the floating city must have had a brilliant magic civilization in the past with many legendary powerful people and even true gods.
But now the plane has collapsed, the resources within the plane are depleted, and the upper limit of strength is also limited.
If they don't find a way to solve the problem, their strength will become lower and lower in the future, until even extraordinary strong people will be difficult to give birth to.
