Chapter 132: Trying out the skills and meeting familiar faces
The two armies on the left and right surrounded the enemy. Although the rear army had less than two thousand people, they were all elite soldiers who participated in the underground battle and were stronger than the first batch.
All the elite troops were lined up in the front, with fourth- and fifth-level infantry coming out in piles as if they were free. In the back was the Dragon Vein Snake Mage Corps. Fireballs passed over the front row like cannonballs and exploded among the undead. Large patches of fire rain connected into one, and fireballs as big as eggs fell from the sky and ignited the battlefield.
The front row almost didn't need to take any action, they just formed a formation to block the tide of undead, and this chaotic undead army was killed in piles by the artillery units in the rear.
Two of the four Scourge heroes were burned to death by Li Qing's dragon breath, half of the undead are now in a state of confusion, and the soul fires of the other two surviving undead are almost scared out, so they are now concentrating on escaping and have no intention of counterattacking at all.
Zhang Jishan and others gathered together, watching in shock as a mere four or five thousand human troops surrounded twenty or thirty thousand undead and swept through them like a devastating force.
“This is too cool!”
Looking at the strength of this elite force, and then thinking about how they themselves were being chased by this undead army with no way to escape, they instantly felt an indescribable sense of disappointment.
The few surviving War Lord apprentices gathered together and watched the undead being surrounded and killed without any chance of fighting back. Gongsun Jin exclaimed:
"Looking at his strength, he is definitely one of the best masters under the five-star instructor. I wonder if he is under the tutelage of Tai Shujing or Xiao Zhenqian."
Zhang Jishan pinched his chin and nodded in agreement:
"I think so too, and the probability is that they will be the top three. Only they have the strength to go out alone."
Another apprentice said with envy:
"Comparing yourself to others is really frustrating. Look at them, then look at us. Some people are born to be the protagonists, while others are not even worthy of being mentioned."
"well!"
"Don't think about these things."
Zhang Jishan sighed and said:
"We'll go over and ask after the battle is over. Let's pool some money and ask this guy to take us to a safer base."
"We suffered heavy losses this time, and basically won't be able to do anything in the future. We can only find a safer divine domain to hide until the training is over."
Gongsun Jin laughed at himself and said:
"The instructor suffered a miserable fate this time. Nearly half of his apprentices died in the battle, and the rest also suffered heavy losses. Some died, some disappeared. I don't know if this will affect his ranking in this training."
"It's hard to say. We've suffered a huge loss this time. Li Qing is missing, Cao Wenyuan is also missing. We're in such a bad situation now. It's really bad!"
The group looked at each other in silence and sighed.
About two hours later, the most elite group of abominations and corpse wizards in the Undead Army were blocked and annihilated by the Dragon Guardians and Dragon Magicians.
All four Scourge heroes were annihilated, and all loot was collected and merged into a single, largest loot chest.
However, before Li Qing had time to check, he received a message from An Erqiu saying that someone wanted to see him and wanted to pay some money to ask for asylum.
Li Qing thought about it and agreed as it was a piece of cake.
While waiting for the people over there to come over, he opened the treasure chest.
Then……
8 hero skill points.
70 unit upgrade cards.
Hatred *5.
Hero Skill: Raise the Dead to revive the dead.
Hero skill: Corpse explosion.
1 Four-star Hero Transformation Card.
Flesh Trebuchet crafting book.
Medium-quality heroic treasure: Flesh and Blood Armor.
"Well……"
After seeing all the spoils, Li Qing felt a little disappointed.
But it's normal. After all, these four Scourge heroes are not in complete condition. In their complete condition, there are at least 70,000 to 80,000 undead, and up to 100,000 at most. Now there are less than 30,000 left. It's normal for the spoils to be reduced.
Fortunately, the hero’s skill points have not been reduced, it is exactly eight points.
The number of branch upgrade cards has been slightly reduced to only 70, but together with the original 330 cards, there are exactly 400 cards.
Apart from these, the others are not that good and can only be saved and sold after the training is over.
This is normal. After all, loot chests are random. It is outrageous that he can condense the loot into the essence and most of the loot can be used. It is impossible to not waste any of it.
Moreover, the value of the thing is there. Even if you cannot use it now, you can use it in the future.
If you really can't use it, you can sell it or exchange it with other people for something suitable. This is no different from using it yourself, except that there is an extra procedure.
At the same time, An Erqiu also brought Zhang Jishan and others over.
Zhang Jishan, who had never taken ordinary heroes seriously in the past, was now very cautious and humble in front of An Erqiu. He spoke in a soft and steady voice, for fear that his tone might offend others.
At this time he did not recognize An Erqiu.
Although he had seen him before, at that time he would not pay attention to an ordinary hero like Li Qingming.
The last time they saw Li Qing, although Li Qing had already made a name for himself, he was still within their understanding.
The group chatted as they came to the center of the battlefield. Seeing the figure talking to his two subordinates, Zhang Jishan frowned slightly and turned to look at Gongsun Jin, who also frowned with a hint of confusion on his face.
The two looked at each other and had a bad feeling.
As An Erqiu shouted "Boss", the man turned around and everyone was stunned. It was as if something exploded in their minds and memories immediately came to their minds.
"Li Qing... Chief!"
Li Qing heard the shocked voice and looked up to see Zhang Jishan and others. He was also stunned for a moment, then smiled and waved:
"So it's you guys, what a coincidence."
Everyone was speechless and waved in response awkwardly.
But besides being embarrassed, they were more shocked by Li Qing's strength.
They saw it clearly just now, and now they can see the elite troops of the surrounding troops even more clearly at a close distance.
They recognized the heavy infantrymen in full plate armor, the fifth-level dragon scale heavy infantrymen in full dragon scale plate armor and carrying large shields, and the elite Modao soldiers holding several-meter-long sharp swords.
Fifth-tier troops weren't rare, they all had them, but not so many.
How can hundreds of fifth-level soldiers be so powerful?
This is nothing. What shocked them the most was the Dragon Vein Snake Mage Group. That was the source of their disbelief.
The Empire's fifth-tier military instructors had some that could be exchanged, and they exchanged some, but they didn't have any of the Dragon Vein Snake Mage Corps.
There is an extraordinary military system called Fire Mage within the Empire's military system, but the exchange authority is extremely high and they are not eligible to exchange it at all.
Since they are acquaintances and have the same tutor, there is nothing to say. Li Qing waved his hand and said:
"You guys will come with me later. I have built a stable base in another place on the plane. It will not be a problem to keep you safe."
Several people looked at each other, having many questions to ask but not knowing where to start.
After hesitating for a while, Zhang Jishan could only clasp his fists and bow:
"Chief Li Qing's help is like timely help. Don't worry, we will send a gift according to the rules later."
The so-called gifts are actually protection fees.
Li Qing also knew it, but he smiled and waved his hand:
"We are all family, so let's forget about this."
He ignored them and pulled with both hands. Space seemed to be torn apart and a huge light gate appeared. He said to the dumbfounded apprentices such as Zhang Jishan:
"My base is behind this. Take your men over there."
"Pull the portal by hand..."
The group looked at each other in bewilderment and were speechless.
They had never heard of such an outrageous operation. Even legendary masters had to use magic to open a portal. They had never seen such a simple way to tear open a portal through space with bare hands.
Then Long Shou and Long Fa each opened a portal and transferred the troops back to the fortress.
Zhang Jishan, Gongsun Jin and others waited until all of Li Qing's men had gone in before they brought their remaining troops in.
After passing through the portal and entering the fortress, they felt inexplicably at ease when they saw the super-high city walls that were thirty or forty meters high, more than ten stories high.
Looking at the lava crystal dragon lying on the other side of the city wall , they felt more at ease.
An Erqiu came over and arranged a camp for them in a corner of the fortress to accommodate the troops. Then he took them to the central castle of the fortress, where he met Li Qing.
There's nothing special, just asking about their situation.
Li Qing asked and they answered.
Strength determines status. When they saw the strength Li Qing displayed in their eyes at this time, they cooperated very well and answered whatever he asked.
Li Qing quickly learned from them what had happened to them during this period, as well as the fate of other apprentices under their mentor's name.
Mentor Nie Yang has seventeen war lord apprentices under his name. They entered this fragment of the plane for training. Until now, all those who survived are here. Including Li Qing, there are only eight left, and the other nine are basically dead.
The reason why I say basically is because some have been confirmed dead, but some cannot be confirmed yet.
For example, Cao Wenyuan, after the Divine Realm Castle was breached, fled with several other apprentices in a different direction from them.
At first, the undead army chased Cao Wenyuan, but the chase didn't last long and they returned to chase them.
So they were not sure whether Cao Wenyuan had escaped or was chased and killed by the undead army.
Li Qing thought about it for a moment and ordered Long Shou to go out and check out the place they were before to see if he could find Cao Wenyuan and the others.
For the sake of your mentor, please do your best.
After all, if too many apprentices die, it will affect the evaluation of the mentor.
This evaluation will affect the tutor's final score for each class and the amount of points the college obtains.
My tutor is pretty nice to me and helps me whenever he can.
Let Zhang Jishan and others stay here with peace of mind, and Li Qing called Long Fa, An Erqiu and Xie Zhu over.
Xie Zhu was previously in charge of the underground divine realm, but with the space gate, they can come here at any time.
Out of 8 hero skill points, give one to Long Shou and let him upgrade the last level of Dragon Wing, one of the three talents of the upper dragon clan.
Then he looked at An Erqiu and Xie Zhu and said:
"I have seen your performance over the past two years. It is very good. I have an opportunity for you to awaken the blood of the upper dragon clan, but the price you need to pay is to be loyal to me forever, and you cannot regret it."
After a pause, he explained:
"This power comes from me. I am the ancestor of this dragon bloodline. If you accept this power, I will control your life, death and power. If you regret it in the future, I will take this power back."
The two were silent for a moment, not surprised.
They were mentally prepared when they saw the changes in Long Shou and Long Fa a long time ago.
Not to mention that during this period of time, when they saw Li Qing, they felt like they saw some kind of prehistoric giant beast. Even though nothing unusual appeared, they felt an involuntary fear from the depths of their souls.
That is the instinctive fear of living beings facing higher-level beings.
But since Li Qing didn't say it before, they naturally wouldn't ask. They knew that if the conditions were right, Li Qing would tell them.
Obviously, what Li Qing told himself now meant that the conditions were ripe.
Both of them nodded decisively without hesitation.
An Erqiu even laughed and said:
"There is no free lunch in the world. Everything you gain requires a price. Some prices are affordable, while others require your life. If you can gain unimaginable power simply by being absolutely loyal, I believe all my subordinates will agree."
Xie Zhu also nodded and said:
"We are not war lords, so we must be loyal to a war lord. After all these years of getting along, I have found that you are a war lord worthy of our loyalty. If nothing unexpected happens, I will continue to be loyal to you, and then this condition will no longer be a condition."
Li Qing smiled and nodded:
“A wise choice!”
"This is the wisest choice you have ever made. Believe me, no matter when you think of this, you will never regret it."
"This inheritance is only available in one copy a year. I only have one copy now. The next one will be in a year."
An Erqiu and Xie Zhu looked at each other, and Xie Zhu clasped his fists towards Li Qing and said:
"First come, first served. Let An Erqiu go first."
An Erqiu opened his mouth to say something, but Li Qing stopped him with his hand and nodded:
"I think so too. First come, first served. Anyway, we only have to wait for one year. We will stay here for another two years, so the impact is not that big."
Since he said so, An Erqiu naturally would not refuse, and he himself didn't know how to say it.
Li Qing walked up to An Erqiu, stretched out his right hand, and quickly transformed it into a huge dragon claw.
A ball of crystal light was gathering in the center of the dragon claw, and a breath that made An Erqiu and Xie Zhu feel fearful, yet extremely eager, came from it.
He didn't know what this was, but his instinct told him that this could change his destiny.
Without saying anything nonsense, Li Qing condensed the ancient dragon's blood and slapped An Erqiu on the forehead. An invisible ripple spread out, and a crystal light flashed, and in the envious eyes of Xie Zhu, it sank into An Erqiu's body.
The next second, An Erqiu covered his head and let out a low roar from his throat that was not like a human voice, and then a circle of invisible distortion appeared on his body.
Blood burst out, mixed and twisted, and his body expanded rapidly.
Li Qing took a step back and looked at him, and said in a deep voice:
"Wait for the bloodline to take effect and cover your own bloodline. At that time, you will be recast as a superior dragon. All the original heroic skills will be discarded. Just select the three talents of the superior dragon bloodline."
Activating a legendary bloodline like this will recast the body, commonly known as resetting points. At this time, the hero's skills can be re-determined.
The heroic profession Sword Master that An Erqiu originally inherited was not compatible with the dragon bloodline and had to be abandoned.
It’s a waste, but we can’t keep clinging to something better.
