119: Chapter 119 is still more enjoyable than farming.

Twelve minutes later.

The Floating City hovered two kilometers outside the perimeter of the Rock Demon Tribe's territory.

Xu Qin stood on the Watchtower, looking down at the gray-brown stone building complex below. After closing the reconnaissance report, he silently activated the Combat Readiness Platform.

But this time...

He didn't deploy any dragons.

"Minotaur, Blade Guard, Jackal Hunter."

"Take your troops and push from the ground."

"Don't use area-of-effect skills, just pick them off one by one."

"Chuan Yun, Tietang, you two are responsible for dealing with deserters. If there are none, just guard the perimeter."

"Oh, and try to keep the corpses intact."

Five dark shadows leaped down from the Combat Readiness Platform.

The Stitched Bone Beast was in the lead, the Undead Sand Jackals on the flanks, and the Minotaurs providing backup.

Nearly ten thousand undead troops poured out.

Like a flood of bones, they instantly submerged the Rock Demon Tribe's territory.

Crackle!

The Rock Demon Tribe's defensive line was torn apart after holding for just over half a minute.

However, it had to be said that the Rock Demon Tribe was indeed tough.

Xu Qin had originally thought, "With my ten-thousand-strong army, wouldn't I crush you within twenty seconds?"

But unfortunately, the Undead Army couldn't do it.

The opponents actually held on for thirty seconds.

Ten seconds longer than expected.

There was no help for it; the Rock Demon Guards, with the highest defense, had 65 points of defense and 1200 HP.

But a hammer blow from a Minotaur, combined with the soul-eater halberd's Armor-Shattering Strike, only dealt 7049 damage.

Other units, like the Sand Jackals, needed three to five hits to kill them.

The Rock Demon Tribe leader didn't even have time to run out of the core building before being killed by the Blade Guard, who had cut in from the flank using Shadow Stab Dash.

The Jackal Hunters chased down the routing units in the rear, who were then picked off one by one by Chuan Yun and Tietang, who were waiting on the perimeter.

The entire battle, from the first strike to the last Rock Demon falling, took a total of three minutes and twelve seconds.

Ding!

[Battle Victory!]

[Calculating spoils...]

[Targets killed: Rock Demon Tribe leader, Rock Demon Guard × 1500, Rock Demon Stone Thrower × 800, Rock Demon Colossus × 120...]

[Basic drops: Rock Demon Remnants × 2420, soul energy + 48000, Stone Spirit Core × 340...]

Xu Qin finished looking at the dropped items and was just about to swipe it away when he saw a line of small text.

[Note: Rock Demon Remnants can be used as "Stone Material." The quality of the stone is 150% better than ordinary stone.]

!

Xu Qin's eyes widened slightly.

Then, he laughed out loud.

"Good guy! High-quality stone?"

[Talent "War Gift" Level 19 triggered! All loot quantities × 20!]

[Final gains:]

[Rock Demon Remnants (Processed Stone) × 48400]

[soul energy + 96000]

[Stone Spirit Core × 6800]

[...]

[Battle Rating: C.]

Forty-eight thousand units of processed stone.

The quality was also 150% higher than ordinary stone.

Xu Qin looked at this number and couldn't help but shake his head repeatedly.

He had previously made fifty thousand Troglodytes dig for three days, tilling the earth twice, just to save up the thirty thousand stone needed to upgrade the Lords Hall.

Now,

fighting one battle got him forty-eight thousand directly.

And it was processed, too.

"This... isn't this more satisfying than farming?"

Xu Qin, who once called himself a farming lord, rubbed his face, closed the treasury panel, and let out a sigh of comfort.

"In the future, whoever tells me farming has a future, I'll get angry with them."

As for the battle rating.

It didn't matter.

A low rating is fine; anyway, with a 20x multiplier, as long as there's loot to be had, it's fine.

This is the charm of numbers.

Half an hour later.

Xu Qin finished collecting the spoils and looked at the remaining red dots on the map.

"Next!"

...

The next day.

The Floating City advanced slowly through the disputed territory of the ten thousand races, at a speed of only thirty kilometers per hour.

But Xu Qin was in no rush.

Because the alien territories along the way to the ruins were his mobile resource points.

The Bloodhoof Tribe, primarily melee tanks.

After settling the battle, the meat inventory was full.

He had to convert everything into magic crystals.

The Thornscale Tribe, a type of elemental insect race.

After settling...

the refined iron resources were full.

Every time he hit a new place, Xu Qin's resources would skyrocket.

"Once I take the ruins, I can gather materials on the spot."

Xu Qin became happier the more he thought about it.

...

The third day.

Thorn Tribe territory.

This was a lord Xu Qin had specifically detoured fifteen kilometers to attack.

The reason was simple: the opponent was of the plant type.

What are plant corpses?

Naturally, wood!

Xu Qin looked at the reconnaissance report, and his mouth almost watered.

"Isn't this just a timber warehouse?"

Without a second thought, he committed his entire ground force.

The Stitched Bone Beast absorbed the Thorn Tribe's damage in the front,

while the damage-dealing units tore through the vine defense line from the flanks.

Although the Thorn Tribe's characteristic was strong control skills, with vines that could grow and entangle infinitely,

but the problem was...

The Undead Race had nothing if not plenty of troops.

Even if your vines used all their strength, how many could they entangle?

If you used all control skills, could you even fight?

Two minutes later.

The Thorn Ancient Tree was split in two by a halberd strike from a Minotaur.

Ding!

[Battle Victory!]

[Basic drops: Thorn Wood Remnants × 5200...]

[Note: Thorn wood has excellent toughness and can be used as "Wood." Its quality is better than ordinary wood.]

Xu Qin was already looking forward to it.

[Talent "War Gift" Level 19 triggered! All loot quantities × 20!]

[Final gains:]

[Thorn Wood (Reinforced Wood) × 104000]

[...]

Xu Qin opened the treasury.

One hundred thousand units of reinforced wood.

The number in the wood column jumped directly from twenty thousand to one hundred twenty thousand.

Good guy, it was going to overflow again.

"...Heh."

Xu Qin stood on the Watchtower, looking at the resource panel, and nodded with satisfaction.

Stone, iron ore, and wood—all three basic resources were overflowing.

Materials for the level 9 Lords Hall?

They were already enough!

Maybe he could even spare some for the second ruin.

Of course, that was a joke.

Resources couldn't be wasted like that.

What if one day he couldn't find elemental alien races to fight?

No...

this area was full of them.

They couldn't be finished!

Xu Qin lowered the Floating City and waited for the army to transport the resources.

He took the time to open the human chat channel to see what those people were talking about.

The channel seemed much quieter.

The last message was from Lord Lin Yi six hours ago.

Lord Lin Yi · Human: Does anyone know what Xu Qin is doing now? There's been no movement for three days.

Fang Che · Human: He should still be developing in the ruins.

Zhao Ming · Human: I hope he stays there forever.

Lord Lin Yi · Human: Exactly, a Xu Qin who doesn't run around is a good Xu Qin.

Xu Qin finished reading and chuckled.

Very good, as long as you all think so, I can keep roaming outside.

Xu Qin closed the channel and opened the regional map.

On the road to the ruins ahead, there were still two strongholds.

One was eight kilometers to the east, and one was eleven kilometers to the northeast.

According to the current speed of advancement, they could be cleared within today.

However, just at this moment,

the Skeleton Vulture sent back a reconnaissance report.

Xu Qin clicked to view the details.

[80 kilometers to the northeast, large-scale military forces detected moving!]

[Estimated quantity: 1000+]

[Direction of movement: Southwest (towards your current location)]

[Race identification: Mixed multi-race]

Hmm?

A hundred thousand?

Mixed multi-race?

He clicked on the command panel and immediately gave an order to the vulture:

"All vultures, do not approach. Maintain maximum distance and continue reconnaissance."