Global Lord: Start with Divine Favor-Chapter 596 - 29 Crimson Mist and Underground City_2

If so many energy cannons still can’t solve the problem, then obviously the issue has escalated to a point where the Dark Angel alone, a war machine, cannot resolve it.

Lin Rui still hoped that such a situation wouldn’t arise; he just wanted to leave here safely and quietly.

After all, with the Dark Angel as a power engine, even if Lin Rui did nothing, the combat effectiveness of his corrupted soldiers could continuously improve.

Perhaps because the view became clearer or because the aerial firepower support from the Dark Angel made evacuation much faster than advancing.

Previously unchecked monster nests and concealed creatures had nowhere to hide under the detection of the Dark Angel, getting shattered by the Flame Storm Launcher, before the Aerial Cavalry quickly reached the targets to collect the spoils.

After over five hours of travel, the first hero, Terion, returned with his troops, successfully rallying.

His troops had indeed expanded significantly, so he excitedly reported to Lin Rui: "Lord, in the direction of my advance, I’ve cleared over ten resource points, including one medium-sized resource point, earning me close to two squads of soldiers as a reward."

Lin Rui asked, "What kind of soldiers were you rewarded with?"

"Black Banner Guard, of course. Is there any other type of soldier that could be rewarded?"

Could it be that the kind of troops a Commander has under them influences the type of soldiers they receive?

Soon, Hanna also returned safely, and she was equally overjoyed, saying, "Lord, it was exhilarating. Everything in my path was turned to ashes. Be it undead tombs, monster nests in the Graveyard, monster resource points, or Blood Pools, all burned to the ground."

Lin Rui asked, "What rewards did you receive?"

Hanna bit her lip and enchantingly said, "The rewards were plentiful. Besides getting a squad of Slaughter Sisters and some building plans, I also got something quite interesting."

With that, Hanna took out a blood-red, palm-sized, jade-like lustrous orb from beneath her skirt.

This was quite a normal occurrence, heroes offering their spoils to the Lord.

But with her biting her lip, and such an enchanting expression, Lin Rui couldn’t help but let his mind wander, especially since the orb seemed so smooth!

"What is this thing?"

"A strategic treasure of the Vampire Race."

It was only then that Lin Rui reached out to take it, otherwise he would’ve been worried the interesting thing she mentioned was something quite provocative! This little Enchanting Demon always did things that irritate people.

[Crimson Blood Moon: Strategic Treasure: Under the blood moon, crimson mist spreads, but it can only block our sight, not quench the fire and hope within. The crimson mist is the stage for the vampires, who seek the eternity of life in exchange for death in the dark night. Under the shroud of the crimson mist, vampires display their vampiric power, making the lure of eternity irresistible.]

[Each individual vampire soldier commanded enhances the power of the blood moon, generating stronger crimson mist. Under the crimson mist, each vampire soldier increases the mist’s strength by +1. The healing effect generated by vampire soldiers is additionally enhanced by the strength of the crimson mist, and attacking enemies under the mist inflicts a crimson bleeding effect lasting for 3 seconds, with damage based on the mist’s strength. When vampire soldiers attack enemies with the crimson bleeding effect, they immediately recover (crimson mist strength) life value points. Non-vampire soldiers within the crimson mist suffer from corrosion each second, with corrosion value being the mist’s strength *1‰]

Lin Rui promptly equipped himself with this strategic treasure; its effect was indeed powerful. It’s somewhat similar to [Steel and Flesh Frenzy], wherein the former grants human soldiers increased life limit and defense limit via numbers. The latter, however, increases the strength via the number of vampire soldiers.

However, the effect of [Crimson Blood Moon] doesn’t parallel the straightforward increase provided by [Steel and Flesh Frenzy] for human soldiers. Instead, each vampire soldier first enhances the strength of the crimson mist. Currently, there are about four hundred vampire ladies in the army, adding +400 to the mist’s strength. With this kind of enhancement, Crimson Chalice: Battle Priestess will have its healing effect increased by an additional +400 whenever restoring allied life value; originally +1000, it’ll now become +1400.

When they attack the opponent, they impose a 3-second lasting crimson bleeding state, causing 400 bleeding damage per second. This effect not only accelerates the overflowing speed of the crimson chalice at the vampire ladies’ waists but also restores themselves 400 life value each time they attack the opponent.

Overall, the crimson mist effect generated by this strategic treasure will greatly enhance the combat power of the territory’s vampires. Within the range of the crimson mist, the vampire ladies’ healing capabilities, damage output, and their own resilience all see improvements.

As for the negative effect, it’s not worth mentioning right now. Currently, the soldiers can recover from the corrosion of life value just through their physique. Until it corrodes 10 points of life value per second, everything remains manageable. After all, in the Ice and Snow Royal Court’s Extreme Cold Realm, there’s a recovery bonus.

Shortly after Lin Rui concluded his study of [Crimson Blood Moon], Galo also returned with her troops. She reported to Lin Rui: "Lord, I cleared all the territories along the route, gaining over twenty Territorial Essences. However, this place seems quite barren compared to the Dragonbone Plain."

"Of course, skeletal beings are renowned for their poverty. Since maintaining an army doesn’t cost them much in the first place, they would become too powerful if they grew wealthy. Plus, this place has been ravaged by wars between the Demon Race and Graveyard Race and cleared multiple times by Matthew, so it’s expected to be quite desolate." But the more this was the case, the more Lin Rui frowned: "With such barrenness, theoretically we should be finding more undead treasures easily, yet no results so far."

Everyone had a slight frown, as most heroes had returned, but there was still hope along the lines of grasping at straws.

The only hero not yet returned was Audrey. But with Audrey’s unreliable nature... no one held much hope anymore.

Gathering the main army, the Golden Pansy Domain forces began to march beyond the Silent Sewer. To leave the Silent Sewer, they had to traverse the Barrens, the original location of the Graveyard’s Imperial Mausoleum, here now reduced to ruins due to conflicts between the Graveyard Race and the Demon Race.

But as the army reached the Barrens, Audrey’s forces still hadn’t returned.

Lin Rui glanced at the time; the delay was approaching half a day compared to the gathering time.

Lin Rui decisively called over an Aerial Cavalry member and instructed, "Go tell Audrey to come and rally as fast as possible! Don’t let her repeat the event at the Glacial Abyss!"

But before the Aerial Cavalry could take off, Death’s Wings’ massive form had already arrived near the Dark Angel.

It roared excitedly: "Stepdad, stepdad, we found an Undercity, and it’s very unusual inside!"

Lin Rui frowned and said, "We don’t have time to explore the Undercity now; we must leave the Graveyard influence range as soon as possible."

Death’s Wings immediately said, "This Undercity is actually in the direction of exiting the Graveyard via the Barrens. Moreover, it’s quite bizarre inside; on the surface, it seems like an Undercity, but my bio-mother discovered that it’s filled with the death aura of the Graveyard everywhere. There’s an undead army formed by Dark Knights, a Sea of White Bones established by Witch Demons, and even some strange existences we’ve never seen before. They are hiding under the cover of the Undercity; there must be some kind of plot!"

"My bio-mother insists that the ultimate treasure of the Undead must have been moved into this Undercity."

Could anyone believe Audrey’s confident guarantee?

From Lin Rui’s understanding of her, she simply wished to venture into the Undercity to enjoy the thrill of Undercity exploration.

At this point, Violet said, "I have a bad premonition, like the number of terrifying monsters inside Silent Sewer is increasing. My intuition urges me to stay away from here."

Galo frowned and said, "If Emperor Setra has really returned, then our marching like this really isn’t safe. Especially since the Dark Angel remains at a high altitude, it is quite perceivable for long-range archers and mages. I feel that entering the Undercity to hide our tracks might be a good choice."

"Besides, perhaps the Undercity is our last chance to find the undead’s ultimate treasure."