Chapter 916: Chapter 838: The Turmoil Caused by a System Announcement

"Thank you for the reminder,"

Su Ran said with his lips, but he felt relieved in his heart. He had thought it was something important, such a fuss over nothing!

Now that there was no obstacle to cultivating the Sky-reaching Vine, the next task was to upgrade the territory to level five!

Afterwards, Su Ran bid farewell to Drought Fiend and Yin Si and headed toward the internal affairs hall alone.

"Lord Brother, I did a good job setting up the traps, didn’t I? They were all triggered in the end, haha~!"

Seeing Su Ran enter the hall, Little Stone hurriedly ran over to claim the credit.

How could Su Ran not understand the childlike thoughts of Stone? He praised him generously before he turned to Butler Liu who was waiting on the side and said, "I’ve decided to raise the territory to level five. As the butler, you have the right to know this in advance, so as to avoid confusion when the time comes."

"Level five?"

Upon hearing this, Butler Liu was startled and quickly advised, "My Lord, please reconsider. Upgrading to a level five territory will attract monsters to siege the city, and our village has just been through a catastrophe. If we upgrade now, I fear it might be too hasty!"

"No matter."

Su Ran waved his hand and explained, "Our territory holds the advantage of time and location, and with that group of otherworldly beings just defeated, now is the best time to upgrade the territory."

"Indeed, with the village’s current defensive strength, protecting the village is not difficult. I was just being old-fashioned."

Butler Liu pondered for a moment and then agreed, "Upgrading the territory is the capital for us to establish ourselves on the God-Demon Continent. As long as we get through this disaster, the development of the territory will be vast and limitless. Lord’s vision is indeed farsighted; I feel ashamed."

Opening the territory’s attribute panel, Su Ran spent 40,000W wealth points and resolutely chose to upgrade.

Right after Su Ran confirmed the territory upgrade, the entire territory began to tremble with a ’rumble’ as usual. The village expanded again, and there was much more open space.

"Ding! Congratulations to player Skeleton for upgrading the territory to level five, and as a special reward, 10,000 wealth points to the Skeleton Lord!"

The delightful system notification sound provided a bit of solace to Su Ran’s aching heart.

"Ding! Congratulations to player Skeleton for upgrading the territory to level five. A server-wide announcement will commence soon, would you like to remain anonymous?"

Anonymous?

They have come knocking at my doorstep, and I should remain anonymous?

Isn’t that just like doing a redundant thing as pointless as pulling down one’s pants before farting?

Being a skeleton had long been hot gossip, almost to the point where everyone knew. Since I don’t have the power to keep low-profile, there’s no need to do so!

"No need!"

After uttering these three words, Su Ran felt a sense of relief in his heart, and his spine straightened even more.

"Ding! Server-wide announcement! Congratulations to player Skeleton for upgrading the territory to level five, and as a special reward, 10,000 wealth points to the Skeleton Lord!"

"Ding! The God-Demon Continent has seen its first level five territory emerge, with it located in the Dark Swamp of the Demon World faction, enraging the Demon Lord, who is assembling a large number of demon warriors. A massive war will be launched in three days, and the territory conquest will begin shortly!"

As the saying goes, a single stone can stir up a thousand waves. The world channel exploded once again. freewebnøvel.com

"Damn, Skeleton Lord, the rumors were indeed true, this player is really a skeleton!"

"Is the Skeleton Lord awesome or what? Just after the territorial conquest war ended, he immediately upgraded to a level five territory, not even taking the monster siege seriously. That’s really domineering!"

"Talk about a slap in the face with strength; I wonder what those defeated allied forces are thinking? Hahaha, now there’s going to be a good show to watch!"

"Hey, Boss Shu, now is the best time to attack the territory again. Won’t you reconsider?"

"The people upstairs are really making a fuss about this. I heard that this woman with the surname Shu invested almost a billion in this territory! If she has to organize another defense, wouldn’t she go bankrupt? If the defense fails again, she’ll probably be ready to jump off a building, haha~"

"Wow, a billion? Is this woman really that rich? Tsk tsk, such a pity, that’s enough to buy a luxury villa. What a way to squander money!"

"I’m so envious. Crane That Doesn’t Dance is really lucky to have a rich and beautiful partner. Why do good things always happen to other people?"

"May I ask weakly, who is this Boss Shu you’re talking about?"

...

The world channel had almost turned into Su Ran’s personal space, with discussions surrounding the Skeleton topic. The popularity didn’t wane, which was surprising. What was unexpected, was the unusual silence from the big guild leaders, not a single one proposed to take advantage of the chaos to seize territory.

Jokingly, if tens of thousands of people couldn’t take down the territory, and now that its overall defense had been enhanced even further, solidifying it like an iron wall, sending them to attack again would just be humiliating themselves, right?

After this battle, the Skeleton character had become famous in one fight, its popularity rivaling that of Spilt Water Can’t Be Regained!

However,

All these things were unknown to Su Ran; he was busy sifting through possible buildings to construct, with no idle time to spend surfing the world channel.

"Eh?"

Looking at the territory panel, Su Ran noticed that the tower had appeared in the list of constructible buildings and let out a surprised murmur, "Isn’t the tower supposed to only appear when you have level 5 walls... Oh right, the Grandmaster Architect Aura took effect."

Having an Architectural Grandmaster in the territory allows for the construction of advanced buildings beyond the normal level, and Su Ran’s territory upgrade unlocked the tower just in time.

"Heh, this tower came at the perfect time!"

Without any hesitation, Su Ran spent 20,000 financial power points, and two brand-new towers popped up on the left and right sides of the city gate, sturdy like bunkers.

The two Skeleton Archers at the city gate got new homes and appeared inside the towers. Their field of vision became extremely broad, and their whole image seemed much more imposing.

"Next, it’s time to deal with the Sky-reaching Vine."

Su Ran went to the altar and casually planted the seed. The light ring on the altar’s surface created ripples, and the Sky-reaching Vine seed sank into it without any hindrance.

Whoa, is it really that simple?

Seeing the sprout emerging on the altar, Su Ran felt a bit unaccustomed.

"Whatever, let’s focus on cultivating the Sky-reaching Vine first!"

Without any hesitation, Su Ran threw all of the remaining 105 herbal essences into the altar as fertilizer, fully catalyzing the miraculous seed.

"Whoosh."

Nourished by the hundred herbal essences, the Sky-reaching Vine began to grow rapidly, extending from the altar and quickly reaching a height of 5 meters.

"Ding! Congratulations to player Skeleton, the Sky-reaching Vine has been cultivated to the primary stage. After 24 hours, you can continue cultivating."

The system notification made Su Ran pause in surprise.

"Why is there now a time limit on cultivation?"

Su Ran murmured in confusion. He hadn’t encountered any bottlenecks when he upgraded the task vine to mid-level before, but now there was a cooldown time which baffled him.

Since the system imposed a restriction, Su Ran had no choice but to set aside the task of cultivating the Sky-reaching Vine. After pondering for a moment, he walked into a dwelling and donned the Illusion Demon cloak.

Secondary character Overturning Water officially logged in!