The Invincible Overlord of Heroes.

Xu Lai returned to Qingfeng City, but not to rest.

As for the troops, this month's output will still be concentrated in those major cities, but they will remain in those cities as defensive forces.

One of his tasks was only that part of the little angel.

Add these to the little angels sent from the strongholds and dungeons, as well as the angels produced by Qingfeng City this month, and there are almost 100 of them.

The second thing to do is to quickly visit those upgraded buildings.

The attack on Briston and the destruction of Mendis and the Abyss Lords led by him were all personally led by Xu Lai, who was present and in charge.

But even so, his level progress bar didn't change much.

You know, in these two battles, the number and quality of demons killed were quite good.

In terms of numbers, a conservative estimate is that 3 to 40 demons were killed, of which at least half were real demons.

In terms of quality, he killed one of the level 7 lava trolls, evil gods, evil kings, even great demons, abyss demons, abyss lords, and even the level 9 Hellboy.

Such quantity and quality only increased his experience bar by a mere 3%.

These are not wild monsters, they are all led by high-level heroes, and one of the heroes was even killed by Xu Lai.

From this perspective, it is unlikely that this level will continue to increase, even if the target is changed to Kerrigan and the scale is increased to millions.

Since it is almost hopeless to upgrade by relying on experience points, the only things Xu Lai can rely on are those outdoor buildings or experience books.

Experience books of this level probably won’t appear unless you open a diamond treasure chest, so it’s faster to visit those two upgrade points first.

Xu Lai had already visited his own tree of wisdom. The next place he was going to was the Temple of the Seven Dragons in the Northern Empire, which he had missed.

Tahan had already helped Xu Lai explore the route to this place, so he was quite familiar with it.

Xu Lai contacted Hausen of Avic and successfully got help from him again.

Most of the nobles in the Northern Empire still have no connection with Xu Lai.

However, the Eagle Kingdom's momentum was growing, and the nobles of the Northern Empire did not want to have any more conflicts with Xu Lai.

The Northern Empire is now also worried about the many rising heroes in its own country. When it received the news that Lionheart City was breached, it was also terrified.

Most people believed that after conquering Lionheart City, Kerrigan would move to the Northern Empire.

After all, the country on the grassland has a small population and territory, but strong military strength, and is not suitable as an opponent.

You always pick on the weak. Xu Lai is not a tiger, but at least he is a wolf. Not only is he difficult to kill, but he also doesn't have much money to gain.

The Northern Empire is different. At best, it is a cow with a pair of horns for defense, but its overall threat is not high.

The key is that there is a lot of money to be made, and the people of the Northern Empire have never experienced migration and massacre.

It can be said that Xu Lai's initiative to provoke Kerrigan at this time is really in line with the wishes of the nobles of the Northern Empire.

At times like this, most of them were unwilling to create any trouble for Xu Lai, and were even willing to provide some necessary help.

Through Hausen, Xu Lai successfully visited the Seven Dragon Temple at the cost of a set of dragon scale armor.

The Seven Dragons Shrine enshrines the seven dragons of the dragon clan, namely the Green Dragon, the Golden Dragon, the Purple Dragon, the Red Dragon, the Black Dragon, the Poison Dragon and the Holy Dragon.

To visit this building, you need to pay 11 gold coins and units of crystal.

For Xu Lai now, this price is not even as expensive as the dragon scale armor and favors he paid to build relationships.

After paying the corresponding resources and gold coins, seven rays of light fell on Xu Lai, directly raising his level by one level.

It is worth mentioning that this upgrade is not just about upgrading to level 45, but the experience progress bar is also copied.

In other words, this is a complete level, and no part of it was wasted just because Xu Lai had already gained a lot of experience before.

After the level was increased, Xu Lai's physique increased by another 1 point, bringing the overall physique to an astonishing 61 points.

These 61 points of constitution must also be supplemented by the 5-point all-attribute bonus from the God of War Statue, which means the total is 66 points of constitution.

This also means that after Xu Lai is equipped with the Holy Blood Bottle, Ka's Life Gem and Super Amulet, his health points can reach 1720 points.

So far, the only creature Xu Lai has seen with a higher health value than him is the abyss worm summoned by the Abyss Demon.

Then comes the choice of specialization. Xu Lai no longer has any choice as his specializations are almost all ultimate.

He could only choose one between earth magic and pathfinding, and for the sake of combat effectiveness, especially the spell of Gate of Time and Space, Xu Lai chose advanced earth magic.

[Advanced Earth Magic]: Enhances the effects of earth magic by 45% and reduces the mana consumption of earth magic by 45%.

Special Effect 1: Increases the hero's spirit by 2 points.

Special effect 2: Land extension, which increases the range of earth spells released by the hero by 25% (only effective for range spells, single-target spells cannot be extended).

Xu Lai had already visited the ancient tree of wisdom, so even if there were ancient trees of wisdom in other places, they would be of no use to Xu Lai.

There is only one upgrade point that Xu Lai can choose.

This place is located in the dungeon and is not 100% upgradeable, so visitors need to make their own choices.

This place, called Sphinx, is not strictly speaking a field building.

Because the Sphinx is alive, even though it cannot move.

The Sphinx is also very famous in this world. It has two functions, one is blessing and the other is punishment.

There are many kinds of blessings, including those that improve attributes, status, morale, and luck.

There are also ways to increase experience points, increase magic points, increase health points or increase movement speed, increase levels, etc.

However, corresponding to the blessing is punishment. No matter what kind of blessing you choose, there will be a corresponding punishment.

For example, if Xu Lai chooses to upgrade one level, then the punishment will also be reduced by one level.

Whether it is a reward or a punishment depends on Xu Lai himself. He must answer the questions raised by the Sphinx correctly.

No one knows what kind of questions the Sphinx will ask. All we know is that the Sphinx has almost all the puzzles in the world.

One thing that is certain is that the questions asked by the Sphinx are based on the difficulty of the blessing.

The more you want a good reward, the harder the Sphinx's questions will be, and vice versa.

Xu Lai's advantage is that the Sphinx has existed in this world for thousands of years.

The position of the Sphinx has not changed over the past thousands of years, so countless people have tried to find it.

As a living creature, the Sphinx does not allow any garrisons to be stationed around it. If anyone wants to occupy the Sphinx alone, the Sphinx will make sure the other party knows how powerful it is.

So, although not many people can answer the Sphinx's riddle correctly, after thousands of years of accumulation, tens of thousands of Sphinx's riddles have been recorded.

The Temple was the only one in the entire human camp that had the ability and perseverance to record these puzzles and keep them for thousands of years. The Temple had already brought these secrets to Qingfeng City when Elena returned from the Temple.

With Xu Lai's current intelligence, I can't say about other things, but he can still memorize these tens of thousands of questions and answers quite well.

Tahan was able to memorize it at that time, so there was no reason why Xu Lai couldn't memorize it.

It was a rare opportunity for Xu Lai to go home, so he went there under the pretext of endorsing a lesson so that he could spend a day with his beloved.

Elena is already pregnant, so Suya now has to focus half of her attention on Elena.

Even though Elena is already a priest at the level of an archbishop, she would be fine even if she took part in a battle, let alone taking good care of herself.

Elena understands and supports Xu Lai very much, and she even plans to accompany Xu Lai to the battlefield in person.

However, Xu Lai didn't dare to let her go, so he had to repeatedly assure her of his safety.

But even if Elena could understand Xu Lai, Xu Lai himself still felt quite guilty.

After finally spending a whole day with them, Xu Lai didn't even see Wei Yihong and the others, and hurried back underground again.

He can ignore others, but there is one person that Xu Lai must meet.

“Do you feel uncomfortable being alone underground?”

Dill bowed respectfully and said, "It is my duty to guard the territory for your majesty, and there is nothing wrong with it.

And I am not alone now, you allowed me to choose helpers from the mining town."

Xu Lai patted Dill on the shoulder and said, “Mingyue City is not that important now, and you don’t need to stay here every day.

Let's leave this place to Bello. His eldest son is now a baron of the kingdom, and his youngest son has been sent to the Knight Academy. He has a bright future.

I don’t think he would throw away such a good life. He can’t stand the light of day anyway, so just keep it underground.

I let him be the lord of a city. Although there are not many free men, it is not unfair to him. "

Dill is 100% loyal and is willing to stay underground for Xu Lai.

However, no matter how guarded they are, no one wants to stay underground in the dark for the rest of their life, so it would be great to be able to return to the surface.

Dill bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xu Lai held his hands and said, "I should be the one who needs to thank you, you are the first general to follow me.

It’s a pity that I really have no one to use, so I can only give the most trusted place to the most trusted person. "

Dill lowered his head, and his hands, which were held by Xu Lai, were still trembling slightly.

Xu Lai sighed: "Life is much better now, you should also show your face and do something.

Su Ya has too many things to do, I want you to take over the defense and army of Qingfeng City.

You must also properly place the mercenaries and soldiers sent from the dungeon and stronghold.

Don't cause any trouble when recruiting soldiers in the market, as each of them has a lot of soldiers with them.

I heard that there was a group fight a while ago, and many people died.”

Where there are interests, there are disputes. Since everyone has their own troops, conflicts will break out over a little dissatisfaction, leading to clashes. This is normal.

Su Ya is not only the lord of Qingfeng City, but also the prime minister of the entire Eagle Kingdom, and is in charge of the entire kingdom.

However, Qingfeng City is Xu Lai's base, and he cannot feel at ease handing it over to any outsider.

After much thought, he realized that the importance of Mingyue City had been greatly reduced, and there was really no need to leave Dill Rogers there.

Dill cupped his hands in excitement and said, "I will never dare to disgrace my mission."

Xu Lai smiled and patted his shoulder, saying, "Okay, I've already told Bello, you can just hand over the work in the next two days."

To be honest, as a general, Dill is more than capable of defending the city, but not good enough in developing the city. Up to now, he is still only running the mines left by Xu Lai.

And Belo, the former horse thief king, has good management skills. Now he is focused on performance, so I believe he will give Xu Lai a satisfactory answer.

After dealing with the matters in Mingyue City, Xu Lai really didn't dare to delay and rushed to the location of the Sphinx without stopping.

The location of the Sphinx was quite remote, and to be honest, although he had temporarily subdued the nobles of the dungeon, he did not dare to rashly pass through their territory.

With a large army around him, he is naturally afraid of no one. Now he only has a thousand guards and a hundred archangels, so it is better for him to keep a low profile.

It took Xu Lai more than a day to see the huge Sphinx.

This was after he had cleared all the checkpoints in the underground cities along the way in his own name in advance.

"Stop mortal, the front is a restricted area, no one is allowed to pass!"

Xu Lai reined in his horse and stopped in front of the huge sphinx sculpture, frowning and looking intently at the Sphinx that was more than ten meters tall.

"I heard that as long as I can answer your questions correctly, I can get your blessing."

Upon hearing this, the Sphinx's huge lion body fell to the ground.

The frown on his face, which was formed of stone, also relaxed.

“That’s right, as long as you answer the Sphinx’s questions correctly, the Sphinx will bless you.

So, human, have you thought about what kind of blessing you need?"

Xu Lai glanced behind the Sphinx. For some reason, he felt that he couldn't see anything clearly behind the Sphinx.

Although there was nothing obstructing behind the Sphinx, Xu Lai always felt that the Sphinx was hiding something.

His chest felt slightly hot. The badge bestowed by His Highness the God of War was preventing unknown intrusions, or perhaps it was actually giving him a hint.

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Lai said, "As long as you answer the questions correctly, you can get any blessing, right?"

The Sphinx frowned again and said, “Of course not. Do you want me to pick the stars from the sky for you?
The blessing you want must be something I am able to help you accomplish, otherwise the contract will not take effect."

When Xu Lai heard the word "contract", he suddenly had an idea and asked:

"So as long as what I want is something you are capable of doing, you have to do it, right?"

The Sphinx snorted angrily and stretched out a huge claw from the prone lion's body.

The huge claws were bigger than Xu Lai and his horse combined.

However, facing this huge lion claw, Xu Lai didn't even blink. He was no longer the young boy who had just entered the battlefield.

Sure enough, the claws just passed in front of Xu Lai, and the distance from sweeping his horse's forehead was only 3-5 centimeters at most. (End of this chapter)