Global Coming: Farming with my sister-in-law in the end times

Chapter 726 Rapidly Increasing Level, Arrival at the Treasure Location! (5400)

Cao Xing had already planned out the next series of events in his mind.

Of course, it's nice to imagine, but it's not so easy to actually implement.

"Now, let's focus on dealing with the vengeful spirit in front of us."

Cao Xing shook his head and continued to raise his staff, releasing wave after wave of magical attacks.

They quickly wiped out all the vengeful spirits in this misty area.

Those behind him, including Bojie Sunchaser and Qinong, also attacked twice and received some experience points.

After the battle ended on Cao Xing's side.

About ten kilometers away from them, beams of vast holy light erupted, accompanied by rampaging sword energy!

The next moment, two more waves of battle information came in.

[Your territory member: Sarah Blade Dance has slain 14 Mist Wraiths, gaining 4900000 experience points (Pale Guidance + Savior Star)]

[Your pet, Bingbing, used 'Extreme Cold Breath' to kill 15 Mist Wraiths, gaining 5250000 experience points (Pale Guidance + Savior Star)]

……

Clearly, the other two teams have also begun their battle.

Cao Xing nodded in satisfaction: "Very good, now I have three teams grinding experience together."

Just as he was about to lead everyone to the next location to fight monsters, he suddenly noticed Bai Zhi, who was standing behind him in a daze.

Cao Xing remembered.

This woman is not a member of his territory, so she will not gain experience points even if she participates in the battle.

In addition, her level had already reached the maximum of 70, so experience was of little use to her.

What Angelica dahurica needs most right now is a heroic heart.

Thinking back to the promises I made to this woman at the beginning.

Cao Xing said, "If you have the heart of a hero next time, I will give you priority."

Bai Zhi was slightly stunned for a moment after hearing this.

She realized what was happening and uttered two simple words.

"Thank you."

Cao Xing waved his hand without saying anything more.

Next, the three teams maintained contact while continuing to explore various parts of the ruins.

Time flew by, and most of the day had passed.

During this time, they basically spent their time luring monsters, fighting, and then moving on to the next area to explore.

If you see a suspicious area on the road, try digging a bit.

They actually did gain something from it.

Cao Xing and Sarah's teams each dug out a jar.

It was just a silver pot and an earthenware pot.

At the same time, a white light rose from Cao Xing's body.

Your level has increased. Current level: 101

[Attribute increases gained from this upgrade: Strength +1123, Agility +1218, Spirit +1542, Constitution +1094, Maximum Divine Power +10]

……

As the prompt ended, a surge of powerful energy welled up within him.

Cao Xing could clearly feel that he had become stronger.

After breaking through to Legendary, the attribute boost he gains per level is now many times greater than it was in the Hero stage.

Cao Xing nodded slightly: "Just as I expected, I can level up in half a day."

"A few billion experience points is a lot, but I have the Ice Healing skill, which gives me 50% of the experience points."

"This upgrade speed is incredibly fast for a legendary-level expert."

Thinking of this, he glanced at the battle information.

Besides Cao Xing himself leveling up by 1,

The levels of two newly emerging hero leaders, Tong Chuchu and Bo Jie, are also rapidly increasing.

In six hours, Tong Chuchu, thanks to her [Firepower Amplification] status skill, was able to share in everyone's experience points, causing her to level up by 4!
This terrifying rate of upgrades is almost comparable to the period when the Bloody Rebellion broke out.

Although Bojie didn't have any status skills, he still leveled up twice.

There's also the Demon Dragon Bingbing, who has already soared to level 58. At this rate, Bingbing will reach the maximum level of 70 today.

Now, including Demon Dragon Bingbing, there are also Bai Zhi and Lord Oran City, among others.

The three teams combined have more than thirty level 70 creatures.

“However… now a new problem is facing me,” Cao Xing said in a low voice.

That means the more level 70 creatures there are, the more [Heart of Hero] are needed.

After all, according to Cao Xing's plan, this trip to the ruins was intended to bring everyone to the Hero level.

Even if it's impossible for all heroes to break through, at least half of them should be included.

But so far, he has only obtained two [Hero Hearts].

Cao Xing secretly calculated in his heart: "Among the three teams, there are a total of 32 seventh-tier creatures that need to break through to the level of heroes."

"Roughly estimated, I need at least 40 more 'heroic hearts' to satisfy everyone."

"Although you can also obtain 'Heart of Power' in the outer area of ​​the ruins, most of them are Master-level."

"Currently, there are only two known ways to obtain the 'Heart of a Hero'."

"Either you open a large loot box inside one of those large buildings, or you smash it out of a black can."

However, it is clear that neither of these approaches is very practical.

Whether it's a black jar or a large building, they are very rare, even extremely rare.

Otherwise, the leader of the Iron Rose Mercenary Group wouldn't have risked going in alone to explore.

Cao Xing shook his head. "Forget it, let's take it one step at a time. Let's grind monsters in the outer city for the next couple of days and raise everyone's level first."

"I'll go check out the inner city later; hopefully, it'll hold some surprises for me..."

Next, the three teams continued their operations in the outer city area.

The main objective is to clear out the vengeful spirits in the fog and gain a large amount of experience points.

While on their journey, they would also dig into any suspicious spots on the ground to see if they could find any jars hidden underground.

If they encounter buildings within the ruins, they certainly won't let them pass by.

Whichever team discovers these buildings will first call Tong Chuchu over, and then send her to use [Mechanical Domination] to convert the golems inside into friendly units.

Opening the loot chests inside revealed some pretty good finds.

And so, they fought monsters and dug for treasure, leading a very fulfilling life.

Two days have passed in the blink of an eye...

...

...

On this day, Cao Xing stood before a vast expanse of mist.

He mobilized the ice elements within a radius of several kilometers.

Then, he squatted down slightly and pressed his hands to the ground!
A strong chill emanated from the ground beneath his palm and spread rapidly forward.

"Crash..."

In the blink of an eye, a icy running track more than five or six kilometers long and more than one kilometer wide suddenly appeared!

Since he broke through to the legendary level, the attack range of his skill [Frozen Thousand Miles] has also been greatly increased.

Of course, it's not just the attack range that's increased, but also the attack power.

As the icy runway rapidly took shape, countless icicles suddenly condensed on it.

The next moment, these ice spikes suddenly burst forth!

"Puff! Puff puff puff!"

A dense, penetrating sound came from within, stirring the depths of the mist.

Accompanied by the shrill cries of vengeful spirits, a system notification appeared.

[You used 'Frozen Thousand Miles' to kill 154 Mist Wraiths, gaining 52360000 experience points (Pale Guidance + Savior Star)]

[Combat personnel gained 26180000 experience points]

……

At the same time, a white light rose from Cao Xing's body.

Your level has increased. Current level: 104

[Attribute increases gained from this upgrade: Strength +1045, Agility +1167, Spirit +1542, Constitution +1194, Maximum Divine Power +10]

……

Feeling the surge of power within him, Cao Xing exhaled a breath of cold air: "Hoo..."

He nodded in satisfaction: "Not bad, it's been upgraded again."

"Just as I expected, I leveled up 4 times in two days, which is quite efficient."

After all, the number of vengeful spirits in each area of ​​mist is limited.

After eliminating a group of vengeful spirits, they would have to move on to the next area to search, which would take up a lot of time.

Besides Cao Xing, other legendary powerhouses also leveled up one or two levels.

Zevelin has now officially reached level 144.

Isabel's level is lower, but she has already reached level 133.

In addition, there's Sarah and Bloom.

They are level 123 and 118 respectively, and their attributes have also improved slightly.

For these legends, leveling up now requires billions of experience points.

Even for high-level legendary figures like Zevilin, the experience points required for leveling up have reached over 20 billion, which is incredibly outrageous.

It's already pretty good if you can maintain a level up of 1 per day.

Of course, the one who leveled up the fastest was Demon Dragon Ice Ice.

In just two days, this young dragon has already gone from level 51 to level 61.

Not only has its strength increased significantly, but its size has also grown considerably.

Following closely behind is Tong Chuchu, who has already reached level 82.

It jumped 12 levels in just two days!
In addition, Commander Bojie's level has reached 76.

Finally, there were the last two members to join: Qinon and the Tauren Chieftain, both of whom possessed Overlord-level potential.

Currently, Qinong has successfully reached the level cap of 100 and is just waiting for a 'relic' to break through to Legendary.

Kane Burrows has also reached level 92, not far from the level cap. Cao Xing is quite satisfied with this result.

Of course, leveling up wasn't the only benefit for everyone.

During this time, they also explored many buildings and dug out a lot of jars underground.

First, there are the buildings within the ruins.

They discovered a total of four buildings and converted four Master-level golems inside them.

Cao Xing did not name them, planning to sell them after leaving the ruins.

In addition, they also opened three loot chests.

The loot from the three treasure chests totaled:

[Master-level Heart of Power *2]

【Exotic Metal (Gold) *894】

【Delhi Steel Ingot (Orange) *114】

【Ancient Wooden Board (Orange) *156】

【Ancient Hardwood (Legend) *4】

[Master-level Energy Crystals *24]

[Expert-grade Energy Crystals * 64]

……

The returns can be described as quite high.

The treasure chest inside one of the buildings was destroyed by some adventurer team.

This made Cao Xing feel very sorry.

In his view, these adventurers were simply wasting their talents!
If we wait for him to get there, we might be able to get another Hero's Heart or a Master-level Power Heart from this treasure chest.

He completely forgot that when he first encountered this loot chest, he was also prepared to use brute force to break it open.

In addition, as the dense fog dissipated, much of the land was exposed.

This also allowed adventurers in the ruins to expand their search area.

Over the past two days, these adventurers have also acquired various jars, discarded golem cores, and so on.

Including Cao Xing's side, a total of 8 jars were dug up.

Of these eight jars, three are earthenware jars, three are silver jars, and two are gold jars.

Although Elisa kept trying to smash those jars open.

But Cao Xing rejected them all.

He planned to go to the black market after leaving the ruins to collect all the jars that the leader of the Giant Axe Mercenary Group had given him.

We'll open them all together later.

That scene must be awesome!
After taking stock of the gains from the past two days, Cao Xing raised his head and looked towards the towering city wall in the distance.

Dozens of hours later, the fog in the inner city area thinned out, revealing more buildings.

"Based on the predictions of Qinong and Lord Oran, the inner city should open in the next two days."

"However, there are no signs of it starting yet, which means we still have time."

With that in mind, Cao Xing continued to lead the group to the next place to fight monsters.

He patted the white mammoth on the back, and the mammoth understood his meaning, taking a step forward.

The team traveled for about seven or eight kilometers.

As they walked, a wide-open area appeared before them.

The area was a vast expanse of land for more than ten kilometers, with only the edges visible as rolling mists, as if enveloping the region.

In addition, there are many collapsed buildings scattered around this open space.

Over time, these buildings turned into ruins.

Cao Xing didn't pay any attention. During their exploration over the past few days, they had encountered similar areas several times in the outer city.

So he continued to lead everyone forward.

However, Cao Xing paused slightly as he passed by the collapsed buildings.

Because he vaguely felt that this place seemed somewhat familiar...

It felt like I'd seen it somewhere before.

But one thing is certain: he has never been to this area before.

Cao Xing frowned slightly, as if he was thinking about something.

At this moment, Bai Zhi also noticed that something was wrong.

She looked up at the figure sitting on the mammoth's back and said, "Cao Xing, don't you also feel that this terrain is somewhat familiar?"

Hearing this, Cao Xing gently patted Da Bai's neck to make it stop.

He turned around and looked, only to find Bai Zhi's face raised.

Her snow-white hair fell naturally over her shoulders, making her deep eyes appear exceptionally bright.

The moment their eyes met, Bai Zhi seemed to realize something.

Her cheeks flushed, and she slightly shifted her gaze to the side.

Cao Xing ignored her micro-expressions and replied seriously, "It does look somewhat familiar."

"However, we've never been to this area before; it's not even marked on the minimap."

Bai Zhi shook her head and said, "That's not what I meant... I mean, the terrain here seems somewhat similar to the treasure map you have."

Upon hearing this, a flash of inspiration struck Cao Xing!
The next moment, he raised his hand and said, "Stop!"

As the sound faded, the entire group stopped moving.

At the same time, Cao Xing took out the treasure map from his backpack, spread it out on the elephant's back, and examined it.

On the parchment, the outline of a ruin was drawn, with several distinctive buildings marked in the distance.

In the upper right corner of the map, you can also see a towering inner city wall!

Cao Xing's gaze quickly compared the map with reality.

Although the angle of observation is slightly off, the locations of the scattered building ruins around the area are exactly as described.

Cao Xing put away the map and looked ahead.

He was almost 90% certain that the location recorded on the treasure map was nearby.

A smile of interest appeared on his face: "I didn't expect that we would actually find it by accident."

"The location marked on this treasure map is most likely here."

"Next, we need to figure out how to decipher the so-called location of the real treasure on the treasure map."

His gaze continued to sweep across the parchment.

Besides the ruins, complete buildings are marked at the top of the map.

Cao Xing counted them; there were nine buildings in total, and they were quite far apart from each other.

"So... the ruins are just coordinates, and to truly unlock the location on the treasure map, we still need to explore these buildings?"

Cao Xing had a feeling that his speculation was probably correct.

After all, there are no other clues on this map besides this information.

Cao Xing quickly pressed the communication device on his ear and ordered, "Everyone, stop fighting monsters and gather at my location."

His voice rang in everyone's ears.

The other two teams are still advancing along the edge of the mist, preparing to lure the vengeful spirits out to fight.

The next moment, they all stopped what they were doing and quickly walked towards Cao Xing's location.

After waiting for about twenty minutes.

Sarah and Malenina led the Star Kingdom swordsman Xiao and the priestess Fashi Naz, among others.

Isabel, leading the Minotaur chieftain, the dragon Bingbing, and other creatures, came from two different directions.

Soon, the group of more than thirty people gathered together again.

They all stood still, waiting for Cao Xing's next instructions.

Cao Xing glanced around and, after confirming that everyone was there, said, "I think you all know why I called you here."

He held up the parchment in his hand: "We are most likely in the vicinity of that treasure map now."

"So the next goal is to figure out the secret of this treasure map and find the so-called treasure!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a commotion broke out in the group.

Elisa exclaimed excitedly, "Wow! It's a treasure hunt? That sounds really interesting!"

"Captain Elisa will lead everyone to find the treasure successfully!"

Andrew clasped his hands together and said devoutly, "Nature will guide us forward..."

Cao Xing unfolded the map and continued, "Next, we will continue with the original team division, with three teams heading to three different areas to explore."

"Find the building that is located in that area."

He still remembered the clues on the map.

When the three echoes resonate simultaneously, the dormant gears will begin to turn again, and the true path will be revealed.

This triple echo should be the key to finding the treasure map's location.

However, the parchment records the locations of not just three buildings, but a total of nine.

These buildings appear to be far apart, but a certain pattern can still be discerned.

That is, these 9 buildings are divided into three areas, and each area has 3 buildings.

The three buildings are connected to each other, forming a standard equilateral triangle △.

But apart from these hints, there was no other information.

Therefore, Cao Xing speculated that they might need to explore all nine buildings to find clues about the 'Triple Echo'.

As soon as the order was given, everyone sprang into action.

Cao Xing concluded by saying, "Remember, the goal for each of our teams is to find those three designated buildings first."

"If you encounter an area obscured by fog, do not enter rashly. First, use the communication device to inform the team of the situation."

"Then wait for me to make a decision."

He paused, then straightened his voice and asked, "Did you all understand?"

The crowd responded in unison, "Understood, Lord!"

Cao Xing nodded slightly, just about to announce the start of the operation.

at this time--

A violent tremor ran beneath everyone's feet!

……

(End of this chapter)