I have an endless army of warriors, rampaging across the heavens.

Chapter 159 Protect yourself, the big one is coming!
Laozhou, Laoshan.

Sakyo opened the panel data unique to the world of sorcery—

Swallow.

March 16th, the twelfth year of the Daye era.

[Remnant Jade: Level 11]

[Number of suicide soldiers: 288]

……

Zuo Jing upgraded to the Jade Fragment last night. When he upgraded, the daily refresh on the Great Yan side had already been updated, and there were still 89 people at level 10.

But the world of sorcery is brand new. It just upgraded yesterday and captured its first celestial realm. On the same day, it refreshed its ranks of assassins. Moreover, because it just upgraded to level 11, the first 144 assassins that refreshed were all level 11 assassins.

after that.

Day two.

Today, another 144 assassins were added, but they were all low-level assassins added normally.

"At level eleven, the Broken Jade can revive 144*2=288 dead soldiers daily."

"In the Great Yan region, there's enough to kill you every day."

"But that's not yet possible in the world of sorcery."

Even if all 144 newly added assassins each day were killed, after eighteen days, only 144 assassins could be resurrected each day. And within those eighteen days, not a single assassin was resurrected.

The Great Yan World.

The world of spells.

These are two parallel lines.

Whether it's 'refreshing' or 'reviving,' the quotas are allocated to each party separately, without interference from one another.

In the Great Yan, Zuo Jing can refresh 144 assassins and revive 288 assassins every day.

The same applies to the world of sorcery.

"The world of sorcery is like starting from scratch."

"There is one good thing, which is that it starts at level 11, which is much better than the Great Yan region, which started from level 1 of Broken Jade and struggled to level up."

With 144 new assassins added every day, Zuo Jing will be able to command nearly 10,000 assassins in the world of sorcery in less than two months. Moreover, under the leadership of the 144 level 11 assassins, all the lower-level assassins can be blessed with the 'Warrior' aura, all can be controlled by the 'Mind Matrix', and all can 'self-destruct'. This is much better than when he first started.

therefore.

It's equivalent to starting from scratch.

But it wasn't entirely from scratch.

“I’m penniless here right now, but I’ll be able to make a name for myself soon.”

"For the first eighteen days, it doesn't matter if all the assassins die every day."

"In this way, on the second eighteen days, I can refresh 144 dead soldiers every day, revive 144 dead soldiers, and then make all 288 dead soldiers die every day."

"In this way, on the third eighteenth day, I can refresh 144 dead soldiers every day, revive 288 dead soldiers, and then all 288 dead soldiers revived each day will die again."

"In this way, starting from the third eighteenth day, my daily death and resurrection numbers will be equal, resulting in a net increase of 144 suicide soldiers per day."

At that time.

Only then did the world of sorcery truly get on the right track.

However, this is the first and most effective way to utilize 'resurrection'.

In fact.

Zuo Jing doesn't need to rush to maximize the strength of 'resurrection' in the early stages: "I can fully utilize the daily 'resurrection' after one or two months, when I have 4320 or even 8640 suicide soldiers."

after all.

Currently, the Jade Remnant is at level 11 and can revive 288 assassins daily. Based on an 18-day cycle, to maximize its strength and revive 288 assassins daily, it would require 5184 assassins.

For eighteen days, 5184 suicide soldiers lined up and went through cycles, waiting to be resurrected.

It takes up quite a bit of space.

"I currently have over 40,000 elite warriors in the Great Yan, so we can play like this."

"But in the world of sorcery, there are too few assassins, so there's no need for them for now."

At this stage, in the world of sorcery, Sakyo's preferred strategy is—

"If you're going to die, then die."

"No need to die or not."

"Even in death, there should be a meaningful death!"

Then.

How can one die a meaningful death?

Without him.

Only 'zero-dollar purchase'!

……

Wuyun City is very prosperous.

This place is located at the entrance to the Source Beast Mountain Range, where many mercenaries and adventurers come and go. They hunt source beasts in the mountains to obtain various source beast materials, as well as many medicinal herbs and ores that grow and are produced in the source beast mountain range.

Strange and strange.

Each has its own value.

As a result, many material merchants, medicinal herb merchants, and ore merchants naturally emerged in Wuyun City.

Anything of value will inevitably be bought and sold.

Some small vendors, with limited financial resources, limited abilities, and limited knowledge, can only do business in a single category. For example, they may be herb merchants who specialize in buying a few kinds of medicinal herbs, or specialized merchants who specialize in buying materials from a certain type of source beast, or even a specific material from a certain source beast.

They are experts in one area: identifying authenticity and classifying quality, thereby offering reasonable prices with sufficient profit margins.

Small vendors, small-scale operations.

As for Gongye Trading Company, one of the thirteen elders of Wuyun City, it is very wealthy and does much larger business.

"On the one hand, we extensively purchased various raw materials."

"On the one hand, it produces a variety of high value-added products, including but not limited to spell artifacts, elixirs, spell scrolls, etc. Among them, the flagship industry of Gongye Trading Company is 'spell artifacts'."

The Great Yan world, the twelfth year of the Daye era, the seventeenth day of the third month.

In the world of sorcery, on the 17th of March, in the 404th year of the Fallen Goose Empire.

This day.

Zuo Jing possessed a death warrior and arrived at a large-scale magical artifact shop in Wuyun City, which was one of the properties under the Gongye Trading Company.

The shop is very large, with four floors in total. The basement floor is a warehouse, and the first floor of the three floors above ground sells first- and second-level magical artifacts, the second floor sells third-level magical artifacts, and the third floor sells fourth-level magical artifacts.

As for level-five magical artifacts, Gongye Trading Company may or may not sell them, but they certainly won't be displayed openly; you'll have to negotiate with Gongye Trading Company privately.

Zuo Jing was too lazy to negotiate privately.

This morning.

He led a dozen or so assassins, pretending not to know them, and arrived at 'Dayouqi Store', a subsidiary of Gongye Trading Company. He went straight to the point: "Who's the manager? Do you have any level four cursed artifacts? Show me around, I'm not short of money."

The manager of Dayouqi Trading Company was named Gongye Jinming. He came from a branch of the Gongye family and was quite old. He stepped forward and said, "This friend has come at the right time. In terms of the quality and completeness of the fourth-level magical artifacts, in Wuyun City, our Dayouqi Trading Company is second to none."

Mercenaries and adventurers are often arrogant and conceited.

Gongye Jinming was already used to this.

He knew very well that the more rugged a person was, the more decisive and magnanimous their actions tended to be.

Looks like a big order is coming today.

Gongye Jinming smiled inwardly: "All the level-four magical artifacts are on the third floor. What should I call you, friend?"

He led Zuo Jing upstairs while talking to him.

Customers who can afford to purchase level-four magical artifacts shouldn't treat it as a one-off transaction. Think about it—

If this person needs a level four magical artifact, then does he also need level four pills? Does he also need a level four scroll?
one more.

If his strength is truly not bad, then in the future, if Gongye Trading Company needs mercenaries or external assistance, will he be able to be used?

As the manager of Dayouqixing, Gongye Jinming had to consider more than just the buying and selling of magical artifacts; intelligence gathering and expanding his network were equally important.

'Gongye Trading Company has certainly earned its place among the thirteen elders of Wuyun City; they must be quite capable.'

Zuo Jing secretly admired him.

A glimpse of the leopard in the tube can be seen.

……

Upon reaching the third floor, there were not many magical artifacts.

Zuo Jing saw that the entire floor contained only six level-four cursed artifacts.

Gongye Jinming took the initiative to introduce himself.

"This is the 'Mysterious Heavy Ruler,' forged from Flamefall Mysterious Iron. It is extremely hard and incredibly heavy, and has the magical effect of suppressing curse power."

"This is a 'Nine-Hole Medicine Cauldron.' Medicine cauldrons are also divided into different levels. The more fire holes a cauldron has, the higher its level and the rarer it is. The nine-hole cauldron is one of the best among the fourth-level medicine cauldrons. It would be perfect for refining medicine."

"'Blackwater Staff' provides a significant boost to water-based spells and comes with the level 3 water-based spell 'Freeze,' making it top-notch for preserving food in the wild."

"The 'Purple Blood Soft Sword' is extremely sharp and suitable for melee sorcerers. It is the most suitable weapon for breaking through defenses."

"'Gale Robe', a wind-elemental magical artifact that can summon a gale to protect the body."

"'Quicksand Ring', an earth-type magical artifact, can cast the level four earth-type spell 'Quicksand Technique'."

good good!
They're all great treasures!
The classification of magical artifacts is simple and straightforward.

Melee-type cursed weapons like the 'Mysterious Heavy Ruler' and the 'Purple Blood Soft Sword' are classified as level cursed weapons based on their power level and the strength of the caster they can unleash.

For spellcasting artifacts like the 'Blackwater Staff', the key is how much of a boost they provide to the wielder's spells. Generally speaking, a level four artifact can provide a boost of about four layers to a level four sorcerer's level four spells. Whether it's saving spell power, increasing spell power, or shortening casting time, the emphasis may be different, but the effect must be strong.

As for the 'Quicksand Ring' and 'Whirlwind Robe', these are another type. They are similar to 'permanent spell scrolls'. Normal spell scrolls are gone once they are torn up and used, but spells stored in spell artifacts can be restored after a certain period of time after being released, and can be reactivated after a certain cooldown period. They are equivalent to an inexhaustible scroll, which is extremely valuable. This is also the most precious type of spell artifact.

What are the prices?

Sakyo was curious.

A level 4 scroll costs approximately 150 gold coins.

What about a level four magical artifact?

Gongye Jinming smiled and said, "Melee weapons are slightly cheaper. This 'Mysterious Heavy Ruler' costs 1020 gold coins. The 'Purple Blood Soft Sword' is more expensive, costing 1200. The 'Black Water Staff' can be used until level five or even six, and costs around 2000. The 'Quicksand Ring' costs at least 3600."

There is a huge price gap.

If we calculate it roughly, the six level-four magical artifacts on the third floor alone are worth at least 10,000 gold coins.

"Uh-huh!"

"not bad!"

Zuo Jingchong thanked Gongye Jinming, and then immediately burst out—

Rumble!
The level 11 assassin's self-destruction was extremely powerful, sweeping outwards for ten meters.

"what!"

Gongye Jinming was the first to be affected and reacted instantly, revealing his magical veil. It turned out that this old man was also a level three sorcerer.

However, in the rush, he never expected that Zuo Jinghui would suddenly attack people in the city. Caught off guard, he was thrown back by the curse power of the self-destruction and lost his breath in mid-air.

At this time.

Six more assassins rushed up, found the six cursed artifacts, grabbed them, and threw them into the gates of hell to immediately transfer the stolen goods.

Not just the third floor.

In fact.

On the second floor, on the first floor, and even in the underground warehouse below the first floor, assassins were already busy at work. Everyone was holding a shovel, smashing and looting. Some were responsible for smashing and taking things, some were responsible for digging and moving things, and others were responsible for self-destructing to create chaos.

He has great potential.

It was a mess.

On the third floor, there was a private room where a level four sorcerer sat. His sorcery transformed into armor, making him appear like a divine general. He strode out, took one look at the situation on the third floor, and immediately waved his staff without saying a word, chanting incantations. In an instant, the entire Da You Qi Xing, with its four floors above and below ground, was filled with light, instantly forming layers of water ripples that combined to form bubbles, completely enveloping and cutting through Da You Qi Xing layer by layer.

Those inside can't get out.

Those outside can't get in.

"He's got some skills after all!"

All of this was within Zuo Jing's expectations: "This is such a large industry, with all the magical artifacts here worth tens of thousands. How could there not be strong measures to protect it?"

such a pity!
Even with constant vigilance, it's hard to guard against a suicide squad.

Even if the assassins are trapped, they can still transfer the stolen goods through the Gates of Hell.

third floor.

Duan Pingqiu, a fourth-level sorcerer, believed that her sorcery sealing technique was highly effective and that everything was under her control. Therefore, she walked forward unhurriedly, waved her staff, and released bubbles to seal all six assassins on the third floor.

Subsequently.

He asked casually, "Who are you? Who sent you to cause trouble at Dayouqixing?"

Zuo Jing possessed the assassin. He was in a water bubble and felt weak and powerless from all sides. He struggled left and right but could not break the water bubble.

Great!

This is interesting!

Zuo Jing looked at the middle-aged beauty in front of him and said loudly, "Gongye Yangqiu harmed my brothers in the Iron Blood Mercenary Group first, and Gongye Pei broke his promise afterward. Tell them that yesterday's bombing of the Gongye Mansion's gate was just the first lesson, and today's attack on Dayouqixing is just the second lesson. Tell them to quickly wash their necks and come to die, otherwise, my Iron Blood Mercenary Group will definitely turn the entire Gongye Trading Company upside down and make sure there is no peace for a single day!"

The middle-aged beauty, Duan Pingqiu, frowned: "Are you the same group from yesterday?!"

As a fourth-level sorcerer under the Gongye Trading Company, Duan Pingqiu was considered one of the higher-ups, so she naturally knew about yesterday's incident, and that Gongye Yunshan was ordering people to investigate it intensively.

Unexpectedly, before the investigation could uncover anything, this group launched another sabotage operation.

Iron-Blooded Mercenary Group?
That's certainly ruthless enough.

Duan Pingqiu frowned and asked, "Isn't your revenge too reckless? You're just throwing your lives away. It's unwise!"

This person is actually quite nice!

If others are good, I'm good too.

Zuo Jing reminded her, "Since you're not bad looking, let me give you a piece of advice: it's best not to side with Gongye Trading Company and oppose my Iron Blood Mercenary Group. If you don't believe me, you can observe for a few more days before making a decision. Otherwise, once your hands are stained with the blood and lives of my brothers, it will be a fight to the death!"

Duan Pingqiu raised an eyebrow: "Such arrogance."

Zuo Jing laughed: "You'll find out soon enough whether you're just boasting or not."

He reminded Duan Pingqiu again, "Take care of yourself, the big one is coming!"

Finished.

He immediately ordered the sixty assassins who had rushed in from the front and back to self-destruct.

Rumble!
Exploded instantly.

Duan Pingqiu was still confused and hadn't yet realized what Zuo Jing meant by 'protect yourself' and 'the big one is coming' when she suddenly saw endless blood light blooming before her eyes.

"not good!"

She was startled and quickly swung her staff in front of her, hastily casting the level three spell 'Water Shield' to protect herself.

next moment--

boom!
An explosion occurred.

The explosion sent Duan Pingqiu flying backward, her branches trembling violently!

Let's look at those with great potential—

Rumble!
It flew into the sky in response!
……

(End of this chapter)