2 days later (20)
Having let his soldiers recuperate during the past 2 days and also letting Bai Yung and Zhang Xiang acquire a hero status, Zhou Zhou finally gave them a task.
'The Dragon-horse spear general hero inheritance finally has an owner.'
He thought as he glanced at the cavalryman sitting beside Lu Chong and Huang Sai.
"Excluding the lord of Thorn City who was killed during the battle 3 days ago, we'll be dealing with 7 factions in order to take down Thorn Dune."
"Aegon and Nezario will deal with Noz and its clan while Lu Chong will take care of Zelar City."
"Huang Sai and Hui Teng will handle the Iron Limb Centipede Colony."
"Monica, you will deal with the Killer Camel Caravan."
"Zhang Xiang and Sun Can, the both of you will take care of the Black Scavenger Clan while Maris and Qin We handle the Bloodsucking Mongoose Mob."
"For the final Four Limb Hare Husk, I will take care of them."
Pointing at the respective faction's territories, Bai Yung instructed his soldiers.
'A pity Man Nao lost his spot to Zhang Xiang, he would've gone for the expedition.'
Zhou Zhou shook his head as he listened to Bai Yung's plan.
"You're all experienced enough, so I won't say much."
"Just remember to keep track of your safety and that of your companion."
Having his army's commander handle the plan, he only gave some advice before sending the soldiers off.
In the military base, Jeremy stared at the dragon flapping his wings and flying away as he asked the soldier beside him.
"Is this your first time staying behind during a battle?"
Staring at Nezario as he flew away, Man Nao answered.
"No. But today's is different."
"We'll be flying with them soon."
"We just have to advance our skills to the next tier."
Jeremy said while clenching his bow.
"And who is to say the lord won't increase the criteria for joining the first army?"
"Remember, he previously said there were only 2 spots remaining in the first army."
"I think the only way to enter the first army is to surpass those already in."
"Just like Zhang Xiang did."
Glancing at Jeremy, Man Nao said to him before walking away to resume his training.
...
"Amazing, isn't it?"
Seeing the smile on the newcomer's face, Bai Yung said.
"It definitely is."
Zhang Xiang said as his smiled widened.
"Don't feel bad about what happened after you joined us."
"It wasn't your fault or Man Nao's."
"It's the lord's system, and we're all in support of it."
Bai Yung smiled at the cavalryman.
"Thank you."
Zhang Xiang responded with a smile of his own.
"Welcome to the team, Zhang Xiang."
Sitting beside Bai Yung, Hui Teng said.
"Welcome to the team, Zhang Xiang."
Lu Chong said to the fresher.
And with that, the other soldiers began welcoming Zhang Xiang to the greatest military unit in Blazing Sun City.
...
While his soldiers were conquering Thorn Dune, Zhou Zhou inspected the progress of his subjects in the Dreamland Tower.
"After 11 days, 521 subjects can now retain control of their self-awareness when dreaming from the measly 9 subjects on the first day."
He muttered as he read the dossier detailing the names of the subjects and the rate at which their training can compare to the Hall of Truth.
"Vivian already has a percentage of 12% while me who is behind her only has a 10% progress rate."
"Monica, Qian Du, Qin Guang, Peggy Orlena and Yan Fang are the only ones with a progress percentage of 9%.
Closing the dossier, he began making plans on how to acquire a large amount of potential advancement potions for the life professionals who were be to retain their self-awareness in the Dreamland Tower.
...
Bringing an ethereal silence to Thorn Dune after slaughtering every atom of life in less than an hour, the soldiers of the first army began making their way home.
Sitting on Nezario's back, Hui Teng suddenly felt his sandman scepter and his wind sand staff vibrating.
Sensing a strange reaction as soon as he held them down, he turned to his left to see Bai Yung looking at his spatial ring.
"What is it?"
He asked his commander.
"Noz's scepter is vibrating."
Bai Yung said as he took out the scepter.
"Can I see it?"
Feeling a stronger reaction the moment Bai Yung took out the scepter, Hui Teng said.
Handing the scepter to Hui Teng, Bai Yung watched as he read the weapon's attributes.
"It's just as I thought."
"It contains some fragments of the Emperor of sand's glory scepter."
Just as Hui Teng finished speaking, the 2 scepters and the staff suddenly pointed towards west.
"That's the direction of the sandstorm forbidden land."
Having seen Wu Tu's map, Huang Sai said.
The actions of Bai Yung and Hui Teng had attracted the attention of the entire team.
"Here, I will let the lord decide what to do."
Handing the scepter back to Bai Yung, Hui Teng said to him.
"That will be the best."
Bai Yung returned the scepter back into his spatial ring.
...
Receiving Bai Yung's report on today's battle and Hui Teng's actions, Zhou Zhou desire to go against the Capital of Eternal Silence increased.
"You all did great."
"Together with Aegon and Zhang Xiang, assess everyone's contribution and compensate them accordingly."
He said to the commander of his army.
"Yes, my lord."
Bai Yung bowed before taking his leave.
"I wonder how much treasures I can get from the inheritance of an entire empire."
Zhou Zhou fantasized before looting the corpses numbering around 7,000.
Counting his loots, he obtained the following:
1 Black iron-tier regional token!
7 Territory tokens! (5 Black iron-tier, 2 Green bronze-tier)
1 Green bronze-tier scarlet lord talent sphere!
36 Green bronze-tier lord talent crystal fragments!
12 Origin Crystals!
1 White silver-tier ancestor statue of the human race!
52,510 Mist Cores (29,414 Green bronze-tier, 22,174 White silver-tier, 894 Yellow gold-tier, 28 White platinum-tier)
367 Sand corpse summoner class change certificate! (Intermediate-tier)
With skill books and equipment worth approximately 6 Diamond-tier items.
Other than that, the expedition gave him a total of 940,000 units of basic materials (fine sand, metal, wood, and stone), 46,942 Mist cores of various tiers and 12 blueprints.
"Thorn Dune gave more goodies than Desolate Gabi."
Zhou Zhou smiled at the number of his loots.
Coming to his territory stone tablet, he took out the regional token before placing it directly on the stone tablet.
An instant later, a suction force came from the territory stone tablet before absorbing the regional token.
The next second, rows of golden text appeared in front of him.
[Congratulations on obtaining a Black iron-tier regional token (Thorn Dune). You have officially become the regional lord of this region!]
[A new region, Thorn Dune (Black iron-tier) has been added to your regional territory!]
[You have obtained a Regional treasure chest! (Exclusive to Thorn Dune)]
Smiling at notifications, he opened his regional territory column.
[Regional Territory: Blazing Sun Desert (Black iron-tier), Desolate Gabi (Black iron-tier), Thorn Dune (Black iron-tier)]
"The more powerful my soldiers get, the faster I should be able to conquer more territories within a short frame of time."
Zhou Zhou muttered before opening the regional treasure chest.
Inside it was 200,000 units of basic materials (fine sand, metal, wood, and stone), and 100 Sand corpse summoner class change certificate.
It was a normal regional exclusive resource pack at the Black iron-tier.
"Nothing interesting ever comes out of this."
He shook his head before checking out the ancestral statue.
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