Su Ye looked at the Level 3 Supreme Protocol and began to examine the effects of the newly born halo.
Light of Technology: Ignites the fire of civilization. Research speed increased by 100%, and technological production speed increased by 100%!!
"Not bad." Su Ye looked at this halo. For Tech-side troops, this was practically a god-tier halo—increasing both research and production speeds.
"Let's go." Following Talys's words, Su Ye walked directly into the Supreme Protocol.
Su Ye looked at the large sphere of light in front of him, which was constantly swirling with the digits 0 and 1.
[Ding: Do you wish to consume 30 Gold Coins for the daily recruitment?]
"Recruit." Su Ye looked at the large sphere of light before him with anticipation in his eyes.
White light rose, enveloping the hall as figures began to appear within the chamber.
As the light dissipated, thirty members of the Gene Forbidden Army wearing combat suits appeared before Su Ye.
"We pay our respects to the Emperor," the thirty Gene Forbidden Army soldiers said in unison to Su Ye.
"Rise." Su Ye said with a smile on his face. Although he hadn't recruited a Hero Unit, thirty Gene Forbidden Army soldiers weren't bad either.
"I'll leave them to you, Talys," Su Ye said to Talys.
"Yes, Emperor." Talys nodded expressionlessly.
Su Ye walked out of the Supreme Protocol and then came to the Holy Sanctuary, where Kaisha was already waiting.
"Lord!" Kaisha looked at Su Ye with eyes full of fanatical faith.
"Let's go." Su Ye said with a smile, leading Kaisha into the Holy Sanctuary.
Looking at the angel statue in front of him, the system notification sounded.
[Ding: Do you wish to consume 20 Gold Coins for the daily recruitment?]
"Recruit," Su Ye said in a deep voice, looking at the angel statue.
Holy light descended, and hymns echoed through the hall. Accompanied by countless divine lights, several Holy Angels appeared in the chamber.
"We pay our respects, Heavenly Lord!!" Twenty Holy Angels knelt on one knee, looking at Su Ye with fanaticism in their eyes.
Su Ye nodded. "Rise."
"Kaisha, they are in your hands," Su Ye said to Kaisha.
Kaisha nodded.
This was their duty as Hero Units; for every newly recruited batch of troops, they would be the ones to teach them the rules of the territory and everything related to it.
As Su Ye walked out of the Holy Sanctuary, he checked his remaining resources.
origin crystals: 3600, Gold Coins: 15690!
"I'm running out of money." Su Ye looked at his origin crystals. This was even with him being frugal and not crazily leveling up his lords heart.
Otherwise, there would be even less.
"I hope today's Void Trial will yield enough Gold Coins and origin crystals." Su Ye couldn't help but think. If it didn't, he would have to sell the resource cards in his hand.
Su Ye didn't want to sell his resource cards at a low price.
The number of troops in the territory had also increased significantly.
Fallen Angels: 260, Gene Forbidden Army: 70, Dragons: 40, Holy Angels: 40.
It still seemed like too few. Forget forming a true legion; even an ordinary legion was still far out of reach.
A proper, true legion was generally composed of several ordinary legions. The minimum requirement for an ordinary legion was 10,000 units.
Some ordinary legions even reached hundreds of thousands of units.
Su Ye was still a long way from forming his own legion.
With the daily recruitment finished, Su Ye went straight to the Wine Pool and Meat Forest. After having breakfast and waiting for the other troops to eat and drink their fill, he appeared in front of the lords mansion.
Lilith, Talys, Ishtar, Pangilia, and Kaisha—the five Hero Units under his command—had all gathered, with their respective troop units behind them.
"The Void Trial is about to begin. Prepare for battle," Su Ye's voice rang out.
Lilith led the Original Sin Fallen Angels directly to the front. To the left was Talys's Gene Forbidden Army, and to the right was Ishtar's Pure-blood Fallen Angels.
Behind them were Pangilia's Black Gold Dragons and Kaisha's Holy Angel legion.
Mainly, the Black Gold Dragons and Holy Angels were still only at the black iron rank, even after a day of improvement (Spirit Source Lake + black iron grade food and wine).
Most were only around 3-star black iron.
That was why Pangilia and Kaisha were guarding one side together.
Lilith, Ishtar, and Talys were all at the Bronze Rank. Today's main goal was to let the newly recruited units reach the Bronze Rank first.
Helping the other troops level up to the Bronze Rank was the mission for Lilith, Ishtar, Talys, and the other troops who had already reached the Bronze Rank yesterday.
[Ding: Do you wish to begin the Void Trial?]
"Begin the Void Trial. Difficulty: Abyss!" Su Ye said in a deep voice, looking over his territory.
At the edge of Su Ye's territory...
Countless dark red lights surged, churning like clouds. Hideous creatures stepped out from the dark red mist.
Aberrants and Deep Ones!!
They were mostly between 3-star Bronze and 5-star Bronze.
Su Ye sat cross-legged on the grass of the lords mansion, not worried in the slightest. To him, Bronze Rank Monsters posed no threat.
Even Pangilia and Kaisha, whom he had been concerned about, showed enough strength to hold down the areas they were guarding.
Pangilia spread her eight wings, her massive dragon body soaring through the sky. Destructive light brewed in her mouth and then rained down.
Ruinous Dragon Breath!!
Under Pangilia's lead, the other Black Gold Dragons also spat out terrifying dragon breaths, sweeping through the entire wave of monsters.
Holy light intertwined on the Holy Angels as they continuously judged the Aberrants and Deep Ones.
The levels of the Black Gold Dragons and Holy Angels began to rise rapidly, accompanied by endless holy light and destructive power blooming across Su Ye's territory.
"It's time to upgrade the territory as well." Su Ye looked at his territory.
It was still at the initial level. Some lords who progressed quickly had already upgraded their territory levels by more than two levels by now.
Su Ye's territory hadn't even been upgraded once.
Originally, it was because he had too few units, so he didn't upgrade. But now, Su Ye had several hundred units more or less.
Plus, with large-sized troops like the dragons, the current territory area was clearly no longer sufficient.
Upgrading was now a necessity.
"But I'll wait until after this Void Trial to upgrade." Su Ye thought to himself. Upgrading right after this Void Trial should be about right.
It wasn't too late to upgrade now. The main reason he hadn't upgraded before was that a larger territory wasn't necessarily a good thing for him; there was only one reason: a larger territory meant more places to defend during the Void Trial.
Su Ye's troop count was always a major issue. If the territory was too large, there would always be gaps. That was the primary reason Su Ye hadn't upgraded the territory.