Final Lord

Chapter 176 Werewolf King's Shield
Trial Rating: SS

Description: In a war that should have been a race against time, you slowed down the enemy's development with minimal resources, sweeping away 98% of the battlefield's resources like lightning. Facing a powerful enemy commander, you cornered him without losing any troops.

He thought himself clever, and after destroying the summoned units you deliberately threw out, he became smug, like a clown on a stage, trying his best to please you.

However, his performance doesn't satisfy you because you're not giving it your all.

[Settlement completed…]

[Gained 2530 experience points, 2020 gold coins, and a total of 129 resources.]

[Obtained Treasure: Swamp Compass]

Swamp Compass
Ordinary treasures

Effect: Troops do not experience a speed reduction when moving through swamps.

Wang Bufu gripped the swamp compass, examining it over and over, a crooked smile creeping onto his face.

He's on his way to the Dead Lands right now, and this swamp compass is absolutely amazing!

Commanders who frequently venture into swamps know that swampy areas have an extremely significant slowing effect on non-swampy foot troops, with the slowing effect ranging from 25% to 90% depending on the unit type.

There is a legendary item called the Boots of Pathfinding, which allows troops to ignore any negative benefits from terrain.

In the swampy region, this swamp compass is practically a legendary treasure.

[Gained 16 War Points. Current Score: 39]

[The War Shop is now open. You can use your points to purchase special items related to this trial, or you can save your points for next time.]

[Current Goods (SS rating, significantly increased rarity):]
[Quest Scroll: Epic Treasure - Werewolf King's Shield] / 20 points

[Spacetime Beacon] /10 points

[Random Extraordinary Treasure] / 22 points.

[Random Heroic Soul Soldier]/10 points

Oh! A beacon has appeared!

Wang Bufu reacted quickly and immediately took down the time-space beacon before slowly examining the shop panel.

"Werewolf King's Shield!" Wang Bufu's gaze lingered on the quest scroll for a long time.

The Werewolf King's Shield is a powerful epic commander's artifact that provides a huge boost to werewolves in your army. Although Wang Bufu doesn't currently have any werewolves under his command, making a plate of werewolf dumplings for this epic artifact is definitely not a problem.

If the shop had the Werewolf King's Shield itself, he'd sell everything he owned to buy it. But just the quest scroll made him hesitate.

The quest is easy to accept, but difficult to complete. If the Werewolf King's Shield quest isn't even in the Dawn Empire, but in some other human empire, or even outside human territory at all, then the 20 points will be wasted.

20 points! Just add 2 more and you can get a superb treasure.

Should we play it safe and steady, or gamble like madmen?
Wang Bufu bit down hard. "Never mind, gold is easy to come by, but a general is hard to find. If I don't seize the opportunity to get an epic commander's treasure, I won't be able to sleep at night."

Wang Bufu had a sudden thought, and a scroll fell into his hands.

He didn't rush. Instead, he first combined the four spacetime beacons in the fire to mark the Sunset Mountains before opening the scroll.

Mission: Find the Werewolf King's Shield
Mission requirements:

Attack 10 chaotic caves of any rank A or higher

[Quest Reward: Werewolf King Shield] "It's a cave-hunting quest! I won the bet!" Wang Bufu clenched his fist tightly.

This kind of task is much easier to complete than traveling thousands of miles to a certain place to find something.

"Chaotic caves of rank A or higher... There are some in New Gru Territory! Those Frozen Soul Bird nests are all rank A. A total of 25!"

No, no, the troops have just returned from combat training and are mentally exhausted. They need rest; they can't fight continuously. Okay! We'll depart in half an hour.

An hour later, Wang Bufu led his troops to the foot of the ice wall.

In other words, with the ultimate military genius boosting morale, other commanders would have rebelled long ago if they dared to build their troops like that.

"You're going to attack the nest of the Frozen Soul Bird?" General Ed seemed quite puzzled when he heard Wang Bufu's purpose.

"The nest of the Frozen Soul Bird is located at the top of the sky above our world. It was originally a spatial passage leading to the Eagle Kingdom."

However, the exit of the passage, which was our Ice Barrier Group's former base, had long been swallowed up by Chaos.

Those frozen soul bird nests were the vanguard of chaos's invasion of this world.

"I can send you there, but you'd better think it through. The Chaotic Cave is extremely dangerous, and the difficulty increases based on the strength of those who enter. Even I only dare to suppress it from the outside; I don't dare to go in."

Wang Bufu smiled and said, "I know the characteristics of the Chaotic Cave, so the troops I brought this time are all of average strength, and I also chose the appropriate unit types based on the characteristics of the Frozen Soul Bird."

General Ed sighed, "These young people nowadays are really something. They dare to challenge the Chaotic Cave when they're only at the Transcendent level. Just keep that in mind, and I wish you good luck in your endeavors."

General Ed stopped trying to persuade him and immediately transformed into a cloud giant, using his enormous hands to drag Wang Bufu and his troops over the ice wall, all the way to the end of the sky.

Wang Bufu looked up and saw that the nests of the Frozen Soul Birds hung high in the sky like beehives in the clouds, a truly magnificent sight.

They are formed by a mixture of dark blue ice crystals and twisted void matter. Each nest unit has an irregular hexagonal structure, with a surface covered with fine frost patterns, constantly emanating a bone-chilling cold.

The nests were nestled layer upon layer within the churning leaden-gray clouds, with faint purplish-black chaotic energy pulsating like blood vessels at the edges, staining the originally pure clouds with murky marks.

In the cracks of some damaged nests, one can glimpse frozen bird skeletons and ghostly blue soul flames floating within, like vengeful spirits eternally imprisoned.

As Wang Bufu and his group approached, the entire nest cluster emitted an ethereal buzzing sound, like the whispers of countless souls within an icy prison. With the whispers, phantom images of Frozen Soul Birds emerged from the nests, hissing warnings at Wang Bufu!
"Get out!" General Ed roared, and as the air surged, all the Frozen Soul Birds turned into dust in the icy mist he spewed out!

Wang Bufu watched this scene in shock. Compared to their first meeting, General Ed had become even stronger after overcoming his inner demons.

"We've arrived. Let's go in." General Ed escorted Wang Bufu to the entrance of the Frozen Soul Bird's Nest.

Wang Bufu thanked General Ed, jumped onto the gray cloud, and headed towards the Frozen Soul Bird's nest!

[A-level Chaos Nest - Frozen Soul Bird Nest Found. Visit?]

[Warning: The Frozen Soul Bird's Nest is extremely dangerous!]

“Yes! Let me visit!” Wang Bufu said without hesitation.

A blinding light flashed, and Wang Bufu and his troops transformed into a gust of cold wind and disappeared into the lair.

"Hmph!" General Ed did not leave, but stared intently at the Frozen Soul Bird's nest.

On his face, the phantoms of many ice barrier soldiers repeatedly appeared.

He was already prepared. If Wang Bufu could successfully conquer the Chaotic Cave, that would be wonderful; he would simply observe from the sidelines.

But if Wang Bufu encounters mortal danger in the lair, then he will have no choice but to show the Chaotic Cave what the suppression of the World Spirit is all about.

I've gathered the power of an entire world, and I'll crush that damn Chaotic Cave! There's no way around it, I'm an old man now, and it's not easy to find a suitable successor.
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(End of this chapter)