My talent is 1.

Zhang Haitao brought quite a lot this time: 33 low-level reinforced reels and 4 high-level reinforced reels.

It also brought some experience scrolls.

Zhong Wuyai directly enhanced the scroll by seven or eight.

Now, talent skills are used as soon as they are off cooldown.

There are too many items in the package that require talent skills.

Zhong Wuyai hesitated before accepting the nine-star Imperial Medal…

[Imperial Medal +10]

★★★★★★★★★

Health +121000

Disarm +5

Military rank suppression +5

True damage +6450

True damage saving throw +11%

Merit points gained increase by 190%

Should it be applied to true damage immunity or merit points...?

As for merit points, it seems that there are no other enhancement equipment available besides this medal.

But what I lack right now is true damage immunity.

Okay, let's try upgrading to 10 stars first.

"Bai Xiaoniu, send some gold coins over."

How much do you want?

"One million."

"Why do you need so many?"

"Bring it over first."

"Money is a bit tight right now. The blacksmith and general store in the camp still need money. Wei Xian has gone to a dungeon, and I still need to hire two NPCs."

"Damn it, if he doesn't work hard at blacksmithing, he'll never make a hammer again."

If all else fails, you can make two low-level pieces of equipment, take them over, and sell two of them.

"How about enhancing a few to higher stars? Not too many, two stars is enough. Each item starts at one million, and they'll sell better at auction."

"Okay, hurry up."

After Zhong Wuyai refined all the equipment, he enhanced it to +3 and then maxed it out.

It decomposed to produce a large amount of quenching stones, star-raising stones, and crystals.

Shen Mengli, on the other hand, teleported back and forth between the capital and her residence.

There are too many things to store; they can only be kept in the local treasure vault.

Shen Mengli only took the two +10 enhanced pieces of equipment to the Imperial Capital Auction House after Zhong Wuyai stopped.

The auction house in the area is still under construction and auctions cannot be held yet.

Besides, not many people can afford +10 equipment. Just spread the word and leave it at that; there will be plenty of people who want it.

Zhong Wuyai kept tens of thousands of tempering stones and tens of thousands of star-raising stones for himself.

When I was about to upgrade my Order of the Empire to the final star, I realized I had no experience...

Unfortunately, the materials were put back into the warehouse.

Then I went straight into the Underground Imperial Tomb dungeon on Hell difficulty and used a low-level experience scroll.

The reason I didn't go for Disaster difficulty is because Disaster difficulty involves significant changes.

Even the disaster difficulty level of Thousand Peaks Stronghold was not conquered by Zhong Wuyai.

Both the Poseidon Ruins and the Underground Royal Tomb have level 99 bosses. The Poseidon Ruins involve the Poseidon, but it's unclear what the Underground Royal Tomb involves.

Shen Mengli didn't know either. In her previous life, only a few people, including Sikong Shen and Xiahou Shen, knew what had happened, but none of them said anything.

But in this life, Sikong Shen and Xiahou Shen are getting hammered in the arena, what do they know...?

Despite the hellish difficulty, Zhong Wuyai gained experience at lightning speed, easily defeating enemies along the way.

If there are many monsters, use Chain Lightning; if there are few monsters, use Chain Fireball.

With full damage immunity, you don't need to worry about attacks. You're also immune to crowd control. At most, your skills might be interrupted, but it won't affect your output.

Even before reaching the final boss, Zhong Wuyai's experience was already close to the point of leveling up.

Only Kayla can be summoned to share experience...

After leaving the dungeon, Zhong Wuyai put several high-level materials and items into the warehouse, then took a large pile of materials to the weapon refiner...

After repeatedly putting the equipment on and taking it off, I finally reached a success rate of 78%.

However... it failed... 50 million experience points and 50,000 gold coins went down the drain.

Continue...

Star upgrade...failed... Star upgrade...failed...

Damn it, even with an 80% probability, it failed. Zhong Wuyai was a little exasperated. It seems that probability is all about failure except for 100% success.

I shouldn't have put my talent points into physical damage reduction; I should have put them into the probability of Eye of Fortune.

Keep climbing... even if it means selling everything we own, we'll still get promoted.

It's okay if you lose experience points, just keep grinding dungeons. Since we can't enter the Imperial Tomb today, let's go check out the Corpse King's Palace.

The experience scroll still has more than twenty minutes of effect left, which is enough time.

The monsters in the Corpse King's Palace are easy to fight now, with waves of flames sweeping through the area.

If they're dead, fine. If they're not, just push them all together, then spread a rain of fire over the densely packed monster areas and that's it.

The BOSS unleashes a barrage of fireballs; no matter what kind of BOSS you are, you simply can't withstand such concentrated damage.

After defeating the Golden Armored Corpse King, Zhong Wuyai's experience bar was full again.

Continue upgrading...

"Damn it, 80% failure, and I succeeded 50% of the time!"

After upgrading his star level, Zhong Wuyai used a Azure Dragon Seal to begin the purification process.

This time, the Imperial Tomb Obsidian is used, which is different from other equipment. The Imperial Medal is a limited edition equipment and cannot be replaced.

After washing and refining, he immediately tempered it to the fullest level, and only then did Zhong Wuyai look at his masterpiece with satisfaction.

[Imperial Medal +10]

★★★★★★★★★★

Health +141000

Disarm +5

Military rank suppression +5

True damage +7450

True damage saving throw +12%

Merit points gained increase by 200%

Tempering Lv.10

Ignore magic damage reduction: +10%

Damage to players: +10%

Damage to monsters: +50%

"Perfect!"

Keep your Warrior Medals; exchange them for Warrior Medals when defeating monsters, and use Imperial Medals when fighting other players or on the battlefield.

After much deliberation, Zhong Wuyai placed 1 on gaining merit points.

You will gain 2100% more merit points, meaning you will accumulate a massive amount of merit points on the battlefield.

My current rank is Captain of the Honorary Guard, which is more than enough. With the added bonus of the Imperial Medal, no one can compare to me, whether it's disarming or rank suppression.

You don't need to advance your rank after achieving more merits; it's more worthwhile to use them for buying things...

Inside the border fortress, Zhong Wuyai opened the merit exchange interface.

One resurrection attempt costs 1 million merit points to redeem, with a maximum of 3 attempts per person. Zhong Wuyai was given a 100 after his name.

Although I can't afford it myself, being able to buy it 31 times in the future would be enough.

Tempering stones are no longer needed; the ones from dismantling are enough. As for the others... equipment upgrade stones are not needed for now, and skill points... let's put 1 in first.

It's been changed to a maximum of 51 skill points that can be redeemed. Okay, next.

Advanced Experience Scroll, Advanced Enhancement Scroll, Mount Advancement Scroll...

They finally found the military rank equipment, but Zhong Wuyai's current merits are only enough to buy one piece.

[Honorary Guard Captain's Cap]

Rank requirement: Captain of the Honor Guard

True damage +8000

True damage +4%

The military rank and equipment were upgraded to a very high level, so high that Zhong Wuyai was somewhat excited.

By moving the 1 between 4 and %, the true damage bonus increases by 41%, instantly boosting Zhong Wuyai's true damage to 97924 points.

Zhong Wuyai didn't know what the effect of using the Azure Dragon Seal to enhance and upgrade stars would be, but even if he were to upgrade, he wouldn't use this method. At the very least, it should be equipment for the rank of Grand Marshal.

"Alright, you little brats of the Dragon Empire, you're finished!"

After finishing all that, Zhong Wuyai left the Azure Dragon Fortress and rode Jiali toward the Demon Dragon Fortress.

Not long after...

[Server-wide announcement: Azure Dragon Empire player Zhong Wuyai is attacking the Demon Soul Defense Tower, a border fortress of the Demon Dragon Empire. The Demon Dragon Empire's border is in dire need of attention.]

"Holy crap, is Zhong Wuyai not leaving? Why are they fighting again?"

"Didn't you look at the arena leaderboard? It's obvious that after the arena matches, they'll move on to the fortress."

Charlie didn't care about the border fortress this time. Going there would only be giving Zhong Wuyai credit, so it was better to preserve his strength.

Not long after, another defensive tower was destroyed.

[Ding! Destroyed the Demon Soul Defense Tower, gained 1760000 Merit Points]

Wow, this is great, so many at once.

[Server-wide Announcement: The Demon Soul Defense Tower, a border fortress of the Demon Dragon Empire, has been destroyed; the Demon Dragon Empire's borders are in grave danger]

And so, one by one, the demonic soul defense towers on the fortress walls were destroyed.

It was dismantled in no time.

There are also two magic crystal cannons on the city wall; I wonder how many merit points they will award.

Zhong Wuyai's attack range was 210 more than that of the Magic Crystal Cannon. He stood far away from the fortress and used elemental bullets to slowly wear down the Magic Crystal Cannon's durability.

After fighting for a long time, Zhong Wuyai finally destroyed the magic crystal cannon. He didn't know what level it was, but its durability was quite high.

[Ding! Destroyed the Magic Crystal Cannon, gained 5500000 Merit Points]

[Server-wide Announcement: The Magic Crystal Cannon at the border fortress of the Demon Dragon Empire has been destroyed, and the Demon Dragon Empire's borders are in dire straits. Demon Dragon Empire players will have their merit rewards reduced by 5% for the next 7 days. All players in the Xianyang Palace Guild will receive an additional 500 merit points.]

"Holy crap... The magic crystal cannons are all destroyed, what else can stop Zhong Wuyai?"

"Let's go, let's go to the border fortress and earn some merit points."

"Our leader is awesome! ...Our leader is so powerful!"

"Holy crap, I just left the dungeon and I already have 500 merit points! It's like merit points fell from the sky!"

Wei Xian, inside the instance, looked completely bewildered...

"Thank goodness it was a server-wide announcement, otherwise I would have thought I'd earned some merit points from a dungeon run!"

"Alright, alright, Wei Hammer, let's hurry up and finish off the last boss and go back."

"What's the point of fighting the boss? Can't you see the leader is attacking the fortress? ...Just racking up merit points!"

After saying that, Wei Xian left the instance, leaving the others completely bewildered...

"Holy crap... we're already at the final stage, and this brat's already pushing through the dungeon?"

"What are you still doing here? Log out of the instance and head to the Border Fortress."

The people from Xianyang Palace gathered at the border fortress, and Zhong Wuyai was about to take down the magic crystal cannon.

"What are you doing here?"

"It's nothing, boss, you go ahead with your work, we'll just take a look!"

"Yes, yes, let's take a look."

"Boss, um... this is the last cannon, right?"

"What's wrong?"

"Boss, can we take a break after you're done? You know, taking down doors is dirty and tiring work. Can you let the brothers pick up some scraps?"

Damn it, they're all having this idea...

"Don't run around, and don't get in my way!"

"Ah, no problem!"

"Hey Hammer, what are you doing here? Don't you know what your job is?... The blacksmith shop's been built but it's been empty. What, you want me to pay NPCs?"

"I...I...I just came out of a dungeon!"

"Go back to the blacksmith's shop and swing the sledgehammer! How long have you been fooling around? I'll get you some spirit gear in a bit, so you'll be full of energy all day. You've been working 24/7 these past few days, you hear me?"

Wei Xian almost burst into tears on the spot... What the hell did I do to deserve this?!

Ever since entering this fantastical world, I haven't had a job? How come I'm working overtime now? And even 24/7?

Wei Xian immediately grabbed Zhong Wuyai's leg and started howling...

"Boss~...Give me a break, you can't do this~..."

"Okay, let's change it. This month, work 20 hours a day and sleep 4 hours. That's it, get out!"

Wei Xian was going crazy. Was there no justice left in this world? ...Was there even a law left in this world?

"Change it, boss, change it! I'm a necromancer now, my little skeletons can help you dismantle it!..."

"Get out of here! If you keep babbling on, you're not going to sleep!"

Do I need your broken skeletons to dismantle the door?

"What are you guys laughing at? Didn't we mention you or what... Zou Shu, have you forgotten what you're supposed to do? The pharmacy doesn't have a single bottle of medicine yet, and there are so many herbs in the warehouse that you're not allowed to use them or what?"

"I'll go make the medicine right now!"

Zou Shu disappeared in a flash; he didn't want to end up working 24/7 like Wei Chuizi...

"Chen Kai, and Zhu Shen, I didn't mention you two, right?!"

Needless to say, everyone with a deputy position followed suit...

During the crucial period of guild headquarters construction, only one architect and a few Blossoms were working tirelessly on the construction, while the others were mining or gathering herbs.

Wei Xian and his associates went to run a dungeon.

Did you not bring me along for the upgrade? Did you not get the equipment you wanted? Is this how you work?

These bastards need to be disciplined from time to time.

[Ding! Destroyed the Magic Crystal Cannon, gained 5500000 Merit Points]

"Everyone, charge! Demolish the fortress gate, then demolish the city walls—it's all merit!"

Without the threat of the magic crystal cannons, the people of Xianyang Palace went straight for the fortress gates...

[Server-wide Announcement: The gates of the Dragon Empire's border fortress are under attack; the Dragon Empire's borders are in grave danger]

Despite numerous hints, no players actually came to the Dragon Empire; those who came for the first time had already been traumatized by the experience.

As everyone was attacking the gate, a voice came from the fortress walls...

"Guild Leader Wuya, don't hit me... We're on the same side! On the same side!"

"One of our own? Zhong Wuyai was momentarily stunned. Could Shenhuan really send spies?"

Who are you?

The people at Xianyang Palace also stopped.

"Han Tong of the Collapse Mountain Guild, our guild is full of Chinese people. Guild Leader Wuya, you can demolish it with peace of mind. Our guild members have blocked the gate, and the border guards are stuck inside. You can demolish it as you please."

"Uh..."

Not to mention Zhong Wuyai, everyone else in Xianyang Palace was also a little embarrassed. How could this be done?

"Please don't accidentally hurt anyone. After the fortress gate is destroyed, a large number of NPC troops will come out to fight. We'll leave then, so could you please wait until our people have left before attacking?"

"Han Tong, right? You're a true friend. I'm definitely going to consider you my brother."

Zhong Wuyai was also somewhat helpless. He almost unleashed his fiery aura when he saw the figure just now, but luckily he didn't...

The group started dismantling the fortress gate again, but Zhong Wuyai stopped when the gate was about to break down.

When everyone else had only a few thousand durability left, Zhong Wuyai told everyone to stop.

"Everyone retreat, get behind me!" "Han Tong, tell your men to leave!"

Elemental missiles~...

[Ding! Destroyed the fortress gate, gained 6600000 merit points]

[Server-wide Announcement: The border fortress gate of the Dragon Empire has been destroyed, and the Dragon Empire has entered a state of war.]

[Server-wide Announcement: The Demon Dragon Empire and the Azure Dragon Empire have entered into full-scale war]

Before the announcement could even finish, a group of level 60 guards had already rushed out of the fortress...

Seeing that the members of the Collapse Mountain Guild had all left, Zhong Wuyai unleashed a blazing wave of energy...

The level 60 Guardian Army posed no threat to Zhong Wuyai. Although the Guardian Army's officers all suffered true injuries, they couldn't even touch Zhong Wuyai.

After a few Fire Rain spells were cast, the guards were wiped out on the way.

[Ding, killed a regular soldier, gained 220 merit points] [Ding...Ding...] [Ding, killed an honor guard, gained 1760 merit points]

Zhong Wuyai's merits skyrocketed.

"Waaaaahh ...

The bugle sounded, and the Dragon Empire launched its attack.

Horns sounded from the rear, signaling that the Azure Dragon Empire had also mobilized its troops.

However, on the Demon Dragon Empire's side, Zhong Wuyai was blocking the fortress gate and unleashing a fire rain spell.

Under the constantly stacking Fire Rain spell, the army was left with almost no health as soon as they entered the area, and then they died after taking two steps.

Units with military ranks, such as honorary captains and legionary guards, have more health and higher levels, but they only last a few more seconds.

"Tap tap tap tap tap tap~~..."

"The cavalry are charging! Spread out and attack! Don't die!"

Zhong Wuyai wasn't sure if he could instantly kill the cavalry, but he could control them briefly with the blazing shockwave.

These cavalrymen at most have a few hundred or a thousand merit points, which is far too few compared to the number of buildings they have, and their level is not high either. It's just right to use them to farm merit points for their subordinates.

A burst of flames... a burst of flames! ...

Zhong Wuyai rode Jiali, swaying left and right, controlling his skills to cover both sides of the fortress gate, ensuring that the cavalry remained blocked at the gate.

The cavalry that charged out at the beginning were all killed by the blazing blast and the fire rain spell. The remaining cavalry only survived because the fire rain spell gradually wore off.

"Hurry up and attack! They're all veterans, what are you standing there for?"

Everyone immediately stepped forward.

As soon as the people from Xianyang Palace entered the attack range, many NPC archers appeared on the city wall.

"Be careful, everyone. Tanks, go forward and tank. Third brother, take two shield warriors to block the gate. Priest, keep an eye on their health bars."

"Ranged units, counterattack! Deal with the archers on the city walls, and unleash all your area-of-effect spells on the gate!"

Yang Yimu and Xiang Yang were excellent commanders and quickly took control of the situation.

Zhong Wuyai followed and went directly to the bottom of the fortress, where he unleashed a lightning chain upwards.

Suddenly, a huge, dense barrage of damage numbers appeared...

"Don't worry about those on the city walls, just focus on dealing with the army at the gate."

Zhong Wuyai rode Jiali to the edge of the fortress, then flashed onto it... A burst of fiery energy! ...

With no defensive towers or magic crystal cannons left, the fortress doesn't need to worry about NPC attacks, and Zhong Wuyai can safely clear out the soldiers above.

Archers continued to come up the stairs from both sides.

Zhong Wuyai ignored it and went straight to the center of the city wall, directly above the fortress gate, and cast a fire rain spell inside.

As the number of Fire Rain spells increased, so did the damage. Even if a tanky character managed to break through the Fire Rain spells and reach the entrance, they would already be low on health.

After a flurry of beatings from the crowd at Xianyang Palace, he died.

"Hey, hey, leave this low-health enemy to me! I'll be upgraded to Honor Soldier soon!"

"Damn, there are so many, you can easily find them by typing them out yourself."

After one skill was used...

"Damn it... You only have 7 HP left, you got off easy."

Zhong Wuyai took the time to promote his military rank as well, earning millions of merits and directly becoming the deputy general of the legion.

[Legion Vice Commander]

Merit Points: 10242250/15000000

Disarming level: 13

Rank suppression: 13

The disarming level and rank suppression of a legion lieutenant general are 8 points, which, when combined with the Imperial Medal, totals 13 points, exceeding the disarming and suppression of a marshal.

[Ding! Congratulations on your successful promotion to Legion Vice General. Please go to the Grand Marshal to collect your appointment letter as soon as possible.]

Although he had been promoted to a higher rank, Zhong Wuyai did not have an appointment letter and was unable to command the NPC troops that followed.

But this did not prevent the destruction of the Azure Dragon Empire's border fortress.

Fire Rain Spell... Fire Rain Spell...

"Hmm? The lieutenant and the general have arrived?" Gatling gun fireball...

[Ding! You have defeated Dalikel, the border deputy general of the Dragon Empire, and gained 110000 merit points.]

[Ding! General Chris of the Dragon Empire Fortress has been defeated, earning 440000 merit points.]

Indeed, using one's talent to gain merit bonuses is the right choice.

"Tap tap tap tap tap tap..." The Azure Dragon Empire's cavalry arrived first.

Zhong Wuyai jumped down from the city wall, and a Miss appeared above his head, which surprised him.

"If damage immunity can be used like this, doesn't that mean you can jump off a building without taking any damage?"

But let's deal with these soldiers first.

A purple beam of light shot towards him, and Zhong Wuyai immediately donned a magic shield.

"Boom~..." The shield dropped by 40,000.

There were two more magic crystal cannons in the distance, and they were of a fairly high level.

Even with full-body damage immunity, it can still deal such high damage. I still don't understand the damage calculation of the Magic Crystal Cannon.

I don't know what can be added to stop it.

Just as I was pondering this, another shot came flying in...

"Is this ever going to end?" Zhong Wuyai retreated to the front door.

"Don't come in, there's a magic crystal cannon!"

A raging wave of flames! ...Fire Rain Spell!

After pushing aside the soldiers, Zhong Wuyai planned to block the entrance and wait for all the Canglong Empire's ground troops to arrive before launching an attack.

Meanwhile, the cavalry of the Azure Dragon Empire were unable to enter because the people of Xianyang Palace were blocking the entrance.

"Are these idiots, rushing in to their deaths?"

"Alright, alright, we still need them to tank the damage later. Otherwise, it's not a solution to not take down the magic crystal cannons."

The Demon Dragon Empire's troops have been mobilized again, and the Azure Dragon Empire should also be sending troops, which means the first wave of cannon fodder is coming.

After Zhong Wuyai unleashed two skills, he looked behind him...

"Ground troops have arrived! Make way, let the cavalry in!"...

The magic crystal cannon brought the cavalry to near-death with a single shot.

Zhong Wuyai ignored it and fired elemental bullets at the magic crystal cannon.

Without the fortress gate, the magic crystal cannon buildings inside lose their shields.

Zhong Wuyai had a plan: if the fortress gate was gone, the protective shield of the city wall would also be gone, so why not just demolish the city wall directly?

"Stop blocking the way, all of you! Go tear down the city walls, tear them all down! These are all meritorious deeds!"