My talent is 1.

Zhong Wuyai waited outside the border fortress of the Demon Dragon Empire, and attacked immediately as soon as the fortress refreshed.

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

"Huh?... Weren't we fighting the Holy Dragon Empire? Why are we attacking the Demon Dragon Empire again?"

"Who the hell knows that?"

"Thank goodness, the Black Hand Guild has disbanded."

"Damn it, the Dragon Empire is going to be in trouble again."

Han Tong was also baffled. He teleported to the border fortress and carefully went around the side wall. From a distance, he could see Zhong Wuyai attacking the fortress gate.

The sight of countless fireballs made Han Tong's heart pound with fear.

Zhong Wuyai's skills can now also damage buildings, although not much, but the passive damage triggered by each fireball also comes with elemental damage.

The fortress gate's durability was dropping rapidly.

As for the attacks from arrow towers, cannon towers, and demon soul defense towers, Zhong Wuyai simply ignored them.

I'm completely immune now, there's no need to worry about attacks, I can just stand there and fight.

"Um, Guild Master Wuya, do we have to fight again?"

Zhong Wuyai saw Han Tong on the city wall and withdrew his skills.

"Be careful, don't stand there, come down, so you don't get hurt."

Although the fireball deals targeted damage to a single target, it triggers the passive ability Dragon's Fury, which will instantly kill anyone who gets hit.

Han Tong carefully emerged from the fortress gate and stood beside Zhong Wuyai... watching Zhong Wuyai dismantle his own fortress gate.

"I just came here to rack up some merit points, not to attack the crystals. It's a pity your rank is too low, otherwise it would be much easier for me to lead troops out and kill them."

"this……"

Han Tong scratched his head, somewhat speechless, unsure of what to say...

"By the way, have someone guard the palace and not let anyone in."

"What's wrong? Is there a problem with the palace?"

Nonsense, the Demon Dragon Seal is still in the palace; we can't let anyone else take it away.

As for the Flame Dragon Empire and the Holy Dragon Empire, it's estimated that Xiahou Shen and Gongsun Yuanshan won't listen to me, and there's a high chance they'll release the Dragon Seal ahead of schedule.

It's better not to inform them. It would be most appropriate to establish a country as soon as possible, conquer it, and seize it directly.

"Don't ask so many questions. No one is allowed to enter the palace. When the time is right, I will attack the capital."

"Okay, but if we're doing a mission..."

"That depends on the mission. It's okay for missions below S rank, but not for others."

"The palace is a safe zone; not many people can get in, and it can't be sealed off. I can only say we'll try our best."

Zhong Wuyai didn't expect to completely seal it off; he just needed to ensure that the Demon Dragon Seal was still intact, and he had to find out who went in.

Even among those who are generally around level 10 or 20, very few people have the ability to bring out the Demon Dragon Seal.

[Ding! Destroyed the fortress gate, gained 6300000 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.]

Zhong Wuyai was very patient, clearing out all the building units little by little.

The soldiers coming out of the fortress couldn't withstand more than a few skills before being wiped out. As soon as the first wave of our troops arrived, Zhong Wuyai gave the order: "Retreat. We don't need you here."

"As you command!"

Then, the charging army retreated in unison to the border fortress of the Azure Dragon Empire.

[Ding! Destroyed the Demon Soul Defense Tower, gained 1680000 Merit Points]

[Server-wide announcement: The Demon Soul Defense Tower, a border fortress of the Demon Dragon Empire, has been destroyed...]

Upon reaching the fortress, Zhong Wuyai, bearing the attack of the magic crystal cannon, destroyed all the defensive towers one by one. Although the arrow towers and cannon towers did not give many merit points, they gave far more than the army.

After dismantling the turrets, continue dismantling the city walls. Don't dismantle the barracks and stables yet, as the building shields on the city walls will be easy to remove after the fortress is gone.

In just over ten minutes, the entire wall of the border fortress was demolished.

Next up is the advanced tower...

The high-level tower had just been attacked when a new wave of troops spawned, and the Marshal of the Dragon Empire also appeared.

Duke of Dirov

Marshal of the Dragon Empire

grade:???

Holy crap, this guy is a duke.

A nobleman with a top-ranking title.

Zhong Wuyai immediately unleashed a chain lightning attack, followed by a barrage of fireballs.

I was too lazy to use any other skills. Those guards, soldiers, and generals were either affected by Dragon Fury or paralyzed by Chain Lightning.

Moreover, Zhong Wuyai is now completely immune to damage and control effects, so what can he do even if he attacks?

[Ding ding ding~...] The system notification kept ringing, but Zhong Wuyai ignored everything else and just kept attacking Didirov.

When Dirov's health bar reached 50%, the Chain Lightning stopped working.

A blood-red aura appeared around Dirov, like a skill that grants him super armor.

Furthermore, the damage from the barrage of fireballs has been significantly reduced.

However, the damage from the five elements remains unchanged and is still powerful.

Zhong Wuyai no longer needs any other skills; he unleashes a barrage of fireballs at full power.

I also used Frost Spear midway through, but its damage was significantly reduced.

Overall, firing a barrage of fireballs was faster. ...

[Ding! You have defeated Marshal Dirov of the Demon Dragon Empire and gained 11500000 merit points.]

[Server-wide Announcement: Azure Dragon Empire player Zhong Wuyai has achieved the first kill of Demon Dragon Empire Marshal Dirov, rewarded with 10000 Reputation and 1 Merit Chest]

[Server-wide Announcement: Canglong Empire player Zhong Wuyai has killed Duke Dirov of the Demon Dragon Empire. The cities of Suwell, Guya, and Siweit in the Northern Province of the Demon Dragon Empire will be unclaimed for five days.]

[Server-wide Announcement: Nobility System and Territory System Now Available]

After killing Dirov, Zhong Wuyai was too lazy to continue fighting. He quickly dealt with the remaining soldiers and then began to dismantle the barracks and stables.

Then he left the border fortress. New features appeared, but Zhong Wuyai was still unclear about how to play with the titles and territories.

Zhong Wuyai can open the territory page directly. After opening it, there is only one page, Chang'an City. However, clicking on it will take you to the management page.

"Bai Xiaoniu, how do we get this title?"

"Exchange for it with merits, or buy a title."

"Wait... you can buy this title?"

"Ten million for a baron, you get nothing but a title, but you'll be listed as a noble. You can open other interactive pages with the lords of various cities, and you can also buy a small town as your territory. It's arguably the most convenient. Once a guild leader has a title, they can directly buy a village as their territory and use a garrison order to call it the guild's garrison. No construction is needed, just use it directly. However, NPCs are prone to running away during siege battles, so you still need to build defensive structures."

"To put it bluntly, it's just about throwing money at it."

"You'll have it much easier. You're already a Grand General, so you can directly upgrade to Earl. Your monthly tax revenue and prosperity level are your contributions. The more you contribute, the faster your rank will be upgraded."

"Isn't this still just throwing money away?"

Yes!

He's a general now, and he's asking me for money? No way!

"Then what would I do with a title?"

"With a title, you can directly appoint city defense officials. After Chang'an is upgraded to a main city, many personnel appointments will be approved by you without needing permission. If you are a count, you can directly appoint the deputy city lord and all administrative officials of the city-state."

"Hold on, Nie Shi said, do I need the Imperial Minister of State's approval to appoint a deputy city lord?"

"The Minister of State Affairs can't approve it; it takes the Prime Minister. It's different if you have a title; you can appoint people directly. However, even if you're a Marquis, you still have to report to the Empire after appointing a Deputy City Lord. Of course, if you exchange your merits for the title of Earl, you don't need to go in person to appoint the people. You just need to send the relevant personnel's information to the Imperial Palace. You can issue a task for players to deliver it."

This is unbelievable! You can even do this?

"Can we skip the titles and ranks?"

"Sure, just rebel and call on all players to attack the cities of the Azure Dragon Empire or build new cities. Upgrading five main cities will allow you to establish a kingdom. Right now, the player levels are too low, the timing isn't right, and the players can't withstand the Azure Dragon Empire's attack."

"Are there any other ways?"

"Promote yourself to marshal, then lead your troops in rebellion, seize all the villages and towns in Thousand Peaks Mountain, protect the main city under the empire's attack, and you can establish a duchy, then slowly rise to a kingdom, and finally an empire."

Zhong Wuyai looked at his merits and realized he was still more than 30 million away from becoming a marshal. What was the point of a title then? He might as well just betray his country.

I've already used this much cheat code, why would I need to be mindful of others' feelings? ...Is this cheat code useless?

Upon arriving at the border fortress once again, Zhong Wuyai launched another attack on the Divine Illusion Flame Dragon.

The moment the server-wide announcement rang out, Xiahou Shen and Huangfu Liancheng stared at each other in disbelief…

"What the hell is going on?"

"You're asking me? Who am I supposed to ask? Who knows what Zhong Wuyai's gotten into this time?"

With Xiahou Shen leaving the arena, who the hell would still be interested in playing?

"Zhong Wuyai, what are you doing? Why are you attacking our Yanlong Empire for no reason?"

"Just killing time and grinding for merit points."

Zhong Wuyai, enduring the attacks of the Divine Illusion Flame Dragon, replied without a care in the world.

"Holy crap, the legendary Wuya has suddenly appeared on the world channel!"

"I'm in awe!"

"Worship +1"

"Worship +99"...

"Can you guys please stop spamming? I didn't even see what Wuya said!"

"Don't panic. I won't dismantle the crystals or magic crystal cannons. I'll just attack the fortress to earn merit points. Of course, you can also sponsor merit points for me if you want. The border fortress welcomes you!"

"A master is a master; just one casual sentence and their cool factor is off the charts!"

[Server-wide Announcement: Congratulations to the Azure Dragon Empire player for defeating the Divine Flame Dragon, the border boss of the Flame Dragon Empire! Reward: 1 Imperial Medal]

"Holy crap, that was fast!"

Of course it's fast. Zhong Wuyai didn't expect that the Frost Spear would have its damage amplification maximized when dealing with the Divine Illusion Flame Dragon.

Although the basic skill damage was reduced by half... the 50% damage increase from riding Carrie was not reduced at all, and Chester's Gauntlets' water erosion ignored the 10% damage reduction effect.

Most importantly, the Frost Spear attacks resulted in spell critical hits every time, and Zhong Wuyai was completely engrossed in the attack.

[Server-wide announcement: Canglong Empire player Zhong Wuyai is attacking the Yanlong Empire's border fortress. The Yanlong Empire's border is in dire need of attention!]

"What should we do, Liancheng? Should we go to the border fortress?"

"I want to try. I have four resurrection chances. I want to see if Zhong Wuyai can kill himself by hitting me."

"I'll go with you!"

"You can't handle it."

"It's okay, I can just run away when I'm invincible."

"Alright then, let's go to the border fortress."

Zhong Wuyai was opening the fortress gate when two beams of light flashed from the teleportation array inside the border fortress, revealing two figures: Xiahou Shen and Huangfu Liancheng.

The two had just arrived at the border fortress when they rushed straight to the fortress gate.

Zhong Wuyai paused when he saw the figure. The attacks from the Demon Soul Defense Tower and the Cannon Tower continued, and Miss kept popping up above Zhong Wuyai's head.

"Xiahou Shen?... Huangfu Liancheng?... What are you doing here? Here to deliver merits?"

"President Wuyai, you really don't give me any face at all! I want to test the difference between us!"

"What's the rush? We'll run into each other in the arena, it's not like we're in a hurry. Get out of the way, the door'll be taken down soon."

"Is Guild Master Wuya afraid? How will you know if you don't try?"

"Yeah, Guild Master Wuya, at least let me hit you once and see if I can break through your defenses."

"Hey~...you're really pushing your luck!"

Frost Spear!

Zhong Wuyai fired directly at Xiahou Shen.

Xiahou Shen was gone before he could even attack.

Annihilation is just that unreasonable; it triggers instantly under the effect of the talent skill's sublimation, instantly killing you.

"Uh..." Huangfu Liancheng was also stunned. He knew Xiahou Shen's talent... Could it be that the invincibility wasn't triggered? ...How is that possible?

They were both at full health before they arrived, shouldn't they have entered a five-second invincibility period? Their health is fixed at 1 point, right? ...

How the hell did it just die like that?

The Resurrection Stone of the Flame Dragon Empire's Capital...

After being resurrected, Xiahou Shen stared blankly at all the prompts.

You are dead.

[You have been resurrected]

What's wrong with me? How did I just die like that?

Xiahou Shen opened the panel; the cooldown for "Turning the Tide" had already begun.

"Wonderma... what's wrong with me?"

Could it be that my talent is fake?

Xiahou Shen was completely baffled.

I was hit by a skill, and I clearly remember that my health bar was down to 1 point, and then it was gone in an instant.

What the hell is going on?

While Huangfu Liancheng was still in a daze, Zhong Wuyai directly cast a wound-bearing spell on him.

Although I am completely unharmed, there is no guarantee that other accidents may not occur.

Looking directly at Zhong Wuyai, he didn't expect that the Injury Curse would trigger the Five Elements Attack, which in turn triggered a normal attack and true damage, and then triggered the Five Elements Attack again.

Putting everything else aside, the 630,000+ real damage directly sent Huangfu Liancheng to his death.

The instant Huangfu Liancheng died, he clearly saw that Zhong Wuyai had an extra "Miss" above his head...

"Liancheng?...You got wiped out too?"

"Yeah, just like you, I died instantly, I couldn't even hold on for a second."

"Damn it, my invincibility name went into cooldown, but why did I die again in less than 5 seconds? No, it didn't even last a second. I died the moment it was triggered."

"A bug?...That shouldn't be happening!"

"I just want to know what happened? By the way, how much of Zhong Wuyai's health did your counter-damage reflect back?"

"No health lost!"

"What? You didn't lose any health? How did you revive if you didn't lose any health?"

"I meant Zhong Wuyai didn't lose any health!"

"How is this possible?... His damage was so high, a huge, dense string of numbers, I couldn't even make out a few digits..."

Xiahou Shen suddenly thought of something...

"Could it be that your damage reflection is bugged too? It's not reflecting back?"

"I don't know. Zhong Wuyai was already under attack from the turrets and the Demon Soul Defense Tower. Before he died, he glanced at his head and it seemed like he had an extra Miss."

"This is ridiculous... Triple damage reflection! Such a huge amount of damage is reflected back, and it just resulted in a miss?"

"That should be true!"

"What the hell, how am I supposed to play this?...Where's customer service? Where's customer service?...I'm reporting this..."

"Calm down, there's no such thing as customer service, this is a fantasy world!"

"But this... this is just too much! My talent grants me 5 seconds of invincibility, it's passively triggered, and I died instantly, and now my invincibility is on cooldown..."

"Stop talking. We overestimated ourselves and underestimated Zhong Wuyai."

"Who underestimated him? You saw how insane the damage he inflicted on me was—over a million or ten million, I think?... Who dares to underestimate him? But how did my invincibility effect just disappear like that?"

"My damage reflection didn't work either. I got a miss."

"How the hell are we supposed to fight this?... We're all SSS-level talents! If we're like this, what chance do the others have?"

"So, we underestimated him and overestimated ourselves!"

"So what do we do now?"

"I don't know. We don't know his personality yet. If he gets petty, we might be in trouble!"

"Holy crap... this can't be true!"

"Let's go to the border fortress. In any case, let's apologize first. Hopefully, Zhong Wuyai won't hold it against us."

"Yes, you're right. Go apologize first. This is just too inhuman."

The two arrived at the border fortress again, this time being very careful. Of course, during the short time since their resurrection, Zhong Wuyai had already destroyed the fortress gate and was currently dismantling the Demon Soul Defense Tower.

"Guild Master Wuya, stop fighting, please stop...~"

What are these two idiots up to now? Zhong Wuyai ignored them and continued attacking the Demon Soul Defense Tower.

Xiahou Shen felt much more at ease when he saw that Zhong Wuyai's skill was not aimed at him, and slowly walked to Zhong Wuyai's side.

"Um, President Wuya, I was ignorant and offended you before... I apologize to you!"

"President Wuya, we were reckless before. We didn't expect the gap to be so huge, like an insurmountable chasm."

"You two came here just to spout this nonsense?"

"Um, I came here to apologize..."

"Stop talking nonsense and don't interfere with my grinding for merit points."

"Oh, oh, oh, it's no trouble at all. What happened earlier was my fault, please don't take it to heart."

"Get behind me, your NPC army is about to respawn."

The two quickly hid behind Zhong Wuyai. As soon as they turned around, they saw a wide wave of flames flying towards the army.

Next up was the Fire Rain spell...

When they saw Zhong Wuyai continuously unleashing the Fire Rain Technique, their mouths gaped open wide enough to hold eggs.

"This...this...this..."

"Guild Master Wuya, are your skills off cooldown?"

"Yes, it has a 0.62-second cooldown, which is quite troublesome!"

Although Zhong Wuyai's casting speed has increased significantly, the effect becomes less and less noticeable as time goes on, especially with area-of-effect skills.

Troublesome? ... Xiahou Shen's lips twitched. This is... 0.62 seconds of cooldown. Less than a second of cooldown is called a cooldown? ... What's the difference between this and no cooldown at all?

Huangfu Liancheng was utterly speechless. "Dude, stop with the Versailles nonsense! Forget 0.62 seconds, I'd be laughing in my sleep if I had a skill with a 6.2-second cooldown..."

"Um, Guild Master Wuya, I'll be frank too. My talent is damage reflection. When you attacked me, didn't you get any damage reflected back?"

"What? Damage reflection?... Holy crap... Your talent is amazing... How much damage did it reflect again?"

Zhong Wuyai chose to play dumb. What a joke! How could I tell you that?

"And mine too. My talent grants me invincibility after taking a fatal attack, with a fixed health of 1 point, immunity to crowd control and damage, and even immunity to true damage. But why did I die immediately after your skill hit? ... The invincibility only lasted for a moment, and it's still on cooldown."

"Hey, you're something else, invincible! ...Does that mean no one can kill you?"

"That's true, but... but you just killed me once... I'm also wondering, how come my invincibility just disappeared?"

Zhong Wuyai forced himself not to laugh.

Annihilation is that domineering, and besides, I'm a cheater.

"I'm not sure if his counter-damage was reflected or not; it might have been dodged. My evasion is very high. As for your invincibility... are you sure it's an invincibility effect? ​​I remember only using one skill and then not moving. He was just watching from the side."

Huangfu Liancheng didn't know what to say.

Dodge it? ...That sounds ridiculous...Does reflected damage even have a concept of dodging?

Since entering the fantasy world, I've encountered many monsters with evasion abilities, but I've never missed a hit even with a level 40 epic boss.

But there's no better explanation right now. Maybe it's because of the level 50, or maybe it's the overwhelming power of the second job advancement over the first.

He couldn't think of any other possibility for the time being.

Xiahou Shen was also pondering this, completely ignoring the server-wide announcement that his Demon Soul Defense Tower had been demolished.

"Could it be that Guild Master Wuyai is a Grand General, while we are merely honor guards?"

"Maybe."

Good lad, you've already come up with a reason so quickly, saving me from having to make one up.

Sure enough, he fooled himself, and he believed it every time...