I summon the heroic spirits of China in the infinite world.

Upon returning to the territory at dawn, the first thing to do was to put the [Stone Monkey] into the resurrection progress bar.

In the situation just now, there was little point in staying on the battlefield; it would only put me in danger.

Now it's up to the three heroes of Taoyuan to perform. The BOSS has already been weakened, so there should be a chance to kill it.

As expected, he was not disappointed; a notification popped up after a short wait.

Liu Bei's level has been increased to LV2.

The Heroic Spirit's attributes have been improved.

You can now choose the Spirit Trait for it.

Your Summoner Rank has been increased to LV3.

[Received 500 cubic coins.]

"It's a success."

He could tell at a glance that it was the heroic spirits who killed the slime.

Moreover, it gave a lot of experience points, allowing me to level up my Summoner to LV3 and receive a level reward of 500 cubic coins.

In addition, there are even more exciting milestone rewards.

[Milestone Completed: 1 Monster Boss Killed.]

[Next stage: Defeat 1/100 of the monster bosses.]

[Obtain 100 Balance Stones, 100 Wisdom Stones...]

"The milestone reward is 100 of each of the seven elemental stones."

Looking at the seven cards that had fallen into his hand, Li Ming was overjoyed.

This is something I really need.

With that thought in mind, he summoned the three heroic spirits back.

A few seconds later, the three Heroic Spirit Cards returned to his hand, their light quite dim.

Once released, the reason for the dim light becomes clear: they all have only a sliver of life left.

This shows that the battle just now was very intense. If it weren't for the fact that all three bodies share the same health points, they definitely wouldn't have been able to defeat that BOSS.

Let's first take a look at what spirit options [Liu Bei] has.

Dawn opened the options panel, which also had three alternatives.

[Lingheng - Trait]: Increases all attributes by 3%.

This trait is of the Balance type and requires 100 Balance Stones and 500 Cubic Coins to unlock.

[Sturdy - Trait]: Maximum Health +15%

This trait is of the Balance type and requires 100 Balance Stones and 500 Cubic Coins to unlock.

[Radiance - Trait]: Increases the range of all area-of-effect effects by 30%.

This trait is of the Balance type and requires 100 Balance Stones and 500 Cubic Coins to unlock.

"Well……"

Looking at the options before him, Li Ming was unable to make a decision for a moment.

Of course, Lingheng can be ruled out first.

In comparison, this spirit attribute is too average and too mediocre.

The "Sturdy One" ability increases the maximum health, which is equivalent to directly increasing the maximum health shared by all three bodies.

The essence attribute can be further evolved in the future; it may be +15% now, but could reach 30% or even 50% later.

【Radiant Envoy】 can increase the range of 【Sworn Brotherhood】, making the battle coverage area of ​​the three Heroic Spirits wider and the tactics more flexible and varied.

He took a closer look and found that even the enchantment effect of [Benevolence] could increase the range, and after the increase, it even exceeded the radiation range of the cube stone itself.

"never mind."

However, after thinking it over, Li Ming decided to postpone the promotion for the time being.

Furthermore, they also abandoned the idea of ​​immediately promoting Guan Yu and Zhang Fei.

As things stand, my heroic spirit's combat power is sufficient to deal with the monsters.

It's only been 27 days now, and we don't know what we'll face next, so we can't know which spirit's characteristics are more suitable for our needs.

If all else fails, it's not too late to promote them on the spot if they encounter a battle situation they can't handle.

"But wait until the Heroic Spirit's level is raised further, and then they awaken their Spirit Essence characteristics."

"Maybe I can go back to the Skull Tomb and try to find that guy again; it's definitely the BOSS."

The next boss kill milestone requires 100 slimes of that level, and Dawn really doesn't know when he'll be able to gather that many.

"It will probably be another two hours before it gets dark. If the heroic spirits rest for an hour within the territory, they should be able to fully recover their health."

After glancing at the sky, he first applied the [Liu Bei] enchantment to the cube stone.

This way, the time to fully recover health can be shortened to half an hour.

Then, I instructed the heroic spirits to be on alert while I took a short nap to conserve my energy for the all-nighter.

……

"Grass!"

After an unknown amount of time, dawn was awakened by a close call.

"You're still alive?"

Upon seeing the scarecrow, he realized he hadn't received a death notification for it.

"hastily!"

Scarecrow protested the Summoner's attitude by waving its fist.

However, it then tilted its head back, opened its mouth, and reached into its throat to rummage around.

"Holy crap!"

He took out a card and handed it to Dawn.

"This is... a drop from the BOSS!"

Li Ming immediately reacted with surprise.

The card features a crystal that resembles a cubic quartz stone, but is yellow.

Furthermore, there is a vertical eye in the center of the crystal, like an object sealed in amber.

[Monster Detection Stone]: A type of cube stone that can detect the attributes of monsters within its range (the difference in level between the main cube stone and the target affects the detection results).

"Okay, okay, welcome home."

He patted the scarecrow's shoulder forcefully, a stark contrast to his previous attitude.

I desperately need this.

Only by understanding more about the monsters can we better deal with them.

However, as a type of sub-cube stone, the [Monster Detection Stone] can only be placed within the radiation range of the main cube stone.

Moreover, its own range is not large, consisting of only a circle with a diameter of 5 meters.

After a moment's thought, Li Ming made a decision.

Place it close to the screen wall at the entrance of the territory.

[Do you wish to spend 500 cubic coins to construct this building?]

"That's really expensive."

Slightly reluctant, he chose to confirm.

Fortunately, in addition to the building card, the scarecrow also brought him back the cube coins dropped by the BOSS. With the drops from other goblins and the summoner upgrade rewards, he now has nearly 1500 cube coins.

With confirmation, the yellow cubic crystal transformed from a phantom into a solid object.

The 5-meter radius of the radiation can encompass the entire entrance to the city wall, and any monsters that enter will be detected immediately.

In addition, there is another advantage to placing it here.

That is to add the [Liu Bei] enchantment.

[Benevolence]: Liu Bei can reduce the drop rate of monster cubes within a certain range by 50%, and increase the HP recovery rate of heroic spirits by 100%.

This enchantment, which carries a negative effect, doesn't feel quite right when placed on the main cube.

But now, placed within this exploration stone's circle of only 5 meters in diameter, it's quite beautiful.

The screen wall is 8 meters long, and the combat areas at both ends that face the monsters are not within the [Benevolence] range, so they will not be affected by the reduced fall rate.

Then, during non-combat times or when a hero's health is critically low, you can send the hero into the area to quickly recover health.

Alternatively, if the positioning is done well enough, the Heroic Spirit can stand at the edge of [Benevolence] to kill the monster.

Enjoy the extra health regeneration without affecting the drop rate.

The exploration stones were set up, and it was completely dark by then.

Come on, come on.

Hearing the faint, strange cries that seemed to be emerging from outside the territory, Dawn felt an overwhelming sense of anticipation.

Maybe after tonight, the [Stone Monkey] will be able to level up to LV2.

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