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

After making the decision, Dawn used the 100 Breaking Stones and 500 Cubic Coins on Guan Yu.

With a flash of light, the cards changed again.

Guan Yu: Tier 3 LV2

【Lone Warrior - Trait】: Does not accept external healing effects, attacks have a 10% lifesteal effect.

[Exorcising Evil - Passive]: Guan Yu deals 30% more damage to evil-type enemies.

[Solo Journey to the Banquet - Passive]: When there are no allied units within a 10-meter radius of Guan Yu, his attack power increases by 20%.

"For the next period of time, Guan Yu's only task should be leveling up."

Dawn understood that the most direct way for this heroic spirit to become stronger was to level up.

Because it's relatively easy for a first-tier hero to advance to the second tier, but it's much more difficult to advance from the second tier to the third tier.

For example, bosses that are upgraded to higher ranks will basically only drop cards that allow you to upgrade from the first rank to the second rank until LV20. The only difference is the number of cards that drop.

In addition to the purest increase in basic stats, upgrades also offer other benefits.

Each time a Heroic Spirit clears a level 10 stage, it gains one opportunity to enhance its Spiritual Trait. This can strengthen existing Spiritual Traits or even add new ones.

The level cap for a Tier 2 Servant is LV20, and they can be enhanced twice.

Guan Yu is currently only at LV3, which means he has a long way to go and is still a long way from reaching LV10.

"Um?"

However, just as this character completed the awakening of its spirit traits, Dawn saw a new panel pop up.

[Milestone Completed: Awaken the Spirit Traits of 2 Heroic Spirits.]

[Next stage: Awaken the Spirit Traits of 2/10 Heroic Spirits.]

[Received 1 Level 1 Upgrade Card (choose one of seven), 1 Cube Stone Spirit Upgrade Card.]

"Such a good thing..."

"The milestones of awakening and advancement have a somewhat complementary feel to them."

While pleasantly surprised, he was also somewhat speechless.

The upgrade card I painstakingly obtained by defeating the BOSS was actually within my grasp?

Choose one from seven options, meaning you can randomly select one card from the seven systems to obtain.

If this card is included, then my [Advancement to Tier 2] milestone is already 2/3 complete, and I only need one more to complete it.

Since the first stage gave out Heroic Spirit cards, I suppose the second stage will also give them out.

"However, we can hold off on the second Heroic Spirit's ascension for now."

He hasn't decided who to choose yet, so he's stopping there for now.

"This card, however, can be used immediately."

Besides the upgrade card, there was something else at the milestone just now.

[Cubestone Spirit Upgrade Card]: Allows you to upgrade the Cubestone Spirit.

"It's of no use to you except for giving it to you."

He looked at the straw man.

"Grass!"

The scarecrow eagerly raised its arms to show that it was ready.

"Okay, come on."

Li Ming played the card, which transformed into a streak of light and landed on the straw man.

Your Cubestone Spirit has been enhanced.

Please choose one of the following effects.

[Add Hemp]: Burning a straw doll can release hallucinogenic gases.

[Green Gardener]: Scarecrows can improve the greening level of your territory.

[Fast-Walking Grass]: The grassman's walking speed on the ground is greatly increased.

"this……"

Faced with three options, Dawn felt he had nothing to hesitate about.

Hallucinogenic, coupled with this name, just doesn't seem very reliable.

Moreover, the combustion gases are indiscriminate, and the summoner himself might also be paralyzed.

Greenery doesn't really have a practical effect; at most, it just provides some aesthetic appeal.

He's not a vegetarian who likes to eat grass.

Increased movement speed is something I genuinely need, and arguably something I urgently require right now.

He doesn't have a suitable Heroic Spirit to ride, so having a humanoid Heroic Spirit carry him wouldn't be very effective.

Therefore, the most correct way to use this skill is to let the scarecrow travel in your place.

Especially since the monsters in the vicinity have been mostly cleared out by oneself, and it is necessary to travel further to find monster strongholds, fast travel speed is essential.

However, we'll have to test the extent of this significant improvement again tomorrow during the day.

Judging from the sky, it's estimated that the monsters will arrive in some time.

So he activated the communication stone.

I glanced at the private channels first; everyone seemed to be very busy today, so it was rather quiet.

The newly added chat log contained only a few sentences, and even Bai Ye hadn't had a chance to report on the battle with the upgraded BOSS today.

So he switched to the regional public frequency.

The "region" refers to the area encompassed within the [Barrens] world in this instance.

Several messages quickly caught his attention.

Has anyone noticed that the monster spawn points in this dungeon are a bit strange?

Are you referring to the altar in the stronghold? I found it too.

Over the past few days, I've teamed up with others to clear out four monster strongholds. Two of them contained bosses, and without exception, all the strongholds with bosses had altars, and all the altars had the same shape.

Some of the monsters seem to be performing a ritual...

"Gentlemen, my family specializes in this field. Based on your descriptions, I can tell you with certainty that these altars are generally offered to demons and gods."

[A demon god?! So it's true that a demon god is hidden beneath the desolate land?]

Does that mean a great calamity is about to befall our region, and demonic minions will inevitably appear?

[You're overthinking it, brother. Even without the demon god's servants, you wouldn't survive the great calamity.]

[Expert, if I defeat the boss on the altar, will it attract the attention of the Demon God?]

[In principle, no, but it will taint you with some karma from the demon god. To put it bluntly, the more altar bosses you defeat, the higher the probability and the greater the number of demon god minions you will encounter during the Great Calamity.]

What if you leave the instance?

[A cosmic force exists between the instance and the main world, washing away any demonic karma and aura emanating from you.]

[Got it, brothers? What I mean is, if you encounter the altar boss, don't let it go; take whatever you can.]

[Yeah, we're going to destroy the Cubestone anyway, so we should take this opportunity to recoup our losses.]

"Is that so...?"

When Li Ming saw this version of the chat history, his brows furrowed slightly.

Unlike others, he has a cheat code.

Therefore, he never intended to leave by destroying the main cube from the beginning, and this information is now quite important to him.

The good news is that, of all the monster strongholds I've cleared so far, only the Goblin Cave has an altar boss.

Moreover, is not knowing the BOSS really the right solution?

The loot obtained by others from the BOSS will not be converted into cash. Instead, they will choose to keep it and sell it or use it as capital for the next new player dungeon.

However, if I were to convert it into cash, it would genuinely and immediately boost my combat power...

"Forget it, let's just take it one step at a time."

Judging that it was almost time for the monsters to attack, he logged out of the communication channel.

Then, by touching the main cube, the perspective shifted to that of God.

"Um?"

Upon closer inspection, they discovered a figure lying on the edge of the territory.

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