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

"Set off."

After completing the deployment, Dawn, to be on the safe side, also sealed off the main city wall outside.

Although it would cost cubic coins to cancel or modify deployed buildings afterward, a level 1 wall is not worth much, and he could easily afford that cost.

Once outside the territory, the desolate feeling unique to the barren lands washed over me once more.

"The distance isn't too far; let's try to finish the battle within five hours."

Dawn headed toward the pre-confirmed coordinates.

As a summoner levels up, their survivability and basic physical attributes will also improve.

Although he wasn't capable of fighting monsters, he could at least feel that his pace was faster at LV5 than at LV4, and he didn't get tired as easily.

As Li Ming hurried on his way, he kept an eye on the movements of the scarecrow.

On one hand, it involves communicating with the straw doll through telepathy, and on the other hand, it involves checking the heroic spirit's panel at any time, such as health, experience bar, status bar, etc.

Judging from the feedback, I had only gone halfway when the scarecrow had already reached the target stronghold and was fighting monsters.

"Not bad, not bad, this guy is more reliable than I thought."

Li Ming nodded in satisfaction.

Once I become more skilled at making straw men or after a few more practice sessions, I might be able to completely become a hands-off manager.

Then, let the scarecrow lead the main force to hunt outside, while you sleep soundly in your territory, and your experience points will skyrocket.

The scene is beautiful just to think about.

"Um?"

Just as he was immersed in his vision of a bright future, a notification suddenly popped into his mind.

Zhao Yun's level has been increased to LV2.

The Heroic Spirit's attributes have been improved.

You can now choose the Spirit Trait for it.

"The efficiency is quite high."

He wasn't surprised by this. After the special care he received last night, Zhao Yun was only a little bit of experience points away from reaching LV2.

"Check the panel."

With a thought, Zhao Yun's awakening panel appeared before his eyes.

[Shuttle - Characteristic]: When movement speed exceeds 200% of the base movement speed, ignores volume collision.

This trait is a Wind Chaser type and requires 100 Wind Chaser Stones and 500 Cubic Coins to unlock.

[Air Blade - Trait]: Gains ranged attack ability, but reduces own attack speed by 30%.

This trait is a Wind Chaser type and requires 100 Wind Chaser Stones and 500 Cubic Coins to unlock.

[Chase Attack - Special Feature]: After each use of an attack skill, the next attack will be a 2-hit combo.

This trait is a Breakthrough type and requires 100 Breakthrough Stones and 500 Cubic Coins to unlock.

The three options correspond to different development directions.

Li Ming examined it carefully, quickly analyzing it in his mind.

First is [Air Blade].

Giving Zhao Yun ranged attack capabilities sounds like a good idea.

But the cost of permanently reducing attack speed is too high.

Attack speed and movement speed are closely related; you can have a high attack speed and a low movement speed, but you can't have a high movement speed and a low attack speed.

Otherwise, the high movement speed will be hampered by the slow attack speed.

Now, in order to use a ranged attack, Zhao Yun's most core advantage has been rendered useless.

Moreover, with Huang Zhong around, they don't lack long-range firepower.

Therefore, this option should be skipped.

Secondly, there is the [chasing attack].

The characteristic of the "Broken Force" type is that after each use of an attack skill, the next attack will become a double hit.

At first glance, this is a very strong offensive characteristic, which can produce impressive burst damage when combined with skill cards.

The problem is that he only has one Broken Force skill card, which is not enough to unleash his full potential.

Therefore, this option is also PASS.

Finally, only [Shut down] remains.

When the speed exceeds 200% of the base speed, volume collision is ignored.

The characteristics of the Wind Chaser skill perfectly match Zhao Yun's [Dustless] skill's warm-up speed boost.

Zhao Yun is a heroic spirit who grows faster the more he fights. Once his speed is stacked up, this characteristic allows him to become a true dragon soaring across the battlefield.

Ignoring volume collision means he can move freely through enemy ranks without any hindrance.

Whether it's entering, pursuing, or retreating, everything will become incredibly smooth.

This role, which I assigned him for guerrilla defense, was like adding wings to a tiger.

"That's it, but unfortunately... I'm poor."

Dawn made her decision, but could only manage a helpless smile.

The main issue is that after enabling the tracking and location function on the map, I don't have that many cube coins on hand right now.

Even if someone wanted to awaken now, they couldn't.

"I need to make money quickly."

He quickened his pace, heading towards the designated monster stronghold.

About an hour later, we finally arrived at our destination.

This is a low-lying valley surrounded by bare earthen slopes.

A strong, rotten smell filled the air, making people almost nauseous.

"This is it."

According to information shared on the public channel, the monsters in this stronghold are rotting corpses, which move slowly and have rough skin and tough flesh.

For heroic spirits with ranged attack capabilities, these slow-moving monsters are practically sitting ducks.

"Let's begin."

Li Ming took out the Stone Monkey's Heroic Spirit Card and threw it forward with force.

hum!

A flash of light, and the stone monkey landed on the edge of the low-lying area.

Huang Zhong, who had been following Li Ming the whole way, raised his large bow.

Once the deployment was complete, Li Ming quickly retreated to a great distance.

"roar……"

Not long after, a low, hissing sound came from the pit.

Then several rotting hands emerged from the soil, slowly crawling out one rotting corpse after another, their bodies covered in sores and emitting a foul stench.

Their movements are unsteady and slow, even slower than a normal person taking a walk.

But there were quite a few of them; seven or eight crawled out in the blink of an eye.

【middle!】

At dawn's command, Huang Zhong removed the precious eagle he was carrying and drew out an arrow condensed with energy.

call out!

A beam of light shot out and accurately struck the head of the foremost rotting corpse.

puff!

The corpse's chest exploded open, splattering disgusting slime everywhere.

"sharp."

Having experienced the carrion at night before dawn, I know their defenses are very strong.

At that time, apart from Guan Yu, neither Liu Bei nor Zhang Fei could achieve the same effect as Huang Zhong.

This must be the armor-piercing power of the [Fierce Bow].

Several rotting corpses quickly surrounded the stone monkey, but their attacks did not cause much damage to the stone monkey, which was now at LV3.

Under Li Ming's command, Huang Zhong kept firing at the same target, so the only target he attracted hatred from was a rotting corpse.

The lured corpse staggered to Huang Zhong, barely alive, and was instantly killed by his single strike, gaining experience points.

Fortunately, the attack frequency of these rotting corpses was very slow, and Dawn could control the direction, preventing them from being all rolled and killed instantly.

After refreshing for over an hour, Dawn finally received a notification from the panel.

Huang Zhong's level has been increased to LV2.

The Heroic Spirit's attributes have been improved.

You can now choose the Spirit Trait for it.

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