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

After several rounds of back-and-forth, Ma Chao's energy was fully replenished once again.

Dawn immediately ordered him to summon the second Iron Guard.

The two Iron Guards looked exactly alike, with no difference whatsoever.

"Unfortunately, the heroic spirits of China cannot be summoned repeatedly."

Seeing this, Leon Lai couldn't help but feel a little regretful.

He had tried this before; he couldn't summon duplicate Heroic Spirits with the same name.

For example, when he tries to write "Guan Yu", "Guan Yunchang", or even "Beautiful Beard" or "Second Master Guan", it shows that he cannot succeed.

Returning to Ma Chao's two iron guards, after repeated testing, he discovered another major advantage.

That is, they exist for an infinite amount of time.

Unless the Iron Guardian himself dies or Ma Chao is transformed back into a card and carried by him, the two Iron Guardians can protect him and exist indefinitely.

As for whether the Iron Guard would still exist after Ma Chao's death, he didn't test it.

After all, reviving heroic spirits costs money, and he was reluctant to do so.

However, he estimated that Iron Guard should have died along with Ma Chao, so there was no need to try.

After testing Ma Chao, Li Ming then looked at Huang Zhong.

From the very beginning, he never allowed this heroic spirit to participate in the battle.

Instead, they stayed by the stone house, remaining stationary.

The purpose was to test how long it would take for the "Patience" trait to be fully charged.

After about an hour.

Dawn discovered that the Patience bonus had only accumulated to 10%.

"This is way too slow..."

He was speechless.

At this rate, wouldn't it take ten hours to reach 1000%?

"It seems that the [Patience] trait can only be built up before battle, and cannot be temporarily stacked during battle."

He came to a conclusion.

That makes sense.

If Huang Zhong could stack up his power quickly during battle, he would be too overpowered.

"Although there are many restrictions, the potential is indeed high."

"Alright, let's build up our strength in advance and use it as a strategic weapon."

He instructed Huang Zhong to remain still and accumulate patience.

At the same time, he started to make plans in his mind.

First of all, Huang Zhong cannot move in this state, so the only use of this powerful weapon is to guard the territory and wait for the powerful monsters to invade.

If timed well, the maximum number of times one can release in a night is two.

Accumulate once during the day, then fire an arrow at the beginning of the night and continue accumulating.

Around dawn, we can fire another arrow.

"However, the team arrangements for tomorrow need to be changed."

Huang Zhong was unable to leave his territory, forcing Li Ming to rearrange the formation.

First of all, besides Huang Zhong, Guan Yu would definitely have to stay behind to act as a warning officer.

Therefore, the only ones I can send out are Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Shi Hou.

Liu Bei and Zhang Fei, because they share health points, can stand alone.

Then Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and the Stone Monkey would form one team.

However, the latter team has a slightly more complex strategy due to the presence of Stone Monkey.

He wasn't entirely comfortable letting the straw man lead it.

But if we're really talking about combat strength, the Three Heroic Spirits team is definitely stronger than the Two Heroic Spirits team.

"Moreover, because of the shared experience points, Zhang Fei dropped to LV2, while Liu Bei is still at LV3."

"So I need to find a weaker monster stronghold and have the scarecrow lead the team there."

"Although the leveling efficiency will be a bit lower, it has the advantage of being more stable. If a hero dies, you'll have to spend money, which is not worth it."

With that in mind, he activated the communication stone.

The coordinates he picked yesterday might not be suitable; we need to find new ones.

"Ideally, it should be a monster stronghold of level 2 or lower."

Li Ming was browsing public channels.

Soon, a historical record caught his attention.

While keeping watch tonight, he also browsed the public chat channel to find hunting targets for tomorrow's daytime hunt.

After searching for a while, a message caught his attention.

[Brother Hu]: Selling monster stronghold coordinates, LV2 skeleton soldier, price upon private message.

Not all summoners have the means to investigate the level of monsters in the wild, so this is currently the only one that meets their requirements.

So Dawn sent a private chat request to the other party.

Surprisingly, the person was actually online and approved the application immediately.

[Will you come tonight?]: How much does the coordinate cost?

He got straight to the point right away, saying that he had just randomly chosen this chat ID.

[Brother Hu]: 50 cubic meters of coins.

50 cubic coins are equivalent to 500 Federal Coins in the main world's common currency.

An average person's monthly salary is only 2 to 3000 federal dollars, and 500 federal dollars is roughly enough to pay the rent for a studio apartment.

It's not exactly a small amount, though.

However, for summoners, there certainly won't be many.

What can you do with 50 cubic coins? At most, you can build a level 1 city wall that's a dozen meters long.

So selling it so cheaply made Leon Lai suspicious.

[Brother Hu]: Dude, I'm about to give up. I'll try to earn as much as I can before I have to withdraw my investment.

Seemingly sensing Li Ming's hesitation from afar, the other party offered an explanation.

"I see……"

This reason was somewhat understandable to Leon Lai.

However, despite his understanding, he still maintained the necessary caution.

I asked about the details of the monster stronghold in detail.

Based on my experience of clearing out monster strongholds these past few days, I judged that the other party was most likely not lying.

There must be monster strongholds.

But whether there are still monsters inside, and whether the seller has ulterior motives, is hard to say.

"But it's alright, the straw man will be leading the team, I can afford the risk."

With this in mind, he made up his mind.

The two then agreed on the time and place for the transaction the following day.

……

At the same time, on the other end of the private chat channel.

"Hehehe, another fish has taken the bait."

The tall, thin man closed the private chat window, a triumphant smile playing on his lips.

His GG was specially designed.

First of all, summoners who are still looking for LV2 monster strongholds at this stage are mostly not strong.

This monster stronghold was left behind by myself when exploring the vicinity of my territory.

Secondly, the threshold of 50 cubic coins is just right.

If the price is high, it means that the Summoner who bought it has ample financial resources.

In these beginner dungeons, a summoner's financial resources are largely equivalent to their combat power.

But it can't be given away for free, otherwise it will arouse excessive suspicion from the other party.

50 cubic coins is just the right amount to tempt those summoners who aren't wealthy.

But regardless of whether the target is rich or poor, killing them may yield unbound portable cards.

More importantly, one of his heroes has awakened the plunder trait, which guarantees an extra reward for killing a summoner.

This was the main purpose behind setting up the hunting trap.

So he opened two private chat windows and conveyed the arrangements for tomorrow.

This is not something one person can do alone; he also has comrades-in-arms.

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