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

When the image finally froze, a familiar pattern in the shape of a pillar of light appeared on it.

"Um?"

The reason I say it's familiar is because Dawn also has a card with a similar design.

It's the item card, the [Return to Town Card].

Unlike disposable prop cards, this is a Zhang Zicube Stone card.

[Return Stone]: A type of sub-cube stone. After a 30-second uninterrupted channeling, it returns you to the location of the main cube stone. The cost is proportional to the distance traveled.

"nice one!"

Although the exact amount spent is unknown, it doesn't prevent Dawn from giving her evaluation.

This is simply the perfect partner for the [Substitute Straw Man]!

His previous hunting strategy involved using the [Substitute Scarecrow] to swap positions with the scarecrow.

Later, they switched to having a scarecrow lead the team to split up and use a [Return Card] whenever they encountered a situation.

The biggest drawback of this strategy is that the [Return Card] can only be used once.

Even the [Substitute Straw Man] still has the problem of cooldown.

But now with the [Return Stone], this worry can be completely resolved.

Furthermore, it can lead to new hunting strategies.

That is, he leads the team of heroic spirits on a hunt, while the straw man goes alone to the next monster stronghold.

Once you've cleared your own side, you can use [Substitute Straw Doll] to bring the entire party of Heroic Spirits over together.

After clearing the second monster stronghold, use the [Return Stone] to return to your territory.

The advantage of this is that his heroic spirits can be fully concentrated to conquer even more difficult monster strongholds.

Furthermore, concentrating combat power will greatly improve hunting efficiency.

Furthermore, by completely eliminating the time spent traveling back to the city, he could even clear out three to four monster strongholds a day.

"Comfortable."

After analyzing it, Dawn couldn't wait to return to his territory and deploy the sub-cube stone.

Then, looking at the second random card, he had a thought, and the question mark pattern started scrolling again.

[Warning Stone]: A type of cube stone that immediately sounds an alarm when a non-owner unit enters the territory.

"Not bad either."

Li Ming hadn't expected that the two small cubes he received were exactly what he needed.

With this warning stone, Guan Yu could be freed up to carry out his daytime missions.

Due to the shared health points and the special attack against evil spirits, Guan Yu's return will definitely have an effect greater than the sum of its parts.

"Okay, it's decided."

After reviewing the two Sub-Cube Stone Cards, Dawn had already figured out how to use the [Chinese Heroic Spirit Card].

Now that he has Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, and Huang Zhong under his command, it can be said that 90% of the core team of Shu Kingdom has been assembled.

The only one who was lacking was Zhuge Liang.

That was his answer.

"Okay, it's you I've chosen."

Dawn bit her finger and wrote that name in the blank space of the Heroic Spirit Card.

hum!

A flash of light, and the card's design solidified.

The man wore a turban and a crane-feather cloak, had a handsome face, and held a white feather fan in his hand.

He was composed, with deep eyes, as if he had everything under control.

It was none other than the Crouching Dragon, Zhuge Kongming!

Take a look at the card of this Heroic Spirit.

[Zhuge Liang]: Tier 1 LV1

[Eight Trigrams Formation - Passive]: Zhuge Liang can grant any one of the eight heroic spirits within a 20-meter radius a +10% bonus to any single attribute.

"The Eight Trigrams Formation..."

As dawn carefully examined the entry, his eyes gradually brightened.

With a radius of 20 meters, that's quite a large area.

To know the radius of the cube's radiation range in your territory, the circumference is about 90 meters.

A radius of 20 meters is enough to cover the entire territory.

The most crucial effect is this: grants all 8 Servants a +10% bonus to any single attribute.

"Does 'single attribute' refer to attack power, defense power, health points, speed, etc."

He pondered it.

If that's the case, then this Bagua formation is incredibly flexible.

For example, Stone Monkey's defense increases by 10%, Liu Bei's health increases by 10%, Zhao Yun's movement speed increases by 10%, and Huang Zhong's attack power increases by 10%.

Thinking of this, Li Ming couldn't help but feel a sense of anticipation.

He began to count the heroic spirits in his hands.

Liu Bei, Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong, the Stone Monkey, plus Zhuge Liang himself, that makes a total of 8.

However, after immediately testing it on-site, he discovered that the term "Bagua Formation" had two key limitations.

First, Zhuge Liang cannot be counted within the eight.

Secondly, you need to collect 8 Servants to trigger the effect; if you don't have enough, it won't work.

"In other words, if we calculate it this way, I'm still one Heroic Spirit short of activating the Eight Trigrams Formation."

Li Ming frowned.

This is a bit troublesome.

He no longer has any extra Chinese Heroic Spirit Cards.

To summon a new Servant, you'll have to wait for the next milestone.

"But it's alright, it's just a matter of time."

"There's a high probability that the 'Ten Nights of Survival' milestone will also include Heroic Spirit cards."

"Let's take a look at the enchantments first."

Dawn opened another panel for Zhuge Liang.

[Overall Planning]: Zhuge Liang can increase the production efficiency of enchanted targets by an additional 20%.

"This enchantment is absolutely amazing."

His eyes lit up.

Currently, the only production building I have is the Rainbow Stone.

Its maximum efficiency is 30 units of Seven-Element Stones per day, and with a 20% increase, it becomes 36 units.

It used to take more than 3 days to collect 100, but now it only takes less than 3 days, greatly reducing the time cost.

"I just don't know if increasing production efficiency will also increase the amount of cubic coins consumed."

"But so what if it's increased? I'm very rich now."

"Efficiency and time are the key factors."

"I'll get the enchanting done as soon as I get back."

He made up his mind.

As for now, dawn looks towards the valley ahead.

There are still a few mandrills left inside, which will be perfect for testing the Prime Minister's combat skills.

The previous wave of red mandrills has been mostly cleared out, but there are still quite a few deep inside the cave.

This is perfect for testing Zhuge Liang.

On a whim, he commanded Zhuge Liang to join the battle.

Then they saw Zhuge Liang slowly walk forward and gently wave his feather fan.

A cyan wind blade materialized out of thin air.

"Magic attack?"

Li Ming never expected that Zhuge Liang, one of the heroes in the Three Kingdoms pack, would have such an unconventional attack method.

Thinking about it carefully, it makes sense. You can't exactly send a civil official to the front lines to fight.

However, what happened next disappointed him somewhat.

Although it looks like a cool wind blade, its speed is not particularly fast.

It almost got dodged by the nimble mandrill.

call out!

The wind blade struck the mandrill, causing it to let out a miserable scream.

"Squeak!"

However, it only left a shallow wound, which angered it and made it pounce on Zhuge Liang.

"The damage is a bit low."

Li Ming frowned and quickly ordered Ma Chao to help block the mountain demon's path.

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