Lord: My troops can evolve indefinitely.

As the familiar notification sound rang out, the roulette wheel, which had begun to spin slowly, stopped and underwent a dramatic change.

The turntable, which originally had only four zones, was directly divided into ten zones of varying sizes.

In addition to the original four races, six more races have been added: Dragons, Nagas, Elementals, Undead, Demons, and Void.

"Are there ten races in total?" Luo Xuan murmured, looking at the roulette wheel.

However, this time Luo Xuan didn't have time to understand everything. The wheel started spinning again as soon as the changes were completed.

Not long after, under Luo Xuan's anxious gaze, the arrow slowly slowed down in the dragon territory and then arrived at the Naga territory.

Just when Luo Xuan thought he had drawn the Naga race, the arrow narrowly missed and landed in the Elemental race's area.

Congratulations on obtaining 10 Elemental Race [Little River Spirit]!

As the notification sound faded, ten light blue, teardrop-shaped creatures, roughly the size of basketballs, appeared around Luo Xuan.

[Troop Type]: Little River Spirit

[Race]: Elemental

[Level]: Tier 1, Level 1

[Quality]: White (ordinary) (White < Green < Blue < Purple < Orange < Red < Gold)

[Type]: Infantry

[Life]: 50

[Physical Attack]: 2-3

[Physical Defense]: 0

[Magic Attack]: 0

[Magic Defense]: 2

[Speed]: Slow

[Skill]: Basic Elemental Body (Passive)

[Demand Statistics Value]: 1

"Little River Spirit?"

Looking at the soft and cute little gadgets around him, Luo Xuan really couldn't tell what kind of strength they had.

Still clinging to hope, Luo Xuan checked Xiao Heling's panel. After reading it, his anxiety finally subsided.

In summary, its stats are poor and low, and its only skill is a 5% chance to reduce damage by 50% when taking physical attacks.

The effect looks good, but the trigger probability is too low. Combined with the weak 50 HP of the Little River Spirit, it's all show and no substance.

"Troops detected. Lord's Space is now open. Troops not exceeding your own leadership value can be added to the space."

The notification sounded in his mind again, and this time the activated function looked somewhat familiar to Luo Xuan.

"It's somewhat like Poké Balls in Pokémon, but instead of being limited in number, it relies on some kind of 'leadership value'?"

To be honest, Luo Xuan didn't pay much attention to the leadership value at first.

However, it now appears that leadership value is likely to be a very important attribute.

Luo Xuan tried it out and successfully stored all 10 little river spirits into his lord's space. He sensed that he could release them at any time.

"Is this how lords command their troops in battle? The higher the leadership stat, the more troops they can command, and the stronger they become."

After Luo Xuan finished his experiment, he released all the little river spirits back into the river.

"By the way, how do I use this talent of mine? Isn't it supposed to allow for infinite evolution?"

Just as Luo Xuan was wondering, he saw the words "[Can Evolve]" appear above the little river spirit's head.

Luo Xuan randomly selected one, and then saw a progress bar appear next to the little river spirit. He needed to fill the progress bar with evolution materials to evolve the little river spirit.

Luo Xuan had nothing but the Little River Spirit, so he decided to try using another Little River Spirit as material. Unexpectedly, the progress bar filled up immediately.

Seeing this, Luo Xuan did not hesitate to choose to evolve.

A flash of light appeared, and the two small river spirits disappeared, replaced by a large, deep blue "small river spirit" that was several sizes bigger.

[Troop Type]: Great River Spirit

[Race]: Elemental

[Level]: Tier 1, Level 1

[Quality]: Green Elite

[Type]: Infantry

[Life]: 120

[Physical Attack]: 3-5

[Physical Defense]: 1

[Magic Attack]: 0

[Magic Defense]: 4

[Speed]: Slow

[Skill]: Basic Elemental Body

[Demand Statistics Value]: 2

Looking at the giant river spirit, which was about the size of a yoga ball, Luo Xuan fell into deep thought.

Undoubtedly, the evolved Great River Spirit has increased in all its stats, but its leadership stat has also increased accordingly.

Originally, Luo Xuan could bring ten small river spirits, but now he can only bring five large river spirits.

Of course, if they were to fight, the five Great River Spirits would definitely be stronger.

At the same time, Luo Xuan noticed that the small river spirit, which was originally of white quality, turned into a green quality after evolving into a large river spirit.

This is undoubtedly further proof that the latter is stronger.

Then, Luo Xuan paired up the remaining eight small river spirits in twos to evolve them into four large river spirits, thus giving him a total of five large river spirits.

Looking at the five dark blue "yoga balls" bouncing around him, Luo Xuan still didn't feel very secure; he wanted a more powerful unit.

As Luo Xuan's gaze continued to fall on one of the Great River Spirits, the words "[Can Evolve]" indeed reappeared on its body.

Without hesitation, Luo Xuan initiated another evolution, choosing the Great River Spirit as his target, and again, he needed to invest materials.

It took two Great River Spirits to fill the progress bar this time.

The next moment, the light of evolution reappeared.

"Ding~ Metamorphosis triggered, new evolution path discovered, [Great River Spirit] has evolved into [Secondary Water Elemental]!"

"Should we record this evolutionary path?"

A series of notification sounds rang in Luo Xuan's mind.

"Record it!" Luo Xuan said immediately after glancing at the secondary water element panel.

[Unit Type]: Lesser Water Elemental

[Race]: Elemental

[Level]: Tier 1, Level 1

[Quality]: Rare Blue

[Type]: Infantry

[Life]: 250

[Physical Attack]: 8-10

[Physical Defense]: 3

[Magic Attack]: 0

[Magic Defense]: 6

[Speed]: Slow

[Skills]: Elemental Body (Passive), Nourishing Trickling Water (Passive)

[Demand Statistics Value]: 3

Looking at the humanoid water elemental that was over a meter tall and had arms made of flowing water, Luo Xuan felt a little safer.

The transformed Lesser Water Elemental not only has its original passive ability enhanced, but also gains a new passive skill.

The effect of [Elemental Body] remains unchanged, still reducing physical damage by 50%, but the probability has increased from 5% to 20%.

As for [Trickling Nourishment], it means that when a secondary water elemental is near a body of water, it will receive slow healing to restore itself.

Without a doubt, the secondary water elemental that has undergone metamorphosis and evolution can be considered to have broken away from the category of lower elemental spirits and begun to move closer to the conventional water elemental.

"Perhaps after one or two more evolutions, it can become a water elemental."

However, Luo Xuan currently only has two Great River Spirits and one Lesser Water Elemental, which is insufficient for further evolution.

"After a series of evolutions, not only have the strength of the troops at my disposal increased, but the required leadership value has actually decreased by 3 points."

Luo Xuan discovered another use for his talent: it allowed him to avoid being constrained by his leadership stat and maintain his strongest combat power at all times.

If his leadership stat exceeds the limit, he can directly sacrifice the excess troops as materials.

"The Lord's Trial has officially begun. Please lead your troops to eliminate all enemy units!"

Just then, the familiar notification sound appeared again.

"Warning! When the lord dies, the territory core will be destroyed, and vice versa."