Chapter 209: Ranking Competition, Welcome the Ice Dragon Horn Challenge (6000)

"Axing, are we going out this afternoon?"

Hearing this question, Cao Xing thought for a moment.

Then he shook his head and said, "Don't go out for now. We will continue to refresh the status of the Wild Boar Warrior and Ascalon Warrior in the afternoon."

"At night, I plan to use the Ice Dragon Horn to level up."

"It just so happens that we are in the leaderboard period right now, and there is a small chance that boss-level creatures and chieftain-level creatures will appear in the ice nest. Let's see if we can make it to the leaderboard."

Hearing this, a peaceful smile appeared on Liu Muxue's face.

"Okay, I'll fight with you."

She was not worried, after all, she had used [Ice Dragon Horn (Small)] once before.

Although there were many ice nests falling at the same time, they were completely carried down by them.

Moreover, during this period, the strength of the territory has once again experienced a qualitative surge, and dealing with more ice nest monsters is no problem.

However, what Liu Muxue didn't know was that this time Cao Xing was going to use the medium-level Ice Dragon Horn, which was several times more difficult than the last time.

Of course, high difficulty means high returns.

Last time, Cao Xing killed tens of thousands of ice nest monsters in six hours, gaining a large amount of experience points and more than 40,000 ice dragon marks.

This time, the conservative estimate is that the number of monsters is at least four times as many.

In other words, if Cao Xing wants to maximize the benefits of each ice nest like last time.

We need to kill at least 300,000 Ice Nest monsters!
This is a terrifying number!

Although these ice nest monsters will not appear at the same time, they are still very scary.

Then, Cao Xing and Liu Muxue began to add various statuses to those warriors.

Time passes slowly...

In the blink of an eye, an afternoon had passed.

After the efforts of the two, all the combatants and staff in the territory were given a new group status [Faith].

Cao Xing also continuously used the [Source of Extreme Ice] to add this powerful golden state to all core members and sixty Ascalon warriors.

There is no way, [Source of Extreme Ice] has a five-minute cooldown time, and it is still in a single state.

It would take Cao Xing at least one or two days to add all the hundreds of people in the territory.

at the same time.

The sky has darkened.

Wait until all staff members return to the territory.

Cao Xing looked at the fighters and said, "Get ready. I will summon the power of the dragon again tonight."

"A large number of ice nests will descend upon our territory. This will be a tough battle!"

Hearing this, hundreds of fighters looked stern.

The three newly joined female dragon-blood fighters instantly raised their spears.

Alice said with a serious expression, "Are they those damned ice nest monsters again? These minions of dragons have destroyed countless cities and taken the lives of many of our people."

"This time, I will smash them all to pieces!"

Phoenix next to him also said: "That's right, we must drive the power of the dragon out of this continent, at all costs!"

Seeing their serious expressions, Jonard stepped forward and comforted them, "Guardians of the Saint, don't be so nervous. Relax a little."

Hearing this, the three female dragon-blood fighters looked at him with some confusion.

Alice said solemnly: "How can we relax? That is the power of a dragon! Have you forgotten the damage Zhuoma caused to our homeland?"

"Even if those weak ice nest monsters gather together, they will quickly reach a terrifying number, enough to destroy huge cities!"

"This territory is too weak now, and will be overwhelmed by those monsters in an instant!"

Jonard was stunned, then shook his head.

"I know that the power of the dragon cannot be underestimated, but the dragon is still in the recovery stage, and its minions are not that powerful."

"As for you saying that this territory is weak, they don't think so."

"You can tell by looking at the reactions of these soldiers."

Hearing this, the three female fighters turned their eyes to the boar warriors and Ascalon warriors at the same time!
At this moment, the group of wild boar warriors had excitement on their faces.

The wild boar leader, Lab, stepped forward and said, "Come on, everyone! We are going to kill more enemies tonight than those Ascalon warriors!"

The other boar warriors said excitedly: "Oh! We will show our skills tonight. We will definitely perform better than those Ascalon warriors!"

"Haha, you're right. The power bestowed upon me by the Lord makes me feel my blood boiling!"

"God of Beasts, He will see my heroic figure killing everyone!"

The Ascalon warriors next to them also looked excited.

Warrior Captain Yaskin gave the order.

"Everyone, pay attention! Last time, we only fought for a few hours before we ran out of energy and had to withdraw, bringing shame to the Lord."

"This time, we must fight to the end!"

"By the way, we must not lose to those wild boar warriors!"

Hearing this, the other Ascalon warriors immediately grabbed their weapons and shouted.

"Fight to the death!"

"Fight to the death!"

They had already experienced a battle against a large-scale attack by the Ice Nest and were still upset about their withdrawal halfway through the last battle.

Everyone started to get ready.

These fighters not only had no fear of the battle at night, but seemed to be looking forward to it.

The archers, including Elisa, did not say much, but immediately began to check the arrows in their quivers.

The three female dragon-blood fighters looked confused.

Jonard said, “You should have seen it.”

"The warriors of this territory are not afraid of dragons at all. In comparison, they are more afraid of not showing enough strength and not killing more enemies."

“Even when facing a giant dragon, they remain optimistic.”

"This mentality makes them more comfortable in battle. Although we, the Norns, are a fighting nation, we also need to learn this spirit."

The three female dragonblood fighters listened thoughtfully, then nodded solemnly.
"I see. Thanks for your advice."

...

at the same time.

The fighters all entered the cafeteria to enjoy today's dinner and replenish their energy before the battle.

Cao Xing opened the chat channel to see what major events had happened after the first day of the merger.

After flipping through the chat history, he roughly understood the situation in District 17.

After a day, the survivors had adapted to their new companions.

The team leaders from various regions also survived the large-scale attacks of the Icebrood monsters.

Although... it was a bit difficult to fight.

In order to demonstrate their strength, these group leaders followed Jiang Qingyun and used the [Ice Dragon Horn].

However, they all somewhat underestimated the power of the Ice Dragon Horn.

Ice nests keep falling and more ice nest monsters keep hatching.

As time goes by, the difficulty continues to increase.

Later on, even if they tried their best to destroy the ice nest, they could not keep up with the speed at which the monsters appeared.

Moreover, the monsters hatched in the ice nest now are all second-level ice nest monsters, among which there are a large number of elites, and some bosses will appear occasionally.

There is even a boss-level Ice Nest monster!
This resulted in a lot of casualties on the first day.

Many survivors and recruited creatures died in each major legion.

However, behind these deaths and injuries, the levels and points of those who survived increased.

Those team leaders killed a large number of ice nest monsters and participated in the last hits, and each of them gained a lot of experience.

The lowest was upgraded by 2 levels, and the highest was even upgraded by 4 levels.

Now, among the more than 17 survivors in Zone , the first echelon has reached level or , and third-level survivors are about to appear.

After taking a quick look at the information in the chat channel, Cao Xing roughly understood the situation.

"Yes, although the challenge of the Ice Dragon Horn is very difficult, the benefits are also very high."

“These people are upgrading very quickly.”

Although compared to Cao Xing, their upgrade speed is not good enough.

But compared with other survivors, this speed has skyrocketed like a rocket.

In addition to the soaring levels of the leaders of the major legions, another thing that has attracted the attention of the survivors is the current [Points Ranking] rules.

They found that the calculation method of this points ranking was based on the entire territory.

In other words, an arrow tower in a territory, recruiting creatures, and other survivors to destroy the ice nest, or kill the boss-level ice nest monster.

All points obtained will only be counted to the lord.

Seeing this rule, Cao Xing was thoughtful.

"If this is the way to calculate it, it would be a bit troublesome."

"Because in this case, my idea of ​​letting Mu Xue also get points and win first place with me, and the second place reward will probably not work."

"Unless... let Mu Xue go out and develop a new territory now."

Cao Xing shook his head and quickly rejected the idea.

Obviously, asking Liu Muxue to develop a territory now would be equivalent to starting all over again, and even with Cao Xing's help, it would waste a lot of time.

"In addition to this method, there is another way, which is through cooperation with other survivor lords."

"I provided him with manpower support, helped him to top the leaderboard, and then asked him to give me the reward."

"Of course, this requires a trustworthy person, and I don't know anyone, so forget it."

After some consideration, Cao Xing still couldn't think of any suitable solution.

Shaking his head, he decided not to dwell on this issue for the time being.

After all, there are still nine days left for the leaderboard challenge, so there is no need to rush.

Take a look at the current rankings.

[17 District Points Ranking]

[First place: Jiang Qingyun 227 points]

[Second place: Chen Feng 213 points]

【Third place: Gao Yiyi 207 points】

【Fourth place: Huang Xinhai 202 points】

……

[183th place: Nan Yiman points]

...

Obviously, the top ten of the current rankings have been occupied by the leaders of the legions of various regions. They all start with a minimum of 180 points.

Because the number of [Ice Dragon Horn (Small)] that fell in six hours was at least 160.

In addition, the bosses and leaders hatched inside will give you a few points after killing them.

Therefore, using an [Ice Dragon Horn (Small)], you can get a minimum of 160 points.

After looking at the rankings, Cao Xing nodded.

"The leaders of these regions are quite capable. They have all completed the first wave of the Ice Dragon Horn challenge."

"However, the casualties of these legions are quite severe."

"In the six-hour battle of Ice Nest, each legion lost more than a hundred people."

"This casualty ratio is still very high, almost equivalent to one-third of the combat personnel in a territory."

"In the short term, they probably won't be able to use the Ice Dragon Horn to challenge again."

...

Just as Cao Xing expected, most of the legions at this time were exhausted and severely damaged.

Looking at the corpses scattered all over the ground outside the territory, everyone had a heavy look in their eyes.

However, the highest number of casualties came from the Wangjiang Pavilion Legion.

In order to maximize profits, Jiang Qingyun also wanted to follow Cao Xing's example and wait for some of the monsters inside to hatch before destroying the ice nest.

However, by the time he discovered that the number of icebrood monsters that appeared at the same time was beyond his imagination, it was already too late.

At this moment, he looked at the more than 150 mutilated corpses in the territory, and a look of regret flashed in his eyes.

He didn't feel sorry for these people's deaths.

It’s because the loss this time is so huge that it’s a bit troublesome to recruit more people.

Jiang Qingyun pretended to be sad and said a few words to comfort him, then asked his men to dispose of the bodies.

As for how to deal with it, it is unknown.

Jiang Qingyun came to the edge of the territory and also clicked on the [Points Ranking].

When he saw that he was firmly ranked first, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"Fortunately, although it was a big sacrifice, we managed to win first place, and Cao Xing didn't make the list."

"It seems that this kid is just lucky. He accidentally got that kind of powerful fish meat. His real strength is actually not that strong."

During the day, Jiang Qingyun was targeted by Cao Xing, which resulted in him not being able to purchase the two precious fish meats, and his attributes were much worse than those of other team leaders.

He even sent people to privately find other survivors to buy it.

However, after seeing that they were from District 171, the other party decisively rejected the transaction.

This made Jiang Qingyun very angry.

At the same time, a sense of crisis emerged in my heart.

Now, through the rankings, Jiang Qingyun inferred that Cao Xing's strength was not strong, and he gradually felt relieved.

Jiang Qingyun thought to himself, "Next, as long as I keep up this momentum, it will be a sure thing for me to take first place."

"Then, use the recruitment scroll to summon commander-level creatures and go directly to find the territory of Cao Xing."

"When the time comes, I will make him wish he were dead, and make him understand what the fate of those who offend me is!"

Having said that, a sinister smile appeared on Jiang Qingyun's face!
He looked at an old man with a weathered face and short gray hair, and said, "Old Liu, notify everyone that we will continue to use the Ice Dragon Horn to start the second round of battle."

But the old man named Liu Lao shook his head and said, "Young Master Jiang, I think we need to pause for a while. We can't continue to use the Ice Dragon Horn."

"Huh? Why?"

Jiang Qingyun asked doubtfully, "I am now in a level 4 lord's hut with a population of over . Even if more than people died today, wouldn't there still be nearly combatants?"

Hearing this, the old man in front of him sighed, "Yes, there are still two hundred combatants."

"But they have been fighting intensively for a whole day and can't hold on any longer."

Hearing this, a thoughtful look flashed across Jiang Qingyun's eyes.

He asked again: "After the first wave of Ice Dragon Horns lasted for a while, didn't I let them take turns to go out and fight, and the others rested in the territory? How come they couldn't hold on?"

The old man sighed and said, "They rested for about two hours today. The rest of the time they were fighting non-stop. Their bodies and spirits have reached their limits."

"Currently, the combat status of these regiment members is getting worse and worse, and the casualty rate is beginning to increase."

"Master Jiang, let them have a rest. And you, too, your condition is not right."

The old man said in a heavy tone.

He had already seen the bloodshot in Jiang Qingyun's eyes.

However, Jiang Qingyun's expression gradually became gloomy.

"Rest? How can I rest at this time?"

"We finally got first place, and we have to maintain it now!"

"Moreover, you have all seen how horrific the benefits are after using this Ice Dragon Horn. It is a full 50% experience bonus!"

"Today, most of the fighters on the field have upgraded one or two levels, and I have also directly rushed to level 19. It won't be long before I can upgrade to level 20, and then complete the third level advancement!"

The Ice Dragon Horn can choose experience bonus or material bonus.

For Jiang Qingyun, experience bonus is naturally more important.

Although most of the ice nests were destroyed by them directly, they still killed a large number of ice nest monsters.

However, Jiang Qingyun does not have Cao Xing's talent of [Eternal Power] and cannot share everyone's experience.

But he can also share some of his subordinates' experience, and he only needs to contribute some output.

For example, an Ice Nest monster has 1000 health points, and if you touch it casually, it can get 50% of the experience.

Therefore, Jiang Qingyun's level is rising very quickly.

Including the strong men from several other regions, they have all tasted the sweetness of the [Ice Dragon Horn].

With this thing, if they can use it continuously, all of them can reach level 20 or even level 30 in a short period of time!
Of course, this requires extremely strong strength.

Even Cao Xing before couldn't do it.

Just when Jiang Qingyun decided to let these members continue fighting.

The little girl next to him said, "Dad, those uncles look so pitiful. They have so many wounds on their bodies from being bitten by the monsters, and yet they still have to continue fighting."

"Can you give them a break?"

The little girl in front of him had an innocent look on her face, and her pair of pure big eyes looked at the man in front of her with pleading eyes.

Hearing the girl's clear voice, the hostility on Jiang Qingyun's face gradually disappeared.

He said in a gentle tone: "Okay Yingying, Dad will listen to you."

"Then let them rest for a while."

A happy smile appeared on the little girl's face, and then she hugged Jiang Qingyun's waist, "Thank you, Daddy, Daddy is the best!"

Jiang Qingyun also had a doting smile on his face and touched the girl's head.

At this time, he turned around and looked at the old man next to him and asked, "Old Liu, where are the second batch of members I recruited from the nearby territories today? How long will it take them to arrive near my territory?"

The old man said respectfully: "Young Master Jiang, the second group of members are on the way."

"We encountered some accidents on the way. Several people died. We still have more than 200 people. It will take about half an hour to reach the territory."

Jiang Qingyun nodded and said, "Okay, then wait another half an hour."

"After these newcomers arrive, we will expel the old members from the territory and let them rest nearby."

Having said that, Jiang Qingyun added a sentence.

"My territory is underpopulated, so I can't recruit everyone."

Hearing this, the old man said, "Okay, Mr. Jiang."

Half an hour later.

The second group of survivors from Wangjiang Pavilion rushed to Jiang Qingyun's territory.

Jiang Qingyun looked at the survivors below who looked excited.

Through today's battle report, they learned that the members who followed Jiang Qingyun to fight had all been promoted several levels.

However, Jiang Qingyun only reported good news and not bad news, and did not tell other members of the regiment about the combat casualty rate.

These survivors thought that coming to participate in the battle was a benefit given to them by Jiang Qingyun!

Looking at their excited expressions, a smile appeared on Jiang Qingyun's lips.

Then, he took out an Ice Dragon Horn and clicked to use it directly.

A system prompt appears.

Regional announcement: "Survivor Lord: Jiang Qingyun used the Ice Dragon Horn (Small). In the next six hours, some territories will not be attacked by the Ice Nest. Please ask these lords to work together to arrange development time."

...

now.

There was a chorus of voices in the chat channel!
Fan Zeyu: "Fuck! Jiang Qingyun actually used the Ice Dragon Horn again. Didn't he just use one this morning?"

Zhao Yandong: "Yeah, this is too powerful! What kind of existence can use the Ice Dragon Horn continuously!"

Ye Zheng: "As expected of you being number one on the list, it looks like Jiang Qingyun will definitely get the first place reward this time!"

Listening to everyone's admiration for Jiang Qingyun.

The survivors of Wangjiang Pavilion, having swept away the depression of the day, spoke proudly in the chat channel.

"That's for sure. Our boss Jiang Qingyun is definitely a man of action."

"He is determined to get the first place in the ranking this time. He is not like someone who only uses some shady means."

"That's right. Don't think you can do anything to us just because you don't trade with Wangjiang Pavilion. Even if you don't have us, it won't have any impact on us at all."

However, this time, the sarcasm of the people in Wangjiang Pavilion was not echoed by others.

After all, they saw what happened during the day.

It would be fun if Cao Xing did the same thing he did to the people from Wangjiang Pavilion and stopped trading with them.

The survivors of Area 174 retorted: "Using the Ice Dragon Horn is nothing. Our boss Cao Xing has already used it a few days ago."

"That's right, Cao Xing just hasn't exerted his strength yet."

But the people from Wangjiang Pavilion fought back: "Just listening to you bragging about how strong he is, if you have the guts, why don't you let him use the Ice Dragon Horn and see?"

"That's right! You can't even make it to the leaderboard, why are you still bragging?"

The survivors of Area 174 were speechless.

After all, what the people in Wangjiang Pavilion said was true.

And just then.

A regional notice appears.

Regional notice: "Survivor Lord: Cao Xing has used the Ice Dragon Horn (Medium). In the next six hours, some territories will not be attacked by the Ice Nest. Please ask these lords to work together to arrange development time."

The chat channel fell silent for a moment, and then there was a huge sensation!

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