"Time... the sooner the better."

The Azure Dragon wanted to sit back and watch the tigers fight, to see them fight to the death with the Heavenly Court, but there's no such thing as a free lunch.

...

"An ancestral artifact? Interesting."

Su Bai examined the most valuable items he had stolen from Priest Marin.

They are: a dark yellow, gold-decorated blood-patterned beast horn, a circular bone plate made up of sharp bone spikes, and a palm-sized bone doll.

【Wilderness Horn (Sacrificial Vessel)】

【Props】

[Level: Rare]

[Note: This ritual involves injecting blood essence. After use, a second-tier ancient beast (leader-level) will be summoned to assist in battle for 5 minutes. The beast will disappear when it is defeated or when the duration ends.]

...

【Life-Devouring Scythe (Sacrificial Vessel)】

【Props】

[Level: Rare]

[Description: This item is activated by injecting blood essence during a ritual. After activation, it will run for fifteen seconds, indiscriminately attacking all targets within a 30-meter radius, dealing fixed damage.]

...

【The Weeping Bone Infant (Sacrificial Vessel)】

【Props】

[Level: Rare]

[Description: This item is used in a ritual infused with blood essence. After use, it will continuously emit a crying sound that attracts enemies. Upon destruction, it will curse enemies within a 10-meter radius, causing them to fall into a depressed state for 3 minutes.]

...

These three sacrificial artifacts are all extremely powerful items.

Luckily, he stole it beforehand.

Otherwise, if Priest Marin had used it, he and the Silver Moon Wolf King would probably have really perished here.

Essence and blood.

It refers to the maximum lifespan.

Using these sacrificial artifacts would permanently reduce a certain amount of his maximum lifespan, so he certainly wouldn't use them himself.

However, this can be replaced with monster blood.

It's not difficult to solve.

This acquisition gave him a greater sense of confidence in the upcoming monster siege that would upgrade the town. If he used these three sacrificial artifacts properly, they would definitely help relieve a lot of his pressure.

Making enemies with the Blackwater Tribe was by no means Su Bai's intention.

But if he were asked to bow down to the other party for temporary gain...

They were even humiliated.

He would never agree to that.

Fortunately, the Green Dragon Society can now help him withstand some of the pressure.

Despite the fact that the Azure Dragon Society has suffered setbacks at every turn in front of him, the outcome of a real confrontation with the Blackwater Tribe is still uncertain.

The potential of players is limitless.

...

The territory is still under construction.

Su Baibian explored the area around the territory.

While gathering intelligence.

In the afternoon, he saw a message on the forum that he found very interesting.

It's about resource challenges (public).

Some players tried it out and found that the rules for the resource challenge were completely different from those for the coin challenge.

This is actually a multiplayer mode.

Online multiplayer battles.

Up to five lord players can participate at the same time.

Once in this mode, each lord will be randomly assigned to a territory. They will need to deal with monster attacks, recruit troops, capture resource points in the wild, and eliminate other players.

The player with the highest final score wins.

This challenge has no public rankings, but the winner will receive a large resource reward.

You might even obtain incredibly valuable resource blueprints!

Similar to the Gold Coin Challenge.

That is, the player's original territory data still cannot be inherited in challenge mode.

Everything starts from scratch.

"If that's the case, there's no need to wait any longer, because the longer it drags on, the better the other players will become, and my disadvantage will only increase..."

Su Bai thought about it seriously.

In the Gold Coin Challenge mode, he can also get ahead of others by understanding the tower synergies.

But resource challenges are purely a competition of strategies.

He has an advantage in this regard.

But not many.

Since most players are still new to the game and don't quite understand the rules, he still has a chance of winning.

After a while, those who remain will be seasoned veterans who are skilled in various strategies and tactics.

His advantage then vanished.

"Let's just go for it."

After thinking for a few seconds, Su Bai decisively clicked the resource challenge button.

The challenge has begun!

[Matching you with an equally matched opponent...]

A progress bar appeared in front of him:

3/5.

Less than two minutes later, the number of challengers had increased to five.

[Opponent matched!]

[You are about to be transported to Challenge Mode. Please prepare yourself!]

Whoosh!

A dense white light suddenly filled the space in front of my eyes.

It was accompanied by a slight feeling of weightlessness.

The next moment.

A special map appeared before Su Bai's eyes. The area was small, covered with numerous different markings, indicating various special locations.

Among them, the five largest markers are located at the edge of the map, separated from each other, and the lines connecting them form a five-pointed star pattern.

The entire map is divided into five evenly distributed areas.

When Su Bai saw the map clearly...

He suddenly began to fall.

Along with this, four orbs of different colors fell from the sky toward five markers on the edge of the map.

The landscape of plains, mountains, and forests rapidly magnified before his eyes.

It became clear.

[You have arrived! There are three minutes left before the challenge begins. Please read the rules carefully!]

[Battlefield Channel is now open!]

[Countdown: 2 minutes 59 seconds!]

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