The City of Blazing Flames was recaptured, and although there were some twists and turns along the way, everything went smoothly.
Su Qing took Chris directly back to Lily Territory.
Chris originally intended to leave, but Su Qing dragged him back to Lily Territory. The Central Army's invasion was imminent, and they needed manpower. Su Qing planned to find Chris a good job so that they could make a good profit during the war.
When he returned to Lily Territory, the atmosphere was completely different from when he left; the fully equipped army exuded an aura of iron and blood.
Armor engraved with magical runes for different purposes was worn by the elite army, and every soldier had a solemn expression on their face.
Su Qing entered the castle and saw Ariel sitting in the main seat. At this moment, the woman was also wearing armor, a thin armor made of very hard material, which could best bring out the fighting power of the woman in front of him.
Seeing the black dragon enter, Ariel smiled enigmatically: "You're slower than I expected!"
What was originally thought to be a matter of one month has been dragged out to four months by this dragon. There is only a little over a month left before the Central Army's invasion, or, strictly speaking, it could happen at any time.
After all, the coalition of nations in the center of the continent usually launched wars around this time, but the timing was never fixed.
So after Su Qing left, Ariel began preparations, and the entire territory was put into a state of full combat readiness.
It includes the personal guards personally trained by Lord Ariel, who are highly trained and have formidable combat power.
There were also ragtag troops composed of soldiers sent from various cities.
The strongmen in various cities have also been conscripted. Currently, the number of outstanding experts in Lily Territory has exceeded one hundred, and this is only the force mobilized by one of the four major powers.
These four major forces only occupy a small part of the Chaotic Territory.
It's hard to imagine what it will be like when the war actually breaks out.
It's a disaster, but also an opportunity!
Smaller forces will be destroyed, while larger forces will become even stronger.
Su Qing, however, was planning to make a good profit. He had already sent a message back to the Dragon Territory, asking them to send over a batch of top-quality turrets. These were version 5.5 turrets, which were incredibly powerful and very expensive to build.
But I believe there will be people willing to buy it.
Moreover, taking over Hope City was truly a brilliant move. It's a fortress connecting the Northwest and Chaos Territory, allowing business to be conducted there.
Although it was somewhat unfriendly to the Gustavo family, Su Qing intended to profit from the war, which would not have a significant impact on their family business.
Besides, even if it really had an impact, would Su Qing care?
A smile appeared on the black dragon's face: "Greetings, Lord. It's been a long time. You are still as beautiful as ever."
He started flattering her right away, and Chris, standing to the side, gave him a strange look; something was off about this dragon.
"I have perfectly completed your task. How can you say such a thing? Don't you know how difficult the task you gave me was?"
Su Qing felt wronged and began to complain: "The city lord and deputy city lord of Rock City are both strong, stronger than me. I am no match for them at all. It took a lot of effort to defeat them one by one!"
"I was seriously injured for this, and almost lost my life."
"And then there's the City of Blazing Flames. That guy who imprisoned his own father is actually connected to the Church of Hell. That's an incredibly powerful force. If I hadn't been so careful, my great city lord, you wouldn't even have the chance to see your most loyal subordinate!"
Su Qing spoke fluently, making it sound as if she had exerted a great deal of effort to complete the task assigned to her.
Although Ariel didn't believe that the dragon had such a difficult time completing the mission, she also felt that it couldn't have been too easy and that it should be rewarded.
He waved his hand, and immediately someone brought up several treasures.
Su Qing glanced at the treasures and saw that none of the ones she had brought last time were among them; they were all brand new.
He glanced at them and saw that only two items this time possessed the ability to activate skills.
A branch, emitting specks of green fluorescence, is the trunk of an ancient tree of life.
An axe, pure black, with a somewhat damaged blade.
Branches of the Ancient Tree of Life
A rotten axe
As Su Qing touched the screen, the names assigned to them by the system popped up, and her eyelids twitched.
This feature wasn't available last time, probably because of my own upgrade.
Now it's time for the lottery. There are two treasures. The skill you can get from the first one is probably quite reliable, but the skill from the second one is very uncertain.
After all, the quality of skills produced by the system is very unstable. For example, swordsmanship, although rarely used, must be admitted to be a very powerful skill.
But there are also unreliable skills like the "Heavenly Eye," which, despite having an extra eye, can only be used to undress people. Now, after the upgrade, it can also change people's skin color. For example, Chris is still a little black, and after so much time, his skin color has only lightened slightly.
After thinking it over for a long time, Su Qing decided to play it safe, since 1 million in wealth was no small amount.
He reached out to take a branch from the Tree of Life, but to his surprise, Ariel on it spoke up and allowed him to choose two items.
This made Su Qing very conflicted, suspecting that the other party was trying to entice her to spend money.
Having acquired the two treasures, Su Qing bid farewell and left, taking Chris with her to her residence.
He sat down on his own and lit up the Tree of Life first.
One million evaporated instantly, and skills were activated at the same time.
[Active Skill: Flesh and Blood Regeneration]
Su Qing didn't shy away from Chris; as her skill activated, the patterns on her scales began to spread.
The Tree of Life is an extremely powerful tree species with terrifying vitality. Ordinary creatures can hardly damage it, let alone tear off a branch. This branch fell off the Tree of Life on its own and accidentally ended up in Ariel's hands.
While it may be described as a branch, it can also be understood as a seedling of an ancient tree of life. Once this branch is planted, it can become a new ancient tree of life after tens of millions of years.
This is also the reason why it can unlock the divine skill of flesh and blood regeneration. Su Qing could guess about 70-80% of the reason.
But this did not stop him from being excited. However, after carefully comprehending the skill, his excitement quickly subsided.
This skill is still abnormal; currently, it can only quickly regenerate flesh and blood, but it is powerless against bones, and the effect of growing scales is also very slow.
It's likely that the person who created this supernatural power didn't have scales on their body!
However, this can indeed greatly enhance one's ability to survive, which is extremely beneficial in dealing with the upcoming war.
Su Qing looked at the broken axe again. He had a premonition that the skills that could be unlocked from this axe would either be extremely good or extremely bad, with the latter being highly probable.
Suppressing his restless desire, Su Qing put the axe away.
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