"Boom~~~" After crossing the enormous spatial rift, the group felt as if time and space around them had stopped for a moment, a disorientation caused by traversing space.
Once they recovered, they once again felt the familiar, intensely dense aura of darkness around them, and the rapidly descending territory.
"Boom~~~" The territory of the group was drawn by the ground below and quickly moved closer.
Ye Chen and the others adjusted their positions and landed in a relatively safe place.
There are quite a few lords here. Unlike wasteland planets, the territory of the Dark Origin is immovable. All the lords are stationed along the edge of the Dark Origin, pieced together one by one.
Ye Chen looked around and realized that to truly step into the Dark Origin Land, he would have to cross the territories of at least three lords. They wouldn't easily let you pass through their lands.
The most common approach is to wait until these lords can no longer hold on and want to leave, then they can move in one by one. After all, the dark atmosphere here is dense, and no lord can stay here for long; leaving is inevitable.
However, the biggest drawback of this method is that it wastes a lot of time, and for new lords, nothing is more precious than time.
Moreover, the dense dark energy here is everywhere, and you can't even be sure whether the lord in front will leave first, or whether you will be unable to hold on and have to leave on your own.
Therefore, the vast majority of people will choose the other option - pay the toll.
This is a common practice among all lords: pay the toll to those ahead and collect the toll from those behind. If they are lucky, they can even make a profit from the difference. If they are unlucky, they may lose everything.
"Judging from the situation, paying the toll shouldn't be a loss. Should we pay the toll or fly there ourselves?" After explaining, Si Meng asked the group.
Aside from priority and paying tolls, the last resort is to fly over. The lord's territory cannot be moved here, and no lord will say anything if you fly over from above; at most, he will just be displeased.
Therefore, in order to quell this displeasure, if your family has fled back and the pursuers behind them want these lords to help stop them, you must pay double the toll to compensate for their emotional distress.
"Let's ask first. Maybe these lords are easy to talk to and won't mind a little bit of resources. If they ask for an exorbitant amount, then we'll just fly over. Anyway, if we can't deal with the dark creatures, they can't either!" Ye Chen shrugged and said. They weren't short of money, and they were naturally willing to abide by the rules if it was reasonable, but they wouldn't want to be taken advantage of.
“Okay!” Si Meng nodded, and then she and the fat man rode a red dragon and flew away. As someone skilled in trading, she was naturally much more adept at communication than Ye Chen and Jian Mengyi.
It didn't take long; the two returned in about ten minutes. The outcome of their communication was also very encouraging. None of the three lords asked for any extra resources; they only symbolically accepted some magic crystals as a handling fee.
Those who can enter here are mostly talented lords from good families. No one will deliberately make enemies. Except for some really lucky but brainless and short-sighted fools, no one usually expects to come here to collect tolls and make a fortune.
After paying the toll, Ye Chen and his companions' families gradually prepared to set off. Unlike when they entered the Dark Origin Land last time, this time their team was incredibly powerful.
Ye Chen's fire crows alone numbered in the hundreds, not to mention the twenty black birds, six red dragons, and six blue dragons. This flying squadron was already quite formidable.
However, he kept the three-legged golden crow at home. After all, the three-legged golden crow was too dazzling, like a bright lamp in the darkness, attracting countless dark creatures to approach.
In addition to the flying team, Ye Xi and Ye Chang led more than half of Yue'e and Yu Tu, as well as the Mountain God and the Earth God, forming a team of over a hundred people. In terms of numbers alone, this trip had already taken away more than half of Lord Ye Chen's kin, not to mention that almost half of the high-end combat power had been mobilized, leaving only a few to guard the territory.
Besides Ye Chen, Jian Mengyi was in a similar situation. Her angel army even mobilized two-thirds of its members, a total of more than two hundred angels, attracting the attention of many lords in the surrounding area.
In comparison, Si Meng's group was much smaller. After all, she was not a lord who mainly engaged in combat, and her combat strength was somewhat weak. She only sent a hundred elven guards to accompany her on the training trip.
Finally, there was the fat man. He dispatched a thousand-strong regiment, following Ye Chen and the others in a grand procession. The total strength of the troops exceeded the sum of the three men, but this was only the leader of his territory's forces.
With over 20,000 goblins under his command, if it weren't for the limited number of goblin armors, he could easily field a force of 10,000. At that point, as long as he didn't encounter any high-level dark creatures, he could probably sweep through the entire Dark Origin Land.
"Wow, this lineup is awesome!" After the troops were assembled, the fat man looked at his vast goblin army and exclaimed with pride.
"Sure enough, you can't judge goblins by their looks! This full-body armor is perfect for them!" Si Meng chuckled softly, immediately silencing the fat man's boastful words.
"Ah~~~" Before he could refute, the goblins in the line were already staggering and screaming. The goblins, who were cowardly and undisciplined, were not suitable for such a formal formation and could not even stand properly in a simple formation.
"Hehe, now we need to add another voice: full-body armor plus silence!" Si Meng laughed loudly while lying on top of Jian Mengyi, making the fat man's face turn black!
"What are you yelling about? What are you yelling about? Everyone, stand in line properly! If one person doesn't stand in line properly, the whole team won't get dinner!" the fat man roared.
Upon hearing that there would be no dinner, the goblins finally lined up in a panic. Although they were still not as good as the elves and angels, they were still much better than before!
"Alright, alright, Ye Xi, Ye Ling, Michael, this trip will be led by the three of you. Everyone will follow your orders. There is only one goal: to purify the darkness, kill as many dark creatures as possible, and hunt down the dark treasure chests. This will also be our last battle in the trial space! Of course, your own safety is the most important thing. Everything must be done with the safety of every companion in mind!"
Ye Chen patted his shoulder, suppressing a smile, and looked at the army, saying, "As the territory continues to expand, these kinds of speeches will become more and more frequent and larger in scale."
"Now, all troops, launch an attack!"
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