Kangcheng, Zhongzhou.
A clear and melodious phoenix cry suddenly pierced the rain curtain and resounded through the sky!
In an instant, a vast and powerful energy surged into the sky from the city lord's mansion, causing the torrential rain over the entire city to pause.
Then, a warm aura, accompanied by a powerful pressure, instantly enveloped every corner of Kangcheng!
All the awakened beings in the city involuntarily stopped what they were doing and couldn't help but look towards the city center.
The familiar energy was so pure and powerful that it resonated subtly with the energy within their bodies.
"Someone has made a breakthrough."
"It's the city lord! This aura is definitely that of City Lord Li Yu!"
"This energy is truly vast, it's astonishing! I feel that the city lord's strength is no less than that of those high-level awakened beings!" A soldier from the 7th Regiment, who was on patrol, murmured to himself as he looked at the center of the surging energy.
His companion beside him said with pride, "Of course! If Lord Li Yu didn't have this kind of strength, would we be living such a good life now?"
The group whispered amongst themselves, their voices filled with awe and reverence, before continuing their patrol, their minds still reeling from the powerful aura emanating from the creature.
The terrifying intensity of his aura and the dense energy fluctuations allowed everyone in Kangcheng to personally experience the power of City Lord Li Yu.
Kangcheng Center.
Inside the newly built city lord's mansion.
Li Yu stood there, with magma churning on the floating phoenix bow before her. Blazing flames darted about as if they were alive, and a wisp of deep blue flame flowed within it, radiating a chilling energy.
The immense energy within Li Yu flowed through the Phoenix Bow, eventually returning to the rapidly rotating vortex along with the heat, completing its transformation.
Upgrade successful
[Phoenix Bow LV24 (Growth Type): Fiery Phoenix Glazed Spirit Bow, forged by fusing fallen feathers of a spirit bird with a mysterious crystal core containing the primordial power of the phoenix.]
[Flight speed +600, accuracy +240, penetration +240, attack range (meters), 100% hit rate]
"Seventh rank..." Li Yu slowly raised his head and murmured to himself.
Unexpectedly, after my strength improved, the level of my main weapon slot also increased at the same time.
As soon as he finished speaking, the spiritual energy in Li Yu's mental sea suddenly surged violently and began to expand.
The Nightmare Beast, seemingly having prepared for this for some time, immediately began to shout loudly in his mental sea:
"Li Yu!"
"I'm not like that little babblerer! Today I'll show you the true power of the Nightmare Beast! Take care of yourself!"
After saying that, the Nightmare Beast unhesitatingly poured all the white energy it had recently absorbed and refined from a large number of ghosts into the expanding sea of consciousness, helping Li Yu to push his mental power to a new peak in one fell swoop.
The pure white energy flowed in like a cool spring, and Li Yu immediately felt his mind become clear, and his thinking and reaction speed increased dramatically.
The spiritual sea, which had already expanded rapidly due to the advancement to the seventh rank, was further extended and expanded wildly under the blessing of the Nightmare Beast's spiritual energy, seemingly becoming boundless.
Feeling the vast spiritual power, as deep as the ocean, Li Yu felt that his spiritual strength had risen to an unprecedented level. He even had a strange feeling that even the spiritual power of a ninth-level awakened person might not be much different.
After injecting white energy to help Li Yu improve, the Nightmare Beast floated proudly above Li Yu's vast and turbulent mental sea, looking at its "masterpiece" with eyes full of pride, and asked:
"How about it!?"
"Very strong!" Li Yu looked at the vast and boundless sea of consciousness and praised it sincerely.
He couldn't help but admire the Nightmare Beast, which truly lived up to its reputation as the king of mental-type beasts; it was quite formidable.
Having received Li Yu's personal confirmation, the Nightmare Beast finally lay back down in its mental sea, closed its eyes to rest, as if it had expended a great deal of energy.
Li Yu's consciousness also withdrew from the sea of consciousness, and she slowly opened her eyes, a dazzling golden light flowing in her left golden pupil.
He looked into the distance along the thread connecting the infant spirit.
With his terrifying attack range, his deterrent effect is enough to cover any area within the entire Central Plains defense line!
With the Phoenix Bow's power being in no way inferior to the Central Plains Energy Cannon, Li Yu now possesses absolute long-range strategic strength.
With the aid of the Golden Eyes and the silk threads, even if he were to remain in Kangcheng, he would be able to deal with any awakened individuals or forces within the Central Continent.
Just then, two familiar threads of fate rapidly approached within the golden eyes.
With a thought, Li Yu did not retract the arrow guarding the door, but instead, carrying the immense energy of new life, it flew directly out of the doorway.
The arrow suddenly shot into the sky, creating a sonic boom that pierced the clouds!
The next moment, Fu Xiyao strode in from outside the door, sensing the still-flooding vast energy within the room and Li Yu's even more powerful aura, her face beaming with joy:
"Li Yu! You've gotten even stronger."
"Slow down." Li Yu hurriedly stepped forward and gently supported Fu Xiyao, whose steps were slightly quickened due to excitement. Her tone was filled with concern, afraid that Fu Xiyao would become too excited.
Looking at the two silk threads that were closely connected to him on Fu Xiyao's body, he suddenly felt at peace.
Li Yu knew that he no longer needed to migrate.
Before long, several battalion commanders from Kangcheng also came to offer their congratulations upon hearing the news.
Chen Hai insisted on personally confirming Li Yu's promotion before he was satisfied enough to return and continue overseeing his construction project.
After exchanging a few pleasantries, everyone left one after another, already certain that Li Yu's strength had risen to an even higher level.
However, after witnessing Li Yu's unfathomable strength firsthand, Ma Yuanbai chose to stay behind alone and stand quietly to the side.
"Ma Yuanbai, is there something else?" Li Yu asked, looking at him with a puzzled expression.
Ma Yuanbai seemed completely unaware that he was acting as a bright third wheel, and continued to stand in front of Li Yu and Fu Xiyao, speaking with a calm expression:
"Li Yu, the city is short of people."
"We're short-staffed?" Li Yu was taken aback.
Kangcheng is sparsely populated and has very few residents to begin with.
Now that the dense fog has lifted from the city, and the living area has expanded several times over, even with the entire Seventh Regiment moving in, Kangcheng still feels empty and sparsely populated.
This is a fact, and Li Yu is naturally aware of it.
But Ma Yuanbai always liked to say only half of what he meant, which left Ma Yuanbai somewhat confused.
"So what if there are fewer people?" Li Yu asked directly, looking puzzled.
Hearing Li Yu's question, Ma Yuanbai calmly continued to explain his idea:
“What Zhongzhou has in abundance is homeless people who are constantly migrating and wandering.”
"Although other major cities in Zhongzhou have strict requirements for the entry of migrants, Kangcheng is different. After all, we were migrants ourselves before, so we are much more accepting of migrants."
"Therefore, I propose that Kangcheng should absorb a large number of homeless people and officially issue a recruitment notice."
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