Chapter 215 - 128: The Transformation of the 5th Order

Chapter 215: Chapter 128: The Transformation of the 5th Order

Bai Yi’s interest was piqued, and she entered the cross-region channel she found in the list.

However, the outcome was obvious.

"What a pity, there really aren’t any other 5th tier Lords..."

On the channel’s new interface, one could see from the number of people in the channel that there was only her in the entire channel.

"At least this proves that, even on paper, I am at a leading level.

The dungeon library currently lacks detailed information; it won’t be until the next instance opening that there might be a chance to notice something.

But these two warnings...

I anticipated changes at the 5th tier, but who would have thought it would be changes like these..."

The panel’s prompt was rather brief; to obtain more detailed information, it was still more direct to try outright.

Bai Yi opened the Lord panel and found the original level-up button, attempting to use Experience Points for an upgrade.

[Prompt: Current Lord has reached lv.51. Do you wish to use Experience Points to level up?]

Seeing that it seemed like there was no change, Bai Yi directly chose to confirm.

A strengthening sensation, just as comfortable as before, came over her, much like when she used her superpower to perform a gene fusion to enhance her attributes, without any pain.

This made Bai Yi more certain of her previous doubts. The pain from attribute enhancement at the 4th tier was probably due to the return of certain restrictions, but now she held all the permissions, so it naturally became simple like her own attribute fusion.

Of course, the assumption is that the attribute enhancement wasn’t too large; otherwise, one would still have to rely on slowly mastering the overflowing power.

However, having not tested any difference, Bai Yi, of course, refused to stop there, repeatedly clicking the level up button until she finally saw a different panel prompt.

[Prompt: Current Lord has not reached lv.56. Please elevate to the standard level before upgrading.]

Along with this prompt came a brand-new progress bar and its accompanying introduction.

"Does this mean I have to cultivate to the corresponding level myself before I can use Experience Points for some kind of ’breakthrough’?

In that case, does this mean the unrecognizable career paths we collected are indeed part of the normal game progression and one of the game’s guides?

But where does this inherent level of mine come from? It couldn’t possibly be something I modified myself..."

Although Bai Yi had her suspicions, she currently had no ways to modify herself, and could only wait to test it when the witch’s genes were updated later.

She focused her attention on the progress bar and observed closely for five minutes, confirming that the progress was indeed slowly increasing – although the speed was heartbreakingly slow.

Even if the progress bar kept the same speed, it would take two months to reach lv.60.

"Who knows if this progress has anything to do with absorbing magic power? If, like the usual mutant creatures, it requires growth by drawing magic power, then I do have a considerable advantage.

Even the Snake Mother, who has been nurtured all this time, has gone from lv.54 to lv.57 in less than ten days!

While it differs from the original assumption, after reaching the 5th tier, one cannot rapidly upgrade using Experience Points, but the magic environment within the territory is much higher than originally anticipated.

According to the Beast Kings, this is close to the magic environment a 6th tier Tree King could bring.

Now with the Rank restriction lifted, the four Beast Kings within the territory can also put their own growth back on the schedule.

Once I get my superpower also leveled up and improve their genes, with a level of lv.60, I am certain to achieve the true Combat Power of the 6th tier!"

Accessing the Swarm Network, Bai Yi quickly found the Beast Kings around her territory who had sensed some shackles being lifted.

The White Feathered Owl on Xiao You’s canopy was building its nest, seemingly preparing to settle down for good; the Monkey King, like a Shang Ji as busy as a bee, took over the city’s responsibilities from the Insect Swarm; and...

In a kitchen in Eternal Life City, that orange cat, hiding in a corner preparing to stealthily nibble on the sacrificial offerings (meant for Bai Yi)?

No, wait, why would the orange cat be sneaking into the kitchen to steal offerings that are to be sacrificed to her?

Nevertheless, after the restriction was lifted, the orange cat that sensed the change halted its actions and, after pondering for a while, vanished on the spot, reappearing back in its exclusive Cat Nest moved into the small house.

Like the other several Beast Kings, it fell into a meditation-like state.

Considering that the orange cat was already at lv.59, Bai Yi felt that, after this occasion, it would likely officially reach lv.60.

"This change at the 5th tier seems to have slowed down the Lord’s growth rate, not allowing rapid leveling up using Experience Points, and the Lords’ upgrade speed has suddenly slowed down.

But for me, this is a good thing.

Not only do I possess the methods to elevate my soldier types, but I also have my unique high-density magic environment and large magic power supply, which will allow me to keep an advantage at this stage.

Considering this, to maintain the growth of these three major groups as well as the territory’s plants, the development journey cannot stop.

I must continue to expand more land, spreading the Fungus Blanket to collect magic energy for the territory. Judging by the current Fungus Blanket’s capabilities, expanding into the ocean should provide substantially more cultivation area for the Fungus Blanket.

By just considering Zone 28, it has already reached the size of an entire nation within Witch Star.

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Even within the Witch Star, the utilization of the oceans had begun, yet in the future, the speed of Magic Power harvest within my territory can only sustain about two and a half ethnic groups, not to mention the witches in the instance and the additional expenditures from the witches’ research as well as other building consumptions.

The need to continue expanding is still there...

However...

Why are these attributes still a bunch of gibberish, and this time even the Spirit Attribute didn’t make it through..."

After exiting the Swarm Network, Bai Yi couldn’t help but grumble as she refocused her attention on the panel.

She had already noticed that upon attempting to upgrade, not only did her attributes fail to recover due to the promotion but they also exploded even more completely.

Even her Magic Power Value and Life Value no longer had specific numbers.

But these two attributes were somewhat more resilient, leaving behind a percentage as a point of reference to match her subjective feelings.

Bai Yi suspected that this, too, was a manifestation of her authority; it wasn’t as she initially guessed, that the panel couldn’t recognize the attributes due to her using transcendent profession methods.

Instead, her attributes were being encroached upon by attributes that didn’t belong to the panel. Presumably, when this ratio reaches a certain threshold, they would turn into gibberish.

Much like how she initially lost her three-dimensional attributes because the values of her three attributes weren’t high, which, under the power boost of the Forest Elf, quickly surpassed the critical value.

And her Spirit Attribute remained because she used a sufficient number of free attribute points.

But now, as she once again gathered her own authority, the panel subsequently lost the display of the Spirit Attribute.

"But the panel’s attributes are just for reference. As I gradually draw power from other systems, the panel was never accurate to begin with; I’m just hastening the process.

Rather than fuss over this, it’s better to see the requirements for advancing to Tier 6..."

Back when she advanced to Tier 5, the requirements for upgrading the territory and the Lord had already been integrated, with no need to specifically check the territory panel. She moved her gaze down the Lord’s panel and quickly found the corresponding advancement requirements.

[Advancement Requirements: Lord Rank to reach lv.60 (55/60), achieve over 20% Conquest in at least three worlds (1/3), possess over 1 million Subjects (170,000/1,000,000), obtain one World Core Fragment (1/1)]

"An extra condition for promotion?

I’ve known about the World Core Fragment for some time; I’m even about to get the second one, so that’s not a worry.

But the other two conditions...

Only the Witch Star is counted for completing the conquest of worlds, so it seems the Cycle Challenge instance doesn’t count...

20% isn’t an issue; as long as I set my sights on a planet, I’ll go for total Conquest, who cares about the percentage.

Needing three worlds means I’ll have to plan and find an opportunity to enter another instance.

But there’s no need to rush, especially since I’ve just advanced; both the territory and the soldiers need time to improve."

Moreover, now devoid of the convenience of Experience Points for leveling up, the speed of leveling has slowed down considerably. Plus, after Tier 5, all aspects of the territory still require time to build up.

Of course, the most important reason is the lack of any urgent need to level up.

So, slow and steady is the best approach.

As for the last requirement regarding the Subjects...

Frankly, because the bonuses provided by the Subjects aren’t high, they are even less significant than the enhancements brought about by Admirers. Their presence is quite inconsequential.

Bai Yi had almost forgotten there was such a benefit.

"The criteria for Subjects isn’t strict, it’s much more lenient than for Admirers; even the Insect Swarm is included, but similarly, it cannot span across worlds.

But as soon as the Cycle Challenge ends, I’ll extract the witches from the instances, and that number isn’t a big deal for me."

Currently, Bai Yi could take out a million witches from any instance, but the carrying capacity of her territory would be a significant test.

Even if the witches in the instances built their own ship islands and Magic Floating Islands, the number they can sustain is still limited, and it’s possible that not all witches from the instances could be brought out.

However, Bai Yi had already considered this problem, which is why she needed to find a way to send the blueprints of the "Flourishing Church" into the instances.

She hoped that even without the Cycle Challenge battle reports and access permissions, the ability to communicate across worlds through the church could be maintained.

In the future, after acquiring cross-world Teleportation, she would also have a chance to reconnect with her territory.

After double-checking that no information was missed on the panel, Bai Yi turned her attention to her Superpower Tier.

Since the Lord Rank had been raised, there was no reason to delay elevating her superpower.

The upgrade of various soldiers and even plants within the territory would have to rely on her superpower, and she had been looking forward to Tier 5 promotion for a long time!

Without further hesitation, Bai Yi tapped the promotion button.

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