Piercing Through The Soul Lord Of The Pit

Chapter 35: Magic Crystal Mine

The demon's lair is now Wu Feng's most important monster-spawning point. There are a large number of demon lairs here, and Virgo has only explored the outskirts.

Wu Feng discovered seven or eight demon lairs on the outskirts of the Demon Gorge, with three of them being small demon lairs. The highest level among them is the Flame Demon Lair.

In order to improve the efficiency of monster-spawning in the Demon Gorge, he decisively sent Virgo to upgrade this lair from a miniature lair to a small lair.

With the use of the lair upgrade card, this demon lair immediately underwent a transformation. The Flame Demon Lair, which originally occupied one-third of a grid, suddenly expanded to the size of a whole grid!

The lair has greatly expanded, and the level of the demon lair has also increased from level 15 to level 18. All the demons that come out of it are level 18 Flame Demons.

Although higher level demons are more difficult to deal with, killing them will yield more magic crystals, and the chances of dropping crystals and keys will also be higher.

After the upgrade, the first wave of the demon lair produced a total of 90 Flame Demons, which aggressively rushed towards the construction of the steel city wall defense line.

Wu Feng has invested a lot of blue resources on the steel city wall at the exit of this gorge, making it extremely sturdy.

To attack the steel city wall, the Flame Demons were met with the sharp sword energy of the Innate Sword Qi Tower. The level 18 Flame Demons were also instantly killed!

Before the 90 Flame Demons even reached the steel city wall, they were all slaughtered. This was still the result of not being able to put all the Flame Demons into the hunting area for killing.

These Flame Demons dropped nearly a thousand Magic Crystals, as well as a considerable number of white crystals and white keys. Wu Feng was very satisfied with this.

"My Lord, a boss has respawned!" Virgo didn't leave in a hurry. She observed the Flame Demon Lair and found that the chances of this lair spawning a boss had greatly increased.

Generally, a miniature lair would only respawn a blue boss every 6-12 hours. However, it had only been 3 hours since the last blue boss respawned in the Flame Demon Lair, and now a level 22 Flame Leader had respawned.

This blue boss was undoubtedly a good target for obtaining blue items. Wu Feng quickly reminded Virgo, "Put it in the hunting area before killing it!"

"After upgrading to a small lair, the efficiency of boss spawning has indeed greatly improved!"

Although this wave of respawns was not a purple boss, it still proved the effectiveness of expanding the lair. Under the attack of the Innate Sword Qi Tower, the Flame Leader's health dropped rapidly. It was killed by the sword energy after only attacking the steel city wall twice with fireballs.

This boss ultimately dropped a blue key, which made Wu Feng's eyes light up. Among the various blue items, blue keys were the most valuable!

After clearing the profits from the crystals and keys, the three heroes sent out by Wu Feng also returned. The Divine Archer, Scarface Swordsman, and a white hero were responsible for exploring three different directions. They avoided enemies they encountered and gained a clear understanding of the surrounding area.

The most agile Divine Archer was the first to report, "My Lord, I found a Magic Crystal Mine in the northeast direction!"

The Divine Archer was a middle-aged man carrying a huge iron bow. He had a decent range and the eagle-eye ability that all archers possessed.

This allowed the Divine Archer to see far and was extremely useful for gathering intelligence. The information he brought back was the most important.

"A Magic Crystal Mine? That means we can obtain magic crystals and some low-level resources steadily. Show me the map you drew!"

Heroes have the ability to draw maps. After showing it to the Lord, they can be incorporated into the Lord's own intelligent map, which can be displayed in front of him. However, this kind of map cannot reflect changes on the ground in real-time and can only be used as a reference for terrain.

"About 4 kilometers from here, there is a magic crystal mine. It is a small-scale magic crystal mine, covering an area of about 20 units. I also found 2 monster lairs above level 10 nearby!"

The divine archer named Li Hu provided a detailed description. He truly lived up to his reputation as a hero from a hunter background.

"There are monster lairs too? Then we must occupy this area and expand towards that direction." Wu Feng made a note. More monster lairs meant more resources. Wu Feng's strength was enough to clear another monster lair.

"My lord, I also found a lizardman camp in the southwest direction. I have drawn a map as well..." The white hero also provided a map.

Lastly, the scar-faced swordsman, with his fierce scars, took out a map he carried with him. "I found another lord's territory in the west."

"It's about 5 kilometers from our territory. All the detailed information about the other party is here..."

The scar-faced swordsman even gathered information about the defense of that territory: 6 defense towers and 3 various buildings. It seemed like a herbivorous type of lord, adopting a defensive stance before slowly developing.

Wu Feng thought for a moment. He wasn't in a hurry to raid that lord's territory because they were already 5 kilometers apart, which was quite far.

He prioritized occupying the magic crystal mine first!

Although Wu Feng felt that he was earning magic crystals quickly, the magic crystal mine was a stable source of resources. Even if he went AFK or logged off, he could still continuously obtain magic crystals. Wu Feng couldn't have enough of them.

"Then let's extend our territory. Virgo, Qi Yalu, we have work to do!" Wu Feng called out to the two main heroes.

Virgo elegantly flapped her wings and flew over, while Qi Yalu stuffed a piece of roasted meat into his mouth and carried a huge cannon in one hand, dragging it along.

"We will expand our territory towards the northeast direction. We need you two to clear the monsters along the way. The others will follow you!"

Wu Feng began arranging the relevant matters. He assigned Virgo and Qi Yalu as the leaders, along with Li Hu and the scar-faced swordsman as their support. They would clear all the monsters they encountered along the way.

Wu Feng planned to occupy all the land plots along the way and establish a passage to the magic crystal mine. He had already occupied a circle of land plots around his territory. Now, he could expand on a large scale.

Seizing the land plots surrounding the territory meant turning them into his own territory, preventing other lords from building defense towers and other structures on them.

Otherwise, if two lords were to engage in a battle and leave land plots closer to the other lord's heart, it would be easy for other lords to occupy them and rush with tower defense.

During the era of hegemony, many lords had repeatedly used this strategy. Eventually, it became instinctual for every lord to seize the nearest land plots.

Wu Feng had already occupied a circle of 7x7 land plots around his territory. He could ensure the safety of his own territory. He had purchased many small land plots from the goblin shop for this purpose.

He could occupy all the land plots from his territory to the magic crystal mine, creating a wide 3-grid passage.

With the powerful sweeping of Virgo and Qi Yalu, Wu Feng laid down 90 land plots in half an hour, all the way to the vicinity of the magic crystal mine.

These were all level 1 and 2 land plots, nothing special. Wu Feng still had 4 medium-sized land plots in his possession, which were enough to cover the magic crystal mine.

"These two monster lairs are located on the outskirts of the magic crystal mine. They are all level 18 small lairs! I could only take a distant look and retreat."