The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

Xu Lai returned to Qingfeng City, not to rest.

As for the troops, this month's output is still concentrated in those major cities, but they will stay in those cities as a defensive force.

One of his tasks is to deal with those little angels.

These, plus the little angels sent by the base and the dungeon, and the angels produced by Qingfeng City this month, can almost be gathered to 100.

The second thing to do is to visit those upgraded buildings as soon as possible.

Xu Lai was personally present and commanded to break through Briston and destroy Mendis and the Abyss Lords he led.

But even so, his level progress bar did not change much.

You know, the number and quality of demons killed in these two battles are quite good.

In terms of quantity, it is conservatively estimated that 300,000 to 400,000 demons were killed, and the real demons should account for at least half of them.

In terms of quality, he killed a tier 7 lava troll, evil god, evil god king, even a great demon, abyss demon, abyss lord, and even a tier 9 hellboy.

Such quantity and quality only increased his experience bar by a mere 3%.

These are not wild monsters, they are all led by high-level heroes, and even one of the heroes was killed by Xu Lai.

From this point of view, it is unlikely that this level will continue to rise, even if the target is changed to Kerrigan and the scale is raised to the million level.

Since it is almost hopeless to upgrade by relying on experience points, the only things Xu Lai can rely on are those outdoor buildings or books that are experience books.

This level of experience book is estimated to not appear unless you open a diamond treasure chest, so it is faster to visit those two upgrade points first.

Xu Lai has already visited his own wisdom tree, and the next place he is going to is the Seven Dragon God Temple in the Northern Empire, which he once missed.

This place, Tahan has helped Xu Lai explore the way, and he is familiar with it.

Xu Lai contacted Hausen of Avic and successfully got help from him again.

Most of the nobles in the Northern Empire still had no contact with Xu Lai.

However, the Eagle Kingdom was becoming more and more powerful, and the nobles in the Northern Empire did not want to have any conflicts with Xu Lai.

The Northern Empire is now also worried about the many rising heroes of its own advent. It was also panicked when it received the news that Lionheart City was breached.

Most people believe that Kerrigan will turn to the Northern Empire after breaching Lionheart City.

After all, the country on the grassland has a small population and territory, and its military strength is strong, so it is not suitable as an opponent.

Pick the soft persimmon, Xu Lai is not a tiger, but at least a wolf, not only difficult to kill, but also not much oil and water.

The Northern Empire is different. The Northern Empire is at best a cow with a pair of horns for defense, but the overall threat is not high.

The key is that the oil and water are big, and the people of the Northern Empire have not experienced migration and massacre.

It can be said that Xu Lai's initiative to provoke Kerrigan at this time is really in line with the wishes of the nobles of the Northern Empire.

At this time, most of them are unwilling to cause any trouble to Xu Lai, and are even willing to provide some necessary help.

Through Hausen, Xu Lai successfully visited the Seven Dragons Shrine at the cost of a set of dragon scale armor.

The Seven Dragons Shrine enshrines the seven dragons of the dragon clan, namely the green dragon, the gold dragon, the purple dragon, the red dragon, the black dragon, the poisonous dragon and the holy dragon.

To visit this building, you need to pay 11,000 gold coins and 11 units of crystal.

For Xu Lai now, this price is not even as expensive as the set of dragon scale armor and favors paid for the relationship.

After paying the corresponding resources and gold coins, seven rays of light fell on Xu Lai, directly raising his level by one level.

It is worth mentioning that this upgrade is not to upgrade to level 45, but to copy the experience progress bar.

In other words, this is a complete level, and no part of it was wasted because Xu Lai had already gained a lot of experience before.

After the level was upgraded, Xu Lai's physique increased by 1 point again, bringing his total physique to an astonishing 61 points.

This 61 points of physique, but also accepts the 5-point all-attribute bonus of the God of War Statue, which means that the final total is 66 points of physique.

This also makes Xu Lai's health as high as 1720 points after equipping the Holy Blood Bottle, Ka's Life Gem and Super Amulet.

So far, the only one Xu Lai has seen with a higher health than him is the Abyss Worm summoned by the Abyss Demon.

After that, it is the choice of specialization. Xu Lai has no chance to choose, and his specialization is almost ultimate.

He can only choose one between earth magic and pathfinding, and for combat considerations, especially the spell of Space-Time Gate, Xu Lai chose advanced earth magic.

[Advanced Earth Magic]: Enhance the effect of earth magic by 45%, and reduce the mana consumption of earth magic by 45%.

Special effect 1: Increase the hero's spirit by 2 points.

Special Effect 2: Land Extension, increases the range of the hero's earth spells by 25% (only effective for range spells, single-target spells cannot be extended).

Xu Lai has already visited the Ancient Tree of Wisdom, so even if there are Ancient Trees of Wisdom in other places, they are no longer effective for Xu Lai.

There is only one upgrade point that Xu Lai can choose.

This point is located in the dungeon, and it is not 100% upgradeable, requiring the visitor to make a choice.

This place, called Sphinx, is not strictly speaking a wild building.

Because the Sphinx is alive, although it cannot move.

The Sphinx is also very famous in this world. It has two functions, one is blessing and the other is punishment.

Blessings are varied, including improving attributes, improving status, increasing morale, and increasing luck.

There are also increased experience points, increased magic points, increased health points, or increased movement speed, increased levels, etc.

However, the corresponding to blessings is punishment. No matter what kind of blessing you choose, the punishment is corresponding.

For example, if Xu Lai chooses to upgrade a level, then the punishment is also to reduce a level.

Whether it is a reward or a punishment depends on Xu Lai himself. He must answer the questions raised by the Sphinx correctly.

No one knows what kind of questions the Sphinx will ask. The world only knows that the Sphinx has almost all the puzzles in the world.

One thing that can be determined is that the questions raised by the Sphinx are based on the difficulty of the blessing.

The more you want a good reward, the harder the Sphinx's questions will be, and vice versa.

And Xu Lai's advantage is that the Sphinx has existed in this world for thousands of years.

For thousands of years, the position of the Sphinx has not changed, so countless people have tried it.

As a living creature, the Sphinx is not allowed to have garrisons around it. If anyone wants to occupy the Sphinx alone, the Sphinx will definitely let the other party know how powerful it is.

Therefore, although not many people have answered the Sphinx puzzle correctly, after thousands of years of accumulation, tens of thousands of Sphinx puzzles have been recorded.

In the entire human camp, only the Temple has the ability and perseverance to record these puzzles and keep them for thousands of years.

The Temple had already brought these secrets to Qingfeng City when Elena returned from the Temple.

With Xu Lai's current intelligence, I dare not say about others, but these tens of thousands of questions and answers can still be remembered well.

Tahan could memorize them at that time, so there is no reason why Xu Lai could not memorize them.

Xu Lai rarely goes home once, and under the name of memorizing, he can also stay for a day to accompany his beloved.

Elena is already pregnant, and Su Ya now has to focus half of her attention on Elena.

Even though Elena was already a priest at the level of an archbishop, she would be fine even if she took part in the battle, let alone well-trained.

Elena understood and supported Xu Lai very much, and she even planned to accompany Xu Lai to the battlefield in person.

However, Xu Lai didn't dare to let her go, so she had to repeatedly guarantee her safety.

But even if Elena could understand Xu Lai, Xu Lai still felt quite guilty.

After finally accompanying them for a day, Xu Lai hurriedly ran underground without even seeing Wei Yihong and the others.

Others can be ignored, but there is one person Xu Lai must see.

"Do you feel uncomfortable staying underground alone?"

Dil bowed respectfully and said, "It is my duty to defend the territory for His Majesty. There is nothing uncomfortable about it.

And I am not alone now. You allowed me to choose helpers from the Miners' Town before."

Xu Lai patted Dill on the shoulder and said, "Mingyue City is not so important now, and you don't need to stay here every day.

Leave this place to Bello. His eldest son is now a baron of the kingdom, and his youngest son has been sent to the Knight Academy. He has a bright future in the future.

I don't think he will give up such a good life. Anyway, he can't see the light, so let him stay underground.

I let him be the lord of a city. Although there are not many free people, it is not unfair to him."

Dil is 100% loyal and can stay underground for Xu Lai.

However, no matter how you guard, no one wants to stay underground for a lifetime. It is naturally better to be able to return to the ground.

Dill bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty."

Xu Lai held his hands and said, "It is I who should thank you. You are the first general to follow me.

It is a pity that I really have no one to use, so I can only give the most trusted place to the most trusted person."

Dil lowered his head, and his hands held by Xu Lai were still trembling slightly.

Xu Lai sighed, "Life is much better now, and you should also show your face and do something.

Su Ya has too many things to do, I want you to take over the defense and army of Qingfeng City.

You should also properly place the mercenaries, soldiers sent from the dungeon and the stronghold.

Don't make any trouble in the recruitment of soldiers in the market. They all have a lot of soldiers.

I heard that there was a group fight some time ago, and many people died."

Where there is interest, there are disputes. Since everyone has their own soldiers, it is normal for conflicts to break out when there is a little dissatisfaction.

Su Ya is not only the mayor of Qingfeng City, but also the prime minister of the entire Eagle Kingdom, and has to command the entire kingdom.

But Qingfeng City is Xu Lai's foundation, and he can't be assured if he leaves it to any outsider.

After thinking about it, the importance of Mingyue City has been greatly reduced, and there is really no need to leave Dill Rogers there.

Dill bowed with excitement and said, "I will not dare to disgrace my mission."

Xu Lai smiled and patted his shoulder, saying, "Okay, I have already told Bello, you can hand over in the next two days."

To be honest, Dill, as a general, is more than capable of defending the city, but not enough of developing it. He is still operating the mines that Xu Lai left behind.

As for Bello, the former king of horse thieves, his management skills are not bad. Coupled with his current focus on performance, I believe he will give Xu Lai a satisfactory answer.

After dealing with the matters in Mingyue City, Xu Lai really didn't dare to delay and rushed to the Sphinx's position non-stop.

The location of the Sphinx was relatively remote, and to be honest, although he had temporarily conquered the nobles in the underground city, he did not dare to pass by their territory rashly.

With a large army by his side, he is naturally not afraid of anyone. Now there are only a thousand Guards Knights and a hundred Archangels, so it is better to keep a low profile.

It took more than a day for Xu Lai to see the huge Sphinx.

This was after he cleared all the checkpoints in the underground cities along the way in advance in his own name.

"Stop mortals, the front is a restricted area, no one is allowed to pass!"

Xu Lai reined in his horse and stopped in front of the huge sphinx sculpture, frowning and looking at the Sphinx, which was more than ten meters high.

"I heard that as long as I can answer your questions correctly, I can get your blessing."

Hearing this, the huge lion body of the Sphinx fell to the ground.

His human face made of stone also became more relaxed from the previous curse on his brows.

"Yes, as long as you answer the Sphinx's questions correctly, the Sphinx will give you a blessing.

So humans, have you thought about what kind of blessing you need? "

Xu Lai glanced behind the Sphinx. For some reason, he always felt that he couldn't see anything clearly behind the Sphinx.

There was obviously no cover behind the Sphinx, but Xu Lai always felt that the Sphinx was hiding something.

There was a slight heat in his chest, and the badge given by the God of War was preventing unknown visits, or actually giving him a hint.

After hesitating for a moment, Xu Lai said, "As long as I answer your questions correctly, I can get any blessings, right?"

Sphinx frowned again and said: "Of course not, do you want the stars in the sky and I can help you pick them down?"

The blessing you want must be something I have the ability to help you accomplish, otherwise the contract will not take effect. "

When Xu Lai heard the word "contract", he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and asked:

"So as long as what I want is something you have the ability to accomplish, you have to do it, right?"

The Sphinx roared angrily and stretched out a huge claw from the lying lion's body.

The huge claws were bigger than Xu Lai and his horse combined.

However, facing this huge lion claw, Xu Lai didn't even blink his eyes. He was no longer the young boy who first entered the battlefield.

Sure enough, the claws swept past Xu Lai, only 3-5 centimeters away from his horse's forehead at most. (End of chapter)