Void Overlord: Ten Thousand Races Struggle For Hegemony

These seven days have been calm and peaceful. The Absolute Beginning territory has entered into an explosive development. With the Void Crossbow and the Territory Talent [Border Expansion] within the territory, along with various types of crystals and gemstones caught while fishing, the territory is changing every day.

The territory area has expanded from 824 square meters to 1786 square meters. Wang Qing's lucky bonus never disappoints Ye Fei. Every day for the past seven days, around twenty crystals and gemstones of various types have been caught. Among them are eleven Perfect Grade Heart of Stone, Heart of Wood, Heart of Earth, and Earth Crystals, as well as a new variety called Sky Crystal.

[Sky Crystal: Rank One, Perfect Grade. Note: Increases the territory's sky laws.]

Ye Fei hasn't figured out what the sky laws are, but after swallowing the Sky Crystal, the sky in the territory has noticeably become higher, at least fifty meters higher. It no longer feels as oppressive and cramped.

Three new buildings have been added to the territory: a stone house, a blacksmith shop, and a warehouse. Wang Qing was the one who opened these three buildings. Now, all the storage boxes caught while fishing are opened by Wang Qing alone. Liu Ming and Li Lei don't need to worry about it. Although Ye Fei has had some luck himself, compared to Wang Qing, it's nothing.

Among the three buildings, the stone house is a single-room outstanding grade. Ye Fei has kept it for use as a kitchen. After all, the population in the territory is slowly increasing, and cooking will definitely be necessary. The blacksmith shop is the most expensive among the three buildings and currently the highest-priced building in Absolute Beginning, Rank One Perfect Grade.

[Blacksmith Shop: Rank One, Perfect Grade. Note: A fully equipped Rank One blacksmith shop that can increase the success rate of forging and the quality of items.]

Ye Fei spent 3 Origin Points to purchase a male chef with Middle Level culinary skills, and then spent 10 Origin Points to purchase a High Level blacksmith, along with two Low Level talents for blacksmithing. People with High Level skills usually have at least one talent themselves; otherwise, they can't reach the High Level.

Although the description of the blacksmith shop is simple, Ye Fei is still satisfied with it. He specifically purchased a High Level blacksmith to set up the forge inside. If it weren't for the fact that master-level blacksmiths above High Level are all Rank Two talents and too expensive, Ye Fei would have wanted to buy a master-level blacksmith.

The two new chefs, Xiao Anzhi and Tie Xin, have started operating the kitchen and the blacksmith shop in the territory.

On the other hand, the Spirit Field has expanded to 500 square meters. However, the area is still too small, and Liu Ming and the others have no trouble planting. With the territory getting bigger, the Spirit Field is still too small, and the remaining empty space is a bit wasted.

Ye Fei searched for the Trading Platform and exchanged some ordinary field cards, turning the remaining empty land into ordinary fields and planting some ordinary vegetables. This way, he can still harvest a lot.

Ye Fei also arranged for the four people, excluding Wang Qing, to undergo military training during their free time every day. Recently, Wang Qing's storage box has opened up many basic skills, including swordsmanship and knife skills. Ye Fei has categorized them for them to learn.

He also didn't sell the Bone Forging Pills and Body Tempering Pills that were opened. Instead, he chose to cultivate several people in the territory, working during busy times and training during idle times, similar to a military camp. Ye Fei felt that this way, manpower wouldn't be wasted.

Otherwise, it would be difficult for the territory to solely support full-time soldiers, and other manpower would be wasted. This way, production and training can be done simultaneously, which is most suitable for the current Absolute Beginning.

"Chef with a knife, blacksmith with a shield, farmer with a spear. Very reasonable. Add Wang Qing as an archer, and the combat team is starting to take shape. Later, add a healer, and it will be perfect."

"Relying on Wang Qing's continuous supply of Bone Forging Pills and Body Tempering Pills, the levels of the five members of the combat team have all reached Rank One Perfection. In a few more days, they should be able to obtain a strong talent for strength. Their physical fitness is up to standard." Ye Fei looked at the five people next to him and thought.

"But their combat skills are still lacking, and their coordination is not there yet. Although they have good physical fitness, they still have a long way to go in actual combat. Their combat skills still need time to improve."

Ye Fei doesn't expect them to have strong combat power. After all, their main responsibility is still in production work. And it has only been a few days since they started training. The training time is too short, so for now, he still has to rely on himself in battles.

In the past seven days, Ye Fei has accumulated 451 Origin Points. Combined with the remaining points from before, Ye Fei has sufficient Origin Points. Six days ago, he purchased the Territory Talent [Devour], and now the efficiency of the Void Crossbow in the territory is twice as high as before. Two days ago, he also purchased the Territory Talent [Spirit Gathering].

[Spirit Gathering: Rank One, Ordinary Grade. Note: The territory devours chaos energy and purifies it into spiritual energy, increasing the concentration of spiritual energy in the territory.]

With the Territory Talent Spirit Gathering, the spiritual energy in Absolute Beginning is slowly increasing. The effect is not very obvious at the moment, but it is advantageous in terms of duration. The earlier one possesses it, the more advantageous it is to reach the Late Stage.

At the same time, the rapid expansion of the territory has made Ye Fei realize the difference between the Territory Talent [Concealment] and other talents. When the Concealment talent's territory area expands, its effect weakens. It must continue to be upgraded using Origin Points to maintain the original concealment effect.

Otherwise, although it won't cause holes in the concealment barrier, it will reduce the concealment effect and increase the risk of the territory being exposed.

And other talents that the current territory possesses, such as [Border Expansion] and [Devour], will not change due to the size of the territory. After Ye Fei's research, he discovered that talents like those that exist within the territory barrier require double investment in two lines to upgrade.

One is the area, which refers to the applicable range, and the other is the effect of use. If the applicable range is not increased, the actual effect will be reduced.

After discovering this problem, Ye Fei sighed deeply and began to worry about his future Origin Points. However, his territory area is still small, so even if it is increased, the reduction in stealth effect is not significant.

Ye Fei thought to himself, "Fortunately, I have harvested a lot of Heart of Stone in my daily life, and the solid effect of the territory barrier is not bad, which can save some expenses."

The ordinary supplies in Ye Fei's territory are very abundant. The things opened from the storage box are far from being used up in the current territory. Ye Fei put the useful ones into the new warehouse and exchanged some unused or abundant ones on the Trading Platform for things that can be used.

"It seems that relying on ordinary supplies to earn Origin Points is hopeless." Ye Fei looked at the abundant information on the Trading Platform and found that there were no Origin Points transactions. If he wanted Origin Points, he could only exchange them for special supplies.

Ye Fei's Spirit Gathering grass has been upgraded by one level through his Spirit Field and generous use of the Spirit Spring. The Spirit Gathering effect has become much stronger, making it quite valuable. However, Ye Fei couldn't bear to trade it away. He now practices near the Spirit Gathering grass on a daily basis.

However, with the other special items offered by Wang Qing, Ye Fei earned more than twenty Origin Points by putting them on the market.

Upgrading a Territory Talent from ordinary to rare requires 3 points, from rare to excellent requires 5 points, and from excellent to Perfect Grade requires 10 Origin Points. Yesterday, several of Ye Fei's Territory Talents were upgraded to Perfect Grade, increasing the territory area by 100 square meters per day and enhancing other effects.

"The effects are good, but the cost is too high. How can an ordinary Overlord have so many Origin Points? They can't even afford to buy talents, let alone the subsequent upgrades. To upgrade to Rank Two talents, not only does the territory need to be upgraded to Rank Two, but also 100 Origin Points need to be spent on talent upgrades. It's truly an endless black hole."

In the past few days, Ye Fei has earned more than five hundred Origin Points, but now he only has 151 points left.

"151 points. Should I buy an Advanced Talent for myself, or should I take another look?" Ye Fei studied the items in the mall.

Personally, he doesn't rely heavily on talents. As an Overlord, the strengthening of the territory indirectly gives him high talents. Therefore, he doesn't currently have a strong need for them, but of course, having some good talents would be nice.

At this moment, Ye Fei suddenly saw that Wang Qing had hooked something again, and it seemed to be something good.

"Oh right, the Void Fishing Rod can be upgraded. How did I forget about that? And there's also the Void Crossbow." Ye Fei slapped his forehead.

Wang Qing has always been very helpful, and he has been attracted by talents, forgetting that his Void Fishing Rod has not been upgraded yet. The Rank One fishing rod can only catch Rank One things for now. Only by upgrading to Rank Two is there a possibility of catching Rank Two things. This is also why Wang Qing has had such good luck but still can't catch Rank Two items.

Of course, upgrading to Rank Two does not guarantee that Rank Two items can be caught. That would be wishful thinking. The Rank Two fishing rod only has a chance to catch Rank Two items, but it's not guaranteed.

Ye Fei walked over to Wang Qing and said, "Come on, brother, let me upgrade your fishing rod so that you can catch better things to develop your territory in the future."

"The fishing rod can still be upgraded?" Wang Qing looked at Ye Fei curiously.

Ye Fei didn't say much, he took the fishing rod in his hand and started using Origin Points to upgrade it. He invested 3 points to reach rare grade, 5 points to reach excellent grade, and 10 points to reach Perfect Grade. To upgrade to Rank Two, it would require an additional 100 Origin Points.

"A total of 118 Origin Points, this is truly a pay-to-win game."

As Origin Points continued to deplete, Ye Fei watched the fishing rod slowly change and thought that if he didn't have a share of the clan's fortune, if he hadn't announced the clan's fortune effect first, he would probably be waiting anxiously for just one or two Origin Points.

"One step faster, step by step faster."

After a while, the upgrade of the fishing rod was completed, and a fishing rod with mysterious patterns appeared in Ye Fei's hand.